Chapter Summaries

The Divine Spear Saint Emperor killed the Celestial Court’s Fourth Divine General with his Emperor Art, driving the Immortal Realm’s surviving forces from the Primordial Battlefield and earning the Human Realm the other realms’ wary respect. Decades later, the Demon World routed a much larger Divine Realm force on the First-Heaven Battlefield.

• The Slaughter Demon King and other realm leaders recognized that the Divine Spear Saint Emperor had mastered an Emperor Art at the Eighth Epoch, while the Human Realm camp hailed him as the Sacred Emperor.
• The Divine Spear Saint Emperor’s final spear strike erased the Fourth Divine General, and the remaining powerhouses bowed their heads before him.
• The Immortal Realm’s forces retreated from the Primordial Battlefield, while the Human Realm’s victory over three hundred trillion troops ended other realms’ contempt for it.
• In the thirtieth year after the First-Heaven Battlefield opened, ten trillion Demon World troops fought more than twelve trillion Divine Realm troops in a shattered mountain range.
• After five months of battle, the Demon World routed the Divine Realm, losing fewer than one trillion troops while the Divine Realm lost more than eight trillion.

The Five Realms’ armies fought for a hundred years on the shrinking First-Heaven Battlefield, and the Demon World dominated most clashes while the Human Realm defeated every force that challenged it. In the hundredth year, the five armies converged on the central plain, where the final battle for the First Heaven was about to begin.

• The Ghost Realm used a Trillion Soul-Devouring Grand Formation to destroy twenty trillion God Race angels, losing ten trillion ghost soldiers.
• The Demon World’s five hundred million troops routed the Ghost Realm’s ten trillion soldiers, while later battles confirmed the Demon World’s overwhelming strength against most realms.
• The Human Realm defeated the Demon World twice, proving its disciples were formidable individually as well as through precise formations.
• The Five Realms held back from attacking first as the First-Heaven Battlefield shrank, while He Ping'an and one trillion Human Realm disciples waited and grew battle-hardened.
• In the hundredth year, the five armies approached the central plain from different directions, and the final battle for the First Heaven was about to begin.

Five realms gathered on the First-Heaven Battlefield, where the Demon World Commander revealed that the Human Realm had defeated the Immortal Realm almost without losses. The Ghost, God, Demon, and Demon World armies agreed to attack the Human Realm first and began advancing toward its vastly smaller force.

• The five realm armies formed up across the battlefield, with the Human Realm fielding only one trillion disciples against the Demon World's 220 trillion troops.
• The commanders of the Ghost, God, and Demon Realms prepared to unite against the Demon World, but the Demon World Commander pointed out the Human Realm as another threat.
• The Demon World Commander revealed that the Human Realm had defeated the Immortal Realm's 300 trillion troops while retaining its full army.
• The Ghost, God, Demon, and Demon World commanders agreed to eliminate the Human Realm first.
• The four allied armies advanced toward the Human Realm with more than five million trillion troops.

He Ping'an led the one trillion Human Realm disciples against the Four-Realm Allied Army of five hundred and fifty trillion troops. After the Human Realm revealed its strengthened Heavenly Dao Battle Formation, Lutian launched the Demon World's charge while the other commanders prepared to follow.

• The Blood Moon Ancestor, Golden Clan Ancestor, Ice God, and Sword Lord worried that the four realms' numbers and battle formations would overwhelm the Human Realm.
• He Ping'an calmly ordered the one trillion Human Realm disciples to form the Heavenly Dao Battle Formation.
• The four realms' commanders realized the Human Realm army consisted of battle-hardened Celestial Immortals who had grown stronger during seventy years of training.
• Lutian warned the other commanders that they needed to use everything to secure victory, then charged with the Demon World's troops.
• The commanders of the Divine Realm, Demon Realm, and Ghost Realm exchanged strange smiles and shouted for their armies to attack.

