Chapter Summaries

The Human Realm prodigies rejected Di Cang’s offer of reconciliation, and he revealed his overwhelming Half-Step Epoch King power. Most of the allied non-Celestial Court prodigies fled, but the Human Realm and a few others stood their ground as Di Cang prepared to attack.

• Xiao Yan and Wu Wushuang rejected Di Cang’s offer, declaring that the Human Realm would fight for justice and would not forgive the Celestial Court’s blood debts.
• Di Cang summoned a golden spear and released the aura of a monstrous Half-Step Epoch King, then ordered everyone who remained to die.
• More than half of the non-Celestial Court prodigies fled, while Little War King, Violet, Ji Tianji, and roughly ten thousand others stayed.
• Di Cang asked the Human Realm prodigies whether they would flee, and Xiao Yan, Wu Wushuang, and the others answered by unleashing their power and standing ready to fight.
• Di Cang praised their courage, raised his golden spear, and began gathering a beam of light to attack.

Xiao Yan confronted Di Cang on the Eternal Battlefield and survived the Half-Step Epoch King's devastating spear strike with only minor injuries. As Xiao Yan began forming a Chaos-colored flame capable of threatening Di Cang, Zhuge Feng, Xiao Lingxi, and Su Ling'er intervened to hold Di Cang back.

• Di Cang thrust his golden spear at the Human Realm, and Xiao Yan met the attack with Myriad Flames Burn Heaven.
• Di Cang remained unharmed while his strike hurled Xiao Yan countless billions of miles away, but Xiao Yan survived with only minor injuries and laughed as his fighting spirit rose.
• Xiao Yan fused Myriad Flames into a Chaos-colored fireball that made Di Cang sense a genuine threat.
• Di Cang unleashed a stronger spear strike to interrupt Xiao Yan's Taboo technique.
• Zhuge Feng, Xiao Lingxi, and Su Ling'er intercepted Di Cang's attack and said they would hold him back so Xiao Yan could focus.

Zhuge Feng, Xiao Lingxi, and Su Ling'er joined forces against Di Cang and held him to a draw before fighting alongside Xiao Yan in a combined strike that injured him. Di Cang answered by awakening an aura that was advancing toward the true Epoch King realm, declaring that the battle had only just begun.

• Zhuge Feng, Xiao Lingxi, and Su Ling'er combined their powers to match Di Cang’s spear strike, forcing both sides to retreat in a draw.
• Di Cang praised the three and renewed his attack as they unleashed their strongest techniques against him.
• Xiao Yan completed his Chaos-colored Fire Lotus and joined Zhuge Feng, Xiao Lingxi, and Su Ling'er in striking Di Cang with their four ultimate attacks.
• Di Cang countered with Annihilation Divine Thunder, but the collision cracked his golden armor and drew blood, prompting cheers from the unaffiliated prodigies.
• Di Cang wiped away his blood, fixed his gaze on the four Human Realm prodigies, and began advancing toward the true Epoch King realm.

Di Cang unleashed the first three strikes of his God-Slaying Thirteen Spears against Xiao Yan, Zhuge Feng, Xiao Lingxi, and Su Ling'er. The four blocked the first two strikes and trapped Di Cang in a coordinated counterattack after Xiao Yan seized his spear.

• Di Cang announced his God-Slaying Thirteen Spears and struck the four Human Realm prodigies with a blow that combined creation and annihilation.
• Xiao Yan, Zhuge Feng, Xiao Lingxi, and Su Ling'er joined forces to block Di Cang’s first spear.
• Di Cang’s Heaven Swallowing spear summoned a golden vortex, which the four destroyed with coordinated attacks.
• Di Cang’s World Annihilation spear appeared to pierce Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan used an afterimage and seized Di Cang’s spear.
• Zhuge Feng, Xiao Lingxi, and Su Ling'er launched a three-sided attack on Di Cang while Xiao Yan held his weapon.

Di Cang overwhelmed the Human Realm prodigies with his spear techniques and prepared to finish them with his twelfth spear, Slay Heaven. Wu Wushuang broke through to become a Half-Step Epoch King and stepped forward to face him.

• Di Cang suppressed Xiao Yan’s Myriad Flames Burning the Body and acknowledged that the four Human Realm prodigies had nearly threatened him through their coordination.
• Di Cang unleashed his fourth spear, Ask the Gods, and Zhuge Feng, Xiao Yan, Xiao Lingxi, and Su Ling’er defended their souls with their Primordial Spirits.
• Di Cang feared the prodigies’ future growth and used his twelfth spear, Slay Heaven, to try to end the battle.
• Wu Wushuang told Zhuge Feng, Xiao Yan, Xiao Lingxi, and Su Ling’er to retreat and faced Di Cang himself.
• Wu Wushuang’s Sword Intent broke through its limits, making him a Half-Step Epoch King.

