Chapter Summaries

Feng Yan presented an Ancient Ancestor's Edict to persuade Hua Yunfei to join the Ghost Phoenix Race and the Giant Demon Race, while the two princes tried to derail the negotiations. Hua Yunfei pretended to consider the offer, then delayed his decision until the powerful senior from his Household returned in about three months.

• The Second Prince and the Fourth Prince accused Feng Yan and the others of plotting against Hua Yunfei and urged him not to trust them.
• Feng Yan said the two races would welcome Hua Yunfei as an honored guest and revealed that he had brought the Ancient Ancestor's Edict.
• Feng Yan displayed the blood-red edict, whose terrifying pressure frightened the Second Prince, the Fourth Prince, Duanmu Qingyue, and Ao Miaomiao.
• Hua Yunfei privately told Duanmu Qingyue that he was only pretending to consider surrender, then publicly praised the races' sincerity.
• Hua Yunfei said he would wait for the senior from his Household to decide whether he should go with them, and Feng Yan agreed to wait about three months.

Hua Yunfei secured Feng Yan’s promise to provide Vengeful Spirits and yin energy, while the Ghost Phoenix Race and Giant Demon Race prepared to bring the Sacred Dragon Clan under their control. Ao Miaomiao revealed that she had been chosen as their hostage and prepared to leave for the Ghost Phoenix Race.

• Hua Yunfei asked Feng Yan for Vengeful Spirits and yin energy to refine the Heaven-Piercing Banner, and Feng Yan agreed to provide them.
• After Hua Yunfei and the princes left, Feng Yan and the Giant Demon Race experts discussed the Sacred Dragon Clan’s submission and Ao Miaomiao’s fate.
• The Fourth Prince criticized Hua Yunfei for cooperating with the two races, while Ao Miaomiao revealed that her clan had submitted and she had been chosen as their hostage.
• The Second Prince and Fourth Prince offered to take Ao Miaomiao’s place, but she explained that Feng Yue had specifically demanded her.
• Ao Miaomiao accepted that she had to go, entrusted her brothers to Hua Yunfei, and prepared to leave.

Hua Yunfei and his companions reached Tianshui Domain seeking the Yin Water and discovered the Tianshui Clan had allied with the Giant Demon Race. The clan trapped them in an Emperor Formation, unaware that their captives were unafraid.

• Hua Yunfei sent the Second Prince and Fourth Prince to pull the carriage toward Tianshui Domain while discussing the two clans' arrogance with Duanmu Qingyue.
• Hua Yunfei reassured Duanmu Qingyue that she should be herself, then the group arrived at the nearly deserted Tianshui City.
• A Tianshui Clan expert offered to guide the travelers to the Yin Water and asked about their cultivation and special constitutions.
• Hua Yunfei claimed to be a Quasi-Immortal Emperor and declined to reveal whether anyone had a special constitution, leading the expert to conclude they were valuable targets.
• The Tianshui Clan expert activated an Immortal Emperor formation and announced that the clan would offer the four captives to the Giant Demon Race.

The Second Prince destroyed the Tianshui Clan after its members trapped Hua Yunfei and his companions, and the group continued toward the Yin Water. Across the Thirty-Three Heavens, five Hegemon-Grade powers submitted to the Ghost Phoenix Race and the Giant Demon Race, while Yue Yunshang left the Phoenix Immortal Dynasty as a hostage.

• The Tianshui Clan activated its Imperial Formation against Hua Yunfei and his companions, but the Second Prince transformed into a Golden Dragon and shattered it.
• The Second Prince killed the Tianshui Clan members, swallowed their Ancient Ancestor and the Domain Lord's Incomplete Corpse, and wiped out the clan as Hua Yunfei collected their souls.
• Hua Yunfei and his companions found the Yin Water beneath Tianshui territory, where a Giant Demon Race powerhouse welcomed them and let them pass.
• The Sacred Dragon Clan, Heavenly Extreme General Academy, Chaos Holy Land, and Heavenly Revelation Sacred Land bowed to the Ghost Phoenix Race and the Giant Demon Race, joining the Imperial Court among five submitted Hegemon-Grade powers.
• The Phoenix Immortal Dynasty refused to surrender Yue Yunshang, but she voluntarily left to serve as a hostage to the two clans.

