Arc 15The Dragon Gate Assembly

Chen Qingyu won the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly, uncovered Saint King Tianchen’s possession of Saint King Chenliu’s remains, and secured their return with Emperor Yuan’s decree. He left the Saint Yuan Minor Realm with the Ninth Ancestor after completing all three secret missions, as war with Emperor Yuan Palace loomed.

  • Chen Qingyu reconstructed Doomsday Heavenly Calamity with nine great calamities and entered the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly, where Sage Evolution Palace’s prodigies arrived alongside the Desolate Continent representatives.
  • Chen Qingyu denounced Sage Evolution Palace and challenged Emperor Yuan Palace’s ties to it, then watched Chen Qinghan and other Desolate Continent prodigies lose their matches.
  • Chen Qingyu defeated Liang De and Chen Changchun, then overcame Yin Zhongsheng by advancing Doomsday Heavenly Calamity to the Calamity of Annihilation and won the championship.
  • Zhang Yanqing traded information about Sage Evolution Palace and Saint King Chenliu’s remains for a black stone from Emperor Yuan’s treasury, then revealed that Saint King Tianchen held the remains.
  • Chen Qingyu met Emperor Yuan, learned that he could no longer control his ambitious disciples, and received a decree and cultivation insights before summoning the four ancestors to seek justice.
  • Chen Qingyu used Emperor Yuan’s decree to force Saint King Tianchen to settle the dispute, and the Ninth Ancestor confirmed that Saint King Chenliu’s remains had been returned intact.
  • Chen Qingyu left the Saint Yuan Minor Realm with the Ninth Ancestor as Saint King Tianchen vowed revenge, and he revealed that he had completed all three secret missions.
Chapters 351–375 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 351The Ninth Calamity! The Calamity of Annihilation

Chen Qingyu struggled to evolve the Heavenly Emperor’s power into a calamity until the rigid day-night cycle in the Saint Yuan Minor Realm inspired him to conceive the Calamity of Annihilation. He found a way to reshape Doomsday Heavenly Calamity again and immediately began deducing it.

  • Chen Qingyu weighed the conflict between the Heavenly Emperor’s orderly powers and the chaotic power of myriad calamities, rejecting a path that would take too long and force him to abandon Heaven-Collapsing Finger.
  • The sun abruptly vanished and night fell across the Saint Yuan Minor Realm, prompting Chen Qingyu to reflect on its rigid rules for day and night.
  • Chen Qingyu realized that absolute rigidity in the rules would halt all movement and create a state of deathly stillness, which he identified as the Calamity of Annihilation.
  • Chen Qingyu connected the new calamity with Heaven-Collapsing Finger’s opposing heavenly calamity and saw how their contrasting powers could reshape Doomsday Heavenly Calamity.
  • Chen Qingyu sat down and began deducing how to reshape Doomsday Heavenly Calamity a second time.

Ch. 352The Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly Begins

Chen Qingyu reconstructed the Doomsday Heavenly Calamity to encompass nine divine abilities before the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly began. He and the other prodigies entered the Three Origins Hall, where they discovered that an imposing group had already filled the seats on one side.

  • Chen Qingyu incorporated the Heavenly Emperor's power and Heaven-Collapsing Finger into the Doomsday Heavenly Calamity, completing its second reconstruction with nine great calamities.
  • After returning to his palace, Chen Qingyu told Chen Qinghan and the others that they would have to respond to the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly's unknown rules as events unfolded.
  • The Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly began in the Three Origins Hall, presided over by three Saint Kings and attended by numerous Extreme Transformation Realm cultivators.
  • Chen Qingyu and the other human and nonhuman prodigies entered the hall and noticed that the seats behind the tables on the right were already occupied by an imposing group.

Ch. 353The Sage Evolution Palace Appears! Meeting Zhang Yanqing Again

At the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly, Chen Qingyu and the Desolate Continent’s prodigies learned that Emperor Yuan Palace had invited Sage Evolution Palace to participate. Chen Qingyu recognized Zhang Yanqing among its representatives, and she greeted him as they met again.

