Chapter Summaries

At the Cosmic Frontier, Chen Zhao began the Dao Proving Tribulation, revealing the terrifying strength of his Chaos Body as he fought the tribulation’s manifestations. The chapter ended with a hidden Supreme coveting Chen Zhao’s origin and considering him prey.

• After the Great Dao Suppression dissipated, Chen Zhao triggered the Dao Proving Tribulation at the Cosmic Frontier, drawing the attention of powerful beings across the universe.
• Chen Zhao faced the tribulation’s Four Spirits and shattered them with a Chaos sword strike.
• Chen Zhao’s memories revealed his Chaos Body, his parents’ deaths defending the Human Race, and how he used the Bronze Gate to conceal his physique and gather the Taiyin and Sun Ancient Scriptures.
• The Heavenly Tribulation evolved the Ten Vicious, putting Chen Zhao under pressure and alarming the hidden Supremes.
• A Supreme declared that Chen Zhao could bring further disaster if he proved the Dao and resolved to devour his origin to extend his lifespan.

Chen Zhao survived the Dao Proving Tribulation and was attacked by Carefree Heavenly Lord, who sought to take his place. Their battle revealed Chen Zhao as a Chaos Body, leaving Carefree Heavenly Lord shocked by his strength.

• Chen Zhao shattered the Immortal King phantoms in the Heavenly Tribulation and completed his tribulation, with only merging with Heavenly Heart left before entering the Emperor Dao Domain.
• A Forbidden Zone Supreme attacked Chen Zhao while he was weakened, but Chen Zhao slashed the attacker’s palm and drew out Carefree Heavenly Lord.
• Chen Zhao recognized Carefree Heavenly Lord as the creator of the Word Secret and realized the ancient lord intended to seize his place.
• Chen Zhao and Carefree Heavenly Lord clashed, and Chen Zhao’s Chaos Body let him fight with power comparable to an Ancient Emperor.
• Carefree Heavenly Lord learned Chen Zhao was the legendary Chaos Body and was momentarily dazed by the revelation.

Chen Zhao defeated Carefree Heavenly Lord after the latter used Ultimate Sublimation and unleashed the River of Time. He then broke through the Myriad Daos instead of merging with the Heavenly Heart and declared himself the Human Emperor.

• Carefree Heavenly Lord chose Ultimate Sublimation and attacked Chen Zhao with Time Light, while Chen Zhao answered with the power of his Chaos Body.
• Chen Zhao shattered the Time Light with his Chaos Great Dao, though he coughed up blood from the force of time.
• Carefree Heavenly Lord summoned the River of Time for his final strike, but a phantom Bronze Gate appeared and stopped the river before his body and Dao Heart crumbled.
• Chen Zhao recovered his strength and challenged the Supremes in the Big Dipper Starfield, but none emerged to fight him.
• Chen Zhao shattered the Myriad Daos rather than merging with the Heavenly Heart and proclaimed that he had proven the Dao as the Human Emperor.

Chen Zhao became emperor by breaking through the Myriad Daos, killed Carefree Heavenly Lord, and took the title Human Emperor. As the Forbidden Zone Supremes waited for his late years, an ancient Bronze Gate absorbed the fortune gathering around him.

• The Forbidden Zone Supremes watched Chen Zhao kill Carefree Heavenly Lord and became wary of attacking the Chaos Body.
• Chen Zhao broke through the Myriad Daos, became emperor, and claimed the title Human Emperor, angering Supremes who had once been human.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes dismissed Chen Zhao's title and planned to wait until his late years to seize his Chaos Body origin.
• Chen Zhao stood at the Cosmic Frontier and felt immense fortune gathering around him after he established the title Human Emperor.
• A phantom Bronze Gate appeared above Chen Zhao and absorbed the fortune to suppress him, though he could not discern its origin.

After proving the Dao, Chen Zhao gathered the Human Race’s faith power into his Chaos Emperor Sword and reflected on the persecution of the Taiyin and Sun Saint Emperors. He arrived at Ziwei Ancient Star amid celebrations of his ascension and prepared to refine his Great Dao.

