Arc 26The Wuzhuang Temple Ruins

Jiang Changkong defeated Heavenly Court forces, helped the Demon Emperor recover the Chaos Bell fragment, and continued exploring ancient ruins. He arrived at Wuzhuang Temple with the Sun brothers and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, where the group began searching Breeze Hall for treasures.

  • Sun Qing, Sun Li, and Jiang Changkong entered the rift through the Samadhi Divine Fire and uncovered ancient experiments and a method for summoning a trove of relics.
  • Jiang Changkong defeated Aoyin Laihe and other Heavenly Court leaders, escaped an alchemy trap, and left for the depths of the void.
  • Jiang Changkong defeated Kun Yu and Lu Wuchuan, escorted Wang Shanhe's group, and learned that the Heavenly Realm's stars were gathering again.
  • The Demon Emperor entered the Demon Race region, while Jiang Changkong visited the Redwood Divine King and began refining a Golden Crow body in the Chaos Divine Fire.
  • Jiang Changkong defeated Purple Star Heavenly King’s forces, perfected his Acquired Chaos Dao Body, and gave the Demon Emperor the immortal post and fragment needed to complete the Golden Crow body.
  • The Demon Emperor used the Chaos Bell’s power to drive off Kun Yu, killed Redwood Divine King, and recruited Wang Shanhe and other Divine Kings.
  • Jiang Changkong reached Breeze Hall at Wuzhuang Temple, where Ginseng Fruits had killed earlier intruders and a hidden passage led the group into a realm of blood-controlling beasts.
  • Jiang Changkong destroyed the beasts, found a way out with his companions, and entered Breeze Hall, where they identified statues of Zhenyuan Immortal and Daoist Acolyte Breeze.
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Ch. 635Purple-Gold Red Gourd (2/5)

Sun Li led the Immortal Kings toward a world connected to the Samadhi Divine Fire while Sun Qing revealed that he had the item needed to open the sealed place. Jiang Changkong joined the brothers in breaking through the restriction, and they entered a passage linked to Kui Wood Wolf.

  • Sun Li claimed he knew where the Samadhi Divine Fire came from and led the peak Immortal Kings through the spatial passage, leaving Jiang Changkong behind.
  • Sun Qing told Jiang Changkong that he had the item needed to open the place and negotiated a sixty-forty share of the spoils.
  • Sun Li returned in a miserable state, and Sun Qing used the damaged Purple-Gold Red Gourd to unleash Samadhi Divine Fire while Sun Li and Jiang Changkong suppressed the formation.
  • Sun Li sealed the immortal gods behind a golden barrier as the gourd split open the void, and Sun Qing, Sun Li, and Jiang Changkong entered the spatial rift.
  • Jiang Changkong learned that the passage depicted Kui Wood Wolf’s life and that the damaged gourd was an imitation of an Immortal Emperor-grade treasure.

Ch. 636Monkey (3/5)

Jiang Changkong traveled through the Samadhi Divine Fire with Sun Li and Sun Qing, learning how the Heavenly Court had exiled them and hearing about their treasures. A powerful golden monkey blocked their way, but Jiang Changkong fought it off long enough for the Purple-Gold Red Gourd to carry them onward.

  • Sun Qing revealed that the Purple-Gold Red Gourd could trap anyone below the Immortal Emperor realm for less than a quarter of an hour, and Sun Li warned Jiang Changkong that it had already acknowledged an owner.
  • Sun Li explained that Kui Wood Wolf had reached the limit of the Immortal King realm after serving the Old Lord, and Sun Qing used the gourd to ferry the group through the Samadhi Divine Fire.
  • Jiang Changkong told the brothers about his past as the Judicial Heavenly God and his current position as master of the Divine Court's Holy Land Divine Kingdom.
  • Sun Li and Sun Qing told Jiang Changkong that the Heavenly Court had exiled them and other unwilling cultivators to the shattered Heavenly Realm, where they had remained for several thousand years.
  • A golden monkey with strength close to a limit God King blocked their path, and Jiang Changkong met its punch with his own.
  • Jiang Changkong struck the monkey back through the flames, allowing the Purple-Gold Red Gourd to race onward while the monkey sank into the fire.

Ch. 637Artifact Origin (4/5)

Jiang Changkong and the Sun brothers crossed a fiery realm filled with savage, powerful beasts and found a chained hybrid creature beside an ancient stele. The stele revealed that immortal gods had conducted experiments there, and Sun Qing discovered that some divine-artifact origins had been left behind.

