Chapter Summaries

Thousand-Eyed Ghost Immortal revealed that his divine sense had transformed, breaking the great life-and-death formation and turning the battle against Cang Hao. Cang Hao escaped the demons’ encirclement with a mysterious forbidden light, but sensed someone beyond the cave dwelling and reacted with shock.

• Thousand-Eyed Ghost Immortal tore apart the great life-and-death formation and revealed his transformed divine sense, allowing Juekong to recover.
• Cang Hao recognized that the battle had turned against him and tried to retreat as Thousand-Eyed Ghost Immortal and the other demons attacked.
• Juekong blocked Cang Hao’s path with his Void-Devouring Nine Nether Moth Dharma Idol, which began devouring the tunnel and its space.
• Cang Hao unleashed a forbidden immortal light that pierced the moth, then passed through its collapsing body and escaped the demons.
• Cang Hao sensed someone beyond the cave dwelling and stared in that direction in astonishment.

Shen Yun arrived as Cang Hao and the five Old Devils faced off, and the demons learned that Shen Yun had defeated Thousand-Eyed Ghost Immortal decades earlier while still in the Golden Core Realm. After rejecting Cang Hao's warning and the demons' threats, Shen Yun killed Inferno Prison Asura with a single finger-flick of Sword Qi of Creation.

• Cang Hao urged Shen Yun to join forces against the returning demons, while Thousand-Eyed Ghost Immortal recognized Shen Yun and described their encounter seventy years earlier.
• The five Old Devils learned that Shen Yun had once been a Golden Core cultivator and grew wary of his immense power and possible Daluo Heavenly Tribulation.
• Juekong suspected Shen Yun intended to trigger the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation, but Shen Yun said he had come to settle his old cause and effect with Thousand-Eyed Ghost Immortal.
• The demons erupted in anger and threatened Shen Yun, while Cang Hao warned him that Juekong's cultivation was rapidly recovering.
• Shen Yun flicked a finger and sent Sword Qi of Creation through Inferno Prison Asura's brow, annihilating his divine soul and killing him.

Shen Yun battled Juekong while Cang Hao held off the four remaining Old Devils, then broke through his bottleneck and drew down a Heavenly Tribulation. As the demons tried to flee, Shen Yun vowed to kill them all within three breaths.

• Shen Yun killed Inferno Prison Asura with a single finger, shocking Cang Hao and the remaining Old Devils with his strength.
• Juekong unleashed his full power against Shen Yun, while Cang Hao attacked the four other demons and fought them to a stalemate.
• Juekong’s assault collapsed the tunnel, and rain began falling in the Shattering Void Demon Tomb, revealing that Shen Yun had triggered his Heavenly Tribulation.
• Juekong ordered the demons to retreat, and Shen Yun declared that none of them would escape.

Shen Yun subdued the Nine-Fold Heavenly Tribulation with a sweep of his sleeve, then began breaking through two realms in succession. As a Three-Life Divine Light descended to test him, Juekong recognized it as a power associated with the legendary Three Lives Mirror.

• Shen Yun summoned a Three-leaf Azure Lotus, which forced the Thunder Sea to retreat and unleashed a Nine-Fold Heavenly Tribulation.
• Cang Hao identified the Nine-Fold Immortal Tower’s Dao-Destroying lightning as a threat to every aspect of cultivation, while the four Old Devils suffered from its aftermath.
• Shen Yun invoked the Heavenly Heart and drew the Nine-Fold Immortal Tower into his palm, overcoming the Golden Immortal Great Tribulation in one breath.
• A greater Heavenly Might descended, and Cang Hao realized Shen Yun had formed the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit and was attempting to break through two realms in succession.
• The Three-Colored Immortal Light sealed the Secret Realm’s senses and energies, and Juekong recognized it as the Three-Life Divine Light.

Shen Yun survived the Three-Life Divine Light by forming the Hongmeng Universe and broke through to the Unique True Realm, reaching Peering into Truth. As Juekong and the other Demonic Beasts struggled under his overwhelming pressure, Shen Yun prepared to test his power on them.

