Chapter Summaries

Huang Wudi revealed the Hegemon Huang Lineage’s plan to cooperate with Zhuge Zhan while avoiding a direct conflict with the Divine Palace. At the Hehuan Sect, Ye Xingchen confronted Hong Niangzi about her damaged meridians, then told her something that left her stunned.

• Huang Wudi ordered Huang Haotian and the other Huang Lineage experts to feign cooperation with Zhuge Zhan and let the Divine Palace and Zhuge Zhan’s forces weaken each other.
• The Huang Lineage experts agreed, and Huang Wudi dismissed them after revealing himself as the lineage’s hidden leader.
• Ye Xingchen asked Hong Niangzi why she had concealed the damage the Yin-Yang Divine Mark had caused to her meridians.
• Hong Niangzi admitted that her cultivation had regressed and told Ye Xingchen she could no longer make breakthroughs, though she tried to reassure him.
• Ye Xingchen explained that he had come to the Hehuan Sect because he did not want her to endure the pain of her damaged meridians.
• Ye Xingchen said something that made Hong Niangzi tremble and stand frozen in shock.

Ye Xingchen told Hong Niangzi that a cultivation art could restore her meridians, but only if she first destroyed all her cultivation, a dangerous and painful step she agreed to take. He sealed her chamber and revealed the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Heart Art, leaving Hong Niangzi stunned.

• Ye Xingchen told Hong Niangzi he could restore her meridians, and she insisted she was willing to endure any pain or risk to recover.
• Ye Xingchen explained that Hong Niangzi had to destroy all her cultivation to meet the requirements of the art, despite the danger to her life.
• Hong Niangzi trusted Ye Xingchen and agreed to destroy her cultivation, and he promised to guard her.
• Ye Xingchen sealed the chamber with Heaven-Sealing Grand Arrays and helped Hong Niangzi sit cross-legged.
• Ye Xingchen took out the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Heart Art, and Hong Niangzi froze in disbelief when she saw it.

Hong Niangzi destroyed her cultivation to begin anew, and the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Heart Art accepted her as its master and restored her to the peak Dao Creation Realm. Reborn and grateful, she embraced Ye Xingchen, whose teasing warning left her blushing in his arms.

• Hong Niangzi took the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Heart Art from Ye Xingchen and destroyed all her cultivation, suffering severe pain as she fell to the level of an ordinary mortal.
• The Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Heart Art burst with golden light and entered Hong Niangzi, healing and transforming her body.
• Hong Niangzi recovered her strength, returned to the Dao Creation Realm, and rose to the peak Dao Creation Realm as the art merged with her.
• Hong Niangzi woke, embraced Ye Xingchen, and thanked him for helping her undergo nirvana and be reborn.
• Ye Xingchen told Hong Niangzi he would enforce the family rules if she tried it again, making her blush in his arms.

Hong Niangzi recovered from her tribulation and gained the power of the yin-yang origin, while Ye Xingchen learned the Star Key’s true identity and purpose. Hong Niangzi gave him the key, and Ye Xingchen began to explain their family discipline.

• Hong Niangzi completed her transformation, gaining the power of the yin-yang origin and an inexhaustible cycle of Divine Qi.
• Ye Xingchen asked about the starlit key around Hong Niangzi’s neck, and she recounted how an ancestor of the Hehuan Sect had found it in the endless starry sky.
• Ye Xingchen identified the key as the Divine Key of the Starry Sky, which could open the hidden Gate of the Starry Sky during the All-Heavens Grand Competition when the Ancestral Tower of Time emerged.
• Hong Niangzi willingly gave Ye Xingchen the Divine Key, saying that everything she had belonged to him.
• Ye Xingchen swept Hong Niangzi into his arms and said he would explain their family discipline.

Ye Xingchen received three powerful rewards from his system check-in while planning to investigate the Heaven and Earth Palace and reunite with the women he left in the lower realm. Hong Niangzi woke in his arms, and he was captivated by her beauty.

