Chapter Summaries

Ji Zining and the Ziwei Holy Land disciples entered the Great Emperor Wang Lineage’s Linlang Immortal Realm to cultivate while Li Changsheng and Wang Qiangu discussed other matters. Ji Zining’s midnight sign-in granted her a special-grade cultivation infusion, raising her spiritual power to the First Level of the Saint King Realm and her body and soul to the Peak Saint King Realm.

• Mo Shang and Xiao Jing explained that the Linlang Immortal Realm was the Great Emperor Wang Lineage’s sacred cultivation ground, and Wang Qiangu invited the younger disciples inside.
• Ji Zining stayed behind with Mo Shang and the others while Li Changsheng and Wang Qiangu left to discuss matters.
• Ji Zining opened the gateway and led the group into the self-contained Linlang Immortal Realm, where they began cultivating.
• After the sign-in cooldown ended, Ji Zining signed in and received a special-grade cultivation infusion.
• The infusion pushed Ji Zining’s spiritual power to the First Level of the Saint King Realm and her physical body and divine soul to the Peak Saint King Realm, leaving her confident she could crush a Peak Quasi-Emperor.

Ji Zining advanced to the Second Level of the Saint King Realm while cultivating in the Linlang Immortal Realm, leaving the others astonished. Li Changsheng told her the Innate Dao Sect had been chosen as one of the new four great powers, and the group prepared to return to the Eastern Domain.

• Ji Zining explained her sudden breakthroughs to Mo Shang, Xiao Jing, and the others, then resumed cultivating in the Linlang Immortal Realm.
• Ji Zining grew accustomed to her new strength and raised her spiritual power cultivation to the Second Level of the Saint King Realm with heavenly treasures.
• Li Changsheng, Kong Sheng, and the other Ziwei Holy Land Quasi-Emperors arrived and were shocked by Ji Zining's cultivation.
• Ji Zining changed the subject, and Li Changsheng said the Innate Dao Sect would become one of the new four great powers.
• Xiao Jing, Mo Shang, and the others joined Ji Zining as Li Changsheng announced that they would return home.

Ji Zining returned toward Flowing Moon City with Mo Shang, Xiao Jing, and the others after helping reshape the True Martial Dao Domain. The group arrived at the city, while Li Changsheng and the Quasi-Emperors prepared to discuss the domain’s future.

• Ji Zining declined to enter Ziwei Holy Land and told Li Changsheng she would visit her parents in Flowing Moon City.
• Li Changsheng offered Quasi-Emperor arrays to protect the city, but Ji Zining said she had already arranged its defenses.
• Ji Zining invited Mo Shang, Xiao Jing, Li Chang'an, Lin Shan, and Qingshuang to visit her hometown, and they eagerly agreed.
• Ji Zining carried her companions through the void toward Flowing Moon City after telling Ji Chenkong they were coming.
• On the way, the group discussed bringing gifts and life-saving artifacts for Ji Zining's parents.
• Ji Zining opened a path through space and showed her companions Flowing Moon City.

Ji Zining returned to Flowing Moon City with Xiao Jing, Mo Shang, and the others, where her parents warmly welcomed her. She promised to improve the city’s cultivation environment and left the palace guards and maids strengthened by her spiritual power.

• Ji Zining led Xiao Jing, Mo Shang, and the others into Flowing Moon City and said her return would transform the ordinary city.
• Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian prepared the palace for Ji Zining’s arrival and flew up to greet her when she appeared.
• Ji Zining told her parents she would stay for a while and improve Flowing Moon City’s cultivation environment.
• Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian brought Ji Zining down from the sky and shared daily stories with her, while Mo Shang, Xiao Jing, and the others watched enviously.
• Ji Zining helped the kneeling guards and palace maids rise, using her spiritual power to expel impurities and improve their cultivation.

Ji Zining faced a fused Great Saint Realm and Saint King Realm heavenly tribulation while installing the Nine Dragons World-Illuminating Grand Array in Flowing Moon City. She absorbed the tribulation lightning and broke through to the First-Level Quasi-Emperor Realm in physical cultivation, then returned to the imperial palace to await midnight and her next check-in.

• Ji Zining sensed her fused heavenly tribulation gathering and told Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian she needed to leave.
• Ji Zining appeared above the imperial palace and installed the Nine Dragons World-Illuminating Grand Array beneath Flowing Moon City, granting Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian control of it.
• Ji Zining sat beneath the tribulation clouds and absorbed the lightning energy as the bolts fell.
• Ji Zining's physical cultivation broke through to the First-Level Quasi-Emperor Realm when the tribulation ended.
• Ji Zining restrained her imperial might, returned to the imperial palace, and waited for midnight to check in again.

