Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen defeated the True Dragon Ancestor and forced Long Ying to apologize to Qin Haoran. He then declared that Qin Haoran and Long Qingqing would become engaged, and the True Dragon Ancestor agreed to celebrate the engagement that day.

• Ye Chen overwhelmed the True Dragon Ancestor in a fistfight, leaving him badly injured and forcing him to call a halt.
• Ye Chen demanded that Long Ying kowtow and apologize to Qin Haoran, and the True Dragon Ancestor ordered Long Ying to comply.
• Long Ying knelt before Qin Haoran, apologized, and tried to leave, but Ye Chen bound him with Great Dao power and brought him back.
• Ye Chen told the True Dragon Ancestor that Qin Haoran wanted to become engaged to Long Qingqing, and the ancestor enthusiastically approved.
• Ye Chen announced that they would hold a grand engagement banquet that day, leaving Qin Haoran and Long Qingqing excited.

After Qin Haoran and Long Qingqing’s engagement, Ye Chen returned with them to Kunlun Holy Land, where the disciples prepared for the coming war against the Strange Clan. Their reunion turned into a celebration of their strength and Han Li’s bizarre cultivation methods, leaving the disciples astonished by the dangerous pills he used.

• The True Dragon Ancestor celebrated Qin Haoran and Long Qingqing’s betrothal with Ye Chen, who declined to stay and said he would take his disciples to prepare for the front lines.
• Ye Chen brought Long Qingqing and Qin Haoran to Kunlun Holy Land, where Long Qingqing was amazed by the sect’s resources and dense spiritual energy.
• Mu Yan, Yingluo, and the other direct disciples returned to Kunlun and learned they would soon fight Strange Lifeforms in the Myriad Principles Realm.
• The disciples gathered to celebrate and discuss their cultivation, learning that Shi Hao had reached the threshold of the Saint Emperor realm and could attempt a breakthrough.
• Chen Xuanbei and the others questioned Han Li about his pills, then discovered he used torture-grade pills and had adapted to their deadly effects through repeated use.

Youruo and Little Rou broke through to the Saint Emperor Realm, giving Kunlun Holy Land two more Saint Emperors. Ye Chen then took them and Willow God back to Kunlun, where Youruo and Little Rou eagerly prepared to visit Yingluo.

• Han Li said he used Blazing Sun Burns the Heavens Pills to warm himself, and the others marveled at his ability to cultivate by consuming poison pills.
• Youruo and Little Rou broke through to the Saint Emperor Realm, while Willow God watched with Ye Chen after advancing to the third heaven.
• Willow God teased Ye Chen about his relationship with Youruo and Little Rou, then playfully asked whether he would grant her request too.
• Little Rou and Youruo wanted to fight the Thunder Abyss Divine Kingdom, but Ye Chen scolded them and said it was time to return to Kunlun.
• Willow God explained that the new Saint Emperors would need at least a hundred years to cross the cosmic void, while Ye Chen said he could make the journey in a day or two.
• Ye Chen opened a void tunnel and brought the three women to Kunlun, where Youruo and Little Rou decided to visit Yingluo.

Ye Chen and his thirteen disciples traveled to the Myriad Principles Realm to join the war after the disciples completed their breakthroughs. They arrived at a fortified city, where the True Dragon Ancestor and the Nether Blood Saint Emperor welcomed Ye Chen, leaving the gate commanders stunned by his connections and the strength of his sect.

• Ye Chen stopped Youruo and Little Rou from disturbing their siblings in seclusion, and a hundred years later Shi Hao broke through to the Saint Emperor Realm.
• Youruo and Little Rou congratulated Shi Hao, and the other disciples emerged from seclusion with most reaching the peak God Emperor stage.
• Ye Chen gathered all thirteen disciples and led them on a hundred-year journey to the Myriad Principles Realm.
• Two peak God Emperor gate commanders stopped Ye Chen's group and began directing them to register and undergo screening.
• The True Dragon Ancestor arrived, welcomed Ye Chen, and marveled that three of his disciples were Saint Emperors.
• The Nether Blood Saint Emperor arrived and warmly greeted Ye Chen as the gate commanders watched in alarm.

Ye Chen arrived in the Myriad Principles Realm, where the True Dragon Ancestor, the Nether Blood Saint Emperor, and the Formless Saint Emperor welcomed him and explained the region’s factional cities. During a feast at True Dragon City, Willow God revealed that she had survived her enemies’ attempt to kill her and had returned to the Saint Emperor Realm.

