Chapter Summaries

The Eighth Divine General announced a perilous first round in the Eternal Battlefield, where prodigies would compete for points over a thousand years. As the assembled contestants prepared for the trial, Di Cang arrived and was greeted as the Celestial Court's Young Divine General.

• The Eighth Divine General transformed the arena into a passage leading to a corner of the Eternal Battlefield.
• The Eighth Divine General explained that contestants would earn points by finding opportunities, killing beasts, collecting Dao Sources, or stealing points, and that the top thousand would advance after one thousand years.
• The prodigies saw the battlefield's shattered realms, Chaos hazards, vicious souls, and deadly regions, and recognized its extreme danger.
• A Celestial Court warship arrived, and the Heavenly Generals and Heavenly Soldiers knelt to greet Di Cang as the Young Divine General.

Di Cang arrived at the Heaven's Pride Battlefield, and the gathered experts were overwhelmed by the legendary prodigy whose strength had grown for a hundred million years. After regarding Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan with ambiguous interest, he entered the Eternal Battlefield, hoping the age's greatest flourishing would be worthy of him.

• Di Cang stepped from his warship, and his presence made the geniuses and ancient experts feel immense pressure.
• The Golden Clan Ancestor and Purple Clan Ancestor recalled Di Cang's legendary feats and rapid rise beyond the Celestial Court's Divine Generals.
• Di Cang's gaze swept across the battlefield before briefly settling on Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan, who both felt his pressure.
• The Blood Moon Ancestor recognized Di Cang's unchanged confidence and described how he had seemed invincible even as an Immortal Lord.
• Di Cang entered the Eternal Battlefield and said he hoped the celebrated flourishing age would not disappoint him.

Di Cang’s arrival humiliated the Eighth Divine General, while the tournament rules sparked objections because they favored the Celestial Court. Su Bai sent the Human Realm’s young Heaven’s Prides to prepare for the thousand-year competition, and one disciple vowed to enter seclusion for 999 years.

• Di Cang entered the Eternal Battlefield, and the Eighth Divine General seethed as his own soldiers knelt in reverence to Di Cang.
• Ji Tianji and Old Man Tianji recognized that the first-round rules favored the Celestial Court, and the Eighth Divine General silenced critics by invoking the First Divine General.
• Blood Moon Ancestor, Purple Clan Ancestor, and Golden King discussed uniting their factions, while Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan dismissed the need to fear the Celestial Court’s numbers.
• Su Bai gathered the Human Realm’s leading Heaven’s Prides and urged them to reach the Immortal King Realm during the thousand-year competition.
• A disciple promised to protect the others and cultivate in seclusion for 999 years, while another declared that one year was enough.

The first round of the Heaven's Pride Tournament began as prodigies chose whether to enter the deadly Eternal Battlefield. Numerous long-hidden monsters joined the contest, and Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan entered together, setting the stage for the battle ahead.

• Many prodigies withdrew from the tournament, while others overcame their fear and charged into the passage to the Eternal Battlefield.
• The Nine Nether Saint Son, a prodigy from the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, and the Blood Sword Immortal Dynasty's thirteenth prince revealed themselves and entered the battlefield.
• Violet, Little War King, Li Wujin, and other Heavenly Dao Ranking prodigies entered, while Mystic Ice Fairy, a mysterious Celestial Court figure, and the Human Realm prodigies concealed their auras among the crowd.
• Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan exchanged smiles and entered the passage together as Old Man Tianji anticipated that they would change the Eternal Battlefield.
• The Eighth Divine General hoped that the Celestial Court's prodigies would take revenge on Su Qingyun and the Human Realm prodigies inside the battlefield.

Di Cang dominated the Eternal Prodigy Contest, rapidly building an enormous lead over the other entrants. After one hundred years, the Celestial Court controlled most of the rankings, while Su Qingyun, Wu Wushuang, and other highly ranked prodigies had yet to appear.

