Chapter Summaries

Ye Xingchen met Ba Tianxia, the formidable Son of Fortune whose consciousness avatar guarded the ninth floor of the Ancestral Tower of Time. Ba Tianxia offered answers about the Hongmeng Universe in exchange for a fight, and the chapter ended with him stunned by Ye Xingchen’s strength.

• Ye Xingchen encountered Ba Tianxia on the ninth floor and sensed that his avatar possessed strength capable of challenging Supreme Realm experts.
• Ba Tianxia demanded a fight, and Ye Xingchen tried to leave before agreeing to settle the contest in one move.
• Ba Tianxia promised to answer Ye Xingchen’s questions about the Hongmeng Universe if he won, while Ye Xingchen refused to offer anything if he lost.
• Ye Xingchen and Ba Tianxia suppressed their cultivation to the Dao Creation Realm as their fighting spirits shook the Ancestral Tower of Time.
• Ba Tianxia stared at Ye Xingchen in disbelief and exclaimed at how strong he was.

Ye Xingchen defeated Ba Tianxia with a single punch, revealing that he had used Dao Creation Realm power. Before Ba Tianxia’s consciousness faded, he explained what he knew about the Ancestral Tower of Time and the paths between realms, leaving Ye Xingchen with a new question about what lay beyond No Realm.

• Ba Tianxia attacked Ye Xingchen with his full strength, but Ye Xingchen countered with a punch that severely injured him and shattered his confidence.
• Ye Xingchen revealed that his punch had used Dao Creation Realm power, and Ba Tianxia acknowledged his defeat and offered to answer questions.
• Ba Tianxia explained that the Ancestral Tower of Time traveled through spacetime and that people from the lower realm needed to reach a certain realm and find a passage to enter the Hongmeng Universe.
• Ye Xingchen asked what realm came after No Realm, and Ba Tianxia’s reaction made Ye Xingchen realize that higher peaks still lay ahead.

Ye Xingchen earned Ba Tianxia’s respect and received a token granting the Heavenly Mandate Alliance’s protection in the Hongmeng Universe. After learning the realms above his own, he left the Ancestral Tower of Time, where his sudden appearance shocked the gathered geniuses.

• Ba Tianxia recognized Ye Xingchen as a fellow ambitious cultivator, asked his name, and gave him a Heavenly Fate Token to call on the Heavenly Mandate Alliance.
• Ba Tianxia vanished after expressing hope that he and Ye Xingchen would someday meet again at the summit.
• Ye Xingchen examined the token, then considered using the Ancestral Tower of Time as a training ground for Divine Palace disciples and keeping it within the palace.
• Ye Xingchen recalled his gains from the competition and learned that the realms above the Primordial Beginning Realm included the Myriad Things, Dao Punishment, Hegemon, Heaven and Earth, Azure Heaven, Hongmeng, and legendary Above Hongmeng realms.
• Ye Xingchen left the tower’s ninth floor as the other geniuses gathered outside, where his appearance left nearly everyone rooted in shock.

Ye Xingchen emerged from the Ancestral Tower of Time after reaching its ninth floor, stunning the gathered factions and drawing jealous remarks from some onlookers. After reuniting with Luo Qingshan and the other women, he promised to keep the tower in the Divine Palace, but a mocking voice interrupted him.

• Ye Xingchen came out of the Ancestral Tower of Time, and the gathered powerhouses realized he had reached its ninth floor.
• Shen Wuhen warned a jealous young man to watch his words or face punishment from the Divine Palace.
• Huang Haotian secretly plotted for his ancestor to destroy the Divine Palace and claim Ye Xingchen's possessions.
• Ye Xingchen joined Luo Qingshan and the other women, who told him about the gains they had made inside the tower.
• Luo Qingshan explained that the tower appeared only once every hundred years, and Ye Xingchen promised to keep it in the Divine Palace forever.
• A mocking voice interrupted Ye Xingchen, and the gathered factions anticipated a spectacle.

