Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong traveled upstream through the River of Time in search of his Kunpeng True Fate, but temporal mist obscured its location. Guided by Desolate Heaven Emperor Shi Hao’s blood, he found a vortex reflecting a Quasi-Immortal Emperor battle and suspected he was approaching the clash from the Chaotic Ancient Era.

• Zhou Tong crossed several eras upstream and found that temporal power concealed the location of his Kunpeng True Fate.
• Zhou Tong used a drop of Desolate Heaven Emperor Shi Hao’s blood to sense a direction through the mist of time.
• Zhou Tong followed the resonance and discovered a vast vortex reflecting the runes of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor battle.
• Zhou Tong recognized runes from the Nine Netherworld Ferocious Beast Treasure Art and wondered whether he had been the future visitor Shi Hao encountered in earlier eras.

Zhou Tong considered the danger of entering the past, where the Abyssal Race and ominous lineage might send an Immortal Emperor to kill the Desolate Heaven Emperor. After sensing his Kunpeng True Fate in that era, he entered the River of Time’s tributary and arrived at the Sea of Worlds.

• Zhou Tong reasoned that the Abyssal Race’s past assassination attempts could involve an Immortal Emperor, despite his strength against Quasi-Immortal Emperors.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor’s blood formed a divine sword and resonated with Zhou Tong’s Kunpeng True Fate, revealing that he could retrieve it and merge it into his Sixth Secret Realm.
• Zhou Tong decided to risk encountering a true Immortal Emperor and charged into the vortex in the River of Time.
• Zhou Tong traveled through a tributary of the River of Time and emerged before the Sea of Worlds, surrounded by ancient, ruined realms.

Shi Hao fought the World-Ending Old Man and the three Quasi-Immortal Emperors, refusing to abandon his attachments or let them attack the Immortal Domain. Zhou Tong emerged from the River of Time onto the Sea of Worlds, where the battle paused as the fighters noticed him.

• Shi Hao completed a transformation that made him stronger, then attacked the exhausted Azure Emperor, Feather Emperor, and Emperor Hong.
• The World-Ending Old Man tried to dissuade Shi Hao and fought him, but Shi Hao insisted that their paths and values were different.
• The World-Ending Old Man attacked the Immortal Domain and gave pills to the three emperors, urging them to recover and destroy it, while Shi Hao blocked their way.
• The Feather Emperor and the World-Ending Old Man sensed someone arriving from the future, causing the battle to slow.
• Zhou Tong emerged from the River of Time, recognized the Desolate Heaven Emperor, and saw that the five fighters had turned their attention toward him.

Zhou Tong arrived from the future during Shi Hao’s battle with the World-Ending Old Man, the Azure Emperor, Feather Emperor, and Emperor Hong, but refused to interfere as he searched for his Kunpeng True Fate. He sensed a terrifying presence rushing along the River of Time toward him, leaving everyone uneasy.

• Zhou Tong appeared as a powerful Quasi-Immortal Emperor, alarming the World-Ending Old Man and the others as they continued attacking Shi Hao.
• Zhou Tong withdrew Shi Hao’s drop of Immortal Emperor blood and told the World-Ending Old Man that he had come only to find someone.
• Zhou Tong searched for his Kunpeng True Fate and sensed it in an unfamiliar ancient realm within the heavens, not in the Immortal Domain or High Heaven.
• Zhou Tong heard a terrifying roar from the River of Time, and Shi Hao, the World-Ending Old Man, the Azure Emperor, Feather Emperor, and Emperor Hong all turned toward the approaching threat.

In the Kunpeng Ancestral Land, Zhou Tong learns that four Quasi-Immortal Emperors are battling in the Sea of Worlds and decides to delay leaving until he advances further. He completes a violent second transformation, awakening a faint aura of an Immortal Emperor.

• Zhou Tong sensed his true self in the Sea of Worlds and realized that his true self had reached at least the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm.
• The Kunpeng Ancestor revealed his cracked primordial spirit and explained that the Kunpeng Ancestral Land suppressed it and delayed his death.
• The Kunpeng Ancestor told Zhou Tong that four Quasi-Immortal Emperors were besieging one person in the Sea of Worlds, and Zhou Tong identified the battle as the assault on the Desolate Heaven Emperor.
• Zhou Tong chose to complete his second transformation before leaving and began cultivating amid a powerful Great Dao domain.
• Zhou Tong's old body was torn apart as a new Immortal Embryo emerged, completing his transformation and releasing a faint Immortal Emperor aura.

A Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor traveled back along the River of Time and confronted Zhou Tong, whom he identified as the one who had slain fifteen Quasi-Immortal Emperors of his race. The Immortal Emperor struck Zhou Tong with overwhelming force, but Zhou Tong blocked the attack and quickly healed his minor injuries.

• A Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor appeared in the River of Time and addressed Zhou Tong as the temporal correction for his journey into the past.
• The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor revealed that Zhou Tong had recently become a Quasi-Immortal Emperor and slain fifteen Emperors of his race.
• The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor declared that Zhou Tong would die and attacked him with a devastating finger strike.
• Shi Hao and the other Quasi-Immortal Emperors were shaken by the attack's power as Zhou Tong resisted it with all his strength.
• Zhou Tong blocked the strike with only slight injuries, and crimson flames rapidly healed his wounds.

Zhou Tong used his Immortal Emperor-level body to withstand the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor and challenge him in close combat. Their battle continued in the River of Time, with both wounded, while Zhou Tong repeatedly recovered and charged back in.

• Zhou Tong judged the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor's strength and revealed that his physical body had reached the Immortal Emperor level.
• World-Ending Old Man questioned whether he had taken the wrong path, while Shi Hao grew more confident in advancing without the power of darkness.
• The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor recognized Zhou Tong's Emperor-level body, but Zhou Tong rushed in and struck him in close combat.
• Zhou Tong forced the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor to fight physically, accepting severe injuries to keep him from unleashing his full power.
• Zhou Tong repeatedly healed with strange flames and charged again, while the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor suffered wounds and complained about his recovery.

Shi Hao fought four Quasi-Immortal Emperors while Zhou Tong’s Kunpeng True Fate emerged from the Kunpeng Ancestral Land as a Quasi-Immortal Emperor. After seeing the Immortal Domain in ruins, Zhou Tong crossed the dam to join Shi Hao in the Sea of Worlds.

• Shi Hao attacked the World-Ending Old Man, Azure Emperor, Feather Emperor, and Emperor Hong, who joined forces against him.
• A tremendous aura erupted in the north of the Immortal Domain, startling the combatants and experts across the realm.
• Zhou Tong’s Kunpeng True Fate appeared, revealing a Quasi-Immortal Emperor aura touched by the Immortal Emperor Realm.
• Butcher and others recognized Zhou Tong as the Kunpeng who had fought Shi Hao at the Flat Peach Grand Gathering and later defeated the first wave of Dark Creatures.
• Zhou Tong saw the Immortal Domain’s ruined state, declared that he would take part in the battle, and flew into the Sea of Worlds to help Shi Hao.

Zhou Tong arrived at the Sea of Worlds as a Quasi-Immortal Emperor nearly at the Immortal Emperor realm, giving Shi Hao a powerful ally against the four emperors. In the River of Time, Zhou Tong fought the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor and left him badly injured with his Cremation Secret Technique, though Zhou Tong himself lost half his body.

• Zhou Tong's Kunpeng True Fate appeared at the Sea of Worlds, and Shi Hao recognized him as the Kunpeng he had fought at the Flat Peach Grand Gathering.
• The World-Ending Old Man, Azure Emperor, and the other emperors realized Zhou Tong had advanced beyond them, while the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor reconsidered his chances against Shi Hao.
• Zhou Tong struck the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor inside the River of Time, but the Immortal Emperor evaded the blow and counterattacked, injuring Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong's battle intent rose as he fought the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor with increasingly reckless attacks to counter his opponent's greater strength.
• Zhou Tong sacrificed half his body to land his strongest Cremation Secret Technique, nearly melting half of the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor's head.

Zhou Tong fought the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor and advanced his Cremation Secret Technique into a sword capable of challenging an Immortal Emperor. His Kunpeng True Fate struck across the River of Time, splitting the Emperor apart, and Zhou Tong began burning the Emperor’s remains in a furnace.

• The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor unleashed his full aura, threatening to collapse the Sea of Worlds, while Zhou Tong welcomed the fight and realized his Cremation Secret Technique could reach the Immortal Emperor level.
• Zhou Tong formed his Cremation Secret Technique into a flaming divine sword and attacked the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor.
• Zhou Tong’s Kunpeng True Fate arrived at peerless speed and crossed the River of Time to cleave the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor in half.
• The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor regenerated, but Zhou Tong split him apart again with his divine sword as the Kunpeng True Fate shattered part of his head.
• Zhou Tong drew the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor’s scattered flesh and bones into a flaming furnace and began burning and refining them.

Zhou Tong recalled the Kunpeng True Fate into his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, revealing that the Kunpeng was his incarnation from the future. As the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor attacked him on the River of Time, Zhou Tong began growing stronger by merging with the Kunpeng True Fate in battle.

