Chapter Summaries

Ren overwhelmed Emperor Zun in Chaos and used the Sky Ranking’s true world to crush his Heavenly Palace and pin him beneath its weight. Emperor Zun struggled under the pressure, still refusing to accept that the world inside the ranking was real.

• The Immortal Ascension Cauldron shattered, and one fragment merged with a floating seed into a Chaos-colored Azure Lotus.
• Ren silenced the complaining Sky Ranking and challenged Emperor Zun to submit, but Emperor Zun refused and attacked with a demonic cauldron.
• Ren broke Emperor Zun’s attacks with his Emperor Fists and sent him crashing into the depths of Chaos.
• Emperor Zun unleashed forbidden techniques to form a Heavenly Palace, but Ren sealed the Sky Ranking’s Artifact Spirit and commanded it to suppress him with the Ruler World.
• The Sky Ranking’s world destroyed Emperor Zun’s Heavenly Palace and crushed him beneath its weight as he struggled and cried out in disbelief.

Ren defeated Emperor Zun and fused his True Spirit into the Sky Ranking, but Emperor Zun resisted control and tried to destroy himself. Ren sealed him inside the Ruler World, leaving the watching Supremes fearful that they might be controlled next.

• Emperor Zun questioned how Ren had forged the Sky Ranking while the worlds he knew still existed, and Ren explained that countless worlds had perished in the Time River.
• Ren used the Sky Ranking to suppress Emperor Zun, seized his True Spirit, and fused it into the ranking under his name.
• Emperor Zun struggled against the Sky Ranking’s control and chose to destroy himself rather than submit, but Ren sealed his body and Divine Soul inside the Ruler World.
• Ren returned the Sky Ranking to his palm, and the watching Supremes grew wary as his gaze swept over them.

Ren attacked nearly a hundred Supremes, Heavenly Venerables, and Ancient Emperors, overwhelming them with the Ruler Emperor Fist. He killed the weakest and used the Sky Ranking to draw the True Spirits of the survivors into it.

• Ren advanced on the gathered Supremes, who abandoned plans to flee and chose to fight him together.
• Ren cast the Sky Ranking at the Supremes as they unleashed their secret arts against him.
• Ren merged the Sky Ranking into his fist and struck with the Ruler Emperor Fist, shattering their combined attack and sending them flying.
• Ren killed several Supremes with the punch, then ordered the wounded survivors to submit.
• The Sky Ranking drew True Spirits from the wounded Supremes and transformed them into names.

Ren revived the Supremes who had killed themselves and returned all eighty-eight to the Sky Ranking, promising them a greater world while keeping their fates under his control. He let Duan De choose his own path, and Duan De departed as a Great Emperor; the Immortal Heavenly Emperor then asked Ren to destroy the passage to the Immortal Domain.

• Several Supremes detonated their Divine Souls to escape Ren’s control, but the Sky Ranking revived them and restored their number to eighty-eight.
• Ren told the revived Supremes that suicide could not free them, promised not to force them into unwanted tasks, and sent them into the Ruler World within the Sky Ranking.
• Duan De asked whether Ren would inscribe his name into the Sky Ranking, and Ren assured him that his Destiny remained his own.
• Duan De accepted Ren as his brother, promised to fight beside him in unknown worlds, and left to continue his reincarnations after becoming a Great Emperor.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor asked Ren to shatter the passage to the Immortal Domain.

Ren refused to send the Immortal Heavenly Emperor directly to the Immortal Domain, but opened a passage to a nearby Strange World where he could cultivate and continue searching for a way home. A hundred years later, Ren and Wang Bo watched Xiao Nannan reach the final trial of the Emperor Road, poised to face her Quasi-Emperor Tribulation.

• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor recounted how his longing to return home had driven him to betray his conscience and kill Great Emperors, and Ren told him he understood.
• Ren opened a passage to a Strange World connected to or near the Immortal Realm, and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor chose to stay there and cultivate.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor told his son to temper himself and care for his unborn younger brother; the Heavenly Emperor's Son accepted his father's departure and left with the Immortal Heavenly Blade and the stone egg.
• A hundred years later, Ren asked Wang Bo about Xiao Nannan's progress, and Wang Bo said she had reached the Emperor Road's final trial and might soon face the Quasi-Emperor Tribulation.
• Ren displayed an image of Xiao Nannan fighting the Heaven's Prides, defeating them with her Demon Qi and Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar as she reached the end of the Ancient Road.

Ren sent the Feathered Emperor to challenge Ruthless on the final Emperor Road, believing she could overcome the trial and become a Great Emperor. Meanwhile, Emperor Zun revealed why he hated the Desolate Emperor: his master had manipulated him into reenacting the Desolate Emperor’s life, and he insisted he wanted his own path.

