Chapter Summaries

Chen Qingyu and the Ninth Ancestor prepared for war as reports of an attack on Liangshan reached the Divine Capital. Saint King Tianchen then led Emperor Yuan Palace’s Saints in an assault on the city and opened the battle with a devastating sword strike.

• The Ninth Ancestor warned Chen Qingyu to flee if the battle turned against them, while Chen Qingyu concealed his strength and planned to strike a powerful enemy by surprise.
• The supreme elder of the Liangshan Wang Clan reported losing contact with two elders, but Wu Xianghe said the Taihuang Wu Clan was safe and Ancestor Wu Xiangchen had destroyed the Great Yin Grotto.
• Before the Saints could decide whether to send aid to Liangshan, an attack shook the Divine Capital’s protective barrier, and Saint King Tianchen demanded that Chen Kaiyuan and Chen Qingyu come out to die.
• The Ninth Ancestor led Chen Qingyu and the other Saints outside to face Saint King Tianchen and twelve Saints from Emperor Yuan Palace.
• Saint King Tianchen rejected negotiations, declared his intention to overturn the old order, and unleashed his pure-white sword against the Chen Clan.

Saint King Tianchen’s strike with the Origin-Slaying Heavenly Execution Sword clashed evenly with the Ninth Ancestor’s Great Void Might, and both sides launched into a battle for the Divine Capital. Chen Qingyu stayed out of the fight, intending to use his hidden strength to kill Saint King Tianchen when he revealed himself.

• Saint King Tianchen’s sword strike met the Ninth Ancestor’s Great Void Might, and their collision tore open a chaotic vortex above the Divine Capital.
• Saint King Tianchen ordered his Saints to attack, while the Ninth Ancestor urged the Chen Clan’s fighters to preserve themselves until reinforcements arrived.
• The Ninth Ancestor confronted Saint King Tianchen with the Myriad Stars Armillary Heaven Bell and Nine Luminaries Heaven-Shaking Hammer, while Tianchen countered with his jade ruyi.
• Chen Zhengxing joined the battle against Emperor Yuan Palace’s twelve Saints as fighting erupted around the Divine Capital.
• Chen Qingyu stayed back and watched the battle, planning to reveal his hidden strength when he could kill Saint King Tianchen.

Chen Qingyu intervened in the Saints’ battle after Saint King Tianchen wounded the Ninth Ancestor, striking Tianchen with a surprise punch that left him gravely injured and near death. The battle’s balance shifted, but the chapter ended before Tianchen’s fate was clear.

• The Saints of the Chen Clan and the other sacred lands struggled against the stronger Emperor Yuan Palace fighters, while Ling Shuangxue feared for Chen Qingyu.
• Saint King Tianchen defeated the Ninth Ancestor, injuring him and damaging his Divine Weapons as the other Saints feared the Chen Clan would fall.
• Chen Qingyu used spatial traversal to appear beside Saint King Tianchen and unleash a powerful surprise punch.
• Chen Qingyu’s punch ruptured Tianchen’s Divine Treasure, mangled half his body, and sent him flying more than a thousand li.

Chen Qingyu ambushed Saint King Tianchen and nearly killed him with a devastating punch, then used Time Stop to unleash a torrent of attacks. The Origin-Slaying Heavenly Execution Sword broke free to save Tianchen, who recovered enough to send the sword at Chen Qingyu.

• Chen Qingyu struck Saint King Tianchen with a punch that left him grievously wounded and near death, stunning the Ninth Ancestor and the other witnesses.
• Chen Qingyu used the Myriad Calamity Wheel Seal and Time Stop to trap both Quasi-Emperor-level powers, then landed thousands of punches on Saint King Tianchen.
• The Origin-Slaying Heavenly Execution Sword broke free of the Great Void Might and protected Saint King Tianchen from Chen Qingyu's accumulated attacks.
• Saint King Tianchen realized the sword had saved his life and resolved to kill Chen Qingyu before he grew even stronger.
• Saint King Tianchen commanded the Origin-Slaying Heavenly Execution Sword to slash at Chen Qingyu.

