Chapter Summaries

Zhu Moyan persuaded the Sky Origin Ancestor to spare Evil God Moro, who revealed that his Life Contract with her made killing him fatal to her as well. After the Sky Origin Dynasty took control of its imperial city, the Ancestor and Zhu Moyan prepared to reclaim what the dynasty had lost.

• Zhu Moyan apologized to the Sky Origin Ancestor and urged him to spare Moro, arguing that they needed Moro as an ally against other awakened Great Emperor Realm experts.
• The Sky Origin Ancestor placed a blood curse on Moro, but Moro transferred it to Zhu Moyan and revealed their Life Contract.
• The Sky Origin Ancestor agreed to spare Moro after realizing that Zhu Moyan’s life was at risk, and their alliance was established.
• The Sky Origin Ancestor led Zhu Moyan to take control of Sky Origin Imperial City and tried unsuccessfully to remove the Life Contract.
• Zhu Moyan and the Sky Origin Ancestor resolved to reclaim the Sky Origin Dynasty’s losses, and she asked whether he had gathered her older brother’s true spirit.

Zhu Chengan was revived by Zhu Moyan and the Sky Origin Ancestor, and vowed to take revenge on Qin Jiuge, the Qin Family, and the Sky Phoenix Dynasty. As their allies targeted the Heavenly Mystery Building, the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master was caught trying to escape, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Zhu Moyan and the Sky Origin Ancestor restored Zhu Chengan’s true spirit and gave him a new body.
• Zhu Chengan, Zhu Moyan, and the Sky Origin Ancestor agreed to seek revenge on the Qin Family and the Sky Phoenix Dynasty.
• The Heavenly Mystery Tower Master detected an approaching crisis and tried to warn the Qin Family and the Sky Phoenix Dynasty, but his message was blocked.
• Li Tianran, Zhu Chengan, Zhu Moyan, Evil God Moro, and their allies confronted the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master at the Heavenly Mystery Building.
• Li Tianran exposed the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master’s hiding place and wounded him, then offered him a chance to join their side.
• The Heavenly Mystery Tower Master refused to promise cooperation, and Evil God Moro raised a hand as phantom evil light appeared before the group.

Qin Jiuge suspected the Heavenly Mystery Building’s intelligence was a trap and insisted on securing the support of two Great Emperor Realm experts before anyone went there. He traveled to the Merman Clan to request help from its secluded expert, but the Patriarch demanded a suitable reason for disturbing him.

• Evil God Moro turned the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master into his puppet and ordered him to lure Qin Family members with false intelligence.
• Qin Jiuge warned the Qin Family and its allies to trust no one, then questioned whether the Heavenly Mystery Building’s intelligence was genuine.
• The First Hall Master, Feng Hu, and others argued that the Qin Family had to respond, and Qin Jiuge said they needed two Great Emperor Realm experts to go safely.
• After Qin Jiuge made the others bear responsibility for any decision to go unprotected, the First Hall Master and allied Quasi-Emperors agreed to seek help from the Overseas Region expert.
• Shang Ciqing led Qin Jiuge and the others to the Merman Clan, where its Patriarch hesitated to summon the secluded Great Emperor and asked Qin Jiuge for a suitable reason.

Qin Jiuge gathered the Merman Clan’s Great Emperor expert and went to the Heavenly Mystery Building after learning the Sky Origin Dynasty planned to attack. He exposed an impostor who destroyed the building in an explosion, then challenged Zhu Moyan to appear and fight him.

• Qin Jiuge told the Merman Clan Patriarch that the Sky Origin Ancestor had escaped and that a Great Emperor Realm expert was involved, prompting the Patriarch to report the news to Wen Tiansheng.
• Wen Tiansheng joined Qin Jiuge and the others as they set out for the Heavenly Mystery Building.
• The Heavenly Mystery Tower Master welcomed Qin Jiuge, but Qin Jiuge recognized that the man’s unusual politeness signaled a trap and concluded that the real Tower Master was likely dead.
• The impostor revealed himself and detonated his swelling body, razing the Heavenly Mystery Building as Qin Jiuge retreated.
• Qin Jiuge identified the Sky Origin Dynasty’s involvement and challenged Zhu Moyan to face him in a Life and Death battle.

