Chapter Summaries

Black Dragon and Gui Yan Jun prepared to represent the Upper Heavens in the coming Quasi-Immortal Emperor Battle and discussed the Black Dragon young lord’s meeting with Dao Wushuang. The Ghost Phoenix Clan Ancient Ancestor then met a blind young man from the Ancient Array Clan, who had decided to emerge from seclusion.

• Black Dragon named Gui Yan Jun as the Ghost Dragon Clan’s contender for the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Battle, while offering to fight personally if an Immortal Emperor Battle occurred.
• Black Dragon and Gui Yan Jun spoke of targeting the Holy Dragon Clan and its members during the battles.
• Black Dragon explained that his big brother sought to test himself against Dao Wushuang rather than simply claim the title of greatest throughout the ages.
• The Ghost Phoenix Clan Ancient Ancestor left the ancient mountain range and found a hidden valley concealed by an array.
• The Ghost Phoenix Clan Ancient Ancestor met a young man in Daoist robes from the Ancient Array Clan, who had gouged out his eyes after being deceived in love and had agreed to act.

Fifty thousand Quasi-Immortal Emperors entered Tiangang Continent for a Fortress Battle, where they had to capture eight opposing flags under rules that divided their forces and restricted support. He Qiang realized the setup seemed designed to isolate and suppress the Backer Sect, though several little ancestors had gathered with him in Cosmos Fortress.

• The Emperor Lord rallied the Emperor Alliance’s Quasi-Immortal Emperors and sent them to Tiangang Continent along a golden avenue.
• After space randomly assigned them to fortresses, Ye Bufan found himself in Heaven Fortress with 6,250 people and inferred there were eight fortresses on each side.
• The battle rules required each side to capture all eight opposing Fortress Flags while forbidding communication or attacks between differently named fortresses and restricting reinforcements.
• He Qiang suspected the rules and the separation of key Backer Sect members were intended to target the sect and limit its methods.
• Little ancestors in Cosmos Fortress joked that Zhong Chen’s array skills had made the Upper Heavens prepare against the Backer Sect.

The Emperor Alliance searched for the hidden defensive formation switches in its eight fortresses while Upper Heavens mocked them from outside. He Qiang and then Ling Fei found and activated the formations, leaving the remaining fortresses still searching as the official battle approached.

• The Emperor Alliance spent two days searching its fortresses for formation switches, while Upper Heavens had already activated the defenses in all eight of its own fortresses.
• He Qiang found the concealed switch in Cosmos Fortress and activated its defensive grand formation after nearly two days of searching.
• Upper Heavens cultivators gathered outside the Emperor Alliance fortresses to mock the defenders who had not found their switches.
• Ling Fei led Yellow Fortress to find and activate its defensive grand formation.
• Nangong Wentian and Ling Fei traded insults with the Upper Heavens cultivators outside Yellow Fortress, who left in anger.

As the truce period ended, the Emperor Alliance found the defensive switches in six fortresses, leaving Fortress of Time and Hong Fortress exposed to attack. Upper Heavens forces descended on Fortress of Time, where Han Que faced Gui Yan Jun as Xiao Luxia engaged Zhuang Lingyun.

• Nangong Wentian mocked the Upper Heavens cultivators at Yellow Fortress, then asked Ling Fei whether the other fortresses had found their switches.
• Heaven Fortress and Mystic Fortress found their switches, followed by Earth Fortress and Barren Fortress before the deadline; Fortress of Time and Hong Fortress failed.
• Hua Shuheng and Zhuang Lingyun prepared their forces for a fight to the death as the Upper Heavens celebrated the exposed fortresses.
• Thousands of Upper Heavens cultivators surrounded Fortress of Time, and Gui Yan Jun and Xiao Luxia appeared above it.
• Gui Yan Jun ordered an assault, Xiao Luxia claimed Zhuang Lingyun as her opponent, and Gui Yan Jun targeted Han Que.

Han Que and Wang Xuan fought Gui Yan Jun together and sacrificed themselves in a desperate attempt to kill him, but he survived and mocked the Emperor Alliance. The battle at the Fortress of Time remained heavily tilted in the Upper Heavens' favor.

