Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen arrived near Su Emperor Palace and was confronted by the Golden Toad Devil Emperor and his army of Devil Cultivators. When the Golden Toad Devil Emperor ordered his forces to attack, they all suddenly fell from the sky, leaving him stunned.

• Yang Zhen traveled toward Su Emperor Palace, reflecting on his newfound freedom from the karma of the Blue Planet and learning that other races had emerged to face the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth.
• A Great Emperor refining heaven and earth warned Yang Zhen to leave, but a wave of Devil Qi swept over Su Emperor Palace before he could respond.
• The Golden Toad Devil Emperor surrounded Yang Zhen with more than ten thousand Devil Cultivators, and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace rushed out to warn Yang Zhen to flee.
• The Golden Toad Devil Emperor claimed the Empress belonged to him, and Yang Zhen mocked his appearance and challenged him.
• The Golden Toad Devil Emperor ordered his Devil Cultivators to attack Yang Zhen, but they all fell to the ground before reaching him.

Yang Zhen arrived at Su Emperor Palace and used his newly gained power to subdue the Devil Cultivators besieging it. After the Golden Toad Devil Emperor escaped, a cold snort from the sky interrupted the celebration.

• Yang Zhen approached Su Emperor Palace as more than ten thousand Devil Cultivators attacked him, but his Conqueror's Haki knocked them from the sky.
• Yang Zhen protected the Empress of Su Emperor Palace from the Golden Toad Devil Emperor's attack and shattered his Devil Qi with the Star Spring Sword.
• The Golden Toad Devil Emperor recognized the presence of the Heavenly Yin Evil Soul, then used Heavenly Devil Disintegration to escape Yang Zhen's sword strike.
• Yang Zhen and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace agreed to have the fallen Devil Cultivators taken back and stripped of their possessions.
• A cold snort sounded from the sky, and Yang Zhen challenged the unseen person who made it.

Yang Zhen confronted a Great Emperor while searching for the Ancient Water of Life's Origin to save someone injured by Heavenly Yin Evil Chaos. He learned that the water lay in the legendary Gods and Devils Ruins, and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace volunteered to lead him there.

• Yang Zhen mocked the Great Emperor, then pointed out that the Emperor's attempt to refine heaven and earth had run into a problem, causing the Emperor to vanish into the turbulent void.
• Yang Zhen asked the Empress of Su Emperor Palace and Granny about the Ancient Water of Life's Origin, explaining that he needed it to save someone injured by Heavenly Yin Evil Chaos.
• The Great Emperor offered to reveal the water's location and help Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen refused when the Emperor demanded a reason to help him.
• Granny warned Yang Zhen that the place holding the water was dangerous, and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace insisted on taking him there.
• The Empress of Su Emperor Palace identified the destination as the legendary Gods and Devils Ruins.

Yang Zhen and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace prepared to enter the dangerous Gods and Devils Ruins, where a divine treasure might protect her from its chaotic Principles. At the entrance, Yang Zhen admitted he had been thinking about sleeping with her, and she asked whether he found her more attractive than Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er.

• The Empress of Su Emperor Palace explained that the Gods and Devils Ruins were distinct from the Tomb of Gods and Devils and had never let anyone return alive.
• Yang Zhen refused the Great Emperor's offer to hold the entrance open for three breaths and agreed to protect the Empress, who carried a divine treasure that shielded her from the Principles of Heaven and Earth.
• Yang Zhen and the Empress reached the ruins, where destructive power from the mountains shook him and seemed unlike anything from the Great Wilderness World.
• The Empress insisted on entering with Yang Zhen because only she could use her divine treasure, and Yang Zhen told her he would be upset if she died.
• Yang Zhen blurted out that he had been thinking about sleeping with the Empress, who moved away and asked whether she was more attractive than Holy Maiden Hua and Miss Han Yan'er.

Yang Zhen entered the poisonous miasma around the Gods and Devils Ruins despite warnings, while the Empress of Su Emperor Palace followed and used her Divine Treasure to protect him. When she risked being swallowed by the miasma, Yang Zhen caught the pendant, returned it to her, and commanded the miasma to retreat, shocking the Great Emperor.

• Yang Zhen ignored the Empress of Su Emperor Palace's warnings and entered the poisonous miasma to reach the Gods and Devils Ruins.
• The Empress of Su Emperor Palace followed Yang Zhen, but the miasma shook her soul and left her barely able to stay conscious.
• The Empress of Su Emperor Palace used her Divine Treasure to try to save Yang Zhen, who stood motionless inside the miasma.
• The Empress of Su Emperor Palace threw her pendant onto Yang Zhen and prepared to face the surging miasma herself.
• Yang Zhen suddenly caught the pendant, returned it to the Empress of Su Emperor Palace, and shouted for the miasma to retreat.
• The poisonous miasma receded, leaving the Great Emperor astonished.