• The Nether Blood Saint Emperor and the True Dragon Ancestor traded barbs before learning that both considered themselves connected to Ye Chen, and the Formless Saint Emperor joined them to welcome him.
• The three Peak Saint Emperors escorted Ye Chen into the city, and the True Dragon Ancestor hosted a feast at his palace.
• The True Dragon Ancestor, Nether Blood Saint Emperor, and Formless Saint Emperor explained that each Peak Saint Emperor maintained a separate city, while insisting they would unite if a great war threatened the Heavenly Divine Realm.
• Ye Chen clarified that Willow God was a member of Kunlun but not one of his thirteen disciples, prompting the three Saint Emperors to recognize her.
• Willow God confirmed that she was the Willow God believed to have perished after the Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor and others attacked her, and the group condemned those who had betrayed her.

True Dragon Ancestor showed Ye Chen and the disciples the approaching Yamato Divine Realm and explained that its collision with the Heavenly Divine Realm could not be avoided. He then convened a Peak Conference to introduce Ye Chen to the Peak Saint Emperors, whose curiosity and scrutiny greeted the new arrival.

• Formless Saint Emperor described Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor and his companions’ brutal attempts to surpass the Saint Emperor level, prompting Willow God to crush her cup in anger over her destroyed divine kingdom.
• Nether Blood Saint Emperor and Formless Saint Emperor warned Willow God that she could not take revenge yet, and she accepted that she would have to wait for her strength to recover.
• After drinking together, True Dragon Ancestor showed Ye Chen, Willow God, and the disciples the approaching Yamato Divine Realm and explained that the realms’ collision was unavoidable.
• Ye Chen told the disciples to focus on cultivation, and True Dragon Ancestor explained that a Peak Conference was held to welcome new Peak Saint Emperors or discuss major battle plans.
• True Dragon Ancestor brought Ye Chen to the conference in Myriad Principles City, where the Peak Saint Emperors questioned the unfamiliar newcomer and added a seat for him.

Ye Chen introduced himself to the Peak Saint Emperors of the Myriad Principles Realm, who were eager to learn the secrets behind his ascension and rapid rise. After he rebuffed their questions, Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor helped him build Kunlun City, while True Dragon Ancestor revealed that he and Ye Chen were in-laws.

• Ye Chen introduced himself as the Lord of Kunlun Holy Land, prompting the Peak Saint Emperors to react with shock, greed, and jealousy.
• Ye Chen asserted his Peak Saint Emperor pressure, then exchanged introductions with the others and received a token containing information about them.
• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor asked how Ye Chen had crossed between realms and reached the Peak Saint Emperor Realm, but Ye Chen gave evasive answers.
• After the meeting, Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor offered to help Ye Chen, while True Dragon Ancestor called Ye Chen his in-law.
• Ye Chen selected a site near True Dragon City and Formless City, and Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor raised Kunlun City there.
• Ye Chen carved the name Kunlun City above its gate with Great Dao laws, catching Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor's attention.

Ye Chen brought Willow God to Kunlun City, where Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor recognized her and later concluded that Ye Chen had killed Saint Emperors to help her recover. Convinced that he could not defeat Ye Chen alone, Thunder Abyss gathered three former allies to discuss the danger and a possible opportunity.

• Ye Chen welcomed Mu Yan and the other disciples to Kunlun City, then introduced Willow God to Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor as a guest elder.
• Willow God claimed she was a new personality unrelated to her former self, and Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor left after hearing her explanation.
• After returning to Thunder Abyss City, Thunder Abyss concluded that Ye Chen had killed Saint Emperors to avenge Willow God and help restore her strength.
• Thunder Abyss summoned Saint Emperor Dubu, Saint Emperor Qionghua, and Saint Emperor Qingjue in secret, saying they faced serious trouble and might also have an unprecedented opportunity.
• Dubu Victorious Emperor and Saint Emperor Qionghua questioned Thunder Abyss's latest plan and doubted that any path beyond Saint Emperor existed.

Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor persuaded Saint Emperor Dubu, Saint Emperor Qionghua, and Saint Emperor Qingjue to plot against Ye Chen and Willow God, even considering borrowing the Strange Lifeforms' power. Meanwhile, Ye Chen and Formless Saint Emperor discussed Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor's suspicious silence, and Ye Chen remained confident he could handle any scheme.

• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor revealed that Willow God had survived and recovered to the Third Heaven of the Saint Emperor Realm after appearing in Kunlun City with Ye Chen.
• Saint Emperor Dubu, Saint Emperor Qionghua, and Saint Emperor Qingjue agreed that Ye Chen and Willow God threatened them and that they wanted their secrets.
• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor proposed using the Strange Lifeforms to eliminate Ye Chen and Willow God, and the other three became convinced the betrayal could benefit the Heavenly Divine Realm.
• Days later, Formless Saint Emperor asked Ye Chen about Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor's lack of action, and Ye Chen said the silence meant a scheme was underway.
• Ye Chen assured Formless Saint Emperor that he could deal with any threat, and Formless Saint Emperor offered his support.

Ye Chen and the Formless Saint Emperor rushed to the Heaven Burial Realm, where a cosmic rift was spilling strange lifeforms and contaminating soldiers. After the Saint Emperors cleared the battlefield, Heavenly Emperor Kurosaki emerged from the rift and confronted the Formless Saint Emperor.

• Ye Chen sensed the Yamato Divine Realm’s strange rules and wondered whether its unstable nature was driving the realms toward collision.
• The Formless Saint Emperor told Ye Chen that a cosmic rift had opened in the Heaven Burial Realm, so they gathered Saint Emperors and went to provide support.
• Ye Chen and the Saint Emperors found the Heaven Burial Realm drenched in strange power as soldiers fought swarms of strange lifeforms and began to suffer contamination.
• Two Saint Emperors purged the soldiers’ contamination, while the Formless Saint Emperor and his companions destroyed the invading strange lifeforms.
• Heavenly Emperor Kurosaki appeared from the rift, and the Formless Saint Emperor recognized the Yamato expert he had killed three million years earlier.

Heavenly Emperor Kurosaki summoned three more peak Heavenly Emperors through a stable cosmic rift, forcing Formless Saint Emperor and Ye Chen to fight them. Ye Chen overwhelmed Heavenly Emperor Guigong in their first exchange, and Guigong answered with a soul-attacking bronze bell as Ye Chen summoned the Beginningless Immortal Bell.

• Heavenly Emperor Kurosaki proclaimed that the Supreme Heavenly Emperor made the Yamato Divine Realm's peak Heavenly Emperors impossible to kill and revealed that three more had crossed the cosmic rift.
• Heiqi, Qiandai, Sheye, and Guigong attacked, and Formless Saint Emperor assigned himself to Heiqi, Ye Chen to Guigong, and the other Saint Emperors to Qiandai and Sheye.
• Formless Saint Emperor fought Heiqi while the lower-level Saint Emperors struggled against Qiandai and Sheye, and Ye Chen caught Guigong's punch and battered his face with three blows.
• Guigong broke free, summoned a rust-covered bronze bell, and rang it to attack Ye Chen's soul.
• Ye Chen brought forth the Beginningless Immortal Bell.

Ye Chen defeated and annihilated Heavenly Emperor Guigong with the Immortal-Slaying Sword, then intervened to save the Heavenly Divine Realm’s wounded Saint Emperors from Heavenly Emperor Qiandai and Heavenly Emperor Sheye. Guigong’s death appeared final for now, though Ye Chen knew he could revive in the Yamato Divine Realm.

• Ye Chen used the Beginningless Immortal Bell to repel Guigong’s soul attacks, and their Saint Emperor-grade bells collided with enough force to destroy the Heaven Burial Realm.
• Guigong attacked Ye Chen with a naginata, but Ye Chen’s Immortal-Slaying Sword broke through his blade rays and inflicted numerous wounds.
• Ye Chen unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Void, shattered Guigong’s defenses, and pierced him through before slicing his body into pieces and eradicating his Strange Power.
• Ye Chen sensed the surrounding Principles and confirmed that Guigong had no soul or will remaining, though he knew Guigong could revive in the Yamato Divine Realm.
• Formless Saint Emperor continued to suppress Heavenly Emperor Kurosaki, while Heavenly Emperor Qiandai and Heavenly Emperor Sheye nearly overcame the wounded Heavenly Divine Realm Saint Emperors.
• Ye Chen’s Sword-Ray destroyed Qiandai and Sheye’s joint attack and saved the Saint Emperors, who saw no sign of Guigong behind him.

