Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong learned that the Buddhist sects had made him a taboo across the Big Dipper, stifling the karma he needed, and decided to head for the Ziwei Star Domain after dealing with Wang Teng. Before meeting Ye Fan and Pang Bo near the Primordial Forbidden Land, he traveled the Eastern Wasteland, awakening ancient Dao imprints and completing the Empress West Scripture.

• Zhou Tong realized the Buddhist sects had disrupted his accumulation of karma, so he planned to leave the Big Dipper for the Ziwei Star Domain.
• Zhou Tong told Ye Fan and Pang Bo that they would act when Wang Teng went to the Ji Family to seek Ji Ziyue’s hand in marriage, then gave them Mysterious Jade Platforms and set a meeting near the Primordial Forbidden Land.
• At the Jade Pool Ruins, Zhou Tong awakened the sages’ Dao imprints in the stone forest and completed the Empress West Scripture.
• Zhou Tong traveled through Demon Crossing Territory and reflected on the conflict between Buddha and demon.
• Over the next month, Zhou Tong visited ancient sites across the Eastern Wasteland, comprehending sages’ insights and engraving Dao scars onto the Hegemonic Bell.

Zhou Tong sent Ye Fan into the Primordial Forbidden Land to retrieve an ancient bronze coffin, then took the group to Undying Mountain to obtain another imprint. The coffin suppressed Zhou Tong’s Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, and the chapter ended as he brought Ye Fan and Pang Bo toward Undying Mountain.

• Zhou Tong told Ye Fan that the Primordial Forbidden Land had been established by a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body and gave him a Bodhi Tree branch and a token of Wu Shi the Great.
• Ye Fan entered the Primordial Forbidden Land and returned carrying an ancient bronze coffin, which Zhou Tong stored in his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.
• The bronze coffin suppressed Zhou Tong’s Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, but he insisted that they continue to Undying Mountain to obtain an imprint.
• Ye Fan worried that Ji Ziyue might be forced to marry Wang Teng, and Zhou Tong assured him she would be safe.
• Zhou Tong activated the Mysterious Jade Platform and brought Ye Fan and Pang Bo near Undying Mountain.

Zhou Tong led Ye Fan and Pang Bo into Undying Mountain and found the Enlightenment Tea Tree. While they waited beneath it for its leaves to ripen, Zhou Tong engraved the imprints of Wu Shi the Great and Ruthless Great Emperor on his Hegemonic Bell, discovering a time-related divine art.

• Zhou Tong used his Martial Heavenly Eye and the Group Character Secret to locate the Enlightenment Tea Tree and deduce a route through Void Great Emperor’s Array Patterns.
• Zhou Tong led Ye Fan and Pang Bo into Undying Mountain, where they found the Enlightenment Tea Tree and its ancient aura.
• Beneath the tree, Zhou Tong identified the figures as imprints of Wu Shi the Great and Ruthless Great Emperor, and Ye Fan gave him two pieces of Emperor Jade.
• Zhou Tong warned Pang Bo not to frighten or damage the living tree, then settled beneath it with Ye Fan and Pang Bo to wait for the tea leaves to ripen.
• After three days of comprehending the tree’s Dao Rhyme, Zhou Tong engraved both Great Emperors’ imprints on his Hegemonic Bell and discovered Wu Shi the Great’s divine art, Time Passes.

Zhou Tong used the Reincarnation Mirror to uncover the Enlightenment Tea Tree’s past and witness the Desolate Heaven Emperor’s final secluded cultivation before attempting to reach the Immortal King realm. After studying the Emperor’s decades of Dao comprehension, Zhou Tong was left with an astonishing trove of techniques and insights.

• Zhou Tong briefly studied Wu Shi the Great’s Time Passes, then used the Reincarnation Mirror to examine the Enlightenment Tea Tree’s past.
• Zhou Tong discovered that the tree had three lives and recognized its earlier incarnation as the Desolate Heaven Emperor’s immortal medicine.
• Zhou Tong watched the Desolate Heaven Emperor share tea with Cao Yusheng, Wu Zhong's dog, and the Sky Horn Ant while half of the Red King was being stewed nearby.
• Zhou Tong observed the Desolate Heaven Emperor dismantle and fuse the techniques he had learned into his own methods beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
• Zhou Tong spent two days in reality absorbing the demonstration and emerged with countless techniques, Dao insights, and the realization that he had struck it rich.

