Chapter Summaries

Ye Tianyi reunited with Xing Baobao at Demon Heart Peak, but the Demon Empress caught them being intimate and forbade him from touching her for five years because of her constitution. She laid out Ye Tianyi’s training schedule, ending with two months spent outside tempering himself and stirring up trouble.

• Xing Baobao told Ye Tianyi she did not know why the Demon Empress had accepted her as a disciple or what made her constitution special.
• The Demon Empress walked in on Ye Tianyi and Xing Baobao, sent Xing Baobao away, and ordered Ye Tianyi not to touch her for five years.
• The Demon Empress told Ye Tianyi he would spend four months at Demon Heart Peak studying under her and the Elders, with time in a secret realm allowing him to cultivate for ten years.
• The Demon Empress said Ye Tianyi would spend the remaining two months going out to temper himself and stir up the winds and clouds.

Ye Tianyi endured the Demon Empress’s brutal training and learned the first style of the Evil Emperor Three Styles and the first layer of the Evil Emperor Art in three days. His astonishing progress convinced the Demon Empress and the elders that he had the potential to become the next Evil Emperor.

• The Demon Empress ordered Ye Tianyi to master two ancient techniques in three days and shattered his bones and meridians before placing him in a medicinal bath to heal.
• Three days later, Ye Tianyi performed Starfall and summoned the power of 101 stars in a devastating attack.
• Jian Gu and Jin Ji watched Ye Tianyi’s display and discussed how the Demon Empress had made him the sixth disciple of Demon Heart Peak.
• The Grand Elder and Second Elder noted that Ye Tianyi had also learned the first layer of the Evil Emperor Art, while the Demon Empress said she had expected him to take ten days.
• Ye Tianyi realized that Starfall had no fixed upper limit and compared his current power with the Demon Empress’s ability to summon 278,000 Starfalls.

Ye Tianyi trained at Demon Heart Peak, learning the Evil Emperor Art, swordsmanship, and several other disciplines while the Demon Empress delayed his breakthrough and strengthened his physique. After two months of intense training, Xing Baobao told him the Demon Empress had prepared plenty of food, leaving Ye Tianyi surprised that she might have changed her ways.

• Ye Tianyi mastered Evil Spirit Soaring and reflected on how the Evil Emperor Art could multiply his combat strength, then reunited with Xing Baobao and told the Demon Empress he had learned it.
• The Demon Empress began teaching Ye Tianyi swordsmanship, and half a month later he sparred with Jian Gu and impressed the Demon Empress with his comprehension.
• Ye Tianyi said he was ready to break through to the Heavenly Dao Realm, but the Demon Empress told him to wait.
• Over the following two months, the Demon Empress and five Elders trained Ye Tianyi in several disciplines while repeated meridian damage and medicinal baths strengthened his physique.
• Xing Baobao joined Ye Tianyi at the cliff and said the Demon Empress had prepared lots of delicious food, prompting him to wonder if she had changed her ways.

After two months of brutal training, Ye Tianyi learned how much his physique had improved, but the Demon Empress warned that his foundation was unstable. She proposed destroying his cultivation so he could start over, and Ye Tianyi agreed before she immediately began.

• Ye Tianyi joined Xing Baobao and Jian Gu for a feast of Heavenly Stairway- and God-grade Fruits, while the Demon Empress said he would not eat them again for five years.
• Ye Tianyi told the Demon Empress he had been suppressing a breakthrough to the Heavenly Dao Realm, and she explained that his recent advancement had left his foundation unstable.
• The Demon Empress described the importance of physique, Soul Power, and foundation, and warned that a weak foundation would hinder Ye Tianyi's progress in the Immortal King Realm.
• The Demon Empress told Ye Tianyi to destroy his cultivation and cultivate anew, and he agreed because he valued his future.
• Ye Tianyi lay down in the backyard, and the Demon Empress struck him, making him scream.

After the Demon Empress erased his cultivation, Ye Tianyi spent five years rebuilding his strength in the Time Secret Realm and emerged as a Saint Ruler Third Order with a much stronger foundation. The Demon Empress sent him back for another five years, while Xing Baobao reached the Saint Ruler Realm outside.

• The Demon Empress put Ye Tianyi in a Medicinal Bath, then sent him into the Time Secret Realm to cultivate for five years while only a month passed outside.
• Ye Tianyi returned at Saint Ruler Third Order, having strengthened his foundation, physique, state of mind, Starfall, and Evil Emperor Art.
• Ye Tianyi reunited with Xing Baobao, then spent the day playing with her before visiting the Demon Empress that night.
• The Demon Empress put Ye Tianyi through another round of her cultivation method and sent him back into the Time Secret Realm for five more years.
• Xing Baobao reached the Saint Ruler Realm, and the Demon Empress noted that Ye Tianyi was due to emerge as well.

