Chapter Summaries

Feng Wanxi sent Yun Yi and Huo Ming to trap He Pingsheng in the Phoenix Race's Twelvefold Nirvana Shared Lifespan Grand Array, while Feng Wu was assigned to guard the Spacetime Golden Banner with Crown Prince Empty Void. Yun Yi confronted He Pingsheng in the completed array, and He Pingsheng attacked him with seven Divine Sense Nails.

• Feng Wanxi told Feng Wu to guard the Spacetime Golden Banner alongside Crown Prince Empty Void while the others fought He Pingsheng.
• Two days later, Feng Wanxi appointed Yun Yi to lead the operation and Huo Ming to assist him, and the six Body Integration Realm cultivators each made a life tablet.
• Yun Yi and Huo Ming flew with the Phoenix Race group toward He Pingsheng's hiding place, while Yun Yi said he wanted He Pingsheng dead so Su Zhenzhen would admire him.
• Crown Prince Empty Void planted the Spacetime Golden Banner on a mountain, and Feng Wu stayed beside him as twelve Phoenix Race cultivators surrounded He Pingsheng's hiding place.
• Yun Yi and the twelve cultivators activated the Twelvefold Nirvana Shared Lifespan Grand Array, trapping He Pingsheng and empowering Yun Yi to perfected Body Integration Realm strength.
• Yun Yi taunted He Pingsheng and secretly recorded the encounter, but He Pingsheng answered by sending seven Divine Sense Nails toward Yun Yi's sea of consciousness.

He Pingsheng’s attacks failed to penetrate Yun Yi’s defenses, and Yun Yi struck him with the Twelvefold Nirvana Shared Lifespan Grand Array’s power. He Pingsheng survived, but found that the other array cultivators also had divine sense defenses, leaving him without an easy way to weaken the formation.

• Yun Yi blocked He Pingsheng’s Divine Sense Nails with a treasure, and his avatar blocked a second attack as well.
• Yun Yi claimed the grand array made his victory certain and attacked He Pingsheng with the combined power of the array.
• He Pingsheng countered with the Primordial Purple Gold Staff, a talisman, the Yellow Turban Strongman, and Vajra Shield, but Yun Yi’s strike destroyed his defenses and drove him into a mountain.
• He Pingsheng emerged from the magma with minor injuries, and Yun Yi said he had used only fifty percent of his power.
• He Pingsheng tried his Divine Sense Nails against two other cultivators, but both had treasures that defended against divine sense attacks.

He Pingsheng was badly injured after Yun Yi used the Grand Array to unleash half-step Great Emperor power, while Yun Yi threatened to torture him and record the fight. A thousand li away, Feng Wu betrayed Crown Prince Empty Void by stabbing him with two venomous stingers.

• Yun Yi warned He Pingsheng to surrender the Heavenly Dao Slave Mark and revealed that the Grand Array could give him half-step Great Emperor power at a cost.
• He Pingsheng attacked Yun Yi with Myriad Annihilations Return to Origin, but Yun Yi used the Grand Array to enlarge into a golden Phoenix and countered his strike.
• Yun Yi's sword attacks cut He Pingsheng's calf and left arm, and Yun Yi took out a Jade Slip to record his torture and threaten Su Zhenzhen.
• Crown Prince Empty Void watched the battle with Feng Wu and declared He Pingsheng was certain to die.
• Feng Wu stabbed Crown Prince Empty Void in the back with two purple venomous stingers, and Crown Prince Empty Void accused him of betrayal.

Feng Wu poisoned Crown Prince Empty Void and recovered the Spacetime Golden Banner, allowing He Pingsheng to escape Yun Yi and wait out the Grand Array. After the array collapsed, He Pingsheng trapped and poisoned the Phoenix Race members, then had Crown Prince Empty Void and the others killed.

• Feng Wu poisoned Crown Prince Empty Void, took the Spacetime Golden Banner, and lifted its spatial lockdown.
• He Pingsheng used Void Swift Movement to evade Yun Yi and waited for the Grand Array to collapse.
• Huo Ming abandoned the formation and escaped with his clone, causing the Grand Array to collapse and the Phoenix Race members’ cultivation to fall.
• Feng Wu used the Spacetime Golden Banner to seal the Phoenix Race members in, while He Pingsheng trapped them in poisonous thorn vines.
• Feng Wu gave He Pingsheng the banner and the unconscious Crown Prince Empty Void, whom He Pingsheng ordered Feng Wu to kill.
• He Pingsheng ordered Feng Wu to finish off the remaining Phoenix Race members, and Feng Wu began killing them one by one.

