Ch. 601From Shrouding the Heavens: Stealing Heavenly Secrets — Section 601

Seven Imperial Dao Supreme Beings broke through the Grand Pass and entered a Chaos Cave after opening the Immortal Sect, while Li Zhi suspected they had taken a false path. When they failed to return and the Immortal Path began closing, four more Supremes charged into the cave, leaving the fate of all eleven unknown.

  • The seven Imperial Dao Supreme Beings destroyed the Grand Pass and fought their way along the Immortal Path to an Immortal Sect.
  • The seven Supremes joined their power to open the Immortal Sect and entered the Chaos Cave, while Li Xian'er sensed danger and Li Zhi suspected the path led away from the Immortal Domain.
  • As no Supremes returned, desperate Saints tried to ascend the Immortal Path but were killed by its laws and phantoms.
  • When the Immortal Path began closing, four Imperial Dao Supreme Beings emerged from Forbidden Zones, forced it open, and entered the Chaos Ancient Cave.

Ch. 602From Shrouding the Heavens: Stealing the Heavenly Secrets—Section 602

As eleven Imperial Dao Supreme Beings attacked the Immortal Path, Li Zhi sent a specially crafted puppet toward it to seize its fortune while keeping his true body safe. Immortal Qi spilled into the Great Universe, which entered a more favorable cultivation age even as the assault threatened to damage its already incomplete origin.

  • Li Zhi warned Li Xian'er and Jin Ming to observe the Immortal Path through the Chaos Body Mirror and keep their Divine Sense hidden.
  • Li Xian'er gave Li Zhi the Wordless Heavenly Book, and he prepared a flesh-and-blood Battle Puppet with his Sole True God and the book installed within it.
  • Li Zhi sent the armored puppet from the Fire Domain toward the Immortal Path as eleven Imperial Dao Supreme Beings stepped onto it.
  • Immortal Qi leaked into the Great Universe, alarming experts across the stars and prompting many to hide.
  • Li Zhi told Li Xian'er and Jin Ming that the leaking Immortal Qi would improve cultivation conditions temporarily, but the Supreme Beings' assault and recovery could damage the Heaven and Earth Origin.

Ch. 603Starting from Shrouding the Heavens, Stealing Heavenly Secrets — Section 603

Li Zhi used the Heaven Stealing Art on the Immortal Path, sending his Flesh and Blood Puppet into a mysterious Dao Cocoon that vanished after drawing the Nine Layered Immortal Tribulation. He then took Li Xian'er and Jin Ming away from Beidou, arriving in the star region of the second pass of the Human Trial Ancient Road as the Dark Turmoil approached.

  • Li Zhi sent his Flesh and Blood Puppet toward the Immortal Path, where it used an Imperial Weapon fragment to break through the laws and enter the pass.
  • Li Zhi's Blood Altar drew down the Nine Layered Immortal Tribulation as the Heaven Stealing Art gathered Immortal Domain and Imperial Dao Laws into his puppet's body.
  • The altar burned away, and Li Zhi's puppet became a Nine-Colored Dao Cocoon that vanished from the Immortal Path, prompting the Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings to search for it.
  • Li Zhi told Li Xian'er and Jin Ming that his plan had succeeded and that the Supreme Beings would not dare confront him after he returned to Beidou.
  • Li Zhi took Li Xian'er and Jin Ming through a Domain Gate to the star region of the second pass of the Human Trial Ancient Road.
  • Jin Ming questioned why Li Zhi had brought them near the gathered Heavenly Prides, while Li Zhi anticipated that the Supreme Beings might personally emerge to harvest life force during the coming Dark Turmoil.

Ch. 604Stealing Heavenly Secrets from Shrouding the Heavens: Section 604

Li Zhi brought Li Xian'er and Jin Ming to Ziwei Ancient Star to retrieve Great Emperor Essence Blood and prepare a formation that could direct Heavenly Punishment against the coming Dark Turmoil. As the formation was completed, the Supreme Beings returned from the Immortal Path in defeat, and the Kirin Ancient Emperor left his discoveries to someone destined to inherit them before dying.

