Chapter Summaries

Yan Kuan returned to Blue Star with Xiao Nannan and the Mystic Gate after arranging the evacuation of Big Dipper ahead of the Path to Immortality. He reunited with his parents and introduced Xiao Nannan and his new disciple, Xiao Song, while Ye Fan faced an awkward reunion with his confidantes.

• The Mystic Gate and other lineages evacuated Big Dipper, and Yan Kuan decided to return to Blue Star with Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Xiao Nannan.
• Yan Kuan brought the Cosmic Fleet to Blue Star, where the group landed and the Big Dipper lineages settled on Penglai Immortal Island.
• Yan Kuan and Ye Fan explored Forty-Nine City with Xiao Nannan before returning to the old street, where Qin Yao, Ji Ziyue, and Li Xiaoman awaited Ye Fan.
• Yan Kuan entered his parents’ courtyard and introduced Xiao Nannan as his sworn little sister, disappointing his parents’ hopes for a grandchild.
• Yan Kuan met Xiao Song, the purple squirrel disciple Ye Fan had given him, and introduced him to Xiao Nannan as her little martial nephew.

As the Path to Immortality neared its opening, Yan Kuan watched the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone collapse and the Forbidden Zone Supremes emerge. He then went to the Netherworld, where he secured the Hell Warden Emperor’s cooperation and asked the God Organization to bring the fragments of Emperor Lord’s Immortality Cauldron.

• Yan Kuan reunited with his parents and Audelan, then welcomed Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Ji Zi, Dao Yi, and the others when Dao Yi warned that the Path to Immortality might open soon.
• The Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone’s nine Holy Mountains crumbled as the Empress reunited the nine Divine Medicines into the Nine Transformations Immortal Elixir and revealed the Path to Immortality.
• Longevity Celestial emerged from the Immortal Burial Mound, and the Great Completion Sacred Body confronted him from afar before both deferred their battle.
• Quasi-Emperors arrived at Big Dipper as Yan Kuan resolved to prepare against Longevity Celestial and traveled to the Netherworld.
• Yan Kuan showed the Hell Warden Emperor a memory of Duan De and struck a deal to keep him confined until the Dark Turmoil passed.
• Yan Kuan asked the God Organization’s upper echelons to bring the fragments of Emperor Lord’s Immortality Cauldron and accompany him.

Yan Kuan brought the God Organization to Kunlun, where Ye Fan’s Stone King revealed the Divine Child, deity of the Immortality Cauldron. He assembled the cauldron’s fragments and began preparing Forbidden Artifacts and Immortal Pills for the approaching Path to Immortality and its expected Dark Turmoil.

• Yan Kuan reunited the God Organization’s Green Bronze Cauldron fragment with the piece Ye Fan had brought to Kunlun.
• Yan Kuan opened Ye Fan’s Stone King and revealed a Divine Child sealed inside Immortal Source.
• The Old God suspected the child was Emperor Lord’s son, but Yan Kuan explained that he was the Immortality Cauldron’s deity reborn as a living being.
• Yan Kuan rejected Chuan Ying’s proposal to reforge the cauldron for battle and asked the Divine Child to help prepare for the coming Dark Turmoil.
• Yan Kuan combined the cauldron fragments in the Immortal Conception Pool, where the Divine Child recovered memories and helped draw on its power.
• Yan Kuan gathered Evolution Fluid, Supreme Origin, divine materials, and Undying Divine Medicines to begin refining Forbidden Artifacts and Immortal Pills.

As the Path to Immortality drew near, Yan Kuan captured Golden Crow Prince Tian Zhou and confronted the Golden Crow Quasi-Emperor on Heavenly Weapon Ancient Star. The Quasi-Emperor recognized Da Yi’s Dao Arrows and understood that he and Yan Kuan were destined to fight, but he asked Yan Kuan to spare his son.

