Chapter Summaries

The Eternal Divine Dynasty rejected the Heaven Clan’s offer of an alliance but agreed to trade resources and information. After the Thunder Hall Master and Ling Yunxiao died fighting the Abyss, Yan Fa asked Li Xuancang to lead the Judgment Court and help steady the Divine Dynasty.

• Dongfang Shenhuo refused an alliance with Tiandao Xuan but agreed that the Eternal Divine Dynasty and Heaven Clan would exchange resources and information about the Abyss.
• A divine stone relayed Ling Yunxiao’s final warning that the Thunder Hall Master had fallen and the Abyss would soon attack, so Yan Fa ordered the Divine Dynasty to prepare its defenses.
• Su Xinghai told Li Xuancang that he had formed and devoured an Abyssal Mark, then gave Bai Meng the corpse of a Cave Heaven Realm demon.
• Yan Fa told Li Xuancang that both the Thunder Hall Master and Marshal Ling had fallen, then begged him to become master of the Judgment Court.
• Li Xuancang agreed to lead the Judgment Court, and Yan Fa planned to announce his appointment alongside the deaths and hold an inauguration ceremony.

After the deaths of Lei Tianjue and Ling Yunxiao plunged the Divine Dynasty and other worlds into fear, Li Xuancang’s rise as Lord of the Judgment Court restored hope. At his grand succession ceremony, he accepted the Judgment Sword and took command of the court.

• The Divine Dynasty announced that Lei Tianjue and Ling Yunxiao had died, spreading despair among its people and alarm across the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms.
• The Divine Dynasty publicized Li Xuancang’s achievements, and other worlds investigated his background before recognizing his fearsome strength.
• The Eternal Divine Dynasty held Li Xuancang’s succession ceremony in the Imperial Capital, where he arrived in a war chariot pulled by nine Primordial Exotic Beasts.
• The Eternal God Emperor’s decree named Li Xuancang Lord of the Judgment Court and charged him with judging the worlds and the reincarnation of all living beings.
• Li Xuancang grasped the Judgment Sword, and the assembled leaders and onlookers bowed and hailed him as Lord of the Judgment Court.

After taking control of the Judgment Court, Li Xuancang made plans to secure the Divine Dynasty and used a threatened investigation to force hidden traitors into action. The Counter-God Cult and the Abyss attacked Blackstone Fortress, where the defenders struggled to hold the line.

• Li Xuancang convened the Eternal Council, appointed Nangong Cang to command the Expeditionary Army, and ordered intelligence gathering in the Holy Spirit Realm.
• Li Xuancang announced a sweeping investigation of the major departments, alarming officials and prompting hidden traitors to ask the Counter-God Cult to attack the Divine Dynasty.
• Li Xuancang secretly sent Su Xinghai to Blackstone Fortress and ordered the Third Legion to remain ready, intending to draw out the traitors.
• The Counter-God Cult joined forces with the Abyss and attacked Blackstone Fortress, prompting Li Xuancang and the major departments to send reinforcements.
• Li Xuancang met privately with Yun Xinghe as Blackstone Fortress faced a combined assault by Abyss Demonic Beasts and the Counter-God Cult, leaving its defensive line near collapse.

The Abyss and the Eternal Divine Dynasty fought a brutal war at Blackstone Fortress while Li Xuancang held three Mid-stage Cave Heaven Realm Demonic Beasts at bay. When Li Xuancang finally challenged them, they attacked him together, leaving the spectators fearing for his life and the fortress.

• Han Zhenyue and five Cave Heaven Realm Demonic Beasts besieged Zhao Mingkong and two others as the battle for Blackstone Fortress escalated.
• Li Xuancang deterred Great Sage Nanli, Yellow Sand Great Sage, and Jian Lingzi from joining the fight, while the Third Legion helped the Divine Dynasty hold the fortress for more than a month.
• Li Xuancang finally moved to fight, drawing all three Abyss powerhouses out to confront him.
• Jian Lingzi's Sword Qi struck Li Xuancang, but he blocked it with his body as Great Sage Nanli and Yellow Sand Great Sage attacked with flames and Desolation Qi.
• Great Sage Nanli, Yellow Sand Great Sage, and Jian Lingzi attacked Li Xuancang together, and the spectators feared he would fall.

