Yingluo and her companions won auction treasures and survived an Immortal Lord ambush with help from Kunlun’s inner sect elder. Their gifts fueled new breakthroughs, Willow God reached the Heavenly Emperor Realm Stage, and Ye Chen prepared Kunlun’s disciples for a second campaign.
Ye Chen entered the Nine Nether Demon Abyss with Murong Qing, rescued stranded cultivators, and uncovered traces of the realm’s ancient past. They reached the Wuhen Treasury, where several Heavenly Emperors turned against Ye Chen, whose effortless defenses drew their greed.
Ye Chen entered the Demon Abyss Eye, took control of Black Arrival City, and learned about its powerful rulers. He used the Divine Source and his identity as an outsider to lure opponents, drawing the attention of the Shadow Demon City Lord.
Ye Chen defeated the city lords who pursued his Divine Source, drawing the attention of the entire Demon Abyss Eye. At Black Wind Cliff, he began a duel with the Azure Demon City Lord, who hoped to devour him and become a sixth king.
Ye Chen defeated the Azure Demon City Lord and two Kings, then learned the Nine Nether Demon Abyss’s history and examined its Saint Emperor-level treasure. After returning to Kunlun Holy Land, he dealt with three Heavenly Emperors and prepared to strengthen his followers and expound the Dao.
Ye Chen’s teaching transformed Kunlun’s ranks, while Qin Haoran revealed his divine beast bloodlines and drew the attention of the Qilin Clan. Chen Xuanbei returned to confront the holy land that betrayed him, ending the stretch in battle with Immortal Emperor Huahao.
Chen Xuanbei defeated Immortal Emperor Huahao and claimed the Heavenly Emperor oil lamp, while Ye Fan found Yang Xi and helped her awaken her Ancient Sacred Body. On the Overlord Physique Ancestral Star, Yang Xi broke her curse as Ye Fan fought its Great Accomplishment Overlords and killed Jimo Overlord, drawing even more enemies into the battle.
Ye Fan became an Immortal Emperor and defeated the strongest Overlord Physiques, then returned the Golden Immortal Jian to Yang Xi. Meanwhile, Ye Chen seized control of the Lingxu Great World through Kunlun, destroyed the Lingxu Dao Sect, and turned his attention toward further expansion and cultivation.
Mu Yan absorbed the power of the Fusang Divine Trees, advanced to Alternative Dao Attainment, and left the Golden Crow Great World with his companions. Meanwhile, Ye Chen expanded Kunlun’s reach as a coalition of Immortal Emperors and Otherworldly Demons gathered against it.
Ye Chen completed his control over the Myriad Realms of the Heavens, reunited Kunlun’s thirteen personal disciples, and gathered Kunlun’s allies. He opened the Heavenly Road, loosening the world’s cultivation shackles and drawing the attention of figures beyond the Heavenly Gate.
Ye Chen brought Kunlun Holy Land into the Heavenly Divine Realm, crushed factions that attacked it, and sent its disciples to the Void Kun Genius Battle. As the contest began, Kunlun’s disciples revealed their strength, while Han Li faced an attack on his valley’s formation.
Han Li turned a crowd’s greed for his pills against Xue Hai, while Zixing killed Ding Han, Zheng Tian, and their followers. The sect leaders learned of both incidents through the Water Light Mirror and ended by accusing Kunlun’s disciples of using forbidden secret treasures.
Kunlun’s disciples survived the first round’s supply-drop battles and demonstrated their strength, with Su Jian killing Qin Cang after Qin insulted Kunlun. Sect Master Flying Snow learned what happened but feared provoking Kunlun, while Qin Hui arrived seeking revenge and was restrained.
Su Jian killed Qin Hui in the arena, then Kunlun’s disciples faced Sect Master Flying Snow until a mysterious powerhouse forced him to retreat. As the Void Kun Genius Battle continued, Ye Chen investigated an invading red power, destroyed it, and entered the Mist Swamp, where Zhilan’s party unknowingly followed his trail.
Ye Chen defeated the source of the Mist Swamp’s contamination and preserved the Divine Martial Saint Emperor’s remnant soul, but the greater source of the strange power remained unknown. At the Genius Battle, Zixing refused powerful sects’ offers after defeating Xue Yuexin, while Mu Yan pressed Gu Xinghui toward defeat.
Mu Yan defeated Gu Xinghui, and the Kunlun Holy Land disciples rejected offers to join other sects. After the Vast Sea Sect threatened Kunlun, Ye Chen killed its leaders and began destroying the sect, leaving its remaining experts fleeing or awaiting their deaths.
Ye Chen led Kunlun Holy Land in destroying the Vast Sea Sect, then restored the Divine Martial Saint Emperor and watched his disciples advance through seclusion. The stretch ended with Mu Yan and Su Jian paying off a wager by kissing Ye Chen on the cheeks.
As Shi Hao and Kunlun’s other disciples advanced, the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect invaded to avenge Xuan Fu. Ye Chen trapped the invaders inside an immortal bell, where Kunlun’s forces fought them and the bell’s deadly trials began; the survivors were left facing a mysterious azure lotus.
Ye Chen turned the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect’s invasion into a series of trials for Kunlun, while the Void Kun Realm’s other powers failed to break his defenses. After crushing the forces that had gathered against him, Ye Chen rejected their pleas to submit and began wiping them out.
Ye Chen’s forces destroyed the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect and brought the Void Kun Realm under Kunlun’s rule. After Kunlun opened recruitment, young candidates began the Illusion Steps, where the first trial tested their Dao hearts.