Chapter Summaries

The Divine Dynasty army was overwhelmed after seven days of fighting as Wei Tianfeng weakened and the Heaven-Grinding Great Demon tried to seize the Judgment Jade Disc. With the disc in the demon’s grasp and Wei Tianfeng barely conscious, he prepared one final desperate attack.

• The Fifth Legion joined the battle against the Divine Dynasty army, whose remaining soldiers fought the traitors and Demonic Beasts while Su Xinghai and Wei Tianfeng held off their enemies.
• After seven days and nights, the Divine Dynasty army was nearly destroyed, and Wei Tianfeng could no longer support the battlefield below.
• The Behemoth King recognized Su Xinghai’s Devouring Heaven Physique and urged Han Zhenyue to kill and sacrifice him, but they resumed fighting when Su Xinghai attacked.
• The Heaven-Grinding Great Demon battered Wei Tianfeng until the Judgment Jade Disc’s light dimmed and the demon seized it.
• Wei Tianfeng gathered his remaining strength to make one last attempt to reclaim the disc as the soldiers watched in despair.

Li Xuancang arrived with the Judgment Jade Disc and swiftly overwhelmed the Heaven-Grinding Great Demon, turning the battle in the Divine Dynasty army’s favor. Han Zhenyue escaped through the Abyssal Rift, while the Behemoth King was subdued and left near death.

• The Judgment Jade Disc erupted with light as the Heaven-Grinding Great Demon seized it, and Li Xuancang appeared, badly wounding the demon and reclaiming the disc.
• Li Xuancang struck the Heaven-Grinding Great Demon with a punch and kick, nearly killing him, while Han Zhenyue and the Behemoth King prepared to flee.
• Su Xinghai blocked the Abyssal Rift with his Devouring Cave Heaven and endured attacks from Han Zhenyue and the Behemoth King, forcing them back toward the rift.
• Han Zhenyue escaped by sending the Behemoth King flying toward Qin Xuanling, but the Behemoth King was stopped and trapped beneath the Devouring Cave Heaven and Judgment Jade Disc.
• The Behemoth King transformed into a giant golden ape, but Li Xuancang blasted him into a crater and left him unable to move.

Li Xuancang defeated the Fifth Legion at Blackstone Fortress and destroyed the Abyssal Rift, while the newly transformed Purple-Gold Gourd drew a violent struggle in the Heavenly Crafts Hall. Bai Meng was gravely wounded defending the gourd as Li Xuancang remained away.

• Li Xuancang crushed the Fifth Legion's resistance, destroyed the Abyssal Rift, and took charge of Blackstone Fortress while Qin Xuanling recovered.
• Li Xuancang ordered the Imperial Capital to send a new legion and discussed the Divine Dynasty's worsening prospects with Su Xinghai.
• At the Heavenly Crafts Hall, Jiang Gan warned the crowd that the Purple-Gold Gourd belonged to Li Ling'er, but several powerful young figures remained intent on taking it.
• The Purple-Gold Gourd completed its transformation into a High-grade Sacred Artifact, and the crowd rushed to seize it.
• Bai Meng blocked the attackers and took their blows head-on, leaving him gravely wounded.

Li Ling'er tried to refine the Purple-Gold Gourd while Bai Meng held off the factions seeking to steal it, but an elder's intervention wounded her and interrupted the process. Yan Fa arrived, rescued Li Ling'er and Bai Meng, and ordered the attackers detained, though the factions withdrew before he could stop them; the incident was kept quiet as the crisis at Blackstone Fortress continued.

• Bai Meng fought off the treasure seekers while Li Ling'er began refining the Purple-Gold Gourd, and the watching Cave Heaven Realm experts refused to intervene.
• The attackers overwhelmed Bai Meng, and just as Li Ling'er neared completion, an elder's pressure injured her and stopped her from refining the gourd.
• Yan Fa appeared, shielded Li Ling'er, treated her injuries, and gave Bai Meng a pill that stabilized his life.
• Yan Fa ordered the attackers taken away, but Dongfang Shenhuo, Hong Xuanji, and the other faction leaders took their people and left.
• Yan Fa sent word to Li Xuancang at Blackstone Fortress, then carried Li Ling'er and Bai Meng from the hall as Jiang Gan worried about the consequences.
• The factions suppressed news of the incident while focusing on the destroyed teleportation array and Blackstone Fortress's imminent fall.