  • Jiang Changkong and the Sun brothers encountered an unintelligent true dragon, a phoenix, a qilin, and other powerful beasts that retreated into the flames whenever Jiang tried to capture them.
  • The Purple-Gold Red Gourd stopped at a stone pillar where a chained, human-bodied creature with a dragon's head and phoenix wings hung above a pit of Samadhi Divine Fire.
  • Jiang Changkong approached the creature and the stele behind it; the creature opened its blood-red eyes but settled down when it sensed his Chaos aura.
  • Sun Li translated the stele, which described ancient immortal gods' failed attempts to fuse dragon, phoenix, and qilin bloodlines and revive divine artifacts.
  • Jiang Changkong recognized that the Devil Ancestor's search for the Devil Spear might be connected to the experiments, and Sun Qing announced that some divine-artifact origins remained at the site.

Ch. 638What I Got Was Disobedient (5/5)

Jiang Changkong and the two brothers explored the Samadhi Divine Fire, where fragments of divine artifacts entered their bodies and the immortal script revealed a drifting treasure trove. They learned the Pangu Axe had never been forged, then prepared to destroy the site, but Jiang Changkong said his treasure would not obey him.

  • Jiang Changkong approached the fire pit and absorbed destructive and suppressive forces as fragments entered his body, while Sun Qing and Sun Li each received a fragment that greatly increased their strength.
  • Sun Qing used the Purple-Gold Red Gourd to absorb the Samadhi Divine Fire, and Jiang Changkong leaped into the pit to investigate its contents.
  • Jiang Changkong and the two brothers read the immortal script, learning that a treasure trove of ancient immortal gods' relics drifted through space and could be summoned with enough divine artifact origins.
  • The group learned that the Pangu Axe had never been created and memorized the incomplete method for opening the treasure trove.
  • Sun Li and Sun Qing prepared to destroy the site with their divine artifacts, but Jiang Changkong said his treasure would not listen to him.

Ch. 639Ten Relics, Nine Fakes

Jiang Changkong and his companions discovered Immortal Stone powder, then defeated the four great factions’ forces and uncovered the Heavenly Court’s use of the Doushuai Palace as a trap. They returned to the alchemy furnace, intending to break out with their newly acquired strength.

  • Jiang Changkong, Sun Li, and Sun Qing found about two million Essence, Qi, and Spirit worth of Immortal Stone powder behind a shattered wall, and Jiang Changkong collected the largest share.
  • A strip of cloth depicting an ancient divine axe entered Jiang Changkong’s body as the three left the fire pit and returned through the spatial passage.
  • Golden River Immortal King, Mystic Wind God King, Desolation Immortal King, and Aoyin Laihe confronted the group, but Jiang Changkong overwhelmed them and killed Aoyin Laihe and the other leaders.
  • Jiang Changkong searched the fallen Heavenly Court leader’s soul and learned that the Doushuai Palace had been used to lure immortals and gods into an alchemy trap.
  • Sun Li explained that false relics and fake inheritances were common schemes, and the three returned to the alchemy furnace to try to break out.
  • Sun Li offered Jiang Changkong a sword-like divine artifact fragment infused with killing intent.

Ch. 640Shattering the Alchemy Furnace

Jiang Changkong escaped the alchemy furnace, killed the two Divine Kings who had trapped him, and raised his cultivation to the peak Divine King realm. After Ji Chang'an warned him that the Heavenly Court and Demon Court were preparing to target him, Jiang Changkong headed into the less-explored depths of the void.

  • Jiang Changkong used Sun Li's divine sword fragment to break open the alchemy furnace and confronted the Holy Land alchemist and a young Immortal King.
  • Jiang Changkong killed both Divine Kings, took their belongings and the alchemy furnace, and departed with Sun Li and the others.
  • Jiang Changkong counted his resources and advanced his Mysterious Art to the peak Divine King realm, while learning that Sun Yuan had returned to Heavenly Court territory with one of his incarnations hidden inside him.
  • Ji Chang'an warned Jiang Changkong that the Heavenly Court and Demon Court planned to act against him, and Jiang Changkong agreed not to interfere with the Divine Court's affairs or its first-discovered ruins.
  • Jiang Changkong left the star and flew toward the less-explored depths of the void, where independent cultivators and gods searched for places to survive.

