Chapter Summaries

The six realms’ leaders voiced confidence in their champions, but the Heavenly Fortune Saint Emperor declared that the Human Realm would not lose. In the ongoing battle, the Netherworld King and Ghost Princess gained the upper hand, and the Ghost Princess proposed an alliance to eliminate the most threatening opponents.

• Demon King Asura, the Extreme Frost Ghost King, the Light High God, the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Beast King, and the Second Divine General each backed their realm’s champions and predicted victory.
• The Heavenly Fortune Saint Emperor calmly told the other realms that the Human Realm would not lose.
• The Netherworld King punched through the Twelve-Winged Seraph’s flames, then met its Divine Judgment head-on and left it injured with its fiery wings dimmed.
• The Ghost Princess dodged the Golden Dragon King’s spear strikes and told it that it relied too much on its inherited bloodline.
• The Ghost Princess proposed that the six champions join forces to eliminate the most threatening opponents before competing for the three winning slots.

Ghost Princess persuaded Netherworld King, Golden Dragon King, and Twelve-Winged Seraph to ally against the Human and Immortal Realms. The four attacked Xiao Lingxi and Xuan Qingyi together, leaving their ability to withstand the assault uncertain.

• Ghost Princess argued that the Human and Immortal Realms were the strongest threats, and Netherworld King supported striking them before later melees.
• Twelve-Winged Seraph proposed that the four realms cooperate for four rounds, eliminate the human and immortal contestants, and take turns admitting defeat before competing for the final rankings.
• Ghost Princess, Golden Dragon King, and Netherworld King agreed to Twelve-Winged Seraph's proposal, forming an alliance that shocked the Six Realms.
• The four allies chose Xiao Lingxi and Xuan Qingyi as their first targets while the women were locked in a duel of sword and formation.
• Netherworld King, Ghost Princess, Golden Dragon King, and Twelve-Winged Seraph launched a coordinated attack against Xiao Lingxi and Xuan Qingyi.

Xiao Lingxi and Xuan Qingyi joined forces to repel the four monstrous prodigies on the Epoch Battlefield. Their sword-and-formation alliance held against repeated attacks, and Xiao Lingxi ended the chapter pressing her advantage against the Twelve-Winged Seraph and the Golden Dragon King.

• Xiao Lingxi and Xuan Qingyi blocked a full-force combined strike from the Netherworld King, the Ghost Princess, the Golden Dragon King, and the Twelve-Winged Seraph.
• Xiao Lingxi and Xuan Qingyi agreed to fight side by side and fused her swordlight with Xuan Qingyi's formation, forcing the four prodigies back again.
• The Demon King Asura, the Extreme Frost Ghost King, the Light High God, the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Beast King, and the Second Divine General reacted with surprise as the two women stood firm.
• Xuan Qingyi raised a formation dome to withstand the Twelve-Winged Seraph's Divine Judgment: Heavenfall and repaired it as cracks spread.
• Xiao Lingxi pierced the Seraph's flame shield and cut his face, then clashed with the Golden Dragon King and drove him back while maintaining the upper hand against both.

Xiao Lingxi and Xuan Qingyi held off the four prodigies as the Six Realms watched in disbelief. Xiao Lingxi then unleashed her Emperor Art, the Sword of Fate, leaving the Netherworld King and the others facing its power.

• The Golden Dragon King attacked Xiao Lingxi with his dragon spear, but she ground its golden beam into flecks of light and warned him that his bloodline could become a shackle.
• The Ghost Princess tried to strike Xiao Lingxi from behind, but Xiao Lingxi sensed her and met her finger with her sword.
• Xuan Qingyi reinforced her formation against the Netherworld King and the Twelve-Winged Seraph, while Xiao Lingxi continued to withstand the Ghost Princess and Golden Dragon King.
• The Six Realms' experts marveled that Xiao Lingxi and Xuan Qingyi were holding off all four prodigies despite being below the Late Fifth Epoch.
• Xiao Lingxi raised her sword and revealed her Emperor Art, Fate, which plunged the Epoch Battlefield into nothingness and formed a river showing the past, present, and possible futures.
• The Netherworld King, Ghost Princess, Golden Dragon King, and Twelve-Winged Seraph unleashed their strongest forms as the Ghost Princess asked whether they dared take Xiao Lingxi's sword.

Xiao Lingxi and Xuan Qingyi revealed their Emperor Arts and joined forces to trap the Netherworld King, Ghost Princess, Golden Dragon King, and Twelve-Winged Seraph. The Netherworld King saw that nearly every possible future ended with his death.

