Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shu and Gold Horn faced Ba Snake’s inheritance trial, which required them to endure being devoured. After Haiyuan died failing the trial, both cultivators endured Ba Snake’s bites, and the chapter ended with the trial still underway.

• Ba Snake offered its True Transmission to anyone willing to endure being devoured, warning that failure meant death.
• Ao Qing ordered Demon Venerable Haiyuan to attempt the trial, and Ba Snake devoured him after he failed to withstand it.
• Dao Venerable Tai Wu and Jiang Shu realized that enduring the devouring could grant the inheritance and that Ba Snake had altered the local laws to make the trial possible.
• Gold Horn volunteered for the trial, and Jiang Shu followed to conceal that Gold Horn was his incarnation.
• Ba Snake began devouring Jiang Shu and Gold Horn, who both endured the pain without showing much fear.

Jiang Shu and Gold Horn endured Ba Snake Demon Lord’s inheritance trial, and Ba Snake split its remaining origin essence between them. The inheritance left Gold Horn with Ba Snake’s guidance and Jiang Shu with a hidden advantage as the two races’ experts prepared for their rivalry to continue.

• Ba Snake secretly recognized Jiang Shu’s disguise but agreed not to expose him as long as he endured the trial.
• Jiang Shu and Gold Horn survived Ba Snake’s devouring until both were reduced to skeletons, impressing the Human Race and Demon Race experts watching.
• Ba Snake declared that both contestants qualified for the inheritance and divided its remaining origin essence equally between them.
• Ba Snake restored Jiang Shu and Gold Horn by reversing time, giving the watching experts a rare chance to witness the Great Dao of Time.
• Ba Snake attached its remaining consciousness to Gold Horn as a tattoo and offered to guide his cultivation.
• Gold Horn revealed that eating Jiang Shu could give him Ba Snake’s complete innate talent, while Jiang Shu privately considered how he could benefit from both inheritance shares and the Dragon Race’s support.

Jiang Shu and Dao Venerable Tai Wu withdrew after securing half of the Ba Snake inheritance, but a clash over the White Tiger inheritance soon drew the Human Race and Demon Race into battle. The White Tiger Demon Lord’s Remnant Soul fought the Dao One Sect’s summoned figure, and both sides were left with their power nearly spent as the chapter ended.

• Jiang Shu and Dao Venerable Tai Wu retreated from Ao Qing and the Demon Race forces, then learned that a golden eruption signaled a battle over the White Tiger inheritance.
• The White Tiger Demon Lord took control of the White Tiger Demon Venerable and used White Tiger Seven Killings to strike the Human Race experts.
• The Human Race experts joined forces against Heaven Devourer, but the White Tiger Demon Lord’s attack injured them and forced them to face another assault.
• The Dao One Sect's sect master summoned a figure with a treasure, and the figure accepted the White Tiger Demon Lord’s challenge.
• The Dao Master and White Tiger Demon Lord fought across the Sixth Layer until the summoned figure broke apart, having exhausted nearly all of the White Tiger Demon Lord’s remaining power.

Jiang Shu used the Ba Snake inheritance to protect the injured Human Race Venerables and fought the White Tiger Demon Venerable, while Dao Venerable Tai Wu held off Ao Qing elsewhere. The battle paused when the ground of the minor world began to tremble.

• The White Tiger Demon Lord demonstrated the final White Tiger Seven Killings strike, Sea-Splitting, and Jiang Shu blocked it with the Ba Snake inheritance.
• Jiang Shu fought the White Tiger Demon Venerable, trading blows and suppressing the metal Dao rhythm from his wounds as he tried to break through its protective art.
• Puppets joined the battle and told the Dao One Sect Master that Gold Horn and Jiang Shu had each taken half of the Ba Snake inheritance, while Dao Venerable Tai Wu fought Ao Qing nearby.
• The combatants retreated when the minor world began to shake, and the badly battered White Tiger Demon Venerable regrouped with the others.

The Human Race Venerables entered the Golden Crow World as it absorbed the Ba Snake and White Tiger Worlds, and Xi'e explained that the world was descending through Myriad Gods Cave to erase traces of the Heavenly Court’s rebels. She revealed that the Heavenly Court’s destruction was tied to the Immortal Embryo, which might let a dying powerful figure seize a new body and live another life.

