Recaps

Chu Kuangren forced the Sword Clan Leader to surrender the Sword Clan’s Ancestral Grounds Foundation after destroying the clan’s defensive formation and threatening to wipe out the clan. He entered the ancestral grounds, killed an Emperor-Class cultivator who attacked him, and headed deeper inside to claim the foundation.

• Chu Kuangren demanded an apology from the Sword Clan Leader and shattered the Sword Clan’s defensive formation with Kunwu.
• Chu Kuangren held his sword to the Sword Clan Leader’s neck and demanded the Ancestral Grounds Foundation as compensation.
• The Sword Clan Leader yielded and led Chu Kuangren to the ancestral grounds, but Chu Kuangren cleaved open the secret realm himself.
• Chu Kuangren entered the ancestral grounds and killed an Emperor-Class cultivator who tried to stop him.
• Chu Kuangren announced that he had come for the Ancestral Grounds Foundation, then used the Space Transport Technique to head toward it.

Chu Kuangren raided the Sword Clan’s ancestral grounds, taking the Essence of Ten Thousand Swords and defeating the Sword Emperors who tried to stop him. At the Sword Mound, a Sword Clan Emperor’s remnant thought emerged, and Chu Kuangren began a clash with him that threatened to destroy the grounds.

• Chu Kuangren drew the Essence of Ten Thousand Swords from the Sword Pool, collapsing its protective formation and destabilizing the ancestral grounds.
• Chu Kuangren found a high-grade Emperor Weapon longsword, then continued to the Sword Mound, where the Sword Clan’s Emperor-Class cultivators had gathered.
• The Sword Emperors formed the Eight Wastelands and Six Directions God-Annihilating Sword Formation, but Chu Kuangren broke it with his Four Symbols Primordial Spirit Sword and defeated them.
• A golden Sword Emperor Corpse emerged from the Sword Mound and manifested as the Sword Clan Emperor’s remnant thought.
• Chu Kuangren empowered himself with the Nine Dragons Divine Transformation Talisman, and he and the Sword Clan Emperor began a sword clash that shook the ancestral grounds.

Chu Kuangren used his Mystery to destroy the Sword Clan Emperor’s remnant will and escape as the Sword Clan Ancestral Grounds collapsed. He continued his revenge across Emperor Road, ending the chapter by destroying the Wang Family Great Emperor’s Emperor Thought Clone.

• Chu Kuangren used Heaven and Earth Reversed to defeat the Sword Clan Emperor and obliterate his remnant will.
• Chu Kuangren took the Sword Clan’s three foundations, and the Sword Clan Ancestral Grounds collapsed as he escaped.
• News of the destruction spread, and Chu Kuangren then shattered the Yin-Yang Divine Sect’s Defensive Formation and seized its ancestral foundation.
• Chu Kuangren entered the Wang Family, where the Wang Family Matriarch summoned the Wang Family Great Emperor’s Emperor Thought Clone to stop him.
• Chu Kuangren dismissed the Wang Family Great Emperor’s offer and destroyed his clone with a punch.

After seizing the Ancestral Grounds Foundations of the ancient Daoist Traditions that had opposed him, Chu Kuangren began refining their treasures in seclusion. Meanwhile, the Emperor-Burying Coffin emerged from the Barren Forbidden Land, enslaved ancient cultivators to drag it, and began slaughtering cities, leaving the Emperor Road facing catastrophe.

• Chu Kuangren blasted apart the Wang Family Great Emperor's Emperor Thought, forced the Wang Family Matriarch to surrender, and seized the Wang Family's Ancestral Grounds Foundation.
• Chu Kuangren took the Ancestral Grounds Foundations of the other ancient Daoist Traditions that had opposed him, then gathered the treasures and began closed-door cultivation.
• Ancient mighty cultivators awakened in the Barren Forbidden Land as the Emperor-Burying Coffin emerged and shattered the restrictions around it.
• The Emperor-Burying Coffin bound more than a hundred ancient cultivators with chains and compelled them to drag it out of the forbidden land.
• The coffin-draggers attacked a city, killing tens of millions whose blood-colored energy flowed into the Emperor-Burying Coffin.
• The Emperors in the Nine Heavens realized the coffin threatened the Emperor Road, but the incomplete Heavenly Dao prevented them from intervening.