Ch. 641The Difference Was as Vast as Heaven

Jiang Changkong crossed a perilous region of divine stars, obtained a Chaos Divine Stone, and was confronted by Demon Teacher Kun Yu, who trapped him in the All-Heavens Star Array. Kun Yu attacked with the Witch-Slaying Sword, but Jiang Changkong overwhelmed him, leaving Kun Yu horrified by the vast gap between their strength.

  • Jiang Changkong suppressed and triggered several immortal formations as he traveled through the divine stars.
  • Jiang Changkong seized a Chaos Divine Stone from a chaotic current and refined some of its energy with the Six-Revolution Mysterious Art.
  • Jiang Changkong reached a profound formation where the Demon Emperor Immortal Position's divine artifact fragment trembled, and Kun Yu trapped him in the All-Heavens Star Array.
  • Kun Yu revealed the Witch-Slaying Sword, which held the resentful souls of hundreds of millions of humans, and claimed it had been forged to destroy the last member of the Witch Clan.
  • Jiang Changkong shattered Kun Yu's star attacks and struck him with a punch, showing that the Witch-Slaying Sword could not suppress him.
  • Jiang Changkong unleashed overwhelming chaos power, and Kun Yu realized that Jiang Changkong's strength far exceeded his own.

Ch. 642Presumptuous

Jiang Changkong wounded Kun Yu and forced him to flee, then discovered that the strip of cloth could greatly amplify the Heaven-Opening Art. He intervened in a clash between Lu Wuchuan and Wang Shanhe, leaving Lu Wuchuan bloodied with a glance.

  • Jiang Changkong pierced Kun Yu with the Witch-Slaying Sword, but Phoenix Divine Fire struck him and enabled Kun Yu to escape through a spatial rift.
  • Jiang Changkong failed to destroy the Witch-Slaying Sword, which entered his body alongside the strip of cloth, and found that the cloth amplified the Heaven-Opening Art enough to crack space.
  • Jiang Changkong sensed the stars moving toward the Ancient Heavenly Realm and found Lu Wuchuan fighting Wang Shanhe and their followers over where Wang Shanhe could live.
  • Jiang Changkong used a mysterious force to shield the surrounding immortal gods from the Divine Kings' clash, then revealed himself as the Judicial Divine King.
  • Lu Wuchuan challenged Jiang Changkong's right to interfere, and Jiang Changkong struck him down with a glance.

Ch. 643Demon Emperor, Please Be More Overbearing

Jiang Changkong rescued Wang Shanhe and his people, then continued exploring the Ancient Heavenly Realm while the Demon Emperor prepared to join his main body. Sun Yuan told the Demon Emperor that an Immortal Emperor would support him if he obtained the Heavenly Dao Palace, prompting him to head for the Ancient Heavenly Realm and seek the Judicial Heavenly God.

  • Jiang Changkong forced Lu Wuchuan to surrender his resources, and Lu Wuchuan fled with the other gods.
  • Wang Shanhe explained that the Divine Court was driving exiled God Kings deeper into the Ancient Heavenly Realm, and Jiang Changkong offered to escort his group to another divine star.
  • Jiang Changkong left with Wang Shanhe’s people and discovered that Demon Preceptor Kun Yu had given him one million resources while Lu Wuchuan had only three hundred thousand.
  • Sun Yuan brought resources to the Demon Emperor and urged him to reach the Immortal King Realm so they could reunite with Jiang Changkong in the Ancient Heavenly Realm.
  • After the Demon Emperor revealed his kingly might, Sun Yuan reported Kun Yu’s failures and said an Immortal Emperor would support the Demon Emperor if he obtained the Heavenly Dao Palace.
  • The Demon Emperor asked where the Judicial Heavenly God was and learned that the Demon Court had arranged a route to the Ancient Heavenly Realm.

Ch. 644Redwood Divine King (3/5)

Jiang Changkong and Wang Shanhe discovered that the stars of the Ancient Heavenly Realm were moving as the Heavenly Dao revived, and Jiang Changkong learned that their Chaos Divine Stones contained hidden information. They reached the Redwood Divine King's star to borrow Chaos Divine Fire, where the Redwood Divine King welcomed Jiang Changkong after recognizing his reputation.

