Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen and his companions avoided the Corpse Scutigera by burrowing underground, then found lingering divine souls at the ruined altar and discussed whether they could be delivered. As Yang Zhen considered the Power of Faith, a growing group of powerful strangers closed in on them.

• Yang Zhen pulled Great Emperor Aotian, Great Emperor Golden Eagle, Han Yan'er, and Shameless Cat underground to escape the Corpse Scutigera.
• Yang Zhen said someone had entered the ruins and that the place’s transformation was connected to an unfamiliar presence.
• The group reached the ruined altar, where Yang Zhen recognized specters that should have vanished after he and Qin Luoyi destroyed it.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle explained that delivering departed souls was a long-lost ability associated with Buddhist cultivators, while Great Emperor Aotian suggested there might be a way.
• Shameless Cat linked the task to the Power of Faith, and Great Emperor Golden Eagle compared that power to the inheritance of the Devil God descendants of the Southern Frontier.
• Yang Zhen and the emperors sensed one watcher becoming a crowd of approaching experts.

Yang Zhen and the two Great Emperors discussed the coming Great Tribulation and the Gods and Devils’ possible role in it. Yang Zhen decided they should capture a God or Devil and ask what was behind the calamity, but a piercing cry interrupted them.

• Yang Zhen invited the unseen watchers to talk, but their presences vanished.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle and Great Emperor Aotian explained that the last Great Tribulation killed at least sixty percent of the Great Emperors, while surviving holy land lineages had sacrificed or lost their own Great Emperors.
• Yang Zhen questioned whether the Gods and Devils were manipulating the calamities, and the group agreed they might know the truth.
• Yang Zhen proposed capturing Gods and Devils to question them, and Great Emperor Golden Eagle and Great Emperor Aotian called him mad even as they seemed tempted by the idea.
• A piercing cry rang out, and Yang Zhen looked up and recognized Flirtatious Chicken.

Yang Zhen and his companions followed Flirtatious Chicken through a horde of corpses and reached a colossal altar, where a sand war god attacked them with the Power of the Void. The group survived its first strike, but the war god ordered them to leave again.

• Flirtatious Chicken cried out from above, and Shameless Cat warned Yang Zhen that danger was approaching as rumbling sounded around them.
• Shameless Cat roared to answer Flirtatious Chicken, and the group followed its directions toward the source of the cries.
• Yang Zhen used earthen spikes and walls to force a path through a horde of charging corpses, and the others followed him for nearly an hour.
• Yang Zhen and his companions emerged from the horde and found an enormous altar built from yellow sand.
• A sand war god formed on the altar and struck at the group with a fangtian painted halberd, unleashing the Power of the Void.
• Yang Zhen pulled everyone out of the strike's path, then tried to approach the war god before Great Emperor Aotian held him back and the war god ordered them to scram.

Yang Zhen and the two Great Emperors confronted the people hiding behind the War God in the Gods and Devils Ruins. After the descendants of the Gods and Devils appeared, a strange fragrance overcame Han Yan'er, leaving Yang Zhen furious.

• Great Emperor Aotian and Great Emperor Golden Eagle warned Yang Zhen that the War God wielded a Power of Principle they could not resist, and urged everyone to leave.
• Yang Zhen suspected someone was hiding behind the War God, called them out, and threatened to smash it if they refused to appear.
• Dozens of oddly dressed human cultivators emerged, and Great Emperor Golden Eagle identified them as descendants of the Gods and Devils.
• An old man warned the group that they should never have come to the ruins, then a delicate fragrance filled the barrier.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle dispelled the barrier, but Han Yan'er collapsed, and Yang Zhen reacted with fury.

Yang Zhen cured Han Yan'er and the two Great Emperors of the Blood Poison of Gods and Devils, revealing his mastery of the Aura of Gods and Devils. The kneeling Descendants of Gods and Devils explained that the Witch Scale Clan had poisoned them, leaving Yang Zhen wondering what the clan wanted with the Gods and Devils' power.

