Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong returned to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, discovered that Ye Fan and the others had absorbed a fragment of the Immortal Domain, and planned to expand the number of people who could attain the Dao. After his Quasi-Immortal Emperor prisoners killed themselves and he sensed someone searching for him through the River of Time, he entered the river to investigate a presence from his own time.

• Zhou Tong discovered that Ye Fan and the others had merged a fragment of the Immortal Domain into the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, where Zhou Tong's relatives ruled a large territory.
• Zhou Tong decided to return to the Divine Domain and alter the World Tree so that three people could attain the Dao at once, and he sent an Immortal King artifact to the Zhou Family.
• Zhou Tong found that his Quasi-Immortal Emperor prisoners had killed themselves, eliminating his chance to learn the Abyssal Race's secrets.
• Zhou Tong sensed something searching for him through the River of Time and entered it to investigate.
• Zhou Tong determined that the search was coming from someone in the present rather than from the past or future.

Zhou Tong met the Desolate Heaven Emperor in the River of Time and learned that the Weird Race could revive without limit because of coffins on a plateau beyond the myriad worlds. The Desolate Heaven Emperor left him with the mystery of the Three Lives Bronze Pavilion and its original owner still unresolved.

• The Desolate Heaven Emperor appeared from a drop of Emperor Blood and praised Zhou Tong for surviving the Soul River and forging a new path from his cultivation system.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor explained that his true body was holding back the Abyssal Race, whose Immortal Emperors could revive repeatedly, and revealed that High Heaven had been defeated with eighty percent of its inhabitants dead.
• Zhou Tong realized the Weird Race’s willingness to die in battle came from its ability to revive without limit.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor told Zhou Tong that the Weird Race’s revival might depend on several coffins at the deepest point of a plateau beyond the myriad worlds.
• Zhou Tong asked whether the Three Lives Bronze Pavilion was connected to the coffins, and the Desolate Heaven Emperor conjectured that the Weird Race had replaced the pavilion with them.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor said they would have to defeat the weirdness and the ominous before they could learn who originally owned the Three Lives Bronze Pavilion.

Zhou Tong learned that the Desolate Heaven Emperor was locked in a stalemate with the Weird Race and could not defeat them without endangering the myriad heavens and High Heaven. The Desolate Heaven Emperor revealed a plan to deceive the Weird Race by hiding their true power and using the mysterious jar to infiltrate its ancestral land.

• Zhou Tong concluded that the Desolate Heaven Emperor lacked enough combat power to destroy the Weird Race’s resurrection source without risking the destruction of the myriad heavens and High Heaven.
• Zhou Tong offered to join the battle once he reached the Immortal Emperor realm, but the Desolate Heaven Emperor urged him to conceal his strength and cultivate in secret.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor explained that they would escape through deception, turn their true bodies into seeds, and use a hidden object to enter the Weird Race’s ancestral land.
• Zhou Tong recognized the object as the jar Chu Feng would possess and realized that Shi Hao and Ye Fan were the other two seeds inside it.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor said Zhou Tong should hide his loved ones and use reflections of history to bring their traces into reality while the plan unfolded across countless ages.

Zhou Tong rejected the Desolate Heaven Emperor’s plan to feign death and preserve only their loved ones, insisting that he would fight the Abyssal Race and protect the heavens. The Desolate Heaven Emperor gave Zhou Tong his true blood and agreed to withdraw behind the scenes when Zhou Tong became an Immortal Emperor, while Zhou Tong sensed Kunpeng in the River of Time.

• Zhou Tong challenged the Desolate Heaven Emperor’s plan for failing to protect the countless beings of the heavens from the Abyssal Race.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor explained that fighting the Abyssal Race openly could provoke its full force and weaken the threat that drove cultivators to grow stronger.
• Zhou Tong refused to follow the plan, declaring that his Dao was battle and that he would not feign death to escape.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor recognized that Zhou Tong’s Battle Immortal Path made compromise dangerous to his future strength, but agreed to withdraw behind the scenes once Zhou Tong became an Immortal Emperor.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor transformed into a drop of Emperor Blood and gave it to Zhou Tong, who then sensed Kunpeng in the River of Time.