Wu Wushuang confronted Di Cang’s Heaven-Slaying Spear with a sword formed from the will of swords across the battlefield. He shattered the spear and wounded Di Cang, who laughed and declared that Wu Wushuang was the first to break it.

• Di Cang unleashed his twelfth spear, the Heaven-Slaying Spear, toward the Human Realm group.
• Wu Wushuang stepped forward, surged to Half-Step Epoch King, and summoned countless swords to form the All-Under-Heaven Beings Sword.
• Wu Wushuang’s sword clashed with Di Cang’s spear for a quarter of an hour before breaking it apart.
• Di Cang spat golden blood and stepped back as the battlefield fell silent.
• Wu Wushuang said his sword served all living beings and surpassed Di Cang’s spear.
• Di Cang laughed and told Wu Wushuang that he was the first person to break his Heaven-Slaying Spear.

Di Cang unleashed his Godhead in the final spear of the God-Slaying Thirteen Spears, while Wu Wushuang answered with a sword formed from the wills of all living beings. Wu Wushuang prevailed, but Di Cang’s cryptic last words and disappearance led him to suspect that the defeated Di Cang was only a clone.

• Di Cang offered up his Godhead and thrust the thirteenth spear, threatening to erase Wu Wushuang and everything behind him.
• Wu Wushuang gathered the life imprints and hopes of countless beings into the All-Under-Heaven Beings Sword and swung at Di Cang.
• The sword and spear collided, shattering Di Cang’s Dark Domain in a clash that seemed to transcend time.
• Di Cang’s spear broke apart, his armor shattered, and his divine mark dimmed as he admitted Wu Wushuang had won.
• Di Cang vanished while laughing and saying Wu Wushuang had lost as well, and Wu Wushuang quietly concluded that he had fought a clone.

After defeating Di Cang's avatar, the Human Realm prodigies rallied and wiped out the Celestial Court forces in the Eternal Battlefield. Outside, the Heaven's Pride Rankings confirmed the scale of the slaughter, leaving the Eighth Divine General and the viewing platform in shock.

• Xiao Yan and Zhuge Feng restored the Human Realm prodigies' morale by declaring they would eventually defeat Di Cang's true body.
• Wu Wushuang ordered the Human Realm prodigies to kill every remaining Celestial Court member, and they launched a one-sided slaughter.
• Firmament watched helplessly as the Celestial Court's First Holy Son, its Ten Holy Sons, and more than thirty thousand Immortal King prodigies were killed.
• The surviving unaffiliated prodigies began gathering spoils from the battlefield as the Eternal Battlefield fell silent.
• At the Heaven's Pride Battlefield, thousands of Celestial Court names shattered on the rankings, and the Eighth Divine General realized the losses were continuing on a massive scale.

The Human Realm wiped out the Celestial Court's prodigies in the Eternal Battlefield, leaving the Celestial Court's Heaven's Pride Rankings empty except for Di Cang and provoking fury among its rulers. Over the following century, fifteen Human Realm prodigies reached the Half-Step Epoch King Realm as the tournament's first round neared its end.

• Firmament's name shattered from the Heaven's Pride Rankings, followed by the names of the Celestial Court's remaining prodigies until only Di Cang remained.
• The Eighth Divine General broke down as the Ten Great Heaven Realm rulers blamed him for the deaths of thirty thousand Celestial Court prodigies.
• The Human Realm prodigies spent the next hundred years tempering themselves across the Eternal Battlefield in preparation for facing Di Cang.
• Han Feiyu, Zhuge Feng, Xiao Lingxi, Xiao Yan, Su Ling'er, Jiuyue, Su Qingyun, and Su Bai's other disciples broke through to the Half-Step Epoch King Realm.
• The Human Realm reached fifteen Half-Step Epoch Kings as the tournament's first round approached its end.

The first round of the Eternal Battlefield ended, and surviving geniuses returned through the gate of light as factions awaited their prodigies. Little War King, Ji Tianji, and Violet emerged among the top hundred and advanced, while Blood Moon Ancestor realized Li Wujin had not returned.

• With three days left, prodigies fought frantically for points, while the Human Realm geniuses and Mystic Ice Fairy stayed out of the final struggle because they already held more than two million points each.
• The first round ended, and surviving geniuses streamed through the gate of light as powerhouses on the spectator stands searched for their people.
• Factions celebrated as their geniuses emerged alive, but Blood Moon Ancestor repeatedly asked after Li Wujin and received no news of him.
• Little War King, Ji Tianji, and Violet emerged together, having reached the top hundred and advanced.

Mystic Ice Fairy and the Human Realm prodigies emerged from the gate of light, revealing that fifteen of them had reached the Half-Step Epoch King realm. Di Cang then appeared and faced Wu Wushuang, warning him that his All-Under-Heaven Beings Sword would not work twice and demanding that he surrender if he had no stronger moves.

