Chapter Summaries

Huang Jiuli and Jiang Li resolved to continue cultivating after comparing their Golden Bodies with Qin Yan’s. Meanwhile, the Origin Hall planned an attack on the Mystic Sanctuary, but Xuantian emerged from the Emperor Fall Land carrying the aura of Emperor Nectar and confronted the greedy cultivators around him.

• Huang Jiuli returned to her room, determined to pursue a ninety-nine-zhang Golden Body, and Jiang Li began cultivating toward a ninety-eight-zhang Golden Body.
• Origin Hall elders discussed Xuantian’s killing of three of their True Emperor elders and learned that he had reached the Half-Emperor level.
• Yuan Tian ordered the Sapling-Cutting Operation, directing the Origin Hall to slaughter the Mystic Sanctuary’s younger generation and kill Xuantian.
• A golden radiance and Emperor Nectar fragrance spread through Emperor Fall Valley as Xuantian emerged from the fifth-layer vortex.
• Xuantian released the power of countless Laws as nearby cultivators fixed greedy gazes on the Emperor Nectar emanating from him.

Holy Lord Xuantian revealed that he had reached the second stage of the Half-Emperor realm and displayed the emperor essence he gained from passing the fifth-floor trial. He held 1,132 drops, drawing the envy of nearby factions, before putting them away and turning solemn.

• Xuantian's Emperor Dao pressure revealed his second-stage Half-Emperor strength and extinguished the surrounding experts' hopes of taking his treasure.
• Liu Changfeng and Zhou Xuan congratulated Xuantian and asked about his trial; he confirmed that he had passed the fifth floor.
• Xuantian brought out a jade bottle of emperor essence, whose fragrance nourished the spiritual power of nearby Mystic Sanctuary disciples.
• Xuantian corrected Liu Changfeng's estimate and said the bottle contained 1,132 drops of emperor essence.
• Nearby factions, including the Origin Hall, coveted the emperor essence but dared not challenge Xuantian's strength.
• Xuantian put the bottle away and suddenly grew solemn.

As Emperor Fall Land prepared to close, Qin Yan learned that someone had passed its Fifth Layer trial and received the Key to Emperor Fall Land from Gu Yuan. He activated the rune and left the core space, while the identity of the new Emperor Seedling remained unknown.

• Xuantian warned the Holy Land elders and deans to watch for another hidden strike from Origin Hall.
• The Ancient Abyss Demon God told Qin Yan that someone had passed the Fifth Layer's trial, then explained the upper layers' difficulty and why trial phenomena were concealed for Demon Race juniors.
• Qin Yan worried that the new Emperor Seedling might belong to Origin Hall, which already had two Great Emperors.
• As Emperor Fall Land neared closing, Gu Yuan gave Qin Yan the Key to Emperor Fall Land and explained that entering with it required reaching deep within Emperor Fall Valley.
• Qin Yan learned more about Emperor Fall Land and the Demon Race from the projection, thanked him, and activated the rune to leave.

Qin Yan emerged from Emperor Fall Land’s second layer and was transported by the Mystic Mirror’s artifact spirit back to the Mystic Sanctuary’s Spirit Boat. There, he reunited with the other disciples and saw how his victories had earned him their respect.

• The Ancient Abyss Demon God's projection faded away after Qin Yan left the core space.
• Qin Yan exited the second-layer vortex in Emperor Fall Valley, where the Mystic Mirror’s artifact spirit recognized his Holy Son Token and transported him to the Mystic Sanctuary’s Spirit Boat.
• Qin Yan confirmed he had returned to Room 110 and went to the pavilion’s main hall.
• Long Aotian acknowledged Qin Yan with a respectful nod, having given up hope of catching up to him.
• The disciples hailed Qin Yan for his achievements, and he reflected on how their treatment of him had changed with his strength.

Qin Yan reflected on his gains as the Emperor Fall Land expedition ended, but the departing factions were attacked before they could leave. Xuantian confronted Yuan Tian over the Emperor Nectar, then revealed that Great Emperor Long River had arrived.

• Qin Yan practiced in his room while cultivators continued emerging from the Emperor Fall Land.
• On September fifteenth, the six vortices closed, and the factions prepared to leave the Emperor Fall Valley.
• Qin Yan reviewed his gains before Xuantian announced that the Spirit Boat was under attack.
• More than a hundred supreme experts surrounded the Spirit Boat, and Yuan Tian demanded that Xuantian hand over the Emperor Nectar.
• Xuantian dismissed Yuan Tian and called out Great Emperor Long River, who manifested as a vast river and appeared before the assembled experts.

Great Emperor Long River attacked the Mystic Sanctuary, overwhelming Xuantian and the gathered elders with a single Emperor Dao strike. Just before the attack hit, a mysterious voice intervened and formed a barrier in front of them.

