Recaps

Li Chang'an promised the short, thin old man that he would not follow the demonic path and received the old man's approval to inherit his sword legacy. Ji Zining entered the portal to the main burial chamber, where murals of Empress Linglong's life ended with her confronting a terrifying dark figure.

• Li Chang'an promised the short, thin old man that his sword would kill only those who deserved to die, and the old man accepted him as his inheritor.
• The short, thin old man told Ji Zining that Empress Linglong's legacy suited her Exquisite Immortal Physique and directed her to the portal to the main burial chamber.
• Ji Zining thanked the short, thin old man and entered the portal, while he summoned Li Chang'an to receive his legacy beside the coffin.
• Ji Zining followed a passage lined with murals showing a peerless beauty's growth from infancy to invincibility beneath the heavens.
• At the passage's end, Ji Zining saw a mural of the wounded beauty facing a terrifying dark figure and wondered if it was the being that had prevented new Great Emperors from arising.

Ji Zining met Empress Linglong, who revealed that her true name was Meng Lianyue and that she had once been a maid. Meng Lianyue explained that the final mural depicting her despair and killing intent was fabricated, and she recalled how she had crippled the being that attacked their world.

• Ji Zining left the corridor and heard a woman call to her from a palace.
• Ji Zining recognized the woman as Empress Linglong, who introduced herself as Meng Lianyue and revealed she had once been a maid.
• Meng Lianyue asked Ji Zining about the final mural and admitted she had carved it herself but invented its expression of unwillingness and killing intent.
• Meng Lianyue recalled that her allies were gravely wounded, her strength was spent, and she regretted being unable to kill the invading being herself.
• Meng Lianyue said she had permanently cut down the being's rank, trapping it in the world it had called a prison.

Ji Zining accepted Meng Lianyue’s inheritance and sat on the dragon throne to begin a transformation. Meng Lianyue hoped Ji Zining could surpass the Great Emperor Realm and escape their chaos, which she revealed was a prison world.

• Meng Lianyue told Ji Zining that she had grievously wounded a powerhouse from beyond their chaos, but could not defeat it or escape their world.
• Meng Lianyue praised Ji Zining’s talent and offered her inheritance, while Ji Zining promised to honor her deeds and agreed to become her disciple.
• Meng Lianyue instructed Ji Zining to sit on the dragon throne, where the inheritance would awaken the full potential of her Exquisite Immortal Physique.
• Ji Zining sat on the dragon throne, and immortal light filled the palace as her transformation began.
• Meng Lianyue reflected that their chaos was a prison world and hoped Ji Zining could break through the Great Emperor Realm and venture beyond it.

Ji Zining received Empress Linglong's inheritance, mastered more of her Exquisite Immortal Physique, and greatly increased her cultivation and combat power. After the inheritance ended, she looked down and reacted with alarm at what she saw.

• Empress Linglong's inheritance helped Ji Zining develop and master the full potential of her Exquisite Immortal Physique.
• Ji Zining's spiritual power and soul cultivation reached the Saint Realm Ninth Stage, while her physical cultivation advanced to the Great Saint Realm Third Stage.
• Ji Zining comprehended the Law of Force, and her Law of the Sword rose to forty percent.
• Meng Lianyue recognized that Ji Zining's cultivation techniques surpassed Emperor Rank and hoped she would surpass Meng Lianyue's former peak.
• Ji Zining finished the inheritance with spiritual power at the Peak Saint Realm, soul cultivation at the Great Saint Realm Third Stage, and physical cultivation at the Great Saint Realm Sixth Stage; her Seven Orifices Exquisite Immortal Art reached the fifth layer.
• Ji Zining looked down after opening her eyes, and her expression changed abruptly at the scene below.

Ji Zining watched Empress Linglong, Meng Lianyue, dissipate completely after receiving her inheritance and a final gift of soul energy. The great tomb collapsed and vanished, teleporting Ji Zining, Xiao Jing, and the others to the mountain outside.