Ji Zining signed in and received the True Explanation of the Seven Orifices Exquisite Immortal Art, mastering it and gaining a sixty-fourfold combat-power boost. As the Nine Dragons World-Illuminating Grand Array strengthened Flowing Moon City and the Flowing Moon Dynasty, Ji Zining finished comprehending her new art.

• Xiao Jing, Mo Shang, and the others realized Ji Zining had broken through to the Quasi-Emperor realm in physical cultivation.
• At midnight, Ji Zining signed in and obtained the True Explanation of the Seven Orifices Exquisite Immortal Art.
• Ji Zining absorbed the art’s complete teachings and became confident she could defeat even Li Changsheng.
• The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in Flowing Moon City grew several times denser, and Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian gained Imperial Dragon Qi that increased their combat power.
• Ji Zining finished comprehending the art, which now boosted her combat power sixty-fourfold.

Ji Zining returned to the Flowing Moon Dynasty to strengthen her family and began raising Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian’s cultivation with purified medicinal power. As Mo Shang and the others sealed and enriched the hall, Ji Zining started guiding her parents through the refinement process.

• Ji Zining arrived in the hall and announced that she had returned to strengthen the Flowing Moon Dynasty’s imperial family.
• Ji Zining produced a trove of sacred herbs and explained that she could purify their energy and channel it into Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian without destabilizing their foundations.
• Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian agreed to let Ji Zining rapidly raise their cultivation.
• Mo Shang and the others sealed the hall and increased its spiritual energy while Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian sat down.
• Ji Zining crushed the sacred herbs, cleansed their medicinal power of toxins and impurities, and divided it between her parents.
• Ji Zining channeled the medicinal power into Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian and began helping them refine it.

Ji Zining raised Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian’s cultivation with refined heavenly treasures until they broke through, then destroyed their impending heavenly tribulations with a sword strike. The chapter left them staring at the enormous rift she had carved across the sky as Xiao Jing explained what had happened.

• Ji Zining helped Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian refine medicinal power, rapidly increasing their cultivation.
• After a shichen, Chen Qingqian reached the Saint Realm First Stage and Ji Chenkong reached the First Level of the Great Saint Realm.
• Ji Zining saw that they could not survive the heavenly tribulations and drew the Immortal-Slaying Sword.
• Ji Zining used the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique to cleave the sky and erase the gathering tribulations.
• Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian opened their eyes to find the tribulations gone, and Xiao Jing told them Ji Zining had cut them down.

Ji Zining reassured Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian that she had destroyed their heavenly tribulations to protect them. She told them they were among her most important reasons for cultivating.

• Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian realized their heavenly tribulations had vanished and wondered whether Ji Zining had destroyed them.
• Ji Zining returned and apologized for breaking through the hall’s roof while rushing to stop the tribulations.
• Ji Chenkong asked Ji Zining whether she had destroyed their heavenly tribulations, and she confirmed it.
• Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian thanked Ji Zining and admitted they had not been confident they could survive the tribulations.
• Ji Zining told her parents that she cultivated to protect the people she loved and that their lives gave her a reason to become stronger.

Ji Zining reunited with her parents and explained that she cultivated to protect them. She then told Mo Shang and the others she planned to revisit the secret realm on the Heavenly Pride Battlefield to investigate its broken figure, while pursuing several paths toward breaking through to Great Emperor.

• Ji Zining told Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian she cultivated to protect them, and they assured her their home would always be open to her.
• After Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian began familiarizing themselves with their increased cultivation, Ji Zining left with Mo Shang, Xiao Jing, and the others.
• Ji Zining said she planned to revisit the secret realm Mo Shang had explored and capture the broken figure that had destroyed his life-saving trump card.
• Mo Shang and the others agreed to accompany Ji Zining, who planned to set out in the next few days after spending time signing in.
• Ji Zining explained that she was pursuing system sign-ins, exploring the secret realm, and comprehending the Great Emperor Dao Fruit as ways to reach Great Emperor.

Ji Zining urged Xiao Jing, Mo Shang, and the others to strive for the Great Emperor Realm, then focused on cultivating her own spiritual power. Her midnight sign-in granted her a Quasi-Emperor cultivation infusion, which elevated her to First-Level Quasi-Emperor and filled Flowing Moon City with imperial might.