  • Li Zhi took the Star Core containing the remaining Great Emperor Essence Blood from a ruined Ancient Star and brought Li Xian'er and Jin Ming to the Ziwei Ancient Star Domain.
  • Li Zhi explained that his hidden incarnation remained in a Dao Cocoon and that the formation he gave Li Xian'er and Jin Ming would guide Heavenly Punishment rather than directly fight the Supreme Beings.
  • Li Zhi explained that Ziwei was the home of the Taiyin Human Emperor and Sun Sacred Emperor, whose Imperial Weapons could work together, and the three began constructing the formation outside the star.
  • A succession of Supreme Beings returned from the Immortal Path and died, lamenting their failure and warning that the era lacked the right person.
  • The Kirin Ancient Emperor returned to his ancestral star, left his Immortal Path discoveries for a destined inheritor, and died after saying farewell to his children.

Ch. 605Stealing Heavenly Secrets from Shrouding the Heavens — Section 605

After the Immortal Path collapsed, six surviving Supreme Beings began a Dark Turmoil, devouring life across the universe. Sun Sacred Emperor was awakened on Ziwei to confront Light and Dark Supreme Being, but the battle remained unresolved.

  • Amitabha Emperor's Divine Self revived through the faith of Buddhist disciples, but the Immortal Path campaign failed and Mount Sumeru was left in ruins.
  • The Immortal Path collapsed, and Longevity Heavenly Venerate, Stone Emperor, Light and Dark Supreme Being, Lord of Reincarnation, Heaven Abandoning Supreme Being, and Lord of the Divine Ruins survived and launched a Dark Turmoil.
  • Li Zhi hid with Li Xian'er and Jin Ming inside the Human Emperor Seal as Supreme Beings slaughtered beings across the universe, while his attempts to stop Light and Dark Supreme Being failed.
  • Sun Sacred Emperor awakened from the North Sea Eye after the people of Ziwei called for him, then attacked Light and Dark Supreme Being with the Human Emperor Seal and an array powered by the Sun Emperor Pagoda.
  • Light and Dark Supreme Being broke through Li Zhi's Starry Sky Great Array despite Sun Sacred Emperor's assault.

Ch. 606Stealing the Heavens Starting from Shrouding the Heavens, Section 606

After the Light and Dark Supreme Being retreated from Ziwei Ancient Star, Li Zhi resolved to fight the Supremes ravaging the universe and received the Taiyin Human Emperor Seal from the Sun Sacred Emperor. He returned to Beidou to prepare a weapon and retrieve his Dao Palace’s Sole True God and Immortal Tree, then encountered Gai Jiuyou in the Fire Domain.

  • The Light and Dark Supreme Being retreated after losing heavily to the Sun Sacred Emperor, sparing Ziwei Ancient Star from complete destruction.
  • As the Supremes bloodbathed the universe and hunted Imperial Weapons, Li Zhi told Jin Ming and Li Xian'er he would fight them, then subdued them when they tried to follow.
  • Li Zhi asked the Sun Sacred Emperor for the Taiyin Human Emperor Seal, received it along with the Sun Emperor Pagoda, and placed the exhausted Human Skin in its stone coffin.
  • Li Zhi returned to Beidou and opened a Light Gate beneath the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, where the Old Madman attacked him before recognizing the Sun Emperor Pagoda.
  • Li Zhi retrieved his Dao Palace's Sole True God and the Immortal Tree through the Light Gate, closed it, and traveled to the Fire Domain, where he met Gai Jiuyou.

Ch. 607From Shrouding the Heavens: Stealing the Heavenly Secrets—Section 607

Li Zhi used a forbidden secret technique through the Human Emperor Seal to summon a mysterious sword that killed the Light and Dark Supreme Being. The Female Emperor then ended the Dark Turmoil, leaving the universe to mourn its dead and ruined weapons.

  • Li Zhi asked Gai Jiuyou to help him use his secret technique against a Forbidden Zone Supreme, then entrusted the Human Emperor Seal to Ye Fan.
  • Ye Fan joined the starry battlefield, where he used the Human Emperor Seal to strike the Light and Dark Supreme Being as Li Zhi activated the Three-Layered Dark Altar and summoned a sword from the Mysterious Law Pool.
  • The mysterious sword killed the Light and Dark Supreme Being, and the Human Emperor Seal vanished into the void after releasing Taiyin divine light.
  • The Female Emperor revived and ended the Dark Turmoil by killing an Imperial Dao Supreme Being with her Flying Immortal Power.
  • Survivors across the universe celebrated the end of the calamity, then mourned the countless dead and the heroes and Imperial Weapons lost in battle.

