Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan and his classmates emerged from the bronze coffin into the Primordial Forbidden Land, where mysterious fruits and water left most of them aged but awakened their cultivation potential. After Weiwei brought them to Lingxu Cave Heaven, Ye Fan was identified as a Primordial Ancient Sacred Body, the same constitution as Great Emperor Wushang.

• The bronze coffin landed in a lush wilderness, and Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and their classmates escaped before the nine dragon corpses fell into an abyss.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo found a spring and red fruits, while mysterious eyes watched Ye Fan eat and later awaken as a youth.
• Most of the classmates awoke with their hair white and bodies aged, while Ye Fan and Pang Bo remained young; Weiwei explained that the Primordial Forbidden Land had awakened their Seas of Suffering.
• Weiwei took the group to Lingxu Cave Heaven, where rival cave heavens contested the right to recruit them, and Lingxu Cave Heaven won first choice.
• An elder examined Ye Fan and recognized him as a Primordial Ancient Sacred Body, the constitution of Great Emperor Wushang.

Ye Fan learned that his Primordial Ancient Sacred Body made cultivation exceptionally difficult, but he stayed in town and used his mirror to obtain supplies and practice. After Pang Bo brought him the Dao Scripture, Ye Fan began learning the cultivation path and heard of Great Emperor Wushang’s Six Paths Samsara Fist Scripture.

• The Lingxu Cave Heaven elder explained that Ye Fan’s Sacred Body faced a nearly severed cultivation path, and Ye Fan declined to join the sect.
• Ye Fan spent three days in town investigating Great Emperor Wushang and Jade Lake, then used Source Power to materialize Heavenly Dew and a Giant Wolf Seven-Power Fruit and make forty-nine draws.
• Ye Fan practiced Xingyi Quan for half a month and displayed tremendous strength when Pang Bo visited.
• Pang Bo gave Ye Fan his notes on the Dao Scripture, which he had carefully recorded from Lingxu Cave Heaven’s teachings.
• Ye Fan memorized the Dao Scripture and learned that the Six Paths Samsara Fist Scripture was said to surpass it in the Wheel and Sea realm.

Ye Fan used Heavenly Dew to open his Sea of Suffering and advanced at astonishing speed before hunting beasts for resources in an ancient forest. When the Demon Emperor’s Tomb was revealed, a treasure weapon flew to him, and a fat Daoist who tried to take it recognized Ye Fan in shock; the chapter ended with a grave splitting open on Earth.

• Pang Bo told Ye Fan that Great Emperor Wushang had been a Sacred Body and suggested that records at Yaoguang Sacred Land might help Ye Fan overcome his cultivation difficulties.
• Ye Fan found that Hundred Herb Liquid had little effect, but Heavenly Dew stirred his blood and let him open an immense Sea of Suffering with abundant golden divine power.
• More than two months later, Ye Fan’s Sea of Suffering had reached great completion, while Pang Bo had barely reached its initial stage; Ye Fan sought resources and methods for further cultivation.
• Ye Fan entered the ancient forest, slew more than a thousand vicious beasts, gathered herbs, and gained one-ninth of the six-star Fight Secret.
• After a powerful heartbeat drew Lingxu Cave Heaven elders and other major forces to the Demon Emperor’s Tomb, a Spiritual Treasure Weapon flew into a cliff beside Ye Fan, and a fat Daoist seized it before recognizing him in alarm.
• Much later, a lonely grave in a cemetery on Earth suddenly split open.

Gu Shaoshang recovered enough strength to return to the Shrouding the Heavens World, where he killed Crocodile Ancestor and met the Human Ancestors Shennong and Yellow Emperor at Hangu Pass. He sent a strand of power toward the Big Dipper, where Ye Fan and Duan De were arguing over a tomb hunt when a sharp sound suddenly pierced the air.

• Gu Shaoshang left Earth and absorbed the essence of Yinghuo Ancient Star to restore some of his strength.
• Gu Shaoshang killed Crocodile Ancestor for daring to lay hands on his child, then asked the Old Monk about Shakyamuni.
• Gu Shaoshang met Shennong and Yellow Emperor at Hangu Pass, bowed to the Human Ancestors, and entered the pass to discuss the Dao.
• Gu Shaoshang sent a strand of purple-gold light toward the Big Dipper.
• Ye Fan refused Duan De's invitation to search for the tomb of Great Emperor Wushang and complained that the fatty had ruined his reputation.
• A sharp sound of Pierce the Void rang out as Ye Fan and Duan De argued.

