Chapter Summaries

The Darkness Emperor brought Chu Tiannan to the Darkness Clan’s base in the Cosmos Pavilion and reaffirmed his clan’s loyalty to the Chaos Clan’s imperial bloodline. As the young clan members wondered why the Emperor treated Chu Tiannan with such respect, Chu Tiannan recognized a familiar young man in white from the Genius Battle.

• The Darkness Emperor recalled meeting Elder Ling when he was a Star Realm cultivator and asked Chu Tiannan to speak at the Cosmos Pavilion.
• The Darkness Emperor insisted that Chu Tiannan was his sovereign and asked to be called Darkness; Chu Tiannan agreed and followed him to the pavilion.
• The Cosmos Pavilion’s dark aura welcomed Chu Tiannan, and the Darkness Emperor explained that the pavilion was his clan’s base.
• Young Darkness Clan geniuses greeted the Emperor and whispered in confusion about his respectful treatment of Chu Tiannan.
• Chu Tiannan recognized the young man in white from the Genius Battle, and the young man turned and bowed to him.

Chu Tiannan met Black Feather Emperor, the Darkness Emperor’s son, and then asked the Darkness Emperor about the Chaos Clan’s past and the Underworld Clan’s pursuit of him. The Darkness Emperor began to explain the Chaos Clan’s history.

• Chu Tiannan greeted Black Feather Emperor after the Darkness Emperor called him over.
• Black Feather Emperor revealed that he and Chu Tiannan had met during the second stage of the Genius Battle, and said he would have followed Chu Tiannan if he had known his identity.
• The Darkness Emperor brought Chu Tiannan to a private room in the Cosmos Pavilion and sealed the door with a darkness barrier.
• Chu Tiannan asked what had happened to the Chaos Clan, why the Chaos Cosmic Nation had disappeared, and why the Underworld Clan was hunting him.
• The Darkness Emperor agreed to tell Chu Tiannan the history of the Chaos Clan from the beginning.

The Darkness Emperor showed Chu Tiannan a memory of the once-mighty Chaos Cosmic Nation and explained that its prosperity came from the Chaos Throne, Chu Tiannan’s master and the Chaos Lord’s teacher. He described the power of Cosmic Throne beings and left Chu Tiannan learning that the Luo God Clan’s first patriarch, the Luo God Throne, had died in the Heavenly War of Destruction.

• The Darkness Emperor displayed a memory of the imperial capital of the Chaos Cosmic Nation to Chu Tiannan.
• The Darkness Emperor revealed that the Chaos Throne had been Chu Tiannan’s master and the Chaos Lord’s teacher.
• Chu Tiannan was shocked to learn a Cosmic Throne powerhouse stood behind the Chaos Cosmic Nation.
• The Darkness Emperor explained that Cosmic Throne beings could draw on the universe’s supreme will and wield power capable of deciding the fate of entire cosmic regions.
• The Darkness Emperor said the Chaos Cosmic Nation’s rivals feared it, and that the Luo God Clan’s first patriarch, the Luo God Throne, had died in the Heavenly War of Destruction.

The Darkness Emperor explained the Luo God Clan’s decline and Luo’er’s inherited role in restoring it, then revealed that the Chaos Cosmic Nation once commanded two vassal nations. The chapter ended with Chu Tiannan learning that Lord Mingdao, ruler of one vassal nation, was Lord Chaos’s second clone.

• The Darkness Emperor explained that the Luo God Clan was declining because it had produced no new Cosmic Throne expert and its patriarch neared his reincarnation limit.
• The Darkness Emperor told Chu Tiannan that Luo’er carried the first Luo God Throne’s bloodline and was the clan’s most important prospect, explaining the clan’s hostility toward him.
• Chu Tiannan reflected on the burden Luo’er carried, then asked the Darkness Emperor to tell him about the Chaos Clan.
• The Darkness Emperor said the Chaos Cosmic Nation had two vassal nations: the Darkness Cosmic Nation and the Mingdao Cosmic Nation.
• The Darkness Emperor revealed that Lord Mingdao was Lord Chaos’s second clone, shocking Chu Tiannan.

The Darkness Emperor explained the Chaos Cosmic Nation’s former strength and revealed that Lord Mingdao’s betrayal caused the Chaos Clan’s decline. He left Chu Tiannan with the promise of a fuller explanation of the betrayal.