Ch. 608From Shrouding the Heavens: Stealing Heavenly Secrets—Section 608

After the Supreme battle, Li Zhi’s friends searched for the missing heroes and learned from his Soul Lamp that he still lived. Deep within the North Sea Eye, Li Zhi endured a century of recovery, finally eliminating the sword qi at the cost of losing all his cultivation.

  • Li Xian'er brought Li Zhi’s dim Soul Lamp to the Starry Battlefield, giving Black Emperor and the others hope that Li Zhi survived.
  • Black Emperor recounted Li Zhi’s cryptic claim that only Heavenly Emperor Ye was undying, leading the group to wonder whether Ye Fan had survived.
  • Li Xian'er and Jin Ming settled near the North Sea Eye while the others returned to Heavenly Village.
  • The Sun Sacred Emperor’s Emperor Tower brought Li Zhi to the North Sea Eye, where the Fusang Immortal Divine Tree and Taiyin Human Emperor Seal helped stabilize his shattered body.
  • Li Zhi endured recurring sword-qi attacks for a hundred years and finally eradicated the last trace, but the sword qi had stripped away all his cultivation.

Ch. 609Stealing Heavenly Secrets from Shrouding the Heavens — Section 609

After enduring a century of torment in the Eye of the North Sea, Li Zhi rebuilt his cultivation to Great Sage Peak and left for the Ziwei Ancient Star. At the Seven Stars Dao Field, Li Xian'er prepared for her fourth Mortal World Reincarnation while Jin Ming agreed to protect her.

  • Li Zhi stole Law Fragments from the sword qi and formed the Demon Summoning Scripture, then cultivated the Great Dao from scratch to Great Sage Peak.
  • Li Zhi placed the Sun Emperor Pagoda atop the Sun Sacred Emperor's coffin, collected the Taiyin Human Emperor Seal fragments, thanked the Fusang Immortal Divine Tree, and opened a Void Passage out of the Eye of the North Sea.
  • Li Xian'er told Jin Ming that she planned to undergo another Mortal World Reincarnation to build her foundation, and Jin Ming agreed to guard the Dao Field.
  • Li Xian'er anticipated unavoidable calamities in her later reincarnations, including Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder, based on her calculations with the Innate Bagua Diagram.
  • The Seven Stars Dao Field had grown stronger: the Four Great Maidservants had become Saints, its two divine beasts had reached Saint Beast King, and Divine Deer Little Bai had become a Saint Beast.

Ch. 610From Shrouding the Heavens: Stealing Heavenly Secrets, Section 610

Li Xian'er began her fourth Mortal World Reincarnation, drawing a powerful tribulation over the Seven Stars Dao Field while Jin Ming and the Four Great Maidservants protected it. A coalition of Ziwei experts arrived to seek the Human Emperor's Treasure and Fusang Divine Tree, then mistook the tribulation for a pill-refining opportunity and prepared to attack the Dao Field.

  • Li Zhi's sealing of the transforming Kirin Beast and the Dao Field's dwindling resources left Jin Ming waiting for his return before she departed to gain experience.
  • Li Xian'er began severing her cultivation to undergo her fourth Mortal World Reincarnation, and tribulation clouds gathered above the Dao Field.
  • A coalition of Human Monarch Hall, Northern Sea Yao Race, and Luzhou experts planned to cross the North Sea for the Human Emperor's Treasure and Fusang Divine Tree, with the Seven Stars Supreme Dao Field in their way.
  • The Four Great Maidservants raised a seven-colored barrier that shielded the Dao Field from the accumulating Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder.
  • Ancient Saint Sun Tong identified the tribulation as the sign of a world-shocking Divine Pill, and warned the coalition that attacking during its refinement could make them scapegoats for the Heavenly Punishment.
  • Sage King Lei Hong recognized the Nine Secrets: Zu in the Dao Field's array, while the Golden Flood Dragon Sage King revealed that the Dao Field had killed Northern Sea Yao and that Jin Ming had once defeated him in a single move.