The Emperor-Burying Coffin slaughtered its way across the Emperor Road, while the ancient Daoist Traditions refused to intervene and sent Heavenly Prides into the Barren Forbidden Land to seek opportunities. As the coffin absorbed enough energy to turn a third of its surface blood-red, Emperors noticed it was heading toward Emperor Mountain and wondered why he had not appeared.

• The Emperors chose to preserve their strength and let the Emperor-Burying Coffin collect living beings' energy, prompting riots and widespread condemnation of the ancient Daoist Traditions.
• The ancient Daoist Traditions ignored the suffering and sent Heavenly Prides into the Barren Forbidden Land to seek opportunities.
• The Emperor-Burying Coffin's procession reached a city, where more than a hundred ancient powerhouses attacked and slaughtered its inhabitants.
• After absorbing the city's energy, the Emperor-Burying Coffin's blood-red surface expanded to a third of its area.
• Emperors watching the procession noticed it was heading toward Emperor Mountain and wondered why he had not appeared.

The Emperor-Burying Coffin arrived at Emperor Mountain and commanded its ancient attendants to attack, revealing a vast sea of Chaos Qi when the Headless Female Emperor struck it. Unable to open the coffin or stop it from leaving, the Emperor-Class cultivators fought over the few wisps of Chaos Qi left behind as the coffin continued gathering living energy elsewhere.

• The Emperor-Burying Coffin brought over a hundred ancient powerhouses to Emperor Mountain, where their attacks exposed several Emperor Positions but failed to damage the mountain.
• The Headless Female Emperor appeared, struck down an Emperor-Class cultivator, and attacked the coffin, briefly revealing its sea of Chaos Qi.
• The coffin closed, and its ancient powerhouses drove the Headless Female Emperor away when she tried to break it open again.
• The ancient powerhouses attacked Emperor Mountain for a day and night without damaging it, then dragged the coffin away to gather living energy elsewhere.
• More than a dozen Emperor-Class cultivators fought over the wisps of Chaos Qi the coffin had released.

After refining the Ancestral Grounds Foundations, Chu Kuangren broke past the nine-strand limit and reached twenty-four strands of Emperor Qi. He sensed the Emperor-Burying Coffin slaughtering its way toward Nangong Huang and the others, confronted it, and left the ancient powerhouses and distant Emperor-Class cultivators stunned by his strength.

• During half a month of seclusion, Chu Kuangren refined the Ancestral Grounds Foundations and condensed twenty-four strands of Emperor Qi, greatly strengthening his body and soul.
• Chu Kuangren used his Spirit Thought to learn of the Emperor-Burying Coffin and traced it to a mountain range near Nangong Huang and the others.
• The Emperor-Burying Coffin's ancient powerhouses continued killing living beings to collect life energy while distant Emperor-Class cultivators watched and dismissed the deaths of ordinary people.
• Chu Kuangren appeared before the coffin, and an ancient powerhouse attacked him with a massive fist imprint.
• Chu Kuangren shattered the attack and killed the ancient powerhouse with one punch, shocking the watching cultivators.
• Chu Kuangren looked at the Emperor-Burying Coffin and said he wanted to see what was inside.

Chu Kuangren attacked the Emperor-Burying Coffin and its ancient defenders, forcing them to flee while he pursued them across the Emperor Road. As he chased the coffin past a city, its terrified inhabitants saw him as a heavenly god coming to save them.

• Chu Kuangren struck the Emperor-Burying Coffin with his Invincible Law, sending it flying and catching the Chaos Qi that escaped.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed the Nine Dragons Divine Transformation and used Heavenly Vortex to dismantle and reflect the ancient powerhouses’ attacks.
• Chu Kuangren’s Myriad Daoist Law Manifestation, empowered by the Poison Plague Evil Body, blasted the Emperor-Burying Coffin and its chained defenders away.
• The ancient powerhouses dragged the Emperor-Burying Coffin away, and Chu Kuangren pursued them, continuing to smash aside anyone who tried to stop him.
• The Emperor-Burying Coffin passed over a city as its inhabitants fled, and they watched Chu Kuangren chase it and destroy an ancient powerhouse with a punch.

Chu Kuangren pursued and battered the Emperor-Burying Coffin while commoners hailed him as a Heavenly God. In the Barren Forbidden Land, the Heavenly Prides gathered at Black Soil to seek opportunities, but the coffin returned as a fissure opened, and Chu Kuangren’s voice challenged it.

