Chapter Summaries

Yang Qing woke on Sacred Cliff, learned that he had been transported to the world of Shrouding the Heavens, and received a Huo Linfei Character Template. Unable to leave Sacred Cliff, the old man agreed to take Yang Qing as his disciple.

• Yang Qing woke on Sacred Cliff and learned from a frail old man that it had been cut from Undying Mountain by a Great Accomplishment Saint Body.
• Yang Qing realized he had transmigrated into the dangerous world of Shrouding the Heavens and urged the old man to leave with him.
• The old man explained that he could not leave Sacred Cliff, while Yang Qing recognized him as a powerful expert and asked for help.
• Yang Qing received the Huo Linfei Character Template, gaining extraordinary cultivation speed and combat instincts.
• Yang Qing asked the old man to teach him cultivation, and the old man agreed to make him his disciple, noting that they shared the same physique.

Yang Qing began cultivating under Li Quan and quickly sensed his Wheel of Life, but their lesson was interrupted when a Supreme Being stirred in Undying Mountain. Li Quan revealed himself as an aged Great Accomplishment Saint Body and, after confronting the Supreme Being, warned Yang Qing to cultivate diligently because his own time was running out.

• Yang Qing completed the apprenticeship ceremony, and Li Quan taught him the Wheel of Life chapter of the Daoist Scripture.
• Yang Qing quickly sensed his Wheel of Life and entered a profound state of cultivation, impressing Li Quan with his talent.
• An immense aura erupted from Undying Mountain, frightening Yang Qing and interrupting his cultivation.
• Li Quan revealed his power, confronted the Supreme Being in Undying Mountain, and challenged it to come out and fight.
• The Supreme Being withdrew, and Li Quan returned to Sacred Cliff coughing and pale.
• Yang Qing realized Li Quan was an aged Great Accomplishment Saint Body, and Li Quan urged him to cultivate diligently because he would not live much longer.

Yang Qing opened his Sea of Suffering in less than half a day, astonishing his master Li Quan. After learning that Ji Xukong was destined to become the Void Emperor, Yang Qing vowed to reach Great Accomplishment, and Li Quan resolved to live long enough to protect him.

• Yang Qing guided his vital essence into his Sea of Suffering and awakened the Saint Body’s Golden Sea phenomenon.
• Li Quan confirmed that Yang Qing had opened his Sea of Suffering and lamented that he had so little time left to guide him.
• Yang Qing told Li Quan he would cultivate quickly, and Li Quan recalled another prodigy who had vowed to Prove Dao and Become Emperor at five hundred and one.
• Li Quan revealed that the prodigy was Ji Xukong, and Yang Qing recognized him as the future Void Emperor.
• Yang Qing vowed to bring his Saint Body to Great Accomplishment, and Li Quan resolved to endure and protect the hope of the Saint Body lineage.

Yang Qing cultivated the Wheel Sea Realm at an astonishing pace, progressing from opening his Sea of Suffering to reaching the Other Shore in seven days. Li Quan watched in disbelief and urged him to focus on building a solid foundation as Yang Qing continued advancing.

• Li Quan taught Yang Qing the Daoist Scripture's Wheel Sea Scroll and warned him not to become complacent after opening his Sea of Suffering.
• Yang Qing began cultivating and expanded his Golden Sea of Suffering until a divine spring appeared at its center, reaching the Life Spring realm in one day.
• Li Quan urged Yang Qing to build a solid foundation, but Yang Qing remained immersed in cultivation and quickly reached the peak of the Life Spring realm.
• Yang Qing erected a Divine Bridge and entered the Divine Bridge realm, astonishing Li Quan with his progress.
• After two more days, Yang Qing reached the peak of the Divine Bridge realm, crossed to the Other Shore, and completed the Wheel Sea Realm in seven days.

After reaching the great completion of the Wheel Sea Realm, Yang Qing stopped cultivating because he lacked a Dao Palace Realm method and began learning the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist from Li Quan. He quickly grasped the fist’s intent, leaving Li Quan astonished at how swiftly his disciple had entered the path.

• Yang Qing told Li Quan he had exhausted the cultivation method for the Wheel Sea Realm, and Li Quan agreed that he should pause and develop other skills.
• Li Quan taught Yang Qing the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist and demonstrated its power.
• Yang Qing imitated the fist technique, and Li Quan corrected him when his punches showed only the form without the intent.
• Li Quan fought Yang Qing to guide him, and Yang Qing rapidly improved through their exchanges.
• Yang Qing grasped the fist’s intent and entered the path of the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, astonishing Li Quan.

