Chapter Summaries

The Jade Phoenix Empress took Chen Fan into the Heart of Creation instead of letting the Lord of the Firmament assist her. She revealed that she needed dual cultivation with Chen Fan to help control the Heart’s power, while the Lord of the Firmament learned that she was Chen Fan’s wife.

• The Jade Phoenix Empress suppressed the Lord of the Firmament and dragged Chen Fan into the Heart of Creation.
• The Lord of the Firmament wondered why the Jade Phoenix Empress had rejected his help, while Yun Zheng questioned why she had taken Chen Fan.
• The Dragon-Subduing Demon Jiao warned the Lord of the Firmament to give up on the Great Dao Crystal Core because the Jade Phoenix Empress was Chen Fan’s wife.
• Inside the Heart of Creation, the Jade Phoenix Empress told Chen Fan to dual cultivate with her and pounced on him.
• Chen Fan released the Cosmic Void Raging Flame Domain, and the Lord of the Firmament lost his composure outside.

After learning that the Jade Phoenix Empress was Chen Fan’s wife, the Lord of the Firmament abandoned his restraint and attacked to seize the Heart of Creation. The demon guards fought to stop him while an unseen observer recognized that an inner demon had taken hold of him.

• The Lord of the Firmament and Yun Zheng were stunned to learn that the Jade Phoenix Empress and Chen Fan were Dao companions.
• The Lord of the Firmament decided the Heart of Creation was his only remaining chance to break through and chose to seize it.
• The Dragon-Subduing Demon Jiao and the others confronted the Lord of the Firmament, demanding that he not disturb their master and his wife.
• The Lord of the Firmament unleashed Ancestral Lightning and his Thousandfold Black Crow domain, trapping the demon guards and threatening to kill anyone who opposed him.
• An unseen being identified an inner demon born from the presence of the Death Side and struck at the Lord of the Firmament.

The Lord of the Firmament attacked the Heart of Creation but was gravely injured by a mysterious being and fled with Yun Zheng. Inside the Heart of Creation, the Jade Phoenix Empress reached half-step Creation through her fusion with its power, while Chen Fan advanced to the eighth stage Ancient God and asked what had happened.

• The great demons joined forces to block the Lord of the Firmament’s Thousandfold Black Crow domain while he broke away to strike the Heart of Creation.
• A mysterious being struck the Lord of the Firmament, destroyed his domain, and left him badly injured.
• The Lord of the Firmament grabbed Yun Zheng and fled, while the demons stayed behind to protect their master and his wife.
• The mysterious being explained that he had already dealt with the Heart of Creation and left the rest to Chen Fan and the Jade Phoenix Empress.
• Chen Fan and the Jade Phoenix Empress continued dual cultivation until she absorbed the Heart of Creation’s power and reached half-step Creation.
• Chen Fan reached the eighth stage Ancient God and asked the Jade Phoenix Empress what had happened earlier.

The Jade Phoenix Empress refined the Heart of Creation and reached Half-Step Creation while Chen Fan realized the Lord of the Firmament had become their enemy. After leaving Lone Cosmos Star, the injured Lord of the Firmament regretted his failed attempt and feared the Jade Phoenix Empress would surpass him.

• The Jade Phoenix Empress told Chen Fan that the Heart of Creation was unusually easy to refine and seemed to be secretly suppressed by an unknown helper.
• Chen Fan and the Jade Phoenix Empress decided not to pursue the Great Dao Crystal Core and emerged from seclusion.
• The Dragon-Subduing Demon Jiao told them that the Lord of the Firmament had attacked after learning they would not help him take the Great Dao Crystal Core, then fled with his disciple.
• Chen Fan and the Jade Phoenix Empress left with the fierce demons and undead, accepting that the Lord of the Firmament was now their enemy.
• The injured Lord of the Firmament wondered what powerful existence had intervened and feared that the Jade Phoenix Empress would become stronger than him.

