Chapter Summaries

The Backer Sect arrived at the Immortal Ranking gathering, where Yi Tianchou eyed Xiaxuan Zhenren and her disciple Luo Hanyue with predatory interest. The gathering was interrupted when the Desolate God Holy Land appeared carrying the severed heads of the Dao Yi Immortal Sect, revealing that the sect had been wiped out.

• Yi Tianchou and Mu Lao watched Xiaxuan Zhenren and her disciples arrive, and Yi Tianchou set his sights on Xiaxuan Zhenren and Luo Hanyue.
• Yun Tian Zhenren led the Backer Sect group to their seats, where Wuji Zhenren argued with Yin Yang Holy Church's Elder Gui.
• Yi Tianchou introduced himself to the Backer Sect elders and addressed Xiaxuan Zhenren as Sister Xiaxuan, but she rebuffed his familiarity.
• A group in pale yellow robes burst into the martial arts arena, killing cultivators at the entrance and mocking the gathered sects.
• The newcomers displayed the heads of Dao Yi Immortal Sect's sect master, Old Ancestor Tianjing, and its other members, and Azure Origin Old Ancestor identified them as the Desolate God Holy Land.

The Desolate God Holy Land appeared at the gathering and threatened to kill the Backer Sect, but Yun Tian Zhenren remained confident in Hua Yunfei. As Hua Yunfei prepared to act, Patriarch Qingyuan addressed the invaders.

• A middle-aged man from the Desolate God Holy Land demanded that the Backer Sect come forward and threatened to use its members' heads to announce the Holy Land's return.
• The Yin Yang Holy Church, Qiankun Grotto-Heaven, Saint Xuan Gate, and Immortal Abode withdrew from the Backer Sect, while Yi Tianchou offered Xiaxuan Zhenren and her disciples his protection and was rebuffed.
• Mu Qingqing and Lin Yang resolved to stand with the Backer Sect, while its disciples remained ready to fight and its elders took reassurance from Yun Tian Zhenren's composure.
• Yun Tian Zhenren called on Hua Yunfei, who said he was certain to defeat the invaders, and told him to reveal only a little of his strength.
• As Hua Yunfei prepared to attack, Patriarch Qingyuan of the Sun Moon Divine Church coldly addressed the Desolate God Holy Land.

Azure Origin Old Ancestor attacked the Desolate God Holy Land after its members threatened the Immortal Ranking, prompting two opposing Saint Kings to draw her and Yaoguang Holy Land’s elder into battle among the stars. With the defenders occupied, the Desolate God Holy Land’s middle-aged Sage taunted the gathered factions, while Backer Sect prepared to respond.

• Azure Origin Old Ancestor warned the Desolate God Holy Land to leave, then forced its Half-Saints to their knees and struck with an Azure Giant Sword.
• A black-robed Saint King stopped Azure Origin Old Ancestor’s sword, and a red-robed Saint King appeared to confront the elder from Yaoguang Holy Land.
• Azure Origin Old Ancestor and the Yaoguang elder fought the two Desolate God Holy Land Saint Kings in the starry sky.
• The Desolate God Holy Land’s middle-aged man threatened Jing Yunxiao and mocked the gathered factions, while the Divine Sword Sect and Jiang family held back.
• Yun Tian Zhenren challenged the middle-aged man, and a Half-Saint from the Desolate God Holy Land insulted Backer Sect and the other factions.
• Someone from Backer Sect said Yunfei did not need to act because it would waste his talents.

Dao Xuwu revealed his Saint King Realm cultivation and crushed the Desolate God Holy Land’s threat, shocking the assembled factions. He left the resurrected middle-aged man to face him as the man challenged Dao Xuwu to reckon with the Holy Land’s power.

• Dao Xuwu arrived at the martial arena with Nangong Xiangtian, Silver Snow Ancestor, and Iron Bull Ancestor, then unleashed his power and reached the first level of the Saint King Realm.
• Dao Xuwu kicked apart the middle-aged man’s head, killing him in front of the shocked crowd.
• Mu Lao despaired at the Backer Sect’s strength, but Yi Tianchou promised to destroy the sect later while privately dismissing Mu Lao’s hopes.
• Dao Xuwu warned the Desolate God Holy Land’s disciples not to approach, and they decided to wait for their two Saint King Realm ancestors to return.
• Dao Xuwu revealed that the middle-aged man was not dead as his body healed, and the man challenged him by invoking the terror of the Desolate God Holy Land.