Xin Que comforted Little Phoenix after Yue Yunshang became a hostage, while Hua Yunfei and his companions reached the bottom of the Yin Water. When a mysterious transparent woman tried to seize the Heaven-Piercing Banner, Hua Yunfei stopped her and she attacked.

• Xin Que told Little Phoenix to trust Yue Yunshang and the Phoenix Emperor Venerate, while she mourned Yue Yunshang's departure.
• Hua Yunfei, Duanmu Qingyue, the Second Prince, and the Fourth Prince followed the Yin Water to its bottom and found bodies frozen there from many eras.
• Hua Yunfei summoned the Heaven-Piercing Banner to absorb the Yin Energy, and the Emperor Soul Banner stopped the Curse Soul Cauldron from taking more than its share.
• Hua Yunfei spotted a hidden force trying to seize the Heaven-Piercing Banner and recalled it before the force could take it.
• A transparent woman emerged and sent a violent vortex of Yin Water toward Hua Yunfei.

Hua Yunfei and Duanmu Qingyue subdued a powerful Yin Water Spirit, but Qingyue suffered a terrifying backlash after seeing someone in the spirit’s dream. She warned Hua Yunfei against claiming the spirit, but he remained determined to make her the Heavenly Emperor Banner’s Weapon Spirit.

• Hua Yunfei identified the attacker as a Yin Water Spirit, and Duanmu Qingyue struck her back while the princes wondered at Qingyue’s strength.
• The Yin Water Spirit demanded the extreme yin energy back, but the Heaven-Piercing Banner refused to return what it had swallowed.
• Duanmu Qingyue proposed making the Yin Water Spirit the Heavenly Emperor Banner’s Weapon Spirit, then defeated her Water Barrier and knocked her unconscious with Misty Dream.
• Duanmu Qingyue suffered a backlash after someone in the dream looked at her, leaving her gravely weakened and frightened.
• Duanmu Qingyue warned Hua Yunfei that subduing the spirit could bring danger from its powerful origins, but Hua Yunfei said he was not afraid.

Hua Yunfei absorbed the Yin Water into the Heavenly Emperor Banner and captured a rare Yellow Springs Bone Flower. He promised to send the spirit herb to the corpse cultivators of the Yellow Springs Sacred Sect, where it could feast on corpses, and let it insult the Second Prince.

• The Second Prince warned Hua Yunfei that the Yin Water’s danger might exceed his backing, while the Fourth Prince hoped Wu Yun would die.
• Hua Yunfei used the Heavenly Emperor Banner to absorb the Yin Water and ancient corpses from the riverbed.
• Duanmu Qingyue spotted a Yellow Springs Bone Flower on a drifting corpse, and the Second Prince seized it.
• Hua Yunfei demanded the Yellow Springs Bone Flower, and the Second Prince reluctantly handed it over.
• The Yellow Springs Bone Flower begged Hua Yunfei to spare it, and he promised to send it to his corpse-cultivator friend and his sect.
• The Yellow Springs Bone Flower agreed to go with Hua Yunfei and, with his permission, loudly insulted the Second Prince.

Hua Yunfei refined the Yin Water into the Heaven-Piercing Banner while the Second Prince and Fourth Prince plotted against him and were put to sleep by Duanmu Qingyue. He stayed in the nearby domains, letting experts from the two clans supply the banner with Vengeful Spirits and Extreme Yin energy as he searched for the land of Extreme Yin and World Spirit Fragments.

• Hua Yunfei had the Second Prince and Fourth Prince help absorb all the Yin Water into the Heaven-Piercing Banner, then began refining the sleeping Yin Water spirit into its Weapon Spirit.
• The Second Prince and Fourth Prince considered attacking Hua Yunfei, but Duanmu Qingyue used Misty Dream to put them to sleep.
• Hua Yunfei successfully fused the Yin Water with the Heaven-Piercing Banner, strengthening it, while the Giant Demon Race expert confirmed that the two clans were sending Vengeful Spirits and Extreme Yin energy.
• Hua Yunfei waited as experts from both clans delivered supplies to strengthen the banner, and Duanmu Qingyue laughed at how he was making use of them.
• After ten days, Hua Yunfei and Duanmu Qingyue moved elsewhere; for the following month, he searched for the land of Extreme Yin and World Spirit Fragments while continuing to accept the clans' offerings.

