Chapter Summaries

The Enlightenment Ancestor Tree transformed, allowing the gathered cultivators to comprehend its Great Dao while the White-haired Old Man assessed their talents. After discovering remarkable secrets among them, he saw through Hua Yunfei’s hidden appearance and was left speechless.

• Duanmu Qingyue kept quiet about the favor she had come to ask Hua Yunfei for, and he offered to help if she needed him.
• The Enlightenment Ancestor Tree changed dramatically, and Hua Yunfei, Nether Son, and the other cultivators meditated beneath it.
• The White-haired Old Man emerged from the tree and praised the gathered cultivators, noting Zhou Qingran’s sword, Demoness Ji’s unusual bloodline, and Xia Qiuer’s Mortal Dao.
• The White-haired Old Man recognized Duanmu Qingyue’s Heaven Grade inheritance but could not probe past its defenses.
• The White-haired Old Man examined Hua Yunfei, saw through his concealed appearance, and froze in shock.

The White-haired Old Man instructed the gathered cultivators and set the second trial for choosing a successor: drinking tea brewed from the Enlightenment Ancestor Tree. The others discovered they could manage only a few sips, while Hua Yunfei had yet to decide how much to drink.

• The White-haired Old Man avoided Hua Yunfei after sensing a resemblance to someone from his past, then dispelled karma and led the others out of their enlightenment.
• The White-haired Old Man spent three hours discussing the Dao and advised Xia Qiuer to cultivate the Mortal Dao patiently through experience.
• The Black Robed Person declared that his own Dao made him stronger and called the gathered cultivators ants.
• The White-haired Old Man revealed that the Dao-Entering Staircase was the first trial and that the second was to finish a cup of Enlightenment Tea brewed from the Enlightenment Ancestor Tree.
• Most cultivators managed no more than a sip, while the younger prodigies drank two; the White-haired Old Man said all eleven Hegemon Grade experts of the era had finished their cups.
• Nether Son asked Hua Yunfei why he had not drunk, and Hua Yunfei replied that he was deciding how much to drink.

Hua Yunfei was challenged to finish the Enlightenment Tea after the Sacred Dragon Clan princes mocked his confidence. He drank the entire cup in one gulp, winning the bet and demanding that the princes call him Master.

• The Second and Fourth Princes mocked Hua Yunfei, while Xia Qiuer and the Nether Son defended him.
• The Nether Son proposed a bet: if Hua Yunfei finished his tea, the three Sacred Dragon Clan princes would pull his carriage for ten thousand years; if he failed, Hua Yunfei and the Nether Son would serve the Crown Prince for that long.
• The Crown Prince accepted the wager, and the onlookers waited to see whether Hua Yunfei could drink the Enlightenment Tea.
• Hua Yunfei downed the entire cup in one gulp and turned it upside down to show it was empty.
• Hua Yunfei looked at the Sacred Dragon Clan princes and told them to call him Master.

Hua Yunfei, Nether Son, the Black Robed Person, and Xia Qiuer each finished their Enlightenment Tea, astonishing the gathering, while other guests concealed their limits. The White-haired Old Man announced that the Enlightenment Ancestor Tree would choose its successor from among them, leaving everyone wondering who would be selected.

• Hua Yunfei finished his cup of Enlightenment Tea and warned the Crown Prince of the Sacred Dragon Clan to run after the party.
• Nether Son and the Black Robed Person each drained their cups, stunning the gathering with their foundations.
• Xia Qiuer drank every drop of her tea, revealing a foundation close to Hegemon Grade despite having no cultivation.
• War King and Sword King each stopped after two sips, while Zhou Qingran and Duanmu Qingyue chose not to drink.
• The White-haired Old Man said that finishing the tea did not guarantee Hegemon Grade, then announced that the Enlightenment Ancestor Tree would choose a successor from among the guests.

After Xia Qiuer became the Enlightenment Ancestor Tree’s disciple, he gave the gathered cultivators a three-month Dao lecture. The arrival of the Giant Demon and Ghost Phoenix Races revealed that the Thirty-Three Heavens included higher, stronger Heavenly Vaults than the Imperial Court’s.