  • Jiang Changkong and Wang Shanhe noticed the stars moving, and Wang Shanhe guessed the revived Heavenly Dao was drawing them together to re-form the Ancient Heavenly Realm.
  • Jiang Changkong showed Wang Shanhe a Chaos Divine Stone, and the two stones resonated as Wang Shanhe explained that some stones contained records revealed by melting them with Chaos Divine Fire.
  • Wang Shanhe told Jiang Changkong where the independent Divine Kings gathered to use Chaos Divine Fire, and Jiang Changkong took him to seek the Redwood Divine King's protection and borrow the fire.
  • Wang Shanhe offered his resources and loyalty to the Redwood Divine King, while Jiang Changkong said he had come to borrow Chaos Divine Fire.
  • The Redwood Divine King recognized Jiang Changkong as the Judicial Divine King and welcomed him and Wang Shanhe into his Immortal Palace.

Ch. 645Make Him Roll Here to See This Emperor

Jiang Changkong arranged to borrow the Chaos Divine Fire from Redwood Divine King and accompanied Wang Shanhe around Redwood Star. Meanwhile, as the Demon Emperor, Jiang Changkong arrived in the Demon Race region, defeated the Heaven-Devouring Python’s challenge, and ordered Kun Yu to come before him.

  • Redwood Divine King agreed to lend Jiang Changkong the Chaos Divine Fire in two days and offered Wang Shanhe a place under his protection.
  • The Demon Emperor and Sun Yuan entered the Demon Race region, where the demons ignored their arrival.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Python challenged the Demon Emperor and attacked with a poisoned dagger, but the Demon Emperor stopped it with Solar Divine Fire.
  • Flower-Fruit Mountain’s Divine Apes and the other Immortal Kings acknowledged the Demon Emperor.
  • The Demon Emperor ordered the Flower-Fruit Mountain lineage to seize the Heaven-Devouring Python and told the other Immortal Kings to summon Kun Yu.

Ch. 646The Hapless Demon Preceptor

Jiang Changkong defeated Kun Yu with one attack, then allowed Sun Yuan to reveal the Demon Preceptor’s past defeats and questionable conduct before the gathered demons. Sun Yuan began recounting Kun Yu’s losses to Jiang Changkong, leaving the crowd to hear about another crushing defeat and a lost God Emperor treasure.

  • Jiang Changkong waited in the divine hall and sent Sun Yuan to admit Kun Yu.
  • Kun Yu attacked Jiang Changkong, but Jiang Changkong blasted him out of the hall with a Chaos Golden Crow.
  • Kun Yu acknowledged Jiang Changkong could replace him in a fight against the Judicial Heavenly God, while Jiang Changkong questioned whether Kun Yu had been sent by that enemy.
  • Jiang Changkong challenged Kun Yu’s fitness to serve as Demon Preceptor, and Sun Yuan revealed that Kun Yu had lost three times to the Judicial Heavenly God and lost two God Emperor treasures.
  • Sun Yuan recounted how Kun Yu had tried to claim a Demon Race treasure in the Divine Court and joined the Myriad Thunder God King against Jiang Changkong, where Kun Yu was crushed.
  • Sun Yuan began recounting Kun Yu’s next defeat, which had cost him a God Emperor treasure.

Ch. 647I Want a One-on-One Duel

Sun Yuan exposed Kun Yu’s repeated failures and the treasures he had lost while confronting Jiang Changkong, and the Demon Emperor took command of the effort to recover the Demon Race’s treasure. Though he claimed he would face Jiang Changkong one-on-one, he told Sun Yuan and the divine apes that he planned to offer Jiang Changkong a trade.

  • Sun Yuan recounted how Kun Yu had been defeated and captured by the Judicial Heavenly God, then revealed that Kun Yu had lost the Witch-Slaying Sword in a failed ambush on Jiang Changkong.
  • The demons questioned Kun Yu’s loyalty, while Kun Yu stayed silent under the Demon Emperor’s taunts and offered no plan for recovering the treasure.
  • The Demon Emperor told the demons to find Jiang Changkong’s whereabouts and claimed that he could deal with him alone.
  • After the others left, Sun Yuan warned the Demon Emperor that Jiang Changkong had surpassed the limit of an Immortal King, and Sun Wuxing offered to fight in his place.
  • The Demon Emperor proposed trading the Eastern Sea and the Demon Court’s help evading his pursuers in exchange for the treasure.