He Pingsheng survived the battle against the Phoenix Race and their allies, rescued Feng Wu, and prepared to use Soul-Linking Curse Talismans against his enemies. As the survivors fled and the Demon Emperors learned that Crown Prince Empty Void had died, the chapter left them bewildered by He Pingsheng’s strength.

• He Pingsheng promised Feng Wu he would keep him alive, took him and the Phoenix Race corpses into his magical treasure, and learned their remains counted as seventh-grade materials.
• He Pingsheng returned to a secluded hilltop with the Spacetime Golden Banner and prepared his remaining Soul-Linking Curse Talismans.
• Feng Wanxi watched life tablets shatter for Yun Yi, Crown Prince Empty Void, and nine others, then ordered the surviving Phoenix Race prodigies to scatter and hide.
• A green-robed elder told the Phoenix Race Seventh Elder that ten cultivators and their avatars had died, then reported that Crown Prince Empty Void’s true body and avatar had perished.
• Demon Emperor Hollow realized a Soul-Linking Curse Talisman had likely killed his son, while the gathered Demon Emperors had no explanation for He Pingsheng’s victories.

He Pingsheng forced Daoist Huo Ming to surrender his Heavenly Dao Slave Mark and ordered him to sow discord between Demon Emperor Hollow and the Phoenix Race. He then reached the center of the Greater Chiliocosm, where Wang Dun had saved him a seat on the fifth stone stele.

• Feng Wanxi tracked He Pingsheng’s location and kept moving whenever he came near.
• He Pingsheng found Daoist Huo Ming in a snowy mountain canyon, threatened him with the Phoenix corpses he had killed, and demanded his Heavenly Dao Slave Mark.
• Huo Ming agreed to become He Pingsheng’s servant on the condition that the Phoenix Race would not learn of it.
• He Pingsheng instructed Huo Ming to blame Feng Wu for killing Crown Prince Empty Void and taking the imperial armament, so Demon Emperor Hollow would be distracted by a dispute with the Phoenix Race.
• He Pingsheng reached the Greater Chiliocosm’s center, and Wang Dun invited him to take the empty fifth stone stele.

He Pingsheng killed Crown Prince Heavenly Peng and several Heavenly Peng Clan chosen before leaving to hunt the Phoenix Race chosen. After the fourth trial ended, the contestants returned to the square, where Huo Ming's Body Integration Realm cultivation exposed that he had brought a clone into the Greater Chiliocosm.

• He Pingsheng killed Crown Prince Heavenly Peng with Divine Sense Nails, destroying his clone as well.
• He Pingsheng killed three Heavenly Peng Clan chosen with Cold-Ice Linked Arrow Technique, then left to search for the Phoenix Race chosen.
• The emperors opened the Greater Chiliocosm and announced that the fourth contest had ended, giving everyone eight hours to exit and forbidding further fights.
• He Pingsheng emerged alive, and Huo Ming followed with Body Integration Realm cultivation, prompting an uproar over his suspected rule violation.
• The Phoenix Race's Seventh Elder declared Huo Ming disqualified and ordered his points reset to zero.

The trial rankings were announced, with Zhu Xuanlun taking first overall and He Pingsheng placing seventh. The Black Tortoise Demon Emperor gave He Pingsheng the lower half of a Divine Turtle Blood Armor, leaving Tian Jinpeng convinced that even the Phoenix Race would no longer be able to kill him.

• The Phoenix Race's seventh elder ordered the prodigies to remain and head to the Stone Terrace Heavenly Ladder, then the Phoenix Race's Demon Emperor questioned Feng Wanxi, who admitted she had earned no Jade Tokens.
• Demon Emperor Vajra tallied the results: Wang Dun ranked first in the fourth stage, Nan Qiqi placed fourth after receiving a stone stele bonus, and He Pingsheng placed thirty-sixth.
• The overall rankings put Zhu Xuanlun first, Bai Zhiting second, Wang Dun third, Feng Wanxi fourth, and He Pingsheng seventh.
• The Black Tortoise Demon Emperor told He Pingsheng that his turtle shell was the upper half of a Divine Turtle Blood Armor and gave him the lower half to unite with it.
• Tian Jinpeng told Tian Yao that the Black Tortoise Demon Emperor had foreseen He Pingsheng's extraordinary fate and that the Phoenix Race would likely be unable to kill him.

