Chapter Summaries

Mu Yan emerged from seclusion after breaking through to the profound immortal realm’s fourth layer and found Yingluo still cultivating. Meanwhile, Su Jian comprehended the sword stele’s ten sword Daos, clarified his own path, and triggered a sword phenomenon that drew thousands of immortal swords to his mountain as he broke through into the profound immortal realm.

• Mu Yan broke through from the heavenly immortal realm to the profound immortal realm’s fourth layer, then returned to his palace and strengthened his heavenly emperor divine flame.
• Mu Yan saw that Yingluo remained in seclusion and decided to check on his junior brothers and sisters.
• Su Jian finished comprehending the ten sword Daos carved into the stele and resolved to keep his dominant sword path while incorporating other styles as support.
• Su Jian’s growing sword intent made treasured swords across five thousand li fly toward his mountain, where Kunlun disciples gathered and argued over whether his sword intent was chaotic or pure.
• The disciples recognized Su Jian above the mountain as he continued his breakthrough, reaching the ninth level of the heavenly immortal realm and then the first layer of the profound immortal realm.

Su Jian advanced to the Profound Immortal Third Layer, explained the essence of his Sword Intent to Kunlun disciples, and reunited with Ruolin. The chapter ended with Ruolin asking him to pierce her with his sword so she could deepen her sword Dao, and Su Jian granting her request in his palace.

• Su Jian absorbed the Sword Intent around him, broke through to the Profound Immortal Third Layer, and split the sky with a sword strike.
• Su Jian freed the disciples’ swords and explained that his Sword Intent combined other techniques’ essence around the core of one sword breaking all techniques.
• Su Jian encouraged the Kunlun disciples to keep cultivating and left for his residence.
• Ruolin followed Su Jian, let his Sword Qi wound her, and reunited with him in the mountain forest.
• Ruolin asked Su Jian to pierce her with his sword, and he repeatedly struck her with Sword-Rays until she collapsed.

Ruolin recovered from Su Jian’s Sword Intent and approached a breakthrough, while Qin Haoran and Han Li continued advancing their cultivation. Han Li refined a Seven Treasures Bodhi Pill, but the eighth-grade pill escaped and drew a Pill Tribulation, forcing him to ask Elder Ling Dan for help.

• Ruolin healed by absorbing Su Jian’s lingering Sword Intent and reached the ninth level of the Mahayana realm, nearing a breakthrough to Tribulation Transcendence.
• Qin Haoran cultivated in seclusion, reached the seventh layer of the Profound Immortal realm, and resolved to reach the Immortal King realm to uncover his origins.
• Han Li harvested fifty-thousand-year-old spirit herbs and prepared to refine a Seven Treasures Bodhi Pill with Jian Jingqi watching.
• Han Li successfully refined the eighth-grade immortal pill, which burst out of the furnace and triggered a Pill Tribulation.
• Han Li called on Elder Ling Dan for help as the pill endured the lightning and grew stronger.

Han Li refined a Seven Treasures Bodhi Pill and used it to break through from the Heavenly Immortal Realm to the Profound Immortal Third Layer. Meanwhile, Ye Chen, Youruo, and Xie Purou returned to the Kunlun Holy Land after half a year of training, with both women having advanced greatly.

• Ling Dan caught the lightning-baptized Seven Treasures Bodhi Pill after it fled into the void and handed it to Han Li.
• Han Li swallowed the pill, which calmed the chaotic medicinal forces in his body and helped him break through to the Profound Immortal Third Layer.
• Han Li questioned Jian Jingqi about what she had learned from watching him refine pills, then advised her to practice more.
• Jian Jingqi decided to refine pills without obsessing over advancement, while Han Li returned to tending his spirit medicines.
• Ye Chen, Youruo, and Xie Purou emerged from a spatial vortex in the rear mountain forbidden grounds after half a year away.
• Youruo had reached the Profound Immortal Seventh Layer, while Xie Purou had advanced to the Eighth Level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

After emerging from seclusion, Ye Chen sent Youruo and Little Rou to recover and spoke with Willow God, whose strength had reached the Heavenly Emperor Realm Stage. He sent Willow God to the Wind and Cloud Great World and began preparing Kunlun Holy Land’s second campaign across the myriad realms.

