Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong received guidance from Cang Lan, Xuan Ming, and Kun Gu on refining his Hegemon Body Ancestral Form. He reshaped its head, legs, and body to better harmonize his Divine Forms, while deciding to retain his Nine-Leaf Sword Grass hair and trusting his God-Striking Stone Primordial Spirit to protect him from weakness.

• Zhou Tong manifested his Hegemon Body Ancestral Form, and Cang Lan identified its powerful wings and unbalanced lower body.
• Cang Lan explained the principles behind his Ancestral Form, while Xuan Ming compared Zhou Tong's form with the orthodox inheritance and suggested changes.
• Zhou Tong replaced his dragon head with his original head, transformed his legs into Qilin Feet, and covered his body with True Dragon scales.
• Kun Gu advised Zhou Tong to merge his Nine-Leaf Sword Grass into his body, but Zhou Tong found it did not harmonize with his other Divine Forms, so Cang Lan told him to keep it separate.
• Xuan Ming warned that Zhou Tong's primordial spirit might be a weakness, and Zhou Tong replied that his God-Striking Stone Primordial Spirit was powerful.

Zhou Tong spent ten years rebuilding his Hegemon Body Ancestral Form under the guidance of Cang Lan, Kun Gu, and Xuan Ming. He began fighting their avatars to refine it, and the repeated battles continued to reveal flaws and drive his growth.

• Cang Lan, Kun Gu, and Xuan Ming used Ginseng Fruits to restore some vitality and created twenty-seven sixth-level Quasi-Emperor avatars to temper Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong discussed the Dao with the three Great Accomplishment Hegemon Bodies for ten years and reconstructed his ancestral form.
• Zhou Tong defeated Cang Lan's avatar after a brutal battle, activating the Divine Forbidden and cutting the avatar in two.
• Zhou Tong spent several years contemplating the fight, then battled Xuan Ming's avatar and continued improving his ancestral form.
• Zhou Tong kept fighting the three Hegemon Bodies' avatars, learning from each battle as his ancestral form grew more complete.

After fifty years of training with the Great Accomplishment Hegemon Bodies, Zhou Tong completed the initial form of his ancestral body and revealed the weapons and allies he could call upon against Supremes. Determined to join the coming Path to Immortality, he agreed to prove his strength by killing the Divine Court Emperor Lord without using the Lingbao Sword Formation.

• Cang Lan, Xuan Ming, and Kun Gu finished teaching Zhou Tong after fifty years and warned him that the Big Dipper’s Path to Immortality would be too dangerous.
• Zhou Tong revealed Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Array Diagram and the complete Group Character Secret, convincing the Hegemon Bodies that he could fight a Supreme but not that he should go to the Big Dipper.
• Zhou Tong gave the Hegemon Bodies a Blood Floating Tu containing the Taiyin Human Emperor’s Divine Thought and his own method, and showed them another relic containing a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body’s Divine Thought.
• Cang Lan challenged Zhou Tong to prove he had Ninth Heaven battle strength by killing the Divine Court Emperor Lord without relying on the Lingbao Sword Formation.
• Zhou Tong promised he would keep his word and set out to kill the Divine Court Emperor Lord.

Zhou Tong reached the Sixth Heaven of the Quasi-Emperor Realm after enduring Great Dao Karma Fire, which also tempered his Hegemonic Bell. He then attacked the Divine Court to confront the Divine Court Emperor Lord, whose thirty-three-story pagoda blocked his opening sword strike.

• Zhou Tong left the Hegemon Body Ancestral Cave, released the dragon beasts onto the Hegemon Body Ancestral Star, and triggered his Sixth Heaven Quasi-Emperor tribulation.
• Zhou Tong endured the Great Dao Karma Fire and openly brought out the Hegemonic Bell to be tempered alongside him, astonishing the Great Accomplishment Hegemon Bodies.
• After completing the tribulation, Zhou Tong tested his improved control of the Divine Prohibition State and assessed his chances against the Divine Court Emperor Lord.
• Zhou Tong crossed the starry sky toward the Divine Court using his Void Great Dao and struck at its defenses with a vast sword light.
• The Divine Court Emperor Lord appeared in Red Dragon Armor, but his Imperial Dao Runes were shattered by Zhou Tong's sword strike.
• A thirty-three-story pagoda filled with Myriad Mother Qi emerged from the Divine Court and blocked Zhou Tong's attack.

