Chapter Summaries

More than eighty Human Realm prodigies approached the five thousandth step, while the other peerless cultivators paused to prepare for its immense pressure. Just as Xiao Yan and the others stepped forward, three figures launched a sudden sneak attack against them.

• Ji Tianji judged that stepping onto the five thousandth step would be difficult, and the Little War King, Violet, and Mystic Ice Fairy prepared to face the challenge.
• The Human Realm prodigies arrived at the four thousand nine hundred and ninety-ninth step without showing signs of strain.
• The Mystic Ice Fairy warned Xiao Yan that the pressure on the next step surged severalfold, but Xiao Yan said they were short on time.
• Xiao Yan, Wu Wushuang, and more than eighty Human Realm prodigies stepped toward the five thousandth step without stopping to prepare.
• Three figures burst from the edge of the step and attacked the Human Realm prodigies at the moment their attention was fixed on the trial.

Zhuge Feng, Xiao Lingxi, and Xiao Yan stopped three powerful figures from ambushing them on the Heavenly Ladder, while the Celestial Court defended the attack as permissible. After hearing the spectators mock the Human Realm, Xiao Yan stepped back from the five-thousandth step and challenged the three attackers as Celestial Court pawns.

• Zhuge Feng caught the Nine Nether Saint Son’s fist, Xiao Lingxi halted the Buddha Son’s claw, and Xiao Yan knocked the Blood Sword Immortal Dynasty’s Asura backward with a blade of grass.
• The crowd identified the ambushers, and the Blood Moon Ancestor and Golden Clan Ancestor accused their factions of serving the Celestial Court.
• The sect master of the Nine Nether Immortal Sect, the abbot of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, and the Seventh Divine General argued that the Heavenly Ladder allowed all methods, while the western stands mocked the Human Realm.
• Xiao Yan stepped back from the five-thousandth step to the 4,999th and denounced the three ambushers as Celestial Court dogs.

Xiao Yan seized three arrogant prodigies on the 4,999th step and hurled them onto the 5,000th, where the pressure crushed them to death. Their leaders vowed war against the Human Realm, and Xiao Yan calmly invited them to come.

• Xiao Yan teleported through the pressure on the 4,999th step, seized the Nine Nether Saint Son, and dragged over the Buddhist Son and Thirteenth Prince.
• The three prodigies threatened Xiao Yan and the Human Realm, but Xiao Yan threw them onto the 5,000th step.
• The pressure on the 5,000th step crushed the Nine Nether Saint Son, the Buddhist Son, and the Thirteenth Prince into blood mist.
• Ji Tianji, the Little War King, Violet, Mystic Ice Fairy, and the other Heaven's Pride realized Xiao Yan could move effortlessly under the ladder's pressure.
• The Nine Nether Immortal Sect's Sect Master, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple's Abbot, and the Emperor of the Blood Sword Immortal Dynasty threatened war against the Human Realm.
• Xiao Yan told the three leaders that the Human Realm was waiting for them.

Xiao Yan’s defense of the Human Realm’s geniuses turned the failed ambush into a display of their strength on the Heavenly Ladder. As more cultivators followed them past the 5,000th level, Mystic Ice Fairy remained behind, wondering what kind of person could raise disciples like these.

• Xiao Yan returned to the 5,000th level after crushing the three attackers, while the Seventh Divine General seethed over his failed sneak attack.
• Zhuge Feng led the Human Realm’s eighty-odd geniuses up the ladder, and they reached the 5,100th level without slowing down.
• A hidden genius tested the 5,000th level and barely endured its pressure, amazed by the Human Realm group’s effortless ascent.
• Little War King, Violet, and Ji Tianji each stepped onto the 5,000th level and pushed through the pressure with their own strength and resolve.
• Mystic Ice Fairy stayed on the 4,999th level, reflecting on the Human Realm’s way of cultivation and wondering who had raised such disciples.

Mystic Ice Fairy and Ji Tianji reached the five-thousandth layer as the Human Realm’s geniuses continued climbing the Heavenly Ladder without using defenses. Di Cang surged past seven thousand layers, but the chapter ended with more than eighty Human Realm geniuses reaching six thousand together, stunning the gathered factions.

• Mystic Ice Fairy used the Ice God Palace’s cultivation art to withstand the pressure and step onto the five-thousandth layer.
• Ji Tianji reached the five-thousandth layer, prompting Old Man Tianji and the ancestors of the Purple and Golden Clans to celebrate.
• Di Cang charged past seven thousand layers and continued toward the eight-thousand-layer record.
• Blood Moon Ancestor pointed out that the Human Realm’s geniuses had reached the fifty-eight-hundredth layer using only their bodies and will.
• More than eighty Human Realm geniuses stepped onto the six-thousandth layer, astonishing everyone watching.