Zhou Tong reincarnated in the Otherworld’s Sea Waterfall as a newborn creature with a body far stronger than expected, only to discover he was a strange fish rather than a Kunpeng. As he explored the mysterious sea, someone tried to fish him out, and he dragged the angler into the water.

• Zhou Tong awoke in the Sea Waterfall and wondered how the Reincarnation Mirror had created his Kunpeng life.
• Zhou Tong sensed the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass True Fate nearby but could not sense the Thunder Emperor, and he found his newborn body as strong as his Great Sage-stage main body.
• Zhou Tong discovered that his enormous, horned fish body was not a Kunpeng and lacked the Kunpeng Treasure Art inheritance.
• Zhou Tong explored the Sea Waterfall and sensed that its strange water carried profound Great Dao auras and could dissolve bodies and refine primordial spirits.
• Zhou Tong felt someone fishing for him, flicked his tail, and dragged the angler into the water.

Zhou Tong discovered that he had reincarnated as a Progenitor Fish Fry in the Sea Waterfall, carrying young Shi Hao and the Burial Scholars Shen Ming and Sanzang. He escaped the Otherworld’s pursuit with them, leaving the Immortals shocked by the fish’s connection to the River of Time.

• Zhou Tong recognized the young Shi Hao, Shen Ming, and Sanzang clinging to his back and realized he was a Progenitor Fish Fry.
• Zhou Tong followed his bloodline instinct and swam up the Sea Waterfall, with Shi Hao, Shen Ming, and Sanzang shielding themselves from the water.
• The World Tree pressed down on Zhou Tong, but the Sea Waterfall’s power shook the Otherworld and allowed him to hide beyond its reach.
• An Immortal unleashed a Quasi-Immortal King’s full-force strike, but Zhou Tong leaped from the Sea Waterfall and blocked it with black light.
• Zhou Tong vanished with Shi Hao, Shen Ming, and Sanzang as the Otherworld’s Immortals recognized the Progenitor Fish Fry and wondered what its return meant.

Zhou Tong endured the Progenitor Fish Fry’s trial, witnessing the birth of the Kunpeng Method as he evolved. He completed his transformation into a golden Great Roc and released the aura of a Supreme.

• Zhou Tong leaped from the Sea Waterfall and endured a mysterious force that shattered his body and burned his ancestral patterns.
• Zhou Tong focused on the runes forming within him and witnessed the origin and evolution of the Kunpeng Method.
• Zhou Tong completed a ritual of sacrifice, emerging badly injured and greatly reduced in size while Shi Hao, Shen Ming, and Sanzang also lay battered.
• Zhou Tong used the last remaining ancestral pattern and his Essence Blood to restore his body and trigger his final transformation.
• Zhou Tong became a golden Great Roc covered in Kunpeng runes, and his Supreme aura made Shi Hao, Shen Ming, and Sanzang tremble.

Zhou Tong completed his transformation into a Kunpeng and awakened as an innate Supreme, while realizing he was close to becoming immortal. After introducing himself to Shi Hao and the others, he sensed a connection to the era’s karma and led the group after a procession of Thunder Spirits carrying the Thunder Emperor.

• Zhou Tong concluded that his transformation had made him an innate Supreme close to True Immortality, though he chose to stabilize his realm before seeking an immortal tribulation.
• Sanzang, Shen Ming, and Shi Hao marveled at Zhou Tong’s transformation, and Shi Hao explained that the Progenitor Kunpeng was an exception rather than proof that Kunpengs were born as Supremes.
• Zhou Tong transformed into a child, introduced himself by name, and sensed an unfathomable force watching him as the Reincarnation Mirror Imprint emitted a thread of light.
• Several hundred Thunder Spirits arrived carrying the Thunder Emperor’s body on a straw mat, alarming Shi Hao, Shen Ming, and Sanzang.
• Zhou Tong told Shi Hao and the others to follow the Thunder Spirits, and they went after the procession.

