Chapter Summaries

Emperor Jianyuan learned that Wen Zhuyi was close to godhood and sought another way to unite yin and yang, while Lu Chen exploited the imperial palace’s weakened defenses to expose its Heaven-Gazing Hou and confront Consort Zhuang. The chapter left Lu Chen investigating the palace’s great array as Fang Buyuan and God-Tiger Chang uncovered Great Luo Divine Ants at Divine Outlook Temple.

• Emperor Jianyuan learned that Wen Zhuyi might soon ascend to godhood and raged over her union with Chu Xisheng, while Sleeping Dragon suggested Changsun Bingquan as another source of divine yin.
• Sleeping Dragon learned that Lu Chen had entered the Imperial City, wounded Consort Zhuang, and was trying to reach Zhengyuan Palace.
• Lu Chen killed the Heaven-Gazing Hou clone beneath Zhengyuan Palace, ordered Lu Yuan to document the evidence, and headed for Emperor Jianyuan’s sleeping quarters.
• Lu Chen confronted Consort Zhuang in Yan Ying Hall, but she fled north after his attacks disrupted her senses; he then went to inspect the Twelve-Capital Divine Dragon Nation-Guarding Grand Array.
• God-Tiger Chang broke into Divine Outlook Temple while Fang Buyuan used Heaven’s Vision and Earth’s Hearing to discover Great Luo Divine Ants imitating human officials, and the pair defeated a Blood-Winged Black Mosquito.

Chu Xisheng stopped Chu Yunyun and Wen Zhuyi from fighting, and Wen Suyi sealed part of Chu Yunyun’s curse before dissolving Extreme Eastern Ice City and entrusting its people to Chu Xisheng. Changsun Ruoli tried to reach her mother, but Li Ruochun confronted her and attacked her over the betrayal that had doomed the city.

• Chu Yunyun burst into Moon-Cool Hall and attacked Wen Zhuyi, while Chu Xisheng was thrown into an ice wall and struggled through the fight’s aftershocks.
• Chu Yunyun and Wen Zhuyi traded accusations and fought until Chu Xisheng defended his marriage to Yunyun and admitted he had chosen to help Wen Zhuyi.
• Wen Zhuyi revealed her true name, Wen Suyi, froze Chu Yunyun, and sealed roughly thirty percent of her divine poison and curse.
• Wen Suyi announced that Extreme Eastern Ice City was dissolved, directed its people to seek refuge with Chu Xisheng, and denounced Changsun Ruoli, Changsun Bingquan, and their allies as traitors.
• Changsun Ruoli freed herself from the ice and rushed toward Ice Profound Palace, but Li Ruochun stopped her and attacked her for betraying Wen Suyi and ruining Extreme Eastern Ice City.

After Wen Suyi sealed herself in profound ice, Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun discussed her survival, her plans, and the danger of escorting her to the Endless Icefield. As the displaced people and armies of the fallen Extreme Eastern Ice City began to withdraw, Changsun Ruolan submitted to Chu Xisheng and accepted command of the northern army’s retreat, while Chu Yunyun went to confront Dugu Shou.

• Chu Yunyun broke Wen Suyi out of the ice, then spared her and recognized that Wen Suyi had entrusted her Second Primordial Spirit to her Cold-Sealing Heavenly Order.
• Chu Yunyun explained to Chu Xisheng that Wen Suyi’s surviving Primordial Spirit could make him the True Spirit of the Cold-Sealing Method, then left to fight Dugu Shou.
• Chu Yunyun made Chu Xisheng rinse away Wen Suyi’s scent before kissing him, then warned him against having another woman without her permission by striking a punch that split the ice sheet for thousands of miles.
• Changsun Ruolan arrived at the ruined Ice Profound Palace, saw Wen Suyi sealed in ice, and bowed to Chu Xisheng, accepting his authority.
• Chu Xisheng assigned Changsun Ruolan to organize the northern army and protect the retreat routes for Ice City’s forces, and she promised to bring at least sixty percent of the soldiers under control.
• Chu Xisheng told Changsun Ruolan that Dugu Shou would probably be unable to interfere, as Chu Yunyun had gone to confront him.

As Great Ning prepared to exploit the reported collapse of the Extreme Eastern Ice City, Chu Yunyun challenged Grand Preceptor Dugu Shou outside Boshan Commandery and overwhelmed him in battle. She rejected his offer of amnesty, and Dugu Shou gathered his strength to resume the fight as Ice City’s troops began withdrawing.

