Chapter Summaries

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.

With both Kagura and the emperor reduced to one breath of stamina, they faced off in a decisive final exchange. The emperor’s punch met Kagura’s world-merging technique, and he realized he had to act again or lose.

• Kagura reflected on her long lack of worthy opponents and told the emperor that she would remember him.
• The emperor felt the inherited memories and will of human ancestors, realizing that humans had avoided passing down memories of their past enslavement so they could rise anew.
• The emperor launched a direct, overwhelming punch that sealed off every route of escape, and Kagura prepared to meet it with her strongest ability.
• Kagura relaxed and slowly merged with her surroundings, then caught the emperor’s punch and dissipated its force.
• The emperor felt his attack stop as if it had struck cotton and realized he would lose unless he acted again.

The human emperor’s battle with Kagura turned against him when she used the palace’s Four Symbols configuration to reverse his power through the Two Aspects Image. Just as the empress ordered a retreat, Ziyue appeared and shattered the Four Saints Domain, disrupting the formation Kagura relied on.

• The War Priest explained to Zhang Xiaoyun that Kagura was reversing the Four Symbols’ laws into the Two Aspects to neutralize the human emperor’s power.
• Kagura told the human emperor that he had forced her to attempt the technique, and she prepared to break him down into the world’s primitive essence.
• Quefeng warned the empress that the human emperor could not overcome Kagura’s technique and urged her not to risk a hopeless battle.
• The empress ordered her troops to retreat after realizing that she could not win either.
• Ziyue appeared above the formation and caused the Four Saints Domain to collapse, prompting the empress to turn toward the emperor as Kagura’s advantage became uncertain.

After Ziyue destroyed the Four Saints Grand Formation, Kagura and the emperor both suffered severe injuries, while the empress used the Yin Crow Flame to save her brother at great cost. The Ancient Demon clan recognized its advantage and waited to see how the factions would respond.

• Ziyue destroyed the Four Saints Grand Formation, giving Kagura an opening to strike the weakened emperor and forcing her to retreat after both fighters were badly hurt.
• The empress caught her dying younger brother and used the Yin Crow Flame to burn away his qi and blood, preventing his body from collapsing.
• The Ancient Demon priest explained the costs of the Yin Crow Flame and Kagura’s secret techniques, and Zhang Xiaoyun realized their enemies’ strongest fighters were crippled.
• The Ancient Demon priest warned Zhang Xiaoyun that the other factions might unite if the Ancient Demons appeared too powerful, so he chose to wait and assess the situation.
• Quefeng moved to protect the empress, while Chen Baifeng concluded that the Ancient Demon clan would decide which faction to attack first.

Chen Baifeng judged that the weakened Ancient Demons were unlikely to attack his leaderless forces first, while Ziyue advised the priest on which enemy to target. The Ancient Demons chose to attack the Vermilion Bird Palace, though the imperial court and Quefeng posed serious risks.

• Chen Baifeng reassured the deputy general that the Ancient Demons would probably target a force with a Four Saints Body rather than attack them.
• The priest asked Ziyue which faction the Ancient Demons should attack, and she warned that Quefeng made the imperial court dangerous.
• Zhang Xiaoyun proposed attacking Jiangnan, but the priest stopped the argument and dismissed the suggestion.
• The priest favored attacking the White Tiger Palace, but Ziyue warned that the Northern Lands might have hidden forces in reserve.
• The priest accepted Ziyue's recommendation and ordered the Ancient Demons to seize the Vermilion Bird Palace.

Kagura weighed the threat posed by the West Sea Army while the Four Saints Army advanced on the Vermilion Bird Palace. There, the Four Saints Guard and the imperial court’s Ghost Army began a brutal battle, leaving Chen Baifeng and General Tian to assess which force would prevail.

• Kagura held back her last trump card and warned that the concealed Outer Heaven Demon Statue might be a faction’s pawn.
• The Four Saints Army attacked the Vermilion Bird Palace, where it clashed with the imperial court’s Ghost Army.
• Chen Baifeng watched the battle and asked General Tian which army was stronger.
• General Tian explained that the Ghost Army had ten times the numbers, while the Four Saints Guard had far greater individual strength and formation-breaking potential.

The Four Saints Guard’s superior forces should have overwhelmed the court army’s formation, but Quefeng’s speed and assassination skills kept all sixteen attacking fronts from defeating their defenders. The war priest faced a choice between confronting Quefeng himself and letting the battle drag on.

