Chapter Summaries

The Ancient Phoenix and Ancient Dragon Clans reacted to the Chen Lineage’s victory, debating rumors of three thousand Great Emperors and planning to attack the Ancient Phoenix Clan. As the continent’s power shifted, powerful beings in the forbidden lands began to awaken, with the Ice Emperor ordering an assault on the Ancient Dragon Clan and the Demon Emperor’s son emerging from the Emperor-Burying Mountain Range.

• The Ancient Phoenix Clan’s chiefs learned that their grand chief had survived and discussed the Chen Lineage’s mysterious strength, while recognizing that the balance among the ancient clans had changed.
• The Ancient Dragon Clan’s chiefs blamed the Ancient Phoenix Clan for their losses and planned to seek allies among the other ancient clans before attacking it.
• The Ancient Dragon Clan learned that its Heavenly Priest had been missing for several days.
• The Ice Emperor awoke in the Myriad Demons Ice-Origin Polar Region and ordered the Emperor Beasts to attack the Ancient Dragon Clan to avenge its grudge against Long Wangba.
• A being awakened in the Emperor-Burying Mountain Range, and the surrounding beings hailed the Demon Emperor’s son.

Chen Fan agreed to visit the Ancient Phoenix Clan with Bai Fengyao and Bai Fengrong, while demonic powers grew restless amid humanity’s internal conflict. As they set out, the Ancient Dragon Clan confronted the Ancient Phoenix Clan over the death of its grand clan chief.

• The imperial scion and powerful beings from the five forbidden lands seized on the human conflict as an opportunity to act.
• Chen Fan recovered from the Law of Berserk’s backlash and arranged for the Dilo Sacred Dynasty to consolidate its territory.
• Bai Fengyao and Bai Fengrong invited Chen Fan to the Ancient Phoenix Clan, and Shen Wuyi joined the journey.
• Chen Yun'er appeared and paid respects to Chen Fan, whom she recognized as the Ancestor.
• The Ancient Dragon Clan’s clan chiefs accused the Ancient Phoenix Clan of helping the Chen Lineage kill their grand clan chief and demanded vengeance.

The Ancient Dragon Clan attacked the Ancient Phoenix Clan, believing Bai Fengrong was wounded and absent, but Chen Fan arrived with hundreds of Great Emperors and revealed that he had killed Long Wangba. The Ancient Dragon Clan’s hopes rose when Shen Wusheng appeared, but he greeted Chen Lineage Ancestor instead.

• The Ancient Dragon Clan and Ancient Phoenix Clan fought fiercely, with both sides forming arrays that were shattered by an overwhelming force.
• Hundreds of Great Emperors surrounded the fighters as Bai Fengrong returned with Chen Fan and the Chen Lineage forces.
• Bai Fengrong revealed her peak Emperor Realm power, and Chen Fan said he had killed Long Wangba himself.
• The Ancient Dragon Clan recognized the Heavenly Priest and Chen Yun'er among the newcomers and realized someone had betrayed them.
• Shen Wusheng arrived, and the Ancient Phoenix Clan and Ancient Dragon Clan reacted with suspicion and hope.
• Shen Wusheng greeted Chen Lineage Ancestor, stunning the Ancient Dragon Clan patriarchs.

Chen Fan forced the Ancient Dragon Clan to accept his second disciple, Xiao Yu, as its head chief after revealing her ancestral dragon bloodline and binding the chiefs with Great Dao Contracts. After arranging her cultivation and security, he learned that Emperor Beasts had appeared across the continent.

• Shen Wusheng arrived and showed deference to Chen Fan, leaving the Ancient Phoenix Clan chiefs and Ancient Dragon Clan chiefs stunned.
• Chen Fan admitted killing Long Wangba, then bound the Ancient Dragon Clan chiefs with Great Dao Contracts and appointed Xiao Yu as their head chief.
• Xiao Yu revealed her ancestral dragon bloodline, and the Ancient Dragon Clan chiefs accepted her and promised to help her grow stronger.
• Chen Fan assigned Chen Yun'er to assist Xiao Yu and sent Xiao Yu back to the Ancient Dragon Clan with Emperor Realm puppets to protect her.
• Chen Fan stayed with the Ancient Phoenix Clan as the Dilo Sacred Dynasty's reclamation proceeded, then Bai Fengrong reported signs of Emperor Beasts across the continent.

