Chapter Summaries

Chu Xisheng prepared to reach Tai Sui in the depths of the Heavenless Black Prison and sensed Wen Suyi had achieved Illuminating Eternity. When a Wild God hunting party tracked him down, he annihilated them with a Star God formed from the Wooden Sword Immortal’s power and rescued Shen Yingluo and Shen Ruoyin.

• Chu Xisheng concluded that Tai Sui was likely an ancient Human Race God-Emperor and decided to reach it by passing through the prison’s crystalline layers with its tentacles.
• Chu Xisheng said he needed a day to improve his saber techniques and Intercepting Heaven True Intent, while Lu Luanli rested and studied wood arts aboard her Flying Vessel.
• Chu Xisheng sensed that Wen Suyi had achieved Illuminating Eternity and that the Wooden Sword Immortal would descend within twelve to fifteen double-hours.
• A message warned Chu Xisheng that a Hunting Group had captured the Moonshadow Clan sisters and was tracking him through his Moon Yin Curse Mark, so he waited for the Wild Gods to arrive.
• Chu Xisheng summoned a Star God resembling the Southern Pole Longevity Great Emperor and killed the Long-Armed Divine Ape and the surrounding Wild Gods, including one who tried to contact Sheyuan.
• Chu Xisheng questioned the surviving sisters, Shen Yingluo and Shen Ruoyin, and learned that both had substantial Human Race blood.

Chu Xisheng freed Shen Yingluo and Shen Ruoyin, who offered to contact the Blood Ding Group and its leader, Divine Gold Ding, about a passage out of the Heavenless Black Prison and a method for cleansing turbid qi. As Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli prepared to leave, the South Pole Star Lord tracked him to Tai Sui, while Tai Sui’s tentacles seized Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli and dragged them through the void.

• Chu Xisheng freed Shen Yingluo and Shen Ruoyin and offered their Moonshadow Clan the protection of Wen Suyi in exchange for loyal service.
• Shen Ruoyin told Chu Xisheng about the Blood Ding Group’s passage and its method for cleansing turbid qi, and Shen Yingluo offered to persuade Divine Gold Ding to help him.
• Chu Xisheng sent the sisters away to contact him through the new Southern Pole Emperor, then continued onward with Lu Luanli as Divine Sins gathered nearby.
• The South Pole Star Lord and a black-robed man found traces of Chu Xisheng and calculated that he could be found at Tai Sui.
• Chu Xisheng comprehended the Thirty-Second Layer of Intercepting Heaven Sword Intent and created the eleventh Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber form, Divine-Intent Origin-Banning.
• Lu Luanli prepared her Heavenly Dipper Arts, but Tai Sui’s tentacles stopped Chu Xisheng from cutting through spacetime and dragged him and Lu Luanli into the void.

Emperor Jianyuan faced a cascade of setbacks for Great Ning while Imperial Preceptor Yu Kunlun hesitated to abandon his old allegiance. In the Heavenless Black Prison, Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli reached Tai Sui and discovered an ancient Blasphemy Stele depicting a disturbing account of Pangu’s death.

• Emperor Jianyuan received reports of the Wooden Sword Immortal forging a star, Ming Qianqiu and his subjects condensing stars, Chu Xisheng achieving Yin-Yang Unity, Si Huangquan becoming a Netherworld Phoenix, and Wen Suyi ascending to godhood.
• Yue Xiner assured Emperor Jianyuan that Chu Xisheng would die, but he doubted her confidence and considered how the Gods’ hatred of Chu Xisheng might preserve Great Ning as their puppet.
• Ji Yang confronted Imperial Preceptor Yu Kunlun and urged him to stop serving Emperor Jianyuan, but Yu Kunlun refused to leave her way and believed it was too late to turn back.
• Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli entered the deepest reaches of the Heavenless Black Prison, where the Azure Dragon Star Lord helped shield them from the dense turbid qi.
• The Azure Dragon Star Lord identified Tai Sui as the remains of the Ninth Generation Heavenly Emperor, Shen Yu, and recognized a Blasphemy Stele beside a Divine Firmament Stele.
• Chu Xisheng examined the Blasphemy Stele and saw images claiming the Twelve Ancestral Gods and Nine Sons of the Dragon had devoured Pangu, while the Azure Dragon Star Lord explained that the stele could purify and advance Pangu bloodlines.