• Meng Lianyue told Ji Zining that her divine sense was nearly dissipated and urged her to surpass Great Emperor and reach beyond the chaos.
• Meng Lianyue explained that the great tomb would disappear when she dissipated and that Ji Zining and her friends would be teleported outside.
• Meng Lianyue dissipated into specks of light that entered Ji Zining's sea of consciousness and raised her soul cultivation from Great Saint Realm Third Stage to Sixth Stage.
• The great tomb shook as Meng Lianyue's followers realized she had gone ahead of them, and spatial force carried Ji Zining, Xiao Jing, and the others away.
• The tomb's chambers and ruins crumbled and weathered away until the entire space vanished.

After Ji Zining reunited with her companions at the Ancient Chaos Graveyard, they left to explore other places in the Martial Emperor Secret Realm. As dawn approached, Ji Zining rested atop the Ancient Chaos Stone Stele until her final sign-in opportunity unlocked.

• Qingshuang, Lin Shan, Xiao Jing, and Li Chang'an were teleported out of the mausoleum, and Li Chang'an told them Ji Zining had entered Empress Linglong's main burial chamber.
• Ji Zining appeared behind the group and urged them to leave the mountain because Qing Tan was waiting below and the area was dangerous.
• Ji Zining and her companions reunited with Qing Tan, then left the Ancient Chaos Graveyard before the Martial Emperor Secret Realm closed.
• The group visited several more places, though their gains were modest compared with the Great Emperor's inheritance from the graveyard.
• Ji Zining rested atop the Ancient Chaos Stone Stele as early morning approached, and her sign-in cooldown ended.

Ji Zining signed in and received the Domain of the Sword, a powerful ability that boosted her strength and Sword Dao while suppressing enemies. After testing it and keeping it secret, she refined Lightning Crystals and then set out to explore two more places in the Martial Emperor Secret Realm before it closed.

• Ji Zining signed in and obtained the Domain of the Sword, which she learned could strengthen her and suppress enemies within its range.
• Ji Zining activated the domain, enveloping a hundred li in Sword Qi and greatly increasing her strength and the power of her Sword Dao abilities.
• Ji Zining dismissed the domain and decided to keep it secret as a trump card.
• Ji Zining refined Lightning Crystals for three hours, improving her physical cultivation and gaining insight into two laws.
• After receiving a message from Xiao Jing and the others, Ji Zining flew down from the Ancient Chaos Stone Stele to explore two more places before the secret realm closed.

Ji Zining and her companions left the Martial Emperor Secret Realm and reunited with the Ziwei Holy Land disciples, who had all survived. News from the Heavenly Pride Ranking revealed Ji Zining had reached first place with Seventh Level Quasi-Emperor combat strength, while Xiao Jing, Lin Shan, Qingshuang, and Li Chang'an had also risen to the top five with Half-Step Quasi-Emperor strength.

• Ji Zining and her companions found little before the realm closed, though Qing Tan obtained a Peak Quasi-Emperor inheritance.
• The Ziwei Holy Land group left the secret realm, confirmed that none of their disciples had died, and prepared to return to Qingming City.
• A disciple announced that Ji Zining had taken first place on the Heavenly Pride Ranking, then froze after receiving an additional message.
• The disciple revealed Ji Zining had Seventh Level Quasi-Emperor combat strength and ranked first, while Xiao Jing ranked second, Li Chang'an third, Lin Shan fourth, and Qingshuang fifth, all with Half-Step Quasi-Emperor combat strength.

After leaving the Martial Emperor Secret Realm, Ji Zining and her companions learned that they had reached the top of the Heavenly Pride Ranking, with Ji Zining at Seventh Level Quasi-Emperor strength and Xiao Jing, Lin Shan, and Qingshuang at Half-Step Quasi-Emperor strength. Ji Zining dismissed Feng Xiao’s explanation for Wind God Valley’s delayed support and set off with her group for Qingming City.