Feng Yan and the Giant Demon leader waited for Wu Yun to finish cultivating while their races plundered the Low-Level Heavenly Vault and crushed resistance. As the three-month deadline neared, Hua Yunfei told them his elder had stopped responding and might return soon.

• Feng Yan reassured the Giant Demon leader that Wu Yun would fulfill his promise and that their ancient allies would soon strengthen their position.
• The Ghost Phoenix Race and Giant Demon Race demanded special physiques, treasures, and resources across the realms, and they slaughtered an ancient sect after its preacher protested.
• The two races' oppression spread chaos and bloodshed throughout the Low-Level Heavenly Vault as the final three-month deadline approached.
• Hua Yunfei, Duanmu Qingyue, and their companion gathered extreme Yin energy, raising the Heaven-Piercing Banner to War Emperor Grade, but found no trace of the Coffin Carrier or World Spirit Fragment.
• Feng Yan and the Giant Demon leader came to collect on Hua Yunfei's promise, and Hua Yunfei claimed his elder had stopped responding after saying she would return soon.

Hua Yunfei used a clone to deceive Feng Yan and the Giant Demon Race's leader, then fled when they tried to take him away. After more than a dozen Quasi-Hegemon Level experts surrounded him, he prepared to fight them with his Purple Dao Sword and Suppression Kill.

• Hua Yunfei claimed he still could not contact his elder, and Feng Yan gave him three more days to reach her.
• After the deadline passed, Feng Yan demanded that Hua Yunfei return with him, but Hua Yunfei refused and asked to wait for his elder.
• Feng Yan and the Giant Demon Race's leader attacked Hua Yunfei, only to discover they had destroyed a clone.
• Feng Yan used the origin compass to locate Hua Yunfei and summoned Quasi-Hegemon Level experts from Hegemon Grade factions to hunt him.
• More than a dozen Quasi-Hegemon Level experts surrounded Hua Yunfei, who drew his phantom Purple Dao Sword and challenged them to attack.
• Feng Yan ordered the experts to take Hua Yunfei down, and Hua Yunfei vowed to slaughter them with Suppression Kill.

Hua Yunfei fought the forces arrayed against him and overwhelmed Quasi-Hegemon Level and Immortal Emperor Grade opponents alike. As Feng Yan’s side faltered, Feng Yan demanded reinforcements of ever-higher ranks.

• Leo attacked Hua Yunfei, who shattered his lightning strike and cleaved him in two with the Purple Dao Sword.
• Feng Yan, the Giant Demon Race's leader, Leo, and other Quasi-Hegemon Level powerhouses joined forces against Hua Yunfei, while more than a hundred Immortal Emperor Grade cultivators joined the battle.
• Hua Yunfei cut through Feng Yan’s halberd, pierced his chest, and carved through the surrounding Quasi-Hegemon Level fighters and Immortal Emperor Grade cultivators.
• Hua Yunfei repeatedly killed Leo and the other Quasi-Hegemon Level fighters until they could no longer recover or fight.
• Feng Yan, nearly mad with fury, called for reinforcements ranging from middle- and late-stage Quasi-Hegemon powerhouses to War Emperor Grade powerhouses.

Hua Yunfei overwhelmed Feng Yan and the allied factions, killed the Giant Demon Race's leader, and used the Heaven-Piercing Banner to devour a late-stage Quasi-Hegemon expert. Just as Hua Yunfei declared that no one could stop him, Feng Yan revealed an Ancient Ancestor's Edict bearing Hegemon Grade aura.

• Feng Yan and the Giant Demon Race's leader summoned allies, but Hua Yunfei repeatedly cut Feng Yan down and nearly destroyed the Giant Demon Cudgel with a punch.
• A late-stage Quasi-Hegemon expert from the Giant Demon Race attacked Hua Yunfei, who beheaded him and used the Heaven-Piercing Banner to devour his divine soul.
• Hua Yunfei defeated the expert's headless body in close combat while Leo and the other faction experts watched in alarm.
• The Heaven-Piercing Banner finished devouring the Giant Demon Race expert, and the onlookers hailed Hua Yunfei as a Young Hegemon Grade.
• Feng Yan rose with an Ancient Ancestor's Edict in hand and taunted Hua Yunfei, claiming its Hegemon Grade power would ensure his victory.