Chu Xisheng encountered a mysterious crone who gave him a powerful saber capable of breaking the Human Race's bloodline curse, but he chose to leave the curse intact to avoid a catastrophe. After collecting two ancient steles, he prepared to advance to First-Rank Lower in the Heavenless Black Prison, only for South Pole Star Lord and another dangerous figure to arrive.

• Azure Dragon Star Lord explained that the Blasphemy Stele and Divine Firmament Stele contained Pangu's remains and could strengthen Chu Xisheng's Divine Covenant Heavenly Stele.
• Chu Xisheng, Lu Luanli, and Azure Dragon Star Lord entered a stone hall and met a mysterious crone whose power rivaled the Ancestral Gods.
• The crone identified the Divine Curse Stele as the seal on human bloodlines and the Origin Blood Stele as the seal on the descendants of chaos giant gods.
• The crone gave Chu Xisheng the Heaven-Heart Profound-Exterminating Saber, explained that he could use it to destroy the Divine Curse Stele, and vanished.
• Chu Xisheng began refining the saber but refused to break the human bloodline seal because empowering the enormous human population would overwhelm the world.
• Chu Xisheng collected the two outside steles and prepared to advance to First-Rank Lower before South Pole Star Lord appeared with his Stone Sophora tree true body and a dangerous black figure.

Chu Xisheng used a divine source to travel through the River of Time, return to the present, and break into First-Rank during the battle in the Heavenless Black Prison. As Shen Tianhuai and Shen Julong closed in, Chu Xisheng rekindled his divine power ten times and began forcing open the Gate of Eternity.

• Sheyuan and the Ice God Black Emperor learned that Chu Xisheng would return to the past and attain First-Rank, while Shiyin intervened to prevent them from reaching the River of Time.
• Lu Luanli retreated into the Stone Hall and began turning it into her ritual altar as Chu Xisheng and the Azure Dragon Star Lord faced Shen Tianhuai and Shen Julong.
• The Blood Pine Tree blocked Shen Julong while Chu Xisheng crushed the jade bottle and experienced a journey through the past, returning to the present with First-Rank cultivation and a newly formed inner world.
• Shen Julong and Shen Tianhuai pressed their attack as the Azure Dragon Star Lord weakened, and Chu Xisheng repeatedly rekindled his divine power.
• Chu Xisheng reached the demigod peak and, after ten rounds of Divine Power Rekindling, began forcing open the Gate of Eternity.

Chu Xisheng reached First-Rank and used his power over the Yazi and Hundun Heavenly Rules to overwhelm South Pole Star Lord and reveal himself as the Sacred Lord of Yazi. As God Goulong tried to escape, Chu Xisheng sealed the Grand Void, allowing Lu Luanli, Azure Dragon Star Lord, and the Blood Pine to cut him down.

• Chu Xisheng entered Celestial Person Unity and reflected South Pole Star Lord's attacks with the Yazi Saber, leaving South Pole Star Lord badly injured by his own power.
• The God of Mountains and State Altars recognized that Chu Xisheng had become the Sage of the Yazi Heavenly Rule, while Azure Dragon Star Lord realized Chu Xisheng had already advanced to First-Rank.
• Chu Xisheng used the Hundun Heaven Saber to shatter South Pole Star Lord's Stone Sophora body and displayed a second phantom as a candidate for Sagehood of the Hundun Heavenly Rule.
• Chu Xisheng used the Heaven-Heart Profound-Exterminating Saber to seal the Grand Void and stop the God of Mountains and State Altars from escaping.
• Lu Luanli disrupted God Goulong's vital energy, Azure Dragon Star Lord struck him, and the Blood Pine sliced his divine body into ten pieces with the Nine Luminaries Divine Wheel Swords.

The Gods learned that Chu Xisheng had killed the South Pole Star Lord and the God of Mountains and State Altars, while the Heavenly Dao Stele Forest revealed Chu Xisheng and other humans rising to prominence. After purging the curses from her body, Chu Yunyun grew stronger, and Chu Xisheng discovered that Tai Sui contained the remains of both Shen Yu and the Central Heaven Purple Tenuity Great Emperor, leaving him horrified and enraged.

