Chapter Summaries

Gu Shaoshang learned that Feng Xiaozhong, one of the Main God Hall’s ten most powerful Myriad Heavens Travelers, had defeated Ji Huanyu, and agreed to delay the mission so the team could pursue opportunities in the Shrouding the Heavens World. Meanwhile, Ye Fan reunited with Black Dog after returning to the Big Dipper, but a challenge calling for Ye Fan to die interrupted them.

• Xuan Zhenzong told Gu Shaoshang that the team should delay completing its mission, and Gu agreed.
• Xuan Zhenzong revealed that Feng Xiaozhong had defeated Ji Huanyu, whose whereabouts remained unknown.
• Ye Fan reflected on his cultivation and the hidden enemy who had been targeting him, then went to a busy mountain-range gathering in search of old friends.
• Ye Fan secretly followed Black Dog out of the gathering and revealed himself, and they exchanged news about their years apart.
• Black Dog told Ye Fan that a masked man had tried to capture Little Moon but had nearly died when her jade hairpin proved to be the Void Mirror.
• A voice rang across the mountain range, demanding that Sacred Body Ye Fan come out and die.

Ye Fan fought off an ambush by the Wang Family and then battled a Saint, proving he could contend across realms. Gu Shaoshang watched Ye Fan’s growth with pride as the other travelers split up.

• Ye Fan killed a Wang Family elder who attacked him with a Saint weapon and took the damaged Saint Robe.
• A Wang Family Saint arrived and threatened to cripple Ye Fan, then attacked Black Dog with a divine hand.
• Ye Fan pierced the Saint’s attack with his sword and fought him using his Blood Qi and secret arts.
• Kuayue, Shen Goutu, Xuan Zhenzong, Dongfang Bai, and Old Monk Nan Tianba discussed Ye Fan and their cultivation before departing or staying behind.
• Gu Shaoshang watched Ye Fan and his Dao body fight the Saint together, smiling as Ye Fan stood amid Sacred Blood.

Gu Shaoshang revealed that he was manipulating Dongfang Bai, Kuayue, Shen Goutu, and others through the Dao of Karma while gathering their techniques and insights. Ye Fan parted ways with Dongfang Bai and headed toward the Heavenly Court, while Ren Xiaoyao emerged from hiding and was confronted by a divine-flame-wreathed figure.

• Shen Goutu left to seek traces of Lingbao Tianzun, and Kuayue strode into the forest after defending his own path.
• Gu Shaoshang showed Evil Sword Immortal under his control and explained that he was secretly influencing the choices of Dongfang Bai and the others through Karma Threads.
• Dongfang Bai healed Ye Fan, learned that Wang Teng was Ye Fan's powerful enemy, and departed while planning to kill Ye Fan later.
• Black Dog warned Ye Fan that Dongfang Bai was dangerous, then hurried off to find its human pet as Ye Fan followed toward the Heavenly Court.
• Ye Fan sensed someone spying but found no one; Ren Xiaoyao later appeared in the forest and was met by a figure enveloped in divine flames.

Ye Fan fought the mysterious Ren Xiaoyao but could not stop him from escaping, then reunited with Sage Prince and learned that Emperor’s Son was leading the Eight Divisions Divine Generals south to challenge him. As Emperor’s Son’s forces arrived and the Southern Region braced for war, Ye Fan and Sage Prince prepared to face them, while applause rang through their tavern.

• Ye Fan battled Ren Xiaoyao with the Six Paths Samsara Fist, but Ren escaped using Nine Secrets: Xing despite Ye Fan and the Black Dog’s formation.
• Ye Fan and the Black Dog found Sage Prince, treated his injuries with a Medicine King, and watched him make a breakthrough.
• Sage Prince warned Ye Fan that descendants of ancient emperors hated Great Emperor Wushang and the Sacred Body, and that Emperor’s Son and the other descendants would target him.
• News spread that Emperor’s Son had entered the Southern Region with the Eight Divisions Divine Generals and threatened to kill Ye Fan and destroy his Heavenly Court.
• A mysterious power destroyed the Wang Family, and Wang Teng fled bloodied into the Life Forbidden Zone as human forces demanded answers from the ancient clans.
• Ye Fan and Sage Prince sat in a tavern as Emperor’s Son’s army arrived, declared they would kill Emperor’s Son, and heard applause from within the empty tavern.