• Gui Yan Jun overwhelmed Han Que, shattering his weapons and leaving him gravely wounded.
• Wang Xuan helped Han Que up, and the two set aside their rivalry to defend the Imperial Court together.
• Han Que and Wang Xuan embraced Gui Yan Jun and self-destructed, declaring that the Imperial Court would never compromise.
• Their deaths drove the Emperor Alliance's emperors to launch desperate counterattacks as Zhuang Lingyun continued fighting Xiao Luxia.
• Gui Yan Jun reappeared unharmed, revealed that he had allowed the pair to seize him, and challenged others to self-destruct.

After the Emperor Alliance’s self-destruction tactics briefly checked the Upper Heavens, Gui Yan Jun shattered the stalemate and turned his attention to Zhuang Lingyun. Angered when he called her ugly, Zhuang Lingyun threatened to renounce the Zhuang name if he left unscathed, then revealed overwhelming power and sent him flying.

• A Lower Heavens woman sacrificed herself to destroy an Upper Heavens Quasi-Immortal Emperor, prompting the Emperor Alliance to use self-destruction as a deterrent.
• Gui Yan Jun slaughtered and grievously injured Emperor Alliance fighters, breaking the battlefield’s balance in favor of the Upper Heavens.
• Ao Kun watched Gui Yan Jun and vowed to kill every Ghost Dragon Clan Immortal Emperor during the Immortal Emperor Battle.
• Gui Yan Jun interrupted Zhuang Lingyun and Xiao Luxia’s staged fight, injured Zhuang Lingyun, and sent Xiao Luxia away before challenging her.
• After Gui Yan Jun called her ugly, Zhuang Lingyun declared that she would stop being a Zhuang if he left unscathed, then struck him with newly revealed battle power and sent him flying.

Zhuang Lingyun revealed her overwhelming strength and defeated Gui Yan Jun, but he escaped her suppression with the Ghost Dragon Flash and continued taunting her. The battle was left unresolved as Gui Yan Jun claimed she could not catch him.

• Xiao Luxia and the people of the Upper Heavens watched in shock as Zhuang Lingyun repeatedly overpowered Gui Yan Jun and shattered his Ghost Fiend Wuji attack.
• Gui Yan Jun transformed into his Ghost Dragon true form and unleashed the Ghost Dragon Seal, but Zhuang Lingyun's Xuan Seal destroyed it and battered him with her soul power.
• Zhuang Lingyun pinned Gui Yan Jun beneath her foot and demanded that he stop calling her ugly, but he kept insulting her appearance.
• Gui Yan Jun used the Ghost Dragon Flash to escape far into the sky and boasted that Zhuang Lingyun could never catch him.

Zhuang Lingyun used Little Match to pursue Gui Yan Jun, forcing him to flee, but collapsed after the weapon drained her strength. With the Upper Heavens closing in on the Fortress Flag, she agreed to surrender it if Xiao Luxia first sent the other emperors away.

• Zhuang Lingyun activated Little Match, which tracked Gui Yan Jun through repeated uses of Ghost Dragon Flash until he fled toward the Fortress of Time.
• Zhuang Lingyun collapsed from the cost of using her secret technique and Little Match, prompting the Upper Heavens emperors to surround her and demand the Fortress Flag.
• Xiao Luxia offered to spare Zhuang Lingyun if she handed over the flag, and Zhuang Lingyun agreed on the condition that the Upper Heavens emperors withdraw first.
• Xiao Luxia ordered the Upper Heavens emperors to leave the Fortress of Time, warning that the Emperor Alliance might self-destruct and take them all with it.
• The Upper Heavens emperors withdrew reluctantly while the Emperor Alliance members hesitated to accept defeat.

Little Match pursued Gui Yan Jun back to the Upper Heavens’ Fortress of Time and destroyed it, killing Gui Yan Jun and the five hundred Quasi-Immortal Emperors guarding it. Xiao Luxia returned to find the fortress gone and its defenders dead, leaving the Upper Heavens terrified of Little Match’s power.