• The Ice God Black Emperor and Void God Sheyuan sensed the South Pole Star Lord's death, then learned that Chu Yunyun had helped Chu Xisheng and that he had become the Sage of the Yazi Heavenly Order.
• The Ice God Black Emperor and Sheyuan saw Chu Yunyun's name inscribed on the Heaven-Creation Dao Stele, Chu Xisheng nearing the fifth layer on the Yazi Stele, and several other humans ranked among powerful Heavenly Orders.
• The White Emperor's Son planted a new Blade Dao Stele in the Heavenly Dao Stele Forest, and Sheyuan considered seeking control of Tai Sui to kill Chu Xisheng.
• Chu Yunyun expelled the Divine Poison and Divine Curse from her body, broke through the Mortal-Divine Boundary, and chose not to advance to Eternity yet.
• Chu Xisheng reviewed the improvements to his Character Panel, and Lu Luanli extracted heartwood from the Stone Sophora before they approached Tai Sui.
• Chu Xisheng entered the Dream Realm through Tai Sui and discovered that it contained the remains of Shen Yu and the Central Heaven Purple Tenuity Great Emperor.

Chu Xisheng discovered that Tai Sui held the refined remains of two Human Race God-Emperors, whose blessings greatly strengthened his Wish-Fulfillment power. After traveling through the Heavenless Black Prison to find Shen Yingluo and Shen Ruoyin, he arrived as the Blood-Ding Hunting Group fought the Heavenly Shadow Star Lord, who fled upon recognizing him.

• Chu Xisheng learned that the Gods had refined the Ninth Generation Heavenly Emperor and the first Purple Tenuity God-Emperor into Tai Sui, and he realized their blessings had greatly enhanced his Divine Heart and Wish-Fulfillment power.
• Chu Xisheng took Lu Luanli through the Heavenless Black Prison, using his Heavenly Orders to evade Divine Sins and recovering his True Essence with the Blood of Eternal Ages.
• Lu Luanli summoned the Azure Dragon Star Lord into her sleeve, and Chu Xisheng traveled with her to find Shen Yingluo, Shen Ruoyin, and the Blood-Ding Hunting Group.
• Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli emerged amid a battle where the Blood-Ding Hunting Group and the Shen sisters were besieged by the Heavenly Shadow Star Lord and Divine Sins.
• The Heavenly Shadow Star Lord recognized Chu Xisheng and fled to summon reinforcements, while Chu Xisheng locked onto him and raised his saber.

Chu Xisheng trapped the Heavenly Shadow Star Lord in a severed space-time pocket and drove him from hiding with the Wish-Fulfillment Method, then let Divine Gold Ding attack him. After learning how Divine Gold Ding cleansed turbid qi and planned to escape the Heavenless Black Prison, Chu Xisheng watched as the Heavenly Shadow Star Lord neared annihilation.

• Chu Xisheng severed a five-hundred-li section of temporal sequence void, trapping the Heavenly Shadow Star Lord and everyone nearby.
• Chu Xisheng flooded the void with light through the Wish-Fulfillment Method, exposing the Heavenly Shadow Star Lord’s hiding places and preventing his escape.
• Chu Xisheng asked Divine Gold Ding to finish the Heavenly Shadow Star Lord, and Divine Gold Ding used his Heaven-Refining Method to suppress him with golden dings.
• Divine Gold Ding explained that Jingkong’s heavenly eye, Hundun’s clear qi, and his own refining ability let them extract artifact materials from Divine Sins.
• Divine Gold Ding revealed that he controlled a weak passage through the Heavenless Black Prison’s barrier and planned to use the Divine Sins to lure away Tai Sui and the Yuanchen Year God.
• The Heavenly Shadow Star Lord screamed in agony as he approached annihilation.

Divine Gold Ding refined Heavenly Shadow Star Lord into a Bone Sword for Lu Luanli, then led Chu Xisheng and the others out of the Heavenless Black Prison while Void God Sheyuan and Ice God Black Emperor attacked them. They reached the Demon Realm Battleworld with help from Wen Suyi and Weapon God Li Tan, while Song Yannian completed his transformation into Southern Pole Longevity.

