Recaps

Ye Xingchen arrived at the Purple Cloud Palace and reunited with Xiao Yajun, who introduced him as her husband before the shocked disciples and elders. After Ye Xingchen gave the gate guards a storage ring, the gathered experts discovered that he was the same person as the masked master of the All Under Heaven Pavilion and watched the ring reveal dazzling divine radiance.

• Ye Xingchen arrived at the Purple Cloud Palace and asked the gate guards to announce his visit to his wife, Xiao Yajun.
• When the guards challenged him, Ye Xingchen called out for Xiao Yajun, who appeared and identified him as her husband.
• Xiao Yajun took Ye Xingchen to meet the ancestors, while Ye Xingchen gave the guards a storage ring and praised their conduct.
• Yun Anling and the Purple Cloud Palace experts concluded that Ye Xingchen was the masked master of the All Under Heaven Pavilion and agreed to keep his identity secret.
• The gate guards opened Ye Xingchen's gift as the experts watched, and dazzling divine radiance filled the scene.

Ye Xingchen entered the Purple Cloud Palace’s Purple Cloud Illusory Realm with Xiao Yajun and agreed to the four ancestors’ tests before marrying her. When they presented an ancient box for the first test, Ye Xingchen recognized it, astonishing the ancestors.

• Purple Cloud Palace disciples discovered Ye Xingchen had gifted them hundreds of thousands of supreme-grade divine stones and hundreds of bottles of supreme-grade divine wine.
• Xiao Yajun led Ye Xingchen through the bronze gate into the Purple Cloud Illusory Realm and reassured him that the four ancestors who raised her might test him.
• Ye Xingchen met the four ancestors, who assessed his strength and character before declaring that he had to pass their tests to marry Xiao Yajun.
• The oldest ancestor presented an ancient box and asked Ye Xingchen to identify its name and origins, while Xiao Yajun objected that the test was unfair.
• Ye Xingchen recognized the object, leaving the four ancestors stunned.

Ye Xingchen identified the ancient key as a Heaven-Mending Divine Stone that opened the true Heavenly Dao Treasure Trove, hidden within the Ancient Divine Tomb, and the ancestors entrusted it to him and Xiao Yajun. When an ancestor tested Ye Xingchen’s understanding of the Literary Dao, his words dispelled her inner demons and brought her to the brink of breaking through to the Void God Realm.

• Ye Xingchen used his Illusion-Breaking Divine Eyes to identify the stone key as a Heaven-Mending Divine Stone that opened the true Heavenly Dao Treasure Trove.
• Ye Xingchen revealed that the true treasure trove was hidden in the Ancient Divine Tomb, shocking the four Purple Cloud Palace figures, who doubted anyone could have missed it.
• The four figures gave the key to Xiao Yajun for the upcoming Ancient Divine Tomb opening, and Xiao Yajun handed it to Ye Xingchen and said she would go with him.
• An ancestor who cultivated the Literary Dao offered Ye Xingchen a second test, but Ye Xingchen’s words about literature carrying the Dao triggered her breakthrough and brought her to the peak of the Ancient Emperor Realm.

Ye Xingchen passed the Purple Cloud Palace’s trial and won approval to marry Xiao Yajun, then gave her pills for the palace’s experts and her eternal youth. At the All Under Heaven Pavilion, the Demon Race’s Empress Luo Qingshan arrived, and a young man stepped forward to block her path.

• The ancient Dao of Literature expert thanked Ye Xingchen for correcting her cultivation, declared him her superior in the Dao, and approved his relationship with Xiao Yajun.
• Ye Xingchen promised to cherish Xiao Yajun, and the elders warned the couple not to consummate their marriage until she reached the Ancient Emperor Realm.
• Ye Xingchen learned that the Purple Cloud Palace had twenty-one Immortal Thearch Realm experts and gave Xiao Yajun twenty-one Primordial Great Emperor Pills and a Countenance-Preserving Pill.
• Xiao Yajun accepted the Countenance-Preserving Pill, kissed Ye Xingchen on the cheek, and left; Ye Xingchen then returned toward the All Under Heaven Pavilion.
• Empress Luo Qingshan arrived outside the All Under Heaven Pavilion, where a young man blocked her path as onlookers anticipated trouble.

Ye Xingchen returned and rescued Luo Qingshan from Ximen Tinghai, the Holy Son of the Free and Easy Institute. After crippling Ximen Tinghai’s arm, Ye Xingchen left with Luo Qingshan and warned the institute not to provoke him again.

