Chapter Summaries

Lu Zhou retraced the battle outside Purple Mountain and witnessed Zhang Lin’s final moments, in which the fifth-generation Origin Master chose to vanish rather than continue living in a muddled state. Left unable to save him, Lu Zhou offered wine in farewell and wandered the ruins, shaken by his powerlessness.

• Lu Zhou used the Retrogression Technique to view Zhang Lin fighting the Ancient Emperor Mountain lineage outside Purple Mountain two years earlier.
• Lu Zhou witnessed Zhang Lin regain his youthful appearance at dawn and leave him words of gratitude for saving Yang Yi.
• Zhang Lin said he wanted to depart completely, then turned into a rain of light and vanished.
• Lu Zhou poured wine over the crimson earth to bid Zhang Lin farewell.
• Lu Zhou wandered the ruins, realizing that he could not revive Zhang Lin after he had chosen to die.

Lu Zhou learned that Yang Yi remained in seclusion and still did not know Zhang Lin had died, then joined old friends at Demon Court to hear how Kun Zhou had orchestrated the attack there. The reunion revealed that Kun Zhou’s faction had been destroyed and Kun Zhou had fallen to the War Saint King.

• After hearing from Yao Wentian that Yang Yi had entered seclusion in the Western Emperor Tower three years earlier, Lu Zhou reached Jade Pool but left without entering.
• Lu Zhou went to Demon Court, where Yan Ruyu, Yao Xi, Weiwei, his companions, and old friends welcomed him with a banquet.
• Monkey explained that Kun Zhou had engineered the assault on Demon Court to draw the War Saint King from Mount Sumeru and attack the War Saint Ape lineage.
• Yao Xi said Kun Zhou had borrowed the Myriad Dragon Bell and recruited Golden King, while Yan Ruyu revealed that Dragon Girl had warned her about the bell.
• Lu Zhou learned that the battle had annihilated Ancient Emperor Mountain’s faction and that the War Saint King had killed Kun Zhou.

Lu Zhou reunited with Ye Fan and learned how Ye Fan had built the Heavenly Court into a major force. After agreeing to become its honorary leader, Lu Zhou prepared to explain what he had been doing, only to realize he had overlooked something.

• Those who knew of Dragon Girl’s feelings for Lu Zhou understood that she had warned Yan Ruyu about Kun Zhou’s planned attack because of Lu Zhou, and Lu Zhou decided to visit the Myriad Dragon Nest later.
• Ye Fan returned to Big Dipper with Ji Ziyue, Qin Yao, Tongtong, Jiang Yanran, and Zhang Qingyang, and he told Lu Zhou how he had joined Qi Luo in rebuilding the Heavenly Court as a true great force.
• Ye Fan asked Lu Zhou why he had not yet established his own Daoist lineage, and Lu Zhou said he would wait a few more years while he dealt with other matters.
• Qi Luo invited Lu Zhou to join the Heavenly Court, and Ye Fan offered him the honorary leader position, even volunteering to step down as its Lord.
• Lu Zhou accepted Ye Fan’s offer, and the group continued celebrating until someone asked what Lu Zhou had been doing in recent years, reminding him that he had overlooked something.

Lu Zhou brought Fan Xian, Qi Meng, Dao One, and Dao One's Guardian of the Dao to the Big Dipper and introduced them to his companions, who learned about his exploits in Eternal. Hua Yunfei and Li Xiaoman then thanked Lu Zhou for helping them, and he toasted them on their marriage and future.

• Lu Zhou brought Fan Xian, Qi Meng, Dao One, and Dao One's Guardian of the Dao out of Qiankun Heaven and Earth and introduced them to Ye Fan and the others.
• Ye Fan and his companions welcomed the newcomers, while Yan Ruyu arranged seats for Fan Xian and Qi Meng beside Lu Zhou.
• Dao One and Fan Xian's group recounted Lu Zhou's victories in Eternal, astonishing his companions and prompting Dao One to describe him as a freak.
• Hua Yunfei and Li Xiaoman approached Lu Zhou as husband and wife, thanked him for helping them, and recalled Hua Yunfei's rise to become Taixuan Sect's master and his aid in defending the Demon Court.
• Lu Zhou thanked Hua Yunfei and Li Xiaoman for reinforcing the Demon Court, congratulated them on becoming a couple, and toasted their past and future.

