Chapter Summaries

The Nether Prison Immortal King reunited with his long-lost Clone, and their fusion broke the Outer Heavens’ cultivation ceiling, raising him to the peak of Junior Immortal Emperor. He realized the gamble he had made with Fang Chen had succeeded, giving the Myriad Races hope against the World Will.

• The Nether Prison Immortal King and his Clone silently shared the memories of the Clone’s tens of thousands of years of battles and hardships.
• The Nether Prison Immortal King welcomed his Clone back, and the two clasped hands.
• Their fusion shattered the Six-Turn Immortal King bottleneck, and the Nether Prison Immortal King’s cultivation surged into the Immortal Emperor Realm.
• The Nether Prison Immortal King’s aura stabilized at the peak of Junior Immortal Emperor, astonishing Cultivators aboard the Warships.
• The Nether Prison Immortal King examined his transformed power and reflected that Fang Chen had succeeded in the gamble to break the Outer Heavens’ shackles.

After reuniting with his true body, the Nether Prison Immortal King broke through to the Immortal Emperor Realm and effortlessly destroyed two waves of Heavenly Punishment. Fang Chen stood alive before a Silver-White rift as a third, far greater punishment opened a window onto the World Will’s higher-dimensional power.

• The Nether Prison Immortal King fused with his true body and broke through to the Immortal Emperor Realm.
• The Nether Prison Immortal King crushed the first Purple Lightning bolt of Heavenly Punishment with one hand.
• The Nether Prison Immortal King destroyed three more bolts of Heavenly Punishment by releasing a ring of black ripples.
• The Chaos Immortal King recognized Fang Chen alive beside the Silver-White rift and moved toward him.
• A third wave of Heavenly Punishment shattered the sky and revealed the gray-white radiance of the World Will’s higher-dimensional space.

The Nether Prison Immortal King broke through to the Immortal Emperor Realm and defeated the World Will’s Hand of Order with the Dark Star Sword. As the cultivators celebrated his victory, a vast fissure suddenly reopened in the sky.

• The World Will summoned the Hand of Order to punish the Nether Prison Immortal King for reaching the Immortal Emperor Realm.
• The Nether Prison Immortal King drew the Dark Star Sword and split the Hand of Order, forcing the gray-white eye to withdraw and end the Heavenly Punishment.
• The cultivators aboard the warships cheered as the Nether Prison Immortal King’s breakthrough proved that the Immortal Emperor Realm was attainable.
• The Chaos Immortal King, Dark Yellow Immortal King, Jade Pool Immortal King, and Star Immortal King reacted to his breakthrough, with the Star Immortal King yearning to reach the same realm.
• A vast fissure opened in the sky just as everyone believed the danger had passed.

Seven Heavenly Slaves, ranging from one-turn to three-turn Immortal Emperors, emerged through cracks in the sky and attacked the newly advanced Nether Prison Immortal King. Fang Chen stepped in and told the Nether Prison Immortal King to retreat, leaving him to face the Heavenly Slaves.

• A one-turn Immortal Emperor Heavenly Slave emerged from a crack, terrifying the cultivators aboard the warship.
• Six more Heavenly Slaves appeared, bringing their number to seven and prompting despair among the cultivators and the Immortal King clones.
• The Nether Prison Immortal King prepared to fight the seven attackers, despite knowing he could not defeat them all.
• The Heavenly Slaves attacked the Nether Prison Immortal King from every direction, closing off his escape.
• Fang Chen emerged with the Floating Immortal Sword, told the Nether Prison Immortal King to fall back, and faced the seven Heavenly Slaves.

Fang Chen used the Swallowing Heaven Tower to devour and refine seven Immortal Emperor Level Heavenly Slaves, astonishing the Outer Heavens’ Immortal Kings. He reunited with the returning cultivators and their elders, who welcomed them and asked about their years away.

