Chapter Summaries

Youquan secured a secret alliance between the North Sea Dragon Clan and the Holy Sect by presenting proof of the Great Sun Purple Ultimate True Lord’s support. He then asked the North Sea Dragon Lord to help him become a True Lord, and the chapter ended with the Dragon Lord reacting violently when Youquan mentioned the Heavenly Demon Well.

• The North Sea Dragon Lord initially rejected Youquan’s proposal, wary of committing the North Sea Dragon Clan to a risky war in the Central Land.
• Youquan argued that the Eastern Sea and South Sea were pursuing their own dominance and offered a secret alliance in which the Holy Sect would support the North Sea’s interests.
• Youquan presented the Holy Sect Deputy Sect Master’s Token as proof of the Great Sun Purple Ultimate True Lord’s backing, and the North Sea Dragon Lord agreed to the alliance.
• Youquan asked the Dragon Lord to help him become a True Lord, but the Dragon Lord firmly refused, saying he lacked the ability to do so.
• Youquan asked instead for a favor and revealed that a damaged ancient text described a Heavenly Demon Well beneath the North Sea Dragon Palace.
• The Dragon Lord’s restrictions surged and his immense dragon phantom threatened Youquan before he returned to his seat and asked whether Youquan had lived long enough.

Qi Yun agreed to help Youquan enter the Heavenly Demon Well, where Youquan hoped to refine demons and retrieve a Supreme Dao Foundation hidden in the Blood Sea. He redesigned Youquan’s crude formation into a complete Natal Blood Refining Grand Formation and sent the finished blueprint to Youquan in the North Sea.

• Youquan told Qi Yun that he wanted to refine Heavenly Demons in the Heavenly Demon Well to advance the Blood Sea and draw out a possible Supreme Dao Foundation hidden in its depths.
• Youquan explained that his 9,999 Blood God Sons would form a grand formation to protect him and let him refine the Heavenly Demons’ power.
• Qi Yun agreed that the formation would improve Youquan’s chances of surviving the dangers of the Heavenly Demon Well.
• Qi Yun drew Youquan’s incarnation into his Purple Mansion and used his formation knowledge and Dao insights to transform the crude design into a complete grand formation.
• Qi Yun sent the finished formation blueprint through its connection to Youquan’s main body in the North Sea.

Youquan entered the Heavenly Demon Well and used his Blood Sea formation to refine the Heavenly Demons, absorbing their opposing Yang evil. As the process exposed the Supreme Dao Foundation buried within his Blood Sea, Qi Yun sensed the connection and recognized the Supreme Sovereign.

• The North Sea Dragon Lord opened the seal of the Heavenly Demon Well for three breaths, and Youquan rushed inside as the passage closed.
• Hundreds upon thousands of Heavenly Demons attacked Youquan, who formed a vast array linking his nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Blood God Sons and began refining them.
• Youquan absorbed the Heavenly Demons' evil of utmost Yang, causing his Blood Sea to expand and change as the conflict with its Yin evil battered his Dao Foundation.
• The upheaval in Youquan's Blood Sea exposed the Supreme Dao Foundation buried within it.
• On Star-Plucking Peak, Qi Yun sensed a connection through Youquan and identified it as the Supreme Sovereign.

Qi Yun lent Youquan the power of the Great Sun Purple Ultimate True Lord and [Wield Myriad Laws] to help him seize the Supreme Sovereign Mystic Firmament Dao Foundation from the Blood Sea. Youquan quelled the Blood Sea’s backlash by asserting his dominion over it and succeeded in hooking the Dao Foundation, while Qi Yun watched from the quiet chamber, drained but relieved.

• Youquan used the [Youquan Grand Formation] to reach for the Supreme Sovereign Dao Foundation buried in the Blood Sea, while Qi Yun prepared to help through their connection.
• Qi Yun sent a ray of True Lord-level divine light to Youquan and invoked [Wield Myriad Laws], enabling Youquan to hook the Dao Foundation and begin dragging it free.
• The Blood Sea’s source retaliated with phantoms and a torrent of filth that corroded Youquan and battered the formation.
• Youquan declared himself the Blood Sea’s true master and commanded it to still, suppressing the source’s rift and stopping its backlash.
• Youquan reported that he had caught the Dao Foundation, and Qi Yun opened his eyes in the quiet chamber, weakened but relieved that his efforts had not been wasted.

