Chapter Summaries

Xu Xuan used the Starry Sky Garment to cross the vast starry expanse and pass the Nine-Story Palace trial after the old man recognized his chaos body. Outside, Yun Qingxue faced accusations from Bai Jie and Xing Yun, while Ye Qin and Zi Yun prepared to enter a dark space on the seventh floor.

• Xu Xuan equipped the Starry Sky Garment, which let him walk through the stars and strengthened his abilities.
• The old man recognized Xu Xuan's chaos body, allowed him to enter, and vanished.
• Yun Qingxue was transported out of the trial and waited as most of the Inner Disciples were also expelled.
• Bai Jie accused Yun Qingxue of using hidden weapons, and Xing Yun claimed she had incited others to attack him.
• The Palace Master sent Bai Jie and Yun Qingxue's dispute to the Punishment Hall.
• Ye Qin and Zi Yun entered the dark space on the seventh floor, where Ye Qin said a great opportunity awaited them.

Xu Xuan entered a mysterious Crystal Ball, where he advanced from the third to the seventh heaven of the Heavenly Mansion Realm and discovered a new insight. He left the hall with a group of puppets bound to his Dragon Plaque, then faced two hostile core disciples.

• Xu Xuan entered the Crystal Ball and followed its light, unknowingly raising his cultivation to the seventh heaven of the Heavenly Mansion Realm.
• Xu Xuan emerged as the Crystal Ball shattered, realized his breakthrough, and understood that he had to break down the old to build anew.
• Xu Xuan restored the collapsed hall, activated a golden-dragon Token, and learned that the puppets recognized him as their master.
• Xu Xuan bound the purple-armored puppet and the white-armored puppets to his Dragon Plaque, then left through a hidden door.
• A purple-robed core disciple blocked Xu Xuan and demanded to know how he had entered, and another core disciple came out and ordered him to leave.

Xu Xuan defeated two core disciples in the Nine-Story Palace with Lin Ru’s Yin-Yang Twin Dragons, then the palace master punished them for accusing Xu Xuan of foul play. Xu Xuan remained inside the palace, expecting to face seven more core disciples.

• Xu Xuan taunted two core disciples and dodged one’s attack before revealing Yin-Yang Twin Dragons.
• Xu Xuan drained and defeated the second-level purple mansion realm core disciple, sending him out of the Nine-Story Palace.
• Xu Xuan used Yin-Yang Twin Dragons to eliminate the other core disciple as well and noted that seven core disciples might remain.
• The two defeated disciples accused Xu Xuan of cheating and questioned why he had Lin Ru’s divine ability.
• The palace master rebuked the two core disciples, ordered them to spend ten years in seclusion, and said Xu Xuan’s background had checked out.
• Mo Tianji praised the palace master’s decision, while Bai Jie grew suspicious and called Ouyang Quede aside.

The Snake Emperor led the Demon Race into the Cloud Azure Territory, where demons slaughtered residents and seized cities. Yun Qianhe ordered an evacuation, stayed behind to protect the people, and was killed by the Snake Emperor.

• The Snake Emperor agreed to avenge the Purple Moon Empress and marched the Demon Race toward the Cloud Azure Territory.
• A red-clad demon with Vermilion Bird bloodline devoured a human and claimed the territory's people as cultivation resources.
• As demons attacked cities, Yun Qianhe ordered residents to evacuate and sent messengers to the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace and Evolutionary Spirit Sect for help.
• Yun Qianhe stayed behind to buy the fleeing residents time and challenged the Snake Emperor to withdraw if he lost.
• The Snake Emperor attacked Yun Qianhe and pierced his chest, killing him.

After Zhao Wuji broke through to the ninth heaven of the heavenly mansion realm, he set out to repel the Demon Race invading the Cloud Azure Territory. Meanwhile, Xu Xuan crossed the Endless Sea in the Nine-Level Palace and entered the next level.

• Xu Xiao learned that the Demon Race had invaded the Cloud Azure Territory, while the Five Guards of the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace urged him to hide and hold out for three days.
• Zhao Wuji broke through to the ninth heaven of the heavenly mansion realm and received an urgent message asking him to save the Cloud Azure Territory.
• Mo Tianji gave Zhao Wuji a purple Token containing a purple mansion realm puppet and told him to repel the Ten Thousand Demons Realm forces toward one place, leaving Xu Xuan to deal with them.
• Xu Xuan repeatedly tried to cross the Endless Sea and used its waves to propel himself to the finish, then stepped through the door to the Third Level.