Lu Zhou shared Eternal’s Evolutionary Elixir methods and supplies with his allies, helping them gather ingredients and strengthen themselves. He then reunited with Dragon Girl at the Myriad Dragon Nest, where they encountered Qianlun and Lei Zhan as they prepared to visit the Golden Cave.

• Lu Zhou gave his allies Evolutionary Elixir, extraction methods, and ingredient lists, and they later cooperated to gather ingredients and produce elixirs that greatly improved their cultivation.
• After spending time with his Dao Companions, Lu Zhou went to the Myriad Dragon Nest and met Dragon Girl waiting for him in the snow.
• Dragon Girl began explaining why the Myriad Dragon Nest had lent the Myriad Dragon Bell to Kun Zhou, but Lu Zhou told her he understood.
• Members of the Myriad Dragon Nest treated Lu Zhou with reverence after hearing that he had traveled to the Eternity Star Domain and slain many Eternal Saints.
• Lu Zhou and Dragon Girl encountered Qianlun and Lei Zhan, and Qianlun said the Golden King had invited him to the Golden Cave.

Lu Zhou toured Myriad Dragon Nest with Dragon Girl, who confessed that she had fallen in love with him and chose to stay by his side. They became Dao Companions, and Dragon Girl found comfort in having someone who understood her loneliness; Lu Zhou remained with her in her private chamber.

• Qianlun bowed his head to Lu Zhou and left Myriad Dragon Nest with Lei Zhan, while Lu Zhou said he held no grudge against him.
• Dragon Girl guided Lu Zhou through Myriad Dragon Nest, showing him the True Dragon Nest, the Empress's coffins, and her private chamber.
• Dragon Girl told Lu Zhou she wanted to follow him for the True Dragon Inheritance and because she had fallen in love with him after years of thinking about him.
• Lu Zhou held Dragon Girl and confessed that he had fallen for her too, and the two spent the night together.
• Dragon Girl smiled sincerely and realized she no longer felt lonely because Lu Zhou understood and cherished her.

Zi Yan and Zi Xuan escaped Undying Mountain and began abducting creatures and cultivators for research as they explored the planet. At the Peng King Lineage’s ancestral hall, the Old Peng King heard the Golden-Winged Little Peng King call out to him after nearly thirty years in the Nine Saint Trials.

• Zi Yan and Zi Xuan repaired their spacecraft, escaped Undying Mountain, and vowed to investigate the planet and take revenge on the natives who had pursued them.
• The siblings began capturing strange beasts and cultivators, gradually expanding their raids beyond Undying Mountain.
• The Old Peng King waited anxiously outside the ancestral hall, fearing for the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, whose soul lamp showed only a faint trace of life.
• The ancestral hall’s stone doors opened, and the Golden-Winged Little Peng King called out, “Grandfather!”

The Golden-Winged Little Peng King returned after passing the Heavenly Peng Clan’s Nine Saint Trials, ending nearly thirty years of seclusion. As cultivators debated his strength and anticipated his promised rematch with Ye Fan and Lu Zhou, the Little Peng King declared that he would fight.

• The Golden-Winged Little Peng King reunited with the Old Peng King, who welcomed him home after his successful trials.
• News of the Little Peng King’s return spread, and cultivators recounted his past battles and argued over how powerful he had become.
• Cultivators revived the nearly thirty-year-old agreement for the Little Peng King to fight Ye Fan and Lu Zhou, fueling widespread anticipation.
• Rumors about Lu Zhou and Dragon Girl briefly overshadowed the discussion as cultivators awaited the three men’s response.
• The Golden-Winged Little Peng King announced from the Heavenly Peng Clan’s ancestral land that he would fight.

Heavenly Village learned that Golden-Winged Little Peng King had passed the Nine Saint Trials and challenged Ye Fan and Lu Zhou to battles outside the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land. Ye Fan and Lu Zhou accepted, and Lu Zhou looked forward to seeing how much Golden-Winged Little Peng King had changed.