• Yan Kuan departed beyond the realm as Chuan Ying, Gu Xin'ao, Gai Jiuyou, and others prepared to face the coming Dark Turmoil.
• Ancient Supremes revived across the Life Forbidden Zones, while powerful figures from across the universe gathered at Big Dipper for the opening of the Path to Immortality.
• Yan Kuan descended upon Fire Mulberry Star, shattered the Golden Crow Clan’s Quasi-Emperor array, and seized Tian Zhou.
• Yan Kuan carried Tian Zhou to Heavenly Weapon Ancient Star, where he awakened the Fire Crow Great Sage and confronted the Golden Crow Quasi-Emperor in his divine egg.
• Yan Kuan showed the Quasi-Emperor Da Yi’s Dao Arrows and declared that they would fight over the Great Dao, settle their karma, and prove the Emperor Road.
• The Golden Crow Quasi-Emperor accepted that their battle was unavoidable but asked Yan Kuan to spare Tian Zhou.

Yan Kuan killed Golden Crow Prince Tian Zhou, forcing the Golden Crow Quasi-Emperor to face him while the Immortal Path opened on Big Dipper. As the Forbidden Zone Supremes attacked its gates, Yan Kuan and an unidentified rival began extraordinary tribulations that could decide the Emperor Road.

• Yan Kuan provoked Tian Zhou into confronting his guilt, then killed him and the Fire Crow Great Sage with two Black Arrows, driving the Golden Crow Quasi-Emperor to prepare for battle.
• The Immortal Path opened on Big Dipper, releasing Immortal Qi and revealing a massive pass as the Forbidden Zone Supremes gathered before it.
• Huo Liner failed to persuade the Qilin Ancient Emperor to heed Yan Kuan’s warning, and the Qilin Ancient Emperor emerged and joined the assault on the Immortal Path.
• Longevity Celestial struck the Immortal Path’s gates first, followed by the Stone Emperor, the Qilin Ancient Emperor, and four other Supremes.
• Yan Kuan and the Golden Crow Quasi-Emperor sensed the assault and unleashed their auras as a great tribulation covered Heavenly Weapon Ancient Star.
• The Supremes noticed that Yan Kuan and an unidentified person were undergoing tribulations and contending on the Emperor Road, but they could not determine the rival’s identity.

Yan Kuan and the Golden Crow fought through their Quasi-Emperor tribulations and clashed in a decisive battle over the Great Dao. Yan Kuan emerged victorious, and the true Great Emperor Tribulation began as the Heavenly Heart Throne solidified above him.

• The Golden Crow revived into the Seventh Heaven of the Quasi-Emperor realm while Yan Kuan endured fierce time, space, and Five Elements tribulations, reaching the Ninth Heaven.
• Yan Kuan refined the Heavenly Tribulation and its Immortal Qi, while the Golden Crow realized that Yan Kuan had grown stronger than he had expected.
• Yan Kuan and the Golden Crow began their battle, trading grievous wounds before the Golden Crow forged a golden Great Bell from Dao Calamity Gold.
• The Golden Crow unleashed his full power in a final strike, but Yan Kuan transformed the Myriad Daos into Emperor Fire and met him head-on.
• The clash overwhelmed the observers’ senses, and Yan Kuan stood victorious as the Heavenly Heart Throne solidified and the true Great Emperor Tribulation began.

Yan Kuan survived his Great Emperor tribulation and used his apparent attempt to enter the Immortal Path to draw out the Undying Heavenly Emperor, who tried to delay him. On Big Dipper, seven Supremes entered the Chaos Ancient Cave, followed by four more as the Immortal Path began to close.