Huang Haotian publicly mocked Ye Xingchen and challenged his ability to keep the Ancestral Tower of Time in the Divine Palace. Ye Xingchen calmly turned the exchange against him, leaving the assembled factions amused as Huang Haotian’s scheme appeared to backfire.

• Huang Haotian criticized Ye Xingchen for boasting about keeping the Ancestral Tower of Time, provoking anger from the Divine Palace’s allies.
• Ye Xingchen calmly asked Huang Haotian whether he believed the tower could not remain in the Divine Palace.
• Huang Haotian argued that Ye Xingchen, as the Divine Palace’s master, could not break his word in front of the gathered factions.
• Ye Xingchen repeated his challenge, and the assembled experts realized he was toying with Huang Haotian.

Ye Xingchen provoked Huang Haotian into wagering that he could keep the Ancestral Tower of Time within the Divine Palace. Huang Haotian mocked the claim, but the sight before him left him horrified and the gathered powers wary of Ye Xingchen.

• Ye Xingchen interrupted Huang Haotian and challenged his right to judge whether the Divine Palace could keep the Ancestral Tower of Time.
• Huang Haotian grew furious, but he suppressed his attack after receiving a voice transmission from a hidden Supreme Realm expert of the Huang Lineage.
• Ye Xingchen wagered that Huang Haotian would publicly admit his mistake and bow if Ye Xingchen kept the tower; Huang Haotian wagered that Ye Xingchen would admit the Divine Palace was inferior to the Huang Lineage if he failed.
• Huang Haotian laughed at Ye Xingchen, claiming that no one could keep the Ancestral Tower of Time.
• Huang Haotian abruptly stopped laughing and stared in horror at what had happened, while the gathered experts regarded Ye Xingchen with wariness.

Ye Xingchen retrieved the Ancestral Tower of Time from the Divine Palace’s grand formation, shocking Huang Haotian and the watching factions. Huang Haotian refused to honor his wager, and Ye Xingchen’s next words left him stunned.

• The faction leaders realized Huang Haotian had been pretending and suspected the Huang Lineage had come to destroy the Divine Palace.
• Ye Xingchen commanded the Ancestral Tower of Time to return, and it left the grand formation and landed in his hand before he stored it in System Space.
• Huang Haotian was shocked that Ye Xingchen had retrieved the tower, but refused to honor his promise, claiming Ye Xingchen had used a secret method or set a trap.
• Ye Xingchen insisted Huang Haotian accept defeat and warned that he would personally collect if Huang Haotian reneged.
• Huang Haotian tried to dismiss his wager as a joke, but Ye Xingchen said something that made him blurt out in disbelief that Ye Xingchen could not possibly know.

Ye Xingchen drew Huang Haotian into admitting that the Hegemon Huang Lineage had ordered an attack on the Divine Palace and planned to destroy it to become the Chaos God Realm’s foremost faction. As Huang Lineage fighters launched their assault, an aged figure from the Divine Palace’s ancestral grounds appeared and froze them in place.

• Ye Xingchen questioned Huang Haotian about Huo Linghuang’s attack, and Huang Haotian admitted that the Hegemon Huang Lineage had ordered the Blazing Flame Divine Hall to provoke the Divine Palace.
• Ye Xingchen challenged Huang Haotian over the plot, and Huang Haotian revealed that his lineage intended to destroy the Divine Palace and seize the top position in the Chaos God Realm.
• Huang Lineage powerhouses rose from the divine platform and unleashed a combined attack on the Divine Palace and nearby faction members.
• The surrounding factions tried to flee as the Huang Lineage attack threatened to engulf them.
• An aged figure emerged from the Divine Palace’s ancestral grounds and froze the attacking Huang Lineage powerhouses with his presence.