• Ji Zining told Xiao Jing, Mo Shang, and the others that becoming Great Emperors should be their goal, and they left to cultivate with renewed determination.
• Ji Zining reflected on the difficulty of reaching the Great Emperor Realm in their era and resumed cultivating, aiming to advance from Saint Realm First Stage.
• As midnight approached, Ji Zining used her sign-in opportunity and received a Quasi-Emperor cultivation infusion.
• Ji Zining refined the infusion and repeatedly broke through minor cultivation realms as her aura spread across Flowing Moon City, unsettling its inhabitants.
• The infusion ended with Ji Zining breaking through to First-Level Quasi-Emperor, and her imperial might plunged Flowing Moon City's inhabitants into terror.

Ji Zining rose from First-Level Saint King to First-Level Quasi-Emperor and faced the heavenly tribulation over Flowing Moon City. As she absorbed its lightning to temper her body, her physical cultivation also broke through to First-Level Quasi-Emperor.

• Ji Zining reached First-Level Quasi-Emperor, with her sword-law comprehension allowing her to advance toward Fourth-Level Quasi-Emperor without a bottleneck.
• A terrifying Quasi-Emperor heavenly tribulation gathered over Flowing Moon City, and Mo Shang, Ji Chenkong, Chen Qingqian, and the city's inhabitants realized Ji Zining had broken through.
• Ji Zining activated the Nine Dragons World-Illuminating Grand Array to protect Flowing Moon City, then sat beneath the clouds to temper her physical body and soul with the tribulation.
• The first black lightning bolt lost its destructive power within one zhang of Ji Zining and became pure lightning energy for her to refine.
• Ji Zining absorbed the first bolt's lightning energy and broke through to First-Level Quasi-Emperor in physical cultivation.

Ji Zining refined her Quasi-Emperor tribulation lightning and made enormous gains in her physical and divine soul cultivation. After the tribulation ended, she reassured her family and explained that a treasure from the Heavenly Pride Battlefield had helped her reach the Quasi-Emperor realm.

• Ji Zining broke through to Second-Level Quasi-Emperor in physical cultivation and reached Quasi-Emperor level in divine soul cultivation while refining the lightning.
• Ji Zining refined the final lightning bolts, ending the tribulation with Seventh-Level Quasi-Emperor physical cultivation and First-Level Quasi-Emperor spiritual power.
• Ji Zining dismissed the Nine Dragons World-Illuminating Grand Array, and Flowing Moon City's inhabitants realized it had protected them and respectfully thanked her.
• Ji Zining returned to the imperial palace, where Chen Qingqian urged her to prepare more carefully before her next tribulation.
• Ji Zining confirmed to Ji Chenkong, Mo Shang, and the others that she had reached the Quasi-Emperor realm after refining a treasure found in the Heavenly Pride Battlefield.

After breaking through to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, Ji Zining prepared to leave Flowing Moon City and explore a secret realm in pursuit of the Great Emperor Realm. She said goodbye to Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian, then departed as they considered her suggestion to have another child.

• Mo Shang and the others accepted that Ji Zining had reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm in spiritual power, physical body, and divine soul, and began aspiring to the Great Emperor Realm.
• Ji Zining spent the night mastering her new physical strength and cultivating, then decided to leave for the secret realm that day.
• Ji Zining visited Ji Chenkong and Chen Qingqian to say goodbye and explain that she was seeking a way to reach the Great Emperor Realm.
• Ji Zining teased her parents by suggesting they have a little brother or sister for her, then vanished from the hall.
• Chen Qingqian became despondent after Ji Zining left, while Ji Chenkong proposed following her suggestion and she headed toward the bed.

Ji Zining and her companions returned to the Heavenly Pride Battlefield through its public teleportation array to investigate the secret realm that preserved a Great Emperor Dao Fruit. They arrived in Qingming City and set out for the realm, leaving the battlefield’s other experts stunned by their return.

• Ji Zining gathered Mo Shang, Xiao Jing, Li Chang'an, Lin Shan, and Qingshuang and agreed to set out for the secret realm.
• Mo Shang opened a spatial rift, and the group chose to reach the battlefield through its public teleportation array instead of entering through the Ziwei Holy Land.
• Li Chang'an led the group to a canyon and guided them through the array’s membrane into the Heavenly Pride Battlefield.
• The group arrived in Qingming City, and Mo Shang estimated that the secret realm lay several million li away.
• Ji Zining tore open space and led her companions toward the secret realm as nearby experts recognized them and exclaimed over their return.

