Chapter Summaries

Ye Tianyi learned from Jian Gu that Demon Heart Peak had only ten members but was feared because its master, the Demon Empress, was renowned as the strongest person since time immemorial. Yi Renxue arrived to recruit Ye Tianyi for Haotian Hall, leaving him caught between competing offers.

• Jian Gu took Ye Tianyi to a restaurant after revealing that Ghost Sky Luo had feared Demon Heart Peak, not Jian Gu himself.
• Jian Gu explained that Demon Heart Peak had ten members and that Ye Tianyi would have to pass the Demon Empress's test to join.
• Jian Gu told Ye Tianyi that the Demon Empress's reputation made even the Gods of the Domain of the Gods treat her with great respect.
• Yi Renxue entered the private room, and Jian Gu revealed that she had come for Ye Tianyi.

Ye Tianyi rejected Yi Renxue’s offer to join Haotian Hall and decided to consider joining Demon Heart Peak instead. Jian Gu revealed that Ye Tianyi would need to compete in the Battle of the Heavens in six months if he became its Fifth Disciple, and Ye Tianyi agreed to leave with him within five days.

• Yi Renxue introduced herself as the daughter of the Lord of Haotian Hall and invited Ye Tianyi to join, promising him the same treatment she received.
• Ye Tianyi asked how Haotian Hall compared with Demon Heart Peak, and Yi Renxue admitted that Demon Heart Peak was no weaker in certain respects.
• Jian Gu described Demon Heart Peak’s plentiful resources and praised its Eldest Senior Sister, prompting Ye Tianyi to reject Haotian Hall’s offer.
• Jian Gu explained that a Fifth Disciple of Demon Heart Peak had to compete in the Battle of the Heavens in six months, where Demon Heart Peak’s disciples had repeatedly taken first place.
• Ye Tianyi agreed to go with Jian Gu to the Eight Wastelands within three to five days.

Ye Tianyi went to the Xia Family and promised Xia Tianxia that he could lift Xia Yuhan’s curse. He also confirmed that he would leave for Demon Heart Peak in three to five days and join the Battle of the Heavens in half a year.

• Ye Tianyi decided to help Xia Yuhan, support Ji Die’s bid for an empire, and work out what to do about Bei Mengmeng before leaving the Big Dipper Empire.
• Ye Tianyi parted from Jian Gu and went to the Xia Family, where Xia Yuhan had fallen asleep again.
• Xia Tianxia and Lin Miao worried about Xia Yuhan’s curse and the danger Ye Tianyi might face, while Xia Tianxia trusted Ye Tianyi to find a solution.
• Ye Tianyi arrived and told Xia Tianxia that he could lift Xia Yuhan’s curse once she woke up.
• Ye Tianyi said he had accepted the invitation to Demon Heart Peak and would leave in three to five days.
• Xia Tianxia explained that Demon Heart Peak’s four disciples held four of the Heavenly Ranking’s top ten spots, and Ye Tianyi asked if they occupied the top four.

Ye Tianyi planned to strengthen Xia Yuhan’s ice abilities and treated her curse before giving her powerful cultivation treasures. The chapter ended with Xia Yuhan beginning to refine a Supreme Saint Heart Lotus and a Heavenly Heart Ice Immortal Begonia.

• Xia Tianxia told Ye Tianyi about the Heaven Ranking’s first-place holder, Demon Heart Peak’s First Disciple, and encouraged him and Yu Han to keep improving.
• Ye Tianyi said he wanted to take over the Big Dipper Empire, then decided to heal Xia Yuhan and give her two ice-related treasures.
• Ye Tianyi climbed into Xia Yuhan’s bed while she slept, and after she woke, he treated her curse by destroying a silver needle wrapped in black mist.
• Ye Tianyi told Xia Yuhan he would leave in a few days, and she said she would go to the Ice God Palace.
• Ye Tianyi brought Xia Yuhan to the woods and gave her a Supreme Saint Heart Lotus and a Heavenly Heart Ice Immortal Begonia, then Xia Yuhan began refining them.

Xia Yuhan refined the Heavenly Heart Ice Immortal Begonia and advanced to the God Dao Realm with Ye Tianyi protecting her. After spending time together, Ye Tianyi visited Bei Mengmeng and told her he planned to take the Tianlin Empire for Ji Die.

• Xia Yuhan refined the Supreme Saint Heart Lotus, and Ye Tianyi gave her pills and a pearl to help withstand advancement thunder.
• Xia Yuhan refined the Heavenly Heart Ice Immortal Begonia and endured forty-five bolts of Purple Heavenly Thunder before reaching the God Dao Realm.
• Ye Tianyi and Xia Yuhan went to a hotel, then parted so Ye Tianyi could visit the Imperial Palace.
• Bei Mengmeng confronted Ye Tianyi about leaving, and he asked her to follow Ji Die to the Tianlin Empire.
• Ye Tianyi told Bei Mengmeng he planned to seize the Tianlin Empire for Ji Die and assured her no one would dare oppose him.

