Chapter Summaries

Mu Fusheng revealed the Divine Talisman of Creation and reached the God Lord Realm, overwhelming the Ice God Hall and Glacier Valley. After the Ice God Hall summoned its ancestor’s remnant soul to block his attack, Mu Fusheng refused to spare its disciples, and the ancestor prepared to make a final stand.

• Mu Fusheng used the Divine Talisman of Creation to break through to the God Lord Realm, shocking the Drifting Snow Sect, the Ice God Hall, and Glacier Valley.
• Mu Fusheng struck Shen Funian and the other Ice God Hall experts with a massive lightning attack.
• Shen Funian and three Ice God Hall experts summoned their ancestor, whose remnant soul blocked Mu Fusheng’s attack at the cost of growing faint.
• The Ice God Hall ancestor asked Mu Fusheng to spare the disciples, but Mu Fusheng refused, saying he would eliminate the threat completely.
• The Ice God Hall ancestor accepted Mu Fusheng’s decision and vowed to make one last stand for the sect.

Mu Fusheng killed the Ice God Hall ancestor and its leaders after defeating them, leaving the Drifting Snow Sect in control of the Extreme Cold Star Region. He explained to Fang Qiong that his ruthless choices came from the lessons of growing up in royalty.

• Mu Fusheng used the Divinity Three Feet Above talisman to strengthen his five-colored lightning dragon and overwhelm the Ice God Hall ancestor’s ice mirrors.
• The ancestor’s remnant soul dissipated after warning Mu Fusheng that calamity would return to the Mortal Realm and urging him to resist outsiders.
• Shen Funian admitted Ice God Hall’s defeat and asked Mu Fusheng to spare its disciples, but Mu Fusheng’s lightning dragon killed the expedition members.
• The Glacier Valley master and Extreme Ice Prison sect master took their own lives, and the Rogue Cultivators recognized that the Drifting Snow Sect would rule the Extreme Cold Star Region.
• Fang Qiong asked Mu Fusheng why he had been so ruthless, and Mu Fusheng said cold-bloodedness was a compulsory lesson for someone born into royalty.

Mu Fusheng explained how he secretly stored Spiritual Qi in talismans so he could break through when danger arose, while Ye Qiubai, Fang Qiong, and Mu Ziqing trained after the battles. Mu Ziqing and Ye Qiubai prepared to leave the Drifting Snow Sect, but the Supervisory Sacred Hall arrived and summoned the sect to receive its orders.

• Mu Fusheng told Ye Qiubai, Fang Qiong, and Mu Ziqing that he had stored Spiritual Qi in talismans and later converted it into Immortal Qi to break through to the half-step Divine Lord realm.
• Ye Qiubai, Fang Qiong, and Mu Fusheng cultivated to consolidate their gains while the Drifting Snow Sect collected resources and grew its influence.
• Mu Ziqing and Ye Qiubai thanked the Drifting Snow Sect Master and elders as they prepared to leave, and the sect master promised the sect would remain Mu Ziqing's shield.
• The Drifting Snow Sect Master warned Ye Qiubai not to hurt Mu Ziqing, and Ye Qiubai promised he would not.
• The Supervisory Sacred Hall arrived in the sky and ordered the Drifting Snow Sect to await its orders.

The Supervisory Sacred Hall ordered the Extreme Cold Star Region to send at least five qualified cultivators to its headquarters, so Ye Qiubai and his companions traveled there to register. After they arrived, several men approached Mu Ziqing and Jiang Qingluan, while a burly man in black watched from nearby.

• White-Robed Inspectors announced that the Extreme Cold Star Region had to send at least five people under fifty with God King Realm cultivation to a recruitment summons in seven days.
• Ye Qiubai, Mu Ziqing, Mu Fusheng, Fang Qiong, and Jiang Qingluan agreed to represent the region and traveled to the Supervisory Sacred Hall.
• The group reached the headquarters after four days of travel and registered their star region and qualifications with a Black-Robed Inspector.
• Several men approached Mu Ziqing and Jiang Qingluan, and a burly man in black stopped before joining them.

