Chapter Summaries

After the Eastern Ancient Clan’s treasure vault was found empty, the Sage Dongfang and Dongfang Longkun concluded that Ancestor Wu Ling had robbed it and fled. They sought to use a Supreme Weapon to track him, while Elder Ji and Elder Qiu waited in the reception hall for compensation.

• Dongfang Longkun discovered that the treasure vault had been emptied and killed the two elders guarding it in a rage.
• The Sage Dongfang learned of the theft and, recalling Wu Ling’s recent visit to the vault, identified him as the prime suspect.
• The Sage Dongfang told Dongfang Longkun that the clan had a hidden treasure vault and led him toward the ancestral temple to find Wu Ling.
• Elder Ji and Elder Qiu waited in the reception hall, believing Dongfang Longkun was deliberately delaying their compensation.
• The Sage Dongfang failed to locate Wu Ling through his spirit tablet and brought Dongfang Longkun to a secret realm containing two Supreme Weapons.

The Eastern Ancient Clan discovered that its treasure vaults and two Supreme Weapons had been stolen, and Sage Dongfang ordered a desperate search for Wu Ling. The clan tried to conceal the loss, but news spread across the Eastern Region and the culprit was identified as an insider.

• Sage Dongfang and Dongfang Longkun found the Supreme Weapons missing, then discovered that a hidden ancestral treasure vault had also been robbed.
• Sage Dongfang ordered Dongfang Longkun to mobilize the clan and wake the ancestors to search for Wu Ling.
• Dongfang Longkun forced Elders Ji and Qiu to leave the Eastern Ancient Clan, and both elders went to Fangyuan Ancient City to investigate.
• Word spread that the Eastern Ancient Clan's vault had been robbed and its Supreme Weapons lost.
• People identified the culprit as someone within the Eastern Ancient Clan.

Ancestor Wu Ling framed the Sun Moon Divine Church by impersonating Ancestor Luoyang and making it appear that the church had stolen the Eastern Ancient Clan’s Supreme Weapon. The Eastern Ancient Clan sent a Saint to confront the church, where the Sun Moon Sect Leader warned the powerful Blue-Robed Elder not to attack.

• Ancestor Wu Ling appeared before a crowd as Ancestor Luoyang, released the aura of an Eastern Ancient Clan Supreme Weapon, and fled while onlookers blamed the Sun Moon Divine Church.
• An Eastern Ancient Clan Saint recognized the weapon’s lingering aura and decided to ask the clan’s awakened Saint King ancestor to investigate the Sun Moon Divine Church.
• Ancestor Wu Ling explained that he had planted the clue to turn the Eastern Ancient Clan against the Sun Moon Divine Church.
• The Sun Moon Sect Leader received word that Ancestor Luoyang was accused of stealing the Eastern Ancient Clan’s treasury and Supreme Weapon, and Ancestor Luoyang realized he had been framed.
• A Blue-Robed Elder arrived above the Sun Moon Divine Church with killing intent, and the Sun Moon Sect Leader warned him that attacking the church would bring consequences.

Fire Ming Old Ancestor confronted the Sun Moon Divine Church over the Eastern Ancient Clan’s stolen Supreme Weapon, but the Sun Moon Sect Leader invited him inside to discuss the accusations. In Sun Moon Sacred City, Hua Yunfei noticed Dao Xuwu enter the noodle shop where he was eating.

• Fire Ming Old Ancestor threatened the Sun Moon Divine Church and demanded that Luo Yang come out to explain the Eastern Ancient Clan’s stolen treasure and missing Supreme Weapon.
• The Sun Moon Sect Leader recognized Fire Ming Old Ancestor, withdrew the church’s defensive formation, and invited him to talk inside.
• The Sun Moon Divine Church sealed its grounds against divination and information leaks as it sought the person who had framed it.
• Hua Yunfei ate noodles in Sun Moon Sacred City and recognized Dao Xuwu, the forty-sixth chief seat of Celestial Secrets Peak, when he entered the shop.

Hua Yunfei met Dao Xuwu in Sun Moon Sacred City, where they discussed Backer Sect’s troubles and the deaths of several elders. As Sun Moon Divine Church and the Eastern Ancient Clan blamed Yaoguang Holy Land for a stolen Supreme Weapon, Hua Yunfei revealed he had arranged evidence against them, then received an urgent warning that a mysterious expert was trying to destroy the Saintfall Mountains.