• Divine Gold Ding forged Heavenly Shadow Star Lord's remains into a Bone Sword and presented it to Lu Luanli, who accepted it.
• Chu Xisheng agreed to consider helping Divine Gold Ding complete the Heaven-Refining Secret Ritual if he gave a sufficient reason, and Divine Gold Ding opened a route out of the Heavenless Black Prison.
• Void God Sheyuan attacked the group as they crossed the spacetime barrier, while Shen Jingkong used her celestial eye and Hundun vapor to divert Tai Sui's tentacles.
• Ice God Black Emperor struck at the escaping group, but Wen Suyi appeared and froze his cold long enough for them to press onward.
• Void God Sheyuan nearly tore Chu Xisheng apart, but Weapon God Li Tan's Divine Domain stabilized the area and drove Sheyuan back as the group reached the Demon Realm Battleworld.
• Song Yannian completed his star and became Southern Pole Longevity after Chu Xisheng's group escaped the immediate danger.

After the Wooden Sword Immortal condensed a star and the Human Race gained new hope, Old Sage died to secure his legacy and Emperor Jianyuan faced the loss of political support. Three days later, Chu Xisheng prepared to return to the Mortal Realm, leaving Wen Suyi as the story turned toward the Great Law Dynasty’s growing legitimacy and the dangers still posed by the gods.

• Weapon God Ziyu and Demon God Zangtian celebrated the Human Race’s victory, then learned that Old Sage had fallen; Zangtian vowed to wait patiently now that he had seen hope.
• Shen Bore discovered that Old Sage had sacrificed himself to make a heavenly order dharma aspect the successor to his Talisman Heaven and Formation Heaven arts, while Wooden Sword Immortal Song Yannian mourned being unable to meet him again.
• Emperor Jianyuan questioned whether Imperial Preceptor Yu Kunlun would remain loyal if he sought the gods’ aid, while the Origin-Returning Sword Sect and Dutian Divine Palace declared the Great Law Dynasty the Human Race’s rightful dynasty and rejected those serving Great Ning.
• Three days after the battle, Chu Xisheng lay recovering with Wen Suyi, who asked him to delay his return; he decided to leave soon, citing the danger from the gods and his desire to reunite with Chu Yunyun and Lu Luanli.

Chu Xisheng met with Li Tan and Si Huangquan after rewarding his subordinates, but learned that Zangtian was gravely afflicted by baleful spirits intertwined with Shen Bore’s Heaven-Deceiving Method. Li Tan said unsealing the human Ancestral God Diwa could save Zangtian, and Chu Xisheng realized his imitative spirit transformation yin might help break the gods’ seal.

• Chu Xisheng left Wen Suyi’s palace, recovered his vitality, rewarded Divine Gold Ding and the others, and gave them instructions.
• Lu Luanli emerged from seclusion as Li Tan and Si Huangquan arrived; Zangtian and Ziyu missed the meeting because they were recovering from their injuries.
• Li Tan explained that Zangtian was in terrible condition and gave Chu Xisheng three drops of Zangtian’s essence blood, which contained dense baleful spirits.
• Chu Xisheng and Divine Gold Ding failed to remove the baleful spirits, which were fused with Zangtian’s body and soul and concealed Shen Bore’s Heaven-Deceiving Method.
• Li Tan said unsealing Diwa was the only way to stop Zangtian’s demonic corruption and that Chu Xisheng’s yin-yang unity could break the gods’ seal.
• Chu Xisheng considered whether the imitative spirit transformation yin technique in his Martial Dao Treasury could help unseal Diwa.

Chu Xisheng returned to the Mortal Realm to a triumphant welcome and began planning a northern expedition and a Blood-Burning Ritual. He then found Chu Yunyun unconscious and gravely wounded, while Li Mountain Old Mother said she had known nothing about it.

• Chu Xisheng pondered the mysteries surrounding Chu Fengge, Old Sage, and the Lord of Ten Thousand Deceptions Who Deceives Heaven before discussing plans with Li Tan and Si Huangquan.
• Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli returned to the Mortal Realm, where Ji Qianqian and the people of Qinhuai Commandery welcomed them as heroes.
• Chu Xisheng learned that the autumn harvest was expected to be abundant, ordered preparations for a Blood-Burning Ritual, and told his officials to plan a northern expedition while warning them about the Gods.
• Chu Xisheng entered the Central Palace and found Chu Yunyun unconscious, badly wounded, and surrounded by expelled Heavenly Order Divine Power.
• Chu Xisheng contacted Li Mountain Old Mother, who said she had not known Chu Yunyun was injured and that both of them had escaped the battle at Mount Buzhou unharmed.