  • The Desolate Continent’s prodigies took their seats alongside Emperor Yuan Palace’s successors, with Chen Qingyu seated closest to the Saint Kings.
  • The white-robed elder introduced Saint King Tianchen as the presiding host, along with Saint King Danzhu, Saint King Langgu, and other Emperor Yuan Palace elders.
  • The elder announced that guests with special status would join the assembly, prompting the prodigies to wonder who they were.
  • The elder welcomed the Sage Evolution Palace’s prodigies, shocking the Desolate Continent’s representatives.
  • Chen Qingyu recognized Zhang Yanqing among the Sage Evolution Palace group, and she greeted him.

Ch. 354An Open Challenge! Not Giving an Inch

Chen Qingyu used the Azure Command Talisman to challenge Emperor Yuan Palace over inviting Sage Evolution Palace to the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly. Saint King Tianchen defended the invitation and rejected Chen Qingyu’s claim that Sage Evolution Palace’s members were Corpse Demons, leaving the dispute unresolved.

  • Chen Qingyu recognized that Zhang Yanqing had advanced from the Divine Ability Realm to the Heavenly Impulse Realm in just a few months.
  • Chen Qingyu rose to publicly demand that Emperor Yuan Palace explain its ties to Sage Evolution Palace, despite the white-robed elder’s rebuke.
  • Chen Qingyu displayed the Azure Command Talisman and invoked his authority as the human race’s sacred envoy to condemn Sage Evolution Palace and question the three Saint Kings.
  • Saint King Tianchen defended Emperor Yuan Palace’s invitation, arguing that Sage Evolution Palace’s returned members were living beings who retained their faculties.
  • Chen Qingyu insisted that Zhang Yanqing and other core members were Corpse Demons, shocking the gathered prodigies.

Ch. 355The one in their sights! A banner

Chen Qingyu recognized that Emperor Yuan Palace was openly supporting Sage Evolution Palace, then learned that the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly’s new rules could force him to defend the Desolate Continent’s honor. With the Desolate Continent side hesitant to challenge anyone, Chen Qingyu sent Chen Qinghan forward, who selected a black-clad young man as his opponent.

  • Saint King Tianchen defended Sage Evolution Palace, and Chen Qingyu asked him to send letters explaining Emperor Yuan Palace’s position to the various holy lands after the assembly.
  • The white-robed elder announced rules allowing battles between opponents whose cultivation differed by no more than two major realms, a change that put pressure on Chen Qingyu.
  • The Desolate Continent prodigies realized Chen Qingyu had become a symbol of their side and fell silent when given the right to issue the first challenge.
  • Chen Qingyu told Chen Qinghan to go forward, and Chen Qinghan challenged an ugly young man in black.
  • The white-robed elder reacted with surprise and asked Chen Qinghan whether he was certain about his choice.

Ch. 356Trading Pieces! Paving the Way for Him

Chen Qinghan tried to sacrifice his chances to wear down Emperor Yuan Palace’s fighters and clear a path for Chen Qingyu, but Tao Qinian defeated him with a single attack. Chen Qingyu rejected the strategy, and Tao Qinian immediately challenged another Desolate Continent prodigy.

  • Chen Qinghan chose to fight Tao Qinian, a Divine Ability Realm disciple, intending to trade his chances for Chen Qingyu’s benefit.
  • Saint King Tianchen ordered the assembly to continue, and the white-robed elder began the battle in a folded space.
  • Tao Qinian knocked Chen Qinghan unconscious with one attack, leaving him unable to fight again.
  • Chen Qingyu told the Desolate Continent prodigies to fight as they normally would instead of making sacrifices for him.
  • Tao Qinian accepted another challenge and pointed to a Desolate Continent prodigy, ordering him to fight.

Ch. 357Chen Shaojun Entered the Fray

Chen Qingyu watched the Desolate Continent prodigies lose most of their battles at the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly before accepting a challenge from Liang De, a direct-line successor of Emperor Yuan Palace. Their fight began with Liang De unleashing a vast prison of chains formed from countless runes and spiritual patterns.