Dao Xuwu challenged Desolate God Holy Land and dared anyone who refused to submit to the Backer Sect to confront him. When the Nether Heaven Sect Leader openly defied him, a hidden Saint King Realm expert stepped forward, escalating the confrontation.

• Dao Xuwu declared that he would wait for Desolate God Holy Land’s Saint King experts and defeat them to restore the Backer Sect’s reputation.
• The Backer Sect disciples cheered Dao Xuwu, while Hua Yunfei observed that the Sun Moon Divine Church and Yaoguang Holy Land fighters were losing their battle against Desolate God Holy Land.
• Hua Yunfei sent an incarnation of his divine soul toward the battle in the starry sky.
• The Nether Heaven Sect Leader mocked Dao Xuwu and refused to submit to the Backer Sect.
• A tall elder from the Nether Heaven Sect confronted Dao Xuwu and revealed his Saint King Realm aura, injuring nearby spectators with the force of its collision.

A hidden Backer Sect ancestor appeared at the martial arena and slaughtered the Nether Heaven Sect’s ancestor, leader, and members for insulting the Backer Sect. He declared the Backer Sect under his protection, leaving the spectators shocked and the Jiang Clan Chief considering whether to defend them against future attacks.

• Dao Xuwu revealed that he had detected the Nether Heaven Sect’s concealed Saint King Realm ancestor and mocked him for challenging the Backer Sect.
• A mysterious Backer Sect ancestor appeared above the tall old man and killed him with a single saber strike, then slew the Nether Heaven Sect Leader.
• The ancestor rejected the surviving Nether Heaven Sect members’ pleas for mercy and killed them all, including Yi Tianchou.
• The Divine Sword Sect’s ancestor recognized the attacker as a Great Saint Realm expert, while the spectators feared the Backer Sect had provoked powerful enemies.
• The Jiang Clan Chief said he wanted to protect the Backer Sect from the Nether Heaven Sect, but the Jiang Lineage’s ancestor urged him to wait and see.

The Backer Sect’s allies defeated the Desolate God Holy Land’s experts, and Dao Xuwu and the yellow-robed man captured its surviving envoy to witness the Holy Land’s destruction. As the Immortal Ranking resumed, Tianji Zhenren noticed Hua Yunfei was missing, and Yun Tian Zhenren said he had gone to take care of something.

• The yellow-robed man rejected the Desolate God Holy Land envoy’s offer to settle the dispute and refused to let the Holy Land intimidate the Backer Sect.
• Azure Origin Old Ancestor returned carrying the black-robed Saint King’s head and announced that the Sun Moon Divine Church would protect the Backer Sect; she also revealed that the other Saint King and a Yaoguang Holy Land expert had died.
• The Desolate God Holy Land envoy threatened to send experts to destroy the Backer Sect, so Dao Xuwu and the yellow-robed man killed the envoy’s companions and kept him alive to witness the Holy Land’s destruction.
• The Sun Moon Sect Leader and Yaoguang Holy Master resumed the Immortal Ranking competition.
• Tianji Zhenren noticed Hua Yunfei was missing, and Yun Tian Zhenren said Hua Yunfei had left to take care of something.

Hua Yunfei discovered that the Desolate God Holy Land was hiding in the Ascension Road, an ancient Eastern Region forbidden land. He and Dao Xuwu and Hua Qingfeng prepared to gather more ancestors before entering, while an unidentified voice assured them it was there.

• Dao Xuwu introduced Hua Yunfei to his great-grandfather, Hua Qingfeng, and the three exchanged familiar banter.
• Dao Xuwu released a captured middle-aged man, who refused to reveal the Desolate God Holy Land’s location and mocked their plan to destroy it.
• Hua Yunfei used Dao techniques to uncover that the Desolate God Holy Land was hidden in the Ascension Road.
• Hua Yunfei said he was about ninety percent confident but warned that the forbidden land’s dangers could bring unexpected changes.
• Hua Qingfeng and Dao Xuwu decided to contact other Backer Sect ancestors for support before the expedition.
• A voice from the distant horizon told Hua Yunfei and the others to go without worry, saying it was there.