• Fang Chen summoned the Swallowing Heaven Tower and swallowed all seven Heavenly Slaves, refining them in fewer than ten breaths.
• The Outer Heavens’ Immortal Kings and cultivators stared in shock at Fang Chen’s strength.
• Fang Chen greeted the Glazed Immortal King and the other Immortal Kings after more than thirty thousand years apart.
• Great Emperor Huo Li reunited with the Glazed Immortal King, while Ye Kong and Ye Qingci greeted their ancestor, the Dark Yellow Immortal King.
• Yue Canglan greeted the Chaos Immortal King, and Li Qingyao greeted the Jade Pool Immortal King.
• The Jade Pool Immortal King welcomed Li Qingyao and invited the returning group to recount what they had experienced.

Fang Chen introduced several Immortal Emperors to Jade Pool Immortal King and the others before Black Phoenix Immortal King merged with her Clone. The merger carried her to the peak of one-turn Immortal Emperor, and Fang Chen congratulated her.

• Fang Chen introduced Golden Roc and the other Immortal Emperors to Jade Pool Immortal King, Chaos Immortal King, Dark Yellow Immortal King, and Star Immortal King.
• Black Phoenix Immortal King arrived and approached her Clone to merge with it.
• Black Phoenix Immortal King’s aura broke through the Outer Heavens’ restrictions and rose from peak Six-Turn Immortal King to peak one-turn Immortal Emperor.
• Black Phoenix Immortal King absorbed her Red-Gold flames and opened her eyes as an Immortal Emperor.
• Fang Chen congratulated Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor on her breakthrough.

The Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor broke through to the peak of one-turn Immortal Emperor and effortlessly destroyed Heavenly Punishment, but the World Will sent three powerful Hands of Order against her. She unleashed Ninefold Phoenix Flame, Nirvana Returns to the Origin, and her Fire Phoenix surged to early-stage Fifth-Turn Immortal Emperor before striking at the Hands of Order.

• The Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor thanked Fang Chen for helping her reach a breakthrough beyond the limits of the Outer Heavens.
• The Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor erased the first bolt of Heavenly Punishment with a thread of Scarlet-Gold Flame, then shattered three more bolts bearing six Origins with one hand.
• The World Will opened a vast fissure in the sky and sent three Hands of Order to attack the Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor.
• The Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor summoned a colossal Fire Phoenix, which clashed with the three Hands of Order in a stalemate.
• The Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor used Ninefold Phoenix Flame, Nirvana Returns to the Origin, transforming her Fire Phoenix into a hundred-thousand-zhang golden form with early-stage Fifth-Turn Immortal Emperor power.
• The Fire Phoenix unleashed a pillar of golden fire at the three Hands of Order.

After the Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor survived Heavenly Punishment, twelve powerful Heavenly Slaves emerged, but Fang Chen swallowed and refined them with the Swallowing Heaven Tower. With the threat to Number Six Region eliminated, the fleets and legions began returning to the Outer Heavens.

• The Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor endured the Heavenly Punishment, and the World Will's eye closed as the sky began to heal.
• Twelve Heavenly Slaves of the Fifth to Seventh Turn emerged through fissures and prepared to attack the Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor.
• Fang Chen summoned the Swallowing Heaven Tower, which devoured all twelve Heavenly Slaves and refined them.
• The Star Immortal King, the Chaos Immortal King's clone, the Dark Yellow Immortal King, the Jade Pool Immortal King's clone, and the Glazed Immortal King reacted with amazement at Fang Chen's power.
• Fang Chen told the Nether Prison Immortal Emperor and the Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor that the passage was stable and everyone could withdraw.
• The Nether Prison Immortal Emperor ordered the fleets to return to the Outer Heavens, and the Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor ordered the legions to stand down and follow.

After more than thirty thousand years, Fang Chen and his companions returned to the Outer Heavens and gathered at Star Hall. Fang Chen announced that their journey to Steal the Heavens had succeeded, then began recounting how they had followed the Starry Sky Ancient Road onto the Heaven-Stealing Path.