• Shen Yun used the Great Dao of Creation to form the Hongmeng Universe, which absorbed and extinguished the Three-Life Divine Light.
• The tribulation clouds receded, and Wan Jinsheng realized Shen Yun had endured the trials in only three breaths.
• Shen Yun's gaze immobilized Juekong and the other Old Devils, leaving the demon horde unable to move.
• Cang Hao identified Shen Yun's new realm as Peering into Truth, beyond the Daluo Realm.
• Juekong refused to believe Shen Yun had reached Peering into Truth, but Shen Yun declared he would use the Demonic Beasts to test his blade.

After Shen Yun broke through, his overwhelming Dao of Creation crushed the four ancient demons and left First Elder Juekong as his only opponent. Shen Yun shattered Juekong’s strongest attack and declared that no one at the same cultivation level could withstand even one move.

• Shen Yun’s rising aura forced the four old demons to their knees, while Juekong charged him with Boundary Severance.
• Shen Yun evaded Juekong’s attacks with his Divine Movement True Method as the four demons’ bodies ruptured under his pressure.
• Cang Hao struck down three demons and fought Thousand-Eyed Ghost Immortal, while Juekong grew enraged at their deaths.
• Juekong set himself ablaze and forged a Boundary-Severing Demon Blade, destroying Nirvana Valley and splitting the four Divine Mountains.
• Shen Yun gathered the tomb’s essence into a Chaos waterfall, stopped Juekong’s blade, and destroyed it with Three-Life Divine Light.
• Juekong suffered a severe backlash and aged rapidly as Shen Yun announced that no one at the same cultivation level could withstand even one move.

Shen Yun captured the Thousand-Eyed Ghost Immortal, freed and purified his victims, and killed Juekong after revealing he had blocked the Underworld’s route for sending a warning. In the ruins, several unseen gazes watched Wan Jinsheng and Jade Void Saint Son.

• Thousand-Eyed Ghost Immortal fled, but Shen Yun used Time Law to seize him and release the million Vengeful Spirits trapped in his eyes.
• Shen Yun purified the Vengeful Spirits with the Dao of Creation, and they thanked him before departing.
• Jade Void Saint Son slipped to Wan Jinsheng’s side, and both men believed they could leave safely, unaware that several furious gazes watched them from the Bronze Hanging Coffin.
• Shen Yun confronted the exhausted Juekong, who tried to use a spatial secret art to send news to the Underworld.
• Shen Yun revealed that he had set up a formation along the Heavenly Road and killed Juekong with a giant hand of creation.

After Shen Yun defeated the six demons, Wan Jinsheng and the Jade Void Saint Son tried to hide their role in sacrificing their companions, but surviving witnesses exposed them. Shen Yun’s final remark left the two villains realizing their lies had failed.

• Shen Yun defeated the six great demons, and Cang Hao offered him their spoils, which Shen Yun told him to keep.
• Wan Jinsheng and the Jade Void Saint Son thanked Shen Yun and pretended the dead Heavenly Prides had fallen to the demons.
• Lu Chen emerged from the Bronze Hanging Coffin and accused the two men of sacrificing their companions in Nirvana Valley.
• Wan Jinsheng claimed Lu Chen was an evil spirit possessing a corpse, but Shangguan testified that the two villains had devised the sacrifice scheme.
• Shen Qiu emerged and denounced Wan Jinsheng, and Shen Yun joked that Shen Qiu had nearly dug up his own ancestral grave.
• Shen Yun’s remark made Wan Jinsheng and the Jade Void Saint Son realize their deception had been exposed.

Shen Yun punished Wan Jinsheng and Thousand-Eyed Ghost Immortal, turning them into the Bodhi Heart Lamp and using the Ghost Immortal’s soul as its flame. He sealed the Jade Void Saint Son for later judgment, then asked Shen Qiu and the others to explain what had happened to them.