• The Ziwei Holy Land’s disciples learned that Ji Zining had reached first place on the Heavenly Pride Ranking with Seventh Level Quasi-Emperor strength, while Xiao Jing and the others had become Half-Step Quasi-Emperors and claimed the top rankings.
• Ji Zining considered how Xiao Jing and the others might further improve their combat strength, while Xiao Jing, Lin Shan, and Qingshuang realized that she had led them to Great Emperor inheritances and other opportunities.
• Qing Tan reflected that Ji Zining would soon leave the Heavenly Pride Battlefield for the True Martial Dao Domain, where only the Holy Lands’ ancestors could rival her.
• Li Chang'an identified Feng Xiao as a disciple of Wind God Valley, an affiliated force that had not approached Ji Zining earlier.
• Feng Xiao explained that hostile forces had prevented him from seeking Ji Zining sooner and begged her to punish him rather than withdraw the Ziwei Holy Land’s protection from Wind God Valley.
• Ji Zining declined to discuss Feng Xiao’s plea and told him to step aside as she and her companions prepared to return to Qingming City.

Ji Zining spared Feng Xiao and Wind God Valley, then returned to Qingming City and went to sleep after the Martial Emperor Secret Realm. News of her Seventh Level Quasi-Emperor combat power and the strength of her companions spread across the Heavenly Pride Battlefield and the True Martial Dao Domain, stunning Ziwei Holy Land.

• Ji Zining decided to visit the Flowing Moon Dynasty after leaving the battlefield and strengthen it with the Nine Dragons World-Illuminating Grand Array.
• Ji Zining, Xiao Jing, and the other Ziwei Holy Land heavenly prides left Feng Xiao and returned to Qingming City, while the other factions' heavenly prides departed to report Ji Zining's strength.
• Ji Zining went to sleep in a hall at the city lord's residence after returning from the Martial Emperor Secret Realm.
• News that Ji Zining had Seventh Level Quasi-Emperor combat power and that four companions were Half-Step Quasi-Emperors caused a stir throughout the Heavenly Pride Battlefield and the True Martial Dao Domain.
• Li Changsheng heard the report at Ziwei Holy Land and was stunned by Ji Zining's performance with her Exquisite Immortal Physique.

Li Changsheng reflected on the shattered laws that prevented anyone from becoming a Great Emperor and hoped Ji Zining could restore them by breaking through. After sleeping until the third day, Ji Zining woke to find two sign-in opportunities available and ordered the system to use both.

• Li Changsheng recalled that Empress Linglong and the ancient Great Emperors had defeated a creature beyond the Great Emperor Realm, but their victory had permanently shattered the laws and made Great Emperor breakthroughs impossible.
• Li Changsheng believed Ji Zining's extraordinary strength might let her reach the Great Emperor Realm and restore the laws across the All Heavens and Myriad Realms.
• Ji Zining woke in Qingming City and learned from the system that two sign-in opportunities had accumulated while she slept.
• Ji Zining ignored the system's recommendation and requested two consecutive sign-ins.

Ji Zining received the Divine Phoenix Body and Chaos Millstone from the system, enduring severe pain as both abilities were imparted at once. After learning their powers, she left her hall and found Xiao Jing waiting with news that Mo Shang had arrived in Qingming City.

• Ji Zining signed in twice and received the Divine Rank Upper Grade abilities Divine Phoenix Body and Chaos Millstone.
• The abilities’ vast information flooded Ji Zining’s mind, causing intense pain that lasted nearly half an hour.
• Ji Zining learned that Divine Phoenix Body let her transform into a powerful divine phoenix, while Chaos Millstone could erase an enemy’s divine soul completely.
• After recovering, Ji Zining opened the hall doors and met Xiao Jing, who told her that Mo Shang had arrived in Qingming City the previous day.

Ji Zining learned that Mo Shang had arrived in Qingming City gravely wounded and found three powerful forces ravaging his body and soul. She ordered his disciples to make way so she could try to remove them, while suspecting Ao Xue and Huang Xi had helped inflict the injuries.

