Chapter Summaries

Ren Jie searched the vast ruins for Gu Xiaobao and the Killer King while cultivators fought over treasures in abandoned Cave Residences. Realizing Gu Xiaobao had an advantage in this place connected to the Ancient Gods, Ren Jie told him to break through and use his ability to track divine souls so they could find each other.

• Gao Peng sensed Fang Yan across the ruins and flew toward him, while the scattered cultivators began searching the land and clashing over treasures.
• Ren Jie opened a second Cave Residence, gathered its few remaining treasures, and drove away the cultivators drawn by the commotion.
• Yu Shui, frustrated by repeated misfortune and impressed that Ren Jie’s smiling face scared others away, decided to disguise himself with a similar face.
• Ren Jie warned the Killer King to conserve supplies and reflected that the ruins’ time flow seemed faster than the outside world.
• After Gu Xiaobao reported a huge disturbance, Ren Jie told him to break through near a place where treasures had appeared and use his divine-soul-tracking ability to find him.

Fang Yan survived a near-fatal siege after the Ancient God Land empowered him, and Gao Peng took him under control. Meanwhile, Ren Jie reached Gu Xiaobao as a mysterious force drove Gu Xiaobao through dangerous breakthroughs; Ren Jie severed the force, triggering the appearance of a colossal figure holding up the heavens.

• Cao Lu led Taiji Realm cultivators in a siege against Fang Yan, who had gone berserk after consuming jade essence.
• A cultivator sacrificed himself to pierce Fang Yan with a sword, but the Ancient God Land empowered Fang Yan, allowing him to kill two opponents and drive the rest away.
• Gao Peng gave the injured Fang Yan Medicine Pills and ordered him to stay by his side, while Yu Shui intimidated others contesting a Cave Residence and Blue Sky continued traveling with Xia Jiuhe.
• Ren Jie instructed Gu Xiaobao to break through so he could locate him, but Gu Xiaobao's cultivation surged uncontrollably as power rose from underground and transformed the surrounding land.
• Ren Jie used his Divine Soul Power to separate Gu Xiaobao from the incoming force, halting the spread of new life across the region.
• The earth split and a colossal figure appeared in people's hearts, with its feet on the earth, hands holding up the heavens, and eyes like the sun and moon.

Ren Jie used Gu Xiaobao’s breakthrough to locate the Ancient God Heart Meridian Essence Blood and diverted nine drops away from him as Si Ma Tianchen and Old Ancestor Lu Lin fought over them. Ren Jie reached Xiaobao and prepared to deal with the people approaching while the two old foxes remained locked in battle.

• Gu Xiaobao’s breakthrough revealed a vision of the ancient god’s failed attempt to create heaven and earth, giving the survivors a clearer direction toward the giant’s head.
• Nine enormous drops of Ancient God Heart Meridian Essence Blood erupted from underground near Gu Xiaobao, and Ren Jie used Divine Soul Power to pull them away from him.
• Si Ma Tianchen and Old Ancestor Lu Lin pursued the essence blood, and Ren Jie redirected it toward Lu Lin’s Kirin Net to provoke a clash between the two.
• Si Ma Tianchen and Old Ancestor Lu Lin fought while keeping their magical treasures around the essence blood, driving other cultivators away from the battle.
• Ren Jie reached the outskirts of the fight and learned that Gu Xiaobao had stabilized his mana but still felt as if he might explode.
• Ren Jie identified Old Ancestor Lu Lin and secretly prepared to deal with the two old foxes and the cultivators approaching Gu Xiaobao.

Ren Jie and Gu Xiaobao ambushed Si Ma Tianchen and Old Ancestor Lu Lin after stealing all nine drops of Ancient God Heart Meridian Essence Blood, overwhelming both with a relentless assault. Ren Jie offered them three drops to end the fight, and the chapter left them choosing between pursuing the blood and facing him again.

• Ren Jie waited as Si Ma Tianchen and Old Ancestor Lu Lin fought, then seized all nine drops of Ancient God Heart Meridian Essence Blood when they paused to agree on how to divide them.
• Si Ma Tianchen and Old Ancestor Lu Lin recognized Ren Jie and pursued him, but his Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner blocked their attacks.
• Ren Jie ordered Gu Xiaobao to attack and turned back with the Heaven Suppression Seal, while the formation's dragons helped suppress the two elders and their Magical Treasures.
• Ren Jie and Gu Xiaobao battered Old Ancestor Lu Lin and Si Ma Tianchen until both elders were forced to erupt and drive them back.
• Ren Jie stopped Gu Xiaobao, then offered Si Ma Tianchen and Old Ancestor Lu Lin three drops of Ancient God Heart Meridian Essence Blood and launched them into the distance.

