Chapter Summaries

Zhao Ziang advanced to the Saint Realm after Lin Heng and Liu Ling'er helped protect him from void monsters, and the Heavenly Fire Sect prepared to celebrate. As Lin Heng and his companions were about to leave, Mo Qi arrived, trapped Lin Heng and Liu Ling'er in her Saint Realm Domain, and announced she would kill them for murdering her younger sister.

• Zhao Ziang thanked Lin Heng and Liu Ling'er for protecting his breakthrough, and the Heavenly Fire Sect experts congratulated him on reaching the Saint Realm.
• Tai Yuanfan arranged a celebration for Zhao Ziang, while Lin Heng traded a Kaitai Great Restoration Pill for two more chances to face the Illusory Law Wall.
• Lin Heng brought Hong San and Dongfang Yan out of the Qiankun Ring, and they spent a day experiencing the Illusory Law Wall's battle illusion while Lin Heng and Liu Ling'er studied the Law of Space with Zhao Ziang's guidance.
• Mo Qi arrived at the Heavenly Fire Sect as Lin Heng and Liu Ling'er prepared to leave, then used her Saint Realm Domain to seal off the area and prevent Lin Heng from escaping through space.
• Tai Yuanfan questioned Mo Qi, who declared that Lin Heng and Liu Ling'er had killed her younger sister and that she would slay them.

Lin Heng left the Taichen Star System to avoid Mo Qi while Liu Ling'er and the others cultivated inside the Qiankun Ring. After a month of travel, Duanmu Yunshang reached the Seventh Grade God Emperor Realm but fell short of attaining the Heaven-Burning Saint Physique, so Lin Heng brought out the Nirvana Heavenly Fire.

• Zhao Ziang and Tai Yuanfan defended Lin Heng and Liu Ling'er, and Mo Qi left rather than risk angering Great Saint Tai Chen.
• Lin Heng refused the Heavenly Fire Sect's offer of protection and used the Space-Escaping Saint Alms Bowl to leave the Taichen Star System with the Qiankun Ring.
• Liu Ling'er and the others studied the Law of Space inside the Qiankun Ring while Duanmu Yunshang cultivated to strengthen her fire physique.
• Lin Heng crossed several star domains, then began traveling between planets by teleportation array and signing in at each one.
• Duanmu Yunshang finished cultivating at the Seventh Grade God Emperor Realm but remained short of attaining the Heaven-Burning Saint Physique.
• Lin Heng entered the Qiankun Ring, examined Duanmu Yunshang, and brought out the Nirvana Heavenly Fire.

Lin Heng helped Duanmu Yunshang subdue the Nirvana Heavenly Fire, and she later cultivated the Heaven-Burning Saint Physique and reached the God Venerable Realm. At Heavenly Gate Star, Lin Heng signed in and obtained the Evil Emperor Netherworld Pearl, then left after learning the Saint Alliance tightly controlled the planet to prevent a slain evil cultivator from being resurrected, before secretly returning.

• Duanmu Yunshang used the Fire Refining Scripture to subdue the Nirvana Heavenly Fire while Lin Heng drank with Liu Ling'er and the others inside the Qiankun Ring.
• Two months later, Duanmu Yunshang had cultivated the Heaven-Burning Saint Physique and reached the God Venerable Realm, and Lin Heng gave her three Saint Artifacts.
• Lin Heng signed in at Heavenly Gate Star's teleportation array and received the Saint Artifact Evil Emperor Netherworld Pearl.
• A God King told Lin Heng that the Saint Alliance restricted access to Heavenly Gate Star because someone had once nearly resurrected the evil cultivator slain there.
• Lin Heng left Heavenly Gate Star through the teleportation array, then used the Space-Escaping Saint Alms Bowl to return.

Lin Heng secretly entered Heavenly Gate Star, learned that Heavenly Gate Mountain would appear in about five hundred years and that the Saint Alliance sought to control access to it, then reached Heaven-Gazing Peak to check in. At the Heaven-Gazing Courtyard gate, he received the Saint-grade Heaven-Devouring Art and began examining its abilities.