• Hua Yunfei recognized Dao Xuwu at a noodle shop, and Dao Xuwu praised his scheme against the Supreme Lineages.
• Dao Xuwu explained that he had left the Ancestral Tomb to guard Backer Sect and was traveling to the Northern Region to retrieve something for a Hua Family ancestor.
• Dao Xuwu told Hua Yunfei that several elders had died from their injuries, while Xiaxuan Zhenren was still holding on.
• A news peddler announced that the Sun Moon Divine Church and the Eastern Ancient Clan had accused Yaoguang Holy Land of stealing the Eastern Ancient Clan’s Supreme Weapon.
• Hua Yunfei revealed that he had arranged evidence to implicate Yaoguang Holy Land, and Dao Xuwu agreed that the two Ultimate Sacred Grounds deserved trouble.
• Silver Snow Ancestor warned Hua Yunfei through a fading strand of divine sense that a mysterious expert was performing a ritual to destroy the Saintfall Mountains.

Hua Yunfei learned that a powerful Black Skirt Woman had awakened beneath the Saintfall Mountains and sent a trace of his divine consciousness to intervene. She rejected his warning and demanded that his main body come speak with her, leaving Silver Snow Ancestor and Iron Bull Ancestor trapped under her pressure.

• Hua Yunfei left Dao Xuwu to handle trouble at the Saintfall Mountains while Dao Xuwu continued his meal and prepared to travel to the Northern Region.
• A Backer Sect disciple unearthed a Black Skirt Woman sealed in an Emperor Source, and she entered the depths of the Saintfall Mountains after injuring Silver Snow Ancestor and Iron Bull Ancestor with a glance.
• Silver Snow Ancestor and Iron Bull Ancestor found the woman beside a Bronze Cauldron on a hundred-level sacrificial altar as she awakened an ancient stream of blood energy.
• Hua Yunfei's remaining divine consciousness emerged from Silver Snow Ancestor and ordered the woman to leave the Saintfall Mountains.
• The Black Skirt Woman dismissed Hua Yunfei's warning, demanded that his main body come, and exerted crushing pressure on him, Silver Snow Ancestor, and Iron Bull Ancestor.

Hua Yunfei confronted the Black Skirt Woman, learning that her obsession with becoming an Emperor had driven her to sacrifice countless lives and seek another Holy Body for her ritual. After she targeted his disciple, he challenged her to fight in the starry sky and prepared to reveal his full strength.

• The Black Skirt Woman declared that even Hua Yunfei's true body would not be her match and continued refining living beings in the Bronze Cauldron.
• Hua Yunfei arrived with Silver Snow Ancestor and Iron Bull Ancestor, recognized that the Black Skirt Woman had lost her way after finding the path to the Emperor Realm cut off, and rejected her reasoning.
• The Black Skirt Woman asked Hua Yunfei to reveal the Holy Body of this age so she could add his blood to the Myriad Spirits Blood Elixir.
• Hua Yunfei challenged the Black Skirt Woman to fight in the starry sky, and she accepted.
• Hua Yunfei changed his aura and prepared to use his full strength for the first time since crossing over.

Hua Yunfei confronted Luo Xianling, a Heaven-Stealing Organization member seeking his blood for her Myriad Spirits Blood Elixir, and learned that she wanted to use it to advance toward becoming an Emperor. As Luo Xianling launched a powerful soul attack, Hua Yunfei summoned the Kun Peng War Garment to defeat her safely.

• Hua Yunfei examined Luo Xianling's information and wondered about the mysterious Heaven-Stealing Organization.
• Luo Xianling trapped Hua Yunfei in an array and declared that she would take his blood for the Myriad Spirits Blood Elixir.
• Hua Yunfei asked Luo Xianling about the organization, but she refused to reveal anything and attacked him with the Heaven-Imprisoning Hand.
• Hua Yunfei blocked Luo Xianling's spatial attack and dismissed her plan to collect his blood and that of a Sacred Body.
• Luo Xianling unleashed a powerful soul attack, and Hua Yunfei summoned the Kun Peng War Garment to merge with him.

