Chapter Summaries

Emperor Lord, Lord of Nothingness, and the other Overlords defeated and sealed the Sea Race Progenitor, while the Giant Demon Race and Ghost Phoenix Race were also suppressed and declared extinct. As the Imperial Alliance emerged to the cheers of the myriad beings, the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vaults appeared at once.

• Lord of Nothingness and Emperor Lord joined forces to overwhelm the Sea Race Progenitor and prevent him from escaping.
• Emperor Lord revealed his Fourth-Step Late Phase cultivation and defeated the Sea Race Progenitor, while the other Overlords sealed the Giant Demon Race Ancient Ancestor and Ghost Phoenix Race Ancient Ancestor.
• Emperor Lord and Lord of Nothingness sealed the Sea Race Progenitor with his soul and body separated.
• Emperor Lord announced the Imperial Alliance, and eleven Overlords appeared before the myriad beings as they cheered.
• The Thirty-Three Heavens trembled, and the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vaults emerged simultaneously.

The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vaults emerged ahead of schedule, leaving the Imperial Alliance facing a threat stronger than the forces it had already fought. Emperor Lord led the Overlords to the Sixteenth Layer after learning that someone else would handle the Fifteenth, while a disheveled man and a White-skirted Woman appeared in the Fifteenth Layer.

• Emperor Lord and the Overlords discussed the sudden emergence of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vaults, while Lord of Nothingness warned that fighting both at once would leave them no chance of victory.
• Lord of Nothingness departed after reminding Emperor Lord that two conditions remained, and Emperor Lord said someone would handle the Fifteenth Layer while the Overlords went to the Sixteenth.
• Emperor Lord used the Formation Script to take the Overlords to the Sixteenth Layer, as the Imperial Empress reassured Xia Qiuer that Hua Yunfei’s allies would stay hidden for now.
• The chapter revealed that the Xuan Ye Ancient Clans ruled the snowy Fifteenth Layer Heavenly Vault and were rumored to descend from a Supreme Being.
• A disheveled man appeared atop a glacier in the Fifteenth Layer beside a White-skirted Woman.

Silly Girl attacked the Xuan Ye Ancient Clans on Master Jiang’s orders and overpowered their Ancient Ancestors, Xuan Chen and Xuan Yu. As she moved to finish them, a woman appeared and blocked her punch.

• Master Jiang sent Silly Girl to destroy the Xuan Ye Ancient Clans and told her to preserve their souls for Yunfei.
• Silly Girl arrived at the clan and killed a Female Immortal Emperor, taking her imperial soul.
• Xuan Chen appeared to protect the clan, but Silly Girl pierced his chest with a single punch.
• Xuan Yu joined Xuan Chen, and the brothers fought Silly Girl together but were repeatedly beaten back.
• Silly Girl prepared to strike the wounded brothers again, but an unknown woman appeared and blocked her fist.

Mu Xuanyi emerged from the Xuan Ye Ancient Clans’ territory and pleaded with Silly Girl to spare her clan, explaining that both sides had suffered in the old conflict. Master Jiang arrived and rejected her appeal, then annihilated the clan’s members and seized Xuan Yu and Xuan Chen.

• Mu Xuanyi revealed herself as the Xuan Ye Ancient Clans’ Progenitor and told Xuan Yu and Xuan Chen that their father’s death had been part of a conflict in which both sides lost loved ones.
• Mu Xuanyi asked Silly Girl to spare the clan and stay out of the conflict, but Silly Girl prepared to attack under Master Jiang’s orders.
• Master Jiang appeared, and Mu Xuanyi recognized him as the super genius surnamed Jiang she had once told her sons about.
• Master Jiang refused Mu Xuanyi’s request to leave the past behind, accusing her of having blood on her hands.
• Master Jiang shattered the Xuan Ye Ancient Clans’ protective formation, killed the clansmen, and lifted Xuan Yu and Xuan Chen into the air with his power.

Master Jiang confronted Mu Xuanyi and her sons, revealing that their father had never acknowledged them and had secretly restrained their cultivation. He killed Xuan Yu and Xuan Chen, sealed Mu Xuanyi, and left the Xuan Ye Ancient Clans' territory in ruins before ordering Silly Girl to hunt down the other ancient clans.