He Pingsheng accepted the Black Tortoise Demon Emperor’s Lower Carapace and rejected Tian Jinpeng’s offer to provide a Wallbreaker in exchange for reconciliation. He marked Tian Yao with a Soul-Linking Curse Talisman, forcing her and Tian Jinpeng to leave, then shared a teasing exchange with the Great Order Wisdom King.

• The Black Tortoise Demon Emperor explained the Lower Carapace’s history and gave it to He Pingsheng, who accepted it.
• Tian Jinpeng told Tian Yao that He Pingsheng had a Death-Substitute Puppet and proposed reconciling with him by offering Duan Feihong as his Wallbreaker.
• He Pingsheng refused Tian Jinpeng’s offer and demanded that Tian Yao and her avatar die, saying he would spare Tian Jinpeng if he saw them dead.
• He Pingsheng placed a Soul-Linking Curse Talisman on Tian Yao, and the Great Order Wisdom King silenced her before she and Tian Jinpeng left.
• The Great Order Wisdom King sat beside He Pingsheng and pinched his arm as they teased each other.

He Pingsheng asked the Great Order Wisdom King to protect Zhou Qingmei, Su Zhenzhen, and her child from the Demon Emperors seeking revenge. Meanwhile, Huo Ming revealed that Feng Wu had betrayed the Phoenix Race’s plan, prompting Demon Emperor Hollow to attack the Seventh Elder and ignite a battle among the Great Emperors.

• He Pingsheng told the Great Order Wisdom King about his escape from the Phoenix Race and asked her to protect Zhou Qingmei, Su Zhenzhen, and Su Zhenzhen’s child.
• The Great Order Wisdom King agreed to protect them and warned He Pingsheng that the Demon Emperors would target him after the Stone Terrace Gathering.
• The Seventh Elder questioned Feng Wanxi about why the Phoenix Race’s grand array had failed to kill He Pingsheng, and Feng Wanxi directed him to Huo Ming.
• Huo Ming revealed that Feng Wu had seized Crown Prince Empty Void and the Spacetime Golden Banner, allowing He Pingsheng to escape.
• Demon Emperor Hollow accused the Phoenix Race of killing his son and stealing his Imperial Armament, then attacked the Seventh Elder as the other Great Emperors intervened.

Demon Emperor Hollow accused the Phoenix Race of killing his son and stealing his treasure, but Feng Qi swore the race was innocent. As the Phoenix elders plotted to keep He Pingsheng from climbing the Heavenly Ladder, they learned Duan Feihong had already arrived at Stone Terrace.

• Demon Emperor Hollow attacked the Phoenix Race's Seventh Elder, but Feng Qi swore a Heavenly Dao Oath that the Phoenix Race had not plotted against the Hollow Beast Tribe.
• The Seventh Elder and Demon Emperor Hollow returned to the great hall, where the Seventh Elder said he would investigate Feng Wu's actions.
• The Phoenix elders agreed He Pingsheng would struggle to climb the Heavenly Ladder without a Wallbreaker and revealed they had sent Demon Emperors to stop Duan Feihong from helping him.
• The Seventh Elder asked Feng Wanxi and Huo Ming whether He Pingsheng had used a Magical Treasure, and Huo Ming admitted he had but said there was no recording as evidence.
• A Message Light informed the white-haired Demon Emperor that Duan Feihong had already arrived at the Stone Terrace Heavenly Ladder.

Duan Feihong arrived at the Stone Terrace Heavenly Ladder after breaking through to the peak of the Mahayana Emperor Realm, ready to protect the Human Race’s prodigies. The Phoenix Race announced that He Pingsheng and others were disqualified for using magical treasures, then challenged He Pingsheng to swear a Heavenly Dao Oath to regain his eligibility.

