Chapter Summaries

Li Zhi abandoned his sorrow and joined Ye Fan’s coalition preparing to attack Mount Sumeru and rescue Huahua. He claimed Mount Sumeru’s ultimate methods would remain hidden until the Immortal Path opened, then traveled west with the group and began asking Divine Silkworm Daoist a long-troubling question.

• Ye Fan returned from Beyond the Realm with Sage Kings, destroyed the Golden Crow forces on Beidou, and called the heroes together to rescue Huahua from Mount Sumeru.
• Li Xian'er and Jin Ming traveled to Northern Domain Divine City to support Ye Fan, where Li Xian'er asked Li Zhi to join the campaign.
• Li Xian'er, Jin Ming, Li Heishui, and Zhang Qingyang found Li Zhi meditating in sorrow near the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone and told him about the attack on Mount Sumeru.
• Li Zhi became eager to go to Mount Sumeru, saying it could help him gauge a Great Emperor’s strength, and brought everyone to Northern Domain Divine City.
• Li Zhi assured Ye Fan and the assembled heroes that Mount Sumeru’s ultimate methods would not appear before the Immortal Path opened, then joined their journey to the Western Desert.
• On the way, Li Zhi approached Divine Silkworm Daoist to ask him a question that had troubled him for a long time.

Li Zhi questioned Divine Silkworm Daoist and Divine Silkworm Princess about Divine Emperor’s unusually long reign, seeking clues to the Longevity Path he had taken, and explained his plans to test a Forbidden Artifact against a Supreme. He then arrived at Mount Sumeru with them and saw Ye Fan’s forces assembled beneath the mountain.

• Li Zhi asked how long Divine Emperor had lived and proposed that he might have pursued a path to reverse life and death; Divine Silkworm Princess said Divine Silkworm Ridge recorded a reign of more than a hundred thousand years but lacked exact dates.
• Li Zhi told Divine Silkworm Daoist and Divine Silkworm Princess that he believed Ye Fan was destined to attain the Dao and would rescue his disciple from Mount Sumeru.
• Li Zhi admitted he had refined a Forbidden Artifact in the Fire Domain and planned to test whether it could threaten an Imperial Dao Supreme Being, while Divine Silkworm Princess warned that such artifacts could not harm Supremes.
• Li Zhi, Divine Silkworm Daoist, and Divine Silkworm Princess reached Mount Sumeru in the Western Desert.
• Li Zhi saw Ye Fan’s Heavenly Court Followers stationed beneath Mount Sumeru, including more than twenty Sage Kings and veteran members Qi Luo, Dongfang Ye, Li Tian, and Yan Yixi.

Li Zhi and Ye Fan’s allies besieged Mount Sumeru, but Amitabha Emperor’s Sarira and the mountain’s vast Power of Faith made it impossible to breach. Li Zhi tried a new method to challenge the Buddhist defenses, leaving Mount Sumeru’s defenders shaken but the siege unresolved.

• Dragon Horse tried to swallow the Eight Merit Water, but Mount Sumeru’s Buddha Light blocked him.
• Ye Fan’s forces fought the Eight Divisions of the Buddhist Sect, but the Great Peacock Bright King and Maha Ancient Buddha strengthened Mount Sumeru with Amitabha Emperor’s Sarira, forcing the attackers to besiege the mountain.
• The Divine Knight failed to damage Mount Sumeru with his Great Sage Tribulation or reverse the faith protecting it, so Ye Fan prepared another method.
• Li Zhi stepped forward, entered the Divine Prohibition Realm, and punched Mount Sumeru’s Dharma Image, but the blow sent him flying without damaging the mountain.
• Li Zhi transformed into a Daoist, chanted sutras, and caused demonic aura to emerge from some Buddhist disciples before accusing them of violating Heavenly Dao and natural law.
• Maha Ancient Buddha confronted Li Zhi, who declared that Heaven would despise the stubbornly deluded before vanishing.

Li Zhi tested whether he could summon divine thunder powerful enough to challenge Mount Sumeru, then reconsidered how to face the Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings. Ye Fan’s efforts to weaken Mount Sumeru’s faith failed, so he opened the Nine Heavens Deity Coffin and unleashed the Divine Emperor’s corpse, leaving the mountain shaken as the corpse began to climb it.