Donggong Han and the Tianxia Divine Dynasty’s experts tracked Ling Zhouxue to the Desolate Ancient Continent and sent Chen Qing inside to investigate. Chen Qing entered through the Divine Gate, where two Ancient God Clan elders confronted him and asked which faction he came from.

• Donggong Han and the attendant elders decided not to destroy the world and planned to send an agent through a breach in its Heavenly Dao.
• Donggong Han chose Chen Qing to investigate the continent’s strength and locate the remnants of the Central Divine Dynasty.
• The two True Gods suppressed the chaotic space-time long enough to open a passage, and Chen Qing entered the Desolate Ancient Continent.
• Two Ancient God Clan elders guarding the Divine Gate surrounded Chen Qing and demanded to know who he was.
• Chen Qing blocked their attack, identified their clan, and said he came from the Chen Lineage of the Heavenly Abyss Domain in White Emperor Province.

Chen Qing learned that the Ancient God Clan considered the Chen Lineage its subordinate and let him pass. Meanwhile, Xiao Yu took command of the Ancient Dragon Clan and ordered its overwhelming forces to capture the Frozen Jiao Dragon alive.

• The Ancient God Clan elders recognized Chen Qing as a member of the Chen Lineage, confirmed its subordinate relationship with their clan, and allowed him to leave.
• The Frozen Jiao Dragon attacked the Ancient Dragon Clan with several emperor beasts, seeking revenge for Long Wangba and hoping to devour its dragon bloodlines.
• The Ancient Dragon Clan chiefs named Xiao Yu their grand clan chief, and the Frozen Jiao Dragon sensed her Ancestral Dragon Bloodline and attacked her.
• More than a hundred Great Emperors appeared and shattered the Frozen Jiao Dragon's Absolute Zero technique.
• Xiao Yu ordered the Ancient Dragon Clan's experts to capture the Frozen Jiao Dragon alive, and the assembled forces overwhelmed the attackers.

Xiao Yu established her authority as grand patriarch by having the Ancient Dragon Clan’s patriarchs subdue the Frost Flood Dragon, while Xiao Yang emerged from seclusion with the White Emperor’s inheritance and planned to return to the Xiao Lineage for revenge. Xiao Yang remained unaware that the emperor beast he intended to use might attract trouble from its offspring.

• The Ancient Dragon Clan’s patriarchs surrounded and beat the Frost Flood Dragon until he was subdued, and Xiao Yu named him the clan’s guardian emperor beast.
• When the Frost Flood Dragon tried to speak, the patriarchs beat him again, while Xiao Yu resolved to secure her position and eventually avenge her Lineage herself.
• In White Emperor Province, Xiao Yang finished a year of secluded cultivation, reaching the fifth layer of the Void Return Realm and major accomplishment in the White Emperor Art.
• Xiao Yang vowed to return to the Xiao Lineage for revenge and later rescue his little aunt from her master.
• The White Emperor told Xiao Yang that a suppressed emperor beast’s corpse awaited him, but warned that its offspring might come seeking trouble.

Xiao Yang received the White Emperor’s legacy and left with the emperor beast’s body, while the White Emperor prepared to see the world again. In Great Void Province, the Demon Thorn King’s invasion was crushed almost immediately by over a hundred Great Emperors acting on orders from the Chen Lineage ancestor and Great Emperor Dilo.

• Xiao Yang asked the White Emperor about his strength at his peak, and the White Emperor said he could not match the Ancient God Clan’s patriarch but could defeat other Great Emperors.
• Xiao Yang left with the emperor beast’s body, and the White Emperor said he would also leave to see what the continent had become.
• The Dilo Sacred Dynasty struggled to manage widespread demonic beast chaos across its newly seized territories, with support from the Chen Lineage’s ancestor.
• The Demon Thorn King led plant-type emperor beasts from the Demon Thorn Forest into Great Void Province and threatened humanity.
• Yang Zhandou and the Yang Lineage prepared to flee, but over a hundred Great Emperors arrived and attacked the Demon Thorn King’s forces.
• The Demon Thorn King and the other emperor beasts were killed in the brief assault, leaving the people nearby stunned.