• Ximen Tinghai introduced himself to Luo Qingshan and invited her to dine, but she ignored him and continued toward the All Under Heaven Pavilion.
• Ximen Tinghai tried to grab Luo Qingshan’s hand, and Ye Xingchen appeared and crippled his arm.
• The Free and Easy Institute elders said Ximen Tinghai’s injuries could keep him from the Ancient Divine Tomb expedition and the Ancient God Road, then blamed Ye Xingchen.
• Ye Xingchen greeted the Demon Race, reunited with Luo Qingshan, and led her toward the pavilion.
• When the Free and Easy Institute threatened to stop them, Ye Xingchen struck its people with a casual palm and warned that the institute would be destroyed if it tried again.
• Ye Xingchen and his companions disappeared, leaving the onlookers stunned.

Ye Xingchen defeated the Free and Easy Institute experts, reconciled with Luo Qingshan, and prepared to attend the unveiling of the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking. As powerful hidden factions gathered at the Heavenly Dao Sect, the arrival of something causing tremors left the crowd horrified.

• Ye Xingchen's casual palm strike laid out the Free and Easy Institute experts, and the shaken elders carried the unconscious Ximen Tinghai toward the teleportation array.
• Luo Qingshan understood why Ye Xingchen had acted as he did and told him to make time for Hua Xueyan and Xiao Yajun to meet Shan'er.
• The next morning, Ye Xingchen and Luo Qingshan prepared to visit the Heavenly Dao Sect for the unveiling of the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking, and Ye Xingchen told the Demon Race members to keep his Imperial Sovereign identity secret.
• A golden phoenix brought the women of Ten Thousand Phoenix Mountain to the Heavenly Dao Sect as powerful factions arrived from across Divine Desolation.
• The ground at the Heavenly Dao Sect began to tremble amid a series of thuds, and the onlookers stared toward the source in horror.

The Strength Clan and the Demon Race arrived at the Heavenly Dao Sect for the unveiling of the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking, where Ye Xingchen reunited Luo Qingshan with Hua Xueyan and Xiao Yajun. As the factions gathered, news spread that the Free and Easy Institute's Holy Son and several Great Emperor experts had been killed, and a figure appeared to begin the ranking ceremony.

• The Strength Clan arrived at the Heavenly Dao Sect, and Old Drunkard described their legendary strength and ancient origins to the crowd outside.
• Ye Xingchen led Luo Qingshan and the Demon Race into the sect, where they took their place at the grandstand beneath the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking.
• Hua Xueyan and Xiao Yajun greeted Luo Qingshan, and the three women sat together chatting while Ye Xingchen was left out.
• Lei Lie voiced interest in the three women and challenged the reputation of the All Under Heaven Pavilion's master, while Nangong Liuyun warned him against provoking them.
• The Su Lineage revealed that the Free and Easy Institute's Holy Son Ximen Tinghai and several Great Emperor experts had been killed and robbed on their way home.
• A figure appeared on the raised platform, and the assembled factions fell silent in anticipation of the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking's unveiling.

Dao Wuya opened the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking, and the names of Divine Desolation’s strongest young talents began to appear. The ranking revealed several powerful figures, while its first-place identity remained hidden.

• Ye Xingchen used his insight to learn that Dao Wuya was an ambitious Ancient Emperor who wielded a wisp of the Heavenly Dao’s will.
• Dao Wuya invoked the Heavenly Dao, and its golden eye empowered the ranking as it unfurled above the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• The ranking revealed Leng Aofeng at ninety-ninth, then listed talents including Liu Ruyi, Bai Youyou, and Sikong Guyao, who credited Ye Xingchen’s gifts for their progress.
• The top ten appeared, placing Taishu Changquan tenth, Hua Xueyan ninth, and Xiao Yajun eighth; a Buddha Sect talent ranked fifth and a Saber Pavilion talent ranked fourth.
• Luo Qingshan placed third and the Heavenly Dao Sect’s Daozi placed second, while Dao Wuya realized that the still-unrevealed first-place talent surpassed even his disciple.

Ye Xingchen concealed his information from the Heavenly Dao, leaving him inexplicably first on the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking. The ranking opened the true Ancient Divine Tomb, and the chapter ended when a white-haired Great Emperor entered despite the age restriction.

