Chapter Summaries

Ren unleashed the Grass-Character Sword Art through the Willow Branch, cutting apart Nangong Yin and Nangong Qi’s attacks and splitting the Southern Heavenly Gate and several stars. In the starry sky, the pair combined their music and chess techniques to send stars against him, and Ren continued to meet their assault with his sword.

• Ren grew furious at Nangong Yin and Nangong Qi’s composed manner and unleashed the Grass-Character Sword Art.
• Ren’s Willow Branch cut through their chessboard, Killing Arrays, and Dao tones, then split the Southern Heavenly Gate and several stars.
• Ren charged into the starry sky as Nangong Yin and Nangong Qi joined forces against him.
• Nangong Yin formed a chessboard from Dao strings while Nangong Qi used his Star-Point Finger to drive small stars at Ren.
• Ren wielded the Willow Branch to sever the incoming stars with the Grass-Character Sword Art.

Ren wielded the Willow Branch to unleash his Starry Sword Technique against Nangong Yin and Nangong Qi. As the two Quasi-Saints answered with their righteous-energy techniques, the clash was left unresolved.

• Nangong Yin and Nangong Qi denounced Ren as evil and vowed to sacrifice themselves for justice, bewildering observers across the Primordial World.
• The Demon Empress recognized Nangong Yin and Nangong Qi as heirs to the legacy of a man she had once respected and ultimately killed.
• Ren declared himself the Ziwei Great Emperor and explained how he had mastered the Starry Sword Technique through reincarnation and his understanding of the stars.
• Ren merged the Willow Branch with space, drew countless stars into it, and charged at Nangong Yin and Nangong Qi with a sweeping sword strike.
• Nangong Yin invoked the invincibility of the benevolent, while Nangong Qi proclaimed that justice would prevail, and they joined their righteous energy.

Ren defeated and killed Nangong Qi and Nangong Yin after their appeals to justice failed against his star-powered Sword Aura. He returned to the ruined Southern Heavenly Gate and prepared to kill Green Willow, while Haotian watched from Yao Chi, furious and helpless.

• Ren’s starlight Sword Aura overwhelmed the phantom of Justice and Morality created by Nangong Qi and Nangong Yin.
• Ren cut Nangong Qi in half with the Willow Branch, then pinned Nangong Yin through the brow and killed him.
• Ren collected the two Quasi-Saints’ corpses, intending to refine their original forms and study their Dao of chess and Dao of the zither.
• Ren returned to the ruins of the Southern Heavenly Gate, healed beneath the starlight, and declared that Green Willow must die.
• Haotian watched from Yao Chi and clenched his fists again, furious that Ren had killed the three Quasi-Saints he had recruited.

Ren killed Green Willow, Nangong Qi, and Nangong Yin, then gained the allegiance of most of the Heavenly Court and claimed authority as its Ziwei Great Emperor. The chapter left Ren empowered by the Violet Myrtle Star’s remaining Origin as he declared that the Heavenly Court needed only one Great Emperor.

• Ren burned Green Willow’s true body with Emperor Flame as onlookers feared his brutality.
• Many Heavenly Court members turned toward Ren after Haotian watched him kill three Quasi-Saints without intervening.
• Ren declared himself the Ziwei Great Emperor, and the gathered crowd bowed and pledged allegiance to him.
• The loyalty of the crowd strengthened Ren’s Ziwei Dragon Qi, which resonated with the Violet Myrtle Star as he refined its remaining Origin.
• Ren told the gathered people that the Heavenly Court needed only one Great Emperor.

Ren consolidated control of the Heavenly Court while Haotian seethed in Yao Chi and avoided confronting him. After learning what Yao Ji had discovered from Yang Chan, Ren ordered a search for Green Vine and White Vine and chose to leave Haotian alive as a shield.

