Recaps

The Beginningless Bell tolled from Purple Mountain, sending emperor-level power across the Big Dipper Ancient Star and stirring powerful factions into alarm. In the Holy City, the great powers debated the bell’s meaning and ordered an urgent investigation, suspecting Purple Mountain’s formations had sensed an innate sacred body Dao embryo.

• The bell’s toll shook cultivators and ancient powers across the regions, while the Kasyapa Temple monk, a Primordial Royal Clan member, and the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox holy maiden recognized its Emperor Weapon might.
• The Holy City’s Desolate Antiquity Dao Platform and Great Emperor Wushi’s runes responded to the bell, and cultivators speculated that Purple Mountain had awakened.
• The Jiang Family Holy Lord, Ji Family Holy Lord, Yaoguang Holy Lord, and representatives of other powers gathered to discuss the bell and the danger and opportunity at Purple Mountain.
• The Jiang Family Holy Lord reported that nearly seventy percent of Purple Mountain’s outer killing formations had activated, while the Yaoguang Holy Lord suggested they had sensed an innate sacred body Dao embryo.
• The Yaoguang Holy Lord urged the gathered powers to investigate Purple Mountain immediately before the Primordial Races or another faction reached it first.

The Holy Lands formed an alliance to explore Purple Mountain after the Beginningless Bell rang, while the news triggered a rush toward the Northern Region. The bell’s true cause was revealed to be Li Qingshan’s innate sacred body Dao embryo, whose resonance heralded a new great age.

• The Jiang, Ji, Yaoguang, and other factions agreed to cooperate in exploring Purple Mountain and proposed a covenant against betrayal.
• The Jiang Family Holy Lord reported that the Queen Mother of the West had refused Jade Pool’s involvement, deepening the Holy Lords’ suspicions about its knowledge of Purple Mountain.
• The Holy Lands mobilized their forces as rumors about the Emperor Bell and Purple Mountain spread, driving cultivators and young prodigies toward the Northern Region.
• Duan De heard the bell while traveling toward the Holy City and hurried on, sensing that a great opportunity and danger awaited.
• Inside Purple Mountain, the Beginningless Bell’s resonance frightened the sealed Primordial creatures and stirred the Wushi Scripture, while the Undying Heavenly Empress recognized the bell.
• The chapter revealed that Li Qingshan’s innate sacred body Dao embryo had triggered the bell’s response and foreshadowed a new great age.

The Peacock King and Azure Flood Dragon King tracked Yan Ruyu to Li Qingshan and attacked him, believing he had taken her hostage. Li Qingshan effortlessly defeated their attacks and suppressed both demon kings with his Dao Domain, leaving the Peacock King powerless and the Azure Flood Dragon King's fate uncertain.

• The Peacock King and Azure Flood Dragon King followed traces of Li Qingshan's Dao resonance and found Yan Ruyu standing respectfully beside him.
• The Azure Flood Dragon King attacked Li Qingshan with the Flood Dragon Emperor Fist, but Li Qingshan stopped the blow with one hand and sent him staggering back.
• The Peacock King unleashed the Five-Colored Divine Light, but Li Qingshan split its five-element millstone with Chaos Qi and injured him through the backlash.
• The Azure Flood Dragon King transformed and struck with his tail, but Li Qingshan caught it and hurled him into a distant mountain range.
• The Peacock King burned his origin to launch another attack, but Li Qingshan manifested his Dao Domain, erased the attack, and suppressed both demon kings.

Li Qingshan overwhelmed the Peacock King and Azure Flood Dragon King, then let Yan Ruyu explain that he had rescued and agreed to shelter the Azure Emperor Lineage. The two demon kings apologized and accepted his demand for stability, leaving everyone with a clearer understanding of his overwhelming strength.

• Li Qingshan suppressed the Peacock King and Azure Flood Dragon King with his phenomenon's Dao Domain and sent the Azure Flood Dragon King crashing into the mountains.
• Yan Ruyu explained to the Peacock King that Li Qingshan had saved her people from Ji Haoyue and agreed to shelter the Azure Emperor Lineage.
• Li Qingshan withdrew his Dao Domain, and the injured Azure Flood Dragon King and the Peacock King apologized for offending him.
• Li Qingshan told the two demon kings that the Eastern Wasteland demons must maintain stability, and both agreed to obey.

