Chapter Summaries

Mu Qing killed Blood Bat with the Dusk Curse after Mei Qian weakened him, then collapsed and was brought back to the Heavenly Moon Guild. After waking, Mu Qing began restoring his demonic qi and discovered that his Black Hole power rapidly refined divine stones.

• Mu Qing branded the Dusk Curse onto the Demon Blade and killed Blood Bat with a devastating blade strike.
• Mei Qian dragged the unconscious Mu Qing into the secret realm teleportation array, where the guarding Heavenly God gave her healing medicines.
• Mei Qian left the Water Essence Secret Realm with the Dusk Curse, while Mu Qing was taken back to the Heavenly Moon Guild.
• Mu Qing woke several days later in his Cultivation Room and recognized that the Life Ancient Tree seed had helped heal his injuries.
• Mu Qing began refining divine stones and medicines, then discovered that his Black Hole power rapidly turned their energy into demonic qi.

Mu Qing recovered his demonic qi by devouring a divine stone mineral vein, then went to claim his commission reward. He learned that the Heavenly Moon Guild had seen him kill Blood Qi, and after a cursed disciple provoked him into killing another Guild member, the enraged crowd attacked.

• Mu Qing devoured a divine stone mineral vein and restored his demonic qi while advancing his cultivation.
• Mu Qing spoke with Ling Zixuan, collected the low-grade divine stone mineral vein reward, and headed toward the Cultivation Rooms.
• Heavenly Moon Guild disciples surrounded Mu Qing after learning that their rune had revealed his killing of Blood Qi.
• A cursed early-stage Heavenly God lunged at Mu Qing, and Mu Qing killed him with a restrained Heaven-Flipping Seal.
• The gathered disciples accused Mu Qing of killing one of their own and charged at him.

Mu Qing was framed by curse-seeded Heavenly Moon Guild members who sacrificed themselves to make it appear that he had killed them, provoking the guild into attacking him. After the attackers forced him to stop holding back, Mu Qing unleashed his power and battled the guild members, leaving Ling Zixuan uncertain whether to intervene.

• Ling Zixuan tried to stop the Heavenly Moon Guild members from charging Mu Qing, but Mu Qing defended himself as some curse-seeded disciples died on contact with his Eternal Ice Seal.
• The crowd believed Mu Qing had killed the disciples and attacked him, while Ling Zixuan and the others failed to recognize the suicides and framing.
• As the siege intensified, Ling Zixuan sensed Mu Qing was about to unleash his full power, and Mu Qing transformed into a Thunder God and killed an early-stage God with lightning.
• Mu Qing created over a hundred clones, devoured an early-stage God's attack with a Black Hole, and killed him, prompting a mid-stage God to order the early-stage Gods to retreat.
• The mid-stage Gods pressed Mu Qing, who answered with the Heaven-Flipping Seal, Chaos Chains, and two formations to suppress the battlefield.

Mu Qing fought An Yang and wounded him with the Dusk Curse before Tai Ze restrained him over the deaths of eighteen Heavenly Moon Guild disciples. Several days later, Mu Qing awoke with his cultivation sealed in the Lunar Palace’s Divine Prison.

• An Yang attacked Mu Qing, but Mu Qing used Moon God's Dreamscape to stall him and struck him with ten avatar-assisted Dusk slashes, badly injuring his arm and forcing him back eleven steps.
• Ling Zixuan approached Mu Qing, but Tai Ze stepped in and demanded to know whether Mu Qing had killed Blood Qi.
• Mu Qing admitted that he had killed Blood Qi, and Tai Ze silenced the outraged guild disciples before declaring he would report Mu Qing for killing eighteen companions.
• Tai Ze restrained Mu Qing and knocked him unconscious, then Mu Qing awoke days later shackled and unable to use his cultivation in the Divine Prison.

Mu Qing wounded An Yang with his Dusk Curse blade technique, but Tai Ze restrained him after he admitted killing Blood Qi. Several days later, Mu Qing woke in the Lunar Palace’s Divine Prison with his cultivation sealed.