• Xuan Yu and Xuan Chen attacked Master Jiang, but Silly Girl erased their blows, and Mu Xuanyi tried to plead for their lives.
• Master Jiang killed Xuan Chen and revealed that Mu Xuanyi had sacrificed her sect's cultivators to pursue the man she loved, who had discarded her and never acknowledged their sons.
• Master Jiang explained that an unseen command from their father had stopped Xuan Yu and Xuan Chen from reaching the fifth step, then killed Xuan Yu and entrusted both sons' souls to Silly Girl.
• Mu Xuanyi attacked Master Jiang, but he shattered her source, dismembered and sealed her, and falsely told her that the man she loved had died horribly.
• Master Jiang destroyed the central statue and ordered Silly Girl to kill the remaining ancient clans before his body dissolved into light.

The Imperial Alliance Hegemons confronted the Huangtian Immortal Race rulers on the Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vault, where Emperor Lord fought the ancient sword-wielding elder and the others struggled against a powerful sword-shaped stone cultivator. On the Fifteenth Layer, Silly Girl watched the battle with Master Jiang, who noticed that her personality was developing in an unexpected way.

• Emperor Lord and the Imperial Alliance Hegemons approached the Sixteenth Layer’s center but were discovered by the Huangtian Immortal Race’s elder and a middle-aged swordsman.
• The middle-aged man revealed that the Huangtian Immortal Race had originated from stones carved into swords and explained that the Ghost Phoenix and Giant Demon Ancestors had warned them about the Imperial Alliance.
• Emperor Lord engaged the elder while the middle-aged man attacked Phoenix Emperor Venerate and the other Hegemons, severely injuring several of them.
• The elder’s ancient sword and Emperor Lord’s Natal Magic Weapon clashed as their battle shook the Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vault.
• Silly Girl watched the battle from the Fifteenth Layer after defeating its inhabitants, and Master Jiang remarked that she was becoming more like a person but developing an unexpected personality.

Master Jiang declined to help the battle in the Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vault, but a stray Hegemon Grade sword attack threatened to destroy the Three Thousand Dao Realms. As two strikes descended, a golden Dharma Aspect appeared and invoked the Great Era Reversed, leaving the realms’ fate unresolved.

• Silly Girl asked whether they should help the battle in the Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vault, and Master Jiang refused, calling their allies unreliable.
• The battle’s stray Sword Qi tore through the All Realms Great Universe and sent a devastating strike toward the Three Thousand Dao Realms.
• The Immortal Emperors and Quasi-Immortal Emperors rallied the Dao Realms and their living beings to power a united protective array.
• The Sword Qi shattered the array and killed the Three Thousand Dao Realms’ top experts, while a second strike approached.
• A golden Dharma Aspect appeared above the Three Thousand Dao Realms and declared, “The Great Era Reversed! The Emperors Manifested!!”

Lord of Nothingness resurrected the fallen powers and restored the Three Thousand Dao Realms, then claimed the realms as his domain and entered the Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vault to confront the Huangtian Immortal Race swordsman who had attacked them. He left the swordsman flying from a single palm and demanded to know how he wanted to die.

• Lord of Nothingness revived the fallen Immortal Emperors and Quasi-Immortal Emperors, replenished everyone's power, and warned that the Three Thousand Dao Realms were his domain.
• Lord of Nothingness drew a golden boundary around the Three Thousand Dao Realms and declared that they no longer belonged to the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• When more Sword Qi descended, Lord of Nothingness destroyed it, climbed into the Thirty-Three Heavens, and declared, "Today, I'll use your life to prove my way!"
• In the Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vault, the middle-aged man from the Huangtian Immortal Race attacked the defending Overlords and showed signs of reaching the Fourth Step.
• Emperor Lord and Lord of Nothingness struck the Southern Heavenly Gate together, and Lord of Nothingness entered the Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vault.
• Lord of Nothingness struck the middle-aged man with a palm, sent him flying, and demanded to know how he wanted to die.

Emperor Lord battled the old man after helping Lord of Nothingness open the Southern Heavenly Gate, while Lord of Nothingness fought the middle-aged Huangtian sword cultivator. The middle-aged man neared the Fourth Step, but Lord of Nothingness stopped his breakthrough by devouring his sword power.

