Chapter Summaries

Without Beginning encountered the Human Emperor within Chaos Mountain and asked about the Stone Emperor, the Human Emperor’s whereabouts, and the resurrected Heroic Spirits. Chen Zhao explained that reviving the dead through Manifestation required reaching the end of evolution, leaving Without Beginning with a glimpse of the Immortal Emperor realm.

• The Human Emperor overwhelmed Without Beginning and transported him to Chaos Mountain.
• Without Beginning found Chen Zhao beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree and asked whether the Stone Emperor he had met was real.
• Chen Zhao confirmed the Stone Emperor was real but was not the Stone Emperor from the Ancient Era.
• Without Beginning asked about the resurrected Heroic Spirits, and Chen Zhao said Manifestation required walking the path of evolution to its end.
• Chen Zhao described that endpoint as the Immortal Emperor realm and explained that Manifestation brought the dead back by reflecting reality from ancient times.

Chen Zhao explained the realms above Immortal Kings and shared his Stone Emperor-brewed wine with Without Beginning, then gave him the jug. In the Illusory God Realm, Xu Kun fought an opponent who looked just like him, and spectators recognized the figure as the Undying Heavenly Emperor.

• Chen Zhao told Without Beginning that Quasi Immortal Emperors stood above Immortal Kings and that Immortal Emperors were far beyond them.
• Without Beginning drank Chen Zhao’s Saintly Spirit Wine and saw the Ancient Era Stone Emperor whose body had been used to brew it.
• Chen Zhao gave Without Beginning the wine jug, saying he was waiting for him to grow stronger.
• Xu Kun appeared in the Illusory God Realm, where he fought a man with the same appearance and build as himself.
• A Passing Cultivator identified Xu Kun’s opponent as the Undying Heavenly Emperor, prompting the watching Cultivators to question Xu Kun’s identity.

Dish Chicken confronted the newly ascended Undying Heavenly Emperor in Ancient Emperor Mountain, revealing their connection as his past life and an Emperor Corpse Spiritual Awakening. Their battle continued as observers recognized what Xu Kun was.

• Cultivators watching the Illusory God Realm recognized the scene as Ancient Emperor Mountain, once the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s sacred land before the Human Emperor’s rise.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor questioned Dish Chicken, whose origins were tied to the Emperor as a Corpse Spirit born after his death.
• Dish Chicken declared he would kill the Undying Heavenly Emperor, understanding that defeating him was Master’s test.
• Dish Chicken and the Undying Heavenly Emperor clashed with their weapons, then transformed into nearly identical Immortal Phoenixes.
• A Passing Cultivator identified Xu Kun as an Emperor Corpse Spiritual Awakening, and the observers understood their connection.

The Human Emperor’s recreation of the past let Xu Kun and Without Beginning challenge the Undying Heavenly Emperor and Stone Emperor, while Emperor Lord considered how to temper a future Holy Body. Dish Chicken overwhelmed the Undying Heavenly Emperor before the illusion ended, leaving Without Beginning shocked to learn Xu Kun was the Human Emperor’s disciple.

• Lingbao, Daoist Heavenly Lord, Emperor Lord, and Emperor Pan watched the battle and discussed the difficulty of Breaking Ten Thousand Daos and Becoming Emperor.
• Emperor Lord wondered whether the Holy Body Lineage had suffered enough and considered how to temper a future Holy Body, but Lingbao warned that more hardship might backfire.
• Dish Chicken fought the Undying Heavenly Emperor fiercely, gained the upper hand, and was suspected by his opponent to be a Similar Flower.
• Dish Chicken suppressed the Undying Heavenly Emperor with the Great Dao Page, but the scene changed and returned him to Chaos Mountain.
• Chen Zhao invited Dish Chicken to sit, and Dish Chicken bowed to him as his Master.
• Without Beginning realized Xu Kun was the Human Emperor’s disciple and was shocked.

