Chapter Summaries

After blocking Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor's latest attempt to trace him, Ye Chen gave Saint Emperor Fuhong's origin to Willow God and sent her, Youruo, and Little Rou into seclusion to pursue breakthroughs. Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor sought help from Saint Emperor Xuantong, arriving at his divine kingdom to enlist the karma expert in tracking down Ye Chen.

• Ye Chen dismissed Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor's tracing efforts and urged Willow God, Youruo, and Little Rou to focus on cultivation.
• Ye Chen gave Saint Emperor Fuhong's origin power to Willow God, who began refining it in seclusion, while Youruo and Little Rou also secluded themselves to pursue the Saint Emperor Realm.
• Ye Chen created thousands of clones and sent them across the mortal world to temper his Dao heart.
• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor decided he needed help finding the golden phantom and chose his friend Saint Emperor Xuantong, a master of karma.
• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor traveled to the Xuantong Divine Kingdom, where Xuantong anticipated his arrival and received him in the central palace.

Thunder Abyss visited Saint Emperor Xuantong, claiming to offer him a great opportunity, then explained that a mysterious golden phantom had repelled him twice from across spacetime. Xuantong was shocked and concluded that the phantom’s combat strength surpassed that of a Peak Saint Emperor, leaving them to face the possibility of a power beyond their realm.

• Thunder Abyss offered Xuantong a fortuitous opportunity, but Xuantong recognized that he had come seeking help.
• Xuantong recalled Thunder Abyss’s failed plan to seize the Willow God’s essence and argued that devouring other Saint Emperors could not break their cultivation limits.
• Thunder Abyss clarified that his visit concerned a recent encounter and admitted that someone was stronger than him.
• Thunder Abyss recounted how a golden phantom had attacked and repelled him twice across spacetime.
• Xuantong believed Thunder Abyss’s account and judged that the phantom possessed overwhelming strength beyond an ordinary Peak Saint Emperor.

Saint Emperor Xuantong joined Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor in trying to track Ye Chen, but Ye Chen severed their karmic connection before they could find him. Convinced Ye Chen held a secret that could help them break through their limits, the two decided to recruit Nether Blood Saint Emperor before hunting him.

• Saint Emperor Xuantong agreed to join Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor in finding and capturing the mysterious golden phantom.
• Saint Emperor Xuantong used his Great Dao of Karma to trace the phantom through Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor, but Ye Chen sensed the probe and snapped their karmic thread.
• Saint Emperor Xuantong failed to locate Ye Chen and accepted that his abilities were as formidable as Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor had described.
• Saint Emperor Xuantong and Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor resolved to capture Ye Chen and claim the secret they believed could break their cultivation limits.
• Saint Emperor Xuantong suggested recruiting another Peak Saint Emperor, and Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor chose Nether Blood Saint Emperor because he owed him a favor and had few allies.

Thunder Abyss and Saint Emperor Xuantong recruited the Nether Blood Saint Emperor to help defeat the mysterious expert who had surpassed Thunder Abyss. Nether Blood recognized the target as Ye Chen, but concealed their friendship and agreed to join while planning not to seriously harm him.

• Saint Emperor Xuantong and Thunder Abyss arrived unannounced at the Nether Blood Divine Kingdom, where the Nether Blood Saint Emperor confronted them and initially ordered them to leave.
• Thunder Abyss explained that a powerful enemy outmatched him and claimed that defeating the expert could reveal a path beyond the Peak Saint Emperor Realm.
• Nether Blood realized that their target was Ye Chen, who had already defeated him, but hid his knowledge from Thunder Abyss and Saint Emperor Xuantong.
• Nether Blood pretended to be tempted by the promised secrets and agreed to join their assault, privately resolving to hold back and repay his debt to Thunder Abyss without betraying Ye Chen.
• Thunder Abyss offered to begin the battle immediately, and Nether Blood declared that he was ready to fight.

Nether Blood Saint Emperor, Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor, and Saint Emperor Xuantong reconstructed a karmic trail to Ye Chen and entered the past battlefield to confront him. Ye Chen held off their attacks, while Nether Blood secretly avoided striking him, and the chapter ended as Ye Chen closed in on Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor.

• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor led Nether Blood Saint Emperor and Saint Emperor Xuantong to the ruined Jinyu Sacred Domain to track Ye Chen.
• Saint Emperor Xuantong used his silver brush to repair the battlefield’s broken karmic fragments and trace the past through time and space.
• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor and Saint Emperor Xuantong entered the recovered battlefield, followed by Nether Blood Saint Emperor, and the golden phantom appeared and attacked Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor.
• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor blocked the golden palm, and Saint Emperor Xuantong’s karmic blades were shattered by the golden phantom.
• Nether Blood Saint Emperor recognized the phantom as Ye Chen and pretended to attack while deliberately avoiding him.
• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor attacked with the Primordial Thunder Extremity Whip, but Ye Chen neutralized it, rushed toward him, and taunted him before launching another attack.

The golden phantom overwhelmed Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor and effortlessly erased Saint Emperor Xuantong’s karmic attacks, then used the Rules of Karma to impose a false master-disciple bond on him. As Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor continued to be suppressed, Nether Blood Saint Emperor finally joined the assault with a blood-colored saber while still concealing his true intentions.

• The golden phantom shattered Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor’s lightning defense and struck him backward with a powerful punch.
• Saint Emperor Xuantong attacked with karmic cages and blades, but the golden phantom dodged and crushed his techniques.
• Saint Emperor Xuantong tried to sever the golden phantom’s past causes, but the phantom erased the karmic blades and forced Xuantong to acknowledge him as a master before Xuantong broke free.
• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor attacked again with the Primordial Thunder Extremity Whip, but the golden phantom countered him and drove him into a severe disadvantage.
• Nether Blood Saint Emperor continued hiding his strength, then flew in and brought a blood-colored saber down toward the golden phantom’s head.

Ye Chen used the Immortal-Slaying Sword to overwhelm Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor, Saint Emperor Xuantong, and Nether Blood Saint Emperor, then severed spacetime and karma to escape. The three Peak Saint Emperors were left unable to pursue or trace him.

• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor, Nether Blood Saint Emperor, and Saint Emperor Xuantong coordinated their attacks against Ye Chen, but they could not break through his defenses.
• Ye Chen summoned the Immortal-Slaying Sword and drove back all three Saint Emperors with a devastating wave of sword attacks.
• The three Saint Emperors realized Ye Chen had held back, while Nether Blood Saint Emperor recalled that Ye Chen had once used four swords to form a deadly sword formation.
• Ye Chen told Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor he had spared him for a reason, then swung his sword to sever spacetime, karma, and every trace connecting them to him.
• Ye Chen vanished, and Saint Emperor Xuantong failed to reconstruct the chaotic rules or trace his whereabouts.

After the battle, the Nether Blood Saint Emperor withdrew from the alliance against Ye Chen, while Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor and Saint Emperor Xuantong misread his motives and planned to investigate Ye Chen’s sword. Ye Chen left his enemies’ scheme to trace his past unanswered and watched Willow God, Little Rou, and Youruo cultivate as the Kunlun Holy Land continued to grow under his deliberate, measured leadership.

• The Nether Blood Saint Emperor, Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor, and Saint Emperor Xuantong acknowledged that Ye Chen had overwhelmed them, and Xuantong warned that their conflict was not over.
• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor decided to investigate Ye Chen’s mysterious killing sword, but the Nether Blood Saint Emperor refused to help and left through a void rift.
• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor and Saint Emperor Xuantong suspected that the Nether Blood Saint Emperor had abandoned them to pursue the opportunities surrounding Ye Chen, while he privately resolved never to oppose Ye Chen again.
• Ye Chen’s enemies failed to trace his past through spacetime and karma, and Ye Chen revealed that he had spared Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor so Willow God could settle her own grievance.
• Ye Chen let Willow God, Little Rou, and Youruo continue consolidating their cultivation, and praised Little Rou and Youruo for rising to the forefront of Kunlun’s disciples.
• The Kunlun Holy Land’s influence spread across the Void Kun Realm and neighboring worlds, while Ye Chen chose to nurture its disciples rather than pursue rapid expansion.

