Chapter Summaries

Chen Zhao’s curse-backlash-stricken opponent, the Vast Emperor, was beheaded after Chen Zhao blocked the Feather Emperor’s attack, while Li Yang and the Azure Emperor continued fighting. A mutilated corpse awakened on the far shore and struck Li Yang, hinting at a new threat.

• The Vast Emperor’s curse failed against Chen Zhao and rebounded, leaving the Vast Emperor gravely weakened.
• Chen Zhao blocked the Feather Emperor with the Human Emperor Banner and attacked the Vast Emperor with his sword.
• Chen Zhao broke through the Vast Emperor’s defenses and beheaded him, but the Vast Emperor reassembled his body and fled to the Feather Emperor.
• Li Yang pressed the Azure Emperor, who warned that the far shore of the Sea of Realms held something beyond the Quasi Immortal Emperors.
• A mutilated corpse opened its eyes, pierced Li Yang’s shoulder with black light, and began to regain vitality.

Chen Zhao and Li Yang fought the Darkness Three Emperors until World Extinction Old Man arrived and revealed himself as the First Emperor of Creation. Chen Zhao exposed his Nine Netherworlds Hound origins, then faced him and the other emperors as the spacetime rejection intensified.

• World Extinction Old Man restored his missing limbs and joined Feather Emperor, Vast Emperor, and Azure Emperor against Chen Zhao and Li Yang.
• World Extinction Old Man urged them to abandon their attachments, but Li Yang rejected his beliefs, and Chen Zhao revealed that he came from the Nine Netherworlds Hound clan.
• Azure Emperor and the others remained allied with World Extinction Old Man, choosing to focus on their enemies despite his deception.
• Li Yang charged Azure Emperor to hold him back while Chen Zhao fought the other three emperors as the Bronze Gate resisted spacetime's rejection.
• Chen Zhao grew more powerful, and Feather Emperor and Vast Emperor retreated behind World Extinction Old Man as Chen Zhao attacked him.

Chen Zhao fought World Extinction Old Man, Feather Emperor, and another Quasi Immortal Emperor for thousands of years, steadily exhausting them with his seemingly inexhaustible strength. He tore apart World Extinction Old Man’s true form and sealed his primordial spirit beneath the Sea of Realms, leaving Feather Emperor and the others shaken.

• Chen Zhao battled World Extinction Old Man, Feather Emperor, and the other Quasi Immortal Emperor across the Dark Land, the Sea of Realms, Chaos, and the Ultimate Ancient Land.
• After thousands of years of fighting, Chen Zhao continued to overpower his exhausted opponents and repeatedly destroyed their bodies.
• World Extinction Old Man revealed his true form as a Nine Netherworlds Hound, confirming Chen Zhao’s claim about his identity.
• Chen Zhao tore off World Extinction Old Man’s nine tails and blasted his body into Blood Mist.
• Chen Zhao suppressed World Extinction Old Man’s primordial spirit beneath the Sea of Realms with chains of order, while Feather Emperor and the other two looked on in shock.

Chen Zhao suppressed the Darkness Four Emperors and used the Bronze Gate’s azure light to preserve part of Li Yang’s primordial spirit and Dao Fire. Li Yang left a fire seed and vanished, while the All Heavens entered a long period of peace known as the Era of Emperor Fall.

• After Azure Emperor, Vast Emperor, and Feather Emperor fled toward the Dark Land, Chen Zhao killed Azure Emperor’s escape and suppressed him beneath the Dark Heavenly Court.
• Chen Zhao shattered Vast Emperor’s body and used his primordial spirit to wound Feather Emperor, then suppressed both emperors in the depths of the Dark Land with Feather Emperor’s battle spear.
• Chen Zhao drew azure light from the Bronze Gate and took part of Li Yang’s primordial spirit and Dao Fire across time and space, while leaving the rest behind for later generations.
• Li Yang warned Chen Zhao away from the depths of the Ultimate Ancient Land, left a Quasi Immortal Emperor fire seed, crossed the Sea of Realms, and vanished after leaving footprints on the dam.
• The All Heavens enjoyed a long period of peace after the campaign, and the age following Yang Emperor’s fall became known as the Era of Emperor Fall.