Ch. 611From Shrouding the Heavens, Stealing the Heavenly Secrets — Section 611

Li Zhi returned to the Ziwei Ancient Star after comprehending his tribulation gains and found four Sage Kings preparing to attack the Seven Stars Dao Field while Li Xian'er reincarnated inside. He appeared behind them and faced their sudden attack.

  • Sage King Lei Hong organized the Ziwei Sages’ plan to break through the Seven Stars Dao Field’s defenses while its occupants celebrated Li Xian’er’s reincarnation.
  • Li Zhi completed his reflections on his tribulation, resolved to reach the Quasi-Emperor realm before turning five hundred, and returned to Ziwei Ancient Star.
  • Li Zhi saw the four Sage Kings setting up a Killing Formation around the Dao Field as Jin Ming and the Four Great Maidservants celebrated inside.
  • Li Zhi appeared beside the four Sage Kings and startled them with his voice, prompting them to raise their weapons and search for him.
  • Li Zhi spoke from behind the four Sage Kings, and they all attacked him at once.

Ch. 612Shrouding the Heavens: Stealing Heavenly Secrets, Part 612

Li Zhi defeated the Sage Kings who attacked his Dao Field, captured the Golden Flood Dragon King, and killed Lei Hong and a hidden Golden Crow. After reuniting with Jin Ming and Li Xian'er, he planned to move his Dao Field to Luzhou, establish a Supreme Being's Dao Field, and train his disciples while remaining on Ziwei Ancient Star until he reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

  • Li Zhi bound the four attacking Sage Kings, took their weapons, killed Lei Hong and a disguised Golden Crow, and captured the Golden Flood Dragon King and the North Suppressing Heavenly King.
  • Jin Ming suppressed the Saints and their followers, then reunited with Li Zhi alongside the four maidservants.
  • Li Zhi attended Li Xian'er's three-day celebration banquet and said he intended to use the Golden Flood Dragon King as a carriage.
  • Li Zhi told Jin Ming and Li Xian'er to train for the ancient roads and have their names inscribed on the Crystal Stele before the Only True Path opened.
  • Li Zhi announced plans to move his Dao Field to Luzhou and establish a Supreme Being's Dao Field to cultivate Heavenly Prides.
  • Li Zhi reflected that he had perfected the Celestial Platform Chapter of the Great Dao Longevity Scripture, which could temper primordial spirits beyond the limits of Alternative Dao Attainment.

Ch. 613Beginning the Stealing of Heaven's Secrets from Shrouding the Heavens, Section 613

Li Zhi explained to Li Xian'er his plan to establish a Destiny Dynasty and use its positions to seize the authority of Heaven and Earth, ultimately creating an imprint comparable to Heaven's Will Imprint. He left the story focused on his ambitious theory that Heavenly Tribulations and cultivation realms reflected hidden positions in Heaven and Earth, a path he hoped could let him attain the Dao by a way no Great Emperor had taken.

  • Jin Ming bid farewell to Li Zhi and Li Xian'er before entering the starry sky to temper herself, and Li Zhi worried about her while Li Xian'er trusted her strength.
  • Li Zhi told Li Xian'er that he planned to establish a Destiny Dynasty rather than an ordinary cultivation god dynasty, using Heaven and Earth Positions to seize the authority of the Great Dao.
  • Li Zhi condensed Law Fragments into an altar and explained that a stable Heaven and Earth Position would require the Power of Heavenly Tribulation, not the Power of Faith.
  • Li Zhi proposed that Heavenly Tribulations tested cultivators as they ascended through hidden Heaven and Earth Positions, and that cultivation realms represented positions already present between Heaven and Earth.
  • Li Zhi resolved to pursue a different path to Dao Attainment, hoping to escape the fate that had led Great Emperors to become Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings.

Ch. 614Starting from Shrouding the Heavens: Stealing Heavenly Secrets

Li Zhi established a Destiny Dynasty and used its governance to explore a new path of cultivation, deepening his understanding of the Dao of longevity. As his dynasty expanded and attracted attention from powerful sects, he realized that the longevity of its people would test whether his scripture truly embodied his Great Dao.

