Chapter Summaries

Hua Yunfei secretly helped Hua Cangqiong gain an advantage against Ancestor Luoning, then left the Big Dipper Star Region to prepare for his own heavenly tribulation. He concealed himself among dead stars and began releasing the power of his breakthrough.

• Hua Cangqiong used One Qi, Three Purities and the Great Luo Heaven Blade Art to fight Ancestor Luoning, who answered with the Sun Moon Divine Church’s Saint Art.
• Hua Yunfei secretly cracked Ancestor Luoning’s Dao Platform and sent Sage-level insights into Hua Cangqiong’s Dao Platform, causing Hua Cangqiong’s strength to surge.
• Hua Yunfei left a hidden Dao Art to protect Hua Cangqiong, replaced the Chaos Bell above Big Dipper Star, and reinforced its illusion formations.
• Hua Yunfei traveled to a dim region filled with dead stars and set up eight banners to conceal his location.
• Hua Yunfei stopped suppressing his realm, shattering nearby stars as thunderclouds and destructive lightning gathered overhead.

Jia Duobao’s treasure-seeking Bronze Compass pointed toward the Big Dipper Star Region, where a surge of Emperor’s Might revealed the target as an Emperor’s mausoleum. Despite sensing an ominous sign, he gave in to greed and prepared to seek its treasures.

• Jia Duobao’s Bronze Compass pointed toward the Big Dipper Star Region and warned of an ominous sign.
• Jia Duobao calculated that the warning meant bad luck rather than danger to his life.
• A pillar of light and powerful Emperor’s Might erupted from the Big Dipper Star Region.
• Jia Duobao realized the compass had detected an Emperor’s mausoleum.
• Jia Duobao succumbed to greed and resolved to investigate the mausoleum.

Jia Duobao raced toward the newly emerged imperial mausoleum, while Hua Yunfei realized he had to end his tribulation quickly to reach it first. As Hua Yunfei battled the Sun Moon Sacred Emperor, Great Emperor Qingxuan, and other law imprints, the Sun Moon Sacred Emperor’s attack struck his Dao platform.

• Jia Duobao used his Bronze Flying Boat to enter an Ancient Starry Road, hoping to reach the imperial mausoleum before the other powers.
• Hua Yunfei sensed the Emperor’s Might and concluded that the Ultimate Sacred Grounds were preparing to enter the mausoleum, so he abandoned his plan to keep comprehending Great Emperor Dao laws.
• The Sun Moon Sacred Emperor attacked Hua Yunfei, who taunted him about his descendants and their arrogance.
• Great Emperor Qingxuan and more than twenty other Great Emperor law imprints joined the Sun Moon Sacred Emperor in attacking Hua Yunfei.
• Hua Yunfei used the Solar Fist Sutra to tear off the Sun Moon Sacred Emperor’s arm and kick him away, but the emperor’s sun-and-moon power then surged into Hua Yunfei toward his Dao platform.

Hua Yunfei fought powerful Emperor law bodies in the Xuanhuang Emperor's Tomb tribulation and alerted Ye Bufan to meet Yun Tian in Cerulean Province. At Backer Sect, Ye Bufan and Huang Xuan set out as Tianji Zhenren revealed a breakthrough to the Approaching Dao Realm.

• Hua Yunfei battled Great Emperor Qingxuan and Solar Saint Emperor, then unleashed more of his strength against the Emperor law bodies.
• Hua Yunfei crossed swords with Ancient Emperor Taiyi; after their clash, Taiyi acknowledged his strength and departed.
• A white-robed man played the Immortality Tribulation Crossing Melody, and Hua Yunfei contacted Ye Bufan, telling him to take Huang Xuan to find Yun Tian and wait in Cerulean Province.
• Ye Bufan went to Huang Xuan's Cave Abode, where Huang Xuan told him the Xuanhuang Emperor's Tomb was about to open and its Emperor's Might had weakened.
• As Ye Bufan and Huang Xuan prepared to find Yun Tian, Tianji Zhenren's breakthrough pressure shook Daoyuan Peak, and a massive Dao platform phantom appeared above his Cave Abode.