• Chu Kuangren chased the Emperor-Burying Coffin and struck down the Ancient Powerhouses who tried to stop him, while commoners knelt and worshiped him as a Heavenly God.
• Qin Tianchen emerged from a cave with three strands of emperor qi and resolved to search Black Soil for opportunities to catch up to Chu Kuangren.
• Bai Hongyu, Wang Quan, Jiu Yan, Niu Dali, Sha Wushe, Yun Luozi, and other Heavenly Prides gathered at Black Soil and prepared to enter it.
• A fissure opened in Black Soil and released an eerie aura as the Emperor-Burying Coffin sped back toward the Heavenly Prides, leaving them terrified.
• Qin Tianchen noticed that most of the coffin bearers were missing, then Chu Kuangren’s laughter rang out as he asked whether the coffin had his permission to return underground.

Chu Kuangren stopped the Emperor-Burying Coffin from returning underground and defeated the ancient powerhouses who attacked him. He tried to refine the coffin to obtain its Chaos Qi, but its eerie energy destroyed his body as his undying body repeatedly restored it, leaving them locked in a stalemate.

• Chu Kuangren seized the Emperor-Burying Coffin's chains and stopped it from plunging underground.
• Chu Kuangren blasted apart the remaining ancient powerhouses who attacked him.
• Chu Kuangren dragged the coffin over and tried to open it, but could not lift its lid.
• Chu Kuangren began refining the coffin, whose eerie energy invaded and damaged his body while his undying body restored him.
• Qin Tianchen and the other Heavenly Prides watched in disbelief as Chu Kuangren and the coffin remained locked in a stalemate.

Chu Kuangren was drawn into the Emperor-Burying Coffin, which vanished into Black Soil, and the world believed he had died. Ancient Daoist Traditions celebrated his supposed death, while ordinary people honored him as the savior who had stopped the coffin’s destruction.

• The Emperor-Burying Coffin sucked Chu Kuangren inside, then vanished into a fissure in Black Soil.
• Sha Wushe, Jiu Yan, Qin Tianchen, and the other Heavenly Prides concluded that Chu Kuangren was dead and left Black Soil with renewed confidence.
• News of Chu Kuangren’s death spread across the Emperor Road, and the Sword Clan Leader ordered a celebratory banquet.
• The Wang Family, Bai Family, Qin Family, and Devil Race rejoiced over the news of Chu Kuangren’s death.
• A sculptor made a statue of Chu Kuangren and told his daughter that Chu Kuangren had fought the Demon Coffin to save the world.
• Ordinary people erected monuments to Chu Kuangren, believing he had sealed the Emperor-Burying Coffin with his life.

After hearing that Chu Kuangren had died, Leng Ningyu broke down in grief, and Fairy Lengyue sent her to enter Unfeeling Heaven. Inside the Emperor-Burying Coffin, Chu Kuangren found a warning about the Underworld God's Words and began cultivating the Bodhi Lotus Sutra so he could venture deeper.

• Emperor Ying told Leng Ningyu that Chu Kuangren had died in Black Soil, and Leng Ningyu collapsed into grief.
• Fairy Lengyue comforted Leng Ningyu and decided it was time for her to enter Unfeeling Heaven.
• Inside the Emperor-Burying Coffin, Chu Kuangren explored a vast space filled with crushing Chaos Qi and discovered a wall covered in Dao Patterns.
• Strange whispers began affecting Chu Kuangren's mind and soul as he traveled farther into the coffin.
• Chu Kuangren found a monk's remains and read a warning that he needed to reach the tenth level of the Bodhi Lotus Sutra before going deeper.
• Chu Kuangren found the Bodhi Lotus Sutra, comprehended all twelve levels, and prepared to cultivate it.

Chu Kuangren cultivated the Bodhi Lotus Sutra to its twelfth layer by refining the Emperor-Burying Coffin’s Chaos Qi, making his soul strong enough to withstand the Underworld God’s whispers. Deeper inside, he discovered a sealed man identified as the Chaos Dao Lord, whose body was generating the Chaos Qi and whose soul and will were being eroded.

• Chu Kuangren used the Chaos Qi and his Heaven and Earth Furnace Body and Undying Body to advance the Bodhi Lotus Sutra beyond its eighth layer.
• Chu Kuangren cultivated the Bodhi Lotus Sutra to its twelfth layer, forming a Bodhi Spirit that repelled the Chaos Qi and nullified the Underworld God’s whispers.
• Chu Kuangren collected the golden remains of the Buddha Emperor and continued deeper into the Emperor-Burying Coffin.
• Chu Kuangren found a white-clad man suspended by four blood-colored pillars and used his Eye of Insight to identify him as the Chaos Dao Lord with a Chaos Body.
• Chu Kuangren sensed immense resentment within the pillars and suspected they were eroding the Chaos Dao Lord’s soul and will.