Hua Yunfei fought Black Skirt Woman with several Supreme Weapons and powerful techniques, but her stacked formations and near-Supreme strength pushed him to his limit. As the Eastern Sacred Sword cracked under her attack, Black Skirt Woman asked if he had reached his limit.

• Hua Yunfei summoned the Supreme Cauldron of the Pill Emperor and used his treasures and Solar Fist Sutra to fight Black Skirt Woman.
• Black Skirt Woman trapped Hua Yunfei with arrays and attacked with spatial sword techniques, but he broke free and injured her.
• Black Skirt Woman returned to the starry sky and deployed the Emperor Trapping Formation and Immortal Severing Formation around Hua Yunfei.
• Hua Yunfei urged his weapons to help him break through the formations, then struck with the Eastern Sacred Sword as the Cauldron and Kun Peng War Garment joined the attack.
• Black Skirt Woman pressed down on Hua Yunfei's assault, cracking the Eastern Sacred Sword, and asked whether he had reached his limit.

Hua Yunfei revealed overwhelming strength and used his Chaos Bell to destroy Luo Xianling’s formations. With her defenses shattered, the fight was left poised to continue.

• Hua Yunfei unleashed his power, surpassing Luo Xianling’s perfected Quasi-Emperor aura and warning her that sacrificing everything would keep her from becoming an Emperor.
• Hua Yunfei summoned his Nine-Layered Glazed Pagoda, whose Twelve Immortal Lights cracked Luo Xianling’s Emperor Trapping Formation and Immortal Severing Formation.
• Luo Xianling used her Cosmos Array Disc to reinforce both formations and renewed her resolve to become an Emperor.
• Hua Yunfei summoned the Chaos Bell, which rushed into the formations and destroyed both in fewer than three breaths.
• The Eastern Sacred Sword praised the Chaos Bell, while the Supreme Cauldron of the Pill Emperor sulked over losing the spotlight.

The Black Skirt Woman swallowed the Myriad Spirits Blood Elixir and began undergoing an Emperor’s Tribulation, forcing Hua Yunfei to face the possibility that she would become a Great Emperor. As his artifacts subdued or chased off hers, Hua Yunfei wondered how many trump cards he would need to stop her and rebuked the distracted Chaos Bell.

• The Black Skirt Woman summoned the Bronze Cauldron from the Saintfall Mountains, condensed the Myriad Spirits Blood Elixir, and swallowed it while fending off Hua Yunfei’s attacks.
• The Black Skirt Woman saw the Emperor’s Road and began ascending toward the Emperor Realm as tribulation clouds gathered across the universe.
• The Supreme Cauldron of the Pill Emperor cracked the Cosmos Array Disc, while the Eastern Sacred Sword chased the Space Divine Sword through the void.
• Hua Yunfei realized the Black Skirt Woman was close to proving her Dao and considered whether he would have to risk his life to stop her.
• Hua Yunfei cursed at the Chaos Bell, which remained absorbed in admiring its own dramatic pose.

Hua Yunfei asked the Backer Sect for help as the Black Skirt Woman prepared to undergo an Emperor Tribulation, and Yun Tian Zhenren arranged to open the Ancestral Tomb. A powerful Hua Clan ancestor emerged and headed for the starry sky to confront the crisis.

• The Chaos Bell claimed it could fight the Black Skirt Woman, while Hua Yunfei retreated beyond the tribulation and weighed his options.
• Hua Yunfei contacted Yun Tian Zhenren, who learned that the Black Skirt Woman was likely to become a Great Emperor and hurried to seek help.
• Yun Tian Zhenren told Hua Yunfei to stay safe and said he would contact his master to open the Ancestral Tomb.
• A powerful ancestor emerged from the Backer Sect's Ancestral Tomb, saw Hua Yunfei and the Black Skirt Woman, and stepped into the starry sky.
• Hua Cangtian told Hua Cangqiong that the ancestor was the sixty-ninth-generation first seat of Daoyuan Peak, who had entered the Ancestral Temple.

Hua Yunfei met a powerful Hua clan ancestor who appeared in response to Martial Uncle Yun Tian’s invitation. The ancestor let the Black Skirt Woman complete her tribulation, while she lost hope of reaching the Emperor Realm under his presence.