Qi Yun received the shattered Supreme Sovereign Mystic Firmament Dao Foundation, which awakened and clashed with his Great Luo Myriad Laws Dao Foundation. After catching its ultimate killing strike, Qi Yun refined the remnant into himself, leaving only a faint trace of its power in his palm.

• Youquan sent the damaged Supreme Sovereign Dao Foundation remnant to the Great Sun Purple Ultimate True Lord, who carried it to Qi Yun at the Green Mountain Daoist Temple.
• The remnant recognized Qi Yun as both its equal and its enemy, and the Great Sun Purple Ultimate True Lord isolated them in a mote grotto-heaven.
• The Supreme Sovereign killing blade clashed with Qi Yun's Great Luo star chart, advancing toward him as the star chart's patterns gradually wore it down.
• The remnant condensed its remaining power into the Supreme Sovereign Ultimate Edge and stabbed toward Qi Yun's brow.
• Qi Yun caught the Ultimate Edge, declared that the remnant would become him, and refined it into his Great Luo Heaven.

Qi Yun refined the Supreme Sovereign Mystic Firmament Dao Foundation, merging its killing intent into his own power and raising Great Luo Heaven's progress to 81.7%. He stepped onto a perilous road of contention between Supreme Dao Foundations, then named his new Divine Ability Art Immediate Execution by Beheading and asked Great Sun Purple Ultimate True Lord to test it.

• Qi Yun stabilized the struggle between azure-gold and brilliant yellow Dao resonances with chaotic immortal light, absorbing the Supreme Sovereign Mystic Firmament's killing power.
• Qi Yun discovered that refining the Supreme Dao Foundation had raised Great Luo Heaven's progress from 3.2% to 81.7%.
• Qi Yun sensed that refining the foundation had placed him on a road where bearers of Supreme Dao Foundations would contend until only one remained, and he resolved to continue.
• Qi Yun formed a sharp brilliant-yellow Divine Ability Art, and the Law Technique Panel named it Immediate Execution by Beheading.
• Qi Yun invited Great Sun Purple Ultimate True Lord to test the art, and Great Sun agreed as the grotto-heaven began to tremble.

Qi Yun demonstrated that his once-a-day [Immediate Execution by Beheading] could strike even Great Sun Purple Ultimate True Lord with unavoidable force. He then arrived at Black Abyss Rift Valley, where a million northwestern Devil Cultivators gathered to welcome him as their sect master.

• Qi Yun used [Immediate Execution by Beheading] to cut a lock of Great Sun Purple Ultimate True Lord's hair and carve a fissure into Speck of Dust Grotto-Heaven.
• Great Sun Purple Ultimate True Lord explained that the slash was unavoidable once seen, and Qi Yun said he could use it only once a day.
• Devil Cultivators from across the northwest gathered at Black Abyss Rift Valley as their long-suppressed formation opened and their leaders recalled old grievances against Central Land.
• A million Devil Cultivators raised their heads as Qi Yun stepped through a tear in the void, followed by Black Mountain True Person, True Person Qianxin, True Person Qingli, and other Holy Sect members.
• The assembled Devil Cultivators bowed and shouted their welcome to the Holy Sect's sect master.

The four sects gathered at the Black Abyss Rift Valley to launch a counterattack on the Central Land, and True Person Zַhuanlun challenged Qi Yun’s right to lead them. Qi Yun erased a Netherworld True Person with a casual gesture, then asked whether he was qualified; Zַhuanlun conceded that he was.

• True Person Sansi, Lady Jiuli, and True Person Zַhuanlun arrived as representatives of their sects, joining Qi Yun and the Holy Sect’s forces at the rift valley.
• True Person Zַhuanlun questioned how the four sects would choose a campaign leader and contrasted the other sects’ Great True Persons with Qi Yun, whom his martial nephew called an ordinary True Person.
• Qi Yun turned toward the Netherworld cultivator and casually waved his hand, turning him to ash before True Person Zַhuanlun could intervene.
• Qi Yun asked True Person Zַhuanlun, “Am I qualified?” and Zַhuanlun answered, “Yes.”