Hua Yunfei recognized the Hua Family old ancestor’s voice as the Hua Family prepared to attack the Desolate God Holy Land. There, the Desolate God Holy Master agreed to pursue the Emperor’s throne, unaware that the black-robed woman and the Desolate God Emperor Lord were plotting to use the Holy Land’s descendants to revive him.

• Hua Yunfei recognized the Hua Family old ancestor’s voice, and Hua Qingfeng and Dao Xuwu grew confident that the old ancestor would help them flatten the Desolate God Holy Land.
• The Desolate God Holy Master blamed the Sun Moon Divine Church and Yaoguang Holy Land for the deaths of his subordinates and vowed to act against them.
• A black-robed person told the Desolate God Holy Master that the Heaven-Stealing Organization wanted the Desolate God Holy Land to produce a Great Emperor and warned him of a powerful unknown lineage.
• The black-robed person asked for treasures to restore their strength, and the Desolate God Holy Master left to retrieve them.
• The black-robed woman spoke with the Desolate God Emperor Lord, who revealed that he planned to possess a descendant at the moment they became Emperor and use their blood to revive himself.
• The Desolate God Emperor Lord sensed something and concealed the trace of his divine soul within his spirit tablet.

Hua Yunfei trapped Yang Le on the Ascension Road and confronted him about the Heaven-Stealing Organization. Meanwhile, Yang Le demanded the Desolate God Holy Land’s three Emperor Armaments, and the Desolate God Holy Master hurried to appease him after Yang Le threatened to end their cooperation.

• The Desolate God Holy Master gave Yang Le a storage pouch full of treasures, hoping he would speak well of the holy land to the organization’s supreme existences.
• Yang Le emerged from the Desolate God Holy Land and became trapped in a formation set by Hua Yunfei, who identified him as a member of the Heaven-Stealing Organization.
• Hua Yunfei demanded to know the organization’s purpose, but Yang Le refused and Hua Yunfei prepared to kill him.
• Yang Le returned to the Desolate God Holy Land and demanded its three Emperor Armaments for the organization to borrow.
• The Desolate God Holy Master hesitated to surrender the holy land’s greatest treasures, so Yang Le declared their cooperation over and walked away.
• The Desolate God Holy Master caught up with Yang Le and apologized to stop him from ending their cooperation.

Hua Yunfei impersonated a Heaven-Stealing Organization member and tricked the Desolate God Holy Master into handing over the Desolate God Holy Land’s three Emperor Armaments. After revealing himself, Hua Yunfei kept the weapons, whose spirits sided with him and dreaded being sent back into his Purple Mansion Grotto-Heaven to face the Chaos Bell.

• The black-robed impostor persuaded the Desolate God Holy Master to summon and hand over the Desolate God Halberd, the Heaven Desolate Blade, and the Sky Piercing Battle Armor.
• The impostor seized the Desolate God Holy Master, sealed his cultivation, and revealed himself as Hua Yunfei.
• Hua Yunfei explained that he had killed and searched the real black-robed person, then used her identity to enter the Desolate God Holy Land.
• The Desolate God Holy Master demanded the Emperor Armaments back, but all three weapons agreed that he had given them to Hua Yunfei.
• The three Emperor Armaments pleaded not to return to Hua Yunfei’s Purple Mansion Grotto-Heaven, where the Chaos Bell had been beating them.

Hua Yunfei ordered the Desolate God Holy Land destroyed, and its Emperor Armaments and the Backer Sect’s weapons began a slaughter. When the Eastern Sacred Sword was overwhelmed by a perfected Quasi-Emperor ancestor, it called on the Chaos Bell for help.

• Hua Yunfei killed the Desolate God Holy Master and persuaded the three Emperor Armaments to attack the Desolate God Holy Land.
• Hua Yunfei sent the Supreme Cauldron of the Pill Emperor and several Supreme Weapons to fight, offering an Emperor Armament ascension slot to the top killer.
• The weapons devastated the Desolate God Holy Land, and the Eastern Sacred Sword charged at a perfected Quasi-Emperor ancestor.
• The gray-robed elder defeated the Eastern Sacred Sword with his Violetgold War Hammer, so the sword fled and called for the Chaos Bell.
• The Chaos Bell confronted the gray-robed elder, who recognized it as the Chaos Great Emperor’s Emperor Armament.

