Chapter Summaries

Ye Xingchen watched Xiao Yajun hide from a scar-faced Immortal Thearch and his men, then witnessed a sky-shrouding hand kill the pursuers after they admitted they planned to deceive their employer. Once the danger passed, Xiao Yajun emerged from the pool, and Ye Xingchen reacted with shock.

• Ye Xingchen sensed Xiao Yajun hiding in the pool as the scar-faced Immortal Thearch and his Immortal King subordinates searched for her, then pretended to leave.
• The pursuers returned two hours later, and the scar-faced leader planned to claim Xiao Yajun had been driven into Avici Hell so they could collect their reward and flee.
• A sky-shrouding hand appeared and crushed the Immortal King experts, then caught and killed the scar-faced Immortal Thearch despite his pleas for mercy.
• A voice declared that those who deceived the emperor would be destroyed, and blood rained across the Endless Forest before the sky-shrouding hand vanished.
• Xiao Yajun emerged from the pool after confirming the danger had passed, and Ye Xingchen lowered his head in shock.

Ye Xingchen discovered the wounded Xiao Yajun at the waterfall cave and accidentally saw her bathing, provoking her fury before he treated her injuries and shared roasted Seven-Colored Elk with her. As Xiao Yajun began recovering, three terrifying presences arrived, leaving Ye Xingchen wondering whether they had come for her.

• Ye Xingchen watched Xiao Yajun emerge from the pool, and she fainted after discovering him in the cave and trying to attack him.
• Ye Xingchen dressed Xiao Yajun, healed her with the Divine Spring of Life, and roasted a Seven-Colored Elk while she recovered.
• Xiao Yajun woke, found herself wearing Ye Xingchen's clothes, and reluctantly shared the elk meat with him.
• Xiao Yajun grew angry when Ye Xingchen tried to explain that seeing her had been an accident, and he stopped talking.
• Three terrifying presences descended, and Ye Xingchen wondered if they were searching for Xiao Yajun.

Ye Xingchen and Xiao Yajun hid in a cave as three Immortal Emperor experts searched for Xiao Yajun and revealed why the Heavenly Martial Pavilion wanted her Mystic Yin Phoenix Physique. After learning that Ye Xingchen possessed the Great Dao Chaos Physique, Xiao Yajun took his hand and escaped just before the experts destroyed their hiding place.

• Three Immortal Emperor experts arrived at the waterfall and found Xiao Yajun's discarded clothing, but they failed to locate her and Ye Xingchen.
• The experts discussed how the Heavenly Martial Pavilion's ancestor wanted Xiao Yajun's Mystic Yin Phoenix Physique to break beyond the Great Emperor Realm.
• The eldest expert explained that Xiao Yajun could transform her physique through dual cultivation with a man who possessed the Great Dao Chaos Physique.
• Ye Xingchen realized that he possessed the Great Dao Chaos Physique, while Xiao Yajun felt sorrow and an inexplicable closeness to him.
• Xiao Yajun took Ye Xingchen's hand and vanished as the three experts razed the cave and waterfall with a palm strike.

Xiao Yajun tried to draw three Heavenly Martial Pavilion Immortal Emperors away from Ye Xingchen, then fought desperately as they pursued her. As the attackers prepared to capture her, an overbearing voice interrupted them.

• The three Immortal Emperor experts surrounded Xiao Yajun and Ye Xingchen, demanded that Xiao Yajun return with them, and declared Ye Xingchen had to die because he knew their secret.
• Xiao Yajun rushed toward Avici Hell to lure the pursuers away and told Ye Xingchen to escape, while the third expert struck at him and followed her.
• The three caught Xiao Yajun and surrounded her; believing Ye Xingchen dead, she attacked them in fury and was badly injured.
• Xiao Yajun tried to reach Avici Hell, but the third expert blocked her, so she used Sword Dances Across the Nine Heavens against his Black Dragon Howls Destruction and suffered further injuries.
• The eldest ordered his brothers to attack and capture Xiao Yajun, but an overbearing voice suddenly rang out and shocked all three men.