The Demon, God, and Ghost Realm commanders betrayed the Demon World army and launched a devastating surprise attack on its rear. Lutian pressed the remaining Devil Race troops to attack the Human Realm, where He Ping'an held the Heavenly Dao Battle Formation as the final chaotic battle began.

• Bai Aotian, Bone Spirit, and Sheng Yu turned their armies against the Demon World troops, killing more than 200 trillion before they could react.
• Lutian and the Slaughter Demon King reacted in fury and disbelief, while observers recognized that the three realms had joined forces against the strongest threat.
• The three-realm allied army inflicted more than 300 trillion casualties on the Demon World rear at a far lower cost before the Devil Race rallied and counterattacked.
• Lutian ordered one quadrillion Devil Race troops to break the Human Realm formation, promising rewards for attackers and punishment for anyone who retreated.
• He Ping'an strengthened the formation's azure shield and killed more than 50 trillion Demon World warriors with a sword strike, but the remaining troops charged on.

After seven days and nights of battle, the four realms withdrew with more than two million trillion casualties, while the Human Realm’s one trillion disciples remained unharmed. Lutian persuaded the other commanders to form a true alliance and attack the Human Realm together, leaving the four realms’ forces arrayed against its battle formation.

• Lutian and the commanders of the other three realms ordered their armies to withdraw after seven days and nights of fighting.
• The battlefield revealed that more than two million trillion troops had died, while the Human Realm had suffered no casualties.
• The Slaughter Demon King concluded that Human Realm disciples were individually as strong as or stronger than Demon World’s Gu Kings.
• Lutian rebuked Bai Aotian, Sheng Yu, and Bone Spirit for their ambush and proposed that the four realms unite against the Human Realm.
• Bai Aotian, Sheng Yu, and Bone Spirit agreed, and Lutian arranged the allied armies into formations to attack the Human Realm from all sides.

He Ping'an led the Human Realm’s trillion disciples against the four realms’ 350-trillion-strong allied army in the final battle of the First-Heaven Battlefield. The Heavenly Dao Battle Formation withstood the alliance’s attacks and struck back, but the Human Realm’s disciples began to tire as the fight turned into a battle of attrition.

• He Ping'an asked the Human Realm disciples if they feared the allied army, and they answered that they were ready to fight.
• Lutian led the Four-Realm Allied Army into a full assault, but its four formations could not break the Heavenly Dao Battle Formation.
• He Ping'an ordered the formation to defend and attack, sending four azure sword beams into the allied army and killing weaker Earth Immortal Realm troops.
• Lutian, Bai Aotian, Sheng Yu, and Bone Spirit drove their formations harder, briefly cracking the Heavenly Dao Battle Formation before its barrier healed and grew stronger.
• The four realms saw a chance to win by exhausting the Human Realm, while the Blood Moon Ancestor worried as the disciples’ spiritual energy drained and they began to tire.

He Ping'an detonated the Heavenly Dao Battle Formation, destroying the Four-Realm Allied Army’s formations and leaving the trillion Human Realm disciples exposed to an army of three hundred and fifty trillion. He led them into battle, and the chapter ended with the Sword Lord declaring that He Ping'an surpassed him at the same cultivation level and that the Human Realm would rise.

• He Ping'an asked the Human Realm disciples to follow him, then detonated the Heavenly Dao Battle Formation and shattered all four enemy formations.
• The Four-Realm Allied Army’s commanders ordered their forces to surround and kill the exposed Human Realm disciples.
• He Ping'an urged his disciples to rely on their weapons, fighting spirit, and comrades, then charged the Demon World army with them.
• He Ping'an and the Human Realm disciples fought fiercely, using small combat groups to cut through enemy ranks and rescue surrounded allies.
• The Sword Lord recognized He Ping'an’s indomitable Sword Intent and declared that he surpassed him at the same cultivation level.

He Ping'an and the Human Realm disciples fought the Four-Realm Allied Army for three years, inflicting overwhelming losses through their relentless resolve. As the Allied Army began to collapse, Sword Lord recognized the Human Realm’s fighting spirit as the Guardian Sword Intent.

