Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong and his companions departed the Big Dipper aboard the Eight Sceneries Palace, but it docked with a heavenly palace near Ziwei Ancient Star instead. They found a Five-Colored Altar and Zhou Tong set up a way to follow an Ancient King’s summons back to the Big Dipper.

• Pang Bo chose to remain in the Ziwei Star Domain, and Zhou Tong gave him a divine branch from the Fusang Divine Tree as a parting gift.
• Zhou Tong, Ye Fan, Little Nannan, and Purple Haze Fairy boarded the Eight Sceneries Palace and set off, only to emerge in orbit around Ziwei Ancient Star.
• The Eight Sceneries Palace docked with a nearby heavenly palace that Zhou Tong said Laozi had built, and the group explored its murals of Pre-Qin events.
• Zhou Tong explained the connections between Earth’s legendary figures and several Great Emperors as the group searched the palace.
• Purple Haze Fairy found a Five-Colored Altar, and Zhou Tong placed a sealed Ancient King on it so they could follow the Big Dipper’s summons back.

Zhou Tong used an Ancient Royal Clan member as a link to enter a passage summoned by the Ancient Emperor Platform in the Divine Spirit Valley. As the group approached Big Dipper, he destroyed the link and broke them out of the passage into the starry space around the domain, while the clans believed their platform had found a predecessor.

• The Ancient Races gathered in the Divine Spirit Valley and activated the Ancient Emperor Platform to contact the missing Ancestor Kings.
• The platform opened a passage, drawing in the Ancient King sealed within Divine Source on Ziwei Ancient Star.
• Zhou Tong, Ye Fan, Zi Xia, and Little Nannan entered the passage, and Zhou Tong explained that its destination was an Ancient Royal Clan’s lair.
• Near Big Dipper, Zhou Tong used the Vajra Ring to destroy the Ancient Royal Clan member and break the group out of the passage.
• The four arrived in outer space around Big Dipper as the Ancient Races sensed a fluctuation and poured more power into the platform.

Zhou Tong explored an ancient battlefield in the starry sky and discovered a Divine Flower sealed inside Divine Source. After securing it, he used his Chessboard Array Patterns to take Ye Fan, Zi Xia, and Little Nannan back toward the Big Dipper.

• Ye Fan and Zi Xia saw the Big Dipper ahead as the group emerged from the Space Passage, and they noticed the remains of a saint and fragments of Saint Weapons in the battlefield.
• Zhou Tong sensed ancient saint-level and Emperor-level imprints, told the others to wait, and recorded Dao patterns and scriptures as he searched the battlefield.
• Zhou Tong found a rotten wooden box containing a Divine Flower bud sealed in Divine Source and resisted its bewitching power before closing the box.
• Zhou Tong recognized the flower, reasoned that it was not an arrangement by the Ruthless Great Emperor, and put it away for safekeeping.
• Zhou Tong returned to Ye Fan and the others, activated the Chessboard Array Patterns, and carried them toward the Big Dipper Star.

After returning to Big Dipper, Zhou Tong, Ye Fan, and Zi Xia visited Holy City to learn what had happened during their absence. They heard of rising prodigies, growing tensions around certain human powers, and brutal attacks by the Ancient Races.

• Zhou Tong, Ye Fan, and Zi Xia reached the Eastern Wasteland Northern Region near Holy City after their spatial crossing missed its target by five hundred li.
• Ye Fan chatted with Uncle Zhang while Zhou Tong bought materials, and they learned that the Ancient Races had emerged and clashed with humans.
• Uncle Zhang said the Yaoguang Holy Land and Jiang Family faced social exclusion, while the Ji Family had remained unusually quiet.
• Uncle Zhang reported that Hua Yunfei and Li Xiaoman had become powerful after being exposed as practitioners of the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art, and Ye Fan grew distracted at Li Xiaoman’s name.
• Uncle Zhang named several powerful Ancient Race prodigies and warned that the Ten Great Fierce Clans had slaughtered cities, enslaved humans, and treated them as food.