• Lin Heng entered Heavenly Gate Star in secret and learned from two Quasi-Gods that Heavenly Gate Mountain appeared every ten million years, while the Saint Alliance used its restrictions to control access to the Heavenly Gate.
• Lin Heng learned that the evil cultivator had been killed ten million years earlier after trying to enter the Heavenly Gate, and that attempts to revive him had not come close to succeeding.
• Lin Heng spent two days gathering information in the city, then traveled to the Heavenly Gate Mountain Range and headed for Heaven-Gazing Peak, where the Saint Alliance maintained a temporary base.
• Lin Heng failed to check in at the foot of the mountain and after climbing ten zhang, so he flew to the Heaven-Gazing Courtyard at the summit.
• Lin Heng successfully checked in at the courtyard's main gate and received the Saint-grade Heaven-Devouring Art, a technique that could consume energy and strip cultivation from other cultivators.

Lin Heng obtained the Heaven-Devouring Art and entered the Heaven-Gazing Courtyard, where he signed in and received the Solar Saint Body. He met the dying Saint Lu Yuanqing and his disciple Miao Xiyin, then introduced himself as an unaffiliated ascender from the lower realm.

• Lin Heng learned that the Heaven-Devouring Art could plunder cultivation and began receiving its inheritance.
• Lu Yuanqing opened the Heaven-Gazing Courtyard gates, and Lin Heng persuaded him to let him in by offering Sage's Sigh.
• Lin Heng signed in at the Hall of Heroic Spirits and received the Solar Saint Body, then paid respects with Lu Yuanqing.
• Miao Xiyin asked Lu Yuanqing to let her go down the mountain, but he refused and told her to pour wine.
• Lin Heng introduced himself as a God Venerable who had ascended from the lower realm, and Lu Yuanqing wondered if he was a reincarnated Saint.

Lin Heng befriended Lu Yuanqing and Miao Xiyin at the Hall of Heroic Spirits, then explored the Heaven-Gazing Courtyard and strengthened his physique. He returned to Heavenly Gate Star to continue exploiting its resources, but no one answered the gates of Cloud-Gazing Villa.

• Lu Yuanqing praised Lin Heng’s formidable physique, and Miao Xiyin told him her grandfather had ascended from a lower realm.
• Lin Heng shared wine with Lu Yuanqing and Miao Xiyin and admitted he had reached Heavenly Gate Star using a Saint Artifact that traveled through space.
• Miao Xiyin drank until she collapsed, and Lu Yuanqing carried her away with Saint Power before saying her circumstances were special.
• Lu Yuanqing showed Lin Heng around the Heaven-Gazing Courtyard, where Lin Heng signed in and received Saint-grade rewards.
• Lin Heng left Heavenly Gate Star, activated the Solar Saint Body on a lifeless planet, then returned to Cloud-Gazing Villa, where no one opened the gates.

Lin Heng discovered that Miao Xiyin had awakened as the reincarnated Evil Emperor after she drained Lu Yuanqing’s cultivation. The Evil Emperor explained her past and challenged Lin Heng’s assumptions about the Saint Alliance, leaving him uncertain why it had once tried to destroy her.

• Lin Heng found Lu Yuanqing dead and recognized the blood-eyed Miao Xiyin as the reborn Evil Emperor.
• Miao Xiyin briefly regained control and warned Lin Heng to flee before the Evil Emperor took over again.
• The Evil Emperor told Lin Heng that her remnant soul had escaped the Saint Alliance in the Evil Emperor Netherworld Pearl and later reincarnated as Miao Xiyin.
• The Evil Emperor explained that Sage’s Sigh had awakened her remnant soul and that, while disoriented, she had drained Lu Yuanqing’s cultivation.
• Lin Heng suggested Lu Yuanqing might have suspected her identity and deliberately allowed her to drain him.
• The Evil Emperor questioned whether the Saint Alliance represented justice, leaving Lin Heng unable to explain why it had pursued her.

The Evil Emperor told Lin Heng that the Saint Alliance had ambushed her over a Longevity Road Pass, a credential for the Longevity Road that still required peak Supreme Saint Realm cultivation. After Lin Heng revealed he knew the Heaven-Devouring Art, the Evil Emperor questioned him about why he had not practiced it and whether he planned to leave Heavenly Gate Star.

• The Evil Emperor explained that the Saint Alliance had attacked her to seize the Longevity Road Pass she obtained in the Primal Secret Realm.
• Lin Heng learned that the pass only granted entry to the Longevity Road and that travelers needed peak Supreme Saint Realm cultivation to survive the journey.
• Lin Heng claimed to be about twelve, an unaffiliated ascender, and a High-Stage God Venerable seeking Lu Yuanqing's guidance.
• The Evil Emperor paid her respects to Lu Yuanqing's corpse, reduced it to ashes, and warned Lin Heng that she had recovered to the Saint Realm.
• Lin Heng said he knew the Heaven-Devouring Art after identifying the Evil Emperor's technique, then recited part of its formula.
• The Evil Emperor asked Lin Heng why he did not cultivate the Heaven-Devouring Art and whether he intended to leave Heavenly Gate Star.

