Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren faced Di Baishi’s Imperial King Double Pupils, Imperial King Body, and King’s Mark without being harmed, then revealed that he possessed both a major accomplishment Imperial King Body and a major accomplishment overlord body. The clans’ cultivators were left stunned as the duel’s balance shifted.

• Di Baishi unleashed his Imperial King Double Pupils Third Tribulation, Myriad Heavens Tribulation, but Chu Kuangren emerged completely unharmed.
• Di Baishi activated the King’s Mark and revealed his full strength, while Di Qianqiu declared him the strongest of the Imperial Clan’s younger generation.
• Chu Kuangren announced that he would show the power of the Imperial King Body and overlord body united in one person.
• Chu Kuangren manifested both an emperor phantom and an overlord phantom, revealing his major accomplishment Imperial King Body alongside his major accomplishment overlord body.
• Di Feitian, Di Qianqiu, Liu Overlord, Xiang Tiancang, and the other cultivators of both clans were stunned by Chu Kuangren’s two physiques.

Chu Kuangren defeated and killed Di Baishi with his Emperor-Overlord power, then left the Temple Sequence and Nine Kings wary of Heaven. Months later, the Chaos Green Lotus stirred, and Chu Kuangren prepared to release it on a secluded ancient star.

• Chu Kuangren used the Emperor-Overlord Spear to pierce Di Baishi and destroy Heavenly Battle Peak, then triggered the spear's energy to kill him.
• Di Hong failed to save Di Baishi and recovered his imperial king double pupils and king's mark from the battlefield.
• Di Qianqiu considered refining Di Baishi's double pupils and taking the king's mark to gain power that might let him rival Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren returned to Heavenly Sword Peak and reflected on the Temple Sequence and the Nine Kings as future enemies of the Pangu Universe.
• Months later, Chu Kuangren took the stirred Chaos Green Lotus to an uninhabited ancient star, set up restrictions around it, and released it.

Chu Kuangren created a powerful Green Lotus Incarnation and sent him through the cosmic barrier to find the Pangu Universe. The incarnation returned after years in the Unknown Void, only to land in the Heavenly Spirit Forbidden Zone and face its guardians.

• Chu Kuangren formed the Green Lotus Incarnation and gave him treasures, the Immortal Realm Will, and the sleeping Desire Flower.
• Chu Kuangren used the Time-Space Treasure Mirror to open a passage through the Tianyuan Universe's barrier, and the incarnation entered the Unknown Void.
• After an unknown number of years, the incarnation sensed the Pangu Universe, opened a rift, and emerged in a volcanic crater.
• A lava giant accused Chu Kuangren of trespassing and attacked, but Chu Kuangren severed its hand with a sword strike.
• The lava giant recognized Chu Kuangren's Great Encompassment Great Perfection strength, but Chu Kuangren tried to leave peacefully.
• The lava giant refused to let him leave and summoned the other inhabitants of the Heavenly Spirit Forbidden Zone.

Chu Kuangren was attacked by the spirits of heaven and earth after entering the Heavenly Spirit Forbidden Zone, but he defeated them and took their Innate Five Directions Flags. He escaped through the zone’s restriction and vanished into the universe with the flags.

• The Heavenly Spirit Forbidden Zone’s cultivators learned that Chu Kuangren had intruded and sealed the zone to prevent his escape.
• Chu Kuangren repelled attacks from the water, wind, thunder, and metal spirits with his swords and physical strength.
• The spirits brought out the Innate Five Directions Flags and formed the Innate Five Directions Array against Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren used the Green Lotus Light of Destruction to break the array and scatter the spirits.
• Chu Kuangren seized the Five Directions Flags, tore open the forbidden zone’s restriction, and escaped into the universe.

Chu Kuangren escaped the Heavenly Spirit Forbidden Zone with the Innate Five Directions Flags and met Linghua, one of the Seven Gods and Devils. He gave her intelligence about the Tianyuan Universe, leaving the Gods and Devils lineage better prepared for a future Void Battlefield.