• The Golden Dragon King and Twelve-Winged Seraph prepared to face Xiao Lingxi's Emperor Art together, while the Netherworld King and Ghost Princess hesitated.
• Xuan Qingyi unveiled Unified Array, revealing that her Formation Dao had become a second Emperor Art.
• The powerhouses of the Six Realms reacted with shock as they recognized Xiao Lingxi and Xuan Qingyi as Fifth-Epoch Kings wielding Emperor Arts.
• Xiao Lingxi's Fate River and Xuan Qingyi's Unified Array Domain sealed the battlefield and trapped the four opposing prodigies.
• The Netherworld King attacked the Fate River, but his strike vanished, and he saw that he died in nearly every possible future.

Xiao Lingxi and Xuan Qingyi used their Emperor Arts in the first round, prompting the Netherworld King and Ghost Princess to concede rather than risk exhausting their strength. With those two eliminated, the Golden Dragon King and Twelve-Winged Seraph faced the pair and were forced to decide who would surrender first.

• Ghost Princess and the other powerhouses reacted in alarm as Xiao Lingxi and Xuan Qingyi unleashed Emperor Arts, which consumed their strength without replenishment.
• The Netherworld King weighed the cost of fighting and admitted defeat to preserve his strength for later rounds.
• Ghost Princess also admitted defeat, and Xiao Lingxi and Xuan Qingyi accepted both surrenders.
• Heavenly Will eliminated the Ghost Realm and Demon World, leaving the Golden Dragon King and Twelve-Winged Seraph facing Xiao Lingxi and Xuan Qingyi.
• Xiao Lingxi asked the two remaining opponents which of them would concede, knowing the first to surrender would give the other a place among the winners.

Golden Dragon King and the Twelve-Winged Seraph turned on each other because neither could afford another loss, and their battle escalated as both unleashed their true forms. The chapter ended with Netherworld King explaining that the two had nowhere left to retreat.

• Golden Dragon King and the Twelve-Winged Seraph refused to concede and agreed to fight, with the loser eliminated from the contest.
• Golden Dragon King and the Twelve-Winged Seraph traded powerful spear and sword attacks, each forcing the other back.
• The Twelve-Winged Seraph transformed into a Flame Deity by activating Angel True Form.
• Golden Dragon King answered with Golden Dragon True Form, revealing a massive golden dragon whose aura shook the battlefield.
• Netherworld King told Ghost Princess that he had conceded because the first-round melee was not worth fighting hard in, while Golden Dragon King and the Twelve-Winged Seraph had nowhere left to retreat.

The Golden Dragon King defeated the Twelve-Winged Seraph after their final attacks left both fighters gravely wounded. Heavenly Will eliminated the Divine Realm’s fighter, bringing its tally to nine defeats, while the Six Realms recognized that the Emperor Path Strife had become the strongest battlefield in history.

• The Golden Dragon King and the Twelve-Winged Seraph exchanged powerful attacks and were left grievously wounded, then agreed to settle the fight with one final blow.
• The Golden Dragon King unleashed Dragon Emperor’s Wrath as the Twelve-Winged Seraph used Holy Light Annihilation, and both fighters collapsed after their attacks collided.
• The Golden Dragon King forced himself to stand, while the Twelve-Winged Seraph could not rise and conceded defeat.
• Heavenly Will eliminated the Divine Realm’s fighter and added another defeat to its tally, bringing it to nine.
• Demon King Asura and the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Beast King celebrated the Demon Realm’s win as the Six Realms recognized the deadly scale of the Emperor Path Strife and anticipated the Taboo Battlefield.

After the Divine Realm suffered its ninth loss, the twelfth round began with the Netherworld King, Ghost Princess, Golden Dragon King, and Twelve-Winged Seraph returning to the battlefield. The Immortal Realm sent an unknown black-hooded figure instead of Xuan Qingyi, and he refused to reveal his name.

• Heavenly Will announced that the Human Realm, Immortal Realm, and Demon Realm had won the eleventh round, leaving the Divine Realm one defeat from elimination.
• The Netherworld King, Ghost Princess, Golden Dragon King, and Twelve-Winged Seraph entered the battlefield for the twelfth round despite injuries and exhaustion.
• Xiao Lingxi prepared to fight, then noticed that Xuan Qingyi remained in the Immortal Realm camp.
• A black-hooded figure emerged from the Immortal Realm ranks, drawing alarm and wary attention from experts across the Six Realms.
• The Netherworld King demanded the figure's name, and he replied that it did not matter.

Xiao Lingxi withdrew from the twelfth round, and Xiao Yan entered the battlefield as the Human Realm’s next fighter. As Xiao Yan challenged the hooded opponent, the man hinted that they had met before, and the twelfth round began.

