Chapter Summaries

The Divine Phoenix attained the Dao, and its auspicious influence brought countless treasures and a Wutong Divine Fruit into Mystic Heaven Sect’s territory. When two Great Emperors tried to take the fruit, Chu Kuangren challenged them, leaving the watching Emperors to witness their battle in the void.

• The Divine Phoenix condensed a Supreme-Grade Emperor Essence as the Heavenly Dao’s recovery caused treasures to appear across Mystic Heaven Sect’s territory.
• Chu Kuangren discovered a Wutong Divine Fruit growing on a wutong tree and used a Spirit Gathering Formation to hasten its ripening.
• A refined Emperor offered Chu Kuangren one piece of Emperor-grade Spirit Source for the fruit, but Chu Kuangren rejected the offer as robbery.
• Great Emperor Xiong Kuang offered a Defensive Emperor Weapon, then demanded that Chu Kuangren trade the fruit whether he wanted to or not.
• Chu Kuangren drew the Kunwu Sword and entered the void to fight the two Emperors as others watched.

Chu Kuangren fought Xiong Kuang Great Emperor and a refined Emperor, two sixth-level Emperors, while he was only at the second level of the Emperor Initial Realm. His Myriad Daoist Law Manifestation overwhelmed both opponents, and the refined Emperor’s body was destroyed.

• Xiong Kuang Great Emperor attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren countered with repeated sword strikes and drove him back.
• The refined Emperor joined the battle and summoned a Heavenly Wind Law Manifestation against Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed his Myriad Daoist Law Manifestation, stunning the watching Emperors with its many Dao Body powers and shattering the Heavenly Wind Law Manifestation.
• Chu Kuangren’s manifestation destroyed Xiong Kuang Great Emperor’s golden Giant Bear phantom and sent both veteran Emperors flying.
• Chu Kuangren’s manifestation pinned down the refined Emperor and shattered his Emperor body despite his storm-wreathed counterattacks.

Chu Kuangren and Chu Hong defeated Xiong Kuang Great Emperor after Chu Hong became an Emperor, then Chu Kuangren studied the Divine Phoenix Body. Several months after returning to the Mystic Heaven Sect, he comprehended its mysteries and mastered Phoenix Fire.

• Xiong Kuang Great Emperor fled from Chu Kuangren, but Chu Hong intercepted him and burned off his arm with Phoenix Fire.
• Xiong Kuang Great Emperor revealed his giant bear form and charged at Chu Hong, but Chu Kuangren's Myriad Daoist Law Manifestation crushed him to death.
• Chu Kuangren congratulated Chu Hong on becoming an Emperor and discovered that his Book of Physiques could comprehend her Divine Phoenix Body.
• Chu Kuangren and Chu Hong waited for the Wutong Divine Fruit to ripen while Chu Kuangren began studying the Divine Phoenix Body.
• After returning to the Mystic Heaven Sect, Chu Kuangren spent several months comprehending the Divine Phoenix Body and mastered Phoenix Fire.

Chu Kuangren refined the Wutong Divine Fruit while a mysterious cloaked Emperor destroyed the Asura Clan and broke the Sealing Sword Formation, reopening the Demon Realm entrance. Zhan Hongying returned to find her clan dead and was held back by Pipi as the Demon Realm army began to emerge.

• Chu Kuangren discovered that his Divine Phoenix Physique could not be incorporated into the Myriad Daoist Law Manifestation, then swallowed the Wutong Divine Fruit to raise his cultivation.
• A mysterious cloaked Emperor slaughtered the Asura Clan and entered the Endless Void to attack the Sealing Sword Formation.
• The cloaked figure broke the formation, and the Seven Demon Emperors prepared to lead their forces into the mortal world.
• Zhan Hongying returned from the Emperor Road and found the Asura Clan annihilated, then recognized the cloaked figure as the likely culprit.
• Pipi pinned Zhan Hongying down to stop her from pursuing the cloaked figure, who left as the Demon Realm army began to emerge.

The seven Demon Emperors broke through the seal at Purgatory Forest, descended in their true bodies, and deployed the Demon Realm Domain. As the Wrath Demon Emperor tortured Zhan Hongying, Chu Kuangren arrived and intercepted him.