• Yan Kuan battled the Great Emperor tribulation, where visions of Immortal Medicines and their human forms revealed traces of ancient Immortal Kings.
• After suffering apparent grievous Dao injuries, Yan Kuan completed his Dao realization and headed toward Big Dipper before the Undying Heavenly Emperor attacked him with the Five-Colored Heavenly Blade.
• Yan Kuan revealed that his injuries and attempt to enter the Immortal Path had been a ploy to lure out the Undying Heavenly Emperor, then confronted him while continuing to refine the Tribulation Light.
• Seven Supremes used the Big Dipper Five-Colored Grand Formation to break through the Immortal Gate and enter the Chaos Ancient Cave.
• As the Immortal Path began to close, four more figures charged in, forced their way through the shattered gate, and entered the Chaos Ancient Cave.
• Immortal Qi spilled into heaven and earth as the Primordial Universe trembled.

The failed attacks on the Immortal Path revealed that a Dao-Realizer at the height of his power was needed to conquer it, while Yan Kuan faced the Undying Heavenly Emperor at the Frontier Wasteland. The Old God of the God Organization, Chuan Ying, and the Great Completion Sacred Body killed Longevity Celestial, but the remaining five Supremes prepared to unleash the Dark Turmoil.

• Several Supremes emerged from the Chaos Cave after failing to conquer the Immortal Path, and their words revealed that the Chaos Body might be the key to immortality in this era.
• Yan Kuan and the Undying Heavenly Emperor discussed the requirements for conquering the Immortal Path and the possibility of becoming immortal in the Mortal World.
• The Qilin Ancient Emperor returned to Huo Liner as the remaining Supremes recovered and prepared to unleash the Dark Turmoil.
• The Old God of the God Organization struck Longevity Celestial with the Green Bronze Cauldron, and the Great Completion Sacred Body and Chuan Ying followed with attacks that destroyed Longevity Celestial's Immortal Platform and primordial spirit.
• The Great Completion Sacred Body and Chuan Ying warned the Supremes to return to their forbidden zones, while the Old God of the God Organization stood ready to fight beside them.
• The Stone Emperor and the other four remaining Supremes refused to retreat, arguing that their dwindling lifespans left them no choice but to unleash the Dark Turmoil.

The Great Completion Sacred Body and the other allies fought the five Supremes to stop them from launching a Dark Turmoil and seizing Life Essence. As Yan Kuan confronted the Undying Heavenly Emperor, a Great Success Overlord Body emerged from the Overlord Body Ancestral Star and pursued the clash of Samsara forces.

• The Great Completion Sacred Body battled the Lord of Reincarnation and drove him toward Yan Kuan, while the other Supremes set out to find sources of Life Essence.
• Chuan Ying blocked the Light-Dark Supreme, Gu Xin'ao fought the Stone Emperor, Ning Fei challenged the Forsaken Heaven Supreme, and Gai Jiuyou decisively suppressed the Lord of Divine Ruins.
• Yan Kuan revealed that the Heavenly Empress had lived a second life and was still luscious, provoking the Undying Heavenly Emperor and making him hesitate to emerge in his true body.
• The Lord of Reincarnation invoked Reincarnation Sea and unleashed its power against the Great Completion Sacred Body's Six Paths Reincarnation Fist.
• A Great Success Overlord Body emerged from Source on the Overlord Body Ancestral Star after sensing the battle and pursued the power of the Great Completion Sacred Body.

Yan Kuan burned his lifespan to overwhelm the Undying Heavenly Emperor and intervene in the Dark Turmoil, killing the Lord of Reincarnation and defeating the sublimated Forsaken Heaven Supreme. He continued fighting at ever-increasing strength as the Great Completion Sacred Body survived and the Great Success Overlord Body watched in fear.