• The Kunpeng True Fate merged into Zhou Tong’s divine ring, leading World-Ending Old Man, Azure Emperor, Feather Emperor, and Emperor Hong to realize it was Zhou Tong’s incarnation from the future.
• Shi Hao recognized Zhou Tong’s secret art from the earlier appearance of the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, then turned his attention back to his own opponents.
• The Kunpeng True Fate offered its Heavenly Cave to Zhou Tong’s Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, where the World Tree took root and stabilized the newly added world.
• Zhou Tong began merging the Kunpeng True Fate into his Sixth Secret Realm, absorbing its memories and gaining strength as the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor launched another attack.
• Zhou Tong and the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor clashed atop the River of Time, and Zhou Tong grew stronger with each exchange.

The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor failed to trace Zhou Tong’s past, then unleashed his accumulated arts against him. After Zhou Tong shattered his body with a punch, the Emperor revived through his scattered blood and began painting Zhou Tong into his ultimate art, Myriad Ancient Heavens as a Scroll Painting.

• The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor tried to travel upstream through time and kill Zhou Tong in his childhood, but Zhou Tong used his True Dragon Avatar to divert the karma and make the attempt fail.
• The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor realized Zhou Tong could use a True Fate as a substitute for his karma and vowed to kill him before he could develop further.
• Burning his Essence Blood, the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor attacked with countless secret arts, while Zhou Tong fought back as he fused with the Kunpeng True Fate.
• Zhou Tong broke through the Emperor’s attacks and struck him with a punch that scattered his body into golden blood.
• The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor’s blood merged with his secret arts and formed stars that displayed histories and sealed civilizations.
• The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor invoked Myriad Ancient Heavens as a Scroll Painting, and Zhou Tong became trapped within the expanding scroll.

Zhou Tong was trapped in a seemingly real Pure Land created by the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor, a method that absorbed his power whenever he attacked. He chose to use the trap’s passage of time to integrate the Kunpeng True Fate into his Sixth Secret Realm and discovered its transcendent Dao might help him escape.

• Zhou Tong resisted the tempting immortal medicines, then destroyed the Pure Land and found that the world remained unchanged.
• Zhou Tong summoned the River of Time and realized the world contained no spiritual essence and absorbed the laws from his attacks.
• Zhou Tong recognized the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor’s method was meant to wear him down and digest his power.
• Zhou Tong sealed his essence and began comprehending the Kunpeng True Fate’s Dao to integrate it into his Sixth Secret Realm.
• Zhou Tong realized the Kunpeng’s speed Dao transcended time, space, and fate, and began merging its immortal light with his own.

Zhou Tong fought the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor’s Quasi-Immortal Emperor opponents inside the Myriad Heavens Scroll, using the battle to advance his Kunpeng Dao. As the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor tried to close the scroll and crush its worlds, Zhou Tong broke through it with a reaching palm.

• The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor sent two Quasi-Immortal Emperors against Zhou Tong inside the Myriad Heavens Scroll, intending to drain his power and harvest his Dao.
• Zhou Tong used the Kunpeng True Fate’s Transcendence to strike at a higher dimension, but the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor altered the scroll and replaced his opponents with a crimson-haired Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
• Zhou Tong battled the crimson-haired Quasi-Immortal Emperor for three months across the River of Time, then resisted his blood-sea attack while nearing a transformation in his Kunpeng Dao.
• The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor explained that his scroll grew stronger by absorbing the Dao and essence of those trapped inside, and began closing it to crush the worlds within.
• Zhou Tong tore through the Myriad Heavens Scroll, and a palm reached out through the crack.

Zhou Tong shattered the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor’s life-bound painting scroll, survived the backlash, and transformed his Immortal Body. He overwhelmed and destroyed the weakened emperor, whose fragments were then sucked into a crimson furnace.

• Zhou Tong tore apart the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor’s painting scroll, inflicting a catastrophic backlash on its creator.
• Zhou Tong emerged from the scroll and underwent a transformation that gave him a more powerful Immortal Body.
• Zhou Tong suppressed the scroll’s remains in his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings and attacked the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor with his fists and Hegemonic Bell.
• The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor’s attacks failed as Zhou Tong repeatedly blasted his body apart and killed him.
• The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor tried to reassemble, but a crimson furnace sucked in his shattered fragments.

Zhou Tong trapped the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor in the Calamity Fire Divine Furnace and searched his memories, but the prisoner used a hidden suicide method to erase them. Zhou Tong kept the Immortal Emperor’s corpse and gained three Cultivation Systems, then reflected on how his abilities had countered the enemy’s strongest techniques.