• The seven Demon Emperors emerged from the Demon Realm entrance and unleashed their overwhelming Emperor Dao Pressure.
• The seven Demon Emperors joined their iron tokens to spread the Demon Realm Domain across ten thousand li, suppressing outsiders.
• The Wrath Demon Emperor attacked Zhan Hongying and grievously injured her when she refused to beg for mercy.
• Chu Kuangren's sword struck the Wrath Demon Emperor's fist, and he caught his rebounding sword as the Demon Emperor recognized him.

Chu Kuangren arrived at Purgatory Forest and found Zhan Hongying near death after the Asura Clan's slaughter. He faced the Demon Emperors inside the suppressive Demon Realm Domain while Firmament Star's Emperors refused to intervene, leaving him isolated as his allies failed to break through the barrier.

• Chu Kuangren saved Zhan Hongying's life with Emperor Qi and sent her away on the Demon Wolf while he confronted the Wrath Demon Emperor.
• Chu Kuangren burned the pursuing Demon Realm soldiers and declared that none of the invading devils would survive.
• The Arrogant Demon Emperor attacked Chu Kuangren, whose power was weakened by the Demon Realm Domain, and revealed that the domain suppressed outsiders.
• Lan Yu, Murong Xuan, and the other new Emperors tried to break through the barrier but failed, while the watching Emperors said they had called for Heavenly Venerables who would take at least a day to arrive.
• Beiming Xuanse mocked Chu Kuangren as Murong Xuan realized the other Emperors were content to let him suffer.

Chu Kuangren discovered that the Heavenly Punishment Dao Patterns nullified the Demon Realm Domain’s suppression and let him unleash his full power. The Demon Emperors attacked him together, and he met their assault with the Myriad Daoist Law Manifestation and Phoenix Fire as Purgatory Forest was pulverized.

• Chu Kuangren covered his Myriad Daoist Law Manifestation with the Heavenly Punishment Dao Patterns and knocked the Arrogant Demon Emperor through several mountain ranges.
• Chu Kuangren realized the Heavenly Punishment Dao Patterns had freed him from the Demon Realm Domain’s suppression, while the Arrogant Demon Emperor revealed that the domain came from the gods of Hell.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed his fourth-stage Emperor Initial Realm cultivation, Perfect Dao, and Ultimate Emperor Essence, startling the observing Emperors and the mysterious cloaked figure, who recognized him as a Heavenly Punisher.
• The Demon Emperors decided Chu Kuangren was too dangerous to leave alive and charged him together; he sent the Wrath Demon Emperor flying with a punch from his manifestation.
• Chu Kuangren countered the Demon Emperors’ combined attacks with Phoenix Fire and the Myriad Daoist Law Manifestation, triggering a shock wave that pulverized Purgatory Forest.

Chu Kuangren fought the Seven Demon Emperors and their massive army in Purgatory Forest, overwhelming the demonic soldiers with Gods and Devils Sound and Phoenix Fire. The Emperors then fused their powers into the legendary seven sins power, and Chu Kuangren waited to see what it could do.

• The Wrath Demon Emperor sent hundreds of millions of demonic soldiers to attack Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren used Spring Thunder and Gods and Devils Sound to slaughter them.
• The Arrogant Demon Emperor ordered the soldiers to form a demon dragon, which clashed with a Divine Phoenix created from Chu Kuangren's Phoenix Fire.
• The Seven Demon Emperors attacked while Chu Kuangren controlled the Divine Phoenix, but his Myriad Daoist Law Manifestation blocked them.
• Chu Kuangren played the eighth tone, Great Sound Has No Sound, damaging the demon dragon's formation and allowing the Divine Phoenix to destroy it and burn the Devil Race army.
• The Arrogant Demon Emperor proposed using the seven sins power, and the Seven Demon Emperors fused into a black cocoon of light as Chu Kuangren watched.

Seven Sins emerged with the combined power of seven Demon Emperors and attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu used the Nine Dragons Divine Transformation Talisman to absorb Demonic Qi and rise to the seventh stage of the Emperor Initial Realm. He overwhelmed Seven Sins with his Invincible Law and Heavenly Punishment Dao Patterns, then faced Seven Sins’ strongest attack.