• Xiao Jing told Ji Zining that Mo Shang had passed out from severe injuries soon after reaching Qingming City.
• Ji Zining went to the main hall, where Li Chang'an, Xiao Jing, and the others were using their spiritual power to keep Mo Shang alive.
• Ji Zining sensed three forces consuming Mo Shang's vitality and soul, including powers bearing the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan presences and a stronger unidentified force.
• Ji Zining concluded that Ao Xue and Huang Xi had been involved and swore they would die.
• Ji Zining told Li Chang'an and the others to stop treating Mo Shang and let her remove the three forces before his condition worsened.

Ji Zining began treating Mo Shang by replacing the others’ spiritual power and carefully separating the Dragon Clan energy from the other two streams. She trapped and removed it, then transformed it into pure energy to restore some of Mo Shang’s strength, leaving the phoenix energy and unknown energy inside him.

• Xiao Jing and the others withdrew their spiritual power as Ji Zining began sustaining Mo Shang and sensing the damage in his body.
• Ji Zining chose to deal with the Dragon Clan energy first and provoked it until it separated from the phoenix energy and the unknown energy.
• Ji Zining lured the Dragon Clan energy into a great net of spiritual power and trapped it.
• Ji Zining drew the trapped Dragon Clan energy out of Mo Shang’s body.
• Ji Zining burst the Dragon Clan energy into pure energy and used it to restore some of Mo Shang’s strength.

Ji Zining removed the phoenix energy from Mo Shang, whose recovery allowed him to awaken. After Mo Shang identified the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan as among his attackers, Ji Zining vowed to destroy Ao Xue and Huang Xi.

• Ji Zining provoked the phoenix energy into chasing her spiritual threads, trapped it in a net, and pulled it out of Mo Shang.
• Ji Zining crushed the trapped phoenix energy and used its pure energy to heal Mo Shang, who awoke.
• Ji Zining told Mo Shang not to move and asked him to explain who had injured him and what had happened in the secret realm.
• Mo Shang said that people from the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan had severely injured him and suggested Ji Zining already knew their identities.
• Ji Zining named Ao Xue and Huang Xi and vowed to crush their unconscious souls with the Chaos Millstone.

Mo Shang explained that a mysterious energy from a broken figure destroyed Ancestor Li Changsheng’s protective trump card during his fight with Ao Xue and Huang Xi. He revealed that the two had attacked him to seize a Great Emperor Dao Fruit, which they took after leaving him gravely injured.

• Mo Shang said Ao Xue and Huang Xi’s trump cards could not overcome the one Ancestor Li Changsheng had given him, until unknown energy from the secret realm smashed it.
• The unknown energy entered Mo Shang’s body without harming him, and he glimpsed its owner: a broken figure that smiled eerily before vanishing.
• Ji Zining questioned Mo Shang about why Ao Xue and Huang Xi had joined forces against him.
• Mo Shang revealed he had found an undissipated Great Emperor Dao Fruit, and Ao Xue and Huang Xi attacked him to take it.
• Mo Shang said he had used the Dao Fruit as bait to survive, but Ao Xue and Huang Xi left with it; Ji Zining vowed to grind their souls with the Chaos Millstone.

Mo Shang tried to drive the unknown energy out of his body, then chose to refine it when his spiritual power met no resistance. Ji Zining stayed ready to protect him as he began the dangerous attempt.

• Mo Shang asked Li Chang'an why he had joined the Ziwei Holy Land, and Li Chang'an welcomed him to the family without explaining that Ji Zining had won him over.
• Li Chang'an urged Mo Shang to deal with the unknown energy in his body, and Ji Zining promised to protect him as she infused him with spiritual power.
• Mo Shang gathered his restored spiritual power and directed it toward the unknown energy, while Xiao Jing and the others watched anxiously.
• Mo Shang's spiritual power touched the unknown energy without provoking a reaction, so he decided to refine it.
• Ji Zining hesitated to intervene as Mo Shang's spiritual power surged around the unknown energy.