• Xiao Lingxi exchanged a nod with the Heavenly Fortune Saint Emperor and stepped back from the fight.
• Xiao Yan rose from the Human Realm’s camp, and the Six Realms recognized him as Chen Fan, the fighter who had defeated Di Cang.
• The Second Divine General secretly ordered the hooded man to find a chance to kill Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan took up the Dark Iron Heavy Ruler and challenged the Netherworld King, Ghost Princess, Golden Dragon King, Twelve-Winged Seraph, and the hooded man.
• The hooded man said he knew Xiao Yan and that they had met before, then the twelfth round officially began.

Xiao Yan and the hooded figure each claimed a winning spot without fighting, leaving the four peerless monsters to contest the last one. The Golden Dragon King and the Twelve-Winged Seraph attacked them, while the Netherworld King and Ghost Princess remained wary of the hooded figure’s unfamiliar aura.

• Xiao Yan announced that he would take a winning spot without fighting, and the hooded figure from the Immortal Realm claimed one as well.
• The Netherworld King and Ghost Princess declined to join forces again, while the six contenders took separate positions on the battlefield.
• Xiao Yan pointed out that the Golden Dragon King was still badly weakened from the previous round, provoking him.
• The Ghost Princess and Netherworld King sensed that the hooded figure was not from this Epoch.
• The Golden Dragon King charged Xiao Yan with his spear as the Twelve-Winged Seraph attacked the hooded figure with his Angel Holy Sword.

Xiao Yan sent the Golden Dragon King flying with one swing of his Dark Iron Heavy Ruler, while the hooded figure destroyed the Twelve-Winged Seraph with a single finger. The Six Realms realized the Immortal Realm’s hidden trump card had killed the Divine Realm’s last hope, leaving the hooded figure’s identity unknown.

• Xiao Yan met the Golden Dragon King’s Dragon Emperor’s Wrath with a direct swing of his ruler and sent him crashing to the ground.
• The Golden Dragon King rose in fear and asked Xiao Yan what kind of monster he was.
• The hooded figure stopped the Twelve-Winged Seraph’s crimson sword beam with one finger, shattering it.
• The hooded figure appeared before the Twelve-Winged Seraph and tapped his forehead, killing him with a single blow.
• The Six Realms’ powerhouses reacted in disbelief as the Divine Realm lost its final hope and the hooded figure was recognized as the Immortal Realm’s true trump card.

A black-hooded man killed the Twelve-Winged Seraph with one finger, then refused to let the wounded Golden Dragon King leave after he surrendered. He struck the Golden Dragon King and appeared ready to kill him, while the experts of the Six Realms watched in alarm.

• The hooded man killed the Twelve-Winged Seraph in a single move, astonishing the experts of the Six Realms and drawing Xiao Yan's attention.
• The hooded man said he and Xiao Yan could postpone deciding a winner, then turned his killing intent on the wounded Golden Dragon King.
• The Golden Dragon King surrendered, and Xiao Yan told him to leave as the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Beast King welcomed his survival.
• As the Golden Dragon King walked toward the battlefield's edge, the hooded man appeared behind him and said surrender did not mean he would let him go.
• The hooded man cut off the Golden Dragon King's escape and struck him with one finger, sending him flying and prompting the experts of the Six Realms to fear for his life.

The hooded figure forced the Golden Dragon King to unleash his full strength, then defeated him with a single move. The Golden Dragon King died on the Epoch Battlefield, leaving the Six Realms stunned by the hooded figure’s power.

• The Netherworld King and the Ghost Princess realized the hooded figure had come to kill, not merely win.
• The hooded figure refused the Golden Dragon King’s attempt to concede and demanded that he fight at full strength.
• The Golden Dragon King transformed into his Golden Dragon True Form and burned his life to unleash Dragon Emperor’s Wrath.
• The hooded figure struck down the Golden Dragon King, who died after asking who his opponent was.
• The Six Realms reacted in shock, while the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Beast King feared Lord Previous Golden Dragon King’s response.

The hooded man’s strength terrified the Ghost Princess, who conceded, while the Netherworld King won without fighting. After the twelfth round ended, Heavenly Will eliminated the Divine Realm for accumulating ten defeats and began its fourth Heaven’s Will Blade.