Yang Zhen drove away the poisonous miasma surrounding the Gods and Devils Ruins and explained that it consisted of living Qi Particles. Great Emperor Aotian abandoned his attempt to refine heaven and earth and joined Yang Zhen as they prepared to enter the ruins.

• Yang Zhen returned the Empress of Su Emperor Palace's divine treasure and shouted for the poisonous miasma to leave, clearing the entrance to the Gods and Devils Ruins.
• Granny stopped an old man from following Yang Zhen into the ruins, while the Great Emperor watched Yang Zhen with growing interest.
• Yang Zhen invited the Empress of Su Emperor Palace to enter the ruins, and the Great Emperor asked how he had driven away the miasma.
• Yang Zhen described the miasma as living microorganisms made of Qi Particles, surprising the Great Emperor and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace.
• The Great Emperor introduced himself as Shi Aotian, and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace recognized him as Great Emperor Aotian, a famed emperor of slaughter.
• Yang Zhen challenged Great Emperor Aotian to join him, and Aotian agreed to enter the ruins with him.

Yang Zhen, Great Emperor Aotian, and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace entered the Gods and Devils Ruins to search for the Ancient Water of Life's Origin. When none of them knew where to find it, Yang Zhen used a branch to choose their direction, and the others followed him.

• The Empress of Su Emperor Palace stayed with Yang Zhen as Granny remained behind to guard Su Emperor.
• Yang Zhen, Great Emperor Aotian, and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace entered the Gods and Devils Ruins and found a gloomy world filled with abundant worldly Qi.
• Yang Zhen admitted he did not know where the Ancient Water of Life's Origin was, and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace explained that it could restore the dead to life.
• Yang Zhen tossed a branch into the air and followed the direction its pointed end indicated.
• Great Emperor Aotian laughed at Yang Zhen's method, but he and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace followed him.

Yang Zhen’s branch led him and Great Emperor Aotian and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace to a vast underground ruin, where they found two statues of the Gods and Devils and a mysterious gate. The gate might conceal the Ancient Water of Life’s Origin, but Yang Zhen did not know how to open it, and the others pressed him to explain how he had found it.

• Great Emperor Aotian mocked Yang Zhen for walking in circles, but Yang Zhen threw his branch into the air and it fell back into the ground at their feet.
• Yang Zhen began digging with the Star Spring Sword despite Great Emperor Aotian’s warning, triggering a vast collapse that carried all three of them deep underground.
• Yang Zhen shielded the Empress of Su Emperor Palace as they fell, while Great Emperor Aotian was battered by dirt.
• The three landed before two enormous, damaged statues and a black gate covered in unfamiliar patterns of heaven and earth.
• Great Emperor Aotian asked Yang Zhen how he had found the underground ruin, and Yang Zhen claimed he could sense the Principle of Heaven and Earth there.

Yang Zhen realized that the Gods and Devils Ruins had a Principle of Heaven and Earth established by a powerful being, and suspected the discovery was connected to the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth. At the gate, he called for it to open, and it cracked apart.

• Great Emperor Aotian doubted that Yang Zhen could sense the Principle of Heaven and Earth or use it to find the Ancient Water of Life's Origin.
• Yang Zhen sensed that the Principle in the Gods and Devils Ruins was opposite to the one in the Main Realm and had been established by someone.
• Yang Zhen wondered whether the ruins were a self-contained world ruled by a god and linked the discovery to the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth.
• Yang Zhen decided to enter the gate, though he did not know how to overcome its powerful restrictions.
• Yang Zhen shouted, "Sesame... open!" and the gate opened a crack, astonishing Great Emperor Aotian and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace.

Yang Zhen opened the gate to the Gods and Devils Ruins, revealing a deadly flood of death Qi and the remains of powerful cultivators. He and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace followed Great Emperor Aotian inside, where a mournful voice stopped Aotian in his tracks and left him collapsed among the bones.

• Yang Zhen opened the gate by saying "Open sesame," while Great Emperor Aotian and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace failed to open it themselves.
• Death Qi poured through the gate, and Yang Zhen, Great Emperor Aotian, and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace saw countless skeletons, including the remains of more than a dozen cultivators who had achieved Physical Body Sanctification and a Great Emperor.
• Yang Zhen entered the ruins, followed by the Empress of Su Emperor Palace and then Great Emperor Aotian.
• A mournful voice echoed inside the ruins, and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace clung to Yang Zhen as Great Emperor Aotian rushed ahead to investigate.
• Great Emperor Aotian collapsed among the bones, warned Yang Zhen not to approach, and said something strange was happening there.

