Recaps

Chen Qing’s clash with the old Heavenly Master ended with the Ancient Demon splitting the palace into countless spatial fragments, scattering Jiangnan’s troops and the Four Saints Guard. Chen Qing recognized that his forces were in grave danger, while the emperor and Kagura chose to wait as the factions fought.

• Zhang Xiaoyun watched Chen Qing and realized he could not defeat him.
• After clashing with Chen Qing, the old Heavenly Master abandoned his plan to capture him and used spatial arts to divide the palace and separate the invading forces.
• Chen Qing and Shen Qi recognized that scattered West Sea soldiers would be vulnerable to the Four Saints Guard.
• Kagura told the emperor she did not care how many Heavenly Pythons died, and the emperor observed that Chen Qing would need to kill the old Heavenly Master to escape the predicament.
• The emperor and Kagura held back, preferring to let Chen Qing and the Ancient Demons wear each other down.

Chen Qing shattered the space fragment trapping him and charged the old Celestial Master, revealing strength that astonished the emperor, Kagura, and Tian Heng. The old Celestial Master offered Chen Qing a place in the Ancient Demon royal clan, but Chen Qing rejected him and attacked.

• Chen Qing chose to save Tian Heng's West Sea Army and broke his space fragment apart with brute force and precise elemental control.
• Kagura, King Xiang, and the emperor recognized Chen Qing's strength as approaching King Level.
• Tian Heng and his deputy generals found themselves trapped in a space fragment while Chen Qing flew toward the old Celestial Master.
• The old Celestial Master admitted he had misjudged Chen Qing and offered him a place in the Ancient Demon royal clan.
• Chen Qing refused the offer and slashed at the old Celestial Master with his sword.

Outside Cloud Capital, a mysterious woman watched Chen Qing battle the Ancient Demon high priest, while Quefeng warned her how formidable the opponent was. As Chen Qing weighed retreating against risking everything to save his allies, he unleashed a surge of power that looked like a King Level breakthrough and revealed his Golden Crow Flame.

• The woman leading an army of ghosts watched Cloud Capital from afar and asked Quefeng about Chen Qing and the Ancient Demon high priest.
• Quefeng said the high priest had mastered much of the Ancient Demon clan’s martial-arts legacy and was difficult for anyone to match.
• The high priest questioned how Chen Qing had grown so powerful, while Chen Qing realized he might have to abandon his allies or risk everything within ten breaths.
• Chen Qing let his momentum fall, prompting the high priest to hold back rather than attack as he waited for his Four Saints Guard to consume Chen Qing’s forces.
• Chen Qing unleashed a terrifying pressure that made the high priest suspect he was breaking through to King Level, then revealed the Golden Crow Flame.

Chen Qing used Xiaoli’s future power to break through to King Level and attack the old Heavenly Master, shattering the spatial array. As the space fragments collapsed and the armies suffered heavy losses, Tian Heng gathered the West Sea Army, unaware that a shadow was closing in on him.

• Kagura noticed Chen Qing’s Golden Crow Bloodline, and the emperor recalled how his schemes had led to the late empress’s death and recognized her blood in Chen Qing’s flames.
• Chen Qing used the Divine Path’s Fortune-Stealing Technique to borrow Xiaoli’s future power and gain King Level strength for three breaths.
• Tian Heng ordered his deputy general to hold his breath as Chen Qing’s flames warped the space and drew the fragments together.
• Tian Heng used the West Sea Divine Decree to order his scattered soldiers to assemble and form a battle formation.
• The Four Saints Guard slaughtered soldiers and warlocks amid the collapsing fragments while Tian Heng anxiously awaited his troops, failing to notice a shadow approaching.

After Chen Qing used his power to break free, Tian Heng and several factions raced through the merging spaces to find him, while the emperor praised the Jiangnan soldiers for holding together. Just as Tian Heng reached the central turbulence, a mysterious black figure seized him and hurled him into a dangerous elemental storm.

• The emperor praised Tian Heng's Jiangnan soldiers for regrouping despite losing nearly a third of their number.
• Tian Heng searched the central turbulence for Chen Qing, knowing that rescuing him was essential to securing Jiangnan's trust.
• Kagura and several hidden experts also headed toward Chen Qing, while Chen Baifeng realized the South Sea faction was outmatched by the many powerful contenders.
• Tian Heng forced his way through the elemental currents despite being badly wounded.
• A black figure suddenly grabbed Tian Heng and slammed him into a torrent of chaotic elemental turbulence, startling even Kagura.

