Chapter Summaries

The Chaos Divine Dynasty's palace emerged, and ten mysterious black-robed figures used their Sun and Moon Tokens to enter after their leader killed hundreds of outlaws. Ye Qiubai and Lu Changsheng's other disciples identified them as likely connected to the Divine Realm, while Xu Yeming faced danger from enemies tied to his father's past.

• The Chaos Divine Dynasty's palace rose from the ruins, and its Five-Clawed Golden Dragon barred entry until someone placed a Sun and Moon Token in its missing reverse scale.
• Ten black-robed figures carrying ten tokens flew toward the dragon, drawing attacks from hundreds of desperate outlaws.
• The black-robed leader unleashed a white light that killed the outlaws, then placed a token in the dragon's reverse scale and led his group into the palace.
• Xu Youming and Xuanyuan Tianzhao questioned the leader, who told them to savor their final moments after returning to the world of the living.
• Ye Qiubai and his disguised companions suspected the newcomers were from the Divine Realm, while Ning Chenxin worried that Xu Yeming's family enemies might confront him inside the palace.

Ye Qiubai raced ahead of the other contenders and used the Azure Cloud Token to enter the core palace, exposing his connection to the Azure Cloud Sword Master. Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue attacked too late, leaving Ye Qiubai alone inside as the others remained outside.

• The top powers and first-rate factions advanced toward the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, while Dugu Jue and Xuanyuan Tianzhao renewed their rivalry over the Azure Cloud Sword Master's inheritance.
• Hong Ying teased Ye Qiubai about the danger, and Mu Fusheng suggested waiting for the two sword cultivators to weaken each other before competing.
• Ye Qiubai and his companions split up and blended into the crowd, while Ye Qiubai concealed the Azure Cloud Token in his spatial ring.
• As the token holders neared the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, Ye Qiubai used a Directional Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman to reach the gap left by its reverse scale.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue recognized the token and struck at Ye Qiubai, but he entered the core palace before their attacks could reach him.
• Xuanyuan Che watched the failed attacks and remarked that Ye Qiubai had managed to enter in a remarkable way.

Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue entered the core palace and agreed to delay their fight while they pursued the Azure Cloud Sword Master's inheritance. Meanwhile, the Divine Realm began its infiltration of the lower realms, and Shi Sheng discovered that the palace's star chart resonated with his tenth Star Core.

• Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue entered the core palace, sensed sword light racing deeper inside, and chose not to pursue it recklessly.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao proposed that he and Dugu Jue work together to kill the heir and claim the Azure Cloud Sword Master's inheritance before settling their rivalry, and Dugu Jue agreed.
• Azure Heavenly God rallied the Divine Realm's forces and opened a tunnel for them to infiltrate the lower realms, while Xuan Heavenly God warned Lu Changsheng that the operation risked breaking the rules and bringing catastrophe.
• Lu Changsheng realized the Divine Realm planned to weaken the Chaos Realm from within and considered getting a list of infiltrators, turning his attention to Jiang Yiyu.
• Inside the core palace, Shi Sheng stared at the dome's star chart and felt it resonate with the tenth Star Core formed from Star Essence.

The Cottage disciples entered the nine-tiered altar and discovered that its first tier led to a dangerous bronze corridor filled with treasure globes. Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue showed that the globes could be drawn out of the spatial currents with matching Power of Rules.

• Shi Sheng sensed that the star chart above the altar resonated with the Star Core inside him, and the Cottage disciples discussed their rivals and warned one another to be careful.
• The ten black-robed people led the cultivators up the altar stairs, and Hong Ying led the disguised Cottage disciples after them.
• The cultivators reached the first tier and found an endless bronze corridor bordered by deadly spatial currents containing globes of light.
• A rogue cultivator reached for a globe and was torn apart by the currents, so Mu Fusheng advised the others to study the flowing Power of Rules and wait for someone to test a method.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue sent sword intent toward the same globe, drawing it out of the currents and revealing that matching Power of Rules could attract the globes.

Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue declined to fight over the Ten Thousand Treasures Corridor’s first-level treasures and continued deeper. Mu Fusheng proposed that Xiao Shitou test the spatial currents, while the mysterious Chu Yan recognized Hong Ying’s disguise and turned his attention to Xiao Shitou.

• Xuanyuan Tianzhao and Dugu Jue clashed their Sword Intents over a cluster of light, then stopped and let it return to the spatial currents before heading deeper.
• Xu Cangyuan led Xu Luo and Xu Chen onward, while an unremarkable man in the crowd silently followed them.
• Mu Fusheng asked Xiao Shitou whether his Void Sacred Body and mastery of space could withstand the spatial currents, and Xiao Shitou stepped forward to try.
• Chu Yan approached Hong Ying, guessed that she was disguised, and then turned his attention to Xiao Shitou.

Xiao Shitou entered the spatial currents and found the Empty Realm Pearl anchoring the Ten Thousand Treasures Corridor. When he touched it, the corridor began to shake, and the others left for the second-level altar while Mu Fusheng trusted that Xiao Shitou could handle the space.

• Xiao Shitou reached into the spatial currents unharmed, revealing his spatial constitution.
• Xiao Shitou entered the currents, identified the enormous white light at the space’s summit as the corridor’s anchor, and flew toward it.
• Xiao Shitou touched the light, causing the space and the Ten Thousand Treasures Corridor to tremble as primordial inscriptions appeared.
• Xu Youming explained that the Void White Emperor had created the corridor using the Empty Realm Pearl and sacrificed himself to sustain it.
• Xuanyuan Tianzhao led his group toward the second-level altar, and Chu Yan followed.
• Mu Fusheng concluded that Xiao Shitou had succeeded and led the others onward, trusting his spatial constitution.

Xiao Shitou encountered the Void White Emperor, who offered him the Empty Realm Pearl as an inheritance. After seeing Xiao Shitou’s master-made folding fan and explaining the pearl’s benefits, the Void White Emperor asked him to destroy the Divine Realm, and Xiao Shitou readily agreed.

• The Empty Realm Pearl’s primordial inscriptions trapped Xiao Shitou, and the Void White Emperor appeared before him.
• The Void White Emperor offered Xiao Shitou the pearl, but Xiao Shitou said he did not need the legacy.
• Xiao Shitou showed the Void White Emperor his folding fan, revealing that his master had made an artifact beyond the emperor’s understanding.
• The Void White Emperor explained that the pearl’s insights could help Xiao Shitou better control his Void Sacred Body.
• The Void White Emperor asked Xiao Shitou to destroy the Divine Realm, and Xiao Shitou accepted, believing the conflict was already inevitable.

Xiao Shitou accepted the Void White Emperor’s Empty Realm Pearl and began absorbing its vast spatial power, rapidly raising his cultivation. Lightning tribulations struck one after another, and he withstood the fourth and fifth levels before the sixth and seventh arrived.

• Xiao Shitou agreed to inherit the Empty Realm Pearl and help oppose the Divine Realm, then opened his Dantian so the Void White Emperor could place the pearl inside.
• The Empty Realm Pearl’s spatial power filled Xiao Shitou’s Dantian and spread through his body, nourishing him and rapidly increasing his cultivation.
• A fourth-level lightning tribulation struck Xiao Shitou, but he emerged unharmed.
• The clouds grew larger, and Xiao Shitou endured the fifth-level lightning tribulation with only a slight tremble.
• The sixth- and seventh-level lightning tribulations arrived in succession.

Xiao Shitou survived eight levels of lightning tribulation, gained the Void White Emperor’s inheritance, and collected every treasure in the Ten Thousand Treasures Corridor before the remnant soul dissipated. On the second-level altar, the gathered experts saw the first altar turn blood-red and realized someone had claimed the inheritance, though they could not identify Xiao Shitou.