Ye Chen revealed that he had killed Heavenly Emperor Guigong, then trapped Heavenly Emperor Qiandai and Heavenly Emperor Sheye in the Immortal-Slaying Grand Formation as they tried to destroy him with their strange origins. He overwhelmed their defenses, and Sheye’s attempt to rush him under cover of shed snakeskin ended with her protection shattered and the sword formation bearing down on her.

• Ye Chen told the Saint Emperors that he had killed Heavenly Emperor Guigong, and they confirmed his absence by searching the shattered void.
• Heavenly Emperor Qiandai and Heavenly Emperor Sheye decided Ye Chen was too dangerous and attacked him with their strange origins, intending to detonate themselves and take him down.
• Ye Chen summoned Immortal-Butchering, Immortal-Trapping, and Immortal-Ending alongside the Immortal-Slaying Sword and activated the Immortal-Slaying Grand Formation around himself and the two attackers.
• The formation unleashed endless golden Sword-Rays that battered Qiandai and Sheye’s red shields, rapidly consuming their strange origin power.
• Heavenly Emperor Sheye shed snakeskin to shield herself from the Sword-Rays and charged Ye Chen, but he dodged and struck her with a gigantic golden sword.
• Ye Chen’s strike shattered Sheye’s snakeskin, leaving her exposed as countless Sword-Rays rushed toward her.

Ye Chen’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation overwhelmed Heavenly Emperors Sheye and Qiandai, while distant Saint Emperors watched in disbelief. Sheye was ultimately ground away and killed by the formation, leaving Qiandai still trapped inside.

• Heavenly Emperor Sheye fought off the formation’s golden Sword-Rays with her Strange Rule power and serpentine whip, but Ye Chen remained in control from afar.
• Ye Chen formed ten giant swords and sent them crashing down; Sheye destroyed five, while the remaining five inflicted catastrophic injuries.
• Sheye and Heavenly Emperor Qiandai continued struggling against the formation as the watching Saint Emperors recognized Ye Chen’s overwhelming strength and discussed the long revival period of slain Peak Heavenly Emperors.
• The formation’s relentless Sword-Rays overwhelmed Sheye, tearing her apart until she vanished completely.

Ye Chen defeated the invading Yamato Divine Realm experts, killing Heavenly Emperor Sheye and Heavenly Emperor Qiandai while Heavenly Emperor Kurosaki fled. After learning that the Yamato Divine Realm’s warriors could resurrect and that every battle weakened the barrier between the realms, Ye Chen realized the danger was greater than he had thought.

• Heavenly Emperor Qiandai abandoned her defenses and was annihilated by Ye Chen’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, after witnessing Heavenly Emperor Sheye’s death.
• Ye Chen recalled his swords and watched the Formless Saint Emperor overpower Heavenly Emperor Kurosaki, who fled through a cosmic rift.
• The Formless Saint Emperor destroyed the rift, and the gathered Saint Emperors praised Ye Chen for killing three peak Heavenly Emperors.
• Ye Chen learned that the Yamato Divine Realm had thirty-eight peak Heavenly Emperors who could resurrect, while the Heavenly Divine Realm had lost peak Saint Emperors permanently.
• The Formless Saint Emperor explained that every major battle weakened the barrier between the realms, bringing the future great collision closer.
• Reinforcements arrived after the fighting had ended, leaving the newly arrived Saint Emperors puzzled by the calm battlefield.

Saint Emperor Qingjue and the reinforcements learned that Ye Chen had killed three peak Heavenly Emperors, then gathered at Kunlun City to question him. Ye Chen revealed that Willow God had returned, leaving Saint Emperor Qingjue face to face with one of the people who had helped kill her.

• Saint Emperor Qingjue arrived with reinforcements and learned from Formless Saint Emperor that Ye Chen had killed Guigong, Qiandai, and Sheye while Heavenly Emperor Kurosaki escaped.
• The Saint Emperors repaired the damaged Heaven Burial Realm, returned to the Myriad Principles Realm, and surrounded Ye Chen with questions about his strength.
• Ye Chen led the gathered Saint Emperors to Kunlun City and asked Willow God to serve tea before he recounted the battle.
• Willow God entered the hall, shocking the Saint Emperors, who recognized her familiar presence and realized she had revived.
• Willow God served tea without acknowledging Saint Emperor Qingjue, then stood beside Ye Chen.

Ye Chen introduced Willow God as a guest elder of Kunlun Holy Land and faced the Saint Emperors’ questions about how he had defeated three Heavenly Emperors. He shared his view that deeper comprehension of the Great Dao strengthened him, then discussed the Dao with the gathering, leaving the Saint Emperors convinced their stalled cultivation could still advance.