Ye Qin led the seven surviving Core Disciples through the eighth level, where the immense pressure caused their cultivation to rise rapidly. She reached the ninth stage of the Purple Mansion Realm and prepared to lead the group onward, then asked Zi Yun whether he was Bai Jie's disciple.

• Zi Yun told Ye Qin that only seven Core Disciples had reached the eighth level and that the others had been eliminated.
• Ye Qin urged the disciples to represent the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace and revealed that the eighth level’s pressure could bring about rapid breakthroughs.
• Ye Qin and the other Core Disciples advanced their cultivation as they walked, with Zi Yun breaking through from the third to the fifth stage of the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Jiang Du resented his meager progress and Ye Qin’s boasting but concealed his frustration.
• Ye Qin announced that she had reached the ninth stage of the Purple Mansion Realm, and the other disciples congratulated her.
• Zi Yun invited Ye Qin to proceed first, and Ye Qin asked whether he was Bai Jie’s disciple.

Xu Xuan discovered an alternate-dimensional space on the way to the eighth level, took a mysterious egg, and used the level’s pressure to advance to the ninth heaven of the heavenly mansion realm. Meanwhile, the Demon Race continued its conquest of the Cloud Azure Territory, where an ape demon boasted about serving the Son of the Heavenly Demon.

• Xu Xuan found himself alone in an alternate-dimensional space and used the system to locate and store a life-bearing egg in his Spatial Ring.
• Xu Xuan found the way out of the alternate-dimensional space and entered the true eighth level, unaware that several days had passed outside.
• Xu Xuan endured the eighth level’s pressure, which prompted a breakthrough, and the system assured him that breakthrough drawbacks would be resolved.
• Xu Xuan advanced from the seventh to the ninth heaven of the heavenly mansion realm and reached the end of the eighth level.
• In the Cloud Azure Territory, a crocodile demon bragged about killing seventeen thousand humans, while an ape demon claimed to have killed more than a hundred thousand and hoped to become a Divine Beast Guard.

As the crocodile spirit agreed to search for the Evolutionary Spirit Sect, Xu Xiao struggled to contain his grief and fury over the Demon Race’s occupation of the Cloud Azure Territory. He stayed inside the sect’s protective formation, where a disciple angrily challenged the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace for failing to send help.

• The ape persuaded the crocodile spirit to lead his clan in searching for the Evolutionary Spirit Sect, explaining that the Purple Moon Empress had persuaded the Snake Emperor to invade in exchange for revenge.
• Xu Xiao watched scenes of slaughter and human captives across the Cloud Azure Territory and swore to kill the demons responsible for the deaths of over a hundred thousand people.
• A Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace protector stopped Xu Xiao from leaving the sect to fight, and he collapsed after insisting he had to save the survivors.
• The Evolutionary Spirit Sect’s disciples urged Xu Xiao to wait until they were strong enough to take revenge, and he rallied them with a promise to repay the blood debt.
• A disciple accused the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace of making empty promises and being too afraid of the demons to help.

Zhao Wuji and six disciples fought a group of demons, killing their leader despite his plea for mercy. The Snake Emperor learned that humans had killed his younger brother and refused to believe it.

• Xu Xiao stopped the disciples from arguing and hoped that his son Xuan'er would return with reinforcements.
• Zhao Wuji and six disciples reached the demons, where a snake demon demanded an explanation for the dead demons and summoned others to attack.
• Zhao Wuji and his companions used Heavenly Universe Palm to strike down the charging demons, and Zhao Wuji killed the snake demon with his sword.
• Zhao Wuji explained that the elders avoided provoking a full war between humans and demons, then led the group away to let the demons gather before they attacked again.
• A female snake told the Snake Emperor that humans had killed his younger brother, and he angrily doubted that humans could have defeated him.

Mo Tianji sent Yun Qingxue away from the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace, and her growing unease led her into a confrontation with the notorious Monk Xinghua. Yun Qingxue killed him with a frost palm strike and continued on her way.

• Yun Qingxue told Mo Tianji that she felt something momentous was about to happen, and he sent her away without explanation.
• Tian Fuhao tried to take Yun Qingxue to his home, but Monk Xinghua intervened and offered to escort her.
• Yun Qingxue noticed Monk Xinghua following her and confronted him.
• Monk Xinghua trapped Yun Qingxue behind a barrier and attacked her, tearing her shoulder ties.
• Yun Qingxue struck Monk Xinghua with a frost palm, killing him, then took his Buddhist beads and left.