Chapter Summaries

Su Changge and four other prodigies forced open the palace gates and entered amid the emergence of mysterious black shadows. Li Han arrived afterward, vowing that Su Changge would be finished.

• Mu Yanxi vanished into the palace after looking back at Su Changge and smiling.
• Luo Qingyu and Limitless Pride Heaven fled pursuing black shadows and encountered Su Changge outside the gates.
• Cloud Laurel Fairy joined Su Changge's group, and the five prodigies attacked together to break the palace's restrictions and open the gates.
• Black shadows poured from the palace, but Cloud Laurel Fairy restrained them as she entered, followed by Su Changge, Luo Qingyu, and Limitless Pride Heaven.
• Li Han emerged from the darkness after the others entered and declared that Su Changge was finished.

Su Changge and his companions witnessed a vision revealing how the Heaven-Slaying Immortal Emperor, Su Xuan, battled the Source of Darkness and died after driving it back. The Emperor’s final words revealed that he had an unborn child and wished for that child to inherit his mission, while his direct message to Su Changge left the young man wondering how the Emperor knew him.

• Su Changge used his Sacred Body Aura to repel the palace’s black mist, and divine light cleared the vengeful souls to reveal statues of the five great divine beasts.
• The beasts’ essence blood flowed into a pool, which formed a vision of the Heaven-Slaying Immortal Emperor and an ancient war against the Source of Darkness.
• Su Changge heard the Emperor’s vision tell him to grow quickly, then watched the Emperor fight three powerful dark figures and force them to retreat.
• The wounded Emperor, who identified himself as Su Xuan, said his unborn child should inherit his wish to defeat the darkness and protect all living beings.
• Su Xuan’s body shattered into light, and countless beings mourned and bid farewell to the Heaven-Slaying Immortal Emperor.

Su Changge and the other prodigies fought the Darkness Living Beings released from a blood-colored statue, and Su Changge wiped them out with the first form of the Dao Severing Art. They discovered a stone box in the blood pool as the Heaven Burning Demon Flame appeared, leaving the gathered prodigies eager but wary of Su Changge.

• The blood-colored statue cracked open and released a horde of Darkness Living Beings.
• Limitless Pride Heaven, Luo Qingyu, Cloud Laurel Fairy, the Nine-Headed Golden Lion, and Su Changge fought the attackers.
• Su Changge used the first form of the Dao Severing Art to destroy the remaining Darkness Living Beings, astonishing Limitless Pride Heaven and Cloud Laurel Fairy.
• Su Changge spotted a stone box near the blood pool.
• The Heaven Burning Demon Flame erupted from the pool, and the Nine-Headed Golden Lion identified it as the Golden Crow Demon Emperor's flame while the other prodigies looked toward Su Changge.

Su Changge claimed the Heaven Burning Demon Flame, then faced Li Han and a host of Heavenly Pride Disciples who demanded the Great Emperor opportunity. Su Changge answered their ambush with a devastating punch, and the surviving attackers charged him.

• Su Changge collected the Heaven Burning Demon Flame and noticed that Mu Yanxi had recently taken a treasure from a groove beside it.
• Li Han arrived with human and demon Heavenly Pride Disciples, demanded the flame, and urged them to seize the Great Emperor opportunity from Su Changge.
• The Heavenly Pride Disciples and demon prodigies threatened Su Changge, while Li Han gloated that they had him surrounded.
• After demon prodigies mocked the Nine-Headed Golden Lion, Su Changge stepped forward and struck the crowd with a powerful punch, knocking many unconscious and killing others.
• The surviving Heavenly Pride Disciples drew their weapons and charged Su Changge, who dismissed them as ants.

Su Changge overwhelmed the Demon Clan Prodigies and Heavenly Pride Disciples, forcing them to unleash their trump cards. He answered their combined assault with his Sacred Body Phenomenon and a punch that shattered their attacks and the void.

• Su Changge shattered the Wind Splitting Sparrow Clan Prodigy's hurricane and crippled him with one palm strike.
• Su Changge fought off the other Heavenly Pride Disciples, leaving Li Han and the survivors wounded and shaken.
• Li Han urged the remaining Heavenly Pride Disciples to unleash their trump cards before Su Changge defeated them.
• The Heavenly Pride Disciples combined their destructive powers and attacked Su Changge at once.
• Su Changge invoked Immortal King Descends on the Nine Heavens and punched apart their attacks, shattering the void.

