Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing learned that refining the nine Purple Origin Fire Pearls would give him control of the Misty God Temple, but opening the Fire Refining Hall required white pure fire and mastery of formations. Uncle Fu then explained how to open the Artifact Hall, and Cao Bing found its hidden mechanism with the help of his Nascent Blade Heart.

• Uncle Fu explained that the nine Purple Origin Fire Pearls formed the Misty God Temple’s core and that refining them into his body would let Cao Bing claim the temple.
• Uncle Fu told Cao Bing that entering the Fire Refining Hall required white pure fire and the ability to break through three formations, and Cao Bing realized he was not ready.
• Uncle Fu led Cao Bing to the Artifact Hall and said its first opening requirement was finding a mechanism hidden in its door.
• Cao Bing used his Spiritual Sense and Nascent Blade Heart’s power of will to locate two spots, press them, and reveal two protrusions.
• Uncle Fu told Cao Bing to grasp the protrusions and use his strength to pull the Artifact Hall’s door upward.

Cao Bing tried to open the Artifact Hall’s stone gate but could lift it only a finger’s width before it slammed shut. Uncle Fu estimated Cao Bing would need roughly twice his current strength, and Cao Bing decided to cultivate in the Misty God Temple until he could try again.

• Cao Bing grasped the stone gate’s protrusions and failed to move it with his initial effort.
• Cao Bing mobilized his laws, energy, and Nascent Blade Heart to lift the gate, impressing Uncle Fu with his power.
• Cao Bing raised the gate a finger’s width, but it slammed shut before he could enter.
• Uncle Fu told Cao Bing he would likely need twice his current strength to open the gate completely.
• Cao Bing asked to cultivate in the Misty God Temple, and Uncle Fu welcomed him to stay as long as he wished.

Cao Bing and Uncle Fu explored the Transit Hall, where Cao Bing learned that its pillars opened passages to thirty-eight different universe spaces. He recognized the passage to his former Mortal Realm but decided not to return, while noting that Qin Yu might visit his family if he learned descending was possible.

• Cao Bing entered the Transit Hall with Uncle Fu after recognizing that he could not yet open the Artifact Hall or Fire Refining Hall.
• Uncle Fu explained that Che Houyuan had created thirty-eight pillars as spatial passages to other universe spaces.
• Cao Bing learned that twenty-two passages led to worlds on the Immortal Demon Beast Realm’s level and sixteen led to Mortal Realm worlds.
• Cao Bing read the inscriptions and recognized the Dinosaur Realm and the eleventh universe space of the Mortal Realm, where he, Qin Yu, and the others had ascended from.
• Cao Bing considered returning to the Mortal Realm but dismissed the idea because he had already settled Uncle Chen’s family, and he thought Qin Yu might visit his family if he knew descending was possible.

Cao Bing, Qin Yu, and their allies spent centuries cultivating, while Xiao Hei learned of his parents’ deaths and vowed to avenge them. They later accepted invitations to witness the Azure Emperor’s Divine Tribulation, which was set to take place in a year.

• Cao Bing cultivated on Trial Dark Stars and studied the Ape Clan’s inheritance carvings while Qin Yu and the others trained for revenge.
• Xiao Hei learned that the Demon Emperor Peng had killed his parents, and he vowed to avenge them with Qin Yu and Hou Fei’s support.
• Xiao Hei and Bai Ling and Bai Xin had two children, Hei Tong and Hei Fang, who advanced rapidly under their elders’ guidance.
• Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei repeatedly challenged the Demon Emperor Peng but could not overcome his inheritance divine artifact.
• The Azure Emperor invited Qin Yu and Cao Bing to witness his Divine Tribulation, and they agreed to travel there together in three months.

Cao Bing, Qin Yu, Hou Fei, and Hei Yu arrived on Mountain Ridge Star to witness the Azure Emperor’s Divine Tribulation and met Immortal Emperor Song Shi in the first area. After learning that the Hidden Emperor and the Black and White Twin Emperors had also arrived, Cao Bing went to visit the Hidden Emperor.

• Cao Bing and the others arrived on Mountain Ridge Star and entered the area reserved for Emperor-level experts.
• Qin Yu greeted Immortal Emperor Song Shi and introduced Cao Bing, Hou Fei, and Hei Yu.
• Song Shi said that the Yu Emperor, Xuan Emperor, and Demon Emperor Peng had not arrived, while several hundred Emperor-level experts had gathered.
• Song Shi arranged separate courtyards for the group near Granny Silver Flower’s residence and said that Ni Huang, the Hidden Emperor, and the Black and White Twin Emperors were present.
• Cao Bing learned that the Hidden Emperor had arrived five days earlier and went to visit him.