An unknown fighter dragged Tian Heng into the turbulent currents and attacked him with strength comparable to Chen Qing’s, leaving Kagura and the emperor wondering who else could wield King Level power. As the West Sea Army regrouped, its deputy general weighed retreating if Tian Heng died, but a seductive voice interrupted his thoughts.

• Kagura wondered whether another hidden expert had appeared who could temporarily reach King Level power.
• An unidentified, taiji-faced fighter attacked Tian Heng inside the turbulent currents, and Tian Heng struggled to defend himself while unable to breathe properly.
• The emperor ruled out his eldest sister and a mechanical puppet but could not identify the mysterious fighter.
• The deputy general ordered more than twenty thousand West Sea Army survivors to form ranks and hold position while the currents remained dangerous.
• The deputy general considered leading the army away if Tian Heng died, but a seductive voice suddenly spoke in his ear.

Tian Heng used Ao Zhen’s inherited techniques and risked his life with the Startling Swan strike against a mysterious attacker, but the man evaded it and killed him. As Tian Heng died, he recognized Murong Yunji’s Divine Wind and realized his opponent had anticipated the attack.

• Tian Heng held off the mysterious attacker and used his knowledge of Ao Zhen’s techniques to preserve his breath and seek an opening.
• Tian Heng let the attacker strike his chest, used the impact to retreat, and then unleashed Ao Zhen’s dangerous Startling Swan technique.
• The emperor watched Tian Heng’s strike and wondered whether Chen Qing could use the same technique.
• The mysterious attacker appeared behind Tian Heng and killed him with a blow through the chest after dodging the strike.
• Tian Heng recognized the attacker’s use of Murong Yunji’s Divine Wind and realized the man had predicted his move.

A mysterious man captured Tian Heng and held the West Sea Army at bay while Kagura searched the storm’s core for Chen Qing. Kagura realized Chen Qing was hiding in the Jiangnan group’s tiny spatial fragments and used Present Sight to locate them.

• The mysterious man defeated Tian Heng, seized him, and warned the West Sea Army not to move.
• Kagura decided to ignore the standoff and continued toward the storm’s center to find Chen Qing.
• Kagura searched the core but found only the badly burned high priest and wondered how Chen Qing had disappeared.
• Kagura recalled that Chen Qing had sealed the Jiangnan students inside their own stabilized spatial fragments and deduced he was hiding in one.
• Kagura activated Present Sight and spotted numerous tiny spatial fragments concealed among the fragments at the core.

Kagura failed to find Chen Qing through the spatial fragments and discovered that an Outer Heaven Demon Statue had taken control of Tian Heng and the West Sea Army. The High Priest and Zhang Xiaoyun recognized the statue as a grave threat but could not identify it, though it seemed familiar to the High Priest.

• Kagura stopped searching for Chen Qing when the spatial fragments overwhelmed the range and cost of her Present Sight.
• Kagura turned toward Tian Heng's West Sea Army, glimpsed an Outer Heaven Demon Statue controlling it, and withdrew her gaze in shock.
• Kagura recalled that every known Outer Heaven Demon Statue was recorded or sealed, making the statue's appearance inexplicable.
• The Four Saints Guard protected the gravely wounded High Priest after Chen Qing sent him flying.
• Zhang Xiaoyun asked the High Priest to identify the statue, but the High Priest could not name it and said it seemed familiar.

The high priest recalled how the King of Qin’s Heavenly Moon Plan had erased memories connected to A Li, the Heavenly Mirror, and a past encounter with the demon statue. As the ritual neared its end, a ghost army arrived at Cloud Capital, and the emperor revealed that his hidden forces had defeated King Chujiang.

• The high priest told Zhang Xiaoyun that the Ancient Demon clan had lost memories during its operation thirty years earlier, when A Li and the Heavenly Mirror disappeared.
• The high priest ordered Zhang Xiaoyun to wait, intending to prioritize the ritual and the Spirit bodies of the Four Saints over the coming struggle.
• A messenger warned the high priest that an army was approaching Cloud Capital, and a ghost army surrounded the imperial palace under a woman riding a dragon steed.
• Zhang Xiaoyun blamed King Chujiang for failing to capture the capital, while King Xiang realized the emperor had concealed a force capable of defeating him.
• The emperor explained that he had lured King Chujiang out to remove the threat to the capital, then ordered everyone to prepare to seize the four pillars of light when the ritual ended.

