Chapter Summaries

After Ji Xukong became Emperor, he joined Yang Qing in storming Undying Mountain to confront the Stone Emperor. Yang Qing drew the Stone Emperor away to the edge of the universe, where their battle began.

• Ji Xukong recovered after his tribulation and thanked Yang Qing for protecting his Dao.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong traveled to Undying Mountain to avenge past grievances, alarming the world and awakening Supremes across the Forbidden Zones of Life.
• Yang Qing accused the Stone Emperor of sending someone with the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Halberd to pursue him and challenged him to fight.
• Ji Xukong entered Undying Mountain to deter its Supremes while Yang Qing shattered the Immortal Source sealing the Stone Emperor and flew to the edge of the universe.
• The Stone Emperor pursued Yang Qing and attacked with the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Halberd, and Yang Qing met the strike with his Sky-Supporting Sword.

Yang Qing fought the Stone Emperor, whose Ultimate Ascension and forbidden techniques could not overcome Yang Qing’s Alternative Dao Attainment. Yang Qing ended the battle with a final sword strike, leaving the Stone Emperor defeated.

• Yang Qing and the Stone Emperor clashed fiercely, and Yang Qing began suppressing him with his strength and battle intent.
• The Stone Emperor underwent Ultimate Ascension and trapped Yang Qing with a forbidden secret art, but Yang Qing broke free and declared that three moves would suffice.
• The Stone Emperor sacrificed his imperial blood and unleashed his Future Self, inflicting grave injuries as the two exchanged devastating attacks.
• Yang Qing’s battle intent grew stronger, and he unleashed countless sword rays that brought the battle to an end.

Yang Qing killed the Stone Emperor after the Supreme exhausted himself with Ultimate Ascension, then recovered by refining his remains. Yang Qing and Ji Xukong left Undying Mountain without attacking its remaining Supremes, while Yang Qing secretly set his sights on proving Dao and becoming Emperor.

• Yang Qing defeated the Stone Emperor with the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist after the Stone Emperor reached the end of his life, then refined his essence to heal.
• The Supremes in the Forbidden Zones chose not to attack Yang Qing, wary of his strength and the Void Emperor, while Ji Xukong marveled at Yang Qing’s progress.
• After recovering, Yang Qing returned to Undying Mountain with Ji Xukong, and the two departed without fighting its remaining Supremes.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong planned to wait until their strength surpassed the aging Supremes before trying to pacify the Forbidden Zones.
• The Supremes believed Yang Qing had reached the Saint Body’s limit, but Yang Qing resolved to prove Dao and become Emperor.

Yang Qing discussed his plans to prove Dao and become Emperor before setting out to recover the Human Emperor Seal. He released and cleansed the Great Yin Human Emperor's Divine Thought, restoring part of the ancient emperor's will and leaving it to behold a changed world.

• Yang Qing told Ji Xukong he intended to prove Dao and become Emperor so they could one day defeat the Supremes threatening the world.
• Yang Qing traveled to the Strongest Trial Ancient Road to search for the Human Emperor Seal he had promised to retrieve for the Great Yin Divine Cult.
• Yang Qing found Amitabha Great Emperor's blood sacrifice altar and released the Great Yin Human Emperor's trapped Divine Thought.
• Yang Qing used his power to purge the Divine Thought's evil, allowing part of the Great Yin Human Emperor's will to return.
• The Great Yin Human Emperor reflected on his regret and the changed world, then praised Yang Qing.

Yang Qing met the Great Yin Human Emperor, learned how he fell on the Immortal Ascension Path, and received the damaged Human Emperor Seal. The Great Yin Human Emperor then took Yang Qing to the Big Dipper Star Domain to settle an outstanding karmic debt, alarming its inhabitants and the Forbidden Zones of Life.

• Yang Qing asked the Great Yin Human Emperor to help recover the Human Emperor Seal, and the Human Emperor revealed the shattered artifact and its ruined divine spirit.
• Yang Qing and the Great Yin Human Emperor discussed the Primordial Era Divine War and the Immortal Ascension Path, where the Human Emperor had died after a hidden assailant tried to seize his blood.
• The Great Yin Human Emperor told Yang Qing to restore the seal and, if possible, refine his remaining body into it; Yang Qing vowed to bring the Human Emperor Soul home to the Ziwei Star Domain.
• The Great Yin Human Emperor mentioned an unsettled karmic debt and carried Yang Qing across the star domains to the Big Dipper Star Domain.
• The Great Emperor's aura frightened the Big Dipper's inhabitants and stunned the Forbidden Zones, whose supreme beings saw Yang Qing arrive with the Great Yin Human Emperor's true spirit and will.

