Chapter Summaries

Old Devil Chen placed Chen Sheng in charge of the Firmament Ruins and summoned Chen Kai for a private discussion about the Body Ancestor Lineage. Chen Fan learned that Xu Tianxue had alerted him to the crisis, while Xu Tianbaye began explaining how her mother connected her to the Chen Lineage.

• Old Devil Chen appointed Chen Jingjing and Chen Sheng to assist Chen Fan, then put Chen Sheng in charge of the Firmament Ruins, and its experts accepted without protest.
• Old Devil Chen summoned Chen Kai for a private conversation and told Chen Fan to handle the Thousandfold Black Crow himself.
• Chen Fan told the Jade Phoenix Empress that Xu Tianxue had informed him about the crisis, and Xu Tianbaye revealed that Xu Tianxue was his daughter.
• Xu Tianbaye explained that Xu Tianxue had changed her temperament and disguised herself as a man because of events involving her mother, a member of the Chen Lineage.

Chen Fan learned that Xu Tianxue’s missing mother, Chen Lan, belonged to the Chen Lineage, while Xu Tianbaye explained the Void Heaven God Clan’s history and pledged to protect the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm. The conversation turned to Chen Fan’s journey, and he began recounting an attack by the Heaven-Burning God Emperor.

• Xu Tianbaye told Chen Fan that Xu Tianxue’s mother, Chen Lan, had been summoned back to the Chen Lineage and disappeared, prompting him to search for her and hope to restore the Lineage.
• Xu Tianbaye explained that the Void Heaven God Clan had once served the Chen Lineage in the distant Ember Void Star Domain.
• Xu Tianbaye pledged that Void Heaven Ancient City would protect the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm, and Jade Phoenix Empress accepted his support.
• Chen Fan explained that he had met Xu Tianxue while taking the gods of the Eternal Realm to Star Hegemony, and Xu Tianbaye apologized for his daughter causing trouble.
• Jade Phoenix Empress asked whether Chen Fan had faced trouble on his trip, and Chen Fan revealed that the Heaven-Burning God Emperor had tried to attack him.

Chen Fan revealed that he had killed Heaven-Burning God Emperor, while Jade Phoenix Empress prepared to support him in the coming Star Hegemony. After the group settled matters at the Firmament Ruins, news spread that Jade Phoenix Empress had killed the Lord of the Firmament, shaking the balance among the overlord factions.

• Jade Phoenix Empress and Xu Tianbaye offered to kill Heaven-Burning God Emperor, but Chen Fan said he had already erased him.
• Jade Phoenix Empress checked Chen Fan for injuries and resolved to back him during Star Hegemony.
• Old Devil Chen left to guard Prison God, while Xu Tianbaye took Chen Kai and Chen Sheng to subdue the Firmament Ruins.
• Chen Fan and Jade Phoenix Empress left together, argued over what they had concealed from each other, and then reconciled through dual cultivation.
• News spread that Jade Phoenix Empress had killed the Lord of the Firmament, and the overlord factions feared the balance of power would change.

Xu Tianxue learned that the Lord of the Firmament had fallen and realized the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm had become a major threat to Void Heaven Ancient City. Chen Baiqing revealed that he had considered kidnapping her as leverage, while the Heaven-Burning Realm’s forces fled after their emperor’s death and Star Hegemony participants watched the shifting balance of power.

• Xu Tianxue heard that the Lord of the Firmament had fallen and suspected the Jade Phoenix Empress had used a hidden powerhouse to defeat her father.
• Chen Baiqing emerged from hiding, celebrated the news, and admitted he had planned to kidnap Xu Tianxue as a bargaining chip before deciding it was no longer necessary.
• Xu Tianxue confronted Chen Baiqing about his plan, then left to find out what had happened to her father.
• The Heaven-Burning Realm trembled after the Heaven-Burning God Emperor died, and his accompanying powerhouses abandoned Star Hegemony and fled home.
• Powerhouses gathered near the star pavilion discussed the Lord of the Firmament’s defeat, the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm’s growing influence, and the Eternal Realm Lord’s black gold bounty order.
• A group from the Heaven-Swallowing Star noticed that the Heaven-Burning God Emperor’s forces had departed, led by an alluring snake woman.