Ye Qiubai defended Mu Ziqing from Zhang Shuming’s advances and defeated him, severing his left arm and right hand. A Yin Yang Dark Nether Sect elder then confronted Ye Qiubai, but a familiar voice intervened before Mu Fusheng could act.

• Jiang Qingluan shielded Mu Ziqing as Zhang Shuming invited them for a drink and made an insulting proposal.
• Ye Qiubai took Mu Ziqing’s hand, rejected Zhang Shuming’s wager, and challenged him to fight.
• Ye Qiubai revealed his Sword God Sword Domain and severed Zhang Shuming’s left arm and right hand with his Fourth Sword, Demon Breaking.
• A Yin Yang Dark Nether Sect elder arrived, unleashed his half-step Divine Lord Realm pressure on Ye Qiubai, and demanded to know why an outsider had disciplined their disciple.
• Mu Fusheng prepared to intervene, but a familiar voice asked why Ye Qiubai’s eldest senior brother needed the elder’s discipline.

Xiao Hei reunited with Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Fang Qiong, then had a middle-aged protector dismember the Yin Yang Dark Nether Sect's supreme elder. As the first round of the Nether Lord candidates' bouts began, Xiao Hei arrived at the Yellow Springs Platform, where the other candidates questioned his abilities.

• Xiao Hei reunited with Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Fang Qiong, and Mu Ziqing, revealing that his physical strength had reached the Half-Step God Emperor Realm.
• A middle-aged man neutralized the Yin Yang Dark Nether Sect supreme elder's pressure and cut off his left arm and right hand at Xiao Hei's request.
• The middle-aged man told Xiao Hei that he had been ordered to guard him against assassinations during the Nether Lord succession competition.
• Xiao Hei explained that he had trained by entering a tributary of the Yellow Springs River and enduring the dead souls gnawing at his body.
• When the first round began, Xiao Hei arrived at the Yellow Springs Platform, where the other candidates watched him and questioned his ability.

Xiao Hei faced the other candidates on the Yellow Springs Platform after joining the succession competition midway, and his savagery emerged under their assault. He defeated the strongest challengers and invited everyone else to attack him together.

• The candidates resented Xiao Hei's special entry and agreed to target him, while Cui Fu watched from a distant hall and anticipated seeing his limits.
• When the Yellow Springs Bell rang, Xiao Hei stepped onto the platform and endured the candidates' combined pressure without moving.
• Xiao Hei took a half-step God Emperor Realm cultivator's punch without injury, then slapped him off the platform and sent several others tumbling with him.
• Xiao Hei charged Su Fan, endured his dagger piercing his palm, and overwhelmed him with a relentless assault.
• Xiao Hei's Devil God Dark Armor appeared, and he knocked Su Fan off the platform with a punch before challenging everyone else to attack him together.

Xiao Hei fought off the Nine Nether Underworld cultivators and was chosen as its representative heir to the Nether Lord. He later told Ye Qiubai and the others that he must defeat the other two heirs, with He Ming assigned to help him.

• Xiao Hei taunted the Nine Nether Underworld cultivators until they attacked him together on the Yellow Springs Platform.
• Xiao Hei defeated the attackers while his vicious Qi consumed his consciousness, then charged at the elder.
• Cui Fu stopped Xiao Hei, declared him the Nine Nether Underworld's candidate, and took him away.
• After Xiao Hei awoke, Cui Fu explained that a Yellow Springs Spirit Pearl would absorb much of his vicious Qi and revealed that he had become the representative heir to the Nether Lord.
• Cui Fu told Xiao Hei to defeat or kill the other two heirs and assigned He Ming to stay by his side.
• Xiao Hei finished recounting the events, and Ye Qiubai asked why he had appeared there.

Xiao Hei revealed that the Supervisory Sacred Hall was gathering young God Kings to enter an ancient battlefield in the depths of the Endless Sea, where the Kunlun Ruins and a coveted divine object lay. As Ye Qiubai’s group prepared to face the dangerous expedition, seven Divine Lord forces agreed to cooperate and investigate the Hall’s intentions.