  • Tao Qinian defeated a prodigy from the Zhou Clan of Chenyang and then crushed a Crystal Clan prodigy from the Mystic Crystal Ancestral Court.
  • A pureblood golden lion from Qilin Valley lost to a Spirit Origin Realm prodigy of Emperor Yuan Palace, while the Desolate Continent prodigies suffered many further defeats over two days and nights.
  • After the last Desolate Continent prodigy used his third chance and lost, Liang De challenged Chen Qingyu in front of the assembly.
  • Chen Qingyu accepted Liang De's challenge and entered the sealed battlefield within the folded space.
  • Liang De began the fight by summoning a vast white-light prison made from chains of runes and spiritual patterns.

Ch. 358The undefeated legend! (Part one)

Chen Qingyu defeated Liang De by using [Mastery over All Things] to seize control of his regenerating Nine-Turn Heaven-Establishing Lock and bind him. After Emperor Yuan Palace conceded the round, Chen Qingyu invited any of its disciples who wished to challenge him to step forward.

  • Liang De unleashed his powerful Nine-Turn Heaven-Establishing Lock, whose broken chains continually regenerated and resisted Chen Qingyu's [Heaven-Collapsing Finger].
  • Chen Qingyu recognized that Liang De was trying to draw him into an attrition battle and dispersed [Heaven-Collapsing Finger].
  • Chen Qingyu used [Mastery over All Things] to take control of Liang De's innate divine ability and turn its chains against him.
  • Liang De was bound and defeated, and the white-robed elder conceded the round on behalf of Emperor Yuan Palace.
  • Chen Qingyu declined to choose a specific opponent and invited anyone among Emperor Yuan's disciples to challenge him.

Ch. 359The undefeated legend! (Part two)

Chen Qingyu let Emperor Yuan Palace choose his next opponent, then revealed his overwhelming Doomsday Heavenly Calamity technique against Chen Changchun. He left the hall undefeated, while Emperor Yuan Palace’s disciples wondered if anyone below the Divine Treasure Realm could defeat him.

  • Chen Qingyu gave Emperor Yuan Palace the right to choose his opponent, and Chen Changchun volunteered to fight him.
  • Chen Qingyu recognized Chen Changchun’s distant connection to the Chen Clan, but Chen Changchun said he did not consider himself part of the clan.
  • Chen Changchun opened with his five-colored armor, and Chen Qingyu unleashed Doomsday Heavenly Calamity.
  • The calamities shattered Chen Changchun’s armor and left him unconscious and gravely injured after a single breath.
  • Chen Qingyu withdrew his technique and called for the next opponent as the hall fell silent and Emperor Yuan Palace’s disciples feared no one below the Divine Treasure Realm could defeat him.

Ch. 360The Undefeated Legend! (Part Two)

Chen Qingyu defeated Chen Changchun, leaving the Desolate Continent prodigies confident he would win the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly, but Saint King Tianchen revealed his final disciple, Yin Zhongsheng. Chen Qingyu recognized that Yin Zhongsheng had reached the Divine Shore Realm, and the assembly faced an uncertain final match.

  • Chen Changchun was carried away for treatment after Chen Shaojun defeated him, and the Desolate Continent prodigies celebrated the victory.
  • Saint King Tianchen announced that Chen Shaojun had one match left before claiming the championship and summoned his final disciple, Yin Zhongsheng.
  • Yin Zhongsheng entered the Three Origins Hall, appearing to be an ordinary peak Heavenly Impulse Realm cultivator.
  • Chen Qingyu sensed that Yin Zhongsheng had attained the Divine Shore Realm, shocking everyone present.
  • The Desolate Continent prodigies worried that Yin Zhongsheng's higher cultivation might end Chen Shaojun's undefeated run.

Ch. 361Yin Zhongsheng's Strength

Chen Qingyu faced Yin Zhongsheng, whose Divine Shore Realm past and higher cultivation gave him a decisive advantage. Yin Zhongsheng’s protective divine ability withstood Chen Qingyu’s calamities, then his Essence Severing Dharma Seal cut off Origin Qi before a vast wave of it crashed toward Chen Qingyu.

