Chapter Summaries

Que'er begged Yang Zhen to save the Beiqi Clan as the Tomb of Departed Souls erupted and thousands of ancestral souls broke through the restrictions. When Que'er prepared to sacrifice herself, Yang Zhen cursed the heavens to summon heavenly punishment, and lightning filled the underground space.

• Que'er knelt before Yang Zhen and explained that the Beiqi Clan's fortune had run out and its departed ancestors were growing more numerous.
• The restrictions collapsed under the ancestors' attacks, and Que'er tried to push Yang Zhen to safety while preparing to ignite her three Yangs.
• Que'er urged Yang Zhen to escape and asked him to save the Beiqi Clan, but Yang Zhen insisted that she would be the one to save it.
• Yang Zhen cursed the heavens and demanded heavenly punishment to stop the Tomb of Departed Souls.
• Thunder answered Yang Zhen's challenge, and raging tribulation clouds illuminated the underground space as Que'er stared in shock.

Yang Zhen provoked heavenly punishment and kept Que'er from intervening, then sent the Evil Shadow Black Taotie into the lightning to devour its essence. He charged into the tribulation himself, hoping to use it to open the Sixth Dragon Elephant, leaving Que'er and the Demon Race ancestors stunned.

• Que'er tried to stop Yang Zhen from insulting the heavens when tribulation clouds gathered over him.
• Yang Zhen sent Que'er away and goaded the heavens until blood-red lightning punishment descended.
• Que'er rushed to protect Yang Zhen, but he trapped her on a magically created treadmill and ordered her to stay back.
• The Evil Shadow Black Taotie emerged, endured the lightning, and began devouring Lightning Essence at Yang Zhen's urging.
• Yang Zhen leaped into the heavenly punishment and endured its lightning, declaring that he would use it to open the Sixth Dragon Elephant.

Yang Zhen endured Heavenly Punishment inside the Tomb of Departed Souls, using it to frighten the Beiqi Clan ancestors and challenge Que’er’s belief that heaven rejected the Demon Race. After he began telling Que’er about a supposedly mighty demon brother, the ancestors gathered around them and spoke with reason.

• Yang Zhen endured the lightning of Heavenly Punishment and chased the Beiqi Clan ancestors’ departed souls through the Tomb of Departed Souls.
• The ancestors panicked and hurled themselves at the tomb’s restrictions to escape the Heavenly Punishment, while Que’er realized their traditions had harmed the Beiqi Clan.
• Yang Zhen opened the Sixth Dragon Elephant, endured the remaining punishment, and told Que’er that the Beiqi Clan’s own actions—not heaven—had brought it to ruin.
• Que’er argued that humans were favored by heaven, so Yang Zhen invented a powerful demon brother who had overcome countless Heavenly Tribulations.
• As Yang Zhen began telling his story, the departed souls gathered around him and Que’er, and an aged voice assured them that the ancestors would not harm their clanswoman.

Yang Zhen deceived the departed souls with a story about Shameless Cat, helping the Beiqi Clan save Guo Hu’s soul before the Tomb of Departed Souls collapsed. Guo Hu taught Yang Zhen about refining the Heart of Heaven and Earth, leaving Yang Zhen determined to subdue it despite learning that he needed Dao Entry first.

• Yang Zhen convinced the departed souls that his brother, Shameless Cat, was a mighty Demon Race expert from the distant past.
• The Beiqi ancestors chose Guo Hu to survive, and they used their secret technique to solidify his soul as the others prepared to vanish.
• Que'er reunited with Guo Hu, and he promised to help keep the Beiqi Clan’s descendants in line and end the Tomb of Departed Souls.
• Guo Hu explained the dangers of refining the Heart of Heaven and Earth, and Yang Zhen claimed he had come only to save Que'er.
• Guo Hu revealed that only someone who had achieved Dao Entry could refine the Heart of Heaven and Earth, and Yang Zhen resolved to beat it into submission.

Yang Zhen entered the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison to seek the Heart of Heaven and Earth, but the force of Heaven and Earth Rejection overwhelmed him. The prison erupted across the Tomb of Departed Souls, leaving cultivators unable to approach as two graceful figures appeared above it.