• Chen Zhao judged his Heavenly Emperor-level strength inadequate against the hidden powers of the Weird Race and worried over the future persecution of the Taiyin and Sun Saint Emperors.
• Luck and Faith Power gathered around Chen Zhao, and he poured the Faith Power into his Chaos Emperor Sword rather than absorbing it himself.
• The Chaos Emperor Sword gained a domineering Human Emperor aura and began to take on the potential of a Human Emperor Sword.
• Chen Zhao arrived at Ziwei Ancient Star, where the Human Race celebrated his ascension as emperor.
• Chen Zhao chose to stay at the Saint Dao Tradition left by his deceased guardian and set out to perfect his Great Dao.

Chen Zhao returned to Ziwei Emperor Star as the Human Emperor, drawing crowds and attention to Intercepting Heaven Dao. He spent the next hundred years refining his own Dao and creating the Chaos Scripture, but an invisible barrier blocked his advance into the Extreme Dao Realm.

• Ancient Races and Dao traditions reacted to Chen Zhao's ascension, with his former enemies fearing his return and Intercepting Heaven Dao gaining prominence as his birthplace.
• Chen Zhao arrived at Ziwei Emperor Star along a Golden Path, and Sect Leaders gathered at Intercepting Heaven Dao to pay their respects.
• Chen Zhao told the Sect Leaders to return in a hundred years, and they left after agreeing to come back.
• Chen Zhao remained secluded in Intercepting Heaven Dao, refining his Dao and Law instead of receiving the Sect Leaders.
• Chen Zhao perfected his Chaos Scripture, advanced his Dao comprehension, and sensed a barrier preventing him from entering the Extreme Dao Realm.

Chen Zhao concluded that the broken Zhetian Universe could not produce immortals through normal cultivation, so he planned to pursue the Mortal World Immortal path. He reviewed the inheritance he had obtained and recognized that the Life Forbidden Zone Supremes would eventually threaten him for his Chaos Body.

• Chen Zhao traced the weakening of heaven and earth from the Mythological Era onward and concluded that becoming immortal in the mortal world was his only viable path.
• Chen Zhao recalled that Emperor Lord, the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and Nether Lord had embarked on that path, and suspected the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord had failed during a transformation.
• Chen Zhao explained that the Intercepting Heaven Dao had inherited the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord's Array Word Secret and Scripture of Salvation, and that he had also obtained the Word Secret and Healer Word Secret.
• Chen Zhao recalled killing Xiaoyao and extracting the Carefree Heavenly Lord's inheritance from the Carefree Treasure Bottle with the Bronze Gate's help.
• Chen Zhao recognized that the Life Forbidden Zone Supremes coveted his Chaos Body and that he would likely have to fight them in his later years.

Chen Zhao considered the Life Forbidden Zones and the hidden threats posed by the Undying Heavenly Emperor and Emperor Lord before preparing to expound the Dao to pilgrims on Ziwei Emperor Star. The chapter ended as the Human Emperor began a year-long discourse for the gathered Cultivators.

• Chen Zhao reflected on the Forbidden Zone Supremes and suspected that darkness might have corrupted Emperor Lord.
• Chen Zhao worried that the Undying Heavenly Emperor would target his Chaos Body and considered the Ancient Era’s powerful Demon Emperor and God Emperor.
• One hundred years after Chen Zhao attained the Dao, Human Race Cultivators and friendly Ancient Races traveled to Ziwei Emperor Star to pay their respects and hear him expound the Dao.
• Sect Leader Li Jing welcomed the growing crowds at Intercepting Heaven Dao as Imperial Dao Pressure announced the Human Emperor’s arrival.
• The pilgrims bowed to the Human Emperor, who promised to expound the Dao for one year and began his discourse.

Chen Zhao ended his year-long preaching on the Great Dao and the Human Body Mysteries, then used the gathered Fortune and Faith Power to further transform the Chaos Sword. He passed his newly created scripture to Li Jing so Intercepting Heaven Dao could prosper under his rule.