Zhou Tong left Holy City with Ye Fan and Purple Haze Fairy, then traveled to the Northern Plains Path to Immortality to continue perfecting his cultivation. The chapter left him preparing to fuse his Divine Forms into a Unique Divine Form and cultivate a second strand of Immortal Qi.

• Zhou Tong, Ye Fan, and Purple Haze Fairy discussed the Ancient Races’ emergence and the threat posed by Heavenly Emperor Son, then considered opening the Wushi Scripture in Purple Mountain.
• Ye Fan chose to accompany Purple Haze Fairy to Purple Mansion Holy Land, and Zhou Tong gave him Chessboard Array Patterns as an escape route and advised him to bring Little Nannan.
• Zhou Tong traveled to Northern Plains and entered the Path to Immortality, passing an old woman who was nearing Dao integration.
• Zhou Tong recalled his goal of unifying his nine Divine Forms into a Unique Divine Form to complete his Battle Immortal path.
• Zhou Tong reached the chaos near the end of the Path to Immortality and sat down to cultivate a second strand of Immortal Qi.

Zhou Tong fused his six divine forms using North Pole Immortal Light, Dao Fire, and Karma Fire, then formed a second strand of Immortal Qi and experienced Permanent Divine Prohibition. He began his path as a Battle Immortal by punching through the Chaos blocking the Path to Immortality, provoking the tribulation for severing the Dao and forming a third strand of Immortal Qi.

• Zhou Tong used the void as a cauldron and added North Pole Immortal Light, Dao imprints, and All Beings' Evil Karma to refine his six divine forms.
• Zhou Tong completed the fusion of his six Ten Fiends divine forms and formed a second strand of Immortal Qi.
• Zhou Tong entered Permanent Divine Prohibition and felt the composure and confidence of a state ordinarily reached only by Great Emperors or Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven geniuses.
• Zhou Tong gathered the power of his fused divine forms and began his path as a Battle Immortal by shattering a section of Chaos on the Path to Immortality.
• Heavenly Tribulation for severing the Dao and the great tribulation for forming a third strand of Immortal Qi descended upon Zhou Tong.

Zhou Tong faced a Dao Severing heavenly tribulation on the Path to Immortality, absorbing its lightning to temper his body, primordial spirit, and Hegemonic Bell. The third tribulation layer manifested the Ten Fiends, and he defeated them after a fierce battle, continuing to draw in the lightning.

• Zhou Tong calmly accepted the end of his Permanent Divine Prohibition State and entered the Dao Severing tribulation, absorbing its lightning with the Thunder Emperor Method.
• Zhou Tong endured a second layer of tribulation formed from lightning versions of Imperial Weapons and used the assault to temper himself and his Hegemonic Bell.
• Zhou Tong recognized that the first Dao Severing phenomenon was the Ten Fiends as lightning True Dragons, Immortal Phoenixes, Kunpeng, Kirin, and other creatures attacked him.
• Zhou Tong was wounded by the Ten Fiends but transformed into a Kunpeng and fought back while using the tribulation's power to recover.
• Zhou Tong gradually wore down and destroyed the Ten Fiends, then continued absorbing the remaining tribulation light.

Zhou Tong absorbed the lightning and laws from the third tribulation layer, gaining insights that brought his third strand of Immortal Qi close to forming. The fourth layer then summoned nine Great Emperor phantoms, and Zhou Tong fought them on the Path to Immortality, continuing the battle despite grievous injuries.

• Zhou Tong absorbed the lightning and Dao patterns, deepening his understanding of the Ten Fiends' Precious Art and beginning to form his third strand of Immortal Qi.
• The fourth tribulation layer descended with nine humanoid lightning figures, whom Zhou Tong identified as Hengyu the Great, Void Great Emperor, Azure Emperor, Great Emperor, Great Emperor Fuxi, Battle Saint Emperor, Demon Emperor, Amitabha Great Emperor, and Dao De Tianzun.
• Zhou Tong entered the Divine Prohibition State and fought Hengyu the Great, the Azure Emperor, the Void Great Emperor, and the Battle Saint Emperor in succession.
• Zhou Tong used his Kunpeng Wings, Chaos Divine Sword, and unmatched speed to attack the nine Great Emperor phantoms and move freely across the battlefield.
• Zhou Tong continued fighting despite suffering severe wounds, with his bones shattered and his body bursting apart on the Path to Immortality.