Zhou Tong kept his distance from Shi Hao and traveled with the Thunder Spirits toward the Immortal Domain, while examining the unusual time-and-space transformations in his Kunpeng Treasure Art. After the group crossed a burial region and activated a chain of altars, they continued teleporting through abandoned lands toward their destination.

• Zhou Tong dismissed Shen Ming’s question about the sacrificial chants and decided not to remain with Shi Hao, Shen Ming, and Sanzang because he feared entanglement in time’s karma.
• Zhou Tong returned to his Kun Fish form and sensed that his Kunpeng Treasure Art contained transformations related to time and space.
• The Thunder Spirits searched a Burial Ground for the Three Lives Medicine but found nothing, and Zhou Tong noticed that the expected scene from the future had not appeared.
• The Thunder Spirits discovered a bone altar, activated it, and teleported with the Thunder Emperor’s corpse; Zhou Tong and Shi Hao’s group followed.
• The group arrived at another abandoned land, where the Thunder Spirits activated a second altar and continued toward the Immortal Domain.

Zhou Tong followed the Thunder Spirits across the ancient battlefield to the Gate of the Immortal Realm, hoping to enter the Immortal Domain with them. The Thunder Emperor’s legacy awakened the gate, and an Immortal Domain Fortress began to emerge before it.

• Zhou Tong crossed nine altars with the Thunder Spirits and followed his bloodline’s guidance toward the Immortal Domain.
• Zhou Tong passed through an ancient battlefield strewn with broken Immortal Material weapons and reached the Gate of the Immortal Realm.
• The Thunder Spirits chanted an ancient spell, then used a ball of light from the Thunder Emperor’s corpse to awaken the gate.
• Zhou Tong retreated beside the Thunder Emperor’s corpse when the gate’s two characters released an aura that threatened to kill him.
• The Thunder Emperor’s light struck the gate again, causing it to shake as an Immortal Domain Fortress appeared from the void.

Zhou Tong slipped into the Immortal Domain behind the Thunder Spirits and was purified by four True Immortals, who removed the Dark Matter within him. One True Immortal recognized him as a Progenitor Fish Fry, offered him immortal qi, and urged him to seek his ancestral land.

• The Thunder Spirits reached the Immortal Domain gates, and the Thunder Emperor's token persuaded the elders to open them.
• Zhou Tong entered with the Thunder Spirits, while Shi Hao, Shen Ming, and Sanzang were stopped outside.
• Four True Immortals attacked the group to purify the contamination carried from the outside world.
• The purification removed traces of Dark Matter from Zhou Tong, who absorbed the immortal power and strengthened his body.
• A sunlike True Immortal identified Zhou Tong as a Progenitor Fish Fry and gave him immortal qi, helping him complete the Blood Movement Realm again.

Zhou Tong entered the Immortal Domain and was astonished by its abundant spiritual energy and extraordinary scenery. After settling on a remote barren mountain to stabilize his cultivation, he began considering which cultivation system to follow.

• Zhou Tong and the Thunder Spirits passed through the gates, completed their purification, and entered the Immortal Domain.
• Four True Immortals discussed the Thunder Emperor’s legacy and praised Zhou Tong’s potential, while Old Crow explained why he had given him Immortal Qi.
• The True Immortals watched Zhou Tong transform into a true Kunpeng and fly away at astonishing speed.
• Zhou Tong flew to a remote barren mountain, transformed into a boy, and decided to settle there and rebuild his foundation.
• Zhou Tong wondered whether to follow the Chaotic Ancient Method, the Immortal Ancient Method, or the Sky Shrouding Method.

Zhou Tong secluded himself in the Immortal Domain to cultivate a strand of Immortal Qi and develop a Kunpeng-centered path, incorporating the Dao of other Ten Fiends. After thirty years, he emerged with a powerful strand of Immortal Qi and turned his attention to the fighting outside.