Tianji Zhenren celebrated his breakthrough to the Approaching Dao Realm and escorted Ye Bufan and Huang Xuan to Backer Peak, where they asked Yun Tian Zhenren to take them to the Xuanhuang Emperor's Tomb. As the elders prepared to seek help from the Ancestral Tomb, Tianji Zhenren tried to prove his worth by letting his hidden cultivation slip.

• Tianji Zhenren congratulated himself on forging a Dao Platform, rewarded Ye Bufan and Huang Xuan with Celestial-level techniques, and told them to keep his breakthrough secret.
• Tianji Zhenren escorted Ye Bufan and Huang Xuan to Backer Peak after Ye Bufan sealed Daoyuan Peak.
• Ye Bufan told Yun Tian Zhenren that Hua Yunfei had sent them to the Xuanhuang Emperor's Tomb and instructed them to wait for him.
• Xuanhe Daoren and Xuancheng Daoren decided to gather the sect's old experts and visit the Ancestral Tomb for help with the dangerous tomb opening.
• Xuanhe Daoren told Tianji Zhenren he was not qualified to enter the Ancestral Tomb, so Tianji Zhenren let his Approaching Dao Realm aura slip out as he turned away.

Tianji Zhenren revealed that he had reached the Approaching Dao Realm and accompanied Xuanhe Daoren and Xuancheng Daoren to the Backer Sect’s Ancestral Land. After entering the astonishing Ancestral Tomb, he resolved to cultivate until he could dwell there himself.

• Tianji Zhenren surprised Xuanhe Daoren and Xuancheng Daoren by revealing his Approaching Dao Realm cultivation, and they agreed to take him to the Ancestral Land.
• Xuanhe Daoren opened nine concealment formations, revealing the Ancestral Land, where the group gathered ten Approaching Dao Realm ancestors to open the tomb.
• Tianji Zhenren added his blood to the other nine drops, and Xuanhe Daoren used their fused blood to open the Ancestral Tomb’s entrance.
• Tianji Zhenren entered the Ancestral Tomb, was astonished by what he found, and vowed to lie there someday.
• Xuanhe Daoren urged Tianji Zhenren to enter the Ancestral Tomb before turning twelve hundred, but Tianji Zhenren complained that the wait was far too long.

Dao Xuwu joined Xuan He and the other Backer Sect ancestors to prepare for the dangers surrounding the Xuanhuang Emperor's Tomb. He sent Xuan Cheng to gather as many perfected-level cultivators as possible, while Tianji Zhenren returned to the sect to train.

• Xuan He explained that the Emperor's Might had weakened enough for Approaching Dao Realm cultivators to approach the Xuanhuang Emperor's Tomb, and that rival factions might send powerful ancestors ahead.
• Dao Xuwu warned the group to avoid the Ultimate Sacred Grounds when possible and cautioned them about the danger of their hidden power and karma.
• Dao Xuwu told Xuan Cheng and the other ancestors to replace themselves with perfected-level cultivators, saying the more reinforcements the better.
• Xuan Cheng took seven ancestors back to the Ancestral Land to gather cultivators and was told to keep their movements hidden until Dao Xuwu signaled.
• Tianji Zhenren returned to the sect to cultivate, and Dao Xuwu advised him to practice footwork and fist techniques.

Dao Xuwu and Xuan He traveled from Backer Sect to the Xuanhuang Emperor's Tomb, where they sensed the gathering of powerful cultivators and the aura of the Selfless Rebirth Art. At the tomb, Yun Tian Zhenren watched the crowds gather as rumors spread about the Sun Moon Divine Church Patriarch's recent victory over a rival Saint.

• Dao Xuwu and Xuan He left Backer Sect through its teleportation gates and felt the Emperor's Might upon arriving in Cerulean Province.
• Dao Xuwu explained why the forces gathered at the Xuanhuang Emperor's Tomb might have brought Emperor Armaments.
• Dao Xuwu sensed the aura of the Selfless Rebirth Art near the tomb.
• Yun Tian Zhenren watched cultivators gather around the imperial tomb to seek treasures and comprehend the Great Emperor's laws.
• Experts from the Sun Moon Divine Church wondered why their Patriarch had not returned after killing his rival in a Saint-level battle.