After Qin Jiuge failed to find the Sky Origin Dynasty group, he ordered the search to continue while Li Tianran and his allies escaped and planned to weaken the Qin Family’s vassal forces. Qin Jiuge then questioned Wen Tiansheng about divination and confronted Ouye Zi in the Purple Bamboo Forest, demanding an explanation.

• Qin Jiuge ordered his people to rebuild the Heavenly Mystery Building and hunt down every member of the Sky Origin Dynasty.
• The Sky Origin Ancestor praised Qin Jiuge’s planning, while Zhu Chengan regretted that the Qin Family and Sky Origin Dynasty had never allied.
• Li Tianran proposed destroying the vassal forces’ fortune and asked the Sky Origin Ancestor to remove Sky Origin aura from Evil God Moro.
• Qin Jiuge asked Wen Tiansheng who else could perform divination, and Wen Tiansheng pointed him toward Ouye Zi and the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master’s inheritance.
• Qin Jiuge went to the Purple Bamboo Forest and demanded answers from Ouye Zi, who complained that Qin Jiuge had disturbed his nap.

Qin Jiuge confronted Ouye Zi about hiding his Great Emperor Realm ancestry, then summoned the Heavenly Mystery Old Man to ask him to join forces against the Sky Origin Ancestor. The old man refused, leaving Qin Jiuge and the others wondering whether he had secretly saved and sheltered the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master.

• Qin Jiuge accused Ouye Zi of concealing that he was a descendant of the Great Emperor Realm, and Ouye Zi admitted he had kept it secret.
• Ouye Zi told Qin Jiuge that the Heavenly Mystery Old Man was alive and had reached the Half-step Great Emperor Realm.
• Qin Jiuge called for the Heavenly Mystery Old Man and urged him to help capture the Sky Origin Ancestor and his allies.
• The Heavenly Mystery Old Man appeared from the bamboo forest but refused to get involved.
• Ouye Zi speculated that the Heavenly Mystery Old Man had foreseen the Heavenly Mystery Tower Master's fate and secretly kept him safe, and Qin Jiuge asked if it was true.

Qin Jiuge sought the Heavenly Mystery Sect’s help against the Sky Origin Ancestor, but the Heavenly Mystery Old Man agreed only on the condition that Qin Jiuge and his companions help cure his illness. They left for the Sky Origin Dynasty to carry out his plan.

• The Heavenly Mystery Tower Master apologized to Qin Jiuge and said the Heavenly Mystery Sect would not get involved.
• The Heavenly Mystery Old Man offered to help Qin Jiuge if he accepted three conditions.
• The Heavenly Mystery Old Man revealed that divining heaven’s secrets had left him near death and covered in poisonous blisters.
• Qin Jiuge and his companions agreed to travel to the Sky Origin Dynasty, activate its sacrificial array, and use the fire monkey to trigger a fire tribulation that could cure the old man.
• Qin Jiuge and the others left the Purple Bamboo Forest.

Qin Jiuge and his companions reached Sky Origin Imperial City seeking the Sky Origin Ancestor, only to be ambushed by more than a dozen Quasi-Emperor Three-headed Flood Dragons. Facing overwhelming odds, Qin Jiuge called on Sikong Changfeng and questioned who was secretly helping the Sky Origin Dynasty’s remnants.

• Li Changge warned Qin Jiuge not to trust Heavenly Mystery Old Man and Ouye Zi, but Qin Jiuge explained that asking them for help was the quickest way to find the Sky Origin Ancestor.
• Qin Jiuge’s group arrived at Sky Origin Imperial City, where Xiao Ling located and dismissed hidden personnel from the Qin Family’s affiliated forces.
• At the formation on the imperial city’s eastern edge, more than a dozen Three-headed Flood Dragons appeared and revealed that the Sky Origin Ancestor had prepared an ambush.
• Li Changge said she could fight at most three of the flood dragons, so Qin Jiuge called for Sikong Changfeng and asked him about the hidden power aiding the Sky Origin Dynasty’s remnants.

Sikong Changfeng rescued Qin Jiuge and Li Changge by slaughtering the demonic dragons, then chose to leave the Qin Family and Sky Phoenix Dynasty to deal with the greater threat. The Heavenly Mystery Old Man gave Qin Jiuge intelligence about several locations, and Li Changge was shocked when she saw where one of them was.

