Chapter Summaries

At the Spirit Mound, Xu Xuan learned that the sixteen pillars assessed rune comprehension and touched one to discover his runes were evolving. The pillar ranked him at God Level, and he absorbed its golden runes, triggering a transformation that left him inside a sphere of golden light.

• Xu Xuan found the Spirit Race Elder at the sixteen Heaven-Supporting Giant Pillars and learned that touching a pillar would assess his rune comprehension.
• The Spirit Race Elder explained that the pillars awarded ranks from Yellow to God, then left Xu Xuan to begin the trial.
• Xu Xuan touched a pillar, whose runes formed armor around him and transformed his milky-white runes into stronger golden ones.
• The pillar displayed the rank God, and Xu Xuan absorbed the streams of golden runes as his system announced new rune and physique evolutions.
• Xu Xuan drew the gathered golden light into his finger and found himself inside a sphere surrounded by glittering golden walls.

The Spirit Race Elder discovered Xu Xuan’s talent for the Great Dao Rune and decided to kill him and devour that talent. After the Elder’s attack shattered the protective sphere, Xu Xuan was wounded in their ensuing confrontation.

• The Spirit Race Elder watched Xu Xuan receive the sphere’s benefits and became greedy for his Great Dao Rune.
• Xu Xuan noticed an opening in the sphere, and the Elder accidentally triggered Rune Protection when he touched it.
• The Elder summoned purple runes and attacked Xu Xuan with chains, shattering the golden sphere.
• The Elder revealed that he intended to devour Xu Xuan’s talent and charged at him with a purple sword.
• Xu Xuan dodged the fatal thrust, but the sword pierced him and left him pale and bleeding.

The Spirit Race Elder revealed his scheme and tried to kill Xu Xuan, but the Black Dao God appeared and subdued him. After recovering from the deathly stillness, Xu Xuan passed through a door and found a sleeping woman instead of returning to the continent.

• The Spirit Race Elder explained that he had used Xu Xuan to deal with the Six Paths Evil Gods before attacking him with a sword carrying deathly stillness.
• As the Spirit Race Elder's sword struck, the Black Dao God emerged from black mist and stopped the attack.
• The Black Dao God pierced the Spirit Race Elder and flooded him with demonic qi, leaving him to suffer as it corroded his body.
• Xu Xuan forced the deathly stillness out of his body and walked through a door that had appeared in the empty space.
• Xu Xuan found a sleeping woman beyond the door, and she began to open her eyes.

Xu Xuan followed Xie Xiaoshuang through the Primordial Spirit Race's Stillheart Lake, where she revealed that she was the race's former Clan Chief and sent him back through a spatial tunnel. He reunited with Bai Long and Xiao Yun, then opened a teleportation passage to take them away.

• Xu Xuan followed Xie Xiaoshuang into a vast field of white light after finding that the way back had vanished.
• Xie Xiaoshuang brought Xu Xuan to Stillheart Lake, introduced herself as the former Clan Chief of the Primordial Spirit Race, and opened a spatial tunnel with a rune.
• Xie Xiaoshuang pushed Xu Xuan through the tunnel and cut his arm to collect his blood.
• Xu Xuan fell into the stone house in front of Bai Long and Xiao Yun, then realized he had learned the Teleportation Rune.
• Xu Xuan opened a spatial passage and left with Bai Long; after hesitating over her fear of the elder, Xiao Yun followed.

In the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss, Shangguan Jiantian used the Starry Sky Giant Beast to corner Luo Xiaotian, Gu Ruoyi, Wang Hao, and Wang Shi, promising the beast freedom in exchange for their deaths. Yu Hua joined the four as they prepared to fight the Saint-level beast, leaving the battle underway.

• Luo Xiaotian, Gu Ruoyi, Wang Hao, and Wang Shi fled Shangguan Jiantian and the Starry Sky Giant Beast while Yu Hua considered how to intervene.
• Shangguan Jiantian cursed and struck the Starry Sky Giant Beast, which hurled him into the air to express its anger.
• Shangguan Jiantian promised to free the Starry Sky Giant Beast if it killed the four, and the beast agreed to help him.
• The Starry Sky Giant Beast caught up with the four and trapped them in black flames, while Shangguan Jiantian revealed his plan to kill them and conceal his crimes.
• Luo Xiaotian, Gu Ruoyi, Wang Hao, and Wang Shi stood their ground, and Luo Xiaotian called on them to fight.
• Yu Hua joined the battle, saying his master would arrive soon and he would hold off the Starry Sky Giant Beast in the meantime.