• Ruthless fought through repeated ambushes, forged a Chaos Body, created an Emperor Scripture, and reached the final Emperor Road.
• Ren ordered the Sky Ranking to release the Feathered Emperor and sent him to fight Ruthless at full strength, instructing him to leave her alive.
• Wang Bo warned that the Feathered Emperor’s strength would make Ruthless’s trial extremely difficult, but Ren said he believed in her.
• Emperor Zun challenged Ren’s decision to arrange Ruthless’s trial and warned that learning her path had been orchestrated could destabilize her Dao heart.
• Emperor Zun explained that his master had shaped his cultivation and life to imitate the Desolate Emperor, leaving him resentful of both his master and the Desolate Emperor.

Emperor Zun explained that Duan De had shaped his life around the Desolate Emperor, driving him to seek a chance to challenge the Desolate Emperor at his peak. Ren agreed to bring them to the Primordial World, then wagered with Emperor Zun over how Ruthless would react when she learned Ren had arranged her path.

• Emperor Zun revealed that he had lived as an imitation of the Desolate Emperor and wanted to surpass him to reclaim his own life.
• Ren promised to bring the Desolate Emperor at his peak and Duan De to the Primordial World, and Emperor Zun agreed to follow him in exchange for the chance to fight.
• Ren explained that the Primordial World's complete Great Dao would give the Supremes a chance to rebuild their cultivation, while Emperor Zun welcomed competing with the Desolate Emperor from the same starting line.
• Boundless Heavenly Venerable and Emperor Zun questioned whether Ruthless would resent Ren for arranging her journey, but Ren said she already understood and would not be shaken.
• Ren and Emperor Zun wagered on Ruthless's reaction: Ren predicted she would accept the truth calmly, while Emperor Zun predicted she would lose control.
• Ren staked Emperor Zun's freedom on the wager, and Emperor Zun agreed that if he lost, he would follow Ren willingly.

Ren watched Ruthless’s transformation as thirty-six Young Supremes gathered at the Ultimate Imperial Pass, where they prepared to contend for the sole Imperial Position. As Chaos Qi appeared before the pass, the assembled rivals realized Ruthless had arrived.

• Zi Shou, Dragon Lord, Fighting Saint Ape, and other survivors reflected on the slaughter that had carried them through a hundred years to the Ultimate Imperial Pass.
• Dragon Lord, a Supreme Overlord Body, and a Sacred Body recounted how Ruthless had defeated them in recent encounters, establishing her as the closest contender for the Imperial Position.
• Thirty-six Young Supremes gathered at the pass, knowing they would have to overcome one another and Ruthless to become Great Emperors.
• Chaos Qi surged before the pass, and Zi Shou, Dragon Lord, and Fighting Saint Ape recognized that Ruthless was arriving.

Ruthless arrived at the Ultimate Imperial Pass and carved her name into a stone pillar, challenging the Young Supremes to stay and fight or leave. They all inscribed their names before attacking her together, and Ruthless began battling them with her secret arts.

• Ruthless emerged from a Chaos passage and carved her name into a stone pillar at the Ultimate Imperial Pass.
• Ruthless challenged the Young Supremes to inscribe their names and remain or leave the Imperial Road.
• The Young Supremes, including the Supreme Overlord Body, Fighting Saint Ape, Dragon Lord, and Zi Shou, carved their names and prepared to fight Ruthless.
• The Supreme Overlord Body, the sword-shaped Saint Spirit, and the Young Supreme with fused special physiques attacked Ruthless together.
• Ruthless countered with the Flying Immortal Art and the Eternal Ancient Demon Fist, shattering a formation and striking a Young Supreme.
• Ruthless unleashed A Flower Blossoms with a Thought, Dominating the World, as the Young Supremes urged one another to kill her.

Ruthless fought a brutal battle against a multitude of Young Supremes at the Ultimate Imperial Pass, while Ren and Emperor Zun watched and wagered on her chances against the Feathered Emperor. After an unknown number of days, many Young Supremes had fallen and Ruthless remained in the fight.

• The Young Supremes unleashed their killing moves and surrounded Ruthless, who fought back with Demon Qi and Chaos arts despite suffering wounds.
• Ren, Emperor Zun, and other powerful figures watched the battle; Emperor Zun said Ruthless could defeat the Young Supremes but could never defeat the Feathered Emperor.
• Ruthless used Chaos Fist, Flying Immortal Art, and Nine Secrets Unified to repel her attackers and destroy one Young Supreme's weapon.
• Ruthless captured a Young Supreme with the Great Dao Treasure Vase, killed him with Heaven-Slaying Dao, and swallowed him with the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar.
• Ruthless created thousands of incarnations and defeated Dragon Lord and Zi Shou in transformed battles as the fighting continued for days.
• Many Young Supremes were slain and became nourishment for Ruthless, while the survivors grew battered and frenzied.

