Chapter Summaries

Yang Qing and Ji Xukong heard several hundred Ancient Scripts in the massive bronze coffin and learned they described the Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s effort to repair the flawed Immortal Realm. As the Nine Dragon Pulling Coffin reached the Five-Colored Altar on the Mars Ancient Star, Yang Qing wondered whether the Undying Heavenly Emperor was transforming there.

• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong examined the coffin carvings and heard the Heavenly Sound of the Great Dao beside the smaller Bronze Coffin.
• Ji Xukong sensed that the several hundred Ancient Scripts concerned the construction of the Immortal Realm, and Yang Qing explained that the Desolate Heavenly Emperor had left them to restore its flawed state.
• Ji Xukong realized that the Supremes’ pursuit of immortality through the Immortal Ascension Path might be futile, while Yang Qing condemned their sacrifice of living beings and resolved to confront the Forbidden Zones of Life.
• Yang Qing concluded that he had gained enough from the journey and planned to cultivate toward the Heavenly Emperor’s battle prowess.
• The massive bronze coffin shook as it reached the Five-Colored Altar on the Mars Ancient Star, and Yang Qing wondered whether the Undying Heavenly Emperor was transforming there.

Yang Qing and Ji Xukong explored the Mars Ancient Star and uncovered how the Undying Heavenly Emperor had used a false Immortal Ascension Path to lure Supremes into the Primordial Divine War and transform by devouring them. After discussing the Exotic World as a possible path to immortality, Yang Qing left Mars and looked toward Earth.

• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong broke through the seals beneath Mars and found the battlefield where a Supreme had fallen and been devoured.
• They discovered an imprint of the Immortal Bell and a node of the Immortal Ascension Path leading to the Exotic World.
• Yang Qing concluded that the Undying Heavenly Emperor had baited Supremes into fighting over the path, then used their deaths to transform.
• Ji Xukong asked whether the Undying Heavenly Emperor was close to becoming immortal, and Yang Qing said he had not yet perfected his transformation.
• Yang Qing suggested the Exotic World might offer another route to immortality, while Ji Xukong rejected abandoning his responsibilities for it.
• Yang Qing left Mars and turned his gaze toward Earth.

Yang Qing and Ji Xukong entered Earth and discovered that its natural corpse-nurturing ground had awakened the corpses of several ancient rulers, including Great Emperor Hengyu, Amitabha Great Emperor, and Moral Heavenly Venerate. After discussing whether a new consciousness could inherit its predecessor’s memories, Yang Qing headed toward the core of the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains, where he knew Immortal Medicines awaited.

• Yang Qing explained that Earth was the final stop of the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains and a natural corpse-nurturing ground shaped by Emperor Venerate’s arrangements.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong entered the sealed region and found Great Emperor Hengyu’s coffin in the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains.
• Yang Qing discovered Amitabha Great Emperor’s coffin, and Ji Xukong found Moral Heavenly Venerate’s coffin.
• Ji Xukong saw a Reincarnation Seal in Moral Heavenly Venerate’s body, showing that a new consciousness had formed and remained asleep.
• Yang Qing discussed Cao Yusheng’s successive lives as an example of an Emperor’s Corpse gaining sentience and potentially recovering its former memories.
• Yang Qing walked toward the core of the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains, where he knew more than one stalk of Immortal Medicine grew.

Yang Qing and Ji Xukong explored the core of the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains, where they discovered the shattered Immortal Ascension Cauldron and discussed the possibility of refining an Immortal Artifact. After returning to the Big Dipper Star Domain, Yang Qing began seclusion with three Immortal Medicines to forge his own path to immortality.