Queen Swallowing Heaven learned that the Heaven-Burning God Emperor had fallen and reconsidered Heaven-Swallowing Star’s plans. She suspected the Eternal Realm Lord might be involved, while keeping her people’s mission to find their missing master—and her refusal to acknowledge that master—to herself.

• Queen Swallowing Heaven decided Heaven-Swallowing Star would not participate in Star Hegemony after the Heaven-Burning Realm withdrew.
• A messenger reported that the Heaven-Burning God Emperor had fallen and the Heaven-Burning Realm was in chaos, delighting the gathered powerhouses.
• Queen Swallowing Heaven asked why the Heaven-Burning God Emperor had fallen, but the messenger did not know.
• Queen Swallowing Heaven wondered whether the Eternal Realm Lord had caused the fall, and her powerhouses warned her not to provoke him.
• Queen Swallowing Heaven recalled her duty to find the Ancient Heaven-Swallowing Python’s missing master but resolved that her half-demon descendants would never acknowledge a master.

Queen Swallowing Heaven investigated the Heaven-Burning God Emperor’s death and went to question the Eternal Realm’s people. Ruthless denied killing him, then claimed the Eternal Realm Lord had done it, leaving the Heaven-Swallowing Star party to reconsider his power.

• Queen Swallowing Heaven and her followers concluded that a hidden powerhouse behind the Eternal Realm Lord might have slain the Heaven-Burning God Emperor, so they went to investigate.
• The Eternal Realm’s Main Gods learned that the Lord of the Firmament had fallen and were relieved that Chen Fan was unharmed.
• Ruthless sensed Queen Swallowing Heaven’s party approaching and went out to meet them with the other Eternal Realm powerhouses.
• Queen Swallowing Heaven introduced herself and asked Ruthless whether she knew where the Heaven-Burning God Emperor was.
• Ruthless said she did not know, and Queen Swallowing Heaven explained that she had come to investigate an old grudge, not to threaten the Eternal Realm.
• Ruthless realized Queen Swallowing Heaven suspected the Eternal Realm and claimed that the Realm Lord had slain the Heaven-Burning God Emperor.

Ruthless claimed that the Eternal Realm Lord had killed the Heaven-Burning God Emperor to unsettle Queen Swallowing Heaven, who responded by spreading a rumor that the Realm Lord had reached the Ancestral God realm. Ruthless and her group went to register for Star Hegemony, while onlookers speculated about the Eternal Realm and the star pavilion’s master noticed Chen Baiqing.

• Ruthless told Queen Swallowing Heaven that the Eternal Realm Lord had killed the Heaven-Burning God Emperor, but Queen Swallowing Heaven doubted her.
• Queen Swallowing Heaven ordered her people to spread word that the Eternal Realm Lord had reached the Ancestral God realm.
• Jiang Meiyue asked Ruthless whether the Realm Lord could really kill the Heaven-Burning God Emperor, and Ruthless admitted she did not know and had used the claim to keep Heaven-Swallowing Star cautious.
• Chen Baiqing offered to handle registration, and Ruthless agreed as they headed to the star pavilion.
• Onlookers discussed the Eternal Realm’s sudden rise and its plans to enter Star Hegemony as the pavilion’s master looked over Ruthless’s group and Chen Baiqing.

Chen Baiqing and the Eternal Realm group registered for the Star Hegemony without interference after Nine Cage God Emperor recognized Chen Baiqing’s possible connection to the Chen Lineage and chose not to challenge them. As the group waited for the Realm Lord, rumors about his rapid rise in cultivation spread, growing increasingly extravagant.