Chen Qing encountered the Desolate Giant Ape and other Emperor Beasts escaping the Desolate Heavenly Desert, only to watch the Ancient God Clan’s puppets slaughter them in moments. The clan’s claim that it acted on orders from the Chen Lineage’s ancestor left Chen Qing stunned and wondering what had become of the Chen Lineage.

• Yang Zhandou regretted the Yang Lineage’s past actions as he realized the Chen Lineage had risen to power and his grandson had married Great Emperor Dilo.
• Chen Qing searched Desolate Province for powerful experts who could explain the continent’s changed situation.
• Chen Qing discovered the Desolate Giant Ape and other top-tier Emperor Beasts emerging from the Desolate Heavenly Desert, and they attacked him with the Desert Illusion Mirror.
• More than a hundred Ancient God Clan figures arrived and warned Chen Qing to move before they attacked the Desolate Giant Ape and the other beasts.
• The Ancient God Clan members said they had come on orders from the Chen Lineage’s ancestor and the Ancient God Clan’s chief, then vanished after destroying the beasts.
• Chen Qing realized the attackers were powerful puppets and wondered whether the Chen Lineage mentioned by the Ancient God Clan was his own.

Chen Qing decided to return to the Chen Lineage after learning it might have authority over Ling Zhouxue, while Shen Wusheng learned that a Chen Lineage member had arrived through the Divine Gate. In White Emperor Province, Xu Zu’s forces attacked the imperial scion’s beast army, driving the scion to flee toward the Heavenly Abyss Domain as he pursued a clue that his father had fallen.

• Chen Qing stopped searching and headed back to the Chen Lineage, intending to learn more and avoid a clash with the Tianxia Divine Dynasty.
• An elder told Shen Wusheng that a member of the Chen Lineage had arrived through the Divine Gate, and Shen Wusheng went to guard it himself.
• The imperial scion sensed a clue that his father had fallen and broke away from his forces to pursue it.
• Xu Zu led more than a hundred Great Emperors in an attack on the demonic beasts, while a group split off to chase the fleeing imperial scion.
• The three pavilion masters of the Gods and Devils Pavilion and their puppets pursued the imperial scion, who fled toward the Heavenly Abyss Domain.

Xiao Yang arrived at the Chen Lineage seeking news of his younger aunt, but found a vast city where the small one had once stood. When an Emperor Realm ninth-layer demonic beast targeted him, it swallowed the beast instead, while the three pavilion masters and Emperor Realm puppets gathered around Xiao Yang.

• Xiao Yang discovered that the little city he remembered had been replaced by a vast city and worried that he could no longer find his younger aunt.
• The White Emperor told Xiao Yang that an Emperor Realm expert must have built the city, and Xiao Yang tried to warn its unconcerned residents about an approaching demonic beast.
• The White Emperor sensed that an Emperor Realm ninth-layer beast had locked onto Xiao Yang and urged him to flee into the city.
• The beast descended and swallowed the imperial heir in one bite before he could react.
• The three pavilion masters of the Gods and Devils Pavilion arrived with numerous Emperor Realm puppets and surrounded Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang was brought to the Chen Lineage after an Emperor Realm beast pursued him, where Chen Fan recognized him and summoned White Emperor from within him. Xiao Yang asked about his little aunt, but Chen Fan said she was not at the Chen Lineage, and White Emperor fled.

• Fang Yuehua stopped Xiao Yang from leaving and ordered him to come with the Chen Lineage after the beast chased him there.
• White Emperor told Xiao Yang that the Chen Lineage was too powerful to escape, so Xiao Yang agreed to go with them.
• Chen Fan appeared and recognized Xiao Yang, while Xiao Yang realized Chen Fan was the master who had taken his little aunt as a disciple.
• Chen Fan called out the powerful soul inside Xiao Yang, and White Emperor appeared and introduced himself.
• Xiao Yang asked Chen Fan about his little aunt, and Chen Fan said she was not at the Chen Lineage.
• White Emperor fled after Xiao Yang reacted furiously to Chen Fan's answer.