Hua Yunfei completed a perilous tribulation and headed toward the Big Dipper Star Region, while a black-robed man began his Saint Tribulation on a nearby dim star. The chapter left the man facing the lightning as he prepared to break through to the Sage Realm.

• Yun Tian Zhenren learned from Ye Bufan that Hua Yunfei needed a few more days, then concealed their location when his master arrived and told him it was dangerous to remain exposed.
• Huang Xuan reflected on his unexplained death in his previous life and resolved to uncover its cause after recovering his memories.
• Hua Yunfei defeated eighty-one Great Emperor law manifestations in his tribulation, broke through without feeling the Era of Dharma Decline's suppression, and departed for the Big Dipper Star Region.
• The black-robed man welcomed his Saint Tribulation and joked about making Yun Tian and the others jealous, while deciding not to visit his father in the Ancestral Tomb.
• The black-robed man used a Quasi-Emperor Weapon to conceal the area and prepared to endure the Saint Tribulation's lightning.

Hua Yunfei secretly intensified Hua Cangqiong’s Saint Tribulation, then erased the traces of Hua Cangqiong’s battle with Ancestor Luoning. At the Xuanhuang Emperor’s Tomb, he discovered Dao Xuwu’s true cultivation and summoned Ye Bufan and Huang Xuan, while the others remained unaware he was nearby.

• Hua Yunfei found Hua Cangqiong undergoing a weak Saint Tribulation and secretly amplified it, causing the thunderclouds and lightning to swell.
• Hua Yunfei reinforced Hua Cangqiong’s concealing formation and left as Hua Cangqiong screamed beneath the strengthened tribulation.
• Hua Yunfei destroyed and scrambled the heavenly secrets around the battlefield between Hua Cangqiong and Ancestor Luoning, then removed his formations over the Big Dipper Star.
• Hua Yunfei entered the Xuanhuang Emperor’s Tomb and discovered that Dao Xuwu’s actual cultivation was Sage Realm Perfection.
• Hua Yunfei told Ye Bufan to bring Huang Xuan to him, and Ye Bufan relayed the summons to Dao Xuwu and the others.
• After Ye Bufan and Huang Xuan left, Yun Tian Zhenren and Xuan He discussed the Emperor Dao Laws and Yun Tian Zhenren’s future move to the Ancestral Land.

Hua Yunfei used Huang Xuan’s Emperor Blood to open a safe passage into the Xuanhuang Emperor’s Tomb, triggering a surge of Emperor’s Might that drove nearby cultivators and the Ultimate Sacred Grounds back. Hua Yunfei, Ye Bufan, and Huang Xuan entered the tomb, where they discovered that a Daoist had already looted much of it.

• Hua Yunfei drew out the Emperor’s Might in Huang Xuan’s blood to make it resonate with the Emperor’s Tomb.
• The tomb erupted with Emperor’s Might, killing nearby cultivators and forcing the Ultimate Sacred Grounds to retreat.
• The Ultimate Sacred Grounds mistook the eruption for the tomb’s final flash and began moving toward it.
• Hua Yunfei, Ye Bufan, and Huang Xuan used the turmoil to enter the tomb through a hidden passage.
• Huang Xuan found a Daoist inside the tomb, who boasted that he had nearly emptied it.

Hua Yunfei and his disciples discovered Jia Duobao, a boar-kin tomb raider who had entered the emperor’s tomb ahead of the Ultimate Sacred Grounds and was plundering its treasures. As Huang Xuan searched for the main tomb and the Emperor’s Heart, Hua Yunfei prepared to deal with Jia Duobao, whose Bronze Compass suddenly began pulling away from him.