• The White-haired Old Man chose Xia Qiuer as his disciple and then expounded on the Dao to the gathered cultivators for three months.
• Hua Yunfei and the others awakened from their comprehension, and a Quasi-Hegemon Level expert from Ask Heaven Sect broke through to the late stage.
• A Giant Demon Race man and a Ghost Phoenix Race woman arrived at Dao Mountain and challenged the crowd’s understanding of the Heavenly Vaults.
• The Giant Demon Race man revealed that his people came from the Eighteenth Heavenly Vault and the Ghost Phoenix Race from the Twentieth, both stronger than the Imperial Court’s Twenty-third Heavenly Vault.

The Giant Demon Race and Ghost Phoenix Race announced that the High-Level Heavenly Vaults would rule the Thirty-Three Heavens and demanded that cultivators with rare physiques be captured. When their compass exposed Hua Yunfei’s Indestructible Battle Body and the two races attacked him, a tall young man arrived to block them.

• The Giant Demon Race man revealed that the Twenty-Third Layer was among the lowest heavenly domains and declared that the High-Level Heavenly Vaults would control the others.
• The Nether Son mocked the Giant Demon Race man’s arrogance, but the two envoys insisted that the order of the Thirty-Three Heavens had changed.
• The Giant Demon Race man ordered the other forces to capture cultivators with a list of rare physiques, and the Ghost Phoenix Race woman used a damaged compass to find two with Space Divine Bodies and one with a Time Immortal Body.
• The Giant Demon Race man tried to seize the three cultivators, but the White-haired Old Man forced him to release them.
• The compass exposed Hua Yunfei’s Indestructible Battle Body, and the Giant Demon Race man and Ghost Phoenix Race woman charged at him.
• A tall young man soared up from the Dao Ascension Stairway and landed in front of Hua Yunfei’s attackers.

Dao Wushuang appeared at Dao Mountain and stopped the Giant Demon Race and Ghost Phoenix Race from taking Hua Yunfei. As Dao Mountain closed, he challenged the gathered Heavenly Prodigies, received three Enlightenment Ancestor Tree leaves, and secretly gave one to Hua Yunfei, whom he hoped would someday become a worthy opponent.

• Dao Wushuang ordered the Giant Demon Race man and Ghost Phoenix Race woman to withdraw from Hua Yunfei, and they obeyed.
• Dao Wushuang rejected the Black Robed Person's offer of a duel and challenged all the gathered Heavenly Prodigies to fight him together.
• The White-haired Old Man announced Dao Mountain was closing, and Dao Wushuang asked him for three Enlightenment Ancestor Tree leaves.
• The crowd left Dao Mountain, while Xia Qiuer remained and observers anticipated upheaval in the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• Dao Wushuang secretly gave Hua Yunfei one of the leaves and said he hoped Hua Yunfei would someday be worthy of fighting him.

After the High-Level Heavenly Vault emerged, the cultivators at Dao Mountain hurried back to their clans and realms as news of the Thirty-Three Heavens’ upheaval spread. Hua Yunfei set out for Falling Soul Abyss, while Gaishi, the God Emperor, and the Ancient God Emperor waited at the site of the final battle.

• Dao Wushuang left Dao Mountain with the Giant Demon Race man and the Ghost Phoenix Race woman, and the other top cultivators departed after learning of the High-Level Heavenly Vault’s emergence.
• The Crown Prince of the Sacred Dragon Clan left the Second Prince and Fourth Prince in Hua Yunfei’s hands, while Duanmu Qingyue departed without speaking to Hua Yunfei.
• Demoness Ji left Yuan Fei a communication rune and told him about Falling Soul Abyss before returning to her clan; Zhou Qingran approached Yuan Fei, then left after deciding she might have mistaken him for someone else.
• The Nether Son reassured Duan Wuyi about An Ran, then returned to the Dark World as Hua Yunfei headed for Falling Soul Abyss.
• Hua Yunfei released Gaishi, the God Emperor, and the Ancient God Emperor from the Primordial God Realm and sent them to wait for Emperor Qin and Emperor Wang at the final battle’s location.
• News spread across the Thirty-Three Heavens that the High-Level Heavenly Vault had emerged and that thirty-three Heavenly Vaults existed.

