Chapter Summaries

Yan Chixia revealed that his great-grandfather, the Sword Emperor Yan Tianxing, had left his Emperor Corpse as a Yan Family trump card and offered it to Chen Changqing. Chen Changqing followed Yan Chixia and Lin Wan'er into the dangerous Fallen Star Sea, where Yan Chixia located the drifting Emperor Coffin.

• Yan Chixia explained that his great-grandfather had buried his Emperor Corpse in the starry void and offered it to Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing accepted the offer, and Yan Chixia sensed the Emperor Coffin in the Fallen Star Sea through their bloodline connection.
• Chen Changqing opened a Void Shift gateway and led Yan Chixia and Lin Wan'er to the edge of the Fallen Star Sea.
• The three traveled through the shattered, dangerous space as Chen Changqing reflected on the possible fates of Great Emperor remains.
• Yan Chixia stopped and told Chen Changqing that the Emperor Coffin was nearby.

Chen Changqing, Lin Wan'er, and Yan Chixia discovered nine Emperor Coffins linked in a formation around a pulsing golden sphere that drew power from the corpses. Chen Changqing confirmed all nine Emperor Corpses were intact, leaving them able to fully unlock an Immortal Artifact.

• Chen Changqing and the others found nine ancient Emperor Coffins joined by dark-gold chains beneath a golden sphere.
• Lin Wan'er asked whether Yan Chixia's great-grandfather had been buried alongside eight other emperors, and Yan Chixia said his coffin had once stood alone.
• Yan Chixia realized the golden sphere was extracting power from the Emperor Corpses and worried that his great-grandfather's body might be damaged.
• Chen Changqing reassured Yan Chixia that all nine Emperor Corpses were intact.
• Chen Changqing declared that the nine intact corpses would let them fully unlock the Immortal Artifact and wondered who had delivered them such a gift.

Chen Changqing used Words Become Law to break the formation sealing nine Emperor Corpses and opened their coffins. The nine corpses emerged, still radiating the might of Destiny Emperors, while the force behind the golden orb's scheme remained unknown.

• Lin Wan'er and Yan Chixia worried that taking the nine Emperor Corpses would provoke the powerful person who had arranged them, but Chen Changqing dismissed the danger.
• Chen Changqing invoked Words Become Law and commanded the nine Emperor Coffins to open.
• The golden orb unleashed powerful laws and soul-corroding murmurs to reinforce the seals, but Chen Changqing shattered its defenses almost instantly.
• The nine Emperor Coffins opened, and nine intact Emperor Corpses floated out, radiating lingering Destiny Emperor might.

Chen Changqing refined eight of the nine Emperor Corpses, then confronted the golden orb’s hidden mastermind when it attacked him. After Chen Changqing repelled the attack and the mastermind fled, he used Words Become Law to drag the Lord of the Dark Land back.

• Chen Changqing used the Ninefold Calamity Suppression Tower to refine eight Emperor Corpses and left Yan Tianxing’s corpse for Yan Chixia.
• The golden orb opened into a blood-red eye, recognized Chen Changqing, and accused him of ruining its Fortune Plan again.
• The eye attacked Chen Changqing with a blood-red beam, but he erased it with a purple-gold sword strike.
• The mastermind shut the eye and fled, while Lin Wan'er and Yan Chixia asked Chen Changqing why it recognized him.
• Chen Changqing used Words Become Law to pull the Lord of the Dark Land and his true body out of the Dark Land.

Chen Changqing forcibly dragged the Lord of the Dark Land from his realm and questioned him about the Nine Coffins Lock Heaven formation and the Fortune Plan. Overwhelmed by fear of Chen Changqing, the Lord of the Dark Land knelt and begged for mercy, agreeing to talk.

