Chapter Summaries

After learning that Ye Xingchen was the master of the Divine Palace and had injured Chu Xiong, Zhuge Yuntian discussed the coming Bone-Burying Divine Road with Hei Mo. Zhuge Yuntian ordered Zhuge Jian to kill Ye Xingchen, while revealing Heaven and Earth Palace’s hidden access to the Bone-Burying God Realm and its suspicions about the Hongmeng Universe.

• Zhuge Yuntian regretted letting Ye Xingchen go, but Hei Mo argued that other monstrous geniuses could challenge him during the coming Bone-Burying Divine Road.
• Hei Mo told Zhuge Yuntian that Zhuge Jian had emerged from seclusion and entered the Bone-Burying God Realm ahead of the road’s opening.
• Zhuge Yuntian ordered Hei Mo to tell Zhuge Jian to kill Ye Xingchen and his companions, warning that the Divine Palace might hold powerful cultivation techniques and ancient secrets.
• Zhuge Yuntian revealed that Heaven and Earth Palace secretly used the Heaven and Earth Bridge to enter the Bone-Burying God Realm and speculated that the Divine Palace knew about the Hongmeng Universe.
• Hei Mo departed to relay Zhuge Yuntian’s orders, and Zhuge Yuntian vowed that Heaven and Earth Palace would surpass the Divine Palace and rule the Chaos God Realm.

Ye Xingchen entered the Divine Palace’s main hall, where Shen Wuji revealed the Nine Heavens Divine Spirit Array and the Heavenly Mandate Throne’s secrets. Convinced Ye Xingchen was the person foretold by the Human Emperor Ancestor, Shen Wuji watched as he approached the throne, and a startling sight appeared.

• Ye Xingchen arrived at the Divine Palace’s main hall with Shen Wuji and the other core experts, while Yue Linglong admired its grandeur.
• Shen Wuji explained that the main hall had remained closed since the Human Emperor Ancestor disappeared and that the Nine Heavens Divine Spirit Array had not been activated.
• Shen Wuji told Ye Xingchen that only the Divine Palace’s true master could sit on the Heavenly Mandate Throne, which held secrets left by the Human Emperor Ancestor.
• Shen Wuji said the Human Emperor Ancestor’s Primordial Heavenly Evolution Art had identified Ye Xingchen as the person they had been seeking.
• Ye Xingchen reassured Yue Linglong and walked toward the Heavenly Mandate Throne, whereupon a shocking sight changed everyone’s expression.

Ye Xingchen overcame the Heavenly Mandate Throne’s trial and claimed the throne, prompting the Divine Palace’s powerhouses to accept him as their master. He honored Yue Linglong and then made the entire Divine Palace shake with an unexplained gesture.

• Ye Xingchen walked through an endless illusion on the way to the Heavenly Mandate Throne, then broke it with his domineering power.
• Ye Xingchen reached the throne and sat upon it, receiving an immense surge of power and information.
• Shen Wuji and the Divine Palace’s powerhouses knelt before Ye Xingchen and declared their allegiance, but Ye Xingchen lifted them and told Shen Wuji he need not kneel.
• Ye Xingchen brought Yue Linglong to his side and told her that half of everything he possessed belonged to her, making her weep with happiness while Shen Xiyin showed disappointment.
• Ye Xingchen casually waved his hand, causing the Divine Palace to shake and horrifying the powerhouses secretly watching it.

Ye Xingchen learned that the Supreme Divine Stele concealed a path to Heaven Beyond Heaven and secrets of the Hongmeng Universe, accessible through a key and the Gate of the Starry Sky. He activated the Divine Palace’s Nine Heavens Divine Spirit Array and ordered a sect-wide celebration, but Yue Linglong’s next words stunned the hall.