Di Cang reached the eight-thousandth layer of the Heavenly Ladder, matching an ancient record, while the Human Realm’s prodigies continued climbing without showing their limits. Wu Wushuang sent Senior Brother Han and the others to keep tempering themselves as fourteen Peerless Immortal Kings surged ahead, beginning the final contest.

• More than eighty Human Realm prodigies reached the six-thousandth layer in unison, shocking the spectators and unsettling the Seventh Divine General.
• Di Cang climbed to the seven-thousand-nine-hundredth layer and then stepped onto the eight-thousandth, matching the highest recorded feat in the Eternal Immortal Realm.
• The Seventh Divine General celebrated Di Cang’s achievement and challenged the Azure Mountain Saint Emperor, but the Human Realm’s prodigies had already reached the six-thousand-six-hundredth layer without summoning protective immortal light.
• Wu Wushuang told Senior Brother Han and the other junior brothers and sisters to keep tempering themselves while the others went ahead.
• Fourteen Peerless Immortal Kings of the Human Realm surged forward, and Xiao Yan laughed that eight thousand layers were nothing difficult.

Fourteen Human Realm prodigies raced up the Heavenly Ladder, surpassing Di Cang’s pace and reaching the eight-thousandth step together without protective immortal radiance. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan dismissing the achievement as nothing difficult.

• Zhuge Feng, Xiao Yan, Su Ling'er, Xiao Lingxi, Ye Qingyao, Mu Lingxian, Zhao Tianlong, and the other Human Realm prodigies surged up the ladder, stunning the viewing platforms with their speed.
• The Mystic Ice Fairy, Little War King, and Violet watched the fourteen pass them and recognized the vast gap between their strength and the Human Realm prodigies'.
• Di Cang saw the fourteen approach and recalled how much stronger they had become since their battle against his avatar a hundred years earlier.
• The fourteen crossed the seven-thousandth step and continued upward faster than Di Cang, still resisting with their bodies alone.
• The fourteen reached the eight-thousandth step alongside Di Cang, and Xiao Yan declared that the height was nothing difficult.

Fourteen Peerless Immortal Kings of the Human Realm reached the eight-thousandth layer alongside Di Cang, shattering the Eternal Immortal Realm’s record and stunning the watching factions. Di Cang climbed beyond the record, and the fourteen Human Realm geniuses followed him toward the summit.

• Xiao Yan and thirteen other Peerless Immortal Kings of the Human Realm reached the eight-thousandth layer without showing strain, leaving the spectators and rival factions stunned.
• Di Cang faced Xiao Yan’s gaze and declared that eight thousand layers were not enough before stepping onto the eight-thousand-and-first layer.
• Di Cang continued climbing, determined to break the record and reach the summit.
• Xiao Yan and the other thirteen Human Realm geniuses stepped onto the eight-thousand-and-first layer together, pursuing Di Cang and defending the Human Realm’s glory.

The fourteen Peerless Immortal Kings of the Human Realm passed Di Cang and became the first to reach the Heavenly Ladder’s nine-thousandth layer. As Di Cang prepared to challenge the threshold, Han Feiyu encountered Xuan Qingyi among the Human Realm’s other prodigies, and she asked whether the fourteen could reach the top.

• Di Cang climbed to the eight-thousand-nine-hundred-ninety-ninth layer as the fourteen Peerless Immortal Kings of the Human Realm kept pace behind him.
• Di Cang stopped to gather strength before challenging the nine-thousandth layer, but the fourteen passed him without pausing.
• The fourteen Human Realm Peerless Immortal Kings stepped onto the nine-thousandth layer together, stunning the spectators and the Seventh Divine General.
• Di Cang watched the fourteen and then noticed Han Feiyu leading the remaining Human Realm prodigies onto the seven-thousandth layer.
• Xuan Qingyi appeared beside Han Feiyu’s group, told him she bore no ill will, and asked whether the fourteen could reach the top.

Han Feiyu told Xuan Qingyi why he believed the Human Realm’s heaven’s prides could defeat Di Cang, while she revealed Di Cang’s extraordinary cultivation history and her wish to visit the Human Realm. On the Heavenly Ladder, all fourteen Human Realm Peerless Immortal Kings reached level 9,900 ahead of Di Cang, leaving the final hundred levels to the legendary summit.

• Han Feiyu told Xuan Qingyi he was certain the Human Realm could reach the summit, and she said she would visit it someday.
• Xuan Qingyi described Di Cang’s exceptional talent and undefeated record, while Han Feiyu argued that the Human Realm’s heaven’s prides had the hardship and experience he lacked.
• Xuan Qingyi agreed that even the strongest could be surpassed and said she wanted to see the Human Realm for herself.
• Di Cang stepped onto level 9,000, only to find the fourteen Human Realm Peerless Immortal Kings already ten levels ahead.
• The fourteen Human Realm figures climbed to level 9,900 as Di Cang pursued them, his divine light cracking and his body showing signs of strain.
• The Heaven’s Pride Battlefield watched in suspense as all fourteen Human Realm figures reached level 9,900, with only the final hundred levels before the Ten-Thousand-Level Summit.