• Xiao Luxia took the Time Flag from Zhuang Lingyun and left the fortress as a vast aurora and explosion erupted in the distance.
• Gui Yan Jun fled Little Match’s relentless pursuit, exhausting his energy and using Ghost Dragon Flash to reach the Upper Heavens’ Fortress of Time.
• Little Match struck the fortress’s defensive formation until it shattered, then detonated inside the fortress.
• The blast razed Fortress of Time and killed Gui Yan Jun and all five hundred Quasi-Immortal Emperors guarding it.
• Xiao Luxia and the others returned to find only flames and ruins, and they trembled at Little Match’s power.

Zhuang Lingyun’s plan caused Little Match to destroy the Upper Heavens’ Fortress of Time, leaving both sides deemed defeated in a draw. The Emperor Alliance celebrated their survival, while the black dragon in the Seventeen Celestial Layers remained speechless at Gui Yan Jun’s fall.

• Xiao Luxia realized Zhuang Lingyun had anticipated Gui Yan Jun’s retreat and used Little Match to destroy the fortress, killing Gui Yan Jun and five hundred Quasi-Immortal Emperors.
• Xiao Luxia judged the battle a draw because the Emperor Alliance had captured the enemy Fortress Flag while its own fortress and flag were destroyed, and she stopped the emperors from pursuing the enemy by citing the rules.
• Words appeared above the ruins, declaring both sides defeated, exempting them from punishment, and barring them from leaving until an attacking side emerged from their faction.
• The Emperor Alliance’s emperors celebrated Zhuang Lingyun’s role in the draw and praised her, and she confirmed she belonged to the Black Hand Organization.
• Zhuang Lingyun joked about the organization’s black-club ambushes, and the emperors teased her about trying one on them.
• The black dragon above the mountain range in the Seventeen Celestial Layers stayed silent after witnessing Gui Yan Jun’s fall.

The Upper Heavens banned Little Match after its power destroyed Fortress of Time, then Nalan Haochuan led an army toward the Emperor Alliance’s Hong Fortress. Hua Shuheng defended the fortress and overwhelmed the attackers, while Nalan Haochuan remained on his way to battle.

• The Ancient Ancestors prohibited Little Match from being used again, and news of Fortress of Time’s destruction stirred the Upper Heavens’ desire for revenge.
• Nalan Haochuan departed Hong Fortress with Shu Tianhao, Dongfang Yue, and Gongsun Liyue, admitting he lacked confidence and choosing to bring up the rear.
• At the Emperor Alliance’s Hong Fortress, Hua Shuheng promised to face the enemy’s strongest fighters while Jin Jin fretted about the coming battle.
• When the Upper Heavens’ army arrived, Hua Shuheng attacked first and dragged Shu Tianhao, Dongfang Yue, and Gongsun Liyue into a fight in the sky.
• Hua Shuheng struck Shu Tianhao back with one blow, then shattered Dongfang Yue’s mountain seal and wounded him with his Heaven Piercing Fist.

The Emperor Alliance and Upper Heavens clashed at Hong Fortress while Hua Shuheng overwhelmed Shu Tianhao, Dongfang Yue, and Gongsun Liyue. Gongsun Liyue revealed her hidden strength to face Hua Shuheng alone, but he stopped Shu Tianhao and Dongfang Yue from leaving.

• Jin Jin rallied the Emperor Alliance emperors, then evaded a Green-Robed Quasi-Immortal Emperor who pursued him across the battlefield.
• The Upper Heavens' elders learned that Nalan Haochuan was still riding an ordinary horse toward the battle, leaving Shu Tianhao and the others under greater pressure.
• Hua Shuheng battered Shu Tianhao and Dongfang Yue while Gongsun Liyue held up against him and identified herself as a member of Heaven's Mandate Academy.
• Hua Shuheng saw that Gongsun Liyue had concealed her strength, and she revealed her full power and challenged him with the Celestial Sword.
• Gongsun Liyue cut through Hua Shuheng's fist seal and ordered Shu Tianhao and Dongfang Yue to withdraw, but Hua Shuheng forbade them from leaving.

Nalan Haochuan arrived at the battle after being teleported from the rear and faced Hua Shuheng for the Hong Fortress Flag. As Hua Shuheng attacked, Nalan Haochuan blocked his punch and privately begged him not to kill him.