• Dao Venerable Tai Wu noticed the Ba Snake and White Tiger Worlds being devoured by the Golden Crow World, and the Human Race Venerables entered it as Ao Qing and the Demon Race forced their way through its membrane.
• Jiang Shu and the other powerful figures stabilized their cultivation dojo and suppressed their injuries while world fragments began drifting into the Golden Crow World.
• Xi'e told the Human Race Venerables that the Golden Crow World was absorbing worlds to erase traces of rebels and would descend through the Seventh and Eighth Layers of Myriad Gods Cave.
• Xi'e revealed that Jiang Shu had found the Heaven-Connecting Jianmu, and Jiang Shu admitted that the sapling was inside his Chaos Cave Space.
• Xi'e explained that she and her husband had found a foreign mass of flesh and blood called the Immortal Embryo while investigating the Heavenly Court’s fall.
• Xi'e said the Immortal Embryo could not prevent Heavenly Dao assimilation, but might let a dying powerful figure place their will in it, seize a new body, and live another life.

Xi'e revealed that the Immortal Embryo could let someone be reborn and cultivate anew, then showed the Human Race Venerables how it was being repaired inside the Golden Crow Tomb. The Venerables negotiated for its benefits, and Xi'e offered treasures from the ancient Heavenly Court.

• Xi'e explained that the damaged Immortal Embryo could preserve a bloodline and resist the Heavenly Dao's assimilation, while Jiang Shu warned that it might be incomplete.
• Xi'e led a Venerable-level Puppet sent by the Heavenly Puppet Sect Leader to the Golden Crow Tomb, where she revealed the Immortal Embryo and the Grand Array repairing it with accumulated power.
• Dao Venerable Tai Wu and Dao Venerable Tian Ji identified the array's role in gathering world fragments and battlefield energy to restore the Immortal Embryo.
• Dao Venerable Tai Wu asked Xi'e to discuss the price, and the Human Race Venerables weighed the danger of the Demon Race obtaining the Immortal Embryo.
• Xi'e offered treasures from the Heavenly Court, including a Yellow Dragon Demon Lord's Earth Dao inheritance and the Zhou Tian Starry Sky Array, which drew the Venerables' interest.

Empress Xi'e offered the Human Race Venerables ancient Demon Race treasures in exchange for their help, while the Demon Race began eroding the Golden Crow World to seize the Immortal Embryo. The chapter ended with Xi'e demanding the Human Race decide whether to join her or turn back.

• Xi'e presented the remains of the Ruo Mu and Ancient Fusang Tree as potential materials for a Return to Void Realm Dao Artifact.
• Ao Qing reported the Demon Race's gains in Myriad Gods Cave, and the Ba Snake revealed that Gold Horn and a Human Race cultivator had both inherited its legacy and were destined to fight.
• The Dragon Lord and Phoenix Lord ordered the Demon Race to prepare for the Immortal Embryo's completion and secretly erode the Golden Crow World.
• Ao Qing and Feng Yuan Demon Venerable used the Demon Lords' powers to spread golden and five-colored radiance through the Grand Arrays and weaken the Golden Crow World.
• Xi'e showed the Human Race Venerables the Demon Race's erosion and asked whether they would help her or turn back.

Xi'e enlisted the Human Race Venerables and awakened Demon Venerables preserved from the Heavenly Court to stop the Demon Race from corrupting the Golden Crow World. Their allied forces attacked the Demon stronghold, where Mo Xuan faced Ao Qing and a Taotie revealed its deadly power.

• Dao Venerable Tai Wu agreed to aid Xi'e after securing half the promised benefits, and Xi'e warned that the Demon Race sought to corrupt the Golden Crow World.
• The Seventh Layer arrived and its pressure tempered Jiang Shu and the other Venerables, while Xi'e revealed preserved Heavenly Court Demon Venerables and awakened them.
• The Human Race and Heavenly Court forces marched together to attack the Demon stronghold beside the Golden Crow World’s membrane.
• Ao Qing fought Mo Xuan, who rejected his offer to surrender and used black lightning designed to counter the Dragon Race’s techniques.
• A Taotie hidden within the Demon Race’s grand array killed a Heavenly Court Demon Venerable by devouring him, drawing the battlefield’s attention.

Jiang Shu fought the White Tiger Demon Venerable as the Myriad Demon Array and ancient Demon Lord powers transformed the battle in the Golden Crow World. The Immortal Embryo began beating again, awakening as the gathered powers flowed into the world.