• The Darkness Emperor told Chu Tiannan that the Chaos Cosmic Nation once had three thrones: the Darkness Throne, the Chaos Throne, and the Chaos Lord.
• He explained that the Chaos Lord and Lord Mingdao could combine the Chaos Sword and Chaos Sin, granting them power comparable to a cosmic throne.
• The Darkness Emperor said the Chaos Lord had made history as the first recorded person to kill a cosmic throne.
• Chu Tiannan asked why the Chaos Clan had declined despite its former strength.
• The Darkness Emperor blamed Lord Mingdao and the entire Mingdao Cosmic Nation for betraying the Chaos Clan.

The Darkness Emperor showed Chu Tiannan how Lord Mingdao betrayed the Chaos Cosmic Nation during the Heavenly War of Destruction, leading to its defeat and destruction. Chu Tiannan realized the Underworld Clan feared he would become their nightmare if he grew stronger.

• The Darkness Emperor revealed that the Chaos Cosmic Nation’s destruction began with the Mingdao Cosmic Nation’s betrayal during the Heavenly War of Destruction.
• The Darkness Emperor showed Chu Tiannan the Gemini Xuan Domain battlefield, where the Chaos Cosmic Nation’s forces fought alien races.
• Lord Mingdao used Chaos Sin to ambush the Chaos Lord, then combined the Chaos Weapons and struck at the Chaos Throne.
• The Darkness Throne blocked the attack and died, while the Chaos Lord was wounded and the Chaos Cosmic Nation was surrounded.
• Lord Mingdao fled with the Underworld Clan as alien forces covered his retreat, and the Five Emperors City Lord later rescued the Chaos Lord before the Chaos Cosmic Nation was destroyed.
• Chu Tiannan understood that the Underworld Clan had tried to kill him because they feared what he might become.

Chu Tiannan accepted that he had inherited the duty of reviving the Chaos Cosmic Nation and planned to grow strong enough to fulfill it. Back at his manor in Five Emperors City, he reunited with Luo'er, who demanded an explanation for his absence.

• Chu Tiannan recalled the Darkness Emperor's warning that he must avoid the battlefield until he became a cosmic venerable and must revive the Chaos Cosmic Nation.
• Chu Tiannan decided to pursue the cosmic throne, bring his family and companions back to life, and honor his teacher's dying wish.
• Chu Tiannan learned from Aode that the butler was in the Heaven Universe and would not be able to see him until Chu Tiannan graduated from Five Emperors City.
• Luo'er teleported into Chu Tiannan's manor, evaded his attempt to hug her, and told him that she and the others had arrived a hundred years earlier.

Chu Tiannan revealed his purple-clad soul-split self to Luo'er, who struggled to understand how there could be two versions of the person she liked. Their companions arrived and were startled by the sight, leaving the group facing the strange revelation.

• Chu Tiannan asked Luo'er whether she was really herself, then explained that something had puzzled him.
• The purple-clad Chu Tiannan teleported beside them, startling Luo'er as Chu Tiannan caught her.
• Chu Tiannan explained that the newcomer was another self split from his soul, and Luo'er questioned how this was possible.
• Bo Jue and Alita arrived, followed by Xian'er, Tian'er, Jin, and the others.
• Jin noticed the two Chu Tiannans and cried out in surprise.

Chu Tiannan’s two identical bodies merged, and he glimpsed a terrifying purple world with a vast face in its sky. Far away, a black-robed figure in a towering black tower declared that a ritual had begun and that chaos would return everything to the origin; Chu Tiannan collapsed, burning hot to the touch.

• Two Chu Tiannans puzzled Luo'er, Lin Lei, Alita, and the others, who could not tell which one was real.
• The two Chu Tiannans merged into one, and Chu Tiannan nearly fell as visions of a lifeless purple world and a monstrous face filled his eyes.
• Inside a black tower, a black-robed figure said the ritual had begun and claimed everything would return to the origin.
• Back at Enraptured Pavilion Manor, Luo'er tried to help Chu Tiannan up but pulled her hand away and cried out that he was burning hot.

Chu Tiannan suffered a terrifying disturbance during cultivation, but Bo Jue used his Asura power to suppress it. After a hidden expert destroyed the escaping remnant, Chu Tiannan reassured Luo'er, who bit him in relief and anger.