• The Jade Void Saint Son begged Shen Yun for mercy, while Wan Jinsheng offered to help him deal with Nine Heavens Immortal Venerable.
• Shen Yun seized Wan Jinsheng and used the Creation Immortal Fire to restore him as the Bodhi Heart Lamp.
• Shen Yun pulled Thousand-Eyed Ghost Immortal’s remnant soul from the Hongmeng Universe and burned it as the lamp’s wick.
• Shen Yun sealed the terrified Jade Void Saint Son’s remnant soul, intending to take him back to Jade Void Palace for judgment.
• Shen Yun approached Shen Qiu and the other two and asked them to explain what had happened.

Shen Yun freed the group from the Life-and-Death Hanging Coffin and uncovered the Burial-World Ba Snake’s scheme against Nirvana Valley. As the seal broke and Cang Hao prepared to seek Immortal King Qiankun’s legacy, Shen Yun warned that the valley held an ancient killing game, not treasure.

• Shen Yun cut through the white bindings, and Cang Hao confirmed they were created by the Burial-World Ba Snake to suppress Nirvana Valley’s vitality.
• Shangguan and Lu Chen mistook Shen Qiu’s awkward silence for a vow to repay Shen Yun, and Shen Yun gave him the Bodhi Heart Lamp.
• Shen Qiu accidentally called Shen Yun “Big Brother,” then protested the gift as the lamp resonated with him and acknowledged him as its master.
• Shen Yun examined the Bronze Hanging Coffin and recognized that its bindings were restraints made from Ba Snake stomach fluid.
• Cang Hao prepared to seek Immortal King Qiankun’s legacy after Nirvana Valley’s seal broke, but Shen Yun warned that the valley’s end contained an ancient killing game with no survivors.

After Shen Yun left the ruined Nirvana Valley, the others abandoned the search for the Immortal King's God Tomb and went their separate ways. Cang Hao inspected Shen Yun's array sealing the Ancient Heavenly Road, then departed to witness the coming end of the Nine Heavens Immortal Venerable.

• Shen Yun departed, and Senior Brother Shangguan accepted that the Immortal King's God Tomb was not yet ready to open.
• Cang Hao warned that the red hair in the hanging coffin belonged to an existence more terrifying than the Ba Snake Old Ancestor.
• Lu Chen urged the group to leave and return to the Merit God War, while Shen Qiu and Senior Brother Shangguan headed for the Emperor Tomb.
• Cang Hao inspected the Spirit-Severing Abyss and recognized Shen Yun's Universe Realm Immortal Array, which used Death Qi to refine the Law of Supreme Yang and seal the Ancient Heavenly Road.
• Cang Hao set off beyond the abyss, intending to witness the Nine Heavens Immortal Venerable's end.

As the Merit God War passed its midpoint, ancient ferocious beasts began awakening in the battlefield while the spectators at the Blue Sky Ancient Terrace studied the rankings. The Mirror Spirit explained that Shen Yun was alive but hidden from the Mirror of Years and Rings, while Wan Jinsheng and several others had likely died.

• Ancient ferocious beasts awakened deep in the battlefield and vowed to punish the Human Race intruders when their ruler descended from Heavenly Pillar Mountain.
• The old-generation giants at the Blue Sky Ancient Terrace praised Cang Hao's three million two hundred thousand merit and examined the other leading contestants' scores.
• The giants noticed Shen Yun, Wan Jinsheng, and the Jade Void Saint Son were missing from the rankings and feared they had died.
• The Mirror Spirit said Shen Yun had severed his karma and could not be tracked, and that the Jade Void Saint Son was concealed by tremendous Magic Power.
• The Mirror Spirit said the other missing contestants, including Wan Jinsheng, had likely all fallen.

As deaths mounted in the Immortal Ancient Battlefield, the sect leaders argued over whether to withdraw the participants, while Holy Lord Qiankun insisted the trial continue. Ling Jiuxiao descended and proposed opening the battlefield early so he could enter and quell the calamity.