• Xiao Shitou endured eight levels of lightning tribulation, and the Void White Emperor warned him that attempting the ninth without preparation could destroy his soul.
• Xiao Shitou recovered from his injuries and thanked the Void White Emperor, then asked what awaited above and learned he could take the treasures surrounding them.
• Before the Void White Emperor’s remnant soul dissipated, Xiao Shitou bowed to him and pocketed the tens of thousands of treasures in the Ten Thousand Treasures Corridor.
• The cultivators searching the corridor discovered that all its treasures had vanished, including the ones they had nearly obtained.
• On the second-level altar, Xuanyuan Tianzhao, Xu Youming, Mo Lin, and the Bitter Zen Devil Buddha saw the first altar turn blood-red and concluded that someone had claimed the Void White Emperor’s inheritance.

Hong Ying and the others discovered that the Samsara Domain’s mirrors contained individual worlds tied to the power of reincarnation and karma. Hong Ying entered a mirror depicting the Cloud Phoenix Empire’s battle against the Heavenly Dao, and Chu Yan followed; Jiu Bailu and Mu Fusheng then entered another mirror together.

• Xu Youming recognized the second floor as the Samsara Emperor Venerable’s domain, and the group considered the mirrors’ potential inheritance of reincarnation.
• Hong Ying approached a mirror, which revealed the Cloud Phoenix Empire fighting the Heavenly Dao, and stepped inside.
• Chu Yan entered Hong Ying’s mirror after realizing others could follow her into it.
• Jiu Bailu sensed reincarnation and karma within the mirrors and chose one to enter.
• Mu Fusheng chased after Jiu Bailu, claiming she had stolen his things.

Hong Ying relived her first life as empress of the Cloud Phoenix Empire and used her present power to defeat the heavenly being who was destroying it. The scene shifted to a rebuilt empire, leaving her and Chu Yan to see what became of it after she changed the past.

• Hong Ying remembered the Cloud Phoenix Empire's doomed war against the heavens and the deaths that led to her reincarnation.
• Chu Yan joined Hong Ying in the memory and urged her to intervene and address the regrets of her first life.
• Hong Ying unleashed her Imperial Intent, reincarnation power, and the heart of the latitude to destroy the lightning dragons and make the insubstantial man vanish.
• The soldiers and Empress Hong Ying in the memory thanked the unseen senior who had saved them.
• The battlefield transformed into a rebuilt Cloud Phoenix Empire that appeared magnificent but was filled with danger.

Hong Ying and Chu Yan watched the Cloud Phoenix Empire face betrayal and invasion in Hong Ying’s first life, and Hong Ying intervened to destroy the eight attacking factions. The Imperial Preceptor seemed to sense their presence and hinted at reincarnation, leaving Hong Ying determined to investigate him.

• Hong Ying entered the imperial palace and learned that nobles, ministers, and Attendants had defected to outside factions, prompting Empress Hong Ying to gather the Wilderness Realm’s forces against an expected invasion.
• Chu Yan warned Hong Ying that the Cloud Phoenix Empire could not withstand the eight factions, but Hong Ying chose to intervene and see how far this life could go.
• Nine days later, the eight factions invaded the Wilderness Realm and broke through the empire’s defenses, so Hong Ying annihilated them and transferred their reserves to the Cloud Phoenix Empire.
• Empress Hong Ying and the Nine Heavens Division wondered who had saved them, while the Imperial Preceptor suggested their unseen helper might come from another world or be connected to reincarnation.
• The Imperial Preceptor glanced toward Hong Ying and Chu Yan, leading Chu Yan and Hong Ying to agree that his mysterious origins needed a thorough investigation.

Hong Ying repeatedly saved the Cloud Phoenix Empire from destruction, then changed her strategy and left it challenges it could survive so it could grow stronger. After the empire flourished, Hong Ying passed the reincarnation trial and ascended alone, while Chu Yan was rejected because his reincarnation did not belong to this world.