Xu Xuan rushed to help Yu Hua and the others fight a Starry Sky Giant Beast controlled by Shangguan Jiantian. After learning that Shangguan Jiantian was behind the beast’s evil state, Xu Xuan prepared to attack.

• Bai Long sensed a fierce battle, and Xu Xuan flew toward it while Bai Long carried Xiao Yun after him.
• Xu Xuan used the Great Dao Runes to summon the Waters of the Heavenly River and extinguish an opening in the demonic flames.
• Xu Xuan entered the battlefield and saw Shangguan Jiantian riding the enormous Starry Sky Giant Beast as it fought Luo Xiaotian and the others.
• Yu Hua told Xu Xuan that Shangguan Jiantian had controlled the beast and that its attacks had repeatedly injured him.
• Xu Xuan declared he had another reason to kill Shangguan Jiantian and gathered chaos divine qi to prepare for a fight.

Xu Xuan attacked Shangguan Jiantian but had to face the Starry Sky Giant Beast when it shielded its master. Xu Qiang sensed Xu Xuan’s plea for help, but three Saints blocked his way and demanded that he serve their lord; he revealed his Saint Middle Stage power and struck them down.

• Xu Xuan used Annihilation Finger against Shangguan Jiantian, but the Starry Sky Giant Beast blocked the attack with its body.
• The Starry Sky Giant Beast charged Xu Xuan, who called for Xu Qiang’s help and took pills to prolong the fight.
• Xu Qiang sensed Xu Xuan’s plea and rushed toward him after purging the Demonic Qi from his body.
• Three Saints blocked Xu Qiang and ordered him to serve their lord, but Xu Qiang refused and challenged them.
• Xu Qiang revealed his Saint Middle Stage cultivation and sent all three Saints flying with one thrust of his Spear.

Xu Qiang was confronted by a masked young man who claimed to have created the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss and asserted control over every Saint. The young man let Xu Qiang leave to attend to his business, then punished the three Saints who had failed him.

• Xu Qiang defeated the three Saints and mocked them and the Chaos Race before setting off to rescue the Divine Son.
• A powerful masked young man appeared, forced Xu Qiang to kneel, and claimed to be the creator of the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss and the force behind history.
• The young man declared that all Saints were his slaves and ordered Xu Qiang to leave, warning him that escape was impossible.
• The young man turned on the three Saints, enveloped them in Strange Qi, and inflicted severe pain while sparing their lives.

Xu Xuan survived the Starry Sky Giant Beast’s crushing attack and fought back, but was blasted away and left badly injured. As his companions tried to lend him strength, Shangguan Jiantian took out a black bead, and a fierce light flared in the beast’s eyes.

• Xu Xuan used the Myriad Ages Evergreen Art to heal himself while pinned beneath the Starry Sky Giant Beast.
• Xu Xuan charged Shangguan Jiantian with the Gods and Devils Spear, but the Starry Sky Giant Beast’s heat wave blasted him away.
• Bai Long and Xiao Yun watched helplessly as Xu Xuan struggled, while the Black Evil God offered to help from inside the Spatial Ring.
• Xu Xuan stood with the Gods and Devils Spear as Luo Xiaotian and Yu Hua tried to transfer their power to him.
• Shangguan Jiantian pulled out a black bead, and a fierce light blazed in the Starry Sky Giant Beast’s eyes.

The Starry Sky Giant Beast unleashed its full Saint’s might, but Xu Xuan endured its attack until Xu Qiang arrived and saved him. Shangguan Jiantian fled on the beast, and Xu Xuan sent Xu Qiang after him, ordering him to bring Shangguan back alive but badly beaten.

• The Starry Sky Giant Beast released its Saint’s might, forcing everyone in the arena to the ground as Xu Xuan struggled to resist.
• Shangguan Jiantian ordered the Starry Sky Giant Beast to kill Xu Xuan, but Xu Xuan blocked its powerful beam and survived.
• Xu Qiang descended, revealed his Saint-level power, and told Xu Xuan he had arrived in time to save him.
• Shangguan Jiantian ordered the Starry Sky Giant Beast to flee, and it carried him away from the arena.
• Xu Xuan sent Xu Qiang after Shangguan Jiantian and ordered him to bring Shangguan back alive, but half-dead.

Xu Qiang captured Shangguan Jiantian and crippled his cultivation after Xu Xuan blocked his escape. Gu Ruoyi learned that his senior brother was dead and cut off Shangguan Jiantian’s arm, while Xu Xuan kept him alive for questioning and examined the bead used to control the Starry Sky Giant Beast.