• Zhou Tong used the Calamity Fire Divine Furnace to probe the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor’s memories and stop his first attempt to self-destruct.
• The Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor handed over insignificant memories to stall Zhou Tong while choosing a secret suicide technique.
• Zhou Tong extracted several techniques and three Cultivation Systems before the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor erased his memories and died.
• Zhou Tong accepted the loss of the remaining memories and noted that the Immortal Emperor’s corpse could nourish the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.
• Zhou Tong recalled how his Sixth Secret Realm and Kunpeng True Fate countered the Golden-Eyed Immortal Emperor’s strongest attacks, while acknowledging that he had not yet firmly reached the Immortal Emperor realm.

Zhou Tong watched Shi Hao defeat World-Ending Old Man and the other Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors, then used the Kunpeng True Fate’s memories to study hundreds of cultivation systems. After more than ten thousand years of comprehension, a mighty force swept through the Sea of Worlds and the Immortal Domain disintegrated.

• World-Ending Old Man unleashed his destructive power, but Shi Hao defeated him, captured his primordial spirit, and suppressed the Azure Emperor, Feather Emperor, and Emperor Hong.
• Shi Hao wiped out the remaining Dark Creatures and refined the four Quasi-Immortal Emperors in his Law Pool.
• Zhou Tong judged that the timeline would endure for tens of thousands of years and sat on the River of Time to stabilize his Immortal Emperor realm and absorb the Kunpeng True Fate’s memories.
• Zhou Tong discovered that the Kunpeng Ancestor had brought hundreds of cultivation systems from High Heaven and carefully studied them for more than ten thousand years.
• An overwhelming force swept from the Sea of Worlds toward the Myriad Worlds, and the Immortal Domain disintegrated.

After the Immortal Domain collapsed and Shi Hao left for the Ultimate Ancient Land, Zhou Tong was prevented from following and continued cultivating on the River of Time. He completed his comprehension of countless Cultivation Systems and began forming his Immortal Emperor Method, which he ultimately named Heavens.

• The Corpse Immortal Emperor drew essence from the shattered Immortal Domain, and Shi Hao crossed the Sea of Worlds toward the Ultimate Ancient Land.
• An inexplicable force of time stopped Zhou Tong from following Shi Hao, so he resumed cultivating on the River of Time.
• Zhou Tong absorbed the final insights from the Kunpeng True Fate and spent thousands of years integrating them with the Cultivation Systems he already knew.
• Zhou Tong’s System Divine Patterns merged into the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, and his true body entered them as his Immortal Emperor Method took shape.
• Zhou Tong realized his method would amplify his foundation through the Ten True Lives and named his ultimate, evolving Emperor Method Heavens.

Zhou Tong tested his incomplete Immortal Emperor Method in the River of Time and witnessed Shi Hao’s battle with the Corpse Immortal Emperor. After Shi Hao perfected his method and entered the Immortal Emperor realm, his blood remained in time and space to await someone willing to join his plan.

• Zhou Tong used his Emperor Method to sever a tributary of the River of Time, then lost his Immortal Emperor aura because his method lacked two True Fates.
• Zhou Tong saw the Corpse Immortal Emperor attack Shi Hao in the past and concluded that history could not be changed without immense power and cost.
• The Corpse Immortal Emperor cut Shi Hao into countless drops of blood, which spread through the River of Time and deduced Shi Hao’s Self-Transformation Technique.
• Shi Hao’s Emperor Blood gathered after Zhou Tong returned to his era, and Shi Hao perfected his Emperor Method and entered the Immortal Emperor realm.
• Shi Hao’s blood on Zhou Tong trembled, and Zhou Tong understood that Shi Hao planned to wait in time and space for someone willing to carry out his plan.

Zhou Tong returned from the River of Time with a new understanding of his Immortal Emperor Method and a resurrection technique from Shi Hao. With time running short and his final True Fate still to develop, he chose the Pollen Path for his Kirin True Fate.

• Shi Hao advised Zhou Tong to visit High Heaven and passed on a method for resurrecting loved ones by turning reflected historical phantoms into real bodies.
• Zhou Tong returned to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, where no time had passed during his long cultivation in the River of Time.
• Zhou Tong reviewed his gains, including fusing with the Kunpeng True Fate and forming the embryonic version of his Immortal Emperor Method.
• Zhou Tong realized the strange and ominous would soon target him and decided he had little time to grow stronger.
• Zhou Tong examined his Kirin True Fate and selected the Pollen Path as the cultivation system best suited to connect it with his Immortal Phoenix True Fate.