Li Xuancang fought off the Great Sage Nanli, Jian Lingzi, Shadow Demon, and another powerhouse, overwhelming them despite Shadow Demon’s High-grade Sacred Artifact. After Jian Lingzi pierced his heart and the others attacked, Li Xuancang’s wounds began rapidly healing as his heart regrew.

• Li Xuancang shattered the three Demonic Beasts’ attacks and sent them flying, raising the Divine Dynasty’s morale.
• Shadow Demon attacked with the World-Destroying Mill, but Li Xuancang struck it away and wounded him through the artifact.
• Li Xuancang fought the Great Sage Nanli, Jian Lingzi, Shadow Demon, and another powerhouse for more than half a month while maintaining the upper hand.
• Li Xuancang targeted Jian Lingzi, who pierced his heart with Swordfall, River of Stars Sinks, but Li Xuancang retaliated by exploding Jian Lingzi’s head with a punch.
• The Great Sage Nanli and the others attacked Li Xuancang while he was gravely wounded, but his injuries healed and his shredded heart regrew.

Li Xuancang overwhelmed the Abyss’s strongest fighters as the Abyssal Rift began to collapse, cutting off their retreat. Su Xinghai emerged from the Abyss to fight Jian Lingzi, while Yellow Sand Great Sage fled the battle and Li Xuancang continued to threaten the remaining Abyssal forces.

• Great Sage Nanli decided to retreat with the wounded Jian Lingzi, but the Abyssal Rift suddenly began to crack and collapse.
• Li Xuancang stopped Great Sage Nanli and the others from reaching the rift, while Han Zhenyue and the Abyss’s forces retreated toward it.
• Su Xinghai emerged from the Abyss after destroying the rift and attacked Jian Lingzi, who was trying to escape.
• Su Xinghai and Jian Lingzi fought fiercely as Li Xuancang injured Yellow Sand Great Sage and kept Great Sage Nanli’s group from escaping.
• Yellow Sand Great Sage recovered enough to flee the battlefield, leaving Li Xuancang facing the remaining Abyssal fighters.

The Eternal Divine Dynasty overwhelmed Great Sage Nanli, Shadow Demon, and Jian Lingzi, with Li Xuancang seizing the World-Destroying Mill. Just as Li Xuancang and Su Xinghai were about to win, a mysterious giant hand nearly killed them and rescued Jian Lingzi, leaving everyone terrified.

• Li Xuancang and Su Xinghai fought Great Sage Nanli, Shadow Demon, and Jian Lingzi for three days while Zhao Mingkong, Qin Xuanling, and the others guarded the battlefield.
• Su Xinghai devoured Jian Lingzi's arm, forcing Jian Lingzi to sever it and retreat.
• Li Xuancang cracked the World-Destroying Mill, blasted Shadow Demon apart, and erased Shadow Demon's soul from the artifact to seize control of it.
• Great Sage Nanli fled, and Li Xuancang used the World-Destroying Mill to pin Jian Lingzi underground while Su Xinghai pulled him closer.
• A giant hand struck Li Xuancang and Su Xinghai, gravely injuring them and damaging the World-Destroying Mill before carrying Jian Lingzi away.
• The Divine Dynasty's forces watched the giant hand vanish and feared the unknown existence behind it.

Li Xuancang survived his grievous wounds and the Origin-Eroding Baleful Mist while the Divine Dynasty sought ways to save him. After the God Emperor sent him the Indestructible Scripture, Li Xuancang recovered completely and gained confidence that he could face his attacker again.

• Li Xuancang left the battlefield with the unconscious Su Xinghai as his Blood Qi Force struggled against the Origin-Eroding Baleful Mist, and they entered seclusion in the Imperial Capital.
• Su Xinghai used the Devouring Heaven Demon Art to consume the mist in his body while the Divine Dynasty gathered treasures and medicine to help Li Xuancang.
• Three months later, Qin Shouqian visited Li Xuancang with the Indestructible Scripture by the God Emperor's order, but refused to discuss the God Emperor's condition.
• Li Xuancang studied the scripture, which vanished after he finished reading, and began cultivating its first half.
• After a month, Li Xuancang recovered fully, eradicated the mist, and believed he could fight the wielder of the withered giant hand again.