• Xiao Hei told Ye Qiubai’s group that the depths of the Endless Sea held an ancient battlefield known as the Twilight of the Gods, where the Kunlun Ruins were located.
• Xiao Hei explained that the Supervisory Sacred Hall had been sending prodigies into the battlefield and was now summoning outsiders because its own candidates could not pass the trials.
• Xiao Hei revealed that the Supervisory Sacred Hall had at least four God Lord Realm experts, including one at the peak, and Ye Qiubai urged the group to prepare cautiously.
• Mu Fusheng left to prepare more trump cards, while Jiang Qingluan departed after Mu Fusheng accepted her offer to leave during their private discussion.
• The external avatars of seven Divine Lords debated the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s plans, and the Primordial Sword Master proposed sharing information until the matter was resolved.

Nan Congyin, a God Lord Realm expert from the Supervisory Sacred Hall, gathered the High-Latitude Realm’s young talents and claimed the Hall would share an ancient battlefield for the sake of cultivation. Ye Qiubai and his companions suspected his stated purpose was false, and the group set out for the Endless Sea in the Mid-Latitude Realm.

• A calm voice summoned the young talents to the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s main entrance, where Ye Qiubai and the others saw Nan Congyin, a God Lord Realm expert.
• Nan Congyin praised the gathered prodigies and promised that the operation could help them advance toward the God Lord Realm.
• Jin Wujin and Ji Qianyao questioned why the Supervisory Sacred Hall had summoned them and asked about their destination and purpose.
• Nan Congyin said the Hall had discovered an ancient battlefield and was sharing access to support the High-Latitude Realm’s cultivation civilization.
• Ye Qiubai and his companions suspected Nan Congyin was passing a false purpose off as truth, while Jin Wujin, Ji Qianyao, and others grew wary.
• Nan Congyin used a jade seal to lead the group toward the Endless Sea in the Mid-Latitude Realm, surprising them that the battlefield lay there.

After the Cloud Phoenix Empire conquered the Mid-Latitude Realm, Hong Ying absorbed its Heart of the Latitude and rose to the early-stage God Emperor Realm. A rift then opened above the Endless Sea, bringing figures from the High-Latitude Realm, and Hong Ying went to investigate as Nan Congyin led young prodigies toward the Ancient Battlefield.

• The Cloud Phoenix Empire brought the Firmament Domain under its rule, completing its conquest of the Mid-Latitude Realm.
• Hong Ying absorbed the Heart of the Latitude and broke through to the early-stage God Emperor Realm, while the power also helped cultivators across the Firmament Domain advance.
• The Cloud Phoenix Empire's ministers, soldiers, and generals congratulated Hong Ying, and Mu Wan'er, Shi Sheng, and Ning Chenxin joined her.
• A massive rift opened in the sky, and figures from the High-Latitude Realm rushed toward the Endless Sea.
• Hong Ying set out for the Endless Sea with Mu Wan'er and the others, followed by the Mid-Latitude Realm's top experts.
• Nan Congyin led the young prodigies through the sea storm to the depths of the Endless Sea, where they would pass through to the Ancient Battlefield.

Hong Ying confronted Nan Congyin and the Supervisory Sacred Hall delegation at the deadly waterspouts leading to the ancient battlefield, declaring that the Cloud Phoenix Empire ruled the Mid-Latitude Realm. She left no room for retreat, defending her authority and Imperial Intent against Nan Congyin’s pressure.

• Nan Congyin explained that only cultivators under fifty with God King Realm cultivation could attempt to pass through the waterspouts, where sea Devil Beasts would kill anyone swept inside.
• Nan Congyin offered the prodigies a chance to leave, but none of them departed.
• Hong Ying arrived with three companions, and the gathered cultivators sensed that she was stronger than they were.
• Hong Ying told Nan Congyin that the Cloud Phoenix Empire had unified the Mid-Latitude Realm and challenged the Supervisory Sacred Hall for arriving without acknowledging her rule.
• Hong Ying spread her imperial declaration throughout the Mid-Latitude Realm, inspiring its cultivators as she stood firm against Nan Congyin.