Chen Fan sent Xiao Yang and the White Emperor away, then met Chen Qing, an undercover member of the Chen Lineage returning from the Eternal Realm. Chen Qing revealed that the Tianxia Divine Dynasty planned to eliminate Ling Zhouxue and described the forces it could bring against the lineage.

• Chen Fan told Xiao Yang that his little aunt was with the Ancient Dragon Clan, then sent Xiao Yang and the White Emperor away.
• Chen Fan sensed Chen Qing outside the city and learned that he was a disciple of the Chen Lineage's main branch.
• Chen Qing told Chen Fan that he had returned from the Eternal Realm to handle matters and visit the lineage.
• Chen Fan revealed that his third disciple, Ling Zhouxue, came from the Eternal Realm, prompting Chen Qing to admit that the Tianxia Divine Dynasty wanted to eliminate her.
• Chen Qing confirmed that he served the Tianxia Divine Dynasty and reported that it had two True Gods, five peak Emperor Realm cultivators, ten Emperor Realm Ninth Layer cultivators, and many other powerful cultivators.

Chen Fan chose to protect the Chen Lineage and Ling Zhouxue despite the Tianxia Divine Dynasty’s power, while Shen Wusheng waited at the Divine Gate. Outside the continent, Donggong Han’s party opened a passage after Chen Qing failed to return, and they saw a flying boat emerge.

• Chen Fan dismissed Chen Qing’s warnings about the Tianxia Divine Dynasty and told him to summon the others, promising to handle the situation himself.
• Chen Qing and Xu Zu recognized each other, and Chen Fan explained the misunderstandings between them.
• The continent’s suppression efforts succeeded, beating the powerful emperor beasts and restoring peace.
• Shen Wusheng continued guarding the Divine Gate and sensed Chen Fan approaching.
• Donggong Han agreed to wait one more day for Chen Qing, but the fourth Attendant elder opened a temporary passage when a spatial ripple appeared.
• The people of the Tianxia Divine Dynasty saw what looked like a flying boat.

Chen Fan led the World-Creation Divine Boat out to confront Donggong Han and the Tianxia Divine Dynasty’s True Gods, who mistook the newcomers for a threat and attacked. As the Fourth Attendant Elder’s palm descended, Chen Fan unleashed three thousand Emperor Realm puppets to activate eleven Extreme Dao Divine Weapons, and the forces collided.

• The Second Attendant Elder warned Donggong Han that unknown people had emerged from the chaotic region, and Donggong Han ordered the Fourth Attendant Elder to seal them off.
• Chen Fan brought the World-Creation Divine Boat out with Shen Wusheng, Ling Zhouxue, Xu Zu, and Chen Qing aboard, while Ling Zhouxue recognized Donggong Han among the waiting enemies.
• The Fourth Attendant Elder ignored Chen Qing’s call and reached for the boat with a towering divine palm, while Donggong Han suspected Chen Qing had betrayed the Tianxia Divine Dynasty.
• Chen Fan reassured Ling Zhouxue, then summoned three thousand Emperor Realm puppets and eleven Extreme Dao Divine Weapons.
• The puppets jointly activated the weapons, including the Origin Divine Hall and Xuanyuan Divine Sword, and their power collided with the Fourth Attendant Elder’s attack.

Chen Fan’s forces ambushed Donggong Han’s party with eleven Extreme Dao Divine Weapons and thousands of Emperor Realm puppets, injuring the Fourth Attendant Elder. The battle turned decisively when Shen Wusheng revealed his peak True God Realm strength, leaving the attackers fleeing.

• The Fourth Attendant Elder lost an arm when Chen Fan’s Extreme Dao Divine Weapons and puppets struck him, and Donggong Han ordered the Attendant Elders to seize the weapons.
• The World-Creation Divine Boat emerged from chaotic spacetime as Shen Wusheng recovered his peak True God Realm cultivation and Chen Fan told his allies not to hold back.
• Donggong Han ordered an attack on Ling Zhouxue’s group, but Shen Wusheng revealed his strength and shocked the two Attendant Elders.
• Shen Wusheng struck the two True Gods, forcing them to retreat with Donggong Han and their powerhouses.