Kunlun Holy Land held its first sect tournament in the Heavenly Divine Realm, offering valuable prizes and a chance for the top ten to spar with and receive personal guidance from a direct disciple. The chapter ended with Mu Yan revealing that Youruo and Little Rou had begun seclusion to break through to the Hundun Saint Emperor Realm.

• Kunlun Holy Land opened its first sect tournament since ascending to the Heavenly Divine Realm, with Vice Sect Master Ling Kong and Mu Yan addressing the assembled disciples.
• Mu Yan announced the tournament rewards, including a special opportunity for the top ten to spar with any direct disciple and receive one-on-one guidance.
• The disciples erupted with excitement at the chance to meet and learn from the direct disciples.
• Ling Kong learned that Mu Yan had reached the Late God Emperor Stage and asked how the other direct disciples compared.
• Mu Yan said that Master had told him Youruo and Little Rou had begun seclusion to prepare for breakthroughs to the Hundun Saint Emperor Realm.

Mu Yan and Yingluo joined Ye Chen to welcome the Formless Saint Emperor, whose unrestrained presence briefly overwhelmed them before Ye Chen shielded them. During their visit, the Formless Saint Emperor teased Ye Chen by asking to take the two disciples, but both firmly declared their loyalty to their master.

• Ling Kong reassured Mu Yan that his junior disciples’ rapid progress did not diminish his talent or standing as eldest senior brother.
• Mu Yan finished announcing the sect tournament’s rewards and rules before Ye Chen summoned him to welcome an honored guest.
• Mu Yan and Yingluo met Ye Chen at the mountain gate and accompanied him to greet the arriving Formless Saint Emperor.
• The Formless Saint Emperor’s Saint Emperor pressure nearly overwhelmed Mu Yan and Yingluo until Ye Chen protected them and asked him to restrain his presence.
• Ye Chen hosted the Formless Saint Emperor with his homemade immortal wine, and the guest praised its distinctive flavor.
• The Formless Saint Emperor jokingly offered to take Mu Yan and Yingluo as disciples, but both declared they would remain with Ye Chen for life.

Ye Chen hosted the Formless Saint Emperor, who learned that Ye Chen had likely defeated the Nether Blood Saint Emperor and caused the deaths of Saint Emperors in the Thunder Abyss Divine Kingdom. Their conversation turned to the approaching invasion from the Foreign Domain, which the Formless Saint Emperor revealed was only an outpost of the vast Yamato Divine Realm.

• The Formless Saint Emperor praised Ye Chen's disciples and asked about his visit to the Nether Blood Divine Kingdom, and Ye Chen hinted that the Nether Blood Saint Emperor had treated him politely.
• The Formless Saint Emperor realized Ye Chen had likely crushed Nether Blood and inferred that Ye Chen was far stronger than himself.
• The Formless Saint Emperor raised the deaths of Saint Emperors in the Thunder Abyss Divine Kingdom, and Ye Chen admitted they had died for provoking his people.
• The Formless Saint Emperor warned Ye Chen that the Foreign Domain was drawing closer and preparing a new invasion, prompting Ye Chen to ask about its origins.
• The Formless Saint Emperor explained that the Foreign Domain was an advancing outpost of a larger strange universe called the Yamato Divine Realm, comparable in scale to the Heavenly Divine Realm.

Ye Chen learned that the Foreign Domain’s strange forces came from the approaching Yamato Divine Realm, whose collision with the Heavenly Divine Realm threatened both universes. He agreed to join the Formless Saint Emperor in guarding the Myriad Principles Realm and prepared his disciples for the front line, while keeping his own possible solution to the cosmic catastrophe secret.

• The Formless Saint Emperor explained to Ye Chen that the Yamato Divine Realm was approaching and that the resulting cosmic collision could not be stopped by individual strength alone.
• Ye Chen refused to accept that the Heavenly Divine Realm had no future and agreed with the Formless Saint Emperor that he would travel to the Myriad Principles Realm for guard duty.
• The Formless Saint Emperor gave Ye Chen a Jade Slip with the Myriad Principles Realm’s coordinates and guard arrangements, then departed.
• Ye Chen ordered Mu Yan and Yingluo to recall his personal disciples and prepare them to set out for the Myriad Principles Realm.
• Mu Yan questioned whether fighting the Strange Lifeforms could matter if the universes were still destined to collide, while Yingluo trusted Ye Chen to find a way through the crisis.
• Ye Chen reassured his disciples that he had a preliminary idea for resolving the catastrophe but kept its details secret.