Hong Ying arrived with her fellow disciples and resisted Nan Congyin’s Divine Lord pressure, establishing herself as the ruler of the Mid-Latitude Realm. After Mu Fusheng secretly informed her of the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s scheme to gather forces for the Ancient Battlefield, she agreed to join the crossing, where the Hall’s people prepared to go first.

• Hong Ying appeared with her disciples, leaving Jiang Qingluan and the others astonished by the range of geniuses from their school.
• Nan Congyin tested Hong Ying with his Divine Lord pressure, but her Imperial Intent and the Heart of the Latitude let her stand firm and push back.
• Nan Congyin offered Hong Ying a place in the journey to the Ancient Battlefield, and Mu Fusheng secretly told her what the Supervisory Sacred Hall was planning.
• Hong Ying accepted the invitation and listened as Nan Congyin explained the dangers of the waterspouts, giant phantoms, and deep-sea Devil Beasts.
• Nan Congyin said the Supervisory Sacred Hall would lead the way, and one of its late God King realm men charged into the waterspouts.

The group watched a Supervisory Sacred Hall prodigy attempt to pass through the shifting waterspouts, whose spatial distortions and water-droplet swords attacked him. Ning Chenxin identified the concealed killing intent behind the hazards, and the man broke through the first obstacles only to face a wall of nine waterspouts.

• Nan Congyin sent a tall, thin prodigy from the Supervisory Sacred Hall into the waterspouts to demonstrate their dangers.
• Mu Fusheng explained that the waterspouts distorted space and slowed the man as two of them converged on his path.
• Ning Chenxin sensed killing intent and described how distorted space and water droplets could trap and cut apart anyone who entered.
• The man used his staff to shatter the closing spatial net, then dodged or struck down the water-droplet swords as he passed through the converging waterspouts.
• The man found a wall formed by nine waterspouts ahead, and someone in the watching group shouted that there was no way through.

Nan Congyin revealed the deadly second trial and pressured the gathered prodigies into staying, after which Hong Ying led Ye Qiubai and the others toward the waterspouts. As they studied the passage, the oddball Song Xiao introduced himself and proposed joining their group.

• Nan Congyin explained that the second trial required passing through a fleeting fissure between nine waterspouts, and that a final aptitude test awaited beyond it.
• Nan Congyin offered the prodigies a chance to leave, but Jin Wujin and Ye Qiubai recognized that his words would burden anyone who retreated with an inner demon.
• Hong Ying charged toward the waterspouts, and Ye Qiubai, Ning Chenxin, Mu Wan'er, Xiao Hei, Jin Wujin, and Ji Qianyao followed her.
• Ye Qiubai and his companions quickly passed the first trial, then paused before the waterspouts to assess the second.
• Song Xiao approached Ye Qiubai, revealed that he was an early-stage God Emperor, and eagerly asked to join their group; Mu Fusheng and Ning Chenxin noticed a man and woman in the crowd looking away.

Ye Qiubai and the others assessed how to cross the chaotic waterspouts, and Song Xiao proposed working together to hold open the gaps with coordinated attacks. After Jiang Wu died trying to cross a gap, the prodigies agreed to attack together, and they launched their first volley when an opening appeared.

• Song Xiao suggested striking each gap with prepared attacks to keep it open, and Ye Qiubai and the others considered cooperating with him.
• Jiang Wu punched a gap and charged through, but the waterspouts closed over him and swallowed him into the sea.
• Cheng Rongzhi proposed that the prodigies attack each gap together and warned that anyone who held back would become their target.
• Ye Qiubai revealed the Sword God’s intent, and Cheng Rongzhi praised him and asked to spar after they crossed.
• Mu Fusheng concealed his strength and joked that his talent was a little weaker.
• When a gap appeared, the prodigies unleashed their attacks together.

