Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun considered completely fusing the Ice and Flame Daos as the group discovered the Fire Dragon Heart inside the Fire Dragon Stone. One-Horn reached for the stone, but the heart’s power burned his hand to ashes.

• Nie Yun considered using the Extreme Arctic Ice and Fire Dragon Stone to experiment with fully fusing the Ice and Flame Daos.
• The Fire Dragon Stone revealed a beating, heart-shaped object that the crowd identified as the Fire Dragon Heart.
• Wu Chan proposed that they test who could approach the stone before deciding who could claim the heart.
• One-Horn ignored Nie Yun’s warning and reached for the Fire Dragon Stone with his heavily armored hand.
• One-Horn lifted the stone, but the Fire Dragon Heart released a searing aura that burned his hand to ashes.

Nie Yun and the others tried several ways to take the Fire Dragon Stone, but every attempt failed. As the group searched for another solution, Nie Yun considered fusing his Ice Dantian with his Fire God Dantian.

• One-Horn's arm began burning after he touched the Fire Dragon Stone, and Nie Yun severed it before the flames reached his body.
• Mo Yan's Heart Demon Great Dao ripples burned away against the stone, leaving him grievously injured.
• Prince Duobo used an Ice Soul Cold Crystal glove to lift the stone, but it burned away before he could retrieve it.
• Wu Chan, Chi Yao, Prince Ru Xia, and the others tried their own methods and also failed to move the stone.
• Wu Chan concluded that the Puntian Great Emperor's trial must have a way to obtain the Fire Dragon Heart, and everyone began searching for a clue.
• Nie Yun sat apart from the others and pondered what might happen if he fused his Ice Dantian with his Fire God Dantian.

Nie Yun advanced his Ice Dao by refining the Extreme Arctic Ice and considered refining the Fire Dragon Stone, but feared drawing Puntian Great Emperor’s attention to Yan Huang Hall. When Prince Liu Mu rose to try for the Fire Dragon Stone, Nie Yun saw a chance to use his puppet and approached him.

• Nie Yun fused the Extreme Arctic Ice into his Ice Dantian, which strengthened his Ice Talent until it ranked second only to the Heavenly Dao Dantian.
• Nie Yun realized the Fire Dragon Stone could potentially advance his Blazing Fire Talent, but worried that taking it would provoke the others and expose Yan Huang Hall to Puntian Great Emperor.
• Prince Liu Mu stood up and said he would try to uncover a way to claim the Fire Dragon Stone.
• Nie Yun guessed Prince Liu Mu intended to use his Stealing Heaven Borrowing Life Realm puppet and decided to exploit the opportunity.
• Nie Yun asked Prince Liu Mu to demonstrate his method, and Prince Liu Mu angrily refused.

Prince Liu Mu used his Stealing Heaven Borrowing Life Realm puppet to seal the Fire Dragon Stone and stored it away, then escaped the others’ attacks with a jade token. The chapter left the others behind as Liu Mu vanished with the treasure, while Nie Yun’s unnoticed tampering remained undiscovered.

• Prince Liu Mu summoned his Stealing Heaven Borrowing Life Realm puppet, while Nie Yun secretly dusted it with a speck of dust.
• Prince Liu Mu ordered the puppet to collect the Fire Dragon Stone, and the puppet suppressed the stone’s scorching power with a seal.
• Prince Liu Mu stored the Fire Dragon Stone in his Storage Ring, prompting the others to surround him and prepare to attack.
• Prince Liu Mu stored the puppet in his Storage Ring, and the speck of dust quietly flew back toward Nie Yun.
• Prince Liu Mu blocked the others’ attacks with a jade token and escaped by reciting that he wanted to leave.

After Liu Mu appeared to win the Fire Dragon Heart trial, his puppet claimed it had failed to collect the Fire Dragon Stone, leaving Liu Mu accused of deceiving the Puntian Great Emperor. The emperor began projecting the trial’s events to determine what had happened.