Ye Chen analyzed how the collision between the Heavenly Divine Realm and the Yamato Divine Realm would let strange rules consume his universe, and resolved to master the Great Dao rules to stop it. Mu Yan and Yingluo recalled the disciples and trained against the Divine Martial Saint Emperor, who easily countered their opening attacks.

• Ye Chen sent Mu Yan and Yingluo to recall the disciples and prepare to depart, then privately examined the Great Dao rules and concluded that the Yamato Divine Realm would assimilate the Heavenly Divine Realm in the collision.
• Ye Chen decided he would need to comprehend and control the rules blocking his path to the universe’s essence before he could reverse the catastrophe.
• Mu Yan issued the recall order, then he and Yingluo entered the training grounds to spar with the recovering Divine Martial Saint Emperor.
• Mu Yan attacked with his Heavenly Emperor Fire Lotus while Yingluo sent streams of Supreme Immortal Light, but the Divine Martial Saint Emperor stopped and shattered both attacks.
• Mu Yan turned into golden flames, teleported beside the Divine Martial Saint Emperor, and struck at him with a powerful punch.

Mu Yan and Yingluo battled the Divine Martial Saint Emperor in training, first landing a coordinated strike before he released some of his Saint Emperor pressure. They adapted and counterattacked with powerful techniques, leaving the Divine Martial Saint Emperor fighting off their fire wheel and sealing talisman.

• Mu Yan tricked the Divine Martial Saint Emperor with a fiery feint and struck him with a whip kick, while Yingluo followed with a pillar of Supreme Immortal Light that wounded him.
• The Divine Martial Saint Emperor praised Mu Yan and Yingluo, then released part of his Saint Emperor pressure and crushed them into separate craters.
• Mu Yan and Yingluo resisted the pressure and quickly rose to attack again.
• Mu Yan summoned his Flame Emperor Dharma Aspect and brought down a spinning fire wheel as Yingluo launched her Supreme Immortal Talisman.
• The Divine Martial Saint Emperor blocked the fire wheel with his palm and punched the talisman, meeting its sealing power in a fierce clash.

Mu Yan and Yingluo endured brutal sparring with the Divine Martial Saint Emperor, gradually adapting to his Saint Emperor pressure before emerging from the sealed trial world gravely injured. Their appearance shocked the Kunlun Holy Land disciples who found them.

• The Divine Martial Saint Emperor overwhelmed Mu Yan and Yingluo, destroying their Law Treasures and beating them while carefully keeping them alive.
• Yingluo insisted on continuing, while Mu Yan taunted the Divine Martial Saint Emperor and received another heavy punch; she secured time to rest as Mu Yan continued training.
• Over many days and nights, Mu Yan and Yingluo endured the Saint Emperor's attacks and gradually adapted to his pressure, earning his private admiration.
• The trial world's gate opened, and Mu Yan and Yingluo staggered out covered in wounds and unable to stand.
• A young disciple feared an enemy had attacked them, while a veteran disciple recognized the pair and reacted with astonished delight.

Mu Yan and Yingluo recovered from their brutal training against the Divine Martial Saint Emperor, then secluded themselves to pursue the Peak God Emperor Stage before traveling to the Myriad Principles Realm. Meanwhile, Su Jian was held captive at the Blood Sword Pavilion, where he remained calm despite knowing the captives were destined to be sacrificed.