Zhou Tong attacked the Divine Court Emperor Lord, and the two Sixth Heaven Quasi-Emperors clashed before taking their battle into the starry sky. Their fight left both gravely wounded and devastated vast regions of the cosmos, with no victor yet decided.

• Zhou Tong struck the Divine Court Emperor Lord, but the Emperor Lord emerged from the Divine Court's main hall beneath his Emperor Pagoda and met the attack in the Divine Prohibition State.
• After their first clash shook the heavens, the Divine Court Emperor Lord recognized Zhou Tong as the Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body and led him into the starry sky to spare the Divine Court.
• Zhou Tong and the Divine Court Emperor Lord fought across star rivers, where the Emperor Lord's Red Dragon Armor transformed into a dragon and Zhou Tong pierced his shoulder with his sword.
• As onlookers sensed the battle and feared two near-Emperors would block their own paths to the Dao, Zhou Tong and the Emperor Lord fought into the Mythical Battlefield and suffered severe wounds.
• Zhou Tong unleashed the Battle Immortal Art against the Emperor Lord, and their continued clash shattered stars and engulfed an immense region of the cosmos in destruction.

Zhou Tong fought and killed the Divine Court Emperor Lord in a decisive battle, then recovered and considered the danger posed by the Life Forbidden Zones. The chapter left Zhou Tong aware that his Divine Forbidden advantage might fail against Great Emperors who had severed themselves.

• The Divine Court Emperor Lord summoned the Eternal Blue Gold Tower and unleashed his forbidden techniques, while Zhou Tong answered with his Hegemon Body Ancestral Form and Hegemonic Bell.
• Zhou Tong and the Divine Court Emperor Lord clashed at close range, and both suffered severe injuries before Zhou Tong gained the upper hand.
• The Divine Court Emperor Lord attacked again, but Zhou Tong pierced his skull and primordial spirit with a Nine-Leaf Sword Grass hair and cut his body in two.
• The Life Forbidden Zones recognized Zhou Tong's victory and warned that he must not be allowed to pass his Seventh Heaven tribulation before the Path to Immortality opened.
• Zhou Tong's Hegemonic Bell swallowed and suppressed the Eternal Blue Gold Tower, and he spent half a month recovering and reviewing his battle.
• Zhou Tong concluded that his Divine Forbidden state might not give him an advantage against Great Emperors who had severed themselves.

Zhou Tong accepted the title Hegemon Heavenly Emperor and returned to Big Dipper as the Path to Immortality neared opening. After learning Yan Ruyu had left to avoid the coming Dark Turmoil, he strengthened defenses on the Sun Star and prepared a contingency on the Ziwei Star Domain against the Forbidden Zone Supremes.

• Xuan Ming, Kun Gu, and Cang Lan praised Zhou Tong for killing the ninth-heaven Divine Court Emperor Lord and proposed the title Hegemon Heavenly Emperor, which Zhou Tong accepted.
• Xuan Ming warned Zhou Tong that the Forbidden Zone Supremes had noticed him and gave him a forbidden weapon made from Immortal Sword Array Patterns.
• Zhou Tong returned to Big Dipper, saw that the Path to Immortality crack had grown to three hundred and thirty zhang, and went to the Sun Star to find Yan Ruyu gone.
• Zhou Tong read Yan Ruyu's letter and learned that she had become a Great Sage, waited for him, then left with the Azure Emperor's Heart for an ancient star to avoid the Dark Turmoil.
• Zhou Tong restored the Sun Sacred Emperor's Array Diagram and reinforced the Sun Star's defenses with the Spirit Refining Pot and Sacred Spirit Stone Book.
• Zhou Tong traveled to the Ziwei Star Domain, laid sensing Array Patterns, and buried the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body's Divine Thought there so it would awaken if a Supreme arrived.

After two years in seclusion, Zhou Tong witnessed the Path to Immortality open and used the power of an ancient Supreme's corpse dissolving into the Dao to transform his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings. Immortal Materials began growing throughout their worlds as the Dark Turmoil began.

• Zhou Tong reviewed his preparations for the Dark Turmoil and decided to wait while continuing to cultivate and inspect the Divine Court Emperor Lord's treasures.
• Zhou Tong recovered valuable treasures from the Emperor Lord, including scriptures, Quasi-Emperor Artifacts, and an Eternal Blue Gold pagoda, which he sent to his Hegemonic Bell for refinement.
• Two years after Zhou Tong entered seclusion, the Immortal Domain fissure above the Big Dipper expanded, and Supremes emerged from the Life Forbidden Zones to fight for the Path to Immortality.
• An ancient Supreme's half-corpse fell from the fissure and dissolved into the Dao, releasing immense power across the Big Dipper.
• Zhou Tong activated the Lin Character Secret and absorbed the power into his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, triggering the growth of Immortal Materials such as Eternal Blue Gold and Phoenix Blood Red Gold.