After defeating the Peacock King and the Azure Flood Dragon King, Li Qingshan secured their promise to protect Yan Ruyu and her people while he left to prepare for an immense heavenly tribulation. He advised Ye Fan and Pang Bo on cultivation and assigned the Black Emperor to guard them, leaving the group with protection and guidance for the year ahead.

• Li Qingshan revealed that he had lured the Peacock King and the Azure Flood Dragon King out and defeated them, then asked them to protect Yan Ruyu and her people while he was away.
• The Peacock King and the Azure Flood Dragon King swore to keep the Azure Emperor's descendants safe from outside enemies.
• Li Qingshan urged Ye Fan to build a solid foundation and told him he could visit the Jade Pool in a year, while instructing Pang Bo to consolidate his soul and demon body.
• Li Qingshan ordered the Black Emperor to accompany Ye Fan and Pang Bo, protect them, and avoid causing trouble; the Black Emperor eagerly promised to comply.
• Li Qingshan considered Ye Fan's Mother Qi of All Things Source but set it aside because he had obtained high-quality Xuanhuang Mother Qi Root in the Divine Tomb World.

Li Qingshan suspected Dugu Baitian had secretly guided him to the Xuanhuang Mother Qi Root in the Divine Tomb World. After arranging for Ye Fan to search for their scattered Earth classmates, Li Qingshan went to the outer starry sky and released his power to face a devastating heavenly tribulation.

• Li Qingshan wondered whether Dugu Baitian had placed the Xuanhuang Mother Qi Root and other opportunities in his path as part of a hidden plan.
• Li Qingshan told Ye Fan to search for their old classmates from Earth and invite any willing survivors to meet at the Jade Pool in a year.
• As the Heaven-Deceiving Array Patterns began to fail and his tribulation approached, Li Qingshan opened a spatial rift to the outer starry sky.
• Li Qingshan vanished into the rift, leaving Ye Fan, Pang Bo, the Black Emperor, Yan Ruyu, and the demon kings to watch anxiously.
• Above a lifeless ancient star near the Big Dipper Ancient Star, Li Qingshan released his restraints, and chaotic lightning swallowed him and the star.

Jade Pool learned that Li Qingshan had gone beyond the region to undergo a tribulation, and Saint Yaoguang set out to guard him. Meanwhile, the Holy Lands’ assault on Purple Mountain ended in disaster, while reports of Li Qingshan’s victories in the Southern Region stirred the balance of power as he faced tribulation in the starry sky.

• The Queen Mother of the West told Saint Yaoguang that Li Qingshan had made a breakthrough and gone to the starry sky to undergo a great tribulation, so Saint Yaoguang took a strand of the Immortal Tears Pagoda’s Qi to protect him.
• The Queen Mother of the West showed Saint Yaoguang reports of the Beginningless Bell’s Emperor might devastating the forces that had tried to explore Purple Mountain, and Saint Yaoguang ordered Jade Pool to avoid further assaults.
• The Jiang Family’s Holy Lord and other survivors described escaping Purple Mountain with the Stone Tokens after the bell destroyed replicas of Emperor Weapons and killed many experts.
• Rumors spread through the Holy City that Li Qingshan had defeated the Peacock King and Azure Flood Dragon King and subdued Ji Haoyue, drawing attention from the major powers.
• Jiang Yifei, Ji Haoyue, and the Yaoguang Holy Son reacted to reports of Li Qingshan’s strength as he floated above an ancient star in the midst of tribulation.

Li Qingshan endured a Chaos Thunder Sea for half a year while using its lightning to temper his body and Dao foundation. When the tribulation shifted into a Law-Creation Tribulation for the Eight-Nine Profound Art he had created, Humanoid Lightning imprints of ancient supreme powerhouses emerged to attack him.

• Li Qingshan released his power on an ancient star and drew down a Chaos Thunder Sea, then faced it without retreating.
• Li Qingshan used the Eight-Nine Profound Art and Green Lotus Grows in Chaos phenomenon to absorb lightning, heal his wounds, and resist lightning beasts, deities, and visions of destroyed worlds.
• The Queen Mother of the West and the Jade Pool Saint watched as the tribulation continued for half a year, growing more concerned at its unprecedented duration and strength.
• A great resonance from the Eight-Nine Profound Art reignited the fading thunder sea and formed the phantom of an Ancient Heavenly Court.
• The Jade Pool Saint recognized that Li Qingshan had triggered a Law-Creation Tribulation, and Humanoid Lightning imprints of ancient supreme powerhouses appeared within the heavenly palaces.