Chen Zhao saw Li Yang cross the Sea of Realms and leave a trail of footprints before departing from that spacetime. Afterward, the Corpse Immortal Emperor drained the worlds beyond the dam, and later generations repeatedly sought an emperor’s opportunity without success.

• Chen Zhao watched the wounded Li Yang cross the Sea of Realms, then examined the Ultimate Ancient Land and its Immortal Emperor scripture.
• Chen Zhao recognized the ruined figure on the stone chair as the Corpse Immortal Emperor and left as the spacetime rejected him.
• The Corpse Immortal Emperor awakened, condemned attempts to alter time, and unleashed a dark hurricane that drained the worlds beyond the dam.
• After countless years, Immortal Kings followed Li Yang’s footprints into the Sea of Realms, but none returned or became emperors.
• Two Origin Ancient Artifacts fell into the worlds beyond the dam and gave rise to two races, while descending Ancient Guiding Halls coincided with the collapse of the Heavenly Court.

At the Heavenly Court, Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Daoist Heavenly Lord learned about the Era of Emperor Fall and recognized the Human Emperor in an ancient portrait as the mysterious Quasi Immortal Emperor who had suppressed four Fallen Quasi Immortal Emperors. The Dao Fire suddenly vanished, leaving Butcher and the others wondering whether its former owner might return.

• Butcher led Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Daoist Heavenly Lord to the Heavenly Court as darkness began sweeping through the Sea of Realms again.
• Butcher explained that the Dao Fire had belonged to a pioneer of the Era of Emperor Fall, whose flame had aided Desolate Heavenly Emperor.
• Butcher revealed that another mysterious Quasi Immortal Emperor had suppressed four Fallen Quasi Immortal Emperors before disappearing.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Daoist Heavenly Lord recognized the figure in an ancient portrait as the Human Emperor, identifying his Human Emperor Banner and Human Emperor Sword.
• The Dao Fire tore through the Void and disappeared, shocking Butcher and the two visitors.

Chen Zhao returned to his original time after becoming a Quasi Immortal Emperor before the Era of Emperor Fall, while Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, Daoist Heavenly Lord, and Butcher tried to understand his connection to the vanished Dao Fire. Chen Zhao learned what happened after he left and caught the Dao Fire, discovering it contained part of Li Yang but no True Spirit.

• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, Daoist Heavenly Lord, and Butcher speculated that the Human Emperor had traveled against the flow of years and headed to the island in the Sea of Realms to find him.
• Several Immortal Kings sensed a Quasi Immortal Emperor's arrival on the island and saw Chen Zhao return to his original time and space.
• Chen Zhao used his Dao Cultivation to view what had happened after his departure, including Emperor Lord's infiltration of the darkness and Butcher's presence.
• Chen Zhao recognized Butcher and noted that he had not yet become a Quasi Immortal Emperor.
• Chen Zhao caught the returning Dao Fire and realized it contained part of Li Yang but no True Spirit, and that Huang had strengthened it while trying to resurrect Li Yang.

Chen Zhao fused Li Yang’s two Dao Fires and learned that Li Yang planned to abandon his current Dao Fruit and cultivate anew to pursue the Immortal Emperor realm. Chen Zhao then met Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Butcher, and the group returned to the Human World Universe, where Butcher revealed he had created the Strange World.

• Chen Zhao fused the two portions of Li Yang’s Dao Fire, and Li Yang told him he planned to cast aside his current Dao Fruit and have his True Spirit start over.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Butcher arrived, recognized Chen Zhao as the Human Emperor, and asked about his journey to the past.
• Chen Zhao agreed to take Li Yang’s Dao Fire to the Human World Universe, and the group traveled there through the Heavenly Court’s teleportation formation.
• Chen Zhao crossed the dam’s sand and left footprints, while Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and the others noted that only Quasi Immortal Emperors could do so.
• Chen Zhao asked Butcher about the Strange World, and Butcher admitted he had created it as an experiment inspired by the Nine Heavens Ten Earths.