The Lord of the Firmament and Yun Zheng fled Lone Cosmos Star after the Lord was badly wounded, while the Jade Phoenix Empress emerged unharmed with Chen Fan. The Jade Phoenix Empress chose to delay confronting the Firmament Ruins, and she and Chen Fan agreed to visit his home world before she invited him to the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm.

• The Lord of the Firmament told Yun Zheng that he was no match for the Jade Phoenix Empress and returned with him to the Firmament Ruins to plan their next move.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress and Chen Fan left Lone Cosmos Star as its power parted for her, astonishing the onlookers outside.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress said she would wait before attacking the Firmament Ruins because her breakthrough would attract attention from powerful forces.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress asked whether Chen Fan needed help guarding the Eternal Realm, but he said he had his own arrangements.
• Chen Fan invited the Jade Phoenix Empress to visit his home world, the Desolate Ancient Continent, and she agreed to accompany him.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress invited Chen Fan to the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm so she could continue adapting to the Heart of Creation, while Dao Son Qin Xiao grew furious there.

Qin Xiao struggled with his defeat by Chen Fan and resolved to challenge him again, while Linghuang suspected that her aunt, the Jade Phoenix Empress, and Chen Fan had grown close. After returning from their journey, the pair refused Qin Xiao’s request to spar and left him confused by Chen Fan’s sudden change in how he addressed him.

• Qin Xiao brooded over Chen Fan’s strength and decided to make him a new target to surpass.
• Linghuang suspected that the Jade Phoenix Empress and Chen Fan were romantically involved and planned to keep Qin Xiao from disturbing them.
• Chen Fan and the Jade Phoenix Empress returned from their journey and encountered Qin Xiao.
• Qin Xiao asked to spar with Chen Fan again, but the Jade Phoenix Empress refused, saying Chen Fan needed rest.
• Chen Fan called Qin Xiao “Dao Son” after the Jade Phoenix Empress objected to his addressing Qin Xiao as an equal, and Linghuang backed her aunt’s refusal.

The Jade Phoenix Empress gathered the Phoenix Envoys and declared that the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm would fight the Firmament Ruins after the Lord of the Firmament tried to stop her breakthrough. She revealed that she had reached the half-step Creation Realm and credited Chen Fan with helping her succeed, leaving the assembled experts stunned and newly confident.

• Linghuang stopped Qin Xiao from challenging Chen Fan, and the Jade Phoenix Empress invited Chen Fan and Linghuang to the Dragon Phoenix Palace.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress summoned the Phoenix Envoys and declared that the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm would not rest until the Firmament Ruins was destroyed.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress explained that the Lord of the Firmament had tried to stop her while she attempted to break through to the half-step Creation Realm, prompting the Phoenix Envoys to vow revenge.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress revealed that she had successfully reached the half-step Creation Realm, and the gathered experts congratulated her.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress told the assembly that Chen Fan had helped her break through and had stopped the Lord of the Firmament.

The Jade Phoenix Empress credited Chen Fan with helping her break through to Half-Step Creation, leaving the experts of the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm astonished. After the meeting, the Lord of the Firmament ordered an investigation into Chen Fan as the news spread across the Eastern Star Domain.

• The Jade Phoenix Empress told the gathered experts that Chen Fan had helped her breakthrough, and Chen Fan played along by calling it a coincidence.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress ended the meeting, dismissed the phoenix envoys, and ordered Chen Fan to remain while Qin Xiao took Linghuang away.
• The Lord of the Firmament met with the experts of the Firmament Ruins and identified Chen Fan as a key factor in his failure against the Jade Phoenix Empress.
• The Lord of the Firmament ordered his subordinates to investigate Chen Fan and said he needed time to recover from his injuries.
• News of the Jade Phoenix Empress's breakthrough and the conflict spread across the Eastern Star Domain over the following days.

News spread that the Jade Phoenix Empress had reached half-step Creation, shifting the balance among the great factions and intensifying rumors of conflict with the Lord of the Firmament. Chen Fan left the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm with the Empress’s warning and token, while the Lord of the Firmament’s people confirmed his origins.