• Shi Xuan announced Great Ning’s plan to attack the Ice City army after the news of Wen Suyi’s sealing spread.
• Chu Yunyun shattered Xuanhua Gate’s defenses and challenged Dugu Shou to fight outside the city.
• Dugu Shou recognized Chu Yunyun’s Divine-Intent Saber Heart and met her spear with his fists, but she forced him onto the defensive and damaged nearby court camps.
• Chu Yunyun’s battle with Dugu Shou steadied the Ice City soldiers, who began an orderly withdrawal from their camps.
• Dugu Shou offered Chu Yunyun and her husband amnesty and rule over the Northern Five Provinces, but Chu Yunyun rejected the offer and told him to surrender to her husband.
• Dugu Shou gave up on persuading Chu Yunyun and summoned his full strength to continue fighting.

Chu Xisheng organized Ice City's mass evacuation and sailed north aboard the Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship with Wen Zhuyi, while learning that powerful enemies might try to stop her from reaching eternity. The chapter ended as Wang Tiandong challenged Chu Xisheng, demanding Wen Zhuyi if he won.

• Chu Xisheng arranged Ice City's officials, supplies, guards, and militia to support the migration of its people toward Youzhou, Ice Province, and Yan Province.
• Chu Xisheng moved Wen Zhuyi's enormous block of mystic ice aboard Zong Sanping's Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship, where he teased Lu Luanli about marrying him and she angrily kicked him.
• Ye Zhiqiu warned that seven Transcendent Rank experts had gathered nearby, so Chu Xisheng ordered the ship toward Liangcheng Commandery to protect Ice City's retreating forces and carry Wen Zhuyi north.
• Chu Xisheng and his companions discussed the Chan Truth Two Ancestors' decree, which forbade Transcendent Rank humans from obstructing Wen Zhuyi but did not require them to help her.
• Wang Tiandong challenged Chu Xisheng in the clouds and said Wen Zhuyi would have to stay if he won, prompting Chu Xisheng to ready his twin sabers and manifest the Rahū Star God.

The divine cults issued rewards for killing Wen Suyi, Chu Xisheng, and Qin Muge, prompting alarm across Wang'an City as Chu Xisheng escorted Wen Suyi north. The Heavenly Secret Pavilion learned the gods were targeting Chu Xisheng because of his ranks on several Heavenly Dao steles, while his defeat of Wang Tiandong and the possibility of more Heavenly Ranking challengers left his journey under mounting threat.

• Twenty-three divine oracles appeared on Vermilion Bird Street, offering vast rewards for the deaths of Wen Suyi, Chu Xisheng, and Qin Muge, and martial cultivators argued over the threat to their Human Race.
• Hu Kan learned that Wang Tiandong had intercepted Chu Xisheng's Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship, while the crowd condemned Wang and placed bets on the fight and Wen Suyi's safe arrival.
• The Heavenly Secret Elder discovered that Chu Xisheng ranked highly on the Wish-Fulfillment, Yazi, Execution, Freezing, and Hundun Heavenly Steles, provoking the Lord of Purity and the other gods to target him.
• The Heavenly Secret Elder ordered the Heavenly Secret Pavilion to keep Chu Xisheng's Hundun cultivation secret and to spread the news of the steles to the sects gathering at Blood Bat Mountain.
• A report confirmed that Chu Xisheng defeated Wang Tiandong after their weapons broke; the Heavenly Secret Elder ordered Chu raised to Sixteenth on the Heavenly Ranking and identified Li Zhen'e and possibly Yu Duxing as future threats.

Chu Xisheng continued north aboard the Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship, defeating or outlasting successive Heavenly Ranking experts who had been sent to stop him and Wen Zhuyi. After Li Zhen'e and She Huayu both revealed that they had chosen not to obstruct Wen Zhuyi’s path to Dao, Chu Xisheng faced another opponent as the chapter ended.

• Chu Xisheng and his companions concluded that Wang Tiandong’s weapon had been sabotaged and that Lu Chen’s dream arts may have influenced him; Lu Luanli sensed her father’s power in the encounter.
• Feng San returned with Ji Yang’s tentacles, and Chu Xisheng began eating them to replenish his primordial yang while the ship continued north toward Li Zhen'e.
• Li Zhen'e transformed his body and attacked Chu Xisheng with the Golden Needle Sword, then exploded his body to escape Baizhu’s secret-art restrictions and left Chu Xisheng a message promising three medical treatments.
• News of Li Zhen'e’s defeat spread through Wang'an City, where people debated Chu Xisheng’s strength and learned that Golden Snake Heavenly Lord She Huayu was his next opponent.
• Chu Xisheng fought She Huayu in poisonous clouds and beheaded him, but She Huayu revealed that he had deliberately accepted defeat because he did not wish to obstruct Wen Zhuyi’s path to Dao.