• Guo Hu and Que'er warned Yang Zhen that the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison held the Heart of Heaven and Earth and that no one from the Beiqi Clan had ever reached it.
• Yang Zhen leaped into the prison, was scorched and struck down, and Guo Hu and Que'er left believing he had died.
• After they departed, Yang Zhen rose and realized that a terrifying will of Heaven and Earth had rejected him and left him feeling powerless.
• Hundreds of Saint-level restrictions erupted as the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison unleashed destruction across the Tomb of Departed Souls, and human and Demon Race cultivators stopped fighting in alarm.
• Duan Sihai accused Pikachu of setting off the Tomb of Departed Souls, but Pikachu said the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison had erupted and challenged them to claim the Heart of Heaven and Earth.
• Two graceful figures appeared in midair above the prison, and the woman in white swung her moonlit sword.

Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er tried to enter the erupting Thunder Marsh Fire Prison to find Yang Zhen, while observers identified him as the one they sought. After Guo Hu and Que'er told them Yang Zhen had died while refining the Heart of Heaven and Earth, both women unleashed their extraordinary powers and insisted he could not be dead.

• Duan Sihai and Li Cangxu realized Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er were entering the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison to find Yang Zhen.
• Guo Hu and Que'er emerged from the prison unharmed, and Guo Hu confirmed Yang Zhen had sent him to find the women.
• Que'er told Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er that Yang Zhen was dead, and both women trembled and drew their Sun and Moon Twin Shadow Saint Weapons.
• Hua Youyue revealed her power of Momentum, while Han Yan'er released Dao Intent that filled the sky with stars.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er rejected Guo Hu's warning and insisted Yang Zhen could not be dead.

Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er refused to believe Yang Zhen was dead, but Guo Hu and Que'er confirmed he had perished in the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison. Hua Youyue tried to enter the prison, and the chapter ended with Pikachu identifying himself as the Beiqi Clan's ancestor before Guo Hu struck him down.

• Guo Hu and Que'er told Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er that Yang Zhen had been reduced to ashes in the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison.
• Duan Sihai explained Yang Zhen's extraordinary abilities to Senior Bai, who learned that Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er had both used Yang Zhen to achieve Dao Entry.
• Hua Youyue approached the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison, but Guo Hu blocked her and warned her not to risk herself.
• Hua Youyue repeatedly asked Guo Hu to step aside as her dangerous power grew stronger.
• Pikachu confronted Hua Youyue and declared she could not enter, then prostrated himself before Guo Hu and called him their ancestor; Guo Hu slapped Pikachu down.

Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er tried to reach Yang Zhen at the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison, but a devastating storm of lightning and fire erupted around it. Yang Zhen appeared in the sky, enduring the heavenly punishment, while Guo Hu recognized Shameless Cat and treated him as a revered Demon Race senior.

• Guo Hu revived thanks to Yang Zhen and ordered the Beiqi Clan to stop Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er from entering the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison.
• Hua Youyue revealed her grasp of the power of force, and Han Yan'er displayed the Star Calculation Technique as they asked Guo Hu where Yang Zhen was.
• A vast vortex of lightning and fire formed over the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison, and Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er recognized Yang Zhen standing within the storm.
• The watching cultivators cheered Yang Zhen as he endured the heavenly punishment, while Han Yan'er, Li Cangxu, and Hua Youyue urged him to survive.
• Guo Hu respectfully greeted Shameless Cat as a Demon Race senior, and he knocked Pikachu down when Pikachu insulted him.

Shameless Cat revealed that Guo Hu could become a soul cultivator and passed on a fragment of the method, earning the Beiqi Clan’s allegiance. As Guo Hu began to comprehend it, heavenly punishment struck toward Yang Zhen.

• Shameless Cat recognized Guo Hu’s condition and explained that he could cultivate as a soul cultivator.
• Duan Sihai described the ancient soul-cultivation method, astonishing the surrounding cultivators.
• Pikachu and Guo Hu knelt before Shameless Cat and pledged the Beiqi Clan’s allegiance in exchange for the method.
• Shameless Cat invoked his old connection to Ancestor Great Saint Tianyuan and passed a fragment of the method to Guo Hu.
• Guo Hu thanked Shameless Cat as a bolt of heavenly punishment descended toward Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen faced a massive Heavenly Punishment after angering heaven by hurling abuse at it. Badly injured but still alive, he flew upward with the Great Deficiency Sword and attacked the oncoming punishment, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Guo Hu, Senior Bai, Hua Youyue, and Duan Sihai discussed Yang Zhen's lack of Dao Entry and his unusual path as the Heavenly Punishment gathered.
• Que'er revealed that Yang Zhen had hurled abuse at heaven to draw down the power of Heavenly Punishment, and Shameless Cat urged him to hold on.
• A giant palm of lightning struck Yang Zhen and crashed into the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison, shaking the battlefield.
• Yang Zhen shot back into the sky with the Great Deficiency Sword, and Duan Sihai declared that he was fighting heaven.
• Yang Zhen roared and slashed at the Heavenly Punishment as Shameless Cat cheered him on.