Zhou Tong, Ye Fan, and Pang Bo harvested the ripe Enlightenment Tea leaves and continued deeper into Undying Mountain along the route Zhou Tong identified as their way out. They found the remains of a powerful cultivator and Zhou Tong claimed a secret treasure containing the Heavenly Court inheritance, which he promised to share after they escaped.

• Zhou Tong used the Enlightenment Tea Tree and his Bodhi Tree to comprehend the Desolate Heaven Emperor's techniques, advancing his Divine Form fusion from ninety percent to ninety-one percent.
• When the Enlightenment Tea leaves ripened, Zhou Tong took half and Ye Fan and Pang Bo divided the rest.
• Zhou Tong warned Ye Fan and Pang Bo not to damage the Enlightenment Tea Tree, then led them toward the center of Undying Mountain to find the way out.
• The group crossed dangerous terrain in Undying Mountain and discovered a jade-like skeleton beside an ancient cave.
• Zhou Tong collected a Quasi-Emperor secret treasure from the remains and revealed that it contained the inheritance of the Assassin Divine Dynasty, Heavenly Court, promising to let Ye Fan and Pang Bo study it after they escaped.

Zhou Tong led Ye Fan and Pang Bo out of Undying Mountain and onto the Sun Star, where he forged an Imitation Wu Shi Bell. After enhancing it with part of the Wu Shi Killing Array, he announced that they were ready to visit the sacred lands.

• Zhou Tong studied the Void Great Emperor's chessboard array and led the group safely out of Undying Mountain.
• The group arrived on the Sun Star, where Zhou Tong told Pang Bo to prepare his Eternal Blue Gold for tempering.
• Zhou Tong melted Great Luo Silver Essence and imprinted it with Wu Shi the Great's mark to forge an Imitation Wu Shi Bell.
• After seven days, Zhou Tong completed the bell and added a fragment of the Wu Shi Killing Array, raising its power to that of a half-Saint Weapon.
• Zhou Tong told Ye Fan and Pang Bo that they would now visit the various sacred lands.

Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Little Nannan were surrounded by forces from the holy lands and dynasties, but the Wu Shi Bell suddenly rang and halted their attack. Hidden nearby, Zhou Tong realized the Big Black Dog had intervened and drew on the Vajra Ring's power, proclaiming himself the Coffin Heavenly Emperor.

• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Little Nannan arrived at Green Cliff Mountain, drawing a massive force of holy lands, dynasties, and sects intent on killing them.
• The Old Woman moved to attack Ye Fan while Little Nannan clung to him, and the Big Black Dog secretly prepared the Wu Shi Killing Array to save him.
• The Wu Shi Bell rang three times, shocking the assembled cultivators and making them believe the bell had left Purple Mountain.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo wondered why Zhou Tong had not appeared as planned, while Zhou Tong realized the Big Black Dog was behind the unexpected bell chime.
• Zhou Tong placed the Vajra Ring inside his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, felt its Great Sage power surge through him, and declared himself the Coffin Heavenly Emperor.

Zhou Tong appeared disguised as Wu Shi the Great’s successor to protect Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Little Nannan, but the Jiuli Imperial Dynasty king brought the Jiu Li Diagram to attack them. Zhou Tong used seven-colored divine light to withstand the Imperial Weapon’s might, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Big Black Dog claimed to be Wu Shi the Great’s final successor and said he had come to defend Ye Fan.
• The Jiuli Imperial Dynasty king summoned the Jiu Li Diagram, and its imperial might broke through the chaotic mist.
• Zhou Tong appeared in seven-colored light and used the Wu Shi Bell to teleport Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Little Nannan away from danger.
• Zhou Tong told Pang Bo, Ye Fan, and Little Nannan not to distract him while he dealt with the Jiu Li Diagram.
• Zhou Tong’s seven-colored light blocked the Jiu Li Diagram’s Supreme Dao might as the Jiuli Imperial Dynasty king pressed his attack.

