Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong destroyed the Twin Stone Kings of Otherworld, lifting the Dragon Clan’s curse, then spent ten thousand years traveling the myriad worlds before quietly returning to the Shrouding the Heavens World. Nine Provinces and Otherworld continued their escalating conflict after his departure, with the final battle still approaching.

• Zhou Tong entered Otherworld’s Ancient Ancestor Forbidden Zone, sensed the Demon Emperor’s lingering aura, and found the Twin Stone Kings.
• Zhou Tong annihilated the Twin Stone Kings and escaped as Otherworld’s Demonic Shadow emerged from the stone Gate.
• Zhou Tong returned to the Primordial Heaven Realm and confirmed that the Dragon Clan’s curse had been lifted.
• Zhou Tong traveled the myriad worlds for ten thousand years, collecting spiritual treasures and leaving behind inheritances.
• Otherworld retaliated against Nine Provinces, and King Pangu led Nine Provinces in an attack before the Demonic Shadow forced them to retreat.
• Zhou Tong quietly left the Longevity World and returned to the Shrouding the Heavens World.

Ten thousand years after Ye Fan's Dao dissipated, Yan Ruyu attained the Great Emperor realm while Zhou Tong's True Dragon Avatar returned from the Longevity World as an Immortal King. The avatar’s memories and Dao insights began transforming Zhou Tong, leaving him immersed in a powerful cultivation breakthrough.

• Yan Ruyu overcame the Great Emperor tribulation, fused with the Heavenly Heart Imprint, and returned to the Divine Domain to revise her Dao scriptures in seclusion.
• The Reincarnation Mirror revealed Zhou Tong's returning True Dragon Avatar, which entered his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings with Immortal King-level strength.
• Zhou Tong connected with the avatar and received its vast memories and insights from the Longevity World.
• The insights circulated through Zhou Tong's body, illuminating his five secret realms and opening Gates of Potential.
• After a thousand years, Zhou Tong blazed with brilliant light as thunderous Dao Sounds shook his secret realms.

Zhou Tong’s cultivation surged after the True Dragon Avatar returned its Great Dao insights, triggering the Immortal King Tribulation. He endured the calamity and emerged as an Immortal King, leaving the universe trembling beneath his aura.

• The True Dragon Avatar’s insights transformed Zhou Tong’s body and soul, and beings across the universe felt his growing aura.
• Zhou Tong realized he had triggered the Immortal King Tribulation and moved from the Divine Domain to the Cosmic Frontier as the calamity followed.
• He endured the Great Dao runes that battered his body until his Immortal Sutra reached great completion.
• The tribulation attacked Zhou Tong’s primordial spirit and Hegemonic Bell, so he continued merging the True Dragon Avatar’s insights and used Eternal Light to repair the bell.
• After several days, Zhou Tong survived the final beam and released an Immortal King aura that shook the world.

After becoming an Immortal King, Zhou Tong gave Yan Ruyu Eternal Light and explained his new realm to her, Ye Fan, and the Azure Emperor. He revealed that his ascension had begun reviving the universe and lengthening the lives of its inhabitants.

• Zhou Tong returned to the Divine Domain after his Immortal King Tribulation and gave Yan Ruyu nine streams of Eternal Light to strengthen her body, spirit, and Azure Lotus.
• Yan Ruyu entered seclusion to refine the Eternal Light and continue comprehending the Heavenly Heart Imprint.
• Ye Fan and the Azure Emperor visited Zhou Tong, who confirmed that he had become an Immortal King and explained the realm to them.
• Zhou Tong told Ye Fan and the Azure Emperor that his breakthrough was reviving the universe and granting its living beings a measure of Life Essence.
• Zhou Tong explained that future Great Emperors would gain about two thousand years of lifespan, while greater blessings might require more Immortal Kings.

After Ye Fan and the Azure Emperor left, Zhou Tong reflected on how his Immortal King tribulation had ushered in a golden age across the universe. While absorbing his True Dragon Avatar’s memories, he discovered that its foundation was repairing itself under complete laws, revealing a fundamental flaw in the Longevity World’s cultivation system.