• The Great Success Overlord Body refused to help the Great Completion Sacred Body against the Lord of Reincarnation, while Yan Kuan tried to reach them and the Undying Heavenly Emperor blocked his way.
• The Old God sacrificed the Immortality Cauldron, and Yan Kuan used the Green Jade Turtle to interrupt the Undying Heavenly Emperor's transformation; the enraged Heavenly Emperor then called on the Supremes to join the Dark Turmoil.
• Yan Kuan burned his lifespan with Instant Century, drove the Undying Heavenly Emperor to flee, and descended on the battlefield to interrupt the Lord of Reincarnation's Ultimate Sublimation and destroy him.
• Yan Kuan saved the Great Completion Sacred Body with a Divine Pill, then defeated the Forsaken Heaven Supreme after he underwent Ultimate Sublimation and reflected on his past.
• Yan Kuan smashed the Forsaken Heaven Supreme to pieces in a Flawless Emperor Battle as his strength continued to rise.

Yan Kuan defeated the remaining Forbidden Zone Supremes at Undying Mountain after destroying the Path to Immortality and declaring his duty to end Dark Turmoil. As Yan Kuan struck down the Stone Emperor, the Undying Heavenly Emperor reappeared and launched a surprise attack.

• Yan Kuan killed Forsaken Heaven Supreme after repeatedly shattering his Emperor body, while Light-Dark Supreme escaped to Undying Mountain and Gai Jiuyou defeated the Lord of Divine Ruins.
• Yan Kuan destroyed the Path to Immortality, then extinguished the remnant spirits of Longevity Celestial and the Lord of Divine Ruins.
• Yan Kuan attacked Undying Mountain, killed Light-Dark Supreme by striking his Immortal Platform during Ultimate Sublimation, and turned to face the Stone Emperor.
• The Stone Emperor used Ultimate Sublimation and his Blue Heaven divine art, but Yan Kuan met his ultimate strike with a punch.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor suddenly reappeared and struck at Yan Kuan with a powerful white hand.

The Empress awakened and fought the Undying Heavenly Emperor, forcing him to retreat before he ambushed Yan Kuan and the other Supremes. Yan Kuan took control of Undying Mountain, then brought Duan De to the Hell Warden Emperor, who recognized him as the missing Nether Emperor.

• The Empress clashed with the Undying Heavenly Emperor and helped the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Can repel his attack on Undying Mountain before she entered an Immortal Cocoon.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor returned, drove back the five Supremes, and exposed Yan Kuan as he recovered from his life-burning Secret Art.
• Yan Kuan healed and sealed the Supremes beneath the Immortal Cocoon, then negotiated the departure of the Undying Mountain descendants while keeping the Black Tortoise Medicine and sealing the Sacred Spirit.
• Yan Kuan claimed Undying Mountain, joined it with Saint Cliff, and sealed both forbidden zones in Chaos under the protection of his Imperial Pagoda.
• Yan Kuan brought Duan De to the Netherworld, where the Hell Warden Emperor recognized him as the long-missing Nether Emperor.

Yan Kuan defeated Hell Warden Emperor, who died after passing his Imperial Weapons to Duan De, and then traveled to the Divine Ruins. There, Yan Kuan demanded that the Supremes return the Immortality Peach Tree to the Fighting Saint Ape Clan or face his wrath.

• Yan Kuan explained Cao Yusheng's nature and the Underworld's betrayal to Hell Warden Emperor, then defeated him in battle.
• As Hell Warden Emperor approached death, Yan Kuan explained the path to immortality, and Hell Warden Emperor asked Duan De to carry his weapons and show him the final path.
• Hell Warden Emperor died in a pit in the Netherworld, and Yan Kuan suppressed his Imperial Weapons and gave them to Duan De.
• Duan De joked about digging up Yan Kuan's tomb in a future life, and Yan Kuan warned him before they left the Netherworld with its relics.
• Yan Kuan crossed the universe to the Divine Ruins, collected the Southern Heavenly Gate and a Divine Spring earth vein, then demanded the return of the Immortality Peach Tree for Sage Prince and the Fighting Saint Ape Clan.