  • The gathered heirs feared Chen Qingyu would lose to Yin Zhongsheng, who had once reached the Divine Shore Realm and now stood at the peak of the Heavenly Impulse Realm.
  • Chen Qingyu and Yin Zhongsheng exchanged greetings before Yin Zhongsheng entered the folded space and Saint King Tianchen began the battle.
  • Chen Qingyu unleashed Doomsday Heavenly Calamity, but Yin Zhongsheng’s Upholding Rectitude at the Center of Heaven neutralized the attacks as he advanced unharmed.
  • Yin Zhongsheng formed the Essence Severing Dharma Seal, causing the surrounding Origin Qi to vanish and reducing the power of Chen Qingyu’s calamity by ninety percent.
  • Yin Zhongsheng ended the severance and drew Origin Qi back into the area as a colossal wave that crashed toward Chen Qingyu.

Ch. 362Reversal

Chen Qingyu survived Yin Zhongsheng’s devastating Essence Severing Dharma Seal and restored most of his calamity powers, leaving Yin convinced that Chen’s defensive method would soon exhaust him. Chen Qingyu then declared that the battle was about to end.

  • Yin Zhongsheng unleashed the Essence Severing Dharma Seal, drawing in Origin Qi and engulfing Chen Qingyu in a powerful attack.
  • The Origin Qi explosion faded to reveal Chen Qingyu unharmed, to the astonishment of both sides.
  • Chen Qingyu replenished the Origin Qi sustaining his calamities from within his body, restoring their power despite Yin Zhongsheng’s technique.
  • Yin Zhongsheng investigated Chen Qingyu’s defense, concluded that it consumed enormous energy, and attacked again with the Essence Severing Dharma Seal.
  • Chen Qingyu ignored the renewed attack and said he was done prolonging the battle.

Ch. 363Defeating Yin Zhongsheng! Champion of the Dharma Assembly

Chen Qingyu defeated Yin Zhongsheng by trapping him in the Calamity of Annihilation, which stripped away his cultivation and left him unable to resist. Saint King Tianchen named Chen Qingyu the champion of the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly and gave him a token to enter the Thearch’s Treasury and Dragon Gate.

  • Chen Qingyu revealed that the Doomsday Heavenly Calamity had advanced to its second stage, the Calamity of Annihilation, reducing Yin Zhongsheng to a mortal.
  • Chen Qingyu struck the powerless Yin Zhongsheng with a strand of True Gang, and Yin Zhongsheng admitted defeat.
  • Saint King Tianchen ordered Chen Qingyu to withdraw his technique, and Yin Zhongsheng recovered from his wounds with white flames.
  • Yin Zhongsheng accepted his defeat and promised to seek Chen Qingyu’s instruction again; Saint King Tianchen told him to learn from the loss.
  • Saint King Tianchen declared Chen Qingyu the champion, gave him the Dragon Gate Token Talisman, and instructed him to enter the Dragon Gate the next morning to pay respects to the Thearch.

Ch. 364A second meeting with Zhang Yanqing

Chen Qingyu won the Dragon Gate Dharma Assembly and received permission to enter Emperor Yuan’s treasury and pay his respects to Emperor Yuan. Afterward, Zhang Yanqing visited him and offered information, including the location of Saint King Chenliu’s remains, in exchange for a treasure from the treasury.

  • Saint King Tianchen ended the assembly and gave Chen Qingyu a Dragon Gate Token Talisman, while the Desolate Continent geniuses celebrated his championship.
  • Chen Qingyu left Three Origins Hall and reflected on his plans to choose a treasure, visit Emperor Yuan, and complete the Ninth Ancestor’s secret tasks.
  • Zhang Yanqing arrived at Chen Qingyu’s palace, and he let her inside despite regarding her as an enemy.
  • Zhang Yanqing asked Chen Qingyu to retrieve a treasure from Emperor Yuan’s treasury in exchange for information about Sage Evolution Palace, Saint King Tianchen’s scheme, and Saint King Chenliu’s remains.
  • Chen Qingyu questioned whether Zhang Yanqing’s offer was trustworthy, and she said she had her reasons for approaching him.

Ch. 365The Secret of the Two Palaces

Chen Qingyu agreed to trade three questions for one treasure from Emperor Yuan's treasury and learned that the Sage Evolution Palace and Emperor Yuan Palace were only temporary allies. Zhang Yanqing hesitated when he asked how the Sage Evolution Palace controlled Corpse Demons, and Chen Qingyu threatened to end the deal if she refused to answer.