The fourteen Peerless Immortal Kings of the Human Realm and Di Cang entered the Ten-Thousand-Level Summit’s final barrier, where Zhuge Feng faced an illusion of the Human Realm’s triumphant future. Zhuge Feng and his fellow disciples rejected the false victory and resolved to earn their success through their own efforts.

• Zhuge Feng crossed the summit barrier, followed by the other thirteen Peerless Immortal Kings and Di Cang.
• Zhuge Feng found himself in a vision where he and his fellow disciples had become Taboo Kings and the Human Realm had defeated the Celestial Court.
• Zhuge Feng recognized the glorious future as an illusion, and the stars and palace collapsed into darkness.
• An ancient voice urged Zhuge Feng and the others to remain in the vision of their deepest desires.
• Zhuge Feng, Xiao Yan, Ye Qingyao, Su Ling'er, and the others rejected an illusory victory and declared they would win openly and honorably through their own strength.

Di Cang's illusion showed him reaching Ten-Thousand-Level Summit while the Human Realm's fourteen prodigies were trapped below, then defeating all fourteen in the arena tournament. The chapter ended with Di Cang standing alone and uninjured after crushing their challenge.

• Di Cang reached Ten-Thousand-Level Summit in the illusion while the Human Realm's fourteen prodigies were stopped at the 9,900th level.
• The Celestial Court celebrated Di Cang's apparent victory as the arena tournament began.
• Xiao Lingxi attacked Di Cang but was defeated and gravely wounded with one move.
• Di Cang caught Xiao Yan's teleporting attack and struck him down.
• Di Cang challenged the Human Realm's remaining twelve prodigies, defeated them all, and remained unscathed.

Di Cang attained the Emperor Realm and declared that he would destroy the Human Realm, unaware that he was trapped in an illusion. The fourteen Human Realm prodigies reached the final level of the Heavenly Ladder, where Zhuge Feng faced a trial that stripped away his power.

• Di Cang became the first Heavenly Emperor since the Creation of Heaven and Earth, and ordered the Celestial Court's Divine Generals to attack the Human Realm.
• Zhuge Feng and the other Human Realm prodigies recognized that Di Cang's laughter came from an illusion born of his obsession with defeating them.
• The fourteen prodigies stepped onto the nine-thousand-nine-hundred-ninety-ninth level and were overwhelmed by pressure on their bodies, souls, and wills.
• Zhuge Feng awoke as a mortal servant on a short Heavenly Ladder in Little Wilderness Mountain and saw a thatched hut marked Heavenly Dao Sect.
• A white-robed young man asked Zhuge Feng why he cultivated immortality.

The Heavenly Dao Sect disciples relived their first meeting with the sect and answered why they cultivated immortality. Su Ling’er wanted to grow strong enough to share her master’s burdens as the disciples’ answers continued.

• Zhuge Feng relived his arrival at the Heavenly Dao Sect and vowed to cultivate immortality to avenge his parents.
• Xiao Lingxi said she cultivated for freedom, while Xiao Yan declared that he wanted to prove he was not trash.
• Ye Qingyao and Ye Ziyao each said they cultivated to find the sister from whom they had been separated.
• Mu Lingxian said she wanted to survive, control her harmful constitution, and make friends; Zhao Tianlong wanted to protect his empire and its people.
• Chen Hao wanted to protect his hometown from oppression, and Wu Wushuang sought to let the Human Race stand proud.
• Su Ling’er said she cultivated to share her master’s burdens and stand beside him in battle.

After revealing why they cultivated immortality, the fourteen Human Realm prodigies passed the Heavenly Dao Sect’s trial and reached the Ten-Thousand-Level Summit together. Their triumph stunned the Heaven's Pride Battlefield, while Di Cang remained on the nine thousand nine hundred first level, smiling and ordering his followers to flatten the Human Realm.

• Su Ming, Chen Fan, Su Qingyun, and Jiuyue explained their reasons for cultivating immortality, and the fourteen declared that they now sought peace, justice, and equality under Heavenly Dao.
• The young man in white congratulated the fourteen on passing the trial and welcomed them as members of the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• The Heavenly Ladder transformed, revealing the ten-thousandth level, and all fourteen prodigies stepped onto the summit together.
• The Human Realm supporters celebrated as the prodigies' achievement shocked the Celestial Court supporters and the Seventh Divine General.
• The crowd found Di Cang standing on the nine thousand nine hundred first level, where he smiled and ordered his followers to flatten the Human Realm.