• Ye Chen sent Youruo and Little Rou back to rest and consolidate the strength they had gained during half a year of cultivation.
• Willow God tried to discern Ye Chen’s strength but could not see through him, then recalled that a powerful lightning-wielding enemy had struck her down in the Heavenly Divine Realm.
• Ye Chen reassured Willow God that she could seek revenge herself and explained that Heavenly Emperor was only her limit, not his.
• Willow God asked Ye Chen for a mission, and he opened a World Gate to the Wind and Cloud Great World for her.
• Ye Chen decided that Kunlun Holy Land’s disciples were ready for a second campaign and praised the Jianmu Divine Tree for creating World Gates.

Ye Chen watched Little Jian take human form and practice opening World Gates, then turned his attention to Kunlun Holy Land’s branch in the Wind and Cloud Great World. Two strangers who suspected Kunlun was connected to the Heavenly Divine Realm descended undetected and demanded that its five Immortal Emperors appear.

• Ye Chen praised the Jianmu Divine Tree’s strength, and Little Jian transformed into a seven- or eight-year-old boy for the first time.
• Little Jian opened a World Gate in human form but could manage only one at a time, so Ye Chen told him to wait a year before helping the disciples campaign across the myriad realms.
• Little Jian practiced walking and playing, then tormented the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree until it shouted at him to get down.
• In the Wind and Cloud Great World, two visitors surveyed Kunlun Holy Land’s branch and speculated that its many Immortal Emperors and rapid rise pointed to a connection with the Heavenly Divine Realm.
• The pair descended without triggering Kunlun’s formations or alerting its five stationed Immortal Emperors, then the middle-aged man ordered them to appear within five breaths.

A middle-aged Heavenly Emperor and a woman arrived at Kunlun Holy Land and demanded to see its Lord, Ye Chen. When Kunlun’s five Peak Immortal Emperors refused to yield, the man attacked them, and the clash devastated the surrounding land and killed many living beings.

• The middle-aged man’s imperial might overwhelmed Kunlun’s disciples and Immortal Kings, prompting the five Kunlun Immortal Emperors to rush out and confront the visitors.
• The five Immortal Emperors suspected the visitors were Heavenly Emperors and asked what they wanted, but the middle-aged man demanded to see the Lord of Kunlun and insulted the five when they told him to wait for an appointment.
• The middle-aged man unleashed a powerful strike, and the five Kunlun Immortal Emperors resisted with their Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons as cultivators across the Wind and Cloud Great World sensed their battle.
• The middle-aged man noticed the divine metals in the five Immortal Emperors’ weapons and grew more interested in Kunlun’s hidden secrets.
• The middle-aged man launched a second, deadlier strike, and the five Immortal Emperors used their Secret Methods and weapons to block it, but the impact overwhelmed formations and killed many nearby living beings.

A middle-aged Heavenly Emperor nearly crushed a Kunlun Immortal Emperor, but Willow God intervened and saved him. After healing the injured Immortal Emperor, Willow God attacked the two intruders, turning the confrontation into a battle.

• The middle-aged man used his power to crush a Kunlun Immortal Emperor while the other Kunlun Immortal Emperors fought to defend their holy land.
• An unusual fluctuation disrupted the middle-aged man's control, and Willow God emerged through a spatial rift, trapping the intruders with her willow branches.
• Willow God healed the injured Immortal Emperor, reassuring Kunlun's defenders that she had come to help them.
• The woman in black stopped the middle-aged man from attacking and identified Willow God as the Lord of Kunlun, but the middle-aged man provoked her by claiming he had taught her people a lesson.
• Willow God declared that those who disrespected Kunlun would be executed and sent her willow branches against the pair.
• The woman in black unleashed her black lotus flame, forming a vast fire formation that engulfed the willow branches.