  • Zhang Yanqing used a Great Void Source Power talisman to shield her conversation with Chen Qingyu from the three Saint Kings.
  • Chen Qingyu agreed to exchange three questions for one treasure from Emperor Yuan's treasury.
  • Zhang Yanqing said only the Sacred Venerable knew how the Sage Evolution Palace obtained Great Void Might and that he merely lent it to others.
  • Zhang Yanqing explained that the Sage Evolution Palace and Emperor Yuan Palace were temporary allies, each seeking the other's secrets and support.
  • Chen Qingyu asked how the Sage Evolution Palace controlled Corpse Demons, and Zhang Yanqing hesitated.
  • Chen Qingyu warned Zhang Yanqing that he would end the transaction if she refused to answer.

Ch. 366The source of the Corpse Demons

Zhang Yanqing explained that Sage Evolution Palace’s methods for controlling Corpse Demons came from Emperor Yuan’s research, though she knew only how to control Corpse Demon Poison. When Chen Qingyu asked where Saint King Chenliu’s remains were, she withheld the answer until he agreed to retrieve a treasure from Emperor Yuan’s treasury, prompting him to ask what Sage Evolution Palace wanted.

  • Zhang Yanqing told Chen Qingyu that Emperor Yuan’s research into Corpse Demons had enabled Sage Evolution Palace to develop methods for controlling poison, resurrecting Corpse Demons, and using their power.
  • Zhang Yanqing revealed that she had learned only how to control Corpse Demon Poison and lacked the abilities to obtain or prepare it.
  • Zhang Yanqing explained that her method required both Corpse Demon Poison and the user to be a Corpse Demon, so Chen Qingyu could not use it.
  • Chen Qingyu asked where Saint King Chenliu’s remains were, but Zhang Yanqing demanded that he first retrieve a treasure for Sage Evolution Palace.
  • Chen Qingyu agreed to hear her conditions and asked what Sage Evolution Palace wanted from Emperor Yuan’s treasury.

Ch. 367Emperor Yuan's Treasury! The Mysterious Black Stone

Zhang Yanqing asked Chen Qingyu to retrieve a unique black stone from Emperor Yuan's treasury in exchange for the whereabouts of Saint King Chenliu's remains. Chen Qingyu found a stone strikingly similar to one he had discovered before, leaving him astonished.

  • Zhang Yanqing told Chen Qingyu that bringing her the black stone from Emperor Yuan's treasury would complete their transaction.
  • Chen Qingyu agreed and asked a white-robed attendant to take him to the treasury.
  • The white-robed old man opened the golden treasury with Chen Qingyu's Dragon Gate Token Talisman and waited outside.
  • Chen Qingyu browsed Emperor Yuan's many rare treasures and resisted the temptation to take one for the Chen Clan.
  • Chen Qingyu found a pitch-black stone in an ebony box and realized it was eighty percent similar to the ore he had found outside Divine Punishment Valley.

Ch. 368An Object from Beyond the Heavens?

Chen Qingyu chose a mysterious, mountain-heavy black stone from Emperor Yuan’s treasury after recognizing that it matched Saint King Chenliu’s command token. After giving the stone to Zhang Yanqing in exchange for information, he learned that Saint King Chenliu’s remains were in Emperor Yuan Palace, reportedly in Saint King Tianchen’s hands.

  • Chen Qingyu examined the black stone, found it closely resembled Saint King Chenliu’s command token, and suspected it came from beyond the heavens.
  • Chen Qingyu chose the stone from Emperor Yuan’s treasury, and the white-robed elder removed its restrictions before he left with it.
  • Chen Qingyu returned to his palace and gave Zhang Yanqing the stone after she said she did not know why the Sage Venerable wanted it.
  • Zhang Yanqing told Chen Qingyu that Saint King Chenliu’s remains were in Emperor Yuan Palace, in Saint King Tianchen’s hands.
  • Zhang Yanqing explained that Sage Evolution Palace had found the coffin at Seven Springs Mountain empty and that the Sage Venerable had sent an avatar to ask Emperor Yuan Palace about the remains.