Without Beginning learned that Xu Kun was a disciple of the Human Emperor and resolved to break the Myriad Daos and become emperor. Chen Zhao restored the Undying Heavenly Blade for Dish Chicken and guided Without Beginning toward a transformation method before Without Beginning returned to the real world.

• Without Beginning was shocked to learn that Xu Kun was the Human Emperor's disciple but remained determined to suppress him and become emperor by breaking the Myriad Daos.
• Chen Zhao warned Dish Chicken against complacency and explained that he had stripped away Dish Chicken's cultivation so he could rise from weakness.
• Chen Zhao presented Dish Chicken with the fragments of the Undying Heavenly Blade, which reassembled into the complete blade.
• Without Beginning recognized the blade's transformation as guidance from the Human Emperor and considered using Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold to develop a Nirvana Transformation Method.
• Without Beginning left the Illusory God Realm, sensed the restraints of the Myriad Daos, and vanished into the starry sky with the Saintly Spirit Wine.

After ten years of absence, Without Beginning and Xu Kun met at the Cosmic Frontier and fought a decisive battle before challenging the universe’s Myriad Daos. They overcame the tribulations and both became emperors, creating an unprecedented miracle.

• Ten years passed without word of Without Beginning or Xu Kun, and many believed they had entered Self-Sealing or abandoned their attempt to become emperors.
• Great Dao pressure swept through the Human World Universe, and Beings of the Universe recognized Without Beginning and Xu Kun at the Cosmic Frontier.
• Dish Chicken and Without Beginning began a life-and-death battle, unleashing power that shook the universe.
• During their battle, the two ascended to their peak and faced immense Thunder Tribulations and other heavenly trials.
• Without Beginning and Xu Kun broke through the suppression of Myriad Daos and simultaneously became emperors.

Without Beginning and Xu Kun broke the Myriad Daos and became Emperors simultaneously, astonishing the universe. They prepared for one final battle at the Cosmic Frontier while onlookers recognized their extraordinary potential.

• Without Beginning and Xu Kun became Emperors at the same time, and the universe reacted with awe and alarm.
• Lineages that had once coveted the Immortal King artifact feared Without Beginning's retaliation and hurried to bring gifts to Jade Pool Holy Land.
• Without Beginning and Dish Chicken agreed to fight once more at the Cosmic Frontier, and Without Beginning summoned the Without Beginning Bell.
• Observers judged that the newly crowned Emperors possessed Heavenly Emperor-level battle strength.
• At Chaos Mountain, Emperor Pan, Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, and Emperor Lord praised the pair's achievements and discussed their potential to walk the Mortal World Immortal path.

Dish Chicken and Without Beginning ended their evenly matched battle by agreeing to fight again after becoming Mortal World Immortals. Without Beginning discovered Daoist Heavenly Lord’s Great Dream of Eternal Ages Method, then returned to Jade Pool Holy Land and shocked its people.

• Dish Chicken and Without Beginning stopped fighting and agreed to battle again after becoming Mortal World Immortals.
• Without Beginning visited the ancient star where he had grown up and mourned at the grave of the woman he had loved.
• Without Beginning traced the Emperor Formation marks on the mountain and uncovered Daoist Heavenly Lord’s Great Dream of Eternal Ages Method.
• Without Beginning concealed the site with an Emperor Formation and left for the Big Dipper.
• Without Beginning appeared over the Big Dipper, then returned to Jade Pool Holy Land, astonishing its people.

Beginningless returned to Jade Pool Holy Land, mourned his father, and resolved to study the Mortal World Immortal path. Meanwhile, Xu Kun’s ties to the Human Emperor became public, and Beginningless arrived at Imperial Pass amid speculation that he would confront the traitorous Xuan Cheng.