Yang Qing mastered the essence of the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist and chose to refine a single artifact in the Wheel Sea Realm. Li Quan took him into Undying Mountain to obtain the finest materials, defying a supreme being’s warning and daring it to come out and fight.

• Yang Qing rapidly improved at the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, but recognized that his low cultivation limited its power.
• Li Quan told Yang Qing to consider what artifact he would refine before advancing to the Dao Palace Realm.
• Yang Qing chose to follow the Daoist Scripture’s path of breaking ten thousand techniques with one artifact, and Li Quan advised him to wait for materials before deciding what to make.
• Li Quan carried Yang Qing along a golden path into Undying Mountain, saying the materials there were the best.
• A supreme being in Undying Mountain warned Li Quan that he had crossed the line, but Li Quan kept advancing and challenged it to emerge and fight.

Li Quan brought Yang Qing into Undying Mountain to comprehend the Dao beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, where Yang Qing witnessed the Ruthless Great Emperor’s imprint. Li Quan left after confronting the Sovereigns, and they hesitated to attack him despite his apparent weakness.

• Li Quan led Yang Qing past Undying Mountain’s shattered formations and left him to cultivate beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree.
• Yang Qing entered a tranquil state and began to understand what kind of vessel he should refine.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor’s imprint and Ancient Script appeared, and Yang Qing immersed himself in Dao comprehension.
• Li Quan confronted the beings deep within Undying Mountain as his terrifying aura spread across the Eastern Wasteland, then returned to Yang Qing and departed with him.
• The Sovereigns debated why they had not attacked Li Quan, but none volunteered to make a move.

Li Quan brought Yang Qing a basin-sized piece of Immortal Tear Green Gold seized from Undying Mountain, and Yang Qing chose to forge a sword to fight the darkness. After seven days of cultivation, Yang Qing formed a rough weapon blank and prepared to fuse it with the immortal metal.

• The Supremes of Undying Mountain decided to wait for Li Quan to near death, then planned to kill Yang Qing before he could grow stronger.
• Li Quan gave Yang Qing a basin-sized piece of Immortal Tear Green Gold and asked what weapon he wanted to refine.
• Yang Qing chose a sword, declaring that he wanted to shatter the darkness and create a brighter world.
• Yang Qing drank tea made from the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree leaves and spent seven days tempering forty-nine Divine Patterns into a rough weapon blank.
• Yang Qing turned to the Immortal Tear Green Gold, and Li Quan asked how many Divine Patterns he had tempered.

Yang Qing refined a longsword with forty-nine Divine Patterns and advanced through the Wheel Sea, Dao Palace, and Four Extremities realms, taking only seven days for each. Li Quan passed him further Emperor Scriptures and hoped Yang Qing could shoulder the Saint Body lineage’s mission to end the Great Dark Upheaval.

• Yang Qing told Li Quan he had fused forty-nine Divine Patterns and revealed that his weapon’s prototype was already formed.
• Yang Qing and Li Quan refined Immortal Tear Green Gold into the crude initial form of Yang Qing’s longsword.
• Li Quan taught Yang Qing the Dao Palace Scroll of the Empress Xi Scripture, and Yang Qing reached great completion in the Dao Palace Realm in seven days.
• Li Quan taught Yang Qing the Four Extremes Scroll of the Hengyu Scripture, and Yang Qing reached great completion in the Four Extremities Realm in seven days.
• Li Quan passed Yang Qing the Dragon Transformation Scroll and Immortal Platform Scroll of the True Scripture of the Sun, hoping he could fulfill the Saint Body lineage’s mission.

Yang Qing perfected the Dragon Transformation Realm in seven days and entered the Immortal Platform Realm, where Li Quan urged him to forge his own path rather than follow earlier scriptures. Li Quan sent Yang Qing down the mountain, while figures within Undying Mountain began moving against him and his disciple.

• Yang Qing completed the Nine Transformations of Dragon Transformation in seven days and reached the Immortal Platform Realm.
• Li Quan warned Yang Qing that he must transcend the paths of earlier cultivators and forge his own, and Yang Qing understood his master's plans for him.
• Li Quan told Yang Qing to descend the mountain, and Yang Qing promised to return after reaching Great Accomplishment of the Saint Body.
• Li Quan used a void array to send Yang Qing away from Sacred Cliff and vowed to help him when he reached Great Accomplishment.
• A cold-eyed figure in Undying Mountain noticed Yang Qing's departure, and several figures entered a void array and vanished.

Yang Qing cultivated the True Scripture of the Sun, awakened Solar Divine Sense, and endured a Heavenly Tribulation that strengthened his body and mind. After advancing five minor stages in the Immortal Platform Realm, he prepared to leave, but three powerful figures appeared and confronted him.