After five years of training, Ye Tianyi returned to Demon Heart Peak with his cultivation restored to Saint Ruler Realm Tenth Order and prepared to advance to the Heavenly Dao Realm. He endured the heavenly lightning as the Demon Empress urged him to use it to temper his body, and the chapter ended as the ninety-sixth strike gathered.

• Ye Tianyi returned after five years of training, having reached Saint Ruler Realm Tenth Order, learned three thousand Starfalls, and advanced the Evil Emperor Art to its third level.
• The Demon Empress told Ye Tianyi to prepare to advance to the Heavenly Dao Realm, while the elders discussed how many paths of Heavenly Punishment Lightning he might face.
• The Demon Empress advised Ye Tianyi to let the heavenly lightning temper his body before blocking each strike.
• Ye Tianyi endured the lightning through the first eighty strikes, then survived the ninety-first through ninety-fifth strikes.
• The ninety-sixth heavenly thunder gathered as the Demon Empress and the elders watched.

Ye Tianyi endured the ninety-ninth strike of Heavenly Condemnation Lightning and survived, awakening three days later at Heavenly Dao Realm Stage Two. After four months on the mountain, the Demon Empress told him to prepare to descend and called him over to discuss a few things.

• Ye Tianyi blocked the ninety-sixth, ninety-seventh, and ninety-eighth strikes, drawing praise from the Demon Empress and the Grand Elder.
• The sky turned purple as Ye Tianyi drew the unprecedented ninety-ninth strike, and the Demon Empress gave him the Heaven Covering Talisman.
• Ye Tianyi used his abilities and the talisman to face the final lightning strike, which left him gravely injured but alive.
• Three days later, Ye Tianyi woke, recovered much of his strength with the Creation Laws, and discovered he had advanced to Heavenly Dao Realm Stage Two.
• The Demon Empress told Ye Tianyi to prepare to descend the mountain and called him over to speak.

The Demon Empress named Ye Tianyi the new Evil Emperor and explained the limits and duties attached to the title. She also told him about the coming duel with the Immortal Palace Divine Emperor and the revised Battle of the Heavens rules, which were designed to reveal Demon Heart Peak’s strength.

• The Demon Empress gave Ye Tianyi the Evil Emperor Token and told him he was the Evil Emperor of this generation.
• The Demon Empress warned Ye Tianyi to keep his identity secret unless necessary, since the title brought attention but little protection, and its authority could be used only once.
• The Demon Empress told Ye Tianyi he would fight the Immortal Palace Divine Emperor as the Evil Emperor in five years, explaining that the God Emperor usually won because the Evil Emperor was raised without the same support.
• The Demon Empress explained that the Battle of the Heavens would begin in the Realm of Eight Kingdoms, with the top ten advancing to the Eight Desolations and the top twenty there advancing to the Domain of the Gods.
• Ye Tianyi realized the revised rules were meant to expose Demon Heart Peak’s new disciples’ strength so opponents could prepare for the final Battle of the Heavens.

The Demon Empress told Ye Tianyi that the Battle of the Heavens rules had changed and gave him a mission to court her former disciple, now the sect master of the Eight Desolations Yin Moon Sect. She began explaining how the disciple had joined the sect, leaving the circumstances of their separation unresolved.

• The Demon Empress explained that Demon Heart Peak had been assigned to the Eight Wastelands and that the new schedule gave Ye Tianyi four months to prepare.
• The Demon Empress showed Ye Tianyi a photograph and ordered him to make the woman his own.
• The Demon Empress revealed that the woman had been her first disciple, had been expelled from Demon Heart Peak, and was now the sect master of the Eight Desolations Yin Moon Sect.
• The Demon Empress said the woman had met the Yin Moon Sect's former sect master during training ten years earlier, fallen in love with him, and learned the sect's cultivation method without knowing his affiliation.

The Demon Empress told Ye Tianyi how her former disciple became the Yin Moon Sect Master after heartbreak and cultivation of the Yin Moon Heart Sutra changed her. Ye Tianyi accepted the dangerous task of trying to make her fall in love again, then prepared to leave without knowing where he would go next.

• The Demon Empress explained that the woman joined the Yin Moon Sect after being deceived by a man who preferred men, then killed him and the man he loved.
• She said the Yin Moon Heart Sutra magnified the woman’s negative emotions, and the woman later became Yin Moon Sect Master before being expelled from Demon Heart Peak.
• The Demon Empress asked Ye Tianyi to try to make the woman fall in love again, warning that she was nearly a demon and that he might die.
• Ye Tianyi agreed to attempt the task after learning the woman had only held hands with the man, and the Demon Empress told him not to reveal he was her disciple.
• Ye Tianyi asked about failing the task and the Battle of the Heavens, then left to bid Xing Baobao farewell without a fixed destination.