• The Heavenly Spirit Supreme Being ordered the spirits of heaven and earth to stop pursuing Chu Kuangren after Linghua held him off.
• Chu Kuangren confirmed that no one from the Heavenly Spirit Forbidden Zone was following him and wondered why its Dao Integration cultivator had not intervened.
• Linghua appeared before Chu Kuangren and explained that she had fought alongside Void for his sake.
• Chu Kuangren told Linghua how he had reached the Tianyuan Universe and returned, while concealing that his true form remained there.
• Chu Kuangren gave Linghua a jade slip containing information about the Tianyuan Universe, and she said it would help the Pangu Universe prepare for the next Void Battlefield.

As Luo Shui and the Firmament Empire faced defeat at the hands of the Heavenly Dao Sect, the Desire Flower appeared and saved her. Luo Shui searched the ancient star for Chu Kuangren, unaware that he was concealed nearby refining the Five Directions Flags, until the star shook with a surge of azure light.

• Several months after Chu Kuangren began refining the Innate Five Directions Flags on an ancient star, the Heavenly Dao Sect attacked Luo Shui and the Firmament Empire.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect youth overwhelmed Luo Shui and claimed Chu Kuangren was dead, then ordered his forces to continue the slaughter.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect forces nearly killed Luo Shui, but a blooming Desire Flower dissolved their laser beams and absorbed hundreds of thousands of cultivators.
• The Desire Flower recognized Luo Shui as one of Chu Kuangren's people and cryptically told her that he was both far away and right before her eyes.
• Luo Shui searched the ancient star for days but could not find Chu Kuangren, who was hidden behind restrictions while refining the Five Directions Flags.
• The ancient star shook as azure light spread outward from a point on its surface.

Chu Kuangren emerged from seclusion on an ancient star, where the Green Lotus Creation Power had restored the land and helped Luo Shui advance. He returned to the Firmament Empire as Gu Linglong’s attempt to forge a Nation-Protecting Divine Weapon appeared to fail.

• The azure arc of light spread across the ancient star, restoring its vitality and allowing Luo Shui to rise from a third-grade True Immortal to the ninth grade.
• Desire Flower recognized the power as Green Lotus Creation Power, and Chu Kuangren emerged from the mountain’s hidden restrictions.
• Luo Shui greeted Chu Kuangren and told him that the empire faced restless factions after rumors of his death; he vowed to deal with them and prepared to return.
• Gu Linglong and the empire’s elders completed their final attempt to forge a Nation-Protecting Divine Weapon, but the sword landed as a rusty, unremarkable iron blade.
• Gu Linglong declared that she would protect the empire even without the sword.

Gu Linglong and the Firmament Empire faced an assault by powerful cultivators who demanded the empire submit to the Heavenly Dao Sect. As battles erupted across the Imperial Capital, Gu Linglong confronted Tai Yunzi and prepared to strike down the traitors.

• Tai Yunzi, Daoist Qingji, and Yue Wufang arrived in the Imperial Capital, mocked the failed divine weapon, and demanded that Gu Linglong submit the empire to the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• The Chaos War General rejected the demand, and Yue Wufang revealed that the Heavenly Dao Sect had promised its allies control of the empire if they killed Gu Linglong and her defenders.
• Tai Yunzi ordered the attack, and the Chaos War General fought Daoist Qingji while Nangong Huang battled Yue Wufang with his Great Encompassment Artifacts.
• Gu Linglong confronted Tai Yunzi, who claimed the empire's defeat was assured because Lan Yu, Yin Honghua, and the Divine Phoenix were away at the World Child Contest.
• Gu Linglong asked who else had joined the Heavenly Dao Sect, condemned the traitors, and formed a gigantic golden hand to kill them with one palm strike.

Gu Linglong fought Tai Yunzi as the Heavenly Dao Sect’s attack threatened the Firmament Empire, but a white-clad figure returned and reversed the destruction of Chu Kuangren’s statue. Tai Yunzi and the others realized Chu Kuangren was back.