Qi Yun led a million Devil Cultivators toward the Central Land, where the Hao Ran Holy Land raised the Profound Heart Orthodox Unity Forbidden Art to stop them. As the Devil Dao host and righteous cultivators faced off, the Dragon Lords marched from the Eastern Sea and the Buddhist bodhisattvas waited for the factions to weaken one another.

• Qi Yun ordered the million Devil Cultivators to move, and their advance stirred up a vast devil cloud as they swept eastward for three days and nights.
• The Devil Dao vanguard halted at the Central Land when the Hao Ran Holy Land raised the Profound Heart Orthodox Unity Forbidden Art, a golden barrier backed by the gathered righteous cultivators.
• Qi Yun recognized the forbidden art, and True Person Qianxin explained that only a True Lord could break it.
• The North Sea Dragon Lord, the Eastern Sea Dragon Lord, and the South Sea Dragon Lord led an army of sea creatures toward the Central Land.
• The Wrathful Wisdom King Bodhisattva and the other Buddhist bodhisattvas watched from their Pure Land and hoped the Devil Dao, righteous path, and Dragon Clan would exhaust one another so Buddhism could claim the Central Land.

Qi Yun proposed using Heaven and Earth Great Devil Original Sect to gather the Devil Dao Qi of a million cultivators and break the Profound Heart Orthodox Unity Forbidden Art. He absorbed the torrent himself and emerged with the presence of the world's Devil Dao, as a mysterious voice praised him as the number one devil under heaven.

• True Person Sansi, Lady Jiuli, and True Person Zַhuanlun failed to damage the golden barrier with their attacks.
• Qi Yun explained Heaven and Earth Great Devil Original Sect and offered to bear the strength and intent of a million Devil Cultivators.
• True Person Sansi, Lady Jiuli, and True Person Zַhuanlun agreed to cooperate, and Qi Yun commanded the northwest Devil Cultivators to offer their strength.
• A million Devil Cultivators performed the method together, sending their gathered Devil Dao Qi into Qi Yun through a vast chaotic torrent.
• After three breaths, the torrent and vortex vanished, leaving Qi Yun standing calmly with the presence of the world's Devil Dao.
• A mysterious voice told Qi Yun he had made all the devils under heaven prepare a wedding dress for him and called him the number one devil under heaven.

Qi Yun used the power of the devil path to pierce the Hao Ran barrier and seize the supposedly dead Crown Prince of Southern Yin from a distant monastery. He killed Zhao Qian to borrow his Great Dao, leaving the armies and the realm’s threads of fortune shaken.

• Qi Yun struggled to contain the immense devil-path power within himself, then reached through the Hao Ran golden light without breaking the formation.
• Qi Yun grasped an unseen thread and pulled the Crown Prince of Southern Yin out of the ruins of the Spirit Mountain Sacred Realm.
• The Crown Prince’s disguise fell away, revealing Zhao Qian and his Supreme Dao Foundation, as the gathered cultivators realized he was alive.
• Qi Yun told Zhao Qian he needed to borrow his Great Dao to ascend to the supreme sovereign’s throne.
• Zhao Qian accepted his defeat, said they would fight again in the next life, and closed his eyes.
• Qi Yun struck Zhao Qian down, and the Xuanhuang Home Realm’s threads of fortune trembled.

After killing the Crown Prince of Southern Yin, Qi Yun used the Supreme Dao Foundation to evolve [Great Luo Heaven] and break through to the peak of the Great True Person Realm. He stood at the threshold of True Lord and prepared to seek gold.