Chu Xisheng defeated the Twin-Winged God-Killers, Situ Tiansheng and Situ Diguo, whose God-Slaying attack turned against them, then sensed another Heavenly Ranking opponent approaching. In Liangcheng Commandery, Changsun Ruoli weighed Qin Sheng’s offer of an alliance with Great Ning as Chu Xisheng’s victories threatened to unravel her position.

• Chu Xisheng fought Situ Tiansheng and Situ Diguo, disrupted their joint techniques with Intercepting Heaven, and prepared to counter their God-Slaying Ultimate Move.
• Situ Tiansheng and Situ Diguo’s attack went out of control and struck them instead, while Feng San suspected they had deliberately left a flaw to escape the gods’ control.
• Changsun Ruolan’s defection drew soldiers away from the Northern Army, and Changsun Ruoli found the remaining camps in disarray before meeting Changsun Bingquan’s commanders.
• Qin Sheng offered Changsun Ruoli and Changsun Bingquan an imperial amnesty, titles, and territory in exchange for their allegiance and an attack on Changsun Ruolan’s forces.
• A message reported that Chu Xisheng had killed Li Wudi, shaking Changsun Ruoli’s resolve as Qin Sheng urged her to act quickly.

At Blood Bat Mountain, Zong Shenhua tried to recruit the sect leaders into controlling Wen Zhuyi’s ascent to godhood, but several leaders rejected his plan. On Chu Xisheng’s journey north, Lang Beiwang died under the gods’ curse after playing his final piece, and Cang Haishi fought Chu Xisheng before killing himself and urging him to slaughter the giant spirits blocking his path.

• Zong Shenhua argued that the assembled sects should help Wen Zhuyi ascend to godhood while placing restrictive arts on her, but Chen Nailuo, Xie Tianqing, and Zhou Zhi opposed his proposal or left.
• Chu Xisheng met Cang Haishi and Lang Beiwang above Jiushan Commandery, where Lang revealed that a curse was killing him and asked Chu to pass his weapons and zither to his son, Lang Tianshou.
• Lang Beiwang played his final piece, then exploded into blood droplets and bloodworms; Cang Haishi destroyed the remains, and Chu Xisheng collected Lang’s artifacts for his son.
• Cang Haishi challenged Chu Xisheng to three strikes, but they exchanged five blows, and Cang recognized that Chu’s saber could eventually slay gods and demons.
• Cang Haishi warned Chu that first-rank giant spirits, including seven from the Foreign Races Heavenly Ranking, would block his route to the Li Tan Catacomb, then killed himself rather than submit to the gods.
• Chu Xisheng promised to slaughter the enemies ahead and roared in anguish as Cang Haishi’s body burned to ash.

After Lang Beiwang and Cang Haishi died resisting the gods’ orders to stop Chu Xisheng, the Divine Land’s factions split over whether to oppose the Giant Spirits or negotiate with them. Chu Xisheng gained a Wish-Fulfillment Divine Curse and new powers, and the chapter ended as six Giant Spirits appeared a thousand li ahead of him.

• Chen Nailuo and Wen Sansheng condemned the factions willing to cooperate with the Giant Spirits, then led more than twenty people out of Zong Shenhua’s gathering.
• Zong Shenhua defended his plan to negotiate with the Giant Spirits, while crowds in Wang'an City honored the fallen heroes and learned that Chu Xisheng had been ranked tenth on the Heavenly Ranking.
• The Heavenly Secret Elder learned that Chu Xisheng had become a Wish-Fulfillment True Spirit and discussed the mounting battles around Cangzhou with the Heavenly Stems Hall Master.
• Changsun Ruoli waited outside Changsun Ruolan’s mountain camp as Qin Sheng predicted Chu Xisheng would be killed before he could reach Giant Province.
• Chu Xisheng examined the God-Slaying move bestowed by Lang Beiwang, Cang Haishi’s Wish-Fulfillment Divine Curse, and a new Imitative Spirit Transformation Yin option in his Treasury.
• Feng San warned Chu Xisheng that six enormous Giant Spirits had appeared a thousand li ahead.