Ye Xingchen arrived to save the wounded Xiao Yajun, healed her with the Divine Spring of Life, and confronted the three Heavenly Martial Pavilion elders. As a Great Emperor appeared to protect them, Ye Xingchen defied him and vowed to slay a god.

• Ye Xingchen appeared beside Xiao Yajun and gave her the Divine Spring of Life to heal her injuries.
• Xiao Yajun recognized Ye Xingchen, drank the spring, and recovered while the three elders identified him as the Demon Race's Exalted Emperor.
• Ye Xingchen confronted Ge Mouqi, Ge Mouping, and Ge Moushun for injuring Xiao Yajun and immobilized them as they tried to attack him.
• Ge Mouqi crushed a white distress bead, and Ye Xingchen prepared to strike the elders with sword intent.
• A Great Emperor arrived and ordered Ye Xingchen to kneel, but Ye Xingchen mocked him and declared that he would slay a god.

Ye Xingchen repelled a Great Emperor’s attack and used the Underworld King Sword Finger to kill the hidden Heavenly Martial Pavilion ancestor, then slew the Ge brothers. Xiao Yajun departed with his gift of Divine Spring of Life, leaving their feelings for each other unsettled but warmly acknowledged.

• A sky-blotting hand attacked Ye Xingchen, but he shattered it with the Imperial Dao Divine Fist and tracked its owner through a spatial passage.
• Ye Xingchen struck the hidden Great Emperor with the Underworld King Sword Finger, killing the Heavenly Martial Pavilion ancestor and causing blood rain across Divine Desolation.
• Ye Xingchen killed Ge Mouqi and his two companions with a finger of sword intent.
• Xiao Yajun prepared to leave, and Ye Xingchen gave her Divine Spring of Life to aid her recovery.
• Ye Xingchen told Xiao Yajun that, by Human Race rules, she was already his woman; she glared at him and flew away with a slight smile.

Xiao Yajun left the Endless Forest with growing feelings for Ye Xingchen, while he received powerful rewards from his daily sign-in. After noticing strange golden light emerging from Avici Hell, Ye Xingchen decided to head to Yan Emperor City before exploring it.

• Xiao Yajun reflected on Ye Xingchen's kindness, kept the clothes he had given her, and departed, hoping they might meet again.
• Ye Xingchen noticed golden light mixing with the black vapor rising from Avici Hell but chose not to investigate immediately.
• Ye Xingchen signed in and received the Divine Bodhi Tree, ten Spirit-Concealing Talismans, and one million bottles of supreme-grade divine wine.
• Ye Xingchen examined the rewards and resolved to travel to Yan Emperor City to meet his wife, settle matters with the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty, and fulfill his promise to refine an antidote for Liu Ruosu.
• In Yan Emperor City, a beautiful woman watched the crowds from a lavish private room with an expectant expression.

Hua Xueyan learned that nearly every major faction had gathered in Yan Emperor City, and Ye Xingchen arrived there before reuniting with Luo Qingshan. The chapter ended as a black-robed holy son insulted Luo Qingshan and Ye Xingchen unleashed terrifying killing intent.

• Hua Xueyan asked Liu Ruosu about the Demon Race's Imperial Venerable and learned that most major factions had arrived in Yan Emperor City.
• Ye Xingchen left the depths of the Endless Forest and arrived in Yan Emperor City the next morning.
• Huo Wuming welcomed Ye Xingchen and told him that nearly all the major factions and hidden lineages had gathered.
• Luo Qingshan arrived with Sikong Guyao and the Demon Race, reunited with Ye Xingchen, and embraced him.
• A black-robed holy son leered at Luo Qingshan and invited her to drink, prompting Ye Xingchen to unleash a terrifying wave of killing intent.

Ye Xingchen punished Qin Haotian for insulting Luo Qingshan, shattering his legs despite the Hidden Qin Family Dao Protector’s apology. After warning the Qin Lineage not to provoke him again, Ye Xingchen left with Luo Qingshan for the Demon Race’s lodgings as news of the confrontation spread through Yan Emperor City.