Chen Fan unleashed Taotie against the Tianxia Divine Dynasty forces that had pursued Ling Zhouxue, killing Donggong Han and the two attendant elders. The survivors realized Chen Qing belonged to the Chen Lineage, and Chen Fan prepared to return with Shen Wusheng.

• Chen Fan released Taotie and stopped the Tianxia Divine Dynasty forces from escaping.
• Taotie devoured Donggong Han's subordinates as Donggong Han begged Chen Qing for help.
• Chen Qing revealed that he was a member of the Chen Lineage, and the two attendant elders abandoned Donggong Han.
• Taotie swallowed Donggong Han and then devoured both attendant elders.
• Ling Zhouxue worried that the Tianxia Divine Dynasty would seek revenge, while Chen Qing decided he should remain with the Chen Lineage.
• Chen Fan told Shen Wusheng to return with him and asked whether the Ancient God Clan's patriarch wanted to go back.

Chen Fan learned from Shen Wusheng how divine power and the Heavenly Dao interacted, then gained peak Heavenly God cultivation through the system. He suppressed his strength to avoid destroying the Desolate Ancient Continent as the group returned through the Divine Gate, where the Heavenly Dao began to tremble.

• Chen Fan secured Shen Wusheng's promise to cooperate, and Shen Wusheng resolved to wait for a chance to challenge him later.
• As they traveled through chaotic space and time, Shen Wusheng explained that Gods could leave their native higher worlds and that lower-world Heavenly Daos suppressed divine-grade power.
• Ling Zhouxue warned Chen Fan that others might covet his Law Origin power, and Chen Fan reassured her that he had plans for the future.
• Chen Fan signed in and received peak Heavenly God cultivation, but the system warned that advancing further or using Law Origin power could destroy the Desolate Ancient Continent.
• Chen Fan concealed his cultivation by suppressing it to the Emperor Realm eighth stage, and the group emerged from the Divine Gate as the continent's Heavenly Dao shuddered.

Chen Fan returned from the Divine Gate after reaching the emperor realm ninth layer, while the Tianxia Divine Dynasty and the Eternal Heavenly God learned of Donggong Han’s death and began considering how to respond. Days later, Chen Fan stayed on the Desolate Ancient Continent to care for his family and disciples, where Jun Hongzhao approached him with a personal request.

• Chen Fan told his companions that his breakthrough had caused the disturbance in the Heavenly Dao, and Shen Wusheng and the others were stunned by his progress to the emperor realm ninth layer.
• Donggong Jing learned that Donggong Han and the Tianxia Divine Dynasty’s other forces had died, then ordered an investigation and the destruction of the small world responsible.
• The Eternal Heavenly God learned that his disciple Donggong Han had fallen and considered whether he could be revived with the law of life.
• Chen Fan spent several days on the Desolate Ancient Continent, staying to raise his children, await Murong Yan’s birth, and give his disciples time to develop.
• Jun Hongzhao came to Chen Fan and hesitantly told him that she was old enough now.

Chen Fan encouraged Jun Hongzhao to cultivate the Law of Wind and gave Bai Fengyao ancestral phoenix essence blood, while hiding how far beyond her reach his cultivation had become. After the demonic-beast turmoil ended, more than a million Chen Lineage undercover agents returned, overwhelming the lineage with their numbers and leaving Su Chanyue stunned.

• Jun Hongzhao danced for Chen Fan, who promised to help her comprehend the Law of Wind.
• Bai Fengyao visited Chen Fan, received ancestral phoenix essence blood, and left determined to cultivate after he assured her she could catch up to him.
• Several days later, the continent's turmoil subsided, and the Chen Lineage's power and hidden trump cards became known across the land.
• More than a million undercover agents returned to the Chen Lineage, bringing families and causing chaos as the lineage struggled to receive them.
• Su Chanyue realized that countless people across the continent, not just her, had been hurt and scattered by past events.