Chapter Summaries

As the Divine Beast Emperors threatened to kill Chu Tian for defeating their clans’ geniuses, the Hengtian Human Race prepared to fight despite the Human Kings’ silence and the World Suppressing Stele’s refusal to awaken. Chu Tian emerged from the Human Emperor Secret Realm to face them, just as a vast golden statue announced the bestowal of rewards upon the Emperor’s Disciples.

• Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor and the other Divine Beast Emperors threatened to make the Nine Human Realms pay for their clans’ losses, while the Human Kings remained silent.
• Artifact King Sect Master, Emperor Venerable Lingfeng, Chu Tianwang, and Chu Tianxing rallied Hengtian’s experts to defend Chu Tian, and Apocalyptic Goddess promised to help Chu Tianxing fight.
• The Kunlun Mirror opened its golden gate, and the geniuses emerged from the Human Emperor Secret Realm as the Human Emperor Palace’s phantom appeared.
• Chu Tian stepped out of the gate as Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor and White Tiger God Emperor directed their killing intent at him; Chu Tian prepared the Mythic Ancient Talisman while his allies vowed to protect him.
• Hengkong Human King condemned the Great Heavenly Weapon for failing to protect the Human Race’s geniuses, and a vast golden statue appeared to announce the bestowal of rewards upon the Emperor’s Disciples.

The Human Emperor Statue appeared during the battle and began the legendary Heavenly Emperor's Disciple Enfeoffment Ceremony for Chu Tian, forcing the Divine Beast Emperors and nearly everyone else to kneel. As Chu Tian was summoned to receive his enfeoffment, Hengkong Human King condemned the Human Kings for failing to honor Chu Tian's deeds.

• The Human Emperor Statue manifested, silenced the battlefield, and compelled Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor and the other Divine Beast Emperors to kneel in reverence.
• Kong Yuntian and the rulers of the Ten Divine Beast Clans performed three kneelings and nine kowtows before the Human Emperor.
• The strongest experts of the Nine Human Realms knelt too, while only the most powerful Human Race Emperor Venerables could partly raise their heads.
• The Kunlun Mirror announced that first-place Emperor's Disciple Chu Tian, who had scored fifteen million points, would receive a personal audience and enfeoffment from the Human Emperor.
• Profound Yellow Human Emperor realized Chu Tian's record might have awakened hidden Human Emperor rules, while Archaic Human King and the other Human Kings resented the honor bestowed upon Chu Tian.
• Hengkong Human King berated the Human Kings for failing to reward Chu Tian or oppose the Divine Beast rebels who had violated the competition's rules.

Chu Tian entered the Human Emperor Palace, recorded its supreme Dao principles, and cultivated until his Chaos Epoch Divine Soul reached nine million zhang. He was expelled back to the Starry Sky bearing the Human Emperor’s Mark, while the Nine Realms prepared to protect him from the Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor.

• The Human Emperor Statue summoned Chu Tian into the Human Emperor Palace and shielded him from the kneeling Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor.
• Chu Tianwang, Chu Tianxing, Hengkong Human King, and Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable rallied the Nine Realms’ powers and prepared their foundations to defend Chu Tian.
• The woman in Chu Tian’s sea of consciousness identified the palace as the Human Emperor Palace and explained its significance; Chu Tian exchanged twenty million Destiny Points for a Creation-Grade Spacetime Imprint Formation Disk.
• Chu Tian used the disk to record the palace’s Dao principles, then set the Myriad Dao Cauldron to absorb them while he cultivated.
• Chu Tian’s Chaos Epoch Divine Soul grew to nine million zhang, and a golden Imperial Crown Mark appeared between his brows before the palace expelled him.
• A golden rainbow bridge formed beneath Chu Tian, the Human King Seals bowed toward him, and the Divine Beast Emperors trembled at the Human Emperor’s Mark.

Chu Tian’s Golden Imperial Crown Brand was revealed as the Human Emperor’s Inheritance Mark and a sign that he was chosen to succeed the Human Emperor. The revelation stunned the Human Race and enraged the Profound Yellow Human King, who tried to discredit the claim and preserve the Profound Emperor’s standing.

