Chapter Summaries

Lu Zhou explained the Imperial Tomb’s dangers and the origins of the Demon Emperor’s broken Imperial Weapon as cultivators pursued opportunities and fought to survive. After the weapon fragments injured several Great Saints, someone accused Lu Zhou of secretly provoking them, and the crowd turned to stare at him.

• The cultivators entered the Imperial Tomb and saw a Red Dragon charge into Imperial Weapon Mountain; Lu Zhou urged the Saint Spirit Dragon and Dragon Horse to pursue their opportunities.
• A beam of divine light killed a Saint King and nearly slew the stone-man Saint Spirit, so Lu Zhou explained that a broken fragment of the Demon Emperor’s Imperial Weapon had attacked the Saint Spirit’s Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• Five fragments of the Demon Emperor’s Imperial Weapon appeared on an altar, and one killed a Great Saint Evil God before the Red Dragon led the Saint Spirit Dragon and Dragon Horse into a vanished Dragon Cave.
• The altar revealed the Demon Emperor’s past, and several Great Saints tried to seize his weapon fragments, but a hidden attacker provoked the fragments into striking them.
• As Lu Zhou prepared to identify the secret attacker, a cultivator accused Tyrant Immortal, causing Bull Demon King, the stone-man Saint Spirit, and others to turn their attention toward Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou killed two Great Saints who blamed him for the chaos in the Demon Emperor Tomb, then summoned the Tianxuan Sword and drew the Demon Emperor Weapon’s attention. The Demon Emperor Weapon’s five fragments merged into a ruler and charged at him, but Lu Zhou remained calm after putting away his sword.

• Stone Man Saint Spirit and several Great Saints accused Lu Zhou and the Human Race of plotting against them, while an Evil God called for the Human Supremes to be killed.
• Lu Zhou killed the accusing Evil God with one punch, annihilating his body and primordial spirit.
• As hidden figures urged the Great Saints to attack, Lu Zhou summoned the Tianxuan Sword and killed another Evil God with a single slash.
• The Demon Emperor Weapon fixed its attention on Lu Zhou’s sword, and its five fragments merged into a damaged Demon Emperor Ruler.
• Lu Zhou put away the Tianxuan Sword as Qi Tian, Hun Zhan, and other enemies laughed, while the Human King noticed that Lu Zhou and his allies remained calm before another sudden change erupted.

Lu Zhou subdued the Demon Emperor Ruler and slaughtered the enemies who had opposed him in the tomb. After he confronted Qi Tian, Qi Tian fled and Lu Zhou exposed memories proving that Qi Tian, Emperor Tian, Hun Zhan, and Liu Mingde had conspired against him; the chapter ended as the Bull Demon King demanded Qi Tian's death.

• Lu Zhou calmed the Demon Emperor Ruler with the Demon Emperor Technique and Soldier Character Secret, then killed an attacking Evil God and drew the ruler into his Sea of Wheels.
• Lu Zhou injured the Stone Man Saint Spirit, shattered the Underworld Great Saint's Bronze Coffin, and pursued the fleeing enemies with seven Dao Bodies.
• Lu Zhou caught and beheaded the Stone Man Saint Spirit, then confronted Emperor Tian's followers and killed the Qilin Holy Envoy when he denied knowing Emperor Tian's whereabouts.
• Qi Tian accused Lu Zhou of wanton killing, but Lu Zhou said Qi Tian had tried to kill him and pursued him when he fled.
• Lu Zhou beheaded Qi Tian, whose memories revealed that he, Emperor Tian, Hun Zhan, and Enforcer Liu Mingde had provoked the Demon Emperor's remnant weapon and plotted to kill Lu Zhou.
• The Bull Demon King recognized the conspiracy and angrily demanded that Qi Tian die.

Lu Zhou and the cultivators fought the Yin Gods and Corpse Specters unleashed from the Yellow Springs as the Demon Emperor Tomb shook and partially collapsed. After Lu Zhou brought Emperor Tian and Hun Zhan out of the tomb, Ye Fan killed Hun Zhan and Kane defeated Emperor Tian.

