Chapter Summaries

After becoming a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, Zhou Tong found the Soul River by searching a Dark Immortal King's primordial spirit and entered it. He shattered the river's first assault, but the Soul River awakened and an eerie voice announced that only the river would endure.

• Zhou Tong found and killed a Dark Immortal King, preserving its primordial spirit long enough to locate the Soul River.
• Zhou Tong followed a passage through space and time into the Soul River, where its cries and soul lights met the pressure of his Quasi-Immortal Emperor power.
• The Soul River sent torrents of soul-powered rain and yellow sand transformed into gods and demons against Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong's protective light shattered the assault, and he continued deeper into the Soul River.
• The Soul River awakened with blood mist, chains, and a strange melody as countless souls plunged toward its end.
• A blurry voice declared, "Souls of the heavens fall, only the river endures..."

Zhou Tong attacked the Soul River with a rune-formed Phoenix and challenged the monsters lurking within it. He destroyed the creatures before him and scorched a vast stretch of the river dry, then called for a stronger opponent.

• Zhou Tong summoned a rune-formed Phoenix whose flames surged into the Soul River and burned away its soul shadows.
• Seven grotesque monsters emerged from the darkness as Zhou Tong's presence made them crack apart.
• The monsters attacked Zhou Tong with several kinds of Dark Matter, but his flames incinerated their assault and destroyed them.
• Zhou Tong's strike severed and dried a stretch of the Soul River tens of thousands of miles long, leaving its riverbed glass-like.
• Zhou Tong called the monsters trash and challenged anyone remaining in the Soul River to face him.

Zhou Tong fought a Quasi-Immortal Emperor from the depths of the Soul River, confining their clash to the river as their attacks tore it apart. After a second Quasi-Immortal Emperor appeared to shield the Soul River’s secrets, Zhou Tong assessed his strength and the power of the worlds within his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.

• The Soul River’s Quasi-Immortal Emperor emerged and restored the damage Zhou Tong had inflicted on the river.
• Zhou Tong used the Hegemonic Bell to shatter the Quasi-Immortal Emperor’s attack and keep the spreading power within the Soul River.
• The Quasi-Immortal Emperor struck Zhou Tong with a silver palm, and Zhou Tong countered with a blade strike that split the Soul River and wounded his opponent.
• Golden Great Dao runes shielded the Soul River’s depths, and Zhou Tong realized that a second Quasi-Immortal Emperor had appeared.
• Zhou Tong concluded that he was stronger than an ordinary Quasi-Immortal Emperor and that the worlds within his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings surpassed those of the outside world.

Zhou Tong fought two Quasi-Immortal Emperors of the Soul River and grew more adept at wielding his power as the battle continued. When a third Quasi-Immortal Emperor attacked from the darkness with a black arrow, Zhou Tong countered with the Calamity Fire Divine Bow and blasted his hidden assailant apart.

• A golden-lit Quasi-Immortal Emperor attacked Zhou Tong, who met his fist with the power of his Thunder Dragons.
• The silver-eyed Quasi-Immortal Emperor drew a Black-Gold Divine Spear, but Zhou Tong struck it with the Qian Jun Staff and cracked it.
• The golden and silver Quasi-Immortal Emperors joined forces against Zhou Tong, whose skill with his power improved during their fight.
• Zhou Tong knocked aside the golden man's hammer and broke the silver-eyed man's spear, then pursued him with a staff strike.
• A third Quasi-Immortal Emperor shot a black arrow from the darkness, but Zhou Tong's Immortal Phoenix True Fate countered it with a golden arrow that blew apart the attacker.

Zhou Tong overwhelmed the Quasi-Immortal Emperors in the Soul River, killing one and suppressing two with the Calamity Fire Divine Furnace. The battle ended with his enemies defeated and confined.

• Zhou Tong killed a Quasi-Immortal Emperor with an arrow, destroying his body and soul.
• Zhou Tong shattered the silver-eyed Quasi-Immortal Emperor's weapon and grievously wounded him with the Qian Jun Staff.
• The Hegemonic Bell drove back the golden Quasi-Immortal Emperor with devastating waves, while Zhou Tong pressed his attack on the silver-eyed Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
• Zhou Tong blew apart the silver-eyed Quasi-Immortal Emperor and swallowed his remnants into the Calamity Fire Divine Furnace.
• Zhou Tong rang the Hegemonic Bell with the Qian Jun Staff, blasted the golden Quasi-Immortal Emperor into blood mist, and suppressed him in the furnace.

After capturing two dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors, Zhou Tong faced the gaze and voice of a true Immortal Emperor attempting to imprint its Dao on him. He resisted the influence and remained standing above the Soul River, where its survivors mistook him for another Path's End Immortal Emperor.