• Chen Changqing pulled the Lord of the Dark Land out of the Dark Land and into the Chaotic Starfield.
• The Lord of the Dark Land demanded to know how Chen Changqing had broken the restraints keeping him inside the Dark Land.
• Chen Changqing asked the Lord of the Dark Land who he was, why he had arranged the Nine Coffins Lock Heaven formation, and what the Fortune Plan was.
• The Lord of the Dark Land realized he could neither overpower nor escape Chen Changqing and feared what would happen if Chen Changqing searched his soul.
• The Lord of the Dark Land dropped to his knees and begged Chen Changqing to spare his life, promising to answer.

The Lord of the Dark Land confessed that he had spent countless eras stealing the Great Desolate Realm’s fortune and planned to use a Destiny Dao Seed to replace its Heavenly Mandate. After learning about the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms, Chen Changqing mastered fortune sensing and created the Qi-Gazing Technique, which he could combine with his Qi-Severing Fortune-Seizing Technique to draw fortune to the Chen Family.

• The Lord of the Dark Land knelt before Chen Changqing and confessed that he belonged to the Fortune-Stealing Clan, which stole Heavenly Mandate fortune.
• The Lord of the Dark Land explained that he had used the Dynasty Cultivation Method and nine Emperor Corpses to build a formation and create a Destiny Dao Seed that could steal the Great Desolate Realm’s fortune.
• The Lord of the Dark Land revealed that countless realms and fortune-devouring races existed beyond the Great Desolate Realm.
• Chen Changqing took the weakened Destiny Dao Seed and used it to comprehend fortune sensing, creating the Qi-Gazing Technique.
• Chen Changqing realized that he could combine the Qi-Gazing Technique with his Qi-Severing Fortune-Seizing Technique to draw the fortune of every force to the Chen Family.

Chen Changqing exposed the Lord of the Dark Land's plan to use the Luck-Stealing Clan's Fortune Transfer Curse Seal against him and captured his soul. As the Lord of the Dark Land died, he warned that Chen Changqing had been marked for revenge by the clan's elders.

• Chen Changqing stored the golden orb and rejected the Lord of the Dark Land's fawning offer of loyalty, saying he would let him die more easily.
• Chen Changqing revealed that the Lord of the Dark Land had planted a Fortune Transfer Curse Seal and planned to use Python Sparrow Swallows Dragon to steal his fortune and identity.
• The Lord of the Dark Land admitted Chen Changqing was a terrifying opponent and dropped his pretense.
• Chen Changqing used the Soul Capture Technique to suppress and refine the Lord of the Dark Land's soul despite his resistance.
• Before his consciousness vanished, the Lord of the Dark Land warned that Chen Changqing had been marked by the Luck-Stealing Clan's Revenge Causality Mark and that its elders would come after him.

After killing the Lord of the Dark Land, Chen Changqing absorbed his remaining power and explained the wider worlds to Lin Wan'er and Yan Chixia. He revealed that the Ninefold Calamity Suppression Tower had become a fully unsealed King-grade Immortal Artifact, and its awakening repaired the Chaotic Starfield.

• Chen Changqing released the Lord of the Dark Land's final soul and absorbed its remaining origin power, advancing to the fifth heaven of the Saint King Realm.
• Chen Changqing told Lin Wan'er and Yan Chixia that other worlds existed beyond the Great Desolate Realm and described their classifications and the Immortal Realm.
• Chen Changqing urged Lin Wan'er and Yan Chixia to focus on strengthening themselves rather than dwelling on the vastness of the worlds.
• Chen Changqing summoned the Ninefold Calamity Suppression Tower, whose immortal might repaired the shattered Chaotic Starfield.
• Chen Changqing revealed that refining nine destiny emperor corpses had fully unsealed the tower as a King-grade Immortal Artifact with eight additional Immortal Dao abilities.

Chen Changqing revealed the Ninefold Calamity Suppression Tower’s nine abilities, including control over heavenly tribulations in the Great Desolate Realm. He then assigned Chen Haotian the task of taking over the Dark Land and several dynasties, leaving his ancestor protesting that the Chen Family lacked enough people.