• Zhou Tong explained that his Immortal King tribulation had strengthened the universe and made cultivation easier for countless beings.
• Zhou Tong sensed that his Immortal King body and primordial spirit vastly surpassed his pre-tribulation self, then spent a thousand years absorbing his True Dragon Avatar’s memories and insights.
• Zhou Tong noticed that complete Great Dao laws were flowing into his True Dragon Avatar and repairing its flawed foundation.
• Zhou Tong connected the avatar’s foundation defects to Little Stone Emperor’s rapid fall and compared them with the more resilient foundations of ancient Emperors.
• Zhou Tong concluded that the Longevity World’s cultivation system depended heavily on the outside world and could not become self-sufficient.

Zhou Tong used the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method to fill his old Chaos Body with immense potential, then dismantled the method and rebuilt the body’s cultivation through the Sky Shrouding Method. The body emerged with its secret realms reopened and its accumulated potential transformed into a new foundation.

• Zhou Tong decided his old Chaos Body could use the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method to accumulate potential, though he planned to erase the method before merging the body back into himself.
• The old Chaos Body rapidly deified its major Acupoints, then continued lighting increasingly minute Acupoints as Zhou Tong supplied essence and spiritual treasures.
• After two hundred years, every Gate of Potential in the old Chaos Body was filled, consuming reserves equivalent to the full power of a Stone Man King.
• Zhou Tong severed the Chaos Body’s Heavenly Tablet divine veins and opened its Wheel Sea, which erupted with power and formed a new Hegemonic Bell from Divine Patterns.
• Zhou Tong opened the Dao Palace, Four Extremities, Dragon Transformation, and Immortal Platform Secret Realms, converting the deified Acupoints’ power into the Sky Shrouding Method’s foundation.

Zhou Tong’s second body became a Mortal Immortal, and he strengthened his Hegemonic Bell before entering seclusion to study Immortal King methods and develop his own cultivation path. Ten thousand years later, the world’s Great Dao had revived and an unprecedented generation of prodigies had emerged, while Yan Ruyu, Ye Fan, the Azure Emperor, and Zhou Tong’s Blood Phoenix Incarnation remained undefeated against their challengers.

• Zhou Tong recognized that his second body had become a Mortal Immortal and placed it in the Bodhi Tree coffin to continue comprehending the Dao.
• Zhou Tong fused Little Stone Emperor’s seven Demon Stars into his Hegemonic Bell, intending to refine them further as his cultivation advanced.
• Zhou Tong entered seclusion to study Immortal King scriptures and arts, investigate his true lives and Sixth Secret Realm, and explore a tenth transformation for himself.
• Ten thousand years passed, and Zhou Tong’s Immortal King status helped revive the world’s Great Dao as prodigies with rare physiques appeared in extraordinary numbers.
• Yan Ruyu faced challenges from the new generation, including a genuine Chaos Body, and defeated them all.
• Ye Fan, the Azure Emperor, and Zhou Tong’s Blood Phoenix Incarnation also defeated their challengers without a loss.

After ten thousand years, Zhou Tong witnessed Ye Fan and Zi Xia’s son being born and gave the infant an Imperial Weapon to nourish his physique. He then considered turning the Fusang Divine Tree into a World Tree and weighed how doing so might affect the world’s talent and combat power.

• Geniuses across the universe failed to break Yan Ruyu's Heavenly Heart Imprint, and many sealed themselves away after surviving their attempts.
• Zhou Tong opened his eyes after ten thousand years and saw that Ye Fan and Zi Xia’s son, an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, had been born.
• Zhou Tong refined Azure Divine Jade into an Auspicious Cloud Jade Lock, inscribed Immortal Dao runes on it, and sent it to the infant as a gift.
• Ye Fan recognized the jade lock as Zhou Tong’s gift and saw that it would gradually transform his son’s physique.
• Zhou Tong considered using the Fusang Divine Tree to create a World Tree, but worried that removing the Heavenly Heart Imprint and extending lifespans could weaken cultivators’ talent and combat power.
• Zhou Tong began forming a plan to design the World Tree and limit the lifespan of first-generation Great Emperors to thirty thousand years.