Chen Baifeng reconsidered the South Sea faction’s future as the Four Saints’ immense presence overwhelmed everyone at the palace. The emperor and King Xiang prepared to move, while a woman led the ghost army into the palace to reach Fei Jun first.

• Chen Baifeng decided the South Sea faction should abandon its ambitions and attach itself to another power, preferably Chen Qing if he survived.
• The Four Saints’ manifestations appeared above the palace, filling everyone with awe and fear.
• The emperor asked if the demons’ power marked the end of the road, and King Xiang said it did not; they agreed to prepare to move.
• A woman rallied the ghost army and led its tens of thousands of Transcendents into the floating palace.
• The woman directed the ghost army toward the Vermilion Bird Palace to secure Fei Jun and his Golden Crow Bloodline.

Fei Jun survived the Four Saints ritual as the Vermilion Bird began rebuilding his body, and he sensed a woman whose golden flames and familiar aura made him wonder if she was his mother. Meanwhile, the Xiao emperor pressed Chen Baifeng to choose whether the South Sea forces would support the court as the rival armies rushed to claim the Four Spirits.

• Fei Jun felt the Vermilion Bird embrace him and reconstruct his body, but he could not move as powerful auras approached.
• Fei Jun sensed a woman in golden flames and military attire, whose presence seemed connected to his bloodline.
• The Xiao emperor’s twin sister led the ghost army toward the Vermilion Bird Palace while giant pythons advanced toward the Black Tortoise Palace.
• Chen Baifeng explained that the chosen Four Spirits might be the only bearers of ancient Spirit bloodlines for years, but admitted he could not predict who would win.
• The emperor told Chen Baifeng that he trusted Mingyue to secure Fei Jun and asked whether Chen Baifeng remained loyal to the court.
• Chen Baifeng recognized that the emperor wanted the South Sea forces to help seize the vulnerable Jiangnan position and had to decide which side to support.

Chen Baifeng refused the emperor’s demand to pursue Shen Yuan and instead honored his debt to Chen Qing, while the Nie Family chose to remain with him. He then entered the space fragment where the West Sea Army was held, and the mysterious figure guarding Tian Heng did not stop him.

• Chen Baifeng weighed the emperor’s demand against his loyalty to Chen Qing and declined to join the effort to claim Shen Yuan.
• Chen Baifeng urged the other families to serve the emperor, and they agreed while leaving him and the Nie Family behind.
• The emperor accepted Chen Baifeng’s refusal and departed with the other family elders; the head of the Nie Family stayed because his son remained in Chen Qing’s hands.
• Chen Baifeng and the Nie Family’s grand elder agreed to remain together and headed toward the West Sea Army.
• Chen Baifeng entered the space fragment, and the mysterious figure holding Tian Heng hostage let him pass, prompting Chen Baifeng to form a guess.

Chen Baifeng approached Tian Yu and advised the West Sea Army to wait for the other factions to clash before making a move, then flew up to question the figure holding Tian Heng. Meanwhile, the emperor reached Shen Yuan in the North Palace and reminded him of an earlier instruction.

• Tian Yu struggled to decide what to do while Tian Heng remained captive, until Chen Baifeng arrived and joined his side.
• Chen Baifeng advised Tian Yu to wait for conflict over the White Tiger Palace to create an opportunity for the West Sea Army.
• Chen Baifeng flew up to confront the mysterious captor and asked whether they had met in the Heavenly Palace.
• The emperor led his forces toward the North Palace and reached Shen Yuan, reminding him of what he had said when the emperor entrusted him with instructions.

Shen Yuan accepted the emperor’s offer to stand with him while Chen Qing’s fate remained unknown, though he reserved the right to aid the West Sea Army and search for Chen Qing. The high priest then arrived, and Kagura agreed to join him in killing the emperor.

• The emperor asked Shen Yuan to stand with him until Chen Qing’s fate was known and promised to protect Shen Yuan’s family; Shen Yuan agreed while retaining permission to aid the West Sea Army and seek Chen Qing.
• The high priest arrived and offered the emperor a symbiotic pact with the Ancient Demon race, but the emperor rejected him.
• The high priest recognized that the emperor had mastered King Xiang’s Overlord’s Nine Revolutions.
• Kagura appeared, and the high priest proposed that they kill the emperor together before discussing further cooperation.
• Kagura agreed to the high priest’s plan.