Shen Wuji appeared and immobilized the Hegemon Huang Lineage’s experts, but Huang Lingfeng emerged with the Primordial Edict and challenged him. Their palm strikes collided, and the aftermath left the spectators fearing the Huang Lineage faced a catastrophic calamity.

• Shen Wuji bound the Hegemon Huang Lineage’s experts in place, prompting spectators to debate whether the lineage could survive the Divine Palace’s counterattack.
• Huang Lingfeng appeared with the Primordial Edict and confronted Shen Wuji, who declared that the Huang Lineage would fall.
• Huang Lingfeng attacked Shen Wuji with the Imperial Heaven Divine Palm, and Shen Wuji met it with a palm strike of his own.
• The two palm strikes collided, unleashing a devastating shockwave and a cracking sound, while the immobilized Huang Lineage experts frowned as the dust cleared.
• Spectators concluded that Huang Lingfeng’s divine artifact could not overcome the gap in cultivation and feared the Huang Lineage faced disaster.

Huang Lingfeng unleashed his full strength against Shen Wuji but was decisively defeated, leaving Shen Wuji poised to kill him. An aged sigh then nullified Shen Wuji’s attack, revealing that the Hegemon Huang Lineage had powerful support.

• Huang Lingfeng recovered from his first exchange with Shen Wuji using the Primordial Edict and vowed to fight at full strength.
• Huang Lingfeng broke through a seal within himself and attacked Shen Wuji with a far stronger palm strike.
• Shen Wuji countered with the Battle Intent Art, and their collision badly wounded Huang Lingfeng while leaving Shen Wuji nearly unharmed.
• Shen Wuji attacked the weakened Huang Lingfeng and declared that he would kill him and erase the Hegemon Huang Lineage.
• An aged sigh dissolved Shen Wuji’s palm strike, prompting the onlookers to wonder if this was the Hegemon Huang Lineage’s hidden backing.

Huang Wudi emerged to stop Shen Wuji's attack on Huang Lingfeng, revealing himself as a Supreme Realm powerhouse and the Hegemon Huang Lineage's hidden strength. His display of divine might silenced the Divine Palace gathering, where everyone realized the real battle was about to begin.

• An aged sigh shattered Shen Wuji's palm strike and freed the immobilized Huang Lineage powerhouses, who gathered below as Huang Haotian waited fearfully for orders.
• Shen Wuji and the gathered factions recognized that the golden-robed figure was likely a Supreme Realm powerhouse, while Ye Xingchen and the Divine Palace showed no concern.
• The figure revealed his face, and Shen Wuji identified him as Huang Wudi, whom everyone had believed was dead.
• The faction leaders recounted Huang Wudi's legendary genius, his creation of Huang Lineage divine arts, and his acquisition of the Primordial Edict in the Death Black Prison.
• Huang Wudi unleashed his terrifying presence and Great Dao runes, convincing the gathered powerhouses that the real excitement was beginning.

Huang Wudi revealed that he sought a path into the Hongmeng Universe and believed the Divine Palace held secrets about the Supreme Divine Stele. After Shen Wuji denied that the Divine Palace possessed such a method, Huang Wudi declared he would destroy it and unleashed his supreme realm peak power.

• Huang Wudi explained that he wanted to enter the Hongmeng Universe to keep advancing, and said the method lay within the Divine Palace.
• Huang Wudi claimed he had allowed Huang Lingfeng to be injured to teach him a lesson and insisted no one could harm the Huang Lineage while he was present.
• Huang Wudi redirected the surrounding factions’ attention toward the Divine Palace, whose members remained unmoved by his insults.
• Shen Wuji swore that the Divine Palace had no method of entering the Hongmeng Universe and accused Huang Wudi of trying to draw other factions into the war.
• Huang Wudi said he would seize information about the Supreme Divine Stele and destroy the Divine Palace, then released a terrifying pressure that stunned the surrounding experts.