• Yang Qing practiced the Immortal Platform Scroll of the True Scripture of the Sun and discovered that his divine sense was absorbing Solar Essence.
• His five cultivation phenomena manifested as he refined his divine sense into a small golden sun.
• A Heavenly Tribulation of golden solar lightning struck, and Yang Qing used its True Solar Power to temper his body and divine sense.
• After the tribulation, Yang Qing found his body and Solar Divine Sense strengthened and realized he had advanced five minor stages.
• As Yang Qing prepared to continue his journey, three figures appeared nearby and fixed their cold gazes on him.

Yang Qing fought three attackers from Undying Mountain and awakened a fierce battle intent as he adapted to combat and grew stronger. He defeated them, but their dying words warned that their lord would seek revenge.

• Three armored men from Undying Mountain charged at Yang Qing, and he met them with the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist.
• Yang Qing’s battle instincts awakened under pressure, giving his fist a new intent and revealing that he had reached the Immortal Platform Realm.
• The three attackers joined forces against Yang Qing, who struggled at first but steadily improved as he fought.
• Yang Qing focused on one attacker and shattered half his body, then continued battling the other two while refining his fighting style.
• Yang Qing defeated all three men, who warned that their lord would not let him go before they died.

After killing three servants from Undying Mountain, Yang Qing left the Big Dipper Star Domain for the Academy of Mystics to travel beyond the domain and join the Emperor's Road. He escaped through the Starry Sky Gate just as an Ancient Emperor Weapon destroyed the Five-Colored Altar.

• Yang Qing examined the three dead servants, realized the Supremes might send stronger pursuers, and decided to leave the Big Dipper Star Domain.
• The Supremes learned their servants had died and dispatched several figures with an Ancient Emperor Weapon to kill Yang Qing.
• Yang Qing reached the Academy of Mystics and told its three elders he wanted to travel beyond the domain rather than join the academy.
• The three elders activated the Five-Colored Altar, opening a Starry Sky Gate for Yang Qing.
• An Ancient Emperor Weapon struck the altar, but Yang Qing passed through the gate before it closed and destroyed the altar.

After escaping Undying Mountain’s Ancient Emperor Weapon, Yang Qing was diverted from the Strongest Trial Ancient Road to the place where the Sun Human Emperor had fallen. He helped the Human Emperor’s Divine Thought retrieve the Stone Coffin and left with him, but remained unsure how to reach the Ziwei Star Domain.

• The elders at the Academy of Mystics sensed the aura of a Great Accomplishment Saint Body rising from Undying Mountain after the Ancient Emperor Weapon struck.
• Yang Qing survived the weapon’s attack and found himself on a barren ancient star, where he discovered a grove of Golden Trees and recognized his destination.
• Yang Qing found the one-armed old man, the Sun Divine Emperor’s Divine Thought, building a Five-Colored Altar and learned that the altar was complete but could not be activated by the old man.
• Yang Qing powered the altar, and the old man briefly regained clarity, tore open the earth, and retrieved the Sun Human Emperor’s Stone Coffin.
• Yang Qing and the old man departed through the Starry Sky Gate with the Stone Coffin, but neither knew how to reach the Ziwei Star Domain.
• After Yang Qing cultivated in the void, the one-armed old man fixed his gaze on him with shining divine light in his eyes.

Yang Qing broke through to the second level of the Immortal Platform Realm and awakened the one-armed old man, who entrusted the Human Emperor Soul and Stone Coffin to him. Yang Qing traveled to the Ziwei Ancient Star, where he landed between two hostile groups and was immediately confronted.

• Yang Qing cultivated the True Scripture of the Sun, survived a Heavenly Tribulation, and advanced to the second level of the Immortal Platform Realm with Solar Divine Sense.
• The one-armed old man regained clarity, formed a complete Five-Colored Altar, and asked Yang Qing to send him back to the Ziwei Ancient Star.
• The old man entered a stone pagoda with the Stone Coffin, and Yang Qing promised to return the Human Emperor Soul to its homeland.
• Yang Qing used the Five-Colored Altar to travel to the Ziwei Ancient Star and recognized the pagoda as the likely Solar Stone Pagoda, an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon.
• Yang Qing fell from the sky between two groups preparing to fight, and several figures blocked his way as someone declared the Great Yin Divine Cult would be destroyed.

Yang Qing destroyed the forces attacking the Great Yin Divine Cult and received the complete True Scripture of the Great Yin, along with information about the lost Human Emperor Seal. As he prepared to leave Ziwei Star Domain, the cult leader told him about Ji Xukong, a prodigy who had come from beyond the domain.