• Zhou Tong bound two dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors in the Calamity Fire Divine Furnace and took their inheritance into his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.
• As Zhou Tong prepared to enter the Soul River, an unknown Immortal Emperor's gaze struck him and tried to draw him in and imprint its Dao on his heart.
• Zhou Tong used the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings and Immortal Phoenix True Fate to burn away the Emperor's influence, realizing he had narrowly avoided being corrupted.
• The unknown Immortal Emperor spoke again and unleashed power that made the Soul River tremble, but Zhou Tong's protections filtered its influence.
• Gray mist shrouded Zhou Tong, and the surviving Soul River creatures mistook him for a Path's End Immortal Emperor and bowed in fear.

Zhou Tong witnessed the Desolate Heaven Emperor battle a Weird Race Immortal Emperor across time and space, and studied the Emperor's sword to develop a new sword art. The Desolate Heaven Emperor ultimately severed the strange Immortal Emperor's head.

• Zhou Tong wondered why the unknown Immortal Emperor had not attacked him, then sensed the Immortal Emperor turn to face a formidable opponent.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor struck the unknown Immortal Emperor with a sword that pierced the Great Dao ripples and wounded him.
• Zhou Tong watched the Immortal Emperor-level battle and sought to understand its Dao runes and sword techniques.
• Zhou Tong recognized similarities between the Desolate Heaven Emperor's sword and his own foundation, and began creating a new sword art.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor pressured the Weird Race Immortal Emperor, whose ape-like form emerged as its gray mist dispersed.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor severed the Weird Race Immortal Emperor's head, and its headless body exploded.

Zhou Tong was marked by a strange Immortal Emperor while the Desolate Heaven Emperor fought three Immortal Emperors near the dark race’s ancestral land. Zhou Tong entered the depths of the Soul River to claim its treasures and began attacking the stone wall surrounding its abyssal universe.

• Three Immortal Emperors confronted the Desolate Heaven Emperor, and one of them sent an imprint through Zhou Tong’s defenses to strike his divine soul and true spirit.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor charged toward the dark race’s ancestral land, where darkness hid the battle from Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong determined that his Immortal Phoenix True Fate could eventually break the imprint, then focused on destroying the Soul River and taking its treasures.
• Using knowledge gained from refining two Quasi-Immortal Emperors, Zhou Tong reached the Soul River’s depths and discovered an abyssal universe borne upon a stone wall.
• Zhou Tong sensed that the Soul River’s Dark Matter primarily polluted the primordial spirit and mind, then struck the stone wall with his palm.

Zhou Tong reached the source of the Soul River and plundered its treasures, including rare medicines and thirteen previously unknown types of Immortal Gold. After learning that the heavens contained thirty-three types of Immortal Gold and that he lacked only Reincarnation Immortal Gold, he fused most of his new haul into the Hegemonic Bell.

• Zhou Tong blasted open the Soul River’s end and entered the cavernous source, where countless small rivers and monsters filled the mountain.
• Zhou Tong swept aside the Soul River creatures and looted the source’s soul matter, medicinal fields, treasure halls, and alchemy chambers.
• Zhou Tong discovered rare treasures, including Thirty-three Heavens Grass, Chaos Origin Fruit, three Three Lives Medicines, and a Three Lives Emperor Medicine.
• Zhou Tong found thirteen unfamiliar types of Immortal Gold and learned from the Quasi-Immortal Emperors that there were thirty-three types in all, with Reincarnation Immortal Gold the only kind he lacked.
• Zhou Tong kept seeds of some of the new Immortal Gold and fused the rest into the Hegemonic Bell.

Zhou Tong descended to the bottom of the Soul River and discovered that its soul substance came from the remnants of dead worlds, while the void beyond held the Weird Race’s stronghold and the Desolate Heaven Emperor. After returning to the riverbank, he encountered paths linked to the Ancient Underworld and Heavenly Emperor Burial Pit, whose inhabitants had come for him.

• Zhou Tong reached the abyss’s bottom and realized that soul substance was refined from the souls and negative emotions left by dead worlds.
• Zhou Tong pierced the chaos beyond the abyss and sensed the Weird Race’s stronghold, where he glimpsed the Desolate Heaven Emperor fighting.
• An Immortal Emperor’s imprint marked Zhou Tong and threatened to expose his location, but the Immortal Phoenix True Fate dispelled its icy aura.
• Zhou Tong returned to the Soul River and found a newly appeared road that he suspected led to the Ancient Underworld’s Path of Reincarnation.
• A passage to the Heavenly Emperor Burial Pit appeared, and Zhou Tong realized that its monsters and those of the Ancient Underworld had come for him and might provide the Reincarnation Immortal Gold he needed.

Zhou Tong faced four powerful Quasi-Immortal Emperors who arrived from the Underworld and the burial pits after the Soul River’s destruction. As at least eight more gathered behind them, he struck first and fought all four at once, holding his ground.