After Taiyin Human Emperor dissolved into the Dao, Zhou Tong harvested the remnants and prepared to face the coming Path to Immortality and Dark Turmoil. He reunited with Ye Fan, Holy Imperial Son, and Big Black Dog, then left to make preparations for battle.

• Zhou Tong intercepted the Dao laws and vital essences left by Taiyin Human Emperor's dissolution into the Dao as sacred lands began fleeing the Big Dipper.
• Zhou Tong met Ye Fan, Holy Imperial Son, and Big Black Dog, who accused him of secretly raiding Blood Phoenix Mountain, Golden Cave, and Fire Qilin Cave during his earlier battle.
• Holy Imperial Son revealed that Zhou Tong had killed the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven Divine Court Emperor Lord, and Zhou Tong said his strongest methods could only barely match that realm.
• Zhou Tong accepted Ye Fan's Immortal Cauldron and kept Holy Imperial Son's Battle Staff for the coming battle, though he warned that neither weapon might survive intact.
• Zhou Tong named Ziwei Star Domain, Earth, and the Big Dipper as possible refuges during the Dark Turmoil, then left to prepare.

The Path to Immortality began opening above the Primordial Forbidden Land, drawing the Ruthless Great Emperor, forbidden-zone Supremes, and cultivators from across the universe toward Big Dipper. As the crack widened and the Desolate Pagoda emerged, Zhou Tong completed the first Immortal Gold Profound Meaning in his Vajra Ring and sent it to the Cosmic Frontier.

• A figure emerged from the Primordial Forbidden Land, and Zhou Tong recognized her as the Ruthless Great Emperor before she sensed his gaze and warned him off.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor reunited the Nine Wonderful Immortal Medicines into the Nine Wonderful Immortal Tree, while the Path to Immortality stele and the Desolate Heaven Emperor’s Six Paths Reincarnation Fist appeared among the ruins.
• The Longevity Heavenly Venerate and the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body emerged from their forbidden zones, exchanged hostile words, and returned to their domains.
• Big Dipper’s five continents lit up as the crack in the Path to Immortality widened, prompting sealed cultivators from across the universe to rush toward the star.
• Ten days later, a massive explosion widened the crack further, corpses and buildings fell from within it, and the forbidden-zone Supremes announced that the moment had arrived.
• The Desolate Pagoda emerged and fled, while Zhou Tong completed the Phoenix Blood Red Gold meaning in his Vajra Ring and sent the ring to the Cosmic Frontier.

Seven ancient emperors and Great Emperors attacked the Path to Immortality while Zhou Tong used their distraction to have the Vajra Ring undergo the Yin-Yang Great Tribulation. The Supremes broke through the gate and pursued a force of longevity, while Zhou Tong suspected the Big Dipper paths were traps arranged by the Undying Heavenly Emperor.

• Seven ancient emperors and Great Emperors emerged from the Forbidden Zones and attacked the entrance to the Path to Immortality.
• Zhou Tong observed the assault as the Vajra Ring began its Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven Yin-Yang Great Tribulation at the Cosmic Frontier.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerate urged the Supremes to ignore Zhou Tong's tribulation and focus on reaching the Immortal Domain.
• Stone Emperor and the other Supremes smashed open the city gate, then joined forces to form a path toward a force of longevity.
• Zhou Tong suspected that the Undying Heavenly Emperor had arranged the Big Dipper's Paths to Immortality as traps and focused on the Vajra Ring's tribulation.

Zhou Tong watched the Supremes break into the Path to Immortality, then used the Vajra Ring’s completed Phoenix Blood Red Gold Dao Fruit and fused with the Chaos Green Lotus to prepare for a Supreme battle. The immortality attempt collapsed, and every Supreme who entered was blasted back out.