Ji Zining returned to the Heavenly Pride Battlefield as a First-Level Quasi-Emperor with Half-Step Great Emperor combat strength, shocking the powerful heavenly prides across all 108 cities. She then followed Mo Shang to a secret realm hidden among the yardangs, where its entrance proved to be an illusion formation.

• The powerful heavenly prides checked the ranking stele and discovered Ji Zining ranked first with First-Level Quasi-Emperor cultivation and Half-Step Great Emperor combat strength.
• The news of Ji Zining's return spread throughout the Heavenly Pride Battlefield, leaving its powerful heavenly prides in shock and self-doubt.
• Ji Zining arrived with Mo Shang, Xiao Jing, and the others at a desolate field of yardangs to search for Mo Shang's secret realm.
• Mo Shang led the group to a yardang and vanished when he touched it, revealing that the secret realm entrance was concealed by an illusion formation.

Ji Zining and her companions entered the hidden secret-realm entrance and found a black portal beyond a teleportation array. Ancient Emperor Demon Wheel Jun Yi warned her that a presence associated with the being who had prevented Great Emperors from emerging lay beyond it, leaving Ji Zining shaken and the group poised before the portal.

• Ji Zining realized the yardang concealed both an illusion array and a teleportation array, then led Xiao Jing and the others into it.
• Ji Zining, Mo Shang, Xiao Jing, and the others appeared in a great hall, where Mo Shang identified the black portal as the true entrance to the secret realm.
• Ji Zining led the group toward the portal, but Jun Yi warned her that he sensed a presence behind it that he loathed and feared.
• Ji Zining asked Jun Yi to identify the presence, and he said it belonged to the being who had prevented Great Emperor experts from emerging after the ancient era.

Ji Zining concluded that the ruined figure in the secret realm might be Him, a being who had survived the ancient Great Emperors’ sacrifice, and chose to enter the portal with Mo Shang and the others. They arrived in an unfamiliar hall filled with divine weapons containing wronged souls and traces of His presence.

• Ji Zining told Jun Yi that the ruined figure might be Him, who had survived the ancient battle and hidden in the secret realm while gravely wounded.
• Jun Yi confirmed that His presence had fallen below the Great Emperor level, and Ji Zining decided to kill Him rather than retreat.
• Ji Zining warned Mo Shang, Xiao Jing, and the others to stay within three zhang of her and leave at the first sign of trouble, then led them through the black portal.
• An eerie laugh sounded in the hall after Ji Zining and the others disappeared through the portal.
• Ji Zining and the others arrived in a hall filled with floating divine weapons, a place Mo Shang said they had never visited before.
• Ji Zining sensed wronged souls inside the divine weapons and detected a strong trace of His presence among them.

Ji Zining destroyed the divine weapons and sharp blades, freeing the vengeful souls imprisoned within them. Before departing through a passage of reincarnation, the souls warned her about a monster who threatened to destroy the chaos, and Ji Zining realized who it was.

• Ji Zining told Mo Shang, Xiao Jing, and the others to retreat, then punched the divine weapons and sharp blades into dust.
• Countless vengeful souls appeared, and Ji Zining silenced their cries and told them she had freed them to enter reincarnation.
• The vengeful souls bowed to Ji Zining, and a kindly faced elder warned her that a monster had captured and devoured them, imprisoning their souls in their weapons.
• The elder said the monster blamed the living beings of this chaos for keeping him from going home and vowed to bury the chaos with him.
• The vengeful souls entered the passage of reincarnation, and Ji Zining narrowed her eyes as she recognized the monster as Him.

Ji Zining revealed that the Great Emperors had sacrificed themselves to kill the being who threatened to destroy the chaos, damaging the Complete Law and making it impossible for anyone to become a Great Emperor. After hearing the truth, Lin Shan took heart from their circumstances, and Ji Zining found a hidden passage to the next area.

• Mo Shang and the others questioned Ji Zining after the vengeful spirit elder warned that a being would bury the chaos with Him.
• Ji Zining explained that the being had invaded the chaos and that the Great Emperors had destroyed themselves to kill Him, damaging the Complete Law so no new Great Emperor could be born.
• Ji Zining found a hidden entrance behind a wall that concealed a familiar presence and explained it used a visual trick like the yardang outside.
• Lin Shan said the Great Emperors had only enjoyed better conditions and that becoming an emperor under the current restrictions would make him surpass them.
• Ji Zining praised Lin Shan and urged everyone to keep striving for the Great Emperor realm before leading them onward.