• The Heaven's Pride Rankings listed Di Cang first with 137 points, and his score climbed to 893 within the time it took to burn an incense stick.
• Di Cang's score surpassed ten thousand in the first month, while Celestial Court prodigies began appearing beneath him on the ranking.
• Over the first century, Celestial Court prodigies occupied more than nine hundred of the top thousand spots, while Violet, Little War King, and Li Wujin reached places in the rankings.
• After several centuries, Di Cang's score exceeded one million, roughly a hundred times the second-place score.
• Observers wondered why Su Qingyun, Wu Wushuang, and the other prodigies ranked above Di Cang on the Heavenly Dao Ranking had not appeared.

After nine hundred years, the Heaven's Pride Battlefield still showed no sign of Su Qingyun, the Grass-Biting Youth, or the other mysterious geniuses, while Di Cang's overwhelming lead fueled speculation that he was cultivating a supreme inheritance. The Eighth Divine General, convinced the Human Realm would eventually act, launched the Celestial Court's hunting plan.

• Powerhouses on the Heaven's Pride Battlefield wondered why Su Qingyun, the Grass-Biting Youth, and the other mysterious geniuses had not appeared in the rankings after nine hundred years.
• Spectators argued over whether those missing geniuses had fallen, been plotted against, or were waiting to reveal themselves at the final moment.
• Powerhouses noticed Di Cang's score had remained at 1,370,000 since the six-hundredth year and speculated that he was cultivating a supreme inheritance in seclusion.
• Old Man Tianji declared Di Cang destined to become the Eternal Immortal Realm's one true god, deepening the spectators' despair.
• The Eighth Divine General watched Azure Mountain Saint Emperor and announced, "Celestial Court Hunting Plan, begin!"

The Eighth Divine General’s Celestial Court began hunting ranked prodigies, and the deaths of Zi Wuji and Li Wujin exposed the slaughter to the forces gathered at the Heaven's Pride Battlefield. As the Eighth Divine General dismissed their outrage, all sixty-eight Human Realm prodigies emerged from seclusion as Kings.

• The Heaven's Pride Rankings revealed Zi Wuji and Li Wujin had died, while Celestial Court prodigies gained points equal to theirs.
• The Purple Clan Ancestor, the Blood Moon Ancestor, and other experts accused the Eighth Divine General of arranging the killings and demanded an explanation.
• The Eighth Divine General mocked the gathered forces and openly defended the Celestial Court's hunt, leaving them furious but unwilling to challenge its power.
• The gathered experts realized the Heaven's Pride Gathering had become a slaughterhouse for prodigies outside the Celestial Court.
• After nine hundred years of cultivation, all sixty-eight Human Realm prodigies, including Yun Xuan and Qin Buhui, became Kings ahead of schedule.

After nine hundred years of cultivation in the Eternal Immortal Realm, the Human Realm’s geniuses reached the Immortal King Realm, with more than ten becoming Peerless Immortal Kings. They emerged to find the Celestial Court dominating the Heaven’s Pride Rankings by hunting down its rivals, and saw Mystic Ice Fairy being pursued by over a hundred Celestial Court geniuses.

• Yun Xuan opened her eyes after eight hundred years of cultivation, having become the first of the Human Realm’s geniuses to enter the Immortal King Realm.
• The Human Realm’s geniuses completed nine hundred years of cultivation, with everyone reaching the Immortal King Realm and more than ten becoming Peerless Immortal Kings.
• Zhuge Feng and Wu Wushuang declared that the group was ready to fight, and Xiao Yan eagerly looked forward to battle.
• Celestial Court geniuses hunted down rivals across the Heaven’s Pride Battlefield, leaving more than half of the top thousand unaffiliated geniuses dead and dominating the rankings.
• As the formation was withdrawn, Zhuge Feng, Xiao Yan, and the others saw more than a hundred Celestial Court geniuses pursuing Mystic Ice Fairy.