• Liu Mu and the other trial participants returned to the mountain forest, where the Puntian Great Emperor announced that the Fire Dragon Heart winner would receive the Myriad Realms Feather Robe.
• Liu Mu stepped forward as the winner and ordered his puppet to produce the Fire Dragon Stone, but the puppet said someone else had taken it.
• One-Horn, Wu Chan, Chi Yao, Mo Yan, and others testified that they had seen Liu Mu’s puppet collect the stone.
• Liu Mu denied possessing the Fire Dragon Heart and knelt before the Puntian Great Emperor, asking him to investigate.
• The Puntian Great Emperor conjured a projection showing the participants’ earlier trial aboard the Ice Soul Cold Crystal Ancient Ship.

Puntian Great Emperor reversed time to learn what had happened in the Sea of Fire Dragons, then summoned Nie Yun and revealed how much he knew about his recent actions. The chapter ended with the Great Emperor accusing Nie Yun of impersonating one of his princes.

• Puntian Great Emperor showed the gathered people the past and announced that he knew where the Fire Dragon Heart had gone, ending the assessment.
• Nie Yun left with the crowd, but a eunuch soon summoned him to meet Puntian Great Emperor alone.
• Puntian Great Emperor confronted Nie Yun about secretly taking the Fire Dragon Heart, and Nie Yun admitted he had it.
• Puntian Great Emperor revealed he knew about Nie Yun's schemes against Duobo and his thefts, then asked about his medical skills.
• Puntian Great Emperor accused Nie Yun of impersonating his prince.

Nie Yun met Puntian Great Emperor, who forgave his impersonation of a prince and gave him the Myriad Realms Feather Robe. After Nie Yun left, Puntian Great Emperor and Emperor Yuan Yang discussed making him a true prince and possible heir, leaving the plan contingent on Nie Yun reaching the Emperor Realm after the Myriad Realms Cave Heaven Trial.

• Nie Yun admitted to impersonating a prince, and Puntian Great Emperor said Yun Yan had explained the matter and that he would not punish him.
• Puntian Great Emperor praised Nie Yun for inheriting Great Emperor Shennong's medical path and gave him the Myriad Realms Feather Robe, urging him to study its mysteries.
• After Nie Yun withdrew, Emperor Yuan Yang appeared and praised him to Puntian Great Emperor as a possible heir to the Pu Tian Dynasty.
• Emperor Yuan Yang proposed confirming Nie Yun as a true prince to draw out their enemies, and Puntian Great Emperor agreed to consider it if Nie Yun reached the Emperor Realm after the trial.
• Nie Yun left relieved that Puntian Great Emperor would not pursue his identity or Yan Huang Hall, then entered his Storage World to refine the Myriad Realms Feather Robe.

Nie Yun tested the Myriad Realms Feather Robe, fused it with his Phoenix Wings, and strengthened his Blazing Fire Dantian with the Fire Dragon Stone and Fire Dragon Heart. He then attempted to fuse the Blazing Fire and Ice Great Daos, but their conflict badly injured him as he resolved to continue.

• Nie Yun refined the Myriad Realms Feather Robe and discovered its wings gave him extraordinary speed and defense.
• Nie Yun fused the robe with his Phoenix Wings, making them inseparable from his body unless he was killed.
• Nie Yun refined the Fire Dragon Stone and Fire Dragon Heart into his Blazing Fire Dantian, raising it to match and slightly surpass his Ice Dantian.
• Nie Yun prepared for three days before trying to fuse the Blazing Fire and Ice Great Daos.
• The opposing Great Daos clashed in Nie Yun's sea of qi, leaving him severely injured, but he vowed to keep trying.

After repeated failures to fuse the Blazing Fire and Ice Dantians, Nie Yun used the Main Dantian to break them apart and combine their particles. The resulting dantian created a powerful new Great Dao, and Nie Yun wondered whether he had reached the Emperor Realm.