• The surrounding superpowers fled as Great Emperor Long River arrived and declared that Xuantian had to die.
• Great Emperor Long River fired an azure beam at Xuantian, whose Cangxuan Emperor Finger failed to stop it.
• Liu Changfeng and more than a hundred elders and Academy Deans combined their attacks, but the azure beam annihilated them.
• A weathered voice rebuked Yuan Changhe for bullying the juniors, and Emperor Dao rules formed a thick barrier before the Mystic Sanctuary's experts.

Great Emperor Cangxuan stopped Great Emperor Long River’s attack on the Mystic Sanctuary, but Long River revealed that he intended to destroy the Sanctuary. Yu Tingxue, Ming Yuan, and Kong Xuanji then appeared, surrounding Cangxuan Ye as he ordered Xuantian to protect the disciples.

• Great Emperor Cangxuan appeared and annihilated the azure pillar of light that had struck the barrier.
• Great Emperor Long River, Yuan Changhe, declared that a Great Emperor would fall and the Mystic Sanctuary would be destroyed.
• Yu Tingxue, Ming Yuan, and Kong Xuanji emerged from the void, alarming the gathered superpowers.
• Cangxuan Ye asked whether the three had come to attack the Mystic Sanctuary, and they answered by pressing their Emperor Dao auras toward him.
• Cangxuan Ye told Xuantian to protect the disciples.

Cangxuan Ye flew into the Starry Sky to face Great Emperor Long River, Yu Tingxue, Kong Xuanji, and Ming Yuan, while Xuantian confronted Yuan Tian on the battlefield below. When Yuan Tian countered Xuantian’s Mystic Sword Rain, the Origin Hall revealed the Great River Dragon Serpent, leaving the Mystic Sanctuary in greater danger.

• Cangxuan Ye and Great Emperor Long River led Yu Tingxue, Kong Xuanji, and Ming Yuan into the Starry Sky to keep their battle away from the others.
• Qin Yan worried that his teacher would be unable to withstand four opponents with Great Emperor-level strength, including the wielder of the Light God Sword.
• Yuan Tian threatened to destroy the Mystic Sanctuary, and Xuantian attacked him with Mystic Sword Rain.
• Yuan Tian summoned a river of black and white laws that ground away Xuantian’s golden sword phantoms.
• Two colossal creatures emerged from shattered space, and the surrounding factions identified them as the Great River Dragon Serpent.

Tai Huang and Ao Yin joined the Origin Hall’s assault on the Mystic Sanctuary, forcing Xuantian to face both guardian beasts while Liu Changfeng led the sanctuary’s defense. Xuantian broke Tai Huang’s first binding attack, but Ao Yin struck as the three black spheres prepared another assault.

• Tai Huang and Ao Yin arrived to help the Origin Hall destroy the Mystic Sanctuary, and Ao Yin ordered Yuan Tian to attack its disciples while they dealt with Xuantian.
• Xuantian left Liu Changfeng to defend the sanctuary and flew with the azure dragon to confront the two divine beasts.
• Tai Huang trapped Xuantian in a cage formed by three black spheres and unleashed Fallen River Binding.
• Xuantian stored the azure dragon in his Spirit Beast Bag and destroyed Tai Huang’s binding runes with One Sword of the Ruins, but the black spheres remained ready to attack again.
• Ao Yin fired a powerful white pillar of light at Xuantian as emperor runes flashed around him.

Great Emperor Long River, Yu Tingxue, Kong Xuanji, and Ming Yuan surrounded Cangxuan Ye and tested his strength. Cangxuan Ye erased Long River’s attack with the Temporal Dao, and Long River called for everyone to attack together as he armed himself for battle.

• Great Emperor Long River, Yu Tingxue, Kong Xuanji, and Ming Yuan arrived and surrounded Cangxuan Ye with their Emperor Dao pressure.
• Great Emperor Long River unleashed Long River Setting Sun, sending a blazing golden sun toward Cangxuan Ye.
• Cangxuan Ye formed an Hourglass of Time and accelerated time around the sun until it withered into dust.
• Great Emperor Long River recognized Cangxuan Ye’s deep Temporal Dao attainments and called on everyone to attack together.
• Great Emperor Long River summoned azure armor and took up a golden trident.

Yu Tingxue, Kong Xuanji, and Ming Yuan joined the battle against Great Emperor Cangxuan, while Yuan Tian attacked the Mystic Sanctuary forces at Emperor Fall Valley. As Qin Yan watched the Spirit Boat's defenses weaken, the Sky Chamber of Commerce and Darkness Temple relayed news of Ming Yuan's interception, and the chapter ended with the Sky Chamber of Commerce's assembled experts and their leader.