Chu Xisheng learned that Chu Yunyun had fought the Timekeeping Star Lord at Blood Bat Mountain and healed her injuries. After she woke, Chu Yunyun surprised him by overpowering him and kissing him, but Lu Luanli interrupted before Chu Xisheng shut the doors and resumed their embrace.

• Chu Xisheng questioned the Heaven-Mandated Dice Artifact Spirit and learned Chu Yunyun had gone northwest to Blood Bat Mountain after Mount Buzhou.
• Li Mountain Old Mother reported that the Timekeeping Star Lord’s incarnation had fled Blood Bat Mountain badly wounded, confirming he had fought Chu Yunyun.
• Chu Xisheng used the Twelve Dragon Divine Heavenly Guard and Wish-Fulfillment Method to heal Chu Yunyun and change her clothes.
• Chu Yunyun woke and explained that her bloodline strengthened Eternal Ages, then ordered Bai Xiao Zhao and Little Flathead out of the hall.
• Chu Yunyun shattered Chu Xisheng’s defenses, caught him, and kissed him, but Lu Luanli entered and interrupted them.
• Chu Xisheng pounced on Chu Yunyun after Lu Luanli left and shut the hall doors.

After cultivating with Chu Yunyun, Chu Xisheng gained major bloodline and cultivation advances and received powerful resources she had seized from Blood Bat Mountain. He focused on delaying Zangtian’s demonic degeneration and strengthening the Great Law Dynasty, then refined his Twelve Dragon Divine Heavenly Guard before the Human Race’s sects arrived to take part in the Blasphemy Stele ritual.

• Chu Xisheng discovered that his Blood of Eternal Ages had awakened the Heavenly Dao ability, greatly strengthening his powers and giving him a temporal save point.
• Chu Yunyun hid under the quilt in embarrassment after their cultivation disturbed the Central Palace’s protective array, then gave Chu Xisheng three Great Sun Divine Cores and God-Emperor-level divine blood from Blood Bat Mountain.
• Chu Yunyun told Chu Xisheng that she had severely injured Blood Bat Mountain’s three Demon Gods, killed seven of its twelve First-Rank Supreme Elders, and driven Zong Shenhua away; Chu Xisheng decided the sect should be investigated and eradicated.
• Chu Xisheng decided to hold steady while preparing for Zangtian’s demonic degeneration, improving his own strength, and investigating why several gods had chosen this time to revive.
• Chu Xisheng returned to court and spent ten days rebuilding his Twelve Dragon Divine Heavenly Guard to better integrate with his own Martial Dao.
• Li Changsheng, Chen Nailuo, and other Divine Sect leaders arrived in Qinhuai with their martial cultivators and Saint Inheritance disciples to participate in the Blasphemy Stele ritual.

Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun led hundreds of human martial cultivators through a Blood-Burning Ritual centered on the Blasphemy Stele, greatly strengthening their bloodlines and the Great Law Dynasty’s standing. Afterward, Chu Xisheng offered Chu Ming a dangerous way to turn her extreme yin into yang, though not to restore her to life.

• Chu Yunyun emerged from the Central Palace and joined Lu Luanli beside the Blasphemy Stele before the ritual began.
• Luo Hanzong poured the Timekeeping Star Lord’s blood onto the Blasphemy Stele, and the participating martial cultivators endured its visions while strengthening their bloodlines.
• Li Changsheng urged Chu Xisheng to awaken the sleeping Transcendent Rank cultivators of the True Sect and Chan Sect, but Chu Xisheng said the Mortal Realm could not bear it yet.
• Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun remained at the ritual altar longer than the other participants, and Chu Xisheng raised nearly all his bloodline talents to the thirty-second rank.
• After the ritual, Chu Xisheng received the gratitude of the gathered martial cultivators and recognized that their allegiance had strengthened the Great Law Dynasty’s dragon qi.
• Chu Xisheng offered Chu Ming a Great Sun Divine Core and proposed a risky method to turn her extreme yin into yang.

Chu Xisheng oversaw a five-day transformation that made Chu Ming far stronger, though he refused to restore her to ordinary life, then prepared to confront the two Bai Lingxis over Guixu. Aboard the Sun-Bathing Divine Vessel, he asked which Bai Lingxi was the real Pure and Clear Lord of Wish-Fulfillment, and the gathering turned hostile.