Emperor Lord accepted the Organization of Nothingness’s claim over the Three Thousand Dao Realms while setting three conditions, as the High-Level Heavenly Vault’s hunt for people with special physiques threw the Eleventh Heavenly Vault into chaos. Duanmu Qingyue entered the Ghostly Soul Mountain Range, and Hua Yunfei arrived there soon after.

• Emperor Dragon Venerable told Emperor Lord that Lord of Nothingness had taken the World True Spirits and intended to carve up the Three Thousand Dao Realms.
• Emperor Lord agreed to give up the Three Thousand Dao Realms and demanded that Lord of Nothingness accept three conditions; afterward, he warned the Sacred Dragon Emperor about his son.
• The Giant Demon Race and Ghost Phoenix Race ordered the major powers and common people to hunt down beings with special physiques, prompting widespread fear and betrayal.
• Duanmu Qingyue entered the Ghostly Soul Mountain Range to reach Falling Soul Abyss, where the Ghostly Soul Valley cultivated among vengeful spirits and extreme yin energy.
• Hua Yunfei arrived in the southern part of the Ghostly Soul Mountain Range.

Hua Yunfei brought the Second Prince and Fourth Prince into the Falling Soul Abyss, where the Heaven-Piercing Banner devoured ghosts. Duanmu Qingyue found the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron, but the being inside rejected her and scorned her master, Dang Jin Tian.

• Hua Yunfei led the Second Prince and Fourth Prince into the Falling Soul Abyss, and they worried that the Sacred Dragon Clan had ignored their pleas for help.
• Hua Yunfei sensed Duanmu Qingyue's aura but chose not to seek her out, then set the Heaven-Piercing Banner loose to devour ghosts.
• A Golden-haired Woman entered the abyss, while a Ghost Phoenix Race woman and four powerful companions followed a compass toward the Indestructible Battle Body.
• Duanmu Qingyue used Dang Jin Tian's guidance to uncover a hidden ravine and find the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron.
• The being inside the cauldron recognized Dang Jin Tian's name, shook the Falling Soul Abyss, and ordered Duanmu Qingyue to leave, calling her unworthy of the cauldron.

Duanmu Qingyue entered the Soul-Devouring Death Realm trial to seek the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron’s help, while Hua Yunfei continued harvesting spirits in the Falling Soul Abyss. He encountered Ao Miaomiao, who admired him for making her brothers pull his chariot and asked to ride along.

• Duanmu Qingyue begged the being inside the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron for help, and it sent her into the Soul-Devouring Death Realm trial as a condition for following her.
• Hua Yunfei suspected Duanmu Qingyue had come to the Falling Soul Abyss on Dang Jin Tian’s instruction and decided to check that she was safe.
• Hua Yunfei used the Heaven-Piercing Banner to devour ghosts as he descended deeper into the Falling Soul Abyss with the Second Prince and Fourth Prince.
• The Second Prince and Fourth Prince sensed their sister Ao Miaomiao approaching, and Hua Yunfei noticed the Ghost Phoenix Race woman was with her.
• Ao Miaomiao introduced herself to Hua Yunfei, said she had come to watch her younger brothers make fools of themselves and meet him, and asked him to take her for a ride in his chariot.

Hua Yunfei and Ao Miaomiao fought off a Ghost Phoenix ambush in the Falling Soul Abyss, while the Second Prince and Fourth Prince joined the battle. The Ghost Phoenix Quasi-Hegemon brought out a deadly furnace, but Hua Yunfei smashed it with the Heaven-Piercing Banner and swallowed its Weapon Spirit.

• The Ghost Phoenix women surrounded Hua Yunfei and invited Ao Miaomiao, the Second Prince, and the Fourth Prince to help capture him; all three initially agreed.
• Two Ghost Phoenix Quasi-Hegemons and three Half-step Quasi-Hegemons attacked Hua Yunfei, but Ao Miaomiao killed the three lesser fighters and turned on the remaining women.
• Ao Miaomiao fought the two Ghost Phoenix Quasi-Hegemons, while the Second Prince and Fourth Prince transformed into dragons and joined the battle.
• Hua Yunfei collected the three dead Half-step Quasi-Hegemons' souls with the Heaven-Piercing Banner.
• A Ghost Phoenix Quasi-Hegemon summoned a powerful furnace whose flames threatened the group, but Hua Yunfei hurled the Heaven-Piercing Banner through it and devoured its Weapon Spirit.