• Hua Yunfei concealed himself and approached the voice of a Daoist who was mocking the powers yet to enter the emperor’s tomb.
• Huang Xuan recognized the intruder as a tomb robber and asked Hua Yunfei to stand up for him; Hua Yunfei agreed.
• Hua Yunfei, Ye Bufan, and Huang Xuan found Jia Duobao emptying a treasure pavilion, and Hua Yunfei learned that Jia Duobao was a powerful boar-kin tomb raider with golden fortune.
• Huang Xuan began sensing the main tomb’s location while Ye Bufan guarded him, and Hua Yunfei turned his attention to Jia Duobao.
• After Jia Duobao collected the pavilion’s treasures and gained traces of Emperor’s aura, his Bronze Compass trembled and began pulling itself from his grasp.

Hua Yunfei took the Bronze Compass from Jia Duobao and refused to believe his explanation for how he entered the imperial mausoleum. He chased Jia Duobao down and left him defeated, with the compass still in his possession.

• Hua Yunfei seized the Bronze Compass from Jia Duobao and questioned him about entering the imperial mausoleum.
• Jia Duobao offered Hua Yunfei a Saint King-grade black jar and claimed it had let him enter, but Hua Yunfei refused to return the compass.
• Hua Yunfei eyed Jia Duobao's other treasures, and Jia Duobao tried to flee when he realized Hua Yunfei meant to rob him.
• Hua Yunfei pursued Jia Duobao, revealed that he knew Jia Duobao was boar-kin, and overpowered him.
• Jia Duobao admitted defeat and slowly walked back to Hua Yunfei.

Hua Yunfei forced Jia Duobao to surrender his vast collection of grave-robbed treasures, then learned from Huang Xuan that the tomb’s main chamber lay beneath the Bronze Treasure Hall. Huang Xuan discovered that his past life had rigged the chamber with traps and hidden the Emperor’s Heart elsewhere.

• Hua Yunfei threatened Jia Duobao and made him empty his Purple Mansion Grotto-Heaven and storage pouch.
• Jia Duobao handed over a mountain of treasures, including Saint Weapons, Saint King Weapons, and Great Sage Weapons, while Hua Yunfei decided not to take his Filial Piety White Silk.
• Hua Yunfei sealed Jia Duobao’s movements and senses after Huang Xuan announced he had found the main tomb beneath the Bronze Treasure Hall.
• Huang Xuan sensed that the main tomb was hidden in a secret realm and recalled that his past life had left traps there instead of placing the Emperor’s Heart in the coffin.

Huang Xuan awakened the Profound Yellow Great Emperor’s power in the Bronze Treasure Hall and retrieved the Emperor’s Heart, which he stored away to fuse with later. Hua Yunfei then turned his attention to Jia Duobao, while Huang Xuan stayed behind to cultivate.

• Huang Xuan explained that the imperial tomb was filled with traps, then revealed he had hidden the Emperor’s Heart at the top of the Bronze Treasure Hall.
• Huang Xuan invoked the Profound Yellow Great Emperor’s power, bringing a purplish-red box containing the Emperor’s Heart out of the void.
• Hua Yunfei shielded Ye Bufan from the box’s terrifying aura, and Huang Xuan stored the box inside himself for safekeeping.
• Huang Xuan thanked Hua Yunfei for helping him restore his body and obtain the Emperor’s Heart, then began cultivating in the hall.
• Hua Yunfei released Jia Duobao’s restraints and told him he would deal with him, while Jia Duobao complained that only his Filial Piety White Silk remained.

Hua Yunfei revealed his Great Saint-level strength to persuade Jia Duobao to join Daoyuan Peak, though he deferred formally taking him as a disciple. Just as Jia Duobao reclaimed his treasures, three powerful intruders appeared and one reached for him.

• Hua Yunfei used a vision of his Great Saint-level might to convince Jia Duobao that the Backer Sect had powerful figures behind it.
• Jia Duobao agreed to return with Hua Yunfei and enter Daoyuan Peak, but Hua Yunfei said he would assess him before formally accepting him as a disciple.
• Hua Yunfei let Jia Duobao take back his mountain of treasures, and Jia Duobao happily stored them in his Purple Mansion Grotto-Heaven.
• Three figures emerged from a spatial gateway and directed their holy might at Hua Yunfei and the others.
• The golden-bearded intruder reached toward Jia Duobao with a rune-covered, golden-furred arm as Hua Yunfei watched.

