Chapter Summaries

After the Seven Kings’ phantoms drove away the hostile cultivators, Shi Jue suffered karmic backlash from summoning them, and Liu Shen took the group away to recover. As news of Immortal Ancient spread across the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, Tong chose to travel with Shi Jue and his companions.

• Huo Ling'er received a bloodline-purifying feather from the Seven Kings, and their last surviving phantom faded away.
• Liu Shen warned the Sect Masters not to interfere, and they left after the Seven Kings’ appearance made them fear Shi Jue’s power.
• Shi Jue coughed up blood from karmic backlash, and Liu Shen took him and the others away to recover.
• Fallen Immortals at the Bronze Immortal Palace discussed the Seven Kings’ return and decided to keep watch on Liu Shen.
• News of Immortal Ancient spread, bringing attention to Shi Hao, Shi Jue, the Ten Crown King, the Banished Immortal, and Kunpeng Son.
• In Qing Province, Tong told Shi Jue she would travel with his group, and he welcomed her as a potential protector.

After discussing his unusual Immortal Qi and ambitions, Shi Jue broke through to the Heavenly Deity Realm before turning twenty, unleashing unprecedented auspicious signs across the Three Thousand Provinces. His Heavenly Tribulation then descended with far greater force than Hua Yun’s had.

• Liu Shen explained that fusing Immortal Qi into his body had given Shi Jue some Immortal Body characteristics, though she could not predict how it would affect his Mortal World Immortal path.
• Shi Jue declared that he intended to become a Supreme Being by age three hundred, and Liu Shen encouraged him despite the obstacles imposed by heaven and earth.
• Two months after Immortal Ancient ended, Shi Jue recovered from his Dao Injury and broke through to the Heavenly Deity Realm in a remote mountain forest in Qing Province.
• Shi Jue’s breakthrough produced extraordinary celestial phenomena that spread across the Three Thousand Provinces and drew the attention of the Fallen Immortals.
• Liu Shen and Tong guarded Shi Jue as the signs faded, and Shi Jue realized he had become the youngest Heavenly Deity before the age of twenty.
• A powerful Heavenly Tribulation gathered over Shi Jue, its force far exceeding the one Hua Yun had faced.

Shi Jue faced the Immortal Execution Stage during his breakthrough, but an unknown power awakened within him and stopped its blade. He survived with no memory of what happened, and Liu Shen carried him away as he fell asleep.

• The Immortal Execution Stage descended to execute Shi Jue, sealing the space around him and binding him to its platform.
• The guillotine blade fell toward Shi Jue's neck, but he caught it with two fingers as his eyes and aura transformed.
• Shi Jue shattered the Immortal Execution Stage, then lost his strength and crashed into the ground as the tribulation ended.
• Liu Shen told Shi Jue what he had done, and he suspected the power came from blood that had merged into him in Immortal Ancient.
• Liu Shen pulled Shi Jue from the crater and carried him, and he fell asleep in her arms.

Shi Jue and Shi Hao were invited to Heavenly God Academy, where Shi Hao expected to meet Great Elder Meng Tianzheng and begin learning the Seed of Oneself. Before they left the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, they planned to bid farewell to their families, while Liu Shen prepared to seek a breakthrough at the edge of the Sea of Worlds.

• Shi Jue told Shi Hao that Great Elder Meng Tianzheng would become his master and teach him the Seed of Oneself, prompting Shi Hao to plan a suitable gift.
• A delegation from Heavenly God Academy invited Liu Shen and Tong to visit, and Tong asked whether he could become an honorary elder.
• Shi Jue asked whether he and Shi Hao needed to prove themselves to enter the academy, and the visitors said both could come with them directly.
• Liu Shen urged Shi Hao to say goodbye to his parents because returning to the Three Thousand Dao Provinces could take many years.
• Shi Hao planned to visit Huo Ling'er's father and then his own parents, while the Heavenly God Academy delegation waited aboard the Purple Gold Warship.
• Liu Shen told Shi Jue she would travel to the edge of the Sea of Worlds to seek a chance to break through to the Mortal World Immortal realm.

Liu Shen prepared to travel into the Sea of Worlds while urging Shi Jue to rely on his own strength, and Shi Jue announced his rapid cultivation progress to the group. A month later, Tong was ready to leave the Three Thousand Provinces aboard the Purple Gold Warship.

• Liu Shen told Shi Jue she would search the Sea of Worlds for a suitable world, and Shi Jue asked her not to take risks.
• Shi Jue explained that Qing Xuan had returned to sever her ties with the Heaven Cutting Sect and repay its resources several times over.
• Shi Jue admitted Liu Shen had become his support, and Liu Shen urged him to grow strong enough to surpass her.
• Shi Jue told the group he had reached the Heavenly God Realm before turning twenty and possessed a Heavenly God Fruit.
• Ye Nan challenged Shi Jue to reach the Supreme Being realm by age three hundred and defeat her at the same level, while the group teased him about marrying her.
• The Blue-eyed Woman told Tong it was time to leave the Three Thousand Provinces, and Tong agreed to set out.

