Chapter Summaries

Zhao Chen explained that he had sent Jiang Long and the Profound Dragon Army to face the Profound Demon Emperor to drive Jiang Long’s growth and restore the army’s unity. He gave Tang Meier a spirit talisman inheritance and Wen Qingxuan Alchemy Insights, then invited Wen Qingxuan to become Vice Commander of the Asura Godly Army, and she accepted.

• Wen Qingxuan asked Zhao Chen why Jiang Long had accepted the seemingly impossible mission, and Zhao Chen explained that the pressure could help Jiang Long break through and lead the Profound Dragon Army.
• Zhao Chen gave Tang Meier a Golden Spirit Talisman that granted her a vast inheritance in the spirit talisman path.
• Zhao Chen gave Wen Qingxuan Alchemy Insights and explained that he did not hold her past actions in the Spirit Road against her.
• Zhao Chen invited Wen Qingxuan to join the Asura Godly Army as its Vice Commander, and Wen Qingxuan accepted.

Zhao Chen welcomed Wen Qingxuan and Tang Meier into the Asura Godly Army, then returned with his companions to the Hundred Spirits Continent. There, Mu Chen revealed that the Hundred Spirits King planned to force Hong Ling to become his consort, and Tang Meier vowed not to let him bully her.

• Zhao Chen gave Wen Qingxuan and Tang Meier Hongmeng Heaven Spirit Pills and welcomed them into the Asura Godly Army.
• Zhao Chen brought Wen Qingxuan, Tang Meier, Tang Qian'er, Qing Yanjing, and Mu Chen back to the Hundred Spirits Continent.
• Tang Qian'er looked forward to reuniting with Tang Shan, while she and Zhao Chen teased Tang Meier about joining the divine army.
• Mu Chen explained that Tang Shan led the Northern Spiritual Alliance and that Hong Ling had returned to the Northern Spiritual Realm after graduating from the Myriad Phoenix Spiritual Academy.
• Mu Chen said the Hundred Spirits King had repeatedly summoned Hong Ling and would likely force her to become one of his consorts during the King Worship Ceremony.
• Tang Meier became furious and vowed to protect Hong Ling from the Hundred Spirits King.

At the King Worship Ceremony in Hundred Spirits City, Hong Ling faced the Hundred Spirits King's demand that she stay with him, while fearing for the Northern Spiritual Alliance and hoping to reunite with Zhao Chen and Tang Qian'er someday. She rejected him and invoked her position at the Myriad Phoenix Spiritual Academy, but her refusal left her future—and the alliance's safety—uncertain.

• Hong Ling reflected on returning to the Northern Spiritual Realm to support her mother and wait for Zhao Chen and Tang Qian'er, despite the risks posed by the Hundred Spirits King.
• Hong Ling's mother urged her to leave if necessary, even if that meant abandoning the Northern Spiritual Alliance.
• The Hundred Spirits King addressed the assembled faction leaders and singled out Hong Ling, proposing that she remain in his palace and rule the continent alongside him.
• Hong Ling declined the Hundred Spirits King's proposal, saying she would return to the Myriad Phoenix Spiritual Academy as a Heaven Seat Elder.
• Hong Ling admitted that even if she had feelings for someone, it would not be the Hundred Spirits King, as she thought of the person she could not forget.

Zhao Chen appeared just as the Hundred Spirits King threatened Hong Ling and the Hong Territory Lord, stopping his pressure and preventing Hong Ling from detonating her Supreme Sea. Believing she was facing an illusion before death, Hong Ling confessed her love to Zhao Chen, then realized he was truly there.

• The Hundred Spirits King took Hong Ling's rejection as an insult, and his black-robed elder injured Tang Shan for speaking up.
• The Hong Territory Lord defended Tang Shan and Hong Ling, but the Hundred Spirits King threatened the Northern Spiritual Alliance and tried to touch the two women.
• Hong Ling resisted the Hundred Spirits King's pressure and prepared to detonate her Supreme Sea, but Zhao Chen appeared and calmed her power.
• Hong Ling embraced Zhao Chen and confessed that she liked him, believing he was an illusion before her death.
• Zhao Chen told Hong Ling to live, and she realized he was real; the Hong Territory Lord reflected on Hong Ling's feelings and glanced at Tang Qian'er beside Tang Shan.