Xuan Zhenzong approached Ye Fan, but Ye Fan and the Sage Prince set out to confront the Emperor's Son without his help. As they joined Duan De and the Black Dog to raid the Emperor's Son's empty lair, Gu Shaoshang provoked the World Will into summoning ancient emperors and Celestial Venerables, and one returned figure was ordered to kill a young man in black.

• Xuan Zhenzong offered to help Ye Fan deal with the Emperor's Son, but Ye Fan refused and left with the Sage Prince.
• The Sage Prince warned Ye Fan that the Emperor's Son had been trained by the Undying Heavenly Emperor, whose secret attack had helped defeat the Sage Prince's father.
• Duan De and the Black Dog proposed raiding the Emperor's Son's lair, and Ye Fan and the Sage Prince followed them through a Domain Gate toward the Northern Region.
• Gu Shaoshang explained that the World Will was nearing collapse and pushed it into unleashing its remaining emperor-level Dao Seals.
• The World Will summoned ancient emperors and Celestial Venerables into the present, and a returned youth recognized the Eternal Divine Dynasty before a young man in black commanded, "Kill him!!"

Gu Shaoshang let the Shrouding the Heavens World’s will move his starfield into the incomplete Immortal Domain while he tempered himself and waited for challengers. As heaven and earth began to revive, Ye Fan killed Emperor’s Son on the battlefield despite Huo Linzi’s warning.

• Gu Shaoshang allowed the World Will to separate his starfield and confine it within the incomplete Immortal Domain, then began refining himself with the myriad Daos he had gathered.
• Heaven and earth’s dormant Daos and spiritual qi began to revive, and ancient sages realized the change might eventually bring back the glory of the Ancient Desolation era.
• Sage Prince fought off waves of knights on a bloody battlefield and faced a charging Half-Saint.
• Ye Fan battled Emperor’s Son while Huo Linzi and other powerful figures approached, and he destroyed Emperor’s Son’s head with a stomp.
• Huo Linzi warned Ye Fan that killing Emperor’s Son would doom them all, but Ye Fan ignored him and struck the fatal blow.

Ye Fan killed Emperor's Son and fled with his allies as an Otherworlder ancient saint pursued them. The Black Dog uncovered Di Kun, a quasi-emperor sealed by the Great Emperor Wushang, who awoke and killed the pursuing saint.

• Ye Fan crushed Emperor's Son's head, burned his remains, and escaped with Sage Prince as Emperor's Son's followers gave chase.
• Huo Linzi refused to answer for Emperor's Son's death, while an Otherworlder ancient saint pursued Ye Fan and the others.
• Little Moon and Ji Zi joined Ye Fan, and the Black Dog opened a Domain Gate to take them to a desolate mountain range.
• The Black Dog revealed a divine source containing a black-armored figure sealed by the Great Emperor Wushang, and Ye Fan cut open its barrier.
• Di Kun awoke, recognized Ye Fan as the Great Emperor's descendant, and killed the pursuing Otherworlder ancient saint with one strike.

After Di Kun joined Ye Fan and the Sage Prince, he protected them as they faced the ancient clans’ retaliation for killing the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s son. The confrontation ended with Di Kun revealing that the Undying Heavenly Emperor had once been a chick raised by Emperor Zun.

• Di Kun killed a saint, gave Ye Fan the saint-grade halberd, and agreed to protect him and the Black Dog.
• News spread that Ye Fan and Di Kun had slain two Ancestor Kings, while Gu Shaoshang sensed the Undying Heavenly Saber reviving and vanished from the tavern.
• Ten Saint King-level Ancestor Kings confronted Ye Fan and the Sage Prince outside an ancient city and threatened to destroy it.
• Ye Fan and the Sage Prince challenged the Ancestor Kings, who attacked them with a giant palm.
• Di Kun shattered the attack with a breath, then Kun Zhou arrived backed by an ultimate Ancient Emperor Weapon.
• Di Kun mocked Kun Zhou and revealed that Emperor Zun had once raised the Undying Heavenly Emperor as a little chick.

