Chapter Summaries

Ye Xingchen learned that Hu Peng had lured Xiao Yajun to Passionate Valley for a duel, then traveled there as she faced the Heavenly Martial Pavilion master. Xiao Yajun revealed that she had also reached the Great Emperor Realm, but Hu Peng announced that the Heavenly Martial Pavilion had prepared a trap and meant to keep her and the Purple Cloud Palace forces from leaving.

• Ye Xingchen heard about the clashes between the Purple Cloud Palace and the Heavenly Martial Pavilion, sent Qing Feng and Yuan Long a message, and set off for Passionate Valley in disguise.
• Hu Peng waited at Passionate Valley while experts from many powers gathered to watch his challenge to Xiao Yajun.
• Xiao Yajun arrived with several white-haired elders, and Hu Peng provoked her before she told him he was not worthy of making her afraid.
• Hu Peng attacked Xiao Yajun, but she met his punch with purple lightning and forced him back dozens of steps while retreating only twice.
• Hu Peng realized Xiao Yajun had reached the Great Emperor Realm, then revealed that the Heavenly Martial Pavilion had prepared a scheme to prevent the Purple Cloud Palace from leaving.

Hu Peng trapped Xiao Yajun in the Nine Revolutions Heaven-Swallowing Grand Formation, intending to claim her mystic yin phoenix physique, but a black-misted Heavenly Emperor turned against him and tried to seize her for himself. Just as the black figure approached Xiao Yajun, his presence vanished, leaving everyone stunned by another sudden reversal.

• The hidden factions recognized the Nine Revolutions Heaven-Swallowing Grand Formation and realized the Heavenly Martial Pavilion had used it to trap Xiao Yajun and target her mystic yin phoenix physique.
• Hu Peng revealed that he had planned the trap after his previous defeat, while Xiao Yajun discovered she could not use her cultivation.
• Xiao Yajun tried to take her own life, but a black-misted Heavenly Emperor immobilized her and prevented her from moving.
• Hu Peng explained that he had modified the formation to control whose cultivation it sealed, then moved to claim Xiao Yajun.
• The black-misted Heavenly Emperor revealed he had secretly altered the formation and seized control, hoping to use Xiao Yajun's physique to reach the Ancient Emperor Realm.
• As the black figure approached Xiao Yajun, his presence suddenly vanished, shocking Hu Peng and the watching factions.

Ye Xingchen arrived at Passionate Valley, broke the Nine Revolutions Heaven-Swallowing Grand Formation, and killed the aged figure and Hu Peng. He approached Xiao Yajun, who mistook him for someone else, and the chapter ended as he reached toward her.

• Ye Xingchen revealed himself as the figure who had immobilized Xiao Yajun, Hu Peng, and the aged figure through the formation.
• The aged figure offered to yield Xiao Yajun, but Ye Xingchen refused to negotiate with him.
• Ye Xingchen shattered the Nine Revolutions Heaven-Swallowing Grand Formation and took its golden array disc.
• Ye Xingchen killed the aged figure and Hu Peng with two fingers, then immobilized the elderly women from the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Xiao Yajun mistook Ye Xingchen for someone else, closed her eyes as he reached toward her, and he paused at her tear.

Ye Xingchen revealed his connection to Xiao Yajun while rescuing her and playfully scolding her for acting impulsively. He gave her powerful protective treasures, and their teasing left the gathered factions convinced they were lovers as a terrifying pressure suddenly descended.

• Ye Xingchen took Xiao Yajun's short blade, wiped away her tears, and told her he had come to retrieve a piece of clothing.
• Xiao Yajun recognized Ye Xingchen beneath his disguise, and he released her after making her promise to think before acting impulsively.
• Ye Xingchen returned Xiao Yajun's blade and gave her two Spirit-Concealing Talismans and the formation disc for the Nine Revolutions Heaven-Swallowing Grand Formation.
• Ye Xingchen teased Xiao Yajun by claiming he had given her his heart, and she blushed and beat him with her fists while the factions watched.
• The factions began to leave, but a terrifying pressure descended and made everyone turn back in alarm.

Ye Xingchen forced the factions to abandon their claims on Xiao Yajun, then discovered that her Mystic Yin Phoenix Physique caused a painful flare every six months. He used his Great Dao Chaos Physique to suppress the Mystic Yin Qi, leaving Xiao Yajun asleep and relieved inside the cabin.

• Ye Xingchen threatened to destroy any sect or clan that coveted Xiao Yajun, and the gathered factions left without objecting.
• Xiao Yajun collapsed aboard the warship as her Mystic Yin Qi flared, and Ye Xingchen carried her into the cabin.
• An elder of the Purple Cloud Palace explained that only a man with the Great Dao Chaos Physique could suppress Xiao Yajun’s Mystic Yin Qi, and Ye Xingchen ordered everyone to guard the warship.
• Ye Xingchen used his Chaos Qi to calm Xiao Yajun’s Mystic Yin Qi, and she fell asleep realizing that he was the man with the Great Dao Chaos Physique.