• Gu Linglong used her Emperor Robe and the Human King Seal to drive Tai Yunzi back, while Elder Ruyan and the others fought the attackers.
• Tai Yunzi unleashed Heavenly Dao Power and the Heavenly Dao Fly-Whisk, overpowering Gu Linglong and declaring his intent to erase Chu Kuangren’s name.
• Tai Yunzi shattered Chu Kuangren’s statue and exploited Gu Linglong’s attempt to protect the citizens to strike at her.
• Firmament Star trembled as an unknown power froze the Imperial Capital, and a white-clad figure appeared beneath the falling statue.
• The figure restored the statue by reversing time, then the power vanished, leaving Tai Yunzi, Yue Wufang, and the others terrified as they recognized Chu Kuangren had returned.

Chu Kuangren returned to the imperial capital, revealed the Nation-Protecting Divine Weapon as the sword Heaven-Settling, and crushed the invaders who had attacked the Emperor Palace. After Gu Linglong used Tai Yunzi’s memories to identify the enemies’ hidden pawns, she privately reunited with Chu Kuangren, overwhelmed by his return.

• Tai Yunzi, Yue Wufang, and the other invaders recognized Chu Kuangren, who appeared atop the failed-forging sword and awakened its power.
• Chu Kuangren revealed the sword’s true form and named it Heaven-Settling, then killed many invaders with its sword chant.
• Tai Yunzi and the survivors tried to flee, but Chu Kuangren froze their immortal essence and killed Yue Wufang.
• Gu Linglong asked Chu Kuangren to uncover the enemy’s hidden pawns, and he used Soul-Searching Grand Art on Tai Yunzi to produce a jade slip for Nangong War General.
• Gu Linglong brought Chu Kuangren into the Emperor Palace, dismissed everyone, and embraced him, calling him a bastard through tears.

Chu Kuangren reunited with Gu Linglong and learned that the Heavenly Dao Sect was threatening the Firmament Empire with an invasion. He went to face them himself, while Murong Xuan calmly assured the Empire’s generals that the sect was nothing to fear.

• Gu Linglong reunited with Chu Kuangren and questioned why he had been gone so long; he promised to stay by her side and explained that he had been in the Tianyuan Universe.
• Elder Ruyan brought news that the Heavenly Dao Sect had stationed a million troops and demanded ten billion Immortal Crystals and three star systems, or it would attack.
• Chu Kuangren told Elder Ruyan to keep the border troops from engaging and said he would go confront the Heavenly Dao Sect himself; he declined to use Beiming’s remaining drop of essence blood.
• General Chaos and the others arrived to see Chu Kuangren, but Elder Ruyan stopped them from interrupting him and Gu Linglong.
• The Heavenly Dao Seed and his forces reached the Firmament Empire’s defensive line and demanded an answer, while Murong Xuan drank calmly and told the Empire’s generals they had nothing to fear.

Chu Kuangren returned to the Firmament Empire’s border and confronted the attacking Heavenly Dao Sect army. After the Heavenly Dao Seed ignored warnings to retreat, Chu Kuangren wiped out the army with one sword strike.

• Murong Xuan reassured the generals that the Heavenly Dao Sect posed no threat because he was following the Empress’s orders.
• The Heavenly Dao Seed ordered an attack, but an invisible barrier nullified the Heavenly Dao Sect’s energy beams as Chu Kuangren arrived.
• The veterans recognized Chu Kuangren as their eternal King, and he gave the Heavenly Dao Sect ten breaths to flee.
• A senior member of the Heavenly Dao Sect warned the Heavenly Dao Seed that Chu Kuangren had once defeated powerful opponents, but the Heavenly Dao Seed refused to retreat and attacked him.
• Chu Kuangren caught the Heavenly Dao Seed’s sword between two fingers, shattered it, and killed him and the million-strong army with a single sword strike.

Chu Kuangren destroyed the Heavenly Dao Sect’s army, then went to the sect itself and declared that he would erase it. After defeating its Kun Tian lineage leader and draining his Heavenly Dao Power, Chu Kuangren faced the sect’s furious members.