Ch. 648Make It Stop Moving

Kun Yu plotted to use the Demon Emperor against Jiang Changkong, while Jiang Changkong discovered Redwood Divine King had allied with the Heavenly Court. He threatened Redwood into calming the Chaos Divine Flame and warned Wang Shanhe that they would soon have to leave.

  • Kun Yu learned from the Flame Immortal Emperor that Jiang Changkong was in Redwood Divine King's territory and urged the Demon Emperor to go there.
  • The Demon Emperor ordered Kun Yu to prepare an imperial battle chariot and divine palanquin before setting out to confront Jiang Changkong.
  • Jiang Changkong confronted Redwood Divine King about the Chaos Divine Flame and gave him one hour to stop its turmoil, threatening to throw him into it if he failed.
  • After Redwood Divine King left, Jiang Changkong told Wang Shanhe that Redwood had pledged allegiance to the Heavenly Court and that they needed to relocate.
  • Jiang Changkong considered recruiting Wang Shanhe and other wandering Divine Kings to serve his secondary body.

Ch. 649Chaos Divine Fire

Jiang Changkong went to the Chaos Divine Fire to refine a powerful Golden Crow body while preparing to develop his secondary body, Eastern Emperor Changyue, within the Demon Court. The body remained unfinished and needed three more days of tempering, while Redwood Divine King hoped the Heavenly Court would deal with Jiang Changkong.

  • Jiang Changkong told Wang Shanhe he would deal with the Heavenly Court's arriving forces before deciding where to go, and said he had no need to kill Redwood Divine King yet.
  • Redwood Divine King led Jiang Changkong and Wang Shanhe to the Chaos Divine Fire, then left with Wang Shanhe as Jiang Changkong began a secluded refinement.
  • Jiang Changkong melted two Chaos Divine Stones, discovering a high-grade immortal scripture in one and information about an Immortal Emperor's ruin in the other.
  • Redwood Divine King questioned Wang Shanhe about whether Jiang Changkong knew the Chaos Divine Stones' secret, then let him leave and hoped the Heavenly Court would succeed against Jiang Changkong.
  • Jiang Changkong refined the materials into a gray-gold Golden Crow body that needed three more days in the Chaos Divine Fire before Eastern Emperor Changyue could take control of it.

Ch. 650Four Divine Beasts (1/5)

Jiang Changkong waited for the Chaos Divine Fire to temper his Golden Crow divine body as Heavenly Court forces arrived to seize the relic. He fought off Army-Breaker Immortal King, then faced Purple Star Heavenly King’s Four Divine Beasts array and noticed a trace of innate divine might in the Heavenly King’s purple star.

  • Jiang Changkong prepared to wait three days while the Chaos Divine Fire tempered his body, and the Demon Emperor set out with Kun Yu and the other Immortal Kings.
  • Heavenly Court sealed the void with the All-Heavens Star Array, and Purple Star Heavenly King and Army-Breaker Immortal King confronted Jiang Changkong over the relic.
  • Purple Star Heavenly King offered Jiang Changkong a chance to return to Heavenly Court, but Jiang Changkong refused and challenged him.
  • Army-Breaker Immortal King attacked, but Jiang Changkong struck him away with Chaos Divine Power, while the array kept him from dying.
  • Purple Star Heavenly King summoned the Four Divine Beasts, and Jiang Changkong fought them head-on, overcoming their dragon, tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise forms.
  • Jiang Changkong noticed innate divine might in the purple star beneath Purple Star Heavenly King.

Ch. 651The King Has Come to Seek Cooperation with the Demon Emperor

Jiang Changkong defeated Purple Star Heavenly King’s attack with the Witch-Slaying Sword, killed several Immortal Kings, and used their resources to perfect his Acquired Chaos Dao Body. Purple Star Heavenly King escaped and arrived at the Demon Emperor’s war chariot, asking to discuss cooperation against the Judicial Heavenly God.

  • Purple Star Heavenly King wielded the Purple Star Sword and the All-Heavens Star Array to attack Jiang Changkong, but Jiang Changkong countered with the Witch-Slaying Sword and split Purple Star in two.
  • Jiang Changkong killed six Immortal Kings, including Army-Breaker Immortal King, while Purple Star Heavenly King escaped with the Power of Heaven after losing his sword.
  • Jiang Changkong collected the Immortal Kings’ resources and perfected his Acquired Chaos Dao Body, then decided to give the Demon Emperor Immortal Office and the Fragment of Heaven to his secondary body.
  • After the spatial seal vanished, Purple Star Heavenly King landed on the Golden Crow war chariot and told Sun Wuxing and Sun Yuan that he had come to cooperate with the Demon Emperor because the Judicial Heavenly God was beyond an Immortal King’s power.