Chen Qingyu and the Ninth Ancestor forced Saint King Tianchen and the Emperor Yuan Palace Saints to retreat, though the Ninth Ancestor was badly injured. Afterward, the Ninth Ancestor asked Chen Qingyu to explain how he had become strong enough to defeat a Saint King.

• The Ninth Ancestor blocked Saint King Tianchen’s Quasi-Emperor weapon from killing Chen Qingyu, and Tianchen ordered the Emperor Yuan Palace Saints to flee.
• Chen Qingyu started to pursue Tianchen, but the Ninth Ancestor warned him not to chase, and Chen Qingyu helped his injured ancestor.
• While escaping, Tianchen recovered with a divine pill, admitted that his forces had misjudged the Chen Clan, and led them back to the Emperor Yuan Palace.
• Chen Qingyu lamented that Emperor Yuan’s legacy had allowed the battle to happen, and the Ninth Ancestor explained why Emperor Yuan had not destroyed his weapons or killed his disciples.
• The Ninth Ancestor asked Chen Qingyu when he had gained the strength to defeat a Saint King.

After Chen Qingyu revealed that he had already killed a Saint King, he and the Ninth Ancestor set out to help the Liangshan Wang Clan. Wu Chenkong had attacked Liangshan, where the Heavenly Sword Saint King’s sword appeared to confront him.

• Chen Qingyu told the Ninth Ancestor and the gathered Saints that he had killed a Saint King before returning from the Void Cosmos, and Chen Zhengxing acknowledged that his son had surpassed him.
• The Wang Clan’s supreme elder called for help as disaster struck Liangshan, and Chen Qingyu agreed to go with the Ninth Ancestor.
• The Ninth Ancestor took divine medicine and joined Chen Qingyu, warning that Chen Qingyu lacked the power to face Quasi-Emperor-level threats alone.
• Wu Chenkong led hundreds of cultivators from the Great Cang Divine Kingdom and the Sage Evolution Palace to Liangshan and destroyed the Wang Clan’s mountain-protecting formation with Human Dao Dragon Qi.
• A plea for the Heavenly Sword Saint King’s protection was answered by a vast sword light that crossed space and stabbed toward Wu Chenkong.

Wu Chenkong’s forces destroyed Liangshan after he crushed the Heavenly Sword Saint King’s flying sword and failed to find what he sought. Chen Qingyu and the Ninth Ancestor arrived too late and concluded Wu had attacked in search of the Saint King’s remains, then returned to accelerate the alliance.

• Wu Chenkong caught the Heavenly Sword Saint King’s flying sword in his bare hand, crushed it, and ordered his forces to leave no one alive in Liangshan.
• Wu Chenkong’s followers massacred the Liangshan Wang Clan, but he left after learning the object he sought was not there.
• Chen Qingyu and the Ninth Ancestor arrived to find Liangshan in ruins and learned the attackers had left at least half a quarter of an hour earlier.
• Chen Qingyu reasoned that Wu Chenkong had likely attacked Liangshan to seize the Heavenly Sword Saint King’s remains and create a powerful Corpse Demon.
• The Ninth Ancestor and Chen Qingyu mourned the Liangshan Wang Clan’s destruction and returned to focus on forming the alliance and gathering their strongest fighters.

Saint King Tianchen returned to Emperor Yuan Palace gravely injured after Chen Qingyu defeated him in the Divine Capital, while Saint King Langgu reported that the Three Xuan Minor Realm had been destroyed. Tianchen warned that the Desolate Continent was entering turmoil and urged Emperor Yuan Palace to recover while preserving cooperation with Sage Evolution Palace.

• Saint King Langgu led Emperor Yuan Palace’s Saints after they destroyed the Three Xuan Minor Realm and its insectkind inhabitants.
• At Emperor Yuan Palace, Langgu and Saint King Danzhu found Saint King Tianchen injured and learned that the Heaven and Earth Mountains and Rivers Pearl’s avatar had been shattered.
• Saint King Tianchen recounted how Chen Qingyu had nearly killed him, warning that Chen was a formidable enemy who could rival Wu Chenkong.
• Saint King Tianchen predicted that Wu Chenkong had acted during their campaign and that the Holy Land Alliance could no longer be prevented from forming.
• Saint King Tianchen urged Emperor Yuan Palace to lie low, heal his injuries, and maintain cooperation with Sage Evolution Palace, while Langgu and Danzhu pledged to join forces with him later.