• Seven Sins emerged from the black cocoon, declared his name, and struck at Chu Kuangren with his saber.
• Chu Kuangren countered Seven Sins with Heavenly Punishment Dao Patterns, which proved especially effective against the power of the Gods.
• Chu Kuangren summoned the Nine Dragons Divine Transformation Talisman and absorbed Demonic Qi, advancing three stages to become a Perfection Emperor.
• Chu Kuangren drove Seven Sins back with his Invincible Law, reflected the Eye of Jealousy, and shattered the attacks of Greed Devourer and Fist of Wrath.
• Seven Sins unleashed Saber of Lust, but Chu Kuangren remained unaffected by its alluring visions and declared that he would break through them.

Chu Kuangren routed the Seven Demon Emperors and hundreds of millions of Demon Soldiers, then pursued them through the Demon Realm Entrance. He left the Demon Realm in chaos as he hunted down its Emperors and unleashed what the demons called the Day of the Human Calamity.

• Chu Kuangren shattered Seven Sins, killed the Sloth Demon Emperor, and drove the other Demon Emperors and their soldiers into retreat.
• Chu Kuangren pursued the fleeing demons through the Demon Realm Entrance, despite the watching Emperors’ disbelief.
• Chu Kuangren found and killed the Wrath Demon Emperor and the Envy Demon Emperor.
• Chu Kuangren destroyed the Greed Emperor Palace, killing the Greed Demon Emperor when he emerged to fight.
• Chu Kuangren continued attacking the other Demon Emperors’ palaces, and the Demon Realm named the slaughter the Day of the Human Calamity.

After slaughtering his way through the Demon Realm, Chu Kuangren returned to Firmament Star with the Arrogant Demon Emperor still alive and plotting revenge. He destroyed the Demon Realm Domain and forced the assembled Emperors to submit to his order to clean up the aftermath.

• The Arrogant Demon Emperor watched Chu Kuangren leave the Demon Realm and decided to seek the Gods’ power in Hell to find a chance for revenge.
• Chu Kuangren emerged from the Demon Realm after three days of slaughter, leaving its forces too weakened to invade Firmament Star soon.
• Chu Kuangren punched through the remaining Demon Realm Domain and caught seven iron tokens that he recognized as containing Divine Power.
• Chu Kuangren called the Emperors to Purgatory Forest and struck Beiming Xuanse when he questioned the summons.
• Chu Kuangren demanded to know whether the Emperors dared object to his order, and Beiming Xuanse and the others said they would not dare.

Chu Kuangren demanded Emperor Weapon swords to seal the Demon Realm entrance, and Cloud Azure Sword Emperor challenged him before Su Heavenly Venerable arrived. After recognizing Chu Kuangren as a Heavenly Punisher, Su Heavenly Venerable and hundreds of Emperors bowed to him, then eagerly offered their swords for the sealing.

• Chu Kuangren demanded that the Emperors surrender their swords to seal the Demon Realm entrance, but several objected.
• Cloud Azure Sword Emperor drew his Emperor Weapon and threatened to report Chu Kuangren to the Heavenly Venerable Association after Chu Kuangren struck him back.
• Su Heavenly Venerable arrived and asked Chu Kuangren why the Demon Realm Domain had not suppressed him.
• Chu Kuangren revealed Heavenly Punishment Dao Patterns, and Su Heavenly Venerable knelt to pay respects to the Heavenly Punisher.
• Hundreds of Emperors, including Cloud Azure Sword Emperor, bowed before Chu Kuangren and offered their Emperor Weapon swords to help seal the passage.

Chu Kuangren rebuilt the seal at Purgatory Forest and brought the gravely injured Zhan Hongying back to the Mystic Heaven Sect, where she recovered and joined the sect. After learning that an unknown Emperor had attacked the Asura Clan before the Demon Realm invasion, Chu Kuangren promised to investigate the culprit.