• Ye Xingchen sensed that the Divine Key of the Starry Sky was drawn toward the Gate of the Starry Sky, whose location he could only pinpoint once the Ancestral Tower of Time appeared.
• Ye Xingchen resolved to investigate the Heaven and Earth Bridge at the Heaven and Earth Palace before the All-Heavens Grand Competition, then return to the Heaven Realm and bring Luo Qingshan and the other women to the Chaos God Realm.
• Ye Xingchen checked in with the system and received a bottle of Nine-Turn Origin Pills, the Nine Heavens Heaven-Treading Steps, and a Primordial Fruit.
• Ye Xingchen considered how his new rewards, along with his other treasures, could help the Heaven Realm’s geniuses ascend to the Chaos God Realm.
• Hong Niangzi woke and asked Ye Xingchen why he was so excited, and he praised her beauty.

Ye Xingchen and Hong Niangzi discussed whether Hehuan Sect disciples should bypass the qualifying matches for the All-Heavens Grand Competition, while Ming Xiangxue arrived and objected to accepting Ye Xingchen’s favor. Ye Xingchen began to answer her with a voice that silenced everyone.

• Hong Niangzi and Ye Xingchen left the courtyard and learned that factions were heading to Myriad Realms City to compete for places in the All-Heavens Grand Competition.
• Ye Xingchen offered Hehuan Sect disciples direct entry, but Hong Niangzi insisted they should earn their places through their own strength.
• Ye Xingchen assured Hong Niangzi that he cared more about her than what others thought and held her hand in front of the sect experts.
• Ming Xiangxue arrived and asked to take her fellow disciples to Myriad Realms City, then reacted with shock at seeing Ye Xingchen holding Hong Niangzi’s hand.
• Hong Niangzi told Ming Xiangxue she could enter the competition directly, but Ming Xiangxue refused and insisted on qualifying through the matches.
• Ye Xingchen spoke with supreme authority, causing everyone around him to fall silent in disbelief.

Ye Xingchen confronted Ming Xiangxue about her pride and her refusal to admit her mistakes, then used his words to help her release her resentment and dispel the inner demon tied to him. He left to prepare for the All-Heavens Grand Competition, and the chapter ended as a startling event froze everyone near the courtyard.

• Ye Xingchen sternly told Ming Xiangxue that she was letting pride keep her from accepting a chance to enter the All-Heavens Grand Competition.
• Ming Xiangxue broke down crying, and Hong Niangzi comforted her while Ye Xingchen explained that he had tried to uproot the inner demon she held against him.
• After Ming Xiangxue stopped crying, Ye Xingchen saw that the black gleam in her eyes had disappeared.
• Ye Xingchen told Hong Niangzi he would wait for her at the Divine Palace once the All-Heavens Grand Competition began, then vanished after whispering to her.
• Everyone near the courtyard was suddenly left frozen and staring in silence.

Ye Xingchen gave Ming Xiangxue a Heaven-Defying Fate-Changing Pill that could take her to the Sovereign Realm, then entered Heaven-Questioning City in disguise. After learning the city was unusually crowded, he discovered the reason in a tavern and reacted with delight.

• Ye Xingchen gave Ming Xiangxue a Primordial-grade Heaven-Defying Fate-Changing Pill and warned her to use her power responsibly.
• Hong Niangzi urged Ming Xiangxue to accept the pill and prepare for the All-Heavens Grand Competition, and Ming Xiangxue put it away before leaving.
• The Hehuan Sect powerhouses envied Ming Xiangxue and grew more reverent toward Ye Xingchen and Hong Niangzi.
• Ye Xingchen used the system's complete concealment function to enter Heaven-Questioning City, where he found crowds of visitors from many factions.
• Ye Xingchen went to a busy tavern to investigate the city's unusual bustle, overheard Dominion Realm powerhouses, and welcomed what he learned.

Ye Xingchen learned that Heaven and Earth Palace had called the major factions to its Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Cry Banquet to test their allegiance, then decided to attend. At the Divine Palace, Shen Wuji guessed Zhuge Zhan had been injured and reassured Shen Wuhen that Ye Xingchen had a plan; Ye Xingchen then entered Heaven and Earth Palace.