Mystic Ice Fairy was pursued and cornered by more than a hundred Celestial Court prodigies until she prepared to self-destruct. Xiao Yan and over eighty Human Realm prodigies arrived, slaughtered their attackers in ten breaths, and won the Human Realm's first battle.

• Mystic Ice Fairy fought off a growing Celestial Court siege but was badly wounded and pursued by more than a hundred prodigies.
• As the Celestial Court prodigies threatened to capture her, Mystic Ice Fairy chose to self-destruct rather than fall into their hands.
• Xiao Yan appeared to defend Mystic Ice Fairy, and over eighty Human Realm prodigies surrounded her.
• Xiao Yan killed three Supreme Immortal Kings with one punch, then he and the other Human Realm prodigies charged into battle.
• The Human Realm prodigies wiped out the more than a hundred Celestial Court attackers in ten breaths.

The Eighth Divine General dismissed the factions’ outrage over the Celestial Court’s hunts of ranked outsiders, invoking the First Divine General to silence them. Just as he resumed watching the tournament, more than a hundred Celestial Court Heaven’s Pride names shattered on the rankings.

• Old Man Tianji reported that eighty-seven ranked Heaven’s Pride outside the Celestial Court had fallen, while the Golden Clan Ancestor and Blood Moon Ancestor grieved for their lost descendants.
• Purple Clan Ancestor and other faction leaders confronted the Eighth Divine General and demanded an explanation for the hunts.
• The Eighth Divine General claimed the fallen Heaven’s Pride were simply weaker and said the Celestial Court’s Heaven’s Pride could not be blamed for their strength.
• When the faction leaders threatened further action, the Eighth Divine General invoked the First Divine General, silencing them and forcing them to retreat.
• The Eighth Divine General returned to his seat and called for the elimination round to continue, but more than a hundred Celestial Court Heaven’s Pride names shattered within ten breaths.

One hundred thirty-seven Celestial Court prodigies died within ten breaths, shocking the Heaven's Pride Battlefield and humiliating the Eighth Divine General. In the Eternal Battlefield, Xiao Yan realized the Celestial Court was hunting ranked prodigies and proposed a trap.

• One hundred thirty-seven Celestial Court names shattered on the Heaven's Pride Rankings, leaving the Eighth Divine General demanding to know who had killed them.
• The Purple Clan Ancestor and Blood Moon Ancestor mocked the Eighth Divine General by repeating his earlier words about the risks of the Eternal Battlefield.
• Mystic Ice Fairy told Xiao Yan and the others that Celestial Court prodigies knew her location and kept hunting her.
• Xiao Yan concluded that the Celestial Court was targeting all ranked prodigies, gathered more than a hundred Celestial Court Point Tokens, and proposed luring them into a net.

Xiao Yan and the Human Realm’s heaven’s prides devised a plan to use Mystic Ice Fairy as bait, transferring hundreds of thousands of points to her token to draw Celestial Court’s forces into an ambush. On the Heaven’s Pride Battlefield, the fall of 137 Celestial Court heaven’s prides humiliated Eighth Divine General, and a guard revealed that Mystic Ice Fairy’s ranking was soaring.

• Xiao Yan proposed making Mystic Ice Fairy’s ranking conspicuous so Celestial Court would come after her while the Human Realm’s heaven’s prides waited in ambush.
• Mystic Ice Fairy linked her token to the captured tokens, and their points poured into hers until her total climbed into the hundreds of thousands.
• Ancient faction ancestors mocked Eighth Divine General after 137 Celestial Court heaven’s prides were killed within ten breaths.
• Eighth Divine General seethed as the viewing platform celebrated Celestial Court’s losses.
• A personal guard told Eighth Divine General that Mystic Ice Fairy’s points on the Heaven’s Pride Rankings were skyrocketing.

Mystic Ice Fairy’s points surged to second place after she apparently killed 137 Celestial Court prodigies, provoking the Eighth Divine General to order a mass hunt. As more than a thousand Celestial Court prodigies gathered to attack her, the Human Realm prodigies sprang their trap and prepared to strike.