• Ye Xingchen seized Qin Haotian by the throat after Luo Qingshan called out to him, while Uncle Qin revealed Qin Haotian’s identity and apologized on his behalf.
• Ye Xingchen refused to let the apology go without punishment and shattered Qin Haotian’s legs with a finger.
• Uncle Qin restored Qin Haotian’s legs with a golden pill, and Ye Xingchen warned him to tell the Qin Lineage to discipline its Holy Son.
• Ye Xingchen took Luo Qingshan’s hand and asked Huo Wuming to lead them to their lodgings.
• Word of Ye Xingchen breaking the Hidden Qin Family Holy Son’s legs spread throughout Yan Emperor City.

Qin Haotian planned revenge after the Demon Race's Emperor Venerable crippled him, while Hua Xueyan prepared to visit the Demon Race's residence. Left alone, Ye Xingchen used his check-in reward, an Ancient Emperor Pill, and broke through to the Ancient Emperor Realm, sensing a call from a new world.

• Qin Haotian learned that Qin Lineage experts would arrive by the next day and resolved to make Luo Qingshan pay.
• Hua Xueyan heard Liu Ruosu's account of the Demon Race's Emperor Venerable and planned to visit the Demon Race's residence before attending the Yan Emperor's summons.
• Ye Xingchen checked in and received an Ancient Emperor Pill from the system.
• Ye Xingchen consumed the pill and endured its power as it transformed his Heavenly Emperor divine infant and shattered his shackles.
• Ye Xingchen reached the Ancient Emperor Realm, becoming the only one on the Divine Desolation Continent known to have attained it, and sensed a call from a new world.

Ye Xingchen sensed a mysterious summons from the depths of the starry sky and wondered how it related to the coming great age and the vanished ancient experts. The next morning, the Qin Lineage confronted the Demon Race over its injured holy son, and Ye Xingchen answered their demands with a threat.

• Ye Xingchen considered the starry summons, the vanished experts, and the hidden forces emerging as the Divine Desolation Continent entered a great age.
• Luo Qingshan told the ten Demon Race geniuses that the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty had canceled the auction and that their sparring matches would begin the day after tomorrow.
• Ye Xingchen gave the Demon Race geniuses more than ten bottles of supreme-grade divine wine for their night off.
• Sikong Guyao reported that the Qin Lineage had come to demand an apology from the Demon Race to its holy son.
• Yan Zhan questioned the Qin Lineage, whose representative dismissed the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty and arrived with more than ten Immortal Emperors.
• Ye Xingchen told the Qin Lineage that he had already given an explanation and threatened to silence its holy son permanently if they were dissatisfied.

Ye Xingchen confronted the Qin Lineage after it demanded the Demon Race hand over the method for producing the Divine Spring of Life. He revealed the Demon Race’s overwhelming Immortal Emperor strength and stopped the Qin Lineage from leaving, just as a Great Emperor expert arrived.

• The Qin Lineage’s middle-aged man surrounded Ye Xingchen and Luo Qingshan with Immortal Emperors and demanded the Divine Spring of Life method as compensation.
• Hua Xueyan arrived with experts from the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palace and offered to help the Demon Race, but Luo Qingshan reassured her that they could handle the Qin Lineage.
• Ye Xingchen summoned dozens of Demon Race Immortal Emperors, shocking the onlookers and forcing the Qin Lineage’s middle-aged man to retreat.
• Ye Xingchen demanded that the Qin Lineage admit its wrongdoing and threatened to keep its people from leaving unless it complied.
• A majestic voice announced the arrival of a Qin Lineage Great Emperor as Ye Xingchen walked toward Qin Haotian.

Ye Xingchen ignored the Qin Lineage Great Emperor’s warning, punished Qin Haotian, and was protected from the Emperor’s attack by Su Longxiao. After the factions began suspecting Ye Xingchen had ties to a hidden lineage, he took Hua Xueyan to refine an antidote for her Hell Flower Poison, leaving them alone together in the dark alchemy chamber.

