Chapter Summaries

Wang Lici and her companions arrived at Divine Ying Hall to climb the rankings, where they learned about the hall’s history and met Suxin Goddess and An Yun. As the young geniuses entered the trial, Immortal Emperor Ziwei challenged Haotian Sword Emperor to a high-stakes bet, and he accepted without asking what it involved.

• Wang Lici thanked Crown Prince Hou for his lavish hospitality and said she wanted to visit Demon Divine Hall after climbing the rankings.
• Qingli Goddess and Junhao God-Child explained Divine Ying Hall’s history, the coming great age of contention, and Junhao’s improved bloodline aptitude after using Primordial Divine Fluid.
• Suxin Goddess arrived with An Yun, greeted Qingli Goddess and Junhao God-Child, and joined the group entering Divine Ying Hall.
• Qingli Goddess and Junhao God-Child described Ancient God Wa and other ancient gods who created races, while Wang Lici wondered whether the vanished species could have been good ingredients.
• Immortal Emperor Ziwei challenged Haotian Sword Emperor to a bet in which the winner could demand anything of the loser, and Haotian Sword Emperor immediately agreed.

Immortal Emperor Ziwei and Haotian Sword Emperor wagered on whether her disciples could outrank Junhao on the Divine Prodigy Ranking, while their young talents explored the rankings and began the trial. Anyun’s extraordinary power revealed Ziwei’s investment in raising her talent, and Ziwei explained that she might pass down her inheritance to prepare a successor for the Ziwei Divine Palace.

• Immortal Emperor Ziwei bet Haotian Sword Emperor that one of her two disciples would rank higher than Junhao on the Divine Prodigy Ranking, and he eagerly accepted.
• Junhao showed Wang Lici and Anyun the contemporary and historical rankings, explaining that only Quantian and the former God-Child Yushu from the current era had made the historical top hundred.
• Junhao paid the trial fee, and Anyun entered the Divine Prodigy trial, where she swiftly crushed the first-stage Devil Master with her Primal Chaos Divine Magnetism Art.
• Suxin explained that Anyun inherited the powerful art, while Immortal Emperor Ziwei revealed she had spent heavily to raise Anyun’s bloodline to Goddess Grade D.
• Immortal Emperor Ziwei told Haotian Sword Emperor that she might pass the Golden Que Divine Canon to Anyun, even at the cost of her own prospects, so Anyun could protect the Ziwei Divine Palace’s legacy.

An Yun Goddess fought through the Divine Ying trial, reaching the tenth stage before eight Devil Masters killed her, but her performance earned her ninety-seventh place on the all-time rankings. The Divine Ying Artifact Spirit awarded her 1,300 Chaos Spirit Stones, leaving Wang Lici eager to summon her Fourth Uncle to challenge the trial.

• An Yun Goddess cleared the first nine stages, defeating increasingly powerful Devil forces and surviving a brutal battle against four Devil Masters and sixty True Devils in the ninth stage.
• An Yun Goddess died in the tenth stage after killing three of the eight Devil Masters surrounding her, and Junhao God-Child laughed at her stunned reaction.
• The Divine Ying Artifact Spirit announced that An Yun Goddess ranked ninety-seventh on the all-time list, pushing Junhao God-Child from second to third and listing An Yun under the Ziwei Divine Palace.
• The Divine Ying Artifact Spirit explained that top-ranked trial-takers received Chaos Spirit Stone rewards and told An Yun Goddess she had earned 1,300 stones.
• An Yun Goddess withdrew her reward, while Qingli Goddess hurried to defend her ranking and Wang Lici decided to tell her Fourth Uncle about the trial.

Qingli Goddess, Crown Prince Hou, Junhao God-Child, and Wang Lici took turns challenging the Divine Ying trial, and Wang Lici earned an astonishing eightieth place on the historical rankings. Meanwhile, Immortal Emperor Ziwei persuaded Haotian Sword Emperor to join her in a dangerous expedition, and Wang Anye returned with a delegation that included a curious Nanming Immortal Emperor projection heading to meet Wang Shouzhe.