The emperor watched Kagura and the high priest slaughter the South Sea warlocks, then explained to Shen Yuan why demons and Reincarnators opposed humanity’s rise. Kagura declared that the emperor had to die, and he answered her challenge by unleashing Golden Crow power he claimed to have made submit to his will.

• The high priest began slaughtering the South Sea warlocks while Kagura kept the emperor under watch, and the emperor told Shen Yuan to remain seated.
• The emperor questioned why Kagura and the Ancient Demons had joined forces against him, then explained that they saw humanity as a threat to their survival.
• Kagura accused the emperor of trying to brainwash Shen Yuan, and he insisted that humans and demons were fundamentally different.
• Kagura said the emperor had to die and stepped forward, unleashing overwhelming pressure that recalled the emperor’s encounters with the King of Qin and the Black Queen.
• The emperor summoned golden flames, drew their power inward, and declared that using demonic power and making it submit were different.

As the spatial turbulence subsided, Chen Baifeng and Tian Yu realized the emperor’s flames had evaporated moisture across Cloud Capital. The emperor then revealed the Golden Crow Flame’s destructive essence against Kagura, who activated Present Sight and resolved to kill him before he reached King Level power.

• Tian Yu wondered whether the emperor had lost, but Chen Baifeng explained that his flames were drying the air throughout Cloud Capital and weakening the elemental turbulence.
• Kagura recognized that the emperor had drawn the Golden Crow flames into his body and sensed that he was approaching the world’s limit beneath Ghost King level.
• The emperor attacked Kagura at extraordinary speed, and she dodged his first strike.
• The emperor’s punch shattered space and erased the elements within its reach, creating a dead zone with his Golden Crow Flame.
• Kagura recognized that the emperor had mastered the Golden Crow Flame’s essence through his own evolution and activated Present Sight with the divine art Myriad Phenomena.

The emperor fought Kagura, whose elusive movements repeatedly evaded his Golden Crow Flame attacks. As Kagura hinted that time was on her side, the emperor sensed that something around him had changed again.

• Kagura recognized the emperor as a threat to the demons’ dominance and unleashed her true trump card.
• The emperor recalled that his Golden Crow Flame had defeated the King of Qin and Black Queen, strengthening his belief that the world’s hidden rulers were not invincible.
• The emperor repeatedly unleashed explosive Golden Crow Flame attacks, but Kagura evaded them and explained that his ability was simple and crude.
• The emperor challenged Kagura to explain how she would capture him while his army and imperial elder sister were on their way.
• Kagura said he would understand soon, and the emperor sensed another change around him.

The emperor pursued Kagura but grew uneasy when his eldest sister failed to arrive, and Kagura nearly killed him after he lost focus. Meanwhile, his eldest sister arrived and demanded to know where he was, while Shen Yuan could only report that both fighters had vanished without a trace.

• The emperor realized Kagura had kept him occupied for at least a quarter of an hour, longer than expected, and wondered whether his eldest sister had been delayed or trapped.
• As the emperor turned to look for his eldest sister, Kagura struck his throat and nearly cut off his head before withdrawing beyond the reach of his power.
• Kagura rebuked the emperor for getting distracted, and he admitted his arrogance before focusing entirely on their fight.
• The emperor’s eldest sister arrived and demanded that Shen Yuan tell her where her younger brother was.
• Shen Yuan said he did not know and explained that the emperor and Kagura had vanished without any spatial fluctuation.

The empress questioned Shen Yuan and Quefeng about the Xiao Household's emperor, whose traces had vanished, while the high priest realized Kagura had used Myriad Phenomena to send him to an imaginary world. The empress confronted the high priest with her Yin Crow power, but he believed she and Quefeng would be trapped by their lack of knowledge about the technique.

• Shen Yuan told the empress that the emperor's disappearance could not have been caused by a spatial technique.
• Quefeng confirmed that the emperor's traces had ended abruptly, as if they had been erased.
• The empress questioned the high priest, who recognized her as a powerful figure connected to the Xiao Household and identified Kagura's method as Myriad Phenomena.
• The high priest explained that Myriad Phenomena sent the emperor to a fictional world and was a prerequisite for the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm.
• The empress drew her sword and revealed her Yin Crow power, while the high priest concluded that she and Quefeng would not escape Myriad Phenomena without prior knowledge of it.