• Sikong Changfeng arrived and mocked Qin Jiuge and Li Changge before attacking the demonic dragons.
• Sikong Changfeng killed the demonic dragons, while Qin Jiuge learned that he had broken through to the Half-step Great Emperor Realm and had previously defeated Qin Jiuge.
• After the battlefield was cleared, Sikong Changfeng withdrew, intending to let the Qin Family and Sky Phoenix Dynasty handle the Sky Origin Ancestor and other threats.
• Qin Jiuge used the Fire Monkey to activate the formation, and the Heavenly Mystery Old Man gave him a slip listing several locations.
• Qin Jiuge and Li Changge departed by Flying Divine Boat, and Li Changge was stunned to find that one location was Sky Profound City.

Li Tianran agreed to bind Sky Profound City to the Sky Origin Alliance as the Zhu siblings prepared for an impending conflict with the Qin Family. The chapter ended with Li Miaoran confronting her father over his decision to oppose the Qin Family.

• Li Tianran protested that the Zhu siblings were demanding Sky Profound City's entire foundation, but Zhu Chengan insisted the city must join the Sky Origin Alliance for them to trust him.
• Zhu Chengan reminded Li Tianran that the Sky Origin Dynasty would help him reach the Great Emperor Realm, and Li Tianran reaffirmed his oath to their alliance.
• Li Tianran secretly sent messages to his children and the Sky Profound Four Elders while plotting against Zhu Chengan and Zhu Moyan.
• Li Miaoran and the Sky Profound Four Elders gathered after learning Li Tianran intended to oppose the Qin Family, and they went to meet him.
• Li Miaoran seized Li Tianran by the collar and asked why he had turned against the Qin Family, warning that Sky Profound City could not withstand its Great Emperor Realm experts.

Li Tianran ordered the Sky Profound Four Elders to take Li Miaoran away, then Qin Jiuge and the Rogue Cultivator Alliance arrived to confront Sky Profound City. As Li Changge fought Zhu Moyan, Qin Jiuge sensed that something in the city was trapping him, though he could not identify the threat.

• Li Tianran persuaded the Sky Profound Four Elders to obey him, and they took Li Miaoran away.
• Qin Jiuge, Li Changge, and their Flying Divine Boat arrived and summoned the Rogue Cultivator Alliance to oppose Sky Profound City and the Sky Origin Dynasty.
• Xu Lang voiced his anger at Li Miaoran, while most of the Alliance's Quasi Emperor Realm cultivators agreed to support Qin Jiuge and hurried to Sky Profound City.
• Qin Jiuge challenged the Sky Origin Dynasty to reveal itself above the City Lord's Mansion.
• Zhu Moyan confronted Qin Jiuge, and Li Changge charged forward to fight her.
• Qin Jiuge sensed that something in Sky Profound City was trapping him, but he could not determine what it was.

Zhu Chengan reappeared before Qin Jiuge and, now at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm, demanded a fight to the death. As the battle erupted across Sky Profound City, Qin Jiuge fought Zhu Chengan while learning that Zhu Chengan and Zhu Moyan were fraternal twins whose techniques worked exceptionally well together.

• Zhu Chengan appeared before Qin Jiuge, revealed he had survived, and vowed to kill him.
• Zhu Chengan raised his cultivation to the peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm and attacked Qin Jiuge with the Heavenly Dragon Golden Spear.
• Qin Jiuge used the Lightning Emperor Treasure Technique and Kunpeng Treasure Technique to fight back as demon dragon bodies clashed with the Rogue Cultivator Alliance's Quasi-Emperor experts across Sky Profound City.
• Qin Jiuge asked Li Changge about Zhu Chengan and Zhu Moyan's coordinated techniques, and Li Changge explained that they were fraternal twins.
• Zhu Chengan confirmed that he and Zhu Moyan had developed a deep understanding and challenged Qin Jiuge to come fight him.

Qin Jiuge and Sikong Changfeng drove Zhu Chengan and Zhu Moyan from Sky Profound City, then divided the city between the Qin Family and the Rogue Cultivator Alliance. After the Sky Origin Dynasty’s remnants attacked their vassals, Qin Jiuge launched a continent-wide hunt, while Zhu Chengan planned to turn their pursuers into puppets and use them against the Qin Family.