• Duan Feihong revealed that a fight with Phoenix Race Demon Emperors had helped him break through to the twelfth layer of the Mahayana Emperor Realm.
• Duan Feihong vowed to defend the Human Race’s prodigies, while the Phoenix Race’s Seventh Elder denied that the race had ordered anyone to intercept him.
• The Thirteenth Elder announced that the first-place climber would receive a nirvana divine stone.
• The Thirteenth Elder revoked the climbing eligibility and individual points of Feng Wu, Feng Tong, Huo Ming, Crown Prince Empty Void, Yun Yi, Feng Yu, He Pingsheng, and others for using magical treasures during the Greater Chiliocosm Trial.
• The Thirteenth Elder told He Pingsheng to swear a Heavenly Dao Oath if he wanted the Phoenix Race to restore his eligibility.

He Pingsheng was disqualified from the Stone Terrace Heavenly Ladder climb after admitting he had used a magical treasure to survive the Phoenix Race’s attack. When he tried to leave the square, he found that space was sealed, and three days later the climb began without him.

• Wang Dun accused the Phoenix Race of arranging for fourteen Body Integration cultivators to attack He Pingsheng, but the Seventh Elder disqualified He Pingsheng after he admitted using a magical treasure.
• He Pingsheng told Wang Dun he planned to escape because the Phoenix Race still wanted him dead, while Demon Emperor Vajra announced the climb would begin in three days and ordered everyone to remain in the square.
• He Pingsheng gathered Su Zhenzhen, He Tianya, Zhou Qingmei, and Zhou Qingmei's clone and tried to escape with Spatial Wormhole, but neither he nor Zhou Qingmei could open a passage.
• He Pingsheng suspected Demon Emperor Hollow had sealed the void, and a Phoenix guard refused to let him leave even though he had been disqualified.
• Three days later, He Pingsheng still could not open a void passage as Demon Emperor Vajra announced that the Heavenly Ladder climb had begun.

The fifth trial began as the prodigies climbed the Stone Terrace Heavenly Ladder with Wallbreakers shielding them from its gale winds. Zhu Xuanlun ascended with his father, Zhu Zhengyan, and reached seventeenth place on the ancient rankings, still pushing higher.

• Demon Emperor Vajra explained the Heavenly Ladder trial and announced that the prodigies would climb in ranking order.
• Zhu Xuanlun asked the emperors to approve Golden Crow Demon Emperor Zhu Zhengyan as his Wallbreaker, and Zhu Zhengyan shielded him from the gale winds.
• He Pingsheng, Nan Qiqi, and Wang Dun discussed the limits of cultivators and Wallbreakers as they watched Zhu Xuanlun climb.
• Zhu Xuanlun passed the seventy-thousand-zhang mark and rose past numerous entries on the ancient rankings, breaking into the top hundred.
• Zhu Xuanlun reached seventeenth place as the pressure mounted, and Zhu Zhengyan urged him to keep climbing.

Zhu Xuanlun reached fourteenth place on the Stone Terrace Heavenly Ladder after Zhu Zhengyan pressured him to burn most of his lifespan, leaving him gravely weakened. As Bai Zhiting began her climb, Duan Feihong confronted He Pingsheng and said he had intended to be his Wallbreaker.

• Zhu Zhengyan urged Zhu Xuanlun past fifteenth place and demanded that he burn his lifespan when he could climb no higher.
• Zhu Xuanlun burned eight thousand years of lifespan, reached fourteenth place, and carved his name into the stone stele before collapsing with white hair and a thousand years left.
• The Great Order Wisdom King asked Zhu Zhengyan how far he had climbed and how much lifespan he had burned, leaving Zhu Zhengyan speechless.
• Demon Emperor Vajra and the others congratulated Zhu Xuanlun, and He Pingsheng offered him a Supreme grade Sacred Essence Pill that could restore a thousand years of lifespan.
• Bai Zhiting announced that her Wallbreaker was the grand elder of the Heavenly Fox Clan, and she began ascending with him.
• Duan Feihong told He Pingsheng that he had come intending to be his Wallbreaker, but He Pingsheng said he would not have chosen him.

Wang Dun mocked Duan Feihong and demanded treasures before accepting him as his Wallbreaker, while Duan Feihong warned that Wang Dun could not climb without him. After Bai Zhiting reached seventy-sixth overall, Wang Dun asked to let Feng Wanxi climb first because he and Duan Feihong had not agreed on a price, prompting the crowd to condemn Duan Feihong.