• Li Zhi’s summoned Heavenly Thunder destroyed a temple but failed to seriously damage Mount Sumeru’s Power of Faith, and he admitted his method had not worked.
• Li Zhi told Jin Ming and Li Xian'er that his experiment had failed to summon the forbidden divine thunder and advised them that only an Emperor could defeat an Emperor.
• Ye Fan spent eight days arranging a Source Heavenly Array around Mount Sumeru, then sent Heavenly Court disciples to preach in the Western Desert, but neither effort weakened the mountain’s accumulated faith.
• Ye Fan opened the Nine Heavens Deity Coffin, and its Imperial Sha Qi clashed with Mount Sumeru’s Power of Faith.
• The Divine Emperor’s corpse emerged from the coffin, overwhelmed Mount Sumeru’s defenses, and began climbing the mountain in the Nine-Colored Immortal Robe.

Li Zhi watched the Divine Emperor’s corpse and Amitabha Emperor’s dharma body clash, then abandoned his plan to attack Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings after realizing the gap in power. After Huahua was rescued from Mount Sumeru, Li Zhi left with Li Xian’er and Jin Ming for the City of Darkness, where he intended to reclaim the Human Emperor Seal.

• Li Zhi protected Li Xian’er and Jin Ming as the Divine Emperor’s corpse and Amitabha Emperor’s dharma body tested their Daos, then concluded he could not survive a direct confrontation with Great Emperors.
• The Nine-Colored Immortal Robe returned the Divine Emperor’s corpse to the Nine Heavens Deity Coffin, and Li Xian’er recorded Dao Marks from the encounter in her Wordless Heavenly Book.
• Ye Fan reunited with Huahua after the Demon Subduing Pestle helped end the battle on Mount Sumeru, and Huahua joked about abducting the female Bodhisattvas before explaining what had happened to him.
• Li Zhi told Li Xian’er and Jin Ming that he would take them to the City of Darkness for the Ten Thousand Races Conference to seek the Human Emperor Seal held by the Kunlun Remnant Tribe.
• Li Zhi and his companions bade farewell to Ye Fan’s group after Heavenly Court demonstrated its strength in the rescue battle.

Li Zhi traveled to the City of Darkness for the Myriad Races Grand Assembly and discussed the growing danger of the Forbidden Zones with the Ji Clan's Old Great Sage. He left Li Xian'er and Jin Ming in the city, then intercepted a War Chariot from Immortality Mountain and confronted its occupant.

• The Ji Clan's Old Great Sage thanked Li Zhi for the Immortal Qi that had restored his vitality and said Ji Zi was still traveling.
• Li Zhi and the Ji Clan's Old Great Sage discussed the Myriad Races Grand Assembly, the threat of Forbidden Zone Visitors, and the possibility of a Dark Turmoil.
• Li Zhi parted from the Ji Clan's Old Great Sage and planned to visit the Wind Clan and other human powers to discuss preparations.
• At the City of Darkness, Li Zhi sent Li Xian'er and Jin Ming into the city while he waited outside for experts from the Forbidden Zones.
• A War Chariot emerged from Immortality Mountain, and Li Zhi bound its attacking servants and identified himself as Li Changshou.

Li Changshou, known as Longevity Daoist, confronted An Pu of Immortality Mountain after stopping his chariot and beating his servants. Their battle escalated into a fierce clash in the Outer Realm Battlefield, where cultivators recognized Li Changshou but could not identify An Pu.

• Li Zhi immobilized An Pu's servants and slapped them, then challenged the cultivator inside the war chariot to come out.
• An Pu emerged, introduced himself, and attacked Li Zhi with the Dark Demon Divine Palm, but Li Zhi neutralized it and revealed that he knew of the emperors sleeping in Immortality Mountain.
• An Pu and Li Zhi exchanged powerful attacks, transformed their bodies, and continued fighting as they charged toward the Outer Realm's Starry Battlefield.
• An Pu invoked God Demon Ten Kills while Li Zhi countered with Dragon Slayer, shattering meteors and clearing a vast area of the battlefield.
• Cultivators and Great Sages watched the battle from afar, and Central Domain natives recognized Li Changshou as Longevity Daoist while wondering which Ancient Imperial Prince he was fighting.

Li Zhi defeated An Pu on the Outer Realm Battlefield and harvested his vital essence, then withdrew to study the Forbidden Zone techniques he had seen. As the Myriad Races Grand Assembly began in the City of Darkness, Li Xian'er and Jin Ming waited for him while cultivators gathered on a hidden ancient continent.

• Li Zhi overwhelmed An Pu even after he activated his Ancient Emperor Bloodline, secretly stealing his vital essence with each clash before defeating him.
• An Pu fled the battlefield, and Li Zhi returned to the Eastern Wilderness Middle Region to study the techniques he had witnessed.
• As the Ten Thousand Races Conference approached, powerful cultivators of countless races gathered in the City of Darkness to seek opportunities on the Immortal Path.
• Li Xian'er and Jin Ming attended gatherings around the city and discussed why Li Zhi had not returned, while remaining uninterested in the promised immortal spots.
• The grand assembly opened when cultivators summoned a hidden ancient continent above the City of Darkness, and its bell called the gathered races to convene.