Zhou Tong resisted the Jiu Li Diagram, caused its wielder to be killed by its own power, and took possession of the Imperial Weapon. Afterward, Ye Fan and Pang Bo questioned Zhou Tong about the strange Array Patterns and Chaos Qi.

• Zhou Tong stood against the Jiu Li Diagram while his Vajra Ring and Hegemonic Bell absorbed damaged Great Dao imprints from the Bronze Coffin.
• Pang Bo rebuked the Nine Li king, who awakened the Jiu Li Diagram's Extreme Dao power.
• The Jiu Li Diagram's power turned on the Nine Li king and shattered his body.
• Zhou Tong claimed the Jiu Li Diagram and said the Nine Li Divine Dynasty could reclaim it after reflecting on itself.
• Ye Fan welcomed the victory, while Pang Bo and Ye Fan asked Zhou Tong through voice transmission about the Chaos Qi and whether he had found outside help.

Zhou Tong suppressed the Nine Li Divine Dynasty’s Imperial Weapon and convinced its people that he was a Great Emperor or peak Quasi-Emperor. When the dynasty’s Imperial Lord arrived to apologize and reclaim the Jiu Li Diagram, Ye Fan and Pang Bo demanded that he apologize to them instead.

• Zhou Tong broke Big Black Dog’s control over its Wu Shi Array Patterns, and Big Black Dog escaped through the void on a Mysterious Jade Platform.
• Zhou Tong used the Seven-Colored Divine Light and Great Emperor Array Patterns to silence the Nine Li Divine Dynasty’s summoning of the Jiu Li Diagram, terrifying the onlookers.
• The Jiuli cultivators concluded that Zhou Tong was likely a peak Quasi-Emperor and decided that the dynasty had to apologize.
• Zhou Tong told Ye Fan and Pang Bo that the bronze coffin had suppressed the Imperial Weapon and advised them to demand World Stone without pushing the dynasty too far.
• The Jiuli Imperial Lord arrived through a domain gate and formally apologized to Zhou Tong, asking him to return the Jiu Li Diagram.
• Pang Bo and Ye Fan rebuked the Jiuli Imperial Lord and insisted that the dynasty apologize to them, enraging its cultivators.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo extorted nine World Stones from the Nine Li Divine Dynasty while Zhou Tong prepared to return the Jiu Li Diagram. After Zhou Tong confronted the awakened Imperial Weapon, his imitated senior’s voice announced plans to visit the sacred lands and settle the grievances involving the Saint Body and Hegemon Body.

• Ye Fan and Pang Bo bargained with the Nine Li Imperial Lord and secured nine World Stones.
• Zhou Tong told Ye Fan and Pang Bo that he would return the Jiu Li Diagram because suppressing the Imperial Weapon was dangerous.
• The Jiu Li Diagram awakened and attacked Zhou Tong, who used the Three Lives Bronze Coffin to withstand its power.
• The Nine Li Imperial Lord calmed the Jiu Li Diagram with an ancient incantation and took it back into his hands.
• Zhou Tong’s imitated voice declared that he would visit the sacred lands and settle the grievances between the Saint Body, the Hegemon Body, and the sacred lands.

After news spread that Zhou Tong had suppressed the Jiu Li Diagram, the Holy Lands feared his retaliation, and Ye Fan asked Yaoguang to provide Immortal Material. Zhou Tong then entered the Mysterious Scholar Mansion and activated its sages’ imprints, leaving the mansion’s prodigies, Ye Fan, and Pang Bo to seize the chance to comprehend them.

• The Holy Lands panicked after hearing Zhou Tong had suppressed the Jiu Li Diagram and might visit them to settle old grievances.
• The Yaoguang Holy Land revoked its wanted notices and offered Zhou Tong an apology, while Ye Fan asked it to support his search for Immortal Material.
• Zhou Tong brought Ye Fan and Pang Bo to the Mysterious Scholar Mansion, where the Old Mansion Lord wondered why the apparent Quasi-Emperor had come.
• Zhou Tong asked to view the Mansion’s sages’ insights and entered its Stele Forest with the peerless great experts.
• Zhou Tong’s Hegemonic Bell resonated with the sages’ imprints, prompting the Old Mansion Lord to summon the mansion’s prodigies to comprehend them.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo joined the prodigies in meditating on the manifested Great Dao.