Li Qingshan endured a year of lightning tribulations and fought nine imprints of young Great Emperors, refining the Eight-Nine Profound Art through repeated destruction and rebirth. Meanwhile, factions across the Big Dipper and beyond converged on Purple Mountain, and the Primordial Royal Clans began sending powerful descendants into the Northern Region as a larger conflict gathered.

• Li Qingshan battled nine young imperial phantoms through the Law-Creation Great Tribulation, using each clash to deepen his understanding of the Dao and transform his body and divine soul.
• The great holy lands and Desolate Ancient Families continued searching for a way into Purple Mountain, while the Jiang, Ji, and Yaoguang factions each considered how to approach it.
• Ancient Primordial Royal Clans discussed Purple Mountain's links to ancestral emperors and ordered awakened descendants of the general rank to investigate the Emperor Bell.
• The Peacock King and Azure Flood Dragon King protected Yan Ruyu's branch as debate and attention over the Northern Region spread among the demon race and other distant powers.
• After a full year of tribulation, Li Qingshan remained locked in a brutal fight, grievously wounded but with his understanding and resolve greatly strengthened.

As the great powers and Primordial Races gathered around Purple Mountain, Ye Fan, Duan De, and the Black Emperor watched from hiding. The Black Emperor and Duan De devised a plan to exploit the distraction by raiding the gathered forces’ ancestral burial grounds.

• The Jiang Family, Ji Family, Yaoguang Holy Land, dynasties, demon race, bandits, and Primordial Races assembled around Purple Mountain, each wary of provoking a battle.
• Duan De, Ye Fan, and the Black Emperor hid nearby; Ye Fan carried his cauldron forged from the Mother Qi of All Things Source, which had drawn pursuers to him.
• Duan De and Ye Fan discussed the dangers of the gathering, while the Black Emperor recognized Duan De’s grave-robbing expertise.
• The Black Emperor proposed that they raid the great forces’ burial grounds while their attention was fixed on Purple Mountain.
• Duan De eagerly agreed, disguising the plan as archaeological research and cultural relic preservation.

Ye Fan agreed to join Duan De and the Black Emperor in raiding the major powers’ burial grounds, while the forces gathered outside Purple Mountain remained on the brink of conflict. The Black Wind Demon King tried to seize Great Emperor Wushi’s inheritance but was erased by the Great Xia Emperor’s Imperial Dragon Qi.

• Ye Fan agreed to join Duan De and the Black Emperor’s grave-robbing team, negotiated a thirty-five percent share, and set rules for their raids.
• Duan De and the Black Emperor considered targeting the Thirteen Great Bandits’ ancestral burial grounds, demon royal clans, or a Yaoguang Holy Land mine.
• The factions gathered outside Purple Mountain maintained a tense standoff as Ye Fan, Duan De, and the Black Emperor hoped they would start fighting.
• The Black Wind Demon King appeared and demanded that the others leave so he could claim Great Emperor Wushi’s inheritance.
• The Great Xia Emperor flicked a finger, and his Imperial Dragon Qi erased the Black Wind Demon King completely.

Li Qingshan overcame the double heavenly tribulation and sensed the Beginningless Bell calling him from Purple Mountain. Its nine tolls stirred the powers gathered there, who believed a fated person was about to claim Great Emperor Wushi’s lineage and prepared to fight over it.

• At Purple Mountain, the Great Xia Emperor erased a mighty figure with his Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, intimidating the gathered powers.
• Duan De, the Black Emperor, and Ye Fan raided a Five Elements Palace mine, gathered rare Sources, and escaped before the elders could catch them.
• Li Qingshan defeated the final emperor phantom after more than a year of tribulation, absorbed the chaos primordial Qi, and underwent a major transformation.
• The Beginningless Bell tolled nine times, awakening Purple Mountain’s emperor patterns and prompting the assembled powers to believe Great Emperor Wushi’s successor had appeared.
• The powers prepared to break into Purple Mountain, unaware that Li Qingshan was the fated person in the distant starry expanse.
• Li Qingshan recognized the bell’s call and decided it was time to fulfill his promise.

After surviving a year-long tribulation and creating the Eight-Nine Profound Art, Li Qingshan returned to Jade Pool with power beyond the Queen Mother of the West and the Jade Pool Saint’s understanding. He set out alone for Purple Mountain, where the Beginningless Bell had called him, believing he was going to keep an appointment rather than fight.