The Human Realm’s fourteen Peerless Immortal Kings reached the Ten-Thousand-Level Summit while Di Cang remained trapped in an illusion on the 9,901st level, humiliating the Celestial Court. Their achievement left the other climbers in awe and revealed that reaching the summit meant possessing potential close to an Emperor.

• The fourteen Peerless Immortal Kings stood together atop the Ten-Thousand-Level Summit as Di Cang continued celebrating his imagined victory on the 9,901st level.
• The Human Realm supporters mocked Di Cang’s boast, while the Celestial Court’s powerhouses and the Seventh Divine General watched in humiliation and anger.
• Mystic Ice Fairy and Little War King stopped climbing and stared at the summit, recognizing the immense gap between themselves and the Human Realm’s prodigies.
• Han Feiyu and the remaining Human Realm prodigies cheered as Xuan Qingyi watched the summit with shock and admiration.
• Xuan Qingyi realized that the ladder’s builder had set its standard using his former self, meaning those who reached the summit possessed potential close to an Emperor.

The fourteen Human Realm prodigies shattered Di Cang’s illusion of becoming Heavenly Emperor with three punches. Di Cang awoke on the 9,901st level to see the fourteen standing together at the Ten-Thousand-Level Summit.

• Han Feiyu told Xuan Qingyi that the Human Realm’s chosen prodigies would reach the summit, and she recalled her father’s words about greater people and higher heavens.
• Di Cang, lost in his illusion, summoned the Celestial Court’s army and declared that he would end the Human Realm.
• Zhuge Feng and Xiao Yan urged the fourteen Human Realm prodigies to wake Di Cang, and all fourteen released their auras to crush his illusion.
• Zhuge Feng and Xiao Yan struck Di Cang, then the fourteen prodigies punched together and destroyed his dream empire.
• Di Cang awoke on the 9,901st level and saw the fourteen figures standing at the Ten-Thousand-Level Summit.

Di Cang's defeat in the Heavenly Ladder trials shattered his confidence, and the Seventh Divine General tried to stop him from suffering Qi deviation. After the Human Realm's fourteen Heaven's Pride entered the palace atop the summit, they found themselves before the mysterious King of Creation in primordial Chaos.

• Di Cang realized his defeat was real as the Seventh Divine General and Celestial Court experts looked on and spectators mocked him.
• Di Cang injured himself to test whether he was still in an illusion, then began suffering Qi deviation.
• The Seventh Divine General urged Di Cang to recover and win the third round, and Di Cang collapsed.
• A palace appeared above the Ten-Thousand-Level Summit, and Zhuge Feng led Xiao Yan, Su Ling'er, Xiao Lingxi, Ye Qingyao, Mu Lingxian, Zhao Tianlong, Chen Hao, Wu Wushuang, Su Ming, Chen Fan, Su Qingyun, Jiuyue, and Ye Ziyao inside.
• The fourteen found themselves in primordial Chaos before a cross-legged figure worshipped by powerful beings as the Great King of Creation.

The fourteen prodigies from the Human Realm witnessed the King of Creation’s life and learned how he rose from a mortal boy to an invincible sect master. At the summit, the King of Creation’s lingering will revealed its shock that fourteen people had crossed the Heavenly Ladder in so short a time.

• The King of Creation’s will showed the fourteen prodigies how a boy rejected by immortal sects joined the Creation Sect as its first and last disciple.
• After a major sect killed the old sect master and destroyed the Creation Sect, the boy survived and returned three hundred years later to destroy that sect in revenge.
• The boy became the King of Creation, dominated the Myriad Races, and restored the Creation Sect to glory.
• The fourteen prodigies compared the King of Creation’s unbreakable resolve with Di Cang’s faltering state of mind on the nine thousand nine hundredth level.
• The King of Creation opened his eyes and expressed shock that fourteen people had crossed his Ten-Thousand-Level Heavenly Ladder after only a few hundred billion years.

The Immortal King of Creation offered the fourteen Human Realm geniuses a place as his disciples and the chance to enter the Taboo Domain in a single stride. They all refused, declaring their loyalty to their master and the Heavenly Dao Sect, leaving the King of Creation impressed by their bonds.

• The Immortal King of Creation marveled that fourteen people had reached the summit of his Heavenly Ladder and praised their potential.
• He offered to take all fourteen as disciples and grant them supreme fortune, promising to help them enter the Taboo Domain.
• Zhuge Feng respectfully refused on behalf of the group, saying they already had a master and would never switch allegiances.
• Xiao Yan and Su Ling'er affirmed their loyalty and said they preferred the path of cultivation they had forged themselves.
• All fourteen geniuses refused the offer, and the Immortal King of Creation praised their steadfastness and asked about their master.