Zhou Tong began merging the Inner Worlds of his true fates into the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, transforming them into a far larger and richer world. After completing two difficult fusions, he saw the rings develop new lands, resources, and unique spiritual plants.

• Zhou Tong dissolved the God-Striking Stone true fate's Dao Palace and fused its 129,600 Small Worlds into the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings over five thousand years.
• The first fusion expanded the rings' world and strengthened the connection between Zhou Tong and the God-Striking Stone true fate.
• Zhou Tong and the True Dragon true fate began fusing the Inner World enriched by the Life Essence of eight Stone Man Kings.
• After more than ten thousand years, Zhou Tong completed the True Dragon Inner World's fusion, causing vast new regions and abundant resources to appear within the rings.
• Zhou Tong discovered that the transformed world contained Chaos Earth, Immortal Gold veins, Creation Spring Eyes, spiritual roots, and mountains of jade-bearing trees.

Zhou Tong discovered that the world within his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings had nurtured his medicines into Longevity Immortal Medicines and many naturally born spiritual roots of the same rank. After harvesting the Enlightenment Tea Tree’s mature leaves, he turned his attention toward the Sun Star.

• Zhou Tong surveyed the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings and found a vast world rich in spiritual essence and Longevity Substance.
• Zhou Tong saw that Medicine Kings had become Divine Medicines and that his Immortal Divine Medicines had grown dramatically.
• Zhou Tong realized that his Immortal Divine Medicines had evolved into Longevity Immortal Medicines capable of granting immortality to cultivators who met the required standard.
• Zhou Tong wondered whether the other half of the Enlightenment Tea Tree still existed and could be reunited with his tree.
• Zhou Tong plucked and sealed the mature tea leaves, then shifted his gaze toward the Sun Star within the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.

Zhou Tong guided the Fusang Divine Tree’s transformation into a World Tree, strengthening the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings and adding the Dragon Clan Sacred Tree to its world. He then invited the universe’s Great Sages and other experts to an Enlightenment Tea Banquet in the Divine Domain three years later, prompting invited cultivators to prepare to attend.

• Zhou Tong infused the Fusang Divine Tree with the laws of his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, completing its transformation into a World Tree that stabilized the inner world and could suppress an ordinary Immortal King.
• Zhou Tong moved the Dragon Clan Sacred Tree, along with Dragon City, into the world inside his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.
• Zhou Tong sent three thousand invitations to Great Sages and other experts across the universe for an Enlightenment Tea Banquet in the Divine Domain three years later.
• Ye Fan received an invitation and welcomed the chance to ask Zhou Tong for Enlightenment Tea leaves.
• The Holy Imperial Son, Huo Qilinzi, Huo Lin'er, Zhang Bairen, Emperor, Pang Bo, Zhang Wenchang, the Black Emperor, and the Golden Crows of Huosang Star received invitations, and the Holy Imperial Son set out for the Divine Domain.

Zhou Tong explained the Longevity Immortal Medicine to Yan Ruyu and urged her to save its fruit for a future need, then hosted an Enlightenment Tea Banquet attended by prodigies and powerful figures from across the universe. He confirmed that he had become immortal and revealed the ancient Enlightenment Tea tree to begin the gathering.

• Zhou Tong showed Yan Ruyu a Longevity Immortal Medicine and warned that using it to become immortal could prevent her from advancing further.
• Zhou Tong advised Yan Ruyu to keep the fruit and use it only if she could not live out a third life by relying on herself.
• Three years later, cultivators and prodigies from across the universe gathered in the Divine Domain for Zhou Tong's banquet, including the Azure Emperor, Ye Fan, and Zhou Tong's Blood Phoenix Incarnation.
• Yan Ruyu told the Azure Emperor that the Heaven Swallowing Great Emperor had skipped the gathering because she disliked lively occasions.
• Zhou Tong confirmed to Pang Bo that he had become immortal, then introduced the Enlightenment Tea Banquet and revealed the ancient tree.