• Disciples supported the bloodied Mu Yan and Yingluo after they finished training, and the Divine Martial Saint Emperor briefly appeared before departing.
• The disciples realized Mu Yan and Yingluo had been fighting the Divine Martial Saint Emperor, and the two returned to their palace to recover and review their training.
• Mu Yan told Yingluo that Little Rou and Youruo had begun attempting to reach the Hundun Saint Emperor Realm, prompting Yingluo to resolve to break through to the Peak God Emperor Stage.
• Mu Yan and Yingluo activated their palace's highest-level seclusion barrier and devoted themselves to cultivation before their planned journey to the Myriad Principles Realm.
• Su Jian remained disguised among more than ten thousand captives at the Blood Sword Pavilion as a middle-aged man explained that the prisoners would be used as blood sacrifices.
• Su Jian told the man that fear would not help, leaving him bewildered by Su Jian's calm acceptance of their situation.

Su Jian confronted the Blood Sword Pavilion executioner after he announced that the captives would be sacrificed to empower his blood sword. When the executioner’s attack was suddenly shattered before reaching Su Jian, the crowd was left stunned and the fight’s outcome remained unclear.

• A Blood Sword Pavilion elder drew his blood-colored sword and used its Sha Qi to overwhelm the captives gathered in the square.
• Su Jian recognized that the sword was empowered by human sacrifices and rejected the elder’s methods, while many captives begged to serve the Blood Sword Pavilion.
• The elder killed more than a dozen captives who had offered to betray others, absorbing their Essence Blood into his sword.
• Su Jian publicly mocked the elder’s swordsmanship, prompting the enraged elder to attack him with a scarlet Sword-Ray.
• The Sword-Ray snapped apart in midair before it could hit Su Jian, leaving the crowd unable to tell what had stopped it.

Su Jian revealed his late God Emperor strength, repeatedly breaking the Blood Sword Pavilion eldest senior brother’s attacks and slaughtering the disciples sent against him. As the sacrificial captives fled amid the chaos, the eldest senior brother unleashed his strongest sword technique.

• Su Jian used two fingers to split the eldest senior brother’s empowered blood sword-ray, shocking the crowd with his strength.
• The captives hoped Su Jian could help them survive, while Su Jian reflected that he had willingly allowed the Blood Sword Pavilion to capture him and was disappointed by its blood-soaked swordsmanship.
• The eldest senior brother ordered dozens of disciples to attack Su Jian, and their sword formation injured and killed captives caught in its path.
• Su Jian broke the sword formation with white sword-rays and defeated the disciples, sending the square into chaos as captives ran for the mountain gate.
• The eldest senior brother roared and unleashed his trump card, the Ten Thousand Remains Weeping Slaughter Sword.

Su Jian killed the Blood Sword Pavilion's eldest senior brother and then confronted a burly middle-aged man who attacked him with a blood sword. After Su Jian broke the man's weapon and struck at his throat, the man retreated and found himself unable to speak.

• Su Jian's silvery-white Sword-Rays overwhelmed the Blood Sword Pavilion's eldest senior brother's attack, disarmed him, and tore him apart.
• The surviving cultivators watched as the Blood Sword Pavilion's eldest senior brother died, and the sect's higher-ups came to investigate.
• A burly middle-aged man hurled a blood sword at Su Jian, who dodged the strike and then blocked the weapon with an ancient longsword.
• Su Jian drew his ancient longsword and split the burly middle-aged man's lifebound blood sword with one slash.
• Su Jian rushed at the burly middle-aged man and swept his sword across the man's throat; after retreating, the man tried to speak but could not make a sound.

Su Jian killed two Blood Sword Pavilion experts, then faced the pavilion master and his disciples as they tried to trap him in a sword formation. He broke through the unfinished formation and battled the pavilion master, ending the chapter after their strongest attacks collided.

• Su Jian killed the second Blood Sword Pavilion expert, leaving the watching cultivators stunned and fearful of the sect’s retaliation.
• The Blood Sword Pavilion pavilion master tried to befriend Su Jian, but Su Jian rejected him and condemned the sect’s evil practices.
• The pavilion master ordered the disciples to activate the Blood Soul Sword Formation, but Su Jian attacked before it could form and killed a front-row disciple.
• Su Jian broke through the formation and fought the pavilion master in midair, landing a cut on his back while trading rapid sword strikes.
• The pavilion master unleashed Blood Baleful Intent Slash, and Su Jian met it with his own sword strike; the collision sent both fighters reeling through the dust.