• Yang Qing accepted the White Tiger Immortal Medicine, and the Life Fruit Tree joined him after Ji Xukong declined it.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong reached the immortal pool at the heart of the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains and found the shattered Immortal Ascension Cauldron.
• Ji Xukong explained that the Ruthless Great Emperor had shattered the site, while Yang Qing dismissed the ancient Heavenly Court's supposed hope of immortality.
• Ji Xukong recognized the cauldron as an Immortal Artifact, and Yang Qing declared that he could refine one after reaching sufficient strength.
• Yang Qing urged Ji Xukong to keep advancing on the path to immortality, and they returned to the Big Dipper Star Domain to enter seclusion.
• Yang Qing summoned the White Tiger Immortal Medicine, the Life Fruit Tree, and the Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine to fuse their Dao-rule fragments and pursue his own path to immortality.

Yang Qing refined insights from several legendary transformation methods to advance beyond the Emperor realm by excavating the human body's potential. After more than ten thousand peaceful years, Ji Xukong entered his late years and came to Purple Mountain, where Yang Qing joined his attempt to lure out the Forbidden Zone Supremes; Ji Xukong was then shocked to learn Yang Qing had not aged.

• Yang Qing drew inspiration from the Azure Emperor, the Divine Silkworm Ancient Emperor, the Feathered Great Emperor, and the Ruthless Great Emperor as he pursued his own path of transformation.
• Yang Qing realized he could advance by endlessly excavating the human body's potential rather than relying on the Heavenly Heart Seal or the world's Myriad Daos.
• More than ten thousand years passed in peace under the Sky-Supporting Great Emperor and the Void Emperor, while Yang Qing continued his secluded cultivation.
• Ji Xukong arrived at Purple Mountain in his late years, and Yang Qing teased him for trying to bait the Forbidden Zone Supremes.
• Yang Qing disguised himself as a white-haired old man, and Ji Xukong asked in shock whether he had truly entered his late years.

Yang Qing explained to himself how his repeated transformations had created a path to becoming a Mortal World Immortal while keeping him at his peak and giving him Heavenly Emperor-level combat power. Years later, he and Ji Xukong publicly appeared to have lived second lives, setting the stage for another ten thousand years of their rule before an expected crisis.

• Ji Xukong mistook Yang Qing's youthful aura for evidence that his first life had an exceptionally long lifespan and planned to use Yang Qing's apparent prime to ambush the Supremes in their twilight years.
• Yang Qing reflected that continuous transformations could restore his Wheel of Life, prevent decline, and let him remain at his peak while pursuing the Mortal World Immortal path.
• Yang Qing concluded that his transformation had already brought him to Heavenly Emperor-level combat power, comparable to Emperor Venerate after living a second life in reverse.
• Several years later, Ji Xukong emerged in the Big Dipper Star Domain as a youthful Void Emperor who had successfully lived a second life.
• A peerless aura followed, and Yang Qing appeared as a youthful Sky-Supporting Great Emperor who had also lived a second life.
• The universe learned that the two Great Emperors would share an era for another ten thousand years, though people warned that their time would eventually end.

Yang Qing prepared to refine his Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon, the Sky-Supporting Sword, into an Immortal Artifact, while Ji Xukong continued his own path of transformation and cultivation. Ji Xukong sensed the sword’s astonishing aura, arrived at Purple Mountain, and realized Yang Qing was already refining an Immortal Artifact.

• Yang Qing reflected on his transformations and considered how Ji Xukong had secretly lived a second life through his own ability.
• Yang Qing decided to refine the Sky-Supporting Sword into an Immortal Artifact.
• Ji Xukong recognized that Yang Qing’s strength had advanced greatly and resumed cultivating the Immortal Ascension Path.
• Ji Xukong sensed a fleeting, heaven-shaking sword qi and went to Purple Mountain to investigate.
• Ji Xukong saw Yang Qing refining the Sky-Supporting Sword and realized it was transforming into an Immortal Artifact.

Yang Qing forged the Sky-Supporting Sword into an Immortal Artifact, astonishing Ji Xukong and revealing that Heavenly Emperor-level combat strength made such a feat possible. Ji Xukong returned to cultivation, and more than ten thousand years later he wondered why Yang Qing had still not reached the later years of his first life.