Zhao Chen effortlessly sealed the Hundred Spirits King's guards and injured the king, then defeated Liu Baihua's attack and gave its stored power to Hong Ling. Liu Baihua unleashed her full strength against Zhao Chen, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• The Hundred Spirits King ordered his two Black-Robed Old Men to seize Zhao Chen, but Zhao Chen sealed them inside a Space Card with a snap of his fingers.
• Hong Ling warned Zhao Chen that the Hundred Spirits King's parents were Heavenly Sovereigns, but Zhao Chen comforted her and severed the king's arm with the Space Card.
• The Hundred Spirits King crushed a jade pendant to summon his mother, Liu Baihua, and she attacked Zhao Chen with a rain of spiritual flowers.
• Zhao Chen imprisoned Liu Baihua's flower attack in a Space Card and gave it to Hong Ling, stunning Liu Baihua.
• Liu Baihua activated her Celestial Sovereign Spirit Body and launched Hundred Flowers Killing God at Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen sealed Liu Baihua and her attack into Space Cards, then faced Qin Bei Xuan and three other Heavenly Sovereigns who arrived to avenge her and the Hundred Spirits King. When one of them recognized Zhao Chen as the God Emperor, he recoiled in fear.

• Liu Baihua's Hundred Flowers Killing God failed, and Zhao Chen sealed her into a Space Card as the Hundred Spirits King watched in panic.
• The Hundred Spirits King threatened Zhao Chen with his father Qin Bei Xuan, and Zhao Chen said he would let the family reunite.
• Qin Bei Xuan arrived with three Heavenly Sovereigns and attacked Zhao Chen with the Northern Nether Turtle Torrent.
• Zhao Chen imprisoned the torrent in a Space Card, shocking Qin Bei Xuan and his companions.
• The Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign surnamed Lu recognized Zhao Chen as the God Emperor and pulled away, calling Qin Bei Xuan foolish.

Qin Bei Xuan ignored warnings and attacked Zhao Chen, but the Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign surnamed Lu revealed that Zhao Chen was the Saint Grade God Emperor and master of the Asura Godly Court. Qin Bei Xuan realized the danger only after learning of the God Emperor’s power, while Liu Baihua remained terrified.

• Qin Bei Xuan dismissed the warnings and attacked Zhao Chen with the Northern Nether Turtle Shell, while the Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign surnamed Lu fled to avoid being implicated.
• The God Emperor stopped the Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign surnamed Lu from leaving, and he returned to warn Qin Bei Xuan.
• The Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign surnamed Lu explained that Zhao Chen was the Saint Grade God Emperor, leader of the powerful Asura Godly Court, and had recently slain a peak Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Qin Bei Xuan panicked as he recognized the danger of provoking Zhao Chen, and the people in Hundred Spirits City stared at the God Emperor in shock.
• The Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign surnamed Lu recalled that Zhao Chen had once used a Space Card to defeat five Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns, while Liu Baihua remained visibly terrified.

Qin Bei Xuan learned Zhao Chen’s identity and apologized for the Hundred Spirits King’s actions, while Zhao Chen asked Liu Baihua to explain what had happened. Liu Baihua admitted her fault, sacrificed her Heaven-Grade Spiritual Meridian, and offered the Hundred Flowers Sect as servants and slaves, leaving Zhao Chen to decide their fate.

• Qin Bei Xuan saw Zhao Chen seal his Northern Nether Turtle Shell and knelt, offering five years of the Northern Mysterious Sect’s reserves as compensation.
• The Hundred Spirits King demanded that Qin Bei Xuan kill Zhao Chen, so Qin Bei Xuan slapped him and warned that he would cripple him if he caused trouble again.
• Zhao Chen asked Qin Bei Xuan why the Hundred Spirits King had provoked him, then called on the sealed Liu Baihua to explain.
• Liu Baihua confessed that the Hundred Spirits King had tried to force Hong Ling to become his wife or concubine after she rejected him.
• Liu Baihua removed her Heaven-Grade Spiritual Meridian, fell from early spiritual-grade Heavenly Sovereign cultivation to the Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign realm, and offered the Hundred Flowers Sect as servants and slaves to atone.

