Chapter Summaries

Yan Ruyu led the demon group toward Burning Heaven Valley to evade the Ji Family, but they found the volcanic range filled with the remnants of a terrifying heavenly tribulation and were surrounded by Ji Family experts. Ji Haoyue demanded the Demon Emperor's Saint Weapon and demonstrated the power of his Divine Body, while the Black Emperor and Ye Fan prepared to wait for a chance to take the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart.

• Yan Ruyu changed the demons’ route to Burning Heaven Valley after learning that an unknown expert had sealed the ancient battlefield passage.
• Yan Ruyu, the Black Emperor, Ye Fan, and the demons entered the volcanic range and sensed the lingering traces of a devastating heavenly tribulation and Emperor Dao laws.
• Ji Family experts surrounded the demons, and Ji Haoyue revealed himself, challenging Yan Ruyu and demanding the Demon Emperor's Saint Weapon.
• A demon woman attacked Ji Haoyue, but his Bright Moon Rises over the Sea phenomenon erased her and her weapon.
• The Black Emperor told Ye Fan to let the others wear each other down and watch for a chance to take the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart and gather the remaining lightning-fire essence.

Ji Haoyue and Yan Ruyu fought with their powerful anomalies and sacred weapons, leaving both sides weakened. Ye Fan and the Black Emperor used the opening to slip away toward the lava lake to seek clues about Pang Bo.

• Ji Haoyue swallowed the demon elder's Jade Firmament Peak with his Bright Moon Rises over the Sea anomaly, then massacred the demon cultivators as they tried to break through.
• Yan Ruyu ordered the demons to scatter, then charged Ji Haoyue with the Demon Emperor's Saint Weapon and revealed her Golden Lotus Growing in the Sea of Bitterness anomaly.
• Ji Haoyue countered with a secret treasure bearing the Void Mirror's Dao resonance, and the two anomalies and weapons clashed, leaving both combatants weakened.
• A Ji Family expert used the replica mirror to kill an exhausted demon elder, and Yan Ruyu retaliated by destroying him and two nearby Ji Family experts.
• The Black Emperor urged Ye Fan to escape while the fighters were weakened, and Ye Fan followed him toward the lava lake near the heart of Li Qingshan's tribulation.

Li Qingshan’s transformation unleashed world-shaking Dao phenomena that overwhelmed Yan Ruyu, Ji Haoyue, Ye Fan, the Black Emperor, and everyone on the battlefield. After the phenomena vanished, Li Qingshan appeared, released the frozen world, and greeted Ye Fan and the Black Emperor at the site of his past tribulation.

• Yan Ruyu and Ji Haoyue’s clash was interrupted when auspicious light, purple Qi, and the nine mantras of the Nine Secrets filled the sky.
• The Green Lotus Grows in Chaos appeared, and the Dao resonance healed wounds, stirred insights in Ye Fan, and subdued the Ji Family and demon race cultivators.
• The Black Emperor recognized Li Qingshan as the source of the phenomena and celebrated that he had become an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo.
• The phenomena converged into a chaos vortex and an eternal domain, then disappeared as overwhelming pressure froze everyone and everything on the battlefield.
• Li Qingshan appeared, lifted the pressure with a sweep of his sleeve, and left Ji Ziyue recognizing him as the Holy Son of Jade Pool.
• Li Qingshan looked over the battlefield and told Ye Fan and the Black Emperor that the old place was livelier than before.

Li Qingshan saved Pang Bo by purifying the demon soul inside him, then declared the Azure Emperor Lineage under the Jade Pool’s protection. The Ji Family withdrew after surrendering its Void Mirror replica, leaving Ji Haoyue humiliated and Ji Ziyue shaken.

• Li Qingshan purified the demon soul possessing Pang Bo and restored his clarity, and Ye Fan caught his weakened friend.
• Yan Ruyu thanked Li Qingshan and asked him to shelter the Azure Emperor’s descendants, and he decided that protecting them could help him reach the Azure Emperor.
• The Ji Family’s seventh elder argued that the demon race should not keep the Saint Weapon, but Li Qingshan condemned the Ji Family’s actions and placed the Azure Emperor Lineage under the Jade Pool’s protection.
• Li Qingshan demanded the Ji Family leave its Void Mirror replica behind, and the seventh elder reluctantly surrendered it.
• The Ji Family retreated in disgrace as Ji Haoyue felt defeated and Ji Ziyue looked back at Li Qingshan with fear and awe.

After the Ji Family fled, Li Qingshan comforted Ye Fan and Pang Bo and prepared to take the demon clan with him. The Black Emperor sensed that Li Qingshan might have formed an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, while witnesses spread news of Li Qingshan’s overwhelming power across the Eastern Wasteland.

• The demon warriors celebrated their survival, and Yan Ruyu and Qin Yao thanked Li Qingshan for saving the Azure Emperor Lineage.
• The Black Emperor sensed a resonance like Great Emperor Wushi’s and excitedly asked whether Li Qingshan had formed an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo; Li Qingshan said his Great Dao was not yet complete.
• Li Qingshan advised Pang Bo to recover and grow stronger, then urged Ye Fan to refine his Sea of Bitterness and prepare to approach the Dao Palace realm.
• Li Qingshan told Yan Ruyu that the Azure Emperor Lineage would need his help, then transported the demons, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the Black Emperor away.
• Distant cultivators and spies discussed the Ji Family’s defeat and Li Qingshan’s apparent use of the Nine Secrets, and news of his power began spreading across the Eastern Wasteland and beyond.

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.