Cao Bing joined the Hidden Emperor and the Black and White Twin Emperors to await Chi Qing’s Divine Tribulation, but an eruption of energy drew them to a confrontation between Qin Yu’s group and the Demon Emperor Peng. Granny Silver Flower stopped Peng’s surprise attack, and the arrival of powerful allies left Peng facing Cao Bing as tensions remained high.

• The Hidden Emperor welcomed Cao Bing to his courtyard and shared tea and wine with him while they waited for Chi Qing’s Divine Tribulation.
• A distant surge of energy interrupted their gathering, and Cao Bing guessed Qin Yu’s group had clashed with the Demon Emperor Peng.
• Cao Bing and the others arrived to find Granny Silver Flower had stopped Peng from killing Xiao Hei during a surprise attack.
• Granny Silver Flower declared that Chi Qing had forbidden fighting, while the Dragon Emperor, Sun Yuan, and other Demon Realm powerhouses arrived and challenged Peng’s actions.
• Cao Bing appeared before the Demon Emperor Peng and rebuked him, darkening Peng’s expression.

Cao Bing arrived as Demon Emperor Peng confronted Qin Yu and his brothers, and the Azure Emperor Chi Qing appeared before the standoff could turn into a fight. Peng withdrew, while Chi Qing announced that his Divine Tribulation would arrive in a month.

• Demon Emperor Peng remembered his earlier battle with Cao Bing, in which Cao Bing’s Nascent Blade Heart had forced him to rely on speed and retreat.
• Cao Bing judged that the newly arrived Azure Emperor Chi Qing was a formidable opponent, stronger than Demon Emperor Peng in a direct fight.
• Chi Qing asked Demon Emperor Peng to avoid fighting at his residence, and Peng agreed before leaving with the Avian Lineage Demon Emperors.
• Demon Emperor Peng went to seek an alliance with Yu Emperor and Xuan Emperor, while Chi Qing spoke with Qin Yu and exchanged greetings with Cao Bing.
• Chi Qing announced that his Divine Tribulation was expected in one month and said he would spend the time preparing.

As the Azure Emperor Chi Qing’s Divine Tribulation approached, Cao Bing and the other experts gathered on Mountain Ridge Star to witness it. The tribulation began with a vast dark-red vortex forming a powerful deep-blue lightning formation above Chi Qing, leaving everyone watching to see how he would respond.

• Over the month before the tribulation, Cao Bing received visits from Immortal Demon Beast Realm overlords, including the Flame Emperor, while Ao Wuxu refused to meet the Dragon Emperor but spent time drinking with Ao Wuming.
• Chi Qing announced that he would undergo his Divine Tribulation the next day and instructed everyone to watch from outside the core area.
• More than one hundred million cultivators gathered on Mountain Ridge Star, including over a thousand Emperor-level experts, as Cao Bing and his companions watched from the first area.
• Chi Qing stood alone in the ten-mile core area without restrictions or preparations as the sky darkened and a huge dark-red vortex appeared overhead.
• Deep-blue lightning formed a circular grand formation within the vortex, and Cao Bing recognized that the Divine Tribulation was gathering into a powerful formation.

The Azure Emperor faced the first layer of his Divine Tribulation and shattered its lightning formation with a single strike. As the second layer gathered, Cao Bing and the others recognized that it would unleash divine fire.

• A massive red vortex formed above the Azure Emperor, and a millstone of nine deep-blue lightning bolts descended toward him.
• Cao Bing explained that the tribulation's Space Law made it far more powerful than its slow descent suggested, while Qin Yu worried about the Azure Emperor.
• The Azure Emperor raised his hand and broke the lightning millstone, causing its formation to collapse and its bolts to dissipate.
• The second layer of the Divine Tribulation gathered black flames between the rotating vortices.
• Cao Bing and Song Shi identified the flames as divine fire, and Song Shi explained its immense power and how it could be resisted.

The Azure Emperor endured the second Divine Tribulation by using the Wood Law to withstand a dragon of divine fire. As the third and final tribulation enveloped him in black mist carrying Inner Demons, his laughter turned crazed and Cao Bing realized his will was under attack.

• A giant dragon of black divine fire descended, terrifying the watching Immortal, Demon, and Beast Emperors.
• The Azure Emperor flew up to meet the dragon and emerged unharmed, protected by the emerald-green ripples of his Wood Law.
• Cao Bing recognized that the Azure Emperor had surpassed his own comprehension of the Wood Law.
• The third Divine Tribulation began as black mist filled with the power of chaos descended upon the Azure Emperor.
• The black mist enveloped the Azure Emperor, and his laughter grew crazed as Cao Bing realized the Inner Demon was attacking his will.

The Azure Emperor, Chi Qing, survived his Divine Tribulation, and Cao Bing observed how the ordeal transformed the Emperor’s strength. Eight days after the banquet, Cao Bing and his companions departed Azure Wave Star, where the Yu Emperor’s Immortal Sense approached them.