Willow God defeated two Heavenly Emperors who attacked Kunlun Holy Land, trapping the middle-aged man while the woman in black escaped. Ye Chen intercepted the fleeing woman and invited her to join him, but she looked down on the offer.

• Willow God fought the middle-aged man and the woman in black, overpowering them and trapping them inside a miniature world of willow branches.
• The woman in black and the middle-aged man used black flames and an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon to open a rift, allowing her to escape while he remained trapped.
• Willow God shrank the sphere around the middle-aged man and returned to Kunlun's Immortal Emperors, telling them they would talk after returning.
• The woman in black fled into the starry sky, then stopped when Ye Chen appeared behind her without being detected.
• Ye Chen invited the woman in black to follow him and promised future benefits, but she disdained his attempt to recruit her.

Ye Chen defeated Murong Qing, branded her soul, and made her his servant before returning with her to Kunlun Holy Land. There, he dismissed the Heavenly Dao Alliance as no threat to Kunlun and began explaining how its members might be useful, while the trapped middle-aged man realized Murong Qing was present.

• Ye Chen subdued Murong Qing, marked her soul, and made her pledge loyalty as his servant.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qing returned to Kunlun Holy Land, where the Kunlun members greeted Ye Chen and the middle-aged prisoner boasted about the Heavenly Dao Alliance.
• Murong Qing apologized to Willow God and explained that she served Ye Chen, prompting Willow God to reveal her jealousy and feelings for him.
• Ye Chen said the Heavenly Dao Alliance posed no threat to Kunlun but could be useful, after learning about it from Murong Qing.
• The imprisoned middle-aged man heard Murong Qing and demanded to know why she had returned instead of escaping.

Ye Chen released the Heavenly Emperor who had been sealed by Willow God, then effortlessly stopped his escape and rendered him immobile. The man offered to submit, but Ye Chen rejected him and destroyed him, restoring his energy to the Wind and Cloud Great World.

• Murong Qing rejected the Heavenly Emperor's pleas for help and declared that Ye Chen was her master.
• Ye Chen offered the captive a chance to submit, but the man threatened him, so Ye Chen ordered Willow God to release him.
• The Heavenly Emperor threw his Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon at Ye Chen and fled, but Ye Chen caught the weapon between two fingers and erased its power.
• A beam of light brought the fleeing man back, and Ye Chen immobilized him; the captive mistook his control for an illusion before realizing Ye Chen could read his thoughts.
• The Heavenly Emperor offered to submit, but Ye Chen refused and unleashed a force that shattered him into energy absorbed by the Wind and Cloud Great World.

After Ye Chen killed a Heavenly Emperor, his scattered energy healed the world and its cultivators, while he kept the Heavenly Emperor origin from Kunlun’s Immortal Emperors. Murong Qing explained the Heavenly Dao Alliance’s search for the Heavenly Divine Realm and revealed the perilous Nine Nether Demon Abyss, which caught Ye Chen’s interest.

• The fallen Heavenly Emperor’s energy restored damaged lands, healed cultivators, and helped some break through their cultivation realms.
• Ye Chen dismissed the Heavenly Emperor origin as a shortcut and told Kunlun’s Immortal Emperors to reach the Heavenly Emperor Realm through their own abilities.
• Murong Qing explained that the Heavenly Dao Alliance was founded by Heavenly Emperor Sicang to search for a path to the Heavenly Divine Realm, and that it had thirteen members left after recent losses.
• Murong Qing said the Alliance had found defunct ancient teleportation arrays but little reliable information about the Heavenly Divine Realm.
• Murong Qing described the Nine Nether Demon Abyss as a place said to lead to the Heavenly Divine Realm, from which no one had returned, and Ye Chen became interested in visiting it.