Yang Zhen endured Heavenly Punishment as it took the form of a lightning Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast, then used the Ninth Token’s movement technique to appear above it. He pointed the Heaven-Extinguishing Finger at the beast, leaving his next attack unresolved.

• Yang Zhen shattered the Heavenly Punishment lightning with the Great Deficiency Sword, provoking the Will of Heaven and Earth.
• A lightning Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast appeared, and Yang Zhen led it in circles while recovering from his injuries.
• Guo Hu and Senior Bai explained that the beast was a manifestation of the Will of Heaven and Earth and warned that Yang Zhen would die if it caught him.
• As Yang Zhen grew slower and staggered, he suddenly vanished, then reappeared atop the beast’s head using the Ninth Token.
• Yang Zhen pointed the Heaven-Extinguishing Finger at the Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast, making it shudder.

Yang Zhen survived the heavenly punishment in the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison, leaving the cultivators stunned as they waited for him to recover. Hua Youyue revealed that he had entered the prison to enter the Dao.

• Yang Zhen destroyed the savage beast of heaven and earth with the Heaven-Extinguishing Finger and survived the tribulation.
• Hua Youyue told Han Yan'er to cultivate while she kept watch, and Li Cangxu began cultivating under Duan Sihai's guidance.
• Shameless Cat predicted that Yang Zhen would cause another spectacle after recovering, while the others watched the dangerous Thunder Marsh Fire Prison.
• Gong Sanhe, Death Shadow, and the holy lords arrived expecting a battle, but Duan Sihai told them to wait for Yang Zhen.
• Hua Youyue confirmed that Yang Zhen had entered the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison and said he was going to enter the Dao.

Yang Zhen began attempting Dao Entry in the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison, wielding the Qi of One Purity as the will of heaven and earth crushed him. When a ferocious beast of heaven and earth appeared, he taunted it—only for a second beast to emerge.

• Hua Youyue said Yang Zhen was attempting Dao Entry, and his sudden rise into the air startled everyone.
• Yang Zhen produced the Qi of One Purity, revealing that he had entered the Heavenly Secret Lock and drawing the crowd’s attention.
• The Qi of One Purity enveloped Yang Zhen in azure light as he endured the overwhelming will of heaven and earth.
• Yang Zhen challenged the heavens to strike again, and a ferocious beast of heaven and earth appeared.
• Yang Zhen laughed at the beast, claiming he had already killed one, but another fire-wreathed beast appeared and left him crying that the heavens were bullying him.

Yang Zhen faced two Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beasts as the Will of Heaven and Earth sealed Thunder Marsh Fire Prison, then risked his life to unlock the seventh dragon elephant. He survived their attack and began entering the Dao, though Death Shadow noticed that something was wrong with his condition.

• The Will of Heaven and Earth erupted around Thunder Marsh Fire Prison, trapping Yang Zhen inside with two Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beasts.
• Yang Zhen absorbed vast amounts of heavenly and earthly primal Qi and sat cross-legged as the beasts charged at him.
• Yang Zhen roared as he opened the seventh dragon elephant, unleashing a powerful surge of Qi when the beasts struck.
• Hua Youyue and the others feared Yang Zhen had died, while Shameless Cat admitted no one could enter the forbidden zone to reach him.
• Hua Youyue realized Yang Zhen was still alive, and the onlookers saw him sitting bare-chested in midair as he entered the Dao.
• Senior Bai celebrated Yang Zhen's survival, but Death Shadow warned that Yang Zhen's condition seemed wrong.

Yang Zhen failed to grasp any of the three thousand great Daos as heaven and earth changed around him, and Hua Youyue realized that no Dao in the world belonged to him. Yang Zhen rejected despair and declared that he would create a Dao of his own, triggering a violent upheaval in the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison.

• Yang Zhen attempted Dao Entry amid the changes in heaven and earth but could not sense any Dao that belonged to him.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er prepared to become Yang Zhen's Dao protector as the Qi of One Purity around him began to dissipate.
• Hua Youyue told everyone that there was no Dao for Yang Zhen in this world.
• Yang Zhen declared that he would create a Dao belonging to him alone.
• Heaven and earth exploded, and the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison erupted into chaos.