The Chaos Bell defeated the gray-robed elder and drew the Desolate God Holy Land’s experts away while Hua Yunfei fought them. Hua Qingfeng and Dao Xuwu robbed the treasure vault, and Hua Yunfei withdrew with the gathered Emperor Armaments and Supreme Weapons.

• The Chaos Bell battled the gray-robed elder, defeated him in the Chaos Domain, and persuaded the Violetgold War Hammer to join him.
• The gray-robed elder fled, but Hua Yunfei intercepted him, overwhelmed him, and killed him with a sword strike.
• A blue-robed perfected Quasi-Emperor turned toward an explosion at the treasure vault as Hua Qingfeng, Dao Xuwu, and the other Backer Sect patriarchs escaped with its treasures.
• Hua Qingfeng called for their ancestor to act, while the blue-robed patriarch charged at the group.
• Hua Yunfei ordered the artifacts to withdraw, gathered them around himself, and vanished into the void.

The Sky Piercing Emperor Son summoned and fused with the remains of his father’s first-life Emperor Body to defend the Desolate God Holy Land from a powerful Backer Sect incarnation. The fused Sky Piercing Great Emperor challenged the white-robed man, who revealed that he was an incarnation and remained confident he could not be defeated.

• The white-robed man struck at the Desolate God Holy Land, and the Sky Piercing Emperor Son’s attack was crushed before he realized his opponent approached the Great Emperor Realm.
• The Sky Piercing Emperor Son invoked his father’s remains, and the Sky Piercing Great Emperor’s first-life body appeared.
• The Sky Piercing Emperor Son fused with the Emperor Body, which shattered the white-robed man’s descending palm and declared it would kill him.
• The white-robed man condemned the Desolate God Holy Land’s descendants for joining the Heaven-Stealing Organization, while the Sky Piercing Great Emperor defended their choices.
• The Sky Piercing Great Emperor saw through the white-robed man and identified him as an incarnation, then claimed the Emperor Body could kill him.

The white-robed middle-aged man defeated Sky Piercing Great Emperor’s Emperor Body, punished Sky Piercing Emperor Son, and banished the Desolate God Holy Land’s forces. Desolate God Emperor Lord emerged from his ancestral temple and challenged him, asking whether victory would let him leave.

• The white-robed middle-aged man shattered Sky Piercing Great Emperor’s Emperor Body with one punch and captured Sky Piercing Emperor Son’s divine soul.
• He exiled Sky Piercing Emperor Son to the Ascension Road and sent the Desolate God Holy Land’s forces into a dark place where they would suffer until death.
• The white-robed middle-aged man confronted Desolate God Emperor Lord for hiding while his descendants colluded with the Heaven-Stealing Organization.
• Desolate God Emperor Lord emerged from the ancestral temple, asked how the stranger had become an Emperor, and proposed a fight for his freedom.

The white-robed Hua Clan incarnation destroyed the Desolate God Emperor Lord, securing the Backer Sect’s victory over the Desolate God Holy Land. At the Immortal Ranking competition, the Nether Heaven Sect confronted the Backer Sect, and the Yaoguang Holy Master challenged the Sun Moon Divine Church’s protection of them.

• The Desolate God Emperor Lord tried to reclaim the Desolate God Halberd, but the Chaos Bell suppressed it and repelled his power.
• The white-robed Hua Clan incarnation kicked apart the Desolate God Emperor Lord’s soul and destroyed every strand as he tried to flee.
• The Backer Sect’s victory left the Desolate God Holy Land destroyed, the Desolate God Emperor Lord dead, and the Sky Piercing Great Emperor’s Emperor Body destroyed.
• A group from the Nether Heaven Sect arrived at the Immortal Ranking competition, where its bald middle-aged leader, a Great Saint, demanded that the Backer Sect pay for its past killings.
• Azure Origin Old Ancestor declared that the Sun Moon Divine Church would protect the Backer Sect, refusing to yield to the Nether Heaven Sect’s demand for revenge.
• The Yaoguang Holy Master urged Azure Origin Old Ancestor not to interfere and called for the Nether Heaven Sect and Backer Sect to settle their grievance themselves, drawing support from other major factions.

Hua Qingfeng announced that the Backer Sect would destroy the Nether Heaven Sect and claim its former sixth place among the Nine Great Immortal Sects. He showed the gathered factions a live broadcast of a white-robed Quasi-Emperor attacking the Nether Heaven Sect, whose powerful forces rushed out to meet him.