• Nie Yun tried forcing the Blazing Fire and Ice Dantians to fuse, suffered two severe backlashes, and began to doubt his approach.
• Nie Yun realized the Main Dantian might enable the fusion and recovered from his injuries with pills stolen from Prince Duobo.
• Nie Yun used the Main Dantian to collide the two dantians, shattering them into particles that fused into a new dantian ranked ahead of the Storage Dantian.
• Nie Yun drew out the fused dantian's new Great Dao, which combined the attributes of Blazing Fire and ice.
• Nie Yun used the new Great Dao to crush a Perfected Emperor Realm divine weapon with a finger and wondered if he had reached the Emperor Realm.

Puntian Great Emperor learned that Nie Yun had risen from the early King Realm to combat strength rivaling a Perfected Emperor Realm expert in less than a year. Meanwhile, the other Great Emperors reacted to an unknown disturbance, and Xuanyuan the Great Emperor questioned Yao Xuan about the Descendant of Shennong.

• A minister told Puntian Great Emperor that Nie Yun had appeared in the Fire God Domain less than a year earlier as an early King Realm native and had since reached Perfected King Realm strength.
• The minister suspected Nie Yun was an ascender, but Puntian Great Emperor abruptly teleported away after reacting to something unseen.
• Emperor Yuan Yang spoke with his daughter Shuang'er through a True Spirit Lamp and told her he would seek an Emperor-grade Divine Weapon to serve as her body.
• Divine Pagoda Emperor told Emperor Yuan Yang they would set out the next day to find something, but both Great Emperors suddenly teleported away after reacting to an unknown event.
• Xuanyuan the Great Emperor asked Yao Xuan whether the Descendant of Shennong had appeared, and Yao Xuan confirmed that he was in Yunzhou City and had treated Yaoshuang.

Xuanyuan the Great Emperor learned that Nie Yun had revived Yao Xuan’s companion and wanted to meet him, believing he might have inherited Great Emperor Shennong’s legacy. At Nine Realms Mountain, Xuanyuan gifted Di Xuan’s exceptionally talented new disciple a Divine Snail Bodhi Seed before the Great Emperors witnessed crimson clouds heralding someone’s possible breakthrough into the Emperor Realm.

• Xuanyuan the Great Emperor told Yao Xuan that he wanted to meet Nie Yun and grant him a fortuitous opportunity in gratitude for Great Emperor Shennong’s past kindness.
• Xuanyuan the Great Emperor and Yao Xuan sensed something unusual and went to Nine Realms Mountain, where prominent Great Emperors had gathered at the Immortal Transformation Stone.
• Xuanyuan the Great Emperor gave Di Xuan’s new disciple a Divine Snail Bodhi Seed after learning she had advanced from the Perfected King Realm to the Perfected Emperor Realm in half a year.
• Crimson clouds filled the sky, and Di Xuan and Xuanyuan the Great Emperor wondered whether someone had comprehended a new Great Dao and was breaking through the Emperor Realm.

Blood rain appeared over Nine Realms Mountain, and Xuanyuan the Great Emperor recognized it as a warning that someone had changed the Heavenly Dao’s rules and a new Emperor Fall Cataclysm was coming. The Great Emperors fled to prepare, while Xuanyuan remained uncertain whether the catastrophe could be avoided.

• The Heavenly Dao erupted in fury as blood-red clouds and rain shook the Immortal Transformation Stone, alarming the Great Emperors.
• Xuanyuan the Great Emperor explained that Heaven Cries Blood signaled someone had altered the Heavenly Dao’s rules, foreshadowing a catastrophe like the ancient Emperor Fall Cataclysm.
• Xuanyuan warned the Great Emperors to return and prepare, and most teleported away from Nine Realms Mountain.
• Xuanyuan told Puntian Great Emperor that submission and offering one’s soul to the Heavenly Dao might avert the cataclysm, but no other solution was known.
• Puntian Great Emperor returned to the Pu Tian Dynasty, and Di Xuan departed after saying she hoped to face death beside Xuanyuan.
• Xuanyuan watched the weeping heavens and sighed, hoping his warning was not true.