• Chen Baiqing addressed Nine Cage God Emperor, who gave the Eternal Realm group Star Tokens and let them register without trouble.
• Ruthless realized that the group’s connections had made registration easy, while onlookers suspected the Jade Phoenix Empress’s backing had deterred the Star Domain Walkers.
• Queen Swallowing Heaven questioned Nine Cage God Emperor about the Eternal Realm’s registration, and he warned her not to interfere.
• Nine Cage God Emperor reflected on the Chen Lineage’s decline and hoped Chen Baiqing’s actions meant someone might resume searching for the missing Lineage Head.
• Rumors spread that the Eternal Realm Lord had advanced from Ancient God to Ancestral God, then to God Emperor and beyond, with some claiming he was a reincarnated Creation God or Supreme God.

Rumors spread that the Eternal Realm Lord was a Supreme God reborn, drawing attention from those hoping to please the Prison God. God Emperor Ruthless dismissed the rumors and rejected Cang Wu’s attempt to recruit her into the Azure Cloud World.

• Powerhouses spread the rumor that the Eternal Realm Lord was a Supreme God reborn, hoping to provoke the Prison God into confronting the Jade Phoenix Empress.
• The Queen Swallowing Heaven recognized that someone was stirring up trouble and decided to wait and see.
• The Nine Cage God Emperor resolved to publicly deny the rumors and suppress them before they reached the Prison God.
• God Emperor Ruthless and her companions realized the rumors could bring more danger to the Eternal Realm Lord, but Ruthless said the pressure might help him grow stronger.
• Cang Wu of the Azure Cloud World approached God Emperor Ruthless, challenged the absent Eternal Realm Lord, and offered her a place in his world.
• God Emperor Ruthless told Cang Wu to get lost.

Ruthless clashed with Cang Wu after he tried to recruit her for Azure Cloud World, and Azure Cloud God Emperor intervened to demand an explanation. As he unleashed his pressure, another powerful presence ordered him to retreat.

• Ruthless struck Cang Wu when he tried to recruit her, then attacked again despite his warning that Azure Cloud God Emperor would back him.
• Azure Cloud God Emperor appeared and stopped Ruthless's attack, then confronted her over harming Cang Wu.
• Cang Wu accused Ruthless of attacking him without cause, but Azure Cloud God Emperor rebuked him for offending her before questioning Ruthless's response.
• Ruthless called Azure Cloud God Emperor shameless, provoking him to release his oppressive might against the Eternal Realm group.
• An unseen presence warned Azure Cloud God Emperor to retreat or face its wrath.

Nine Cage God Emperor stopped Azure Cloud God Emperor from attacking the Eternal Realm and guaranteed that its people would not be targeted. Chen Fan arrived with Jade Phoenix Empress, leaving Azure Cloud God Emperor and the gathered powerhouses stunned by Chen Fan’s Ancestral God seventh-stage cultivation.

• Nine Cage God Emperor ordered Azure Cloud God Emperor to stop, saying he would maintain order without taking sides in their dispute.
• Nine Cage God Emperor declared the conflict settled and promised Ruthless and the others that the Star Domain Walkers would not implicate them in their pursuit of the Realm Lord.
• Azure Cloud God Emperor left after his attempt to draw the Star Domain Walkers into the conflict failed.
• Chen Fan arrived with Jade Phoenix Empress, and Ruthless and the others rejoiced to see him alive.
• Azure Cloud God Emperor, Nine Cage God Emperor, and the other onlookers recognized Chen Fan as an Ancestral God at the seventh stage and wondered how he had risen so quickly.

The Jade Phoenix Empress arrived to support Chen Fan as the Azure Cloud God Emperor faced accusations over his treatment of the Eternal Realm. Ruthless revealed that she had attacked an Azure Cloud expert because the Azure Cloud World had tried to recruit her, and Chen Fan left the exchange vowing to remember the insult.