Di Kun challenged Kun Zhou beyond the domain while Gu Shaoshang appeared in the ancient city and killed ten Otherworlder Ancestor Kings with his music. Ye Fan and Black Dog recognized a resemblance to figures from their past, and Gu Shaoshang revealed that Emperor Wushi was on the Path to Immortality as the battle between Di Kun and the Divine General continued.

• Di Kun left the ancient city to fight Kun Zhou beyond the domain and warned the clans not to interfere.
• An unseen force caused one Otherworlder Ancestor King to die, and then nine more Ancestor Kings smashed their own heads apart.
• Gu Shaoshang appeared atop the city wall, stroked Black Dog, and told him Emperor Wushi was on the Path to Immortality.
• Gu Shaoshang opened a scroll showing Di Kun fighting the Divine General, who vowed that everything belonging to Emperor Venerate must die.
• Di Kun mocked the Divine General’s hatred and claimed Emperor Venerate’s torment had left the Undying Heavenly Emperor unable to reach the immortal path.

As Di Kun’s battle against Undying Heavenly Emperor’s War General escalated, the Kirin Ancient Emperor advised Huo Linzi to avoid intervening and prepare for the Emperor’s Path. Di Kun was then attacked by a second Quasi-Emperor wielding an Imperial Weapon, prompting Victorious Fighting Buddha to move to help and Ye Fan to look toward the black-clad youth.

• Huo Linzi explained that the Kirin Ancient Staff could not be lent because his father, the Kirin Ancient Emperor, had reclaimed it and it had fallen from the ultimate realm.
• The Kirin Ancient Emperor told Huo Linzi that he would not interfere in the battle and ordered him to wait for the ancient road to open and contend on the Emperor’s Path.
• Di Kun and Undying Heavenly Emperor’s War General clashed with Imperial Weapons, and Di Kun used Jade Lake’s Immortal Tear Green Crystal Pagoda to withstand the attack.
• A second Quasi-Emperor wielding the Golden Maces attacked Di Kun alongside the War General, leaving Di Kun outnumbered and in danger.
• Victorious Fighting Buddha prepared to enter the battlefield despite the danger, while Ye Fan turned toward the black-clad youth, who smiled and vanished.

Victorious Fighting Buddha joined the battle against Kun Zhou while Gu Shaoshang intervened in Di Kun’s fight, revealing his mastery of karma to turn enemy attacks against their wielders. He left the battlefield after killing two powerful quasi-emperors and rescuing Di Kun, shocking the assembled observers.

• Victorious Fighting Buddha arrived and began a life-and-death battle with Kun Zhou.
• Black Dog identified the black-clad Gu Shaoshang as Great Emperor Wushang, startling Ye Fan.
• Gu Shaoshang used his power over karma to redirect a Golden Maces strike and make the quasi-emperor kill his divine general companion.
• Gu Shaoshang caught Di Kun, greeted him, and sent him to Ye Fan and the others on the Big Dipper.
• The Golden Maces wielder attacked Gu Shaoshang, but Gu snapped its karmic thread with a finger and caused the weapon to kill its wielder.

Gu Shaoshang faced the Undying Heavenly Emperor, who attacked from beyond the Flying Immortal Waterfall with a devastating saber strike. Gu Shaoshang used his Dao of Karma to evade the Blade Lights and countered with a punch that blasted the Heavenly Saber away.

• Gu Shaoshang caught the Golden Maces and subdued the deity within them.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor attacked Gu Shaoshang with the Undying Heavenly Saber, splitting a starfield, then appeared beyond the Flying Immortal Waterfall and vowed revenge.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor unleashed an immense ocean of Blade Light as Ye Fan and the Black Dog watched anxiously.
• Gu Shaoshang used his Dao of Karma to shift the attacks' causal threads, allowing the Blade Lights to miss him.
• Gu Shaoshang ignited karma on his fist and punched the Undying Heavenly Emperor's final saber strike, blasting the five-colored Heavenly Saber away.

Gu Shaoshang clashed with the Undying Heavenly Emperor, whose attempt to enter the mortal world was stopped by Wushi. After the battle, Victorious Fighting Buddha settled his old grudge against Kun Zhou, while Xue Yueqing returned through reincarnation and was captured by a little girl.