Zhou Tong discovered that the Emperor Stars sustained the Great Emperor phantoms in his prolonged heavenly tribulation and used the Thunder Emperor Method to replace them, absorb their power, and control the phantoms. After defeating the first nine, he began battling a second round of Great Emperors, determined to seize the tribulation’s fortune.

• Zhou Tong broke away from the Battle Saint Emperor and charged into the sea of lightning to attack the Emperor Stars.
• Zhou Tong shattered the Battle Saint Emperor's Emperor Star, then used the Thunder Emperor Method to create a replacement star and gain control of the phantom.
• Zhou Tong and the controlled Battle Saint Emperor destroyed the Azure Emperor's Emperor Star, and Zhou Tong forged replacements for the remaining Great Emperors one by one.
• Zhou Tong used the Thunder Emperor Method to absorb the power flowing into his nine forged Emperor Stars, healing his injuries and nourishing his third strand of Immortal Qi.
• The nine forged Emperor Stars collapsed, and a second round of nine Great Emperors appeared in the tribulation.
• Zhou Tong fought the second-round Great Emperors for half a day, then used the Thunder Emperor Method to erode the tribulation and claim its fortune.

Zhou Tong completed the seventh layer of his tribulation, formed his third strand of Immortal Qi, and broke through to the King realm while forging the Hegemonic Bell in Chaos Lightning. After testing his control of Divine Prohibition, he realized he had been transported to a place resembling the Immortal Domain.

• Zhou Tong endured the sixth and seventh layers of Heavenly Tribulation, formed his third strand of Immortal Qi, and advanced to the King realm.
• Zhou Tong absorbed the immortal-path essence with the Primal Immortal Scripture and tempered the Hegemonic Bell and his body in Chaos Lightning.
• Zhou Tong emerged at King Seventh Heaven and absorbed the Immortal Qi surrounding him as his severing of Dao reached its perfected state.
• Zhou Tong found he could enter Divine Prohibition for about five minutes, though he succeeded in only one of more than a hundred attempts.
• Zhou Tong realized he was no longer on the Path to Immortality and had arrived somewhere resembling the Immortal Domain.

After his tribulation, Zhou Tong discovered a Chaos Immortal Land hidden within the Path to Immortality and found a pool of Chaos Immortal Marrow at its center. He used the treasure to temper the Hegemonic Bell, which transformed into a Chaos Great World containing thirty-three heavens.

• Zhou Tong realized his tribulation had exposed a crack into a Chaos Immortal Land rather than letting him leave the Path to Immortality.
• Zhou Tong found Azure Divine Jade and traced the immortal radiance to a mound of Chaos Earth at the land’s center.
• Zhou Tong discovered a pool of Chaos Immortal Marrow atop the mound and decided it could help the Hegemonic Bell rival Ye Fan’s cauldron.
• Zhou Tong placed the Hegemonic Bell in the pool and tempered it with the Soldier Character Secret until it absorbed all the Chaos Immortal Marrow.
• The Hegemonic Bell developed a hidden structure of thirty-three layers, and Zhou Tong saw that a Chaos Great World had formed within it.

After refining the Chaos Immortal Marrow, Zhou Tong collected the Chaos Earth, countless treasures, and the World Stone from the Chaos Immortal Land. Removing the World Stone caused the land to collapse, and Zhou Tong escaped through the chaos with the Sun Sacred Emperor’s Array Diagram.

• The Hegemonic Bell absorbed the Chaos Immortal Marrow and grew heavier and more powerful.
• Zhou Tong gathered the Chaos Earth into his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, nourishing its contents and advancing the growth of his divine herbs and Holy Spirits.
• Zhou Tong used the Vajra Ring to shake loose and collect the Chaos Immortal Land’s vast stores of divine and immortal materials.
• Zhou Tong found the ninety-foot World Stone at the land’s center and stored it in his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, triggering the land’s collapse.
• Zhou Tong activated the Sun Sacred Emperor’s Array Diagram to pierce the surrounding chaos, then used the Kunpeng Method and Xing Character Secret to escape to the Path to Immortality.