• Qin Jiuge fought Zhu Chengan and Zhu Moyan until Sikong Changfeng arrived, and the two enemies withdrew rather than face the approaching reinforcements.
• Sikong Changfeng and Qin Jiuge divided Sky Profound City between the Rogue Cultivator Alliance and the Qin Family, while the Alliance purged Li Tianran’s remaining loyalists.
• The Sky Origin Dynasty’s remnants attacked the Qin Family’s and Sky Phoenix Dynasty’s vassals, prompting Qin Jiuge to summon powerful allies and order a full-scale hunt.
• Qin Jiuge offered vast rewards for finding the remnants, causing cultivators across the continent to search for them.
• Zhu Chengan told Zhu Moyan he would wait for the Sky Origin Ancestor and Evil God Moro to recover before turning their pursuers into puppets and attacking the Qin Family.

Qin Jiuge faced pressure from the Rogue Cultivator Alliance and other factions to address the threat posed by Zhu Chengan and the Sky Origin Dynasty. The Alliance revealed that it lacked forces to help, and Sikong Changfeng exposed its true situation while backing Qin Jiuge.

• The First Hall Master, Sky Phoenix Quasi-Emperor, and the Rogue Cultivator Alliance's experts urged Qin Jiuge to lead a response to Zhu Chengan's revival and the Sky Origin Dynasty's threat.
• Qin Jiuge demanded that the Rogue Cultivator Alliance reveal its own trump cards rather than leave the burden to the Qin Family and Sky Phoenix Dynasty.
• The Great Elder claimed the Alliance's only Half-step Great Emperor Realm expert was away seeking a breakthrough in the Yao Realm.
• Sikong Changfeng revealed that the Alliance had three Half-step Great Emperor Realm experts, with the other two guarding the one in the Yao Realm, and supported Qin Jiuge.
• The group proposed asking the Heavenly Mystery Old Man in Sky Origin Imperial City to help, citing his Great Emperor lineage and debt to the Qin Family's aunt.
• Sky Phoenix Quasi-Emperor challenged the Alliance for doing nothing, and Sikong Changfeng prepared to make another startling revelation.

Sikong Changfeng arranged for the Rogue Cultivator Alliance to claim benefits based on its contributions and joined Qin Jiuge's group. Meanwhile, Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor reported their movements to Li Tianran, who remained allied with Zhu Chengan despite Li Miaoran urging him to reconsider.

• Sikong Changfeng secured the Rogue Cultivator Alliance's agreement to receive benefits in proportion to its work, and the group set out with him alongside Qin Jiuge.
• Sikong Changfeng told Qin Jiuge that he had acted to protect the alliance and secure the resources he needed to reach the Great Emperor Realm.
• Vermilion Bird Quasi-Emperor reported Qin Jiuge's group's movements to Li Tianran, choosing loyalty to the City Lord over his past connection with Qin Jiuge.
• Li Tianran demanded an explanation from Zhu Chengan, who insisted that they were allies and that Li Tianran had no way to leave their arrangement.
• Li Miaoran urged Li Tianran to ally with the Sky Phoenix Dynasty instead, but he refused, saying their family could not afford to retreat.

Li Tianran explained to Li Miaoran why he had cooperated with Evil God Moro and distrusted the Qin Family, while Qin Jiuge and his allies sought Heavenly Mystery Old Man’s help against Moro and the Sky Origin Ancestor. Heavenly Mystery Old Man said their only chance might depend on winning Moro over, though its Life Contract with the Sky Origin Ancestor made that seem unlikely.

• Li Tianran told Li Miaoran that he had cooperated with Evil God Moro because he could trust neither Moro’s rivals nor the Qin Family to protect the Li Family’s interests.
• Qin Jiuge, Li Changge, Sikong Changfeng, and several Quasi Emperors arrived at the former Sky Origin Dynasty’s sacrificial formation as Heavenly Mystery Old Man recovered from his tribulation.
• Heavenly Mystery Old Man warned Qin Jiuge that Moro and the Sky Origin Ancestor would fight together, making them impossible to seal again even if they were defeated.
• Qin Jiuge asked whether there was any chance of survival, and Heavenly Mystery Old Man said their best prospect was winning Moro over.
• Qin Jiuge questioned how Moro could betray the Sky Origin Ancestor when the two had signed a Life Contract.