• Luo'er recoiled when she felt how hot Chu Tiannan's body had become, and Bo Jue recognized a dark aspect in him.
• Bo Jue used his Asura power to calm Chu Tiannan and suppress the disturbance within him.
• Bo Jue sent a black remnant into the sky, where an unknown expert destroyed it and warned him about qi deviation.
• Chu Tiannan told Luo'er that something may have gone wrong during cultivation but that he was fine.
• Luo'er bit Chu Tiannan's arm as everyone watched in awkward silence.

Chu Tiannan reunited with Luo'er, who scolded him for cultivating recklessly, and the two headed to eat with Bo Jue. Bo Jue then revealed that he was troubled by the terrifying power Chu Tiannan was cultivating.

• Chu Tiannan silently pleaded for help while Luo'er bit his arm, but the others left him alone with her.
• Luo'er released Chu Tiannan, warned him against cultivating recklessly, and laughed at his sheepish grin.
• Chu Tiannan invited Luo'er to eat, lifted her onto his shoulders, and asked Bo Jue to join them.
• Bo Jue told Chu Tiannan that the power he was cultivating was terrifying.

After Bo Jue warned Chu Tiannan that his cultivating power felt dangerous, Chu Tiannan accepted Mingdao’s explanation that the strange event had come from their first fusion. After sharing a meal with his companions, Chu Tiannan found a course taught by the Crimson Flame Emperor and decided to attend and visit his teacher.

• Bo Jue warned Chu Tiannan to watch for darkness in his cultivation, but Mingdao dismissed the danger and demonstrated that he could leave and return to Chu Tiannan’s body without incident.
• Chu Tiannan trusted Mingdao’s account, believing that their souls were one and that Mingdao’s presence had only improved him.
• At dinner, Chu Tiannan explained to Xian’er, Shasha, Alita, and the others that he had split his soul in two through the profundities of the Law of Chaos.
• After the meal, Chu Tiannan checked the cultivation schedule, found a course taught by the Crimson Flame Emperor, and decided to attend while Luo’er cultivated in seclusion.

Chu Tiannan attended the Crimson Flame Emperor’s lesson on force multiplication and gained new insight into the art he was studying. As he left, a red-robed man challenged him, and Chu Tiannan knocked him back with a shoulder collision while the Crimson Flame Emperor chose to watch.

• Chu Tiannan entered the Crimson Flame Emperor’s residence and listened to his lesson on force multiplication.
• Chu Tiannan found that the lecture answered several questions about the Star God Force Multiplier Amplification Art.
• A red-robed man insulted Chu Tiannan and charged at him, demanding that he move aside.
• Chu Tiannan amplified his Star God Force Multiplier and Chaos Current, then sent the red-robed man flying with a shoulder collision.
• The Crimson Flame Emperor stopped his two attendants from intervening and watched Chu Tiannan with a smile.

Chu Tiannan injured a red-robed Blood Demon Universe Nation genius in a clash and faced the group’s anger. Mo Er identified him as the opponent who had eliminated Mo Da and humiliated him, and Chu Tiannan taunted Mo Er in return.

• Chu Tiannan slammed his shoulder into a red-robed man and shattered the man’s shoulder and arm with his strength.
• The injured man’s Blood Demon Universe Nation companions confronted Chu Tiannan, and he said they had picked the wrong person to provoke.
• Mo Er told Mo Lie that Chu Tiannan had eliminated Mo Da and humiliated him and their nation.
• Chu Tiannan recognized Mo Er and mocked him for surviving their earlier fight.

Chu Tiannan challenged Mo Er to a deathmatch, but the Demon Hunter Emperor intervened and threatened him instead. Chu Tiannan dismissed the threat, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Chu Tiannan challenged Mo Er to a deathmatch, but Mo Er remembered being defeated in one move and stayed silent.
• Mo Lie, known as the Demon Hunter Emperor, challenged Chu Tiannan, and the watching geniuses fell quiet because Mo Lie had killed a Peak Emperor.
• Chu Tiannan judged that Mo Lie's strength posed no threat to him.
• The Demon Hunter Emperor demanded that Chu Tiannan kneel, beg for mercy, and let him cripple his shoulders.
• The Crimson Flame Emperor declined to intervene, trusting Chu Tiannan to handle the confrontation.
• Chu Tiannan mocked the Blood Demon Universe Nation as full of people who acted strong but were weak inside.