• The Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor and other Mythological Emperors remained forced to kneel before Chu Tian, and their humiliation drove some to spit blood.
• The Profound Emperor identified the Golden Imperial Crown Brand as the symbol of the Successor to the Human Emperor’s Throne.
• The Profound Emperor explained that the Human Emperor had created the brand to unite the Human Race, and declared Chu Tian its chosen successor.
• Chu Tianwang and Chu Tianxing reacted in disbelief as Human Kings and ancient experts considered what Chu Tian’s status meant for the Human Race.
• The Profound Yellow Human King angrily called the Profound Emperor’s account nonsense and insisted that only the Profound Emperor could qualify as the Human Emperor’s successor.
• The Profound Emperor protested that he had only told the truth about Chu Tian’s achievement and the recognition he had received.

Chu Tian used mythic power and the World Suppressing Stele to prove his strength after the Human Kings rejected his claim to the Human Emperor's legacy. He shattered the Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor's head, while the Hengkong Human King pledged his family's allegiance to him.

• You Xuan and the other Human Kings dismissed Chu Tian's claim and denied that the Golden Imperial Crown Mark made him the Human Emperor's successor.
• Chu Tian activated a Mythic Descent Talisman and the Hengtian Emperor Venerable's power, gaining mythic combat strength as the Human Emperor ceremony ended.
• Chu Tian used the World Suppressing Stele to destroy the projections of the ten Divine Beast Emperors and declared the Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor guilty of treason.
• Chu Tian entered the Dragon Emperor's realm and smashed his head with the World Suppressing Stele.
• Hengkong urged Chu Tian to kill the Dragon Emperor and promised that the Heng Family would submit to him and help unify the nine realms.

Chu Tian used the Mythic Descent Talisman and the World Suppressing Stele to attack the Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor, while Human Kings and ancient experts rallied to defend him and condemned their own leaders for failing to protect the Human Race. As the Human Emperor’s manifestations began to fade, Chu Tian kept fighting the Dragon Emperor, whose body repeatedly regenerated, leaving Chu Tian’s survival uncertain.

• Star Dome Human King and ancient fossils concluded that Chu Tian had received the Human Emperor’s protection, then denounced the Human Kings for their weakness.
• Ancient experts from the Big Dipper Sacred Ground, Ancient God Hall, and Heaven Abyss Sacred Ground pledged support for the Human Race against the Dragon Clan.
• The Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor regenerated after Chu Tian shattered his head and declared that he would kill Chu Tian despite the Human Emperor’s edict.
• Chu Tian ignored calls from Chu Tianxing, the Tianyuan Holy Lord, Hengkong Human King, and others to retreat, and used the World Suppressing Stele to blast apart the Dragon Emperor repeatedly.
• As the Human Emperor Statue and the Human Emperor Secret Realm began to fade, Chu Tian continued attacking with his strongest techniques and draining the Dragon Emperor’s blood essence.

Chu Tian summoned the Kunlun Mirror’s Destruction power and joined the mysterious woman in striking down Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor. The woman declared herself Chu Tian’s mother as their attacks pierced the Dragon Emperor, leaving his fate uncertain.

• The Divine Beast Emperors watched Chu Tian batter Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor and decided to withdraw rather than risk angering the Human Emperor.
• The Human Emperor statue vanished, and Star Dome Human King warned Chu Tian that the Dragon Emperor could fight back again.
• A woman in the Origin Pool told Chu Tian to lend her his hand and the World Suppressing Stele, then forced the Kunlun Mirror out of the Human Emperor Secret Realm.
• The Kunlun Mirror manifested an imperial-crowned envoy who invoked the Human Emperor’s rules and sentenced Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor to death, terrifying the Emperors and prompting the Human Kings to pledge support for Chu Tian.
• The woman announced, “My son, Mother is here,” and sent a sword strike through Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor alongside the Human Emperor’s Destruction Spear.