Ren Jie escaped with Gu Xiaobao after trading three drops of Ancient God Heart Meridian Essence Blood for a chance to keep the advantage and head toward the Ancient God's nose. Elsewhere, Gao Peng exposed Old Ancestor Yu Shui’s disguise, took the gathered treasures, and led his followers toward the Ancient God's head.

• Ren Jie distracted Si Ma Tianchen and Old Ancestor Lu Lin with three drops of Ancient God Heart Meridian Essence Blood, then concealed himself and left with Gu Xiaobao.
• Si Ma Tianchen and Old Ancestor Lu Lin split the blood between them, searched unsuccessfully for the Smiling Face Killing God King, and headed toward the Ancient God's fallen head.
• Ren Jie told Gu Xiaobao that he had obtained six drops of Ancient God Heart Meridian Essence Blood and guided him toward a meeting with the Killer King at the Ancient God's nose while he stabilized his breakthrough.
• Old Ancestor Yu Shui impersonated the Smiling Face Killing God King to claim treasures, but Gao Peng ordered Cao Lu to attack and shatter his mask.
• Gao Peng seized the treasures and turned the gathered cultivators against Old Ancestor Yu Shui, who fled as they pursued him.
• Gao Peng led Cao Lu, Fang Yan, and the others toward the Ancient God's head, seeking the greater treasures there.

As the Skysea Empire’s assault pushed the exhausted Northwest Camp toward collapse, Ren Tianheng held back the Family Head’s strongest forces and waited for the right moment. Zhan Tianlong and Sixth Master led the Heavenly Dragon Army into the Skysea Empire’s interior, where their raids caused widespread destruction and panic, while Hai Liang ordered the assault on the Northwest Camp to continue.

• Ren Hu reported the Northwest Camp’s severe losses and exhaustion, but Ren Tianheng ordered the hidden army deployed instead of revealing the Guard Squad, saying the Family Head had prepared a strategy.
• On the fifteenth day of the assault, Sixth Master and Zhan Tianlong seized an opening in the Western Line defenses as two hundred thousand Skysea Empire troops passed through.
• The Heavenly Dragon Army broke through the enemy force, entered the Skysea Empire, and burned and plundered cities and a prince’s territory, spreading panic across the country.
• Hai Liang raged over the raids, and Mo Sheng identified the attackers as Zhan Tianlong’s force trained at Jade Spring Mountain.
• Hai Liang ordered nearby imperial clans, sects, and Taiji Realm experts to eliminate the Heavenly Dragon Army, while commanding his forces to destroy the Northwest Camp.

Ren Jie and his companions reached the Ancient God’s head as strange signs pointed toward a gathering of powerful figures and treasures. Below the sun and moon, Lan Tian claimed the three treasures but was struck down by Old Ancestor Lu Lin, while Old Ancestor Yu Shui arrived to challenge the others.

• Ren Tianheng spread news of the Heavenly Dragon Army’s victories and the Skysea Empire’s losses, weakening enemy morale as Hai Liang ordered harsher attacks.
• After more than three months of travel, Ren Jie, Gu Xiaobao, the Killer King, and Gu Yue reached their meeting place and saw the sun and moon appear in the distance.
• Ren Jie suspected that someone was guiding people toward the emerging treasure after sensing unusual breakthroughs, bone fragments, and the arrival of Si Ma Tianchen and Old Ancestor Lu Lin.
• Lan Tian broke through to the seventh level of the Taiji Realm in a space filled with Immortal Spiritual Energy and boasted that he would inherit the Ancient God’s will.
• Si Ma Tianchen and Old Ancestor Lu Lin arrived to claim the three treasures, and Old Ancestor Lu Lin pierced Lan Tian’s chest when he rushed for the central sphere.
• Old Ancestor Yu Shui appeared and declared that the treasures belonged to him.

Yu Shui used a powerful Black Long Whip to defeat Old Ancestor Lu Lin and threaten the other hidden contenders. When a surge of energy exposed Ren Jie and several other groups, Ren Jie warned that the strange forces around the unfinished sun and moon pointed to a danger beyond the people present.