• A golden-haired Quasi-Immortal Emperor emerged from the Path of Reincarnation, followed by an ox-horned, silver-winged Quasi-Immortal Emperor from the Heavenly Emperor Burial Pit.
• A seven-colored-furred Quasi-Immortal Emperor appeared from the Ancient Underworld, and a three-headed, six-armed Soul River Quasi-Immortal Emperor arrived from the Burial Pit of Heaven and Earth.
• Zhou Tong sensed at least eight more Quasi-Immortal Emperors approaching and decided not to wait.
• Zhou Tong attacked the golden-haired Quasi-Immortal Emperor, while the other three joined the battle with their own techniques and weapons.
• The clashes devastated the Soul River, but Zhou Tong remained on even footing with the four Quasi-Immortal Emperors, who recoiled in shock.

Zhou Tong fought off the Weird Race’s Quasi-Immortal Emperors on the banks of the Soul River, even as an Immortal Emperor’s brand tried to interfere. After a fifth, sixth, and seventh enemy joined the siege, Zhou Tong was badly injured and the battle turned increasingly desperate.

• The golden-haired Quasi-Immortal Emperor and the other three attacked Zhou Tong together, while an Immortal Emperor activated the sinister brand on him and his Immortal Phoenix True Fate suppressed it.
• Zhou Tong used his Hegemonic Bell, Qian Jun Staff, and Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings to hold off all four attackers without falling behind.
• A black-armored Quasi-Immortal Emperor emerged from the Heavenly Emperor Burial Pit and pierced Zhou Tong’s calf before Zhou Tong struck back and regenerated his leg.
• The five Quasi-Immortal Emperors joined forces and wounded Zhou Tong, who coughed up blood under their assault.
• A sixth Quasi-Immortal Emperor attacked Zhou Tong with a blood-colored halberd, and a seventh appeared as the siege intensified.

Zhou Tong fought the Quasi-Immortal Emperors in the Soul River while absorbing primordial essence and refining the Dao of the Immortal Phoenix True Fate. As twelve enemies attacked him, he continued testing and improving incomplete secret arts in battle.

• Zhou Tong battled seven Quasi-Immortal Emperors, absorbed about twenty percent of the primordial essence, and suffered grievous wounds.
• Zhou Tong used the Dao of the Immortal Phoenix True Fate to heal and digest its Ultimate Daos, though his recovery still caused him to cough up blood.
• A purple-clad Quasi-Immortal Emperor arrived and pierced Zhou Tong with her sword, but he tore off her head and smashed her body apart.
• Other Quasi-Immortal Emperors wounded Zhou Tong, who adjusted his recovery secret art and healed again with less backlash.
• The remaining enemies emerged from the passage, bringing their number to twelve, and Zhou Tong unleashed his secret arts while refining them through combat.

Zhou Tong fought the twelve Weird Race Quasi-Immortal Emperors in the Soul River and refined one of them with his developing incineration technique. When the others burned their lives and souls to attack together, Zhou Tong detonated the captive as a flame-fueled bomb, but a remnant of the Quasi-Immortal Emperor escaped.

• Zhou Tong combined the Three Great Sword Arts to force three Weird Race Quasi-Immortal Emperors back and used his flames to heal his injuries.
• The Weird Race Quasi-Immortal Emperors sealed the heavens, cutting Zhou Tong off from the worldly essence he needed to recover.
• Zhou Tong struck off a Quasi-Immortal Emperor's head and began refining his body and primordial spirit with myriad flames.
• The remaining Quasi-Immortal Emperors burned their lives and souls to unleash their full power and kill Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong turned the captive Quasi-Immortal Emperor into a flame-fueled bomb and detonated him, but a wisp of the enemy's remnant soul escaped.

Zhou Tong was overwhelmed by the Weird Race Quasi-Immortal Emperors’ successive self-destructive attacks, but used his apparent death to pursue the final barrier of Boundless Immortality. As his body, soul, and true spirit collapsed, he began to revive through a single thought held by his Immortal Phoenix True Fate.

• Zhou Tong recovered through Rebirth by Fire, but the remaining eleven Quasi-Immortal Emperors charged again and fought without regard for their lives.
• The battle destroyed the Soul River, and three Quasi-Immortal Emperors embraced Zhou Tong and self-destructed around him.
• The remaining eight Quasi-Immortal Emperors attacked Zhou Tong while he was gravely injured, destroying his head and seemingly annihilating his primordial spirit.
• Within the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, Zhou Tong's Immortal Phoenix True Fate revealed that the Immortal Emperor's imprint had been broken and prepared for a crucial breakthrough.
• As Zhou Tong's soul and true spirit collapsed, he sensed a thought from his Immortal Phoenix True Fate and used it to begin comprehending Boundless Immortality.