• Qingli Goddess reached the ninth stage but fell short, then Crown Prince Hou also failed there and took third place on the contemporary rankings, pushing Junhao God-Child down.
• Junhao God-Child cleared the tenth stage and died in the eleventh, returning to third place on the contemporary rankings but ranking far below Anyun Goddess overall because of his age.
• Immortal Emperor Ziwei asked Haotian Sword Emperor to accompany her to the Ancient God Battlefield's core, and he agreed after she invoked their old bond.
• Wang Lici smashed her way through the trial to the tenth stage, where she nearly cleared it, and placed eightieth on the historical rankings, earning three thousand Chaos Spirit Stones.
• Immortal Emperor Ziwei and Haotian Sword Emperor discussed seeking an Ancient God inheritance for Wang Lici, while Wang Lici explained that her family had once been a tiny Ninth-Rank Aristocratic Clan.
• Wang Anye returned to Myriad Island Profound Heaven with the Three Formation Dao Lords, formation masters, and other guests, while Nanming Immortal Emperor's projection planned to meet Wang Shouzhe and test his reputation.

The Nanming Immortal Emperor tested Wang Shouzhe at the Wuji Divine Palace and was caught in a trap of poisonous vines, altered space, and combat plants. He surrendered while the Taishang Immortal Emperor and the gathered witnesses watched and recorded his humiliation.

• The Nanming Immortal Emperor persuaded the Taishang Immortal Emperor to seal off the area and broadcast his test of Wang Shouzhe, while Dao Master Chang Geng worried about the Azure Emperor lineage’s successor.
• At Deercry Garden, Wang Shouzhe made Little Deer, Little Xingchen, and Wang Yinliang do homework as he advised the Divine Maiden Xinglan to use harsher measures to reform the Wuji Divine Palace.
• The Nanming Immortal Emperor appeared at the pavilion and pressured Wang Shouzhe and the Divine Maiden Xinglan, but Wang Shouzhe calmly continued supervising the children’s homework.
• Wang Shouzhe ambushed the Nanming Immortal Emperor with Dark Poison Vines, then used a Realm Command Token fragment and more combat plants to trap and weaken his projection.
• The Nanming Immortal Emperor shouted that he was one of Wang Shouzhe’s own and begged him to stop, while the Taishang Immortal Emperor kept broadcasting the fight.
• Dao Master Chang Geng, Wang Anye, Dao Master Three Arrays, and the others recorded the Nanming Immortal Emperor’s surrender.

Wang Shouzhe subdued the Nanming Immortal Emperor’s projection, then revealed that his healing talent could improve the Immortal Emperor’s damaged origin. Nanming agreed to bring his true body, artifact-forging team, and a Creation Divine Pill to the Wuji Divine Palace, while Wang Shouzhe continued his work there.

• Wang Shouzhe overpowered the Nanming Immortal Emperor’s projection with the Creation Crystal and combat plants until the Taishang Immortal Emperor intervened and confirmed the projection’s identity.
• Wang Shouzhe apologized to the two Immortal Emperors, and the Nanming Immortal Emperor explained that Supreme Ming had damaged his origin during the failed rescue of the Wuyue Immortal Emperor.
• Wang Shouzhe said his healing talent could treat Nanming’s origin injury, prompting Nanming to offer to bring his true body and artifact-forging materials to the Wuji Divine Palace.
• Wang Shouzhe asked Nanming to bring his Creation Divine Pill, and Nanming reluctantly presented it as a gift after Wang Shouzhe insisted on paying.

Wang Shouzhe hosted several powerful guests at Deercry Garden, where discussions about a long-distance teleportation array turned into a scramble over its location and commercial potential. He used a logistics-system proposal to draw the factions into investing, leaving Goddess Xinglan impressed and Dao Master Changeng anxious to secure a place for Qingdi Divine Palace beside him.