Yan Fa reported that Li Xuancang had saved Blackstone Fortress, captured two Cave Heaven Realm Demonic Beasts, and suppressed the Fifth Legion’s rebellion. After learning that people in the Imperial Capital had attacked Li Ling’er and gravely injured Bai Meng, Li Xuancang returned to the Judgment Court, leaving Blackstone Fortress under Qin Xuanling’s command, and promised to seek justice.

• Yan Fa told the Eternal Council that Li Xuancang had reversed the crisis at Blackstone Fortress, captured two Cave Heaven Realm Demonic Beasts, and suppressed the rebellious Fifth Legion.
• Yan Fa ordered the Seventh Legion, five hundred thousand Expeditionary Army soldiers, and the Formation Hall to reinforce Blackstone Fortress, while news of Li Xuancang’s victory restored some hope among the people.
• After Judgment Court officials told Li Xuancang what had happened in the Imperial Capital, he left Blackstone Fortress with Su Xinghai and Wei Tianfeng despite Qin Xuanling’s objections.
• Li Xuancang returned to the Judgment Court and examined Bai Meng, whose injuries had destroyed his foundation and left him unconscious.
• Li Ling'er urged Li Xuancang to avenge Bai Meng, and he promised to seek justice for them both.

After Bai Meng recovered enough to awaken, Li Xuancang attacked Sacred Flame Palace and overwhelmed Dongfang Shenhuo and the leaders who tried to stop him. As Su Xinghai and Li Ling'er hunted the people responsible for Bai Meng's injuries, Su Xinghai slaughtered thousands, and the furious Dongfang Shenhuo charged at him.

• Li Xuancang used his Blood Qi Force and golden blood to heal Bai Meng, who awoke and addressed him as Marquis.
• Li Xuancang left the Judgment Court with Su Xinghai and Li Ling'er and demanded that Sacred Flame Palace hand over those who had hurt Bai Meng.
• Li Xuancang badly wounded Dongfang Shenhuo with two punches, crushing his fist and shattering his organs.
• Zhang Mingyang, Hong Xuanji, and others intervened, but Li Xuancang broke apart their attacks and gained the upper hand against four opponents.
• Li Xuancang sent Su Xinghai and Li Ling'er into Sacred Flame Palace while he fought its leaders; Li Ling'er searched for the attackers, while Su Xinghai killed indiscriminately.
• After Su Xinghai slaughtered more than ten thousand people, the injured Dongfang Shenhuo charged at him in rage.

Li Xuancang and his allies battled the Sacred Flame Palace after its disciples attacked Li Ling'er, until Ling Yunxiao intervened and forced both sides to accept a compensation settlement. Back at the palace, Li Xuancang refused to retaliate in secret and decided to help Bai Meng reach the Cave Heaven Realm before openly challenging his rivals.

• Dongfang Shenhuo attacked Su Xinghai with the Eternal Burning Flame, while Li Ling'er used the Purple-Gold Gourd to slaughter Sacred Flame Palace disciples and pursue Dongfang Yi.
• Dongfang Yi escaped Li Ling'er's attack only after Dongfang Shenhuo blocked her blade, and Dongfang Shenhuo blamed the God Emperor for denying him access to the Imperial Capital's grand formation.
• Ling Yunxiao suppressed the battlefield and persuaded Li Xuancang to stop fighting, but Li Xuancang demanded that the attackers be handed over.
• After Zhang Mingyang and the others refused, Li Xuancang accepted compensation and left with Su Xinghai and Li Ling'er.
• Ling Yunxiao warned the Sacred Flame Palace group not to cause further trouble and ordered them to send compensation to Li Xuancang's palace.
• Su Xinghai proposed killing their enemies in secret, but Li Xuancang refused and planned to help Bai Meng break through to the Cave Heaven Realm.

Li Xuancang was punished by the Judgment Court and barred from its decisions while the investigation into hidden traitors was halted. A year later, the Abyss launched a massive assault on Blackstone Fortress, and the Divine Dynasty fought without Li Xuancang’s help.