• Chu Kuangren rebuilt the seal at Purgatory Forest with Emperor Weapons and left with Lan Yu and the others as Su Heavenly Venerable ordered the Star-Transforming Great Emperor to report everything about him.
• Chu Kuangren rescued Zhan Hongying and brought her to the Mystic Heaven Sect, where Water Qi helped her recover.
• Chu Kuangren found the final scroll of the Emperor Technique of Emotion, comprehended the Mianyin Score, and concluded that combining all nine techniques might reveal an Immortal technique.
• Zhan Hongying told Chu Kuangren that someone had destroyed the Asura Clan and broken his Sealing Sword Formation before the Demon Realm army arrived.
• Chu Kuangren sensed cold energy on a sword retrieved from the formation and promised to investigate the unknown Emperor who attacked the Asura Clan.
• Zhan Hongying asked to join the Mystic Heaven Sect, and Chu Kuangren welcomed her.

Chu Kuangren learned from Su Heavenly Venerable about the Heavenly Punishers, the Myriad Gods Cult, and the Gods Secret Realm, then agreed to stay on Firmament Star and help. During closed-door cultivation, he fused nine Emperor Techniques into an Immortal technique, whose strange aura sent emotions spiraling across Firmament Star and drew the attention of a white-haired old man.

• Su Heavenly Venerable explained the Heavenly Punishers’ role in the War Against the Gods and warned Chu Kuangren that a true Heavenly Punisher might soon seek him out.
• Su Heavenly Venerable asked Chu Kuangren to remain on Firmament Star to oppose the Myriad Gods Cult and help find the Gods Secret Realm, and Chu Kuangren agreed.
• Chu Kuangren entered closed-door cultivation to fuse nine Emperor Techniques and restore their original form.
• After ten days, a profound Dao fluctuation erupted from Ling Tian Dao Palace, causing disciples across the Mystic Heaven Sect to lose control of their emotions.
• The fluctuation spread across more than half of Firmament Star, and a white-haired old man recognized it as the aura of the Phantom Nether Seven Emotions Melody and realized someone had comprehended an Immortal technique.

After mastering the Immortal technique Phantom Nether Seven Emotions Melody, Chu Kuangren discovered its emotional power and gave the Seven Emotions Sect its final scroll. Meanwhile, Beiming Xuanse was approached by a mysterious voice offering revenge and power if he went to Seabed Nether Valley.

• Chu Kuangren completed his comprehension of Phantom Nether Seven Emotions Melody, and its uncontrolled Dao fluctuations disrupted the emotions of cultivators across Firmament Star.
• Chu Kuangren demonstrated the technique on Murong Xuan, making him weep over his perceived failures, then gave Leng Ningyu the final scroll for the Seven Emotions Sect.
• Chu Kuangren considered using the technique to temper the Mystic Heaven Sect disciples' Dao Hearts.
• Beiming Xuanse brooded over his humiliation at Chu Kuangren's hands and found that his resentment prevented him from cultivating.
• A mysterious voice offered Beiming Xuanse revenge and power, urging him to go to Seabed Nether Valley.

Beiming Xuanse agreed to seek a divine artifact in the Ruin of Heaven and Sea so he could free the gods sealed beneath the ocean and claim a Godhead. Meanwhile, Chu Kuangren tested Mystic Heaven Sect disciples’ Dao Hearts before a gods’ secret realm rose from the sea, drawing him and Su Heavenly Venerable to investigate.

• Beiming Xuanse failed to break the stele suppressing the gods, so a voice sent him to retrieve a divine artifact from the Ruin of Heaven and Sea and gave him divine power to enter it.
• Chu Kuangren used the Illusory Nether Secret Realm to test the disciples’ Dao Hearts, while Elder Ruyan recorded their grades and assigned more training to those who performed poorly.
• Chu Kuangren sensed a powerful burst of divine energy beneath the sea and left Murong Xuan and Lan Yu at the Mystic Heaven Sect while he investigated.
• A magnificent palace rose from the ocean, and Chu Kuangren suspected it was one of the gods’ secret realms Su Heavenly Venerable had mentioned.
• Su Heavenly Venerable arrived with several Emperors, who recognized valuable treasures in the palace and speculated that a High-God had once lived there.