An unknown energy sacrificed itself to raise Mo Shang from the Fourth Level of the Saint King Realm to the peak of the Fifth, leaving its purpose unclear. Ji Zining then prepared to pursue revenge against Ao Xue and Huang Xi, who were heading back to the True Martial Dao Domain.

• The unknown energy released a strange power that strengthened Mo Shang's spiritual power and rapidly increased his cultivation.
• Ji Zining discovered that the unknown energy was burning its essence to help Mo Shang, and Xiao Jing and the others watched in shock as he broke through to the peak of the Fifth Level of the Saint King Realm.
• Mo Shang awoke confused, and Ji Zining told him to set aside the mystery until they dealt with Ao Xue and Huang Xi and returned to the secret realm.
• Ji Zining asked where Ao Xue and Huang Xi were, saying she would not wait overnight to take revenge.
• Mo Shang said Ao Xue and Huang Xi were likely returning to the True Martial Dao Domain, so they would have to go to the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Clan; he did not know which one had the Great Emperor Dao Fruit.

Ji Zining and her companions learned that Ao Xue and Huang Xi had both left the Heavenly Pride Battlefield and decided to return to the True Martial Dao Domain to reclaim the Great Emperor Dao Fruit. They departed through the teleportation array in Qingming City, with Ji Zining eager to see what awaited her back home.

• Mo Shang said that visiting the Origin Secret Realm had increased his cultivation by nearly two minor realms, and he named it as the place he had explored with Ao Xue and Huang Xi.
• Xiao Jing reported that Ao Xue and Huang Xi had both disappeared from the Heavenly Pride Ranking.
• Ji Zining decided that the group would return to the True Martial Dao Domain and reclaim the Great Emperor Dao Fruit.
• Xiao Jing led Ji Zining and the others to the teleportation array in the city lord's mansion in Qingming City.
• Ji Zining, Mo Shang, Lin Shan, Qingshuang, and Xiao Jing entered the array and vanished, returning toward the Ziwei Holy Land.

Ji Zining and the others returned to the True Martial Dao Domain after the Dragon Clan or Phoenix Clan stole a Great Emperor Dao Fruit. Li Changsheng gathered them to summon Ziwei Holy Land’s Quasi-Emperors and confront both clans, while Ji Zining resolved to kill Ao Xue and Huang Xi.

• Ji Zining and her companions returned to the True Martial Dao Domain and decided to seek Li Changsheng’s help before confronting the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan.
• Li Changsheng arrived, praised their growth, and appointed Li Chang'an as Ziwei Holy Land’s fifth Holy Son.
• Ji Zining told Li Changsheng that the Great Emperor Dao Fruit had been stolen and explained what Mo Shang had encountered in the secret realm.
• Li Changsheng ordered them to the Sect Master Hall so he could summon Ziwei Holy Land’s Quasi-Emperor experts and attack the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan.
• Ji Zining welcomed the coming confrontation and resolved that Ao Xue and Huang Xi had to die.

Li Changsheng awakened twelve Quasi-Emperor ancestors of Ziwei Holy Land, revealing its hidden strength to Ji Zining and the others. The ancestors discovered the sect’s powerful new geniuses and turned resentful looks on Li Changsheng for keeping them in the dark.

• Li Changsheng told Ji Zining and the others that they would see Ziwei Holy Land’s hidden strength for themselves.
• Li Changsheng called to the ancestors cultivating beneath the sect master's hall, and twelve Quasi-Emperor presences answered.
• The twelve ancestors appeared, and Ji Zining sensed that three could threaten her, three matched her, and six were weaker.
• Ji Zining introduced herself as Ziwei Holy Land's current Divine Son, and the ancestors recognized her exceptional combat strength.
• The ancestors noticed Mo Shang and the others’ talent and Quasi-Emperor-level abilities, then glared resentfully at Li Changsheng for keeping the geniuses from them.