Chu Kuangren encountered the Underworld God's Will Incarnation and the awakened soul of the Chaos Dao Lord inside the Emperor-Burying Coffin. He repelled the incarnation with a punch, but learned it would return as long as the coffin remained intact.

• Chu Kuangren discovered that the blood-colored pillar corroded souls and reached to examine the Chaos Dao Lord's body.
• The Underworld God's Will Incarnation appeared and was surprised that Chu Kuangren could withstand its soul attacks.
• The Chaos Dao Lord awakened in soul form, recognized the Bodhi Lotus Sutra, and learned Chu Kuangren had obtained it from Putuo's corpse.
• The Underworld God's Will Incarnation revealed that Putuo had died trying to rescue the Chaos Dao Lord, then questioned how Chu Kuangren had mastered the sutra in three months.
• Chu Kuangren ignored the Underworld God's attacks and blasted its incarnation apart with Heaven and Earth Reversed.
• The Underworld God's Will Incarnation vowed to return, and Chu Kuangren realized it remained connected to the Emperor-Burying Coffin.

Chu Kuangren studied the Chaos Dao Lord’s damaged Chaos Body while learning how the Dao Lord had fought the Underworld God in the War Against the Gods. The Dao Lord learned how much the world had changed during his imprisonment and was astonished by Chu Kuangren’s multiple Dao Body auras.

• Chu Kuangren introduced himself and asked the Chaos Dao Lord about the Emperor-Burying Coffin and his conflict with the Underworld God.
• The Chaos Dao Lord explained how humans discovered the power of faith, how gods exploited humanity, and how human cultivators eventually began the War Against the Gods.
• The Chaos Dao Lord recounted how he and other human powerhouses sealed the Underworld God in the Endless Void, leaving the Dao Lord grievously wounded and imprisoned in the coffin.
• Chu Kuangren explained the coffin’s deadly legends, prompting the Chaos Dao Lord to question why the Underworld God’s will had been allowed to gather resentment and why Putuo had rescued him.
• Chu Kuangren described the changed outside world, including the Dharma-Ending Age and the Nine Heavens, and the Chaos Dao Lord asked about people from his era whom Chu Kuangren barely knew.
• The Chaos Dao Lord noticed Chu Kuangren’s multiple Dao Body auras while Chu Kuangren continued studying his Chaos Body and asking about cultivation realms.

After mastering the Chaos Body, Chu Kuangren fought the Underworld God's endless Demon Ghost Rakshasas inside the Emperor-Burying Coffin. He used the battle to approach the Emperor Dao, replenishing his strength by refining Chaos Qi as the fight continued.

• The Chaos Dao Lord explained the Emperor realms and the legend of the Immortals to Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren made the Chaos Body's power his own after studying it for over ten days.
• The Underworld God's manifestation opened the Gate of the Underworld and sent endless Demon Ghost Rakshasas after Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren fought the ghosts and Asuras, honing his Dao and nearing the bottleneck above the Ultimate Dao.
• As his spiritual power and Emperor Qi ran low, Chu Kuangren activated the Heaven and Earth Furnace Body to refine Chaos Qi and replenish his strength.

Chu Kuangren broke through the barrier to the Emperor Dao while fighting in the Emperor-Burying Coffin, proving his Dao through power and triggering vast phenomena that alarmed powerful figures across the Nine Heavens and Three Realms. As others reacted to his apparent breakthrough, Emperor Mountain emerged ahead of schedule, giving the Heavenly Prides their chance to pursue Emperor status.

• Chu Kuangren kept fighting the asuras and evil ghosts, using his Myriad Daoist Law Manifestation to hold the Gate of the Underworld open and deepen his understanding of his Dao.
• Chu Kuangren shattered the barrier to the Emperor Dao and proved his Dao inside the Emperor-Burying Coffin.
• The Emperor Dao fluctuations spread across Emperor Road, alarming its Ancient Daoist Traditions and prompting Emperor-Class cultivators to search for their source.
• The Emperors in the Nine Heavens discussed the breakthrough, and Jade Heavenly Venerable explained that Chu Kuangren had been trapped in the Emperor-Burying Coffin; a white-robed old man and a purple-and-gold-robed man also took notice of him.
• The purple-and-gold-robed man destroyed a blood-red mist that approached Firmament Star and remarked that its group was becoming more active.
• The golden mist around Emperor Mountain dispersed, causing the mountain to emerge ahead of schedule and exciting the Heavenly Prides.