• Chu Kuangren slew a million soldiers with one sword strike, then told Murong Xuan and the others to protect the Firmament Empire while he visited the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• A surviving elder reported that Chu Kuangren had destroyed the army and killed the Heavenly Dao Seed, but the Heavenly Dao Sect’s leaders refused to believe he was alive.
• Chu Kuangren appeared at the Heavenly Dao Sect, thanked the elder for leading him there, and vowed that the sect would no longer exist after that day.
• The Kun Tian lineage leader attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren cut apart his strike and seized him by the neck.
• Chu Kuangren used the Heaven-Swallowing Divine Dao Art to drain the leader’s Heavenly Dao Power and strengthen the Firmament Heavenly Dao.

Chu Kuangren fought the Heavenly Dao Sect’s Great Golden Immortals and defeated their Nine Heavens Divine Dao Array, shattering the Heavenly Dao Pearl with the Chaos Green Lotus’s power. After absorbing the formation’s Heavenly Dao Power, he faced the stunned sect leaders and asked whether they had any other tricks.

• Chu Kuangren repelled the Heavenly Dao Sect’s attacks and revealed his Great Encompassment Great Perfection cultivation.
• The Heavenly Dao Sect Master ordered the Great Golden Immortals to deploy the Nine Heavens Divine Dao Array, but Chu Kuangren countered it with Zhu Xian Sword Qi.
• Chu Kuangren used Immortal Execution against the sect master’s attack, causing the Heavenly Dao Sect to collapse and its disciples to perish.
• Chu Kuangren absorbed Heavenly Dao Power from the connected stars of the formation, while the Heavenly Dao Sect Master hurled the Heavenly Dao Pearl at him.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed the Green Lotus, Light of Destruction, shattering the Heavenly Dao Pearl and collapsing the array.
• Chu Kuangren absorbed the released Heavenly Dao Power until the Firmament Heavenly Dao could take no more, then asked the defeated sect members if they had any other tricks.

Chu Kuangren destroyed the Heavenly Dao Sect despite the Heavenly Dao King's threats, then received the Heaven and Earth Cauldron from Linghua. He returned to the Firmament Empire to refine the Heavenly Dao Power within him, while Gu Linglong dealt with the sect's agents; a pillar of golden light then rose from the Emperor Palace.

• Chu Kuangren ignored the Heavenly Dao King's warning and destroyed the Heavenly Dao Sect with his Green Lotus Destructive Power.
• Linghua blocked the Heavenly Dao King's attack and challenged him to fight, while Chu Kuangren threatened to turn the Heavenly Spirit Forbidden Zone into purgatory if it harmed the Firmament Empire.
• Linghua gave Chu Kuangren the Heaven and Earth Cauldron, explaining that it had formed from the Chaos Green Lotus's lotus receptacle.
• Chu Kuangren returned to the Firmament Empire and planned to refine the Heavenly Dao Power within him, while Gu Linglong purged the sect's covert agents and pawns.
• A pillar of golden light rose from the Emperor Palace as Dao Sounds and auspicious visions appeared across the sky.

Chu Kuangren refined Heavenly Dao Power, strengthening Firmament Star and deciding to take Gu Linglong to the Immortal Realm for the World Child Contest. He left Elder Ruyan in charge of the Firmament Empire, then entered the Immortal Realm through the Southern Heavenly Gate amid an auspicious welcome.

• Chu Kuangren's refinement of Heavenly Dao Power strengthened Firmament Star's Heavenly Dao and filled the world with spiritual energy, allowing cultivators to advance.
• Chu Kuangren decided to settle the struggle at the World Child Contest and asked Gu Linglong to accompany him to the Immortal Realm.
• Chu Kuangren and Gu Linglong entrusted the Empire's affairs to Elder Ruyan, and Chu Kuangren healed her hidden injuries with Green Lotus Creation Power.
• Chu Kuangren reassured Gu Linglong that Senior Linghua was watching over the Empire against the Heavenly Dao King behind the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Chu Kuangren led Gu Linglong through the Southern Heavenly Gate, where the jade pillars came alive with dragons and phoenixes to welcome them.