• The Sun Moon Sect Leader persuaded Azure Origin Old Ancestor to let the Backer Sect handle the confrontation, while the Sun Moon Divine Church stayed ready to intervene if needed.
• Hua Qingfeng agreed with the Backer Sect’s elders that they should reveal more of their strength by destroying the Nether Heaven Sect.
• Hua Qingfeng asked whether the Backer Sect could take the Nether Heaven Sect’s place among the Nine Great Immortal Sects, and Azure Origin Old Ancestor and the Yaoguang Holy Master approved a sixth-place ranking if it succeeded.
• Hua Qingfeng began a live broadcast showing a white-robed Quasi-Emperor approaching the Nether Heaven Sect and breaking its formations with a single step.
• The Nether Heaven Sect sent out nine Great Saints and dozens of Saint Kings to confront the white-robed man.

The Backer Sect’s white-robed Quasi-Emperor annihilated the Nether Heaven Sect’s nine Great Saints, prompting the Nether Heaven Sect to reveal its own ancient Quasi-Emperor. As the two sides prepared to clash, observers reconsidered the Backer Sect’s hidden strength and its possible ties to past attacks; the old Quasi-Emperor began restoring himself to his prime.

• The white-robed Quasi-Emperor destroyed the Nether Heaven Sect’s nine Great Saints with a single breath, leaving their Supreme Weapons behind.
• An ancient Quasi-Emperor emerged from beneath the Nether Heaven Sect, and Hua Qingfeng warned the bald middle-aged man that the Nether Heaven Sect would soon learn true cruelty.
• Jing Yunxiao marveled at the Backer Sect’s strength, while the War Clan Grand Elder and Sun Moon Sect Leader reconsidered whether the sect had been behind earlier attacks on their forces.
• The Sun Moon Sect Leader decided to let the past go because the Backer Sect had helped Azure Origin Old Ancestor and was now too powerful to provoke casually.
• The Nether Heaven Sect’s old Quasi-Emperor began ascending to his utmost and regaining his youth as he walked toward the white-robed man.

The Backer Sect’s white-robed Quasi-Emperor killed the Nether Heaven Sect’s Quasi-Emperor in one punch and attacked the sect. The Nether Heaven Sect revealed two Supreme-level War Puppets made from its ancient patriarchs, Boundless Supreme and Blood Lotus Supreme, while Hua Qingfeng remained calm.

• The white-robed Quasi-Emperor instantly killed the Nether Heaven Sect’s Quasi-Emperor and destroyed his divine soul.
• The white-robed Quasi-Emperor continued attacking the Nether Heaven Sect as its elders and disciples struggled to resist.
• A Great Saint of the Nether Heaven Sect summoned eighteen Saint King ancestors to bring out two Bronze Coffins.
• Boundless Supreme and Blood Lotus Supreme emerged from the coffins, and the Nether Heaven Sect’s people knelt to greet them.
• The Jiang Clan Chief revealed that the two Supremes had died long ago and been refined into Supreme-level War Puppets.
• The bald middle-aged man taunted Hua Qingfeng, who remained calm as the war puppets faced the Backer Sect.

The white-robed man fought the Nether Heaven Sect’s Boundless Supreme, a battle puppet made from the corpse of a former Supreme, and proved far stronger than expected. As the fight continued, Blood Lotus Supreme confronted the sect ancestor who had defied her burial wishes, while the Boundless Supreme was punched deep into the earth.

• Jing Yunxiao explained that the Boundless Supreme’s Supreme Divine Physique made him stronger than an ordinary Quasi-Emperor, and the man in white condemned the Nether Heaven Sect for turning its Founding Ancestors into battle puppets.
• The Great Saint Realm ancestor ordered Boundless Supreme and Blood Lotus Supreme to kill the man in white, and Boundless Supreme charged at him alone.
• Blood Lotus Supreme questioned the ancestor for using her corpse against her wishes, but the ancestor threatened her with a rune stone that could control the puppets.
• The man in white struck Boundless Supreme into a distant mountain range, but Boundless Supreme recovered and resumed their fight.
• The two Supremes clashed across the sky, shaking the region around the Nether Heaven Sect, until the man in white punched Boundless Supreme deep into the earth.