Ye Tianyi gave Bei Mengmeng powerful treasures that raised her to Saint Ruler Realm Stage Eight, then visited Ji Die and learned she was a Saint Dao Realm expert. He planned to give Ji Die a Saint Dao Grade treasure before dealing with the Tianlin Empire and leaving.

• Ye Tianyi promised Bei Mengmeng a Saint Grade Heaven and Earth Divine Thunder and a Saint Dao Realm Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object.
• Bei Mengmeng refined the treasures over a day and reached Saint Ruler Realm Stage Eight, nearing the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Ye Tianyi left Bei Mengmeng the next morning and went to Ji Die's residence.
• Ji Die revealed that she was at Saint Dao Realm and had wind, time, and fire attributes.
• Ye Tianyi offered Ji Die a Sunset Saint Flame Vegetable and took her to a secluded place to refine it.

Ye Tianyi promised to help Ji Die take over the Tianlin Empire and learned that she was competing in a sect trial to build the strongest force. He brought her to Tianlin City, where they attacked the Imperial Palace gates and faced the empire’s defenders.

• Ye Tianyi told Ji Die he would leave the Big Dipper Empire alone and take down the Tianlin Empire for her, while arranging for the Xia family to move there.
• Ji Die explained that her sect had sent eight disciples to build forces from nothing within five years, and that she had planned to seize power in the Big Dipper Empire.
• Ye Tianyi gave Ji Die a Falling Flower Tears and three Heaven’s Condemnation Needles, and told her to find a chance to eliminate Bei Haoran.
• Jian Gu carried Ye Tianyi and Ji Die to Tianlin City on his sword, and they went directly to the Imperial Palace.
• Ye Tianyi blasted the palace gates with lightning, drawing out the defenders as stunned bystanders watched.

Ye Tianyi and Ji Die stormed the Tianlin Empire’s Imperial Palace, and Ye Tianyi declared that its Emperor should be changed. After they killed an Immortal King Realm elder and entered the palace, Lin Kuo and the imperial family panicked over how to stop them.

• Ye Tianyi and Ji Die confronted the Tianlin Empire’s imperial family at the palace gate, where the family recognized Ye Tianyi and feared his reputation.
• Ye Tianyi said the Tianlin Empire needed a new Emperor, then used a Heaven’s Condemnation Needle to kill an Immortal King Realm elder while Ji Die froze him with Time Stop.
• The imperial family let Ye Tianyi and Ji Die pass through the gate and enter the palace.
• Lin Kuo learned that Ye Tianyi had killed the Third Elder and panicked as the imperial family debated what to do.

Ye Tianyi entered the Tianlin Empire’s great hall and killed Emperor Lin Kuo, then Ji Die declared herself the new emperor. She used the threat of undetected poisoning to stop the assembled officials and experts from resisting or fleeing.

• Ye Tianyi and Ji Die entered the great hall, where Lin Kuo tried to welcome Ye Tianyi despite the surrounding soldiers and nobles fearing him.
• Ye Tianyi used Ji Die’s Time Stop and a Heaven’s Condemnation Needle to kill Lin Kuo, then dismissed objections by noting he had already killed the Tianlin God King.
• Ji Die declared herself Emperor of the Tianlin Empire and killed an official who challenged her claim.
• The remaining experts considered resisting or escaping, but Ji Die warned them they might already be poisoned, leaving them afraid to move.
• One expert tentatively challenged Ji Die’s claim that they were poisoned.

Ye Tianyi used an Absolute Control Card and the Sub-Mother Heavenly Meteor Pill to subdue the Tianlin Empire’s powerful experts and secure Ji Die’s position as Emperor. After they pledged loyalty, Ji Die ordered them to eliminate anyone in the Imperial Palace who could threaten her rule.

• Ye Tianyi secretly used an Absolute Control Card to control the God King Realm Celestial Master and ordered him to kill an expert who had challenged him.
• Ye Tianyi gave the gathered experts a choice between becoming puppets and surrendering, and they knelt and begged him to spare them.
• Ye Tianyi made the Celestial Master swallow a Sub-Mother Heavenly Meteor Pill and forced the others to take it, killing one man who tried to hide his dose.
• Ye Tianyi released his control of the Celestial Master, then triggered the pills to make the experts writhe in pain before restoring them.
• Ye Tianyi declared that Ji Die would become the Emperor of the Tianlin Empire, and the experts agreed to follow her.
• Ji Die ordered the experts to eliminate anyone in the Imperial Palace who might threaten her position, and they rushed out to carry out her command.