After recovering from his injuries, Li Xuancang convened the Eternal Council and proposed both a counterattack against the Abyss and the rebuilding of the Starry Sky Marketplace. The council rejected a counterattack, but Li Xuancang insisted on establishing the marketplace as a way to secure resources for the Divine Dynasty.

• Li Xuancang appeared at the Judgment Court after recovering, and Yan Fa and the others celebrated his return.
• News of Li Xuancang's battle at Blackstone Fortress spread through the starry sky, alarming other worlds about the Abyss's strength.
• Li Xuancang proposed that the Divine Dynasty reclaim the Heaven-Abandoned Land, but Hong Xuanji and the other council members urged him to abandon the counterattack.
• Li Xuancang withdrew the proposal after seeing that the Eternal Council would not support it.
• Li Xuancang proposed rebuilding the Starry Sky Marketplace, but Zhang Mingyang opposed the plan because the Divine Dynasty lacked the resources.
• Li Xuancang rebuked the council and declared that establishing the Starry Sky Marketplace was imperative.

Li Xuancang sent Li Ling'er and Bai Meng to Azure Profound Fortress to strengthen themselves and support the war against the Insect Race. Linghu Shanhe welcomed them, and the generals celebrated when Bai Meng revealed he had reached the Cave Heaven Realm.

• Li Xuancang secured agreement to establish the Starry Sky Marketplace, then heard that the Insect Race's main army was approaching and ordered reinforcements to the defensive line.
• Linghu Xinghai asked to enter the Abyss to improve his cultivation, and Li Xuancang gave him the World-Destroying Mill for protection.
• Li Xuancang sent Bai Meng and Li Ling'er to Azure Profound Fortress to train with the army and take part in battles.
• Linghu Shanhe rebuked the generals for complaining about Li Ling'er's arrival, then welcomed her and asked about Li Xuancang's orders.
• Li Ling'er said she wanted to temper herself in battle, and Bai Meng offered to serve under Linghu Shanhe's command.
• Bai Meng confirmed he had reached the Cave Heaven Realm, prompting Linghu Shanhe and the generals to rejoice at the reinforcement.

The Insect Race attacked Azure Profound Fortress with an army capable of devouring creatures and transforming into weapons, breaking through the Divine Dynasty’s defenses. Li Ling'er joined the battle with the Purple-Gold Gourd, turning the tide and drawing the attention of dozens of enemy Sacred Artifacts.

• The Insect Race charged Azure Profound Fortress, and veterans explained that it could consume creatures, copy their abilities and memories, and evolve.
• More than fifty Insect Race members disguised as Sacred Artifacts unleashed a combined attack, breached the defensive line, and clashed with the First Legion and Second Legion.
• Linghu Shanhe explained that the apparent Sacred Artifacts were living Insect Race members, while Bai Meng watched for a chance to attack.
• Li Ling'er entered the battle with the Purple-Gold Gourd, cutting down and devouring Insect Race members and raising the Divine Dynasty's morale.
• Dozens of Insect Race Sacred Artifacts surrounded Li Ling'er, including five Mid-grade Sacred Artifacts, and the commanders shouted warnings as she prepared to face them.

Li Ling'er’s Purple-Gold Gourd destroyed and subdued the Insect Race’s Sacred Artifacts, which Bai Meng devoured to increase his strength. Bai Meng then charged into the enemy army alone and fought three Cave Heaven Realm experts while the Divine Dynasty forces struggled to reach him.

• The Purple-Gold Gourd’s flying dagger severed the attacking Sacred Artifacts and shielded Li Ling'er from their assault.
• The gourd unleashed a vast sea of lightning that battered dozens of Sacred Artifacts, and Bai Meng gathered them after speaking with Li Ling'er.
• Bai Meng swallowed all the Sacred Artifacts, causing his aura to rise and shocking the Divine Dynasty forces.
• Bai Meng charged deep into the Insect Race army, prompting Linghu Shanhe and the others to rush to his aid.
• The Insect Race surrounded Bai Meng and blocked his allies as he fought three Cave Heaven Realm experts with his immense strength and endurance.