Zhou Tong revived before the eight Quasi-Immortal Emperors could claim his corpse, revealing that he possessed characteristics of the Road's End Level. After refining all eight enemies and absorbing the final type of immortal gold, he restored his Hegemonic Bell and defeated the remaining seven after thirty years of battle.

• The Quasi-Immortal Emperors searched the void for traces of Zhou Tong and decided he was dead before one reached for his corpse.
• Zhou Tong revived, seized a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, and refined him with his Cremation Secret Technique, shocking the other seven with his Road's End Level characteristics.
• Zhou Tong used the defeated enemy's artifact to restore the Hegemonic Bell with Reincarnation Immortal Gold, completing its fusion of all thirty-three types of immortal gold.
• Zhou Tong fought the remaining seven Quasi-Immortal Emperors for thirty years while testing his techniques and integrating the Ultimate Dao into his own.
• Zhou Tong overcame the seven enemies and captured them one by one to test his Cremation Secret Technique.

Zhou Tong perfected his Hegemonic Bell by fusing it with weapons from ten Quasi-Immortal Emperors and vast quantities of all thirty-three kinds of immortal gold. The refinement revealed how to restore his Sky Horn Ant True Fate, which he ultimately fused into his body as the Sixth Secret Realm.

• Zhou Tong created the Cremation Secret Technique to overcome Quasi-Immortal Emperors’ recovery abilities and melted their weapons into his Hegemonic Bell.
• Zhou Tong added enormous amounts of all thirty-three kinds of immortal gold to the bell and spent over ten thousand years refining it to minor completion.
• Studying the perfected bell, Zhou Tong realized that his Sky Horn Ant True Fate’s Profound Yellow Undying Body was the key to restoring it.
• After another ten thousand years of contemplation, Zhou Tong sent his Immortal Qi through his secret realms and into the Sky Horn Ant True Fate.
• The Sky Horn Ant True Fate ignited, vanished from the River of Time, and became Zhou Tong’s Sixth Secret Realm as their karmic ties converged.

Zhou Tong fused the Sky Horn Ant True Fate into his Sixth Secret Realm, gaining immense physical strength before his body shattered and transformed into a new Quasi-Immortal Emperor body. He realized he had taken the first step toward becoming an Immortal Emperor, and his System Divine Patterns advanced to seven-colored light.

• Zhou Tong fused the Sky Horn Ant True Fate into his body, strengthening his flesh and the other four great secret realms.
• Zhou Tong sensed that his new body might let him contend with an Immortal Emperor, but cracks and an aura of decay suddenly appeared across him.
• Zhou Tong's old body broke apart and shed its skin, revealing a crystalline new Quasi-Immortal Emperor body.
• Zhou Tong realized that his transformation marked the first step toward becoming a true Immortal Emperor.
• Zhou Tong discovered that his System Divine Patterns had increased more than tenfold and transformed from six-colored to seven-colored light, giving him a potent combat trump card.

After a thousand years of seclusion, Zhou Tong absorbed the lessons of his Quasi-Immortal Emperor battle and sought a cultivation system to help his Immortal Phoenix True Fate return. He began searching the memories of the Quasi-Immortal Emperors he had imprisoned for knowledge of suitable systems.

• Zhou Tong finished absorbing his battle gains and considered the missing Ten Fiends, deciding to wait for the Kunpeng True Fate rather than search the River of Time.
• Zhou Tong had the Nine Netherworld Howler True Fate devour the Calamity Fire Divine Bow, strengthening his connection to his True Fates and the Hegemonic Bell.
• Zhou Tong judged that merging the Immortal Phoenix True Fate would require a new cultivation system and chose to keep the Kirin True Fate by his side as a potential bridge.
• Zhou Tong searched the memories of the Quasi-Immortal Emperors imprisoned in the Calamity Fire Divine Furnace for knowledge of cultivation systems.

The Desolate Heaven Emperor held back three resurrecting Weird Immortal Emperors on the Weird Plateau while protecting the heavens and High Heaven. When the great sacrifice began, he killed the Chief Sacrificer before he could reach the altar, but his Emperor Blood quietly slipped away through the River of Time.

• A Weird Immortal Emperor emerged from an ancient coffin, and the Desolate Heaven Emperor reflected that the Abyssal Race's coffins enabled their endless resurrections.
• The Weird Immortal Emperors taunted the Desolate Heaven Emperor about the missing mark on the junior he had been waiting for, but he argued that the junior might have escaped their encirclement.
• A voice from within the plateau announced the great sacrifice, and the Chief Sacrificer walked toward the altar.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor struck down the Chief Sacrificer with a sword before he could ascend the altar.
• Three Weird Quasi-Immortal Emperors attacked the Desolate Heaven Emperor, restarting their battle as his Emperor Blood slipped away through the River of Time.