Yang Zhen investigated the strange strands binding Great Emperor Aotian while refusing to help him at first. He returned to bargain for Aotian’s belongings, then revealed that the strands could be refined into an Emperor Treasure.

• Yang Zhen warned the Empress of Su Emperor Palace not to enter recklessly while he examined the trapped Great Emperor Aotian.
• Great Emperor Aotian spotted glowing strands wrapped around him and told Yang Zhen they were draining his strength.
• Yang Zhen walked away, then returned and asked Aotian to hand over his belongings and legacy before he died.
• Yang Zhen said he could refine the binding strands into Immortal-Binding Ropes, and Great Emperor Aotian explained that such a powerful item would be an Emperor Treasure.

Yang Zhen studied the webs binding Great Emperor Aotian and found a way to free him as a swarm of Corpse Scutigera approached. He used a snow-white whip to shatter the webs, and Aotian recognized it as the Immortal-Binding Rope.

• Yang Zhen examined the webs binding Great Emperor Aotian while the Empress of Su Emperor Palace watched over him.
• After studying the webs, Yang Zhen sensed the approaching Corpse Scutigera and traced out the Great Wilderness Heavenly Restriction as the swarm closed in.
• Yang Zhen and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace vanished, leaving Aotian to face the Corpse Scutigera.
• Yang Zhen returned, whipped Aotian with a snow-white rope, and shattered the webs binding him.
• Great Emperor Aotian attacked the Corpse Scutigera with fire, then recognized Yang Zhen's whip as the Immortal-Binding Rope.

After Great Emperor Aotian took Yang Zhen’s newly forged Divine Treasure whip, the sobbing from within the gate stopped and sent Yang Zhen to a mysterious ancient hall alone. Following a strange call, Yang Zhen discovered a vast ruined world and was attacked as he descended into it.

• Great Emperor Aotian cleared away the Corpse Scutigera and asked the Empress of Su Emperor Palace to lash him with Yang Zhen’s whip.
• The whip’s delayed effect revealed it was a Divine Treasure, and Great Emperor Aotian snatched it while arguing that Yang Zhen owed him for leaving him in danger.
• Yang Zhen said he had made two more finished whips, just as the sobbing from deep within the gate suddenly stopped and transported the three of them.
• Yang Zhen awoke alone in a dark, moss-covered hall and followed a mysterious call through it.
• Yang Zhen reached a high platform overlooking an enormous realm of ruined palaces and stone pillars, then charged toward the call.
• A huge black shadow burst upward and lunged at Yang Zhen with its gaping bloody maw.

Yang Zhen escaped a swarm of giant worms by taking refuge on lotus platforms, then rushed to rescue the Empress of Su Emperor Palace from a mass of ancient corpses. They escaped onto a palace roof, but a strange fragrance made them collapse.

• A giant worm swallowed Yang Zhen, but he knocked out its teeth and escaped after more worms erupted from the ground and chased him.
• Yang Zhen fled into a lotus platform, where the worms could not reach him, then heard the Empress of Su Emperor Palace cry out and ran toward her.
• The Empress of Su Emperor Palace tried to escape a charging horde of metal-skinned corpses, but found that she could not fly in the ruins.
• Yang Zhen caught the empress as she fell and kicked off the corpses repeatedly to propel them both onto a palace roof.
• Yang Zhen and the Empress of Su Emperor Palace saw a tide of corpses below them, then collapsed when a strange fragrance reached them.

Yang Zhen woke beside the Empress of Su Emperor Palace after a mysterious fragrance left them both unconscious, and Qin Luoyi revealed that she had inherited his Saint Physique. She appointed Yang Zhen palace lord and said she wanted to leave the palace with him to seek excitement.

• Yang Zhen collapsed onto the Empress of Su Emperor Palace after inhaling a fragrance, and the two later woke beside each other with their clothes scattered.
• The Empress said what had happened did not count because she had felt nothing, then pinned Yang Zhen down as his Power of Creation surged and strengthened his Saint Physique.
• Qin Luoyi destroyed the palace with a light punch, and Yang Zhen carried her away from the falling rubble.
• Qin Luoyi told Yang Zhen that she had inherited his Saint Physique, likely because of the strange fragrance.
• Qin Luoyi declared Yang Zhen the palace lord of Su Emperor Palace and explained that she wanted to leave with him to explore the world.