Zhou Tong used the sages’ imprints in Mysterious Scholar Mansion to complete the insights he needed, then claimed he had come to find Purple Haze Fairy. He offered her Wu Shi the Great’s lineage, declaring that the Great Emperor had been a Dao Embryo.

• Zhou Tong’s resonance with the sages’ imprints astonished Gai Jiuyou and the Big Black Dog, which suspected he might be an Innate Dao Embryo.
• Zhou Tong stood in the Stele Forest for three days as the sages’ imprints gathered on his Hegemonic Bell, completing the insights he needed to rekindle his Dao Fire.
• When the Old Mansion Lord asked Zhou Tong to preach the Dao, Zhou Tong refused and said he had come for Purple Haze Fairy.
• Zhou Tong claimed he had failed Wu Shi the Great by not passing on his lineage and said he had found a worthy successor in Purple Haze Fairy.
• Zhou Tong told the stunned crowd that Wu Shi the Great had been a Dao Embryo and that Purple Haze Fairy could inherit his lineage.

Zhou Tong revealed that Wu Shi the Great was a Dao Embryo and Jade Pool’s Imperial Son, then chose Purple Haze Fairy to inherit his legacy. After Jade Pool and Purple Mansion Holy Land confirmed the revelations and approved her departure, the cultivation world debated whether she could challenge Zhou Tong.

• Zhou Tong invited Zi Xia to inherit Wu Shi the Great’s legacy, and she agreed to go if Purple Mansion Holy Land approved.
• Zhou Tong left Mysterious Scholar Mansion with Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Little Nannan, and Zi Xia after saying he would speak with her sect’s Saint Lord.
• News spread that Wu Shi the Great had been a Jade Pool disciple and Dao Embryo, prompting Queen Mother of the West to reveal that he was the Western Empress’s Imperial Son.
• Big Black Dog heard the revelations, wondered who Zhou Tong was, and searched Purple Mountain for Old Gu.
• Purple Mansion Holy Land declared that Zi Xia could leave with Wu Shi the Great’s successor, and people speculated that she might oppose Zhou Tong.

Ye Fan and Zi Xia faced the aftermath of their night together while Zhou Tong and Pang Bo teased them and discussed the inheritance of powerful bloodlines. Zhou Tong also explained why he had little interest in the holy lands’ Saintesses, leaving the story with his reflection on the rare, tragic love between Zhang Lin and the Jade Pool Saintess.

• Pang Bo laughed at the rumors about Zi Xia and teased Ye Fan, while Zi Xia sat in a numb and distressed state beside him.
• Ye Fan accused Pang Bo and Zhou Tong of setting him up, but Zhou Tong blamed Ye Fan’s lack of self-control and urged him to comfort Zi Xia.
• Zhou Tong and Pang Bo left Ye Fan alone with Zi Xia, then speculated about whether the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo could have descendants and how the Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body’s bloodline might affect them.
• Pang Bo wondered what offspring an Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body and a Battle Saint Ape might produce, and Zhou Tong joked about Pang Bo’s mixed human and demon nature.
• Pang Bo asked why Zhou Tong had not pursued a Saintess, and Zhou Tong said he would wait for the right person and criticized the class divide between holy-land disciples and independent cultivators.
• Zhou Tong recalled that Zhang Lin and the Jade Pool Saintess’s rare romance had been torn apart by Jade Pool’s sect rules.

Zhou Tong reflected on the nine great immortal metals and how Divine Mark Purple Gold might serve as the hub for fusing their profundities into an Immortal Artifact. He considered ways to awaken more metal profundities, especially Dao Tribulation Gold, while remaining puzzled by Immortal Tear Green Gold.

• Zhou Tong and Pang Bo argued about Saintesses, and Zhou Tong said he cared about whether women stood in his way rather than their status or identity.
• Zhou Tong revealed that the Ruthless Great Emperor was a woman, shocking Pang Bo.
• Zhou Tong examined the Vajra Ring inside his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings and noticed Divine Mark Purple Gold’s profundity awakening as the ring grew stronger.
• Zhou Tong reasoned that Divine Mark Purple Gold could be the central hub for uniting the profundities of all nine immortal metals.
• Zhou Tong noted that his Vajra Ring still lacked Radiant White Gold and Destiny Orange Gold, and considered awakening Dao Tribulation Gold and Eternal Blue Gold.
• Zhou Tong wondered whether Immortal Tear Green Gold carried a curse and remained unable to discern its profundity.