Shi Jue and Shi Hao chose to enter the Uninhabited Forbidden Zone in search of treasures, despite being able to join Heavenly God Academy directly. Shi Jue followed Little White deeper into the deadly wilderness, where it sensed Immortal Gold nearby.

• The Blue-eyed Woman questioned Shi Jue and Shi Hao's decision to enter the forbidden zone, but they explained they wanted to seek its hidden treasures.
• Shi Jue left the Witch, Huo Ling'er, and the others in Tong's care, and Tong offered to guide them while the two men entered the forbidden zone.
• Shi Jue and Shi Hao discovered that the water in a small pool instantly corroded Divine Gold, then split up and let Little White guide Shi Jue toward treasure.
• As Shi Jue traveled through the wilderness, a vine pierced his palm and drank his blood, but he burned it and its tree with the Chaos Flame.
• Little White sensed Immortal Gold close by and excitedly led Shi Jue farther into the forbidden zone.

Shi Jue entered a spatial Black Hole to claim a piece of Void Immortal Gold, then struggled through deadly spatial turbulence after removing it. He escaped through an exit but crashed to the ground, badly wounded and out of divine power.

• Shi Jue followed the Spiritually Communicating Rat to a spatial Black Hole and sent Shi Hao a message before entering.
• Shi Jue found a large piece of Void Immortal Gold and stored it in his Heavenly Passage space, causing the Black Hole to collapse into spatial turbulence.
• Shi Jue used the Life Character Art, Vitality Blood Armor, and runes to survive as the turbulence battered and wounded him.
• Shi Jue spotted an exit and expended his remaining divine power to reach it before the turbulence caught him.
• Shi Jue emerged from the exit and fell several meters onto hard ground, exhausted and in severe pain.

Shi Jue entered the Other Domain and altered his aura to match its Great Dao laws, but the process left him unconscious. Gu Yi brought him to the Gu Clan, where Gu Zu recognized Liu Shen’s willow branch and realized Shi Jue came from the Nine Heavens.

• Shi Jue endured the Other Domain’s complete Great Dao laws and changed his aura before collapsing from his injuries.
• Gu Yi found the unconscious Shi Jue near a spatial passage and took him to the Gu Clan’s Ancient Ancestor.
• Gu Zu noticed Liu Shen’s willow branch on Shi Jue and secretly recognized its connection to the Nine Heavens.
• Gu Zu ordered Gu Yi to have Shi Jue treated and bring him back after he recovered.
• Gu Zu wondered whether Shi Jue’s arrival and the willow branch were a coincidence, then looked forward to seeing what changes he would bring.

Shi Jue awakened in the Gu Clan after being rescued from spatial turbulence and learned that Gu Zu wanted to meet him. While recovering, he planned to use the Gu Clan’s standing in the Other Domain to conceal his origins and strengthen himself.

• Witch worried that Shi Jue had not returned, but Tong and Little Rabbit reassured her and urged her to focus on cultivation.
• Shi Jue woke under treatment from Gu Yi, who explained that the Supreme-level Nine-Leaf Ganoderma had helped heal him.
• Gu Yi told Shi Jue that he had fallen from a spatial passage into Gu Clan territory and that Gu Zu wished to see him after he recovered.
• Shi Jue recognized the Gu Clan’s importance and considered using it as an entry point to cause trouble in the Other Domain.
• Shi Jue examined his injuries and planned to use the Other Domain’s Great Dao laws to conceal his aura and rebuild his body while studying the Power of Space.
• Gu Yi reported Shi Jue’s awakening to Gu Zu, who praised his talent and ordered that Shi Jue be brought to him once he had recovered.

After recovering from his injuries, Shi Jue met Gu Zu and revealed that he had reached the Other Domain by accident. Gu Zu offered to teach him the Gu Clan’s Space-Time Precious Technique, while Shi Jue chose to stay and learn more about the Other Domain’s plans against the Nine Heavens.

• Shi Jue recovered from his injuries and followed Gu Yi to meet Gu Zu.
• Shi Jue introduced himself as Heavenly Martial, but Gu Zu recognized his connection to Liu Shen through the willow branch he carried.
• Shi Jue told Gu Zu that the Ten Fierce had few surviving descendants and that he had entered the Other Domain by accident.
• Gu Zu offered to arrange for Shi Jue to learn the Gu Clan’s Space-Time Precious Technique, and Shi Jue declined his offer to send him home.
• Shi Jue asked about an impending attack on the Nine Heavens, and Gu Zu confirmed that the Other Domain was preparing its younger generation for a possible strike.