• Yang Zhen used the Power of the Void to move the poison out of Han Yan'er, whose blue phoenix power expelled the poison and the Void Power from her body.
• Yang Zhen purged the poison from himself, then used the Power of the Void to cure Great Emperor Golden Eagle and Great Emperor Aotian.
• The Descendants of Gods and Devils knelt before Yang Zhen, and Shameless Cat realized they also carried the poison.
• The old man told Yang Zhen that the Witch Scale Clan had inflicted the Blood Poison of Gods and Devils on them and that even the descendants could not master the Qi of Gods and Devils.

Yang Zhen agreed to save the Descendants of Gods and Devils from the Witch Scale Clan’s poison, despite warnings about the danger. When the Witch Scale Curse fell on him, he claimed that no curse could harm heaven and earth’s own son.

• Lou Woli introduced the clan’s Divine Maiden, Xue E, who offered to become Yang Zhen’s loyal servant if he saved her people.
• Yang Zhen refused Xue E’s offer of servitude and promised to remove the poison afflicting the Descendants of Gods and Devils.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle and Great Emperor Aotian warned Yang Zhen that challenging the Witch Scale Clan could bring serious consequences, but Yang Zhen insisted on helping.
• A blood-red rain fell from the sky, and Xue E knocked Yang Zhen down while trying to shield him from it.
• Lou Woli identified the rain as the Witch Scale Curse, prompting Great Emperor Golden Eagle to attack him, but Yang Zhen stopped the emperor and declared that the curse could not harm him.

Yang Zhen learned that the descendants of the Gods and Devils had been cursed with blood poison and heard what they knew about their War God ancestor and the Great Tribulation. Lou Woli revealed that they had come seeking an ancestor reincarnated in the Southern Frontier, and her prophecy made Yang Zhen suspect Han Yan'er.

• Lou Woli told Yang Zhen that a curse had afflicted the descendants of the Gods and Devils for years and that the blood poison had passed to newborns.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle challenged Lou Woli about their War God ancestor, and Lou Woli confirmed the ancestor had once possessed a complete bloodline.
• Lou Woli said the Gods and Devils existed and that the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth was connected to them, though even they faced forces beyond their control.
• Lou Woli explained that the Southern Frontier's disturbance came from energy erupting from the Gods and Devils Ruins, not from a devil god awakening.
• Lou Woli revealed that the descendants had come to find an ancestor reincarnated there, whose prophecy said, "When the Ice Phoenix appears, snow seals ten thousand miles."
• Yang Zhen thought of Han Yan'er when he heard the prophecy and saw that her expression had turned strange.

Yang Zhen learned that Han Yan'er might be connected to the Descendants of Gods and Devils, while a Blood Crow alerted the Witch Scale Clan to their location. Lou Woli led the group into the Gods and Devils altar, where he revealed that the Witch Scale Clan had captured their men and gained access to their cultivation method.

• Yang Zhen asked Lou Woli how to awaken Han Yan'er's Ice Phoenix bloodline, and Lou Woli said the altar's presence was needed to activate her War God bloodline.
• A Blood Crow appeared above the group, prompting Lou Woli to warn that the Witch Scale Clan would soon arrive and lead everyone into the altar.
• Xue E activated the altar's shifting transformations, and Lou Woli explained that only those with the proper bloodline could understand them.
• Yang Zhen questioned Lou Woli's claim that the altar could protect them from the Witch Scale Clan, and Lou Woli revealed that the clan had captured their men and learned their cultivation method.
• The Shameless Cat asked Yang Zhen what a breeding bull meant, and Yang Zhen kicked the cat away instead of answering.

Yang Zhen and the others reached the altar’s core and learned that the Gods and Devils Plant could awaken as a Divine Artifact when it detected a War God Bloodline. With the Descendants of Gods and Devils hoping Han Yan’er could use it against the Witch Scale Clan, Yang Zhen agreed to let her try after Lou Woli promised her life would be safe.