• Ren Jie and the Killer King watched from concealment as Yu Shui confronted Old Ancestor Lu Lin and Si Ma Tianchen.
• Yu Shui struck Old Ancestor Lu Lin with the Black Long Whip, then overwhelmed his Kirin Net and forced him to retreat badly injured.
• The Killer King recognized that Yu Shui’s sudden strength came from the whip, and Gu Xiaobao identified its aura as ancient god hair.
• A violent surge from the central sphere and the unfinished sun and moon disrupted Ren Jie’s concealment and exposed his group and three others.
• Yu Shui recognized the Killer King and saw Gao Peng with Cao Lu and Fang Yan, while Ren Jie warned his companions that more enemies might be present.

Ren Jie suspected that an unseen force had arranged the ruin’s opportunities and battles to make the powerful slaughter one another, so he told his companions to stay out of the fighting while he gathered Immortal Spiritual Energy. When Old Ancestor Yu Shui attacked Ren Jie, his whip was turned back against him, and Killer King struck from behind, leaving both men badly wounded.

• Ren Jie told Killer King, Gu Yue, and Gu Xiaobao that someone had manipulated events in the ruin to provoke a slaughter and that they should avoid joining the fighting.
• Ren Jie continued collecting Immortal Spiritual Energy in the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner and hinted that he planned a major move.
• Old Ancestor Yu Shui, angered that Ren Jie ignored his threats, attacked the group with the Black Long Whip.
• Ren Jie used the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner and his summoned dragons to deflect the whip back toward Old Ancestor Yu Shui.
• The returning whip struck Old Ancestor Yu Shui, while Killer King attacked from behind and pierced his chest before the whip severed one of Killer King’s arms.

Ren Jie used the Little Thunder Dragon to remove the deathly aura left by the Black Long Whip on the Killer King’s arm, while Old Ancestor Yu Shui accepted the whip’s offer to become a demon. The whip healed Yu Shui and raised him to Taiji Realm Great Perfection, leaving Ren Jie and the others facing a newly empowered enemy.

• The Killer King’s severed arm turned to ash, and Ren Jie led him away from the fighting while the whip’s residual power blocked the arm from regenerating.
• Si Ma Tianchen, Old Ancestor Lu Lin, and Cao Lu fought over Old Ancestor Yu Shui’s Black Long Whip as Yu Shui lay gravely wounded, while Xia Jiuhe tried to restore Blue Sky’s resolve.
• Ren Jie summoned the Little Thunder Dragon, which used lightning to destroy the deathly aura clinging to the Killer King’s wound and allowed his arm to regenerate.
• Ren Jie warned the others that the whip might be influencing Old Ancestor Yu Shui, just as it enclosed Yu Shui in a cocoon and asked whether he would enter its path and become a demon.
• Old Ancestor Yu Shui accepted the offer, absorbed the surrounding Immortal Spiritual Energy, and emerged healed at Taiji Realm Great Perfection, blasting away Si Ma Tianchen, Old Ancestor Lu Lin, and Cao Lu.

Old Ancestor Yu Shui suddenly rose to the Thousand Year Old Ancestor Realm and turned on everyone, while Ren Jie recognized the force behind his transformation and refused to intervene. Yu Shui overwhelmed his opponents, leaving Old Ancestor Lu Lin badly wounded and killing Cao Lu as Si Ma Tianchen fled with a mortal wound.

• Gu Xiaobao told Ren Jie that Yu Shui had received help from the same force that had once tried to control the Ancient God Heart Meridian Essence Blood, and Ren Jie warned his group to stay alert.
• Yu Shui threatened Ren Jie and the others, but Ren Jie’s formation formed a giant fist that rebuffed him with a dismissive gesture.
• Old Ancestor Lu Lin, Si Ma Tianchen, and Cao Lu joined forces to attack Yu Shui, who blocked them with a blue water curtain.
• Yu Shui struck Old Ancestor Lu Lin with his whip, nearly splitting him in two, then pierced Cao Lu’s head and killed him.
• Si Ma Tianchen tried to flee, but Yu Shui’s whip severed his lower body and damaged his Divine Soul, leaving him gravely wounded.

Ren Jie broke through into the Taiji Realm and rapidly advanced several layers by absorbing the ruins’ abundant Immortal Spiritual Energy. As he reached the Taiji Realm Fourth Layer, Old Ancestor Yu Shui finally attacked to stop him.

• Old Ancestor Yu Shui gloated over defeating Cao Lu, Si Ma Tianchen, and Old Ancestor Lu Lin, then challenged Ren Jie and demanded to know who was virtuous.
• Ren Jie told Gu Xiaobao, the Killer King, and Gu Yue to stay back and watch, then mocked Old Ancestor Yu Shui and began absorbing Immortal Spiritual Energy.
• Ren Jie entered the Sage Dao Discussion Realm, broke through from the Yin Yang Realm into the Taiji Realm, and continued climbing through its layers.
• Ren Jie’s body and Divine Soul Power began entering the Law God Realm as his power surged, leaving Si Ma Tianchen, Gao Peng, and Old Ancestor Yu Shui stunned.
• When Ren Jie reached the Taiji Realm Fourth Layer, Old Ancestor Yu Shui roared and thrust his long whip toward Ren Jie’s heart.