• Yan Fa told Li Xuancang that he would keep his Court Chief position but could not participate in Judgment Court or Eternal Council decisions, and that the investigation had been halted.
• Li Xuancang accepted the punishment, while Su Xinghai departed for the Abyss to cultivate by devouring its creatures.
• Over the next year, Li Ling'er reached the Divine Repository Realm and Bai Meng neared the Cave Heaven Realm as the Abyss overran regions of the Divine Dynasty.
• Ling Yunxiao, Zhao Mingkong, and Qin Xuanling led the defense of Blackstone Fortress against the Abyss’s assault, but Li Xuancang refused to join them.
• The battle raged for more than half a month as the Abyss’s attacks intensified and citizens of the Imperial Capital feared for the fortress.

Li Xuancang refused Yan Fa’s request to reinforce Blackstone Fortress and entered the Abyss with Su Xinghai to hunt a Cave Heaven Realm Demonic Beast for Bai Meng’s breakthrough. After they captured the beast, an unseen attacker struck, leaving Su Xinghai gravely wounded.

• Li Xuancang rejected Yan Fa’s offer to revoke his punishments and declined to reinforce Blackstone Fortress.
• Su Xinghai and Bai Meng secretly left the Imperial Capital with Li Xuancang, while the Divine Dynasty sent four Cave Heaven Realm cultivators to defend Blackstone Fortress.
• A Saint Spirit and a man in black conspired to kill Li Xuancang and discussed seizing the Eternal Divine Flame.
• Li Xuancang used his Abyssal Mark to lure Demonic Beasts and killed a Cave Heaven Realm beast after a fierce fight.
• Su Xinghai stored the captured beast in his Cave Heaven, but an invisible force struck as he and Li Xuancang fled, badly injuring Su Xinghai.

Li Xuancang and Su Xinghai barely escaped the Abyss after a powerful expert nearly killed them, then met Bai Meng so he could break through in secret. As the Divine Dynasty struggled against the Abyss at Blackstone Fortress, its leaders recognized the enemy’s attrition strategy and learned Li Xuancang would soon return.

• Li Xuancang hurled Su Xinghai out of a falling hand’s reach, then survived the attack and escaped the Abyss with him.
• Li Xuancang and Su Xinghai warned each other not to enter the Abyss lightly again and met Bai Meng at a remote location.
• Bai Meng swallowed the Demonic Beast corpses and began breaking through while Li Xuancang and Su Xinghai guarded him.
• The Abyss’s attacks battered Blackstone Fortress as Ling Yunxiao and the Divine Dynasty’s other forces struggled against the enemy.
• Yan Fa and the other leaders discussed the Abyss’s attrition strategy, acknowledged they had few reinforcements left, and heard that Li Xuancang would return soon.

After Bai Meng broke through to the Cave Heaven Realm, Li Xuancang concealed his cultivation and agreed to support the Divine Dynasty at Blackstone Fortress. He arrived amid a desperate battle and ended the Great Sage Nanli’s sea of fire with one punch.

• Bai Meng broke through to the Cave Heaven Realm, and Li Xuancang ordered him to conceal his strength before they headed to Blackstone Fortress.
• Yan Fa described the stalemate at Blackstone Fortress, and Li Xuancang agreed to join the battle after asking about the search for the Holy Spirit Realm.
• After spending ten days with his family, Li Xuancang traveled with Su Xinghai to Blackstone Fortress, where Ling Yunxiao and eleven Divine Dynasty experts were being overwhelmed by sixteen Demonic Beasts.
• The Great Sage Nanli trapped Li Xuancang in a sea of fire while the Yellow Sand Great Sage and other Abyss experts prevented Ling Yunxiao and Zhao Mingkong from helping him.
• Li Xuancang shielded himself with yellow divine radiance and extinguished the Great Sage Nanli’s sea of fire with a single punch.

Li Xuancang fought Great Sage Nanli and withstood attacks from the Shadow Demon and Jian Lingzi as five more Cave Heaven Realm experts joined the battle. Though Li Xuancang healed his wounds quickly, Jian Lingzi's fully charged sword light shot toward him.

• Li Xuancang blocked Great Sage Nanli's attacks, seized his claws, and broke his wings with a punch before Great Sage Nanli retreated and healed.
• Great Sage Nanli summoned five Cave Heaven Realm experts from the Abyss, plunging the Divine Dynasty forces into despair.
• The Shadow Demon used the World-Destroying Mill to pin Li Xuancang down while Jian Lingzi's Sword Qi gathered into a massive sword light.
• Great Sage Nanli struck Li Xuancang and tore deep gashes across his chest, but Li Xuancang extinguished the flames and healed immediately.
• Jian Lingzi's fully charged sword light turned toward Li Xuancang and shot at him.