Zhou Tong gave North Pole Immortal Light to an ancient Great Sage and learned that the Ancient Races had emerged. He returned to Purple Mountain ahead of his meeting with Ye Fan and Zi Xia, then cultivated while waiting for them.

• An Old Woman who had nearly transformed into the Dao asked Zhou Tong about the broken Path to Immortality and his Great Emperor forbidden artifact.
• Zhou Tong gave the Old Woman thirty strands of North Pole Immortal Light, and she returned one strand she had refined herself.
• Zhou Tong told the Old Woman that the Ancient Races and their Imperial Clans had emerged, and she grew concerned about the threat to humanity.
• Zhou Tong left the ancient Path to Immortality and used Void Great Emperor's Chessboard Array Patterns to return to Purple Mountain.
• While waiting for Ye Fan and Zi Xia, Zhou Tong assessed his King Seventh Heaven cultivation and began comprehending the Heaven Slaying Dao.

Zhou Tong deduced how to integrate the Thunder Emperor Treasure Technique into his Heaven Slaying Dao before encountering and chasing down Duan De. Ye Fan, Zi Xia, and Little Nannan arrived, and Ye Fan recognized Duan De, who had come to inspect the ruins near Wu Shi the Great.

• Zhou Tong tried to combine the Thunder Emperor Treasure Technique with Dragon and Phoenix Bring Auspiciousness but made little progress.
• Zhou Tong recognized Duan De, while Duan De saw through Zhou Tong’s concealed realm and fled.
• Zhou Tong used the Xing Character Secret to catch Duan De and seal his escape route.
• Ye Fan, Zi Xia, and Little Nannan arrived, and Ye Fan and Duan De traded insults.
• Ye Fan asked whether Duan De had come to pursue Wu Shi the Great, and Duan De claimed he had only come to admire the ruins.

Ye Fan, Zhou Tong, Duan De, and Zi Xia searched for a safe way into Purple Mountain, using their abilities and artifacts to pass its deadly formations. They reached Purple Mountain’s interior after following a path through a black hole.

• Ye Fan asked Zhou Tong how to enter Purple Mountain, and Zhou Tong explained that its nine dragon veins marked entrances, though his former route was no longer usable.
• Zhou Tong and Duan De examined the eight remaining paths, ruled out five, and chose the route they judged safest.
• The group overcame numerous arrays and terrain formations before reaching a starfield-like barrier inside the mountain.
• Zhou Tong used the Gu Clan Treasure Art’s Void Ripple to locate a spatial node, and the group flew toward it.
• A black hole swallowed the group, and Zhou Tong told Duan De not to activate the Heaven Swallowing Devil Pot; Zhou Tong shielded them with the Vajra Ring and brought them into Purple Mountain’s interior.

After entering Purple Mountain, Zhou Tong found an ancient Ancestor King on Wu Shi the Great's Dao Platform and fought it in his first battle as a King. He survived the clash through Immortal Phoenix Nirvana, while the dying Ancestor King exhausted its final lifespan and returned to the Dao.

• Duan De, Ye Fan, Zi Xia, and Zhou Tong reached a Dao Platform where an ancient Ancestor King had been mistaken for Wu Shi the Great.
• Zhou Tong warned the others that the ancient Ancestor King still had Saint-level power, then advanced to face it alone.
• The ancient Ancestor King attacked, and Zhou Tong fought back with the Thunder Emperor Treasure Technique and his newly developed Thunder Sea Waves.
• Zhou Tong combined the Immortal Phoenix Treasure Art and True Dragon Treasure Art into Dragon-Phoenix Resonance, destroying the Ancestor King's arms as his own body split apart.
• Zhou Tong healed through Immortal Phoenix Nirvana, while the ancient Ancestor King exhausted its remaining lifespan and returned to the Dao.