• The old man wounded Emperor Lord for helping Lord of Nothingness, and Emperor Lord declared that he sought freedom rather than betraying the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• Emperor Lord and the old man fought a decisive battle in the Heavenly Vault's spacetime, where Emperor Lord used the clash to refine his Dao and punched through the old man's chest.
• Lord of Nothingness claimed the middle-aged man as her prey and fought him with the Sword Dao, eventually cleaving him in two.
• The middle-aged man revived, comprehended the Huangtian Sword Art's Return to Origin, and prepared to break through into the Fourth Step.
• Lord of Nothingness formed a Sword Dao Furnace and devoured the middle-aged man's Sword Qi and sword light before he could unleash his breakthrough strike.

Lord of Nothingness and the allied Hegemons suppressed the two Huangtian Immortal Race elders, but the old man triggered a ritual to awaken the race’s Progenitor. As a terrifying presence stirred in the Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vault, Master Jiang recognized the approaching person and fled with Silly Girl while reaching for Emperor Lord and the others.

• Lord of Nothingness used the Sword Dao Furnace and Time Law to defeat the middle-aged man, then joined forces with ten Hegemons to trap him in the Time Furnace.
• Emperor Lord emerged from the space-time river and crushed the old man beneath his cauldron, while Phoenix Emperor Venerate, Sacred Dragon Emperor, and the others helped suppress him.
• The old man ordered the clans of the Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vault to ignite the Soul Burning Fire and summon the Huangtian Immortal Race’s Progenitor.
• Cultivators across the Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vault offered their heart’s blood, awakening a terrifying aura that alarmed Emperor Lord, Lord of Nothingness, and the others.
• Master Jiang sensed that the approaching person was not the Stone Clan Sword Maniac, then vanished with Silly Girl and reached out to take Emperor Lord and the others away.

Emperor Lord and the other Hegemons used a damaged Heavenly Soldier to seal off the lower Heavenly Vaults, but a mysterious powerhouse from an ancient era arrived and began breaking through their defense. The chapter left the Broken War Hammer under threat as the newcomer challenged its former power.

• Emperor Lord and the other Hegemons fled the Sixteenth Layer Heavenly Vault after hurling the old man and the middle-aged man away as a distraction.
• Emperor Lord revealed the Broken War Hammer, and the Hegemons, including Lord of Nothingness, joined their origin power to awaken it and create a lightning barrier between the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Layer Heavenly Vaults.
• A distant force rescued the old man and the middle-aged man by erasing the destructive power inside them.
• A mysterious man appeared along the Space-time Long River and shook the Eighteenth Layer Heavenly Vault, injuring Emperor Lord, Phoenix Emperor Venerate, and the other Hegemons.
• The mysterious man recognized the Broken War Hammer, pressed through its lightning barrier, and reached to seize it while dismissing its former glory.

A mysterious ancient figure overwhelmed the Emperor Lord and the other Overlords, then offered to teach them before threatening to turn them into Dao Weapons. The Nether Lord and his mount, the Nether King Dragon, confronted him, leaving the clash over the Low-Level Heavenly Vault unresolved.

• The mysterious figure overpowered the Emperor Lord, Phoenix Emperor Venerate, the dean, Sacred Dragon Emperor, and the others despite their use of the Broken War Hammer.
• The Emperor Lord and the other Overlords refused the mysterious figure’s offer to teach them, so he threatened to refine them into Dao Weapons.
• The mysterious figure singled out Lord of Nothingness, recognized a resemblance to an old acquaintance, and ordered him to come along for study.
• The Nether Lord challenged the mysterious figure for bullying the younger Overlords, and the mysterious figure questioned whether he would break the taboo and act.
• The Nether King Dragon appeared in the Sea of Karma, said he could act in the Nether Lord’s place, and threatened to destroy the Low-Level Heavenly Vault.

The mysterious man revealed himself as Young Heaven, a legendary powerhouse who had once fought his way through the High-Level Heavenly Vault. He challenged the Nether Lord to come to the Dark World, while the Dark World remained determined to interfere in the Thirty-Three Heavens’ conflict.

• The Nether Lord and Nether King Dragon confronted the mysterious man, who taunted the Nether King Dragon about killing his old allies.
• The Nether King Dragon attacked with a phantom, but the mysterious man crushed it and recounted his past battles against the faction’s experts.
• The Emperor Lord recognized the mysterious man as Young Heaven, a fighter who had once cut through the High-Level Heavenly Vault and ended his hardest battle in a draw.
• The mysterious man warned the Dark World not to interfere in the Thirty-Three Heavens’ affairs and said he might spare the Overlords.
• The Nether Lord insisted that the Dark World would meddle and invited Young Heaven to come fight him there.