The grand assembly descended into violence and factional disputes before Jiang Yifei and the Kunlun Remnant Tribe’s White-haired Old Man clashed with their Imperial Weapons over an ancient grudge. Li Zhi intervened to reclaim the Human Emperor Seal and awakened its injured Emperor Weapon Deity, leaving the White-haired Old Man’s control of the treasure in doubt.

• Powerhouses from across the universe gathered at the Celestial Pavilion, where arguments and killings erupted despite calls to establish rules for the Immortal Path.
• Jiang Yifei confronted the White-haired Old Man with the Heng Yu Furnace and the Human Emperor Seal, reviving the Kunlun Remnant Tribe’s old grudge against Emperor Heng Yu.
• Li Zhi arrived with a fragment of the Human Emperor Seal, declared that he would reclaim the treasure for the human race, and asked Jiang Yifei to block interference from other Imperial Weapons.
• The White-haired Old Man attacked Li Zhi with the Human Emperor Seal, but Li Zhi placed his fragment on a mysterious altar and chanted a sacrificial scripture.
• The Human Emperor Seal flew to the altar and merged with the fragment, awakening its aura and suppressing the mark the Bai Xi Clan had placed within it.

Li Zhi fought the Three-eyed White-haired Elder over the Human Emperor Seal, using powerful musical attacks and divine techniques to defeat the Kunlun Remnant Tribe Great Sage. After the Elder’s Vermilion Bird secret treasure turned against him through Li Zhi’s Innate Bagua Diagram, the wounded Elder opened a gate with a Quasi-Emperor aura and prepared to escape.

• Li Zhi’s Soldier Soul awakened the Human Emperor Seal’s spirit and repaired its damage, after which the seal refused to obey the Three-eyed White-haired Elder and chose to let the two fight.
• The Three-eyed White-haired Elder attacked Li Zhi with destructive power and the Bai Xi Clan’s Demon Suppressing Immortal Melody, but Li Zhi’s suona shattered the Elder’s spell and collapsed his Dharma True Body.
• Li Zhi played Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, but the Elder’s Demon Refining Bottle swallowed the summoned birds, so Li Zhi used the Great Five Elements Divine Light to sweep the bottle away.
• The Elder sent a Quasi-Emperor Vermilion Bird feather toward Li Zhi’s Immortal Platform, but Li Zhi’s Innate Bagua Diagram redirected it through a spacetime tunnel and a Domain Gate, striking the Elder from behind and shattering his Dragon Transformation and Dao Palace realms.
• The badly wounded Three-eyed White-haired Elder crushed a Jade Talisman and began opening a Domain Gate carrying a faint Quasi-Emperor aura, promising to wait for Li Zhi on the road to Yellow Springs.

Li Zhi seized the damaged Human Emperor Seal, then sent Li Xian'er and Jin Ming to the Jade Pool Holy Land while he prepared for the coming Immortal Path. After leaving Jade Pool, he was ambushed by a Quasi-Emperor Killing Formation that tore him apart.

• Li Zhi destroyed the Domain Gate and the White-haired Old Man, took the Human Emperor Seal, and left for the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone.
• Li Xian'er and Jin Ming fled the City of Darkness and reunited with Li Zhi, who explained that the Human Emperor Seal's deity and Imperial Dao Laws had fallen dormant.
• Li Zhi lectured Li Xian'er and Jin Ming on the Dao for seven days, then sent them to the Jade Pool Holy Land.
• At Jade Pool, the Jade Pool Saintess warned Li Zhi about the Kunlun Remnant Tribe, and he said he would treat their hostility as training.
• After learning the Ten Thousand Races Conference had ended without agreement, Li Zhi left Jade Pool and was caught in a Quasi-Emperor Killing Formation that tore him to pieces.

Li Zhi ambushed and defeated four Great Sages of the Kunlun Remnant Tribe, then arrived in Divine City and learned how Dao Yi Saintess Yu Chen had advanced to Sage King Second Heaven. He sent her a Jade Talisman while she remained in seclusion beside the Heavenly Venerate Ancient Tablet.