• Ye Xingchen learned from the Heavenly Mandate Throne that the Divine Human Emperor had hidden knowledge about the ultimate calamity, the Hongmeng Universe, and a great opportunity beneath the Supreme Divine Stele.
• Ye Xingchen learned that reaching the opportunity required a key hidden in the Chaos God Realm and the Gate of the Starry Sky, whose location could be revealed when the Ancestral Tower of Time appeared during the All-Heavens Grand Competition.
• Ye Xingchen used the Divine Palace Token to activate the Nine Heavens Divine Spirit Array, filling the Divine Palace with powerful divine Qi and transforming its grounds.
• Shen Wuji and the other elders celebrated the array’s activation and urged Ye Xingchen to hold a sect-wide celebration so the disciples would accept him as their Palace Master.
• Ye Xingchen ordered Shen Wuhen to announce a feast for the following noon, inviting all disciples to drink, dine, and comprehend the Divine Dao.
• Yue Linglong said something that silenced the hall and left Ye Xingchen staring at her in disbelief.

Yue Linglong brought Shen Xiyin to sit beside Ye Xingchen on the Heavenly Mandate Throne, prompting Shen Xiyin to flee with her and leaving Ye Xingchen to realize she had meant to help him win the Divine Palace’s support. The next morning, Ye Xingchen woke beside Yue Linglong and began his daily system sign-in before celebrating with the Divine Palace’s disciples.

• Yue Linglong invited Shen Xiyin to tour the Divine Palace, then brought her to sit beside Ye Xingchen on the Heavenly Mandate Throne.
• Shen Xiyin panicked at Yue Linglong’s teasing and took her away from the main hall, while Ye Xingchen understood her intention.
• Ye Xingchen later asked Yue Linglong why she had put Shen Xiyin on the throne, and learned she had wanted to help him bring the Divine Palace under his control.
• The next morning, Ye Xingchen woke beside Yue Linglong and remembered he had a celebration with the Divine Palace’s disciples and had not completed his daily sign-in.
• Ye Xingchen told the system to begin the day’s sign-in.

Ye Xingchen received three system rewards, including a Primordial Heavenly Feast, then woke beside Yue Linglong and teased her before they went to the Divine Platform. He intended to use the gathering to win the Divine Palace disciples’ acknowledgment and show them his power.

• The system awarded Ye Xingchen a Primordial Heavenly Feast, a Tortoise and Crane Ten Thousand Longevity Pill, and the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Heart Art, which Yue Linglong could not yet cultivate.
• Ye Xingchen watched Yue Linglong wake and teased her, making her blush and playfully tussle with him.
• Ye Xingchen and Yue Linglong freshened up and left their room near noon, accompanied by Shen Xiyin.
• Shen Xiyin led them to the Divine Platform, where Ye Xingchen planned to win over the gathered Divine Palace disciples and demonstrate his strength.

Ye Xingchen addressed the Divine Palace disciples who doubted his right to lead them and issued his first decree as Palace Master. He challenged them to attack him all at once, setting the stage for a confrontation on the divine platform.

• The Divine Palace experts and disciples bowed to Ye Xingchen, while others whispered that he owed his position and power to luck and the Supreme Elder.
• Ye Xingchen announced that he had gathered the disciples for a feast and Dao treasures, but also to issue his first decree.
• Ye Xingchen released a domineering presence that silenced the angry disciples, then acknowledged that many of them did not truly accept him as Palace Master.
• Ye Xingchen offered to step down if anyone could touch his clothing, but required all the disciples to attack him together.
• Several proud Divine Palace prodigies flew out to challenge Ye Xingchen as Yue Linglong and Shen Xiyin watched with knowing smiles.

Ye Xingchen challenged the Divine Palace’s disciples, including the Five Emperors, to attack him while he stood still, promising to step down if anyone touched his robe. After provoking them into an all-out assault, he remained calm as their weapons rushed toward him, and the chapter ended with the crowd staring in horror at what happened next.

• The Five Emperors of the Divine Palace arrived and challenged Ye Xingchen, angered by the rule making the Divine Maiden his designated wife.
• Ye Xingchen agreed to stand without using Divine Qi and promised to relinquish his position if anyone touched his robe.
• Ye Xingchen mocked the disciples for hesitating, provoking them into attacking him.
• Shen Wuji prepared to shield the Divine Palace’s buildings, but Ye Xingchen told him not to intervene.
• The disciples launched their divine weapons at Ye Xingchen, who stood calmly as Yue Linglong and Shen Xiyin watched with confidence.
• The crowd reacted in horror to the sight that appeared beside Ye Xingchen.