Chu Xisheng slaughtered six powerful Giant Spirits who tried to block his way, then learned that the Heavenly Secret Pavilion had ranked him tenth on the Heavenly Ranking. God Seven Killings and Turnwheel Star Lord decided he had to be eliminated, and sent Huang Tian Ting to intercept his ship.

• Ye Zhiqiu identified Huang Shilong and the other Giant Spirits as high-ranked opponents, and she repelled Huang Shilong's first attack on the Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship.
• Chu Xisheng faced the six Giant Spirits alone, using his saber arts, blood astral force, and zither music to kill them one after another in seven strikes.
• Chu Xisheng poured wine onto the deck as an offering to Lang Beiwang, then continued north after replenishing his primordial yang power.
• Zong Sanping told Chu Xisheng that the Heavenly Secret Pavilion had ranked him tenth and named him No Two Suns in the Sky, Unrivaled Past and Present.
• God Seven Killings and Turnwheel Star Lord watched the battle and agreed that Chu Xisheng had to be killed, despite Turnwheel Star Lord's suspicion that the journey might be a trap.
• Huang Tian Ting volunteered to intercept Chu Xisheng, and God Seven Killings sent him toward the Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship.

Changsun Ruoli ordered an assault on Changsun Ruolan’s camp, fearing Chu Xisheng would arrive before she could defeat the rebels. As Chu Xisheng met Huang Tian Ting, he used his newly strengthened cold arts to freeze the Giant Spirit and began pouring more power into the ice.

• Qin Sheng told Changsun Ruoli that Chu Xisheng had killed six powerful Giant Spirits and warned her that Huang Tian Ting was preparing to intercept him.
• Changsun Ruoli ordered her troops to attack Changsun Ruolan’s camp, and Changsun Ruolan watched her sister with anger and grief.
• News of Chu Xisheng’s victories spread through Wang'an City, where God-Tiger Chang borrowed more money from Fang Buyuan to bet on Chu Xisheng.
• Chu Xisheng sensed God Seven Killings suppressing his saber intent, saved two hundred Wish Stones, and used Heavenly Origin Points to strengthen his saber arts, Divine Heart, and cold-based abilities.
• Huang Tian Ting confronted Chu Xisheng and attacked the Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship, but Chu Xisheng answered with Cold Severance and sealed him inside a massive block of ice.
• Chu Xisheng drove his saber into the ice and continuously infused it with cold power, leaving Huang Tian Ting fearing he would be frozen to death.

Chu Xisheng froze Huang Tian Ting with a single strike, prompting Xie Zhenqing to report his strength and Qin Sheng’s forces to launch a desperate attack. As God Seven Killings weighed whether to intervene, he chose to meet the coming confrontation rather than withdraw.

• Chu Xisheng sealed Huang Tian Ting in a growing block of ice, and Xie Zhenqing sent Martial Discourse Tower a report on his strength and techniques.
• Xie Zhenqing watched Chu Xisheng fly onward atop the ice and reconsidered her family’s warnings not to oppose him.
• Qin Sheng told Changsun Ruoli that Chu Xisheng had defeated Huang Tian Ting, and she ordered the Xuangui Army and Qin Sheng’s troops to attack the camp regardless of casualties.
• Turnwheel Star Lord asked God Seven Killings to free Huang Tian Ting, but God Seven Killings refused and explained that only a demigod could kill Chu Xisheng.
• Turnwheel Star Lord described the resistance posed by Li Changsheng and Su Fengdao, while God Seven Killings urged him to choose between fighting and retreating.
• God Seven Killings took up one of the seven swords and decided to test the trap set for him and confront the enemy.

Emperor Jianyuan returned to Wang'an City and faced a growing political crisis as Chu Xisheng’s success and the sects’ demands threatened Great Ning’s rule. Meanwhile, Chu Xisheng’s escort north was ambushed by the Seven Killings and Turnwheel Star Lords, but the Formless Divine Sect’s hidden defenses revealed an unexpected dual True Spirit.