Ye Tianyi gave Ji Die the mother pill that let her control those who had taken its poison and left her additional pills to distribute. Before his Treasure Vault System disappeared, he filled the Tianlin Empire’s medicinal garden secret realm with an enormous collection of rare spiritual resources, leaving Ji Die with a powerful resource for the future.

• Ye Tianyi gave Ji Die the mother pill and a bottle of Sub-Mother Heavenly Meteor Pills, explaining how they worked and their limit against God King Realm experts.
• Ji Die’s followers reported that they had killed former Lin Family allies, and Ji Die ordered them to prepare for her Ascension Ceremony at daybreak.
• Ye Tianyi spent the night planting rare spiritual objects in the Tianlin Empire’s medicinal garden secret realm while Ji Die waited outside.
• Ye Tianyi showed Ji Die the secret realm’s vast collections, including dangerous poison objects, and gave her pills to protect herself from them.
• Ji Die was stunned by the resources Ye Tianyi had gathered and kissed him repeatedly.

Ye Tianyi said farewell to Ji Die, Bei Mengmeng, and Xia Yuhan as they prepared for their new paths, then set off with Jian Gu for Demon Heart Peak. The Xia family and Wang Family of Yulin City were to move to Ji Die’s Tianlin Empire, while Ye Tianyi left the reunions and farewells behind to begin his journey.

• Ji Die ascended the throne, and Ye Tianyi returned to Big Dipper Heavenly City, promising Bei Mengmeng he would visit within a month.
• Ye Tianyi advised Bei Mengmeng to go with the Xia family to Ji Die’s Tianlin Empire, where she could improve her cultivation.
• Xia Yuhan’s Master thanked Ye Tianyi for helping cure Ice God Cold Bodies and gave him an Ice God Palace token before Xia Yuhan prepared to leave for the Ice God Palace.
• Ye Tianyi told Xia Yuhan to look after Bai Hanxue, exchanged farewells with her, and left the Xia family residence.
• Ye Tianyi arranged for the Wang Family of Yulin City to move to the Tianlin Empire, then met Jian Gu and set off for Demon Heart Peak.

Ye Tianyi traveled with Jian Gu toward Demon Heart Peak and asked about the sect, its disciples, and the test to become its fifth disciple. Jian Gu warned that Ye Tianyi’s chances were uncertain and described their veiled master with deep admiration as they continued toward the Eight Wastelands.

• Ye Tianyi and Jian Gu flew toward Demon Heart Peak, which Jian Gu said was three days away.
• Jian Gu explained that Demon Heart Peak offered powerful treasures but that Ye Tianyi would have to pass their master's test to become a disciple.
• Ye Tianyi learned that Jian Gu had been accepted without a test and that their master judged candidates by potential and malleability.
• Jian Gu said Demon Heart Peak had four disciples and that their master had searched for a fifth disciple for years.
• Jian Gu described their master as a veiled, exceptionally noble woman, and Ye Tianyi asked him to explain more about Demon Heart Peak.

Jian Gu explained Demon Heart Peak’s masters and its history with the Evil Sect, revealing that the Evil God Hall was only one of the Evil Sect’s 108 independent sects. He also told Ye Tianyi that the Demon Empress, as Evil Emperor, could issue one order that every sect had to obey, leaving Ye Tianyi stunned by the scale of her power.

• Jian Gu told Ye Tianyi that Demon Heart Peak had five powerful Elders who trained its disciples alongside the Master.
• Jian Gu explained that Demon Heart Peak’s leaders were the strongest figures in the Evil Sect, which later developed into the Evil God Sect.
• Jian Gu revealed that the Evil God Hall was just one of the Evil Sect’s 108 sects, though it was the strongest and had become one of the Upper Seven Halls.
• Jian Gu explained that the Demon Empress served as Evil Emperor, a title with little authority except for one order that all 108 sects had to obey.
• Ye Tianyi realized that the Evil Emperor’s single order could unite the Evil Sect and potentially destroy the continent.

Jian Gu explained the Evil Emperor’s authority, the Domain of the Gods, and Demon Heart Peak’s search for the next generation’s Evil Emperor. Ye Tianyi grew eager to become the Fifth Disciple, then began cultivating while awaiting a trial that his system warned would bring beneficial torment.

• Jian Gu told Ye Tianyi that only three Evil Emperors had used their privilege to command the One Hundred and Eight Sects, describing two who retaliated against powerful enemies.
• Jian Gu explained that the united Evil Sect could rival the Divine Palace and that the next Evil Emperor would carry on Demon Heart Peak’s mission to seek Godhood.
• Jian Gu revealed that finding the Fifth Disciple would help determine the next generation’s Evil Emperor, and Ye Tianyi became interested in the role.
• Jian Gu told Ye Tianyi to cultivate during the three-day journey, and Ye Tianyi began consolidating his realm.
• Ye Tianyi’s system announced that it would suspend activation because he might soon undergo beneficial torment, leaving him to face the Demon Empress’s trial without its help.