Ye Fan fled Yaoguang Sacred Land’s pursuit and reached Source City, where he witnessed Fifth Master Zhang defend the city from four attackers seeking the secret of Emperor Wushi’s tomb. The attackers withdrew, but Fifth Master Zhang was badly injured, and he told Ye Fan that Emperor Wushi had no family, friends, wife, or children.

• Ye Fan outran the Yaoguang cultivators with Nine Secrets: Xing while Duan De was left behind to face their attacks.
• Ye Fan entered Source City and overheard locals discuss the Zhang Family’s lost Origin inheritance and declining fortunes.
• Fifth Master Zhang killed two suspicious cultivators in the tavern and warned that an attack on Source City was imminent.
• Four attackers revealed that the Zhang Family guarded Emperor Wushi’s tomb and tried to destroy Source City with array disks.
• Fifth Master Zhang activated the city’s ancient array until the attackers’ disks shattered and they retreated.
• Fifth Master Zhang collapsed from his injuries, and he told Ye Fan that Emperor Wushi had no family, friends, wife, or children.

Ye Fan entered Purple Mountain to recover the Origin Scripture for Fifth Master Zhang and encountered the trapped God King Jiang Taixu. After obtaining the scripture, he was drawn into the mountain’s deepest area, where he fought a powerful Black Dog and triggered a mysterious projection from the stone book.

• Fifth Master Zhang told Ye Fan that Emperor Wushi was the son of Great Emperor Wushang and Queen Mother of the West, then asked him to retrieve the Origin Scripture from Purple Mountain.
• Ye Fan entered Purple Mountain through a passage in Source City, found inscriptions and skeletons, and heard the weakened Jiang Taixu warn him away from the demonic light.
• Ye Fan braved the demonic light and obtained the Origin Scripture, but an irresistible force sent him deeper into Purple Mountain.
• Ye Fan approached a massive stone book and was attacked by the Black Dog, who mistook him for the Great Emperor before realizing he was not.
• Ye Fan and the Black Dog fought, then Ye Fan’s ring and the stone book released a dazzling radiance that formed a huge, blurry image.

Ye Fan received part of Emperor Wushi’s scripture and three precious Medicine Kings in Purple Mountain, while Gu Shaoshang watched and spoke with Shennong and Yellow Emperor at Hangu Pass. The chapter ended with Shennong and Yellow Emperor considering Gu Shaoshang’s offer to investigate their origins.

• Emperor Wushi’s image appeared in Purple Mountain and urged Ye Fan to use the Furnace Cultivating Hundred Scriptures to attain the Dao.
• A strand of light entered Ye Fan’s forehead, giving him the Four Extremes and Dragon Transformation chapters of the Wushi Scripture.
• Three Medicine Kings flew to Ye Fan, and he stored them before Black Dog could take them.
• Ye Fan and Black Dog fought over the herbs while a violet-gold light entered the ring on Ye Fan’s finger.
• Gu Shaoshang told Shennong and Yellow Emperor that Ye Fan was his son and discussed how Earth’s imperial corpses might relate to their origins.
• Gu Shaoshang offered to trace Shennong and Yellow Emperor’s origins, and the two exchanged a thoughtful glance.

Gu Shaoshang showed Shennong and the Yellow Emperor another world’s versions of themselves, persuading them to let him investigate their origins. Tracing their birth, he followed their imprinted consciousness through the River of Time and Space to a massive palace shrouded in Chaos.

• Shennong and the Yellow Emperor initially declined Gu Shaoshang’s offer to search their origins.
• Gu Shaoshang showed them a vision of Shennong Clan and Xuanyuan Clan fighting alongside his avatar in the Longevity World, and they agreed to assist him after asking whether the Yanhuang there were safe.
• The next day, Gu Shaoshang took Shennong and the Yellow Emperor to Ancestral Kunlun Mountain and drew power from its formation to restore some of his vitality.
• Gu Shaoshang touched their foreheads and traced their consciousness back to the moment a bloodstained stone coffin fell to Earth and an Emperor body gained new intelligence.
• Gu Shaoshang followed the imprinted consciousness through the River of Time and Space and found its origin in a vast palace enveloped in Chaos.