• Yang Qing completed the Sky-Supporting Sword’s transformation into an Immortal Artifact after infusing it with Immortal Dao Rules and the Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s scripture.
• Ji Xukong was shocked by Yang Qing’s success and wondered whether forging an Immortal Artifact meant Yang Qing was close to becoming immortal.
• Yang Qing told Ji Xukong that someone with Heavenly Emperor-level combat strength could forge an Immortal Artifact and said Ji Xukong was approaching that level.
• Ji Xukong returned to secluded cultivation, inspired by the new realm Yang Qing had revealed.
• More than ten thousand years later, Ji Xukong awoke in the later years of his second life and wondered why Yang Qing had not yet entered the later years of his first.

As the Sky-Supporting Great Emperor and Ji Xukong entered the twilight of their lives, they chose the desolate edge of the universe as their battlefield and waited for the Supremes. The Supremes arrived to kill the two human Great Emperors, but Yang Qing and Ji Xukong faced them with their power still unleashed.

• Ji Xukong wandered the Big Dipper Star Domain in his aged state, alarming people who feared a Great Dark Upheaval would follow the emperors’ decline.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong discussed their plans in Purple Mountain and chose the desolate edge of the universe to confront the Supremes.
• Chuan Ying joined Yang Qing and Ji Xukong, seeking revenge for the destruction of the ancient Heavenly Court.
• The Supremes appeared at the edge of the universe, encircled Yang Qing and Ji Xukong, and declared that the two Great Emperors’ end had come.
• Yang Qing stood beside Ji Xukong and challenged the Supremes, releasing an overwhelming aura.

At the edge of the universe, Yang Qing and Ji Xukong faced sixteen Supreme Beings as the two human Great Emperors entered their twilight years. The Supreme Beings launched their attack, with ten surrounding Yang Qing and five assaulting Ji Xukong, while Carefree Heavenly Venerate claimed Yang Qing’s Great Emperor imprint for himself.

• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong confronted sixteen Supreme Beings at the desolate edge of the universe, alarming observers across the cosmos.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerate praised the Great Emperors’ auras and argued that their age and declining strength left them vulnerable.
• Yang Qing drew the Sky-Supporting Sword, and Ji Xukong summoned the Void Mirror as the two prepared to fight.
• The sixteen Supreme Beings attacked; Chuan Ying fought a Supreme Being from the Underworld, and five Supreme Beings assaulted Ji Xukong.
• Ten Supreme Beings surrounded Yang Qing, while Carefree Heavenly Venerate declared that Yang Qing’s Great Emperor imprint belonged to him.

Yang Qing faced ten Supreme Beings and revealed strength far beyond what they expected, using their attack to push his Immortal Dao Rule fragments toward a final transformation. The battle continued as the Supreme Beings realized they might have to risk their lives to defeat him.

• Carefree Heavenly Venerate questioned whether Yang Qing could still fight, while Yang Qing taunted the Supreme Beings for enduring thirty thousand years in hiding.
• The Immortal Artifact Desolate Pagoda appeared above Chuan Ying, and the Supreme Beings believed Yang Qing was less dangerous without it.
• The ten Supreme Beings attacked together, but Yang Qing’s sword strike shattered their combined techniques and left them stunned by his power.
• Yang Qing recalled completing two transformations through the Immortal Medicine and Immortal Artifact, a level equivalent to a Great Emperor living a fourth life.
• Yang Qing charged at the Supreme Beings, intending to use the battle to smelt the Immortal Dao Rule fragments into a supreme rule, while they prepared to fight for their lives.

Yang Qing fought ten Supremes and used their blood as kindling in a furnace of the Myriad Daos to forge a supreme Immortal Dao Rule. As the Supremes underwent Ultimate Ascension and attacked, Yang Qing met them with sword light, determined to kill.