• Ye Xingchen heard that Heaven and Earth Palace’s banquet celebrated Zhuge Zhan’s breakthrough while testing which factions would side with it.
• Ye Xingchen decided to visit the banquet, assess the factions, and sample its food, then saw guests streaming into Heaven and Earth Palace with its gates open and formation disabled.
• Shen Wuhen complained to Shen Wuji that Heaven and Earth Palace had excluded the Divine Palace from its invitations and was forcing factions to choose sides.
• Shen Wuji reasoned that Zhuge Zhan had likely been wounded fighting Tuoba Xuan, explaining why he had not attacked the Divine Palace.
• Shen Wuji told Shen Wuhen that Ye Xingchen already had a plan, calming the Divine Palace experts, while Ye Xingchen entered Heaven and Earth Palace.

Ye Xingchen observed the Heaven and Earth Palace and sensed traces of the power of years, confirming his suspicion that it concealed a great secret. As Zhuge Yuntian and the Heaven and Earth Palace’s experts arrived with greatly increased strength, Ye Xingchen realized he had uncovered something world-shaking.

• Ye Xingchen sensed traces of the power of years in the Heaven and Earth Palace’s divine energy and suspected it concealed a great secret.
• Ye Xingchen and the other guests reached the platform, where he noticed the central seats were reserved for the top powers of the Upper Three Heavens.
• Lu Shan of the Three Immortals Cave and Huang Lingyun of the Hegemon Huang Lineage arrived, while guests remarked that the Divine Palace was absent.
• A terrifying pressure announced the arrival of Zhuge Yuntian, Zhuge Mie, Zhuge Jian, and other Heaven and Earth Palace experts via a golden rainbow bridge.
• Ye Xingchen saw that Zhuge Jian had reached the peak Dominion Realm and realized that the Heaven and Earth Palace concealed a world-shaking secret.

At the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Cry Banquet, Zhuge Yuntian and Zhuge Jian impressed the assembled factions, while Zhuge Jian privately plotted against Ye Xingchen. Zhuge Yuntian opened the banquet by revealing the Heaven and Earth Divine Palace, whose origins gave Ye Xingchen an unexpected surprise.

• The factions discussed Zhuge Yuntian’s apparent approach to the Half-Step Supreme Realm and Zhuge Jian’s Dominion Realm strength and sword inheritance, while dismissing Ye Xingchen as dependent on a Primordial Secret Treasure.
• Zhuge Jian smugly vowed to surpass Ye Xingchen and take everything he possessed, then thought of a beautiful woman.
• Zhuge Yuntian welcomed the assembled factions and declared the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Cry Banquet open.
• Zhuge Yuntian summoned the Heaven and Earth Divine Palace, prompting the guests to marvel at the rare guardian treasure and its storied origins.
• Ye Xingchen examined the palace’s information and realized it had extraordinary origins, then remarked that karma had arranged their meeting.

Ye Xingchen learned that the golden palace was the Heavenly Palace, a supreme treasure from the destroyed Heavenly Hall, and secretly prepared to secure it while wondering about its connection to his foretold opportunity. Zhuge Yuntian invited the gathered factions to a banquet inside the palace, then demanded that they offer something in return, leaving Ye Xingchen convinced the Heaven and Earth Palace was forcing them to choose sides.

• Ye Xingchen learned that the Heavenly Palace had three layers, including treasures, a realm for comprehending the Primordial Dao, and a core with the power to revive the dead, but that full control required the missing Spirit of Heaven.
• Ye Xingchen suspected the Heavenly Palace was tied to the great opportunity and karmic entanglement mentioned by the Supreme Divine Stele, and wondered whether the Heavenly Hall was connected to the phrase “eliminate the calamity and behold Heaven.”
• Ye Xingchen secretly sent several Heaven-Sealing Grand Arrays into the void around the Heavenly Palace to see what the Heaven and Earth Palace intended.
• Zhuge Yuntian invited the gathered experts to hold the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Cry Banquet inside the Heavenly Palace and promised each entrant a needed supreme divine treasure.
• Zhuge Yuntian demanded that the factions offer their own sincerity in exchange, and Ye Xingchen concluded that the Heaven and Earth Palace meant to make them choose sides.

At the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Cry Banquet, Zhuge Yuntian offered a Dominion Realm guest a Heavenly Mandate Ageless Pill in exchange for an alliance, revealing that the pill could enslave and slowly kill whoever took it. The guest asked to leave and reclaim his gift, but an arrogant voice interrupted, while Ye Xingchen recognized the banquet as a massive conspiracy.