• Ye Xingchen ordered the system to conceal his information, so the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking listed its first-place figure with every attribute unknown.
• An indistinct figure in the God Realm sensed a variable had appeared, while Dao Wuya warned that the Ancient Divine Tomb and Ancient God Road would undergo great changes.
• The Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking summoned a massive black gate, transformed into a golden beam, and opened what Dao Wuya identified as the true Ancient Divine Tomb.
• Luo Qingshan explained that the entrance differed from previous appearances, and Dao Wuya said the earlier tomb had not been the true one.
• Lei Lie eyed Xiao Yajun with predatory intent as Nangong Liuyun grew wary, then a white-haired Great Emperor passed through the gate despite the age restriction.

Ye Xingchen and his wives entered the Ancient Divine Tomb, where only those at the Immortal Thearch Realm or above could pass through the gate. After collecting several inheritances, Ye Xingchen realized the tombs formed a suspicious arrangement and rushed toward a disturbance at a huge golden burial chamber.

• The gate repelled the white-haired old man and Leng Aofeng, while experts at the Immortal Thearch Realm and above entered before it vanished.
• Inside the tomb, Ye Xingchen examined an out-of-place white stone stele, then followed his wives toward a burial chamber radiating a divine dragon phantom.
• Ye Xingchen and his companions explored the burial chambers and obtained divine medicines and inheritances, including one for each of his three wives.
• Ye Xingchen noticed that their journey had been too easy and that the identical burial chambers seemed arranged as a formation, despite belonging to experts from antiquity.
• After hearing terrifying roars and explosions, Ye Xingchen and his companions appeared near an enormous golden burial chamber and grew angry at what they saw and heard.

Sima An revealed that Heavy Sword Mountain had conspired with the Sword Sect to murder his parents and seize the Beast Taming Divine Ring, then avenged them by killing Heavy Sword Zi. As Ye Xingchen and the women explored farther into the Ancient Divine Tomb, a sealed race emerged, and its enemy was revealed to be the Holy Ancestor, Xuanyuan Wushuang.

• Sima An accused Heavy Sword Zi of conspiring with the Sword Sect to murder his parents and steal the Beast Taming Divine Ring, revealing that he had overheard their plot while pretending to be unconscious.
• Sima An ordered his Heavenly Emperor Realm black flood dragon to swallow the wounded Heavy Sword Zi, then paid respects to his slain family and ancestors.
• Ye Xingchen and the three women continued deeper into the Ancient Divine Tomb, finding ancient inheritances as other factions pressed toward the depths.
• Ye Xingchen's ominous premonition intensified before the tomb shook and darkness spread from its depths.
• A terrifying voice announced that its race had emerged and challenged Xuanyuan Wushuang, while an indistinct figure warned that the race's return might bring its extermination.
• The factions recognized the name Xuanyuan Wushuang as that of the Holy Ancestor.

Jian Yao’s theft of the Devil-Suppressing Sword freed Xue Sha and the Asura Clan from their ancient seal, triggering a bloody battle with the factions inside the Ancient Divine Tomb. After the Asuras were nearly wiped out at great cost, Xue Sha revealed that the tombs themselves formed a Devil-Suppressing Formation and accused the Human Race of repeating its old greed.

• Xue Sha broke free from the altar’s seal, killed Jian Yao’s elders, and severely wounded Jian Yao with a single punch.
• The factions discovered the altar and learned that Jian Yao had taken the Devil-Suppressing Sword, freeing the Asura Clan; Xue Sha identified himself as lord of the Asura Clan.
• Dao Wuya revealed his Ancient Emperor Realm strength and fought Xue Sha while the Dao Child and the other factions battled the Asuras.
• The factions killed nearly all the Asuras but suffered heavy casualties, while Dao Wuya sustained injuries fighting Xue Sha.
• Xue Sha explained that the ancient tombs were arranged as a Devil-Suppressing Formation and revealed that the Void God Realm expert had hidden the Devil-Suppressing Sword among the tombs.
• The factions turned angrily toward Jian Yao, but Dao Wuya defended him, and Xue Sha mocked the Human Race as hypocritical.

Jian Yao was exposed for drawing the Devil-Suppressing Sword and was killed by Sima An, while Dao Wuya used the sword to confront Xue Sha. Xue Sha revealed that the Devil Sealing Formation had been compromised, then absorbed the essence of hundreds of Devil Race corpses and unleashed a godlike presence.