Zhou Tong, Ye Fan, Zi Xia, and Duan De ventured deeper into Purple Mountain, uncovering a divine spring and learning more about the Big Black Dog’s past. They reached the hall beneath the Wu Shi Bell, where the Wushi Scripture awaited them.

• Zhou Tong explained that the Ancestor King had already been dissolving into the Dao before their battle and said the fight had revealed a path toward a new secret art.
• Zhou Tong and Duan De deduced their route through Purple Mountain and led the group to a divine spring where Duan De drank water from the Big Black Dog’s bathing pool.
• Zhou Tong told Ye Fan that the Big Black Dog had once posed as Wu Shi’s successor and tried to save him, revealing the truth behind their old encounter.
• Duan De’s Heaven Swallowing Devil Pot lid shielded the group as they approached the hall beneath the Wu Shi Bell.
• Zhou Tong warned the group not to trigger the bell waves, and the Emperor Jade pieces on his body grew hot as Duan De rushed toward the Wushi Scripture.

Zhou Tong, Ye Fan, and their companions explored the deepest part of Purple Mountain, where Zhou Tong recovered fragments of the Wushi Scripture from Wu Shi the Great’s Dao Platform. Using a keepsake linked to Wu Shi’s confidante, they ascended the platform and learned of her lifelong devotion to him.

• Ye Fan recognized the stone book as the Wushi Scripture, and Zhou Tong and Duan De discovered they each possessed three pieces of Emperor Jade, still too few to open it.
• Zhou Tong led the group past the crystal coffins to Wu Shi the Great’s Dao Platform, where they glimpsed Wu Shi’s shadow and Zhou Tong’s Divine Mark Purple Gold recorded a clearer Wu Shi imprint and fragments of scripture.
• Ye Fan and the others examined the Dao Platform but could not climb it, so Zhou Tong revealed a crescent jade pendant and a white skull.
• The pendant calmed the platform’s formations and Chaos Qi, allowing Zhou Tong and the others to ascend as the skull conveyed the wish of Wu Shi’s deceased confidante, Di Lisi.

Zhou Tong recorded the Wushi Scripture from Wu Shi's Dao Platform, then joined Ye Fan, Zi Xia, and Duan De in opening the stone scripture. Ye Fan and Zi Xia opened its first scroll, and Ye Fan turned to a further page revealing the Seal of Sealing Technique.

• Zhou Tong used the female saint's skull and the crescent moon jade pendant to record the Wushi Scripture on Wu Shi's Dao Platform.
• While Zhou Tong stood in silence, Duan De secretly gathered fourteen Medicine Kings from beneath the platform.
• Zhou Tong, Ye Fan, and Zi Xia confronted Duan De, who eventually gave Zhou Tong seven Medicine Kings and Ye Fan and Zi Xia one each, keeping five for himself.
• Zhou Tong brought the group to the Wushi Scripture and had Ye Fan and Zi Xia spill their blood on it, opening its first scroll, the Sea of Wheels Scroll.
• Ye Fan turned the stone scripture to another page, revealing the Seal of Sealing Technique, and the group memorized the newly opened content.

Zhou Tong used the Reincarnation Mirror to uncover the Nether Emperor’s nine-life method and obtain Cao Yusheng’s Array Formation cultivation method and the Third Killing Array diagram. Afterward, he warned Ye Fan that openly associating with the Purple Mansion Holy Land could expose it to retaliation from the other holy lands.

• Ye Fan and Zi Xia revealed only three pages of the Wushi Scripture, and Zhou Tong stopped Duan De from using the Heaven Swallowing Devil Pot to seize it.
• Zhou Tong traced Duan De’s past lives with the Reincarnation Mirror and learned how the Nether Emperor merged nine Dao Fruits to attain Mortal Immortal status.
• Zhou Tong examined Cao Yusheng’s life and imprinted his Array Formation method and the Third Killing Array diagram into his primordial spirit.
• Ye Fan suggested acting against the emerging Ancient Races, but Zhou Tong warned that Ye Fan lacked the strength to confront them.
• Zhou Tong and Duan De cautioned Ye Fan that his presence could bring the other holy lands down on the Purple Mansion Holy Land, and Zi Xia grew worried.