Chu Kuangren returned to the Immortal Realm, causing the Four Heavenly Gates to shine and his name to appear on the Heavenly Secrets Ranking. His return shocked the Immortal Realm’s World Children, many of whom resolved to face him again or prepare for the changes he might bring.

• Chu Kuangren and Gu Linglong entered through the Southern Heavenly Gate, and all Four Heavenly Gates erupted with Immortal Radiance.
• The Heavenly Secrets Ranking added Chu Kuangren’s name, revealing that he was alive and shaking the Immortal Realm’s World Children.
• The Xuanyuan Heir rejoiced at Chu Kuangren’s survival and vowed to reclaim the Human Emperor Fate from him.
• Hua Xi considered how Chu Kuangren’s return would affect the World Child Contest and identified the Fuxi Qin in his possession as an obstacle to collecting the Ten Divine Artifacts.
• Lan Haifang, now the Soul Forbidden Zone’s Young Venerable, vowed to kill Chu Kuangren and erase her past humiliation.
• The Eastern Emperor Divine Son and the Great Fate Goddess reacted to Chu Kuangren’s return, while the Divine Son claimed he was now strong enough to defeat him.

While accompanying Gu Linglong through the Immortal Realm, Chu Kuangren learned that the Immortal Court’s Investiture of the Gods enslaved those listed and targeted the Hundred Schools Academy. When Ji Wuming marched on the Academy with a million troops, Chu Kuangren revealed that he was its Chief Disciple and headed out.

• Cultivators in a restaurant discussed the Investiture of the Gods, and Pan Yunlong explained that listed immortal officials became slaves bound to the Immortal Court.
• Pan Yunlong revealed that the Ji Family had targeted the Hundred Schools Academy and would kill those who refused to join the list.
• Chu Kuangren confirmed the truth of the Investiture of the Gods to Gu Linglong and recognized the threat to the Human Race.
• Pan Yunlong received word that Ji Wuming was leading a million troops toward the Academy to carry out the Investiture of the Gods.
• Chu Kuangren rose to leave for the Academy and told Gu Linglong that he was its Chief Disciple, shocking the nearby cultivators.

Chu Kuangren returned to the Hundred Schools Academy as Ji Wuming’s army attacked, determined to protect the Human Race from the Immortal Court. As the Academy’s leaders fought to evacuate their students, Chu Kuangren arrived to confront the Son of Heaven and his million-strong force.

• Chu Kuangren left a tavern for the Hundred Schools Academy, declaring that the Human Race must stand on its own, and Gu Linglong followed him.
• Ji Wuming led the Ji Family’s army to attack the Academy, intending to destroy it and claim its students for the Investiture of the Gods.
• Lü Zi decided to activate the Sage Words Grand Array and evacuate the students, while Cao Yun, Wang Heaven-Sinking, and Fu Yin agreed to hold off the army.
• The Academy’s Sage Words Grand Array shielded the grounds, but Ji Wuming and his forces attacked it as the four Great Encompassment cultivators defended the evacuation.
• Chu Kuangren appeared before Ji Wuming and rebuked him, announcing the return of the Academy’s Chief Disciple.

Chu Kuangren returned to the Hundred Schools Academy and crushed the Ji Family’s assault, killing Ji Wuming and shattering the million-strong army’s morale. The eight great generals were left trembling as the battle turned against them.

• Chu Kuangren arrived as the Heavenly Son’s army threatened the Hundred Schools Academy, lifting the academy’s morale.
• Ji Wuming attacked Chu Kuangren with the Heavenly Son Sword Art, but Chu Kuangren froze and shattered his sword light.
• Chu Kuangren slaughtered all three thousand Ji Family Heavenly Son Guards with a sweep of sword light.
• Ji Wuming fought Chu Kuangren with the Heavenly Son Sword Art and the Kongtong Seal, but Chu Kuangren broke his sword and sent him flying.
• Ji Wuming burned his life force and unleashed his strongest attack, but Chu Kuangren defeated him with the final form of Zhu Xian Sword Qi and killed him with a sword finger.
• The eight great generals lost their nerve, and fear drained the morale of the Ji Family’s million-strong army.