• Cultivators across the Eastern Star Domain spread rumors that the Jade Phoenix Empress had broken through to half-step Creation after clashing with the Lord of the Firmament on Lone Cosmos Star.
• Void Heaven Ancient City and other overlord factions took note of the Jade Phoenix Empress’s breakthrough and watched for developments between her realm and Firmament Ruins.
• The Prison God noted the news, while Old Devil Chen was pleased that the Jade Phoenix Empress had become stronger.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress warned Chen Fan that the Lord of the Firmament might investigate him, gave him a token, and saw him off with a farewell kiss.
• An elder reported to the Lord of the Firmament that Chen Fan came from the small world called the Eternal Realm and was its realm lord.

Chen Fan returned to the Eternal Realm after gaining immense power, then spent time with his wives as Yue Lingling prepared to give birth. When his wives asked about his mysterious other wife, he promised they would meet her upon returning to the Desolate Ancient Continent.

• The Lord of the Firmament ordered an investigation into Chen Fan after learning the Jade Phoenix Empress had destroyed Bright Moon Manor for his sake.
• Chen Fan returned safely to the Eternal Realm, decided to consolidate his cultivation, and set aside a breakthrough attempt for now.
• Chen Susu sensed Chen Fan had reached Eighth Stage Ancient God and began cultivating to keep pace with his growth.
• Chen Fan spent the following days with his wives while the Eternal Realm's Main Gods cultivated in seclusion.
• Yue Lingling said her baby would soon be born, and Ling Qingcheng and Chiyao reassured her as they shared their experience.
• Murong Yan, Xiao Yu, Ling Qingcheng, and Chiyao asked about Chen Fan's mysterious wife, and he said they would meet her when they returned to the Desolate Ancient Continent.

Chen Fan told his wives that the Jade Phoenix Empress was a God Emperor, while she monitored the Eternal Realm and Firmament Ruins and prepared to bear his child. The Lord of the Firmament learned that Chen Fan might be wanted by the Star Domain Walkers, but he still could not understand why the Jade Phoenix Empress had made Chen Fan her husband.

• Chen Fan told his wives that the Jade Phoenix Empress was a God Emperor, leaving them shocked by the difference in their strength.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress ordered Chen Jingjing to keep watching the Eternal Realm and Firmament Ruins, then reflected on her relationship with Chen Fan and her plans to bear his child.
• The Lord of the Firmament investigated Chen Fan and concluded that he might be the Ancient God named on the Star Domain Walkers' Purple-Gold Wanted Notice.
• The Lord of the Firmament speculated that Chen Fan's strength, talent, or background explained the Jade Phoenix Empress's protection, but he remained baffled by their marriage.
• Chen Sheng arrived before the Lord of the Firmament.

The Lord of the Firmament ordered Chen Sheng to spread information about Chen Fan in secret, hoping to stir trouble between the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm and the Star Domain Walkers. In Void Heaven Ancient City, Xu Tianxue discussed the Jade Phoenix Empress’s breakthrough and the Firmament Ruins with her father, then pressed him about the hidden origins of their clan.

• The Lord of the Firmament told Chen Sheng not to act rashly toward the Eternal Realm Lord and reported that the Jade Phoenix Empress had not moved against the Firmament Ruins.
• The Lord of the Firmament ordered Chen Sheng to secretly spread information about Chen Fan, and Chen Sheng agreed while privately resolving to find a reason not to carry it out.
• The Lord of the Firmament considered how the Jade Phoenix Empress and Void Heaven Ancient City might react to the conflict and decided to watch for an opportunity to ignite their rivalry.
• The Void Heaven City Lord discussed the Jade Phoenix Empress’s half-step creation breakthrough and the feud between her realm and the Firmament Ruins with Xu Tianxue, Void Heaven Ancient City’s greatest Ancient God-level prodigy.
• Xu Tianxue asked about the origins of the Void Heaven God Clan, and the Void Heaven City Lord told her they were subordinate to someone else and that she would learn more in time.