Jian Kongzhu and the Emperor’s envoy devastated the Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor while Chu Tian tried to finish him before his Mythic Descent Talisman expired. The Dragon Clan summoned the Nine Dragon Emperor Bell to rescue its emperor just as Chu Tian’s Mythical aura vanished.

• Jian Kongzhu appeared across the realms, revealed her bond with Chu Tian and Chu Yueyao, and joined the Emperor’s envoy in attacking the Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor.
• Chu Tian saw that the Chaos God Clan’s Ancient Ancestor was suppressing Jian Kongzhu, while the woman who had summoned the Kunlun Mirror told him she needed to sleep and asked him to replenish her Origin Pool.
• After the Kunlun Mirror returned to the Human Emperor Secret Realm, Chu Tian continued striking the shattered Dragon Emperor with the World Suppressing Stele as the Mythic Descent Talisman neared its end.
• The Dragon Clan’s Ancient Dragon Gods summoned the Nine Dragon Emperor Bell, which pierced through time and space to protect the Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor and draw him toward the Dragon Realm.
• The Mythic Descent Talisman expired, and Chu Tian’s Mythical aura disappeared before Hengkong Human King, Chu Tianwang, Chu Tianxing, and the others could reach him.

Chu Tian and Jian Kongzhu joined forces to kill the Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor, while the Human Kings rallied against the Dragon Clan. The Dragon Emperor’s soul and body were consumed, and Jian Kongzhu challenged the arriving Dragon Clan forces as the Myriad Worlds reeled from his death.

• Chu Tian used another Mythic Descent Talisman, prompting Profound Yellow Human King, Star Dome Human King, and the other Human Kings to join the battle against the Dragon Clan.
• Jian Kongzhu fought the Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor with the Chaos Divine Sword while Chu Tian struck the Nine Dragon Emperor Bell with the World Suppressing Stele.
• Chu Tian gave Jian Kongzhu the Creation Spacetime Inscribed Formation Plate and promised to come save her, and she told him she believed in him.
• Jian Kongzhu and Chu Tian combined their attacks, destroying the Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor’s body and remnant soul despite the Dragon Clan’s attempts to intervene.
• The Myriad Dao Cauldron absorbed the Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor’s scattered soul power, and Chu Tian confirmed that the Dragon Emperor was dead.
• Jian Kongzhu declared that the Dragon Emperor deserved death and challenged the Dragon Clan as its forces arrived.

After Chu Tian killed the Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor, the Dragon Clan surrounded him and demanded answers from the Ancient Sword God Clan. Chu Tian learned that Chu Tianwang had hidden fears about Jian Kongzhu’s safety, but insisted he would go to the Ancient Sword God Realm to see her himself.

• The Dragon Clan gathered around Chu Tian and his allies, while ancient powers across the realms feared the consequences of the Dragon Emperor’s death.
• An ancient Dragon God demanded that the Ancient Sword God Emperor explain the killing and threatened to destroy the Ancient Sword God Realm without satisfactory compensation.
• Chu Tianwang tried to stop Chu Tian from entering the Ancient Sword God Realm, revealing that he had promised Jian Kongzhu to keep their son away until he reached the Mythical Realm.
• Chu Tian realized Chu Tianwang had known about Jian Kongzhu’s crisis and suspected the Chaos God Clan might be involved.
• Chu Tian insisted he would go to the Ancient Sword God Realm and protect Jian Kongzhu, and Chu Tianwang agreed to support him and promised to send him back to the Sacred Heaven Sect if battle began.

After Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor fell, Hengkong Human King asked Chu Tian to protect the Human Race, while the Dragon Clan vowed to destroy the Hengtian Human Realm. As Tian Gu Dragon God attacked, Chu Tianwang revealed his strength and counterattacked the Dragon Clan.