Chen Zhao returned to the Human World Universe as a Quasi Immortal Emperor after traveling through the Sea of Realms, while his companions reflected on Primordial Beginning's apparent defection to the darkness. His arrival shook the surrounding worlds, and Emperor Pan and the rulers of Da Luo Heaven recognized their master and welcomed his return.

• Butcher said the Nine Dragons Coffin Pull awaited a specific person, and Chen Zhao understood whom it meant.
• Chen Zhao told Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Daoist Heavenly Lord to set aside the question of Primordial Beginning, while Butcher considered whether Primordial Beginning might be an undercover agent.
• The group crossed the dam and Chaos to reach the Human World Universe, where Butcher declined to visit the Immortal Domain.
• As Chen Zhao approached the Human World Universe, his Quasi Immortal Emperor presence shook the surrounding realms and appeared across their world barriers.
• Emperor Pan recognized Chen Zhao as his master, and the emperors of Da Luo Heaven, including Great Peng Emperor and Immortal Emperor, celebrated his return.

Chen Zhao returned to the Human World Universe as a Quasi Immortal Emperor and reunited with Duan De, who had awakened from a new life. Duan De learned that his disciple Primordial Beginning had turned to darkness, and Chen Zhao warned him to be careful if they met.

• The Immortal Domain Supremes recognized Chen Zhao as the Human Emperor and watched his return to the Human World Universe with awe and fear.
• Chen Zhao entered the Human World Universe with Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, Daoist Heavenly Lord, and Butcher as its Great Dao welcomed him and its people worshipped him.
• Chen Zhao sensed Duan De awakening from an Ancient Coffin and brought him to a pavilion, where Duan De reunited with familiar faces.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord explained that Primordial Beginning had turned to darkness, and Chen Zhao warned Duan De that his disciple might torment him if they met.
• Duan De learned that Chen Zhao had become a Quasi Immortal Emperor, while Chen Zhao said cultivation continued beyond that realm to the End of the Road Immortal Emperor and higher realms.

Chen Zhao explained Emperor Pan’s and Duan De’s karma with Huang, then revealed that he had returned to guide a Quasi Immortal Emperor back. He said that Li Yang had chosen to abandon his old Dao Fruit and begin anew in the Human World Universe.

• Butcher explained that Immortal Emperors stood beyond the Quasi Immortal Emperor realm and recalled how Huang’s power kept the darkness wary.
• Emperor Pan told Chen Zhao that Huang’s voice had commanded the Myriad Daos to protect Pan Wang and take all karma upon himself.
• Chen Zhao explained that Emperor Pan had once been Pan Wang, whom Huang revived as a Peach of Immortality tree after his death.
• Duan De asked about his own memories of Huang, and Chen Zhao said he would remember their past brotherhood when his Nine Paths Reincarnation Seals merged.
• Chen Zhao said he had returned to guide a Quasi Immortal Emperor, and identified him as Li Yang, who had chosen to start anew in the Human World Universe.

Chen Zhao prepared Li Yang to reincarnate in the Early Ancient Era and discovered that the Eternal Great Emperor had secretly fused his primordial spirit into the Illusory God Realm. After modifying the realm to withstand stronger battles, Chen Zhao left the Eternal Great Emperor facing a serious problem.

• Butcher announced that he would leave the Human World Universe and attempt to break through into the Quasi Immortal Emperor Realm, and Duan De departed to begin a new reincarnation.
• Chen Zhao shared tea with Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, Daoist Heavenly Lord, and Emperor Pan, and learned that Fu Xi had gone to the Immortal Domain.
• Chen Zhao decided the Early Ancient Era would suit Li Yang and separated Li Yang's True Spirit from his Dao Fruit so he could start over.
• Chen Zhao discovered the Eternal Great Emperor's consciousness inside the Illusory God Realm and learned that he had fused his primordial spirit into it.
• Chen Zhao modified the Illusory God Realm to withstand battles below the Quasi Immortal Emperor Realm and told the Eternal Great Emperor that his problem was serious.