Yang Qing and the Great Yin Human Emperor went to Mount Sumeru, where the Demon Subduing Pestle defended Amitabha Great Emperor’s plan to lead Buddhism in the Ascension of the Entire Sect. After debating its risks, the Great Yin Human Emperor left Buddhism’s fate to Yang Qing and offered to scout the Forbidden Zones of Life before departing.

• The Supremes feared another confrontation with Yang Qing, but he and the Great Yin Human Emperor went to Mount Sumeru instead of the Forbidden Zones of Life.
• The Demon Subduing Pestle awakened, apologized to the Great Yin Human Emperor for Amitabha Great Emperor’s past actions, and challenged Yang Qing’s claim that the Path of Faith was an illusion.
• Yang Qing explained that Amitabha Great Emperor sought the Ascension of the Entire Sect to save all living beings, but warned that failure could kill hundreds of millions of Buddhist believers.
• The Demon Subduing Pestle defended the ideal despite its risks, while the Great Yin Human Emperor warned that the attempt could overturn heaven and earth.
• The Great Yin Human Emperor left Buddhism’s matter to Yang Qing and said he would scout the Forbidden Zones of Life before he departed.

The Great Yin Human Emperor revealed the Supremes hidden in the six great Forbidden Zones before his remaining spirit faded away. Moved by the Human Emperor’s sacrifice and the fate of his corpse on the Immortal Ascension Path, Yang Qing asked Ji Xukong to join him in battling it, and Ji Xukong agreed.

• The Great Yin Human Emperor illuminated the six great Forbidden Zones, revealing more than sixty Supremes to Yang Qing.
• The Great Yin Human Emperor entered the Primordial Forbidden Zone and revealed the restrained Ruthless Great Emperor and Yang Qing’s unconscious master.
• The Great Yin Human Emperor vanished in a rain of light, and Yang Qing resolved to repay his sacrifice by bringing his corpse home.
• Yang Qing found Ji Xukong and asked him to join the battle against the Immortal Ascension Path.
• Ji Xukong agreed after Yang Qing explained how the Great Yin Human Emperor had died there.

Yang Qing and Ji Xukong searched the Immortal Mansion World for the Immortal Ascension Path, uncovering evidence of the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s transformation and his attack on the Battle Saint Emperor. They continued toward the path so they could join forces to retrieve the Great Yin Human Emperor’s body.

• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong entered the Immortal Mansion World and heard a roar invoking the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• They found a five-colored jade platform and an ancient coffin made from the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, which Yang Qing opened to reveal the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s shed skin.
• Yang Qing explained that the Undying Heavenly Emperor was pursuing immortality through repeated transformations and had not yet become immortal.
• The two reached a battlefield where the Battle Saint Emperor’s imprint appeared, and Yang Qing concluded that the Undying Heavenly Emperor had ambushed him on the Immortal Ascension Path.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong continued onward to battle together on the Immortal Ascension Path.

Yang Qing and Ji Xukong forcibly opened the Immortal Ascension Path and fought through its deadly trials as Yang Qing explained the two routes to immortality. Deep along the path, Yang Qing found the fragmented corpse of the Great Yin Human Emperor.

• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong joined forces to open the Immortal Ascension Path, alarming the Supreme Beings in the Forbidden Zones of Life.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong advanced slowly along the path, resisting its devastating immortal light and calamities.
• Yang Qing explained that immortality could be reached through the Immortal Ascension Path or by becoming a Mortal World Immortal across nine lives.
• Yang Qing sensed the Great Yin Human Emperor's holy power and found his fragmented corpse.

Yang Qing and Ji Xukong brought the Great Yin Human Emperor’s damaged remains home to the Ziwei Star Domain, where Yang Qing established a divine temple to gather faith for him. Yang Qing returned to Sacred Cliff to study the Path of Faith and prepare to prove the Dao.

• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong left the Immortal Ascension Path with the Great Yin Human Emperor’s damaged body, and Ji Xukong sealed the path with the Void Mirror.
• Yang Qing carried the Human Emperor’s remains to the Ziwei Star Domain, where the Great Yin Cult Master welcomed their ancestor home.
• Yang Qing proposed building a temple and golden statue to gather faith for the Great Yin Human Emperor, and Ji Xukong warned that matching Amitabha Great Emperor’s attainments would be difficult.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong established the Human Emperor’s divine temple, gathered faith from humans across the universe, and placed the restored Human Emperor Seal inside it.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong returned to the Big Dipper Star Domain to deter the Forbidden Zones of Life, and Yang Qing resumed studying the Undying Daoist while preparing to prove the Dao.

Yang Qing realized that his method needed a reference beyond Emperor Scriptures, so he sought an Immortal Artifact to help him understand immortality. He searched the Big Dipper Star Domain for the ownerless Desolate Pagoda, leaving the Forbidden Zone Supremes wondering what he was planning.