• Chu Tian transferred control of the World Suppressing Stele to Hengkong Human King and shared his suspicions about Hengtian Emperor Venerable and the Nine Great Heavenly Weapons.
• Hengkong Human King asked Chu Tian to become the next Hengtian Human King and preserve the Human Race, but Chu Tian promised only to protect the Hengtian Human Realm and said he would destroy any realm that betrayed it.
• A Dragon God announced that the Dragon Clan would annihilate the Hengtian Human Race and appointed Azure Dragon Emperor as acting Dragon Emperor.
• Tian Gu Dragon God attacked Chu Tian, Hengkong Human King, and Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable while Azure Dragon Emperor joined the Dragon Clan's assault.
• Chu Tianwang summoned the Great Emperor Sky Dragon Seal, shattered Tian Gu Dragon God's claw, and struck apart Tian Gu Dragon God's head.

Chu Tianwang killed Tian Gu Dragon God and joined the battle against the Dragon Clan, while Hengkong Human King cast aside his long-held restraint and fought to defend the Hengtian Human Race. As Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable escorted Chu Tian toward the Hengtian Realm, the three elders openly challenged the Dragon Clan and committed to forging a future through battle.

• Chu Tianwang killed Tian Gu Dragon God with a punch and nine Dragon's Roars, shocking the supreme experts of the Myriad Races.
• Chu Tianwang killed three more true dragon Emperor Venerables and attacked Azure Dragon Emperor with ninety-nine Great Emperor Sky Dragon Seals.
• Hengkong Human King charged into the dragon horde, killed eighteen true dragon Emperor Venerables, and urged Chu Tian to keep pursuing his own path.
• Hengkong Human King activated the World Suppressing Stele against the Nine Dragon Emperor Bell and vowed to stop enduring the Dragon Clan's aggression.
• Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable protected Chu Tian as they fought toward the Hengtian Realm and killed two wounded true dragon Emperor Venerables with his Heavenly Fortune Divine Sword.
• Chu Tianwang, Hengkong Human King, and Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable unleashed their power against the Dragon Clan after the Hengtian Human Race's hopes for compromise had collapsed.

Chu Tian watched Hengtian’s Heaven Ranking Emperor Venerables battle the Dragon Clan and reflected on the strength his Human Race had kept restrained for too long. As the siege intensified, some Human Kings entered the fight while others hesitated, and Chu Tian sensed that a powerful overlord sovereign had arrived to speak with Jian Kongzhu.

• Hengtian Human King slaughtered Dragon Venerables while Chu Tianwang overwhelmed Azure Dragon Emperor Venerable, forcing Golden Dragon Emperor and Glazed Dragon Emperor to join the battle.
• Protected by Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable, Chu Tian escaped the encirclement and watched the Human Kings react to Hengtian’s strength.
• Chu Tian recalled the Heaven Ranking’s fearsome reputation, including Saint Ancestor Duanmu’s seizure of the Starry Sky Crystal Coffin, and resolved that Hengtian should stop restraining itself.
• Heavenly Fortune Emperor Venerable called on the Human Kings to help under the Nine Realms Agreement, and Star Dome Human King entered the battlefield to aid Hengtian.
• Chu Tian urged Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable to help Hengkong Human King and Chu Tianwang break out, while he sensed a formidable overlord sovereign speaking with Jian Kongzhu.
• Blazing Flame Human King and Netherworld Human King argued against joining the fight, with Netherworld Human King concealing hostility toward Chu Tian.

Chu Tian confronted the Human Kings for refusing to help the Hengkong Human King and opposing the Dragon Clan, while the Profound Yellow Human King chose to wait and see. Chu Tian accused the kings of betraying humanity and declared that the Hengtian Human Race would abandon the Nine Realms Agreement and claim its share of resources and destiny alone.

• The Netherworld Human King and Blazing Flame Human King urged the Human Kings to avoid confronting the Dragon Clan, and Chu Tian condemned their cowardice.
• The Profound Yellow, Netherworld, and Blazing Flame Human Kings scolded Chu Tian, while the Archaic Human King tried to calm the dispute and turned the decision over to the Profound Yellow Human King.
• The Profound Yellow Human King ordered the Human Kings to wait and see, suggesting they might sacrifice themselves later to appease the Dragon Realm.
• Chu Tian rejected the proposed sacrifices and accused the three Human Kings of allowing humans to be enslaved and slaughtered in their realms while seeking to sacrifice the Hengtian Human Race.
• Chu Tian declared that the Hengtian Human Race would no longer follow the Nine Realms Agreement and would claim its allocated resources and destiny for itself.