The Heavenly Mystery Old Man persuaded Evil God Moro to cooperate in a plan to escape the world's Life Contract and help kill the Sky Origin Ancestor. Qin Jiuge and Li Changge followed his lead but stayed wary, and after six months of hunting their betrayers, they still had no chance to eliminate the Sky Origin Ancestor.

• The Heavenly Mystery Old Man explained that Evil God Moro could escape the Life Contract by leaving this world and help them kill the Sky Origin Ancestor.
• The Heavenly Mystery Old Man secretly contacted Evil God Moro, who bargained with him before agreeing to cooperate.
• Li Changge questioned how smoothly the plan had gone, and the Heavenly Mystery Old Man clarified that Moro’s agreement would let him share intelligence and provide assistance.
• Qin Jiuge and Li Changge agreed to let the Heavenly Mystery Old Man lead while they acted as visible targets in public.
• Qin Jiuge reassured Li Changge that he could restrain even a true Great Emperor and noted that she had her own safeguards.
• Over the next six months, Qin Jiuge and Li Changge hunted down their betrayers but found no suitable opportunity to kill the Sky Origin Ancestor.

Evil God Moro’s position in the team grew precarious as Qin Jiuge abandoned the hunt for Sky Origin Ancestor and gathered powerful young cultivators in Chaos Town to grow stronger. The group began training with the town’s fire and cold toxins, hoping to accelerate their path toward the Great Emperor Realm.

• Evil God Moro dismissed Zhu Chengan’s concerns and insisted that only a Great Emperor could question him, while repeated attempts to find an opening against Sky Origin Ancestor failed.
• Qin Jiuge rejected Heavenly Mystery Old Man’s advice to wait, ordered the Qin Family and its affiliated forces to withdraw, and left with Li Changge.
• Qin Jiuge told Li Changge that the Qin Family and Sky Phoenix Dynasty mattered more than their affiliated forces, and she agreed to support his plan to become stronger.
• Li Changge brought Sikong Changfeng, Xu Lang, Zhao Tianming, Golden Face, Silver Face, and other potential Great Emperor candidates to Chaos Town.
• Qin Jiuge and the gathered cultivators began training by repeatedly entering the furnaces and enduring the Chaos Object’s cold toxin, astonishing Golden Face with how quickly they could grow stronger.

Qin Jiuge and his companions cultivated in Chaos Town as Li Changge reached the Half-step Great Emperor Realm before him. After a long period of cultivation, Qin Jiuge finally broke through as well and challenged Li Changge to see who would reach the Great Emperor Realm first.

• Xu Lang cultivated in Chaos Town for half a month and advanced from the seventh to the ninth level of the Supreme Realm.
• Qin Jiuge sensed that he was nearing a breakthrough, but learned that Li Changge had already reached the Half-step Great Emperor Realm.
• Qin Jiuge lamented being surpassed, while Xu Lang took his words to heart and entered closed-door cultivation.
• Golden Face and Silver Face tried to comfort Xu Lang with a comparison to toilet paper, prompting Li Changge to criticize their poisonous tongues.
• After a long stretch of cultivation, Qin Jiuge broke through to the Half-step Great Emperor Realm and challenged Li Changge to a race to the Great Emperor Realm.

Qin Jiuge learned that Li Changge had gathered the preparations to become an Emperor and that Sikong Changfeng thought her chances of reaching the Great Emperor Realm exceeded his. He traveled to the Yao Realm to test his own Method to Become Emperor, but the Heavenly Yao Emperor directed him to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and denied promising him a breakthrough.

• Li Changge explained that her Fortune, the Sky Phoenix Dynasty’s foundation, and help from Chaos Town and Feng Liuxing had let her gather everything needed to become an Emperor, though she had not yet reached the Great Emperor Realm.
• Sikong Changfeng told Qin Jiuge that Li Changge had better prospects of becoming a Great Emperor because her family already had one, and Qin Jiuge left Chaos Town after striking him with an elbow.
• Qin Jiuge went to the Yao Realm to compare his Method to Become Emperor with Li Changge’s inherited method.
• The Heavenly Yao Emperor sent Qin Jiuge to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda in Sound of Dharma Temple, saying the dense aura between the Yao Realm and Human Realm could improve his strength.
• The Heavenly Yao Emperor denied ever guaranteeing Qin Jiuge would reach the Great Emperor Realm, leaving Qin Jiuge furious.