• Chen Changqing explained the tower’s abilities to suppress laws, freeze time, seal space, unleash destructive light, draw on fortune, suppress heart demons, and replicate spells.
• Chen Changqing described Heaven-Replacing Tribulation Judgment, which let him control tribulations in the Great Desolate Realm and impose tribulation punishments on targets.
• Lin Wan'er asked whether Chen Changqing had become invincible, and he answered that perhaps he had.
• Chen Changqing messaged Chen Haotian to take over the Dark Land and, if possible, the Heavenly Peak Dynasty, the Nine Heavens Divine Dynasty, and the Heavenly Dragon Divine Dynasty.
• Chen Haotian teleported to Chen Changqing and complained that the Chen Family had too few people to take over so many powers at once.

Chen Changqing traveled to the Dark Land and used the Qi-Severing Fortune-Seizing Technique to strip away the fortune the Lord of the Dark Land had stolen, sending it to the Chen Family. Dozens of divine dynasties discovered their national fortune was draining toward the Purple Star Chen Family and called for retaliation.

• Chen Changqing told Ancestor Chen Haotian to subdue the immortal factions and use their resources to strengthen the Chen Family, while he went to the Dark Land with Yan Chixia and Lin Wan'er.
• Chen Changqing used Qi-Gazing Technique to trace the fortune gathered in the Dark Land and activated the Qi-Severing Fortune-Seizing Technique to refine it.
• The stolen fortune poured into the Chen Family's main-line river of fortune, greatly increasing its power as Lin Wan'er and Yan Chixia watched.
• The Heavenly Peak Dynasty, Nine Heavens Divine Dynasty, Heavenly Dragon Divine Dynasty, and other powers found their national fortune being forcibly drained.
• The divine dynasties traced the stolen fortune to the Purple Star Chen Family and angrily demanded action against it.

Chen Changqing drained the Dark Land's accumulated fortune, greatly strengthening the Chen Family, then offered the Dark Land's servants a choice between submission and death. Many surrendered, but one furious servant condemned them for betraying Lord Dark.

• Chen Changqing absorbed the Dark Land's fortune, raising the Chen Family's share to nearly sixty percent and granting its members breakthroughs and new insights.
• Chen Changqing assessed the Dark Land's powerful servants, including thirty-eight Quasi-Emperors, and recognized the scale of Lord Dark's accumulated forces.
• Chen Changqing ordered the servants to submit as slaves or die.
• A Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven expert and many others surrendered to Chen Changqing.
• One servant roared at the surrendering servants for betraying Lord Dark.

Chen Changqing killed the Dark Land’s deathsworn, enslaved its surviving servants, and ordered them to seize resources for the Chen Family. As Chen forces occupied the fallen immortal powers’ territories, the Divine Dynasty Alliance prepared to campaign against the Chen Family, leaving the Great Desolate Realm shaken by the clan’s growing strength.

• Chen Changqing killed dozens of loyal Dark Land deathsworn with a single word, prompting the remaining servants to surrender.
• Chen Changqing placed Soul Slave Seals on the servants and ordered them to seize divine-dynasty resources, recruiting the willing and killing the defiant.
• News spread that the Great River Sword Sect, the Void Supreme Sanctuary, and other immortal powers had lost their elites and been wiped out.
• Dozens of divine dynasties announced an alliance to campaign against the Chen Family, though other factions doubted they could threaten it.
• Chen Family warships and takeover squads occupied the fallen immortal powers’ territories, defeating rival looters with ease and alarming the Great Desolate Realm.

As the Chen Family’s strength and mysterious abilities alarmed the Great Desolate Realm, rival powers flocked to the Divine Dynasty Alliance, drawn by fear and the prospect of plunder. With the alliance preparing to attack the Purple Star Domain, Chen Haotian worried about the Chen Family’s small numbers, but Chen Changqing’s message made him roar with excitement.