• An Yang attacked Mu Qing, but Mu Qing used Moon God's Dreamscape to stall him and summoned ten clones to unleash Dusk One Slash.
• Mu Qing’s attack badly wounded An Yang and forced him back eleven steps, shocking the Heavenly Moon Guild disciples.
• Ling Zixuan questioned the circumstances, but Tai Ze stepped in and asked Mu Qing whether he had killed Blood Qi.
• Mu Qing admitted killing Blood Qi, and Tai Ze restrained him and said he would report the deaths of eighteen disciples to the Lunar Palace.
• Several days later, Mu Qing woke chained and unable to use his cultivation in the Divine Prison.

Mu Qing learned that he had been sent to the fourth level of the Lunar Palace’s divine prison, where Emperors were held, and met a former Asura Clan Emperor whose bloodline had been extracted. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Moon Emperor reported Mu Qing’s imprisonment to his master beneath the cracked moon.

• The Asura Clan elder told Mu Qing that the fourth level held Emperors and revealed that his own Asura bloodline had been extracted.
• Mu Qing explained that he had been framed for killing Heavenly Moon Guild disciples, while the elder wondered whether he had killed the Moon God’s son.
• A roar shook the prison as the elder explained that the imprisoned Tyrant Emperor was trying to break free, and he estimated that at least twelve Emperors were held on the level.
• The Heavenly Moon Emperor entered a desolate realm, saw that the giant moon had grown more cracked, and told his master that Mu Qing had been imprisoned for killing several disciples.

Mu Qing learned that the Lunar Palace had imprisoned him on the divine prison’s fourth level, where Great Emperors were held, and met an Asura Clan elder whose bloodline had been extracted. Elsewhere in the Lunar Palace, the Heavenly Moon Emperor reported Mu Qing’s imprisonment to his master.

• Mu Qing met an old Asura Clan prisoner, who explained that the fourth level of the Lunar Divine Prison was meant for Great Emperors.
• The Asura Clan elder revealed that his bloodline had been extracted and said he had once been a Great Emperor.
• Mu Qing told the elder he had been framed for the deaths of Heavenly Moon Guild disciples, without mentioning the Cursed Flower.
• A roar shook the prison as the Tyrant Emperor struggled against its chains, and the elder said at least twelve Great Emperors might be imprisoned on the fourth level.
• The Heavenly Moon Emperor visited his master in a separate space and reported that Mu Qing had been imprisoned on the fourth level by the Holy Radiance Emperor.

The Moon God told the Heavenly Moon Emperor to leave Mu Qing alone, revealing that Mu Qing was a chosen seed meant to confront Lunar Palace’s corruption and already had a key to Divine Prison. Meanwhile, a black shadow in the Demon Guild revealed Mu Qing was an experimental subject and prepared a Gu Feng-like creation to test him.

• The Moon God rebuked the Heavenly Moon Emperor for his lax cultivation and explained that his Lunar Mirror could not yet reveal every detail of the future.
• The Heavenly Moon Emperor said other guild leaders had stopped him from entering Divine Prison to question Mu Qing, citing the danger posed by the being on its lowest level.
• The Moon God told the Heavenly Moon Emperor that Mu Qing was a third seed meant to confront Lunar Palace’s corruption and that Yue Ya had given him a key to Divine Prison.
• The Moon God admitted he no longer had enough strength to use his divine arts and vanished into the cracked moon.
• A dragonman told the black shadow that the guilds had joined forces to stop the Heavenly Moon Emperor, and the shadow said Mu Qing was an experimental subject who had killed Gu Feng.
• The black shadow drove the dragonman away, then awakened a Gu Feng-like creation and planned to take it to Divine Prison to test Mu Qing.

A hidden figure sent Gu Feng Two into the fourth level of the Divine Prison, where he freed Mu Qing from his restraints and attacked him. Mu Qing escaped his cell with Gu Feng Two in pursuit, leaving the Asura Clan elder imprisoned.