• Dao Master Chenge brought Dao Master Changeng, Dao Master Sanzhen, and Formation Masters to Deercry Garden, where Wang Shouzhe and Goddess Xinglan welcomed them.
• Wang Shouzhe discussed a teleportation-array contract with Dao Master Sanzhen, who explained that the Immortal Realm entrance could be built at a location of their choosing.
• Goddess Xinglan, Nanming Immortal Emperor, Taishang Immortal Emperor, and Dao Master Changeng argued over where the Immortal Realm entrance should be built.
• Wang Longyan and Tong Guanxiong reported on a proposed logistics system, and the guests realized it could work in tandem with the teleportation array.
• After Tong Guanxiong cited a lack of funds, Nanming Immortal Emperor, Dao Master Changeng, Dao Master Sanzhen, and Taishang Immortal Emperor offered investments that rapidly covered the logistics and array costs.
• Wang Longyan realized Wang Shouzhe had planned to raise money from the other factions, while Goddess Xinglan marveled at his business methods.

Nanming Immortal Emperor mobilized his divine palace after signing investment contracts with Wang Shouzhe, then learned that Wang Lici had entered the Divine Brilliance Rankings’ historical top hundred. Chang Geng Dao Master rushed to gather the Azure Emperor Divine Palace’s treasures to secure Wang Shouzhe, while Wang Lici learned that her fourth uncle had arrived in the Immortal Realm.

• Nanming Immortal Emperor and Taishang Immortal Emperor signed Starry Ripple Goddess’s logistics investment contract, and Nanming withdrew his consciousness to summon his deputy palace masters.
• Nanming ordered Yan Yinglong to prepare an artifact-refining team to accompany him to the Boundless Divine Palace, then learned that Wang Lici and Goddess Anyun had entered the Divine Brilliance Rankings’ historical top hundred.
• Nanming returned to Deercry Garden, told Wang Shouzhe about Wang Lici’s ranking, and urged him to challenge the rankings so Taishang Immortal Emperor would lose his historical top-hundred place.
• Chang Geng Dao Master ordered Divine Son Huang to send three thousand Chaos Spirit Stones, teleportation-array materials, all eleven drops of Primordial Divine Liquid, and the Divine Seed to the Limitless Divine Palace.
• Aboard a ferry vessel, Suxin Goddess and Prince Hou discussed Xinglan Goddess and Wang Shouzhe, and Wang Lici realized her fourth uncle had finally arrived in the Immortal Realm.

Wang Shouzhe reunited with Wang Lici in the Immortal Realm and scolded her for risking her life, then made her resume her studies. As Wang Longyan raised her bloodline to Goddess Grade, she prepared to pursue a place on the Divine Hero List and become Demon Emperor Chongxiao’s disciple.

• Wang Lici realized that the Wang Shouzhe Qingli Goddess had heard about was her Fourth Uncle, while several Divine Palaces independently sent ships laden with supplies for Young Master Shouzhe.
• Wang Lici and Qingli Goddess visited Wang Shouzhe, who welcomed Qingli with a gift and reprimanded Lici for endangering herself.
• Wang Shouzhe reunited Wang Lici with Wang Longyan, gave Longyan a Creation Divine Pill and Primordial Divine Liquid, and ordered Lici to catch up on her lessons.
• Wang Longyan used the gifts to raise her bloodline to the upper-middle range of Goddess Grade D.
• Wang Longyan planned to improve her Divine Hero List standing and seek Demon Emperor Chongxiao as her master.

Wang Shouzhe treated the Nanming Immortal Emperor’s Nether-inflicted injuries and found that stronger bloodline advancement could greatly improve the chance of recovery. He considered ways to raise his aptitude, while the Nanming Immortal Emperor offered resources and urged him toward the Divine Brilliance List and Azure Emperor legacy.