Yang Zhen and Qin Luoyi discovered a vast field of Heaven-Shocking Altars, an ancient method the Gods and Devils used to exterminate entire races. Yang Zhen urged Qin Luoyi to join him in destroying the altars, and black lightning struck near them as they approached.

• Qin Luoyi told Yang Zhen about her rebellious nature and her desire to disband the Su Emperor Palace, then pinned him down again.
• Yang Zhen and Qin Luoyi followed a mysterious call into the mountains, where they found thousands of altars bearing enormous human and beast corpses.
• Yang Zhen identified the structures as Heaven-Shocking Altars, and Qin Luoyi explained that the Gods and Devils had used them to refine entire races.
• Yang Zhen and Qin Luoyi decided to defy the Gods and Devils and blow up the altars.
• Yang Zhen challenged the Gods and Devils as a terrifying will pressed down on them, and black lightning struck at their feet.

Yang Zhen and Qin Luoyi destroyed the Heaven-Shocking Altars, provoking a powerful golden figure that unleashed World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment. After the figure struck Yang Zhen with a sword that split the world open, he was swallowed by the void and exiled.

• Yang Zhen and Qin Luoyi smashed nearly all the Heaven-Shocking Altars, then prepared to destroy the last one together.
• A towering golden figure appeared and attacked them with World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment.
• Yang Zhen punched the lightning aside, and a scream from an altar revealed that divine souls were sealed inside the altars.
• Yang Zhen fought the figure while Qin Luoyi broke another altar, and the figure remarked that another one had appeared.
• The golden figure slashed open the world, the void swallowed Yang Zhen, and Qin Luoyi cried out as he was exiled.

Yang Zhen was exiled into a deep void after Qin Luoyi destroyed the final altar, while she remained in the ruins waiting for him. He learned from the void and returned after seven days, just as Qin Luoyi was about to leave.

• Qin Luoyi destroyed the final altar, and Yang Zhen vanished into a void carved open by the golden figure’s sword strike.
• Great Emperor Aotian told Qin Luoyi that another powerful cultivator had escaped a similar void, and Qin Luoyi resolved to wait for Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen explored the deep void, used his Void Power to understand true nothingness, and found his way back to his mark.
• Qin Luoyi and Great Emperor Aotian found the Ancient Water of Life's Origin, and Aotian left while Qin Luoyi waited seven days for Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen appeared behind Qin Luoyi as she prepared to leave, and she turned and threw herself at him.

Yang Zhen returned from the Gods and Devils Ruins after only seven days, astonishing Great Emperor Aotian, who decided to accompany him to the Three Flowers Holy Land. Qin Luoyi chose to merge the Su Emperor Palace into the Three Flowers Holy Land, and the chapter ended with cultivators gathering around Great Emperor Aotian while Qin Luoyi openly stood beside Yang Zhen.

• Yang Zhen reunited with Qin Luoyi, who told him that Great Emperor Aotian had believed he would remain exiled for as long as a thousand years.
• Great Emperor Aotian arrived, was stunned to see Yang Zhen back, and agreed to travel with him to the Three Flowers Holy Land instead of refining heaven and earth.
• Qin Luoyi announced that she would merge the Su Emperor Palace into the Three Flowers Holy Land, surprising Yang Zhen.
• Yang Zhen, Qin Luoyi, and Great Emperor Aotian left the Gods and Devils Ruins as the Su Emperor Palace celebrated their return.
• Cultivators knelt before Great Emperor Aotian and asked to follow him, while Qin Luoyi linked arms with Yang Zhen and stunned the crowd.

Qin Luoyi made Yang Zhen the palace lord of Su Emperor Palace, and Great Emperor Aotian announced that he and the gathered cultivators would follow Yang Zhen. Yang Zhen led the crowd to the Three Flowers Holy Land, where Nine Dragons Saint Venerable urgently asked whether he had found the Ancient Water of Life's Origin and revealed that something had happened to Empress Fengyu.

• Qin Luoyi declared Yang Zhen the new palace lord of Su Emperor Palace, and Granny and the others accepted him.
• Great Emperor Aotian said he would follow Yang Zhen, prompting the gathered cultivators to hail Yang Zhen as Holy Lord.
• Yang Zhen welcomed the cultivators with a promise of fair treatment and led the growing procession toward the Three Flowers Holy Land.
• Yang Zhen accepted displaced cultivators along the way and sensed their faith through wisps of Power of Faith.
• Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, and the Third Holy Maiden greeted Yang Zhen and noticed Qin Luoyi with him.
• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable urgently asked Yang Zhen about the Ancient Water of Life's Origin and Empress Fengyu's condition.