Jian Gu brought Ye Tianyi to Demon Heart Peak, where they encountered Third Senior Brother Jin Ji and two candidates for discipleship. Ye Tianyi reunited with Xing Baobao, while Yang Chusheng faced the prospect of competing with him again.

• Jian Gu and Ye Tianyi arrived at the edge of the Eight Wastelands, and Jian Gu revealed the secluded Demon Heart Peak and the divine water surrounding it.
• Jin Ji descended from the sky and introduced Yang Chusheng, whom Ye Tianyi recognized.
• Xing Baobao saw Ye Tianyi, cried, and threw herself into his arms, telling him how much she had missed him.
• Jin Ji took Xing Baobao and Yang Chusheng up to meet Master, while Jian Gu warned Ye Tianyi not to insult Jin Ji.

Jian Gu brought Ye Tianyi to Demon Heart Peak, where he met Jin Ji, Xing Baobao, and Yang Chusheng while awaiting the Demon Empress. As the hall doors opened, Jin Ji revealed that Xing Baobao possessed the purest physique and soul in the world.

• Jian Gu warned Ye Tianyi that Jin Ji was known as the Single Thought Evil Buddha and said that two other newcomers could compete with him for a place among the disciples.
• Jian Gu led Ye Tianyi to Demon Heart Peak and explained that it held tens of thousands of spiritual objects and deadly poisons.
• Jian Gu presented Ye Tianyi to the Demon Empress, and Ye Tianyi saw Jin Ji, Xing Baobao, and Yang Chusheng waiting outside the closed hall.
• Ye Tianyi talked with Xing Baobao, who recounted being saved by the Evil Consort and later meeting Jin Ji during academy training.
• Jin Ji told Ye Tianyi that Xing Baobao had the purest physique and soul in the world, and the hall doors opened.

The Demon Empress appeared and accepted Xing Baobao as her fifth disciple, while Ye Tianyi and Yang Chusheng had to face another trial to remain. She began the test by breaking their arms and legs, leaving both men unable to move.

• The Demon Empress arrived, and Jian Gu and Jin Ji respectfully greeted their master.
• The Demon Empress punished Jin Ji by flinging him away for falling into another pit.
• The Demon Empress said Xing Baobao could stay, while Ye Tianyi and Yang Chusheng would have to pass the next trial.
• The Demon Empress snapped Ye Tianyi and Yang Chusheng's right arms, then broke their other arms and legs.
• Xing Baobao wept as Ye Tianyi gritted his teeth and called for the trial to continue.

The Demon Empress tested Ye Tianyi and Yang Chusheng by shattering their bones and meridians to measure their willpower, then accepted Ye Tianyi as a Demon Heart Peak Disciple. After Ye Tianyi recovered in a medicinal bath, the Demon Empress explained that willpower was the only thing she had been testing.

• The Demon Empress struck Ye Tianyi and Yang Chusheng, shattering their bones and meridians, but both endured the pain without passing out.
• The Demon Empress ordered Jin Ji to strike them again; Yang Chusheng fainted, while Ye Tianyi remained barely conscious.
• The Demon Empress sensed Ye Tianyi's Evil God Power and Supreme Bone before knocking him unconscious.
• Ye Tianyi woke in a medicinal bath, found his body healed and his physique greatly improved, and learned that he had become a Demon Heart Peak Disciple while Yang Chusheng had failed.
• The Demon Empress told five elders that she had tested only willpower and that Ye Tianyi's was stronger than Jin Ji's.

The Demon Empress and the five Elders learned that Ye Tianyi possessed Supreme Bone, making him their strongest candidate for the Evil Emperor and giving them hope that he could reach an unprecedented level. After Ye Tianyi woke from having his body reshaped, he reunited with Xing Baobao and asked why the Demon Empress had accepted her as a disciple.

• The Grand Elder and the other Elders discussed Ye Tianyi's Supreme Bone and agreed that he was the likely successor to the Evil Emperor.
• The Demon Empress told the Elders that Ye Tianyi's upper limb bone had been deified with Spiritual Power Nullification and that he would face the Battle of the Heavens in half a year.
• The Demon Empress left after agreeing that the Elders would investigate Ye Tianyi and meet him later.
• Ye Tianyi met Xing Baobao in the courtyard and learned from her that the Demon Empress's body reshaping strengthened physiques and could improve cultivation speed.
• Ye Tianyi asked Xing Baobao why the Demon Empress had chosen her as a disciple.