Xu Tianxue learned that the Void Heaven God Clan served a mysterious lineage connected to her missing mother, and resolved to grow strong enough to reunite their family. In the Eternal Realm, Yue Lingling gave birth to a son with Ancient God potential, earning Chen Fan the Star Moon Supreme Art.

• The Void Heaven City Lord told Xu Tianxue that the Void Heaven God Clan served a powerful, unusual lineage that might return to the myriad worlds someday.
• The Void Heaven City Lord revealed that Xu Tianxue's mother belonged to the lineage and had disappeared because of its unusual circumstances.
• Xu Tianxue suspected the lineage had opposed her parents' relationship, but the Void Heaven City Lord said her mother might be on a mission; Xu Tianxue vowed to bring her back.
• The star-domain overlord factions watched the developments around the Firmament Ruins and Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm without intervening.
• Jun Hongzhao told Chen Fan that Yue Lingling was about to give birth, and Chen Fan went to deliver the baby.
• Yue Lingling gave birth to a boy with Ancient God potential, and Chen Fan received the ancestral-level Star Moon Supreme Art.

The Jade Phoenix Empress prepared to face the Lord of the Firmament’s pressure while Chen Sheng agreed to delay his assignment and keep his cover. The Lord of the Firmament warned the Void Heaven City Lord about Chen Fan and the Jade Phoenix Empress, just as a newly summoned God Emperor appeared outside the Eternal Realm.

• Chen Jingjing told the Jade Phoenix Empress that the Lord of the Firmament might use the Star Domain Walkers against the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm, and the Empress said they would meet the threat when it came.
• Chen Jingjing informed Chen Sheng of the Empress’s decision, and he agreed to stall the Lord of the Firmament’s task to buy the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm time.
• The Lord of the Firmament went to Void Heaven Ancient City and told the Void Heaven City Lord that Lone Cosmos Star held a powerful being allied with Chen Fan and the Jade Phoenix Empress.
• The Lord of the Firmament revealed that Chen Fan and the Jade Phoenix Empress were husband and wife and claimed that Chen Fan was behind the events on Lone Cosmos Star.
• The Lord of the Firmament and the Void Heaven City Lord sensed a God Emperor, while Willow God was summoned outside the Eternal Realm.

Chen Fan summoned Willow God, learned that Chen Xing knew little about the vanished Myriad Realms Chen Lineage, and strengthened the Eternal Realm while preparing to return to the Desolate Ancient Continent. He left with a group, ready to surprise his parents with the children.

• Chen Fan welcomed Willow God, a God Emperor, and told her and Ruthless to guard the Eternal Realm.
• Chen Xing said the Myriad Realms Chen Lineage had vanished after its God Emperors left to seek breakthroughs, and he knew no more about its history.
• News of another God Emperor appearing in the Eastern Star Domain drew attention from powerful factions.
• Chen Fan welcomed the birth of the second babies, received substantial rewards, and summoned several True Gods.
• Chen Fan distributed resources to Jiang Meiyue and the other Main Gods, finalized his arrangements, and left with a group for the Desolate Ancient Continent.

Chen Fan gathered his family and companions to return to the Desolate Ancient Continent, with the Jade Phoenix Empress joining them as their protector. As the World-Creation Divine Boat set off, she warned Chen Fan that he had recently become a wanted man.

• Chen Fan waited with his family, disciples, and others for the Jade Phoenix Empress while Bai Fengyao guessed her identity and told Ling Zhouxue.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress arrived, greeted Chen Fan, and promised to ensure his safety.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress sensed Ruthless and Willow God concealed nearby and realized two God Emperors were present.
• Chen Fan and the others boarded the World-Creation Divine Boat and departed for the Desolate Ancient Continent, leaving Ruthless and Willow God to guard the Eternal Realm.
• On the boat's deck, the Jade Phoenix Empress told Chen Fan that he had recently become a wanted man.