Huang Wudi threatened the Divine Palace with the Shihun Divine Art and demanded its submission, but Ye Xingchen urged Shen Wuji to fight him. Shen Wuji attacked Huang Wudi, and the chapter ended as the Divine Palace watched in stunned silence, leaving the outcome unrevealed.

• Huang Wudi demanded that Shen Wuji reveal what the Divine Palace knew about the Supreme Divine Stele and submit the Divine Palace to the Hegemon Huang Lineage, threatening to use the Shihun Divine Art.
• Ye Xingchen urged Shen Wuji to use Huang Wudi as an opponent to temper his realm.
• Huang Wudi mocked Ye Xingchen for sending the Divine Palace's strongest expert to his death.
• Shen Wuji unleashed his full power and struck Huang Wudi with a purple-gold punch.
• The Divine Palace fell silent as everyone stared in disbelief at what happened next.

Ye Xingchen’s power reduced Huang Wudi to the half-step Supreme Realm, allowing Shen Wuji to send him flying with one punch. Shen Wuji found peace and drew close to a breakthrough, while Huang Wudi’s fury chilled the area around the Divine Palace.

• Huang Wudi vowed to use the Shihun Divine Art on Ye Xingchen, then casually met Shen Wuji’s punch with his own.
• Shen Wuji’s punch sent Huang Wudi flying, shocking the Huang Lineage and the gathered factions.
• Huang Wudi realized a mysterious force had restricted his cultivation to the half-step Supreme Realm and accused Ye Xingchen of causing it.
• Ye Xingchen asked Shen Wuji about fighting Huang Wudi at the same realm, and Shen Wuji admitted Huang Wudi would still be stronger.
• Shen Wuji’s tranquility brought him close to a breakthrough, and Ye Xingchen teased Huang Wudi while Shen Wuji played along.
• Huang Wudi unleashed a furious presence that froze the air around the Divine Palace.

Huang Wudi summoned the Hegemon Huang Lineage’s Golden Dragon of Karmic Luck and attacked Ye Xingchen, but his punch vanished before reaching him. Ye Xingchen humiliated Huang Wudi, who challenged him to remove the force suppressing his cultivation, and the chapter ended as Ye Xingchen began to answer.

• Huang Wudi boasted that he could defeat Ye Xingchen and Shen Wuji, then unleashed the Golden Dragon of Karmic Luck to strengthen himself.
• The factions’ experts recognized the dragon as the Hegemon Huang Lineage’s accumulated karmic luck and debated how much protection it would give Huang Wudi.
• Huang Wudi struck Ye Xingchen with a powerful punch, but a mysterious force bound and erased it before it came within a hundred feet of Ye Xingchen.
• Ye Xingchen called Huang Wudi less than an ant and said that Huang Wudi’s life and death were his to decide.
• Huang Wudi accused Ye Xingchen of suppressing his cultivation with an evil method and demanded that he remove it, but Ye Xingchen cut him off as the gathered experts anticipated his reply.

Ye Xingchen restored Huang Wudi to the Supreme Realm Peak and gave him one chance to attack, while insisting Huang Wudi could not harm the Divine Palace. Huang Wudi prepared to unleash the Primordial Edict, leaving the onlookers horrified by its revealed true appearance.

• Ye Xingchen mocked Huang Wudi's narrow-mindedness and declared that even the Hongmeng Universe could not help him advance.
• Ye Xingchen restored Huang Wudi's cultivation to the Supreme Realm Peak and granted him one chance to strike.
• Huang Wudi regained his confidence and proposed fighting high in the heavens to protect the Divine Palace and avoid karma.
• Experts from the major powers fled the danger and debated whether Ye Xingchen had miscalculated, while some suspected a major event was coming.
• Ye Xingchen refused to move the fight, declaring Huang Wudi could not harm the Divine Palace, and Huang Wudi threatened to seize his secrets and torment his loved ones.
• Huang Wudi summoned the Primordial Edict above himself, and the onlookers recoiled in horror at its true appearance.