• Gu Shaoshang struck the Undying Heavenly Emperor and held back rather than pursuing him, but the Undying Heavenly Emperor began forcing his way through the Flying Immortal Waterfall.
• Wushi emerged from the strange world and struck the Immortal Phoenix down, preventing the Undying Heavenly Emperor from entering the mortal world before the waterfall vanished.
• The Black Dog rushed off to search for Wushi, while Ye Fan and Sage Prince reacted to the battle and Victorious Fighting Buddha returned Kun Zhou's corpse after killing him.
• Victorious Fighting Buddha left for Mount Sumeru after settling his grudge, and Sage Prince vowed to seek revenge on the Undying Heavenly Emperor with Ye Fan's support.
• Xue Yueqing returned through reincarnation as a Snow Rabbit, but a little girl repeatedly caught it, and it wondered whether reaching the end of the immortal path could help it find her.

Gu Shaoshang reunited with Xiao Nannan and took her into his care, determined to protect her while the Empress’s cultivation remained unfinished. Elsewhere, Nan Tianba continued killing Buddhist monks, while Xuan Zhenzong sensed something was wrong but stayed focused on cultivation.

• Gu Shaoshang found Xiao Nannan with Xue Yueqing, comforted her, and took her away to keep her safe.
• Nan Tianba killed the monks of Tuolong Temple, then confronted an Old Monk who challenged him over the temples he had destroyed.
• Xuan Zhenzong arrived and spoke with Nan Tianba about Gu Shaoshang’s strength, while privately sensing an unexplained disturbance.
• Gu Shaoshang subtly influenced the Reincarnators through Karma Threads and brought Xiao Nannan to a quiet courtyard in the Eastern Wasteland.
• Gu Shaoshang told Xiao Nannan they would stay together and watch the age of emperors rise.

After the ancient races and humanity reached peace, Ye Fan left the Big Dipper for the human race’s Ancient Starry Sky Path and began a lonely journey through its dangers. Fifty years later, Gu Shaoshang witnessed Shen Goutu’s Karma Thread break and learned that Shen Goutu had been killed by Lingbao.

• After Gu Shaoshang’s battle with the Undying Heavenly Emperor, the ancient races and human holy lands met at the Jade Lake and agreed to peace.
• Ye Fan traveled to Qishi Academy, learned that other young experts had already set out, then departed through the Five-Colored Altar for the Ancient Starry Sky Path.
• Alone on the ancient path, Ye Fan struggled with thoughts of his parents before continuing onward through a desolate landscape of bones and Yin Spirits.
• Fifty years passed as the Big Dipper remained peaceful and a new generation of geniuses rose.
• Gu Shaoshang felt Shen Goutu’s Karma Thread snap, and the Main God announced Shen Goutu’s death to the Reincarnators.
• Gu Shaoshang traced Shen Goutu’s death to the Sea of Stars, where four immortal swords stood with Shen Goutu’s corpse hanging from one of them.

Gu Shaoshang witnessed Lingbao Tianzun’s corpse dissolve and reform as a powerful young quasi-emperor, then suspected other ancient figures might be hiding similar strength. As Nan Tianba approached Mount Sumeru and drew out its Buddhist defenders, another, more domineering Monkey appeared in Myriad Demon Valley on Earth.

• Gu Shaoshang saw Lingbao Tianzun’s corpse dissolve into a black-haired Ninth-Heaven quasi-emperor youth carrying four swords, while the Celestial Soldier Ancient Star survived the sword formation.
• Gu Shaoshang comforted Nannan and considered using his Karma Threads to test whether other ancient emperors and Tianzuns had hidden themselves.
• Nan Tianba sensed that danger might be approaching as he neared Mount Sumeru, where the Victorious Fighting Buddha and awakened Old Monks confronted him.
• Nan Tianba fled beyond the heavens, and Victorious Fighting Buddha warned the Old Monks that the pursuit might be a trap before agreeing to follow.
• A golden-furred Monkey resembling the Victorious Fighting Buddha emerged in Myriad Demon Valley on Earth, bearing a colder and more domineering presence.