Li Xuancang and Su Xinghai endured a month-long battle against the Abyss forces, while the Divine Dynasty barely held its fortress. The Abyss suddenly retreated, leaving Li Xuancang alive and the exhausted defenders in control of the battlefield.

• Shadow Demon fled as Li Xuancang survived the sword strike, and Jian Lingzi and Great Sage Nanli recognized his terrifying physical strength.
• Jian Lingzi, Great Sage Nanli, and Shadow Demon besieged Li Xuancang while Su Xinghai fought three other Cave Heaven Realm cultivators.
• Li Xuancang regenerated from devastating injuries and repelled attacks on both his body and soul, while the prolonged battle exhausted both armies.
• The Divine Dynasty held the fortress as reinforcements arrived, and Great Sage Nanli, Jian Lingzi, and Yellow Sand Great Sage unexpectedly ordered the Demonic Beasts to retreat.
• The exhausted Divine Dynasty soldiers collapsed to rest, while Ling Yunxiao and the others organized the aftermath and found Li Xuancang unharmed.

After the Abyss withdrew, Li Xuancang learned that the Cosmic Great Rift had vanished, temporarily weakening the Abyss’s assault. At the Eternal Council, he urged the Divine Dynasty to seek cooperation with the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms, but Zhang Mingyang and others rejected the idea.

• Li Xuancang warned the fortress leaders that the Abyss’s sudden retreat was suspicious and ordered an investigation.
• Three months later, the Star River Hall reported that the Cosmic Great Rift had vanished, forcing the Abyss to withdraw and giving the Divine Dynasty time to recover.
• Li Xuancang arranged for most reinforcements to return to the Imperial Capital while the Seventh Legion, the Expeditionary Army, and other personnel stayed to guard the fortress.
• After returning to the Imperial Capital, Li Xuancang attended the Eternal Council, where Yan Fa asked how the Divine Dynasty should respond to the reconnecting Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms.
• Li Xuancang proposed contacting the major worlds to form alliances against the Abyss, but Zhang Mingyang and several others scorned cooperation with the Lower Realms.

After the Great Rift healed, the Divine Dynasty rejected Li Xuancang’s proposal to unite with the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms and instead supported Yan Fa’s plan to establish the Eternal Sacred Academy. Li Xuancang’s push to investigate traitors was postponed, while news of the academy spread and prompted young cultivators to seek admission.

• Zhang Mingyang, Yan Fa, and Ling Yunxiao opposed Li Xuancang’s proposal to unite with the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms.
• Yan Fa proposed establishing the Eternal Sacred Academy, and Li Xuancang and the major departments approved it.
• Li Xuancang asked Yan Fa to investigate every major department, but Yan Fa, Lei Tianjue, and Zhou Daoyuan opposed a public investigation and favored stability and secret inquiries.
• News of the academy spread across the Divine Dynasty, and Pei Qingyuan decided to travel with Qing Huang to the Imperial Capital to seek admission.
• The Prison Tiger Bureau, Profound Heart Sect, Divine Firmament Sect, and Divine Martial Sect discussed sending their disciples to the academy.

After the Cosmic Great Rift vanished, the great worlds prepared for the Abyss invasion while the Eternal Divine Dynasty focused on establishing the Sacred Academy. The Holy Spirit Realm sought the Torch’s forging method, and Yan Fa asked Li Xuancang to lead the growing academy.

• The Holy Spirit Realm learned that Li Xuancang had reached the Mid-stage Cave Heaven Realm and abandoned its plan to deal with him, then asked the Divine Dynasty for the Torch’s forging method.
• The Divine Dynasty member refused to hand over the method without compensation and said he would give the Holy Spirit Realm an answer in half a year.
• Li Ling'er asked to enter the Sacred Academy, and Li Xuancang agreed to send Doudou with her.
• Li Ling'er and Doudou entered the Sacred Academy, where Li Xuancang had arranged for them to receive excellent accommodations and instruction.
• Yan Fa asked Li Xuancang to serve as headmaster of the Sacred Academy so the Judgment Court could maintain control over its growing influence.

Yan Fa became head of the Sacred Academy after Li Xuancang declined, while the Divine Dynasty lured and captured two Cave Heaven Realm experts from the Holy Spirit Realm. The Holy Spirit Realm discovered the deception and began debating how to rescue them without yielding to the Eternal Divine Dynasty.