Lin Heng continued signing in at the Heaven-Gazing Courtyard while the Evil Emperor recovered and adjusted to her new body. After he obtained the Longevity Road Pass, she proposed that they become sworn siblings so they could leave together, but Lin Heng worried that doing so would entangle him in her conflict with the Saint Alliance.

• The Evil Emperor explained that she needed time to stabilize her cultivation and merge the consciousnesses of her two lives, while Lin Heng stayed to keep signing in at the Heaven-Gazing Courtyard.
• Lin Heng collected Saint-grade rewards, including the Yin-Yang Mirror, and suspected it had struck the Evil Emperor in her previous life.
• After struggling to adapt to being a woman, the Evil Emperor discussed her past with Lin Heng, who continued signing in until he obtained the Longevity Road Pass.
• The Evil Emperor asked Lin Heng to remain on Heavenly Gate Star and leave with her, but he refused unless she swore a soul oath to serve him.
• The Evil Emperor rejected serving Lin Heng and proposed that they become sworn siblings, arguing that the Saint Alliance was full of hypocrites and restrictions.

Mo Qi cornered Lin Heng in the Heavenly Gate Mountain Range, but Lin Heng turned the fight around by using the Evil Emperor Netherworld Pearl to break her Supreme Yin Domain. He battled Mo Qi inside the pearl’s Netherworld Space while the Evil Emperor watched in shock at her recovered Saint Artifact.

• Mo Qi sealed the Heavenly Gate Mountain Range with her Supreme Yin Domain and attacked Lin Heng and the Evil Emperor with her Supreme Yin Twin Rings.
• The Evil Emperor swallowed one Saint Ring with a blood-red vortex, while Lin Heng blocked the other and briefly immobilized Mo Qi with Spacetime Solidification.
• Lin Heng pierced Mo Qi’s Saint Power shield and damaged her Saint Armor with the Annihilation Heavenly Eye, but Mo Qi broke free and shattered the Nine Dragons Crown’s protective light.
• The Evil Emperor tried to protect Lin Heng, but Mo Qi’s Saint Realm Domain overwhelmed her Netherworld Domain.
• Lin Heng activated the Evil Emperor Netherworld Pearl, collapsing Mo Qi’s domain and weakening her Saint techniques and Saint Rings.
• Lin Heng fought Mo Qi at close quarters inside Netherworld Space and kept the Saint Realm expert suppressed while the Evil Emperor stared at the pearl.

Lin Heng defeated Mo Qi with the Yin-Yang Mirror and the Luan Feather Holy Sword, then let the Evil Emperor devour her cultivation. After the battle drew distant witnesses and the Netherworld Space dissipated, Lin Heng waited at Heaven-Gazing Courtyard for the five-day devouring to end.

• Mo Qi merged her Saint Spirit and Saint Soul manifestation with her body, but could only fight Lin Heng to a standstill as the Netherworld Space began to fade.
• Lin Heng used the Yin-Yang Mirror to grievously wound Mo Qi, then pursued her with the Luan Feather Holy Sword until she could no longer fight.
• The Evil Emperor stopped Lin Heng from killing Mo Qi and began devouring her cultivation, while Lin Heng knocked away and seized the Supreme Yin Twin Rings.
• The Netherworld Space dissipated, and Lin Heng noticed cultivators watching from afar who could report the battle to the Saint Alliance.
• Lin Heng waited at Heaven-Gazing Courtyard while the Evil Emperor spent five days devouring Mo Qi.

After devouring Mo Qi, the Evil Emperor became Lin Heng’s sworn younger sister and met his family and companions inside the Qiankun Ring. Half a month after Lin Heng left Heavenly Gate Star, a Saint Realm powerhouse from the Saint Alliance arrived at Heavenly Gate Mountain Range and entered the Heaven-Gazing Courtyard.