• Emperor Jianyuan learned that Chu Xisheng had frozen Huang Tian Ting and privately worried that Chu had gained the power meant for him.
• Consort Zhuang told Emperor Jianyuan that major sects and clans demanded an accounting for the court’s alleged collusion with the Giant Spirits, and he planned to deny responsibility and redirect their attention.
• Chu Xisheng considered spending his Wish Stones to master Wen Suyi’s cold-sealing techniques, then abandoned the idea and continued freezing Huang Tian Ting.
• The Seven Killings Star Lord and Turnwheel Star Lord attacked the Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship, but Jian Zangfeng’s Heaven-Measuring power and Lu Luanli’s Heaven-Rending Purple-Gold Hammer disrupted their assault.
• The Taiwei Enclosure’s Three Emperors’ Divine Eyes struck the Turnwheel Star Lord, and the Seven Killings Star Lord intervened before the attack could kill him.
• Jian Zangfeng revealed a second divine sword and weakened the Seven Killings Star Lord’s power, exposing himself as a dual True Spirit of Heaven-Pacifying and Heaven-Measuring.

Chu Xisheng and his allies overwhelmed the weakened Seven Killings Star Lord and Turnwheel Star Lord through coordinated attacks, temporal interference, and Jian Zangfeng’s Heaven-Regulating sword art. Turnwheel Star Lord died, while Shi Zhiming captured Seven Killings Star Lord’s severed arm as the promised payment and a bargaining chip for reclaiming the Chronos Divine Disk.

• Chu Xisheng fought Seven Killings Star Lord head-on, healing his wounds as the two exchanged devastating blows.
• Mai Danshu’s Heaven-Covering sword intent appeared, and Jian Zangfeng’s Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship kept Turnwheel Star Lord from intervening.
• Shi Zhiming emerged from the past to hinder Seven Killings Star Lord, while a dragon-shaped attack struck him and Jian Zangfeng erased Heaven-Covering Arts within two thousand li.
• Chu Xisheng’s Divine Mirror Heavenly Saber gathered hostile killing intent across a vast area, prompting Qin Sheng and Dugu Shou to order their troops to scatter.
• Chu Yunyun arrived and killed Turnwheel Star Lord with the God-Defying Banner Spear after Chu Xisheng’s saber strike disrupted him.
• Chu Xisheng struck Seven Killings Star Lord with another Divine-Intent Saber, and Shi Zhiming crushed his head and sealed the severed arm.

Chu Xisheng used the Divine Mirror Heavenly Saber to kill enemy forces across the battlefield, then negotiated with Shi Zhiming and watched Jian Zangfeng’s hidden strength cause friction with Ye Zhiqiu. After the battle, Chu Xisheng discovered his fortune had risen to supreme, leaving him puzzled by the Primordial Profound Goddess’s favor despite his aid to Zhu Guangyin.

• Chu Xisheng seized God Seven Killings’ seven swords, slew fourteen Giant Spirits, and struck down tens of thousands of Great Ning soldiers with repeated saber attacks.
• Changsun Ruoli escaped Chu Xisheng’s strike with the Heavenly Dipper Art, while Changsun Ruolan pursued the leaderless rebels and Ice City soldiers came out to accept their surrender.
• Chu Yunyun gave Shi Zhiming the Heavenly Cycle Divine Wheel in exchange for a Divine Covenant promising Chu Xisheng and her temporal sequence true spirit standings; Shi Zhiming also gave Chu Xisheng a Turnwheel Dao Beacon.
• Chu Yunyun praised Jian Zangfeng’s three true spirit standings, but Ye Zhiqiu grew angry at his concealed strength and he hurried after her; Chu Yunyun then left after looking at Wen Zhuyi frozen in ice.
• Chu Xisheng checked his rising Heavenly Origin Points and Wish Stones, then discovered his Primordial Divine Fortune had advanced to supreme and granted him the Primordial Profound Goddess’s protection.

After Chu Xisheng and his allies killed Turnwheel Star Lord and captured Seven Killings’ divine hand, news of the battle spread and Emperor Jianyuan began preparing to counter Chu Xisheng’s growing power. Meanwhile, Shen Jingli was ordered to recover Seven Killings’ arm from Chu Xisheng as she prepared to descend to the Mortal Realm to kill him.