  • Li Zhi established a Destiny Dynasty across one hundred thousand li, placing its people and natural forces under his control and reforging a supreme seal from fragments of the Human Emperor Seal.
  • Li Zhi expanded his dynasty until it swallowed the Jiuhua Divine Dynasty's territory, shocking Luzhou's sects and drawing the attention of the Divine Court and other powers.
  • A Saint from the Taiyin Divine Religion questioned Li Zhi's decision to summon visitors, while a Female Saint from Guanghan Palace warned that the dynasty felt like a sealed Divine Kingdom.
  • Li Zhi spent years handling the dynasty's affairs, using each judgment to deepen his understanding of the Heavenly Dao and refine the Great Dao Longevity Scripture into a guide for governing the world.
  • Li Zhi concluded that the scripture's validity depended on whether the people he guided pursued longevity and lived out their natural lifespans.

Ch. 615Starting from Shrouding the Heavens: Stealing Heavenly Secrets — Section 615

Li Zhi’s cultivation filled the Nine Heavens Kingdom with Purple Qi that could extend lifespans, drawing the attention of powerful sects and rival forces. As they gathered in his capital and confronted the divine aura of his kingdom, Yan Yixi and Li Tian headed for the North Sea to seek answers from Li Xian’er.

  • Li Zhi’s Dao Rhythm transformed the faith and fortune gathering in the Imperial Capital into life-extending Purple Qi, and Yu Qin and Mu Qing noticed its effects when they visited him.
  • After leaving the capital, Yu Qin refused to help Mu Qing seize the Purple Qi, while Mu Qing recruited an old Daoist and spread word to other powers that the Nine Heavens Kingdom possessed it.
  • Yan Yixi and Li Tian, both Great Sages, discussed the Nine Heavens Kingdom’s mysterious strength and flew toward the North Sea to ask Li Xian’er about it.
  • Great Sage Ming Kong and other assembled experts hesitated at the kingdom’s border after its Dao power suppressed outsiders, until the North Suppressing Heavenly King brought Li Zhi’s Quasi-Emperor-aura Divine Decree summoning them to the capital.
  • The gathered experts entered the Nine Heavens Hall and were overwhelmed by its star chart, life-and-death diagrams, landscape painting, and depictions of dragons, phoenixes, and creation.

Ch. 616Beginning from Shrouding the Heavens: Stealing Heavenly Secrets, Chapter 616

Li Zhi established the Nine Heavens Kingdom and forced Ziwei Ancient Star’s powers to accept its expansion, drawing followers with his strength and faith-infused Purple Qi. Ten years later, his nation controlled nearly half of Luzhou, while Heavenly Court waited for the Emperor Pass to open in hopes of finding Ye Fan.

  • Li Zhi appeared before Ziwei’s gathered powers, declared that the Nine Heavens Kingdom would expand, and defeated two Great Sages who had been watching from the shadows.
  • Li Zhi introduced himself as the Longevity Daoist and warned the assembled powers not to obstruct his plan to cultivate a great technique; they agreed to stay out of his way.
  • After the gathering, a Saint identified Li Zhi, and wandering Saints and members of major powers began joining the Nine Heavens Kingdom after learning about its Imperial Weapons and faith-rich Purple Qi.
  • Over the next ten years, Li Zhi’s Nine Heavens Kingdom occupied nearly half of Luzhou, while Yan Yixi and Li Tian’s Heavenly Court remained established only in Shenzhou.
  • Li Tian and Yan Yixi learned that Ye Fan might be alive and that they might find him when the Emperor Pass opened before the Only True Path; Ye Tong and Huahua went to investigate, but the pass had not opened.

Ch. 617Stealing Heavenly Secrets from Shrouding the Heavens

After fifty years of ruling Luzhou through his Dao, Li Zhi began condensing a Heaven and Earth Position by gathering the will of the Nine Heavens Kingdom’s subjects. He shattered the Heavenly Mandate’s Immortal Slaying Platform, freed his subjects from its pressure, and sensed a great terror approaching from beyond the realm.