• Qi Luo and Yan Yixi discussed Golden-Winged Little Peng King's strength as Old Knife Handle arrived with news of his successful emergence from seclusion.
• Old Knife Handle delivered Golden-Winged Little Peng King's letter of challenge to Ye Fan and reported that he had sent another challenge to Lu Zhou through Yan Ruyu.
• Ye Fan emerged from seclusion, read Golden-Winged Little Peng King's letter, and publicly accepted the challenge.
• Myriad Dragon Nest announced that Tyrant Immortal had accepted the challenge, releasing a character for battle that shook the surrounding cultivators.
• Lu Zhou told Dragon Girl he had accepted because he had promised Golden-Winged Little Peng King another chance to challenge him, and Dragon Girl asked to watch the battle.

The Golden-Winged Little Peng King reunited with old acquaintances and fought Ye Fan and Lu Zhou, losing both battles while proving how far he had advanced. After the celebrations ended, he sought out Lu Zhou as Lu Zhou prepared to visit Undying Mountain.

• Cultivators and powerful observers gathered outside the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land to watch the promised duel, and the Golden-Winged Little Peng King arrived with the Old Peng King.
• Ye Fan and Lu Zhou greeted the Little Peng King, who admitted that he expected to lose but wanted to measure himself against them and account for the years he had endured.
• The Little Peng King lost to Ye Fan in a hard-fought battle and was swiftly suppressed by Lu Zhou, while Dao One judged him a prodigy approaching the level of an Imperial Son.
• The Little Peng King remained carefree after his defeats, and he joined Lu Zhou, Ye Fan, and their old acquaintances for a feast at the Demon Court.
• After the gathering ended, the Little Peng King sought out Lu Zhou, who was preparing to travel to Undying Mountain.

Golden-Winged Little Peng King accepted Lu Zhou’s offer to become his follower, and Lu Zhou set out with Qi Meng and Fan Xian to find the stranded Ziyun Clan siblings near Undying Mountain. At Wangkong City, the siblings’ spacecraft abducted Ye Fan, Big Black Dog, Dragon Horse, Li Tian, and several others, leaving Lu Zhou cursing as he witnessed it.

• Golden-Winged Little Peng King told Lu Zhou he had decided to follow him and explore the stars, and Lu Zhou welcomed him.
• Lu Zhou told Qi Meng and Fan Xian that Zi Yan and her brother had repaired their spacecraft and were causing trouble near Undying Mountain.
• Lu Zhou, Golden-Winged Little Peng King, Qi Meng, and Fan Xian followed the Ziyun Clan siblings’ silver spacecraft to Wangkong City.
• During Wangkong Day, the spacecraft’s beam enveloped Ye Fan, Big Black Dog, Dragon Horse, Li Tian, and several others, then carried them away.
• Lu Zhou and his companions arrived in time to see the abduction, and Lu Zhou cursed at the spacecraft’s timing.

Zi Yan and Zi Xuan’s group captured Ye Fan and his companions, but their captives quickly overpowered them and turned the tables. Lu Zhou, Qi Meng, and Fan Xian arrived and revealed that the siblings came from the Eternity Star Domain, leaving Qi Meng to reunite with her friend Zi Yan.

• Zi Yan and Zi Xuan’s spaceship swept up cultivators in Wangkong City, and Lu Zhou’s group followed it.
• Ye Fan and his companions explored the ship and discovered other captives, including the Ziyun Clan siblings and their mercenaries.
• Zi Xuan activated the cage’s lightning array, but Black Emperor, Ye Fan, and the others broke free and captured their captors.
• Ye Fan questioned Zi Yan about their origins, while Zi Yan admitted they had captured the group to study their powerful bloodlines.
• Lu Zhou, Qi Meng, Fan Xian, and the Golden-Winged Little Peng King appeared, and Lu Zhou identified Zi Yan’s group as people from the Eternity Star Domain.

Lu Zhou’s group found the partially refined Evolutionary Elixir pool guarded by Zi Yan and Zi Xuan, and Qi Meng proposed that they cooperate with Ye Fan’s group to refine it further. They agreed to work together and discussed gathering rare ingredients, with Ye Fan planning a trip toward Eternal that might reunite him with Pang Bo.