Hua Yunfei and the Sacred Dragon siblings fought two Ghost Phoenix experts, and the Heaven-Piercing Banner overcame their formation and captured one of them. Feng Yue escaped, but Ao Miaomiao said Hua Yunfei had deliberately let her go.

• Hua Yunfei used the Heaven-Piercing Banner to destroy the Ghost Phoenix expert’s treasured furnace and summoned the Vengeful Spirits of the Falling Soul Abyss.
• The Ghost Phoenix expert and Feng Yue activated the Yin-Breaking Ghost-Slaying Formation Platform, but the Heaven-Piercing Banner destroyed it and sent them flying.
• Feng Yue fled while Hua Yunfei captured the other Ghost Phoenix expert’s divine soul in the banner, with Ao Miaomiao shielding him from the expert’s flames.
• Hua Yunfei sealed and stored the expert’s body, and Ao Miaomiao told the princes that he had deliberately let Feng Yue escape.

After Feng Yue escaped the Falling Soul Abyss, she slaughtered the Shanyin Domain and returned to her clan for reinforcements. Hua Yunfei followed the Heaven-Piercing Banner into a dangerous ravine, where a powerful being in the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron attacked him and then reacted with shock upon seeing him.

• Feng Yue massacred the Shanyin Domain, including its Regional Prefecture, to restore her strength before hurrying back to her clan for reinforcements.
• Ao Miaomiao told Hua Yunfei not to blame himself for Feng Yue's slaughter, while her brothers plotted to steal his treasures and she ordered them to honor their bet.
• The Heaven-Piercing Banner led Hua Yunfei into a secluded ravine; Ao Miaomiao stopped the Second Prince and Fourth Prince from fleeing and stayed outside with them.
• Hua Yunfei found the Heaven-Piercing Banner trying to devour the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron, whose occupant recognized the banner and drove Hua Yunfei away.
• After Hua Yunfei asked about Duanmu Qingyue, the cauldron's occupant attacked him again, then stared at him in shock and began to speak.

Hua Yunfei confronted the keeper of the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron to learn Duanmu Qingyue’s whereabouts, then entered her trial to help her. The keeper unleashed a hundred copies of each of them, and Hua Yunfei prepared to fight.

• Hua Yunfei asked the creature inside the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron about Duanmu Qingyue and warned it not to bully someone weaker.
• The creature revealed that Duanmu Qingyue was undergoing a trial to obtain the cauldron, and Hua Yunfei demanded to join her.
• Hua Yunfei entered the Soul-Devouring Death Realm and found Duanmu Qingyue surrounded by gray copies of herself.
• Hua Yunfei easily destroyed his first gray copy and challenged the keeper to send all the figures at once.
• The keeper surrounded Hua Yunfei and Duanmu Qingyue with a hundred copies of each, and Hua Yunfei stood before her and invoked Domain Expansion.

Hua Yunfei helped Duanmu Qingyue pass the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron’s trial, and she received the cauldron before they parted ways. After searching the Falling Soul Abyss for the Coffin Carrier, Hua Yunfei learned that Feng Yue had been captured by the Imperial Court and then faced a hostile group of giants.

• Hua Yunfei defeated the gray figures in the trial, with his Severing Heaven and Earth domain and Primordial Sword Art, and the being inside the Soul-Devouring Amitabha Cauldron accepted his victory.
• The being gave Duanmu Qingyue the cauldron but refused to help her, and she thanked Hua Yunfei before they went their separate ways.
• Hua Yunfei left the ravine, ignored Ao Miaomiao’s questions about his relationship with Duanmu Qingyue, and searched the Falling Soul Abyss for the Coffin Carrier without finding it.
• Hua Yunfei learned that Emperor Yi War Emperor had captured Feng Yue and imprisoned her at the Imperial Court.
• A hostile group of giants appeared ahead of Hua Yunfei.

Jushi and four Giant Demon Race cultivators attacked Hua Yunfei, but Duanmu Qingyue trapped them in her Misty Array and faced them alone. She used Misty Dream to defeat all five, leaving Jushi unconscious and bewildered that she knew the Misty Dao’s core technique.