Zhou Tong revealed that his Enlightenment Tea Tree had been restored and transformed, then used a banquet to let heavenly geniuses choose leaves and contribute their Great Dao laws to the World Tree. The World Tree grew slightly stronger, and Zhou Tong considered holding similar banquets every ten thousand years to build up his world.

• Ye Fan and the others were astonished by the Enlightenment Tea Tree’s powerful manifestations, and Zhou Tong said he had restored it to its original appearance.
• Zhou Tong invited the cultivators to choose tea leaves, and he, Yan Ruyu, Ye Fan, Azure Emperor, Blood Phoenix, and others picked leaves that matched their preferences.
• The heavenly geniuses rushed to claim the remaining leaves, while their Great Dao laws and Order Divine Chains nourished the World Tree in Zhou Tong’s Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.
• After all three thousand leaves were distributed, Zhou Tong observed that the World Tree had grown somewhat stronger and considered holding a banquet every ten thousand years to further strengthen his world.

Zhou Tong hosted an Enlightenment Tea Banquet, where the tea’s longevity and enlightenment effects helped many cultivators advance and revealed the strengths of their individual Dao. After the guests emerged from their meditation, Zhou Tong gifted tea leaves to Ye Fan, Azure Emperor, and Phoenix Heavenly Emperor, then discussed cultivation with Ye Fan and Azure Emperor before they departed.

• Zhou Tong replaced the phantom Enlightenment Tea Tree with a Divine Spring and served tea to the heavenly geniuses.
• The guests drank the tea and entered states of enlightenment, displaying phenomena that reflected their cultivation and Dao.
• Ye Fan, Azure Emperor, and Yan Ruyu manifested especially powerful phenomena, while Zhou Tong compared the two Hegemon Bodies’ strengths.
• After three days, the cultivators emerged from enlightenment, and Zhou Tong gave Ye Fan, Azure Emperor, and Phoenix Heavenly Emperor thirty-six tea leaves each.
• Ye Fan and Azure Emperor asked Zhou Tong about cultivation, stayed for half a month, and then departed.

Zhou Tong planted Immortal Peach pits to create a Peach Garden, then used Eternal Light to turn a Suanni spirit into a living soul. He began using the Little Stone Emperor’s rebirth technique to give the Suanni a physical body.

• Zhou Tong refined the remaining Immortal Peaches into pills, planted their pits in immortal soil, and watered them with Divine Spring water until they grew into Peach Trees.
• Zhou Tong noticed that spirits in his newly formed world were showing signs of life and considered how they might evolve into living races.
• Zhou Tong recalled that Eternal Light could bring lifeless things to life and summoned an ordinary Suanni spirit to test the idea.
• Zhou Tong infused the Suanni with Eternal Light, and after three years it transformed into a living soul.
• Zhou Tong used the Little Stone Emperor’s rebirth technique on the Suanni’s soul, beginning to regenerate its physical body.

After witnessing the Suanni's rebirth, Zhou Tong used Eternal Light and the Sun Sacred Emperor's remaining Essence Blood to revive the ancient emperor. As the Sun Sacred Emperor began regaining a body, his awakening stirred the Sun God Cult's Emperor Tower into action.

• Zhou Tong observed the Suanni transform from a divine soul into a living beast and gained insight into the creation of life.
• Zhou Tong took the Sun Sacred Emperor's three drops of Essence Blood from the Array Diagram and used the Reincarnation Mirror to awaken him.
• The Sun Sacred Emperor learned that the Dark Turmoil had ended and was shocked when Zhou Tong offered to revive him.
• Zhou Tong nourished the Sun Sacred Emperor's consciousness and Essence Blood with Eternal Light and a Flat Peach Immortal Medicine pill, beginning to restore his body.
• Ye Fan recognized the Sun Sacred Emperor's aura, while Yan Ruyu witnessed his revival in the Divine Domain.
• The Sun God Cult's Emperor Tower revived and flew from the Sun Tower toward the Divine Domain.