• Li Xuancang refused to lead the Sacred Academy and promised to support Yan Fa, who secured the position of head with deputy heads appointed from Sacred Flame Palace and the Governing Hall.
• Su Xinghai received permission to enter the Abyss and hunt Demonic Beasts.
• Dongfang Shenhuo convened the Eternal Council and enlisted Li Xuancang and other experts to capture two Holy Spirit Realm visitors.
• Huo Wuji exchanged the Torch Forging Method for resources with the Great Sage Xiangliu and the Six-Winged Golden Cicada, then helped Li Xuancang overpower and capture them.
• Sacred Flame Palace imprisoned the two captives in the Judgment Court and contacted the Holy Spirit Realm.
• The Holy Spirit Realm realized Sacred Flame Palace had tricked it, and the Black Tortoise Great Sage and Tian Feng Great Sage argued over how to respond.

After the Holy Spirit Realm and the Eternal Divine Dynasty deadlocked over the Saint Spirit Flame, the Judgment Court learned that Lei Tianjue had been attacked and gone missing. Li Xuancang demanded an investigation into traitors across the Divine Dynasty, but when Yan Fa stalled, Li Xuancang left the Judgment Court and returned his position markers.

• The Holy Spirit Realm refused to surrender the Saint Spirit Flame, negotiated with the Eternal Divine Dynasty for half a year without an agreement, and publicized the dispute across the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms.
• Yan Fa told the Eternal Council that Lei Tianjue had lost contact after the Abyss Demonic Beasts and the Counter-God Cult attacked his secluded cultivation site.
• Li Xuancang demanded that Yan Fa investigate every major department for traitors, arguing that the Divine Dynasty’s repeated disasters stemmed from internal betrayal.
• When Yan Fa said he needed to consult Hall Master Zhou, Li Xuancang announced that he was leaving the Judgment Court and would no longer take part in the Divine Dynasty’s affairs.
• Li Xuancang returned to the Judgment Court and handed back the items marking his position; although the others suppressed the news, members of the Court learned of his departure and grew unsettled.

The Divine Dynasty learned that Lei Tianjue was trapped in the Thunder Magnetism Forbidden Zone and sent Ling Yunxiao alone to rescue him. Yan Fa asked Li Xuancang to return to the Judgment Court if Lei Tianjue had died, and Li Xuancang was left considering Yan Fa’s explanation as he rejoined his family.

• The Divine Dynasty agreed that Lei Tianjue had to be rescued despite the risk of an enemy trap, and Ling Yunxiao volunteered to go alone.
• Ling Yunxiao secretly left the Imperial Capital and named Nangong Cang as his successor in case he did not return.
• Yan Fa visited Li Xuancang and told him that Ling Yunxiao had gone to rescue Lei Tianjue, who might already be dead.
• Yan Fa explained that he had previously opposed Li Xuancang’s investigation to preserve the Divine Dynasty’s stability, then asked him to lead the Judgment Court if Lei Tianjue had died.
• Li Xuancang listened as Yan Fa left his belongings, then put aside his gloom and joined Doudou and his parents for a meal.

As Lei Tianjue’s fate remained unknown and the Abyss prepared to invade, the Heaven Realm and Eternal Divine Dynasty mobilized for war. The Divine Dynasty also faced pressure from the Insect Race and struggled to secure Li Xuancang’s return to defend it.

• News of Lei Tianjue’s disappearance spread through the Divine Dynasty and other worlds, stirring fear and gloating as people weighed the consequences of the Dynasty’s possible weakness against the Abyss.
• The Heaven Clan’s first elder warned that the Abyss could invade within a year, and Tian Wuhen ordered the army to prepare, patrol the realm, and send Immaculate Ones to gather intelligence.
• The Heaven Clan agreed to seek alliances with the Eternal Divine Dynasty and other great worlds to fight the Abyss together.
• Dongfang Shenhuo accepted the Holy Spirit Realm’s offer to exchange Xiangliu and the Six-Winged Golden Cicada for twice the demanded resources, while the First and Second Legions requested reinforcements against the Insect Race.
• Hong Xuanji urged Yan Fa to bring Li Xuancang back to the Judgment Court, but Li Xuancang still refused, and the Divine Dynasty began mobilizing its forces.