Ye Chen learned that the Nine Nether Demon Abyss would appear in a month and traveled with Murong Qing to the nearby White Light World to wait. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Dao Alliance discovered that Yuankai’s soul lamp had gone out while Murong Qing’s remained lit, leaving its leaders demanding an explanation.

• Murong Qing explained that the Nine Nether Demon Abyss followed different world laws, suppressed even Heavenly Emperors, and would appear in a month, so Ye Chen said she would guide him there.
• Willow God objected to Murong Qing accompanying Ye Chen, but Ye Chen ordered Willow God to remain at Kunlun Holy Land and left with Murong Qing using the alliance’s map.
• Ye Chen brought Murong Qing to the Xia Clan World in an instant, then traveled for ten days to the White Light World, where they sensed several hidden Heavenly Emperors waiting for the Abyss.
• The Heavenly Dao Star’s concealment was disrupted as Heavenly Emperor Hongtu erupted in anger after Yuankai’s soul lamp went out.
• The Heavenly Dao Alliance’s leaders questioned how Yuankai had died while Murong Qing remained safe, and concluded that she might explain what had happened.

Ye Chen brought Murong Qing to the Nine Nether Demon Abyss as it appeared, then protected and moved the White Light World away from its deadly pull. After several Heavenly Emperors, including three from the Heavenly Dao Alliance, entered the fully manifested abyss, Ye Chen and Murong Qing followed them into its distorted spacetime.

• Heavenly Emperor Hongtu and two companions decided to investigate Kunlun while the other Heavenly Emperors headed for the Nine Nether Demon Abyss.
• Ye Chen sensed the abyss forming and took Murong Qing into the starry sky, where they watched it expand to the size of a major world.
• The abyss's growing suction threatened to pull the White Light World and its inhabitants inside, so Ye Chen shielded the world and pushed it to safety.
• Several Heavenly Emperors entered the fully manifested Nine Nether Demon Abyss, followed by the three Heavenly Emperors from the Heavenly Dao Alliance.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qing entered the abyss and encountered its severely distorted spacetime and chaotic laws.

Jun Yan broke through to the Heavenly Emperor Realm, inspiring several other peak Immortal Emperors to ascend as well. In the Nine Nether Demon Abyss, Ye Chen and Murong Qing discovered Demon Abyss World Beasts, and a horde of them charged toward the pair.

• Jun Yan emerged from the Chaos Realm and broke through to the Heavenly Emperor Realm, prompting several peak Immortal Emperors to attain the same realm after witnessing his breakthrough.
• Ye Chen sensed that Kunlun Holy Land now had six Heavenly Emperors and learned from the system that his connection to the sect members worked independently of space and time.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qing explored a shattered, lifeless continent in the Nine Nether Demon Abyss, where Ye Chen observed that the world’s laws became more complete farther inside.
• Murong Qing identified strange creatures formed from spatial and temporal power as Demon Abyss World Beasts, and explained that records about them were scarce.
• Over a hundred million Demon Abyss World Beasts gathered and attacked Ye Chen and Murong Qing, while Ye Chen watched calmly and smiled with interest.

Ye Chen studied the Demon Abyss World Beasts, discovered that gray crystal cores containing fragments of the Spacetime Principle gave them their instincts, and destroyed their enormous swarm. He and Murong Qing continued deeper into the Nine Nether Demon Abyss, while blood-mad figures appeared on the deserted continent and sensed that outsiders had arrived.

• Ye Chen held a Demon Abyss World Beast at bay, studied its chaotic spacetime power, and found a gray crystal core when he destroyed it.
• Murong Qing examined the core and suggested it could help cultivate the Dao of Spacetime, but Ye Chen explained that its chaotic rules made it unsuitable for Kunlun's disciples and of little use to experts.
• Ye Chen used orderly spacetime power to correct and destroy the Demon Abyss World Beasts, leaving behind millions of gray crystal cores for Murong Qing to collect.
• Ye Chen led Murong Qing deeper into the Nine Nether Demon Abyss after clearing the continental fragment.
• Several blood-eyed figures appeared on the fragment and declared that outsiders had finally come again.