• Yu Tingxue filled the starry sky with snow as Kong Xuanji drove his spatial Flying Shuttle toward Great Emperor Cangxuan and Ming Yuan enlarged himself and his Light God Sword to attack.
• Great Emperor Cangxuan summoned an azure Great Dao, and the fighters' Emperor Dao powers collided, tearing apart space and destroying stars.
• Yuan Tian stopped Liu Changfeng and the Mystic Sanctuary experts from rescuing Xuantian and led Origin Hall into battle against them.
• Qin Yan stayed aboard the Spirit Boat as Origin Hall's attacks damaged its Defense Formation and threatened to break through.
• Ye Weiyang and Su Jiujiu separately reported that Ming Yuan had brought an Emperor Weapon to intercept Great Emperor Cangxuan.
• The Sky Chamber of Commerce gathered its experts in floating pavilions beneath a handsome middle-aged man.

Su Jingming led the Sky Chamber of Commerce toward the Temple of Light, while Ye Youming mobilized the Darkness Temple to attack it as well. At Emperor Fall Valley, Yuan Tian revealed that the Temple of Light and the Spatial Temple were arriving to reinforce Origin Hall.

• Su Jingming ordered the Sky Chamber of Commerce to attack the Temple of Light and seize its light essence.
• Ye Youming learned that the Temple of Light was weakened, then led Darkness Temple forces through a spatial rift to attack it.
• The Sky Chamber of Commerce and the Darkness Temple crossed the starry sky openly, prompting factions throughout All Heavens to spread news of their movements.
• At Emperor Fall Valley, Yuan Tian called for reinforcements as Origin Hall remained unable to break Liu Changfeng's defensive line.
• Mu Xuanguang arrived with Temple of Light guards, while Kong Wuya led Spatial Temple forces toward the Mystic Sanctuary's side.

The Spatial Temple, Temple of Light, and Origin Hall attacked the Mystic Sanctuary, overwhelming its Spirit Boat defenses. Zhou Xuan used the Mystic Mirror to teleport the Holy Land disciples out of Emperor Fall Valley, but Yuan Tian ordered pursuers to kill them.

• Ming Caijue and the Spatial Temple's Hall Master led their forces in an assault on the Mystic Sanctuary.
• Liu Changfeng ordered the Holy Land's fighters back to the Spirit Boat as its Array Patterns weakened under the barrage.
• Zhou Xuan activated the Mystic Mirror and warned the disciples to flee once the Spirit Boat's Formation broke.
• After the barrier shattered, the Mystic Mirror teleported Qin Yan and hundreds of other disciples out of Emperor Fall Valley.
• Yuan Tian detected their escape and ordered a True King elder and Venerable Level Stewards to hunt down the disciples.

Liu Changfeng called on the Sky Chamber of Commerce and the Darkness Temple for help as the Origin Hall, Temple of Light, and Spatial Temple surrounded the Mystic Sanctuary. Their arrival steadied the defenders, but the allied reinforcements remained outnumbered, and Yuan Tian took responsibility for dealing with Ye Weiyang.

• Two Holy Land Elders blocked a True King expert, while other elders sealed off the Origin Hall's escape routes.
• Mu Xuanguang and Kong Wuya led the Temple of Light and Spatial Temple forces in surrounding the Mystic Sanctuary.
• Liu Changfeng called for Vice President Jiujiu and Hall Master Weiyang to help the Holy Land.
• Su Jiujiu and Ye Weiyang arrived with forces from the Sky Chamber of Commerce and Darkness Temple.
• Liu Changfeng realized the reinforcements had only stabilized the battle, as the three opposing factions still had nearly twice as many True Kings and True Emperors.
• After Yuan Tian urged Mu Xuanguang to focus on destroying the Mystic Sanctuary, Mu Xuanguang left Ye Weiyang to Yuan Tian.

Yuan Tian failed to persuade Ye Weiyang and Su Jiujiu to abandon the Mystic Sanctuary, so the three halls expanded their assault to include the Darkness Temple and the Sky Chamber of Commerce. Meanwhile, five True Kings pursued the teleported disciples, who scattered outside Emperor Fall Valley as other forces considered capturing them for the Origin Hall.

• Yuan Tian offered Ye Weiyang one percent of the Darkness Essence to keep the Darkness Temple out of the fight, but she demanded ten percent and then pledged her temple to the Mystic Sanctuary.
• Yuan Tian threatened Su Jiujiu and the Sky Chamber of Commerce, but Su refused to withdraw her support for the Mystic Sanctuary.
• Yuan Tian ordered the three halls to surround the Darkness Temple and the Sky Chamber of Commerce, then sent five True Kings after the teleported Mystic Sanctuary disciples.
• The Holy Land disciples emerged outside Emperor Fall Valley and scattered toward their families, races, and other places of refuge.
• Nearby forces considered capturing the disciples and presenting them to the Origin Hall to win its favor.