• A middle-aged man appeared beside Hua Yunfei and revealed that he was Hua Yunfei’s ancestor.
• The ancestor praised Hua Yunfei and told his magical artifacts that they might one day advance into Emperor Armaments.
• Hua Yunfei asked the ancestor to kill the Black Skirt Woman, warning that her ascension was part of the Heaven-Stealing Organization’s plan.
• The Cosmos Array Disc pleaded for its master, but the Supreme Cauldron of the Pill Emperor argued that her slaughter of living beings could not be excused.
• The ancestor brought Hua Yunfei and the artifacts before the Black Skirt Woman and let her finish her tribulation, while she recognized his terrifying power and gave up hope of becoming an Emperor.

Hua Yunfei’s ancestor stopped the Black Skirt Woman’s Imperial Tribulation and learned that the Heaven-Stealing Organization had used her as a pawn. After restoring her strength and breaking her shackles, he sent her to fight the silver-armored youth, and both disappeared after their battle.

• The middle-aged man revealed that he had not become this universe’s Great Emperor, and the Black Skirt Woman asked him to help her escape the Heavenly Dao and the Heaven-Stealing Organization.
• Hua Yunfei told the middle-aged man that the Black Skirt Woman had sacrificed lives and tried to use Backer Sect disciples as a catalyst, so he stripped away her cultivation and shattered her Imperial Tribulation.
• The silver-armored youth arrived to take the Black Skirt Woman, but the middle-aged man blasted him apart and restored the woman’s cultivation while breaking the shackles inside her.
• The Black Skirt Woman attacked the silver-armored youth, and the two fought into the nine heavens before both their auras vanished.
• The middle-aged man revealed that he had left the Black Skirt Woman a hidden move that helped her defeat the silver-armored youth, then praised Hua Yunfei and said he would explore the world.

After Hua Yunfei and his Dharma artifacts erased the battle’s traces, a middle-aged man planted a false account for investigators to find. A mysterious existence deduced that Black Skirt Woman had killed the silver-armored young man, then left wary of her strength and the Heavenly Dao.

• The middle-aged man departed, and Hua Yunfei’s Dharma artifacts argued before he ordered them to erase the Celestial Threads and Causal Threads.
• Hua Yunfei checked the cleanup, put away his artifacts, and left; the middle-aged man returned and concealed the truth while preserving false scenes depicting only Black Skirt Woman and the silver-armored young man.
• A mysterious existence arrived and deduced that Black Skirt Woman had resisted the silver-armored young man and killed him before her Emperor Tribulation.
• The mysterious existence grew wary of Black Skirt Woman, blamed Xuanhuang for the Heavenly Dao’s state, and fled.

Hua Yunfei followed the mysterious being back to Big Dipper Star, signed in and received an Emperor Armament Sublimation Source, then returned to the Saintfall Mountains. He told Silver Snow Ancestor and Iron Bull Ancestor that he had killed the Black Skirt Woman, leaving them stunned by his strength.

• A middle-aged man secretly followed the mysterious being but decided not to attack, fearing the consequences for the universe.
• Hua Yunfei returned toward the Saintfall Mountains and signed in, receiving an Emperor Armament Sublimation Source that could upgrade a Supreme Weapon into an Ultimate Emperor Armament.
• Hua Yunfei considered which of his five Supreme Weapons to upgrade and chose to wait until he saw how they performed.
• Hua Yunfei arrived at the Saintfall Mountains, where Silver Snow Ancestor and Iron Bull Ancestor greeted him.
• Hua Yunfei told Silver Snow Ancestor that he had killed the Black Skirt Woman, leaving her shocked by his power.

Hua Yunfei rewarded Silver Snow Ancestor and Iron Bull Ancestor for protecting the Backer Sect’s disciples, then went to Yaoguang Sacred City to follow the Eastern Ancient Clan and Sun Moon Divine Church experts as they left Yaoguang Holy Land. On their flying vessel, Fire Nether Old Ancestor discussed the recovered treasures and missing Eastern Sacred Sword with Ancestor Luoyang, who had his own reasons for helping.