Feng Yan used the Ancient Ancestor's Edict to trap Hua Yunfei as Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate, War Emperor Tian Ye, and Emperor Xuan arrived to surround him. Hua Yunfei awakened his full strength and fought back, but Emperor Xuan's Emperor Art severed his waist and left him bleeding across the firmament.

• Feng Yan raised the Ancient Ancestor's Edict, whose emerging Hegemon Grade pressure forced the Imperial Court's onlookers to their knees.
• Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate and War Emperor Tian Ye arrived, and Emperor Xuan joined them to block Hua Yunfei's escape.
• Hua Yunfei refused to surrender and awakened his Indestructible Battle Body, Creation Immortal Body, and Myriad Dao Divine Body.
• Hua Yunfei fought the three powerhouses and struck at Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate with Myriad Dao Fist Light, but Ming Huang shattered the attack and sent him flying.
• Emperor Xuan War Emperor used Emperor Art—First Severance to tear apart Hua Yunfei's surrounding myriad Daos and sever his waist.

Hua Yunfei was forced to submit to the Ghost Phoenix Race after Emperor Xuan War Emperor, Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate, and War Emperor Tian Ye brutally defeated him. Xia Qiuer tried to protect him, but Hua Yunfei’s spoken surrender shattered his Dao Heart and ruined his future.

• Emperor Xuan War Emperor defeated Hua Yunfei, then joined Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate and War Emperor Tian Ye in repeatedly beating him at Feng Yan’s demand.
• Hua Yunfei refused to submit even as his injuries worsened and his three physiques lost their power.
• Xia Qiuer intervened and stood beside Hua Yunfei, refusing Emperor Xuan War Emperor’s orders to move aside.
• Feng Yan rejected Xia Qiuer’s offers to go with Hua Yunfei and insisted that Hua Yunfei himself say he would submit.
• Hua Yunfei admitted defeat and declared that he would submit to the Ghost Phoenix Race, causing his Dao Heart to shatter as Feng Yan celebrated.

Hua Yunfei allowed his Dao Heart to shatter and was taken by Feng Yan to the Ghost Phoenix Race, while Xia Qiuer believed he was in grave danger. After the crowd dispersed, the three powerhouses revealed that Hua Yunfei had been acting under the Emperor Lord’s orders, though Xia Qiuer had been kept in the dark.

• Hua Yunfei’s Dao Heart shattered after his battle, and the onlookers recognized his extraordinary strength despite his defeat.
• Xia Qiuer offered to take Hua Yunfei away and kill anyone who stood in their way, but Hua Yunfei refused and asked whether she trusted him.
• Hua Yunfei apologized to Xia Qiuer before Feng Yan seized him and carried him toward the Ghost Phoenix Race.
• Feng Yan mocked the defeated Hua Yunfei and left with him as Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate dismissed the crowd.
• Afterward, Emperor Xuan War Emperor, War Emperor Tian Ye, and Ming Huang Heavenly Venerate revealed that Hua Yunfei had been acting on the Emperor Lord’s orders and that Xia Qiuer had not been told.

Duanmu Qingyue kept Hua Yunfei’s companions in line and continued his plans while he was held by the Ghost Phoenix Race. Meanwhile, the ancestors revealed that his apparent capture was part of a layered scheme, and they discussed how easily the Ghost Phoenix and Giant Demon Races had been fooled.

• Duanmu Qingyue refused to let the Second Prince and Fourth Prince leave, put them to sleep with Misty Dream, and took them with her to collect Vengeful Spirits and extreme yin energy for Hua Yunfei.
• The ancestors of Kaoshan Peak and Dao Origin Peak debated the Dao through chess, and Dao Origin Peak’s ancestor reversed a seemingly certain defeat by entering the game with his own body.
• The ancestor of Enemy God Peak sat down to challenge the ancestor of Dao Origin Peak after the ancestors of Tianji Peak and Gouyuan Peak were turned away.
• The ancestors watched the outside world and confirmed that Yunfei had gone to the Ghost Phoenix Race as planned, joking that the Ghost Phoenix Race and Giant Demon Race were easy to fool.

The Kaoshan Sect Ancestors discussed Wu Yun’s mission to the Ghost Phoenix Race and insisted he would withstand the pressure, while keeping their larger plan hidden. At the Ghost Phoenix Race, Feng Yue tormented Ao Miaomiao and revealed that Wu Yun had been captured, then offered to take her to see him.