Zhou Tong's group planned to intercept Wang Teng at Sword Lake, while Zhou Tong resolved to fight him at equal cultivation. He agreed to let Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the Purple Haze Fairy watch, provided they did not interfere.

• Ye Fan and the Purple Haze Fairy emerged from the cave, and Zhou Tong and Pang Bo teased Ye Fan about their relationship.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo blamed Zhou Tong for the plan involving Ji Ziyue, and Zhou Tong silenced them by warning he might leave them without his protection.
• Zhou Tong explained that he had no connection with Ji Ziyue, then asked Pang Bo where Wang Teng was likely to travel.
• Pang Bo said Wang Teng would probably pass through Sword Lake in ten days, and Zhou Tong argued that Wang Teng would be drawn there by the ancient sword intent.
• Zhou Tong decided to fight Wang Teng alone at equal cultivation, and Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the Purple Haze Fairy asked to watch.
• Zhou Tong allowed them to come after they promised not to interfere with the battle.

At Sword Lake, Zhou Tong discovered a Jade Spirit gestating beneath the lake and moved it into his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings to nurture it. Its presence began to make part of the divine rings more substantial and filled them with richer vital essence.

• Sword intent erupted over Sword Lake, and Zhou Tong used his Sacred Spirit Sword to absorb its power.
• Zhou Tong realized that two Saints’ sword intents had intertwined into something like an innate Supreme treasured art and could eventually give birth to a sword Dao Holy Spirit.
• The Dragon-Pattern Phoenix Blood plunged into the lake and returned carrying a humanoid block of Blue Jade Ice Marrow.
• Zhou Tong recognized the object as a Jade Spirit, moved it into the densest Array Patterns within his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, and continued nurturing it.
• Cold air spread from the Jade Spirit, while Zhou Tong sensed the surrounding area of his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings becoming more real and gathering greater vital essence, Dao, and laws.

Zhou Tong examined the Holy Spirit forming in Sword Lake and considered how to accelerate its growth before Wang Teng arrived with Zi Tiandu and Zi Tianfeng. He challenged Wang Teng to a fair fight at the same realm and struck Zi Tiandu down with a Martial Heavenly Eye.

• Zhou Tong realized the Holy Spirit’s growth was benefiting him and might transform the area into a Blue Jade King Mine Area.
• Zhou Tong forged a small Feathered Green Gold sword embryo and placed it against the Holy Spirit, leaving it to merge the sword itself if it could.
• Zhou Tong sensed Wang Teng approaching and saw him arrive in a golden chariot with Zi Tiandu, Zi Tianfeng, and ancient creatures from Divine Spirit Valley.
• Zhou Tong challenged Wang Teng to fight at the same realm and ordered everyone else to leave.
• Wang Teng recognized Zhou Tong’s Martial Heavenly Eye as the same eye he possessed, while Zhou Tong’s gaze struck Zi Tiandu and left him collapsing onto the chariot.

Zhou Tong annihilated Divine Spirit Valley’s attackers with the Om Heavenly Sound, then challenged Wang Teng to a same-level battle. Wang Teng cast aside Zi Tiandu and Zi Tianfeng and drew the Heavenly Emperor Sword, leaving the duel about to begin.

• Two ancient guards rushed Zhou Tong to avenge Zi Tiandu, but Zhou Tong’s Om Heavenly Sound killed them and the other Divine Spirit Valley members nearby.
• Zhou Tong’s display of physical strength shocked Wang Teng and Zi Tianfeng as he advanced toward Wang Teng.
• Wang Teng sent Zi Tiandu and Zi Tianfeng away from the Chaotic Ancient Chariot so they would not burden him.
• Wang Teng declared that he would stain his Emperor’s sword with Zhou Tong’s Hegemonic Blood and drew the Heavenly Emperor Sword.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo discussed Wang Teng’s Eight Restrictions and his connection to Great Emperor Luangu’s inheritance as the duel began to loom.