Ye Xingchen proved that the Divine Palace disciples could not reach him even when they attacked together, then mocked their arrogance and challenged them to a test of strength. The disciples began acknowledging him as their lord, but his claim that he would not even need to act enraged them.

• The Divine Palace disciples’ attacks stopped short of Ye Xingchen, and they realized he had not used Divine Qi or a secret art.
• Ye Xingchen mocked the disciples’ poor strength and learned from Shen Wuji that most rarely left the secluded Divine Palace to train.
• Ye Xingchen challenged the disciples to prove themselves through strength, and several addressed him as “my lord.”
• When the disciples objected that they could withstand one move, Ye Xingchen said he would not need to act and that even all of them together were beneath a casual wave of his hand.
• The disciples burned with anger at Ye Xingchen’s insult, while Shen Wuji and the others recognized his domineering manner.

Ye Xingchen used his overwhelming presence to force the Divine Palace disciples to admit defeat and recognize him as Palace Master. When they tried to flee his promised “loving care,” he sealed them inside a black grand array with an emerald bamboo stalk in hand.

• Ye Xingchen challenged the disciples to withstand his presence and said he would step down as Palace Master if they succeeded.
• He unleashed his pressure, forcing the disciples to their knees and leaving some injured, while Shen Wuji and the core experts were shocked by his power.
• The Five Emperors and the other disciples apologized, thanked Ye Xingchen for his instruction, and bowed to him as Palace Master.
• Ye Xingchen said he would give the disciples his promised “loving care,” and they tried to escape by flying in different directions.
• Ye Xingchen blocked their routes with Heaven-Sealing Grand Arrays, pulled them back, produced an emerald-green bamboo stalk, and enclosed the platform in a black grand array.

Ye Xingchen punished the Divine Palace disciples on the divine platform, using a green bamboo to inflict agonizing blows that also removed their accumulated death Qi and old ailments and helped some break through. The disciples accepted his warning to uphold the Divine Palace’s dignity, leaving them fearful, grateful, and impressed by their Palace Master.

• Shen Wuji and the others watched as Ye Xingchen raised a black formation and heard the disciples’ screams as he lectured and beat them.
• After about an hour, the screams paused, then resumed for another half hour before the formation faded and the battered disciples were revealed.
• The disciples realized Ye Xingchen’s green bamboo had removed their death Qi and old ailments, and had helped some break through, so they felt gratitude and admiration rather than hatred.
• Ye Xingchen warned the disciples to control their anger, uphold the Divine Palace’s dignity, and neither cause trouble nor fear it.
• The disciples pledged to obey Ye Xingchen and reacted with excitement and admiration at his power and mystery.

Ye Xingchen shared his Dao insights with the Divine Palace disciples and used the Primordial Heavenly Feast to help them cultivate before the Bone-Burying Divine Road opened. His display stirred the Chaos God Realm and drew the attention of the Heaven and Earth Palace, while the disciples broke through and thanked him, awaiting his next words.

• Ye Xingchen promised to raise the disciples’ cultivation and began teaching them his insights into the Dao.
• The disciples, Yue Linglong, Shen Xiyin, Shen Wuji, and other Divine Palace powerhouses entered deep cultivation as extraordinary phenomena appeared above the Divine Palace.
• Ye Xingchen activated the Primordial Heavenly Feast across the Divine Palace, flooding it with Chaos Origin Divine Qi and the law of chaos origin.
• The phenomena alarmed the Chaos God Realm’s top factions, and Zhuge Yuntian suspected Ye Xingchen was responsible and resolved that he must be eliminated.
• The disciples and Shen Wuji broke through and deepened their comprehension of the law of chaos origin, then bowed to thank Ye Xingchen.
• Ye Xingchen smiled at their gratitude, but his next words sent the divine platform into a frenzy.

Ye Xingchen transformed the Divine Palace and its disciples with Chaos Origin Divine Qi, then shared precious treasures with them as the Bone-Burying Divine Road opened. As experts headed toward the Bone-Burying God Realm, Ye Xingchen hoped to find a key to opening the Gate of the Starry Sky, before addressing the gathered disciples in words that stunned them.