Yan Kuan forced the forbidden zones to yield, established the Mystic Gate, and shattered his Heavenly Heart Imprint to let other experts attempt the Dao. After using the Peach Ancient Tree’s fruit to renew his life and announcing a coming Path to Immortality, he ushered in a new age of competition, while the Undying Heavenly Emperor finally appeared as Yan Kuan entered his twilight again.

• Yan Kuan claimed the Peach Ancient Tree from the Divine Ruins, collected the Ancient Steles from the Immortal Burial Mound, and returned to establish the Mystic Gate in Undying Mountain and the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone.
• The Mystic Gate held a celebration as powers across the universe paid tribute to Yan Kuan, and its members grew stronger over the following centuries.
• After nearly two hundred years of burning through his lifespan, Yan Kuan shattered his Heavenly Heart Imprint and the myriad Daos, allowing the Woodcutter Old Man and the Undying Heavenly Empress to trigger Great Emperor Tribulations before he told them to stop.
• Yan Kuan consumed a peach from the Peach Ancient Tree and renewed his life, then challenged the Undying Heavenly Emperor and revealed that the next Path to Immortality would open within a thousand years.
• Yan Kuan’s announcement spurred experts across the universe to cross tribulation and compete for the path to immortality, while the Mystic Gate’s Dragon Princess, Yan Ruyu, Huo Liner, and other geniuses rose to prominence.
• More than three hundred years after Yan Kuan attained the Dao, he entered his twilight once more, and the Undying Heavenly Emperor appeared above Undying Mountain in a Chaos vortex, ready to strike.

Yan Kuan investigated Mount Tai’s ancient origins, prepared for the dangers ahead, and returned to his family before setting a trap at the Frontier Wasteland. The chapter ended with Ye Fan undergoing rebirth and beginning his Great Completion Sacred Body tribulation as Yan Kuan waited for hidden enemies to attack.

• Xiao Nannan awoke frightened, and Yan Kuan comforted her before taking her sightseeing.
• Yan Kuan used his Secret Art to trace Mount Tai’s history, witnessing the severing of Heavens and the origins of Burial Sky Island.
• Yan Kuan visited Kunlun, gathered treasures, and returned to his family on Blue Star, where he checked on his sealed children.
• Yan Kuan left his sleeping family and met Ye Fan at the Frontier Wasteland.
• Ye Fan’s Crimson True Blood returned, restoring his body as his Heavenly Tribulation began, and Yan Kuan waited for enemies to reveal themselves.

Ye Fan completed his Sacred Body and killed the Great Completion Overlord Body, while Yan Kuan protected him from the Forbidden Zones. Yan Kuan then confronted Carefree Celestial Yun Geng in the Reincarnation Sea, seeking the time-related technique that could help his own transformation.

• Ye Fan completed his Sacred Body amid the Heavenly Tribulation, but the Overlord Body Ancestral Star and the Life Forbidden Zones attacked him.
• Yan Kuan stopped the Forbidden Zone Supremes, and Ye Fan killed the Great Completion Overlord Body in battle.
• Yan Kuan refined the Sacred Blood and Overlord Blood Ye Fan sent him, then went to the Reincarnation Sea to confront its Supreme.
• Yan Kuan identified the Supreme as Carefree Celestial Yun Geng, who had survived by replacing another cultivator and living a new life.
• Yun Geng underwent Ultimate Sublimation and attacked Yan Kuan with his curse-filled steles and Immortal Tears Green Gold Treasure Vase, but Yan Kuan pierced him with one punch.
• Yan Kuan told Yun Geng that only his Time Light technique interested him, and Yun Geng prepared to draw on his remaining strength.

Yan Kuan defeated Carefree Celestial Yun Geng, survived the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s maneuvering, and absorbed the Immortal Flame Origin in the Eastern Wilderness Fire Domain. With Ye Fan’s battle at the Overlord Body Ancestral Star concluded, Yan Kuan turned his attention toward Burial Sky Island.