• Sword Lord said He Ping'an was better than him at the same realm, stunning the gathered powerhouses.
• He Ping'an led the Human Realm disciples through the slaughter as their losses rose above one hundred billion and the Four-Realm Allied Army lost more than eighty trillion.
• Slaughter Demon King warned that no one would be able to restrain the Human Realm if its disciples were allowed to grow.
• Lutian urged the Four-Realm Allied Army to stop He Ping'an as Human Realm disciples continued attacking despite terrible wounds and certain death.
• After three years of battle, Ice God declared that the Four-Realm Allied Army had lost because the Human Realm disciples’ will was stronger.
• Sword Lord identified He Ping'an’s Sword Intent as the Guardian Sword and called it the truly invincible sword.

He Ping'an killed Lutian, Bai Aotian, Sheng Yu, and Bone Spirit in five sword strikes, breaking the Four-Realm Allied Army's morale. After a year-long pursuit, the Human Realm won the First-Heaven Battlefield, though only six hundred billion of its original one trillion disciples survived.

• Lutian, Bai Aotian, Sheng Yu, and Bone Spirit joined forces to attack He Ping'an, who cut through their combined assault and killed all four within three breaths.
• The Four-Realm Allied Army lost its will to fight after its commanders fell, and He Ping'an ordered the Human Realm disciples to leave no enemy alive.
• The Human Realm disciples pursued the retreating army for a year until the last Demon World warrior fell.
• Six hundred billion Human Realm disciples survived, while all three and a half quadrillion troops of the Four-Realm Allied Army were annihilated.
• Golden words appeared across the Primordial Battlefield's light screen declaring, "First Heaven: Victory to the Human Realm!"

The Human Realm won the First Heaven battle, and He Ping'an led the surviving disciples home to Heavenly Dao Sect. Su Bai welcomed him back, leaving the victors poised for the battles in the higher heavens.

• The assembled realms watched the Human Realm's victory confirmed, while its allies celebrated and the defeated realms recognized the shift in power.
• He Ping'an and six hundred billion Human Realm disciples celebrated their victory and gathered the fallen before entering the gate home.
• The experts on the Primordial Battlefield reflected on the First Heaven's outcome as the enormous screen faded.
• Su Bai watched the disciples return to Heavenly Dao Sect and announced their arrival.
• He Ping'an knelt before Su Bai, who praised him, bringing back memories of the dream Su Bai had once promised him.

Su Bai resurrected the four hundred billion disciples who died on the First-Heaven Battlefield, bringing the Human Realm’s returning army to one trillion. After the Emperor Path Strife judged four Eternal Realms defeated and transferred their stolen Origin and Fortune to the Human Realm, the realm transformed and Wan Ying became a Taboo existence, while the chapter revealed that Su Bai was not a Taboo King.

• Su Bai used “Souls, return” to revive all four hundred billion Human Realm disciples who had died on the First-Heaven Battlefield.
• The resurrected disciples recognized Su Bai as their savior, and all one trillion disciples celebrated their return before Heavenly Dao Peak.
• The Heavenly Dao announced that the Demon Realm, Demon World, Ghost Realm, and Divine Realm had lost, and Heaven’s Will Blade cut one-tenth of each realm’s Origin and Fortune.
• The severed resources from those four realms, along with the Immortal Realm’s earlier contribution, surged into the Human Realm and transformed its energy, laws, Fortune, and landscape.
• Wan Ying, the tree spirit of the Eternal Immortal Tree, broke through to Taboo and became the first Taboo existence in the Human Realm besides Su Bai.
• The chapter revealed that Su Bai was not a Taboo King.

The Human Realm’s disciples and cultivators surged in strength as Origin flooded the world, and He Ping'an broke through to the True Immortal Supreme Peak by destroying his Supreme Immortal Tribulation with one sword. Su Bai told him the Second-Heaven War would begin in a thousand years, leaving the Human Realm to prepare for its next victory.