• Dao Wuya pointed out the warning carved on the fallen statue, and the gathered factions turned against Jian Yao for drawing the sword that had sealed the Devil Race.
• Sima An attacked the gravely wounded Jian Yao, killed him to avenge his parents, and took his storage ring before handing it to Dao Wuya.
• Dao Wuya retrieved the Devil-Suppressing Sword from the ring and used its righteous radiance to drive back the black mist.
• Xue Sha explained that the Devil Sealing Formation could no longer prevent the Devil Race from emerging because several burial chambers had been destroyed.
• Xue Sha crushed hundreds of Devil Race corpses into a bead and swallowed it, while Dao Wuya struck at him with the Devil-Suppressing Sword.
• A black claw met Dao Wuya’s sword strike, and Xue Sha began howling as a terrifying, godlike presence surged from his body.

Xue Sha broke through to the Void God Realm and overwhelmed the gathered factions of Divine Desolation, destroying the Ancient Divine Tomb’s defenses. As he prepared to unleash his demonic power, Ye Xingchen appeared before him.

• Xue Sha transformed, and Dao Wuya and the other factions attacked him with their strongest techniques and treasures, while Lei Lie revealed his Ancient Emperor Realm strength.
• Xue Sha dismissed their combined assault with a wave of black liquid, but the Ancient Divine Tomb’s golden barrier stopped it from reaching the crowd.
• Xue Sha declared that he had broken through to the Void God Realm and shattered the barrier, stone tablet, and burial chambers with a single punch.
• Xue Sha roared in triumph until Ye Xingchen appeared in the void and told him to be quiet.

Ye Xingchen used the Primordial Devil-Suppressing Stone to suppress Xue Sha and the cavern, ending the threat in the Ancient Divine Tomb. Then a nine-colored radiance revealed the presence of a Heavenly Dao Fragment, and Dao Wuya led everyone toward it as Ye Xingchen announced the Heavenly Dao Treasure Trove had appeared.

• Ye Xingchen sent the Primordial Devil-Suppressing Stone toward Xue Sha, who recognized it and tried to flee.
• The stone bound Xue Sha with golden chains, absorbed his Devil Qi, and weakened him despite his attempt to escape.
• Ye Xingchen pressed the stone down over Xue Sha and the cavern, suppressing them as Xue Sha cried out that only a variable could kill an Asura imperial bloodline member.
• The factions reacted to Xue Sha's defeat, while Dao Wuya resolved not to provoke Ye Xingchen.
• Ye Jialuo sensed a presence of her kind near Central Emperor Province and continued into the darkness of the Devil Abyss Dark Forest.
• The Ancient Divine Tomb shook as nine-colored light revealed a Heavenly Dao Fragment; Dao Wuya and the others rushed toward it, and Ye Xingchen told Xiao Yajun and the other women that the Heavenly Dao Treasure Trove had appeared.

Ye Xingchen led the survivors to the Heavenly Dao Treasure Trove, where they found a world within a world sealed behind a Heavenly Dao barrier that would take a day to open. As the factions rested and Lei Lie eyed Ye Xingchen’s pavilion with greed, Ye Xingchen remembered his daily system check-in and began it.

• Ye Xingchen wondered whether other Devil Race members and hidden secrets existed on the Divine Desolation Continent, then led the others toward the nine-colored radiance.
• Dao Wuya identified the barrier as a world within a world and said its Heavenly Dao protection would take at least a day to disappear; a Great Emperor Realm rogue cultivator was injured when he attacked it.
• Lei Lie invited Xiao Yajun to join Sea God Island, but she ignored him, and Ye Xingchen’s glance made Lei Lie sense danger.
• Ye Xingchen used the Ancient Divine Vine to raise a pavilion, giving his companions a place to rest while the other factions watched enviously.
• Ye Xingchen began his daily system check-in, while Lei Lie secretly coveted the pavilion and the vine that created it.

Ye Xingchen learned the Five Elements Heaven-Sealing Grand Formation and clashed with Lei Lie after refusing to give him the Ancient Divine Vine. Their feud intensified just as the nine-colored barrier disappeared, revealing what lay beyond.

• Ye Xingchen received the Five Elements Heaven-Sealing Grand Formation from the system and mastered the ability to form it with a single thought.
• Luo Qingshan woke Ye Xingchen, and the two joined Hua Xueyan and Xiao Yajun before the group left the pavilion.
• Lei Lie asked Ye Xingchen to exchange the Ancient Divine Vine for a treasure, but Ye Xingchen mocked him and said he could have it only in exchange for his life.
• Lei Lie attacked Ye Xingchen, but Dao Wuya intervened, and Lei Lie withdrew his punch before threatening Ye Xingchen.
• The nine-colored barrier vanished, leaving everyone frozen in shock at the sight before them.