Huang Wudi revealed the Primordial Emperor Body and used its overwhelming imperial presence to force nearly everyone in the Divine Palace to kneel. He then launched his Emperor Dao-Annihilating Fist at Ye Xingchen, leaving the onlookers fearing Ye was in danger.

• Huang Wudi’s threat against Ye Xingchen’s loved ones stirred Ye Xingchen’s killing intent, while Huang Wudi’s fury destabilized his Dao heart.
• Huang Wudi invoked the Primordial Edict and manifested the Primordial Emperor Body, whose imperial presence compelled the factions’ weaker prodigies to kneel.
• Ye Xingchen raised a golden barrier that dispelled the submission-inducing pressure for the Divine Palace members and their allies.
• Huang Wudi’s power intensified, forcing nearly everyone outside the protected groups and the Huang Lineage to kneel before the Primordial Emperor Body.
• Huang Wudi formed a hand seal and struck at Ye Xingchen with the Emperor Dao-Annihilating Fist as the manifested emperor raised its fist too.
• Luo Qingshan, the other women, and the onlookers watched with concern as the factions’ powerhouses feared Ye Xingchen could not withstand the attack.

Huang Wudi unleashed his full power against Ye Xingchen, but Ye remained calm and mocked his cultivation and the destruction of the Heaven and Earth Palace. As Ye’s presence overwhelmed the battlefield, Huang Wudi trembled and demanded to know what he had done.

• Huang Wudi’s Primordial Emperor Body joined his punch, tearing open space and terrifying the experts gathered above the Divine Palace.
• Ye Xingchen dismissed Huang Wudi’s attack and declared that the Heaven and Earth Palace’s ancestor, Zhuge Zhan, had struck harder, while warning that the Huang Lineage would be erased.
• The kneeling experts realized Ye Xingchen had been responsible for the Heaven and Earth Palace’s destruction and speculated that the Divine Palace had known his true strength.
• Huang Wudi poured more purple-gold Divine Qi into his punch as Ye Xingchen stood unmoved and released a domineering presence that made the laws bow.
• Huang Wudi trembled and roared in disbelief, asking Ye Xingchen what he had done.

Ye Xingchen revealed the overwhelming gap between himself and Huang Wudi by annihilating Huang Wudi’s strongest punch with a single word. Huang Wudi collapsed in terror after realizing what Ye Xingchen’s power meant, while the Divine Palace fell silent.

• Ye Xingchen summoned a throne formed from the Chaos God Realm’s Great Dao laws and challenged Huang Wudi to witness the difference in their strength.
• Huang Wudi mocked Ye Xingchen as his devastating punch closed in.
• Ye Xingchen spoke the word “Annihilate,” and Huang Wudi’s punch and its divine power vanished instantly.
• Huang Wudi raged in disbelief as Ye Xingchen taunted him for refusing to accept the truth.
• Huang Wudi spat blood, collapsed onto the divine platform, and recalled how the Great Dao had bowed to Ye Xingchen; his next words left the Divine Palace silent.

Ye Xingchen revealed his No Realm strength, defeated Huang Wudi, and destroyed the fleeing Huang Lineage members, leaving the lineage on the verge of extinction. As Huang Haotian awaited death, Ye Xingchen sent him a message that shocked him into asking whether it had really been Ye Xingchen.

• Huang Wudi recognized that Ye Xingchen had reached No Realm, shocking the gathered factions and ending their doubts about the Divine Palace's power.
• The Huang Lineage members fled, but Ye Xingchen used the Chaos God Realm's Great Dao to bind and kill them.
• Huang Wudi admitted he had been wrong before his body shattered and vanished.
• Huang Haotian remained behind, accepting that he could not escape Ye Xingchen's judgment.
• Ye Xingchen sent Huang Haotian a voice transmission, and Huang Haotian stood in disbelief and asked if it had been Ye Xingchen.