• Lu Zhou killed Qi Tian, while Bull Demon King killed Qi Tian's disciple and pursued Emperor Tian's forces into the imperial tomb.
• Corpse Specters and powerful Yin Gods surged from the Yellow Springs, killing cultivators until Lu Zhou and the Great Sages joined the battle to suppress them.
• The Demon Emperor Tomb cracked and shook, unleashing a Divine Power storm and forcing cultivators to flee before the tomb stabilized.
• Lu Zhou brought Emperor Tian and Hun Zhan out of the tomb, then arranged for Ye Fan and Kane to fight them as he had promised.
• Ye Fan defeated and killed Hun Zhan, while Kane defeated Emperor Tian after a fierce battle.

Lu Zhou witnessed the Demon Emperor’s final obsession depart with his beloved’s withered flowers and received a Divine Fate Flower through sign-in. After the Demon Emperor Tomb collapsed and revealed a mysterious pearl tied to the Demon Emperor’s resurrection plan, Lu Zhou’s group reunited with Pang Bo and left the ruins.

• Lu Zhou sealed defeated Emperor Tian inside the Chaos Pearl as cultivators gathered at a dragon lair in the Demon Emperor Tomb.
• A silver dragon formed from the Demon Emperor’s blood emerged, and Lu Zhou explained that it guarded the withered flowers the Demon Emperor had given his beloved.
• The tomb collapsed, the Demon Emperor’s obsession carried the flowers into the universe, and Lu Zhou signed in to obtain a Divine Fate Flower.
• As the tomb and its false tombs disintegrated, dragon-shaped essence gathered into a vital pearl and flew after the Demon Emperor’s obsession; Lu Zhou deduced that Xue Yueqing had prepared a resurrection method.
• Ye Fan, Kane, and the others returned with Medicine Kings and ancient medicines, while Saint Peng King introduced Xu Li, who admired him.
• Pang Bo reunited with Lu Zhou and Ye Fan and told them he had cultivated by chewing coffin boards made from divine trees.

After the Demon Emperor Tomb collapsed, Lu Zhou converted and killed Emperor Tian, then began repairing the Demon Emperor Ruler. He parted ways with Ye Fan and the others, planning to travel the main route alone and meet them in the Golden Seven Cities ten years later.

• Dragon Horse, Saint Spirit Dragon, and the survivors escaped the collapsing Demon Emperor Tomb, while stories of Lu Zhou's victories spread across the ancient roads.
• Lu Zhou used the God-Crossing Art to obtain Emperor Tian's Three Realms Reincarnation Heavenly Merit, Origin of Dao, and other secrets, then killed him.
• Lu Zhou installed a new Weapon Soul deity in the Demon Emperor Ruler and immersed it in Kunlun Immortal Ascension Liquid to begin repairing it.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Dragon Horse, and the Twelve Saints chose to continue their trials on the Golden Ancient Roads instead of following the Human Race Ancient Road's main route.
• Lu Zhou parted from Ye Fan, Qing Shi, and the others, saying he would travel alone and meet them at the Golden Seven Cities in ten years.
• Kane and Hong Luan also set out alone, Qing Shi continued traveling with Ling'er, and Saint Peng King departed with Xu Li and his Holy Generals.

After reaching the eighty-first checkpoint, Lu Zhou left the Human Race Ancient Road’s main route and encountered the Human King battling a powerful starry sky beast. After helping her recover, he persuaded her to exchange insights on the Heaven Earth Man Three Seals and learned that another Human King lived at the Ziwei Human King Hall.

• Lu Zhou checked in at the eighty-first checkpoint, obtained a Source Eye of Creation, and broke through to the ninth step of the Saint King Realm.
• Lu Zhou declined to continue along the Human Race Ancient Road’s main route and set out on the Primordial Golden Ancient Road.
• After sensing a fierce battle, Lu Zhou found the Human King fighting a giant starry sky beast and watched her kill it with the Heaven Earth Man Three Seals.
• Lu Zhou used the Origin Heaven Divine Art to help the injured Human King recover and asked to exchange insights on the three seals.
• Lu Zhou told the Human King about the nearly four-thousand-year-old Human King at the Ziwei Human King Hall, and she agreed to discuss the three seals with him.

Lu Zhou taught the Human King the Healer Secret in exchange for her guidance on the Heaven Earth Man Three Seals, and she spent ten days sharing everything she knew. As the lessons ended, the Human King reflected on the curse threatening her life and the decision that had led her to the Trial Ancient Road.