• Wang Shouzhe paused his lesson for the children and took the Nanming Immortal Emperor to a side room for treatment.
• Wang Shouzhe suppressed a small amount of Nether’s evil power and estimated that advancing his bloodline could raise the Nanming Immortal Emperor’s chance of recovery from fifty percent to as high as seventy percent.
• The Nanming Immortal Emperor offered Wang Shouzhe primal divine liquid and permission to enter the Li Huo Heavenly Realm, and Wang Shouzhe agreed to attempt the trial.
• Wang Shouzhe asked about the Eternal Divine Pill, and the Nanming Immortal Emperor explained its difficulty and said controlling at least half of a World-Control Token could improve the refinement success rate.
• The Nanming Immortal Emperor proposed further bloodline-advancement measures and urged Wang Shouzhe to rank highly on the Divine Brilliance List before inheriting the Azure Emperor legacy.

Wang Shouzhe’s guests arrived to visit Wang Lici, but the Nanming Immortal Emperor’s failed attempt to explain her test led him to dump the young elites into Shouzhe’s hands. When Crown Prince Hou tried to escape the resulting lessons, Shouzhe restrained and subdued him, leaving the others to reconsider their objections.

• Xinglan Goddess brought a group of young elites to Luming Garden, where they discussed Wang Shouzhe’s wealth and Qingli Goddess’s support gift.
• Wang Shouzhe greeted the visitors, marked Wang Lici’s test, and let her join her friends after she scored seventeen points out of one hundred.
• The Nanming Immortal Emperor revealed his identity, failed to solve Lici’s questions, and ordered Mingzhe God-Child to explain them; Mingzhe also admitted he could not.
• The Nanming Immortal Emperor declared that the young elites needed education and left them in Wang Shouzhe’s care.
• Anyun Goddess, Junhao God-Child, and Crown Prince Hou tried to leave, but Wang Shouzhe’s power trapped them; Crown Prince Hou transformed into his true form and was bound by black vines.
• Wang Shouzhe asked the subdued young elites who agreed or objected to studying.

Wang Shouzhe forced the visiting God-Children and Goddesses to study while Wang Longyan challenged the Divine Hero List and claimed its top spot. She left the hall ranked first among the current generation and sixty-third on the historical leaderboard, as Yunlang Dao Child asked to follow her.

• Wang Shouzhe restrained Crown Prince Hou, persuaded the other God-Children and Goddesses to study, and had Xinglan distribute placement tests.
• Several months later, Dao Son Yunlang cleared the sixth trial stage and reached twenty-ninth place on the Divine Hero List.
• Wang Longyan entered the Divine Hero Trial, defeated its early stages with ease, and forced Yunlang back with a glance.
• Wang Longyan passed the tenth stage and fought through the eleventh before collapsing, earning enough points to take first place from Quantian God-Child.
• Wang Longyan appeared sixty-third on the historical overall leaderboard, pushing Wang Lici and others down and removing Yushu from the list.
• Yunlang Dao Child bowed to Wang Longyan and asked to become her follower.

Wang Longyan rejected Dao Child Yunlang and traveled to Haotian City, where Demon Emperor Chongxiao learned of her extraordinary talent and tried to recruit her. When she refused his offer and declared her wish to pursue the Profound Ice sword path at the Haotian Divine Hall, Chongxiao prepared to approach her himself with a valuable gift.

• Wang Longyan turned down God-Child Yunlang, while a black-hooded man secretly followed her to Haotian City and reported to Demon Emperor Chongxiao.
• After hearing that Wang Longyan ranked sixty-third on the historical overall rankings, Demon Emperor Chongxiao decided to accept her as his disciple, but Black Impermanence persuaded him to wait and let her come to him.
• Elder Shadow Baleful Intent reported that Wang Longyan had met Haotian Sword Emperor's projection, sought sword-path guidance, and planned to stay at the Haotian Divine Hall, so Chongxiao ordered him to invite her to the Myriad Transformations Heavenly Devil Palace.
• Elder Shadow Baleful Intent told Chongxiao that Wang Longyan had refused, explaining that devil cultivation had been forced on her and that she wanted to pursue the Profound Ice sword path at the Haotian Divine Hall.
• Demon Emperor Chongxiao raged at Black Impermanence, then decided to prepare gifts and ordered someone to fetch his Chongxiao Demon Sword.