Chu Tian confronted the Xuanhuang, Netherworld, and Blazing Flame Human Kings over their betrayal of the Hengtian Human Realm and vowed to break away from the Nine Realms Agreement. As the three moved to kill him, the Heavenly Sword God Emperor intervened, ended the battle, and ordered everyone back to Hengtian for twenty years.

• Chu Tian defied the three Human Kings, whose pressure he resisted, and declared that the Hengtian Human Race would divide its resources and destiny separately if the Nine Realms Agreement was not rewritten.
• Huanggu, Qingming, and Formless Human Kings shielded Chu Tian, but Xuanhuang, Netherworld, and Blazing Flame revealed they intended to let Hengkong Human King and Heavenly King Emperor die in the Dragon Clan battle and kill Chu Tian.
• Chu Tian condemned the Human Kings’ internal strife and vowed to unify the Human Race if he took control of it.
• The Heavenly Sword God Emperor severed the passage between the Dragon Realm and the battlefield, then ordered Chu Tian, his father, the Human Kings, and the Dao Venerables to return to Hengtian and remain there for twenty years.
• Qingming revealed that the Heavenly Sword God Emperor was Chu Tian’s maternal uncle and that Chu Tian was the son of Jian Kongzhu, leaving the three hostile Human Kings shaken by fear.

After the Heavenly Sword God Emperor ended the battle and revealed Chu Tian’s ties to the Ancient Sword God Clan, the Dragon Clan invaded the Yongheng Human Realm while the Human Kings demanded Chu Tian’s death. The chapter ended with Hengkong Human King striking down Xuanhuang Human King as the Nine Realms faced war.

• The Heavenly Sword God Emperor stopped the fighting with a sword strike, then declared that Chu Tian was his nephew and an heir to the Ancient Sword God Clan’s throne before revoking that status.
• Hengkong Human King condemned the other Human Kings for abandoning Chu Tian, cut off their access to key resources, and pledged to fight them if necessary.
• The Azure Dragon Emperor withdrew from the immediate battle but sent the Dragon Clan’s armies into the Yongheng Human Realm and vowed to destroy the Hengtian Human Realm within ten years.
• The Heavenly Sword God Emperor privately summoned Chu Tian to the Ancient Sword God Realm within ten days and warned that he could help save Chu Tian’s mother.
• The system offered Chu Tian three possible rewards for his role in killing the Heavenly Mandate Dragon Emperor: Destiny Points and talismans, a Great Heavenly Weapon, or an assessed request.
• Xuanhuang, Netherworld, and Blazing Flame Human Kings demanded Chu Tian’s death as a condition for renewing the Nine Realms Agreement, and Hengkong Human King impaled Xuanhuang Human King with a blood-red Fang Tian Hua Ji.

The Human Kings argued over how to respond to the Dragon Clan, and the Profound Yellow Human King demanded that Chu Tian die and the Sacred Heaven Sect leave in exchange for appeasing the enemy. He withdrew Xuanhuang support and left the Hengtian Human Race isolated as Hengkong Human King, Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable, and Chu Tianwang stood helplessly in the Starry Sky.

• Hengkong Human King denounced Profound Yellow Human King for proposing to sacrifice Chu Tian and the Sacred Heaven Sect, while Netherworld Human King and Blazing Flame Human King accused Hengtian of rebellion and called for Hengkong's removal.
• Netherworld Human King proposed deposing Hengkong Human King and expelling Chu Tian and the Sacred Heaven Sect to appease the Dragon Clan, and Blazing Flame Human King refused to fight alongside Hengtian.
• Profound Yellow Human King reappeared after Hengkong's attack, blamed him and Chu Tian for provoking the Dragon Clan, and demanded that Chu Tian kill himself and the Sacred Heaven Sect withdraw.
• Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable and Chu Tianwang despaired as Profound Yellow Human King declared Hengtian the Nine Realms Grand Competition winner but refused to send Xuanhuang troops unless Hengtian accepted his conditions.
• Profound Yellow Human King threatened to execute nine generations of anyone from Xuanhuang who aided Hengtian, then departed with the Xuanhuang experts, including Tianyuan Holy Lord.
• Hengkong Human King, Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable, and Chu Tianwang remained frozen in the Starry Sky, unable to retaliate against Profound Yellow Human King.