The emperor deduced that Kagura had drawn him into a false world where only the two of them existed, and that she was stalling until her technique gave her control over the realm. Kagura confirmed that the Myriad Phenomena Technique would let her reshape the world and its inhabitants if she had enough time.

• The emperor tested whether Kagura had poisoned him and learned that Mr. Five Poisons' poison sac made him immune to poison.
• The emperor realized Kagura was keeping him under pressure while buying time, and he deduced that his elder imperial sister could not find him because he was trapped in a false world.
• The emperor noticed that there were no people in the surroundings and concluded that only he and Kagura had been pulled into the false world.
• Kagura praised the emperor for seeing through her plan and revealed that her Myriad Phenomena Technique would eventually let her change everything in the false world according to her will.

Kagura’s Myriad Phenomena Technique trapped the emperor in an unfinished world that grew more powerful over time, while Kagura herself steadily strengthened during their fight. King Xiang realized her unusually long breaths were drawing down the surrounding Spirit energy.

• The chapter explained that Myriad Phenomena slowly formed an illusory world whose creator gained control as its laws developed, though the technique required lengthy preparation and activation.
• Kagura revealed that she had been simulating her world since arriving and had only recently completed the model after half a month.
• As the battle continued, Kagura grew faster and stronger, shifting from defense to offense and leaving the emperor with increasingly severe wounds.
• The emperor struggled to understand how Kagura could approach King Level without suffering the expected strain from the world’s limited Spirit energy.
• King Xiang noticed that Kagura’s breathing was unusually long, and the emperor sensed that the surrounding Spirit energy was rapidly dwindling.

Kagura used Myriad Phenomena to trap the emperor in a false world that drained spiritual energy, but he refused to surrender. The empress learned how nearly impossible it was to escape Myriad Phenomena, then questioned whether the high priest’s explanation was correct.

• King Xiang told the emperor that Kagura was rapidly absorbing spiritual energy from the area to strengthen herself.
• The emperor realized Kagura was stalling until she gained control of the false world, but refused her offer to sign a contract and serve her.
• The high priest explained to the empress that Myriad Phenomena created a false world governed by its user, and Quefeng confirmed that killing its creator was the only way to break it.
• Quefeng said opponents trapped inside Myriad Phenomena were chosen because the user believed they could defeat them, and the empress replied that something about the explanation was not right.

The Empress challenged the High Priest’s account of the Ancient Demon clan’s bloodline memories and insisted her younger brother could survive Kagura’s Myriad Phenomena. Inside the domain, the Emperor broke through to King Level and cornered Kagura, who answered by unleashing her own King Level power as the world shattered.

• The Empress reasoned that an Ancient Demon must have survived Myriad Phenomena to pass down its secrets, and she declared that her younger brother could survive it too.
• The High Priest reconsidered his plans as the possibility of the Xiao Household brat returning unsettled him.
• The Emperor abruptly broke through to King Level and unleashed the Golden Crow Flame, destroying the elements and denying Kagura spiritual energy.
• The Emperor pursued Kagura relentlessly, forcing her to choose between exhausting her strength and breaking through to King Level.
• Kagura turned her eyes pitch-black, unleashed a terrifying chill, and shattered the world as she challenged the Emperor to a king-level clash.

The Xiao Household emperor and Kagura shattered Myriad Phenomena after both broke through to King Level, then joined forces to kill the hesitating high priest. As the war priest led Zhang Xiaoyun away, the empress and Quefeng watched the emperor face Kagura, with the outcome still uncertain.

• The high priest realized the Xiao Household emperor had broken Myriad Phenomena and forced Kagura to break through, leaving him trapped between the two King Level fighters.
• The emperor and Kagura attacked the high priest together and killed him before he could break through to King Level.
• The war priest explained to Zhang Xiaoyun that the high priest died because he hesitated, and urged the Ancient Demons to remember that hesitation meant defeat on the battlefield.
• Quefeng asked whether the empress would intervene, and she said she could not restrain both fighters and would act if the emperor lost.
• The empress and Quefeng watched the emperor and Kagura face off, uncertain who would win.