• Zhou Tong rejected cultivating the Sky Shrouding Method for fear of its karma and decided to choose between the Immortal Ancient and Chaotic Ancient Methods later.
• Zhou Tong completed his unique Heavenly Cave and made the Kunpeng its sole spirit, using the True Dragon, Immortal Phoenix, and Gu treasure arts to support it.
• Zhou Tong spent three years harmonizing the Kunpeng spirit’s runes, then continued refining his cultivation path in seclusion.
• Zhou Tong cultivated his first strand of Immortal Qi over thirty years and emerged from seclusion.
• Zhou Tong saw an Azure Luan and a Red Toad fighting as Supremes in the mountains nearby.

Zhou Tong interrupted Azure Luan and Red Toad’s battle with his Kunpeng Dharma Form, defeated them, and asked for directions and information about Dao Merging Immortal Seeds. He learned that he was in the eastern Immortal Domain and that White Moon Sacred City traded seeds, but he judged its ordinary offerings unsuitable and continued seeking a supreme seed.

• Zhou Tong appeared in the fight between Azure Luan and Red Toad and attacked them with his Kunpeng Dharma Form.
• Azure Luan and Red Toad joined forces against Zhou Tong, but he severed Azure Luan’s wing and pinned Red Toad to the ground with a Kunpeng divine feather.
• Zhou Tong released Red Toad, and the two fighters returned to human form, apologized, and told him he was in Purple Cloud Mountain in the eastern Immortal Domain.
• Red Toad and Azure Luan explained that Immortal King Yuan Chu’s territory lay to the north and that Dao Integration Seeds were sold in White Moon Sacred City, northwest of them.
• Zhou Tong learned that White Moon Sacred City offered Sun, Moon, and Star seeds in exchange for immortal materials, but decided they were too low-grade and unsuitable for him.

After gathering what the Azure Luan and the Red Toad knew about the Immortal Domain, Zhou Tong traveled to White Moon Sacred City and explored its bustling districts. He left off seeking the most detailed map of the Immortal Domain, preferably one that marked its forbidden lands.

• Zhou Tong questioned the Azure Luan and the Red Toad about the Immortal Domain, then set off northwest toward the Kunpeng ancestral land.
• Zhou Tong transformed into a roc and crossed the three billion li to White Moon Sacred City in the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Zhou Tong passed the Sacred City's strict inspection and entered, observing its immense walls, powerful guards, and ancient Tree Demons.
• Zhou Tong paid spiritual liquid for transport to a busy district and found shops, inns, and trading halls but no Immortal Materials openly for sale.
• Zhou Tong considered the growing Root of Profound Yellow Mother Qi within him and decided to look for a comprehensive map of the Immortal Domain.

Zhou Tong visited Purple Cloud Pavilion to seek an Immortal Seed, but learned that such seeds were monopolized by Immortal King clans. He bought a detailed map of the Immortal Domain and decided to investigate the nearby Heavenly Wood Ruins, where a Quasi-Immortal King's Dao Merging Immortal Seed might remain.

• Zhou Tong asked the Purple Cloud Pavilion clerk about Dao Integration Seeds, but learned the shop had no Immortal Seeds to sell.
• The clerk explained that the Purple Cloud Immortal Sect's previously cultivated Immortal Seed had been sold to Immortal King Yuan Chu's clan, while its next one was reserved for the Hun Yuan Immortal King.
• Zhou Tong bought the shop's newest Immortal Domain map with a strand of Profound Yellow Qi.
• Zhou Tong studied the map and identified the Heavenly Wood Ruins, a dangerous forest where Quasi-Immortal King Tuo Mu had failed his tribulation.
• Zhou Tong decided to investigate the Heavenly Wood Ruins while traveling toward the far northern region, hoping to find Tuo Mu's Immortal Seed.