Nie Yun realized that fusing the Blazing Fire Dao and Ice Dao had weakened his usable strength because the new Great Dao lacked the Heavenly Dao’s recognition. After treating patients while waiting for the Myriad Realms Cave Heaven trial, he headed to the Pu Tian Imperial Palace and was met by Zhuo Yang.

• Nie Yun determined that he could not use his fused Great Dao in the Divine Realm without risking Heavenly Dao suppression, leaving his combat strength less than half of what it had been.
• Nie Yun decided to seek Great Dao treasures and inheritances instead of fusing more Daos, and he relied on his refined Myriad Realms Feather Robe and Phoenix Wings for increased speed.
• Nie Yun returned from the Storage World and spent the following days treating patients who sought help after his Shennong Disciple identity became known.
• Prince Duobo and Prince Liu Mu did not trouble Nie Yun, while Prince Ru Xia devoted himself to cultivation after losing prestige in the competitions.
• When the Myriad Realms Cave Heaven trial approached, Nie Yun prepared his belongings and headed for the Pu Tian Imperial Palace, where participants were to gather.
• Zhuo Yang caught up with Nie Yun on the way and greeted him.

Nie Yun learned that Puntian Great Emperor would appoint a Crown Prince before Myriad Realms Cave Heaven opened, and that Prince Duobo seemed the likeliest candidate. Since Nie Yun had allied with Prince Ru Xia and was Duobo’s enemy, the news threatened his plans, and he pressed Zhuo Yang about why Prince Liu Mu still had a chance.

• Zhuo Yang greeted Nie Yun with lewd jokes about their visit to Jade Pavilion, and Nie Yun tried to correct his insinuations.
• Nie Yun asked why Zhuo Yang was at the gathering, and Zhuo Yang explained that he was not eligible for Myriad Realms Cave Heaven.
• Zhuo Yang told Nie Yun that Puntian Great Emperor would establish a Crown Prince before the trial and announce his choice at a grand gathering.
• Nie Yun learned that Prince Duobo was favored over Prince Liu Mu and Prince Ru Xia, partly because Puntian Great Emperor had privately summoned Duobo.
• Nie Yun worried about Duobo’s rise because he had allied with Ru Xia and was Duobo’s enemy, then asked Zhuo Yang why Liu Mu remained a contender.

Nie Yun learned that the Emperor Seal could protect a new Emperor from even a Great Emperor, then joined the gathered officials awaiting Puntian Great Emperor’s decision on the Crown Prince. Prince Ru Xia believed he had no chance, leaving the contest to Prince Duobo or Prince Liu Mu.

• Zhuo Yang told Nie Yun that Emperor Yuan Yang had privately met Prince Liu Mu after summoning Prince Duobo, while Prince Ru Xia had shown little promise.
• Nie Yun asked why Puntian Great Emperor would pass down the throne, and Zhuo Yang explained that the Emperor Seal could prevent a Great Emperor from killing its holder.
• Nie Yun and Zhuo Yang arrived at the imperial palace, where officials debated whether Prince Duobo or Prince Liu Mu would become Crown Prince.
• The crowd discussed Prince Liu Mu’s Puppet Dao as a possible path to surpassing the limits imposed by his pure Devouring Bloodline.
• Nie Yun asked Prince Ru Xia what was happening, and Ru Xia admitted that he believed he had no hope of becoming Crown Prince.

Nie Yun stood by Prince Ru Xia when Princes Yan Huo and Zhen Xiang mocked him for losing the Crown Prince struggle. After warning them not to provoke him, Nie Yun slapped both princes in public, leaving them enraged.