• A Lower Three Heavens Dominion Realm expert offered Zhuge Yuntian a rare Supreme-grade Dao of Thunder technique, hoping to gain entry into the golden hall.
• Zhuge Yuntian accepted the technique and offered the expert a Heavenly Mandate Ageless Pill as a condition of their alliance.
• The young prodigy learned that the pill contained a Heart-Devouring Ant larva that would make its victim dependent on yearly doses and eventually kill them.
• Zhuge Yuntian insisted that the expert take the pill or leave without an alliance, and the expert asked to leave and have his technique returned.
• An arrogant voice interrupted the expert, and Ye Xingchen concluded that the banquet was a massive conspiracy.

At the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Cry Banquet, Gu Yuanqiao backed down from his demand after Lu Shan threatened him, and Zhuge Yuntian pressured him into swearing that the Mystic Azure Sect would never oppose the Heaven and Earth Palace. When Gu Yuanqiao tried to leave, the Zhou Heaven Divine Baleful Intent Great Array stopped him, and Zhuge Yuntian openly admitted that the factions were trapped until they gave gifts and swore oaths; mocking laughter then broke the silence.

• Lu Shan mocked Gu Yuanqiao for asking back his gift and warned that he had become interested in the ancient immortal ruin.
• Gu Yuanqiao claimed he only wanted a family keepsake returned, then swore that the Mystic Azure Sect would never become an enemy of the Heaven and Earth Palace.
• Zhuge Yuntian waved Gu Yuanqiao away, and Gu Yuanqiao left the platform believing he had saved his sect from destruction.
• The Zhou Heaven Divine Baleful Intent Great Array bounced Gu Yuanqiao back when he tried to leave.
• Zhuge Yuntian revealed that the factions had to provide gifts and take heart oaths before he would let them leave or enter the golden hall.
• A burst of mocking laughter rang out, leaving the platform in stunned silence.

At the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Cry Banquet, Zhuge Yuntian forced the gathered factions to choose between submission and surrendering their gifts, until Ye Xingchen appeared and mocked the Heaven and Earth Palace. Ye Xingchen repelled Lu Shan with one palm, and Zhuge Yuntian recognized him and decided his arrival would make things easier.

• Zhuge Yuntian threatened the assembled factions, demanding that they either swallow the Heavenly Mandate Ageless Pill and serve the Heaven and Earth Palace or hand over their gifts and swear not to oppose it.
• Ye Xingchen, concealed by mysterious power, mocked Zhuge Yuntian and the Heaven and Earth Palace in front of the gathered experts.
• Zhuge Jian erupted with sword intent, while Lu Shan attacked Ye Xingchen with a powerful palm strike at Zhuge Yuntian's signal.
• Ye Xingchen met Lu Shan's strike with a palm of his own, shattering the platform and forcing Lu Shan back despite his Undefeated Battle Physique.
• Zhuge Yuntian recognized Ye Xingchen, smiled as he realized the encounter would help him, and waved his hand; his next words shocked everyone present.

Zhuge Yuntian recognized the mysterious figure as Ye Xingchen and dismissed the gathered factions before sealing the Heaven and Earth Palace with the Zhou Heaven Divine Baleful Intent Great Array. He confronted the figure as the Divine Palace’s master, while escaped experts hid nearby to watch what would happen.

• Zhuge Yuntian celebrated the Heaven and Earth Palace’s prospects of ruling the Chaos God Realm and recalled the Zhou Heaven Divine Baleful Intent Great Array.
• Zhuge Yuntian ordered the gathered factions to leave, and the experts fled the Heaven and Earth Palace’s platform.
• Zhuge Yuntian reactivated the array to seal the Heaven and Earth Palace, while some of the departed experts concealed themselves nearby to observe.
• Zhuge Yuntian identified the mysterious figure as Ye Xingchen, master of the Divine Palace, shocking the Heaven and Earth Palace experts.
• The scene that followed left everyone on the platform staring in disbelief.