• Mystic Ice Fairy emerged from the gate of light after breaking through to the Half-Step Epoch King realm.
• Su Qingyun, Zhuge Feng, Wu Wushuang, Xiao Yan, Jiuyue, and other Human Realm prodigies emerged, including fifteen Half-Step Epoch Kings.
• The spectators wondered how the Human Realm's few dozen prodigies had defeated the Celestial Court's thirty thousand prodigies.
• Di Cang emerged unscathed, and the Celestial Court experts regained hope at his return.
• Di Cang surveyed the Human Realm prodigies before locking gazes with Wu Wushuang.
• Di Cang praised Wu Wushuang's All-Under-Heaven Beings Sword and told him to surrender if his strength ended there.

Di Cang believed his knowledge of the Human Realm prodigies’ techniques gave him an advantage, but Xiao Yan hinted that they still had stronger fighters. The first-round rankings revealed Human Realm prodigies at the top, leaving Di Cang wary of the still-unknown Wu Wushuang and Zhuge Feng.

• Di Cang reflected that his avatar had gathered intelligence on the Human Realm prodigies and believed their known techniques would not work against him again.
• Xiao Yan challenged Di Cang’s assumption that the Human Realm had shown its full strength and suggested that even stronger figures remained.
• The Heaven's Pride Rankings were revealed, placing Di Cang at rank 87 with 1.86 million points and Mystic Ice Fairy at rank 86.
• Human Realm prodigies filled the upper rankings, with Zhuge Feng taking second place at 2.88 million points and Wu Wushuang taking first at 2.96 million.
• Di Cang wondered whether Wu Wushuang and Zhuge Feng were among the fighters he had faced, while the Human Realm prodigies kept their identities hidden and prepared a plan against him.

The Human Realm dominated the Heaven's Pride Rankings after the first round, but Di Cang hinted that the standings were not final. A mysterious newcomer, Xuan Qingyi, appeared from beyond the thousandth rank with five million points and took first place, leaving the battlefield stunned.

• The Human Realm celebrated monopolizing the top twenty of the Heavenly Dao Ranking and claiming eighty-six of the top ninety Heaven's Pride Rankings, while Di Cang's Celestial Court was nearly erased.
• Xiao Yan taunted Di Cang for sending the Human Realm points, and Di Cang replied that the first round had only just begun.
• Mo Chen celebrated advancing in the thousandth and final qualifying position on the Heaven's Pride Rankings.
• Di Cang questioned whether the Human Realm could truly take first place, and Mo Chen's name vanished as every ranked prodigy fell one place.
• Xuan Qingyi appeared at the top of the Heaven's Pride Rankings with five million points, and the crowd wondered who she was and how she had gained so many points.

Xuan Qingyi emerged from the light gate and claimed the top spot on the Heaven's Pride Rankings with five million points, stunning the arena. After warmly greeting the Human Realm's heaven's prides, she returned to the Celestial Court, while Azure Mountain Saint Emperor suspected she carried an Emperor's bloodline.

• Xuan Qingyi took first place on the Heaven's Pride Rankings with five million points, shocking the spectators and prompting them to resume guessing Grass-Biting Youth's identity.
• Xuan Qingyi emerged from the light gate, and the Eighth Divine General addressed her as Profound King.
• Xuan Qingyi examined the rankings, then walked to the Human Realm camp despite the Eighth Divine General trying to stop her.
• Xuan Qingyi told Xiao Yan and the others she bore no ill will and was pleased to find such strong opponents in her era.
• Xuan Qingyi returned to the Celestial Court, and Azure Mountain Saint Emperor sensed that her bloodline carried an Emperor's aura.

The Seventh Divine General reprimanded the Eighth Divine General for the Celestial Court’s losses and announced that he would supervise the tournament’s second round. As the Human Realm became a symbol of hope across the Eternal Immortal Realm, three months passed and the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Heavenly Ladder was about to begin.

• The Seventh Divine General arrived at the viewing stands and condemned the Eighth Divine General for the Celestial Court’s defeat and the loss of its forces.
• The Seventh Divine General surveyed the gathered Heaven’s Pride, focusing with hostility on the Human Realm and its achievements.
• The Seventh Divine General announced that the first round had ended and that he would personally supervise the second round, to be held on the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Heavenly Ladder three months later.
• News of the Human Realm’s victories spread across the Eternal Immortal Realm, where oppressed forces celebrated it as a hope against the Celestial Court.
• Three months passed, and the tournament’s second round was about to begin.

The Celestial Court and the Human Realm assembled with their allies for the second round of the Heaven’s Pride Tournament, turning it into a confrontation over the Eternal Immortal Realm’s future. The Azure Mountain Saint Emperor forced the Seventh Divine General back with a glance, leaving him stunned by the Saint Emperor’s breakthrough.