• Ye Chen confirmed Willow God was a guest elder of Kunlun Holy Land, then told the gathered Saint Emperors that he had defeated three Heavenly Emperors because he was strong enough.
• Saint Emperor Qingjue asked if Ye Chen had surpassed Saint Emperor, and he said he was at the peak of the same realm but understood the Great Dao more deeply.
• Saint Emperor Dubu accused the Formless Saint Emperor of withholding Ye Chen’s secrets, and Ye Chen told Dubu to leave before Dubu apologized and stayed.
• Ye Chen explained that comprehending deeper rules of the Great Dao was, in his view, the path to greater strength, but the other Saint Emperors doubted his answer.
• Ye Chen asked what the gathering knew about the Yamato Divine Realm’s Heavenly Emperors reviving, and Saint Emperor Qingjue admitted they had no definite answer.
• Ye Chen discussed the Dao with the Saint Emperors, whose dormant Great Dao rules stirred and showed them that their cultivation could still progress.

Ye Chen dismissed the Saint Emperors after their Dao discussion gave them hope of advancing, then reasoned that the Yamato Divine Realm’s Peak Heavenly Emperors likely resurrected through its origin will. In the Yamato Shrine, three coffins tied to Guigong, Qiandai, and Sheye activated, and a young woman arrived as the attendants reacted to their apparent deaths.

• The Saint Emperors begged Ye Chen to continue discussing the Dao and offered gifts and intelligence, but Ye Chen had Willow God see them out.
• Ye Chen asked Willow God about Heavenly Emperor resurrection, then concluded that the Yamato Divine Realm’s origin was probably involved and decided not to enter it without more intelligence.
• Beneath the Great Divine Sakura Tree, crimson light and strange Dao runes appeared on the coffins of Guigong, Qiandai, and Sheye.
• Yamato Shrine attendants realized the three Peak Heavenly Emperors had apparently fallen soon after entering the Heavenly Divine Realm, but dared not open their coffins.
• A young woman in a white robe with sakura patterns tore through space and appeared beneath the Great Divine Sakura Tree.

Heavenly Emperor Asano learned that Ye Chen had killed three peak Heavenly Emperors, and she and Heavenly Emperor Kurosaki decided to activate the Yamato Divine Realm’s Pilgrimage Plan to eliminate him. Meanwhile, news of Ye Chen’s victory spread through the Heavenly Divine Realm, and Kunlun City prepared an arena tournament that drew experts from across the region.

• Heavenly Emperor Asano found the resurrection coffins of Qiandai, Guigong, and Sheye glowing, while Heavenly Emperor Kurosaki’s coffin remained dormant.
• Heavenly Emperor Kurosaki returned and told Asano that Ye Chen had killed Guigong, Qiandai, and Sheye before he escaped.
• Heavenly Emperor Asano and Heavenly Emperor Kurosaki agreed to activate the Pilgrimage Plan to counter Ye Chen.
• News of Ye Chen’s victory spread through the Myriad Principles Realm, and countless experts flocked to Kunlun City.
• Mu Yan and his companions began preparing the Kunlun Arena Tournament for peak God Emperors, with rare treasures offered as prizes.

Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor, Saint Emperor Dubu, Saint Emperor Qionghua, and Saint Emperor Qingjue secretly plotted to seize Ye Chen’s secret while maintaining a friendly front. Mu Yan and his companions advanced into the Hundun Saint Emperor Realm, while a strange army from the Yamato Divine Realm invaded High Heaven Continent and broke through its defenders’ barrier.

• Saint Emperor Qingjue and Saint Emperor Dubu confirmed that discussing the Dao with Ye Chen had given them genuine insights, prompting Saint Emperor Qionghua to demand that they take his secret.
• Thunder Abyss Saint Emperor urged the group to wait for the right opportunity, and the four concealed their hostility while continuing to attend Ye Chen’s Dao lectures.
• Mu Yan and his companions successively broke through into the Hundun Saint Emperor Realm, bringing Kunlun Holy Land’s total to fourteen Saint Emperors including Ye Chen.
• A cosmic rift opened near High Heaven Continent, and a massive force of strange lifeforms poured through under a Heavenly Emperor’s command.
• The strange lifeforms repeatedly self-destructed against the soldiers’ divine-power wall until it collapsed, and the two armies clashed in a bloody battle.