• Jushi led two early Quasi-Hegemon Level cultivators and three Half-step Quasi-Hegemons in a charge against Hua Yunfei.
• Duanmu Qingyue arrived and trapped the five Giant Demon Race cultivators with her Misty Array.
• Jushi summoned a replica of the Eight-faced War Drum, and the Giant Demon Race cultivators used its power to attack the array.
• Duanmu Qingyue dismissed Hua Yunfei’s concern and confronted the five attackers herself.
• Duanmu Qingyue cast Misty Dream, knocking out the three Half-step Quasi-Hegemons and making Jushi and the other Quasi-Hegemon fall unconscious.

Duanmu Qingyue used the Misty Dream to subdue five attackers, and Hua Yunfei invited her to travel with him in the Dragon Chariot. Meanwhile, pressure from the Ghost Phoenix and Giant Demon Races forced the Imperial Court to surrender Feng Yue and punish Emperor Yi War Emperor.

• Duanmu Qingyue trapped five powerful experts in the Misty Dream, and Hua Yunfei absorbed their souls, took their treasures, and sent their corpses to the Primordial God Realm.
• Ao Miaomiao teased Duanmu Qingyue about her relationship with Hua Yunfei, who invited her to explore with him and ride in the Dragon Chariot; Duanmu Qingyue accepted.
• The Ghost Phoenix Race demanded that the Imperial Court apologize, release Feng Yue, hand over Emperor Yi War Emperor, and submit to its authority, while the Giant Demon Race also pressured the court.
• Three days later, the Imperial Court apologized and released Feng Yue, who severed Emperor Yi War Emperor's hands and feet and dragged him back to the Ghost Phoenix Race.

After the Imperial Court surrendered to the Ghost Phoenix Race and Giant Demon Race, the clans investigated Wu Yun and discovered he possessed three extraordinary constitutions. They decided to recruit him and his Hegemon Grade backer while planning to force the Sacred Dragon Clan to submit.

• The Imperial Court publicly apologized to the Ghost Phoenix Race and Giant Demon Race, handed over Emperor Yi War Emperor, and accepted the High-Level Heavenly Vault's authority.
• Feng Yue and the clan experts used the Origin Compass to discover that Wu Yun possessed the Indestructible Battle Body, Myriad Daos Divine Body, and Creation Immortal Body.
• The Ghost Phoenix Race and Giant Demon Race agreed to recruit Wu Yun, with Feng Yue promised a chance to take revenge on him afterward.
• The leaders planned to lure Wu Yun and his Hegemon Grade backer to the High-Level Heavenly Vault, where their Ancient Ancestors could deal with them.
• Feng Yue proposed making Ao Miaomiao her maid, and the Ghost Phoenix Race's leader agreed to use the Sacred Dragon Emperor's children as hostages.

Hua Yunfei traveled with Duanmu Qingyue and Ao Miaomiao toward the Yin Water in the Tianshui Domain, while Ao Miaomiao learned of the Sacred Dragon Clan’s troubles. Four cultivators from the Ghost Phoenix Race and the Giant Demon Race approached with a request, but the Fourth Prince rejected them before they could explain.

• Duanmu Qingyue gave Hua Yunfei a map of the Thirty-Three Heavens, and he chose the Yin Water in the Tianshui Domain as a place of extreme yin.
• Hua Yunfei, Duanmu Qingyue, and Ao Miaomiao left Shanyin Prefecture in a Dragon Chariot pulled by the Second Prince and Fourth Prince, whose escape plan Hua Yunfei overheard.
• Ao Miaomiao described how Emperor Yi War Emperor had been captured after taking Feng Yue to the Imperial Court, and Hua Yunfei noted that Xia Qiuer’s new identity as the Enlightenment Ancestor Tree’s successor carried weight.
• Ao Miaomiao received a message from the Sacred Dragon Clan, and four cultivators from the Ghost Phoenix Race and Giant Demon Race appeared ahead, claiming they meant no harm.
• Feng Yan introduced himself and said he had come with a request, but the Fourth Prince told the groups to leave and challenged them to fight.