• Haotian cursed Ren and the Heavenly Court officials who followed him, but restrained himself from leaving Yao Chi to fight Ren.
• Yao Ji returned to Yao Chi, while Tianpeng told Ren that she had questioned Yang Chan and learned information from her.
• Tianpeng reported that Yang Chan’s group had entered the Primordial World protected by the Heaven-Earth Cauldron, that Nuwa’s blood essence was sealed in Green Vine and White Vine, and that Nuwa had given Golden Phoenix something unknown.
• Tianpeng revealed that Nuwa had bestowed the Heaven-Earth Cauldron upon the unborn child she was nurturing and accepted the child as her disciple.
• Ren ordered Tianpeng to spread the intelligence and search for Green Vine and White Vine, while noting that Golden Phoenix might also hold important clues.
• Ren told Tianpeng he would not kill Haotian yet and would let him remain in hiding as a shield for the Heavenly Court.

Ren and Tianpeng planned to find White Vine and Green Vine while arranging for Ancestor Minghe to keep Haotian occupied. Haotian learned that the Heaven-Earth Cauldron could help him return to Chaos, while Ren used Green Willow’s vitality to nourish a seed.

• Ren told Tianpeng to enlist Nezha’s knowledge of Nuwa Palace and sent him to ask Obsessive Thought Laozi to invite Ancestor Minghe to discuss the Dao with Haotian.
• Haotian learned from Yao Ji that Nuwa had used the Heaven-Earth Cauldron to bring Yang Chan and the others back to the Primordial World, and he planned to use it to return to Chaos and find Hongjun Daozu.
• Haotian told the Queen Mother he would use ruthless methods to obtain the information he wanted from White Vine and Green Vine.
• Ren separated Green Willow’s illusory trunk from its roots with Emperor Flame, and a seed absorbed the vitality released by the roots.
• Nezha returned and asked Ren what he was doing and why the seed was absorbing the Willow Tree’s vitality.

Ren used Green Willow's accumulated life force and the Transplanting Flowers and Grafting Trees secret art to grow Nine-Leaf Sword Grass into an Innate Spiritual Root and accepted it as his disciple. As the grass began transforming into human form, it faced a thunder tribulation that its Sword Aura began to cut apart.

• Ren planted the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass seed and fed it Green Willow's accumulated life force, causing it to sprout and grow rapidly.
• Tianpeng and Nezha were astonished by the Sword Grass's supreme Sword Intent and discussed the power it would gain from Green Willow's Quasi-Saint reserves.
• Ren declared that Nine-Leaf Sword Grass would become his disciple and urged it to take human form.
• Nine-Leaf Sword Grass grew nine leaves, unleashed a vast Sword Qi River, and triggered a Transformation Thunder Tribulation.
• Nine-Leaf Sword Grass split the descending lightning with its Sword Aura and sent its attack toward the dark clouds.

The Nine-Leaf Sword Grass completed its transformation into a young girl, and Ren named her Jian You and accepted her as his disciple. As Jian You set out to face the still-raging Transformation Tribulation, the Thunder turned crimson and filled with Fiendish Qi and slaughter.

• The Nine-Leaf Sword Grass endured the Thunder with its Sword Aura until it transformed into a girl who called Ren her master.
• Ren named the girl Jian You and formally accepted her as his disciple.
• Ren told Jian You to finish crossing her Transformation Tribulation, and she walked toward the gathered Thunder.
• Tianpeng and Nezha worried that Jian You looked too young and frail to face the Thunder, but Ren watched without intervening.
• The enraged Thunder descended in crimson bolts infused with Fiendish Qi and the Killing Dao.

Jian You displayed the Grass-Character Sword Art during the battle at the Southern Heavenly Gate, while Haotian turned to searching for the Heaven-Earth Cauldron. Ren brought Jian You to Tusita Palace, where Yang Jian admitted that he had allowed information to leak.

• Jian You used her inherited Grass-Character Sword Art to sever the thunder, pierce the Tribulation Clouds, and punch a hole through the river of stars.
• Ren explained that Jian You had inherited the sword art and Green Willow’s Quasi-Saint foundation, then carried her into the Heavenly Court as the battle ended.
• Haotian lamented Green Willow’s fate and the cost of obtaining information, while the Queen Mother urged him to find the Heaven-Earth Cauldron.
• Haotian asked Taibai Jinxing to search for White Vine and Green Vine, and he warned that Ren might also know about the cauldron.
• Ren brought Jian You to Tusita Palace, where Yang Jian apologized for allowing the information to leak.