• Shangguan Jiantian fled on the Starry Sky Giant Beast, planning to offer it to an Emperor Gate Dao Lineage for protection, but Xu Xuan appeared and blocked his path.
• Shangguan Jiantian asked Xu Xuan which power he belonged to, and Xu Xuan said he was from the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace, though Shangguan Jiantian did not believe him.
• Xu Qiang crippled Shangguan Jiantian’s cultivation and called Xu Xuan the Divine Son, causing Shangguan Jiantian to realize who Xu Xuan was and fall silent.
• Gu Ruoyi learned from Shangguan Jiantian that his senior brother was dead, then severed Shangguan Jiantian’s left arm in anger.
• Xu Xuan ordered Yu Hua to stop Shangguan Jiantian’s bleeding and promised to spare the Shangguan Family Lineage if Shangguan Jiantian cooperated.
• Xu Xuan showed Shangguan Jiantian the black bead and asked whether he had used it to control the Starry Sky Giant Beast.

Xu Xuan learned that Shangguan Jiantian had used Demonic Qi from the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss to control the Starry Sky Giant Beast, and began drawing the corruption out of it. The beast remained mostly possessed, while the Demonic Qi spread through Xu Xuan’s body.

• Shangguan Jiantian confessed that he had sacrificed everyone before releasing the Starry Sky Giant Beast, and Gu Ruoyi tried to attack him until Xu Xuan stopped him.
• Xu Xuan ordered Yu Hua to guard Shangguan Jiantian and had Xu Qiang restrain the Starry Sky Giant Beast.
• Xu Xuan absorbed Demonic Qi from the beast, but the mass of power blackened his arm and spread toward his lips.
• Shangguan Jiantian revealed that he had obtained the Demonic Qi in the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss and believed it belonged to the Ancient Devil Race.
• Xu Xuan found that most of the Demonic Qi still remained in the Starry Sky Giant Beast, then sat cross-legged and released the Demonic Qi inside himself.

Xu Xuan fainted after the Demonic Qi in his arm began affecting his mind, and Xiao Yun used a Primordial Spirit Race Rune and her essence blood to purify it. Xu Xuan woke recovered, while Xiao Yun collapsed from exhaustion.

• The False God offered to purify Xu Xuan's Demonic Qi with Divine Power, but Xu Xuan's mind grew hazy and he fainted before accepting.
• Luo Xiaotian grabbed Shangguan Jiantian and demanded to know what he had done to Xu Xuan, but Shangguan Jiantian denied responsibility.
• Xiao Yun recalled a Rune anyone could cultivate and used it with her essence blood to draw out and dispel the Demonic Qi in Xu Xuan's arm.
• Xiao Yun collapsed from exhaustion, and Luo Xiaotian caught her as the others checked on her.
• Xu Xuan woke with his arm healed and noticed that the Starry Sky Giant Beast's red eyes had dimmed.

Xu Xuan drained the demonic qi from the Starry Sky Giant Beast and offered him a chance to atone for killing more than two thousand Holy Sons. After bringing the beast into his small world, Xu Xuan sensed an attack and struck at a hidden enemy.

• Xu Xuan used his power to help Xiao Yun recover while False God drained the Starry Sky Giant Beast’s demonic qi, also leaving the beast nearly powerless.
• The Starry Sky Giant Beast admitted responsibility for killing the Holy Sons, and Xu Xuan offered to let him atone by serving the Human Race.
• The Starry Sky Giant Beast warned Xu Xuan that the Shadow Race was nearby, then opened his mind and allowed Xu Xuan to take him into his small world.
• Xu Xuan told Luo Xiaotian to watch their surroundings and sensed an approaching attack.
• Xu Xuan cut a strange figure in two with the Gods and Devils Spear, then flew toward a particular spot.

Mo Tianji returned to the Heavenly Wasteland Sect and warned its Sect Master that a power with five Great Emperors was hunting him, then left to rescue his disciple. He confronted the Great Zhou Emperor and demanded that he release her, leaving the emperor terrified by his sword.

• Mo Tianji apologized to the Sect Master of the Heavenly Wasteland Sect for leaving without goodbye, but warned him that one sect with five Great Emperors was pursuing him.
• Mo Tianji asked the Sect Master of the Heavenly Wasteland Sect to protect his disciple Qingxue after she left the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss, and the Sect Master promised to do so.
• Mo Tianji left the Heavenly Wasteland Sect and flew to the Great Zhou Empire to rescue his disciple.
• Mo Tianji threatened to spare the Great Zhou Empire if it handed over his disciple, then summoned a black-dragon sword that frightened the Great Zhou Emperor.