After leaving Xing Baobao at Demon Heart Peak, Ye Tianyi reconnected with his friends and learned that Xiao Yingyu had been unusually sleepy and muttering about her parents. He discovered that she was in the Eight Wastelands with Shi Jiayi and set out to visit them, suspecting Xiao Yingyu’s memories or bloodline might be returning.

• Ye Tianyi said goodbye to Xing Baobao and used his Space Attribute to travel away from Demon Heart Peak.
• Ye Tianyi checked his messages and made video calls to his friends after more than three months without contact.
• Shi Jiayi told Ye Tianyi that Xiao Yingyu had been unusually sleepy, talking in her sleep about her parents, and waking up crying.
• Shi Jiayi explained that she had brought Xiao Yingyu to the Eight Wastelands after Xiao Yingyu began staring in one direction and insisting she wanted to go there.
• Ye Tianyi learned that Shi Jiayi and Xiao Yingyu were in the far east of the Eight Wastelands and agreed to travel there to examine Xiao Yingyu.
• Ye Tianyi wondered whether Xiao Yingyu was recovering her memories or bloodline and began deducing whether anyone else was nearby.

Ye Tianyi divined that Su Meier was in Starsea Sky City and traveled to the Starsea Empire, stopping to recover in Soaring Cloud Sky City. As he set out again, imperial forces suddenly surrounded him and ordered his arrest.

• Ye Tianyi used heavenly divination to discover that Su Meier was in the Starsea Empire.
• He considered the Eight Wastelands' powerful empires and its harsh persecution of the Demon Race.
• Ye Tianyi traveled to Soaring Cloud Sky City and rested after exhausting his spiritual power.
• He learned that Su Meier was in nearby Starsea Sky City and decided to find her.
• Imperial forces surrounded Ye Tianyi in the street and ordered their men to take him away.

Ye Tianyi was arrested in Soaring Cloud Sky City and thrown into the Heavenly Prison, where he unexpectedly reunited with Su Meier. The two compared how they had ended up there, while the Celestial Master arranged for Ye Tianyi to share her cell.

• Ye Tianyi was restrained and arrested despite insisting he had done nothing, then the Celestial Master ordered him sent to the Heavenly Prison.
• The Celestial Master told General Li to put Ye Tianyi in the same cell as the Demon Race woman, and promised to take responsibility.
• Ye Tianyi entered the sealed cell and discovered that his cellmate was Su Meier.
• Su Meier explained that she had reached the Immortal King Realm after using the Turtle Card to kill two wounded God Emperor Realm demon emperors, then was captured for being Demon Race.
• Ye Tianyi said he had just arrived in Soaring Cloud Sky City and did not know why he had been arrested, and Su Meier wondered whether he carried a Demon Race aura.

Ye Tianyi reunited with Su Meier in a Heavenly Prison in the Eight Wastelands and revealed that he could break its Space Barrier. He chose to stay and investigate who had captured him, while Su Meier refused to leave him; at midnight, a new Check-in System activated.

• Ye Tianyi and Su Meier discussed escaping, and he told her his Hands of God could nullify the spiritual power maintaining the Space Barrier.
• Ye Tianyi decided to remain in the prison to investigate his capture, while Su Meier insisted on staying with him despite the danger to Demon Race members.
• Ye Tianyi gave Su Meier two Turtle Turtle Cards, and she kissed him to absorb his Essence Qi.
• After a day passed without anyone visiting, Ye Tianyi received a notification that the New System, the Check-in System, had activated at midnight.

Ye Tianyi received a huge reward from his seven-day check-in system, then tried to get himself taken to Starsea Sky City so he could rescue Su Meier and investigate who had framed him. The Immortal Master agreed to take him to Celestial Master He after Ye Tianyi claimed he had stolen a supreme imperial treasure.

• Ye Tianyi checked in and received 100 million Swagger Value from the new system.
• General Li and an Immortal Master arrived, bound Su Meier, and placed her in a golden gourd to take her to Starsea Sky City for execution.
• Ye Tianyi learned that Celestial Master He had accused him of stealing from the City Lord of Soaring Cloud Sky City.
• Ye Tianyi insulted the Emperor of Starsea Sky City, then claimed he had stolen a supreme imperial treasure to get taken there.
• The Immortal Master decided to take Ye Tianyi to meet Celestial Master He, and bound him with a celestial rope.

Ye Tianyi tried to bargain with the Immortal Master, who had captured him and was taking him to Starsea Sky City, by promising to cure the old man's Cold Poison and help him advance. The Immortal Master stopped when Ye Tianyi accurately identified the source and effects of his Hidden ailment.