• The Netherworld King and Ghost Princess judged that the hooded man had effortlessly killed the Twelve-Winged Seraph and Golden Dragon King, and the Ghost Princess fled from him in fear.
• The Ghost Princess conceded twice, and the Netherworld King accepted the victory without challenging the hooded man.
• Xiao Yan stared directly at the hooded man as Heavenly Will ended the twelfth round and declared the Human Realm, Immortal Realm, and Demon World the winners.
• The Human Realm remained undefeated, while the Demon Realm neared elimination and the Divine Realm mourned the deaths of its final trump cards.
• Heavenly Will declared the Divine Realm eliminated after ten defeats and began the realm’s fourth Heaven’s Will Blade.

The Divine Realm was eliminated from the Emperor Path Strife and endured the Heaven's Will Blade, but its experts stayed to watch the contest. As the thirteenth-round melee began, Xiao Yan and the Immortal Realm's hooded figure entered the battlefield, facing one another.

• The Heaven's Will Blade stripped the Divine Realm of Fortune, Dao Path, and an Epoch, eliminating it from the contest.
• The Light High God urged the Divine Realm's experts to stay and witness the rest of the Emperor Path Strife.
• The five remaining realms assessed their standings and feared the hooded figure, while the Demon Realm and Ghost Realm faced looming elimination.
• Heavenly Will announced the thirteenth-round melee and summoned the Five Realms' combatants.
• The Immortal Realm's hooded figure entered the battlefield, and Xiao Yan strode out to face him.

The Netherworld King and Ghost Princess joined forces to challenge the hooded man, refusing to retreat again despite the danger. Their coordinated attack failed to land, and the hooded man met the Netherworld King’s Demon Dragon Fist with his palm, forcing him back seven steps.

• A First-Epoch Demon Beast King entered the battlefield as the Demon Realm’s fighter, while the Netherworld King and Ghost Princess stepped forward together.
• The Netherworld King and Ghost Princess declared they would no longer avoid the fight and joined Xiao Yan and the hooded man at the battlefield’s center.
• The Netherworld King and Ghost Princess launched a coordinated attack, combining his demonic fist with her nine blade-wielding afterimages.
• The hooded man dodged their attacks, deflected one blade, and criticized their speed and strength.
• The Netherworld King unleashed Demon Dragon Fist, but the hooded man met his punch with a palm and drove him back seven steps.

The hooded figure defeated the Netherworld King and Ghost Princess even after they joined forces and unleashed their strongest techniques. As the Six Realms’ powerful beings stared in shock, they discovered Xiao Yan casually drinking tea on the battlefield with a trembling Demon Beast King.

• The Ghost Princess and Netherworld King attacked the hooded figure together with the Netherworld Ghost Hand and Netherworld King True Form.
• The hooded figure released an overwhelming power that shattered their attacks, then struck both of them down.
• The powerful beings of the Six Realms reacted with disbelief as they realized neither prodigy could match the hooded figure.
• Xiao Yan called out from a tea table on the battlefield and asked whether the fighting was over.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had brewed tea because the fighters seemed busy, while the Demon Beast King trembled across from him.
• The Six Realms’ powerful beings stared in astonishment as Xiao Yan continued drinking tea on the battlefield.

The Netherworld King and Ghost Princess unleashed their life-bound weapons and supreme arts against the hooded man, forcing him to take them seriously. As their attacks converged, he began summoning a dark-gold saber.

• Xiao Yan drank tea while the Netherworld King and Ghost Princess recovered from the hooded man's earlier attacks.
• Ghost Princess formed the Death God Scythe, and the Netherworld King summoned the Netherworld King Sword as they vowed to stake their lives on the fight.
• The Netherworld King attacked with Yellow Springs Severance, and Ghost Princess followed with Death God's Descent.
• The hooded man praised the pair and gathered dark-gold light in his palm, where a long saber began to appear.

The hooded man revealed the upgraded Heaven's Sin Blade and used the First Divine General's Emperor Art to defeat the Netherworld King and Ghost Princess. As the Netherworld King lay mortally wounded, he challenged the hooded man's standing and claimed that in the same age the man would not have seen his back.

• The hooded man revealed the Heaven's Sin Blade, astonishing the Six Realms' powerhouses and prompting speculation that he was the First Divine General's successor.
• The hooded man struck with Heaven's Sin, and the Netherworld King and Ghost Princess met his attack with their Supreme Taboo secret arts.
• The clash shattered the Epoch Battlefield, while Xiao Yan recognized the blade from his old battle with Di Cang and wondered who the hooded man was.
• The Netherworld King and Ghost Princess were left gravely wounded, with their lifebound weapons cracked and broken.
• The hooded man praised their strength and told the Netherworld King that his choice to pursue taboo had led to certain death.
• The Netherworld King guessed that the hooded man was from another age and declared that, had they been born in the same age, the man would never have seen his back.