• Beginningless returned to Jade Pool Holy Land, where its elders celebrated his ascension as an emperor and the current West Queen Mother welcomed him.
• Beginningless visited the Immortal Pool and grieved over his father’s body in the Ancient Coffin, vowing to reach the End of the Road Immortal Emperor level to revive him.
• Beginningless recalled Xuan Cheng’s betrayal and decided to study the methods of Mortal World transformation and adapt them to himself.
• Great Emperor Xu Kun visited Intercepting Heaven Dao, and news spread that he was a disciple of the Human Emperor.
• Beginningless arrived at Imperial Pass, where people wondered whether he had come to avenge his father by settling accounts with Xuan Cheng.

Without Beginning and Xu Kun met at the Imperial Pass and joined forces to fight a Foreign Realm army, turning their rivalry into a contest over who could kill more Supremes. As the sovereigns watched, they sensed that a greater darkness might soon stir, while the Great Completion Hegemon Body remained absent.

• Without Beginning remained stationed at the Imperial Pass, suppressing the Foreign Realm’s Extremely Dao Supremes until Great Emperor Xu Kun arrived.
• Without Beginning and Xu Kun shared their respective Saintly Spirit Wines, with Without Beginning recognizing Xu Kun’s wine as Spirit Emperor Wine.
• When a Foreign Realm army approached, Without Beginning lamented that the Great Completion Hegemon Body had not appeared, and Xu Kun challenged him to a contest to kill more Foreign Realm Supremes.
• Xu Kun and Without Beginning charged into the enemy army, while the sovereigns watched and praised their formidable first-life combat strength.
• Sun Saint Emperor, Xue Yueqing, and others voiced forebodings that darkness might soon make further moves, while Blood Phoenix Emperor and Corpse Emperor noted the Great Completion Hegemon Body’s continued absence.

Without Beginning defeated Gu Wushuang and learned the whereabouts of the Great Completion Hegemon Body, prompting him to leave the Imperial Pass. Meanwhile, the Weird Race’s Ancestral Artifacts radiated across the Foreign Realm and Fallen Immortal Domain as a Weird Immortal Emperor announced that a new change had emerged.

• The Foreign Realm army retreated, and Gu Wushuang challenged Without Beginning, who defeated him in a brief battle.
• Gu Wushuang told Without Beginning that Xuan Cheng was in seclusion and predicted they would fight after Xuan Cheng emerged.
• Without Beginning inferred Gu Wushuang’s identity and left the Imperial Pass after learning the Great Completion Hegemon Body’s whereabouts; Xu Kun followed him.
• The Foreign Realm and Fallen Immortal Domain’s Origin Ancestral Artifacts shone with nine-colored radiance, and Emperor Lord suspected the Weird Race was making a major move.
• A Weird Immortal Emperor’s distant voice made the living beings kneel and declared that a new change had emerged, while Emperor Lord recognized the threat and wondered what the Human Emperor had done.

Beginningless and Xu Kun left Imperial Pass as darkness spread through the two realms, then took turns guarding the human world and Imperial Pass. Nearly forty thousand years later, Beginningless entered his late years and wandered Big Dipper, where he encountered a stray Little Black Dog.

• Emperor Lord heard the Weird Immortal Emperor order the destruction of the Boundary Sea Heavens before his voice fell silent, while darkness spread across the two realms.
• Beginningless and Xu Kun sensed an ominous disturbance in the Foreign Realm and agreed that Beginningless should pursue the path of the Mortal World Immortal.
• Beginningless left Imperial Pass to study the Transformation Method, while Xu Kun stayed behind to guard the pass.
• Beginningless and Xu Kun alternated between guarding Imperial Pass and the human world as the Myriad Races lived in peace and called them Heavenly Emperors.
• Nearly forty thousand years passed; Xu Kun disappeared, while white-haired Beginningless remained alive in his late years, troubled by premonitions and the restless Without Beginning Bell.
• Beginningless wandered Big Dipper and stopped before a stray Little Black Dog, and the two walked toward each other as if drawn across time and space.

Without Beginning adopted a strangely familiar black puppy, which grew into the boastful Black Emperor, while he remained the guardian of the Human World Universe and lived a Second Life. He later sealed his own Great Dao with three treasures, showing the universe that he had not barred others from Proving the Dao.