• The Myriad Demon Array drew on the Golden Crow World to heal and empower the Demon Venerables, while Jiang Shu battled the White Tiger Demon Venerable and gradually gained the advantage.
• Gold Horn activated the Myriad Demon Array, summoning dragon and phoenix phantoms that strengthened the Demon Race and pushed back the allied forces.
• The Golden Crow World's descent into the Eighth Layer disrupted the array, and ancient Golden Crow power emerged to confront the dragon and phoenix phantoms.
• The White Tiger Demon Venerable drew on his ancestor's power and prepared to kill Jiang Shu, but Xi'e shielded Jiang Shu with moonlight.
• Ancient Demon Lord powers, including the Ba Snake, one-legged divine ox, and peacock, surged into the Golden Crow World, which absorbed them as the Immortal Embryo began to beat and awaken.

As the Immortal Embryo was restored, the Demon Lords’ residual power flooded the Golden Crow World, and the factions waited for the deadly chaos to subside before competing for the remaining Great Dao powers. Dao Venerable Tai Wu confronted Ao Qing over a power tied to the Great Dao of Strength and revealed an inheritance that shocked the Dragon Race powerhouse.

• The Demon Lords’ residual power gathered in the Golden Crow World, while the Human Race Venerables protected themselves and studied the Great Daos within it.
• Divination Turtle Venerable deployed the Zhou Tian Starry Sky Grand Array, and it clashed with the Myriad Demon Array as both sides tried to seize the fading powers.
• Dao Venerable Tai Wu drew out Earth Sha to create an opening, allowing the Pill Talisman Sect Leader to seize a cluster containing the Great Dao of Fire despite Ao Qing’s attempt to destroy it.
• Ao Qing fought Mo Xuan and the other Venerables while trying to claim the power of the Ba Snake and the Great Dao of Strength for Gold Horn.
• Dao Venerable Tai Wu blocked Ao Qing from reaching the Great Dao of Strength and battled him with the Earth Suppressing Seal.
• Dao Venerable Tai Wu revealed an ancient Dragon Race inheritance and struck Ao Qing with earth-bearing True Dragon palm attacks, leaving Ao Qing alarmed and asking how Tai Wu possessed it.

Dao Venerable Tai Wu, Mo Xuan, and Kunpeng Demon Venerable suppressed Ao Qing, while Jiang Shu broke the Myriad Demon Array. Gold Horn reinforced the formation instead of retreating, rallying the Demon Domain Venerables and restoring a stalemate as the Human Race held back.

• Dao Venerable Tai Wu used a five-fingered mountain strike against Ao Qing, and Kunpeng Demon Venerable joined the attack while Mo Xuan pressed the assault.
• Gold Horn feigned injury and disrupted the Myriad Demon Array, weakening Ao Qing enough for Dao Venerable Tai Wu and Mo Xuan to seal him beneath the mountain.
• Jiang Shu blasted a breach in the Myriad Demon Array with his Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe, weakening the Demon Domain Venerables' formation support.
• Gold Horn emerged from the formation core and made himself the array's core, declaring that he would stay and maintain the formation rather than retreat.
• Gold Horn repaired the breach and rallied the Demon Domain Venerables, while Dao Venerable Tai Wu told the Human Race Venerables to slow their attack and let the battle return to a stalemate.

After the fighting stalled, the Human Race and the Demon Domain prepared for the next stage while Jiang Shu absorbed the Great Dao of Strength essence. The Demon Race began its relocation plan, and the Five Virtues Phoenix Lord appeared before the maddened Old Ancestor Fentian to restore him.

• The Human Race and Heavenly Court Demon Venerables withdrew after the Myriad Demon Array was damaged, and the Lunar Toad Venerable proposed setting up the Empress's method to drive the Demon Domain Venerables away.
• Dao Venerable Tai Wu distributed the Demon Lords' Great Dao essences among the Human Race powerhouses, and Jiang Shu absorbed the essence of the Great Dao of Strength.
• Ao Qing escaped suppression, urged the Demon Venerables to restore the array and prepare for relocation, and they began activating the array to open a passage toward the Fifth Layer.
• The Demon Race Imperial Palace shook as the nine Demon Venerables released their suppression of Old Ancestor Fentian, and the Five Virtues Phoenix Lord appeared before him.
• The Five Virtues Phoenix Lord used the power of the five virtues to begin restoring Old Ancestor Fentian to his original form.

Old Ancestor Fentian briefly regained his senses, then entered the Golden Crow World and attacked the Human Race and Heavenly Court forces while Great Dao Assimilation consumed him. As he overwhelmed the defenders, Xi'e joined with Lunar Toad Venerable and ordered the remaining forces to drive him out.