The Saints gathered in the Floating Heavenly Palace after the Three Xuan Minor Realm was destroyed, and Chen Qingyu’s victory over Saint King Tianchen strengthened their resolve to form an alliance. Chen Qingyu reported that the Wang Clan’s Liangshan stronghold had been annihilated, while the Ninth Ancestor warned that the Taihuang Wu Clan had likely fallen under Wu Chenkong’s control.

• Saints from across the Desolate Continent discussed the destruction of the Three Xuan Minor Realm and the news that Chen Qingyu had defeated Saint King Tianchen.
• Chen Qingyu and the Ninth Ancestor returned to the Floating Heavenly Palace, where the assembled Saints greeted them with awe.
• Chen Qingyu told the Wang Clan’s supreme elder that Liangshan was in ruins, its people were dead, and the Great Yin Grotto had been taken.
• The Ninth Ancestor realized Wu Xianghe was missing and said he could no longer contact Wu Xiangchen, suggesting the Taihuang Wu Clan had suffered a disaster.
• Chen Qingyu said Wu Xianghe had likely been a mole who fled to Wu Chenkong after the alliance became inevitable.

The Saints founded the Holy Land Alliance to unite against the Emperor Yuan Palace and the Sage Evolution Palace, then chose Chen Qingyu as their leader. The chapter ended with the Ninth Ancestor proposing himself as deputy alliance leader.

• Chen Qingyu warned the Saints that Wu Chenkong’s takeover of the Taihuang Wu Clan had strengthened the Sage Evolution Palace with two Saint King combatants.
• The Ninth Ancestor declared the founding of the Holy Land Alliance, and representatives of all sixteen holy lands supported it.
• The alliance agreed to unite, avoid internal conflict, and accept unified deployment until the Emperor Yuan Palace and Sage Evolution Palace were defeated.
• The Saints chose Chen Qingyu as alliance leader because he was their strongest fighter and had defeated Saint King Tianchen.
• Chen Qingyu accepted the position, took the seat of honor, and received the Saints’ bows.
• The Ninth Ancestor offered to serve as deputy alliance leader and asked the Saints for their views.

The Ninth Ancestor sought the Holy Land Alliance deputy leadership, but the Saints hesitated because he and Chen Qingyu both belonged to the Chen Clan. After learning that Qingyu was under eight and had reached the Second Divine Realm, the Saints agreed to the appointment, leaving the alliance’s leadership in the hands of the Chen Clan’s formidable young sovereign and his elder.

• The Ninth Ancestor proposed serving as deputy alliance leader, prompting the Saints to hesitate over giving the Chen Clan both top positions.
• Chen Qingyu warned the Ninth Ancestor that the Saints seemed unwilling, but the Ninth Ancestor told him to stay quiet.
• The Ninth Ancestor revealed that Chen Qingyu was not yet eight, and the Spirit Race ancestor confirmed his age and parentage.
• The Ninth Ancestor disclosed that Qingyu had reached the Second Divine Realm after spending time in the Void Cosmos, astonishing the Saints.
• The Saints accepted the Ninth Ancestor as deputy alliance leader, and he thanked them.

After the Holy Land Alliance formed, Chen Qingyu reassured Ling Shuangxue that he would guard the Divine Capital and returned the Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword to Wang Pojun. The Ninth Ancestor then privately summoned the ancestors of the Myriad Phenomena Holy Land and the East Flow Holy Land to discuss who should hold the Great Void Authority.

• The Holy Land Alliance assigned its forces to investigate the Sage Evolution Palace, Emperor Yuan Palace, and the Taihuang Imperial Capital.
• Chen Qingyu told Ling Shuangxue that the Spirit Race ancestor would fetch Ling Qiuxia once the situation was safer, while he remained in the Divine Capital.
• Chen Qingyu returned the Yang-Inscribed Dharma Sword to Wang Pojun, who accepted it as the Wang Clan's remaining legacy sword.
• The Ninth Ancestor privately met with the ancestors of the Myriad Phenomena Holy Land and the East Flow Holy Land and raised the question of who should hold the Great Void Authority.