• Chen Zhao preached the cultivation of the Human Body Mysteries, manifesting the secret realms and giving cultivators new insights.
• After a year, Chen Zhao ended the preaching, and the grateful cultivators departed from Intercepting Heaven Dao.
• Chen Zhao sensed Fortune Power and Faith Power gathering after the preaching and poured the Faith Power into the Chaos Sword, which began transforming toward a Human Emperor Sword.
• Li Jing visited Chen Zhao, who praised his stewardship of Intercepting Heaven Dao and gave him a newly created scripture to pass down to exceptional young talents.
• Li Jing realized the scripture gave Intercepting Heaven Dao a complete Ancient Emperor Scripture and a stronger foundation for future cultivation.

The Yin God Sect and Yang God Sect leaders delivered relics left by the Yin Human Emperor and Sun Saint Emperor to Chen Zhao, who uncovered an Emperor Scripture revealing how the Yin Human Emperor transformed from yin to yang and lived a Third Life. Chen Zhao reflected on the Red Dust Immortal Path and the future Battle Immortal Transformation that would bring about the Dharma-Ending Age.

• Li Jing told Chen Zhao that the Sect Leaders of the Yin God Sect and Yang God Sect were waiting to see him, and Chen Zhao granted them an audience.
• The two Sect Leaders gave Chen Zhao crystal-purple Divine Mark Purple Gold relics left by their ancestors, the Yin Human Emperor and Sun Saint Emperor.
• After the Sect Leaders departed, Chen Zhao sensed that the Yin Human Emperor's relic carried extreme yang energy while the Sun Saint Emperor's carried extreme yin energy.
• Chen Zhao refined the Forbidden Formations and discovered that the Yin Human Emperor had left behind a Yang Way Emperor Scripture.
• From the scripture, Chen Zhao concluded that the Yin Human Emperor had transformed his Yin Body into a Yang Body and lived a Third Life.
• Chen Zhao considered the Red Dust Immortal Path and recalled that the Fighting Saint Emperor would later die attempting Battle Immortal Transformation, triggering the Dharma-Ending Age.

Chen Zhao learned from the Immortal Metal Plate that the Undying Heavenly Emperor had ambushed and killed the Yin Human Emperor after using a Path to Immortality crisis to exhaust him. The Yin Human Emperor’s final warning cautioned later Human Race Emperors about the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and Chen Zhao suspected the opening had been arranged as a trap.

• Chen Zhao read the Immortal Metal Plate and learned that the Yin Human Emperor had entered the Path to Immortality seeking Chaos Great Dao remnants and to prevent a Dark Turmoil.
• The Yin Human Emperor defeated and slew the Forbidden Zone Supremes who had planned to launch a Dark Turmoil.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor struck the exhausted Yin Human Emperor with a Five-Colored Heavenly Blade and killed him.
• Before dying, the Yin Human Emperor sent the Human Emperor Seal and Immortal Metal Plate out of the Path to Immortality and left a warning about the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• The Yin Human Emperor’s thought appeared before Chen Zhao, praised his Chaos Body, and urged later Human Race Emperors to beware.
• Chen Zhao suspected the Undying Heavenly Emperor had secretly opened the Path to Immortality to lure the Yin Human Emperor into a trap.

Chen Zhao read the Sun Saint Emperor’s Immortal Metal Plate and learned that the Undying Heavenly Emperor had ambushed him during his yin-yang transformation, causing it to fail. He realized that the Undying Heavenly Emperor had targeted two Human Emperors and might make him the next target.

• Chen Zhao examined the Sun Saint Emperor’s Immortal Metal Plate and discovered that it contained an Emperor Scripture for the Yin Way.
• Chen Zhao read how the Sun Saint Emperor had begun transforming from a Sun Body into a Taiyin Body in his Second Life.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor ambushed the Sun Saint Emperor at the crucial moment, forcing him to end his transformation early and gain no additional lifespan.
• Chen Zhao learned that the Sun Saint Emperor had hidden his body in a Divine Spirit Ancient Coffin, but the Undying Heavenly Emperor later devoured him until only his Human Skin remained.
• Chen Zhao concluded that the Undying Heavenly Emperor might target him next because his Chaos Body had become an emperor.