• Nie Yun considered the danger posed by the Emperor Seal and resolved to enter the Myriad Realms Cave Heaven before fleeing if necessary.
• Princes Yan Huo and Zhen Xiang taunted Prince Ru Xia, predicting that Prince Duobo would drive him from Yunzhou City and have him killed.
• Nie Yun stepped in and insulted Yan Huo and Zhen Xiang for following Prince Duobo instead of pursuing the throne themselves.
• Yan Huo and Zhen Xiang challenged Nie Yun, dismissing him as a wandering physician and a King Realm cultivator.
• Nie Yun suddenly slapped both princes, and they flew into a rage.

Nie Yun knocked Prince Yan Huo and Prince Zhen Xiang unconscious after they insulted Prince Ru Xia, while the palace guards let the fight go unanswered. As the emperor summoned everyone inside to announce the Crown Prince, Ye Tao warned Nie Yun that Prince Duobo might use the incident against him.

• Nie Yun slapped Prince Yan Huo unconscious after the prince charged at him.
• Nie Yun knocked Prince Zhen Xiang unconscious when he called for guards to seize him.
• The assembled geniuses recognized Nie Yun’s strength, and Prince Ru Xia thanked him before reaffirming his hopes of advancing in cultivation.
• The palace gates opened, and guests prepared gifts and courted Prince Duobo before the Crown Prince was announced.
• Ye Tao warned Nie Yun that Prince Duobo might make the fight his first target once he became Crown Prince.

Nie Yun confronted Prince Duobo in the imperial palace, turning Duobo’s sarcastic threat into an awkward public dispute over a supposed favor. Duobo struggled to protect his reputation until the Puntian Great Emperor arrived.

• Prince Ru Xia lamented that former allies had abandoned him to support Prince Duobo and the more favored Prince Liu Mu.
• Prince Duobo approached Ru Xia and warned that he would settle their past conflicts, then told Nie Yun he would repay an old favor.
• Nie Yun asked Duobo to give him the gifts he had just received, provoking angry protests from Duobo’s supporters.
• Nie Yun pressed Duobo about repaying his favor, forcing Duobo to admit that he had meant they held a grudge against each other.
• Prince Duobo could not explain the grudge without exposing his humiliation, and the Puntian Great Emperor arrived.

The Puntian Great Emperor appointed Nie Yun Crown Prince, stunning the princes and everyone gathered in the palace. Ru Xia claimed Nie Yun was the long-lost prince the Emperor had been searching for, leaving the court convinced that the appointment was rightful even as Nie Yun knew his princely identity was fake.

• The Puntian Great Emperor ordered Fu Yong to read the decree naming the Crown Prince.
• Fu Yong announced Nie Yun as Crown Prince, leaving Prince Duobo and the gathered court in shock.
• Nie Yun accepted the decree and saw that the Puntian Great Emperor had personally written his name.
• Ru Xia congratulated Nie Yun and told Ye Tao and the court that Nie Yun was the prince the Emperor had searched for.
• Prince Yan Huo and Prince Zhen Xiang arrived after recovering and feared the consequences of having offended Nie Yun.

Nie Yun became Crown Prince and entered the Myriad Realms Cave Heaven, where the trial could help him advance toward the Perfect Domain. Prince Duobo attacked him as soon as the entrance closed, but Prince Ru Xia used a Void Transfer Talisman to move Nie Yun and the others far away.

• Puntian Great Emperor named Nie Yun Crown Prince and opened the gate to the Myriad Realms Cave Heaven without explaining his choice.
• Nie Yun entered the Cave Heaven with Ru Xia, Ye Tao, and the others, then saw a vast realm filled with Chaos Worlds.
• Prince Ru Xia suggested they leave the nearby worlds and find a place to cultivate away from Duobo and the other hostile princes.
• Prince Duobo attacked Nie Yun with a powerful blade strike as soon as the gate closed behind them.
• Prince Ru Xia shattered a Void Transfer Talisman, transporting Nie Yun, Ye Tao, and the others billions of kilometers away.