Hua Yunfei killed three Nine-Headed Lion Clan Half-Saints who confronted him inside the imperial mausoleum, then hurried to leave with Jia Duobao. Outside, Dao Xuwu prepared to rob the other treasure-seekers, while the Sun Moon Divine Church withdrew from the mausoleum after Ancestor Luoning’s death.

• Hua Yunfei killed three Half-Saints from the Nine-Headed Lion Clan and erased traces of their deaths after one threatened to invoke his clan.
• Hua Yunfei told Jia Duobao to leave the imperial mausoleum quickly, warning that its traps could trigger a devastating explosion.
• Dao Xuwu told Yun Tian Zhenren and Xuan He to gather allies and prepare to rob treasure-seekers and the Ultimate Sacred Grounds.
• The Sun Moon Divine Church’s powerhouses backed away from the imperial mausoleum and left without entering.
• The Sun Moon Sect Leader and Ancestor Luoyang discussed Ancestor Luoning’s death and confirmed that he had been killed after fighting the Black-Robed Man.

Ancestor Luoyang concluded that Ancestor Luoning had been killed by a hidden group or a powerful individual who erased the evidence, and ordered the Sun Moon Divine Church to hunt the Black-Robed Man. At the imperial mausoleum, cultivators rushed toward the entrance as Black Rakshasa cut down a rival, while Yun Tian Zhenren and Xuan He watched from behind.

• Ancestor Luoyang reasoned that Ancestor Luoning had likely fallen to a joint attack concealed by an illusion, since even the Sun Moon Star Seal could not find evidence.
• The Sun Moon Sect Leader suggested one unfathomably powerful person might have erased the traces, and Ancestor Luoyang struck him for suggesting the church should accept the insult.
• Ancestor Luoyang ordered the Sun Moon Divine Church to search for the Black-Robed Man and to silence everyone who knew about the matter.
• After the church leaders departed, a masked Black-Robed Man appeared on a distant star and said they would never find him.
• As the imperial mausoleum’s defenses weakened, Violet Palace Realm cultivators charged toward it, but a bald Spirit Infant Realm cultivator attacked them and killed one.
• Black Rakshasa killed the bald man and headed for the mausoleum as others followed, while Yun Tian Zhenren and Xuan He watched the deadly rush from behind.

Dao Xuwu arranged for his companions to ambush people fleeing the Emperor's Tomb, while Hua Yunfei realized their plan. After recovering enough to target humans outside the tomb, the Golden Luan Sage was confronted by Sage Luo Ning of the Sun Moon Divine Church.

• The Golden Luan Sage escaped the Emperor's Tomb badly injured and cursed the Profound Yellow Great Emperor for its deadly restrictions.
• Dao Xuwu told Yun Tian Zhenren and Xuan He to prepare to rob those fleeing the tomb, and said he would erase traces of their presence.
• Hua Yunfei arrived with his companions, deduced that Dao Xuwu planned to seize people instead of entering the tomb, and praised his caution.
• The Golden Luan Sage healed for a day, then vowed to rob humans emerging from the Emperor's Tomb and take their treasures.
• Sage Luo Ning appeared before the Golden Luan Sage and challenged his attempt to prey on the human race.

Ancestor Luoning disguised himself as a frail elder to beat and rob Golden Luan Sage, then left false traces of the encounter for his followers to study. Elsewhere, a young man in yellow robes escaped the dangerous imperial mausoleum with several treasures.

• Golden Luan Sage challenged Ancestor Luoning and attacked him, but Luoning overwhelmed him in close combat and beat him senseless.
• Ancestor Luoning took Golden Luan Sage’s treasures and imprisoned his Dao Platform, Celestial Soul, and Divine Infant, then left; Golden Luan Sage recondensed his sacred body and vowed revenge.
• After changing into an azure-robed youth, Ancestor Luoning planted faint traces of the battle, and a white-robed figure strengthened them to make the scene seem real.
• Ye Bufan, Huang Xuan, and Jia Duobao watched as Hua Yunfei praised the cautious craft and offered to teach them more.
• A young man in yellow robes escaped the imperial mausoleum with several treasures.