Gu Zu judged the Nine Heavens too weak to withstand an invasion and arranged for Shi Jue to learn the Gu Clan's Precious Technique from Gu Ling. After Gu Yi unsealed her from an ice-sealed palace, Gu Ling met Shi Jue and learned why he had come.

• Gu Zu told Shi Jue that Gu Ling would teach him the Gu Clan's Precious Technique and that he could later meet the Other Domain's younger generation.
• Gu Yi explained that Gu Ling was an ancient Sealed One and led Shi Jue to her ice-sealed palace.
• Gu Yi entered the palace and unsealed Gu Ling while Shi Jue waited outside in the intense cold.
• Gu Ling emerged and teased Shi Jue about her height as he studied her and the space chair she had formed.
• Shi Jue told Gu Ling that Gu Zu had sent him to learn the Gu Clan's Precious Technique from her.

Shi Jue bargained with Gu Ling for the Gu Clan’s Precious Technique and learned about her blood-drinking talent. He then transformed his body by absorbing the Other Domain’s laws, concealing the aura of the Nine Heavens.

• Gu Ling demanded blood in exchange for teaching Shi Jue the Gu Clan’s Precious Technique, and he agreed to give her ordinary blood.
• Shi Jue told Gu Ling that the Gu Clan had defected from the Nine Heavens to the Other Domain, and she reacted with shock and shame.
• Gu Ling drank Shi Jue’s blood directly, found it unusually energizing, and explained how her blood-drinking talent had developed.
• Gu Ling gave Shi Jue a rune bone containing the Gu Clan’s inherited Precious Technique and left to speak with the current Gu Zu.
• Shi Jue used his Divine Ring Cave Heaven to absorb the Other Domain’s laws, reforging his body and removing the Nine Heavens’ aura from his origins.

Shi Jue began learning the Gu Clan’s spatial laws from Gu Ling while planning how to advance without a perfect seed. At Heavenly God Academy, Shi Hao learned that he was not ready to attempt the Seed of Oneself and that no one could locate Shi Jue.

• Shi Jue told Gu Ling that he was the Ancestor Spirit’s prospective Dao Companion, and she refused to call him Senior despite his connection to Liu Shen.
• Gu Ling took Shi Jue into the void to teach him the Gu Clan Precious Technique, then kicked him away and made him master the Power of Space before returning.
• Shi Jue quickly entered a state of enlightenment as he comprehended the spatial laws, while Gu Ling watched and planned to drink more of his blood.
• Shi Hao asked the Great Elder at Heavenly God Academy to help him undergo the Seed of Oneself, but the Great Elder told him to temper his physique and Primordial Spirit first.
• Shi Hao asked whether the Great Elder could find Shi Jue, but the Great Elder said the search was nearly impossible and reassured him that Shi Jue would return.

Shi Jue and Gu Ling went with Gu Yi to a city in the Other Domain after Gu Zu invited them to meet its gathered geniuses. They arrived before several Supreme Beings, who took a keen interest in Shi Jue, and were left seeking out Imperial Clan prodigies.

• Shi Jue comprehended the Power of Space in the void, and Gu Ling guided him out after teasing him.
• Gu Zu invited Shi Jue and Gu Ling to spar with the Other Domain’s geniuses and warned Shi Jue not to kill anyone from an Imperial Clan.
• Gu Ling eagerly joined Shi Jue, and Gu Yi led them through the vast, resource-rich Other Domain toward a major city.
• Gu Yi introduced Shi Jue as a human genius favored by Gu Zu when two Other Domain Supreme Beings questioned why he was with the Gu Clan.
• Gu Yi asked whether any Imperial Clan geniuses had arrived in the city.

Shi Jue entered the martial arena to draw out the Imperial Clan’s geniuses and defeated two formidable Royal Clan opponents. After overwhelming the Snake Yaksha and winning a brutal contest of strength against a silver-haired body cultivator, he stood poised to challenge even greater rivals.

• Gu Yi told Shi Jue that Imperial Clan geniuses had not arrived, so Shi Jue went to the martial arena to seek out the city’s strongest fighters.
• Shi Jue dodged the Snake Yaksha’s attack and knocked him unconscious with a blow from his Slab Brick.
• A silver-haired Royal Clan genius challenged Shi Jue, and the two exchanged powerful punches in an even contest of physiques.
• Shi Jue’s strength grew during the fight, and he ultimately punched the silver-haired man off the arena.
• The silver-haired man admitted defeat and promised to challenge Shi Jue again after breaking through, while the crowd recognized Shi Jue as a potential rival to the Imperial Clan.

