Arc 8Chapters 176–200
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Nie Li recognized the jade wall’s technique as the Spirit Jade Divine Art and suspected the Phantom God Palace was Patriarch Daozang’s burial place. After the Demon Lord entered the Main Hall through the wall, Nie Li deciphered its inscriptions and followed him inside, leaving the others unable to pass.
Yun Tian and the girls entered the Phantom God Palace, where the Daozang Patriarch chose to pass his legacy to the Demon Lord after Nie Li declined. The Patriarch then revealed to Nie Li that defeating the Saint Emperor required breaking his seal on space-time, finding the reincarnations of ancient allies, or obtaining a Supreme Treasure that Nie Li recognized as the Temporal Demon Spirit Book.
Nie Li learned that the Saint Emperor possessed several pages of the secret treasure book and that the Demon Lord was one of six reincarnated souls before leaving the Daozang Patriarch. After the Patriarch's lingering consciousness vanished, the Phantom God Palace's voice sealed everyone inside and began a six-hour contest for Ganges Crystals, which ended with Gu Lan and her companions taking the crystals the Wild Thunder Demon Venerable had claimed.
Huang Ying defeated the Wild Thunder Demon Venerable while Nie Li and Wu Yazi watched the great hall’s rival factions gather. Holy Son Li Huo, Yan Yang, and the Lightning Demon Venerable faced off, but the Lightning Demon Venerable refused Li Huo’s offer to help attack the Fire God Sect.
Nie Li broke the Phantom God Palace’s secret formation and entered a treasure-filled inner world with Yun Tian and the others, collecting its riches before the dimension began collapsing. They escaped just as Divine Venerable Xuanming arrived, and Nie Li refused to share his haul with Wu Yazi.
Yun Tian killed the toll collectors and confronted Divine Venerable Xuanming, mocking and fighting him before escaping with Nie Li and the others. Xuanming was left furious and battered, while Holy Son Li Huo was caught in the blast of his aura.
Nie Li used the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Painting to cultivate from nine-star Heavenly Mandate to nine-star Heavenly Star, while Gu Bei and Gu Heng faced the Gu Family patriarch over their conflict. The patriarch ordered Gu Bei to pay compensation and Gu Hen to reflect for thirty years.
Nie Li gave Gu Bei and Lu Piao Spirit Stones and used his blood and a formation to help them cultivate, while Li Yufeng defeated Li Xingyun and killed him. The chapter ended with the Wind Alliance challenging the Heavenly Travel Alliance and Monster Alliance outside the Heavenly Spirit Institute.
Li Xingyun restrained his allies as Li Yufeng attacked, while Nie Li slipped out of the Heavenly Spirit Institute and headed for the Wilderness. Yun Tian followed him there and promised to remove the Heavenly Origin Divine Race’s barrier, leaving Nie Li ready to recruit the entire race.
Nie Li rescued enslaved members of the Heavenly Origin Divine Race from the Dragon Breath Merchant Association and offered the race a way out in exchange for joining his forces. The patriarch accepted, and the chapter ended as he gathered the race to share the news.
Nie Li and Yun Tian freed the Heavenly Origin Divine Race from their prison and began training them in the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Painting. After escaping an ambush, they met the remnant will of the Heavenly Origin Great Emperor, who believed Nie Li had come from a hundred years in the future.
Nie Li prepared for the Feather God Sect’s Sect Master election with the backing of powerful allies, while Long Tianming revealed his ties to demonic forces and challenged him. After Long Tianming lost to Nie Li’s forces and insulted the Divine Venerables, Yun Tian froze time and bound Long Tianming’s soul to a cross.
Yun Tian exposed Long Tianming as a Demon God Sect member and helped Nie Li take control of the Feather God Sect. As the sect grew stronger, Yu Yan revealed that the Temporal Demon Spirit Book in the Little Exquisite World could help them confront the Saint Emperor and uncover the truth behind Nie Li's rebirth.
Yun Tian accompanied Nie Li to the Heavenly Sound Divine Sect, where Nie Li planned to unite the Six Great Divine Sects against the Saint Emperor. After the meeting, Yun Tian reunited with the women there, who kept him busy attending to their needs.
Nie Li persuaded the six great divine sects to unite against the Saint Emperor and was chosen to lead their alliance. The meeting then turned to Yun Tian, whose relationship with Nangong Xianyin surprised the sect masters, as he faced Xiuming’s challenge by summoning Golden Egg.
Yun Tian and the others returned to Glory City after several years away, where they found the city greatly strengthened and reunited with Ye Xiu. As a beast tide approached, they headed to the walls, where Ye Zong and Ye Mo prepared the city’s defenses.
Ye Zong and Glory City's fighters defeated the demon beast tide, and Ye Ziyun reunited with her father and grandfather. Yun Tian returned to his courtyard and visited his family in the Small World, where Beiming Xue, Dongfang Xiong, and the others surrounded him while little Tian Yu laughed.
After reuniting with Nie Li and the others, Yun Tian began searching the Little Exquisite World for its treasures and revealed Yu Yan’s ancient identity. He found the incomplete Temporal Demon Spirit Book, but its seals meant Nie Li would have to retrieve it after collecting the Heavenly Ancestor Sword pieces and returning from the Dragon Whisker Domain.
Nie Li learned Goddess Yu Yan's past identity and entered the ruins to use the Temporal Demon Spirit Book, accepting that its aura would eventually alert the Saint Emperor. As Nie Li and Yu Yan remained inside, powerful figures elsewhere sensed a disturbance, and Candle Dragon received another order from the Demon God Sect's Sect Master.
Nie Li met Great Emperor Kongming in a sealed space and learned how the Saint Emperor betrayed the other Spirit Gods and how Kongming preserved his legacy. Kongming explained that space-time inheritors would eventually meet, leaving Nie Li to choose whether they would unite against the Saint Emperor or devour one another.
Nie Li and Yu Yan inherited the memories and power of Great Emperor Kongming and Jin Yan, learning that the Heavenly God Ancestral Grounds were suppressing the Saint Emperor’s Demon Bone. After helping their allies grow stronger, Nie Li visited the ancestral grounds and found the seal nearly failing.
Nie Li visited the Heavenly God Ancestral Grounds and learned that its seal on the Saint Emperor's Demon Bone was close to failing. He warned Lin Zhan and the elders that the Saint Emperor might appear within ten years and explained that their enemy could revive through other points in time and space.
Nie Li revealed the Temporal Demon Spirit Book to Lin Zhan and secured cooperation against the Saint Emperor. As the seal’s collapse drew closer, everyone devoted themselves to raising their strength for the coming battle.
As the seal on the Temporal Demon Spirit Book neared its collapse, Nie Li united the Sacred Demon Ancestral Grounds with the others and prepared to face the Saint Emperor. The seal shattered, and the Saint Emperor appeared in the sky as his forces gathered for battle.
The Saint Emperor emerged after the seal shattered, and Nie Li and his allies launched an attack to stop him from claiming the Demon Bone and ruling the Dragon Whisker Domain. Yun Tian resurrected Xiao Yu’s parents, whose arrival finally wounded the Saint Emperor as the battle continued.