Qin Yan encountered Nine-Mountain Lake after teleporting into its path, where a hidden True King restrained him and tried to take him away. Yue Qingcang intervened, freed Qin Yan, and struck the attacker with a mountain that crushed the surrounding space.

• Nine-Mountain Lake traveled through the void under the command of Yue Qingcang, whose four disciples had been killed by Zhao Tianji in Emperor Fall Land.
• Qin Yan appeared before Nine-Mountain Lake and assumed its people did not know he had killed the four disciples while disguised as Zhao Tianji.
• A hidden True King bound Qin Yan with rules and began carrying him away, claiming the outside world was dangerous.
• Yue Qingcang confronted the hidden True King and used Nine-Mountain Lake's law power to break Qin Yan's restraints.
• Yue Qingcang sent a massive mountain crashing into the hidden True King's position, shattering space and drawing a scream and blood mist.

Yue Qingcang killed the True King who had abducted Qin Yan and took Qin Yan onto his mountain, where Qin Yan learned about the powerful elder and his hatred of the Origin Hall. Yue Qingcang then warned Qin Yan that someone was approaching and told him to hide.

• Yue Qingcang crushed the True King with his enormous mountain and absorbed the Dao Essence left in the blood mist.
• Yue Qingcang restrained Qin Yan and brought him along, dismissing Qin Yan's warning that the Origin Hall might pursue them.
• Qin Yan explored the mountain and spoke with Nine-Mountain Lake disciples, who identified Yue Qingcang as the peak True Emperor known as the Mountain-Suppressing True Emperor.
• The disciples told Qin Yan that Zhao Tianji had killed Yue Qingcang's four direct disciples, and Qin Yan privately concluded Yue Qingcang had another reason for saving him.
• Yue Qingcang warned Qin Yan that someone was coming and told him to hide.

Yue Qingcang concealed Qin Yan from an Origin Hall elder by claiming Qin Yan had escaped with a Ten-Thousand-Li Teleportation Talisman, then forced Nine-Mountain Lake’s disciples to swear Heavenly Dao Oaths of silence. He kept Qin Yan imprisoned inside the mountain, leaving Qin Yan suspicious and uncertain of Yue Qingcang’s intentions.

• An Origin Hall elder confronted Yue Qingcang and asked him to hand over Qin Yan.
• Yue Qingcang claimed Qin Yan had escaped using a Ten-Thousand-Li Teleportation Talisman and invited the elder to search the mountain.
• The Origin Hall elder decided not to challenge Yue Qingcang and left to hunt the Mystic Sanctuary’s other disciples.
• Yue Qingcang ordered the Nine-Mountain Lake disciples to swear Heavenly Dao Oaths that they would not reveal Qin Yan’s presence.
• Qin Yan regained the ability to move inside the mountain but remained trapped, watching the events outside and questioning Yue Qingcang’s motives.

Qin Yan calmed himself and continued cultivating while Yue Qingcang ordered his group to withdraw. In Emperor Fall Valley, the battle devastated all sides, and Liu Changfeng sacrificed himself to kill nearly thirty True Kings and True Emperors, leaving Yuan Tian enraged at Su Jiujiu and Ye Weiyang.

• Qin Yan checked his attributes, noted his formation attainment had reached middle ninth grade, and resumed spear cultivation despite lacking ninth-grade mental power.
• Yue Qingcang withdrew his mental power, ordered an immediate return to the sect, and departed with the mountain and lake.
• The major factions fought for days in Emperor Fall Valley, leaving many powerful fighters dead and the battlefield in ruins.
• Liu Changfeng burned his life essence and detonated his cultivation, killing nearly thirty True Kings and True Emperors from the three temples before falling.
• Yuan Tian mourned the Origin Hall elders lost in the battle and blamed Su Jiujiu and Ye Weiyang for the devastating losses.

Mu Xuanguang withdrew the Temple of Light after learning that the Sky Chamber of Commerce and the Darkness Temple were attacking its headquarters. With both sides exhausted and more evenly matched, the battle in Emperor Fall Valley stalled while Xuantian continued fighting two divine beasts inside the Black River.

• Mu Xuanguang and Ming Caijue received news that their headquarters was under attack, so the Temple of Light regrouped and left Emperor Fall Valley.
• Yuan Tian and Kong Wuya learned that Su Jingming had become a Great Emperor and that the Sky Chamber of Commerce and the Darkness Temple were attacking the Temple of Light.
• Su Jiujiu explained to the Mystic Sanctuary that the Sky Chamber of Commerce and the Darkness Temple had secretly allied with them, while she worried about Xuantian fighting alone in the Black River.
• After the Temple of Light departed, the Origin Hall and Spatial Temple faced the Mystic Sanctuary, Darkness Temple, and Sky Chamber of Commerce with roughly equal strength.
• The surviving elders on both sides recognized that continuing would bring only a Pyrrhic victory, and neither side made another move.