• Fang Chen, Great Emperor Huo Li, Ye Qingci, Ye Kong, and their companions returned to the Outer Heavens after more than thirty thousand years away.
• Fang Chen and the others arrived at Star Hall, where the Outer Heavens cultivators welcomed them.
• The Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor and Nether Prison Immortal Emperor urged Fang Chen to take the Host Seat, and he accepted.
• Fang Chen told the gathered cultivators that they had succeeded in Stealing the Heavens, prompting an uproar of excitement and questions.
• Fang Chen began explaining their journey, saying they had followed the Starry Sky Ancient Road onto the Heaven-Stealing Path.

Fang Chen recounted the perilous journey to the Heaven and Earth Origin Space, where his group stole the Origin at great cost and fought their way back. He revealed that the World Will had divided the Savage World into three regions to weaken the Myriad Races, leaving the Immortal Kings stunned by the truth.

• Fang Chen told the Immortal Kings that he and his companions found the Abyss of Annihilation with help from Gu Daozi and crossed its deadly Redwater and Clearwater layers to reach the Heaven and Earth Origin Space.
• Fang Chen described how his group fought the Law Spirits and stole the Heaven and Earth Origin, while Little Crane was gravely wounded by the World Will's Law.
• Fang Chen recounted how the Devil Race ambushed them on their return and how White Fox sacrificed herself to imprint the Star Coordinates into his soul.
• Fang Chen explained that White Fox's guidance led them through the Chaotic Starry Sky to the Ancient Region, and he outlined the Primordial, Ancient, and Fringe Regions.
• Fang Chen told the Immortal Kings that the World Will had divided the Savage World to prevent the Myriad Races from uniting and threatening it.

Fang Chen told the Immortal Kings that the passages to the Ancient Region would let cultivators from the Fringe Region break through their realm limits, and the leaders began preparing a safe migration. The first group would leave in three days, while the World Will’s awakening and the coming Heaven-Extermination War remained looming threats.

• Fang Chen explained that six stable passages linked the Fringe Region and the Ancient Region, where cultivators could reach the Immortal Emperor Realm using local resources.
• The Glazed Immortal King asked whether the passages and breakthroughs were real, and Fang Chen confirmed they were possible without the Heaven and Earth Origin.
• Fang Chen outlined plans for a Reception Point, defensive fortifications, and an orderly migration, while the Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor volunteered to establish the Reception Point.
• Fang Chen announced that the first group of cultivators would begin moving in three days, and the Immortal Kings agreed to prepare.
• After the hall emptied, the Glazed Immortal King thanked Fang Chen for his work over more than thirty thousand years, and Fang Chen reassured the elders that they could advance in the Ancient Region.

Fang Chen planned to teach the Outer Heavens cultivators before attempting the difficult journey back to the Barbaric Ancient Region. He left the Immortal Emperor clones to help train the cultivators and then set out with Glazed Immortal King, Great Emperor Huo Li, and Chaos Immortal King for the Heavenly River Diagram.

• Fang Chen told Dark Yellow Immortal King, Chaos Immortal King, and the others that he wanted to return to the Barbaric Ancient Region after teaching cultivators in the Outer Heavens.
• Fang Chen explained that his strength, combined with his allies and the Floating Immortal Battle Array, might let them contend with an early-stage Ninth-Turn Immortal Emperor.
• Fang Chen said that reopening routes to the Fringe World's Great Regions could bring their talented cultivators to the Outer Heavens and strengthen the Heaven Annihilation Alliance.
• The Immortal Emperor clones supported Fang Chen's plan, and Fang Chen asked Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor and Nether Prison Immortal Emperor to gather the Outer Heavens' Core Members in three days for battle-array training.
• Fang Chen arranged for Immortal Emperor Yun Yi and the other clones to stay and teach, then went with Glazed Immortal King, Great Emperor Huo Li, and Chaos Immortal King toward the Heavenly River Diagram.