• Hua Shuheng defeated Gongsun Liyue after an hour-long battle, while the Emperor Alliance’s Quasi-Immortal Emperors fell behind the Upper Heavens forces.
• Nalan Haochuan appeared on a mortal-world horse after the Ghost Phoenix Clan Ancient Ancestor teleported him to the battlefield and warned him to fight.
• Hua Shuheng challenged Nalan Haochuan for the Fortress Flag, and Nalan Haochuan reluctantly prepared to face him.
• Hua Shuheng struck Nalan Haochuan with a massive fist seal, but Nalan Haochuan cut it apart with his silver battle halberd.
• Nalan Haochuan sent Hua Shuheng a voice transmission asking him not to kill him.

Hua Shuheng and Nalan Haochuan fought while secretly arranging for Nalan to retreat, even as the Ancient Ancestors forced others to join the battle. At Hong Fortress, Jin Jin revealed his strength by killing the Green-Robed Quasi-Immortal Emperor, while the Emperor Alliance remained at a disadvantage.

• Nalan Haochuan told Hua Shuheng that his father had sent him to the battlefield and asked him to stage a convincing defeat.
• The Ghost Phoenix Clan Ancient Ancestor ordered Gongsun Liyue and two others to attack Hua Shuheng, and Nalan Haochuan protested before joining the ensuing fight.
• After hours of battle, Shu Tianhao and Dongfang Yue withdrew with severe injuries, leaving Hua Shuheng, Nalan Haochuan, and Gongsun Liyue fighting.
• The Emperor Alliance struggled at Hong Fortress, where Jin Jin suddenly injured the Green-Robed Quasi-Immortal Emperor pursuing him.
• Jin Jin used the Hua Family Technique—Chicken Fist to blast the Green-Robed Quasi-Immortal Emperor apart and proclaimed himself the Great Emperor Jin Kun.

Jin Jin fought off Quasi-Immortal Emperors while Hua Shuheng and the others battled at Hong Fortress. The arrival of reinforcements revealed that Cosmos Fortress had fallen and left Hong Fortress surrounded by an overwhelming Upper Heavens force.

• Jin Jin defeated the Green-Robed Quasi-Immortal Emperor with the Hua Family Combination Chicken Fist, then fled from two stronger Quasi-Immortal Emperors who pursued him.
• The Ghost Phoenix Clan Ancient Ancestor realized that Jin Jin had mastered and combined the Ghost Phoenix Clan’s core arts and stone-tablet techniques.
• The Green-Robed Quasi-Immortal Emperor returned, and the three Quasi-Immortal Emperors pursued Jin Jin while Hua Shuheng and the others continued their staged battles at Hong Fortress.
• After five days of fighting, reinforcements from other fortresses arrived, and the Upper Heavens recognized them as allies.
• Gu Hanyu and Xiao Xukun led more than ten thousand Quasi-Immortal Emperors to Hong Fortress, revealing that Cosmos Fortress had fallen and leaving the Emperor Alliance surrounded.

Hua Shuheng faced the Upper Heavens after Gu Hanyu revealed that he had killed He Qiang and displayed his head on a Gu Family flag. Enraged by the humiliation, Hua Shuheng finally confronted Gu Hanyu, who challenged him to fight.

• Nalan Haochuan urged Hua Shuheng to surrender the Fortress Flag so the Emperor Alliance Emperors could survive.
• Gu Hanyu confirmed that Cosmos Fortress’s defenders had been killed and revealed He Qiang’s head impaled beneath a Gu Family flag.
• Gu Hanyu boasted that he had deliberately mutilated and displayed He Qiang’s head to provoke Hua Shuheng.
• The Emperor Alliance Emperors condemned Gu Hanyu, while Sima Yan defended the victors’ right to mock the defeated.
• Hua Shuheng calmly challenged Gu Hanyu’s strength, and Gu Hanyu taunted him to come forward and fight.

Hua Shuheng fought Gu Hanyu after Gu Hanyu desecrated He Qiang’s corpse, and their battle revealed the full extent of both fighters’ strength. Hua Shuheng gained the upper hand, but Gu Hanyu sprang back up, still furious and defiant.

