Kunlun’s recruitment trials exposed candidates’ choices while the Formless Divine Kingdom attacked the Holy Land. Ye Chen defeated the Abyss-Suppressing Great General, then met the Formless Saint Emperor, who killed the treacherous Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect master.
Ye Chen led Kunlun Holy Land in destroying the Mystic Heaven Spirit Sect and establishing a branch without taking control of the realm. Later, he took Youruo and Xie Purou to Cloud Dream City, where their clashes with local authorities and the Lai Household left the story with the household attacking Ye Chen.
Ye Chen pursued the Strange Power to the Jade Water Kingdom, where its infected forces fought the united Sea Clan. After Ye Chen destroyed the kingdom’s army, he let Youruo and Xie Purou test the power themselves, and both began to feel it invading them.
Ye Chen trained Youruo and Xie Purou in the Ashen Extinction Abyss, where they helped him uncover and destroy the source of the strange power. After they defeated several powerful opponents, God Emperor Qinghao tried to claim them as disciples, but Ye Chen appeared and faced his challenge.
Ye Chen defeated God Emperor Qinghao, then entered the Central Continent with Youruo and Xie Purou and destroyed the Situ Household after its members attacked them. The arc ended as Ancestor Situ arrived at Cloud Crane Tower with Young Master Shangguan and demanded Ye Chen come out.
Ye Chen crushed the Shangguan Household’s first attempts to kill him and defeated the Beast God Hall assassins sent after him. The Shangguan Household raised the price for a new assassination as Ye Chen and his disciples arrived in its core territory.
Ye Chen, Xie Purou, and Youruo fought their way through Ashen Annihilation City, where Ye Chen killed its lord and took the mansion’s treasures. They left through a spatial gate as the Starry Firmament Sword Emperor, Poison Emperor, and Heavenly Prison Devil Master pursued them on the Beast God Hall Master’s orders.
Ye Chen killed the Beast God Hall assassins, learned the Shangguan Household had hired them, and went to confront the Beast God Hall. He battled the Hall Master and the remaining Saint Emperors while the fight drew witnesses from across the universe.
Ye Chen destroyed the Beast God Hall and killed the Shangguan Household ministers after breaking the Divine Kingdom’s karmic barrier. He then brought Xie Purou and Youruo to the Grand Gathering of Eternal Heaven's Chosen, where their Imperial Decree drew notice and Feng Wanli broke through after Ye Chen tasted his tea.
Ye Chen’s disciples observed the deadly preliminary selection, where Gu Hanchuan, Shi Kai, and Mu Wanling emerged among the strongest before imperial descendants set new token records. As the one-on-one elimination round approached, Youruo and Xie Purou arrived with the Saint Emperor’s Imperial Decree, provoking suspicion and anger from contestants who believed they had skipped the competition.
Youruo and Xie Purou overwhelmed their opponents in the tournament's first two rounds and drew the attention of powerful sect leaders and imperial-bloodline prodigies. As the third round began, Xiang Guanhong challenged Dustless, who summoned his Imperial Dao Dharma Aspect to press the duel onward.
Youruo, Xie Purou, and Wujiang advanced through the tournament’s final rounds, with Youruo defeating Shi Kai and Xie Purou facing Wujiang for a place in the final. Xie Purou survived their devastating clash and remained standing after Wujiang fell.
Youruo and Xie Purou fought a hard-fought final, which Xie Purou won before Ye Chen healed them both. Meanwhile, the Saint Emperors who had provoked Ye Chen were forced to kneel and apologize, and the prince hosted Ye Chen and the prodigies, learning that they came from Kunlun Holy Land.
Ye Chen’s disciples claimed rare Saint Emperor treasures and made enormous advances in the Myriad Dao Source Pool before joining him on a visit to the Nether Blood Divine Kingdom. Ye Chen revealed himself to the Nether Blood Saint Emperor and fought him across the universe, as gathered Saint Emperors watched the Nether Blood Saint Emperor prepare his final move.
After Ye Chen defeated the Nether Blood Saint Emperor, Youruo and Xie Purou explored the Nether Light Realm and fought powerful demons in its arenas. Xie Purou battled the undefeated Long Jing to a hard-fought defeat, and the women stayed to watch as the Qilin King entered the arena.
Ye Chen reunited with the Qilin King and helped bring his dead companions back before sending all three to Kunlun Holy Land. Youruo and Xie Purou then contested Hundun Purple Qi at the Primordial God-Forbidden Abyss, secured one strand, and entered a battle among four leading contenders.
Youruo and Little Rou fought powerful contenders in the Primordial God-Forbidden Abyss and claimed the Hundun Purple Qi with their Saint Emperor weapons. After refining it and advancing to peak Hunyuan Divine Emperor, they asked to test themselves against Hundun Saint Emperors, and their first matches began.
Little Rou and Youruo tested their strength against two Saint Emperors before Ye Chen set out with them for the Thunder Abyss Divine Kingdom to search for Willow God. Meanwhile, Willow God destroyed a pursuing Shi Household force and concealed herself near the Nirvana Secret Realm, where the Shi, Li, and Wang Households gathered.
Willow God entered the Nirvana Secret Realm, drained its power, and destroyed the Li Household force before turning on the Wang Household. She left the Wang Household fighting the Heartfire Monsters while she hid underground to refine the stolen Heartfire Saint Stones.
Willow God wiped out the Wang and Shi Households, defeated the Nirvana Saint Emperor, and nearly fell to the Nine Nether Saint Emperor before Ye Chen intervened. After Ye Chen annihilated Nine Nether, the Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor sent Wanjun to investigate his death.