• The Five Virtues Phoenix Lord briefly restored Old Ancestor Fentian's clarity, gave him an order, and sent him toward the Sixth Layer of Myriad Gods Cave.
• Old Ancestor Fentian reached the Golden Crow World, burned through its world membrane, and lost his remaining reason as he entered.
• Ao Qing concealed the Demon Race forces while Old Ancestor Fentian attacked the Human Race and Heavenly Court forces, shattering their defenses and killing a mid-stage Hun-Dong Realm expert.
• Xi'e explained that Old Ancestor Fentian was merging with the Dao and ordered Lunar Toad Venerable to use a method to drive him out.
• Xi'e entered Lunar Toad Venerable's body, greatly transforming his aura as he prepared to confront Old Ancestor Fentian.

Xi'e used the Lunar Toad Venerable to contain her lingering consciousness and fought Old Ancestor Fentian while the Golden Crow World completed its transformation. After revealing that she needed sacrifices to nurture the Immortal Embryo, she drew Old Ancestor Fentian toward the Human Race Venerables, who took shelter under Jiang Shu’s protection.

• Xi'e possessed the Lunar Toad Venerable and clashed with Old Ancestor Fentian as the Heavenly Court Demon Venerables formed an incomplete Stellar Grand Array.
• Ao Qing activated the Myriad Demon Array to strike Xi'e, and Old Ancestor Fentian attacked her in response.
• Jiang Shu and the other Human Race Venerables realized Xi'e was holding back, while the Golden Crow World absorbed its swallowed worlds and began to transform.
• Xi'e abandoned the Lunar Toad Venerable to Old Ancestor Fentian, then asked the Human Race Venerables to lend their strength as sacrifices for the Immortal Embryo.
• Xi'e drew Old Ancestor Fentian toward the Human Race Venerables, and Jiang Shu used the Heaven-Connecting Jianmu to shelter them from his flames.

Gold Horn and the Ba Snake Demon Lord’s Remnant Soul suspected that Di Yang’s will had influenced Old Ancestor Fentian, driving him toward Dao Transformation. Gold Horn persuaded the Demon Venerables to exploit the chaos and seize their planned share of the Golden Crow World’s power for the Immortal Embryo.

• Old Ancestor Fentian pursued Jiang Shu and the Human Race Venerables with a vast assault of crimson flames, while the Demon Venerables chose to watch from the Myriad Demon Array.
• Ba Snake told Gold Horn that Di Yang’s corpse may have been swallowed by Old Ancestor Fentian, allowing Di Yang’s will to hide within him and exploit the Myriad Spirits Casting Venerable Great Array.
• Gold Horn warned the Demon Venerables that Di Yang might be behind Old Ancestor Fentian’s sudden advance toward the Fire Dao Ancestor realm, and White Tiger Demon Venerable confirmed that Di Yang had died after being besieged by Demon Lords.
• Feng Yuan Demon Venerable proposed testing Gold Horn’s suspicion, but White Tiger Demon Venerable warned that confronting Old Ancestor Fentian could be too dangerous.
• Gold Horn urged the Demon Venerables to attack the Heavenly Court’s plans while Old Ancestor Fentian was occupied, and they agreed to seize a portion of the Golden Crow World’s power.

Gold Horn led the Demon Domain forces in breaking into the Golden Crow World while Jiang Shu struggled to evade Old Ancestor Fentian. As the Heavenly Court forces fell behind, Xi'e awakened the buried Venerables and sent half of them to reinforce the battlefield.

• Gold Horn persuaded the Demon Venerables to use the repaired Myriad Demon Array to shatter a fragment of the Golden Crow World.
• Jiang Shu used the World Tree and Heaven-Connecting Jianmu to carry the Human Race Dao Venerables away from Old Ancestor Fentian while Gold Horn pressed the attack.
• Mo Xuan and Ao Qing clashed with Heavenly Court forces, and Divination Turtle Venerable blocked Ao Qing.
• Gold Horn killed a True Hou Demon Venerable, swallowed its corpse, and charged into the Heavenly Court ranks while resisting Ba Snake's urging to keep consuming.
• Xi'e entered the Golden Crow Great Tomb and awakened its dormant Venerables, including more than eight late Hun-Dong Realm powerhouses.
• Xi'e sent half of the awakened Venerables, led by the injured Kui Ox, to reinforce the battlefield.