The Ninth Ancestor persuaded the Myriad Phenomena and East Flow Holy Land ancestors to transfer their Great Void Authority to Chen Qingyu so he could unite it against Wu Chenkong and the Emperor Yuan Palace. Chen Qingyu accepted, and the three ancestors began invoking their authority to pass it to him.

• The Ninth Ancestor argued that the holy lands needed to unite their Great Void Authority under Chen Qingyu to resist their enemies.
• The Myriad Phenomena and East Flow Holy Land ancestors agreed to transfer their authority after recalling Chen Qingyu's status as the Supreme Void Young Venerable.
• Chen Qingyu arrived at the main hall and was surprised when the three ancestors announced their decision.
• Chen Qingyu accepted the authority transfer, and the three ancestors simultaneously invoked the might of Great Void Authority.

Chen Qingyu absorbed the great void source power and seized the Wu Clan’s share of authority from Wu Chenkong. Their powers initially clashed evenly, but Chen Qingyu shut down the Supreme Void Dao Realm to strengthen his authority and launched another attack.

• The Ninth Ancestor and the other ancestors transferred the great void source power to Chen Qingyu, allowing him to absorb the Great Void Primal Spirit’s memories and knowledge.
• The Ninth Ancestor urged Chen Qingyu to seize the remaining authority before Wu Chenkong could stop him.
• Chen Qingyu located Wu Chenkong’s authority and drew the Wu Clan’s share away from the great dragon restraining it.
• Wu Chenkong attacked, and his great void might clashed with Chen Qingyu’s authority without either gaining the upper hand.
• Chen Qingyu shut down the Supreme Void Dao Realm, increased his might by thirty to forty percent, and ordered his power to attack again.

Chen Qingyu suppressed Wu Chenkong by controlling the great void authority, leaving the Desolate Continent in a fragile three-way balance of power. Wu Chenkong then secured Saint King Tianchen’s help to drive Chen Qingyu away.

• Chen Qingyu told the Ninth Ancestor that he had suppressed Wu Chenkong, but explained that maintaining the suppression also pinned him down and prevented him from defeating Wu Chenkong outright.
• Chen Qingyu and the ancestors concluded that the Emperor Yuan Palace, the Sage Evolution Palace, and the Holy Land Alliance remained locked in a three-way balance of power.
• Chen Qingyu asked the Ninth Ancestor to contact the Spirit Race's ancestor and bring his mother from the Spirit Clan Royal Court.
• Wu Chenkong contacted Saint King Tianchen and asked him to help drive Chen Qingyu away.
• Saint King Tianchen agreed to help Wu Chenkong once, after Wu Chenkong reminded him of the Heaven and Earth Mountains and Rivers Pearl's abilities.

After Myriad Forms Valley and East Flow Holy Land left, Chen Qingyu learned that the Ninth Ancestor had forced them to transfer their Great Void Authority and was preparing the alliance to accept Chen Qingyu as its future ruler. Their conversation was interrupted when Saint King Tianchen helped Wu Chenkong break free, giving Wu Chenkong the advantage in their clash of Great Void Might.

• Chen Qingyu realized the two ancestors had not willingly transferred their Great Void Authority, and the Ninth Ancestor admitted he had used persuasion and threats.
• The Ninth Ancestor explained that he had sought the alliance's deputy leader position to establish Chen Qingyu as the future Emperor Lord, and Chen Qingyu accepted that the Chen Clan needed him to rule.
• The Ninth Ancestor mentioned the Chen Clan's debt to an Emperor Venerable who might still be alive, and Chen Qingyu recognized that this was where something he had anticipated would come to pass.
• Chen Qingyu sensed that Wu Chenkong's Great Void Might was changing and heard Saint King Tianchen declare that he was helping Wu Chenkong.
• Chen Qingyu identified the bubbles aiding Wu Chenkong as miniature spaces, but Wu Chenkong used them to reverse the struggle and gain the upper hand.

