Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen learned that the Realm Spirit Clone had spent more than seventy million years repairing the Ghost Realm and trying to awaken the Ghost Immortal Emperor. After discovering that Heaven and Earth Origin Force could break the Emperor’s Seal, Fang Chen agreed to see the Emperor, and the Realm Spirit Clone led the group deeper into the Ghost Realm.

• The Realm Spirit Clone explained how he used resources gathered from visiting cultivators to repair the Ghost Realm and aid the Ghost Immortal Emperor.
• The Realm Spirit Clone revealed that only power sharing Order Force’s source could break the Emperor’s Seal, and Fang Chen asked whether Heaven and Earth Origin Force qualified.
• The Realm Spirit Clone confirmed that Heaven and Earth Origin Force could disperse the Order Force in the Seal, and Little Crane agreed with Fang Chen’s plan.
• The Realm Spirit Clone, Fang Chen, and the others left the pavilion and followed a winding path through the Ghost Realm’s gardens and forests.
• Myna bird, Little Crane, Ye Qingci, and Ye Kong admired the strange flowers and plants as the group continued toward a moss-covered stone wall.

The Realm Spirit Clone led Fang Chen and the others through a hidden gate into the beautiful heart of the Ghost Realm, where the seven Immortal Emperors had refined its Law Foundation. They reached a humble Thatched Cottage containing an ancient, powerful aura locked away, and found a person lying on its bed.

• The Realm Spirit Clone opened an ancient Stone Gate in the wall, revealing a radiant inner realm.
• The Star Immortal King and Jade Pool Immortal King remarked on the realm’s dense spiritual qi and stable laws as the Realm Spirit Clone explained its connection to the seven Immortal Emperors.
• Fang Chen and his companions crossed the flower-filled meadow and reached a secluded valley with a Thatched Cottage.
• Fang Chen sensed an ancient power sealed inside the cottage, and the Realm Spirit Clone opened its doors.
• Fang Chen followed the Realm Spirit Clone inside and saw a person lying on the wooden bed.

Fang Chen examined the Ghost Immortal Emperor and found that Heaven and Earth Origin could safely neutralize the Order Force sealed in him. He told the Realm Spirit Clone he was ninety percent certain he could save him, then began preparing to infuse the seal.

• The Realm Spirit Clone identified the dying figure as the Ghost Immortal Emperor, who had remained asleep since the Second Heaven-Extermination War while suppressing the Spear of Order's power.
• Fang Chen examined the gray-white mark between the Ghost Immortal Emperor's brows and determined that forcibly removing the Order Force could destroy his fragile Divine Soul.
• Fang Chen concluded that infusing the seal with Heaven and Earth Origin could soften the Order Force and make it harmless.
• Fang Chen told the Realm Spirit Clone he was ninety percent certain he could succeed and said he needed preparations and an undisturbed Ghost Realm.
• Fang Chen sat beside the bed and took out a Void Treasure Bottle containing Golden Liquid from the Heaven and Earth Origin Space.

Fang Chen tried to heal the Ghost Immortal Emperor with Heaven and Earth Origin, but the Order Force regenerated too quickly, so he attempted to accelerate time with the Time Bell. The Ghost Realm began to shake as the Time Bell’s power clashed with its Law Foundation, leaving Fang Chen to stop before the realm shattered.

• Fang Chen fed Heaven and Earth Origin into the Ghost Immortal Emperor’s brow, but the Order Force regenerated and would take at least ten thousand years to dissolve.
• Fang Chen told the Realm Spirit Clone he would use the Time Bell to accelerate time, and the Realm Spirit Clone agreed as long as the Ghost Realm remained stable.
• Fang Chen activated the Time Bell and began spreading its Time Acceleration Formation across the valley.
• The Time Bell’s power clashed with the Ghost Realm’s Law Foundation, causing tremors throughout the valley and destabilizing the realm.
• The Realm Spirit Clone shouted for Fang Chen to stop, and Fang Chen sensed that continuing could shatter the Ghost Realm.