• Chuan Ying gained the upper hand against a Supreme with Desolate Pagoda above him, while Ji Xukong used his forbidden technique to wound one of the five Supremes attacking him.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerate, two Underworld Supremes wielding the Heaven-Piercing Nether Treasure, and seven other Supremes attacked Yang Qing, but his sword strikes shattered their assaults and wounded them.
• Yang Qing decided that the Supremes could help him transform, then drew their blood into a furnace formed from heaven and earth.
• Yang Qing used the Myriad Daos as fire and the Supremes' blood as kindling to melt fragments of Immortal Dao Rules and forge a supreme Immortal Dao Rule.
• The Supremes sensed the danger and underwent Ultimate Ascension, while Yang Qing answered with fierce sword light and resolved to kill.

Yang Qing used the ten Supremes’ attacks and blood to forge his Dao and law beyond the human path, while his Immortal Artifact Sky-Supporting Sword overwhelmed them. Just after completing his transformation, he faced the arrival of the Undying Heavenly Emperor, whom he had been waiting for.

• Yang Qing suppressed the ten Supremes even after they underwent Ultimate Ascension, using their blood as fuel to nurture his Dao and law.
• Yang Qing explained that he was fusing fragments of Immortal Dao Rules into a furnace to transform his Dao and law from the human path into the immortal domain.
• The Supremes realized the Sky-Supporting Sword was an Immortal Artifact, and Yang Qing’s sword light shattered four of them while severely wounding the remaining six.
• Yang Qing completed the fusion, breaking his Dao and law beyond the human path.
• A Five-Colored Heavenly Blade appeared above Yang Qing, and he recognized the attacker as the Undying Heavenly Emperor.

Yang Qing faced the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s surprise attack while using the Essence Blood of slain Supremes to transform his Dao and laws into Immortal Dao Rules. As their weapons clashed, Yang Qing kept concentrating on his transformation, while Ji Xukong prepared to reveal his own third life.

• Yang Qing slew four Supremes and severely wounded six at the desolate frontier as he began transforming with their Essence Blood.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor struck Yang Qing with the Five-Colored Heavenly Blade at the critical moment of his transformation.
• Yang Qing sent the Sky-Supporting Sword to fight the Five-Colored Heavenly Blade while he continued his transformation.
• Living beings across the cosmos reacted to the clash between the Sky-Supporting Great Emperor and the Undying Heavenly Emperor, while Ji Xukong took out the Ancient Life Tree and prepared to live a third life.

Yang Qing fought the Undying Heavenly Emperor while refining the Immortal Dao Rules, then used the attacking Supremes to complete a unique Immortal Dao Rule. The transformation left the Undying Heavenly Emperor shocked that Yang Qing had never entered his later years.

• The Undying Heavenly Emperor attacked Yang Qing with the Five-Colored Heavenly Blade, and Yang Qing revealed the Sky-Supporting Immortal Sword.
• Yang Qing taunted the Undying Heavenly Emperor about Ning Fei and the Undying Heavenly Empress, prompting the Emperor to attack him directly.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerate and the six remaining Supremes joined the assault, burning their Essence Blood to try to kill Yang Qing.
• Yang Qing returned to his peak, repelled the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and shattered the six Supremes before throwing them into his refining furnace.
• Yang Qing refined the Immortal Dao Rule fragments into a unique rule that formed the foundation for completing his Mortal World Immortal transformation.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor realized Yang Qing had not entered his later years and stared at him in disbelief.

Yang Qing completed another transformation at the peak of his life, forged nascent Immortal Dao Rules, and advanced his Mortal World Immortal path. He then faced the Undying Heavenly Emperor in a fierce battle, while Ji Xukong returned to his own peak and overwhelmed the five Supremes.

• The Undying Heavenly Emperor realized Yang Qing had transformed without reaching old age and resolved to uncover his secret.
• Ji Xukong concluded Yang Qing might still be in his first life, then returned to his peak and grew even stronger.
• The five Supremes fighting Ji Xukong were forced into Ultimate Ascension and faced inevitable defeat.
• Yang Qing sensed that his Immortal Dao Rules would form the foundation of his Mortal World Immortal transformation and confirmed his path was correct.
• Yang Qing called the Sky-Supporting Immortal Sword, engraved his Immortal Dao Rules into it, and struck at the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• Yang Qing and the Undying Heavenly Emperor exchanged hundreds of thousands of blows in a world-shaking battle.