Ye Xingchen revealed himself at the Heaven and Earth Palace and dismissed Zhuge Yuntian’s belief that its Zhou Heaven Divine Baleful Intent Great Array could trap him. He killed Zhuge Jian with a single palm strike, leaving Zhuge Yuntian and the gathered experts terrified.

• Ye Xingchen revealed himself, and Zhuge Jian recognized him as the reason Zhuge Yuntian had ordered the other factions’ experts to leave.
• Heaven and Earth Palace experts claimed their array weakened anyone inside and would let the palace rule the Chaos God Realm.
• Ye Xingchen dismissed the array and said he had come to collect a debt from Zhuge Yuntian.
• Zhuge Jian attacked Ye Xingchen with the second form of the Supreme Sword Realm, Sword Burial.
• Ye Xingchen shattered Zhuge Jian’s sword strike with a casual palm, struck him down, and killed him.
• The gathered experts trembled in fear as Zhuge Yuntian panicked and cried that they were all going to die.

Zhuge Zhan appeared after learning that Zhuge Jian had been killed and slaughtered Zhuge Yuntian and the other Heaven and Earth Palace powerhouses when they resisted his attack. Ye Xingchen suspected Zhuge Yuntian’s banquet had concealed a secret, then reacted with a knowing smile to what happened next.

• Zhuge Zhan arrived, collected Zhuge Jian’s corpse, and condemned Zhuge Yuntian and the others for failing to protect his son.
• Zhuge Yuntian, Lu Shan, and the other powerhouses begged Zhuge Zhan for mercy and blamed Ye Xingchen, but Zhuge Zhan attacked them.
• Zhuge Yuntian and the others struck back, yet Zhuge Zhan’s Supreme Realm palm absorbed their attacks and overwhelmed them.
• Zhuge Zhan’s palm destroyed the platform and killed Zhuge Yuntian and the other Heaven and Earth Palace powerhouses.
• Ye Xingchen wondered why Zhuge Yuntian had arranged the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Cry Banquet, then smiled and said he had been right.

Zhuge Zhan confronted Ye Xingchen, revealing that the Heaven and Earth Palace’s strongest talents had left long ago before attacking him with Fist Shatters the Heavens. The chapter ended with Zhuge Zhan recoiling in disbelief at what happened after his strike.

• Zhuge Zhan unleashed a crushing pressure and accused Ye Xingchen of killing his son, Zhuge Jian.
• Ye Xingchen mocked Zhuge Zhan, claiming he had hidden his injuries and killed Tuoba Xuan only after learning the Immortal Ancient Imperial Clan lacked another Supreme Realm expert.
• Zhuge Zhan threatened to torture Ye Xingchen and his loved ones, and revealed that the Heaven and Earth Palace’s true monstrous talents had left the sect long ago.
• Zhuge Zhan activated the Zhou Heaven Divine Baleful Intent Great Array and attacked Ye Xingchen with Fist Shatters the Heavens.
• Zhuge Zhan saw the result of his punch and shouted in disbelief.

Huang Wudi learned that Zhuge Yuntian’s banquet had been a scheme and resolved to pursue the Supreme Divine Stele’s secrets at the All-Heavens Grand Competition. Inside the Heaven and Earth Palace, Ye Xingchen restrained Zhuge Zhan, exposed what he knew about the Palace’s crimes, and was identified as someone from the lower realms.

• Elder Lingyun reported to Huang Wudi that Zhuge Yuntian had tried to force banquet guests to submit, and that a mysterious person had disrupted the scheme.
• Huang Wudi ordered an investigation into the Heaven and Earth Palace and declared his intention to uncover the Supreme Divine Stele’s secrets at the All-Heavens Grand Competition.
• Huang Wudi’s immense power shook the Chaos God Realm, prompting factions and hidden observers to send people or reports toward the Heaven and Earth Palace.
• Ye Xingchen stopped Zhuge Zhan’s punch with a mysterious force, leaving Zhuge Zhan unable to break free.
• Ye Xingchen accused Zhuge Zhan of hiding the Palace’s geniuses in the Bone-Burying God Realm and cutting off the lower realms’ path to ascension.
• Zhuge Zhan recognized Ye Xingchen as a lower-realm ant and mocked him for being from the lower realms.