• Ye Xingchen’s Chaos Origin Divine Qi gave the Divine Palace’s disciples, Shen Wuji, and other experts major advances, while transforming the palace’s plants and beasts.
• Ye Xingchen presented the disciples with jade bottles and slices of the Heart of Taotie, prompting them to swear their loyalty to him.
• The Divine Palace shook as the Bone-Burying Divine Road became a golden bridge linking the Chaos God Realm to a world appearing from the River of Years.
• Experts from across the Chaos God Realm headed toward the Bone-Burying God Realm, where those who had entered a century earlier seemed to be returning.
• Ye Xingchen hoped the journey would reveal the key to opening the Gate of the Starry Sky, then spoke to the assembled people and left them stunned.

Ye Xingchen urged the Divine Palace disciples to value their lives above the sect’s reputation, then entered the Bone-Burying God Realm with Yue Linglong and Shen Xiyin. Inside, he sensed the realm’s powerful Great Dao energy and its hidden cost before leading the two women toward the Bone-Burying Divine Road.

• Ye Xingchen told the disciples to flee rather than die needlessly and received their pledge to obey.
• Ye Xingchen assigned the supreme elder to guard the sect and Shen Wuhen and the other elders to lead the disciples into the Bone-Burying God Realm, then left with Yue Linglong and Shen Xiyin.
• Ye Xingchen realized that bringing Shen Xiyin along in public could signal that he had acknowledged her status, and he chose not to explain himself.
• Ye Xingchen entered the Bone-Burying God Realm and sensed its dense chaos origin divine Qi, more complete Great Dao, and concealed power of time that could shorten lifespans.
• Yue Linglong marveled at the dense chaos origin divine Qi, and Ye Xingchen led her and Shen Xiyin toward the Bone-Burying Divine Road.

Ye Xingchen and his companions arrived near the Bone-Burying Divine Road and learned that he had become the Divine Palace’s master. The Heaven and Earth Palace and Divine Palace leaders traded insults, then clashed with their immense pressure as Ye Xingchen noticed something unusual about the Heaven and Earth Palace.

• Ye Xingchen, Yue Linglong, and Shen Xiyin watched the ancient road from a concealed tree while Ye Xingchen explained that they should wait before entering.
• Experts discussed Zhuge Yuntian, Zhuge Xing’s injury, and the revelation that Ye Xingchen had severely injured the Heaven and Earth Palace’s Divine Son.
• Zhuge Yuntian mocked Shen Wuhen and the Divine Palace for bringing only five disciples to the Bone-Burying Divine Road.
• Shen Wuhen insulted Zhuge Yuntian and the Heaven and Earth Palace, provoking Zhuge Yuntian to unleash a crushing pressure.
• Shen Wuhen met Zhuge Yuntian’s pressure with his own fighting spirit, and Ye Xingchen suspected that the Heaven and Earth Palace concealed a curious secret.

Shen Wuhen and Zhuge Yuntian clashed with their peak Dao Creation Realm techniques, each withstanding the other's punch. As Zhuge Yuntian prepared to strike again, the Immortal Ancient Imperial Clan appeared and stunned everyone near the Bone-Burying Divine Road.

• Shen Wuhen refused to back down when Zhuge Yuntian threatened to teach him a lesson on Shen Wuji's behalf.
• Zhuge Yuntian unleashed a powerful punch, and Shen Wuhen met it with his Dragon Roar Imperial Fist.
• The collision sent out a shock wave that injured weaker prodigies and forced the onlookers back.
• Ye Xingchen observed that Shen Wuhen seemed stronger than Zhuge Yuntian, yet had fallen slightly behind in their exchange.
• Shen Xiyin worried about Shen Wuhen, and Ye Xingchen reassured her while Yue Linglong teased her.
• Zhuge Yuntian gathered his power to attack again, but the Immortal Ancient Imperial Clan appeared and shocked the crowd.