Zhao Chen punished the Northern Mysterious Sect and made Hundred Spirits Continent part of the Asura Godly Court under Tang Shan’s rule. He offered Hong Ling control of the Hundred Flowers Sect and promised she could travel freely between the continents, ending the chapter by calling her his Imperial Concubine and saying he would take her home.

• Zhao Chen accepted Liu Baihua and Qin Bei Xuan’s apologies but warned that he would not tolerate another incident on Hundred Spirits Continent.
• Qin Bei Xuan crippled the Hundred Spirits King’s cultivation and suppressed him beneath a Spiritual Stone Mountain for a hundred years.
• Zhao Chen declared Hundred Spirits Continent part of the Asura Godly Court and appointed Tang Shan to rule it.
• Zhao Chen offered Hong Ling the Hundred Flowers Sect and suggested merging it into the Asura Godly Court so she would not have to manage it alone.
• Zhao Chen told Hong Ling that Hundred Spirits Continent and Heavenly Luo Continent would be connected, allowing her to travel between them freely.
• Zhao Chen called Hong Ling his Imperial Concubine and said he had come to take her home.

Zhao Chen made Hong Ling his imperial concubine, and Qing Yanjing encouraged Wen Qingxuan and Tang Meier to openly pursue their feelings for him. Back at Green Bamboo Courtyard, Zhao Chen received an Enlightenment Bodhi Seed and began nurturing it in his Nirvana Bitter Sea to help transform the embryonic Holy Spirit Realm.

• Zhao Chen offered Hong Ling the status of imperial concubine, and Tang Qian'er reassured her that she approved.
• Qing Yanjing urged Wen Qingxuan and Tang Meier to confess their feelings, and both women said they understood.
• Zhao Chen brought Tang Qian'er, Hong Ling, Wen Qingxuan, and Tang Meier to Green Bamboo Courtyard after resolving the trouble in Hundred Spirits City.
• Zhao Chen checked in at Green Bamboo Courtyard and received an Enlightenment Bodhi Seed.
• Zhao Chen placed the seed in his Nirvana Bitter Sea and began nurturing it to accelerate the transformation of the embryonic Holy Spirit Realm.

Zhao Chen learned that the Maha Ancient Clan had kept the Eternal Undying Body from gaining a new master and received a mission to help the Ancient Heavenly Emperor inherit it. Zhao Chen and the Ancient Heavenly Emperor set out for the Eternal Gathering, where the Ancient Heavenly Emperor declared Zhao Chen the Great Thousand World's true hope.

• Zhao Chen learned that the Maha Ancient Clan had suppressed candidates for the Eternal Gathering to keep control of the Eternal Undying Body.
• The system gave Zhao Chen a mission to help the Ancient Heavenly Emperor become the Eternal Undying Body's new master.
• Mandala sent Zhao Chen a list of leading contenders, including Mohe You, Ye Qing, Shi Luo, and Tuoba Cang.
• Zhao Chen traveled to Saint Abyss Pass and invited the Ancient Heavenly Emperor to depart for the Eternal Gathering.
• Zhao Chen and the Ancient Heavenly Emperor arrived near Eternal City, where the Ancient Heavenly Emperor called Zhao Chen the Great Thousand World's true flame of hope.

Zhao Chen and the Ancient Heavenly Emperor arrived at the Eternal Pagoda to compete for the Eternal Undying Body, which could help produce a successor capable of protecting the Great Thousand World. The Ancient Heavenly Emperor identified the Maha Ancient Clan, led by Maha Tian and Mohe You, as their chief obstacle.

• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor acknowledged Zhao Chen's overwhelming strength, while Zhao Chen assured him that he would obtain the Eternal Undying Body.
• Zhao Chen and the Ancient Heavenly Emperor entered Eternal City and discussed the Immortal Great Emperor's purpose in holding the Eternal Gathering.
• Zhao Chen pointed out Mohe You and Maha Tian among the Maha Ancient Clan members gathered near the Eternal Pagoda.
• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor condemned the Maha Ancient Clan for treating the Eternal Undying Body as its own and obstructing other potential successors.
• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor called Maha Tian a petty junior with ambition but no class.