Emperor Mountain appeared within the Emperor Road, revealing nine Emperor Positions and drawing Emperors and Heavenly Prides from every Daoist Tradition. Lan Yu and the Mystic Heaven Sect Daoist Seeds reunited, dismissed rumors of Chu Kuangren’s death, and began climbing the mountain.

• Emperors and Heavenly Prides arrived at Emperor Mountain and discovered that its nine Emperor Positions were reserved for Heavenly Prides, while Emperor Dao Pressure hindered their ascent.
• Qin Tianchen climbed with ease as some Heavenly Prides called him the Number One Under Heaven and claimed Chu Kuangren was dead.
• Lan Yu struck down a Heavenly Pride who disparaged Chu Kuangren, then fought Sha Wushe and blasted him back with her Divine Flame.
• Lan Yu reunited with Nangong Huang, Murong Xuan, Shang Qingxue, Junyi, Jin Feiyan, Zhuo Han, and Qin Wushuang, and they rejected the rumors of Chu Kuangren’s death.
• Lan Yu and the other Heavenly Prides set out to climb Emperor Mountain as the nine Emperor Positions awaited them at the summit.

Chu Kuangren broke through to the Emperor Dao and began condensing Emperor Essence inside the Emperor-Burying Coffin. Meanwhile, eight Heavenly Prides claimed Emperor Positions on Emperor Mountain, and someone reached the summit as the final position remained.

• Chu Kuangren shattered the Gate of the Underworld and learned from the Chaos Dao Lord that his Way of Invincibility had a perfect Emperor Dao; the Chaos Dao Lord also told him that only the Human King, Cang, had possessed an ultimate Dao among humans.
• Chu Kuangren absorbed the Emperor-Burying Coffin's Chaos Qi and shattered his seven supreme foundations to begin forming Emperor Essence.
• Qin Tianchen reached the summit of Emperor Mountain first and claimed an Emperor Position, sending a golden pillar of light into the sky.
• Wang Quan reached the summit second, followed by Lan Yu, who claimed the third Emperor Position without the people from the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• Jiu Yan, Zi Wuji, Sha Wushe, Leng Ningyu, and Bai Hongyu claimed five more Emperor Positions, leaving only one unoccupied.
• The onlookers saw someone reach the summit, but the chapter ended before revealing who it was.

Murong Xuan claimed the ninth and final Emperor Position, while Qin Tianchen and Chu Kuangren rapidly condensed Emperor Qi in pursuit of powerful grades of Emperor Essence. A year later, Bai Hongyu and Wang Quan became Emperors and realized Qin Tianchen was nearing high-grade Emperor Essence.

• Murong Xuan claimed the final Emperor Position, completing the nine positions and helping restore the incomplete Heavenly Dao.
• Qin Tianchen absorbed energy from his Emperor Position and rapidly accumulated Emperor Qi, aiming to surpass the low-grade Emperor Essence he had formed in his previous life.
• Chu Kuangren refined Chaos Qi inside the Emperor-Burying Coffin, accumulating thousands of strands of Emperor Qi as the Chaos Dao Lord wondered if he could achieve the unprecedented ultimate-grade Emperor Essence.
• After a year, Bai Hongyu and Wang Quan emerged as Emperors and discovered that Qin Tianchen had accumulated over nine hundred strands of Emperor Qi and was attempting high-grade Emperor Essence.

Chu Kuangren absorbed the Chaos Qi in the Emperor-Burying Coffin and, with the Chaos Dao Lord’s help, condensed the first ultimate Emperor Essence in human history. He became an Emperor, but could not free the Chaos Dao Lord from the coffin, and asked how he could help him.

• Qin Tianchen condensed 999 strands of Emperor Qi into high-grade Emperor Essence while Chu Kuangren continued accumulating Emperor Qi inside the Emperor-Burying Coffin.
• Chu Kuangren’s Undying Body repaired his splitting flesh as he absorbed Chaos Qi, and the Chaos Dao Lord returned to his body to provide his own cultivation as more Chaos Qi.
• Chu Kuangren condensed 100,000 strands of Emperor Qi into ultimate Emperor Essence, sending a terrifying fluctuation across the universe and transforming his body into an Emperor’s physique.
• The Chaos Dao Lord told Chu Kuangren that no one, not even the Human King, had possessed ultimate Emperor Essence, and revealed that he had exhausted his cultivation to help create it.
• Chu Kuangren shattered the blood-colored pillars restraining the Chaos Dao Lord, but could not free him from the Emperor-Burying Coffin, so he asked what help the Dao Lord needed.