• Chi Qing ended his Divine Tribulation by dispelling the black mist and gray lightning, then invited guests to a banquet on Azure Wave Star.
• Cao Bing concluded that the tribulation’s power adjusted to its target and noted that Chi Qing’s strength had increased more than tenfold as part of his energy transformed into divine power.
• Cao Bing, Qin Yu, and their companions attended Chi Qing’s banquet in his palace and stayed on Azure Wave Star for eight days.
• Cao Bing and the others left Azure Wave Star after Chi Qing began handling the affairs of his territories and disciples.
• Qin Yu recognized the Yu Emperor’s Immortal Sense and warned Cao Bing, Xiao Hei, and Fei Fei to be cautious; Cao Bing sensed the Yu Emperor with the Xuan Emperor and Demon Emperor Peng, but events did not unfold as he expected.

The Demon Emperor Peng and his allies ambushed Cao Bing to remove him before killing Qin Yu and Xiao Hei, but Cao Bing proved unharmed by Peng’s spear. Peng was left stunned and fearful as Cao Bing looked back at him.

• The Demon Emperor Peng teleported behind the group and attacked Cao Bing instead of Qin Yu or Xiao Hei.
• The Yu Emperor, Xuan Emperor, and several powerful subordinates appeared to stop Qin Yu and the others from intervening.
• The chapter explained that Peng wanted Cao Bing dead before taking revenge on Xiao Hei, while the Yu Emperor and Xuan Emperor also had their own reasons to kill Cao Bing.
• The Demon Emperor Peng drove his spear into Cao Bing’s chest, but Cao Bing remained completely unharmed.
• The spear’s recoil injured the Demon Emperor Peng, who stared at Cao Bing in disbelief and felt the urge to flee.

Cao Bing revealed the overwhelming power of his Heavenly Divine Artifact armor and saber as he fought the Demon Emperor Peng, Yu Emperor, and Xuan Emperor. He shattered the Yu Emperor and Xuan Emperor’s fused sword and killed them both, leaving their weapons scattered in the distance.

• The Yu Emperor and Xuan Emperor charged Cao Bing after the Demon Emperor Peng was knocked back, then fused their Jing Emperor Sword and Flowing Jing Sword into the High-grade Divine Artifact Wushuang Jing Sword.
• Cao Bing drew a Low-grade Heavenly Divine Artifact saber and struck the Wushuang Jing Sword, splitting it apart and severely injuring the Yu Emperor and Xuan Emperor.
• Cao Bing attacked again, shattering the fused sword and sending the Jing Emperor Sword and Flowing Jing Sword flying from their hands.
• The Yu Emperor stepped in front of the Xuan Emperor to shield him, but Cao Bing’s slash annihilated the Yu Emperor’s body and divine soul.
• Cao Bing’s attack killed the Xuan Emperor moments later, and the Xuan Emperor remembered Feng Yu as he died.

Cao Bing killed Yu Emperor and Xuan Emperor, then pursued Demon Emperor Peng as he fled. Demon Emperor Peng escaped Cao Bing’s chase but was badly wounded by a final slash and fled again with his cultivation greatly diminished.

• Demon Emperor Peng fled after Cao Bing killed Yu Emperor and Xuan Emperor, abandoning Liu Tu, Ao Ku, and his other subordinates.
• Cao Bing pursued Demon Emperor Peng, who used Blood Escape with his inherited treasure to vanish at high speed.
• Cao Bing stopped the pursuit and sent a blade light through space after Demon Emperor Peng.
• Demon Emperor Peng survived the slash but lost most of his wings and feathers, suffered severe wounds, and fell from Level Nine to Level Seven Demon Emperor.
• Demon Emperor Peng fled again without a word, terrified and badly injured.

Cao Bing returned from driving Demon Emperor Peng into a desperate escape and joined Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei against the ambushers on Azure Wave Star. He gravely wounded four Immortal Emperors and planned to have them controlled and put to work for him.

• Cao Bing stopped pursuing Demon Emperor Peng, whose cultivation and strength had been badly reduced, while a trace of Cao Bing’s Nascent Blade Heart will let him find him later.
• Demon Emperor Ao Ku, Demon Emperor Liu Tu, Sword Immortal Zhi Bai, and the other attackers were stunned to learn that Yu Emperor and Xuan Emperor had been killed and Demon Emperor Peng had fled.
• Ao Ku and Liu Tu escaped as Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei pursued the attackers, but the three brothers intercepted Zhi Bai and three other Immortal Emperors.
• Cao Bing returned and swiftly gravely wounded Zhi Bai and the other three Immortal Emperors.
• Cao Bing decided to have a Level Five Demon Emperor use a soul secret technique to control the four Immortal Emperors and make them serve him.