• Yang Qing studied the paths of Mortal World Immortals and decided to create a transformation method inspired by Ruthless Great Emperor’s Indestructible Heavenly Art.
• Yang Qing refined his method while cultivating atop Sacred Cliff and studying Undying Daoist, but he felt that something was missing.
• Yang Qing realized that Emperor Scriptures could only guide him to the level of a Great Emperor, so he decided to seek a reference to immortality.
• Yang Qing identified the Desolate Pagoda as the only ownerless Immortal Artifact among the five in the universe, and noted that it was in the Big Dipper Star Domain.
• Yang Qing spread his divine sense across the Big Dipper Star Domain to search for the Desolate Pagoda, provoking the attention of the Forbidden Zone Supremes.

Yang Qing searched the Big Dipper Star Domain for the Desolate Pagoda and concluded it was likely hidden in a Forbidden Zone of Life. He brought Ji Xukong to Lingbao Tianzun’s Sea of Bitterness to obtain the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and Killing Array Diagram as leverage before searching the zones.

• Yang Qing blanketed the Big Dipper Star Domain with his divine sense but found no trace of the Desolate Pagoda.
• Ji Xukong arrived, and Yang Qing explained that he wanted to find the Desolate Pagoda to overcome an obstacle in his cultivation.
• Yang Qing said they needed to make preparations before entering the Forbidden Zones of Life and led Ji Xukong through the cosmos.
• Yang Qing brought Ji Xukong to the vast Sea of Bitterness and identified it as Lingbao Tianzun’s, whereupon they discussed whether Lingbao Tianzun was truly dead.
• Yang Qing revealed that he had come to use the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and Killing Array Diagram to intimidate the Forbidden Zones of Life.

Yang Qing and Ji Xukong found Lingbao Tianzun’s Four Immortal Slaying Swords and Killing Array Diagram, then Yang Qing refined them into the Primordial First Killing Array. After Ji Xukong destroyed the false gods who had stolen the diagram, the pair prepared to return and challenge the Supreme Beings.

• Yang Qing seized the Four Immortal Slaying Swords from the Life Spring and learned that their full power depended on the missing Killing Array Diagram.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong reached the Mythical Other Shore, where Yang Qing used the swords to locate Lingbao Tianzun’s Killing Array Diagram.
• Ji Xukong exposed the self-proclaimed gods who had stolen the diagram, and their power of faith turned against them and killed them.
• Yang Qing refined the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and Killing Array Diagram, then said he and Ji Xukong would return to confront the Supreme Beings.
• Yang Qing took the Immortal Divine Medicine Life Ancient Tree before leaving the Mythical Other Shore.

Yang Qing and Ji Xukong searched the Immortal Mausoleum for the Desolate Pagoda, but Longevity Heavenly Venerate confirmed it was not there. They left for the Sea of Reincarnation, putting its Supremes on edge.

• Yang Qing showed Ji Xukong the Ancient Life Tree and said Immortal Divine Medicines could be taken from the Forbidden Zones of Life.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong entered the Immortal Mausoleum to search for the Desolate Pagoda, awakening several Supremes.
• Yang Qing ignored the Immortal Mausoleum's warnings and searched it, then accepted Longevity Heavenly Venerate's claim that the Desolate Pagoda was elsewhere.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerate decided the Immortal Mausoleum's Supremes could benefit from a battle between Yang Qing, Ji Xukong, and the Forbidden Zone holding the Desolate Pagoda.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong left the Immortal Mausoleum and arrived at the Sea of Reincarnation, where its Supremes grew nervous.

Yang Qing and Ji Xukong searched the Sea of Reincarnation for the Desolate Pagoda, but Carefree Heavenly Venerate said it was not there. They then entered the Divine Ruins, where Yang Qing sensed an aura that suggested the Pagoda was hidden within.

• Yang Qing searched the Sea of Reincarnation, while its Supremes threatened him and Ji Xukong.
• Yang Qing named the Desolate Pagoda as his target and dismissed Carefree Heavenly Venerate's claim that it was absent.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerate wondered how Yang Qing had learned his identity.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong left the Sea of Reincarnation, leaving people across the Big Dipper Star Domain puzzled by their peaceful visits to the Forbidden Zones.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong entered the Divine Ruins, where Yang Qing sensed an aura in its core that pointed to the Desolate Pagoda.

Yang Qing and Ji Xukong confronted the Divine Ruins and demanded the Desolate Pagoda, seeking to settle the score for the Supremes’ attacks during Yang Qing’s tribulation. The Divine Ruins refused to surrender the Immortal Artifact, and the two sides prepared to fight as Supremes from other Forbidden Zones watched for an opportunity to profit.