The Divine Dynasty repelled the Insect Race, and Li Xuancang freed Tai Haotian from the Judgment Court’s great prison to rebuild the Fifth Legion. Yan Fa objected, but Li Xuancang took Tai Haotian away despite his warning.

• The First Legion, Li Ling'er, and Bai Meng fought through the insect sea and escaped as the Insect Race retreated.
• Li Xuancang visited Tai Haotian in prison, told him Lei Tianjue had fallen, and announced that he was free.
• Li Xuancang appointed Tai Haotian Marshal of the Fifth Legion, and Tai Haotian accepted the duty without resentment.
• Yan Fa tried to stop Tai Haotian’s release, warning that his return from the Abyss made him a danger, but Li Xuancang refused to reconsider and led Tai Haotian away.

Li Xuancang released Tai Haotian and called for him to become marshal of the Fifth Legion, despite the Eternal Council’s fierce opposition. After the council members moved to impeach Li Xuancang, he remained confident that the God Emperor would keep him in office and promised to deal with Tai Haotian if he threatened the Divine Dynasty.

• Li Xuancang took Tai Haotian from the Judgment Court and convened the Eternal Council to appoint him marshal of the Fifth Legion and rebuild the legion.
• Li Xuancang defended Tai Haotian’s release and appointment, but Zhang Mingyang, Dongfang Shenhuo, Yan Fa, and the others opposed him and demanded Tai Haotian return to prison.
• Li Xuancang rejected the council’s objections, invoked his authority, and left after Dongfang Shenhuo cited the council’s voting rules.
• Zhang Mingyang led Dongfang Shenhuo, Nangong Cang, and others to seek an audience with the God Emperor and impeach Li Xuancang, while Yan Fa and Yun Xinghe stayed behind.
• Yan Fa warned Li Xuancang about the impeachment and again urged him to imprison Tai Haotian, but Li Xuancang remained calm and vowed to handle Tai Haotian if he endangered the Divine Dynasty.

After the God Emperor rejected their complaint against Li Xuancang, Li Xuancang formed the Fifth Legion despite obstruction from other departments. Tai Haotian became its marshal and broke through to the Mid-stage Cave Heaven Realm while Li Xuancang prevented his enemies from interfering.

• Dongfang Shenhuo, Zhang Mingyang, and the others asked the God Emperor to remove Li Xuancang, but Qin Shouqian relayed a rebuke and sent them away.
• Li Xuancang ordered the creation of the Fifth Legion, but the Governing Hall and other departments obstructed recruitment.
• Li Xuancang recruited sect disciples and Sacred Academy students, and the Fifth Legion grew to a million soldiers in three months.
• Tai Haotian became marshal of the Fifth Legion, and the sight of his new army triggered a transformation in his state of mind.
• Dongfang Shenhuo and the others tried to stop Tai Haotian’s breakthrough, but Li Xuancang’s pressure injured and restrained them.
• After seven days and nights, Tai Haotian broke through, and the people of the Imperial Capital celebrated the Divine Dynasty’s new powerful cultivator.

Tai Haotian broke through to the Mid-stage Cave Heaven Realm as the Abyss began invading the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms. The Divine Dynasty prepared for the expanding war while Li Xuancang watched for a chance to seize the Saint Spirit Flame.

• Tai Haotian thanked Li Xuancang for protecting his breakthrough, then began training the Fifth Legion.
• The Abyss invaded the Heaven Realm, where the Heaven Clan fought for more than half a month before its Cave Heaven Realm cultivators drove back the Demonic Beasts.
• Murong Yuntian gave the Heaven Clan information about the Abyss and carried its offer of future cooperation back to Li Xuancang.
• At the Eternal Grand Hall, Li Xuancang ordered stronger defenses and focused Star River Hall on monitoring the Holy Spirit Realm for the Saint Spirit Flame.
• Yun Xinghe went to watch the Holy Spirit Realm as Abyssal invasions spread, and after six months many great worlds faced devastating losses.

Su Xinghai returned from the Abyss after reaching the Mid-stage Cave Heaven Realm and delivered the World-Destroying Mill to Bai Meng at Azure Profound Fortress. Li Xuancang learned of beings from the Origin Continent who could travel freely through the Abyss and prepared the Fifth Legion for an imminent battle.