• Qi Yun refined the Crown Prince of Southern Yin's Supreme Dao Foundation, then spread their shared karma among a million Devil Cultivators to deter Qingyuan True Lord Wendao from striking him.
• The [Law Technique Panel] updated [Great Luo Heaven] to version 3.0 and introduced the Heaven-Piercing Immortal Aspect.
• Qi Yun's [Great Luo Heaven] evolved into an embryonic world of earth, water, fire, and wind, and a green lotus formed and merged into his body.
• Qi Yun's Dao Foundation rose to the highest point of Foundation Establishment Heaven, completing his Immortal Aspect and making him a peak Great True Person.
• True Person Sansi, Lady Jiuli, and True Person Zhuanlun witnessed Qi Yun's breakthrough, and Qi Yun looked ahead toward seeking gold.

Qi Yun attained the peak of the Great True Person realm and used his Heaven-Banning Rule to shatter the Hao Ran Holy Land’s barrier. He ordered the million Devil Cultivators to kill every righteous cultivator, beginning the war.

• Qi Yun completed his Dharma Body and Immortal Aspect, becoming a Peak Great True Person and awakening See Through All Changes and Heaven-Banning Rule.
• Qi Yun inscribed the character “Ban” in the sky, suppressing the Profound Heart Orthodox Unity Forbidden Art and breaking the Hao Ran golden light barrier.
• The barrier collapsed, leaving the righteous cultivators exposed before the million Devil Cultivators.
• Qi Yun commanded the Devil Cultivators to leave none alive, and they surged toward the righteous forces as the war began.

The barrier separating the righteous and devil paths collapsed, and the devil-path forces and Three Seas Dragon Clan invaded the Central Plains. The righteous army met them in battle as its Foundation Establishment True Persons ascended to the heavens, while four righteous Great True Persons waited for their opponents to appear.

• The Profound Heart Orthodox Unity Forbidden Art collapsed, removing the barrier between the righteous and devil paths.
• The devil-path army surged into the Central Plains from the northwest as the Three Seas Dragon Clan advanced from the Eastern Sea.
• The righteous forces of the Central Plains mobilized, and their disciples clashed with the invaders in a bloody battle across the plain.
• Foundation Establishment True Persons from all three sides flew into the heavens to fight away from the land below.
• Confucian King Huangfu Qianqiu, the Dragon-Slaying Sword Master, Celestial Master Chen, and Guan Sihai appeared above the righteous camp and waited for the opposing Great True Persons.

The righteous path's leaders faced the devil path and the three Dragon Palace princes, and Guan Sihai attacked Qi Yun at Celestial Master Chen's urging. Qi Yun killed Guan Sihai with the Divine Ability Art “Execute Immediately Now,” leaving Celestial Master Chen to suspect Qi Yun was a True Lord who could sever fate.

• Huangfu Qianqiu, the Dragon-Slaying Sword Master, and Celestial Master Chen accepted that the confrontation was fated, and Celestial Master Chen asked Guan Sihai to strike first.
• Celestial Master Chen identified Qi Yun as a figure bound to the devil path's great fortune, and Guan Sihai agreed to kill him.
• Guan Sihai tore through the void and unleashed a devastating punch at Qi Yun, who calmly invoked “Execute Immediately Now.”
• Guan Sihai activated Heaven and Earth, Only My Golden Body and burned through his defenses, but cracks spread across his body until he exploded into ash.
• Celestial Master Chen tried to divine the cause and effect, but his horsetail whisk shattered, and he quietly wondered if Qi Yun was a True Lord who could sever fate.

After Qi Yun killed Guan Sihai with a single move, the Great True Persons and dragon palace crown princes feared his power. Huangfu Qianqiu summoned more than a hundred All Saints and Sages of Old, and Qi Yun called for his banner as the chapter ended.

• Qi Yun left Guan Sihai’s ashes behind and calmly surveyed the stunned Great True Persons and dragon palace crown princes.
• The onlookers realized Qi Yun could kill any of them and judged him the greatest devil below the True Lord realm.
• Huangfu Qianqiu brought out an ancient Confucian scroll and unfurled it across the heavens.
• More than a hundred All Saints and Sages of Old emerged from the scroll, their Great True Person auras directed at Qi Yun.
• Qi Yun acknowledged the scroll’s sacred power, then summoned his banner by calling, “Banner, come!”