• Hong Ying repeatedly intervened to save the Cloud Phoenix Empire from invasions and internal strife, while Chu Yan warned that the cycle would continue unless she changed her approach.
• Hong Ying raised her Imperial Intent and decided to let the empire face threats it could endure rather than eliminate every enemy herself.
• Hong Ying poisoned powerful cultivators among three ancient hidden clans, giving the Cloud Phoenix Empire a chance to withstand their attack and grow through a three-year struggle.
• Hong Ying continued using this strategy, helping the Cloud Phoenix Empire build strength and cohesion and begin expanding outward.
• The reincarnation illusion shattered, and Hong Ying followed a karmic thread up the stairs while Chu Yan was blasted back when he tried to follow.
• After Hong Ying disappeared into the clouds, Chu Yan asked why he could not ascend, and a voice told him his reincarnation did not belong to this world.

Chu Yan faced the Samsara Emperor Venerable while Hong Ying underwent the inheritance trial, then watched as her insight into reincarnation advanced her cultivation. Hong Ying survived a devastating ninth-level lightning tribulation and received the Hundred Refinements of Samsara, a divine ability suited to her power over the world.

• The Samsara Emperor Venerable confronted Chu Yan in the illusory realm, but stopped the reincarnation gears after Chu Yan explained he came from another world and meant no harm.
• The Samsara Emperor Venerable recognized Hong Ying's Nine Revolutions Samsara Art as his own creation and told her to investigate how it reached the Wilderness Realm.
• The Samsara Emperor Venerable explained that Hong Ying had passed the trial by stepping outside the cycle of reincarnation and viewing it from above.
• Hong Ying's understanding deepened, strengthening her power of reincarnation and triggering an exceptionally dangerous ninth-level lightning tribulation.
• After Hong Ying survived with help from Lu Changsheng's pill, the Samsara Emperor Venerable bestowed the Hundred Refinements of Samsara upon her.

Mu Fusheng and Jiu Bailu were caught in an illusion that staged their wedding, while an old man secretly tested Mu Fusheng as part of offering Jiu Bailu his inheritance. The test turned into a real-seeming attack when an unknown force seized the dragons and phoenixes above the city and came for Jiu Bailu.

• Mu Fusheng found himself in a wedding scene in the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty, with Jiu Bailu dressed as his bride.
• Mu Fusheng questioned Jiu Bailu through their voice transmission jade pendants and only believed she was real after she answered his questions.
• Jiu Bailu watched Mu Fusheng from outside the illusion with an old man, who explained that he planned to give her his inheritance and test her dao companion.
• Mu Fusheng prepared his talismans and warned Jiu Bailu to stay ready for danger in the illusion.
• A giant hand seized the nine dragons and nine phoenixes, while armored figures appeared and declared they would take Jiu Bailu to Heaven Beyond Heaven.

During a reincarnation illusion, Mu Fusheng watched Jiu Bailu get abducted by an overwhelming enemy and charged after her without hesitation. As he fought through the enemy’s armored forces, Jiu Bailu and an old man watched his strength unfold in a water mirror.

• The enormous hand threatened the Nine Dragons Divine Dynasty and demanded that Jiu Bailu come with it, while Mu Fusheng prepared her to escape.
• Mu Fusheng unleashed a net of lightning talismans, but the hand broke through, pinned Jiu Bailu, and carried her away.
• Mu Fusheng ignored Mu Zhengting’s question and charged into the sky, unleashing all nine kinds of Ancient Divine Lightning.
• The armored forces attacked Mu Fusheng with a spear formed from countless strands of Spear Intent, but his nine lightning dragons and talismans destroyed it and blasted some attackers to dust.
• Watching through a water mirror, the old man marveled at Mu Fusheng’s strength as Jiu Bailu said that what came next might be even more frightening.