Ren reassured Yang Jian that Yang Chan’s leaked information would not help Haotian, then learned that Nuwa had witnessed signs of coming turmoil in Chaos and the Primordial World. At Tusita Palace, the Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerable comprehended the Tao Te Ching, Tianpeng was sent away for mocking it, and Jian You received a divine sword from Supreme Elder Lord.

• Ren told Yang Jian that he had arranged for Minghe to keep Haotian occupied and that Haotian lacked powerful subordinates to investigate the information Yang Chan shared.
• Yang Jian revealed that Yang Chan had described Chaos shaking near the Wa Palace and Nuwa warning that Chaos and the Primordial World were becoming turbulent.
• The Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerable gained different insights from the Tao Te Ching, while Tianpeng wondered how anyone could comprehend its blank pages.
• Supreme Elder Lord struck Tianpeng with his whisk and sent him to Supreme Clear Heaven to be taught by Obsessive Thought Laozi.
• Supreme Elder Lord welcomed Jian You as his great-granddaughter in the sect and gave her a Yin-Yang divine sword, which she accepted gratefully.

Ren and the others learned more about the changes surrounding Wa Palace and planned to find Golden Phoenix, White Vine, and Green Vine, whose knowledge and connection to Nuwa might reveal what had happened. Nezha intended to advance to the Great Luo Immortal realm with the Lotus Lamp’s help, but Yang Chan clarified the lamp’s limits and the chapter ended with the group considering the difficulty of that breakthrough.

• The Supreme Elder Lord won Jian You’s trust and took her toward Tusita Palace, while Yang Chan stayed behind and recounted what had happened in Wa Palace.
• Nezha grew distressed over the possibility that something had happened to Nuwa, but Ren said they lacked enough information to investigate Chaos and should focus on matters closer at hand.
• Ren assigned Nezha to secretly search for Golden Phoenix, White Vine, and Green Vine, and stressed the importance of finding the Heaven-Earth Cauldron.
• Nezha said he wanted to break through to the Great Luo Immortal realm before searching, and Ren and the others warned that rushing could damage his foundation.
• Nezha explained that Yang Chan’s Lotus Lamp could stimulate his potential and help fuse his True Spirit, while Boundless confirmed the lamp was intended to aid the nine disciples.
• Yang Chan said the Lotus Lamp’s effect only worked up to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and that the Great Luo Immortal realm required comprehending the Dao.

Ren learned that the Eight Trigrams Furnace could not strengthen his body enough to handle his world-forming fist technique, while Supreme Elder Lord refined the Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerable and the Lotus Lamp helped them rapidly regain their power. The nine reached Great Luo Immortal, with Supreme Elder Lord expecting them to soon attain the Grand Luo Dao Fruit.

• Jian You showed Ren the eighty-one innate sword treasures that had voluntarily acknowledged her as their master, and Supreme Elder Lord praised her sword talent.
• Ren asked Supreme Elder Lord to temper his body, explaining that his powerful fist technique could only be unleashed nine times before his body collapsed; Supreme Elder Lord said he needed time or guidance from the Wu Clan.
• Supreme Elder Lord placed the Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerable in the Eight Trigrams Furnace, where their cultivation was burned away as they practiced Human Sect methods and rebuilt their strength.
• While Ren stayed in Tusita Palace and the Heavenly Court settled after his battle, he used the Lotus Lamp to stimulate the Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerable's potential.
• Xiaoyao emerged from the Lotus Lamp as a Great Luo Immortal, and Supreme Elder Lord told Tianpeng that the other eight would soon reach the same realm and could eventually attain the Grand Luo Dao Fruit.

Ancestor Minghe arrived in the Heavenly Court and joined Obsessive Thought Laozi in a Dao discussion, leaving Haotian isolated and powerless in Yao Chi. Ren turned to cultivating in seclusion and arranged for Jian You to study under their master.