• Chu Xisheng and the gathered Spellcasters used the Great Sun Divine Core and Wish-Fulfillment Heavenly Order to give Chu Ming an incomplete Inner World and greatly increase her combat strength.
• Chu Xisheng warned Si Huangquan that Nine-Phoenix had completed Nirvana, then continued modifying Great Sun Divine Cores and other artifacts.
• After receiving the two Bai Lingxis’ reports that they had pacified Hezhou, Chu Xisheng decided to address them alongside the matter of Guixu.
• Two months later, Chu Xisheng traveled to Guixu aboard the modified Sun-Bathing Divine Vessel with Chu Ming, Feng San, and both Bai Lingxis.
• Chu Xisheng asked which Bai Lingxi was the real Pure and Clear Lord of Wish-Fulfillment, and both women reacted sharply as Chu Ming readied herself for a fight.

Chu Xisheng rewarded Bai Lingxi Number One and Bai Lingxi Number Two for taking Hezhou, then brought them and Feng San into Guixu to meet Hou Qing and Han Ba. As Chu Xisheng entered a dreamlike state before the Ruin Core, Han Ba revealed that he had advanced to First-Rank Upper.

• Chu Xisheng suspected the Bai Lingxis were connected to the Pure and Clear Lord of Wish-Fulfillment but rewarded them with noble titles and positions as Dragon Guard war generals.
• Chu Xisheng placed Bai Lingxi Number One and Bai Lingxi Number Two under Feng San's command and told him to make use of them and uncover their identities.
• Chu Xisheng learned that the Gods had taken the Heaven-Monitoring Divine Eye and were preparing to resurrect Rahū, then asked his contact to keep watching the matter.
• Chu Xisheng traveled into Guixu and reached Hou Qing and Han Ba at Ruin Heart, where he sensed that the Ruin Core contained the Eighth Generation Heavenly Emperor's copied Heavenly Dao and an undying strand of his True Spirit.
• Chu Xisheng closed his eyes and appeared to enter a dream; when Hou Qing tried to probe him, Chu Ming struck at him and the Bai Lingxis shielded Chu Xisheng.
• Han Ba announced that Chu Xisheng had advanced to First-Rank Upper, leaving Hou Qing alarmed by the extent of his strength.

Chu Xisheng contacted Taihuang's remaining true spirit and tested a way to complete the ruin core's replicated Heavenly Dao, but still lacked the power to carry it out. He offered Han Ba and Hou Qing an alternative transformation under his control, then revealed that the Timekeeping Star Lord's true-soul incarnation was hiding inside the ruin core.

• Chu Xisheng reviewed his advancement to First-Rank Upper, his four completed battle diagrams, and his ability to enter the demigod tier whenever he wished.
• Chu Xisheng entered Taihuang Hall, found that Taihuang's true spirit had lost its self, and gained further strength in his divine heart and God-Slaying Blood Astral Force.
• Chu Xisheng used the Eastern Emperor essence soul to test completing Taihuang's replicated Heavenly Dao, but concluded that he needed a stronger heavenly order and primordial spirit.
• Chu Xisheng refused to spend national fortune or the Creation Mother Tree's primordial qi on Han Ba and Hou Qing, offering instead a transformation like Chu Ming's that would temporarily place them under his control.
• Hou Qing requested time to consider after Chu Xisheng offered one remaining Great Sun Divine Core and the prospect of eventual resurrection in exchange for sufficient merit.
• Chu Xisheng departed Guixu and told his companions that the Timekeeping Star Lord's true-soul incarnation was hiding inside the ruin core.

Chu Xisheng learned that Hou Qing and Han Ba planned to help Emperor Jianyuan complete a Heaven-Gazing Hou clone, while the Timekeeping Star Lord warned that Zangtian would fall into demonhood within ten days. After the Star Lord left Guixu, Chu Xisheng set out for Northern Underworld Palace with the Dragon Guards, intending to capture or kill him and uncover what threatened Zangtian.

• Hou Qing proposed strengthening Emperor Jianyuan's Heaven-Gazing Hou clone to provoke a Corpse Calamity, despite Han Ba's objections.
• The Timekeeping Star Lord told Hou Qing that Zangtian would fall into demonhood within ten days, then left Guixu for Northern Underworld Palace.
• Shen Puzhao reported the conversation to Chu Xisheng and revealed the Star Lord's destination.
• Chu Xisheng decided to go to Northern Underworld Palace with both Dragon Guards and make the Timekeeping Star Lord his true target.