• Yang Qing learned that the Great Yin Divine Cult was the Human Emperor's lineage and attacked its greedy assailants with the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist.
• Yang Qing fought hundreds of experts, including a Dao-Slaying King, and defeated them all.
• The cult leader explained that the Great Yin Divine Cult had declined and that its enemies coveted the Human Emperor's legacy and treasures.
• The cult leader gave Yang Qing the complete True Scripture of the Great Yin and information about the Human Emperor Seal.
• Yang Qing promised to return to Ziwei Star Domain if he had the opportunity.
• The cult leader recounted how Ji Xukong had come from beyond the domain, defeated its prodigies, and then entered the cosmic starry skies.

Yang Qing traveled to Tanggu Valley in the Northern Sea, cultivated Great Yin and Sun together, and broke through to the third level of the Immortal Platform Realm. His arrival awakened the power of the Fusang Ancient Tree, drawing the experts of the Ziwei Star Domain as the Sun Human Emperor's Divine Thought began to regain clarity.

• Yang Qing learned that Ji Xukong had visited the Ziwei Star Domain and hurried to the Northern Sea to return the Human Emperor Soul to its homeland.
• Yang Qing cultivated the True Scripture of the Great Yin alongside the True Scripture of the Sun, endured a Heavenly Tribulation, and entered the third level of the Immortal Platform Realm.
• Guided by the Solar Stone Pagoda and the True Scripture of the Sun, Yang Qing found Tanggu Valley and the Fusang Ancient Tree.
• Yang Qing entered the Sun Human Emperor's residence, where the Sun Human Emperor's Divine Thought stared blankly at the Fusang Ancient Tree and did not respond to his attempts to awaken it.
• Yang Qing cultivated beneath the Fusang Ancient Tree, and the Sun Human Emperor's Divine Thought began to regain clarity as experts from across the Ziwei Star Domain arrived.

Yang Qing cultivated beneath the Fusang Ancient Tree until intruders attacked him, prompting the Sun Human Emperor’s Divine Thought to awaken and drive them to their knees. After rewarding Yang Qing, the Human Emperor sent him through the Starry Sky Gate to the Strongest Trial Ancient Road.

• Yang Qing cultivated the True Scripture of the Sun beneath the Fusang Ancient Tree, rapidly advancing his cultivation.
• Experts who fought their way to the Sun Human Emperor’s residence attacked Yang Qing, and he struck several of them down with the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist.
• The Sun Human Emperor’s Divine Thought regained clarity and suppressed the gathered experts with his aura.
• The Sun Human Emperor’s Divine Thought gave Yang Qing a mature branch of the Fusang Divine Tree and the complete True Scripture of the Sun.
• The Sun Human Emperor’s Divine Thought sent Yang Qing through the Starry Sky Gate to the Strongest Trial Ancient Road.

Yang Qing cultivated at the first checkpoint of the Human Race's Strongest Trial Ancient Road, reached the Saint Realm after surviving a Heavenly Tribulation, and learned that Ji Xukong dominated the Emperor's Road. He set out to challenge the Ancient Road at just eighteen years old, leaving the gathered people stunned.

• Yang Qing secluded himself at the first checkpoint and used the Fusang Ancient Tree trunk to cultivate the True Scriptures of the Sun and Great Yin while developing his own path.
• Yang Qing left the checkpoint, triggered a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation, and fought young Ancient Great Emperors with the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist before reaching the Immortal Platform Fourth Heaven Saint Realm.
• After the tribulation, Yang Qing resolved to forge an invincible path of his own through battles on the Human Race's Strongest Trial Ancient Road.
• The city lord told Yang Qing that Ji Xukong had defeated the other prodigies and become the leading contender for the Emperor's Road.
• Yang Qing said he had just turned eighteen, then set out toward the depths of the Ancient Road and left the crowd dumbfounded.

Yang Qing reached the eighty-first checkpoint after forging an undefeated legend across several ancient roads, drawing close to Ji Xukong and the Emperor's Road. There, three Supreme Being's Progeny from Undying Mountain caught up with him, and his sudden display of power stunned them.

• Yang Qing fought through the Human Race's Trial Ancient Road and several other ancient roads, steadily strengthening himself and shaping his own Dao.
• Three years later, Yang Qing reached the eighty-first checkpoint and realized he had nearly caught up to Ji Xukong.
• Three powerful pursuers from Undying Mountain appeared and revealed that they had tracked Yang Qing down after their earlier failed attempt to kill him.
• Yang Qing recognized the three as the ones who had attacked him at the Academy of Mystics, and Shen Ming declared that he would kill him.
• Yang Qing unleashed his aura, causing Shen Ming and the other two to stare at him in disbelief.