• Xue E led Yang Zhen and the others to the altar’s core, where they found the Gods and Devils Plant.
• Lou Woli explained that the plant could transcend heaven and earth and awaken as a Divine Artifact when it detected a War God Bloodline.
• Shameless Cat claimed he might have eaten a Gods and Devils Plant before, though Lou Woli doubted him.
• Lou Woli said Han Yan’er could help the Descendants of Gods and Devils resist the Witch Scale Clan if she awakened her War God Bloodline and refined the plant.
• Yang Zhen encouraged Han Yan’er to try and threatened to destroy anyone who harmed her.
• Lou Woli swore that Han Yan’er’s life would not be in danger, and Yang Zhen allowed her to proceed.

Yang Zhen ignored warnings that touching the Gods and Devils Plant would bring misfortune, then ate it in front of the Witch Scale Clan members who came to claim it. The chapter ended with everyone stunned by his actions.

• Lou Woli admitted that the clan teachings did not explain how to use the Gods and Devils Plant to awaken the War God Bloodline.
• Han Yan'er sensed nothing unusual from the plant, and Yang Zhen reached out to touch it despite Lou Woli's warning.
• Yang Zhen touched the plant repeatedly without incident and mocked the warnings about misfortune.
• Ling Cuo, Ling Shu, and Ling Gou arrived and demanded the Gods and Devils Plant, but Yang Zhen pulled it from the ground and put it in his robe.
• Yang Zhen pulled the plant back out, ate it, and left everyone staring in disbelief.

Yang Zhen ate the Gods and Devils Plant and unleashed a giant turtle when Ling Gou attacked him. After the Witch Scale Clan members vanished, Lou Woli declared that Yang Zhen might have the War God Bloodline and said Heavenly Punishment could confirm it.

• Yang Zhen ate the Gods and Devils Plant, and Shameless Cat’s remarks prompted him to reconsider the meaning of the War God and Gods and Devils.
• Ling Gou attacked Yang Zhen with a wolfhound formed from primordial Qi, but Yang Zhen answered with a giant turtle that overwhelmed the attack.
• Ling Cuo recognized the Witch Scale Curse on Yang Zhen, and Ling Gou warned that the Witch Scale Clan would hunt him before the three disappeared.
• Lou Woli and the others bowed to Yang Zhen after he confirmed he could control the Principle of Heaven and Earth in the Gods and Devils Ruins.
• Lou Woli said Yang Zhen might possess the War God Bloodline and that Heavenly Punishment could reveal the truth.
• Lou Woli suggested the Witch Scale Clan might hold complete records about Gods and Devils, leaving Yang Zhen confused.

Yang Zhen learned that the Witch Scale Clan was an ancient, fearsome force and hesitated to help the Descendants of Gods and Devils because he feared bringing danger to the Three Flowers Holy Land. As Lou Woli led his people away, Yang Zhen called after them and offered to wait one month for them to come to the Three Flowers Holy Land.

• Lou Woli explained that the Witch Scale Clan traced its origins to the earliest beings in heaven and earth and was feared for its mysterious methods and swift vengeance.
• Yang Zhen complained that Lou Woli and the others had not warned him about the Witch Scale Clan, while Great Emperor Golden Eagle reminded him that he had chosen to save the Descendants of Gods and Devils.
• Lou Woli offered to stop asking Yang Zhen for help and promised that his people would resist the Witch Scale Clan if it threatened the Three Flowers Holy Land.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle and Great Emperor Aotian urged Yang Zhen to prioritize the Three Flowers Holy Land, and Yang Zhen turned away rather than risk bringing the Witch Scale Clan down on it.
• As Lou Woli and his people prepared to return without having their blood poison cured, Yang Zhen announced that he would wait one month for them to come to the Three Flowers Holy Land.

Yang Zhen learned that Hua Youyue was pregnant and set their wedding for six days later. Shameless Cat warned that the Three Flowers Holy Land would face an unprecedented Heavenly Punishment on the wedding day, but Yang Zhen refused to postpone the wedding and suspected the Witch Scale Clan was involved.