The Immortal Ancient Imperial Clan arrived at the Bone-Burying God Realm, and the factions gathered there discussed its power and its control over entry to the Bone-Burying Divine Road. Ye Xingchen realized the Hegemon Huang Lineage was the faction that had once challenged the clan, then sensed someone watching him and recognized her.

• Dozens of members of the Immortal Ancient Imperial Clan appeared on a nine-colored rainbow bridge, and Zhuge Yuntian and Shen Wuhen fell silent before them.
• An old man rebuked a prodigy for insulting the newcomers and explained that they belonged to the Immortal Ancient Imperial Clan, the Bone-Burying God Realm's sole hegemon.
• Disciples recounted the clan's origins, its immense strength, and how it had destroyed a rival faction that entered the Bone-Burying God Realm without permission.
• Ye Xingchen realized the defeated faction was the Hegemon Huang Lineage, whose members flushed red and clenched their fists as they listened.
• Ye Xingchen sensed someone watching him, looked toward the source, and recognized her.

Ye Xingchen and the others prepared to enter the Bone-Burying Divine Road after learning that the Heaven-Treading Rainbow Bridge tested those seeking entry and sent entrants to random locations. Rumors that the Immortal Ancient Imperial Clan was searching for the Secret Treasury of Time drew the factions inside, and Ye Xingchen gave Shen Xiyin two talismans for protection before leading the women toward the road.

• Hong Niangzi appeared in the shadows and exchanged a greeting with Ye Xingchen while Wuyin watched her from concealment.
• Dao Sacrifice Realm geniuses, including two powerful twins from the Immortal Ancient Imperial Clan, stepped onto the Heaven-Treading Rainbow Bridge, prompting more contenders to enter.
• Yue Linglong urged Ye Xingchen to hurry inside, and Shen Xiyin explained that the bridge tested entrants and that they would arrive at random locations.
• Ye Xingchen reassured Yue Linglong about her protective treasures and gave Shen Xiyin two Heaven-Reaching Divine Talismans to summon his avatar if she faced danger.
• Ye Xingchen told Yue Linglong and Shen Xiyin to enter the Bone-Burying Divine Road with him.

Zhuge Jian arrived at the Bone-Burying God Realm and entered the Bone-Burying Divine Road, but his unusual aura aroused suspicion that the Heaven and Earth Palace had hidden secrets. Ye Xingchen and his companions also entered the road as the watching factions prepared for the dangers ahead.

• Zhuge Jian appeared before the factions with a powerful sword presence, and Zhuge Yuntian announced him as the Heaven and Earth Palace's qilin son.
• The gathered powerhouses noticed Zhuge Jian's aura carried signs of a recent breakthrough and the power of time, and they suspected the Heaven and Earth Palace had concealed a way into the Bone-Burying God Realm.
• Zhuge Jian stepped onto the Heaven-Treading Rainbow Bridge and vanished, while Ye Xingchen said he would investigate the Heaven and Earth Palace's secrets before entering with Yue Linglong and Shen Xiyin.
• Zhuge Yuntian gave Shen Wuhen a smug look, but Shen Wuhen silently pitied him, confident that Ye Xingchen could not be judged as an ordinary prodigy.
• After the monstrous prodigies disappeared into the Bone-Burying Divine Road, the factions' powerhouses sat down to wait, then a tremendous boom made them look toward its source.

Hong Niangzi confronted the Evil Monk Wuyin when he tried to stop her from entering the Bone-Burying God Realm, and she attacked him after learning he had harmed one of her sect's seniors. Her punch shattered the surrounding space, and Wuyin was horrified when he tried to escape through a space-time passage.

• Hong Niangzi prepared to fly into the Bone-Burying God Realm, but Wuyin appeared and blocked her path.
• Hong Niangzi struck Wuyin, and the gathered powerhouses recognized him as the long-hunted Evil Monk.
• Wuyin taunted Hong Niangzi and revealed his wicked interest in her.
• Hong Niangzi recalled that Wuyin had harmed a Hehuan Sect senior and vowed to capture him.
• Hong Niangzi unleashed a punch that cracked space, and Wuyin was shocked when he tried to open a space-time passage to evade it.