• Lu Zhou offered to teach the Human King the Healer Secret in exchange for her insights into the Heaven Earth Man Three Seals, and she accepted the exchange.
• Lu Zhou taught the Human King the Healer Secret, then she guided him through the Human King Seal and her cultivation experiences over ten days.
• The Human King recalled that a curse had damaged her Human King origin since childhood, forcing her to sacrifice her lifespan repeatedly to survive.
• The Human King's Great Saint ancestor had told her that an Immortal Divine Medicine or the Healer Secret might resolve her affliction, though both were exceedingly difficult to obtain.
• The Human King remembered deciding that she wanted to leave her own mark on the world, and she had set out on the Trial Ancient Road, becoming a young supreme known as the Human King.

After trading the Healer Secret to Yu Xin, Lu Zhou studied the Heaven Earth Man Three Seals while Yu Xin used the secret to contain the curse harming her origin and extend her lifespan. The two crossed paths twice more, and when Lu Zhou found Yu Xin badly injured after a battle with alien cultivators, he helped her recover and asked whether something was already wrong with her body.

• Yu Xin thanked Lu Zhou for the Healer Secret and left to study it, while Lu Zhou began breaking down the Heaven Earth Man Three Seals to develop his third art of Universe Without Limits.
• Half a year later, Yu Xin confirmed that the Healer Secret had stopped the curse from spreading through her origin and estimated that she had about a hundred years left to live.
• Less than a year after parting, Yu Xin encountered Lu Zhou fighting a scaled starry sky beast, and they exchanged news before going their separate ways again.
• A year later, Lu Zhou found Yu Xin injured on a meteorite after she had fought dozens of alien cultivators on the Golden Ancient Road and helped her recover.
• After Yu Xin recounted the battle, Lu Zhou asked whether something had already been wrong with her body.

Lu Zhou learned that Yu Xin’s Human King Body had been damaged by a curse since childhood, while Yu Xin accepted her limited lifespan and continued traveling. After secretly following her for two years and witnessing her kindness to ordinary people, Lu Zhou met her again in the starry sky and invited her to take a walk together.

• Yu Xin told Lu Zhou that hostile cultivators had cursed and nearly killed her when she was five, leaving her Human King Body weakened, and that the Healer Secret he gave her had extended her life.
• Yu Xin said she no longer sought Immortal Divine Medicine and wanted to make the most of her remaining time before leaving through a domain gate.
• Lu Zhou secretly followed Yu Xin for two years, watching her fight across the Ancient Road and teach, heal, and feed people on a small planet.
• Yu Xin attended a town chief’s daughter’s wedding, wondered about happiness and a woman’s life, and left the town after six months of helping its residents.
• Two years later, Yu Xin encountered Lu Zhou for the fourth time, felt unexpectedly pleased and flustered, and heard him ask her to take a walk together.

Lu Zhou confessed that he had followed Yu Xin for two years and offered to save her from the curse on her Human King Body with an Immortal Divine Medicine, asking nothing in return. After revealing their feelings for each other, Yu Xin stopped fleeing and embraced Lu Zhou beneath the stars.

• Lu Zhou and Yu Xin decided to wander the Primordial Golden Ancient Road instead of retracing Yu Xin’s old path to the First Pass.
• On a barren planet, Lu Zhou admitted he had followed Yu Xin for two years to understand her and decide whether she was worth saving.
• Yu Xin told Lu Zhou that Hun Zhan had once demanded she become his master and bear him children in exchange for the Healer Secret.
• Lu Zhou promised to save Yu Xin without conditions and confessed that she was in his heart, while revealing he had seen her portrait of him.
• Yu Xin fled in embarrassment after destroying the asteroid beneath them, but Lu Zhou caught up and eventually won her trust and affection.
• Yu Xin kissed Lu Zhou, and they spent the night together beneath the Milky Way.

Lu Zhou showed Yu Xin the Wuji Dojo and gave her a Human King Pill, then carried out a plan to remove the curse afflicting her by severing her original Human King origin. Yu Xin survived, gained a complete new origin, and began rebuilding her cultivation with Lu Zhou’s support.

• Lu Zhou took Yu Xin on a tour of the Wuji Dojo and gave her the Human King Pill, which he said could grant her a first-generation Human King Body.
• Lu Zhou explained that severing Yu Xin’s cursed Human King origin and using the pill could save her, while the Primordial Immortal Flower and White Tiger Immortal Divine Fruit would protect her if needed.
• Lu Zhou severed Yu Xin’s original Human King origin as she sat in a divine spring, then fed her the Human King Pill and infused her with spiritual essence and medicinal energy.
• Three days later, Yu Xin woke with the curse purged and a new, complete Human King origin; she then chose to sever her remaining cultivation and start over.
• Lu Zhou helped Yu Xin rebuild her origin and cultivation around the Dao Sutra, then showed her his vast collection of scriptures, leaving her feeling cherished and secure.