True Person Xuanping revealed that he had always served Qi Yun and returned the Human Emperor Banner, allowing Qi Yun to transform it with his Great Dao. The Law Technique Panel completed its strongest-version update and named the reworked technique Investiture of the Gods.

• True Person Xuanping killed three Nine Kings Mountain True Persons with the Human Emperor Banner, escaped their attacks, and presented the banner to Qi Yun.
• Xuanping rejected accusations of betrayal and declared that he had always been Qi Yun's loyal servant.
• Qi Yun took back the Human Emperor Banner and used his Great Luo Edict and azure lotus to transform it.
• The banner turned brilliant yellow, its vengeful souls became dignified figures, and the Forbidden character and azure lotus merged into it.
• The Law Technique Panel announced its strongest-version update and revealed the new technique, Investiture of the Gods.

Qi Yun empowered the Investiture of the Gods with Creation Begetting Life, making it strong enough to draw the All Saints and Sages of Old into the scroll. After their disappearance threatened the soul’s Dao and shocked True Person Zַhuanlun, Qi Yun asked Huangfu Qianqiu whether he had any more figures to offer.

• Qi Yun infused the newly born Investiture of the Gods with Creation Begetting Life, greatly increasing its power.
• Qi Yun ordered the All Saints and Sages of Old to enter the Investiture, and the figures were irresistibly drawn into it.
• Huangfu Qianqiu tried to stop the figures with his ancient scroll, but his righteous Qi chains passed through them.
• The All Saints and Sages of Old vanished into the Investiture, leaving Huangfu Qianqiu stunned and the ancient righteous scroll dimmed.
• Cultivators recognized the danger the Investiture posed to the soul’s Dao, and True Person Zַhuanlun watched it in fear and despair.
• Qi Yun shook the Investiture before Huangfu Qianqiu and asked, “Senior-any more?”

Qi Yun used the Investiture of the Gods to gather the All Saints and Sages of Old into one figure and named him Zhong Youzhi, the Sacred Yuan Wenqu Star Lord. The chapter ended as All Wonders Heaven bestowed a True Lord’s station upon Zhong Youzhi, and Huangfu Qianqiu recognized it as the Wenqu Fruition Status.

• Qi Yun laughed at the silenced Hao Ran Holy Land cultivators and cast the Investiture of the Gods into the sky.
• The Investiture of the Gods expanded, and the more than a hundred All Saints and Sages of Old merged into a single Confucian scholar.
• Qi Yun named the figure Zhong Youzhi, the Sacred Yuan Wenqu Star Lord, and charged him with governing the literary lineage and safeguarding the Confucian Dao.
• All Wonders Heaven descended upon Zhong Youzhi and bestowed a station worthy of a True Lord.
• Huangfu Qianqiu identified Zhong Youzhi’s new status as the Wenqu Fruition Status, leaving the Hao Ran Holy Land in despairing silence.

Qi Yun’s creation of the Sacred Yuan Wenqu Star Lord provoked Huangfu Qianqiu to attack, but Wudao Extreme Dharma True Lord intervened and challenged the Confucian forces. As True Lords gathered and threatened to destroy the Xuanhuang Home Realm, a voice warned Qi Yun that something was wrong with their condition.

• Huangfu Qianqiu erupted with fury over Qi Yun using Confucian sages to create the Sacred Yuan Wenqu Star Lord and prepared to strike.
• Wudao Extreme Dharma True Lord emerged, shattered a hidden sword attack, and confronted Sage Wang over the Confucian challenge.
• Wudao Extreme Dharma True Lord threatened to erase the righteous cultivators, and Qingyuan True Lord Wendao arrived to challenge him.
• Wudao Extreme Dharma True Lord declared he was willing to sink the Xuanhuang Home Realm, prompting Nine Revolutions Undying True Lord and Nine Nethers Swallowing Sun to join the confrontation.
• True Lords gathered across the heavens as their clashing pressure shook the realm and pinned the cultivators below.
• A calm voice spoke in Qi Yun’s mind and warned him that something was wrong with the True Lords’ condition.