Ch. 652Purple Star Little King (3/5)

After losing to Jiang Changkong, the Purple Star Heavenly King sought the Demon Emperor’s help and agreed to support his influence in the Demon Race in exchange for information about the Purple Star immortal office. The Demon Emperor then approached Jiang Changkong to negotiate a transaction involving the Demon Race’s treasures, and Jiang invited him into the immortal formation to talk.

  • The Purple Star Heavenly King asked the Demon Emperor for an audience and warned him that Jiang Changkong had surpassed the God King realm and wielded the Witch-Slaying Sword.
  • The Demon Emperor offered information about the Purple Star immortal office in exchange for the Purple Star Heavenly King’s help winning over loyal members of the Demon Race, and the Heavenly King agreed.
  • The Purple Star Heavenly King questioned the Demon Emperor’s plans for Jiang Changkong, and the Demon Emperor said he intended to make a transaction involving the Eastern Sea and the Demon Race’s treasures.
  • The Demon Emperor arrived at Jiang Changkong’s location in the Heaven-Devouring Python’s chariot and proposed negotiating for the Demon Race’s treasures.
  • Jiang Changkong said he could not leave while refining a treasure, so he invited the Demon Emperor to speak inside the immortal formation.

Ch. 653Demon Preceptor, Step Down (4/5)

Jiang Changkong helped the Demon Emperor refine a Golden Crow divine body, which awakened the power of a fragment of the Chaos Bell. After the Demon Emperor used it to put Kun Yu in his place, Kun Yu claimed the treasure he had sensed was a palace containing the Myriad Races Dao Scripture.

  • Jiang Changkong sealed the area and let the Golden Crow divine body finish refining with the Demon Emperor’s immortal post and the divine artifact fragment inside it.
  • The fragment’s aura merged into the completed Golden Crow body, boosting the Demon Emperor’s strength beyond the Divine King realm.
  • The Demon Emperor identified the fragment as part of the Chaos Bell and thanked Jiang Changkong for helping him recover it.
  • Kun Yu appeared and demanded to verify the treasure, so the Demon Emperor summoned the bell’s phantom and injured Kun Yu and the other Demon Race Immortal Kings.
  • Kun Yu said the treasure he had sensed was a palace containing the Myriad Races Dao Scripture and the weaknesses of all races, prompting Jiang Changkong to think the Demon Race should replace its Demon Preceptor.

Ch. 654A Piece of Trash Has No Right to Point Fingers Yet (5/5)

The Demon Emperor revealed the Chaos Bell fragment, cementing the Immortal Kings’ belief that he was the true Demon Emperor and forcing Kun Yu to withdraw. He killed the Redwood Divine King, recruited Wang Shanhe and the other Divine Kings, and rewarded Jiang Changkong with the Redwood Divine King’s resources before departing.

  • The Demon Emperor summoned the Chaos Bell’s phantom and declared that Kun Yu had no right to order him to retrieve treasures, prompting Kun Yu and the other Immortal Kings to leave.
  • The Demon Emperor and the four old apes entered the flaming star, where the Demon Emperor used his heavenly eye to kill the Redwood Divine King.
  • The Demon Emperor recruited Wang Shanhe and the other Divine Kings, appointing Wang Shanhe as Sun Yuan’s deputy.
  • The Demon Emperor gave Jiang Changkong the Redwood Divine King’s spatial equipment and gave Sun Yuan the Redwood Divine King’s body to refine his iron staff.
  • Jiang Changkong departed, and the Demon Emperor returned to the divine palanquin, where the Purple Star Heavenly King was waiting.

Ch. 655Heavenly Dao Divided into Nine

The Demon Emperor learned more about the Heavenly Court’s All-Heavens Star Array and discovered that the Purple Star immortal office was hidden within the Heavenly Court. The Purple Star Heavenly King revealed that the Heavenly Dao had been divided into nine fragments, with the sixth fragment hidden in the Underworld, leaving the Demon Emperor to consider whether he could seize it.