After more than thirty thousand years, Fang Chen returned to the Heavenly River Diagram with his companions to reunite with its Artifact Spirit. The Artifact Spirit appeared before him, and the chapter ended as the two looked at each other.

• Fang Chen led the Glazed Immortal King, Great Emperor Huo Li, Ye Qingci, Ye Kong, Myna bird, Little Crane, and the others toward the Heavenly River Diagram.
• Fang Chen and his companions entered the vast landscape scroll after the Artifact Spirit opened a passage for them.
• Fang Chen found the familiar blue-green lake, solitary peak, pavilion, and peach grove unchanged.
• The Heavenly River Diagram's Artifact Spirit appeared before Fang Chen in the form of a woman dressed in white and silently met his gaze.

Fang Chen reunited with the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit and recounted his journey through the Heaven and Earth Origin and the Ancient Region. He announced that he planned to return to the Barbaric Ancient Region to rescue its cultivators and strengthen the Heaven Annihilation Alliance, and the Artifact Spirit supported him.

• Fang Chen reunited with the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit, who welcomed him after more than thirty thousand years apart.
• Fang Chen recounted his dangerous journey, White Fox's sacrifice, the upheaval in the Ancient Region, and his rise to peak Seventh-Turn Immortal Emperor.
• Fang Chen told the Artifact Spirit he intended to return to the Barbaric Ancient Region and connect the Fringe Region's Great Regions to gather more strength for the Heaven-Extermination War.
• The Artifact Spirit admitted she had no way to help Fang Chen but told him, "I support you!"
• Fang Chen received the founders of the Five Great Families of the Outer Heavens, and the Carefree Immortal King greeted him respectfully.

Fang Chen met with the Five Great Families’ founders and passed on the latest Floating Immortal Battle Array and Floating Immortal Art. He then prepared to visit the Ghost Realm and entrusted the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit with supplies for the journey back to the Barbaric Ancient Region.

• Fang Chen thanked the five family founders for their contributions over the past thirty thousand years and urged them to keep serving the Human Race.
• Fang Chen transmitted the latest Floating Immortal Battle Array and Floating Immortal Art to the five founders.
• Fang Chen told the Heavenly River Diagram Artifact Spirit that he would visit the Ghost Realm, then asked Glazed Immortal King and the others to accompany him and search for a route back to the Barbaric Ancient Region.
• Glazed Immortal King traveled to the Land of Ending with Dark Yellow Immortal King, Star Immortal King, Jade Pool Immortal King, and Chaos Immortal King.
• Three days later, Fang Chen taught the latest techniques to Outer Heavens core cultivators and gave the Artifact Spirit Spirit Sword Talismans, Meteor Tears, and Heaven-Deceiving Earth-Changing Pills to safeguard.

Fang Chen prepared to leave the Outer Heavens with the Glazed Immortal King and their companions, then used Little Crane to travel to the Land of Ending. They arrived in a desolate, blood-red realm, where they faced a ruined landscape beneath a sky torn by silent purple lightning.

• Fang Chen gave the Black Phoenix Immortal Emperor and the Nether Prison Immortal Emperor supplies and told them to keep the information secret.
• Fang Chen entrusted the Outer Heavens and the Ancient Region to Immortal Emperor Yun Yi's Clone and the other Immortal Emperors' Clones, then departed with the Glazed Immortal King and their companions.
• Fang Chen asked Little Crane to carry the group to the Land of Ending, and she transported them there through the Void.
• Fang Chen and his companions emerged into a barren, crimson world filled with scattered bones, ruined Palaces, and a vast abandoned Ancient City.
• Fang Chen and the others watched silent purple lightning tear through the sky and leave temporary fissures in space.