• Mystic Ice Fairy’s ranking climbed from 137th to second place with 370,000 points, shocking everyone at the Heaven's Pride Battlefield.
• The onlookers concluded that Mystic Ice Fairy had killed 137 Celestial Court prodigies, while the ancestors praised her and the Eighth Divine General seethed.
• The Eighth Divine General ordered Celestial Court prodigies to hunt Mystic Ice Fairy, demanding that they overwhelm her with as many attackers as necessary.
• More than a thousand Celestial Court prodigies, led by Tian Xu, gathered and charged toward Mystic Ice Fairy’s location.
• Yun Xuan alerted Mystic Ice Fairy and the Human Realm prodigies, who lured the Celestial Court forces into a giant trap; Xiao Yan announced that they would shut the door and beat the dog.

Yun Xuan confronted Holy Son Tian Xu as he led the Celestial Court’s Heaven’s Prides to attack Mystic Ice Fairy, then overwhelmed him with a single sword strike. Tian Xu was left beaten and horrified, while the battle between the two forces remained unresolved.

• Holy Son Tian Xu led 1,025 Celestial Court Heaven’s Prides toward Mystic Ice Fairy, but found sixty-eight Human Realm fighters in his path and fourteen formidable figures guarding the surrounding void.
• Tian Xu mocked the smaller group until Yun Xuan stepped forward and revealed the aura of a powerful Peerless Immortal King.
• Yun Xuan accused the Celestial Court of hunting Heaven’s Prides and declared that its forces would be hunted in return.
• Tian Xu unleashed his Void Dao chains and barriers against Yun Xuan, but her chaotic sword shattered them all.
• Yun Xuan struck Tian Xu down with one sword, leaving him coughing blood and unable to believe his defeat.

Yun Xuan and the Human Realm geniuses fought the Celestial Court’s thousand-strong legion and annihilated it without suffering any casualties. Holy Son Tian Xu died, and the Eternal Immortal Realm was about to learn that the Human Realm feared no challenge.

• Holy Son Tian Xu summoned the Void God King phantom, but Yun Xuan shattered it with one sword and left him gravely wounded.
• At Tian Xu’s command, 1,025 Celestial Court geniuses attacked Yun Xuan, while Shi Huang, Gu Qingping, Qin Buhui, Fairy Qingyue, and the other Human Realm geniuses joined the battle.
• The Human Realm fighters killed or wounded more than two hundred Celestial Court geniuses within moments, and Mystic Ice Fairy entered the fight after recovering with Xiao Yan’s pill.
• Yun Xuan told Tian Xu that the Human Realm feared no challenge, then killed him with a stroke of her sword.
• The sixty-eight Human Realm geniuses wiped out all 1,026 Celestial Court enemies, including Tian Xu, without casualties, as the battle ended in the time it took to drink a cup of tea.

The Eighth Divine General was mocked after Celestial Court Heaven's Pride were slaughtered, but he insisted the losses were insignificant and Mystic Ice Fairy would be hunted down. The Heaven's Pride Rankings then showed more than five hundred Celestial Court deaths, ending with the fall of Holy Son Tian Xu, leaving the battlefield in shock.

• Purple Clan Ancestor, Blood Moon Ancestor, and the Golden Clan ancestor ridiculed the Eighth Divine General over the deaths of 137 Celestial Court Heaven's Pride.
• The Eighth Divine General silenced the viewing platform with his aura, dismissed the losses, and vowed that Mystic Ice Fairy would soon be killed.
• A Celestial Court name shattered on the Heaven's Pride Rankings, followed by hundreds more in a rapidly cascading wave of deaths.
• More than five hundred Celestial Court Heaven's Pride names shattered before the bloody flashes subsided.
• Holy Son Tian Xu, ranked fourth on the Heaven's Pride Rankings and one of the Celestial Court's Ten Holy Sons, fell, stunning everyone on the battlefield.