• The Jade Pool Saint praised Li Qingshan’s survival of the tribulation, and Li Qingshan thanked her for shielding him with the Immortal Tears Pagoda.
• The Queen Mother of the West and the Jade Pool Saint questioned Li Qingshan’s immense cultivation, and he revealed that he had created the Eight-Nine Profound Art by integrating insights from ancient scriptures.
• The Queen Mother of the West showed Li Qingshan that powers from across the lands had gathered outside Purple Mountain after the Beginningless Bell rang and revived its Dao patterns.
• Li Qingshan said the Beginningless Bell’s call resonated with his completed Dao and that he would go alone to keep an appointment; the Queen Mother of the West promised Jade Pool’s support if he needed it.
• Li Qingshan vanished without disturbing space, and the Queen Mother of the West and the Jade Pool Saint acknowledged that they had underestimated him.

As forces gathered outside Purple Mountain to claim Great Emperor Wushi’s legacy, Jiang Yun and the human factions joined their Emperor Weapons to drive back the Primordial Royal Clans. A trace of a hidden Primordial Imperial Clan’s Emperor Armament halted the confrontation, and the ancient races withdrew to watch from afar.

• Jiang Yun, the Ji Family’s old woman, and the Yaoguang Holy Lord agreed that the human forces should break through the emperor patterns together and keep the Primordial Royal Clans away.
• The Silver-Winged Ancient King insisted that the Primordial Myriad Races had a right to Great Emperor Wushi’s legacy, but Jiang Yun and the other human leaders ordered them to retreat.
• The human forces combined the might of their Emperor Weapons, overpowering the Primordial Royal Clans’ Ancestral Artifacts and injuring their leaders.
• A trace of a Primordial Imperial Clan’s Emperor Armament appeared, causing the human leaders and the Silver-Winged Ancient King to reconsider escalating the fight.
• The Silver-Winged Ancient King led Spirit Valley away, and the other Primordial Royal Clans withdrew to the distant horizon to keep watch.

Jiang Yun and the human factions joined forces to tear open Wu Shi’s Emperor Patterns around Purple Mountain, then rushed inside seeking the Great Emperor’s inheritance. The Primordial Royal Clans attacked the human forces at the breach, and the factions fell into battle across Purple Mountain’s vast underground passages.

• Jiang Yun warned that the Primordial Royal Clans might attack from the shadows, and the human factions agreed to break through the Emperor Patterns before competing for the inheritance.
• Jiang Yun, the Ji Family’s old woman, the Yaoguang Holy Lord, the Ancient Hua imperial uncle, the Jiuli Battle King, and Tu Tian unleashed their Emperor Weapons and other powers against the barrier, suffering severe backlash as they tore open a breach.
• The human factions charged into Purple Mountain, with Jiang Yun leading the injured Jiang Family under the Hengyu Furnace’s protection.
• The Silver-Winged Ancient King led Spirit Valley in an ambush against the Jiang Family, but Jiang Yun countered with Hengyu Emperor Fire as the Silver Moon Clan and other Primordial Royal Clans attacked.
• The factions entered Purple Mountain’s underground world and began fighting over the main passage and nearby caverns.

The Jiang Family fought desperately through Purple Mountain as the Silver-Winged Ancient King sought to seize the Hengyu Furnace. They discovered inscriptions revealing Jiang Taixu had been trapped there and that the Wushi Scripture remained sealed, then found themselves surrounded in a passage sealed by Spirit Valley.

• The Ji Family, Yaoguang Holy Land, Ancient Hua Dynasty, Jiuli Divine Dynasty, and Tu Tian joined the bloody fighting, while the Silver-Winged Ancient King attacked Jiang Yun and the Hengyu Furnace.
• Jiang Yun burned the Hengyu Furnace’s source fire to drive back the Silver-Winged Ancient King, despite the cost to himself and the Emperor Weapon.
• A Jiang Family disciple uncovered Jiang Taixu’s inscription, and Jiang Ren and Jiang Yun realized their ancestor had been trapped in Purple Mountain for four thousand years.
• The Jiang Family found inscriptions by other explorers and learned from Jiang Taixu’s writings that Great Emperor Wushi had sealed the Wushi Scripture beyond their reach.
• Jiang Ren urged the battered Jiang Family to press on, but the Silver-Winged Ancient King sealed the passage and surrounded them with Spirit Valley forces.