Su Changge faced Li Han’s desperate attack after Li Han used the forbidden Karma Fire Red Lotus, but revealed his Sword Domain and countered with the Azure Heaven Sword. Their sword and flame powers clashed across the battlefield, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Su Changge taunted the defeated Heavenly Pride Disciples, while Li Han raged over being overshadowed and attacked his own dantian with the Karma Fire Red Lotus.
• Li Han unleashed a colossal wave of karmic flames, forcing the nearby Heavenly Pride Disciples to flee.
• Su Changge summoned the Azure Longsword and used his Sword Domain to stop the flames from reaching him.
• Su Changge cut through Li Han’s flames with sword light, then leaped forward and brought down another powerful slash.
• Li Han’s flame pillars collided with Su Changge’s sword attacks, and their powers continued clashing across the battlefield.

Su Changge defeated and killed Li Han, seized the Dao Breaking Holy Flame, and left the Underground Palace with the Heaven Burning Demon Flame still shrouded in mystery. Outside the Returning Ruins Secret Realm, the Returning Unity Sect elder learned that Li Han had died and demanded revenge while Demon Race elders mocked him.

• Su Changge tore the Dao Breaking Holy Flame from Li Han and refined it as Li Han threatened him.
• Su Changge suppressed the protective imprint left by a Returning Unity Sect expert with his ancestor's pagoda and beheaded Li Han.
• Su Changge collected Li Han's treasures, warned the gathered heavenly prides, and rode the Nine-Headed Golden Lion toward the Underground Palace exit.
• Su Changge sensed that the Heaven Burning Demon Flame shared an origin with the Dao Breaking Holy Flame and wondered what secret Li Han had sought.
• Outside the Returning Ruins Secret Realm, a Returning Unity Sect elder discovered Li Han's life plaque had shattered and raged over his death.
• Demon Race elders mocked the Returning Unity Sect elder and argued that Li Han's death was his own bad luck.

Su Changge led the Returning Origin Holy Land disciples out of the Returning Ruins Secret Realm with Shi Xiaocang as his mount, while Hua Qianyue watched him depart. Outside, Shi Xiaocang’s silence made the demons believe he had willingly become Su Changge’s mount, enraging his clan elder, and a Great Qin Ancient Dynasty elder demanded to know why its prince had not returned.

• Su Changge tapped Shi Xiaocang’s forehead with sword intent and led the disciples out of the secret realm on his back.
• Hua Qianyue watched Su Changge leave and hoped they would meet again.
• The Returning Origin Holy Land elder welcomed the disciples back safely, while the Nine-Headed Golden Lion Clan elder angrily confronted Su Changge for riding Shi Xiaocang.
• Shi Xiaocang could not bring himself to accuse Su Changge, and the demons took his silence as proof that he had willingly become a mount.
• The Nine-Headed Golden Lion Clan elder spat blood in rage, and a black-robed Great Qin Ancient Dynasty elder asked Su Changge why its prince had not come out.

Su Changge admitted that he had killed the missing heirs and disciples, provoking the elders of their factions to attack him. Overlord Cang Ancestor appeared to defend the Returning Origin Holy Land’s Divine Son and slaughtered the hostile elders, leaving the surrounding witnesses stunned.

• Su Changge confessed that he had killed the missing heirs and disciples of several factions.
• The furious elders threatened Su Changge and prepared to attack, while an elder of the Returning Origin Holy Land stepped forward to protect him.
• Overlord Cang Ancestor appeared and condemned the factions’ elders for threatening the Divine Son.
• The elders pleaded for mercy, but Overlord Cang Ancestor killed them with a flick of his sleeve, dismissing their threats of war.

Su Changge returned to Returning Origin Holy Land after Overlord Cang Ancestor drove off the forces that threatened him, then began cultivating in seclusion. He fused immortal light with a Mending Heaven Divine Stone fragment, strengthening the Five Elements Power around his World Tree Seed and forming a blazing Phoenix.

• Overlord Cang Ancestor praised Su Changge and warned the gathered forces not to bully the young with the old.
• Su Changge ordered his people to leave the Returning Ruins Secret Realm and return to Returning Origin Holy Land.
• Yun Xinyan told Su Changge that First Saint Son Ye Lintian and Second Holy Son Bai Shanghuai had returned, and Su Changge said he wanted to see Ye Lintian's Ancient Double Pupils.
• Su Changge entered seclusion and fused immortal light from the Heaven Questioning Mirror with a Mending Heaven Divine Stone fragment.
• Su Changge compressed the fragment's Five Elements Power, causing his World Tree Seed to shine and a Phoenix formed of divine fire to appear.

The Demon Race, Great Qin Ancient Dynasty, and Returning Unity Sect reacted to Su Changge’s actions in the Returning Ruins Secret Realm, with the Returning Unity Sect threatening an Immortal War. The chapter ended as war loomed between the Returning Unity Sect and Returning Origin Holy Land.