The factions discovered that the Heavenly Dao Treasure Trove lay behind the nine-colored bronze gate inside the Ancient Divine Tomb, but even the strongest cultivators could not open it. Ye Xingchen used a Heaven-Mending Divine Stone key to open the gate, and someone immediately rushed into the vortex first.

• The factions recognized the nine-colored gate as the entrance to the Heavenly Dao Treasure Trove, and Dao Wuya sensed Heavenly Dao Fragments inside.
• Dao Wuya, Lei Lie, Taishu Yunlong, and Taishu Changquan tried and failed to push open the gate; several experts also failed to pull it open.
• A Great Emperor discovered a keyhole beneath the gate handle, but the factions could not find a key.
• Ye Xingchen produced the Heaven-Mending Divine Stone key he had obtained from Xiao Yajun, and it opened the gate despite Lei Lie's mockery.
• The gate opened into a nine-colored vortex, and an unidentified figure rushed inside ahead of the others.

Ye Xingchen waited for the nine-colored doors to open fully and discovered a hidden entrance that sent entrants safely to lands of opportunity. While the others gained treasures and advanced in strength, Ye Xingchen entered a realm of darkness and found something that astonished him.

• Dao Wuya entered the first vortex, prompting Lei Lie and the other factions to follow while Ye Xingchen and his companions stayed behind.
• When the doors opened completely, Ye Xingchen identified the hidden vortex as a safe route to a land of opportunity and guided the other factions and his three companions inside.
• Dao Wuya found a Heavenly Dao Fragment, while Lei Lie discovered and absorbed Lightning Tribulation Liquid before heading toward the treasure trove's central mountain.
• Luo Qingshan, Hua Xueyan, Xiao Yajun, and the other factions gained opportunities, and all three women reached the Heavenly Emperor Realm.
• Ye Xingchen entered a realm of darkness, felt an unfamiliar sorrow, and rushed toward a white radiance that left him astonished.

In the Heavenly Dao Treasure Trove, Ye Xingchen met Xuanyuan Taiyi’s lingering spirit and learned that the Heavenly Dao was dead, its current ruler a pretender, and the Devil Race sought the sleeping Spirit of the Heavenly Dao and a secret within Divine Desolation. Xuanyuan Taiyi entrusted him with the Spirit before disappearing, and Ye Xingchen returned to the Treasure Trove with a transformed state of mind, while the continent’s deeper secrets remained unknown.

• Ye Xingchen discovered a tablet identifying the place as the Tomb of the Heavenly Dao and found the corpse of a powerful middle-aged man beside it.
• Xuanyuan Taiyi’s lingering spirit appeared, revealed that the Heavenly Dao had died and that its current ruler was a puppet master, and recounted his war against the Devil Race and his betrayal.
• Xuanyuan Taiyi explained that Ye Xingchen was the variable destined to defeat the Devil Race and gave him the sleeping Spirit of the Heavenly Dao.
• Xuanyuan Taiyi said the Divine Desolation Continent concealed a secret coveted by both its ruler and the Devil Race, then vanished before he could explain it or the origin of the Heavenly Dao Treasure Trove.
• Ye Xingchen returned to the Heavenly Dao Treasure Trove, understood that the ancient Heavenly Dao had imposed no cultivation limit, and reached a powerful new state of mind.

Ye Xingchen and the major factions gathered at the golden mountain, where a mysterious barrier blocked the endless steps. As accusations over the factions’ different routes through the vortex stirred hostility toward the Heavenly Dao Sect, Dao Wuya and Lei Lie clashed, and three beautiful women arrived to deepen the tension.

• Ye Xingchen spotted the towering golden mountain and vanished toward it, while Luo Qingshan, Hua Xueyan, Xiao Yajun, and others headed there as well.
• An expert was repelled from the mountain’s steps by a golden barrier, and the gathered factions waited as survivors compared the dangers and opportunities they had encountered.
• Daozi challenged the Demon Race over its lack of casualties, but Luo Xuannü and Liu Ruosu revealed that their three factions had entered a hidden vortex and gained opportunities without losses.
• Liu Ruosu’s account turned the gathered factions against the Heavenly Dao Sect, while Daozi dismissed her claims and withdrew from the argument.
• Dao Wuya and Lei Lie collided under their Ancient Emperor Realm pressure, then learned from their allies about the dispute and watched three beautiful figures arrive as the crowd’s attention shifted to the Heavenly Dao Sect.