Zhou Tong searched White Moon Sacred City for Dao Integration Seeds and Immortal Material, learning that Immortal Kings monopolized the Immortal Domain’s greatest resources. In a tavern, he heard reports of a new battle between the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and the Otherworld, including the deaths of two Kings.

• Zhou Tong found that shops and auction houses offered no worthwhile Dao Integration Seeds or Immortal Material to ordinary cultivators.
• An elder explained that cultivators traded Immortal Material for Dao Merging Immortal Seeds or offered it to Immortal Kings, who controlled the region’s resources.
• Zhou Tong heard tavern patrons say the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and the Otherworld had fought again, and that two Kings had fallen.
• A patron said An Lan had killed a surviving King from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, whom Zhou Tong recognized as the last of the Seven Kings of the Border Wasteland.
• Zhou Tong reflected that the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands had lost many Immortal Kings because they fought alone and were overwhelmed by groups of Otherworld Kings.

After hearing rumors that a Nine-Leaf Sword Grass had severely wounded Wushang, Zhou Tong suspected it was one of his True Fates and concluded it had likely returned to his main body. He traveled to the dangerous Heavenly Wood Ruins seeking a Dao Merging Immortal Seed, then followed a treasure ship from the Immortal King Yuan Chu’s family when it arrived.

• Zhou Tong heard that a Nine-Leaf Sword Grass had appeared in the battle involving An Lan and Wushang and had severely wounded Wushang.
• Zhou Tong suspected the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass was one of his True Fates, but reassured himself that it had returned safely to his main body.
• Zhou Tong gathered information in White Moon Sacred City and set out alone for the Heavenly Wood Ruins in search of a Dao Merging Immortal Seed.
• Zhou Tong approached the ruins, sensed their terrifying aura, and withdrew his divine sense after the forest began devouring it.
• Zhou Tong saw a warship bearing the mark of Immortal King Yuan Chu and secretly followed it using the Dragon Concealment Secret Art.

Zhou Tong followed Immortal King Yuan Chu’s warship through the Heavenly Wood Ruins and discovered that the seemingly endless forest was a trap built to feed a Myriad Dao Tree. He reached the central region and realized that intruding cultivators’ Dao laws nourished the tree, leaving him to consider the Immortal King’s vast design.

• Zhou Tong followed the warship through the forest and deduced that it used a method passed down by Immortal King Yuan Chu to navigate the ruins.
• Zhou Tong spotted a Giant Clan True Immortal’s enormous corpse and a Great Luo Immortal Gold axe, and wondered how the cultivator had died.
• Zhou Tong continued along the spiraling route as Dao Sounds grew stronger and the group reached the center of the Heavenly Wood Ruins.
• Zhou Tong saw millions of floating islands arranged around a central peak and recognized them as a formation nurturing a Myriad Dao Tree.
• Zhou Tong realized that Immortal King Yuan Chu had made the ruins consume the Dao laws of cultivators who entered, including True Immortals.

Zhou Tong secretly followed the Immortal King Yuan Chu’s family to a Myriad Dao Tree cultivation ground and learned how its creation had been established. He waited for the lineage’s safeguards to disappear before making his move, while its two Supreme guardians trusted a divination that predicted great fortune.

• Zhou Tong studied the island chains’ Great Dao formations, advanced his Source Technique, and continued following the family’s warship in secret.
• Zhou Tong discovered that the central mountain held a mature Myriad Dao Tree bearing exactly ten thousand law-formed fruits, a treasure he wanted to fuse with.
• A white-robed youth with a strand of immortal qi arrived with two Supremes, and Zhou Tong concealed his presence while watching for the Immortal King Yuan Chu’s safeguards.
• The two Supremes explained that Immortal King Yuan Chu had created the cultivation ground after interfering with Quasi-Immortal King Tuo Mu’s failed tribulation, which scattered the Myriad Dao Tree’s aura.
• Zhou Tong condemned Immortal King Yuan Chu’s ruthlessness and continued waiting, while the Supremes relied on their ancestor’s arrangements and a divination promising good fortune.