• Tian Yu explained that powerful generals at the formation’s nodes were essential to resisting elite attackers, and Chen Baifeng recognized that the Four Saints Guard had the stronger generals.
• Zhang Xiaoyun watched from safety after losing Fei Jun’s body and realized the battle was far more complicated than expected.
• Quefeng repeatedly threatened the Four Saints Guard’s generals whenever they neared a kill, preventing any of the sixteen fronts from breaking through.
• The war priest’s deputy general asked what they should do, while the priest hesitated to face Quefeng alone and risk the battle on personal valor.

The priest weighed whether to confront Quefeng or wait for his stamina to fail, then chose to preserve the Four Saints Army by holding back. As the battle wore on and Quefeng began to weaken, the priest again hesitated over whether to wait longer.

• The priest considered intercepting Quefeng himself but feared that losing him or the Four Saints Guard would cripple the Ancient Demon clan, so he ordered his forces to keep fighting and wait.
• Chen Baifeng and Tian Yu discussed the cautious Ancient Demon commander and the risks of an elite raiding force, when a mysterious man appeared behind them unnoticed.
• Chen Baifeng asked the mysterious man whether it was time to act, and the man replied that there was not much time left.
• After half a quarter of an hour, the deputy general reported that the Four Saints Guard had lost vigor while the Ghost Army had stabilized its defense.
• The priest noticed that Quefeng’s movements had grown stiff and wondered whether to wait for him to tire further before withdrawing.

Quefeng was worn down as the war priest ordered the sixteen groups to keep attacking, while Ziyue condemned the priest’s greedy command. News arrived that giant pythons were advancing from the Black Tortoise Palace, and the black-armored man asked Ziyue to hand over Chen Ying.

• Quefeng dodged a general’s silver spear but was wounded, and the war priest recognized that his movements had slowed from exhaustion.
• The war priest ordered the sixteen groups to continue charging, hoping to wear Quefeng down instead of retreating.
• Ziyue told Zhang Xiaoyun and a black-skinned official that the war priest was greedy and dangerous because he would neither take responsibility nor abandon his advantage.
• A Black Tortoise general reported that a tide of giant pythons was coming from the Black Tortoise Palace, but the black-armored man told Zhang Xiaoyun not to panic yet.
• The black-armored man asked Ziyue to hand over Chen Ying, whom she had kept inside a fragment of space.

Ziyue recounted how her risky Fusion with a Reincarnator helped the Ancient Demons complete the Warlock Dynasty plan, though the process left her identity and memories uncertain. She handed Chen Ying to the Ancient Demon envoy, then recognized that he too was a Fuser as he departed for the Black Tortoise Palace, leaving Zhang Xiaoyun with her.

• The Ancient Demon envoy challenged Ziyue’s trustworthiness and recalled how she had proposed Fusion to extract the Reincarnators’ secrets and advance the Warlock Dynasty plan.
• The envoy explained that after Fusion, Ziyue’s identity and memories became unstable, and that she had escaped after the dynasty’s planned collapse.
• Ziyue handed over the spatial fragment containing Chen Ying, and the envoy promised to protect her before asking her to look after Zhang Xiaoyun.
• Ziyue identified the envoy as a Fuser, and he confirmed she had been responsible for his transformation.
• The envoy led his people north toward the Black Tortoise Palace, while Zhang Xiaoyun reluctantly remained with Ziyue.

Zhang Xiaoyun questioned Ziyue’s loyalty and grew suspicious when the West Sea Army mobilized under the command of the monster holding Tian Heng hostage. The guard captain had left Ziyue in charge of the remaining elite guards, deepening Zhang Xiaoyun’s conviction that something was wrong.

• Zhang Xiaoyun warned Zhang Zhiyun that Ziyue might not be the real princess, but Zhang Zhiyun defended her loyalty.
• A messenger reported that the West Sea Army was heading to the White Tiger Hall under the command of the monster that had taken Tian Heng hostage.
• Ziyue and the others worried that the guard captain’s forces would face an attack from two sides.
• Ling Sheng revealed that the guard captain had ordered Ziyue to decide where the remaining elite guards would go.
• Zhang Xiaoyun accused Ziyue of causing the guard captain’s decision, while Zhang Zhiyun guessed that handing over Chen Ying had earned his trust.