• Yang Qing extended his divine sense into the Divine Ruins, prompting its Supremes to warn him not to go too far.
• Yang Qing demanded the Desolate Pagoda, revealing that he had come to settle the Divine Ruins’ old blood debt and claim the artifact.
• The Supremes of the Divine Ruins realized Yang Qing and Ji Xukong had been searching the Forbidden Zones for the Desolate Pagoda and debated whether to surrender it.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong unleashed their auras, while Yang Qing challenged the Divine Ruins to fight rather than yield the artifact.
• The Supremes of the Divine Ruins emerged from Immortal Source, and the Desolate Pagoda appeared from the depths of the Forbidden Zone.
• Yang Qing shouted for battle as the Supremes of the other Forbidden Zones watched, anticipating a chance to take advantage of the conflict.

Yang Qing and Ji Xukong confronted all nine Divine Ruins supremes at the edge of the universe, where the supremes wielded the Desolate Pagoda. Ji Xukong trapped two supremes and the Immortal Artifact inside the Primordial First Killing Array, shocking the Divine Ruins and the other Forbidden Zones.

• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong led the nine Divine Ruins supremes to the desolate edge of the universe to avoid harming the Big Dipper Star Domain.
• The nine supremes joined their power through the Desolate Pagoda and attacked Yang Qing and Ji Xukong.
• Ji Xukong used the Void Mirror and a forbidden technique to restrain the supremes for an instant.
• Ji Xukong activated Lingbao Tianzun's Killing Array Diagram and the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, enclosing two supremes and the Desolate Pagoda within the Primordial First Killing Array.
• The Divine Ruins supremes and the other Forbidden Zones were stunned to learn that Ji Xukong controlled the Primordial First Killing Array.

Ji Xukong held off seven Supremes outside the Primordial First Killing Array while Yang Qing fought the Lord of Divine Ruins and another Supreme inside, pushing himself against the Desolate Pagoda’s immortal Dao laws. After seven days, the two trapped Supremes were forced into Ultimate Ascension, and the battle’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Ji Xukong used the Primordial First Killing Array to keep the seven Supremes of Divine Ruins from reaching Yang Qing, while neither side outside the array risked going all out.
• Yang Qing attacked the Lord of Divine Ruins and another Supreme inside the array, facing their Desolate Pagoda with the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist and Sky-Supporting Sword.
• Yang Qing endured grievous injuries from the Desolate Pagoda’s immortal Dao laws and grew stronger as he tested and pushed beyond his limits.
• The seven Supremes of Divine Ruins fought Ji Xukong for seven days, and Ji Xukong continued guarding the array to buy Yang Qing time.
• Imperial Dao Laws erupted from the array, revealing that Yang Qing had forced the Lord of Divine Ruins and the other Supreme into Ultimate Ascension.

Yang Qing fought the Lord of Divine Ruins and another Supreme after they underwent Ultimate Ascension and turned the Desolate Pagoda against him. He survived their attacks until their borrowed time ran out, leaving him victorious but nearly exhausted inside the Primordial First Killing Array.

• The Lord of Divine Ruins and the other Supreme unleashed the Desolate Pagoda after undergoing Ultimate Ascension, but Yang Qing said their chance had passed because seven days had gone by.
• Yang Qing charged into battle with the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist and Sky-Supporting Sword as the two Supremes drove the Desolate Pagoda against him.
• The Desolate Pagoda shattered Yang Qing's body, but he reformed from his scattered blood and attacked again.
• The Lord of Divine Ruins and the other Supreme repeatedly struck Yang Qing, but their strength faded as their Ultimate Ascension reached its limit.
• The Lord of Divine Ruins and the other Supreme died, and Yang Qing remained standing alone in the Primordial First Killing Array, nearly at his own limit.

Yang Qing survived the battle at the Primordial First Killing Array, killed two Divine Ruins Supremes, and claimed the Immortal Artifact Desolate Pagoda, forcing the remaining seven Supremes to flee. He returned to Sacred Cliff to cultivate, determined to break through his limits and Prove Dao and Become Emperor.

• The seven Divine Ruins Supremes realized the two who were dying were their own, then fled as Ji Xukong chose not to pursue them.
• Ji Xukong put away the Primordial First Killing Array, and Yang Qing examined the Desolate Pagoda and its immortal laws.
• The Supremes in the Forbidden Zones of Life recognized the threat posed by Yang Qing, Ji Xukong, the array, and the Immortal Artifact.
• Yang Qing told Ji Xukong that the Supremes had no chance and sensed his Peerless Dao and laws forming as his shackles loosened.
• People across the universe marveled that Yang Qing had killed two more Supremes and forced seven others to retreat.
• Yang Qing returned to Sacred Cliff and entered deep cultivation to break through and Prove Dao and Become Emperor.