• Origin and Immortal Spirit Qi caused the Human Realm’s trillion disciples to break through, with many reaching the True Immortal Realm.
• He Ping'an stopped suppressing his cultivation and faced a Supreme Immortal Tribulation above the Nine Heavens.
• He Ping'an cleaved the tribulation clouds apart with one strike of his Wooden Sword and reached the True Immortal Supreme Peak.
• He Ping'an returned to Su Bai, who praised his breakthrough and said he might fight in the Second-Heaven War in a thousand years.
• The surging Origin strengthened cultivators across the Human Realm and caused new Immortal Spirit Ore Veins to form.

After a thousand years of cultivation, the Human Realm’s strength soared, and several ancient experts made breakthroughs with guidance from the Divine Spear Saint Emperor. As the Second-Heaven War began, a young man emerged from the Spacetime Tower as a Ninth Transformation Golden Immortal.

• The Heavenly Dao Sect sent its True Immortal, Profound Immortal, and Golden Immortal disciples and affiliated forces into the Spacetime Tower to cultivate for a million years of accelerated time.
• The Blood Moon Ancestor, Golden Clan Ancestor, and Purple Clan Ancestor reached the Fifth Epoch Peak after receiving the Divine Spear Saint Emperor’s guidance and benefiting from the Human Realm’s Origin surge.
• The Ice God and Sword Lord failed to find a path to the Ninth Epoch, but the Divine Spear Saint Emperor told them that future Human Realm victories could make the breakthrough easier.
• Su Bai reviewed the disciples’ growth over the thousand years as their numbers across the higher realms increased dramatically, while some Golden Immortals held back breakthroughs to preserve their strength for the war.
• A young man with a Wooden Sword emerged from the Spacetime Tower after a million years of cultivation, having reached the Ninth Transformation Golden Immortal Realm, as the Second-Heaven War began on the Emperor Path.

Su Bai gathered the Human Realm’s forces for the Second Heaven war and agreed to send True Immortal and Profound Immortal disciples alongside the Golden Immortals, bringing the force to six hundred and sixty billion. He appointed Luo Tianxue commander and He Ping’an deputy commander as the disciples vowed to fight.

• Su Bai announced that thirty billion Golden Immortal disciples would fight in the Second Heaven war, prompting True Immortal and Profound Immortal disciples to plead for permission to join.
• The Ice God and the Sword Lord supported allowing the eager disciples to fight, and Su Bai set the participating force at thirty billion Golden Immortals, one hundred and sixty billion Profound Immortals, and four hundred and seventy billion True Immortals.
• Wan Ying summoned her disciple Luo Tianxue, who declared that she was willing to fight for the Human Realm.
• Su Bai appointed Luo Tianxue commander and He Ping’an deputy commander, and the six hundred and sixty billion disciples swore they would not betray the Human Realm’s trust or glory.

Su Bai appointed Luo Tianxue commander and He Ping'an deputy commander of the 660 billion disciples sent to fight in the Second Heaven. As the disciples departed for the battlefield, allied experts and armies gathered at the Primordial Battlefield, where the battle was about to begin.

• Su Bai named Luo Tianxue commander of the Second Heaven battle and He Ping'an her deputy.
• Luo Tianxue addressed the 660 billion disciples, promised to protect them, and declared that the Human Realm would win.
• He Ping'an ordered the disciples to set out, and Luo Tianxue led them through a gate of light toward the Second Heaven battlefield.
• Wan Ying praised Luo Tianxue's Life Law and protective formation, while Su Bai said her compassion made her stronger.
• The Sword Lord and Ice God admired the disciples' resolve, then joined other leaders heading to the Primordial Battlefield.
• Armies and experts from the five realms gathered at the Primordial Battlefield as the battle of the Second Heaven approached.