Chen Qingyu ended his attempt to suppress Wu Chenkong after Saint King Tianchen used the Emperor Yuan Palace’s supreme treasure to aid him. The Spirit Race ancestor brought Ling Qiuxia to the Floating Heavenly Palace, where Chen Qingyu welcomed his mother and said their family could finally be reunited.

• Chen Qingyu held out against Wu Chenkong’s attacks while the Emperor Yuan Palace’s treasure helped Wu Chenkong gain the advantage.
• The Ninth Ancestor told Chen Qingyu that the Spirit Race ancestor had returned, and Chen Qingyu withdrew his Great Void Might.
• Saint King Tianchen withdrew the Heaven and Earth Mountains and Rivers Pearl, ending his assistance and restoring the standoff between Chen Qingyu and Wu Chenkong.
• Chen Qingyu told the Ninth Ancestor that his attempt to suppress Wu Chenkong had failed, and they discussed the Emperor Yuan Palace’s mysterious supreme treasure.
• The Spirit Race ancestor brought Ling Qiuxia to the Floating Heavenly Palace, where Chen Qingyu took her hand and welcomed her home.

Chen Qingyu reunited his mother Ling Qiuxia with his father after more than sixty years apart. Afterward, the Spirit Race's ancestor asked him to punish only the guilty when he eventually settled accounts, leaving Ling Shuangxue wondering whether he truly planned to act.

• Ling Qiuxia struggled to believe that Chen Qingyu had become leader of the Holy Land Alliance, and the Spirit Race's ancestor recounted his achievements to convince her.
• Chen Qingyu took Ling Qiuxia home and assured her that Chen Zhengxing had never resented her and had wanted to bring her back.
• Chen Zhengxing rushed out and embraced Ling Qiuxia, and the two wept as Ling Shuangxue and Chen Qingyu quietly left them alone.
• The Spirit Race's ancestor asked Chen Qingyu to execute only the chief culprits if he acted against the Spirit Race in the future.
• Chen Qingyu said he would punish those who deserved it but would not slaughter innocents, and Ling Shuangxue asked whether he truly planned to take action.

Chen Qingyu explained which Spirit Race factions he intended to punish, then reunited with his family over Chen Zhengxing’s cooking. The Myriad Stars Armillary Heaven Bell summoned the alliance’s Saints to deliberate, while Ling Qiuxia and Ling Shuangxue decided they belonged in the Divine Capital.

• Chen Qingyu told Ling Shuangxue he would avenge his family and spare none of those responsible for the attack on the Chen Clan.
• Chen Qingyu and Ling Shuangxue returned home and persuaded Chen Zhengxing to cook for the family.
• Chen Qingyu, Ling Shuangxue, and Ling Qiuxia praised Chen Zhengxing’s cooking as they shared a meal.
• The Myriad Stars Armillary Heaven Bell rang, and Chen Qingyu and Chen Zhengxing left to attend the alliance’s deliberation.
• Ling Qiuxia said she would never leave the Divine Capital, and Ling Shuangxue silently decided not to return to the royal court.

Chen Qingyu convened the Saints of the Holy Land Alliance to assess why the Emperor Yuan Palace and Sage Evolution Palace had acted contrary to expectations. He concluded that both sides were racing to revive Corpse Demons to gain Saint King-level strength, and warned that even destroyed Great Yin Grottos could eventually be used.

• A green-haired Saint from the Hanhe Minor Realm shared intelligence revealing that the Emperor Yuan Palace had withdrawn into the Saint Yuan Minor Realm while the Sage Evolution Palace launched attacks across the Southern and Eastern Regions.
• The Ninth Ancestor and other Saints discussed how the two powers’ actions differed from their earlier predictions.
• Chen Qingyu argued that Saint King-level and near-Saint King-level combat strength, rather than ordinary Saints or the existing Quasi-Emperor power balance, would decide the war.
• Chen Qingyu explained that the Emperor Yuan Palace was likely reviving Saint Kings who had died in the Saint Yuan Minor Realm, while the Sage Evolution Palace searched the continent for Saint King corpses.
• Chen Qingyu warned that Corpse Demons could revive even without bodies and might eventually exploit the Great Yin Grottos destroyed by the holy lands.