• Hua Yunfei praised Silver Snow Ancestor and Iron Bull Ancestor for protecting the Backer Sect’s disciples and gave them Sage Realm cultivation insights.
• Hua Yunfei ordered the two ancestors to restore the Saintfall Mountains and rewarded meritorious disciples with resources.
• Hua Yunfei went to Yaoguang Sacred City and followed the Eastern Ancient Clan and Sun Moon Divine Church experts as they secretly left Yaoguang Holy Land.
• Fire Nether Old Ancestor told Ancestor Luoyang that the Eastern Ancient Clan had recovered its treasures and the Eastern Sacred Mirror, but the Eastern Sacred Sword was still missing.
• Fire Nether Old Ancestor apologized for the Sun Moon Divine Church’s losses and promised compensation and future assistance, while Ancestor Luoyang concealed his true reason for helping.

The Eastern Sacred Sword and Space Divine Sword attacked the Sun Moon Divine Church and Eastern Ancient Clan survivors on their master's orders. The Eastern Sacred Sword killed Ancestor Luoyang and turned on Fire Ming Old Ancestor, who demanded to know why the clan's Supreme Weapon had betrayed them.

• Ancestor Luoyang and Fire Ming Old Ancestor discussed Yaoguang Holy Land, the missing Eastern Sacred Mirror, and suspicions that Yaoguang Holy Land had staged the robbery.
• The Eastern Sacred Sword unleashed a sword strike that destroyed the flying ship and killed everyone aboard except Ancestor Luoyang and Fire Ming Old Ancestor.
• Fire Ming Old Ancestor recognized the Eastern Sacred Sword and prepared to fight, while Ancestor Luoyang urged him to flee.
• The Eastern Sacred Sword arrived with the Space Divine Sword and said their master had sent them because the survivors were too weak for him to bother fighting personally.
• The Eastern Sacred Sword killed Ancestor Luoyang with a sudden strike and told Fire Ming Old Ancestor he had chosen the most correct decision.
• Fire Ming Old Ancestor demanded to know why the Eastern Sacred Sword had turned against the Eastern Ancient Clan as the sword's Sword Qi locked onto him.

Fire Nether Old Ancestor tried to escape after attacking the Eastern Sacred Sword and the Space Divine Sword, but the Eastern Sacred Mirror betrayed him and helped kill him. Hua Yunfei collected the treasures from Ancestor Luoyang’s corpse and left the Eastern Sacred Sword hoping for an upgrade into an Emperor Armament.

• Fire Nether Old Ancestor used the Eastern Sacred Mirror to attack the Eastern Sacred Sword and the Space Divine Sword, then fled.
• The Eastern Sacred Mirror redirected its attack at Fire Nether Old Ancestor and revealed that it had served as an undercover agent for the Yaoguang Holy Land.
• The Eastern Sacred Sword and the Space Divine Sword joined the Eastern Sacred Mirror in destroying Fire Nether Old Ancestor’s Divine Infant, Celestial Soul, and Dao Platform.
• Hua Yunfei praised the three artifacts, collected the treasures from Ancestor Luoyang’s Purple Mansion Grotto-Heaven, and put the artifacts away.
• The Eastern Sacred Sword asked Hua Yunfei about becoming an Emperor Armament, and Hua Yunfei encouraged it to keep proving itself.

Hua Yunfei let Fire Ming Old Ancestor survive so he could use him against the Eastern Ancient Clan, then manipulated the scene to draw attention to Ancestor Luoyang’s death. The Sun Moon Divine Church learned of the killing and sent Azure Origin Old Ancestor, a Saint King, to investigate with a Supreme Weapon.

• Hua Yunfei looted Fire Ming Old Ancestor’s treasures, left his corpse behind, and erased the traces of the battle before departing.
• Three days later, Fire Ming Old Ancestor revived through a secret art, unaware that Hua Yunfei had noticed his feigned death and intended to use him again.
• Hua Yunfei altered the traces around Ancestor Luoyang’s corpse and spread the battle’s fluctuations to draw investigators to the scene.
• The Sun Moon Divine Church discovered Ancestor Luoyang’s shattered spirit tablet and learned that he had died in the Azurewave Mountains.
• The Sun Moon Sect Leader entered the Ancestral Land and brought out Azure Origin Old Ancestor, then proposed taking a Supreme Weapon before they set out.