Ch. 369The time was not yet ripe

Chen Qingyu learned that Saint King Tianchen had stolen Saint King Chenliu’s remains and planned to enlist the Ninth Ancestor’s help in recovering them. Meanwhile, the Saint Kings of the Emperor Yuan Palace discussed Chen Qingyu and decided not to kill him yet, as the time was not ripe.

  • Zhang Yanqing told Chen Qingyu that Saint King Tianchen held Saint King Chenliu’s stolen remains and had considered reviving them as a Corpse Demon.
  • Chen Qingyu resolved to signal the Ninth Ancestor and the others before confronting Saint King Tianchen, and planned to meet Emperor Yuan the next day to assess his condition and stance.
  • Saint King Tianchen told Saint King Danzhu and Saint King Langgu that Chen Qingyu had taken the mysterious stone from Emperor Yuan’s treasury, and explained that even Emperor Yuan had been unable to damage it.
  • Saint King Langgu urged the others to kill Chen Qingyu and seize his secret, but Saint King Tianchen warned that doing so would provoke the Chen Clan and trigger an early war.
  • Saint King Langgu agreed to spare Chen Qingyu for now, while Saint King Tianchen said the time was almost here.

Ch. 370Entering the Dragon Gate, Meeting Emperor Yuan

Chen Qingyu crossed the Dragon Gate and met Emperor Yuan in his secluded valley, where he learned the passage had strengthened his foundation. Emperor Yuan asked about the outside world, and Chen Qingyu reported that a great war was unavoidable, prompting him to ask whether the emperor could stop it.

  • Chen Qingyu followed the white-robed elder to the Dragon Gate and entered with the Dragon Gate Token Talisman.
  • Crossing the Dragon Gate improved the connections between Chen Qingyu's constellations and the central Taihao Ziwei Star.
  • Chen Qingyu followed a stream through the valley and met Emperor Yuan, recognizing him as the emperor's true body.
  • Emperor Yuan welcomed Chen Qingyu and said he might have taken him as his final disciple and heir if they had met centuries earlier.
  • Emperor Yuan asked about the situation outside, and Chen Qingyu said a great war was unavoidable.
  • Emperor Yuan said he had anticipated his disciples' ambitions, and Chen Qingyu asked if he could stop the coming conflict.

Ch. 371Emperor Yuan's Gift

Chen Qingyu questioned Emperor Yuan about his disciples’ actions and the Corpse Demon calamity, learning that the calamity was rooted in flaws in the world itself. Emperor Yuan backed Chen Qingyu’s plan to reclaim his ancestor’s remains and gave him a decree and cultivation insights before Chen Qingyu departed.

  • Chen Qingyu told Emperor Yuan that Saint King Tianchen and others had secretly retrieved his research into the Corpse Demon calamity, and Emperor Yuan admitted he had only a year or two to live and could no longer control his disciples.
  • Emperor Yuan explained that the Corpse Demon calamity was woven into the flawed foundations of the world and could not be resolved unless the world itself perished.
  • Chen Qingyu asked about the unknown black stone in Emperor Yuan’s treasury, and Emperor Yuan said it was an ancestral inheritance whose origin and purpose he did not know.
  • Chen Qingyu told Emperor Yuan that he planned to enter the Saint Yuan Minor Realm with the Ninth Ancestor and reclaim his ancestor’s remains, and Emperor Yuan approved the plan.
  • Emperor Yuan gave Chen Qingyu a decree to use if the confrontation reached a stalemate, along with a brocade pouch of cultivation insights to open upon reaching the Heavenly Impulse Realm.
  • Chen Qingyu accepted the gifts, took his leave, and flew away while Emperor Yuan watched him depart.

Ch. 372A Sudden Attack! Breaking Through the Realm

After meeting Emperor Yuan, Chen Qingyu used the Supreme Void Origin Talisman as the Desolate Continent prodigies prepared to leave the Saint Yuan Minor Realm. Four powerful ancestors broke through the realm to answer his call, but they found Chen Qingyu unharmed and his reason for summoning them unclear.