• After Hua Youyue asked whether he preferred a boy or a girl, Yang Zhen checked her pulse and discovered she was pregnant.
• Yang Zhen asked Hua Youyue to marry him, and they set their wedding for the time of the sun's radiance ten days later.
• Shameless Cat joked that he would be the unborn child’s godfather, and Yang Zhen mocked him for not knowing about the Witch Scale Clan.
• Shameless Cat returned and warned Yang Zhen that the Three Flowers Holy Land would face a Heavenly Punishment in six days, on the wedding day.
• Yang Zhen refused to postpone the wedding and suspected the coming punishment was connected to the Witch Scale Clan.

Yang Zhen and Hua Youyue prepared for their wedding amid fears that Heavenly Punishments would strike during the solar radiance, possibly through the Witch Scale Clan's schemes. The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness arrived with Yang Zhen's old acquaintances from the East Sea, and the chapter ended with Tian Rou showing that she had kept Yang Zhen's dragon painting.

• Yang Zhen, Great Emperor Aotian, Great Emperor Golden Eagle, and Empress Fengyu discussed how to evacuate the Three Flowers Holy Land if Heavenly Punishments fell during the wedding.
• Lou Woli warned that the Witch Scale Clan might have the power to manipulate heaven and earth, prompting Yang Zhen to demand the location of their lair.
• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness arrived to congratulate Yang Zhen, bringing Elder Gu, Elder Chi, the gentleman from Turtle-Snake Island, and Tian Rou.
• Yang Zhen greeted his old East Sea acquaintances and learned that Elder Gu, Elder Chi, and the gentleman had all reached the Saint Realm.
• Tian Rou showed everyone the dragon painting Yang Zhen had made for her, explaining that she had kept it despite people in the East Sea trying to obtain it.

With Yang Zhen missing as guests gathered for his wedding to Hua Youyue, a World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment formed above the Three Flowers Holy Land. Yang Zhen faced the threat, only for a sinister voice and Devil Qi to announce the arrival of a Devil Cultivator.

• Yang Zhen left the welcoming of the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness and the other guests to Hua Youyue, then disappeared with Shameless Cat.
• Renowned sects, holy lands, and kingdoms arrived at the Three Flowers Holy Land ahead of Yang Zhen and Hua Youyue’s wedding.
• As rumors spread that Heaven and Earth would prevent Yang Zhen from marrying, tribulation clouds gathered above the holy land.
• A World-Destroying Heavenly Punishment appeared in the night sky, driving most onlookers away.
• Yang Zhen reassured Hua Youyue, then leaped into the sky as sinister Devil Qi enveloped the Three Flowers Holy Land and called for the Devil Cultivator to join him for tea.

Great Emperor Devil Flame warned Yang Zhen that the Witch Scale Clan posed a grave threat, then left him the legendary Void Rock Shuttle. Yang Zhen and the others recognized it as the key to the Void Rock Realm, but he was left wondering why Devil Flame had brought it to him.

• Great Emperor Devil Flame arrived at Yang Zhen's wedding, and the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness recognized him as someone who had aided the man who cut down three hundred and sixty Heavenly Tribulations.
• Great Emperor Devil Flame questioned Yang Zhen's arrogance and warned that he had cultivated for too little time to face Heavenly Punishment.
• Great Emperor Devil Flame revealed that two members of the Witch Scale Clan had nearly killed him and wreaked havoc in the Devil Domain three thousand years earlier.
• Great Emperor Devil Flame tossed Yang Zhen an ancient object and vanished, saying he could offer no more help.
• Shameless Cat and the three Great Emperors identified the object as the Void Rock Shuttle, the key to the Void Rock Realm and its secrets of Gods and Devils.
• Yang Zhen recalled the Void Rock Shuttle's legend and wondered why Great Emperor Devil Flame had given it to him.

Yang Zhen learned that opening the Void Rock Realm required half of Holy Maiden Tianxuan’s life, after hearing how the previous wielder of the Void Rock Shuttle had failed to use it to escape Heavenly Tribulations. When Lou Woli suggested Han Yan’er’s War God Bloodline might work, Yang Zhen sent him flying and walked away to think in peace.