• Zi Yan and Zi Xuan were stunned to learn that Qi Meng and Fan Xian were both with Lu Zhou.
• Big Black Dog and Dragon Horse recognized the Evolutionary Elixir pool, but Zi Yan pleaded with Lu Zhou’s group not to take it.
• Qi Meng revealed that Lu Zhou’s group had refined fourth-stage Evolutionary Elixir and proposed cooperating to improve the pool.
• Ye Fan said his group had leads on primary ingredients, including a Primal Fate Stone and a Heart of the Death Realm, and Lu Zhou encouraged their plans.
• Zi Yan and Zi Xuan agreed to cooperate with Ye Fan’s group, and everyone returned together to Heavenly Village.

Duan De proposed opening the Great Emperor’s tomb beneath Yaoguang Holy Land early, and Lu Zhou agreed after learning Yaoguang was prepared to relocate. The group arrived at Yaoguang, where Yao Wentian and the others faced the long-anticipated decision to uncover the tomb.

• Duan De told Lu Zhou and the others that the tomb beneath Yaoguang might contain Evolutionary Elixir ingredients and would eventually erupt on its own.
• Lu Zhou suspected Duan De knew more about the tomb than he admitted, but agreed to open it early because Yaoguang could relocate and the group might find treasures.
• Lu Zhou, Ye Fan, Duan De, and the others traveled through a domain gate to Yaoguang and stood atop the tomb.
• Yao Xi and Weiwei questioned the group's sudden arrival, and Qi Meng introduced Zi Yan and her brother.
• Lu Zhou explained their purpose, and Yao Wentian reacted with reluctance and relief as Yaoguang prepared to confront the tomb's emergence.

Yaoguang relocated its entire Holy Land, exposing a buried Great Tomb beneath its old site and drawing cultivators from across the world. As Lu Zhou and his allies prepared to enter the tomb, the Golden Heavenly Maiden arrived and fixed her gaze on Lu Zhou.

• Yao Xi ordered the Yaoguang disciples to gather, and Yaoguang used the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Seal and protective formations to lift its Holy Land toward a new site.
• Cultivators investigating Yaoguang's former grounds discovered that the highland concealed a Great Tomb, and Duan De began working to open it.
• As the highland cracked and the tomb neared emergence, Lu Zhou, Ye Hei, Duan De, and their allies gathered with secret passages prepared while rival forces formed groups and watched them warily.
• Two ancient war chariots arrived with a Golden Clan escort, and cultivators recognized the Golden Heavenly Maiden by the ancient emperor's aura and the Golden Clan's respectful greeting.
• The Golden Heavenly Maiden stepped from her chariot in battle armor and looked directly toward Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou watched Golden Heavenly Maiden arrive and reflected on how she and Dragon Girl had been driven toward tragic fates in the future he remembered. As the Great Tomb beneath Yaoguang Old Land began releasing treasures and a massacre broke out, Lu Zhou agreed to follow Duan De through a secret passage.

• Golden Heavenly Maiden arrived on a war chariot and silently surveyed Lu Zhou, Huo Lin'er, Dragon Girl, Yan Ruyu, and the cracking high ground.
• Huo Lin'er accused Lu Zhou of smiling at Golden Heavenly Maiden, and Lu Zhou thought about how Wang Xu's actions had led to Golden Heavenly Maiden and Li Wentian's conflicts with Ye Fan.
• Lu Zhou warned cultivators that the Great Tomb's emergence could bring a calamity, prompting some to flee while others dismissed his warning.
• The high ground collapsed enough to admit Saint-level beings, and divine materials erupted from the pit, drawing cultivators into a bloody scramble.
• Black Emperor, Duan De, Ye Fan, and the others asked Lu Zhou whether they should pursue the treasures, and he told Duan De to lead them through the secret passage.

Lu Zhou and his companions explored the Yaoguang Great Tomb, then withdrew after he warned the Primordial Ancestor Kings not to challenge the Bronze Immortal Palace. The Ruthless Emperor emerged and devastated the tomb; later, Lu Zhou and Ye Fan secretly followed Duan De back to the ruins to discover what he was doing.