Zhou Tong resurrected the Sun Sacred Emperor and awakened the Taiyin Human Emperor, explaining that even the Immortal Domain could not make a human-path Supreme truly immortal. He began restoring the Taiyin Human Emperor’s soul and body, leaving his resurrection underway.

• Zhou Tong revealed that he had resurrected the Sun Sacred Emperor in his prime, astonishing Yan Ruyu and the Emperor.
• Zhou Tong crushed the Blood Floating Tu and awakened the Taiyin Human Emperor’s Divine Thought.
• The Taiyin Human Emperor recognized the resurrected Sun Sacred Emperor and learned that Zhou Tong had brought him back.
• Zhou Tong explained that Great Emperors were not immortals and offered the Taiyin Human Emperor another chance at life.
• Zhou Tong used Eternal Light and Flat Peach Immortal Medicine to restore the Taiyin Human Emperor’s primordial spirit and begin forming his body.

After reviving the Taiyin Human Emperor and the Sun Sacred Emperor, Zhou Tong explained why their world struggled to produce immortals and revealed his plan to restore its origin. The two Human Emperors agreed to help by cultivating toward his realm, becoming guardians of the world.

• Ye Fan and the Azure Emperor visited the Divine Domain seeking help to revive their loved ones, but Zhou Tong explained that only those with remnant souls could be saved, and they left disappointed.
• Zhou Tong told the Taiyin Human Emperor and the Sun Sacred Emperor that the world’s laws had been restored by the Desolate Heaven Emperor, but the Immortal Domain had later stolen much of its origin.
• Zhou Tong revealed that he wanted to restore the world’s origin so it could produce True Immortals and that he had become immortal through the red-dust path.
• The Taiyin Human Emperor praised Zhou Tong’s ambition, and the Sun Sacred Emperor offered his help.
• Zhou Tong gave the two Human Emperors a scripture of Longevity Methods and urged them to cultivate to his realm as guardians of the world.

Zhou Tong prepared to strengthen the world against a future Immortal Emperor and sought the Dao Integration Flower to guide his World Tree sapling into it. After studying the scripture inside the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin, he took the flower and left.

• Taiyin Human Emperor and Sun Sacred Emperor returned to the Ziwei Star Domain while Zhou Tong stayed behind to make arrangements for the world.
• Zhou Tong tended a World Tree offspring and considered how he might help Heavenly Emperor Son become an Immortal King.
• Zhou Tong decided to obtain the Dao Integration Flower as a guide for merging the World Tree into the world.
• Zhou Tong found the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin and spent three years studying the scripture within it, sensing a mystery related to reincarnation.
• Zhou Tong opened the innermost bronze coffin, took the Dao Integration Flower from the world inside, and departed.

Zhou Tong entered the artificially evolved Crevice World and effortlessly suppressed the Undying Heavenly Emperor before meeting Wu Shi the Great. After learning about Zhou Tong’s ability to revive the dead and discussing their shared circumstances, they agreed to discuss the Dao.

• Zhou Tong opened a passage into the Crevice World, whose barrier shone with light that onlookers mistook for the Immortal Domain.
• A Great Emperor attacked Zhou Tong upon his arrival, but Zhou Tong erased him with a sigh and seized the world’s Heavenly Heart Imprint.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor led his followers against Zhou Tong, who suppressed him with one hand.
• Wu Shi the Great appeared, recognized Zhou Tong’s strength, and invited him to his palace to talk.
• Zhou Tong told Wu Shi about the universe and his revival of the Sun Sacred Emperor and Taiyin Human Emperor, explaining that surviving Divine Thoughts were necessary.
• Zhou Tong proposed discussing the Dao with Wu Shi, who agreed.