Gu Shaoshang discovered that the Three Sovereigns’ imprints in Fire Cloud Cave were caught up in a hidden struggle, then fled when a giant hand attacked the Human Sovereign Hall. Back in the Shrouding the Heavens World, he restored Kunlun Mountain and left Shennong and Yellow Emperor without an explanation, while Ye Fan and the Black Dog brawled over an Ancient Scripture before Duan De arrived with news of a tomb.

• Gu Shaoshang followed a trail to Fire Cloud Cave, where he overheard the Three Sovereigns discussing Taiqing, Yuanshi, Lingbao, and Taiyi before being blasted out of the hall by their Human Dao aura.
• Gu Shaoshang tried to return to the Human Sovereign Hall, but a colossal hand struck through the River of Time and Space, so he escaped to the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Gu Shaoshang’s turbulent aura shattered Kunlun Mountain, and he restored it with the Six Paths Samsara Fist before telling Shennong and Yellow Emperor little about what he had seen.
• Ye Fan asked the Black Dog to find him an Ancient Scripture’s Dao Palace section, and they fought when the dog demanded two Medicine Kings as payment.
• Duan De arrived on the cliff to tell Ye Fan he had found the legendary tomb of the Great Emperor Wushang, then cried out after the Black Dog bit him.

Ye Fan traveled with Duan De and the Black Dog to the Jade Lake’s former site, where he comprehended the Western Empress Scripture and began forming his Dao Palace. As the Wushi Bell rang and two powerful forces attacked Purple Mountain, the Black Dog and Duan De left to investigate, while Ye Fan remained behind in meditation.

• Duan De and the Black Dog fought over Great Emperor Wushang’s tomb until Ye Fan stopped them, and the Black Dog claimed to have known Wushang, Wushi, and the Western Empress.
• Ye Fan, Duan De, and the Black Dog traveled through wanted cities before the Black Dog found the Jade Lake’s former site and recalled Emperor Wushi and the Western Empress.
• Ye Fan meditated among the carved stones and comprehended the Western Empress Scripture, stunning the Black Dog and Duan De.
• The Wushi Bell rang as violet light and two other powerful forces clashed near Purple Mountain, and Duan De urged the Black Dog to go investigate.
• The Black Dog arranged a protective formation around Ye Fan and left with Duan De while Ye Fan continued cultivating and began to see the ancient Jade Lake Sacred Land.

Ye Fan witnessed a vision of Great Emperor Wushang and the Queen Mother of the West, received two complete Emperor Scriptures, and broke through the Dao Palace realm. As he set out to strike back at the Ji Family and Yaoguang Sacred Land, Gu Shaoshang entered the Big Dipper to vent his anger on his son’s behalf.

• Ye Fan saw a vision of Great Emperor Wushang and the Queen Mother of the West, who discussed the Forbidden Zones and their future son before she insisted Ye Fan receive the Western Empress Scripture and Six Paths Samsara Fist Scripture.
• Ye Fan awakened with both complete scriptures in his mind and used them to break through the Dao Palace realm, then survived the lightning tribulation that struck when he left the Magic Array.
• Ye Fan traveled north and learned that two Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons had failed to breach Purple Mountain after the Wushi Bell killed several elders.
• Ye Fan reached Chaoyang City, found wanted posters bearing his likeness, and decided to suppress young members of the Ji Family and Yaoguang Sacred Land.
• Gu Shaoshang crossed the starry sky toward the Big Dipper, intending to retaliate against those who had bullied Ye Fan.

Gu Shaoshang arrived on the Big Dipper Star with overwhelming Emperor Qi, alarming its powerful figures and forbidden zones. He confronted the Ji Family over its mistreatment of Ye Fan, punished those responsible, took the Void Mirror, and declared it would be the dowry for finding the Ji Family’s Little Moon a husband.

• Gu Shaoshang descended upon the Big Dipper Star, and his golden light and Emperor Qi stirred the forbidden zones and drew the attention of Ye Fan, Duan De, and Black Dog.
• Gu Shaoshang went to the Ji Family and criticized the decline of Void Great Emperor’s descendants as the family patriarch and elders welcomed him.
• Gu Shaoshang reminded the Ji Family that a youth had once endured hardships to escort their precious jewel home, causing those responsible for the incident with Ye Fan to panic.
• Gu Shaoshang killed more than a dozen Ji Family members he judged to have disgraced Void.
• Gu Shaoshang took the Void Mirror from the Ji Family’s grand formation and declared it would be Little Moon’s dowry when he found her a son-in-law.

Gu Shaoshang took the Ji Family’s Void Mirror and struck Yaoguang Sacred Land with a vast palm. He seized its Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron despite its full awakening, leaving Yaoguang’s experts terrified and powerless.