Ruthless rampaged through the battle among the Young Supremes after the Supreme Overlord Body shattered her treasured mask, killing most of her opponents. As her final duel with a perfected Sacred-Overlord Body shook the heavens, Ruthless, Dragon Lord, Fighting Saint Ape, and Zi Shou all revealed the majesty of Great Emperors.

• The Supreme Overlord Body crushed Ruthless's mask, and Ruthless killed him with Chaos Sword Aura.
• Ruthless slew another Young Supreme, then fought off the others as they attacked her together.
• Ruthless's fury intensified when she gathered the broken pieces of her mask, and she killed Young Supremes until only four remained.
• A perfected Sacred-Overlord Body challenged Ruthless with Saint-Overlord Fist, and Ruthless met the attack with Chaos Demon Fist.
• The clash shattered a star and the Myriad Dao, while Ruthless, Dragon Lord, Fighting Saint Ape, and Zi Shou radiated the majesty of Great Emperors.

Ruthless killed the young man who had fused the Sacred Body and Overlord Body after their battle made several fighters Great Emperors. Dragon Lord and Fighting Saint Ape each destroyed his own Great Emperor Dao Fruit and left, while Zi Shou chose to keep his position and face Ruthless.

• The fused young man lamented his fate after becoming a Great Emperor, but Ruthless engulfed him with the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar and killed him.
• Dragon Lord rejected the Great Emperor position, shattered his Dao Fruit, and disappeared into the Flying Immortal Waterfall.
• Fighting Saint Ape destroyed his own Dao Fruit, then reunited with his pregnant beloved and left with her on his Nimbus Cloud.
• Zi Shou refused to give up his Great Emperor Realm because his divine dynasty depended on him, and he prepared to fight Ruthless.

Ruthless revealed that Zi Shou’s physique and the era’s Heaven’s Prides had been created by her Big Brother to serve as her trials, then nearly killed Zi Shou. The Feathered Emperor reappeared to save his son and sent him to the Big Dipper, leaving Ruthless and the Feathered Emperor alone in the universe.

• Ruthless overwhelmed Zi Shou and revealed that her Big Brother had bestowed his physique and created the era’s Heaven’s Prides as trials for her Chaos Body.
• Ruthless struck Zi Shou with immortal light and prepared to kill him, but the Feathered Emperor appeared and blocked her attack.
• Zi Shou recognized his father, wept, and told him he had upheld the Yuhua Divine Dynasty while searching for him.
• The Feathered Emperor sent Zi Shou to the Big Dipper to find the senior who had bestowed his physique and learn the truth.
• The Feathered Emperor thanked Ruthless for allowing him to speak with Zi Shou, and Ruthless replied that those had only been Zi Shou’s last words.

Ruthless fought the Feathered Emperor in Chaos, seeking to kill him and sever the Obsessive Thought in her heart. Though the Feathered Emperor gained the advantage, Ren remained certain Ruthless would win as she unleashed a powerful technique.

• Ruthless and the Feathered Emperor entered Chaos to fight, while their exchange revealed that Ren had sent the Feathered Emperor to serve as a sacrifice for her.
• Ruthless attacked with a demonic fist, and the Feathered Emperor countered with Feathering into Immortality, forming a Chaos True Dragon that Ruthless shattered.
• The two fought fiercely, and Emperor Zun judged that the Feathered Emperor held the advantage, but Ren insisted Ruthless would win and reminded Emperor Zun of their wager.
• The Feathered Emperor summoned his Feathered Azure Gold Emperor Weapon and slashed through Chaos with its blade light.
• Ruthless gathered Chaos Qi and her blood and qi into devastating flowers, declaring that when they bloomed, all other flowers would perish.

Ruthless and the Feathered Emperor fought for nearly two years, with Ruthless gradually overcoming his advantage as she mastered her power. As she prepared to kill him, the Feathered Emperor sacrificed his life, soul, and Dao Fruit to unleash an Immortal Ascension Strike, transforming into an Immortal Embryo from which a Black Bird emerged.

• The Feathered Emperor and Ruthless unleashed their greatest techniques and battled fiercely across Chaos.
• The Feathered Emperor initially held the advantage, but Ruthless's many secret arts and growing mastery gradually drove him back.
• After nearly two years of fighting, Ruthless declared the battle must end, while the exhausted Feathered Emperor admitted she was growing stronger than him.
• The Feathered Emperor revealed he had combined his Dao with Undying Substance and the heavens' Dao resonance to create a final move, offering his life to settle the grudge with Ruthless.
• Ruthless refused to let the Feathered Emperor choose his own death and vowed to kill him herself.
• The Feathered Emperor sacrificed his life, soul, and Dao Fruit, transforming into an Immortal Embryo as a Black Bird of divine light emerged from within it.