• The Asura Clan elder told Mu Qing that a terrifying existence on the Divine Prison’s fifth level had caused the recent disturbances.
• A shadowy figure used a Demon Guild crystal to conceal its presence, gave Gu Feng Two a cell-opening rune, and sent him into the fourth level.
• Mu Qing’s chains fell away and his strength returned, while the Asura Clan elder remained bound.
• Gu Feng Two entered Mu Qing’s cell, claimed to be from the Heavenly Court, and revealed his name after Mu Qing mistook him for the supposedly dead Gu Feng.
• Gu Feng Two attacked Mu Qing with the Azure Edge Sword, wounding him as Mu Qing defended himself with clothing formed from the power of the Black Hole.
• Gu Feng Two opened a hole in the cell and escaped with Mu Qing, while the Asura Clan elder watched helplessly as the opening sealed shut.

Mu Qing defeated Gu Feng Two, a revived Heavenly Court expert, inside the fourth level of the Divine Prison. A hidden figure collected Mu Qing’s blood to study his sudden rise in power, while the Asura Clan elder warned that a Great Emperor might be targeting him.

• Mu Qing fought Gu Feng Two, whose swordsmanship had grown more powerful since Mu Qing killed the original Gu Feng.
• Mu Qing bound Gu Feng Two with Chaos Chains and the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, then killed him with Dusk Slash.
• A black shadow took the rune from Gu Feng Two’s corpse and revealed that it had collected drops of Mu Qing’s blood to investigate his strength and bloodline.
• The Divine Prison’s chains pulled Mu Qing back into his prison, where he told the Asura Clan elder that Gu Feng had returned as Gu Feng Two.
• The Asura Clan elder suspected a Great Emperor controlled the Divine Prison key and recalled that an existence in the Lunar Palace had once extracted and studied his bloodline.

Mu Qing deduced that the Demon Clan was behind the experiments and the increasingly powerful Gu Feng clones, then defeated Gu Feng Three in battle. Back in his cell, he discovered that he could still release some demonic qi despite the prison’s chains sealing him.

• Mu Qing concluded that the Demon Clan had extracted blood and experimented on the Asura Clan elder, and suspected it was creating Gu Feng clones.
• Gu Feng Three attacked Mu Qing in the prison, and the silver-white chains released Mu Qing so they could fight outside.
• Mu Qing defeated Gu Feng Three with his Thousand-Armed Thunder Gods and Dusk Slash, realizing the clones were being improved by fighting him.
• Mu Qing tried to escape the prison, but its chains broke through space and dragged him back after Moon God's Dreamscape failed to stop them.
• Mu Qing discovered that the chains had not fully sealed his demonic qi, while Black Shadow planned to use their battles to improve the Gu Feng clones and analyze Mu Qing's techniques.

Mu Qing fought increasingly powerful Gu Feng experimental subjects and used Moon God's Dreamscape to weaken the Divine Prison chains, eventually recovering his full strength and forming a moonlight rune that might unlock them. As a hostile shadow decided to kill him, someone opened the prison again before Mu Qing could test the rune.

• Mu Qing told the Asura Clan elder that Gu Feng No. 4’s attacks had loosened his chains and helped him recover some strength.
• Mu Qing fought Gu Feng No. 4, discovered the Barrier could repel his attacks, and returned to his cell with twenty percent of his strength restored.
• The Asura Clan elder urged Mu Qing to free the other imprisoned Emperors, but Mu Qing declined to rescue anyone besides possibly the elder.
• Over the next month, Mu Qing battled successive Gu Feng subjects and killed Gu Feng No. 9, while the shadow concluded it had gathered enough blood and combat records to dispose of him.
• Moonlight gathered on Mu Qing’s chains and formed a rune at his chest, which the Asura Clan elder recognized as a key to the Divine Prison.
• When the prison shook as someone opened it, Mu Qing hid the rune and concealed his aura, pretending he was still restrained.

An Asura Clan woman infused with Curse Power secretly took Mu Qing from the Divine Prison and delivered him to the Punishment Hall. Meanwhile, Ling Yan destroyed the Heavenly Moon Guild’s teleportation array and sacrificed himself to summon a terrifying figure through a spatial rift.