Fang Chen stopped the Time Acceleration Formation after learning it could collapse the Ghost Realm’s Law Structure, then proposed using the Floating Immortal Sword to devour the Order Force inside the Ghost Immortal Emperor. He carefully instructed the sword to target only that force and spare the Emperor’s Divine Soul Origin.

• Fang Chen recalled the Time Bell and halted the formation, but the brief acceleration still shook the Ghost Realm’s core Law Foundation.
• The Realm Spirit warned Fang Chen that the Time Bell could make the Ghost Realm’s Law Structure collapse, while the Heaven and Earth Origin had barely weakened the mist around the Ghost Immortal Emperor’s brow.
• Fang Chen considered using his Floating Immortal Sword to devour the Order Force inside the Ghost Immortal Emperor and presented the Devouring God Imprint as his proposed method.
• The Realm Spirit agreed to let Fang Chen try, and Fang Chen summoned the Floating Immortal Sword and activated the Chaos Devouring God Art.
• Fang Chen ordered the sword to consume only the remnants of the Order Force and avoid the Ghost Immortal Emperor’s Divine Soul Origin, restraining the sword’s eager response.

Fang Chen used the Floating Immortal Sword to strip the Spear of Order’s remaining force from the Ghost Immortal Emperor while the Realm Spirit Clone protected his divine soul. The emperor revived and opened his eyes, leaving the onlookers overwhelmed with excitement.

• Fang Chen asked the Realm Spirit Clone to let him use the Floating Immortal Sword to draw the Order Force from the Ghost Immortal Emperor, and the clone agreed to protect the emperor’s soul.
• Fang Chen pressed the sword to the crack between the Ghost Immortal Emperor’s brows and drew out the Order Force as the Realm Spirit Clone steadied the emperor’s divine soul.
• The Floating Immortal Sword devoured and refined the Order Force, gradually shrinking the crack until Fang Chen withdrew the sword.
• The Realm Spirit Clone felt the Order Force was gone and watched the Ghost Immortal Emperor’s life force begin to return.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor’s finger moved, and he slowly opened his eyes as Myna bird, Great Emperor Huo Li, and the others watched.

Fang Chen helped revive the Ghost Immortal Emperor, who began recovering after more than seventy million years of sleep. The Ghost Immortal Emperor confirmed that the Realm Spirit Clone could reunite with him, and the two agreed that fusion would help restore his full strength for the Heaven-Extermination War.

• Fang Chen helped the Ghost Immortal Emperor sit up, and the Realm Spirit Clone told him he had slept for over seventy million years.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor thanked Fang Chen for waking him and recognized the Heaven and Earth Origin that was healing his Dao Foundation.
• After half an hour of recovery, the Ghost Immortal Emperor said he had reached the peak of Sixth-Turn Immortal Emperor but still needed time to heal.
• The Realm Spirit Clone asked whether he could return to the Ghost Immortal Emperor's original body, and the Ghost Immortal Emperor confirmed that he could.
• The Realm Spirit Clone urged fusion so the Ghost Immortal Emperor could regain his full strength, and the Ghost Immortal Emperor agreed.

The Realm Spirit Clone merged with the Ghost Immortal Emperor, restoring his body and returning memories from their long separation. The Ghost Immortal Emperor awakened at the Seventh-Turn Immortal Emperor realm, tearing the roof from the Thatched Cottage with the force of his aura.

• The Realm Spirit Clone and the Ghost Immortal Emperor joined palms and began merging their Silver-White light.
• The Realm Spirit Clone dissolved into motes that flowed into the Ghost Immortal Emperor as Fang Chen and the others watched.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor regained strength as his aura rose from the three-turn realm to the peak of the Fifth-Turn Immortal Emperor realm.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor recovered memories of the Ghost Realm's founding, the Second Heaven-Extermination War, and the Realm Spirit Clone's vigil.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor opened his eyes and broke through to the Seventh-Turn Immortal Emperor realm, blasting the Thatched Cottage's roof away.