• The Mirror of Years and Rings showed more participants disappearing, bringing the death toll close to a hundred and alarming Turtle Elder.
• First Elder Yuxu urged the participants to withdraw, but Holy Lord Qiankun opposed retreat and defended keeping his disciple in the battlefield.
• The Heavenly Blade Sect Master challenged Holy Lord Qiankun’s resolve, and Holy Lord Qiankun said an untested disciple might as well die there.
• Three more names vanished from the mirror, and Turtle Elder prepared to suspend the trial to preserve the survivors.
• Ling Jiuxiao descended from the stars and proposed opening the Immortal Ancient Battlefield early so he could enter and quell the calamity.

Ling Jiuxiao arrived at the Merit God War with a token bearing Immortal King Jiemie's authority and revealed that the Underworld was preparing an invasion. After Immeasurable Heaven confirmed the threat, the arena's leaders agreed to let him enter and help the contestants withdraw, though Turtle Elder warned him to act cautiously.

• Ling Jiuxiao's killing intent frightened the arena's disciples, and Turtle Elder ordered him to leave rather than threaten Shen Yun or undermine the Merit God War.
• Ling Jiuxiao displayed the Jiemie Ancient Token, and Turtle Elder identified it as an edict carrying Immortal King Jiemie's authority.
• Ling Jiuxiao revealed that Ancestor God Wudao had secretly extended the Underworld's Heavenly Road into the Spirit-Severing Abyss to prepare a Demonic Calamity.
• Turtle Elder received confirmation from Immeasurable Heaven that the Underworld had opened the Primordial Heavenly Road and that Daluo combat power could arrive within days.
• The arena's leaders agreed that Ling Jiuxiao should enter the battlefield and cover the contestants' retreat, and he said the token would let him pass through the Sealing Formation within half an hour.
• Turtle Elder opened a Xuanmen into the Ancient Battlefield and allowed Ling Jiuxiao to proceed, urging him to think carefully before acting.

Turtle Elder and the other experts realized Ling Jiuxiao’s campaign against the Demonic Calamity was also aimed at Shen Yun, and they assessed Ling’s formidable strength as he entered the Ancient Immortal Realm. Holy Lord Qiankun sensed that a vast Death Law within the Xuanmen signaled the Calamity Beast might soon emerge.

• Turtle Elder recognized that Ling Jiuxiao had allied with the Wusheng Realm to target Shen Yun and secretly warned Shen to flee.
• Turtle Elder and Holy Lord Qiankun concluded that Ling Jiuxiao’s combat strength rivaled a peak Daluo, though his cultivation remained at late-stage Daluo and he was near Peering into Truth.
• Ling Jiuxiao charged through the gate into the dim world, and the gathered experts prepared to receive the Heavenly Prides returning from the battlefield.
• Holy Lord Qiankun secretly sensed an unfathomable Death Law in the spatial Xuanmen and suspected the Calamity Beast was about to emerge.

Shen Xiao, Ouyang Qinghe, Little Martial Saint, and Jiang Zili led a battered group to the Yellow Springs Bone Marsh, only to learn that Calamity Beasts had trapped the Human Race’s heavenly prides. As the Xuming Candle Dragon appeared and seemed to doom them all, Mu Hanyu spotted a white-clad figure atop its head.

• Shen Xiao and Ouyang Qinghe traveled with Little Martial Saint, Jiang Zili, and a small cultivator squad toward the Yellow Springs Bone Marsh while fleeing Calamity Beasts.
• Little Martial Saint and Jiang Zili led the survivors into the marsh, where they encountered top-ranked heavenly prides fleeing the Calamity Beast army.
• The heavenly prides learned that the Heaven-Splitting Demon Kun and the Faceless Ghost Mother were closing in, leaving them nowhere to escape.
• The Xuming Candle Dragon emerged and crushed the marsh’s bone soldiers beneath its presence, plunging the cultivators into despair.
• Mu Hanyu noticed a white-clad figure standing atop the Xuming Candle Dragon’s head and recognized that something had changed.