Chen Zhao transformed the Illusory God Realm and surveyed the growing Immortal Domain Fragment worlds, then returned to the Intercepting Heaven Dao and Chaos Mountain. After mourning at the graves of his parents and the Old Sage, he reunited with the Dish Chicken and the Chaos Green Lotus.

• Chen Zhao reshaped the Illusory God Realm and considered drawing Prodigies from the Surrounding Border Regions into its competition.
• Chen Zhao observed Gu Tuo and Fu Xi in the neighboring Immortal Domain Fragment and saw how Longevity Tribulations had intensified competition among its cultivators.
• The Eternal Great Emperor explained that he had merged his primordial spirit into the Illusory God Realm to pursue his own path to longevity, and Chen Zhao cautioned him about the dangers.
• Chen Zhao returned to the Intercepting Heaven Dao, paid respects at the graves of his parents and the Old Sage, and strengthened the formation protecting them.
• Chen Zhao returned to Chaos Mountain, where the Dish Chicken greeted him and the Chaos Green Lotus showed signs of a growing consciousness.

Chen Zhao strengthened the Chaos Green Lotus and arranged a new tempering ground in Da Luo Heaven for the emperors. As the Great Dao Suppression ended and a new struggle for the emperor’s path began, the mysterious Divine Infant Sui grew into a leader and rose to challenge the age’s prodigies.

• Chen Zhao nourished the Chaos Green Lotus with his vital blood and told it that it was not yet time to be born.
• Chen Zhao met the emperors in Da Luo Heaven, revealed that he had reached the Quasi Immortal Emperor realm, and advised them to follow their own paths.
• Chen Zhao decided to create a harsh place for the emperors to undergo tempering and made arrangements before returning to Chaos Mountain.
• The Great Dao Suppression dissipated, prodigies entered the Illusory God Realm and fought, and lineages began contending for the fallen emperor’s path.
• A Divine Infant who devoured the universe’s essence vanished, and rumors linked him to Emperor Lord.
• The Divine Infant landed among a small tribe on an Ancient Star, grew up as Sui, unified Shangqiu, and rose to pursue the emperor’s path.

The Illusory God Realm became a battleground for prodigies, while Sui carved an invincible path toward Proving the Dao. The Primordial Ancient Mine then stirred with signs of an Immortal Fetus Saintly Spirit, leaving the universe wondering whether the ancient fetus had returned.

• The Illusory God Realm introduced the Emperor Tower, where prodigies challenged Youth Ancient Emperors, while Immortal Domain cultivators were defeated in the Forbidden Zone instances.
• Sui left Ancient Star and defeated countless rivals across the Emperor's Path and the Illusory God Realm, earning a reputation as a contender to Prove the Dao.
• The Primordial Ancient Mine expelled its explorers as immortal light and wondrous phenomena filled it, then the Myriad Daos fell silent.
• A passing cultivator revealed that the mine had once gestated an Immortal Fetus that escaped after an Ancient Emperor claimed the mine.
• The Saintly Spirit Race welcomed news that the escaped Immortal Fetus might have returned, hoping it would produce a Saintly Spirit Great Emperor.

Chen Zhao observed Li Yang's rise and the coming clash with Primordial while continuing to cultivate in Chaos Mountain. Li Yang defeated Primordial and attained the Dao as Emperor Sui, placing his own Dao above the Myriad Daos.

• Chen Zhao sensed that he had reached a bottleneck on the path to the End of the Road Realm and advised Emperor Pan to follow his own path of transformation.
• Chen Zhao learned that Primordial had repaired his foundation in the Primordial Ancient Mine and chosen to contend in the current era, and he refused to tell him to avoid Li Yang.
• Sui topped the Illusory God Realm's Heavenly Pride Ranking List as Primordial fought his way to second place.
• Sui defeated Primordial in a single move, and observers recognized him as the Divine Infant born of heaven and earth.
• Sui survived the tribulation of attaining the Dao by placing his own Dao above the Myriad Daos, and the races hailed him as Emperor Sui or the Yang Emperor.