The Eternal Gathering began as the Ancient Heavenly Emperor entered the Eternal Pagoda alongside the leading contenders for the Eternal Undying Body. Outside, Maha Tian grew wary when Zhao Chen arrived and questioned whether the God Emperor had cultivated the Imperishable Golden Body.

• Zhao Chen identified Asura Spear Ye Qing, Vajra King Shi Luo, and Sword Saint Tuoba Cang as leading challengers for the Eternal Undying Body.
• The ancient stone tower opened, and Maha Tian urged the contenders to eliminate as many rivals as possible inside the Eternal Pagoda.
• Mohe You, Ye Qing, Shi Luo, and Tuoba Cang entered the pagoda, followed by the Ancient Heavenly Emperor.
• Maha Tian recognized Zhao Chen and recalled his role in disrupting the Maha Ancient Clan's former marriage alliance with Qing Yanjing.
• Zhao Chen said he had come to observe the Eternal Gathering, and Maha Tian probed whether he had cultivated the Imperishable Golden Body.

Zhao Chen told Maha Tian that he did not seek the Eternal Undying Body, but revealed that a cultivator from the Asura Godly Court had entered the Eternal Pagoda. Maha Tian grew wary of this unknown rival, and the chapter ended as the Asura Godly Court’s representative faced Qin Donghai, a mid Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign.

• Zhao Chen rejected the Imperishable Golden Body and said the Ancient Heavenly Emperor could reclaim the Eternal Undying Body.
• Maha Tian praised his younger brother, Mohe You, and predicted he would become the Eternal Undying Body’s new master.
• Zhao Chen disclosed that someone from the Asura Godly Court had entered the Eternal Pagoda, making Maha Tian nervous.
• Maha Tian warned that defeated competitors would lose their Imperishable Source and hinted that he might act against Zhao Chen’s representative.
• Qin Donghai appeared before the Eternal Pagoda and faced the white-robed Asura Godly Court representative, whom Maha Tian recognized as a rival.

The Ancient Heavenly Emperor defeated Qin Donghai inside the Eternal Pagoda and took his Imperishable Golden Body, leaving Maha Tian alarmed about the threat to Maha You. Maha Tian demanded that Zhao Chen reveal who the white-robed man was.

• Qin Donghai sensed the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s immense Imperishable Source and challenged him, hoping to claim it.
• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor stood unmoved as Qin Donghai attacked with Sleeve Eastern Sea, Sea Dragon Art, and Water Annihilation Pearl, then destroyed all three with a word.
• Qin Donghai summoned his Imperishable Golden Body, but the Ancient Heavenly Emperor beckoned and took it from him, causing Qin Donghai to be eliminated.
• Maha Tian gloated to Zhao Chen about Qin Donghai’s attacks, then watched in shock as the Ancient Heavenly Emperor claimed Qin Donghai’s golden body.
• Maha Tian grew worried that Maha You could face the same fate and demanded to know who the white-robed man was.

Zhao Chen challenged Maha Tian’s accusation that the Eternal Pagoda had been tampered with, then secured Maha Tian’s promise to uphold the Immortal Great Emperor’s will if an outsider won the Eternal Undying Body. Inside the Pagoda, the Ancient Heavenly Emperor reached the final stage, introduced himself to Vajra King Shi Luo, and kept his true identity concealed.

• Maha Tian accused Zhao Chen of helping the white-robed man defeat Qin Donghai, and Zhao Chen countered that the accusation questioned the Immortal Great Emperor’s rules.
• Maha Tian apologized and explained that the Maha Ancient Clan wanted the Eternal Gathering to proceed fairly, while Zhao Chen got him to agree to support the Immortal Great Emperor’s will even if an outsider won.
• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor defeated stronger opponents as the Pagoda’s stages narrowed and gathered more Imperishable Source.
• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor reached the final stage, where eight participants remained, and encountered Vajra King Shi Luo.
• When Shi Luo asked his name, the Ancient Heavenly Emperor called himself the Heavenly Emperor and reflected that his title did not yet reveal his ancient identity.