Fang Chen searched the Land of Ending with his Spiritual Sense but could not locate the wandering Ghost Realm. The Glazed Immortal King activated a Token of the Ghost Realm, and the chapter ended with an old man appearing and recognizing Fang Chen.

• Fang Chen swept the Land of Ending with his Spiritual Sense and found vast ruins, a basin of corpses, a cleaved mountain, and a dry riverbed, but no Ghost Realm.
• The Glazed Immortal King activated the Black Bead Token of the Ghost Realm and sent a faint pulse into the Void.
• Fang Chen and the others waited as purple lightning crossed the sky and scarlet dust swept over the land.
• An old man in white emerged from the Void, saw Fang Chen, and asked in astonishment whether his eyes were playing tricks on him.

Fang Chen returned to the Ghost Realm after more than thirty thousand years and confirmed that he and his companions had stolen the Heaven and Earth Origin. He told the Ghost Realm Spirit Clone about their journey and his rise to Peak Seventh-Turn Immortal Emperor, leaving the clone stunned by how powerful he had become.

• Fang Chen reunited with the Ghost Realm Spirit Clone, who led him and his companions through a doorway into the Ghost Realm.
• The Ghost Realm Spirit Clone welcomed the group and described how the Ghost Realm had waited for news of Fang Chen for more than thirty thousand years.
• Fang Chen confirmed that they had succeeded in stealing the Heaven and Earth Origin.
• Fang Chen recounted their journey, the white fox's sacrifice, the Barrier's opening, and the Nether Prison Immortal King and Black Phoenix Immortal King becoming Immortal Emperors.
• The Ghost Realm Spirit Clone learned that Fang Chen had reached Peak Seventh-Turn Immortal Emperor and was left astonished.

Fang Chen asked the Realm Spirit Clone how to return to the Barbaric Ancient Region, but learned that the Chaotic Void required an anchor whose coordinates had been erased. He then asked about the Ghost Realm’s origins, and the Realm Spirit Clone revealed that the Ghost Immortal Emperor discovered it before the World Will erased the Emperor from history.

• The Realm Spirit Clone warned Fang Chen that the Chaotic Void’s warped time, space, and direction made returning to the Barbaric Ancient Region nearly impossible without an anchor.
• The Realm Spirit Clone explained that the World Will erased the Barbaric Ancient Region’s coordinates during the Second Heaven-Extermination War.
• Fang Chen asked the Realm Spirit Clone who discovered the Ghost Realm and how it was refined.
• The Realm Spirit Clone revealed that the Ghost Immortal Emperor discovered the Ghost Realm.
• The Realm Spirit Clone said the World Will erased the Ghost Immortal Emperor’s name and achievements from the Outer Heavens’ history.

The Realm Spirit Clone explained how the Ghost Immortal Emperor and six others created the Ghost Realm, then revealed how the Emperor sacrificed himself to contain a Spear of Order after six Immortal Emperors died defending it. The Ghost Immortal Emperor remained sealed in the Ghost Realm’s innermost region, asleep while holding the dangerous power at bay.

• The Realm Spirit Clone said the Ghost Immortal Emperor had been a Sixth-Turn Immortal Emperor and one of the founders of the First Heaven-Extermination War.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor and six other Human Race Immortal Emperors spent three hundred years turning a shattered world fragment into the Ghost Realm, with the Realm Spirit Clone formed from half the Ghost Immortal Emperor’s Soul Origin.
• During the Second Heaven-Extermination War, the Ghost Realm served as a mobile command center and shelter that reduced the Human Race’s losses.
• The World Will sent a Spear of Order through the Ghost Realm’s defenses, and six Immortal Emperors died trying to stop it.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor trapped the Spear of Order’s remaining power inside himself, sealed the Ghost Realm, and fled into the Land of Ending.
• The Realm Spirit Clone said the Ghost Immortal Emperor had slept in the Ghost Realm’s innermost region ever since, maintaining the seal that kept its power from destroying them.