The Ghost Immortal Emperor awakened and broke through to the peak of the Eighth-Revolution Immortal Emperor, sending a powerful aura across the Land of Ending. His emergence alerted several ancient beings, who began reacting to his return.

• The Ghost Immortal Emperor rose from his bed and advanced from the Mid-Seventh-Turn Immortal Emperor to the peak of the Eighth-Revolution Immortal Emperor.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor released a tremendous aura that shook the Ghost Realm and formed a silver-white pillar of light piercing the Land of Ending's sky.
• Human Cultivators and Immortal Kings in the Ghost Realm felt the pressure, while Law Lifeforms fled and ancient beings awakened across the Land of Ending.
• A golden-armored man in a Bronze Coffin at Bloodfall Valley sensed the Ghost Immortal Emperor's aura and began gathering energy on the Altar.
• A woman emerging from a Bronze Mirror in the Shadow Abyss recognized the Ghost Immortal Emperor and sent black threads toward the pillar.
• A Crimson-Gold Flame sealed beneath the Ice Abyss Polar Lands celebrated the Ghost Immortal Emperor's awakening, warned that the Gray-White Filth might come, and sped toward him.

The Ghost Immortal Emperor awakened in the Land of Ending, drawing the attention of ancient Emperors and awakening the Ten Thousand Weapons Graveyard. Thirty-six powerful Heavenly Slaves surrounded him, and Fang Chen asked whether he needed help.

• The Broken Sword awakened the Remnant Souls in the Ten Thousand Weapons Graveyard and sent their gathered Divine Sense toward the Ghost Immortal Emperor.
• The Human Emperor and the other six beings in the Hall of Eternity saw the Ghost Immortal Emperor’s return and recognized the importance of his strength to the coming war.
• Thirty-six Seven-Turn and Eighth-Revolution Heavenly Slaves emerged from cracks in the sky and surrounded the Ghost Immortal Emperor.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor blamed the World Will for its impatience and looked across the barriers toward Fang Chen.
• The Glazed Immortal King and the others worried about the Heavenly Slaves’ strength, while Great Emperor Huo Li trusted the Ghost Immortal Emperor and Fang Chen to handle them.
• Fang Chen sent the Ghost Immortal Emperor a Spiritual Sense message asking whether he needed help.

The Ghost Immortal Emperor unleashed his Eighth-Revolution Immortal Emperor power and charged out of the Ghost Realm to face thirty-six Heavenly Slaves. Fang Chen and the Human Race powerhouses followed, where the Ghost Realm’s cultivators recognized Fang Chen and learned that he had succeeded in Stealing the Heavens.

• The Ghost Immortal Emperor formed a silver-white blade, released his full power, and drew the World Will’s pressure through a vortex above the Ghost Realm.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor emerged into the sky, and the Ghost Realm’s cultivators mistook him for their Realm Spirit before he flew into the ranks of the Heavenly Slaves.
• Fang Chen, Great Emperor Huo Li, and the Immortal Kings followed the Ghost Immortal Emperor out of the Ghost Realm, prompting its Human Race cultivators to debate whether Fang Chen had returned.
• The Human Race cultivators entered the Land of Ending and struggled under the World Will’s pressure as they approached the Glazed Immortal King and the others.
• Fang Chen confirmed his identity to the Extreme Cauldron Immortal King, and the Glazed Immortal King verified it to the gathered Human Race powerhouses.
• Fang Chen told the Extreme Cauldron Immortal King that they had succeeded in Stealing the Heavens, and the Human Race powerhouses cheered.

Fang Chen explained that the Ghost Immortal Emperor created the Ghost Realm as the Emperor battled the Heavenly Slaves. In the Ancient Region, the Human Emperor sensed a powerful, familiar energy fluctuation from the Fringe World.