• Ye Xingchen repeatedly slapped immobilized Qin Haotian despite the Qin Lineage Great Emperor’s order to stop.
• The Qin Lineage Great Emperor attacked Ye Xingchen, but Su Longxiao appeared and persuaded him to withdraw the Qin Lineage’s Immortal Emperors.
• Ye Xingchen warned Qin Haotian, then declined Su Longxiao’s invitation and promised to host him the next day.
• Ye Xingchen brought Hua Xueyan to the alchemy chamber to refine an antidote, while Luo Qingshan led the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palace guests to the reception hall.
• After closing the chamber door, Ye Xingchen left Hua Xueyan alone with him in the darkness, and she blushed and watched him with shimmering eyes.

Ye Xingchen refined an eighth-grade Tribulation-Transcending Pill to cure Liu Ruosu’s Hell Flower Poison, and Hua Xueyan’s joy and affection prompted him to finally respond to her feelings. The chapter ended with Hua Xueyan embracing Ye Xingchen after he whispered something to her.

• Ye Xingchen refined the medicinal ingredients while Hua Xueyan stayed beside him and wiped the sweat from his face.
• Ye Xingchen completed the Tribulation-Transcending Pill and gave it to Hua Xueyan for Liu Ruosu.
• Hua Xueyan excitedly embraced Ye Xingchen, then realized their clothes were soaked through and crouched in embarrassment when he looked at her.
• After they dried their clothes, Ye Xingchen noticed Hua Xueyan’s disappointment as they prepared to leave the chamber.
• Ye Xingchen caught up with Hua Xueyan and whispered something to her, and she joyfully threw herself into his arms.

Ye Xingchen confessed to Luo Qingshan about his encounters with Hua Xueyan and others, and Luo Qingshan accepted his explanation. After Hua Xueyan gave Aunt Liu the pill for her Hell Flower Poison, Aunt Liu broke through to the Great Emperor Realm and drew a heavenly tribulation over Yan Emperor City.

• Ye Xingchen gave Hua Xueyan a Spirit-Concealing Talisman and left the pill-refining chamber with her.
• Hua Xueyan thanked Ye Xingchen, then hurried away with the pill to treat Aunt Liu.
• Ye Xingchen told Luo Qingshan everything that had happened while refining the pill and in the Endless Forest.
• Luo Qingshan reassured Ye Xingchen that she understood and promised to accept the other women as younger sisters.
• Hua Xueyan guarded the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palace courtyard as Aunt Liu broke through to the Great Emperor Realm.
• Black thunderclouds gathered over the courtyard, and experts in Yan Emperor City recognized the coming Great Emperor Heavenly Tribulation.

Liu Ruosu survived her Great Emperor Tribulation using the Withered Wood Meets Spring Technique, and the Heavenly Dao’s golden light descended to recognize her breakthrough. As she began absorbing it, someone tried to seize the light and was struck down.

• Hua Xueyan warned everyone to move away from the courtyard as Liu Ruosu prepared to undergo her Great Emperor Tribulation.
• Liu Ruosu used a golden seal and her seven-colored divine flower to withstand the first bolt of tribulation lightning, while Ye Xingchen watched.
• Liu Ruosu repeatedly restored her shield with the Withered Wood Meets Spring Technique and weakened the final bolt until the tribulation clouds dispersed.
• A golden pillar of the Light of the Heavenly Dao descended onto Liu Ruosu, and a figure rushed forward to steal it.
• The would-be thief screamed after the Light of the Heavenly Dao struck back.

Liu Ruosu became a Great Emperor and thanked Ye Xingchen for refining her pill, while the Hidden Qin Family plotted against Ye Xingchen, Hua Xueyan, and the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palace. As numerous hidden factions emerged into the world and the Heavenly Dao heralded a new great era, Ye Xingchen felt an increasingly powerful summons from the void.