Monkey returned to Myriad Demon Valley, where he encountered another monkey claiming to be Sun Wukong, while Nan Tianba faced the Western Desert monks in the void. The monks’ faith empowered Amitabha’s divine thought, and Victorious Fighting Buddha’s Immortal Iron Rod erupted with immortal light as a golden giant ape appeared.

• Monkey sensed unease and returned to Myriad Demon Valley, where he told the monkey calling himself Sun Wukong, “I'm your ancestor!”
• Nan Tianba confronted Victorious Fighting Buddha and the Western Desert monks, then used the Chaos-Reversing Myriad Buddha Seal to suppress their Buddha Light and the Demon Subduing Pestle.
• Amitabha’s divine thought emerged from the Demon Subduing Pestle and confronted Nan Tianba, while the old monks burned themselves to strengthen it.
• Nan Tianba mocked the monks’ sacrifices and the poison of faith as Amitabha’s divine thought grew stronger.
• Victorious Fighting Buddha struggled against the faith body’s influence, and his Immortal Iron Rod burst with immortal light, revealing a golden giant ape that roared, “Get lost!!!”

The Fighting Saint Emperor returned and battled Amitabha Buddha across the starry sky before both withdrew, warning that emperors and sovereigns would return as heaven and earth changed. Nan Tianba gathered the reincarnators, who discussed the threat and proposed capturing a returned emperor to learn how they came back.

• The Fighting Saint Emperor intervened to save Victorious Fighting Buddha from transforming into the Dao and clashed with Amitabha Buddha using the Immortal Iron Rod and Demon Subduing Pestle.
• Amitabha Buddha drew on the Western Desert’s faith power, then withdrew and promised to settle their contest on the immortal path; the Fighting Saint Emperor warned Victorious Fighting Buddha that emperors and sovereigns would return.
• Nan Tianba fled to the Eastern Wasteland and summoned Kuayue, Xuan Zhenzong, Dongfang Bai, and Gu Shaoshang, who left Nannan and joined the gathering.
• Nan Tianba recounted the battle and suspected Shen Goutu’s death was connected to Lingbao Tianzun and the return of ancient emperors.
• Nan Tianba proposed that the group capture a returned emperor and search his soul for clues, while Gu Shaoshang remained noncommittal.

Gu Shaoshang used his mastery of karma to steer the Reincarnators away from acting against the Great Emperors, while a new age of geniuses unfolded across the Five Domains. After defeating and killing a Great Saint with a Quasi-Emperor weapon, Ye Fan prepared to undergo his Great Saint tribulation, intending to hunt down Ren Xiaoyao afterward.

• Gu Shaoshang discouraged Xuan Zhenzong and the other Reincarnators from targeting the returning Great Emperors, then used a Karma Thread to manipulate Nan Tianba’s thoughts.
• Ten years later, prodigies such as Nine Li, Tai Huang, and Ren Xiaoyao rose across the Five Domains as a brilliant age of cultivation began.
• Ye Fan killed a young Great Saint who wielded a Quasi-Emperor spear, then shattered the weapon with the Golden Maces.
• Ye Fan reached a remote region of the void and resolved to kill Ren Xiaoyao after his Great Saint tribulation.
• Ye Fan reviewed the incomplete Emperor Scripture he had assembled from the arts he had learned, and his Great Saint tribulation began.

Ye Fan faced the most formidable Great Sage lightning tribulation, defeating nine youthful Great Emperor imprints before confronting the Great Emperor Wushang’s phantom. Under its Six Paths Samsara Fist, Ye Fan perfected his own Heavenly Emperor Fist, leaving their clash poised to continue.

• Ye Fan entered his Great Sage tribulation and endured a sea of lightning that drew powerful observers from the Human Race's Ancient Road.
• Ye Fan overcame lightning-formed immortal spirits, then fought and defeated nine Great Emperor imprints at the same realm, suffering severe injuries as his Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron was reforged.
• Ye Fan recovered as a lightning-formed Heavenly Court appeared, and the observers identified the silent figure atop it as the Great Emperor Wushang.
• The Great Emperor Wushang’s phantom destroyed the Heavenly Court and attacked Ye Fan with the Six Paths Samsara Fist.
• Ye Fan answered with the Heavenly Emperor Fist, completing the fist art he had forged from the Emperor Scriptures and battle methods he had studied.