Yang Zhen vanished when the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison was sealed, leaving Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er behind as the world changed around them. A year later, people debated the rise of new powers and Yang Zhen's fate, while a strange cat in a teahouse complained that the food was inferior to his cooking.

• Yang Zhen said he would create a Great Dao of his own, but Duan Sihai and Senior Bai doubted anyone could stand above heaven and earth to do so.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er offered to stay and protect Yang Zhen, but he told them to leave and warned that the broken Heaven and Earth Shackles would bring changes.
• The will of heaven and earth enveloped Yang Zhen, and the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison was sealed off as a deadly forbidden zone.
• Over the following year, primordial Qi multiplied and powerful cultivators and ancient sects emerged across the world.
• People in a Cold City tavern discussed Lu Guihai, Li Cangxu, and Yang Zhen, while a strange cat privately criticized the tavern food.

A year after Yang Zhen vanished, Holy Son Yan mocked the idea that he might still be alive while boasting about winning over Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er. Shameless Cat silenced him with a chicken leg and warned him that Yang Zhen could return.

• Cultivators flocked to Cold City, where locals kept indoors to avoid provoking powerful newcomers.
• Holy Son Yan entered a teahouse and asked the patrons to continue discussing Yang Zhen.
• Holy Son Yan dismissed Yang Zhen's ambition to create his own Dao and joked about winning the favor of Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er.
• Shameless Cat launched a chicken leg into Holy Son Yan's mouth, stunning everyone in the teahouse.
• Holy Son Yan confronted Shameless Cat, who warned him that Yang Zhen might return and put him in his place.

Holy Son Yan tried to kill Shameless Cat, but Li Cangxu and fighters from the Beiqi Demon Race intervened, turning the teahouse into a battlefield. As Holy Son Yan fought Li Cangxu, Shameless Cat lamented that Yang Zhen would miss the growing excitement in North Isle.

• Holy Son Yan grew furious at Shameless Cat and ordered his women to kill him, but an old man warned him that Shameless Cat was no ordinary demon.
• After learning Shameless Cat’s identity, Holy Son Yan attacked him, hoping to damage Yang Zhen’s reputation.
• Li Cangxu arrived and challenged Holy Son Yan, recalling that they had not crossed swords at the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land.
• Holy Son Yan sent his women after Shameless Cat while attacking Li Cangxu, but fighters from the Beiqi Demon Race burst in and engaged them.
• Shameless Cat ignored the battle and muttered that Yang Zhen would miss all the excitement if he did not come out soon.

Li Cangxu killed Holy Son Yan in Cold City, while Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er decided to investigate the Gujin Clan’s claim about the Three Flowers Holy Maiden at Beiqi Mountain. They arrived as many powers gathered there, leaving the looming plot against Hua Youyue unresolved.

• Li Cangxu defeated Holy Son Yan with a single sword strike and killed him after learning he had murdered female disciples of the Heavenly Spring Sacred Land.
• Shameless Cat chose to remain in Cold City despite reports that a Gujin Clan expert was emerging from seclusion.
• Hua Youyue told Han Yan'er she would go to Beiqi Mountain to investigate the ancient mystery and whether the Three Flowers Holy Maiden’s soul had been found.
• Han Yan'er agreed to accompany Hua Youyue, and the two discussed the missing Golden Crow and Yang Zhen’s uncertain return from the Thunder Marsh Fire Prison.
• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er reached Beiqi Mountain as cultivators discussed the Gujin Clan’s claims and the powers gathering against them.

Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat learned that the Ancient Origin Sacred Land and Gujin Clan were pressuring the Beiqi Clan to open the Three Flowers Sacred Hall. As Guo Hu warned that a terrifying evil presence lay within, three more ancient clans arrived to join the confrontation.

• Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er found Shameless Cat, who told them the Ancient Origin Sacred Land and Gujin Clan were pressing the Beiqi Clan over the Three Flowers Sacred Hall.
• Hua Youyue insisted they go to the Beiqi Clan's territory, saying she felt the other groups would not succeed.
• Mo Jinyuan and Jian Long urged Guo Hu to let Hua Youyue approach the sacred hall and prove whether she was the Three Flowers Holy Maiden reincarnated.
• Guo Hu refused to decide hastily, explaining that an evil presence inside the sacred hall was more terrifying than the Heavenly Cycle Realm.
• The Yin Kui Clan, Fire Spirit Clan, and Mountain Firmament Clan arrived, leaving Guo Hu pale.