Arc 18The Path to Open Heaven
Su Ye summoned the Black Emperor from the future, then entered the Upper Realm and pursued the Three Lives Bronze Coffin while disguising himself as Feng Tian. After studying the Celestial Realm, he restarted his cultivation to build a world within himself, then faced Hong Quan when the latter demanded his Spatial Treasure Art.
- Su Ye used the Wuzhong Bell and the River of Time to summon the Black Emperor, while Willow Deity fought the Upper Realm powerhouses and the Gate of Origin threatened to consume them.
- Su Ye emerged from the Gate of Origin after nearly undergoing Dao Transformation, and Huo Ling'er told him the Black Emperor had robbed treasuries and clashed with Shi Yi.
- Su Ye warned Shi Hao about the danger of the Upper Realm, then traveled there through the Totem Pillar and met Feng Wu, who had tracked his arrival.
- Su Ye took Feng Tian's identity and followed Feng Wu through Fire Province to the Three Lives Bronze Coffin, where he encountered memories of ancient battles and learned about the heroes branded the Sinful Race.
- Su Ye joined Celestial Academy, studied its records, and entered the Celestial Realm, where a Stone Spirit briefly turned him into a sketch and he later found the World Stele and its Bare-Butt Child guardian.
- After studying the World Stele, Su Ye stripped away his engraved Dao Patterns and restarted cultivation to create an inner world, then proved to Feng Wu that his weakened aura concealed considerable strength.
- Su Ye sealed Feng Wu inside a spatial painting before a wounded young man and a True God appeared, and Hong Quan soon demanded Su Ye's Spatial Treasure Art.
- Su Ye fought Hong Quan with sword rays and Space-Time power, struck him with a punch, and summoned a Nine-Headed Golden Lion, but Hong Quan returned with a Heavenly Deity-level dragon-tendon rope to bind him.