  • The Purple Star Heavenly King explained that the Heavenly Court’s All-Heavens Star Array drew on the power of heaven, while the ancient array had relied on the complete Chaos Bell and the Heavenly Realm’s divine stars.
  • The Demon Emperor told the Purple Star Heavenly King that the Purple Star immortal office was in the Heavenly Court, and the Heavenly King reacted with shock and frustration.
  • The Demon Emperor offered the Purple Star Heavenly King a place among the Demon Race, but the Heavenly King rejected the offer because he wanted to become the Purple Star Great Emperor.
  • The Purple Star Heavenly King revealed that nine Heavenly Dao fragments existed and that six awakenings would restore the Heavenly Realm; he said one fragment had awakened and the sixth was hidden in the Underworld.
  • The Demon Emperor considered whether to seize the Underworld before the Heavenly Court could find it.

Ch. 656Wuzhuang Temple, Breeze Hall

Jiang Changkong crossed the chaos to reach an Immortal Emperor relic and found a Chaos Divine Stone complex marked Wuzhuang Temple, Breeze Hall. After others entered the dark divine hall and were attacked by an unseen presence, the chapter left Jiang Changkong facing the danger within.

  • Jiang Changkong left the Flame Star and traveled through the chaos toward the relic’s teleportation array.
  • A dark green chaos fiend beast attacked Jiang Changkong, who killed it and gained Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
  • Jiang Changkong found a Chaos Divine Stone house, activated its teleportation array, and arrived at a vast complex where Sun Li and Sun Qing were also present.
  • Jiang Changkong discovered the divine hall was marked “Breeze Hall” and “Wuzhuang Temple,” and wondered whether Zhenyuanzi had built it.
  • Screams and chewing sounds came from the dark hall as immortal light and Samadhi Divine Fire briefly flared and vanished.

Ch. 657Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King

Jiang Changkong destroyed the darkness concealing the divine hall and reunited with Sun Li, Sun Qing, and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King. As they searched the hall for a way forward, a hidden pattern swallowed one of the Immortal Kings.

  • Jiang Changkong used the Pangu Banner’s heaven-opening power to destroy the darkness and reveal the corpses of the immortals and gods who had entered before him.
  • Sun Li and Sun Qing emerged from the Purple-Gold Red Gourd, while the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King and three Immortal Kings came out of the small pagoda.
  • Sun Li explained that the Ginseng Fruits had come alive and eaten the immortals and gods who tried to pick them.
  • Jiang Changkong and the others searched the divine hall, which was built from Chaos Divine Stones and covered in peculiar patterns.
  • An Immortal King pressed a soft section of one pattern, and its suction swallowed him before the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King could intervene.

Ch. 658The Dao of Blood (1/5)

Jiang Changkong and the others fell into a hidden passage beneath the Chaos Divine Stone and reached a nest of blood-colored chaos beasts. As the beasts attacked and manipulated the others’ blood, Jiang Changkong began destroying them with overwhelming force.

  • Sun Li found a Chaos Divine Stone floor tile that concealed a passage, and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King’s attempt to investigate drew him and Jiang Changkong inside.
  • Sun Li and Sun Qing followed them into the passage, while the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King’s two other subordinates stayed behind.
  • The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King sheltered the four inside his pagoda as it rolled through a tooth-lined passage and landed in a gray space filled with blood-colored chaos beasts.
  • The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King explained that the beasts manipulated blood and could only be killed permanently by finding their blood river.
  • Jiang Changkong resisted the beasts’ blood laws, shattered one with his bare hand, then used Chaos Divine Power to imprison and destroy the charging beasts.

Ch. 659Breeze Daoist Acolyte? (2/5)

Jiang Changkong led the others through the Chaos beast-infested passages, searching for the Blood River while gaining Essence, Qi, and Spirit. They found a way out and reached Wuzhuang Temple, where they discovered a hall dedicated to Daoist Acolyte Breeze and wondered what treasures remained.

  • Jiang Changkong rejected Sun Qing’s suggestion to leave the passages and continued killing Chaos ferocious beasts.
  • Jiang Changkong searched one passage after another, accumulating over one million Essence, Qi, and Spirit without finding the Blood River.
  • Jiang Changkong and the others discovered special patterns and a soft section of Chaos Divine Stone that activated the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King’s pagoda and carried them out.
  • The four followed an emerald-green stone path to Wuzhuang Temple and entered Breeze Hall.
  • Jiang Changkong and the others identified statues of Zhenyuan Immortal and Daoist Acolyte Breeze, then considered whether Breeze had left behind treasures.
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