Ao Qing killed Divination Turtle Venerable, and Gold Horn swallowed his corpse before battling the wounded Nine Infant. Meanwhile, Old Ancestor Fentian briefly regained lucidity and fled, giving Jiang Shu and the Human Race Venerables time to recover; Jiang Shu then fed the remains of Ruo Mu and the Ancient Fusang Tree to the World Tree and Heaven-Connecting Jianmu.

• Ao Qing killed Divination Turtle Venerable and gave his corpse to Gold Horn, who swallowed it to absorb his power.
• Gold Horn charged Nine Infant and fought the wounded Late Primal Chaos Realm expert in a brutal battle, using the power from Divination Turtle Venerable to heal himself.
• Jiang Shu and the Human Race Venerables prepared to fight Old Ancestor Fentian, but Fentian briefly regained consciousness and then fled.
• Jiang Shu said he needed time to recover before taking the group back to the fifth level, so the Venerables examined and refined the remains of Ruo Mu and the Ancient Fusang Tree.
• Jiang Shu placed the two divine-tree remains in his Chaos Cave Space, where the World Tree and Heaven-Connecting Jianmu absorbed their power.

Jiang Shu and the Human Race Venerables escaped the collapsing Golden Crow World as Xi'e began a sacrificial ritual and Old Ancestor Fentian appeared in a strange, delirious state. A mysterious stele freed a gigantic corpse-built monster identified as the First Fiend of the Myriad Gods Cave, which emerged with power enough to threaten even Demon Lords and Dao Masters.

• Jiang Shu warned the Human Race Venerables that the falling Golden Crow World was descending toward the Ninth Layer and that the First Fiend lurked there.
• Xi'e spread Sun True Fire through the Golden Crow Tomb and fed it a golden feather as she prepared to use the powerful beings as sacrifices.
• The Five Virtues Phoenix Lord and the Dragon Lord watched the ritual from outside the Myriad Gods Cave and decided to wait rather than descend.
• Dao Venerable Tai Wu broke open the weakened void, and the Human Race Venerables fled the collapsing Golden Crow World while black currents of desolation seeped inside.
• Old Ancestor Fentian appeared between the Heavenly Court and Demon Race in a bewildered, unstable state, while a mysterious black object flew into the Golden Crow World.
• The object revealed itself as a Giant Stele and freed a colossal monster assembled from countless corpses, which Ao Qing recognized as the First Fiend of the Myriad Gods Cave.

Old Ancestor Fentian broke through to the Dao Master realm and destroyed the First Fiend, but both became sacrifices in a vast ritual that consumed the Golden Crow World. As a divine soul began absorbing the sacrificial power and the Heavenly Court Venerables declared their ruler was returning, Jiang Shu sensed a new upheaval and two terrifying auras emerged from the Imperial Palace.

• Old Ancestor Fentian fought the First Fiend, who resisted his attacks and revealed his fury at being used as a sacrifice by the Heavenly Emperor.
• A Giant Stele appeared with the words “Sacrifice all things, recast my body,” and the First Fiend accused the Heavenly Emperor of trying to sacrifice him again.
• Old Ancestor Fentian burned himself and the Golden Crow World, briefly becoming a Dao Master before tearing apart and burning the First Fiend.
• The Heavenly Dao assimilated Old Ancestor Fentian, and the power released by both fighters and the fallen experts gathered as sacrificial offerings.
• Jiang Shu recognized that the powerful figures had been sacrifices for revival, while Heavenly Court Venerables celebrated their ruler’s impending return.
• A divine soul inside a Great Sun absorbed the sacrificial power, and two terrifying auras erupted from the ruins of the Imperial Palace.

The Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor fought the Dragon Lord and Five Virtues Phoenix Lord, using the Time Bell and summoning his past self to overwhelm them. Their battle shattered time’s restraint, and its redirected aftermath threatened the fleeing Human Race powerhouses.

• The Dragon Lord and Five Virtues Phoenix Lord confronted the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor, whose return to the Dao Master realm was temporary and deadly.
• The Dragon Lord attacked with the Myriad Dragons Pearl while the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor used the Time Bell to freeze spacetime.
• The Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor summoned his past self from the River of Time, greatly increasing his strength and turning the battle against the two Demon Lords.
• The battle broke the time seal, and Jiang Shu and the Human Race powerhouses fled from the combatants’ destructive aftermath.
• A Five-Colored Halo was redirected toward a Dao Venerable from the Sword Concealment Sect, who sacrificed his Great Dao and struck back with his sword.