• The Evil Emperor devoured Mo Qi’s Great Yin Saint Physique, and Lin Heng agreed to become her sworn elder brother after she proposed they become sworn siblings.
• Lin Heng and the Evil Emperor took soul oaths, then he sent her into the Qiankun Ring while he traveled through space using the Space-Escaping Saint Alms Bowl.
• The Evil Emperor met Liu Ling'er, Yue Linglong, Duanmu Yunshang, Hong San, and Dongfang Yan inside the Qiankun Ring and learned about their relationships and cultivation.
• The Evil Emperor befriended Yue Linglong and offered to share her cultivation experience with her.
• Half a month after Lin Heng left Heavenly Gate Star, a Saint Realm powerhouse from the Saint Alliance arrived and entered the Heaven-Gazing Courtyard.

Great Saint Wang Teng and Great Saint Tai Chen concluded that the Evil Emperor had been reborn and joined forces with Lin Heng, and they prepared to confront them in the Chaotic Star Domain. Meanwhile, Lin Heng reached Blue Radiance Star in the Mogu Star Domain on the Evil Emperor’s advice.

• Ma Wu reported that Lu Yuanqing and Mo Qi had died, Lin Heng was their opponent, and Evil Emperor-like Qi lingered at the Heaven-Gazing Courtyard.
• Great Saint Tai Chen ordered Ma Wu to investigate Lin Heng and informed the Saint Alliance’s senior members that the Evil Emperor might have returned.
• Great Saint Wang Teng visited the Heaven-Gazing Courtyard, sensed the lingering evil Qi, and later learned of Lin Heng’s rapid rise and powerful abilities from Ma Wu.
• Great Saint Wang Teng and Great Saint Tai Chen decided to wait for Lin Heng and the Evil Emperor in the Chaotic Star Domain and began planning for the Heavenly Gate World.
• Lin Heng traveled to Blue Radiance Star in the Mogu Star Domain, home to the Myriad Saints Palace, following the Evil Emperor’s advice.

Lin Heng arrived on Blue Radiance Star to seek a path into the Heavenly Gate World and received a Heart of Space from the system. After reaching Duckweed Palace to register for its selection, he astonished the Myriad Saints Palace officials with his age and cultivation, and they tried to recruit him.

• Lin Heng decided he needed to reach the Saint Realm before entering the Chaotic Star Domain, and the Evil Emperor advised him to visit the Heavenly Gate World first.
• Lin Heng signed in at Blue Radiance Star’s teleportation array and received a Heart of Space that could help him and his companions comprehend the Law of Space.
• Lin Heng flew to Duckweed Bay and passed the Myriad Saints Palace’s restriction screen to register for the Heavenly Gate World selection.
• The officials discovered that Lin Heng was nearly thirteen and already a High-Stage God Venerable, then recorded his information and gave him a registration talisman plaque.
• Lin Heng said he did not want to join any major force for now, but the Saint Realm elder offered to discuss recruitment terms with him inside Duckweed Palace.

Lin Heng entered the Duckweed Palace and received the Human Emperor Saint Body and the Human Emperor Scripture from the system. He met Great Saint Wu Gang, who offered him tea and began negotiating to recruit him into the Myriad Saints Palace.

• Lin Heng followed Gong Yi into the Duckweed Palace and received the Human Emperor Saint Body at its gates.
• Gong Yi left Lin Heng in the Heavenly Tea House to fetch a Great Saint, and Lin Heng received the Human Emperor Scripture from the system.
• Lin Heng studied the Scripture and learned how sensing others' thoughts, especially in battle, could advance his soul realm.
• Wu Gang arrived, introduced himself as a Great Saint, served Lin Heng bodhi-tree tea that strengthened his soul, and asked what terms would persuade him to join the Myriad Saints Palace.

Lin Heng asked Wu Gang for a Longevity Road Pass and stayed at Duckweed Palace while Wu Gang went to consult the Myriad Saints Palace. He later used the Heart of Space to aid his companions’ cultivation and gained the Calamity-Breaking Heavenly Eye and a Heavenly Gate Secret Key, which could take one cultivator directly to Heavenly Gate Mountain.

• Lin Heng requested a Longevity Road Pass, and Wu Gang left for Myriad Saints Palace headquarters to ask whether one could be given to him.
• After Wu Gang departed, Lin Heng let Liu Ling'er and the others share the tea, signed in around Duckweed Palace, and then went out to explore Blue Radiance Star.
• Lin Heng traveled beyond the reach of powerful Saint Sense, entered the Qiankun Ring, and showed the Heart of Space to the Evil Emperor for her to use in comprehending the Law of Space.
• On Blue Radiance Star’s second day, Lin Heng signed in at the teleportation array and fused the Calamity-Breaking Heavenly Eye with his Annihilation Heavenly Eye.
• Lin Heng returned to Duckweed Palace and received the Heavenly Gate Secret Key, which could take one cultivator directly into Heavenly Gate Mountain.