Shen Yun appeared atop the Xuming Candle Dragon and stunned the Heavenly Prides with his overwhelming strength. The Heaven-Splitting Demon Kun led an army to attack the Human Race, but the Candle Dragon destroyed the Calamity Beasts and dragged the Kun before Shen Yun.

• The Heavenly Prides recognized Shen Yun standing on the Xuming Candle Dragon and rejoiced that he could protect them.
• The Heaven-Splitting Demon Kun led tens of thousands of Calamity Beasts through the Bone Marsh, planning to exterminate the Human Race.
• The Kun and its army saw the Xuming Candle Dragon approach and rallied to attack alongside him.
• The Xuming Candle Dragon crushed the Calamity Beast army and seized the Heaven-Splitting Demon Kun.
• The Candle Dragon carried the Kun ten million li and dropped it before the Human Race, where it saw Shen Yun riding the dragon.

Shen Yun destroyed the Calamity Beasts’ plot, purified Xuming Candle Dragon, and resurrected the Heaven-Splitting demon Kun as his servant. After the gathered Heavenly Prides thanked him, Mu Hanyu warned him that Ling Jiuxiao had entered the Immortal Ancient Battlefield, but Shen Yun said he had already sensed him and suspected he had another motive.

• Shen Yun crushed the demon nest on Heavenly Pillar Mountain, slew two supreme Calamity Beasts, and purified Xuming Candle Dragon.
• Xuming Candle Dragon subdued the Heaven-Splitting demon Kun, and Mu Hanyu urged Shen Yun to investigate the king it had mentioned.
• Shen Yun killed the Heaven-Splitting demon Kun and revived it with Nirvana True Fire, then ordered it to eliminate the remaining demons.
• The Heavenly Prides bowed to Shen Yun in gratitude, and Ouyang Qinghe reflected on having once searched for Azure Dragon, unaware that Azure Dragon was Shen Yun.
• Mu Hanyu warned Shen Yun that Ling Jiuxiao had entered the Immortal Ancient Battlefield, and Shen Yun said Ling Jiuxiao seemed to have a hidden motive.

Shen Yun set out alone to confront Ling Jiuxiao, while Ling Jiuxiao entered the Emperor Tomb at Heavenly Pillar Mountain using the Great Sun Secret Key. As he approached the Great Sun Immortal Palace to obtain something that could counter Shen Yun’s fate laws, a golden divine phoenix appeared.

• Shen Yun rode away alone, and the Heavenly Prides decided to follow him toward the Emperor Tomb.
• Ling Jiuxiao arrived at Heavenly Pillar Mountain, determined to escape fate’s constraints and dominate the heavens.
• Ling Jiuxiao used the Great Sun Secret Key to pass through the Emperor Tomb’s deadly grand formation.
• Ling Jiuxiao headed for the Great Sun Immortal Palace, intending to obtain something that could restrain Shen Yun’s laws of fate.
• A golden divine phoenix emerged from the chaos and sighed that this day had come after all.

Ling Jiuxiao negotiated with the Undying Divine Phoenix for the Fate Scale, offering to use his newly perfected understanding of fate to help awaken Empress Siming. After Siming Scale agreed to lend him her power for ten days, Shen Yun launched a concealed attack on Ling Jiuxiao.

• Ling Jiuxiao told the Undying Divine Phoenix he wanted the Fate Scale rather than the Immortal Palace’s treasures or the Transcendence Chapter.
• Ling Jiuxiao revealed that he had entered the perfected realm and offered to help reinforce Empress Siming’s True Spirit.
• Siming Scale appeared and agreed to heed Ling Jiuxiao’s command for ten days in exchange for his help awakening the Empress’s Remnant Soul.
• Ling Jiuxiao began planning to use the Emperor Tomb formation to trap Shen Yun, but an undetected Sword Qi of Creation suddenly struck at him.
• Ling Jiuxiao recognized the attacker as Shen Yun and cried out in shock at how quickly he had arrived.