Chen Zhao cultivated the legacies of the Yin Human Emperor and Sun Saint Emperor for a hundred years, strengthening his Chaos Great Dao. When his aura swept across the universe, it subdued the Ancient Races and alarmed the Life Forbidden Zones, whose Supremes recognized his growing strength but dismissed his ability to pacify them alone.

• Chen Zhao examined the two Human Emperor legacies and resolved to use their Dao Fruits to deepen his understanding of the Chaos Great Dao.
• Chen Zhao entered deep cultivation in the Human Emperor Palace, where Chaos Qi filled the hall for a hundred years.
• Chen Zhao emerged with a powerful aura that resonated with the Chaos Great Dao and spread across the universe.
• The Ancient Races' Imperial Weapons revived to challenge Chen Zhao's aura, but his Chaos Great Dao suppressed them.
• The Life Forbidden Zones' formations and Supremes awakened in response to Chen Zhao's Great Dao, sensed its danger, and insisted he could not pacify them alone.

Chen Zhao tested the life forbidden zones by suppressing the Sea of Reincarnation with his Chaos Dao, badly injuring the Lord of Reincarnation and terrifying the other supremes. Back at Intercepting Heaven Dao, he concluded that forbidden zone supremes had to be drawn out and defeated one by one, and noted that several unfamiliar forbidden zones still existed.

• The Lord of Reincarnation attacked Chen Zhao from afar with Three Realms Reincarnation, but Chen Zhao's Chaos Domain swallowed his Dao and wounded him.
• The Sea of Reincarnation's supremes awoke to resist Chen Zhao's Chaos Dao, which devastated their forbidden zone before he withdrew it.
• The Lord of Reincarnation and the other supremes compared Chen Zhao's strength to Emperor Lord's and decided against confronting him while he was in his prime.
• At Intercepting Heaven Dao, Chen Zhao considered how later emperors had drawn out and gradually eliminated forbidden zone supremes.
• Chen Zhao observed that several unfamiliar life forbidden zones existed in the current era, while Undying Mountain had yet to appear.

Chen Zhao found Valley of Tang and claimed the Sun Stone Pagoda, the Emperor Artifact of the late Sun Saint Emperor. Its awakening spread the Saint Emperor’s Great Dao across Ziwei Star, startling the sealed experts and exciting the Yang God Sect.

• Chen Zhao considered the hidden Netherworld but decided its location did not matter unless its Supremes dared to confront him.
• Chen Zhao found Valley of Tang in the depths of the North Sea and reflected on how he had once searched for the Sun Stone Pagoda before becoming an emperor.
• Chen Zhao recognized the Fusang Undying Medicine and saw that the Sun Saint Emperor had left the Sun Stone Pagoda behind after being ambushed by the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• Chen Zhao summoned the Sun Stone Pagoda from the Forbidden Formation, awakening its Emperor Dao Laws and the Great Dao of the Sun.
• The awakened Sun Stone Pagoda stirred the sealed old monsters across Ziwei Emperor Star, while the Yang God Sect rejoiced at the return of the Saint Emperor’s aura.

Chen Zhao met the revived Sun Stone Pagoda Spirit at the Valley of Tang and agreed to return the Emperor Artifact to the Yang God Sect. The Stone Pagoda Spirit warned him about the Undying Heavenly Emperor, while Chen Zhao revealed that the Netherworld was targeting the Yang and Yin God Sects to create a Chaos Body.

• The Yang God Sect recognized the Sun Stone Pagoda’s aura and celebrated the return of its lost Emperor Artifact.
• The Stone Pagoda Spirit emerged and greeted Chen Zhao, who explained his gratitude to the Two Human Emperors and his wish to protect their orthodoxies.
• The Stone Pagoda Spirit marveled that Chen Zhao had become a Chaos Body, fulfilling the aspirations of the Sun and Yin Human Emperors.
• The Stone Pagoda Spirit warned Chen Zhao that the Undying Heavenly Emperor surpassed ordinary Ancient Emperors and had once disrupted the Sun Saint Emperor’s transformation.
• Chen Zhao said he had come for the Fusang Undying Medicine and to return the Sun Stone Pagoda to the Sun Lineage.
• Chen Zhao revealed that the Netherworld sought to create a Chaos Body by targeting the Yang God Sect and Yin God Sect for their Sun and Taiyin bloodlines.