• Duan Feihong offered to be Wang Dun's Wallbreaker, but Wang Dun called him out for once trying to kill He Pingsheng and demanded two treasures from his Storage Ring.
• Wang Dun raised his demand to Duan Feihong's entire ring and declared that he would take first place in the overall rankings.
• Bai Zhiting broke into the top hundred while climbing with a Wallbreaker, and the Great Emperors praised the prodigies gathered at the Stone Terrace.
• Bai Zhiting finished seventy-sixth overall, and Demon Emperor Vajra announced that Wang Dun was next to climb.
• Wang Dun asked to let Feng Wanxi go first because he and Duan Feihong had not settled on a price, and the crowd accused Duan Feihong of demanding payment.

Feng Wanxi ascended the Heavenly Ladder with the Phoenix Race’s seventh elder and rapidly climbed the rankings. She took first place among the current prodigies and reached sixth on the all-time rankings, while the emperors wondered whether she was burning her lifespan to keep climbing.

• Duan Feihong denied trying to extort Wang Dun and offered him two items from his ring, but Wang Dun said he would think about it.
• Feng Wanxi began ascending the Heavenly Ladder with the Phoenix Race’s seventh elder protecting her from the pressure and astral wind.
• As Feng Wanxi climbed past Bai Zhiting and Zhu Xuanlun, spectators watched her rise to first place among the current gathering’s prodigies.
• Feng Wanxi overtook the Netherworld Great Emperor to reach seventh on the all-time rankings, then climbed to sixth.
• The spectators and Great Emperors wondered whether Feng Wanxi was burning her lifespan as she continued upward.

Feng Wanxi climbed to fourth place on the Stone Terrace Heavenly Ladder, clearing the dust from her Dao Heart, while the other contestants completed their climbs. Wang Dun refused to use Duan Feihong as his Wallbreaker and chose He Pingsheng instead.

• Feng Wanxi burned her lifespan to reach fourth place, then recovered her clear Dao Heart and earned praise from the Phoenix Race.
• Ming Yue climbed to eightieth place, and Nan Qiqi climbed with the Black Tortoise Demon Emperor as her Wallbreaker, finishing in the hundred-and-eighties.
• Yuan Wuyou reached somewhere in the sixties, Holy Maiden Peacock reached somewhere in the thirties, and the other contestants finished their climbs.
• Wang Dun told Demon Emperor Vajra that he and Duan Feihong had failed to agree on terms and asked to choose a human Wallbreaker below the Mahayana Emperor Realm.
• Wang Dun named He Pingsheng as his Wallbreaker.

He Pingsheng agreed to serve as Wang Dun’s Wallbreaker after swearing not to carve his name on the Stone Terrace Heavenly Ladder. The two began climbing, but at fifty thousand zhang Wang Dun pointed out that He Pingsheng was letting most of the astral winds through.

• The Phoenix Race’s Seventh Elder objected to He Pingsheng serving as Wang Dun’s Wallbreaker, then agreed after He Pingsheng swore a Heavenly Dao Oath not to leave any marks.
• Wang Dun refused Duan Feihong’s offer to take He Pingsheng’s place and insisted that he and He Pingsheng climb together.
• Demon Emperor Vajra approved Wang Dun and He Pingsheng’s climb.
• Wang Dun and He Pingsheng flew up the Stone Terrace Heavenly Ladder, passing thirty thousand, forty thousand, and fifty thousand zhang.
• Wang Dun asked whether He Pingsheng could manage after noticing that he was letting most of the astral winds through.

He Pingsheng and Wang Dun climbed beyond sixty thousand zhang, with He Pingsheng shielding Wang Dun from the gale winds. As Wang Dun continued upward with apparent ease, Thirteenth Aunt flew to the ladder to watch from above, claiming her presence would not break any rules.

• He Pingsheng passed sixty thousand zhang under his own power, and Wang Dun crossed the same limit with He Pingsheng acting as his Wallbreaker.
• Duan Feihong angrily lamented that Wang Dun could have climbed higher with him as Wallbreaker, while Nan Qiqi expressed faith in Wang Dun and He Pingsheng.
• He Pingsheng and Wang Dun continued past sixty-five thousand zhang without slowing, and Feng Wanxi predicted that Wang Dun could reach first place.
• Thirteenth Aunt noticed Wang Dun laughing and singing as he climbed, then flew up to a height of a hundred thousand zhang on the Stone Terrace Heavenly Ladder.
• Demon Emperor Vajra objected that Thirteenth Aunt’s presence could interfere, but she insisted she was only watching and that He Pingsheng was responsible for blocking the gale winds.