• The Ji Family’s experts froze as Gu Shaoshang took the Void Mirror, and the Patriarch stopped Ji Haoyue from challenging him.
• Gu Shaoshang sent a colossal palm toward Yaoguang Sacred Land, while the Ji Family realized Yaoguang had also harmed Ye Fan.
• At Yaoguang Sacred Land, Elder Xu told the Sacred Son and Saintess that Jiang Taixu had been found and that Jiang Taixu must not survive the coming assault on Purple Mountain.
• Gu Shaoshang’s palm descended on Yaoguang Sacred Land, and its experts poured their power into the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron to defend themselves.
• The awakened Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron attacked the palm, but Gu Shaoshang grabbed it and threatened to erase its will.

Gu Shaoshang seized Yaoguang Sacred Land’s Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron and gave it, along with the Void Mirror, to Little Moon, while leaving her several Emperor Scriptures. He announced that anyone who defeated Ye Fan at the same realm would receive an Emperor Weapon and an Emperor Scripture, setting prodigies across the world on the hunt for Ye Fan.

• Yaoguang Holy Lord lamented the loss of his Sacred Land’s Emperor Weapon as Gu Shaoshang gave the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron and the Void Mirror to Little Moon and left Yaoguang’s remaining people to the Ji Family.
• Gu Shaoshang announced a reward for anyone who defeated Ye Fan at the same realm, then passed several Emperor Scriptures to Little Moon and departed.
• Little Moon told the Ji Family that Gu Shaoshang had forbidden them from disturbing Ye Fan and said he should come propose marriage himself when he had the courage.
• Across Central Continent, prodigies saw Gu Shaoshang’s announcement and began heading for the Northern Region of the Eastern Wasteland.
• Duan De and Black Emperor laughed at Ye Fan’s new enemies, but lightning struck Ye Fan and then Duan De when they mocked his predicament and discussed robbing a tomb.
• Ye Fan worried about facing the challengers, while Black Dog offered to train him and Duan De lay incapacitated after losing his treasures to the lightning.

Ye Fan investigated the mirror and heard a mysterious figure direct him toward the end of the Emperor’s Path, while Gu Shaoshang visited the aging Azure Emperor and gave him a Nine Revolutions Immortal Pill. As Ye Fan’s battles advanced his cultivation toward the Four Extremes Realm, Gu Shaoshang departed the Big Dipper, reflecting on how his Inner Demon had attacked the world’s will.

• Ye Fan settled the injured Duan De in a nearby oasis, then used the mirror and encountered a remnant who told him he would meet someone at the end of the Emperor’s Path.
• Ye Fan began another draw with the mirror, deciding to use it despite his suspicions and his limited Source Power.
• Gu Shaoshang visited the ancient pagoda and met the aged Azure Emperor, discussing his failed attempt to evolve an immortal domain.
• Gu Shaoshang gave the Azure Emperor a Nine Revolutions Immortal Pill and left, while the Azure Emperor recognized his connection to the disturbance in time and space.
• Gu Shaoshang departed the Big Dipper and considered how his Inner Demon Avatar had attacked the Shrouding the Heavens World’s will.
• After months of battles, Ye Fan gained deeper comprehension of the Fighting Saint Method and Emperor Scriptures and approached the Sacred Body’s first Heavenly Pass, the Four Extremes Realm.

Ye Fan drew the attention of the holy lands as he attempted to break through to the Four Extremities Realm, while the reborn Carefree Celestial Venerable watched from a small workshop and planned to kill the mysterious demon he blamed for his repeated deaths. Carefree Celestial Venerable decided to cultivate in hiding until a future chance to act.

• Ye Fan prepared to break through in Holy City as holy lords and other powerful figures gathered to witness him, including Little Moon, An Miaoyi, and Jiang Taixu.
• The Black Dog activated a formation fueled by millions of jin of Origin Stones, and Ye Fan’s surging blood and qi pierced the sky as he entered the Four Extremities Realm.
• Carefree Celestial Venerable recalled eight past lives in which the mysterious demon repeatedly killed him, and resolved that this ninth life would be his final chance to win immortality.
• Carefree Celestial Venerable recognized the young Ye Fan outside and decided not to attack because his current body was only in the Wheel Sea Realm and the demon was watching over Ye Fan.
• Carefree Celestial Venerable resolved to cultivate until Ye Fan’s later life created an opportunity, then left the workshop to seek resources and opportunities from his memories.