• Witnesses reported Chen Family Members defeating stronger opponents with mysterious power, deepening the Great Desolate Realm’s fear of the family.
• Ancient clans, sacred lands, and sects privately joined or supported the Divine Dynasty Alliance, hoping to stop the Chen Family and claim its resources.
• The Divine Dynasty Alliance grew to include thirty-seven divine dynasties, nearly sixty-nine Quasi-Emperor Realm experts, and at least twenty Emperor Weapons.
• The expanded alliance gathered warships and prepared to launch a campaign against the Purple Star Domain.
• Chen Haotian worried that the Chen Family had too few Quasi-Emperor Realm experts and decided to ask Chen Changqing for help.
• Before Chen Haotian could contact him, Chen Changqing sent a message that made Chen Haotian smile broadly and roar with excitement.

Chen Changqing’s forces gained the Dark Land’s submission, while the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion pledged to defend the Chen Family. He then used Heaven-Replacing Tribulation Judgment against the Divine Dynasty Alliance, provoking the Heavenly Dao, which recognized him and fled after turning its tribulation clouds into auspicious heart-shaped clouds.

• Chen Changqing reported that he had subdued the Dark Land and sent its thirty-eight Quasi-Emperors and other cultivators to support the Chen Family.
• Chen Haotian learned that the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion had arrived to help and returned to the Purple Star Domain to arrange its forces.
• Chen Changqing activated Heaven-Replacing Tribulation Judgment and imposed a multitude of tribulations on the Divine Dynasty Alliance, throwing its forces into chaos.
• The Heavenly Punishment Eye appeared above the Purple Star Domain to unleash World-Annihilating Tribulation Lightning against Chen Changqing.
• The Heavenly Punishment Eye recognized Chen Changqing, abandoned its attack, and transformed the tribulation clouds into auspicious clouds shaped like a heart before fleeing.

Chen Changqing comprehended the true nature of Tribulation Punishment and discovered that it arose from karma and accumulated Calamity Qi among living beings and worlds, rather than from Destiny’s will. His insight formed a new Origin Great Dao Fruit for the Tribulation Punishment Origin Divine Ability.

• Chen Changqing dismissed the tavern patrons’ talk about the Heavenly Punishment Eye, while Yan Chixia and Lin Wan'er marveled at how it had fled from him.
• Chen Changqing closed his eyes and followed an insight into the Tribulation Punishment Dao that had arisen when he used Heaven-Replacing Tribulation Judgment.
• Chen Changqing perceived that Causal Threads linked all living beings and that their entanglements accumulated Karmic Force and Calamity Qi, which could ignite into Tribulation Fire.
• Chen Changqing realized that even worlds and heavenly laws accumulated Calamity Qi and could suffer World Tribulation.
• The Longevity Dao Tree bloomed with radiance and produced a gray Origin Great Dao Fruit as Chen Changqing comprehended the Tribulation Punishment Origin Divine Ability.

Chen Changqing comprehended the Tribulation Punishment origin divine ability, refining the calamity qi within himself and gaining freedom from its judgment. After explaining calamity qi to Lin Wan'er and Yan Chixia, he saw that a few people in the world bore none at all.

• Chen Changqing's Longevity and Tribulation Judgment Dao Fruits reached a balance as he comprehended his second origin divine ability.
• Chen Changqing refined the calamity qi within himself and realized that he could no longer be judged by causality or accumulate calamity qi.
• Chen Changqing drew the calamity qi from Lin Wan'er and Yan Chixia and showed them its eerie flame, which the other tavern patrons could not see.
• Chen Changqing explained that every living being was subject to calamity qi, stunning Lin Wan'er and Yan Chixia with his account of its connection to the Heavenly Mandate.
• Chen Changqing looked through the window, saw calamity qi on all kinds of living beings, and noticed some people had none.