Ruthless used the Flying Immortal Art to destroy the Feathered Emperor’s sacrificial Black Bird, freeing him from the Sky Ranking at the cost of his life. As he faded away, he begged Ruthless to spare his son Zi Shou, while Zi Shou knelt and pleaded for his father’s life.

• Ruthless transformed through her Chaos Body and struck the Feathered Black Bird with the Flying Immortal Art, shattering it and blasting open Chaos.
• The Feathered Emperor declared that Ruthless’s power had freed him from the Sky Ranking, then began to die as his name disappeared from the ranking.
• Ren realized the Feathered Emperor had escaped and said he would capture Zi Shou to replace him among the eighty-eight Supremes.
• The dying Feathered Emperor asked Ruthless to spare Zi Shou and take the sins of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty upon himself.
• Zi Shou knelt at the Five-Colored Altar, wept, and begged an unknown senior to save his father.

Ruthless Emperor severed her past by refining her former body into an Emperor Weapon, then returned to Ren on the Big Dipper. Her reunion with him revealed that Ren’s Benevolent Thought had been entrusted to Xiao Nannan and had grown as she did, bringing him close to severing his Benevolent Corpse.

• Ruthless Emperor formed a new self from her former body, and the dying Feathered Emperor thanked her before passing away.
• Ruthless Emperor refined her old Chaos Body into the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar, an Emperor Weapon, then vanished from Chaos.
• Ruthless Emperor returned to the Big Dipper and embraced Ren, crying that she had come back.
• Ren realized his Benevolent Thought had been entrusted to Xiao Nannan and had grown as she matured.
• Ren told Xiao Nannan that she was his good fortune and guide, and his Benevolent Thought surged toward severing his Benevolent Corpse.

After spending a century in the Shrouding the Heavens World, Ren prepared to return to the Primordial World but refused to take Ruthless with him, believing she needed to become a Red Dust Immortal first. He stayed with her for several hundred years, living ordinary lives and gaining new insights, while their farewell remained unresolved.

• Ren told Ruthless he had to return to the Primordial World and recalled that he had subdued eighty-eight Forbidden Zone Supremes, including Emperor Zun.
• Ruthless asked to accompany Ren, but he refused because she needed to cultivate into a Red Dust Immortal before entering the Primordial World.
• Ruthless asked Ren to leave a mark in her heart by sharing an ordinary life with her, and Ren agreed.
• Ren and Ruthless concealed their cultivation and lived as ordinary people on the Big Dipper, taking on many trades and experiencing the Mortal World.
• Ren found profound meaning in ordinary life and continued staying with Ruthless; they lived as an ordinary married couple for several hundred years.

Ren left the Archaic Era after promising Ruthless he would return, while she destroyed the people and sect responsible for forcing his departure. Back in the Primordial World, Ren reunited with the childlike Ruthless, who told him to reach the Daluo Realm and rule the Primordial World before seeking compensation; Yan Ruyu then welcomed him home.

• A greedy young man threatened to seize Ren and Ruthless's tavern, prompting Ren to reveal himself as the Ziwei Great Emperor and vow to return for Ruthless.
• Ren entered a vortex with the Sky Ranking, and Ruthless destroyed the city and the Worship Fire Sect before declaring their former village the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone.
• Ren returned to the Primordial World as Ziwei Star shone brightly, and Yan Ruyu sensed his arrival.
• Ren spoke with Ruthless, who was rebuilding her cultivation as a child and demanded that he reach the Daluo Realm and rule the Primordial World before compensating her.
• Ruthless sent Ren flying from the palace, and Yan Ruyu approached and welcomed her husband home.

Ren returned to the Primordial World after ten years away and refined nearly thirty percent of the Ziwei Starfield’s Origin. Yan Ruyu briefed him on the factions’ recent developments, and he began examining the state of the Primordial World.

• Ren learned that ten years had passed in the Primordial World during his travels in Shrouding the Heavens.
• Ren’s accumulated Ziwei Dragon Qi helped him refine nearly twenty percent more of the Ziwei Starfield’s Origin, bringing his total to about thirty percent.
• Yan Ruyu reported that the major alliances and the Three Sects had largely entered seclusion, while the Wu Clan strengthened its Human-Witch armies and Xiangliu reached Great Shaman Peak.
• Yan Ruyu described how the Demon Empress had rebuilt the Demon Cult, whose disciples Canaan, Jin Chanzi, and Kong Xuan had grown powerful, while Yuhua Xian began cultivating anew.
• Yan Ruyu explained that Canaan’s revenge had driven a prolonged war between the Demon Cult and the Shura Sect, which both sides used to train their troops.
• Ren formed a sand table of the Primordial World and assessed the factions before asking about Northern Jambudvipa, the Heavenly Court, and the Human Race.