  • Chen Qingyu met the white-robed old man after passing through the Dragon Gate and said Emperor Yuan had given him cultivation guidance.
  • The white-robed old man led Chen Qingyu to the palace entrance, where the purple-robed elder prepared to open the gate between the two realms for the waiting prodigies.
  • As the gate began to open, Chen Qingyu activated the Supreme Void Origin Talisman and told the purple-robed elder he wanted to seek justice.
  • Someone outside tore open a vast rift in the realm, and the four ancestors of the Chen Clan, Taihuang Wu Clan, Myriad Phenomena Holy Land, and East Flow Holy Land broke through.
  • Saint King Tianchen and the other palace Saints confronted the intruders, while the Ninth Ancestor saw that Chen Qingyu was unharmed and wondered why he had called for help.

Ch. 373Do not persist in your mistake to the bitter end

Chen Qingyu accused Saint King Tianchen of possessing the remains of their ancestor, Saint King Chenliu, and backed his claim with news of the Emperor Yuan Palace’s alliance with the Sage Evolution Palace. When Tianchen denied the accusation and demanded proof, Chen Qingyu produced a decree from Emperor Yuan, whose voice warned him not to persist in his mistake.

  • The Ninth Ancestor asked Chen Qingyu why he had summoned the ancestors, and Chen Qingyu said he had called them to recover Saint King Chenliu’s remains.
  • Chen Qingyu accused Saint King Tianchen of holding the remains, prompting the Emperor Yuan Palace’s attendants to call his claim slander.
  • The Ninth Ancestor demanded an explanation from Saint King Tianchen, who denied stealing the remains and threatened Chen Qingyu.
  • Chen Qingyu said a high-ranking member of the Sage Evolution Palace had told him that its Sacred Venerable had sought the remains from Tianchen and clashed with him.
  • When the Ninth Ancestor asked for further evidence, Chen Qingyu admitted he had none but revealed a decree from Emperor Yuan.
  • Emperor Yuan’s voice emerged from the glowing talisman and told Little Thirteen not to persist in his mistake.

Ch. 374Saint King Tianchen's concession

Saint King Tianchen yielded to Emperor Yuan’s decree and privately returned Saint King Chenliu’s remains to the Chen Clan, accepting a settlement that let both sides avoid an open conflict. Chen Qingyu learned the remains were intact and that Tianchen had paid compensation.

  • Emperor Yuan issued a decree that pressured Saint King Tianchen to back down from his confrontation with the Chen Clan.
  • Saint King Tianchen proposed settling the dispute privately, and the Ninth Ancestor agreed to discuss it inside Emperor Yuan Palace.
  • Chen Qingyu suggested that Sage Evolution Palace had influenced Tianchen, provoking his anger toward them.
  • In the Three Origins Hall, Saint King Tianchen offered compensation, and the Ninth Ancestor accepted it as settlement for the misunderstanding.
  • The Ninth Ancestor confirmed to Chen Qingyu that Saint King Chenliu’s remains were intact and had been returned.

Ch. 375The curtain fell on Emperor Yuan Palace

Chen Qingyu and the Ninth Ancestor left Emperor Yuan Palace after recovering Saint King Chenliu’s remains, while Saint King Tianchen blamed Sage Evolution Palace and vowed revenge against the Chen Clan. Back in the Divine Capital, Chen Qingyu told the Ninth Ancestor he had completed all three secret missions.

  • The Ninth Ancestor led Chen Qingyu and the others out of Emperor Yuan Palace after Saint King Tianchen dismissed them.
  • Saint King Tianchen blamed Sage Evolution Palace for selling Chen Qingyu secret information and vowed to destroy the Chen Clan and kill Chen Shaojun when war broke out.
  • Chen Qingyu and the Ninth Ancestor left the Saint Yuan Minor Realm as the Gate Between Two Realms closed behind the departing prodigies.
  • Chen Qingyu said goodbye to Ling Shuangxue, Wang Pojun, and the other prodigies before returning to the Divine Capital with the Ninth Ancestor.
  • The Ninth Ancestor praised Chen Qingyu for recovering Saint King Chenliu’s remains, and Chen Qingyu revealed that he had completed all three secret missions.
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Arc 15 of 34