• The Kunlun Remnant Tribe's Great Sages discovered that Li Zhi had deceived them with an essence-blood false body, then fell into his Great Formation of Stars.
• Li Zhi defeated the trapped cultivators and took four kinds of Great Sage-level Supreme Ancient Blood, their bodies, and their treasures.
• Li Zhi explored Divine City and visited the Dao Yi Holy Land Stone Workshop, where the old Daoist welcomed him.
• The old Daoist told Li Zhi that Yu Chen had spent over a century traveling through the mortal world, then returned and rapidly advanced to Sage King Second Heaven.
• Li Zhi gave the old Daoist a Jade Talisman to deliver to Yu Chen, who was cultivating in seclusion beside the Heavenly Venerate Ancient Tablet.

Li Zhi failed to locate the Immortality Ascension Cauldron’s sealed Artifact Spirit in Ji Clan Stone Workshop, but Ye Fan later uncovered it inside a Stone King. Li Zhi studied the Little Fatty and recognized his choice to seek freedom and growth, then left Ye Fan with a cryptic hint about the child’s origins.

• Li Zhi searched Ji Clan Stone Workshop for the sealed Artifact Spirit but could not identify its stone, and he avoided cutting open the garden’s stones to prevent entanglement with Emperor Venerable.
• Ye Fan arrived at Ji Clan Stone Workshop, drew a crowd, and used Source Heavenly techniques to locate a battered Stone King in a small lake.
• As Ye Fan cut open the stone, Li Zhi appeared and watched as the Immortal Source revealed the Little Fatty, the Artifact Spirit of the Immortality Ascension Cauldron.
• Li Zhi examined the Little Fatty’s body and Immortal Platform, becoming absorbed in what his choice to leave immortality behind meant for life’s freedom and evolution.
• Great Sage Hun Tuo’s arrival brought Li Zhi back to himself, and Li Zhi returned the sealed Little Fatty to Ye Fan before saying his origins were right there on Ye Fan.
• Li Zhi left Divine City while Ye Fan guarded the Little Fatty from the many experts eager to examine him.

Li Zhi restored the Artifact Spirits of his four Dao Carrying Artifacts and helped them endure their tribulations, then returned to Desolate Mountain to await the Immortal Path. When a Great Void Rift opened and released Immortal Spirit Qi, he collected the escaping Immortal Light before the other cultivators recognized its value.

• Li Zhi used four Sage King-level clones and Immortal Fire to create new Artifact Spirits for his four Dao Carrying Artifacts.
• He sent the four weapons into separate star domains, where they endured a half-month of powerful Heavenly Tribulations and advanced to Great Saint Soldiers.
• Li Zhi returned to Desolate Mountain and waited as cultivators searched the area for signs of the Immortal Path.
• A Great Void Rift opened above the mountain, and Li Zhi recognized that the Immortal Path lay beyond it.
• Immortal Spirit Qi escaped from the widening rift, and Li Zhi used the Sky Shrouding Hand to collect the Immortal Light before vanishing.

As the Immortal Path rift opened above the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, Li Zhi chose to remain on Beidou rather than flee, determined to seize the opportunity amid the coming chaos. He built a concealed Heaven-Stealing Array beneath the rift and began preparing to cultivate there.

• The Immortal Path rift widened, drawing Saints and Great Sages into a battle over the Immortal Spirit Qi that burst from it.
• Li Zhi secretly observed the rift, then went to the Jade Pool Holy Land and asked whether Li Xian'er and Jin Ming would evacuate with him or with Jade Pool.
• After Jin Ming urged him not to retreat from danger, Li Zhi decided to stay on Beidou and pursue the greatest fortune on the Immortal Path.
• Li Zhi took Li Xian'er and Jin Ming beneath the rift and spent three months building a Heaven-Stealing Array that concealed their underground space from the Forbidden Zone Supremes.
• Li Zhi announced that the three of them would enter seclusion inside the completed array, leaving Li Xian'er puzzled about his plan.

Li Zhi used the Humanoid Immortality Elixir and Mysterious Immortal Tree to draw Immortal Spirit Qi and Immortal Domain Laws into his formation while disguising the process as a tree reaching for the Immortal Path. After twenty years, he cut off the connection, collected six Law Fruits, and took Li Xian'er and Jin Ming to a barren star for tribulation, while planning to return to Beidou.

• Li Zhi planted the Humanoid Immortality Elixir and Mysterious Immortal Tree in the formation, allowing Li Xian'er and Jin Ming to cultivate under converging Laws.
• Li Zhi secretly rooted the Mysterious Immortal Tree in the Immortal Path and used a Jianmu-like tree to disguise its activity from the Great Sages.
• The disguised tree drew the Great Sages' attention before turning to Tribulation Ash, while Immortal Qi and Immortal Domain Laws nourished Li Zhi's formation and produced six Law Fruits.
• Over twenty years, the Great Void Rift expanded and battles there claimed many Saints; Li Zhi gathered some scattered Saint Bones and Saint Blood before severing the tree's connection to the Immortal Path.
• Li Zhi collected the six fallen fruits, awakened Li Xian'er and Jin Ming, and took them to a lifeless star beyond Beidou to undergo tribulation.
• Li Zhi told Li Xian'er that he still had unfinished business in Beidou and intended to witness the Immortal Path opening.