The Six Realms’ armies assembled on the Primordial Battlefield for the Second-Heaven battle, and the Human Realm’s 660 billion troops stunned their rivals. The Celestial Court’s Third Divine General arrived in person, revealing the Immortal Realm’s formidable new threat.

• The Human Realm’s 660 billion disciples entered the battlefield, and spectators were shocked by their numbers and the Golden Immortal leading them.
• The Demon Realm, Ghost Realm, Divine Realm, Demon World, and Immortal Realm arrived with armies totaling 130 trillion, led by Peng Wanli, Youquan, Sheng Wuji, Tu Cangsheng, and Bai Luochen.
• The Five Realms’ commanders reacted to the Human Realm’s unexpectedly large army and vowed not to underestimate it again.
• The Human Realm’s Saint Emperors, Supreme Taboos, and vassal leaders descended above their army.
• The Celestial Court’s Third Divine General appeared alongside the Immortal Realm’s five remaining Taboo Kings, and the Divine Spear Saint Emperor identified him as a Half-Step Ninth Epoch expert.
• The Third Divine General walked to the Immortal Realm’s front line and addressed the Divine Spear Saint Emperor.

The Five-Realm Alliance formed to eliminate the Human Realm in the Second Heaven, where its army faced overwhelming odds. Luo Tianxue led the Human Realm disciples onto the battlefield, urging them to survive and return home.

• The Celestial Court's Third Divine General threatened to destroy the Human Realm after the Emperor Path Strife, and Divine Spear Saint Emperor answered that they would be waiting.
• After the Second Heaven's rules appeared, Tu Cangsheng, Sheng Wuji, and Bai Luochen agreed that the five realms would unite to defeat the Human Realm first.
• The five realms' Taboo existences mocked the Human Realm's six hundred and sixty billion disciples for facing more than thirteen hundred trillion allied troops, while Divine Spear Saint Emperor told his allies to focus on surviving.
• The armies entered the Second Heaven battlefield, where Luo Tianxue rallied the Human Realm disciples to face the five realms despite their numerical disadvantage.
• Luo Tianxue reminded the disciples that she had promised the Sect Master to take them home, then stepped onto the battlefield first.

On the Second Heaven battlefield, Luo Tianxue tried to gather the scattered Human Realm disciples as the Five Realms united against them. He Ping'an ended a thousand-man coalition force with one sword, leaving nearby enemies terrified.

• Luo Tianxue discovered that the Five-Realm Coalition was rapidly joining forces and vastly outnumbered the scattered Human Realm disciples.
• Luo Tianxue told thirty disciples to gather nearby allies, prioritize survival, and head toward the main army, then set off alone to search and send warnings.
• He Ping'an faced a thousand Five-Realm Coalition soldiers, including three Golden Immortal Peak experts, while nearby reinforcements watched.
• He Ping'an drew his Wooden Sword once and split all one thousand soldiers in half, including the three experts.
• The surviving coalition soldiers recognized He Ping'an as the Human Realm commander and were shocked by his Ninth Transformation Golden Immortal cultivation.

He Ping'an revealed his Ninth Transformation Golden Immortal cultivation and drew the Demon and Immortal realms’ resolve to kill him. On the Second-Heaven Battlefield, Luo Tianxue used a time-law ability and a willow branch to instantly kill eight hundred elite Demon World Golden Immortals.

• He Ping'an killed the remaining enemies, then flew off to search for more enemies and fellow disciples.
• The Slaughter Demon King and the Immortal Realm generals recognized He Ping'an’s strength and ordered that he be killed if the chance arose.
• The Human Realm’s leaders watched He Ping'an with pride and judged that he could achieve extraordinary heights.
• Luo Tianxue confronted an elite Demon World squad of eight hundred Golden Immortals led by ten Golden Immortal Peak devils.
• Luo Tianxue nearly stopped time across hundreds of millions of miles and drained the devils’ vitality with her willow branch, turning all eight hundred into ash.