Mo Tianji confronted the Great Zhou Emperor and came to retrieve his disciple Yun Qingxue, whom the Emperor had kept because of her frost divine body. After discovering that Yun Qingxue had been controlled and harmed, Mo Tianji erupted in fury and began attacking the imperial capital.

• The Great Zhou Emperor trembled before Mo Tianji and learned that the Saint had come to take Yun Qingxue away.
• The Emperor admitted that Yun Qingxue was in the palace and led Mo Tianji to the rear courtyard where she was bathing.
• The Great Zhou Emperor secretly sent a servant to summon the ancestor while pretending to welcome Mo Tianji.
• Mo Tianji used his divine soul to inspect Yun Qingxue and discovered that something controlled her body.
• Mo Tianji shielded Yun Qingxue's room, spread his Saint's might across the capital, and slashed at a crowd with his longsword, killing countless people.

Mo Tianji defeated the Great Zhou Retired Emperor after he challenged him over the slaughter of the city. Mo Tianji freed Yun Qingxue from an insect and left with her, while the Great Zhou Emperor was left to face his father's fury.

• The Great Zhou Retired Emperor confronted Mo Tianji and demanded an explanation for the dead subjects.
• Mo Tianji disarmed the Great Zhou Retired Emperor, beat him, and forced him to concede defeat.
• The Great Zhou Emperor promised to punish his son for provoking Mo Tianji.
• Mo Tianji removed a tiny insect from Yun Qingxue while she bathed, then took her away on a flying sword.
• The Great Zhou Retired Emperor slapped the Great Zhou Emperor for provoking Mo Tianji.

After surviving the Shadow Race’s attack, Xu Xuan and the others prepared to leave the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss, while Luo Xiaotian worried about his brother and the imperial throne. A powerful youth from the Primordial Spirit Race returned Xu Xuan’s punch, gave him a life-saving Teleportation Ball, and disappeared just as the group was about to depart.

• Xu Xuan and Luo Xiaotian discussed the Shadow Race’s assassination skills and the Star Race’s ability to expose their concealment.
• Luo Xiaotian admitted he was troubled by his older brother’s attempt to kill him, though he had no interest in the throne.
• Xu Xuan gathered the handful of survivors and prepared to leave the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss for the continent.
• A youth from the Primordial Spirit Race blocked Xu Xuan’s punch, threw him aside, and gave him a Teleportation Ball in place of the Battle Armor Immortal Spirit.
• As Xu Xuan began opening a passage home, someone called out and asked him to take them along.

Xu Xuan offered to lead the Feather Race out if they submitted to him and accepted Yu Hua as one of their own. After the race signed his Contract, its members gained additional wings, and the elder began transforming inside a cocoon.

• The Feather Race arrived, and Yu Hua revealed his eight black wings and Heavenly Martial Realm strength to them.
• Xu Xuan told the Feather Race to submit to him and acknowledge Yu Hua, and the elder agreed on their behalf.
• The Feather Race members signed Xu Xuan’s Contract, and everyone except Yuyin gained another pair of wings.
• A rift opened and spiritual qi enveloped the elder, who entered a cocoon as two Heavenly Silkworm Clan women watched from the rift and departed.
• The cocoon split open as Xu Xuan lowered his head.

Xu Xuan restored Yu Hua’s youth, helped him become the Feather Race Clan Chief, and opened a way out of the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss. Back on the continent, the leaders of Primordial Dao Province learned that the Abyss had closed and believed everyone inside had been killed.

• The Feather Race elder transformed into a young man, broke through to the Heavenly Martial Realm, and pledged himself to Xu Xuan.
• Xu Xuan appointed Yu Hua to command the Feather Race and gave him knowledge that helped him become its Clan Chief.
• Xu Xuan used Space Returns to Ruins to tear open space, and the group returned from the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss to the continent.
• Dao Spirit Saint told the gathered holy land leaders that the Abyss had suffered a catastrophe and that its survivors had stopped the Fiend Beasts and killing formation.
• A Dao Spirit Holy Land elder reported that the route to the Abyss had closed, and Dao Spirit Saint concluded that more than three thousand Holy Sons had been wiped out.
• Gu Zhen grieved over his son, while a young man told Dao Spirit Saint that his junior brother had died a worthy death.