Chapter Summaries

The Flame Divine Emperor gave Kun Yu the Witch-Slaying Sword to use against Jiang Changkong, while Jiang Changkong developed the Holy Land and waited for the Divine Court to respond. Ji Chang'an later offered a passage to the Ancient Heavenly Realm and a target for Jiang Changkong to kill in exchange for his agreement.

• Kun Yu told the Flame Divine Emperor about the Heavenly Dao Palace and its scriptures, and the Flame Divine Emperor gave him the Witch-Slaying Sword to kill Jiang Changkong.
• Sun Yuan broke through to the Divine King realm as Jiang Changkong trained and began developing the Holy Land for humans and the Demon Race.
• Ji Chang'an returned and explained that Kun Yu had been rescued, offering Jiang Changkong the Divine Court's full thirty-five percent share of the resources.
• Ji Chang'an offered Jiang Changkong passage to the Ancient Heavenly Realm and asked him to kill one of three Immortal Kings.
• Jiang Changkong accepted the deal, choosing to leave the target undecided, and took the resources from Ji Chang'an.

Jiang Changkong traveled with Ji Chang'an through the Divine Court’s passage to the ancient Heavenly Realm, then set off alone to explore the starry sky. After an Immortal King ambushed him, Jiang Changkong defeated him and learned about the rogue Immortal Kings and ruins scattered across the region.

• Jiang Changkong and Ji Chang'an entered the Divine Court and crossed into the ancient Heavenly Realm, where Ji Chang'an explained the four factions’ territories and routes through the stars.
• Ji Chang'an left Jiang Changkong on Strongman Star to explore alone, and Jiang Changkong flew toward the Chaos above the starry vault.
• An Immortal King attacked Jiang Changkong from a nearby star, but Jiang Changkong’s Chaos power shattered the Immortal King’s golden world.
• Jiang Changkong used the heavenly book and heavenly eye to uncover that the Immortal King was a rogue who ambushed travelers and knew of undeveloped ruins.

Jiang Changkong discovered Doushuai Palace inside a divine tree and was trapped in its pill furnace after opening it. As two hidden figures began refining him, he fought a regenerating flame wolf inside the furnace.

• Jiang Changkong examined the chaos barrier, found that Chaos Divine Power barely injured him, and traveled to a ruin he had learned of from a slain Immortal King's memories.
• Jiang Changkong forced his way into the divine tree and found Doushuai Palace, where a yellow-robed figure and immortal formation attacked him before he destroyed them.
• Jiang Changkong entered the palace, opened its pill furnace, and was shoved inside by an unseen attacker after the furnace's strange fragrance clouded his consciousness.
• Jiang Changkong fought a blue wolf that became a regenerating three-colored flame divine wolf while the furnace shook from his attacks.
• Two hidden figures poured divine power into the fire and discussed refining Jiang Changkong into a Golden Pill, though one warned that wasting his resources would be regrettable.

Jiang Changkong found Sun Li trapped inside the pill furnace and learned that the Doushuai Palace’s Immortal Kings were refining them into a golden pill. He tried to break out, but his palm only struck threads of azure light from the furnace.

• The two Immortal Kings powering the pill furnace believed its captive would become a powerful golden pill, though his resistance injured the old man.
• Jiang Changkong found Sun Li in a sheltered corner inside the furnace and used Chaos Divine Power to protect him from the heat.
• Sun Li told Jiang Changkong that he had been pushed into the furnace and that the other immortal gods had melted away.
• Jiang Changkong concluded the formation adjusted to each intruder’s strength and decided to try breaking out despite Sun Li’s doubts.
• Jiang Changkong struck the furnace with his Chaos Golden Body, making it shake and revealing threads of azure light without breaking it.

Jiang Changkong and Sun Li followed an azure wolf out of the alchemy furnace and entered a wolf-shaped formation linked to the real Doushuai Palace. As explorers searched the formation for clues, a peak Divine King claimed to have sensed Samadhi Divine Fire, but his next attack revealed only azure light.

• Jiang Changkong and Sun Li followed the azure wolf through a spatial passage and emerged into a world dense with immortal qi.
• Jiang Changkong entered an enormous wolf-shaped structure, where immortal deities were cautiously exploring its formations.
• An azure formation attack injured two early-stage Divine Kings, but Jiang Changkong withstood it unharmed and learned the place was connected to the real Doushuai Palace.
• Jiang Changkong and Sun Li explored separately, and Sun Li began fighting a young man before the formation shook with another attack.
• A peak Divine King announced that he had found a clue to Samadhi Divine Fire, then struck the formation again and produced only azure light.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.