Ye Fan broke through to the Four Extremities and endured a heavenly tribulation that escalated into a Dao diagram meant to restrict the Sacred Body. Gu Shaoshang sent a drop of blood to help Ye Fan and Jiang Taixu withstand it, while the world’s will continued to be consumed by blackness.

• Ye Fan completed his transformation into the Four Extremities realm, drawing a heavenly tribulation as Ji Family's Little Moon and the gathered experts watched.
• Ren Xiaoyao watched Ye Fan with murderous intent before leaving Holy City to seek opportunities and power.
• Ye Fan fought the lightning, which formed nine phantom figures, while observers debated whether heaven and earth possessed a will that opposed cultivation.
• Gu Shaoshang considered the heart demon’s plan to corrupt worlds and the possible origins of the Main God Hall, then noticed Ye Fan’s tribulation.
• An innate Dao diagram descended to suppress Ye Fan, and Jiang Taixu used the Song of the Divine to help reconnect the Sacred Body's Broken Path.
• Gu Shaoshang sent a drop of blood toward the Big Dipper to weaken the Dao diagram, while blackness continued to erode the will deep within heaven and earth.

The Heaven and Earth Will of the Shrouding the Heavens World called for help as the heart demon steadily invaded it, while Gu Shaoshang began cultivating the Dao he had gathered. Meanwhile, Ye Fan faced a young genius who mocked his late entry into the Four Extremes Realm, and he launched an attack.

• The heart demon overpowered the Heaven and Earth Will, which secretly sent out a plea for help while exposing its location.
• A Misty Tree Phantom noticed the plea but chose to avoid getting involved, while a colossal palace in chaos appeared to receive the signal.
• Gu Shaoshang judged that the heart demon would eventually win and began cultivating his own Dao by refining the scriptures and Emperor-level paths he had gathered.
• Ye Fan stood among young geniuses after breaking through to the Four Extremes Realm, and Little Moon defended him when a yellow-robed youth mocked his progress.
• Ye Fan stepped forward and attacked the yellow-robed youth, declaring that he would change the youth’s opinion by beating him to death.

Ye Fan defeated two Four Extremities challengers with ease, while six captains of Reincarnation Squads arrived in the Shrouding the Heavens World to investigate an unexplained anomaly. The mission offered a vast reward but no time limit or other objectives, leaving the captains wary of the world's danger.

• Ye Fan killed the yellow-clad youth with a single punch and took his forbidden artifact as hidden experts watched.
• Gu Yue Sheng challenged Ye Fan with a treasured robe and sword, but Ye Fan broke his weapon and beat him to death.
• Dongfang Bai, Kuayue, Nan Tianba, Xuan Zhenzong, Shen Goutu, and Gu Shaoshang arrived in Southern Ridge and introduced themselves as captains of Six-star Reincarnation Squads.
• Kuayue revealed the mission: find the origin of an anomaly in the Shrouding the Heavens World for ten million points of Source Power per person, with no time limit and a prohibition against killing fellow Reincarnators.
• The captains questioned why the Main God Hall had assigned such a dangerous world with no other missions or deadline.

Gu Shaoshang’s reincarnation squad entered the Shrouding the Heavens World to gather intelligence while he secretly communicated with his true body and considered the Main God Hall’s likely response. In a tavern, he learned that Ye Fan had returned to the Big Dipper and faced challenges from ancient imperial descendants, before Xuan Zhenzong recognized Gu Shaoshang’s reputation.

• Dongfang Bai, Xuan Zhenzong, Shen Goutu, and the others discussed the danger of the Shrouding the Heavens World and the powerful Myriad Heavens Travelers who might arrive.
• Gu Shaoshang told the squad to keep a low profile and gather intelligence, then secretly contacted his true body about the Main God Hall’s arrival and the heart demon’s plan to devour the World Will.
• Gu Shaoshang’s true body reflected on the Main God Hall’s system, which used Reincarnators to gather intelligence and harvest Source Power while granting Myriad Heavens Travelers greater freedom.
• The six Reincarnators reached a small city and split up to investigate; Gu Shaoshang went to a tavern, where cultivators discussed Ye Fan’s return, his severing of the Dao, and his coming clash with Emperor’s Son and other ancient imperial descendants.
• Xuan Zhenzong joined Gu Shaoshang at the tavern and recognized him as the man who had fought his way through the Immortal Sword World.