Emperor Sui spread the Dao across the universe for ten thousand years, then traveled to Chaos Mountain to investigate his origins. There, Chen Zhao awakened his sealed memories, revealing that Emperor Sui was Li Yang, reborn from the Era of Emperor Fall.

• After Proving the Dao, Emperor Sui returned to the Ancient Star and expounded the Dao to Cultivators for a year.
• Emperor Sui spent ten thousand years spreading the Dao across the universe, growing stronger as he traveled between Life Ancient Stars.
• At Ziwei Star, Emperor Sui sensed an aura beyond the Human Dao Domain and felt his origins were connected to the Human Emperor.
• After preaching in the Ziwei Star Region, Emperor Sui went alone to Chaos Mountain, where he met Chen Zhao.
• Chen Zhao released the seal on Emperor Sui's memories, and Emperor Sui awakened as Li Yang and thanked the Human Emperor for helping him gain a new life.

Li Yang discussed his plan to follow the Mortal World Immortal path with Chen Zhao and revealed that he intended to evolve a Chaos Body. After speaking with Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and his companion, Li Yang left Chaos Mountain to study the path further.

• Chen Zhao told Li Yang that colliding his Double Dao Fruit could lead toward becoming an emperor, while Li Yang said he wanted to reach the Quasi Immortal Emperor realm before merging his Dao Fruit.
• Li Yang and Chen Zhao discussed how the Mortal World Immortal path could strengthen Li Yang’s potential.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and his companion arrived at Chaos Mountain and greeted Li Yang as Yang Emperor.
• Li Yang explained that he had gathered Faith Power to prepare for future transformations and planned to evolve a Chaos Body.
• Chen Zhao shared his understanding of Chaos Bodies and advised Li Yang that he needed greater strength before attempting a collision of Dao Fruits.
• Li Yang departed Chaos Mountain to study the Mortal World Immortal path.

Li Yang left Chaos Mountain after learning the truth of his origins, while Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Daoist Heavenly Lord prepared to return to the Sea of Realms to temper themselves. Daoist Heavenly Lord planned to take the Bodhi Ancient Tree to the person destined for it, whom Chen Zhao believed would be Amitabha.

• Li Yang said farewell and departed, intending to raise his cultivation and help face the coming darkness.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Daoist Heavenly Lord said they planned to leave the dam and temper themselves in the Sea of Realms with the Desolate Heavenly Court.
• Daoist Heavenly Lord announced that he would take the Bodhi Ancient Tree to the person destined for it, fulfilling a promise he had made to its consciousness.
• Daoist Heavenly Lord explained that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had once been the supreme treasure of the Ancient Monk Lineage, and Chen Zhao identified Amitabha as its destined person.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Chen Zhao reflected on Amitabha’s unusual, compassionate path and his preparations for returning in later generations.

After Emperor Sui’s Great Dao Suppression faded, Primordial Beginning became a Saintly Spirit Great Emperor and challenged him, but lost. Emperor Sui later achieved Taiyin and Sun Harmony and successfully evolved into a Chaos Body, shaking the human world.

• After Emperor Sui’s Great Dao Suppression vanished, Primordial Beginning triggered a Dao Proving Tribulation and became the Primordial Beginning Great Emperor.
• Primordial Beginning visited the Human Emperor, advocated coexistence among the Myriad Races, and then went to the Ancient Star to see Emperor Sui.
• Emperor Sui defeated Primordial Beginning in a brief Emperor War, and Primordial Beginning acknowledged that Emperor Sui had surpassed ordinary Great Emperors.
• The Myriad Daos revived as Chaos Qi spread from the Ancient Star, and a Passing Cultivator realized Emperor Sui was evolving a Chaos Body.
• Emperor Sui mastered the mysteries of yin and yang, attained Taiyin and Sun Harmony, and successfully transformed into a Chaos Body.