Ren Jie evaded Old Ancestor Yu Shui’s attacks while absorbing Immortal Spiritual Energy and advancing his power and the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner. After Ren Jie struck Yu Shui down, the long whip killed its own wielder, and Ren Jie began using the Sealing Imprint to try to seal it.

• Ren Jie effortlessly evaded Old Ancestor Yu Shui while his Divine Soul Power and body advanced, and he directed Immortal Spiritual Energy into the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner.
• Xia Jiuhe revealed his plan to devour Lan Tian and drained his disciple’s life force and Nine Yang Sword Body power.
• Old Ancestor Lu Lin revealed his divine deer true form and drew on Divine Soul Power, while Gao Peng fused more bones into Fang Yan.
• Ren Jie reached the peak of the Taiji Realm Sixth Layer, punched Old Ancestor Yu Shui away, and shattered his fighting spirit.
• The long whip pierced and killed Old Ancestor Yu Shui, and Ren Jie formed the opening of the Sealing Imprint to try to seal it.

Ren Jie and the surviving factions competed to absorb the Immortal Spiritual Energy inside the Ancient God’s mind, and Ren Jie gained the most while advancing his power and his Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner. As the energy ran out, the lightning sphere pierced by the long whip began to crack, and everyone prepared for whatever was inside to emerge.

• The long whip escaped Ren Jie’s unfinished Sealing Imprint, pierced the lightning sphere, and caused it to absorb Immortal Spiritual Energy at a terrifying rate.
• Ren Jie and the surviving factions raced to absorb the energy, with Ren Jie taking more than sixty percent while the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner advanced into a Supreme-Grade Transcendent Treasure.
• Ren Jie’s body reached the Law God Realm Third Layer and his Divine Soul Power reached the Fourth Layer, while Killer King, Gu Yue, and Gu Xiaobao also advanced.
• The Immortal Spiritual Energy ran out, and Ren Jie and the others watched the sphere as the long whip’s power continued to grow within it.
• Ren Jie sensed danger and led his group back as the lightning sphere cracked open despite the Ancient God’s unevolved sun and moon, prompting the other factions to prepare for its emergence.

An Ancient Demon emerged from the Ancient God World and tried to seize the sun and moon, but Ren Jie interrupted him and rejected his offer to make them subordinates. The Ancient Demon attacked everyone with a sweeping palm, leaving Ren Jie and the others injured, then demanded their submission as they awaited Ren Jie's response.

• The Ancient Demon broke free of the lightning and used demonic power to suppress the Ancient God's unfinished sun and moon.
• Ren Jie struck the unfinished sun with the Heaven Suppression Seal, disrupting the Ancient Demon's attempt to claim both eyes.
• Ren Jie called the being an Ancient Demon, and the Ancient Demon accepted the name and offered Ren Jie, Gao Peng, Xia Jiuhe, and Old Ancestor Lu Lin places under his command.
• Gao Peng, Xia Jiuhe, Old Ancestor Lu Lin, and Ren Jie rejected or mocked the Ancient Demon's offer.
• The Ancient Demon swept his palm across them; Xia Jiuhe dodged, Gao Peng and Old Ancestor Lu Lin resisted, and Ren Jie used the Heaven Suppression Seal to protect himself and his allies.
• The Ancient Demon demanded that they submit or die, and everyone looked to Ren Jie for his decision.

Ren Jie saw through the Ancient Demon’s bluff and realized the demon was trapped by the Ancient God World and feared its rejection. He led the group out of the demon’s attack, leaving Gao Peng asking whether Ren Jie knew how to escape the world entirely.

• Killer King and Gu Xiaobao offered Ren Jie ways to resist the Ancient Demon, but Ren Jie instead laughed and explained that the demon’s questions and actions had exposed his weakness.
• Ren Jie deduced that the Ancient Demon could not move freely, feared the world’s rejection, and was trying to recruit followers to escape his predicament.
• The Ancient Demon grew furious and unleashed a wave of pressure, but Ren Jie took the others upward on the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner.
• Xia Jiuhe, Gao Peng, and Old Ancestor Lu Lin were injured by the pressure but followed Ren Jie out of the Ancient God World’s depths.
• Gao Peng admitted Ren Jie was exceptionally cunning and asked whether the world’s rejection could truly help them escape.