Beiming Xuanse left the Ruin of Heaven and Sea with a divine weapon, intending to help the Deities obtain a divine core. As the Emperors looted the surfaced divine palace under Su Heavenly Venerable’s Minor World, waves of Divine Power erupted across Firmament Star.

• Beiming Xuanse left the Ruin of Heaven and Sea with a black axe and planned to help the Deities undo their seals and claim a divine core.
• A Myriad Gods Cult leader saw the Emperors gather at the divine palace and sent her followers to free the sealed Gods.
• Water-Flow Soldiers attacked an Emperor who took a gem, but Su Heavenly Venerable suppressed the palace’s restrictions with her Minor World.
• Chu Kuangren used his Treasure-Seeking Art and Heavenly Punishment Dao Patterns to break into a side palace and collect its treasures.
• The Emperors looted nearly all the divine palace’s treasures and left after Su Heavenly Venerable withdrew her Minor World.
• Waves of Divine Power erupted from several places across Firmament Star as the group prepared to leave.

After four Deities were unsealed on Firmament Star, Su Heavenly Venerable prepared to seek help while Chu Kuangren claimed a Divine Source. Meanwhile, Beiming Xuanse freed the Crocodile God and Sea Snake God, and a Heavenly Punisher named Seventh set out for Firmament Star.

• Su Heavenly Venerable and the Emperors discovered that three lesser gods and one intermediate god had escaped their seals, and she planned to report the breach to the Heavenly Venerable Association.
• Su Heavenly Venerable gathered the Divine Palace treasures to send resources to the front lines, while Chu Kuangren chose a Divine Source that Deities could absorb and received permission to take additional treasures.
• Beiming Xuanse shattered an underwater stele and freed the Crocodile God and Sea Snake God, who gave him a Godhead and planned to stay with the Qilin Tribe.
• The Heavenly Punishers discussed the awakened Gods and the dangers of the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, then sent the mostly recovered Seventh to oversee Firmament Star and investigate Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren advanced to the ninth layer of the Emperor Initial Realm after refining a Divine Source, then met Qixing, a Heavenly Punisher who recognized the original power of Heavenly Punishment in Chu Kuangren’s Dao Patterns. Qixing and Tianjizi found that Chu Kuangren’s fate resembled the Human King’s, leaving Qixing wondering whether the King had returned.

• Chu Kuangren absorbed the Divine Source and advanced from the fourth to the ninth layer of the Emperor Initial Realm, then continued studying the Heavenly Punishment Dao Patterns.
• Qixing visited Chu Kuangren, revealed his own Heavenly Punishment Dao Patterns, and recognized Chu Kuangren’s as the original power of Heavenly Punishment.
• Qixing promised to help Chu Kuangren and learned that the other Heavenly Punishers were recovering from their injuries from the ancient War Against the Gods.
• Qixing asked Tianjizi about Chu Kuangren, and Tianjizi said Chu Kuangren’s fate could not be fathomed and transcended the river of destiny.
• Tianjizi compared Chu Kuangren’s fate with the Human King’s records and found their descriptions nearly identical, leaving Qixing wondering if the Human King had returned.

Chu Kuangren studied Heavenly Punishment Dao Patterns, upgraded the Eye of Insight, and investigated new Deity-worshipping churches in Cloud Wasteland Dao Province. He learned that the Myriad Gods Cult and several Deities were behind them, while Qi Xing was unable to intervene because two High-Gods had him pinned down.

• Chu Kuangren spent three months studying Heavenly Punishment Dao Patterns as Firmament Star changed and treasures appeared across the Mystic Heaven Sect's territory.
• Chu Kuangren drew a Super God-Level Supernatural Power Upgrade Card and chose to upgrade his Eye of Insight.
• Chu Kuangren inspected the Mystic Heaven Sect and learned that strange churches had gained tens of millions of followers in Cloud Wasteland Dao Province.
• Chu Kuangren confronted the local Emperor, who said the Myriad Gods Cult controlled the churches and several Deities were present.
• Chu Kuangren contacted Qi Xing and learned that two High-Gods were keeping him occupied, leaving him unable to act.