Ye Chen and Murong Qing reached a continental fragment where five Immortal Emperors were being overwhelmed by Demon Abyss World Beasts. As the five were wounded and their defenses weakened, they failed to notice Ye Chen and Murong Qing arriving nearby.

• Ye Chen explained to Murong Qing that folded spaces made travel distances in the Nine Nether Demon Abyss unpredictable, then led her toward the people ahead.
• Five Immortal Emperors fought over ten million Demon Abyss World Beasts with their Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons and secret arts.
• A Demon Abyss World Beast wounded a male Immortal Emperor, whose injury failed to heal because strange black lines disrupted his body.
• The female Immortal Emperor and the other three Immortal Emperors were also wounded, and the five retreated behind their weapons as the beasts battered their defenses.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qing descended onto the edge of the continental fragment while the five Immortal Emperors remained unaware of them.

Ye Chen and Murong Qing rescued five Immortal Emperors from Demon Abyss World Beasts in a strange realm. The survivors explained how they had entered from distant locations, confirming the realm’s folded space.

• Five Immortal Emperors struggled to hold off the Demon Abyss World Beasts as their protective barrier neared collapse.
• The Demon Abyss World Beasts suddenly vanished, and Ye Chen and Murong Qing approached the five Immortal Emperors.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qing revealed themselves as humans, and the five Immortal Emperors lowered their defenses and thanked them for saving their lives.
• Murong Qing questioned the five Immortal Emperors, who explained that each had entered the strange realm by chance from a different location.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qing realized the five Immortal Emperors had entered from far-apart places yet met inside, confirming the sect master’s explanation of folded space.

Ye Chen opened a gate of spacetime in the Nine Nether Demon Abyss, allowing the trapped Immortal Emperors to escape. After leaving, Immortal Emperor Guanyu and the others wondered whether Ye Chen’s abilities surpassed those of ordinary Heavenly Emperors.

• Ye Chen warned Murong Qing and the five Immortal Emperors that the Nine Nether Demon Abyss was too dangerous, but they explained that its chaotic spacetime had trapped them.
• Ye Chen drew a gate of spacetime leading to the outside world, astonishing Murong Qing and the Immortal Emperors.
• Immortal Emperor Guanyu thanked Ye Chen, then he and two other Immortal Emperors passed through the gate and escaped.
• Outside the Nine Nether Demon Abyss, Immortal Emperor Guanyu and the others reflected on their survival and discussed Ye Chen’s remarkable control of spacetime.
• The Immortal Emperors speculated that Ye Chen was extraordinary even among Heavenly Emperors, then decided to find a place to drink.

Three Immortal Emperors left the Nine Nether Demon Abyss after the spacetime gate closed, while two others chose to stay and follow Ye Chen and Murong Qing. Ye Chen agreed to let them tag along without protecting them, then disappeared with Murong Qing, leaving the pair stranded and panicked.

• Immortal Emperor Guanyu and two companions waited for the other Immortal Emperors, but the spacetime gate closed before they emerged.
• The three Immortal Emperors guessed that the remaining pair had stayed to seek shelter beside the Heavenly Emperor seniors, then left the Nine Nether Demon Abyss.
• The female Immortal Emperor asked Ye Chen if she and her companion could follow him, and Ye Chen allowed it on the condition that he would not protect them.
• Ye Chen told Murong Qing that they were nearing the deepest reaches of the Nine Nether Demon Abyss, and the two set off across the continental fragment.
• Ye Chen and Murong Qing vanished, and the two Immortal Emperors searched for them before realizing they had been abandoned.