Yang Qing overwhelmed the Undying Heavenly Emperor in their battle while Ji Xukong slew a Supreme and forced the others back. The Undying Heavenly Emperor tried to escape with the Flying Immortal Waterfall, but Yang Qing moved to stop him.

• Yang Qing suppressed the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s attacks and taunted him during their battle.
• Ji Xukong killed a Supreme and drove the four remaining Supremes back, prompting the Undying Heavenly Emperor to reconsider fighting.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor unleashed a powerful slash and fled, leaving the other Supremes in despair.
• Yang Qing blocked the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s escape routes with sword lights and pursued him.
• The Flying Immortal Waterfall enveloped the Undying Heavenly Emperor and carried him into the void, while Yang Qing remained ready to intercept him.

Yang Qing wounded the Undying Heavenly Emperor as he escaped, then helped finish off the remaining Supremes alongside Ji Xukong and Chuan Ying. With all sixteen Supremes slain but the Undying Heavenly Emperor still alive, Yang Qing set out to end the Forbidden Zones of Life.

• Yang Qing struck the Undying Heavenly Emperor with the Sky-Supporting Immortal Sword, cut away part of the Flying Immortal Waterfall, and forced him to flee wounded.
• Yang Qing helped Chuan Ying kill the Supreme facing him, while Ji Xukong erased the last Supreme on the other battlefield.
• All sixteen Supremes who had emerged were slain, and the universe's inhabitants hailed Yang Qing and the Void Emperor for averting a Great Dark Upheaval.
• Yang Qing recognized that the Undying Heavenly Emperor had escaped and that other Supremes might remain in the Forbidden Zones of Life.
• Yang Qing told his companions it was time to destroy the Forbidden Zones of Life and set out with them.

Yang Qing, Ji Xukong, and the Sky-Supporting Great Emperor attacked Undying Mountain and killed its final two supreme beings, erasing one of the Big Dipper’s seven Forbidden Zones of Life. The other Forbidden Zones fled beyond the universe into the boundless chaos, but Yang Qing expected they would return when the Immortal Ascension Path opened.

• Yang Qing revealed Undying Mountain with a sword strike and led Ji Xukong and the Sky-Supporting Great Emperor inside.
• The supreme beings of Undying Mountain awakened and questioned how Yang Qing had found their hidden Forbidden Zone.
• Yang Qing waited for the other Forbidden Zones to intervene, but none came to Undying Mountain’s aid.
• Yang Qing and Ji Xukong charged through Undying Mountain and killed its final two supreme beings despite their Ultimate Ascension.
• The other Forbidden Zones fled beyond the universe as Undying Mountain fell and ceased to exist.

After Yang Qing and Ji Xukong leveled Undying Mountain, they bound their Daos and returned the Heavenly Heart Seal to Heaven and Earth, opening the way for others to prove Dao and become Emperor. Yang Qing then visited his sleeping master in the Primordial Forbidden Zone and vowed to restore him soon.

• News that Undying Mountain had been leveled spread throughout the universe, and people hailed Yang Qing and Ji Xukong for their unprecedented victory.
• Yang Qing praised Ji Xukong for reaching the Heavenly Emperor level, then bound his own Dao so it would no longer suppress the Myriad Daos of Heaven and Earth.
• After Yang Qing explained how to bind one's Dao, Ji Xukong did the same and allowed the Heavenly Heart Seal to return to Heaven and Earth.
• Powerful experts sensed that the suppression had ended, and many rejoiced at the renewed opportunity to prove Dao and become Emperor.
• Yang Qing returned to the Primordial Forbidden Zone, found his sleeping master beneath the Sacred Mountain, and promised to restore him soon.