• Fang Chen told the Extreme Cauldron Immortal King and the others that the Ghost Immortal Emperor had created the Ghost Realm and that its former Realm Spirit came from half of his Divine Soul Origin.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor decapitated a Seven-Turn Heavenly Slave, and the Ghost Realm sealed its body in stone.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor cut apart five more Seven-Turn Heavenly Slaves, and the Ghost Realm swallowed and sealed their fragments while Fang Chen studied his Saber Arts.
• In the Hall of Eternity, the Human Emperor opened his eyes and told the Nether Emperor that he had sensed a powerful, familiar energy fluctuation from the Fringe World.

The Ghost Immortal Emperor fought the Heavenly Slaves in the Fringe Region while the Human Emperor and the others watched through the Hall of Eternity. After sealing thirty-four foes, he faced two peak Eighth-Revolution Heavenly Slaves and countered their coordinated opening attack.

• The Human Emperor, Kong Xian, and the others sensed a powerful presence in the Fringe World and activated the Hall of Eternity to view it.
• They recognized the figure in the Light Mirror as the Ghost Immortal Emperor, alive and fighting in the Fringe Region.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor had sealed thirty-four of the thirty-six Heavenly Slaves, leaving two peak Eighth-Revolution opponents to face him.
• The two Heavenly Slaves attacked together, one striking at the Ghost Immortal Emperor's neck while the other swept low at his legs.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor clashed with the frontal Blade Ray, stepped forward to evade the low attack, and struck the second Heavenly Slave in the back with his left hand.

The Ghost Immortal Emperor fought two Heavenly Slaves, using their attacks against each other before cutting through their fused strike. He split one Heavenly Slave open, and the Ghost Realm devoured it.

• The Ghost Immortal Emperor dodged and countered the two Heavenly Slaves’ coordinated attacks, redirecting their strength against each other.
• Fang Chen studied the Ghost Immortal Emperor’s techniques as Great Emperor Huo Li explained how he borrowed the Heavenly Slaves’ power.
• The two Heavenly Slaves combined their Order Force into a compressed attack that could threaten a Ninth-Turn Immortal Emperor.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor split the fused attack with one blade stroke and slashed open the Heavenly Slave on the right.
• The Ghost Realm devoured the wounded Heavenly Slave as its Law Fragments poured from the gash.

The Ghost Immortal Emperor defeated and sealed every Heavenly Slave, ending the Heavenly Punishment. He warned Fang Chen that the World Will had awakened and might soon fully awaken, then took him back to the Ghost Realm to discuss how much time remained.

• The Ghost Immortal Emperor sealed the final Heavenly Slave, and the rift in the sky closed as the Heavenly Punishment ended.
• Fang Chen, Great Emperor Huo Li, Myna bird, Little Crane, and the ancient beings in the Hall of Eternity witnessed the Ghost Immortal Emperor's victory.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor told Fang Chen that the sealed Heavenly Slaves could help restore the Ghost Realm's Law Foundation.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor warned Fang Chen that the World Will's Clone had awakened and that the World Will might soon fully awaken.
• Fang Chen followed the Ghost Immortal Emperor back into the Ghost Realm, and the Human Cultivators followed as the Vortex disappeared.

Fang Chen asked the Ghost Immortal Emperor whether he could return to the Barbaric Ancient Region and recruit its trapped cultivators for the Heaven-Extermination War. The Ghost Immortal Emperor said the journey was possible but extremely difficult, and revealed that he had come from the Barbaric Ancient Region himself.

• The group found the restored Thatched Cottage, and the Ghost Immortal Emperor explained that the Ghost Realm’s laws rebuilt it.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor thanked Fang Chen for saving him and the Ghost Realm, then recounted the events he had learned from the Realm Spirit’s memories.
• Fang Chen asked to return to the Barbaric Ancient Region so he could bring its powerful cultivators to the Outer Heavens and strengthen their forces.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor confirmed that returning was possible but far harder than crossing the Abyss of Annihilation.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor revealed that he had come from the Barbaric Ancient Region over seventy million years earlier, and Fang Chen asked how they could find their way back.

The Ghost Immortal Emperor revealed that a broken Black Stone Tablet could guide them toward the Barbaric Ancient Region, but they would need to find the Reincarnation Ferry to use it. The Glazed Immortal King and the Star Immortal King confirmed that the Ferry still existed and began recounting how they had discovered it.