  • Li Zhi realized he could no longer control Luzhou’s myriad beings and Daos without risking the collapse of his own Great Dao, so he prepared to condense the Heaven and Earth Position.
  • Li Xian'er and the Nine Heavens Kingdom’s officials gathered outside the Nine Heavens Hall as Li Zhi completed his transformation.
  • Li Zhi emerged in golden armor, called on his subjects to strive for life against Heaven, and gathered their cries into the sea of Purple Qi.
  • Li Zhi reclaimed the officials’ Purple Qi, used the Supreme Seal to absorb the clouds, and began writing scriptures in the void to condense his Heaven and Earth Position.
  • After enduring Heaven’s lightning with the willpower of his subjects, Li Zhi used the Supreme Seal to scatter the scarlet Tribulation Clouds and Immortal Slaying Platform.
  • Li Zhi sensed a great terror approaching, flew into the Outer Realm Starry Sky, and felt its oppressive aura return toward Luzhou.

Ch. 618Stealing Heaven's Secrets Starting from Shrouding the Heavens — Section 618

Li Zhi returned the faith he had gathered, then spent three years battling the Great Universe’s Dao-Blocking Myriad Spirits in an attempt to replace Heaven’s Will with the Human Heart. He failed to impose a new Heavenly Mandate but surpassed the Great Sage Limit, gained the Myriad Dao Origin Imprints, and later sent Li Xian'er to the First Pass of the Human Ancient Road.

  • Li Zhi returned the faith to all beings, restoring their lifespans and severing their connection to the Supreme Divine Seal as a battle raged in the Chaos Mists.
  • For 1,296 days, Li Zhi fought the Dao-Blocking Myriad Spirits and absorbed their racial imprints into the Supreme Divine Seal, until Li Xian'er rescued his near-dead body with the Innate Bagua Diagram.
  • Li Zhi told Li Xian'er that he had failed to change the Great Universe’s original will but had surpassed the Great Sage Limit and discovered a potential Evolutionary Path in the seal’s Myriad Dao Origin Imprints.
  • Li Zhi explained that relying on the Power of All Beings for longevity would ultimately fail, and that he had escaped disaster by returning the faith and severing his karma with them.
  • After recovering fully, Li Zhi sent Li Xian'er to the First Pass of the Human Ancient Road, then traveled through the North Sea and encountered powerful deep-sea Sacred Beasts.

Ch. 619From Shrouding the Heavens, Stealing Heavenly Secrets — Section 619

Li Zhi traveled into the North Sea to seek the Kunpeng Nest after the Golden Flood Dragon Sage King revealed that it was about to appear. The nest manifested in a mysterious sea area, and Li Zhi saw its withered cliff emerge from the waves as black mist spread.

  • After the Nine Heavens Nation collapsed, Li Zhi established a Dao Field across ten spirit islands in the North Sea, gathering more than a hundred thousand followers.
  • The Golden Flood Dragon Sage King told Li Zhi that the Kunpeng Nest would soon open and that its hidden treasure could evolve Yao Race bloodlines.
  • Li Zhi and the Golden Flood Dragon Sage King reached the sea area where the nest was expected to manifest, and the Golden Flood Dragon Sage King explained its dangers and restrictions.
  • Li Zhi sensed a strange aura after several days and flew toward it as violent waves rose across the sea.
  • A withered stone cliff bearing a vast nest emerged from the ocean, while black mist spread around it.

Ch. 620Starting from Shrouding the Heavens, Stealing Heavenly Secrets — Section 620

Li Zhi and Golden Flood Dragon Sage King entered the newly appeared Kun Peng Nest, climbed Withered Cliff, and found its sealed entrance. While waiting for the destined person who could open the stone doors, Li Zhi explored the seafloor and discovered three legendary body-tempering sites whose powers were too weak to affect him.

  • Li Zhi and Golden Flood Dragon Sage King entered the Black Mist and climbed Withered Cliff, where the suppressive force sealed cultivation and made the cliff seem vast as a continent.
  • Major forces from across the North Sea sent cultivators to Kun Peng Nest, and hundreds crossed the Black Mist and began climbing the stone stairs.
  • Li Zhi and Golden Flood Dragon Sage King reached the bare summit, where Li Zhi found a hidden gate but could not push open its doors.
  • Golden Flood Dragon Sage King explained that only a person with destiny could open the gate, and Li Zhi left to explore the cliff and surrounding sea.
  • Li Zhi discovered an Ancient Cave of Supreme Yang Power, a Frozen Sea Abyss of Taiyin Power, and a star-filled Meteorite Trench, but their energies could not temper his body.
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