• The Immortal Master pressed a finger to Ye Tianyi's forehead and offered to spare him if he revealed the Emperor's treasure he had supposedly stolen.
• Ye Tianyi asked who had accused him, and the Immortal Master explained how Celestial Master He had earned the Emperor's favor by curing a consort's Hidden ailment.
• The Immortal Master refused to release the woman in his spiritual artifact and demanded the treasure, but Ye Tianyi said he had never stolen it and had only wanted to save his friend.
• The Immortal Master seized Ye Tianyi by the throat, and Ye Tianyi offered to cure his Hidden ailment and help him reach the God Venerable Realm.
• Ye Tianyi identified the Immortal Master's ailment as Cold Poison from the Twin-Headed Ice Snow Emperor and said it had stalled his cultivation at God Profound Realm Rank 10 for over three hundred years.
• Li Baishan stopped and asked whether Ye Tianyi truly had a way to cure him.

Ye Tianyi demonstrated that he could reduce Li Baishan’s Cold Poison and enlisted him to expose the Celestial Master who wanted to harm him. Ye Tianyi and Su Meier remained in the Heavenly Prison as Li Baishan began a plan to delay her execution and bring Celestial Master He into the open.

• Ye Tianyi used Silver Needles to reduce Li Baishan’s Cold Poison and promised to cure it with a week of treatment.
• Ye Tianyi asked Li Baishan to help him confront the Emperor and the Celestial Master, then whispered the rest of his plan to him.
• Li Baishan reported to the Emperor that Ye Tianyi had been imprisoned with Su Meier, and the Emperor ordered preparations for Su Meier’s execution ceremony.
• Li Baishan poisoned Consort Xue with the substance Ye Tianyi provided, causing her to collapse and prompting the Emperor to summon Li Baishan and Celestial Master He.

Li Baishan and Celestial Master He failed to identify a cure for Snow Consort’s poison, while Ye Tianyi and Su Meier enjoyed their time in the Heavenly Prison. As Snow Consort’s condition worsened, the Starsea Emperor summoned renowned physicians and welcomed the Thousand Hands Saint Physician to examine her.

• Li Baishan told the Starsea Emperor that Snow Consort had been poisoned, and the Emperor ordered the harem consorts imprisoned before Li Baishan urged him to wait for Celestial Master He.
• Celestial Master He examined Snow Consort but admitted he had no easy way to treat the poison, and he and Li Baishan left to study a cure.
• Ye Tianyi and Su Meier flirted and kissed in the Heavenly Prison, and Ye Tianyi received a God King Realm Advancement Pill that he planned to use for Su Meier later.
• After thirty physicians failed to cure Snow Consort, the Starsea Emperor gathered renowned Physicians and asked them for a solution.
• The Thousand Hands Saint Physician arrived at the palace, examined Snow Consort, and soon walked back out.

The Starsea Emperor summoned Ye Tianyi to examine the poison afflicting Snow Consort after the Thousand Hands Saint Physician admitted he could not cure her in time. Ye Tianyi recognized Celestial Master He as Spirit Sword Venerate, the man who had poisoned her, and entered the inner room to assess her condition.

• The Thousand Hands Saint Physician said Snow Consort's poison was so strange that he needed time and suggested seeking a physician from the Domain of the Gods.
• Li Baishan recommended Ye Tianyi, but Celestial Master He and other physicians questioned whether a young criminal could help.
• The Starsea Emperor summoned Ye Tianyi and promised to pardon him and make him Celestial Master if he cured Snow Consort.
• Ye Tianyi arrived at the hall, spotted Celestial Master He, and recognized him as Spirit Sword Venerate.
• Celestial Master He realized Ye Tianyi had seen through his identity and worried that Ye Tianyi might cure the poison he had made.

Ye Tianyi convinced the Starsea Emperor that he could cure Snow Consort’s poison and secured Su Meier’s release before treating her. Snow Consort recovered enough to awaken, and the Emperor ordered He Qianqiu seized for poisoning her.

• Ye Tianyi claimed Snow Consort’s poison was easy to cure, stunning the gathered experts and the Starsea Emperor.
• Ye Tianyi demanded that the demon woman Su Meier be released before he began treatment, and the Starsea Emperor agreed.
• After the others left, Ye Tianyi told the Starsea Emperor that He Qianqiu had poisoned Snow Consort while treating an earlier illness.
• Ye Tianyi treated Snow Consort with silver needles, said she would recover fully after another treatment, and watched her awaken.
• The Starsea Emperor announced that Snow Consort was out of danger and ordered his guards to seize He Qianqiu.
• He Qianqiu demanded to know why he was being arrested as Ye Tianyi looked on, and the Emperor accused him of poisoning Snow Consort.