• Carefree Celestial Yun Geng used Time Light and summoned the River of Time in a final attack, but Yan Kuan devoured the time-and-space power and defeated him.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor appeared, proposed joining forces against the Life Forbidden Zones, and withdrew after Yan Kuan rejected his offer and unleashed the Chaos Sea.
• Yan Kuan descended into the Eastern Wilderness Fire Domain, where the Little Fire Phoenix welcomed him and offered its Immortal Flame Origin.
• Yan Kuan fused the Immortal Flame Origin into his Lifebound Emperor Fire and accepted the Little Fire Phoenix as his Fire Spirit.
• After a roar came from the Overlord Body Ancestral Star, Yan Kuan looked toward the Azure Forbidden Zone, Burial Sky Island.

After defeating two Great Success Overlord Bodies, Ye Fan sensed Burial Sky Island’s appearance and rushed toward the Big Dipper as Yan Kuan began attacking the Azure Forbidden Zone. Yan Kuan unleashed the Immortal Flame against ten allied Supremes, and the chapter ended with the Undying Heavenly Emperor blocking reinforcements and preparing for a final battle.

• Ye Fan defeated two Great Success Overlord Bodies, collected their Blood Pills, and sensed Burial Sky Island appearing above the Big Dipper.
• Yan Kuan attacked Burial Sky Island and challenged the Supremes of the Azure Forbidden Zone, while Supremes from other forbidden zones gathered to confront him.
• The Corpse Emperor summoned Source God, Source Devil, and the Chaos Monster from the Tongtian Underworld Treasure, joining the four Supremes of the Azure Forbidden Zone against Yan Kuan.
• Yan Kuan revealed that he had subdued the Immortal Flame, which engulfed Burial Sky Island and burned the Supremes as he attacked them.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor appeared, blocked Ye Fan and any other reinforcements with the Heavenly Blade, and prepared to face Yan Kuan in a final battle.

Yan Kuan fought the Supremes on Burial Sky Island and, despite reaching the end of his Second Life, revealed that he had prepared a Nine Revolutions Emperor Pill. After swallowing it, he regained his youth and vitality, leaving the battle with the Undying Heavenly Emperor poised to continue on more equal terms.

• Yan Kuan killed the Spirit Emperor and the other attacking Supremes, then destroyed the Chaos Monster and suppressed the Tongtian Underworld Artifact.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor attacked Yan Kuan and used the Ascension Waterfall to seal Burial Sky Island and counter the Immortal Flame.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor wore down Yan Kuan's aging body, while Yan Kuan gathered Starlight and realized he had found an opportunity for nirvana.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor struck Yan Kuan down, but a peak Great Emperor figure emerged from Yan Kuan and shattered into Immortal Light, revealing a Blood-Colored Emperor Pill.
• Yan Kuan swallowed the Nine Revolutions Emperor Pill he had nurtured for a hundred years, regained his youth and vitality, and ascended Above the Heavens.

Yan Kuan burned the life essence of three lives to kill the Undying Heavenly Emperor, while the Beginningless Bell drove the Undying Heavenly Blade into the Interstice World. Yan Kuan claimed the Emperor’s spoils, but the Heavenly Dao’s strongest punishment was about to descend.

• The Undying Heavenly Emperor tried to leave Burial Sky Island and again proposed that he and Yan Kuan join forces, but Yan Kuan trapped him and launched Moment Eternity.
• Yan Kuan and the Undying Heavenly Emperor fought desperately; Yan Kuan pierced the Immortal Phoenix’s forehead with a sword strike, mortally wounding him.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor sent the Undying Heavenly Blade away, but the Beginningless Bell arrived and pursued it through the Ascension Waterfall into the Interstice World.
• Yan Kuan absorbed the remaining Imperial Dao Law and collected the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s body, essence, and inheritance fragments, though he believed some remnants might survive.
• The Heavenly Dao began gathering its strongest punishment against Yan Kuan for disrupting time, space, and the world’s origin.