• Without Beginning saw visions of Without End Immortal King and a giant black dog through the Without End Bell, then wondered whether the puppy was a Similar Flower tied to his past life.
• Without Beginning named the puppy Little Black and adopted it; it grew into the Black Emperor, who boasted and threatened people while relying on his master's authority.
• The Without Beginning Great Dao trembled, alarming the universe, but Beginningless Great Emperor soon reappeared after living a Second Life with renewed vitality.
• Beginningless Great Emperor received representatives from the universe's inheritances and said he had never blocked anyone from Proving the Dao.
• Beginningless Great Emperor used the Without End Bell, the Without Beginning Bell, and a mysterious wine gourd to seal his own Great Dao.

The Beginningless Great Emperor and Great Emperor Xu Kun had imprisoned their own Great Daos to leave the path open for future generations, then pursued the Mortal World Immortal path. As the Foreign Realm and the Weird Race increased pressure across the All Heavens, Chen Zhao and the Primitive Immortal Emperor fought the Weird Immortals Beyond the Worlds, where their enemies escaped by restarting.

• Cultivators realized that the Beginningless Great Emperor had sealed his own Great Dao rather than blocking later generations from proving the Dao, and they concluded that Great Emperor Xu Kun had done the same.
• The Foreign Realm launched a powerful renewed assault on the Imperial Pass, bringing many True Immortals and opening the prospect of battles in the Immortal Dao Domain.
• Emperor Lord and the Heavenly Lords gathered in Chaos Mountain to discuss the Weird Race's renewed threat, the Immortal Domain's vulnerability, and the small number of people following the Mortal World Immortal path.
• Beyond the Worlds, Huang held off three Progenitors while Chen Zhao slew a Weird Immortal Emperor with the Human Emperor Sword.
• When Chen Zhao raised the Human Emperor Banner, the Weird Immortal Emperor ended himself and returned to the Plateau, and the Primitive Immortal Emperor joined Chen Zhao in noting that the Weird Immortals had become increasingly quick to restart.

Chen Zhao and the Primitive Immortal Emperor discussed the Weird Race’s schemes and returned to Huang, whose true body was trying to bring back the Pollen Emperor. Huang said she remained difficult to revive because she had been killed and suppressed on the Weird Plateau.

• Chen Zhao told the Primitive Immortal Emperor that a Weird Immortal Emperor had been plotting against the All Heavens, and they discussed the danger posed by the other Weird Progenitors and the Plateau.
• After the Weird Immortal Emperor killed himself and returned to the Plateau, Chen Zhao and the Primitive Immortal Emperor went back to the world where Huang and his followers rested.
• The Primitive Immortal Emperor told Huang that the Weird Immortal Emperor had escaped again by killing himself.
• Chen Zhao asked Huang about his attempt to bring back the Pollen Emperor, and Huang said it was difficult because she had died on the Weird Plateau and been suppressed by several Weird Progenitors.
• Chen Zhao reflected that the Weird Progenitors feared anyone who might surpass Sacrificial Dao and threaten their power.

Chen Zhao and Huang discussed ways to strengthen the Human World Universe against the Weird Race, and Chen Zhao realized they could use the Place Connecting Ancient and Modern Times to give the next generation more time to grow. Huang agreed to put the hidden place to use, leaving Chen Zhao planning to send Li Yang, Without Beginning, and others there to speed up their path to becoming Mortal World Immortals.

• Chen Zhao suggested that Huang use He Transforms Myriad Ages to travel through the Sea of Time and try to bring back the Pollen Emperor, and Huang agreed to attempt it.
• Chen Zhao considered how to help the next generation grow quickly while the Weird Race threatened them, and remembered the Place Connecting Ancient and Modern Times.
• Chen Zhao asked Huang where the place was, and Huang revealed that he had hidden it within the All Heavens, beyond the reach of most Immortal Emperors.
• Huang explained that the place could span time and let its visitors experience endless years, and he agreed that the later generation could use it for tempering.
• Chen Zhao planned to send Li Yang, Without Beginning, and others to the place so they could speed up their transformation into Mortal World Immortals, and leave it available for Ye Fan as well.