• An Asura Clan woman with Curse Power recognized Mu Qing, led him out of his cell, and concealed that his strength had secretly returned.
• The woman handed Mu Qing to a peak Heavenly God, who took him out of the Divine Prison and said he would face sentencing in the Punishment Hall.
• Ling Yan used black liquid to destroy the Earth Rift Secret Realm’s teleportation array, trapping those inside and outside.
• Ling Yan wounded himself and drew a rune in blood before cutting his throat, activating the rune as a Heavenly Moon Guild disciple confronted him.
• A spatial rift opened, and a vine pierced the Heavenly Moon Guild disciple as a withered figure holding the Ancient Lamp appeared with a gigantic flower behind it.

Mu Qing was tried in the Lunar Palace’s Punishment Hall for killing Heavenly Moon Guild disciples, and most of the gathered Divine Emperors voted for his death. His execution was set for three days later, while his allies suspected someone powerful had arranged the verdict.

• The Punishment Divine Emperor presented Mu Qing with two possible punishments: ten years of hard labor in the Divine Prison or execution at the Lunar Heavenly Gate.
• The Asura Clan woman and most other judges voted for execution, while Destiny Elder and Yue Ya voted for hard labor.
• Heavenly Moon Emperor also chose hard labor, but the death penalty still won, and the Punishment Divine Emperor scheduled Mu Qing’s execution for three days later.
• Mu Qing silently memorized the faces of those who condemned him and saw his coming imprisonment as an opportunity.
• Destiny Elder told Sheng Ling'er and Xin Rui that Mu Qing had received a death sentence, and the Star Guild leader apologized for failing to sway the vote.
• E Ruan suggested that the plot against Mu Qing might involve the Demon Guild and revealed that his young lady was Mei Qian.

After Mu Qing was sentenced to death, the Punishment Divine Emperor secretly gave him an Emperor-grade mask and urged him to awaken the being sealed in the Divine Prison. Mu Qing freed himself and the Asura Clan elder, while Elder Tu recognized the elder as Luo Tian, the Asura Clan’s estranged ancestor.

• The Punishment Divine Emperor told Mu Qing that hidden forces were destabilizing the Lunar Palace, gave him three days, and transferred his black iron mask to him.
• The Punishment Divine Emperor instructed Mu Qing to reach the lowest level of the Divine Prison and awaken the existence sealed there, promising to protect him and Xin Rui.
• Mu Qing returned to the fourth level of the Divine Prison and told the Asura Clan elder what had happened, then used the mask and a moonlit rune to free them both.
• Mu Qing refused the elder’s offer to escape the Lunar Palace, declaring that he would survive his scheduled execution three days later.
• Elder Tu identified the Asura Clan elder as Luo Tian, who revealed that he had created the Asura Godslayer Art and planned to return to punish the clan members who had betrayed him.

The Punishment Divine Emperor gave Mu Qing an Emperor-grade mask and secretly urged him to awaken the being sealed in the Divine Prison amid the Lunar Palace’s coming turmoil. Mu Qing freed himself and Luo Tian, the Asura Clan’s ancestor, and resolved to survive his execution rather than flee.

• The Punishment Divine Emperor told Mu Qing that hidden forces were plotting against the Lunar Palace, gave him his mask, and ordered him to awaken the being sealed on the Divine Prison’s deepest level within three days.
• After Mu Qing was returned to the fourth level of the Divine Prison, he used the mask to free himself and a moonlit rune to unlock the Asura Clan elder’s chains.
• Mu Qing rejected the elder’s offer to help him escape and said he would walk out alive when his execution came in three days.
• Elder Tu recognized the elder’s technique as the Asura Godslayer Art and identified him as Luo Tian, the Asura Clan’s ancestor.
• Luo Tian explained that members of his clan had plotted against him to seize the complete art, and vowed to return and kill his way through the Asura Clan.

Mu Qing found a chained Titan in the deepest part of the Divine Prison and used the Divine Punishment Mask to crack its restraints. As the Titan began to break free, it recognized the chaos qi within Mu Qing and called him a chaos lifeform.