• Yang Zhen wondered whether the Void Rock Shuttle could divert Heavenly Punishment into the Void Rock Realm, but Great Emperor Golden Eagle and the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness told him it would not work.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle explained that the previous wielder of the shuttle had tried to open the Void Rock Realm during three hundred and sixty Heavenly Tribulations.
• The emperors revealed that Holy Maiden Tianxuan’s Heavenly Profound Bloodline could open the realm, but doing so would cost half her life; she had tried to save the man, who chose death rather than sacrifice her.
• Yang Zhen worried that Han Yan’er’s possible War God Bloodline might also open the Void Rock Realm.
• Lou Woli said the War God Bloodline could work, so Yang Zhen struck him away and told Han Yan’er not to speak or think about it.
• Yang Zhen took the Void Rock Shuttle and left, saying he wanted some peace and quiet.

As Hua Youyue prepared to marry Yang Zhen beneath the rare solar radiance, he remained missing while terrifying thunderclouds gathered over the Three Flowers Holy Land. The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness went to confront two approaching Witch Scale Clan Great Emperors, and Heavenly Punishment descended just as Hua Youyue’s red epiphyllum bloomed.

• Hua Youyue stood on the wedding platform as the auspicious hour approached, while the gathered guests wondered where Yang Zhen had gone.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle, the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness, and Great Emperor Aotian searched for Yang Zhen as ominous thunderclouds gathered overhead.
• Great Emperor Aotian sensed two approaching Great Emperors and revealed that they belonged to the Witch Scale Clan.
• The Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness left to meet the Witch Scale Clan Great Emperors, while Great Emperor Golden Eagle and Great Emperor Aotian continued looking for Yang Zhen.
• As the solar radiance shone over the holy land, a red epiphyllum bloomed above Hua Youyue.
• The sky darkened, the sun vanished, and Heavenly Punishment gathered over the Three Flowers Holy Land as the crowd called for Yang Zhen.

As Heavenly Punishment threatened the Three Flowers Holy Land, Hua Youyue, Han Yan'er, the Third Holy Maiden of the Jade Pool, Qin Luoyi, and three Great Emperors prepared to defend it in Yang Zhen's absence. Yang Zhen suddenly appeared to face the attack himself, while the Great Emperors wondered why he seemed so familiar.

• Great Emperor Golden Eagle, Great Emperor Aotian, and the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness found themselves unable to sense Yang Zhen as Heavenly Punishment descended and two Great Emperors of the Witch Scale Clan appeared in the western sky.
• Hua Youyue said Yang Zhen was not in the Three Flowers Holy Land and raised the Moon Shadow sword to face Heavenly Punishment; Han Yan'er, the Third Holy Maiden of the Jade Pool, and Qin Luoyi joined her.
• Great Emperor Golden Eagle shielded the four women, and Great Emperor Aotian and the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness joined him in unleashing their power against the threat.
• Yang Zhen suddenly appeared in the sky with the Star Spring Sword, while Shameless Cat appeared on Hua Youyue's shoulder.
• The three Great Emperors marveled at Yang Zhen's appearance and said he seemed strikingly familiar as he faced the approaching Heavenly Punishment.

Yang Zhen faced Heavenly Punishment at the Three Flowers Holy Land, laughing and provoking the Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beasts as they attacked. After realizing something was unusual about the tribulation, he put away his sword and let a beast strike him; from the chaos afterward, he excitedly announced that he had discovered the correct posture for tribulation transcendence.

• Yang Zhen charged at a Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast with the Star Spring Sword and used the Tianxuan Sword Technique, while the onlookers debated how long he could endure Heavenly Punishment.
• Shameless Cat opened betting on Yang Zhen, and Great Emperor Golden Eagle wagered ten thousand purple crystal stones against him getting through three hundred and sixty bolts with ease.
• Yang Zhen sat on a stool in midair as the Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beasts attacked, while two visiting Great Emperors discussed the tribulation and one failed to calculate Yang Zhen's fate.
• Yang Zhen noticed that the slain beasts had produced no Heaven and Earth Origin and put away the Star Spring Sword, beckoning the next beast to attack.
• After the Heaven and Earth Ferocious Beast struck Yang Zhen and chaos filled the sky, Yang Zhen laughed and declared that he had discovered the correct posture for tribulation transcendence.