Ye Qiubai’s group and the other cultivators forced open the waterspout’s gap and discovered that the ancient battlefield lay atop the tail of a Kunpeng. At the battlefield’s entrance, the stone stele rejected every cultivator who tried it, and Ye Qiubai prepared to test whether he could gain the remnant souls’ recognition.

• Ye Qiubai’s group and the other cultivators combined their attacks to widen the waterspout’s gap and rushed through before it closed, while seven cultivators were swallowed by the waterspout.
• Song Xiao identified the enormous exotic beast as a Kunpeng, and Kunpeng told those who had passed the first two trials to seek recognition from the remnant souls in the Ancient Battlefield.
• Ye Qiubai and the others found a vast battlefield on Kunpeng’s tail and saw a stone stele engraved with the words “Mortal Realm.”
• Kunpeng explained that placing a hand on the stele would reveal whether a cultivator could enter, but the stone showed no response to the prodigies who tried.
• Ye Qiubai’s companions urged him to try next, confident that he would be recognized, while Song Xiao questioned their certainty.

Ye Qiubai gained a remnant soul’s recognition and received a sword token that opened a way into the Ancient Battlefield. Before he could enter, Nan Congyin and He Shangke prepared to break the battlefield’s barrier, but an enormous figure rose from the sea and condemned them.

• Ye Qiubai entered the Celestial Person State and pressed his hand against the stele, causing it to shine with sword intent and move aside.
• A sword token fell into Ye Qiubai’s hand, and he told Hong Ying and the others he would wait for them beyond the barrier.
• Nan Congyin and He Shangke appeared above the Ancient Battlefield with scrolls containing formations powerful enough to kill God Lord Realm experts.
• Nan Congyin announced that their formations would shatter the barrier and let everyone enter the Ancient Battlefield.
• A thunderous voice denounced Nan Congyin and He Shangke for breaking the forebears’ rules, and an enormous figure surged out of the sea.

The Dark Lord sent Liu Ziru to investigate the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s entry into the Ancient Battlefield, hoping to involve Lu Changsheng in the matter. At the battlefield, the Supervisory Sacred Hall used God-Suppressing Lightning Nails to restrain Kunpeng.

• The Dark Lord told Liu Ziru that the Supervisory Sacred Hall had found a way into the Ancient Battlefield and ordered him to investigate covertly.
• Liu Ziru agreed to investigate but said he would report the mission to Lu Changsheng first, causing the Dark Lord to spit blood in frustration.
• Kunpeng confronted Nan Congyin and the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s group, condemning them for violating the Ancient Battlefield.
• He Shangke challenged Kunpeng’s ability to stop them, and Nan Congyin said they would not kill him.
• Four God-Suppressing Lightning Nails struck Kunpeng and suppressed him with purple lightning.

Nan Congyin and He Shangke used a destructive formation to break the Ancient Battlefield’s barrier from within, revealing the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s plan to gain control of a divine object. He Shangke placed soul restrictions on the gathered prodigies, but Lu Changsheng’s protections destroyed the restrictions before they could reach Ye Qiubai and his companions.

• The four God-Suppressing Lightning Nails pinned Kunpeng, who warned Nan Congyin and He Shangke that destroying the Ancient Battlefield’s gate could expose the Mortal Realm to invasion.
• Kunpeng recognized the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s intentions and stopped struggling, while Ye Qiubai and the others realized the Hall’s purpose was connected to the Evil Devil Domain.
• Nan Congyin and He Shangke used two formation scrolls to send destructive spiders through the stone tablet’s barrier, opening a vast gap from the inside.
• The barrier broke, releasing the Ancient Battlefield’s ancient aura, and Nan Congyin and He Shangke celebrated their chance to search for a divine object.
• He Shangke placed soul restrictions on the prodigies to prevent them from revealing what had happened, but Lu Changsheng’s protections intercepted and destroyed the restrictions targeting Ye Qiubai and his companions.