• Lu Zhou, Ye Fan, Huo Lin'er, the Black Emperor, and Dragon Horse followed Duan De through a secret passage to the Chaos Immortal Land, where Ye Fan collected the black-and-yellow qi outside the Bronze Immortal Palace.
• Huntuo and the Golden King arrived with other Ancestor Kings, and Lu Zhou rejected Huntuo's invitation to explore the tomb before leaving with his group.
• Lu Zhou warned the Ancestor Kings to abandon the tomb, but Huntuo, the Golden King, and the others attacked the Bronze Immortal Palace and provoked the Empress.
• The Empress arrived at the tomb, killed Ancestor Kings who attacked her, and returned to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land carrying the Bronze Immortal Palace.
• After the tomb became a desolate ruin, Duan De repeatedly returned there while checking whether he was being followed.
• Lu Zhou and Ye Fan revealed that they had secretly tracked Duan De for months and decided to investigate what he was doing.

Lu Zhou and Ye Fan followed Duan De into a hidden fragment of the Chaos Immortal Land, where they found a Heavenly Venerate killing formation and a Taoist figure resembling Duan De. The Ruthless Emperor broke through the formation and entered the valley, leaving the three stunned by her appearance.

• Lu Zhou and Ye Fan secretly followed Duan De through the ruins of the Chaos Immortal Land.
• Duan De used the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Art to reveal a concealed divine land, and Lu Zhou and Ye Fan entered it using Dao Bodies.
• Lu Zhou and Ye Fan identified the Heavenly Venerate killing formation and the Ruthless Emperor’s laws within the divine land.
• Duan De led them to a valley with a yin-yang spring, where a Taoist figure floated above the water.
• The Ruthless Emperor struck the killing formation, entered the valley, and was recognized by Lu Zhou, Ye Fan, and Duan De.

The Ruthless Emperor studied the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Art and advanced her own path while Lu Zhou, Ye Fan, and Duan De learned from her demonstration. She then saw Ye Fan across more than two hundred thousand years and mistook him for her brother, but the collapsing passage between eras kept them apart; afterward, she glimpsed Duan De’s connection to the lid forged from her own head.

• The Ruthless Emperor sat beside the Yin Yang Spring Pool and spent years observing the figure within it before demonstrating the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Art.
• Lu Zhou, Ye Fan, and Duan De entered enlightenment as the Empress used what she had learned to develop the Indestructible Heavenly Art.
• The Empress’s gaze crossed time and space, revealing Ye Fan and Duan De to her; Duan De buried himself while Ye Fan greeted her.
• The Empress recognized Ye Fan as someone resembling her brother and tried to reach him, but the passage between their eras collapsed.
• After seeing a mysterious figure beside Ye Fan, the Empress deduced that Duan De would travel with her brother’s future incarnation and lend him the lid forged from her head.

Lu Zhou and Ye Fan explored the ruined site of Cao Yusheng's Nirvana Ground, where Duan De's connection to the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Venerate emerged before he brushed off their questions with a joke. Lu Zhou signed in and obtained a particle of Longevity Substance, then returned with Ye Fan to Heavenly Village, where Duan De asked to accompany Monkey's uncle into the Primordial Ancient Mine.

• Lu Zhou identified the valley's vision as events from more than two hundred thousand years ago, and Ye Fan suspected Duan De had been born from a corpse and was connected to the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Venerate.
• Duan De lamented that he did not know his past, then claimed jokingly to be the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Venerate and was beaten by Lu Zhou and Ye Fan before escaping.
• Lu Zhou signed in at Cao Yusheng's Nirvana Ground and received a particle of Longevity Substance, which he left sealed in the Qiankun Pearl while connecting Wuliang Heaven to his Wuji Dojo.
• Lu Zhou and Ye Fan returned to Heavenly Village after hearing that Monkey had emerged from seclusion, and Monkey said his uncle would soon enter the Primordial Ancient Mine to retrieve a Primal Fate Stone.
• Duan De asked Monkey to have his uncle take him into the Primordial Ancient Mine, but Monkey and Yan Yixi questioned the dangerous plan.