• The Jade Phoenix Empress confronted the Azure Cloud God Emperor and demanded to know why he was threatening the Eternal Realm.
• Chen Fan challenged the Azure Cloud God Emperor's claim that an Eternal Realm god emperor had attacked an Azure Cloud expert.
• Ruthless admitted she had attacked the expert after the Azure Cloud World tried to recruit her, and Jiang Meiyue and the others confirmed it.
• Chen Fan questioned the Azure Cloud God Emperor for trying to poach his people, while the Jade Phoenix Empress rebuked the god emperor for his shamelessness.
• Chen Fan warned the Azure Cloud God Emperor that he would remember the incident, and the god emperor answered with a mocking compliment about Chen Fan's talent.

Xu Tianbaye reunited with Xu Tianxue and hurried to take her to meet the young master, who might help find her mother. At Star Hegemony, the Jade Phoenix Empress answered the Azure Cloud God Emperor’s pressure by revealing that she was Chen Fan’s wife.

• Xu Tianbaye appeared before Xu Tianxue and told her that a young master from her mother’s Lineage had arrived.
• Xu Tianbaye said the young master might help them find Xu Tianxue’s mother, then took her toward Star Hegemony to meet him.
• The Azure Cloud God Emperor invoked Chen Fan’s offense against the Star Domain Walkers to pressure the Jade Phoenix Empress and remind everyone of the threat.
• Chen Fan retorted that losing one’s dignity would make someone a laughingstock.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress asked the Azure Cloud God Emperor if he knew who she was, then revealed that she was Chen Fan’s wife.

The Jade Phoenix Empress revealed that she and Chen Fan were Dao companions, then confronted the Azure Cloud God Emperor for bullying her husband. Xu Tianbaye arrived and addressed Chen Fan and the Empress as young master and young madam, leaving the Azure Cloud God Emperor overwhelmed by their connections and power.

• The Jade Phoenix Empress declared that Chen Fan was her husband, and Chen Fan confirmed they had become Dao companions long ago.
• The Azure Cloud God Emperor realized he had offended the Empress personally and pleaded that bullying Chen Fan had been a misunderstanding.
• The Nine Cage God Emperor said the Star Domain Walkers would stay out of the personal grievance and pretended not to see the dispute.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress unleashed her Half-Step Creation pressure against the Azure Cloud God Emperor.
• Xu Tianbaye and Xu Tianxue arrived, and Xu Tianbaye addressed Chen Fan and the Jade Phoenix Empress as young master and young madam.
• The Azure Cloud God Emperor realized the Eternal Realm Lord was connected to Xu Tianbaye and wondered whether that connection had played a role in the Lord of the Firmament's demise.

Xu Tianbaye arrived and defended Chen Fan and Jade Phoenix Empress, killing Azure Cloud God Emperor with a single palm strike despite his appeal to Prison God. He then introduced his daughter Xu Tianxue to Chen Fan as the young master’s little sister, and she challenged Chen Fan to a fight after revealing her female form.

• Xu Tianbaye arrived, learned what had happened, and promised to resolve the conflict for Chen Fan and Jade Phoenix Empress.
• Xu Tianbaye attacked Azure Cloud God Emperor, rejecting his appeal to Prison God and killing him with a palm strike.
• Xu Tianbaye told Nine Cage God Emperor to report the killing to Prison God and accepted responsibility for it.
• Xu Tianbaye brought Xu Tianxue to pay respects to Chen Fan and Jade Phoenix Empress.
• Chen Fan called Xu Tianxue his little sister, and she assumed her female form and challenged him to a fight.

Xu Tianxue challenged Chen Fan after revealing she was a woman and his younger cousin, but he effortlessly immobilized her and demonstrated the gap between them. After the spectators dispersed, Ruthless told Chen Fan that she had claimed he killed the Heaven-Burning God Emperor, and he accepted the claim because the emperor had attacked him.

• Xu Tianxue challenged Chen Fan, and he agreed to fight her on the spot.
• Chen Fan instantly suppressed Xu Tianxue, leaving her unable to move, and she admitted defeat.
• Xu Tianxue greeted the Jade Phoenix Empress, while the Nine Cage God Emperor dismissed the spectators and concealed what had happened.
• The Queen Swallowing Heaven and the Heaven-Swallowing Star cultivators left after considering whether Chen Fan had killed the Heaven-Burning God Emperor.
• Ruthless told Chen Fan that she had claimed he killed the Heaven-Burning God Emperor, and Chen Fan said the emperor deserved his death for attacking him.