Li Zhi, Jin Ming, and Li Xian'er completed their tribulations and returned to Beidou, where they learned Ye Fan was getting engaged to Ji Ziyue. As the others entered the Ji Clan celebration, Li Zhi went to meet An Pu and another powerful figure from a Forbidden Zone.

• Li Zhi broke through to the fifth level of the Great Sage Realm after a thunder tribulation, and Jin Ming advanced to the second level of the Sage King Realm.
• Li Xian'er passed her Sage King Tribulation and reached the first level of the Sage King Realm, choosing not to reincarnate yet.
• The group returned to Beidou and learned that Ye Fan was getting engaged to Ji Ziyue at the Ji Clan; Li Xian'er also learned that her mother, Zhou Mei, had died.
• Li Zhi sent Li Xian'er and Jin Ming into the Ji Clan, then traveled to the Great Wilderness to meet a group that included An Pu.
• Li Zhi called out to the approaching group, and the man beside An Pu, dressed in Nether Iron Divine Clothes, released a terrifying aura toward him.

Li Zhi encountered An Pu and Shen Ming, then attended Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue’s wedding, where Li Xian’er and Jin Ming wondered whether Ye Fan was the Son of Destiny. He later left the Ji Clan with Immortality Mountain’s envoys and faced Shen Ming on the Outer Realm Battlefield.

• Li Zhi met An Pu and Shen Ming on the road and invited them to travel with him to the Ji Clan, while An Pu urged Shen Ming to put their mission first.
• At the Ji Clan’s wedding feast, Li Xian’er and Jin Ming argued that Ye Fan’s extraordinary trials and influence marked him as the Son of Destiny.
• Li Zhi reflected that he, Li Xian’er, and Jin Ming lacked fixed fates, while Ye Fan’s destiny could change as he broke from its planned path.
• Li Zhi left the wedding early and appeared with An Pu, Shen Ming, and the others from Immortality Mountain on the Outer Realm Battlefield.
• Shen Ming challenged Li Zhi, declaring that he would use his strength to break through Li Zhi’s concealed secrets and reveal his true nature.

Li Zhi defeated Shen Ming, then took Li Xian'er and Jin Ming to the Fire Domain to watch the Immortal Path open from safety. As the Forbidden Zone Supreme beings awakened and an ancient Great Emperor's remains fell from the rift and dissolved, Li Xian'er questioned whether even the Supreme beings could break through the Immortal Path.

• Li Zhi defeated Shen Ming in the Outer Realm Battlefield and collected the Ancient Imperial Prince's blood essence.
• Li Zhi left the Ji Clan with Li Xian'er and Jin Ming, bringing them to the Fire Domain to watch the Immortal Path from within a protective array.
• The Great Void Rift above the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone burst open, and the Forbidden Zone Supreme beings awakened as Immortal Light emerged from the rift.
• Li Zhi explained the difference between Quasi-Emperors and Great Sages to Li Xian'er and Jin Ming as three Quasi-Emperors gathered near the rift.
• A broken Great Emperor-level body fell from the Immortal Path and began Dao Dissolution, prompting Li Xian'er to ask whether the Supreme beings could break through the Realm Wall.

Li Zhi explained how the damaged Immortal Domain could admit weaker beings while repelling Imperial Dao experts, as Beidou braced for the Immortal Path to open. Ruthless Great Emperor emerged in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, prompting Supreme Beings from the Forbidden Zones to gather as the Immortal Path finally manifested.

• Li Zhi explained that Great Void Rifts might let weaker beings enter the Immortal Domain, while powerful cultivators suffered its backlash, and Beidou’s major inheritances began relocating beyond the realm.
• Ye Fan and his companions tried to relocate mortals, but resentment from the displaced people caused them to halt the effort.
• Ruthless Great Emperor destroyed the nine Holy Mountains, restored the Nine Marvels Immortality Elixir, and entered a hidden world with Huang Slaves.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerate confronted a Great Completion Holy Physique in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, and Li Zhi identified them for Li Xian'er and Jin Ming.
• Stone Emperor, Kirin Ancient Emperor, and other Imperial Dao Supreme Beings emerged from the Forbidden Zones, bringing their number to seven.
• The Immortal Path appeared, and the Immortal Domain Law formed phantoms of immortal beasts before a magnificent Grand Pass.