A Primordial Ancestral King of Spirit Valley arrived and tried to seize the Hengyu Furnace, but the Emperor Weapon revived on its own and erased him with a single strike. The surviving ancient forces fled in terror as the furnace’s might continued to dominate the battlefield.

• A Primordial Ancestral King emerged from Divine Source, suppressed the battlefield, and reached for the Hengyu Furnace.
• The Hengyu Furnace revived by itself and unleashed a beam of chaos that annihilated the Ancestral King.
• The Silver-Winged Ancient King and the other Primordial Royal Clan experts panicked and fled, with some caught in the Emperor Formation.
• The hidden Extreme Dao Emperor Armament’s presence dwindled and went dormant after the Hengyu Furnace’s eruption.
• The Hengyu Furnace closed its lid but continued radiating Emperor’s might, leaving everyone awed and afraid of the Jiang Family.

Ye Fan, Duan De, and the Black Emperor avoided the battle outside Purple Mountain by sneaking toward a hidden route into the mountain. They reached a side passage after a blast shook the cavern, and peered inside at a gruesome scene.

• Ye Fan, newly advanced to the Dao Palace Secret Realm, watched the deadly battle outside Purple Mountain with Duan De and the Black Emperor.
• The Black Emperor claimed he knew a hidden way into Purple Mountain and led Ye Fan and Duan De around the battlefield’s dangers.
• The trio followed the Black Emperor through treacherous terrain, avoiding turbulent power and traces of recent fighting.
• The Black Emperor shielded the trio when a destructive shockwave burst from a side passage.
• The trio crept to the passage entrance and saw a gruesome scene at its end.

Ye Fan, Duan De, and the Black Emperor quietly looted the possessions of fallen or dying cultivators as they traveled through Purple Mountain’s hidden passages. After several successful hauls, they pressed onward toward the mountain’s depths, wary of greater dangers ahead.

• The Black Emperor paralyzed a dying Ancient Race expert with an array, letting Duan De take his bracelet and breastplate while Ye Fan collected a Yaoguang elder’s broken Holy Light Sword.
• The Black Emperor killed the Ancient Race expert and found a Nether Baleful Soul Crystal in his armor before the three fled as others approached.
• In a stalactite cavern, the group looted a dead Central Continent sect disciple, including a jade slip of a rare sonic killing art that the Black Emperor claimed.
• Ye Fan shielded the group from sword Qi triggered by a damaged restriction and recovered a piece of White Tiger Geng Metal from a fallen member of the Golden Family of the Northern Plains.
• Duan De celebrated their quiet windfalls, while the Black Emperor warned that the deeper passages held fewer easy gains and greater tests.

The Black Emperor led Ye Fan and Duan De through a concealed passage into Purple Mountain, avoiding its traps and reaching a hidden cavern overlooking a bloody battle. From their hiding place, they watched the weakened Jiang Family fight the Silver-Winged Ancient King and his Spirit Valley forces, with the Hengyu Furnace losing power.

• The Black Emperor opened a secret entrance in the mountain wall and guided Ye Fan and Duan De through the dangerous passage once used by Li Qingshan.
• The Black Emperor navigated the hidden formations and teleportation nodes while Duan De eyed the valuable stonework and Ye Fan sensed dormant dangers.
• At a junction, the Black Emperor opened a concealed door that led to a cavern above the main passage, and the three concealed themselves to watch the battle below.
• Ye Fan saw the Jiang Family surrounded by corpses and fighting the Silver-Winged Ancient King and Spirit Valley forces with the Hengyu Furnace.
• Duan De judged that the Jiang Family was close to defeat because the Hengyu Furnace had dimmed and its wielders were exhausted.

Ye Fan watched the human forces battle the Ancient Races as the Jiang Family became trapped and faced the silver-winged Ancestor King. The Hengyu Furnace awakened on its own and annihilated the Ancestor King, leaving the entire battlefield frozen in shock.

• The Ji Family, Yaoguang Holy Land, the Jiuli Divine Dynasty, and the Great Xia Dynasty fought the Ancient Races while Tu Tian used the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar to consume a Silver Moon Clan expert.
• Duan De coveted treasures on the battlefield, while Ye Fan and the Black Emperor warned him to stay hidden.
• Ye Fan saw the Jiang Family retreat into a side passage, where the Silver-Winged Ancient King sealed them inside a Primordial formation.
• A Primordial Ancestral King appeared, overwhelmed the battlefield with his presence, and reached for the Hengyu Furnace with a giant silver hand.
• The Hengyu Furnace awakened without anyone activating it and released a light of chaos that erased the silver hand and annihilated the Ancestor King.
• The surviving humans and Ancient Races stood in stunned silence after witnessing the Ancestor King's destruction.