Chu Tiannan provoked the Demon Hunter Emperor, Mo Lie, and took his full-force punch without defending himself. He remained unharmed and used his chaos power to jolt Mo Lie backward.

• Chu Tiannan mocked the Blood Demon Universe Nation, angering Mo Lie and shocking the crowd.
• Mo Lie attacked Chu Tiannan with a blood-colored punch powerful enough to threaten a Peak Emperor.
• Chu Tiannan stood still and let Mo Lie strike his chest, remaining seemingly uninjured.
• Chu Tiannan thrust forward with his chaos power and jolted Mo Lie backward.

Chu Tiannan tested the Chaos Armor by taking a punch from the Demon Hunter Emperor and found it could withstand attacks below the Cosmic Venerable level. After taunting his opponent, he faced the Demon Hunter Emperor’s renewed charge.

• Chu Tiannan dispersed the force of the Demon Hunter Emperor’s punch and blasted him backward with Chaos Power.
• The Crimson Flame Emperor watched Chu Tiannan’s black clothes as the crowd marveled that the Demon Hunter Emperor had failed to hurt him.
• Chu Tiannan confirmed that the repaired Chaos Armor could withstand Star God-level attacks below the Cosmic Venerable level, except for attacks from Twelve God Kings such as the Crimson Flame Emperor.
• Chu Tiannan called the Demon Hunter Emperor too weak and told him to bring someone stronger.
• The Demon Hunter Emperor roared, charged Chu Tiannan with blood-red light around his hands, and swung both gauntleted fists at him.

Chu Tiannan used Teleportation to evade the Demon Hunter Emperor’s close-range attack and strike him with a Great Heaven Rasengan. The Demon Hunter Emperor was left badly wounded, and his defeat was clear.

• Chu Tiannan evaded the Demon Hunter Emperor’s punches with swift footwork and prepared to counterattack.
• Devour Dog told Chu Tiannan that the moment had come, and Chu Tiannan teleported away from the Demon Hunter Emperor’s punch.
• The onlookers realized Chu Tiannan could teleport, while the Blood Marquis Emperor recognized him and warned the Demon Hunter Emperor that he was behind him.
• Chu Tiannan struck the Demon Hunter Emperor in the belly with a Great Heaven Rasengan, unleashing a powerful Chaos Current.
• The Demon Hunter Emperor flew out of the chaos blast covered in bloody wounds, and the onlookers saw that Chu Tiannan had defeated him.

Chu Tiannan defeated the Demon Hunter Emperor with a Great Heaven Rasengan, then faced a powerful red-robed figure from the Blood Demon Universe Nation who recognized his achievements and challenged his strength. The figure dismissed Chu Tiannan’s soul will and attacked him with a wolf-shaped manifestation of his own soul will.

• Chu Tiannan struck the Demon Hunter Emperor with a Great Heaven Rasengan and sent him flying, badly wounded.
• A red-robed figure from the Blood Demon Universe Nation caught the Demon Hunter Emperor and gave him a medicinal pill.
• The red-robed figure identified Chu Tiannan’s Chaos Law, King-Granted Teleportation, and record-setting performance in the Heaven-reaching Tower.
• Chu Tiannan introduced himself as King-Granted, Chaos, and the red-robed figure called him the Chaos King.
• The red-robed figure said Chu Tiannan’s soul will would not pressure him and unleashed a wolf-shaped soul-will attack at Chu Tiannan.

Chu Tiannan’s dragon-shaped soul will clashed with the red-robed figure’s vicious-wolf soul will until the Crimson Flame Emperor intervened. The Crimson Flame Emperor barred the people from the Blood Demon Universe Nation from future lessons, and Chu Tiannan’s address of “Teacher” revealed that he was the Emperor’s student.

• The red-robed figure attacked with a terrifying soul will, and Chu Tiannan countered with a dragon-shaped soul will.
• Chu Tiannan and the red-robed figure intensified their clash until the Crimson Flame Emperor’s flaming lions dragged both soul wills into a river of lava.
• The Crimson Flame Emperor ordered the people from the Blood Demon Universe Nation not to return for lessons.
• Chu Tiannan bowed to the Crimson Flame Emperor and called him “Teacher,” revealing that he was the Emperor’s student.