• Mu Qing left Luo Tian with the rune and descended into the Divine Prison's depths wearing the black iron mask.
• Mu Qing found a colossal Titan bound by chains and learned it was already awake and had been pretending to sleep.
• The Titan explained that the chains sealed its strength and that the Divine Punishment Mask could help it escape.
• The Divine Punishment Mask shattered and unleashed tribulation lightning, cracking the chains without harming the Titan.
• Chaos qi from the Titan drew out the five strands of chaos demonic qi within Mu Qing, and the Titan recognized him as a chaos lifeform.

Mu Qing entered the deepest part of the Divine Prison and found a chained Titan who recognized the Divine Punishment Mask. The mask cracked the Titan’s restraints, and the Titan discovered that Mu Qing was also a chaotic lifeform.

• Mu Qing gave Luo Tian the rune and descended alone toward the deepest part of the Divine Prison.
• Mu Qing found a colossal Titan bound by silver-white chains and learned that it recognized his mask as the Divine Punishment Mask.
• The Titan explained that the chains sealed his strength and that the Divine Punishment Mask could help break them.
• The Divine Punishment Mask shattered and unleashed dark-red lightning, cracking more than a hundred of the Titan’s chains.
• Chaotic energy surged from the Titan and drew out the chaotic demonic energy inside Mu Qing, prompting the Titan to recognize him as a chaotic lifeform.

Mu Qing learned the true origin and risks of chaos qi from the Chaos Giant, then heard the Punishment Divine Emperor reveal Heaven's Punishment's role in the ancient war. As Mu Qing was taken toward his execution, the chapter shifted to the Earth Rift Secret Realm, where Jin Jiuyin and several hostile forces descended on the Heavenly Moon Guild.

• The Chaos Giant revealed that he was a chaos lifeform who had traded Divine Burst to the Titan Clan, taught Mu Qing how to draw genuine chaos qi, and warned that relying on it could hinder Supremacy.
• Mu Qing found a dark-red lightning mark on his brow as he left the underground chamber, then returned to Luo Tian, who said he could wield Great Emperor-level strength and planned to free the other Great Emperors.
• On the day of Mu Qing's execution, the Punishment Divine Emperor led him from the prison and revealed that Heaven's Punishment was a Supreme God and his ancestor.
• The Punishment Divine Emperor explained that Heaven's Punishment and the Star God had fought the Heavenly Court together, while the Moon God later suppressed the enraged Chaos Giant; Elder Tu was shocked by the revelation.
• At the Earth Rift Secret Realm, Jin Jiuyin arrived in a boat atop White Mist and led the Cursed Flower against the Heavenly Moon Guild alongside dragonmen, the Angel Clan, the Asura Clan, and two mysterious groups.

Mu Qing learned the true method of drawing chaos energy from a Chaos Giant and discovered the giant’s connection to Heaven’s Punishment and the ancient war. As Mu Qing was taken toward his execution, the Earth Rift Secret Realm came under attack by the Cursed Flower and several mysterious forces.

• The Chaos Giant revealed that he had created Divine Burst, taught Mu Qing how to draw true chaos energy from chaos, and warned that relying on it could hinder reaching Supreme status.
• The Chaos Giant sent Mu Qing away and said he would soon break free; Mu Qing discovered a dark red lightning mark on his forehead as he emerged from beneath the black earth.
• Luo Tian told Mu Qing that he could wield Great Emperor-level power and planned to free the other Great Emperors before Mu Qing was taken to the Lunar Heavenly Gate.
• The Punishment Divine Emperor escorted Mu Qing from prison and revealed that he was descended from Heaven’s Punishment, a Supreme God who had fought alongside the Star God against the Heavenly Court.
• The Punishment Divine Emperor explained that the Chaos Giant had been suppressed by the Moon God after rampaging when Heaven’s Punishment and the Star God disappeared.
• Jin Jiuyin guided the Cursed Flower into the Earth Rift Secret Realm, where it attacked the Heavenly Moon Guild alongside dragonmen, the Angel Clan, the Asura Clan, and two other mysterious groups.