Wang Longyan sparred with Jian Guichen and impressed the Haotian Sword Emperor and Immortal Emperor Ziwei with her skill and resolve. After she arranged for Jian Guichen to teach the Wang Clan’s young sword cultivators, the Haotian Sword Emperor tried to recruit her as his disciple, but Demon Emperor Chongxiao burst in and began competing with him for her allegiance.

• Wang Longyan fought Jian Guichen for nearly an hour before exhausting her Profound Qi and respectfully thanking him for his guidance.
• The Haotian Sword Emperor and Immortal Emperor Ziwei praised Wang Longyan’s talent and resolve while watching the spar.
• Wang Longyan asked Jian Guichen to visit the Divine Martial World and teach talented Wang Clan children, and he agreed.
• After Wang Longyan replenished her strength, the Haotian Sword Emperor urged her to establish a master-disciple relationship with him.
• Demon Emperor Chongxiao smashed into Haotian Pavilion’s private room and accused the Haotian Sword Emperor of stealing his disciple.
• Demon Emperor Chongxiao and the Haotian Sword Emperor offered Wang Longyan swords, treasures, and positions in their sects to win her over.

Wang Longyan became Demon Emperor Chongxiao’s disciple and received powerful treasures before joining him at the Myriad Transformations Heavenly Demon Palace. Later, Wang Anye raised his bloodline, entered the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm, and claimed thirty-eighth place on the historical Divine Ying Rankings, surpassing Wang Longyan’s record.

• Wang Longyan accepted Demon Emperor Chongxiao as her master, and he gave her the Chongxiao Demon Sword, cultivation resources, and a promise to guide her.
• Wang Longyan obtained six drops of Primordial Divine Liquid from Haotian Sword Emperor after Chongxiao offered to join his Ancient God Battlefield expedition.
• Wang Longyan sent her resources to Wang Shouzhe and followed Chongxiao to the Myriad Transformations Heavenly Demon Palace.
• Divine Maiden Xinglan persuaded Demon Son Luoting to sign an investment contract, then took him to Luming Garden to join the other students.
• Wang Anye used a Creation Divine Pill and Primordial Divine Liquid to raise his bloodline, then broke through to the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm.
• Wang Anye entered the Divine Ying Hall and reached thirty-eighth place on the historical overall rankings, surpassing Wang Longyan’s record.

Luoting Demon Child learned that Wang Longyan and Wang Anye had risen high on the Divine Hero Ranking while he studied under Wang Shouzhe. Later, Wang Shouzhe awakened the Azure Emperor Divine Palace’s inherited divine seed with his life origin power, leaving Dao Master Chang Geng astonished.

• Luoting Demon Child learned that his master had given Wang Longyan the Myriad Transformations Devil Palace’s treasures and authority after she reached sixty-third place on the all-time Divine Hero Ranking.
• The students discussed Wang Longyan’s achievement and Wang Anye’s rise to thirty-eighth place before Wang Shouzhe arrived and began their lesson.
• Wang Shouzhe treated Nanming Immortal Emperor, who won three chess games and urged him to compete in the Divine Hero Ranking; Wang Shouzhe said his plans did not require him to join.
• Dao Master Chang Geng pressed Wang Shouzhe to return to the Azure Emperor Divine Palace and claim its inheritance, pointing out that he had received its inherited divine seed.
• Wang Shouzhe found the seed in his Storage Ring and infused it with life origin power, causing it to pulse, consume his power, and radiate a profound aura of life.

Wang Shouzhe activated the Azure Emperor’s divine seed but could not make it sprout, while Supreme You recruited the injured Supreme Ming to pursue Martial Peak’s reincarnation and the World Command Token. At the Wang Clan Research Institute, Wang Youyue became the first test subject for a new bloodline-improvement formula, which successfully raised his aptitude.