Chen Changqing noticed Qin Xiaomeng had no calamity qi and the little beggar beside her was surrounded by an alarming amount. The beggar revealed he was the reborn Limitless Demon Venerable, while Qin Xiaomeng began experiencing memories as Chen Changqing approached.

• Chen Changqing spotted Qin Xiaomeng and the little beggar on East Street, then went downstairs with Yan Chixia and Lin Wan'er to investigate.
• Qin Xiaomeng offered the hungry beggar a roast chicken, triggering his memories of his past life as the Limitless Demon Venerable.
• The reborn beggar decided he would win Qin Xiaomeng and use the Dragon Gate Escort Agency's resources to regain his strength.
• The beggar asked Qin Xiaomeng to help him get work at her family's agency, and she agreed to take him to speak with a steward.
• Chen Changqing warned Qin Xiaomeng to be cautious about bringing home someone of unknown background, and Qin Xiaomeng began recalling memories as she saw him.

Qin Xiaomeng and Limitless Demon Venerable discovered that they had both been reborn, while Chen Changqing suspected the beggar was a reincarnator as well. Qin Xiaomeng urged Chen Changqing to kill the demon, and Limitless Demon Venerable accused Chen Changqing of being reborn too.

• Qin Xiaomeng realized she had been reborn, and Limitless Demon Venerable recognized Chen Changqing as someone who had appeared three years later in his previous life.
• Chen Changqing noticed the beggar’s intense hostility and suspected he was a reincarnator.
• Qin Xiaomeng revealed that she knew the beggar as Limitless Demon Venerable and confirmed that he had been reborn.
• Qin Xiaomeng told Chen Changqing that Limitless Demon Venerable would become a calamity for humanity and must be eliminated.
• Chen Changqing recognized Qin Xiaomeng’s rebirth and questioned Limitless Demon Venerable about his past crimes.
• Limitless Demon Venerable accused Chen Changqing of pretending and asked whether he had been reborn too.

Chen Changqing recognized that Limitless Demon Venerable had used the Limitless Demon Heaven Art to vanish, while Qin Xiaomeng explained the reborn demon’s terrifying abilities. Chen Changqing dismissed the threat and used Tribulation Punishment to track him through the Calamity Qi.

• Limitless Demon Venerable suspected Chen Changqing had also been reborn and feared losing his three-year advantage.
• Chen Changqing addressed someone in the distant void, and Limitless Demon Venerable faded away without a trace.
• Qin Xiaomeng identified the vanishing technique as Limitless Demon Venerable’s Limitless Demon Heaven Art and described how he could become void and enter nearby demons.
• Lin Wan'er worried about Limitless Demon Venerable, but Chen Changqing reassured her that the demonic methods were merely so-so.
• Chen Changqing unleashed his Origin Divine Ability, Tribulation Punishment, and used the surrounding Calamity Qi to track Limitless Demon Venerable.

Limitless Demon Venerable kept fleeing into new bodies, but Chen Changqing’s tribulation ability and a Saint Emperor’s attack repeatedly endangered him. He possessed a young cultivator just as a heavenly tribulation formed, then Chen Changqing appeared and the body’s original owner, Su Chen, broke free and demanded his Hundred-Lifetime Book back.

• Chen Changqing’s Tribulation Punishment Divine Ability detonated the Calamity Qi around Limitless Demon Venerable, forcing him to abandon Zhang Shu’s body and possess a First Saint Sect man.
• A Saint Emperor Realm expert attacked the First Saint Sect group with Sword Qi, and Limitless Demon Venerable escaped by turning intangible before the bodies were destroyed.
• Limitless Demon Venerable possessed a young Transcendent Realm cultivator with a newly formed inner demon, but a heavenly tribulation gathered over the body.
• Limitless Demon Venerable tried to use his magical treasures against the tribulation, but they vanished, and Chen Changqing appeared before him.
• The young cultivator’s consciousness broke free, and Su Chen demanded that Chen Changqing return his Hundred-Lifetime Book.