After the Hengyu Furnace killed a Primordial Ancestral King, Ye Fan, the Black Emperor, and Duan De took advantage of the chaos to continue deeper into Purple Mountain toward the Beginningless Bell. On the way, they detoured into an abandoned chamber, claimed several treasures, and then hurried back toward their destination.

• The Hengyu Furnace awakened and killed a Primordial Ancestral King, sending surviving members of the Primordial Royal Clan fleeing.
• The Black Emperor led Ye Fan and Duan De through a hidden passage, explaining that brute force could not unlock Great Emperor Wushi’s legacy or win the Beginningless Bell’s favor.
• The trio avoided areas where others were fighting and followed the bell waves and Dao sounds deeper into Purple Mountain.
• The Black Emperor smelled treasure in a side passage and led the others to a chamber containing an ancient corpse and scattered valuables.
• Duan De claimed Fire-Patterned Gold Essence and a jade bottle, the Black Emperor took a cracked Void Tortoise Shell, and Ye Fan collected a broken dark-gold sword.
• The trio left the chamber and resumed their journey toward the opening where the Beginningless Bell’s presence grew stronger.

The surviving human, Ancient Race, and demon factions reached Purple Mountain’s core hall and found the Wushi Scripture and Beginningless Bell. As the factions argued over claiming the treasures, they remained poised for a fragile standoff.

• The Jiang Family, Ji Family, Yaoguang Holy Land, Jiuli Divine Dynasty, Great Xia Dynasty, Tu Tian, and other survivors entered the hall, each having suffered heavy losses.
• The factions saw the Wushi Scripture on the central platform and the Beginningless Bell hovering above it, whose imperial might subdued the Emperor Weapons.
• Jiang Yun proposed that the human forces ally and study the Wushi Scripture together if the Jiang Family obtained it.
• The Ji Family supported keeping the inheritance from the Ancient Races, while Yaoguang demanded the scripture and the Jiuli and Great Xia forces prioritized the Beginningless Bell.
• Tu Tian mocked the human factions’ plans and insisted that everyone who saw the treasures should get a share and rely on their own abilities.

The factions in the central hall fought over the Beginningless Bell and the Wushi Scripture, but neither treasure could be touched despite their combined attacks. As casualties mounted and despair spread, the Beginningless Bell trembled slightly.

• The Silver-Winged Ancient King lunged for the Beginningless Bell, breaking the fragile truce and drawing the major factions into battle.
• The Ji Family, Yaoguang Holy Land, the Jiuli Divine Dynasty, and the Great Xia Dynasty attacked the bell, while Jiang Yun and other factions targeted the stone scripture and Tu Tian scavenged the battlefield.
• The Beginningless Bell repelled every assault, while the invisible barrier around the Wushi Scripture dissolved attacks without stirring the book.
• Fighters on both battlefields died as stray attacks and Tu Tian's Devouring Heaven Demon Jar claimed victims, and the surviving factions realized they could not seize either treasure.
• As despair spread through the hall, the Beginningless Bell trembled slightly, noticed by every expert present.

The Beginningless Bell’s toll crushed the fighters and their attacks, leaving the surviving factions unable to reach Great Emperor Wushi’s scripture or claim the Emperor Weapon. The survivors recognized that only someone with an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo and the Bell’s chosen affinity could obtain the inheritance, and they were left in despair.

• The Beginningless Bell rang out and sent every fighter flying, while its toll erased their attacks and made the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons flicker.
• An elder from an ancient Central Continent clan explained that only someone with an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo could open Great Emperor Wushi’s scripture, and that forcing the Bell would provoke its retaliation.
• Jiang Yun saw the Hengyu Furnace dim and his remaining elders gravely wounded, then collapsed into despair as the inheritance stayed beyond his reach.
• The Ji Family, Yaoguang Holy Land, Jiuli Divine Dynasty, Great Xia Dynasty, and Primordial Races abandoned their hopes of claiming the inheritance, while Tu Tian withdrew with the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar.
• The surviving experts remained battered and defeated as the scripture and Chaos Bell rested untouched on the platform.