The Netherworld and Blazing Flame Human Kings refused to commit support, while the other Human Kings hesitated as the Hengtian Realm faced the Dragon Clan. The Hengkong Human King, Chu Tianwang, and Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable chose to stand together, and the Star Dome Human King recognized Chu Tian’s Imperial Crown Mark as the Human Emperor’s Mark and promised good news in three days.

• The Netherworld Human King left after rejecting the idea of sacrificing his race to help others, and the Blazing Flame Human King demanded the Human Emperor’s return before his race would act.
• The Hengkong Human King pleaded with the remaining Human Kings to defend the Hengtian Realm, while Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable condemned their factional calculations.
• Chu Tianwang offered to take responsibility and lead the Sacred Heaven Sect away, but the Hengkong Human King refused to let him leave.
• Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable and Chu Tianwang reaffirmed their resolve to fight for the Hengtian Realm and destroy the Dragon Clan and its allies.
• The Azure Nether, Archaic, and Formless Human Kings departed without committing support, leaving only the Star Dome Human King.
• The Star Dome Human King examined Chu Tian’s Imperial Crown Mark, recognized it as the Human Emperor’s Mark, and told the Hengkong Human King to await good news in three days.

Hengkong Human King honored Hengtian’s ancestors and opened the Myriad Realms Formation Disk, awarding the Sacred Heaven Sect first choice and twenty percent of the resources. The Hengtian leaders divided what they could secure while the looming war left them unable to claim the shares reserved for other realms.

• Hengkong Human King praised Chu Tian and Hengtian’s forebears, then knelt before the ancestral graves as Chu Tian and the others paid their respects.
• Chu Tian saw the Hengtian powerhouses’ resolve to stand and fight, abandoned his plan to flee with the Sacred Heaven Sect, and felt a new attachment to Hengtian Human Realm.
• Hengkong Human King activated the Myriad Realms Formation Disk and declared that the Dragon Clan and other royal clans would be excluded from the allocation.
• Hengkong Human King granted Chu Tian and the Sacred Heaven Sect first choice and twenty percent of the resources, and the other leaders raised no objections.
• Chu Tian marked the Sacred Heaven Sect’s chosen resources on the Formation Pattern Disk, after which Heng Chong, Hui Mei, Hui Lian, and other sects selected their shares.
• Hengkong Human King sealed the other realms’ shares because Hengtian lacked the forces to claim and guard them, while the gathered leaders remained tense over the impending war.

Hengkong Human King opened the Ancestral Realm Origin and declared that Hengtian would claim the Nine Realms’ share, while Chu Tian and the others prepared for the war by entering its fortune baptism. Chu Tian instead visited the awakened Saint Ancestor Duanmu, who threatened him before Bingbing’s voice emerged from her body.

• Hengkong Human King opened the Ancestral Realm Origin, rallied the Hengtian Human Race to reject the other realms’ conditions, and awarded Ren Yuxun a baptism for her aid.
• Ren Yuxun entered the origin and received a transformation that awakened the Chaos Demon Race bloodline within her.
• Hengkong Human King granted Chu Tian three baptisms and Sacred Heaven Sect twenty percent of the fortune, then sent the Hengtian experts and prodigies into the origin.
• Chu Tian called the Flood Dragon King and went to Sacred Heaven Pool, where Saint Ancestor Duanmu awakened and accused him of exploiting her nirvana body.
• Chu Tian used the World Suppressing Stele and Eternal Human King Seal to suppress the Star Crystal Coffin, and Bingbing pleaded that she did not want to kill him.