Luo Qingshan, Hua Xueyan, and Xiao Yajun returned from the nine-colored vortex as Heavenly Emperors, while Ye Xingchen revealed the rules and secrets of the Heaven-Piercing Divine Stairway. Lei Lie challenged Ye Xingchen’s account, and lightning and killing intent suddenly erupted around Heaven-Piercing Peak.

• Luo Qingshan, Hua Xueyan, and Xiao Yajun appeared as Heavenly Emperors, and Dao Wuya told the other factions that they had no one to blame for missing the opportunities.
• Dao Wuya and Lei Lie found a barrier blocking the stairway and sat at its entrance after sensing treasures within it.
• Ye Xingchen rejoined the three women and identified the stairway as the Heaven-Piercing Divine Stairway, with 9,999 steps, three trials, and no use of immortal spirit power permitted.
• Ye Xingchen explained that reaching the final step would reveal Heaven-Piercing Peak and the secrets of the Heavenly Dao Treasure Trove, though no one had ever completed the climb.
• Lei Lie accused Ye Xingchen of making up the stairway’s trials, and lightning and terrifying killing intent erupted around Heaven-Piercing Peak.

Ye Xingchen humiliated Sea God Island’s lord Lei Lie after overpowering him, then threatened to kill him when he insulted Luo Qingshan. As the Heaven-Piercing Divine Stairway’s barrier shattered and a black stele appeared, Dao Wuya suspected Ye Xingchen had reached the Void God Realm.

• Ye Xingchen mocked Lei Lie, then repelled his lightning-powered punch with a single finger and injured him.
• Lei Lie insulted Luo Qingshan and threatened the Demon Race, so Ye Xingchen immobilized him with killing intent and nearly killed him.
• Lei Lie begged for his life and offered compensation, but Ye Xingchen spared him and slapped him twice for his disrespect.
• Dao Wuya suspected Ye Xingchen was a true Void God Realm expert, while Lei Lie returned to the stairway entrance and concealed his rage.
• The Heaven-Piercing Divine Stairway shook, its golden barrier shattered, and a black stone stele rose as golden light entered it.

Ye Xingchen and the faction leaders climbed the Heaven-Piercing Divine Stairway, claimed rewards from its first trial, and endured the far harsher second trial. At the second platform, Ye Xingchen received a pillar of power several times greater than those granted to Luo Qingshan and the other women.

• Ye Xingchen explained that climbers should conserve their strength, avoid using immortal spirit power, and treat the Heaven-Piercing Divine Stairway as body training.
• The faction leaders reached the 3,333rd step and claimed individual rewards, while a Strength Clan expert was expelled after trying to steal someone else’s opportunity.
• Ye Xingchen and the others entered the second trial at the 3,334th step, where the pressure increased nearly a hundredfold and tested their willpower.
• Ye Xingchen, Luo Qingshan, and the other two women reached the 6,666th step and found faction leaders recovering on golden seats as pillars of power enhanced them.
• Ye Xingchen and the three women sat on unoccupied seats, and a pillar of power several times larger than the women’s descended into Ye Xingchen.

Ye Xingchen absorbed the power of the Heavenly Dao Treasure Trove and perfected his physical body, then led the climb through the third trial of the Heaven-Piercing Divine Stairway. He overcame the terror guarding its highest tier, breaking the ancient record and causing Heaven-Piercing Peak to appear.

• Ye Xingchen refined the vast power pouring into him, attaining the physical-body realm of perfection and breaking free of mortality to become a god.
• Dugu Yidao explained the significance of Ye Xingchen's achievement as Ye Xingchen urged Luo Qingshan, Hua Xueyan, and Xiao Yajun to prioritize safety in the final trial.
• Ye Xingchen tested the third trial's immense pressure, then climbed ahead while the other faction experts followed and the three women eventually stopped at the 9,900th tier.
• The faction leaders and experts reached their limits on the stairway as Ye Xingchen continued toward its final tier.
• Ye Xingchen defied the terror guarding the highest tier and stepped onto it, prompting the announcement that Heaven-Piercing Peak would appear.