• Wang Shouzhe told Chang Geng Dao Master that the divine seed had awakened but had not sprouted, and agreed to visit the Azure Emperor Divine Palace after handling his affairs.
• Supreme You visited Supreme Ming beneath the Lunar Nether Soul Tree and offered Primordial Demon God Blood in exchange for cooperation.
• Supreme Ming used the blood to dispel much of the Nanming Divine Fire in its body, then agreed to investigate the Wang Clan and help Supreme You target Martial Peak’s reincarnation.
• Supreme You identified Wang Shouzhe and his clan as targets, revealing that Martial Peak’s reincarnation was among them and that they were guests at the Boundless Divine Palace.
• Wang Liyue, Jing Feifei, and Wang Jinlu tested the Saint Improvement Essence Version on Wang Youyue, raising his bloodline aptitude from Dao Child Grade B, thirteen percent, to Dao Child Grade A, two percent.

Yao Ruping blackmailed Gou Yuyang into helping her get close to Wang Shouzhe, while Wang Longyan settled into Heaven-Embracing Tower and began training under Demon Emperor Chongxiao. The chapter left Wang Longyan trapped in a deadly Beast Arena battle after Chongxiao departed and revealed that only she or the demonic beast could survive.

• Yao Ruping threatened Gou Yuyang with exposure of their affair and his embezzlement, forcing him to help her approach Wang Shouzhe.
• Black Impermanence escorted Wang Longyan to Heaven-Embracing Tower, where she settled into her new residence in the Myriad Transformations Heavenly Devil Palace.
• Demon Emperor Chongxiao visited Wang Longyan, reviewed her Divine Brilliance Rankings trial recordings, and trained her for more than a month.
• Demon Emperor Chongxiao brought Wang Longyan into Supreme Zhi's Beast Arena and summoned a powerful demonic beast as her opponent.
• Demon Emperor Chongxiao revealed that only Wang Longyan or the beast could leave alive, then admitted he had left for the Ancient God Battlefield, leaving her to face the charging creature alone.

Wang Longyan survived Demon Emperor Chongxiao’s brutal beast-arena trial, awakened her fighting spirit, and earned his confidence as a potential Lesser Demon Emperor. Meanwhile, Wang Shouzhe treated Yao Ruping, resisted her advances, and agreed with the Nanming Immortal Emperor to investigate her as a possible Devil Race pawn.

• Wang Longyan fought a rapidly healing Demonic Beast, rediscovered her resolve under the threat of death, and killed it with a strike through its heart.
• Demon Emperor Chongxiao praised Wang Longyan’s performance, treated her injuries, and promised to arrange another battle after she asked for one.
• At Deer Cry Garden, Wang Shouzhe agreed to examine Yao Ruping, the Xuanyuan Clan’s second wife, while Starfall Goddess and the others speculated about her visit.
• Wang Shouzhe diagnosed Yao Ruping’s recurring heart ailment and prescribed medicine, then expelled her when she tried to seduce him.
• The Nanming Immortal Emperor discussed Yao Ruping’s charm techniques with Wang Shouzhe and agreed to investigate her connections.

Wang Anye was brought by the Taishang Immortal Emperor to solve the Divine Artifact formation disk sealing the Qinglun Divine Dynasty. He cleared its eighty-one-step cage maze with his uncanny luck, but the Artifact Spirit then chose to follow him instead of honoring its promise to serve the Taishang Immortal Emperor.

• The Taishang Immortal Emperor explained that the Divine Artifact formation disk had sealed the Qinglun Divine Dynasty and asked Wang Anye to challenge its cage maze.
• Wang Anye heard conflicting accounts from the Taishang Immortal Emperor and the Artifact Spirit about their former masters' feud and agreed to attempt the trial.
• Wang Anye advanced through the maze using his formation knowledge, then used a dice cup to find the correct path when he became stuck at the sixty-third step.
• Wang Anye completed all eighty-one steps, collapsing the maze and freeing the trapped young talents.
• The Artifact Spirit flew into Wang Anye's arms and declared it would follow him, breaking its promise to the Taishang Immortal Emperor.