The Sun Stone Pagoda returned to the Yang God Sect, restoring the Sun lineage’s Emperor Artifact and manifesting the Sun Saint Emperor’s lingering Great Dao. In the Valley of Tang, Chen Zhao considered the Fusang Undying Medicine and how its Yang power could complement the Moon Laurel and Chaos Green Lotus medicines, while his Chaos Body’s Bitter Sea showed Taiyin and Sun joining into Chaos and the Myriad Daos.

• The Stone Pagoda Spirit declared that it would return to the Sun lineage and guard it against the Netherworld, then the Sun Stone Pagoda flew to the Yang God Sect.
• The Sun Stone Pagoda stirred the Sun Saint Emperor’s lingering Great Dao, which awakened Forbidden Zone Supremes and strengthened their resolve to wait for the Path to Immortality.
• The Yang God Sect announced that the Sun Stone Pagoda had returned to the Sun lineage.
• Chen Zhao studied the Fusang Undying Medicine and reflected on its origins, its power to help living beings cultivate the Yang Way, and the other Undying Medicines he sought.
• Chen Zhao’s Bitter Sea displayed Taiyin and Sun interweaving within Chaos, with the Myriad Daos forming a Divine Bridge toward the Other Shore.

Chen Zhao drew the Fusang Divine Tree into his Chaos Bitter Sea and continued considering how to evolve a universe within his body. While traveling to the Big Dipper Star, he discovered Emperor Lord’s hidden runes throughout the Great Universe and resolved not to disturb them yet.

• Chen Zhao absorbed the Fusang Divine Tree into his Chaos Bitter Sea, deepening his comprehension of the Chaos Great Dao.
• Chen Zhao sent Li Jing the location of the Valley of Tang so its resources could strengthen Intercepting Heaven Dao.
• Chen Zhao traveled from Ziwei toward the Big Dipper Star along a Golden Path and detected hidden runes fused with the Great Universe.
• Chen Zhao recognized the runes as Emperor Lord’s preparations to refine the Human World and the Strange World into a World Cauldron.
• Chen Zhao considered Emperor Lord’s mysterious history and possible connection to darkness, but chose not to tamper with the runes for now.

Chen Zhao rejected the slow and dangerous Saintly Spirit transformation method before descending upon Big Dipper. He confronted the Sea of Reincarnation over the Carefree Heavenly Lord’s attack on him, leaving the Forbidden Zone Supremes to decide whether to answer for their past interference.

• Chen Zhao considered Emperor Lord’s Saintly Spirit transformation and concluded that its immense gestation time and vulnerability made it unsuitable for him.
• Chen Zhao reached Big Dipper and stirred fear among the Ancient Races and Forbidden Zone Supremes with his Imperial Dao Pressure.
• Chen Zhao arrived outside the Sea of Reincarnation and demanded an explanation for the Carefree Heavenly Lord’s attack during his Dao proving.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes challenged Chen Zhao and warned that a battle could bring widespread suffering and the collapse of the universe.

Chen Zhao challenged the Life Forbidden Zones and fought the Lord of Reincarnation after the Supreme emerged from the Sea of Reincarnation. Their battle began on the Mythological Ancient Battlefield, where Chen Zhao overwhelmed his opponent and continued his assault.

• Chen Zhao answered the Reincarnation Forbidden Zone’s taunt by slashing the Sea of Reincarnation, destroying a Supreme’s palm and its Emperor Formations and grinding away more than half the sea.
• The Lord of Reincarnation emerged from an Immortal Source and declared his intention to hunt a Cosmic True Dragon and taste the source of a Chaos Body.
• Chen Zhao and the Lord of Reincarnation agreed to meet at the Mythological Ancient Battlefield, where Chen Zhao struck first with a Chaos Great Dao punch.
• The Lord of Reincarnation was sent flying by Chen Zhao’s punch, which shattered part of his Ascension Cyan Gold Immortal Robe.
• The Lord of Reincarnation revived his robe and sent Dao chains toward Chen Zhao, but Chen Zhao shattered them with a punch as their battle intensified.