• The seven Supremes used the Five-Colored Altars to break through the Immortal Gate, and four more figures entered the Path to Immortality as it began to close.
• The Vajra Ring returned to Zhou Tong with its laws perfected, granting him Ninth Heaven divine power and the strength to challenge an unsublimated Supreme.
• Zhou Tong fused the Chaos Green Lotus with his body, reaching a flawless Emperor physique while risking being consumed by the lotus if the fusion lasted too long.
• The Path to Immortality collapsed and reopened, and a Supreme emerged lamenting that the era held both hope and despair.
• The Supremes who had entered the chaotic cavern were blasted back out one after another, none having broken through.

The Supremes and the Amitabha Great Emperor’s Divine Self failed to enter the Path to Immortality, which ultimately collapsed after the Divine Organization struck it with the Immortal Ascension Cauldron. As the Dark Turmoil approached, Zhou Tong prepared to ambush a Supreme and left a divine sense behind to oversee the Big Dipper.

• Undying Daoist was carried into the Path to Immortality by the Investiture of the Gods, and Zhou Tong suspected Wu Shi the Great had arranged it to interfere with the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• The Amitabha Great Emperor’s Dharma body failed to enter the Path to Immortality, so his Divine Self gathered the universe’s Power of Faith and hurled Mount Sumeru and the Great Thunder Sound Temple into it.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor attacked the Path to Immortality and defeated the Stone Emperor, but the Path exploded again, destroying Mount Sumeru and killing its Buddhist followers.
• The Supremes made one final attempt to enter the Path to Immortality, but they failed, and four died after emerging.
• Zhou Tong moved the Sacred Spirit Stone Book into his Immortal Platform, suppressed the Spirit Refining Pot with Ye Fan’s Immortal Cauldron, and prepared the Sun Sacred Emperor Formation Diagram for an ambush.
• The Divine Organization struck the Path to Immortality with one-third of the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, destroying the Path and scattering the Green Bronze Cauldron’s fragments across the universe.

Zhou Tong’s century-long trap killed Longevity Heavenly Venerate by combining the Sun Star’s power with the Spirit Refining Pot and the Immortal Ascension Cauldron. After stopping the Stone Emperor from taking the Imperial Weapon fragments, Zhou Tong revealed that he had fused with the Azure Emperor Weapon and challenged the Stone Emperor.

• Longevity Heavenly Venerate survived the Immortal Ascension Cauldron’s explosion and tried to absorb the Sun Star’s essence to heal himself.
• Zhou Tong’s concealed attack sent the revived Spirit Refining Pot and the Immortal Ascension Cauldron’s remaining half into Longevity Heavenly Venerate, shattering him and damaging both Imperial Weapons.
• Zhou Tong explained that he had spent a century preparing the strike, then attacked someone trying to take the fragments of the Spirit Refining Pot and Longevity Sword.
• The Stone Emperor reached for the weapon fragments, but Zhou Tong intercepted him with the Battle Staff and collected the fragments using the Soldier Character Secret.
• The Lord of Reincarnation recognized that Zhou Tong’s Ninth Heaven power came from fusing with the Azure Emperor Weapon, and Zhou Tong chose the Stone Emperor as his next opponent.

Zhou Tong battled Stone Emperor at the Cosmic Frontier, gaining combat experience even as both suffered severe injuries. With Stone Emperor occupied, the remaining four Supremes moved to kill the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body and harvest his life force.

• Zhou Tong lured Stone Emperor away from the Big Dipper and confronted him at the Cosmic Frontier.
• Zhou Tong and Stone Emperor traded devastating attacks with the Battle Staff and Heavenly Desolation Halberd, destroying stars and star rivers.
• As the battle continued, Zhou Tong improved by learning from Stone Emperor’s combat techniques, though Stone Emperor had far more experience.
• After three hundred exchanges, Zhou Tong suffered a major shoulder wound, while Stone Emperor was badly injured across his body and head.
• The Heavenly Abandonment Supreme and the other Supremes recognized that Zhou Tong was holding Stone Emperor back and prepared to act.
• The remaining four Supremes advanced on the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, intending to kill him and divide his life force.

Zhou Tong revived a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body from a remnant thought to help rescue the Sacred Body besieged by four Supremes. The revived warrior recognized Zhou Tong’s past treatment of his divine thought but chose to aid him, while the Reincarnation Supreme urged the others to stall until the revival faded.

• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body followed Zhou Tong’s instructions and retreated toward the Cosmic Frontier while fighting the four Supremes.
• Ye Fan, Zi Xia, Little Nannan, and Big Black Dog watched from Sacred Cliff as the Supremes pursued the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body.
• Zhou Tong used a secret technique in the Ziwei Star Domain to revive a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body from a ghostly remnant thought.
• The revived Great Accomplishment Sacred Body recognized Zhou Tong and remembered how Zhou Tong had used and erased the remnant’s memories, but decided to forgive him and help end the Dark Turmoil.
• The Reincarnation Supreme recognized that the revived warrior was temporary and ordered the Supremes to stall him rather than fight him head-on.

Zhou Tong fought the Stone Emperor and used the Sun Sacred Emperor's Array Diagram to strike during the Supreme's ultimate sublimation, cracking his Immortal Platform. After they exchanged their ultimate techniques, Zhou Tong survived gravely wounded while the Stone Emperor was completely shattered.

• Zhou Tong unleashed his Hegemon Body Ancestral Form and overpowered the Stone Emperor, forcing him to begin ultimate sublimation.
• Zhou Tong used the Sun Sacred Emperor's Array Diagram to exploit a flaw in the Stone Emperor's sublimation, destroying his arm and cracking his Immortal Platform.
• The Stone Emperor used Emperor Seals All Under Heaven, but Zhou Tong's God-Striking Stone Primordial Spirit broke through the secret art and struck him again.
• The Stone Emperor unleashed High Heaven as his final technique, and Zhou Tong met it head-on with all his strength.
• The Stone Emperor shattered in their clash, while Zhou Tong survived with the broken Heavenly Desolation Halberd embedded in his body.

Zhou Tong defeated the Stone Emperor in the Cosmic Frontier, though he relied on the Chaos Green Lotus to survive and remained burdened by Imperial Dao marks. With four Supremes still standing, he chose the Lord of Reincarnation as his next opponent and attacked.

• Zhou Tong’s victory over the Stone Emperor stunned observers across the cosmos and sparked celebrations on the Hegemon Body Ancestral Star.
• Cang Lan, Kun Gu, and Xuan Ming discussed Zhou Tong’s strength and worried that fusing with the Azure Emperor Weapon might have hidden repercussions.
• Zhou Tong collected the broken halves of the Heavenly Desolation Halberd as the Hegemonic Bell began refining the Stone Emperor’s Dao laws.
• Zhou Tong’s Phoenix Nirvana method rapidly healed his wounds, but the Stone Emperor’s and Azure Emperor’s Dao marks remained imprinted in his body.
• The four remaining Supremes reached the battlefield, and Zhou Tong resolved to kill another before revealing his strongest trump cards.
• Zhou Tong chose the Lord of Reincarnation and struck him with a time-wreathed fist.

Zhou Tong battled the Supremes while the Great Accomplishment Hegemon Body’s forbidden artifact bought him time to prepare another weapon. After the artifact was destroyed, Zhou Tong revealed Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s killing array and trapped the four Supremes inside it.

• Zhou Tong fought the Lord of Reincarnation, using his wings and other abilities to withstand the Supreme’s attacks and wound him.
• The Mars Saint Body vanished after exhausting himself, freeing the Light and Dark Supreme and the Lord of Divine Ruins to attack; the Lord of Divine Ruins struck Zhou Tong from behind.
• Zhou Tong deployed the seventy-two immortal swords of the Great Accomplishment Hegemon Body’s forbidden artifact, forcing the Supremes to fight through its array patterns.
• The Supremes shattered Zhou Tong’s forbidden artifact, but each suffered deep sword wounds in the process.
• Zhou Tong revealed the Array Diagram and four Killing Swords of Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s killing array, grievously wounding the Supremes with Chaos Sword Qi.
• The Lord of Reincarnation ordered the Supremes to pin down one sword gate each.

Zhou Tong and the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body used the Lingbao Sword Formation to suppress the four remaining Supremes and end the Dark Turmoil. After killing three Supremes, they failed to stop the Lord of Divine Ruins from completing his ascension.

• Zhou Tong entrusted control of the Lingbao Sword Formation to the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body and entered the formation to fight the Supremes.
• Zhou Tong and the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body exploited the Lord of Reincarnation's attempted ascension and killed him.
• The Light and Dark Supreme, Heavenly Abandonment Supreme, and Lord of Divine Ruins ascended together, but Zhou Tong and the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body interrupted their breakthroughs and attacked them.
• Zhou Tong and the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body killed the Light and Dark Supreme and Heavenly Abandonment Supreme after repeated attempts to stop their ascensions.
• The Lord of Divine Ruins finally completed his ascension as the aura of the Great Dao spread throughout the universe.