The mysterious man forced the Imperial Alliance to return four Hegemon-grade captives, then established a battlefield where the Low-Level and High-Level Heavenly Vaults would fight until one side was wiped out. After he departed, the Emperor Lord's allies questioned him about the power secretly supporting him, while the mysterious man hinted that someone in the High-Level Heavenly Vault had recovered and might be the real mouse in the coming game.

• The mysterious man threatened the Imperial Alliance and demanded the return of the Giant Demon Race Ancient Ancestor, the Ghost Phoenix Race Ancient Ancestor, the Sea Race Progenitor, and the Sea Race's Ancient Ancestor held by the Lord of Nothingness.
• The mysterious man created a supercontinent battlefield and ordered cultivators from the Low-Level Heavenly Vault, the Three Thousand Dao Realms, and the All Realms Great Universe to fight the High-Level Heavenly Vault until one side was wiped out.
• The Nether Lord agreed not to interfere, and the mysterious man departed after inviting the Imperial Alliance to challenge the High-Level Heavenly Vault.
• The Emperor Lord admitted that the Imperial Alliance had miscalculated, while the Phoenix Emperor Venerate and the dean discussed the cost of the conflict and the power secretly supporting the Emperor Lord.
• In the High-Level Heavenly Vault, the mysterious man wondered whether someone had recovered and suggested that the supposed mouse might actually be the cat.

The mysterious man reassured the injured leaders of several races and revealed that the Fifteenth Layer Heavenly Vault’s two Xuan Ye Ancient Clan figures had been dealt with by a powerful force. As the Low-Level Heavenly Vault prepared for a devastating war, Xia Qiuer learned that the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy would join Dao Wushuang in the High-Level Heavenly Vault and could not be persuaded to spare her people.

• The mysterious man released the injured Sea Race Progenitor, Giant Demon Race Ancient Ancestor, Ghost Phoenix Race Ancient Ancestor, and Sea Race Ancient Ancestor, then told them to resume their conflict with the Low-Level Heavenly Vault while he controlled events from behind the scenes.
• The mysterious man revealed that the two figures from the Fifteenth Layer Heavenly Vault had been dealt with, and the others realized that a powerful surviving force was responsible.
• The Emperor Lord remained in the Eighteenth Layer Heavenly Vault while other Overlords returned home, and factions across the Low-Level Heavenly Vault and myriad realms prepared for war by distributing cultivation knowledge and training their people.
• Xia Qiuer visited the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy seeking Dao Wushuang, but War King told her that Wushuang had left years earlier and that the academy would soon depart for the High-Level Heavenly Vault.
• War King and Sword King refused to abandon Wushuang, though Sword King promised the academy would hold back against Xia Qiuer’s side if they met in battle, and Xia Qiuer left knowing she had failed to change the coming war.

Xia Qiuer persuaded the White-haired Old Man to secretly help all living beings cultivate, while Duanmu Qingyue continued gathering Vengeful Spirits and yin energy for Hua Yunfei. A hundred years later, Hua Yunfei trained the Primordial God Realm’s strongest fighters as their gold medal sparring partner, and Huang Xuan asked where Chu Qing'er had gone.

• Xia Qiuer begged the White-haired Old Man to help all living beings, and he secretly made cultivation and enlightenment easier across the world.
• Duanmu Qingyue gathered Vengeful Spirits and yin energy with the Second Prince and Fourth Prince, then encountered three wary Immortal Emperors in a forbidden zone.
• Over the next hundred years, Hua Yunfei recalled his people, shared opportunities with them, and used a clone to spar with them at equal cultivation levels.
• Hua Yunfei repeatedly defeated everyone, especially his disciples Ye Bufan, Huang Xuan, and Jia Duobao, while the Primordial God Realm’s fighters grew stronger.
• Huang Xuan asked Hua Yunfei where Chu Qing'er had gone and why he had not called her back.

Hua Yunfei told his disciples that Chu Qing'er was training in the Abyss of Nothingness and urged them to cultivate harder. Shi Zhàndì arrived to partner with Huang Xuan, then revealed his vast collection of women's undergarments, while Jia Duobao planned to visit Elder Shi for help understanding the Spring and Autumn Annals.