• Ancestor Minghe entered the Heavenly Court and announced a Dao discussion with Obsessive Thought Laozi that anyone there could attend.
• Haotian concluded that Ren had used information as bait to destroy his support and admitted to the Queen Mother that he had become a solitary ruler.
• Ren told Tianpeng that Haotian could no longer cause trouble, and Tianpeng entered the Lotus Lamp and advanced to Great Luo Immortal.
• Jian You continued developing her own sword art from the spiritual swords gifted by Interception Sect disciples while Ren kept her cultivation sealed.
• Ren asked Yang Jian to take Jian You to the Lower Realm and leave her with their master, explaining that he planned to cultivate in seclusion on Violet Myrtle Star.

Ren arranged for Yuding to teach Jian You the Sword Dao before leaving for secluded cultivation at Ziwei Palace. There, he reunited with Yan Ruyu, who had managed Violet Myrtle Star in his absence.

• Ren asked Yang Jian to take Jian You to Yuding, or to Yunxiao if Yuding remained in seclusion, so Jian You could build a Sword Dao foundation.
• The Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerable, Emperor Zun, and Wudang Holy Mother went to their sects’ inheritance sites to pass down the new system, while Tianpeng and Nezha searched for White Vine, Green Vine, and Golden Phoenix.
• Yunxiao arrived at the Heavenly Court and took Jian You in, and Yang Jian was left with nothing to do.
• Yuding came to the Heavenly Court after learning about his Sword Dao-talented grand-disciple, began teaching Jian You, and summoned Yang Chan to serve as her healer.
• Ren told Supreme Elder Lord and Yuding he was going to Ziwei Palace for secluded cultivation, while Yuding ordered Yang Jian to return to seclusion as well.
• Ren arrived at Ziwei Palace on Violet Myrtle Star, felt guilty that Yan Ruyu had managed the star in his absence, and embraced her.

Ren returned to Ziwei Palace, where Ruthless warned him that Reincarnation Enlightenment had made his Primordial Spirit too powerful for his body and advised him to strengthen himself and cultivate his temperament. He decided to return to the Shrouding the Heavens World and Devour another world; meanwhile, Ye Fan and Jiang Ziya fought their way along the Emperor Road as the Big Dipper faced growing threats from the Forbidden Zone Supremes.

• Ren reunited with Yan Ruyu, then entered Ziwei Palace and spoke with Ruthless.
• Ruthless praised Ren for killing three Quasi-Saints but warned that Reincarnation Enlightenment had dangerously outpaced his physical cultivation.
• Ruthless advised Ren to pause Reincarnation Enlightenment, study Nangong Yin and Nangong Qi's Chess Dao and music, and strengthen his body.
• Ren decided to return to the Shrouding the Heavens World, bring Ye Fan and the others to the Primordial World, and visit the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone.
• People in Holy City worried that the Forbidden Zone Supremes were stirring as cracks appeared and the Great Emperors remained absent.
• On the Emperor Road, Ye Fan fought Heavenly Emperor's Son and Jiang Ziya fought another opponent while the Black Emperor jeered from atop the city wall.

Ren returned to Shrouding the Heavens through the Spacetime Tunnel and reunited with the Black Emperor, Ye Fan, and Jiang Ziya. Ye Fan recognized him, while Jiang Ziya greeted him with the respect owed to an elder, unaware that Ren had erased his memories.

• Ye Fan, the Heavenly Emperor's Son, the Little Heavenly Emperor's Son, and Jiang Ziya exchanged killing moves, but their battle was interrupted by a streak of golden light.
• Ren emerged from the light, and the Black Emperor recognized his familiar aura and rushed toward him.
• The Black Emperor landed on Ren and focused on the treasures he carried, so Ren swept him away into distant mountains.
• Spectators gathered after the Black Emperor's cries, and Ye Fan recognized Ren and asked if he had really returned.
• Jiang Ziya bowed to Ren as a member of the Jiang Family, and Ren told him there was no need for formalities.

Ren reunited with Ye Fan, Jiang Ziya, the Heavenly Emperor's Son, and Little Immortal Phoenix, then asked what had happened to Jiang Taixu. Jiang Ziya explained that Taixu was repeatedly shedding and rebuilding his physique to forge a Battle Body and pursue the path to becoming a Red Dust Immortal.