• The Kaoshan Peak Ancestor explained that Wu Yun’s mission would test his ability to endure humiliation and prepare for the pressure of the High-Level Heavenly Vaults.
• The Ancestors worried that rescuing Wu Yun could expose their plans, but the Dao Origin Peak Ancestor and the Kaoshan Peak Ancestor declared their faith in him.
• The Dao Origin Peak Ancestor and the Enemy God Peak Ancestor reversed their chess game twice, ending with the Dao Origin Peak Ancestor defeating his opponent’s moves.
• Feng Yue told Ao Miaomiao that Wu Yun had been captured alive by three Peak Quasi-Hegemon Level powerhouses after clashing with the High-Level Heavenly Vault.
• Feng Yue struck and degraded Ao Miaomiao, then offered to take her to see Wu Yun.

Feng Yan brought the captured Wu Yun to the Ghost Phoenix Race, where Feng Yue celebrated his shattered Dao Heart and seized the Heavenly Emperor Banner. Unaware that Hua Yunfei had secretly obtained the Ghost Phoenix Battle Armor, Feng Yue left with a War Emperor Grade artifact.

• Feng Yan told the Ghost Phoenix Race Clan Leader that Wu Yun had been captured and his Dao Heart shattered, and the Clan Leader said he would emerge from seclusion within a year.
• Feng Hong approved of Feng Yan pursuing Feng Yue, and Feng Yan went to check on Wu Yun in the Blood Fiend Dungeon.
• While pretending to be unconscious, Hua Yunfei received the Ghost Phoenix Battle Armor as a system check-in reward and learned it was the Ghost Phoenix Race Ancient Ancestor's artifact.
• Feng Yue brought Ao Miaomiao to see the bound Hua Yunfei and told her Feng Yan had broken his Dao Heart by forcing him to submit.
• Feng Yue searched Hua Yunfei's empty Purple Mansion Grotto-Heaven, found the Heavenly Emperor Banner, and threatened it until it let her take it.
• Feng Yue celebrated acquiring a War Emperor Grade artifact.

Feng Hong suspected Feng Yue's new War Emperor Grade artifact was the legendary Heaven-Piercing Banner and took it to the Ghost Phoenix Race Ancient Ancestor for confirmation. Wu Yun remained captive, but he trusted the system and planned to reclaim what he had lost bit by bit.

• Feng Yue gloated over taking Wu Yun's Heaven-Piercing Banner while Feng Yan discussed punishing the unconscious Hua Yunfei and Ao Miaomiao warned them not to damage Wu Yun.
• Feng Hong examined the banner and suspected it was the legendary Heaven-Piercing Banner, whose Weapon Spirit had been replaced by a fused postnatal spirit.
• Feng Hong took the banner despite Feng Yue's protest, and Feng Yan suggested that confirmation could earn her favor with the Ghost Phoenix Race Ancient Ancestor.
• Wu Yun told the system he was confident the banner would return to him and planned to make the Ghost Phoenix Race pay for helping cultivate it.
• Feng Hong explained his suspicions to the Ghost Phoenix Race Clan Leader, who left seclusion with him to bring the banner to the Ancient Ancestor.

The Ghost Phoenix Race Ancient Ancestor discovered that his Ghost Phoenix Battle Armor had vanished, then learned that Feng Hong had brought him the legendary Heaven-Piercing Banner. He kept the banner and began repairing it, while the fate of captive Wu Yun and his Hegemon Grade protector remained unresolved.

• The Ghost Phoenix Race Ancient Ancestor woke to find his Natal Magic Weapon, the Ghost Phoenix Battle Armor, missing and failed to divine where it had gone.
• Feng Hong and the Ghost Phoenix Race Clan Leader brought the Heaven-Piercing Banner to the Ancient Ancestor, who confirmed its identity and saw that Supreme Yin Water served as its Weapon Spirit.
• Feng Hong explained that the banner came from Wu Yun, a cultivator with three peerless constitutions, and described Wu Yun's Hegemon Grade protector, Silly Girl.
• The Ancient Ancestor failed to divine Silly Girl and Wu Yun's origins, then declared that he would suppress Silly Girl if she came for Wu Yun.
• The Ancient Ancestor kept the Heaven-Piercing Banner, gave Feng Hong a Quasi-Hegemon Peak Dao Weapon for Feng Yue, and began refining the banner with Vengeful Spirits and Supreme Yin energy.