Chen Fan told the Jade Phoenix Empress that the Devil Ancestor was imprisoned in the Ancestral Prison Pagoda and explained the powerful allies protecting the Eternal Realm. After deciding to avoid provoking their enemies and continue to the Desolate Ancient Continent, they left the surrounding people stunned by the Empress’s identity.

• The Jade Phoenix Empress warned Chen Fan that the Firmament Ruins had exposed his identity, drawing factions in the Eastern Star Domain toward the Eternal Realm, while Void Heaven Ancient City also showed signs of activity.
• Chen Fan explained that the Devil Ancestor was trapped in the Ancestral Prison Pagoda, and that the figure the Jade Phoenix Empress had met before was only his clone; she agreed to watch events rather than act rashly.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress asked about the two God Emperors guarding the Eternal Realm, and Chen Fan said they were his subordinates.
• Chen Fan revealed that God Emperor Ruthless had destroyed Bright Moon Manor, surprising the Jade Phoenix Empress, who decided to proceed to the Desolate Ancient Continent.
• Bai Fengyao and the others learned that the Jade Phoenix Empress was a peak God Emperor and hurried away, awed and relieved that she protected them.

The Purple-Gold Wanted Notice made Chen Fan, the Eternal Realm Lord, famous throughout the Eastern Star Domain, but the Jade Phoenix Empress’s protection discouraged would-be captors. As rival powers considered their next moves, Chen Jiuyou continued growing rapidly in the Chen Lineage’s city.

• Bai Fengyao reassured Ling Qingcheng and the Chen Lineage that the Jade Phoenix Empress would protect them, raising their hopes for the lineage’s future.
• Powerful figures across the Eastern Star Domain debated Chen Fan’s wanted notice and backed away from pursuing him after hearing of his connection to the Jade Phoenix Empress.
• The Prison God weighed sending someone to investigate the Empress’s stance, rejected the idea of using Old Devil Chen, and chose to wait.
• The Lord of the Firmament watched for a chance to draw the Void Heaven City Lord into opposing the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm, while the City Lord considered intervening.
• Qin Xiao resented that Chen Fan appeared to rely on the Phoenix Empress for protection.
• Chen Jiuyou grew quickly in the Chen Lineage’s city, learning to fly and beginning to run around.

Chen Jiuyou reflected on how she had raised the Desolate Ancient Continent to the level of a God World and imagined surprising her younger brother, Chen Fan, when they met again. Below, Yang Lingqing and Chen Yuan worried about their daughter’s unusual power and hoped their family would stay safe as they faced the unknown.

• Chen Jiuyou surveyed the city and took pride in her younger brother’s achievements and her own growth toward becoming a God.
• Chen Jiuyou explained that her birth had helped raise the Desolate Ancient Continent to a God World, giving its cultivators a path to Godhood.
• Chen Jiuyou imagined shocking Chen Fan with her achievement and worried that he might fall after leaving the continent.
• Yang Lingqing and Chen Yuan praised their daughter’s extraordinary birth and discussed their fears about her future and the continent’s new dangers.
• Yang Lingqing and Chen Yuan wondered how Chen Fan and their other loved ones were doing and hoped they would stay safe.
• Chen Jiuyou swooped toward her parents and called for them to catch her.

Chen Jiuyou began sparring with the Chen Lineage’s ancestors while the Desolate Ancient Continent’s cultivators reacted to her birth and the continent’s rise in tier. A vast surge of demonic Qi then darkened the sky, and Chen Jiuyou recognized the disturbance as Void Evil Demons.

• Chen Jiuyou asked Chen Yuan and Yang Lingqing for permission to spar with the ancestors, then flew off to find them.
• Cultivators across the Desolate Ancient Continent speculated that Chen Jiuyou’s birth had raised the world’s tier and hurried to pursue breakthroughs.
• Xiao Yang continued killing monsters to level up, hoping to grow strong enough to leave the continent and find his youngest aunt.
• A sudden upheaval spread across the continent as immense demonic Qi and terrifying pressure descended from the sky.
• Chen Jiuyou fought the ancestors until the disturbance interrupted her sparring, and she identified the threat as Void Evil Demons.