• Hua Yunfei explained that Jia Duobao was stronger than he pretended, thanks to his cultivation of Spring and Autumn and the guidance of Hua Yunfei and Elder Shi.
• Ye Bufan asked where Chu Qing'er was, and Hua Yunfei said she was in the Abyss of Nothingness and had an important task.
• Jia Duobao resolved to ask Elder Shi for help with the Spring and Autumn Annals after struggling to understand them.
• Shi Zhàndì appeared and declared that he would partner with Huang Xuan, who agreed to give the arrangement a try.
• Shi Zhàndì showed Huang Xuan more than a thousand women's undergarments, and Jia Duobao asked for one to bring Elder Shi as a gift.
• Hua Yunfei warned Jia Duobao that Elder Shi would expect a worthwhile gift because he was busy as the resident MVP of the toilets.

Jia Duobao, Ye Bufan, and Huang Xuan prepared to send avatars back to Primordial Era, while Hua Yunfei reflected on his responsibilities and gave Ye Bufan a new task. The chapter ended with the Primordial God Realm’s old acquaintances training and sparring, including Ao Kun and Gaishi.

• Jia Duobao said he would visit Elder Shi, and Hua Yunfei explained that Elder Shi and Elder Ye were extraordinary gatekeepers with great power.
• Jia Duobao, Ye Bufan, and Huang Xuan sent remnant-soul avatars to Primordial Era, and Hua Yunfei asked them to bring back the Ginseng Fruit Tree from Dao Origin Peak.
• Shi Zhàndì took Huang Xuan to train, while Hua Yunfei told Jia Duobao that Huang Xuan’s future growth would be exceptional and Jia Duobao rushed off to cultivate.
• Hua Yunfei asked Ye Bufan whether being Senior Disciple Brother was difficult, then told him to come to his true body to receive something.
• Hua Yunfei watched Xia Kaoshan and Hua Changsheng spar before leaving, as other fighters in the Primordial God Realm continued challenging one another.
• Ao Kun and Gaishi fought a widely watched battle, with Ao Kun using the Origin Great Dao and Heaven Stealing techniques against Gaishi’s strength.

The Primordial God Realm filled with public battles as cultivators tested their strength, and Nangong Wentian learned that his ancestor Nangong Xiangtian was still stronger than he was. Lin Haoyu reunited Tian Feixue with her grandfather Lei Zu, while she remained devoted to Hua Yunfei despite knowing their relationship had not progressed.

• Jun Tian defeated Mu Xuanzhi, while Nangong Wentian proved strong enough to stand against both Jun Tian and Gong Qingyan.
• Nangong Wentian challenged Nangong Xiangtian, but his ancestor revealed his hidden strength and beat him, leaving his backside swollen.
• Lin Haoyu visited Tian Feixue at the Kaoshan Sect and found her drilling its disciples instead of cultivating.
• Tian Feixue told Lin Haoyu she remained content managing the sect and loving Hua Yunfei from afar, even though nothing had changed between them.
• Lei Zu reunited with Tian Feixue and encouraged her, while he and Lin Haoyu worried that her devotion to Hua Yunfei would bring her pain.

Tian Feixue found comfort in Hua Yunfei’s Peach Immortal Fruit and in teaching her disciples, while a growing melee erupted in the Primordial God Realm. Xi Yue asked Hua Yunfei about strange memories, and Ye Bufan, Huang Xuan, and Jia Duobao emerged from the Ancestral Tomb to find that Kaoshan Sect’s new generation now revered them as Ancestors.

• Tian Feixue showed Lei Zu and Lin Haoyu the Peach Immortal Fruit Hua Yunfei had given her, and they were reassured that he cared for her at least somewhat.
• Tian Feixue sent Lei Zu and Lin Haoyu away, then taught her disciples and reflected that accepting her feelings had helped her cultivation advance.
• Gaishi and the God Emperor fought, and the Ancient God Emperor, Ao Kun, the Double Pupil User, Di Tian, King Yu, the Chaos True Ancestor, Lei Zu, Qingyun Old Ancestor, and Nangong Xiangtian joined the brawl.
• Xi Yue approached Hua Yunfei and asked him to explain the unfamiliar, strangely familiar memories that had appeared since Master visited and left.
• Ye Bufan, Huang Xuan, and Jia Duobao emerged from Kaoshan Sect’s Ancestral Tomb, where the new Sect Master and elders welcomed them as Ancestors.