Chu Kuangren learned that the Headless Female Emperor was Luo Shui, the Chaos Dao Lord’s disciple, and promised to investigate what had happened to her. After escaping the Emperor-Burying Coffin, he sealed it beneath Black Soil and headed to Emperor Mountain, where nine Emperors had ascended.

• The Chaos Dao Lord gave Chu Kuangren a painting of his disciple Luo Shui and his life’s insights, then learned that Luo Shui’s head had been separated from her body.
• Chu Kuangren escaped the Emperor-Burying Coffin and sensed that Emperor Road’s restrictions were disappearing as spiritual qi and the Great Dao flourished.
• Chu Kuangren seized the Sword Clan’s swords, including its Emperor Weapons, and used them to complete the Sealing Sword Formation over Black Soil.
• Chu Kuangren resolved to save the Chaos Dao Lord once he reached a higher realm, then went to Emperor Mountain to see who had become Emperors.
• Bai Hongyu, Wang Quan, Jiu Yan, Zi Wuji, and other Taboo Heavenly Prides ascended to the Emperor Realm, followed by the reincarnated Great Emperor Qin Tianchen.
• The cultivators gathered at Emperor Mountain paid their respects to the nine newly ascended Emperors.

Sha Wushe and several new Emperors attacked Lan Yu and her allies over their connection to Chu Kuangren, while Emperor-Class cultivators turned on Nangong Huang and the others. As the battle threatened to overwhelm both groups, an indifferent voice spoke across Emperor Mountain.

• Sha Wushe challenged Lan Yu, and their first clash shook Emperor Mountain.
• Sha Wushe, Bai Hongyu, Wang Quan, and Jiu Yan fought Lan Yu, Murong Xuan, and Leng Ningyu, while Qin Tianchen declined to join them.
• Jiu Yan teamed up with Sha Wushe against Lan Yu, putting her at a disadvantage as the Emperor battle shook the mountain.
• A Sword Clan Emperor-Class cultivator attacked Nangong Huang, and cultivators from several other factions moved to kill Chu Kuangren's associates.
• An indifferent voice rang out across Emperor Mountain, remarking that the place was quite lively.

Chu Kuangren returned to Emperor Mountain after being swallowed by the Emperor-Burying Coffin and effortlessly killed the Emperor-Class cultivators threatening Nangong Huang and the others. Qin Tianchen challenged him, but Chu Kuangren shattered his attack with a casual palm and left him sprawled on the ground.

• Chu Kuangren appeared on Emperor Mountain, startling everyone who had believed the Emperor-Burying Coffin had killed him.
• Chu Kuangren killed every Emperor-Class cultivator surrounding Nangong Huang and the others with an unseen force, and his allies rejoiced at his return.
• Lan Yu and Leng Ningyu reacted with happiness and relief, while Jiu Yan, Wang Quan, and Bai Hongyu each declared their intent to defeat Chu Kuangren.
• Qin Tianchen stopped Sha Wushe from attacking Chu Kuangren and announced that only he could defeat him.
• Qin Tianchen attacked Chu Kuangren with a powerful punch, but Chu Kuangren shattered it with a casual palm and sent Qin Tianchen crashing to the ground.

Chu Kuangren revealed that he had become an Emperor by proving the Dao through power, then overwhelmed the newly crowned Emperors at Emperor Mountain. After killing Qin Tianchen and several others, he left Zi Wuji alive and faced an interruption from the void.

• Chu Kuangren revealed his Emperor status and declared that the new Emperors would die on the day they became Emperors.
• Sha Wushe attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren killed him with one finger.
• Bai Hongyu, Wang Quan, and Jiu Yan attacked together, but Chu Kuangren reflected their assaults and then destroyed them with a surge of Emperor Qi.
• Chu Kuangren spared Zi Wuji because he had not attacked and praised his talent.
• Chu Kuangren restrained the fleeing Qin Tianchen with psychic power and killed him with an Emperor-Grade Thunder Talisman after someone shouted from the void.