Ren Jie negotiated with Gao Peng, Xia Jiuhe, and Old Ancestor Lu Lin to escape the Ancient God World, provoking Xia Jiuhe by exposing his betrayal of Lan Tian and Gao Peng’s crimes. He revealed that the exit lay below and led the group back toward the Ancient Demon, warning that they would not escape unless they gave their full effort.

• Ren Jie refused to explain his escape plan until Gao Peng argued that they were all trapped together and had to cooperate.
• Ren Jie condemned Xia Jiuhe for devouring Lan Tian and accused Gao Peng of refining hundreds of thousands of troops into Humanoid Weapons, prompting Xia Jiuhe to rage.
• Gao Peng stopped Xia Jiuhe from attacking and urged everyone to focus on surviving before settling their grievances.
• As the Ancient God World shook with the Ancient Demon’s power, Ren Jie offered a Life-Bound Poison Oath and said the exit was below, so they would have to charge back toward the danger.
• Ren Jie explained that the Ancient Demon had spent much of its power and would weaken without replenishment, then set off toward it and warned the others to follow if they wanted to escape.

Ren Jie provoked the weakened Ancient Demon into wasting his limited power while leading Gao Peng, Xia Jiuhe, Old Ancestor Lu Lin, Gu Xiaobao, and the Killer King closer. When they reached three thousand li away, Ren Jie launched a desperate charge toward the Ancient Demon, and the others followed.

• Ren Jie saw that the Ancient Demon could not afford another long-distance attack and led the group closer while challenging him to strike again.
• Ren Jie, Gu Xiaobao, the Killer King, Gao Peng, Xia Jiuhe, and the Black Iron Army bombarded the Ancient Demon with ranged attacks and detonated Magical Treasures.
• The Ancient Demon unleashed Demon Qi Soaring to the Sky, but Ren Jie and the others evaded the attack.
• Ren Jie continued provoking the Ancient Demon and closing the distance, while Gao Peng wondered whether the Smiling Face Killing God King might be like Ren Jie.
• At three thousand li, Ren Jie used the Nine Nine Yin Yang Suppressing God Banner Main Banner to charge at the Ancient Demon, and Gao Peng, Xia Jiuhe, and Old Ancestor Lu Lin followed.

Ren Jie stole one of the Ancient God's eyes and escaped the Ancient God World by provoking its unstable space to expel him. Gao Peng and Xia Jiuhe followed, but Old Ancestor Lu Lin failed to escape, and the Ancient Demon sent its hair whip after the others.

• Ren Jie, Gao Peng, and Xia Jiuhe charged through the Ancient Demon's laughter while Ren Jie activated his formation to draw in the unevolved sun and moon formed from the Ancient God's eyes.
• Ren Jie used Little Thunder Dragon to make the Ancient Demon hesitate, collected the shrunken sun, and attacked the Ancient Demon's grasping hand with an incomplete Jade Emperor Seal.
• Ren Jie's collision with the Ancient Demon's hand shattered the surrounding space, causing the Ancient God World to expel Ren Jie and his companions.
• Gao Peng struck the Ancient Demon's palm and detonated his forces to trigger the world's rejection, while Xia Jiuhe used Shadow Following to escape alongside him.
• Old Ancestor Lu Lin attacked with the Kirin Flame, but the Ancient Demon flicked him away and shattered his body before he could escape.
• The Ancient Demon held the remaining eye and sent the hair whip embedded in its eggshell after Ren Jie, Gao Peng, and Xia Jiuhe.

Tian Zhu learned that her younger brother Blue Sky had died and left to handle the matter without informing their father. Meanwhile, the Northwest Camp’s traps and counterattacks stalled Hai Liang’s invasion as the Skysea Empire fell into chaos, and Mo Sheng returned with Black Widow, both transformed into Taiji Realm Old Ancestors.

• A Life-Bound Jade Token shattered, and Sword Monk panicked over the death of the sect master’s son, Blue Sky.
• Tian Zhu arrived, took Blue Sky’s broken jade token, and told Sword Monk not to inform their father while she handled the matter.
• The Northwest Camp withdrew behind layers of traps and formations, inflicting heavy losses on the Skysea Empire’s advancing army.
• Hai Liang ordered his forces to keep attacking while unrest spread through his empire and his promised allies failed to arrive.
• Mo Sheng returned with Black Widow, and both displayed the pressure of Taiji Realm Old Ancestors, astonishing the cultivators guarding Hai Liang.