• An Immortal Sovereign tried to seize the Light of the Heavenly Dao and was destroyed, while Liu Ruosu completed her breakthrough into the Great Emperor Realm.
• Liu Ruosu bowed to Ye Xingchen and thanked him for refining her pill, and Hua Xueyan blushed at Ye Xingchen calling her Aunt Liu.
• Qin Muzhi and Qin Haotian plotted to destroy the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palace and possibly the Demon Race, while Qin Haotian voiced his desire to take Hua Xueyan and the Demon Empress for himself.
• Wei Wendao announced the emergence of Divine Secrets Mountain, and Su Longxiao and the other hidden factions followed by declaring their own emergence.
• The Heavenly Dao answered the declarations with celestial phenomena that transformed the Divine Desolation Continent and greatly increased its Immortal Spirit Qi.
• Ye Xingchen felt a stronger summons from the void, and Wei Wendao shuddered as he looked toward the lingering golden light and purple Qi.

Wei Wendao divined that Avici Hell, deep within the Endless Forest, stood outside the Heavenly Dao and might hide the secret to becoming a god, drawing factions across Divine Desolation toward its entrance. Ye Xingchen and his companions reached the sealed entrance and waited for it to open the next day, while Ye Xingchen began his daily sign-in.

• Yan Wudi identified the golden light’s source as Avici Hell, the Emperor’s Tomb in the Endless Forest, and described its dangers and treasures.
• Wei Wendao divined that Avici Hell lay beyond the Heavenly Dao and might conceal the secret to becoming a god, prompting the gathered factions to head for Divine Dragon City.
• Luo Qingshan explained to Ye Xingchen that the secluded factions needed the Heavenly Dao’s recognition to explore Divine Desolation’s sites, and the factions left for the Endless Forest.
• Ye Xingchen led the Demon Race and the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palace into the Endless Forest as other factions suffered casualties and many abandoned their search.
• Wei Wendao said Avici Hell would open by the next day, so the factions gathered around its purple barrier to rest and wait.
• Ye Xingchen sat with Luo Qingshan and Hua Xueyan, then asked the System to begin his daily sign-in.

Ye Xingchen received the Ancient Divine Vine, Spirit Purification Pills, and supreme-grade divine stones before entering Avici Hell with his companions and the other factions. Inside, he recognized that the beautiful small world was a dangerous illusion and warned everyone, leaving them stunned by its power.

• Ye Xingchen signed in and received the Ancient Divine Vine, tens of thousands of Spirit Purification Pills, and one million supreme-grade divine stones.
• A purple-gold pillar of light entered Avici Hell, and a terrifying presence and fragrant scent emerged from its entrance.
• Qin Haotian identified the fragrance as coming from the Undying Divine Tree Flower, and Huangfu Bubai rushed into Avici Hell, prompting the factions to follow.
• Ye Xingchen entered Avici Hell with Luo Qingshan, Hua Xueyan, and the others, where they found a beautiful flower-filled small world beneath a starry sky.
• Ye Xingchen warned the group that the scenery was an illusion that lowered their guard, and Liu Ruosu recognized how formidable it was.

Ye Xingchen led the group through Avici Hell, exposing the deadly insects hidden beneath a fragrant sea of flowers. They reached a lake with the Undying Divine Tree and its nine extraordinary flowers, where a sudden scream announced new danger.

• Ye Xingchen explained that dragon saliva grass and rainbow night flowers had relaxed the group, then revealed that black insects had consumed dozens of experts who entered the flower field.
• Ye Xingchen warned everyone to stay calm and avoid reckless curiosity, then let the disciples gather the flowers from a safe distance.
• Ye Xingchen and the others followed the factions to a vast lake, where they saw an ancient tree bearing nine golden flowers.
• Ye Xingchen identified the tree as the Undying Divine Tree and learned that its petals could heal illness, aid comprehension of the Law of Life, and extend lifespan by a million years.
• A scream rang out, and everyone except Ye Xingchen reacted with alarm.