A contingency left by the Human Emperor appeared in All Heavens, overwhelming beings across the Human World Universe, Foreign Realm, Fallen Immortal Domain, and Immortal Domain. The phantom then reached through the Immortal Domain barrier toward a region inside it, leaving the reason for its search unknown.

• Great Dao radiance erupted from Chaos Mountain, and Emperor Lord recognized the overwhelming might as a contingency left by the Human Emperor before heading to the Human World Universe.
• The Human Emperor's might immobilized fighters from the Immortal Domain and Fallen Immortal Domain, and Fu Xi identified it as a contingency rather than the true Human Emperor.
• A phantom of the Human Emperor emerged from the Great Dao radiance, and Fu Xi sensed its approving gaze.
• The phantom searched the Immortal Domain with its Great Dao radiance, then reached through the supposedly impenetrable barrier toward a certain region.

After the Human Emperor summoned Fu Xi back from the Immortal Domain, Fu Xi returned to the Human World Universe through a newly opened Path to Immortality. Great Emperor Xu Kun and the Beginningless Great Emperor also headed toward Chaos Mountain, where Fu Xi planned to learn why he had been recalled.

• The Human Emperor’s palm vanished after searching the Immortal Domain, and Fu Xi told Gu Tuo he had been ordered to return to the human world.
• A passage through the Immortal Domain’s boundary wall opened, and Fu Xi bid farewell to Gu Tuo before leaving.
• Former Forbidden Zone Supremes watched Fu Xi depart, envying his ability to return to the Human World Universe.
• Fu Xi emerged into the Human World Universe, where cultivators recognized him as Great Emperor Fu Xi.
• Fu Xi headed toward Chaos Mountain, while Great Emperor Xu Kun and the Beginningless Great Emperor also made their way there.

Great Emperors who had pursued the Mortal World Immortal Path gathered at Chaos Mountain, where Chen Zhao appeared and explained that he had summoned them to offer an opportunity to advance along the path. He warned that the Weird Race had not yet revealed its full strength, then Li Yang asked how the method worked.

• Great Emperors from across the universe headed toward the Ziwei Star Region, and Emperor Sui appeared at the Ancient Star.
• At Chaos Mountain, Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord revealed to Without Beginning and the others that Li Yang was a Quasi Immortal Emperor from an ancient era.
• Fu Xi asked whether the Human Emperor had returned, and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord said he was still battling Beyond the Worlds.
• Emperor Lord arrived, and Chen Zhao appeared, clarified that he had not returned, and said he had come to grant the gathered cultivators an opportunity to traverse the Mortal World Immortal Path faster.
• Chen Zhao said the Weird Race had not revealed its true strength, and Li Yang asked about the method for advancing along the path.

Chen Zhao sent Li Yang, Without Beginning, and others into the Place Connecting Ancient and Modern Times so they could grow stronger in an unknown era, despite the risks. Emperor Lord and the Heavenly Lords watched the chamber reveal a vision of a ruined world after the Weird Race's Great Sacrifice.

• Chen Zhao explained that the Place Connecting Ancient and Modern Times could send people to an unknown era, offering rapid growth at the risk of death.
• Li Yang, Without Beginning, and the others entered the ancient cave on Chaos Mountain and gathered in its Stone Chamber.
• Chen Zhao told Emperor Lord that outstanding later generations, including the Holy Body, could also use the place, then vanished.
• Emperor Lord, Daoist Heavenly Lord, and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord entered the Stone Chamber and saw Li Yang and the others disappear.
• Marks appeared on the chamber walls, showing a devastated era where True Immortals and Immortal Kings were slaughtered.
• Emperor Lord identified the vision as the world after the Weird Race's Great Sacrifice.