• Demon Race factions argued over whether to wage war on the Returning Origin Holy Land, while the Nine-Headed Golden Lion Clan defended Su Changge for helping Shi Xiaocang obtain Divine Beast Essence Blood.
• An elder warned the demons against rushing into war and said Dragon God Island and True Phoenix Cave would soon emerge as a great era began.
• The Lord of the Great Qin Ancient Dynasty learned that his disciples and son Qin Taiyi had died, but chose to wait for an Ancient Prince to awaken before seeking revenge on Su Changge.
• The Great Qin ruler ordered his officials to keep Qin Zilan uninformed and planned for her to join forces with the awakened Ancient Prince against Su Changge.
• The Returning Unity Sect’s Sect Master, following an ancestor’s order, demanded that Su Changge return the Dao Breaking Holy Flame and apologize, threatening an Immortal War otherwise.

Returning Origin Holy Land answered Returning Unity Sect’s threat by declaring war and assembling its forces. The All Heavens War Drum summoned millions of Dao soldiers, the Dragon Roar Extinguish Heaven Guard, two Quasi-Emperors, and a peak Emperor Weapon, leaving the other factions stunned by the Holy Land’s awakened strength.

• The two ancient ancestors and the Distant Ancestor directed Ancestor Po Jun to respond decisively to Returning Unity Sect’s threat against the Divine Son, Changge.
• Ancestor Po Jun condemned Returning Unity Sect and struck Returning Origin Holy Land’s All Heavens War Drum to announce an Immortal War.
• Returning Origin Holy Land’s subordinate forces mobilized, and several million soldiers from its Dao armies descended through void passages.
• The Dragon Roar Extinguish Heaven Guard arrived with tens of thousands of Sage-level soldiers and commanders at the peak Great Sage realm.
• Two Quasi-Emperors appeared, followed by an Emperor Weapon whose power shook the heavens and astonished the watching factions.

Five top factions declared an Immortal War against the Returning Origin Holy Land, which prepared its armies rather than compromise. Its ancestors planned to defend the Holy Land while arranging for Profound Feather Great Emperor to return.

• The Returning Unity Sect raised its War Heaven Banner and declared its readiness to fight the Returning Origin Holy Land.
• The Limitless Dao Sect, the Wind Splitting Sparrow Clan, and the Thunder Tiger Clan joined the conflict, bringing the number of factions declaring war to five.
• Su Changge understood that war was unavoidable and focused on strengthening himself while the Holy Land’s armies assembled.
• Ancestor Po Jun learned that Profound Feather Great Emperor was still some time away, and an ancient ancestor offered to open a Space-Time Tunnel for her return.
• The ancient ancestor ordered Ba Cang and Po Jun to lead the army, confident that Emperor Zhan would prevent the opposing Great Emperors from returning.

The Five Great Factions invaded the Returning Origin Holy Land, where Ancestor Po Jun unleashed the Primordial Sword Formation and the two sides began a devastating war. Overlord Cang Ancestor killed a Quasi-Emperor from the Returning Unity Sect, and the battle continued with him preparing to strike again.

• The allied armies of the Five Great Factions arrived with eight visible Quasi-Emperor experts and declared their intent to destroy the Returning Origin Holy Land.
• Ancestor Po Jun activated the Primordial Sword Formation, whose Divine Swords killed many invaders before they could raise their defenses.
• Ancestor Po Jun, Overlord Cang Ancestor, two other Quasi-Emperor experts, and the Returning Origin Holy Land’s armies charged into battle against the Five Great Allied Forces.
• The armies clashed in a bloody war as powerful fighters and Quasi-Emperors battled across the battlefield and the universe.
• Overlord Cang Ancestor and the Returning Origin Holy Land’s other Quasi-Emperors gained the advantage over the eight Quasi-Emperors of the Five Great Factions.
• Overlord Cang Ancestor killed a Quasi-Emperor from the Returning Unity Sect and raised his blood-colored saber to attack another opponent.

The Five Great Factions continued their war against the Returning Origin Holy Land, but four factions awakened their Emperor Weapons as the battle turned against them. Ancestor Po Jun answered by summoning the Palm Heaven Pearl and the Nine Heavens Exquisite Pagoda, revealing that the Holy Land possessed two Half-Immortal Artifacts as the clash neared its climax.

• Ancestor Po Jun killed a Quasi-Emperor from the Wind Splitting Sparrow Clan by shattering his divine soul with a palm strike.
• The Five Great Factions summoned four Emperor Weapons: the Universe Eight Trigrams Compass, Thunder Roar Heaven Piercing Axe, Hurricane Fan, and Heavenly Wolf Crescent Blade.
• Overlord Cang Ancestor called forth the Heaven Binding Chain, and Ancestor Po Jun summoned the Palm Heaven Pearl from the Returning Origin Holy Land.
• The Returning Origin Holy Land revealed the Nine Heavens Exquisite Pagoda, a true Half-Immortal Artifact, alongside the Palm Heaven Pearl.
• The gathered ancient figures watched as lightning and hurricanes filled the sky, signaling the approach of a devastating battle between the artifacts.