The Heavenly Martial Pavilion Ancestor learned that Ye Xingchen had killed Hu Peng and planned to wait for others to target Xiao Yajun before seizing her Mystic Yin Phoenix Physique. In the cabin, Xiao Yajun awoke beside Ye Xingchen, and the two drew closer through teasing and affection.

• The Heavenly Martial Pavilion experts told their Ancestor that Ye Xingchen had killed Hu Peng and that Xiao Yajun was his woman.
• The Ancestor ordered the Heavenly Martial Pavilion to avoid a direct clash with the All Under Heaven Pavilion and watch Purple Cloud Palace until other factions acted.
• Ye Xingchen slept while holding Xiao Yajun, who awoke about four hours later and tried to remove his mask.
• Ye Xingchen startled Xiao Yajun with his presence, then pulled her into his arms after she dressed.
• Ye Xingchen teased Xiao Yajun about being his woman, and she laughed as the two shared a sweet moment.

Ye Xingchen and Xiao Yajun confessed their feelings, and she accepted his proposal and the Purple Firmament Divine Sword before returning to Purple Cloud Palace. As Ye Xingchen headed back toward All Under Heaven Pavilion, news of his power spread across Divine Desolation, where powerful forces gathered for the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking ceremony and the Ancient Divine Tomb’s appearance.

• Xiao Yajun confessed that she had loved Ye Xingchen since their first meeting and had chosen him even when she thought she had only ten years to live.
• Ye Xingchen asked Xiao Yajun to be his wife, and she agreed before introducing him to the Purple Cloud Palace experts as her husband and their co-Palace Master.
• Ye Xingchen gave Xiao Yajun the Purple Firmament Divine Sword, which let her comprehend the Law of the Lightning Dao; he explained that the Heavenly Dao Grade sword was born within Purple Firmament Divine Lightning.
• Xiao Yajun returned to Purple Cloud Palace, while Ye Xingchen said he would settle matters at All Under Heaven Pavilion and visit her by the next day; he then warned Passionate Valley not to provoke him.
• News of All Under Heaven Pavilion’s master spread through Divine Desolation, and powerful forces headed to Central Emperor Province for the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking unveiling and the Ancient Divine Tomb’s appearance in two days.

Ye Jialuo restored her original body in the Devil Abyss Dark Forest and continued toward the deeper source of Devil Qi, which made her feel foreboding. Meanwhile, forces gathered outside the All Under Heaven Pavilion, where a sudden sight left them shocked.

• Ye Xingchen told Qing Feng to send Hua Xueyan to the ninth floor when she arrived.
• Meng Youyou, possessed by a Devil Race member, entered the Devil Abyss Dark Forest and found Asura Devil Worms in its depths.
• The Asura Devil Worms consumed Meng Youyou’s former body and helped Ye Jialuo restore her original flesh.
• Ye Jialuo burned the dead worms and vanished farther into the forest to seek the faint trace of Devil Qi.
• Countless forces gathered outside the All Under Heaven Pavilion, then gasped in shock at something they saw.

Hua Xueyan and the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palace disciples broke through to the Great Emperor Realm and were welcomed into the All Under Heaven Pavilion, where Hua Xueyan reunited with Ye Xingchen. Meanwhile, Xiao Yajun revealed something to the Purple Cloud Palace ancestors that made them wonder if she had found the heaven-bestowed marriage foretold for her.

• Hua Xueyan and the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palace experts broke through to the Great Emperor Realm and entered the All Under Heaven Pavilion, while Saber Pavilion's disciple warned newcomers not to offend Hua Xueyan or Xiao Yajun.
• Ye Xingchen reunited with Hua Xueyan and told her about Xiao Yajun's suffering and her limited lifespan.
• Hua Xueyan urged Ye Xingchen to cherish Xiao Yajun, and Ye Xingchen promised to bring the women together after the Ancient Divine Tomb affair.
• In the Purple Cloud Palace ancestral grounds, Xiao Yajun's four ancestors stopped arguing and asked whether what she had said was true.
• After Xiao Yajun nodded, the four ancestors wondered whether she had found the heaven-bestowed marriage foretold by Divine Secrets Mountain.

The four ancestors of the Purple Cloud Palace accepted that Xiao Yajun and Ye Xingchen were destined to be together, but planned to test him before allowing him to marry her. After receiving ten Countenance-Preserving Pills from his daily check-in, Ye Xingchen headed to visit Xiao Yajun, who eagerly awaited him at the palace.

• The four ancestors teased Xiao Yajun about calling Ye Xingchen her husband and agreed to test him when he arrived at the Purple Cloud Palace.
• The ancestors decided to test Ye Xingchen's literary talent and discernment rather than his strength.
• Ye Xingchen spent the night with Hua Xueyan, who left in the morning to attend to the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palace.
• Ye Xingchen checked in and received ten Heavenly Dao Grade Countenance-Preserving Pills.
• Ye Xingchen set out for the Purple Cloud Palace, where Xiao Yajun nervously waited for him.

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.