Cao Bing decisively defeated Zhi Bai Sword Immortal and his companions, then captured the escaped Liu Tu and Ao Ku after the Azure Emperor arrived. Chi Qing apologized and promised to hunt Zong Yan, but Cao Bing did not rely on that promise.

• Cao Bing sealed Zhi Bai Sword Immortal and the other four Immortal Emperors and stored them in his World Ring.
• Qin Yu admired Cao Bing's strength and reflected on their lasting bond and how far apart their abilities seemed.
• Chi Qing arrived with the captured Liu Tu and Ao Ku, whose cultivation and souls he had sealed.
• Chi Qing apologized to Cao Bing, Qin Yu, Xiao, and Hou for the ambush on Azure Wave Star and offered them Liu Tu and Ao Ku.
• Cao Bing accepted the two captives and Chi Qing's apology, while doubting that Chi Qing would find Zong Yan quickly.

After Yu Emperor and Xuan Emperor died and Demon Emperor Peng fled, the Immortal and Demon Realms reorganized their powers. Xiao Hei took over the Avian Lineage as its new Demon Emperor, and the chapter ended with the Lineage turning against Demon Emperor Peng.

• The Azure Emperor and his allies issued a joint kill order for Demon Emperor Peng, while the deaths of Yu Emperor and Xuan Emperor threw their territories into turmoil.
• Sword Immortal Zhi Bai, Immortal Emperor Mu Yan, Immortal Emperor Lan Wei, and Immortal Emperor Mu Hua established the Four Directions Pavilion under Cao Bing's control, restoring a tripartite balance with Emperor Liu and Flame Emperor.
• After Cao Bing urged him to secure a foundation for his family and reclaim his father's position, Xiao Hei went to the Avian Lineage with Liu Tu and Ao Ku.
• The Avian Lineage's elders refused Xiao Hei's claim until he demonstrated his strength, after which Liu Tu verified his identity and the Lineage held a succession ceremony.
• Xiao Hei became the Avian Lineage's legitimate ruler, and the Lineage issued its own kill order against Demon Emperor Peng.

After more than twenty thousand years in Chaos City, Cao Bing reflected on Luo Feng’s rise to fame and the dangers that had threatened his family. He remained in Chaos City under the Chaos City Lord’s orders, while the chapter ended with Cao Bing considering Hong and Lei Shen’s very different prospects.

• Cao Bing ordered King Cang Jin to destroy a powerful family that had secretly targeted Luo Feng’s family, and the attack frightened off other would-be aggressors.
• Luo Feng returned safely from the Star Tower, then later escaped the Ice Prison with the Chaos City Lord’s help and became famous as Blade River King.
• Luo Feng made a name for himself at the Ancestral God Cult, formed his final Blood Sea Clone, and later focused on cultivation and preparing to become Immortal.
• Cao Bing and Luo Feng discovered that Hong had become the Chaos City Lord’s disciple, teased him, and tried to shake him down, though they ended up paying for him.
• Cao Bing reflected that Lei Shen remained outside the Chaos City Lord’s circle of disciples and would likely reach King-level Immortal at most without an unusual opportunity.

Cao Bing and his friends confronted the growing gap between Lei Shen and the others, while Venerable Kuang Lan returned from seclusion after killing a Mechanical Race Venerable. Cao Bing also wrestled with what his feelings for Nan Xin meant as her cultivation neared the point where she would have to become Immortal.

• Cao Bing and the others accepted that Lei Shen could not become Chaos City Lord's disciple and decided to support him with resources instead.
• King Kuanglan emerged from over ten thousand years of retreat as Venerable Kuang Lan, killed a Mechanical Race Venerable, and fought her way safely back to Human Territory.
• Cao Bing congratulated Venerable Kuang Lan with two divine artifacts, and she accepted after he revealed that he had inherited a Universe Master's legacy.
• Cao Bing kept most of his divine artifacts hidden because giving or selling them could put others in danger.
• Cao Bing recognized that he and Nan Xin had developed feelings for each other over twenty thousand years, while Nan Xin's limited talent made delaying her Immortal breakthrough increasingly difficult.

Cao Bing and Nan Xin held their wedding in the Virtual Universe, where friends and powerful figures from across the Human Race gathered to celebrate. Afterward, Cao Bing secured Nan Xin ten thousand years of temporary residency in Chaos City.

• Cao Bing arranged to hold the wedding in the Virtual Universe because the restrictions on him and the rules of Chaos City made a grand ceremony there impossible.
• Cao Bing and Nan Xin married in a rented Virtual Universe plane as friends, former subordinates, King-level Immortals, and Universe Venerables attended.
• Lei Shen, Hong, and Luo Feng drank with Cao Bing, while Hong teased him until Cao Bing silenced him with a quick retort.
• Cao Bing secured Nan Xin temporary residency in Chaos City for ten thousand years, after which she would need to qualify to remain there.