• Su Xinghai broke through to the Mid-stage Cave Heaven Realm, returned to the Imperial Capital, and received Li Xuancang's order to deliver the World-Destroying Mill to Bai Meng.
• Su Xinghai arrived at Azure Profound Fortress during a three-day battle, watched Bai Meng fight three Cave Heaven Realm experts and Li Ling'er cut through the Insect Race, then gave Bai Meng the mill.
• Zhou Daoyuan told Li Xuancang that the Judgment Court had found clues to the Counter-God Cult's lair and left to investigate the Abyss himself.
• Tai Haotian told Li Xuancang that he had met beings from the Origin Continent who could move freely through the Abyss, though he could no longer contact them.
• Li Xuancang ordered the Fifth Legion to train quickly for an imminent battle, while Tai Haotian pledged that it would not disappoint.

The Holy Spirit Realm’s leaders debated how to stop the Abyss while a group from the Origin Continent considered seeking help from the Eternal Divine Dynasty. A battered vessel carrying Xuan Lingzi and his people crashed into the Profound Heaven Realm, where the Third Legion detained them as pursuers closed in.

• The Black Tortoise Great Saint urged the Holy Spirit Realm to destroy the Abyssal Rift, but Great Saint Ze Yuan warned against acting rashly, and the leaders rejected using the Saint Spirit Flame.
• Yun Xinghe was ordered to report the Holy Spirit Realm’s condition to Chief Li, while investigators from the Origin Continent discussed the Abyss’s growth and decided to contact the Eternal Divine Dynasty and send people to other realms.
• A battered warship carrying more than ten thousand fugitives fled through the void as over a dozen pursuing warships followed.
• The warship crashed into the Profound Heaven Realm, and the Third Legion surrounded the wreck and reported it to Zhang Ruoxuan.
• Xuan Lingzi told the Third Legion that his group meant no harm and was fleeing enemies, but the soldiers suspected them of resembling the Judgment Court’s Immaculate Ones and refused to let them leave.

Zhang Ruoxuan detained Xuan Lingzi and his companions, learned they were Soul-Pure Ones fleeing the powerful Soul Hall, and prepared to consult Li Xuancang. When the Soul Hall fleet arrived in the Profound Heaven Realm, Zhang Ruoxuan confronted its elder after he killed a Third Legion general, and their clash ended with both sides poised for battle.

• Zhang Ruoxuan ordered Xuan Lingzi and his companions detained, then interrogated Xuan Lingzi about their origins and the Soul Hall.
• Xuan Lingzi revealed that the group came from the Origin Continent, where the Soul Hall was led by a Heavenly Human Realm expert and hunted Soul-Pure Ones.
• Zhang Ruoxuan decided to hold the group, expanded patrols, and sent a messenger to report the situation to Court Master Li.
• The Jade Sea Elder led a Soul Hall fleet into the Profound Heaven Realm and killed a Third Legion general who challenged them.
• Zhang Ruoxuan met the Jade Sea Elder's force with his own, and the two Cave Heaven Realm cultivators clashed.
• The Jade Sea Elder demanded that Zhang Ruoxuan hand over Xuan Lingzi and the others, but Zhang Ruoxuan threatened to kill him for killing his general and insulting the Divine Dynasty.

Li Xuancang arrived in the Profound Heaven Realm and effortlessly defeated the Jade Sea Elder, then captured the Soul Hall forces threatening Xuan Lingzi and the others. After hearing about the Origin Continent, Li Xuancang offered them protection in exchange for gathering intelligence in the Abyss.

• Zhang Ruoxuan fought the Jade Sea Elder while the Soul Hall considered attacking the camp holding Xuan Lingzi and the others.
• Li Xuancang arrived and struck the Jade Sea Elder down with a single blow, then immobilized the fleeing Soul Hall members.
• The Third Legion captured the Soul Hall members and seized their warships.
• Li Xuancang met Xuan Lingzi, who described the Origin Continent and its situation.
• Li Xuancang offered Xuan Lingzi and the others protection under the Divine Dynasty if they entered the Abyss to gather intelligence.