• Hua Shuheng erupted with killing intent after seeing He Qiang’s head displayed on the Gu Family battle flag and accepted Gu Hanyu’s challenge.
• Gu Hanyu ordered the others not to interfere and opened the duel with Ancient God Sunshot, but Hua Shuheng used Fair Trade to switch places and punch through his chest.
• Hua Shuheng blocked Gu Hanyu’s golden sword rain with an ancient bell phantom, and the two fought fiercely in close combat.
• Gu Hanyu activated Ancient God Battle Physique and forced Hua Shuheng into a disadvantage, but Hua Shuheng surged in strength and sent him flying.
• Hua Shuheng and Gu Hanyu’s signature fist techniques collided in a draw, after which Hua Shuheng knocked Gu Hanyu down and stepped on his head.
• Hua Shuheng accused Gu Hanyu of being jealous and afraid of the Hua Family, and Gu Hanyu sprang up furiously and shouted that he was talking nonsense.

Hua Shuheng overwhelmed Gu Hanyu after unleashing his combat power, but the Ghost Phoenix Clan Ancient Ancestor ordered more than ten thousand Quasi-Immortal Emperors to attack him. Hua Shuheng fought on despite his injuries, leaving his allies to face the battle as he killed several enemies and continued to be surrounded.

• Gu Hanyu awakened his Ancestor Blood and challenged Hua Shuheng, who refused to use his own bloodline power.
• Hua Shuheng shattered his sealing chains, unleashed his combat power and Heaven Piercing Power, and repeatedly battered Gu Hanyu.
• Hua Shuheng struck down Sima Yan after Sima Yan called for others to attack, then the Ghost Phoenix Clan Ancient Ancestor ordered the Upper Heavens emperors to join the fight.
• Hua Shuheng stopped the Emperor Alliance emperors from helping and charged into the enemy formation, killing Quasi-Immortal Emperors including Shu Tianhao, Dongfang Yue, and Sima Yan.
• Hua Shuheng suffered severe injuries while fighting the thousands of attackers, as Gu Hanyu taunted him from a distance.

Jin Jin helped Hua Shuheng locate and kill Gu Hanyu, then Hua Shuheng burned his Ancestor Blood and fought the Upper Heavens’ Emperors alone. Though surrounded and nearing his limit, he kept reviving and charging into battle.

• Jin Jin used Fair Trade to swap Gu Hanyu in front of Hua Shuheng, who killed him and displayed his head on a battle flag.
• Jin Jin wrote “Backer” on the flag with Gu Hanyu’s Emperor Blood and rallied the Backer Sect’s forces.
• Hua Shuheng burned his Ancestor Blood, unleashing a terrifying aura that alarmed the Upper Heavens’ Emperors and ancient clan ancestors.
• Hua Shuheng fought through the encircling Quasi-Immortal Emperors, slaughtering many before throwing Jin Jin out of the battlefield to safety.
• As his strength ran low, Hua Shuheng was blasted apart by the Emperors’ attacks, revived, and charged back in to kill three more Quasi-Immortal Emperors.

Hua Shuheng died after defeating Gu Hanyu and killing more than twenty Quasi-Immortal Emperors, while Nalan Haochuan stopped the Upper Heavens from attacking the surrendered Hong Fortress. With the Emperor Alliance facing a three-fortress assault, Ling Fei grieved for Hua Shuheng and He Qiang while keeping his emotions in check.

• Hua Shuheng unleashed his final strike, killed Gu Hanyu as he died, and mocked the Gu Family for its arrogance toward the Hua Family.
• The Upper Heavens counted more than twenty Quasi-Immortal Emperor casualties, and its Emperors called for an attack on Hong Fortress.
• Nalan Haochuan revealed Hua Shuheng had entrusted him with the fortress flag and ordered the Upper Heavens to spare the surrendered fortress; Xiao Luxia and the other leaders supported him.
• After the Upper Heavens withdrew, Jin Jin worried about the coming punishment, while the Emperor Alliance's Emperors feared they could not withstand a three-fortress assault.
• At Yellow Fortress, Ling Fei told Nangong Wentian that the Emperor Alliance could counter with its own three-fortress force, then admitted he envied Hua Shuheng for avenging He Qiang without restraint.