After more than five hundred Celestial Court names shattered almost simultaneously, the viewing platform realized that over a thousand prodigies had been annihilated and suspected the Human Realm was behind the attack. The chapter left the Eighth Divine General staring furiously at Azure Mountain Saint Emperor, convinced that the Human Realm had destroyed his force.

• The viewing platform reacted in disbelief as more than five hundred Celestial Court names shattered at once, including Holy Son Tian Xu.
• Old Man Tianji declared that Mystic Ice Fairy could not have acted alone and reasoned that powerful helpers had crushed Tian Xu's legion.
• The cultivators on the viewing platform turned their attention to the Human Realm and wondered whether Su Qingyun, Grass-Biting Youth, and the mysterious thirteen were responsible.
• The Eighth Divine General realized that all one thousand and twenty-six of his direct subordinates had died, far more than the number shown among the shattered names.
• The Eighth Divine General glared at Azure Mountain Saint Emperor and concluded that the Human Realm was behind the massacre.

After the Celestial Court’s Heaven’s Pride were erased from the Heavenly Dao Ranking, a series of unknown experts entered the list at astonishingly high positions. The chapter ended with Yun Xuan taking fifteenth place, pushing Di Cang down the ranking.

• The Eighth Divine General concluded that the Human Realm had annihilated the Celestial Court’s army, shocking the experts on the viewing platform.
• The Heavenly Dao Ranking trembled, and twelve Celestial Court Heaven’s Pride were erased without replacements appearing immediately.
• Lu Ming entered the ranking at twenty-second place, displacing the names from sixteenth through twenty-second.
• Su Hu, Fairy Qingyue, Ah Hu, Qin Buhui, Shi Huang, and Gu Qingping filled positions twenty-first through sixteenth.
• Di Cang’s name shifted down as Yun Xuan appeared at fifteenth place.

The Heavenly Dao Ranking revealed eight new geniuses who pushed Di Cang down to twenty-third place, and the crowd identified them as members of the Human Realm. The chapter left the Celestial Court insisting that the current Di Cang far surpassed his ranking from a hundred million years earlier, while the Human Realm’s emerging strength stunned the battlefield.

• Yun Xuan appeared in fifteenth place, pushing Di Cang down the ranking to twenty-third as eight new geniuses emerged above him.
• Old Man Tianji said he could not see through the new names, but sensed that they had the foundations to reach the Epoch King Realm and challenge Taboo.
• The Purple Clan Ancestor identified Lu Ming, Su Hu, Fairy Qingyue, Ah Hu, Qin Buhui, Shi Huang, Gu Qingping, and Yun Xuan as geniuses of the Human Realm.
• The Eighth Divine General rejected the ranking as false, then collapsed as the names remained unchanged.
• Celestial Court generals argued that Di Cang’s ranking reflected his strength from a hundred million years ago, not his current power.

After the Human Realm prodigies’ scores surged on the Heaven's Pride Rankings, the Azure Mountain Saint Emperor used the Eighth Divine General’s own words to rebuke him, leaving the Celestial Court leader humiliated. The Eighth Divine General retaliated by issuing a Myriad Kings' Death Warrant against the Human Realm prodigies.

• The deaths of more than a thousand Celestial Court prodigies sent the new Heavenly Dao Ranking entrants’ scores soaring, with Yun Xuan rising to third on the Heaven's Pride Rankings.
• The Azure Mountain Saint Emperor repeated the Eighth Divine General’s earlier words, blaming the fallen prodigies for being unskilled and silencing him.
• The Purple Clan Ancestor, the Blood Moon Ancestor, and other factions mocked the Eighth Divine General, while the Azure Mountain Saint Emperor ignored his threats.
• The Eighth Divine General declared that the Celestial Court would destroy the Human Realm and wrote “Kill them!” on a token to contact its prodigies.
• The Eighth Divine General issued the Myriad Kings' Death Warrant, ordering every Celestial Court prodigy in the Eternal Battlefield to pursue and kill the Human Realm prodigies at any cost.