Li Changsheng awakened the Ziwei Holy Land's Quasi-Emperors and revealed that a Great Emperor Dao Fruit existed in a secret realm inside the Heavenly Pride Battlefield. After Mo Shang recounted his encounter with the secret realm and its dangers, the group prepared to go to war against the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Clan.

• Kong Sheng and Cheng Tian complained that Li Changsheng had not told them about the talented youths who joined the Ziwei Holy Land.
• Li Changsheng explained that he had awakened the Quasi-Emperors to tell them about a Great Emperor Dao Fruit that still existed in the world.
• Li Changsheng asked Mo Shang to describe the secret realm inside the Heavenly Pride Battlefield and the broken figure whose attack shattered his life-saving trump card.
• Kong Sheng and the other Quasi-Emperors vowed to avenge Mo Shang and punish the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Clan for robbing the Ziwei Holy Land's youths.
• Li Changsheng ordered the group to set out for Dragon Valley, the Dragon Clan's territory.

Kong Sheng challenged Dragon Valley and easily overpowered the Flame Dragon Ancestor, revealing his Ninth Level Quasi-Emperor strength. As other Ziwei Holy Land Quasi-Emperors prepared to join the fight, Li Changsheng urged them to make a bigger commotion and turned his attention to preparing a realm for the newly appeared peerless emperor.

• Kong Sheng arrived alone at Dragon Valley and taunted the Dragon Clan into sending out the Flame Dragon Ancestor.
• The Flame Dragon Ancestor attacked Kong Sheng, who caught his tail and revealed strength at the Ninth Level of Quasi-Emperor.
• Kong Sheng spun the Flame Dragon Ancestor around like a toy while the Dragon Clan watched in shock.
• Cheng Tian and the other Ziwei Holy Land Quasi-Emperors asked Li Changsheng to let them join the fight.
• Li Changsheng sent the Quasi-Emperors to make a bigger commotion, then told Ji Zining it was time to prepare a realm for the peerless emperor.

Li Changsheng revealed the Ziwei Holy Land’s hidden Quasi-Emperors and led them against Dragon Valley, demanding Ao Xue. Ao Lie emerged to confront him, and the chapter ended with Dragon Valley searching for Ao Xue while Li rejected Ao Lie’s claim of friendship.

• At Li Changsheng’s signal, twelve Ziwei Holy Land Quasi-Emperors revealed themselves and attacked Dragon Valley, calling for Ao Xue.
• Ao Lie, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Ancestor, appeared and asked Li Changsheng why he had attacked the Dragon Clan.
• Li Changsheng blamed Ao Xue, and Kong Sheng tossed the unconscious Flame Dragon Ancestor back into Dragon Valley.
• Ao Lie ordered his subordinates to find Ao Xue and asked Li Changsheng to explain the matter without fighting.
• Li Changsheng denied having any relationship with Ao Lie and said he disliked the Dragon Clan and was heterosexual.

Li Changsheng told Ao Lie that Ao Xue and Huang Xi had seized the Great Emperor Dao Fruit from Ziwei Holy Land, prompting Ao Lie to search Dragon Valley for Ao Xue and the treasure. Ao Lie returned with proof that Ao Xue had died and pointed Ziwei Holy Land toward Phoenix Slope, where Huang Xi might have taken the fruit.

• Li Changsheng confronted Ao Lie at Dragon Valley while Ziwei Holy Land's Quasi-Emperors pressed the valley with their presence.
• Li Changsheng secretly told Ao Lie that Ao Xue and Huang Xi had taken the Great Emperor Dao Fruit from a Ziwei Holy Land prodigy.
• Ao Lie agreed to search Dragon Valley and return the treasure if it was there, while considering an alliance with Ziwei Holy Land against the Phoenix Clan if Ao Xue was dead.
• Li Changsheng suspected Ao Xue had died during Huang Xi's Phoenix Nirvana and that the Phoenix Clan had the Great Emperor Dao Fruit.
• Ao Lie returned and reported that Ao Xue's life token had shattered, then said Ziwei Holy Land should search Phoenix Slope instead.