After Shi Jue defeated a succession of royal clan geniuses, Imperial Clan elites arrived and An Yuan tried to recruit him as a battle servant. Shi Jue refused and challenged An Yuan’s confidence, while Mo Xian warned him that other royal clan members might target him; Shi Jue accepted the risk and thanked her.

• Shi Jue continued defeating royal clan geniuses, prompting their elders to accuse Gu Yi of causing trouble and threaten that the Imperial Clan would intervene.
• An Yuan, Mo Xian, and another Imperial Clan elite arrived, and An Yuan claimed Shi Jue could be defeated in three moves.
• An Yuan offered to make Shi Jue his battle servant, but Gu Ling stepped in and challenged him to fight Shi Jue.
• Shi Jue refused to serve An Yuan and mocked his claim; An Yuan left rather than risk ridicule by fighting someone of a lower realm.
• Mo Xian warned Shi Jue that An Yuan was among the strongest of his lineage and that other royal clan members might target him, and Shi Jue thanked her.

Shi Jue asked Gu Zu to help him obtain World Power from the Other Domain’s World Tree so he could prepare for a breakthrough, while promising to clear the Gu Clan’s traitor status once he became an Immortal King. Ten days later, Gu Zu returned with the World Power for him.

• Gu Ling challenged Mo Xian to a fight, but Mo Xian declined because Gu Ling had not recovered and then left.
• Gu Yi brought Shi Jue and Gu Ling back to Gu Clan territory and reported their encounter to Gu Zu.
• Shi Jue asked whether the Other Domain’s World Tree could be taken and explained that he wanted its World Power to form a special seed; Gu Zu warned him against targeting the tree itself.
• Gu Zu agreed to secretly collect World Power for Shi Jue, and Shi Jue promised to help clear the Gu Clan’s name in return.
• Gu Ling asked Shi Jue about interesting people in Nine Heavens, and his descriptions left her startled and eager to see them herself.
• Ten days later, Gu Zu returned and gave Shi Jue a sphere of World Power collected from the World Tree.

Shi Jue used the sphere of World Power Gu Zu had stolen to comprehend the creation of a world and break through to the Void Dao Realm. He left with a Dao seed forming within him, newfound acceptance by the Other Domain, and the sphere beginning to develop into a small world.

• Shi Jue admired the sphere of World Power, and Gu Zu warned him that detonating it could kill even a Supreme Being and bring immense karmic sin.
• Shi Jue entered the Gu Clan's cultivation chamber and studied the chaos within the sphere, using it to begin creating a world with his own Dao.
• Shi Jue's cultivation caused a vast phenomenon, which Gu Zu suppressed with the ancestral land's Space-Time formations.
• Shi Jue formed a multicolored Dao seed containing the mysteries of the myriad Daos and completed his breakthrough to the Void Dao Realm.
• Shi Jue discovered that heaven and earth no longer rejected him, and Gu Zu confirmed that even he could not detect Shi Jue's origins.
• Shi Jue left the chamber, while the World Power sphere continued developing toward becoming a small world.

Shi Jue fought a Void King Beast to test the Gu Clan Precious Technique, while Gu Ling followed and watched. He turned the beast’s own destructive attack back on it, but the battle remained unresolved.

• Gu Zu suggested Shi Jue become an undercover agent, but Shi Jue refused and agreed to fight a nearby Void King Beast.
• Shi Jue froze the surrounding space and struck the Void King Beast, knocking it to the ground, while Gu Ling followed him into the fight.
• The Void King Beast entered the void, and Shi Jue pursued it and clashed with it using the Gu Clan Precious Technique and his own spatial abilities.
• The Void King Beast fired destructive beams from its horns, and Shi Jue opened a Void Gate to swallow and reverse the attack.
• The reversed beams struck the Void King Beast and engulfed its body in explosions.

Shi Jue and Gu Ling killed a Void King Beast and returned to the Gu Clan with its hide. They prepared the beast’s meat, and Gu Ling asked to meet Shi Jue’s brother after hearing about his unusual eating habits.

• The Void King Beast attacked Shi Jue, but Shi Jue countered its Nine Revolutions Heavenly Merit with Light Shadow Flow Shuttle and badly wounded it.
• Gu Ling sealed the surrounding space, and Shi Jue beat the Void King Beast to death with eighty-one blows while trying to preserve its hide.
• Gu Ling erased their traces, but the Void Beast territory’s immortals roared in anger when they discovered their royal-blooded genius had been killed.
• Shi Jue gave Gu Ling the beast hide, then roasted some of the Void King Beast’s meat with Chaos Flame.
• Gu Ling eagerly ate the roasted meat and asked Shi Jue about his brother, whom Shi Jue claimed was more outrageous than himself.