Chen Fan learned that people were spreading rumors he was a reincarnated Supreme, while Xu Tianxue discovered he had reached the Ancestral God Seventh Stage and asked for help finding her mother. News of the Lord of the Firmament and Azure Cloud God Emperor's deaths spread across the Eastern Star Domain, leaving the Prison God facing the fallout.

• Ruthless told Chen Fan that people were calling him a reincarnated Supreme, and he was baffled by the rumor.
• Xu Tianbaye told Xu Tianxue that her younger cousin had reached the Ancestral God Seventh Stage and subdued the Void Weak Water, explaining her defeat.
• Xu Tianxue asked Chen Fan about her mother's whereabouts, and he promised to search for her while keeping his suspicions to himself.
• News spread that the Lord of the Firmament had fallen, the Firmament Ruins had changed hands, and Azure Cloud God Emperor had been killed.
• The Prison God sat in the Ancestral Prison Pagoda as the Eastern Star Domain reacted to the recent upheaval.

Prison God reacted to the Lord of the Firmament’s death and the alliance protecting the Eternal Realm Lord by deciding to summon Punishment God as a teammate. In the Jade Phoenix Ancestral Realm, Qin Xiao learned that the Phoenix Empress and the Eternal Realm Lord were Dao partners and gave up on trying to take her as his master.

• Prison God realized that Xu Tianbaye, the Jade Phoenix Empress, and an unknown powerhouse had joined forces, leaving him wary of acting alone.
• Prison God ordered an investigation into the Void Heaven God Clan and sent word to Punishment God for help.
• Prison God refused Old Devil Chen’s suggestion to reconsider and resolved to confront the Eternal Realm Lord.
• Qin Xiao learned that the Phoenix Empress had admitted she and the Eternal Realm Lord were Dao partners, and he abandoned his plan to take her as his master.
• Qin Xiao also learned that Xu Tianxue was a woman and had lost to the Eternal Realm Lord, leaving him stunned by the Eternal Realm Lord’s strength.

Chen Fan and the Eternal Realm delegation completed Star Hegemony’s initial assessment, placing eighteenth in the Eastern Star Domain. As the passage to Outer Chaos opened, the competitors prepared to fight demons for contribution points and improve their rankings.

• Linghuang celebrated after learning that her aunt, the Jade Phoenix Empress, had become Dao companions with Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan and the others registered their identities and cultivation for Star Hegemony, and the Eternal Realm received an initial ranking of eighteenth.
• Chen Fan learned that the delegation needed to earn Demon Contribution Points to claim rewards and raise the Eternal Realm’s world tier.
• The delegation prepared to face the demons of Outer Chaos, while Jade Phoenix and Xu Tianbaye remained nearby as deterrents to hostile powers.
• The passage to Outer Chaos opened, and a terrifying presence surged out.

The Outer Chaos Land opened, and Chen Fan entered with Ruthless and their group to hunt demons for Demon Contribution Points. With perception suppressed and powerful demons lurking in the chaos, Chen Fan chose to keep the group together as the wider competition continued under pressure from the Eternal Realm’s reputation.

• The Nine Cage God Emperor entered the Outer Chaos Land ahead of the others, claiming he would survey the area without intervening.
• The Jade Phoenix Empress and Xu Tianbaye warned Chen Fan to remain cautious around the Nine Cage God Emperor.
• Chen Fan, Ruthless, and their group entered the Outer Chaos Land and found that the chaotic power suppressed their perception and severed contact with others.
• Chen Fan concluded that the Demonic Qi could give birth to powerful demons and decided the group would search for them together.
• Powerhouses from many worlds scattered across Outer Chaos, remaining vigilant as they competed for Demon Contribution Points and wondered whether the Eternal Realm could accept losing.