The Ancient Heavenly Emperor effortlessly defeated Vajra King Shi Luo in the Eternal Pagoda, and Shi Luo recognized him as one of the Ancient Nine Emperors. Outside, Shi Luo suggested that the Immortal Great Emperor might have intended the Eternal Undying Body for the Heavenly Emperor, prompting Maha Tian to angrily reject his claim.

• Vajra King Shi Luo challenged the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, but one casual punch sent him flying and left his body sealed by Imperishable Divine Runes.
• Shi Luo realized the white-robed man was the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, was expelled from the Eternal Pagoda, and watched him absorb the Imperishable Source.
• Shi Luo concluded that losing his Imperishable Golden Body had revealed his own path toward Saint Grade.
• Maha Tian questioned Shi Luo about the man who called himself the Heavenly Emperor, and Shi Luo confirmed the title while noting Zhao Chen's connection to the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Shi Luo proposed that the Immortal Great Emperor may have intended the Eternal Undying Body for the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, and Maha Tian furiously called his words nonsense.

Maha Tian tried to force the white-robed man out of the Eternal Gathering by challenging his claim to be the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, but Zhao Chen defended his right to compete. The confrontation ended with Zhao Chen calmly inviting Maha Tian to fight him, while the Heavenly Emperor remained set to face Mohe You.

• Vajra King Shi Luo enraged Maha Tian by invoking the Ancient Heavenly Emperor and questioning the Maha Ancient Clan's claim to the Eternal Undying Body.
• Zhao Chen backed Vajra King Shi Luo, and Maha Tian accused him of presenting a Divine Court genius as the Ancient Heavenly Emperor.
• Zhao Chen argued that the white-robed man's identity did not bar him from the Eternal Gathering as long as he followed its rules.
• Maha Tian erupted with Saint Grade pressure and threatened Zhao Chen, who effortlessly dispelled it.
• Zhao Chen predicted that the Heavenly Emperor would defeat Mohe You and invited Maha Tian to challenge him directly.

Zhao Chen confirmed that the white-robed man in the Eternal Pagoda was the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, stunning the experts gathered in Eternal City. After entering an ancient world to compete for the Eternal Undying Body, the Heavenly Emperor faced Maha You, Asura Spear Ye Qing, and Sword Saint Tuoba Cang, who demanded to know who he was.

• Zhao Chen identified the white-robed man as the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, and the gathered experts recognized his resemblance to ancient images of the emperor.
• Vajra King Shi Luo celebrated having fought the Ancient Heavenly Emperor despite losing his Imperishable Source, while Maha Tian decided not to confront Zhao Chen and watched the Eternal Pagoda instead.
• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor appeared atop a stone platform in an ancient world with Maha You, Asura Spear Ye Qing, and Sword Saint Tuoba Cang.
• Maha You, Ye Qing, and Tuoba Cang asked the unfamiliar white-robed man who he was, and he introduced himself as the Heavenly Emperor, master of immortality.

The Ancient Heavenly Emperor confronted Maha You as the Eternal Undying Body began to emerge, while the other competitors prepared to fight over their chances of gaining its recognition. The Ancient Heavenly Emperor easily repelled Maha You twice, and Maha You prepared to unleash his clan-protecting divine ability.

• Maha You proposed eliminating competitors before the Eternal Undying Body appeared, and the Ancient Heavenly Emperor accused the Maha Ancient Clan of removing potential claimants in past gatherings.
• Maha You announced that he would face the Ancient Heavenly Emperor while Asura Spear Ye Qing and Sword Saint Tuoba Cang settled their own contest.
• Maha You attacked with a punch, but the Ancient Heavenly Emperor blocked it with an Imperishable Golden Lotus light screen and sent him flying.
• Maha You summoned the Maha Heavenly Bell and charged, but the Ancient Heavenly Emperor shattered it with his Imperishable Finger and wounded him.
• Maha You roared that he would use the Thirty-Six Supreme Divine Abilities and invoked the Maha Ancient Clan's Maha Immeasurable Tribulation.