• Ren recognized the Heavenly Emperor's Son, who remembered Ren's victories in the Archaic Era and feared he would be made into another cultivator's whetstone.
• Ren reassured the Heavenly Emperor's Son that he wanted strong cultivators to grow, then invited him and Little Immortal Phoenix to the Imperial City with Ye Fan.
• The Black Emperor complained that Ren had denied him treasures as the group headed to the Imperial City.
• At a teahouse, Ren asked Ye Fan and Jiang Ziya about Jiang Taixu's faint, intermittent aura.
• Jiang Ziya explained that Taixu had cut away his Ultimate Battle Body and was repeatedly rebuilding it, becoming a Great Emperor before shedding his physique again.

Ren learned how his past battle with Emperor Zun had caused the Strange World to spill treasures and inheritances into the Archaic Era, and discovered that cracks on Big Dipper now connected to that world. After hearing that the Forbidden Zone Supremes had grown bolder, Ren vowed to return to Big Dipper and confront them.

• Ren praised Jiang Taixu's repeated Battle Body cultivation and considered how to help Ye Fan reach his potential.
• Heavenly Emperor's Son told Ren that cracks into the Strange World had released treasures and inheritances, helping many Archaic Era cultivators become Great Emperors.
• Ren sent the Black Emperor to find Duan De, then told Ye Fan to ask Heavenly Emperor's Son about the past.
• Jiang Taixu asked whether the cracks on Big Dipper connected to the Strange World, and Heavenly Emperor's Son confirmed that they did.
• Heavenly Emperor's Son explained that Undying Substance from the cracks had emboldened the Forbidden Zone Supremes, who had recently nearly provoked a war between the Primordial Race and the Human Race.
• Ren vowed to return to Big Dipper and storm the Forbidden Zones, reassuring Jiang Ziya that he would deal with the Supremes.

Heavenly Emperor's Son told Ren that the Immortal Heavenly Emperor and Emperor Wu Shi planned to merge the collapsing Strange World's Origin into their world and use it to help their sons become Red Dust Immortals. Ren brought Ye Fan, Jiang Ziya, Heavenly Emperor's Son, and Little Immortal Phoenix with him toward the Big Dipper, promising them an opportunity, while Forbidden Zone Supremes awaited an Immortal Ascension Road based on false information.

• Heavenly Emperor's Son revealed that his father and Emperor Wu Shi planned to merge the Strange World's Origin into their world and use it to help Heavenly Emperor's Son and Little Immortal Phoenix undergo nine Nirvanas.
• Ye Fan and Jiang Ziya lamented that Heavenly Emperor's Son had a father who had arranged a path to immortality for him.
• Ren invited Ye Fan, Jiang Ziya, Heavenly Emperor's Son, and Little Immortal Phoenix to follow him to the Big Dipper, where he promised them an opportunity.
• Ren left the Imperial Pass, and the four followed him as he traveled toward the Big Dipper at a pace they could keep.
• Forbidden Zone Supremes heard that Ren had returned and discussed their hopes for an approaching Immortal Ascension Road, unaware that the information they trusted was false.

Ren used the Violet Myrtle Star’s abundant Purple Star Qi to move the entire star’s population and landscapes to the Big Dipper. The Violet Myrtle Star was left bare, while its people and forces began settling on their new home.

• Ren sensed the Violet Myrtle Star’s Purple Star Qi and decided to use it to relocate the star’s inhabitants.
• Ren told Ye Fan and the others to move away, then formed the Purple Star Qi into a dragon around the Violet Myrtle Star.
• Great Saints from the Violet Myrtle Star confronted Ren, who reassured them that he was moving their home rather than destroying it.
• Ren used a Willow Branch and Spatial Transfer to erase the Violet Myrtle Star’s people, cities, and natural features from the star.
• Ren sent the Violet Myrtle Star’s people and forces to the Big Dipper, where cities, rivers, and mountains appeared in previously barren areas.