Mu Fusheng used Lu Changsheng’s black robe to evade surveillance, then fought through the armored army guarding the void with nine kinds of divine lightning and explosive talismans. He broke through the blockade and charged into the void, leaving the old man stunned by how much strength he still seemed to be hiding.

• Mu Zhengting and the other observers watched Mu Fusheng shatter the armored figures’ combined strike, then lose sight of him when the lightning storm faded.
• The old man and Jiu Bailu failed to detect Mu Fusheng, who had concealed himself with the black robe Lu Changsheng made.
• Mu Fusheng reappeared inside the army’s encirclement and used nine kinds of divine lightning to destroy more than a thousand figures.
• Mu Fusheng planted an explosive talisman on an armored guard, blasted open the blockade, and escaped an encirclement with a Directional Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman.
• Mu Fusheng rode a lightning dragon toward the void as his scattered talismans detonated in a chain reaction, clearing his way through the army.
• The old man asked who Mu Fusheng’s master was, and Jiu Bailu said he still had reason to be surprised.

Mu Fusheng confronted the middle-aged man in the illusion and used the Talisman Gathering Technique to combine tens of thousands of talismans into a destructive lightning talisman. The middle-aged man finally took Mu Fusheng seriously as Mu prepared to test the first of his promised three moves.

• The old man warned Jiu Bailu that Mu Fusheng could not contend with the giant hand’s owner, but Jiu Bailu believed Mu would not need his help.
• Mu Fusheng arrived at a flower meadow and found an illusion of Jiu Bailu with a middle-aged man in a pavilion.
• The middle-aged man offered Mu Fusheng three moves, and Mu accepted while keeping his trump cards in reserve.
• Mu Fusheng summoned tens of thousands of talismans and used his Soul Nourishing Technique and talisman brush to inscribe ancient seals on them.
• Mu Fusheng combined the talismans with nine kinds of Ancient Divine Lightning, forming a powerful lightning talisman that made the middle-aged man grow serious.

Mu Fusheng used three linked talisman attacks to break through the middle-aged man’s defenses and seriously wound him. He then revealed that he had seen through the illusion and recognized the encounter as Jiu Bailu’s test.

• Mu Fusheng gathered more than ten thousand talismans with the Talisman Gathering Technique, while the middle-aged man offered to recruit him and still promised him three moves.
• Mu Fusheng unleashed a devastating beam of nine-colored lightning that destroyed the pavilion and cracked the middle-aged man’s barrier.
• Mu Fusheng vanished, attacked the middle-aged man’s eyes with two talisman-wrapped needles, and detonated them to draw his attention.
• Mu Fusheng struck the middle-aged man from behind with nine types of Ancient Divine Lightning, piercing his chest and making him spit blood.
• Mu Fusheng retreated behind defensive talismans, asked whether the three moves had satisfied the middle-aged man, and accused Jiu Bailu of putting on a convincing act.

Mu Fusheng defeated the illusion’s attacker and deduced that the trial was secretly testing whether he would protect Jiu Bailu. After reuniting with the real Jiu Bailu, he asked about Heaven Beyond Heaven and ended by demanding to know what reward they would receive for passing the trial.

• Mu Fusheng used three consecutive moves to defeat the middle-aged man in the illusion, while the old man and Jiu Bailu watched through a water mirror.
• Mu Fusheng recognized that the red-clad Jiu Bailu was an illusion, and the old man admitted that he had arranged the test to assess Mu Fusheng.
• The old man dispelled the illusion, but Mu Fusheng kept his distance from Jiu Bailu until she took his hand and proved she was real.
• Jiu Bailu blamed the test on the old man, who explained that her constitution would attract powerful factions in Heaven Beyond Heaven.
• The old man revealed that the Chaos Divine Dynasty’s Imperial Preceptor had briefly visited Heaven Beyond Heaven and warned that only a few of the dynasty’s strongest figures might survive the journey.
• Mu Fusheng asked the old man to stop discussing Heaven Beyond Heaven and tell them what inheritance rewards they would receive for passing the trial.