Yu Xin rebuilt her cultivation in Lu Zhou’s dojo while Lu Zhou traveled to Golden Seven Cities for his ten-year appointment with Qing Shi, Ye Fan, and the others. He arrived during a battle between Ye Fan’s group and the Four Golden Snake Lords, and the old city lord came out to greet him.

• Yu Xin rebuilt her cultivation to the Saint realm, chose to remain there and study scriptures, and encouraged Lu Zhou to go to Golden Seven Cities.
• Lu Zhou left the Wuji Dojo and traveled through a domain gate to Golden Seven Cities, where Qing Shi, Ye Fan, and their companions had gathered.
• Ye Fan’s group clashed with the Four Golden Snake Lords at the city gates after the Second Golden Snake Lord attacked them; Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Dragon Horse, and the Twelve Saints fought their opponents.
• The battle drew a crowd that included Shen Lan, Gu Huang, Qing Shi, Kane, and the Saint Peng King, while Ye Fan’s group forced the Four Golden Snake Lords to use their ancestral artifact.
• Lu Zhou arrived, causing the battle to stop, and the old city lord came out of Golden Seven Cities to welcome him.

Lu Zhou arrived at Golden Seven Cities and met Goddess Shen Lan, whose Divine Body reacted intensely to his Limitless Dao Body. After Fairy Qing Shi misread Shen Lan’s question as an attempt to claim Lu Zhou, the two women traded sharp insults in front of the gathered cultivators, who eagerly awaited Qing Shi’s response.

• The old city lord of Golden Seven Cities welcomed Lu Zhou, while the Four Golden Snake Lords prepared to fight or flee.
• Shen Lan’s Divine Body resonated with Lu Zhou’s Limitless Dao Body, and she asked him what constitution he possessed.
• Qing Shi accused Shen Lan of wanting Lu Zhou’s bloodline and bearing his children.
• Shen Lan admitted she had taken a fancy to Lu Zhou and mocked Qing Shi for not having borne him a child.
• The watching cultivators focused on the two women as Qing Shi nearly lost her composure but remained outwardly calm.

Qing Shi and Shen Lan turned their public clash into a genuine friendship and went to True Phoenix Tower, where Lu Zhou later joined them. After signing in at Golden Seven Cities, Lu Zhou obtained a planet-sized quantity of Dao Tribulation Gold.

• Qing Shi and Shen Lan traded veiled insults before agreeing to visit True Phoenix Tower together, leaving hand in hand while the onlookers watched in confusion.
• Lu Zhou entered Golden Seven Cities at the city lord’s invitation, while the other main figures followed Qing Shi and the Four Golden Snake Lords were left behind.
• Lu Zhou climbed True Phoenix Tower as the crowd cleared a path, passing the remains of cultivators who had died on Emperor Road.
• Qing Shi and Shen Lan cleared up their misunderstanding and discovered they genuinely appreciated each other as rivals and companions.
• Lu Zhou signed in at Golden Seven Cities and received one Dao Tribulation Gold Star, a golden planet stored inside his Chaos Pearl.

Lu Zhou took Qing Shi, Ye Fan, and the others by a hidden route to Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Dao Palace, hoping to claim its treasures before cultivators traveling the usual path arrived. After visiting Wang Ziwen on Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, the group reached the five Dao lands and learned they were near the Heavenly Venerate’s Sea of Bitterness.

• Lu Zhou gave Daoist Qing Huang a drop of Undying Divine Liquid, extending his lifespan and potentially delaying the discovery of the usual route to the Heavenly Venerate’s Sea of Bitterness.
• Lu Zhou left Golden Seven Cities with Qing Shi, Ye Fan, and the others, and Shen Lan joined them after he revealed he knew another route into the Mythical Ancient Road.
• Lu Zhou used the Tianxuan Sword to open a passage through the starry sky and brought the group back to Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, where they visited Wang Ziwen’s family and learned the Crow Great Sage had left.
• Lu Zhou gave Wang Ziwen Earth’s coordinates, then led the group through distant star fields toward five ancient continents.
• Lu Zhou identified the continents as Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s five Dao lands and confirmed that the group had reached the Heavenly Venerate Dao Palace ahead of cultivators taking the usual route.