The Returning Unity Great Emperor appeared to save the Five Great Factions from the Black White Dual Fiends, but the Mystic Feather Empress arrived and challenged him. The chapter ended as she dismissed his call for an Emperor Zhan and declared that he did not understand the gap between them.

• The Black White Dual Fiends combined their powers through the Palm Heaven Pearl and unleashed a yin-yang tide against the Five Great Factions' quasi-emperors.
• The Returning Unity Great Emperor emerged from a spatial gate, halted the tide, and sent the allied army charging back into battle.
• The Mystic Feather Empress appeared through a rift in the void, and her arrival silenced the battlefield with her Emperor's Might.
• The Returning Unity Great Emperor accused the Returning Origin Holy Land of scheming against him, while the Mystic Feather Empress mocked his failing vitality.
• The Returning Unity Great Emperor called for an Emperor Zhan, but the Mystic Feather Empress dismissed him and said he did not understand the gap between them.

The Mystic Feather Empress and the Returning Unity Great Emperor clashed, with his Heaven Splitting Blade overcoming her first attack. She then summoned the legendary Divine Phoenix Mirror, and the Returning Unity Great Emperor’s insult about her being unworthy provoked her fury.

• The Mystic Feather Empress unleashed Flame Phoenixes, but the Returning Unity Great Emperor countered them with star-shaped rocks formed from Emperor's Might.
• The Returning Unity Great Emperor summoned the Heaven Splitting Blade and used it to tear apart the Mystic Feather Empress’s phoenixes.
• The Mystic Feather Empress opened a crack in the void and revealed the Divine Phoenix Mirror, an ancient Emperor Weapon tied to her brother.
• The Returning Unity Great Emperor declared that she was unworthy of wielding the mirror, and the Mystic Feather Empress unleashed a furious inferno of divine flames.

Su Changge joined the battlefield against the Five Great Factions, declaring that he was invincible below Saint. After a mysterious power instantly killed a Holy Master who attacked him, Su Changge challenged the enemy forces to send anyone below Saint to face him.

• Su Changge asked the Returning Origin Holy Master to let him fight, citing his duty as Divine Son and the need to be tempered by battle.
• After receiving an ancestor’s permission and learning Su Changge had been protected by a secret art, the Returning Origin Holy Master allowed him to go alone to the battlefield.
• Su Changge confronted the allied forces, declared himself invincible below Saint and one-for-one above Saint, and inspired the Returning Origin Holy Land’s army to rally behind him.
• A Holy Master expert from the Returning Unity Sect attacked Su Changge, but a mysterious white-bearded Daoist phantom killed the attacker with one finger.
• A voice in Su Changge’s mind told him to grow stronger quickly and said the Immortal Realm was only the starting point.
• Su Changge challenged the Five Great Factions to send anyone below Saint to fight him.

Su Changge defeated Li Hao and a Venerable Completion Realm elder with single sword strikes, then challenged every younger-generation fighter below Saint Realm from the Five Great Factions to face him at once. The factions’ enraged prodigies gathered around him as he declared that he would forge a New Era.

• Li Hao stepped forward to avenge his younger brother, but Su Changge killed him with one sword strike.
• A Returning Unity Sect Outer Elder attacked Su Changge with four golden characters, but Su Changge shattered the attack and erased him with his sword.
• Su Changge challenged all younger-generation members of the Five Great Factions below Saint Realm to fight him together.
• The allied factions’ prodigies accepted the challenge and surrounded Su Changge, who declared that he would forge a New Era.

Su Changge fought off a vast host of young prodigies with his Sword Domain, sword techniques, and physical strength. As the attackers unleashed their trump cards, he used a single sword strike that swept away the battlefield, leaving only him standing.

• The prodigies attacked Su Changge, but his Sword Domain halted their divine abilities and his phantom swords killed several of them.
• Su Changge used One Sword Yin Yang to devastate the attackers, then thwarted a Wind Splitting Sparrow Clan Prodigy's sneak attack with a punch.
• Su Changge struck again with Yin-Yang Sword Intent, killing many more prodigies as Yun Xinyan and the watching figures looked on in shock.
• A Thunder Tiger Clan prodigy urged the remaining attackers to use their trump cards, and a vast host charged Su Changge together.
• Su Changge asked the Azure Heaven Sword if it was confident, gathered his Sword Intent, and declared that his sword could split open heaven.
• Su Changge unleashed one sword strike that cleaved through the clouds and left him alone amid the empty heavens and earth.