• The Ghost Immortal Emperor retrieved a broken Black Stone Tablet from a rift and explained that it carried the Barbaric Ancient Region's Earth Vein mark.
• Fang Chen sensed a distant direction through the tablet, and the Ghost Immortal Emperor said they needed to find the Reincarnation Ferry to anchor the Barbaric Ancient Region.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor described the Reincarnation Ferry as a hidden Spatial Node opened by Barbaric Ancient Region ascenders near the Path to Heaven.
• The Glazed Immortal King and the Star Immortal King told the Ghost Immortal Emperor that the Reincarnation Ferry still existed.
• The Glazed Immortal King began explaining how he and the Star Immortal King discovered it while exploring the Land of Ending more than forty thousand years earlier.

The Glazed Immortal King and the Star Immortal King explained how they found an intact Reincarnation Coffin in the Land of Ending and sent it back toward the Barbaric Ancient Region. The Glazed Immortal King revealed that his Remnant Soul had slept inside it until Fang Chen awakened him.

• The Star Immortal King and the Glazed Immortal King recounted finding a hidden Spatial Node and an intact Reincarnation Coffin while fleeing the Devil Race.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor explained that Reincarnation Coffins could carry objects, Remnant Souls, and Law Imprints backward along the Path to Heaven.
• The Glazed Immortal King sensed the Glazed Bell inside the coffin and realized it had been sent from the Land of Ending toward the Barbaric Ancient Region.
• The Glazed Immortal King placed the coffin inside the first level of his Glazed Pagoda, and the Star Immortal King guided it with the Glazed Sword.
• The Glazed Pagoda level landed in the Glazed Sword Sect's territory and formed the Sky Lake Forbidden Zone, where the Glazed Immortal King's Remnant Soul slept for over ten thousand years.
• The Glazed Immortal King revealed that Fang Chen had awakened his Remnant Soul.

Fang Chen learned that the Reincarnation Ferry remained intact and received the Stone Tablet to help locate the Barbaric Ancient Region. The group then discovered that True Immortals could not travel upstream through the Path to Heaven, leaving their return uncertain.

• Fang Chen explained how he found the Reincarnation Coffin and learned that the seniors had gone to the Land of Ending.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor, the Glazed Immortal King, and the Star Immortal King concluded that the Reincarnation Ferry still existed and could lead them toward the Barbaric Ancient Region.
• The Glazed Immortal King agreed to send a Clone with Fang Chen because his True Immortal body could not enter the passage and the Star Immortal King did not know the route.
• The Ghost Immortal Emperor gave Fang Chen the Stone Tablet and warned that True Immortals could not travel upstream through the Path to Heaven.
• Ye Qingci showed her determination to accompany Fang Chen, and the Myna asked whether the True Immortals could no longer return to the Barbaric Ancient Region.

Fang Chen learned that only Great Emperor Realm cultivators could safely travel upstream to the Barbaric Ancient Region, leaving the True Immortals behind. He asked whether the Heaven-Deceiving Earth-Changing Pill could disguise their cultivation, but Ghost Immortal Emperor explained that the passage’s laws measured their true cultivation and would collapse if they tried.

• Ghost Immortal Emperor explained that True Immortals could not travel upstream because the passage would crush them and collapse, while Great Emperor Realm cultivators could pass.
• Fang Chen assessed the cultivation of his companions and concluded that only those in the Great Emperor Realm could return with him to the Barbaric Ancient Region.
• Glazed Immortal King, Chaos Immortal King, Dark Yellow Immortal King, and Jade Pool Immortal King accepted that they would have to stay behind while Fang Chen brought the others back.
• Fang Chen asked whether the Heaven-Deceiving Earth-Changing Pill could let the True Immortals disguise themselves as Great Emperors and cross upstream.
• Ghost Immortal Emperor said the pill could fool the World Will’s senses but not the passage’s laws, which would detect their true cultivation and risk collapsing the entire route.