Lin Heng used the Heavenly Gate Secret Key to enter the hidden Heavenly Gate Mountain early, after spending a month signing in at Duckweed Palace and failing to secure a Longevity Road Pass. Wu Gang appeared as Lin Heng activated the key and asked whether he had entered the Heavenly Gate World before and read any guides.

• Lin Heng decided to use his Heavenly Gate Secret Key immediately rather than wait hundreds of years for Heavenly Gate Mountain to appear.
• Lin Heng signed in at Duckweed Palace and received the Human Emperor Sword, which suited his Human Emperor Saint Body and Scripture.
• Wu Gang told Lin Heng that the Myriad Saints Palace would grant him a Longevity Road Pass only after he reached the Supreme Saint Realm, and Lin Heng declined the offer.
• Lin Heng gave Wu Gang a box of ten-million-year-old bodhi leaves, then left Duckweed Palace and flew to the center of Duckweed Bay.
• Lin Heng activated the Heavenly Gate Secret Key, causing golden runes to strike the sea and space to ripple; Wu Gang appeared and asked about Lin Heng's experience and guides to the Heavenly Gate World.

Lin Heng entered the Heavenly Gate World and reunited with his companions, learning how its dangerous conditions restricted movement and soul sense. As they discussed the threat of powerful early entrants, the Evil Emperor sensed demonic beasts closing in from all directions.

• Lin Heng passed through the Heavenly Gate and arrived in the Heavenly Gate World, where he landed in a mountain forest beneath nine sun stars.
• Lin Heng brought Liu Ling'er and the others out of his Qiankun Ring, while Liu Ling'er returned Hong San and Dongfang Yan to it because the heavy spatial pressure hindered them.
• The Evil Emperor, Liu Ling'er, and Duanmu Yunshang adjusted to the new world, while Yue Linglong struggled more with its conditions.
• The Evil Emperor warned that powerful cultivators carrying Heavenly Gate Secret Keys might have entered early, including Saint Realm powerhouses.
• The Evil Emperor detected a pack of ferocious demonic beasts approaching from every direction.

Lin Heng and his companions entered a mountain forest in the Heavenly Gate World, where Liu Ling'er and Duanmu Yunshang swiftly defeated a pack of Tiger Crocodile Beasts. They discovered an Illusory Law Wall hidden behind a waterfall and suspected a dangerous force lay in the pool beneath it, leaving the group testing the pool rather than entering it.

• Liu Ling'er and Duanmu Yunshang used their Saint Artifacts to kill more than a hundred Tiger Crocodile Beasts in under a hundred breaths.
• Lin Heng led the group through the mountain forest, where his attempts to sign in failed.
• The group reached a waterfall and found an Illusory Law Wall behind it, but a mysterious force repelled anyone who tried to approach it directly.
• The Evil Emperor sensed that the waterfall's unusual force came from the deep pool, while Lin Heng recalled that a powerful beast might lurk there.
• Yue Linglong threw a stone into the pool, and it flew back out; the Evil Emperor repeated the test and got the same result.

Lin Heng discovered that a Great Yin Heavenly Magnetic Crystal beneath the Illusory Law Waterfall blocked the way to its opportunity, and the Evil Emperor entered the pool to adapt to its force. As Lin Heng and the others roasted meat while she soaked, the Evil Emperor warned that Tiger Crocodile Beasts were approaching with a Saint Realm powerhouse.

• Lin Heng used the Calamity-Breaking Heavenly Eye to find ferocious beast corpses and a black crystal at the bottom of the pool, then checked in and received a great yin heavenly magnetic crystal.
• Lin Heng explained that the crystal's Great Yin Magnetic Force repelled objects and could kill living things, and that cultivators with a Great Yin Saint Physique had to adapt to it before collecting it.
• The Evil Emperor entered the pool and removed her clothes so the magnetic force would not destroy them, while Lin Heng and the others waited by the stream.
• Liu Ling'er, Yue Linglong, and Duanmu Yunshang roasted Tiger Crocodile Beast legs as the night fell, and the Evil Emperor complained from the water that they had not shared.
• The Evil Emperor warned that another group of Tiger Crocodile Beasts was approaching with a Saint Realm powerhouse, but Duanmu Yunshang and Liu Ling'er doubted her.