• The Heavenly Secret Elder and the Heavenly Stems Hall Master discussed the gods’ losses and planned to rank Chu Xisheng among the Heavenly Ranking’s top five while limiting what the Heavenly Secret Martial Manual revealed.
• Martial cultivators in Wang’an City spread news that Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun had slain Turnwheel Star Lord and captured a manifestation of Seven Killings, while Emperor Jianyuan learned of Chu Xisheng’s victories and growing army.
• Emperor Jianyuan asked Yu Kunlun how to counter the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber, then considered mass-producing Bamboo-Stone War Puppets and using a Heaven-Gazing Hou army.
• Shen Jingli learned that Cang Haishi’s death had cost her a portion of wish-fulfillment divine source, and she asked Shen Putian to watch the Old Sage, the Primordial Profound Goddess, and Chu Xisheng.
• Baizhu summoned Shen Jingli and ordered her to recover Seven Killings’ divine hand from Chu Xisheng while she descended to the Mortal Realm to eliminate him.

Chu Xisheng left Wen Suyi protected in the Li Tan Catacomb and persuaded Lu Luanli to accompany him while he sought secret medicine to advance his cultivation. At Mount Buzhou, he subdued Huang Tianqi and declared that he would use the Grayblood Clan chief’s blood to refine secret medicine, then challenged the Southern Heavenly Emperor Huang Tianyan to come fight him.

• Luo Hanzong and the spellcasters’ academy completed an array around Wen Suyi, while the Formless Divine Sect prepared to guard her and the Eastmost Icefield.
• After Chu Yunyun departed, Chu Xisheng asked Lu Luanli to accompany him on a journey to find secret medicine and strengthen their cultivation.
• Chu Xisheng explained that Jian Zangfeng would manage the Iron Banner Gang’s internal affairs and that he had become a true spirit of Hundun, easing Lu Luanli’s concerns about leaving the gang.
• At Mount Buzhou, Chu Xisheng identified Grayblood Clan chief Huang Tianqi as a source of upper third-grade secret medicine because of his powerful Hundun bloodline.
• Chu Xisheng’s saber intent forced Huang Tianqi to kneel and kept the Grayblood Giant Spirits at bay as he announced that he would take Huang Tianqi’s blood.
• Chu Xisheng called out to Huang Tianyan and challenged the Southern Heavenly Emperor to come down from Mount Buzhou and fight him.

Chu Xisheng forced Mount Buzhou’s leaders to watch in silence as he killed Huang Tianqi and refined his blood into a Hundun Bloodstone. He then drank the completed secret medicine and slaughtered the Grayblood Tribe’s able-bodied warriors, leaving Mount Buzhou’s response unresolved.

• Huang Tianyan restrained his anger after his ministers warned him that Chu Xisheng was prepared to exploit the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber and that the Fire God Yanrong’s resurrection was their priority.
• Chu Xisheng challenged Huang Tianyan and Mount Buzhou’s other powerhouses, but none dared confront him, while the Grayblood Tribe’s slaves and warriors watched in disbelief.
• Chu Xisheng declared that he would kill the Grayblood Tribe’s able-bodied adults, then killed resisting First-Rank Giant Spirits and their Imperial Guards as Huang Tianqi struggled against his saber intent.
• Chu Xisheng beheaded Huang Tianqi, drew out his blood and vital energy to create a Hundun Bloodstone, and mixed it with prepared ingredients to make a secret medicine.
• Chu Xisheng drank the medicine, and his saber intent killed the hundred thousand Giant Spirit Young Warriors around him as his blood-red wings devoured their blood, vital energy, and Essence Souls.

Chu Xisheng advanced to upper third grade and confronted Huang Tianyan outside the Divine Emperor Palace, forcing Mount Buzhou to return stolen Poison Pearls and Heaven-Gazing Hou clones. He also demanded an end to Mount Buzhou’s abuses of humans, then departed with Lu Luanli while anticipating another battle.

• Chu Xisheng advanced to upper third grade, strengthened his golden body, and demonstrated his new saber move, Limitless Divine Vortex.
• Chu Xisheng challenged Huang Tianyan outside the Divine Emperor Palace, and their powers shattered many of its restrictive barriers before they agreed to negotiate.
• Huang Tianyan returned twenty-two Poison Pearls, experimental records, and three Heaven-Gazing Hou clones, but said the two remaining Poison Pearls were in the Divine Land.
• Chu Xisheng demanded that Mount Buzhou stop sacrificing humans, obstructing their cultivation, and preventing them from traveling south, threatening to slaughter any clan that disobeyed.
• Chu Xisheng returned to the Sun-Bathing Divine Vessel and explained to Lu Luanli that he had pressured Mount Buzhou to stir its internal conflicts; he said he might need her Divine Treasure for another battle.
• Huang Tianyan watched Chu Xisheng depart into the clouds, then transformed into blazing flames.