• The Blood Moon Immortal Sect, the Purple Clan, the Golden Clan, and other factions joined the Human Realm’s side, facing the Celestial Court’s western camp.
• Di Cang, Xuan Qingyi, and the Seventh Divine General arrived for the Celestial Court, whose supporters mocked the absent Human Realm.
• The Azure Mountain Saint Emperor emerged from a rift, followed by the Human Realm’s prodigies, including Zhuge Feng, Wu Wushuang, Xiao Yan, and Yun Xuan.
• The Seventh Divine General threatened the Human Realm and hinted at another Cleansing, but the Azure Mountain Saint Emperor glanced at him and cracked his armor, forcing him back a step.
• The Seventh Divine General stared at the Azure Mountain Saint Emperor in shock and asked whether he had broken through.

The Azure Mountain Saint Emperor revealed power on the level of a Seven-Epoch King, unsettling the Seventh Divine General as he prepared to begin the Heaven's Pride Tournament's second round. The Ten-Thousand-Layer Heavenly Ladder descended into the battlefield, and the Seventh Divine General explained its climbing trials and advancement rules.

• The Seventh Divine General realized the Azure Mountain Saint Emperor had become a Seven-Epoch King and felt fear about the Human Realm's strength.
• The Seventh Divine General announced that the second round would test the competitors' will as they climbed the Ten-Thousand-Layer Heavenly Ladder.
• Xiao Yan told Zhuge Feng that the Seventh Divine General had insulted their will, and Zhuge Feng agreed that their climb would settle the matter.
• The Seventh Divine General summoned the enormous Ten-Thousand-Layer Heavenly Ladder from a Void Rift, stunning the experts watching the tournament.
• The Seventh Divine General said the competitors would climb together, face pressure, inner demons, and the Great Dao's interrogation, and that the top hundred would advance; any means were permitted.

The second round began on the Ten-Thousand-Layer Heavenly Ladder, where prodigies were allowed to attack one another and received gifts as they climbed. Di Cang surged far ahead, but a sudden pressure increase at the thousandth layer revealed a new danger for the climbers.

• The Seventh Divine General announced that there were no forbidden methods and that climbers would receive greater Heavenly Dao gifts at higher layers, then started the competition.
• Di Cang and Xuan Qingyi climbed the ladder, followed by Zhuge Feng and more than eighty Human Realm prodigies.
• Di Cang reached the three-thousandth layer while most other prodigies remained below the thousandth, prompting cheers from the Celestial Court and worry among the Human Realm's supporters.
• A prodigy was blasted off the ladder when the pressure suddenly surged at the thousandth layer, losing his qualification to continue.
• The climbers near the thousandth layer reinforced their defenses before stepping onto it, and the competition entered its second stage.

More than eighty Human Realm Heaven's Pride climbed the Heavenly Ladder without faltering at its first pressure thresholds, while Di Cang raced ahead and reached six thousand steps. He challenged the Human Realm to catch up, leaving the eastern spectators wondering whether they could defeat him.

• Zhuge Feng, Wu Wushuang, and the other Human Realm Heaven's Pride crossed the thousandth step without slowing, drawing cheers from the eastern stands.
• The pressure doubled at two thousand steps, eliminating many Heaven's Pride, but the Human Realm group continued climbing steadily.
• Di Cang passed five thousand steps as the Celestial Court spectators celebrated and argued that he would reach the summit.
• The Human Realm Heaven's Pride reached four thousand steps while most other climbers struggled around two thousand and Di Cang slowed near five thousand five hundred.
• Di Cang reached six thousand steps, turned to the Human Realm group, and taunted them for being too slow to make him act.

The Human Realm’s eighty-odd prodigies climbed the Ten-Thousand-Layer Heavenly Ladder without protective arts, shocking the Celestial Court and spectators with their physical strength and will. They reached the four-thousand-nine-hundredth layer together, with five thousand layers ahead as the next decisive threshold.

• A veteran Immortal King noticed that the Human Realm group endured the ladder’s pressure without releasing protective light, unlike Di Cang, who relied on golden divine light.
• Celestial Court experts realized the Human Realm prodigies had not yet shown their full strength and struggled to explain their extraordinary resistance.
• The eighty-odd Human Realm contestants maintained their formation as they passed the four-thousand-eight-hundredth layer, a height where past Peerless Immortal Kings had stopped.
• Blood Moon Ancestor and Golden Clan Ancestor watched the group reach the four-thousand-nine-hundredth layer and anticipated their attempt to cross the five-thousand-layer threshold.
• The eastern viewing platform celebrated the Human Realm’s strength, while the Celestial Court experts fell silent.