Chapter Summaries

Wan Qing and Green Gold dominated the era’s prodigy rankings, drawing comparisons to ancient monsters and speculation about their origins. Meanwhile, Duan De awoke from a new life in an Ancient Coffin and discovered a lineage had been built over his chosen Feng Shui Treasure Land.

• Prodigies across the universe watched Wan Qing and Green Gold trade the top spots on the Illusory God Realm rankings, defeating every challenger and suppressing their era.
• People wondered whether Wan Qing and Green Gold were connected to the Human Emperor or to the Immortal Kings behind the recent phenomena.
• Emperor Pan, Dish Chicken, and Without Beginning praised the strength and deep foundations of their junior brothers, noting their ability to face the Myriad Daos while pursuing Breaking Ten Thousand Daos and Becoming Emperor.
• Duan De awoke inside an Ancient Coffin beneath a sacred mountain, absorbed the memories in a Memory Divine Crystal, and learned about his new life.
• Duan De emerged from underground, found a lineage established on his Feng Shui Treasure Land, and recalled how Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and another had once used his body as a battlefield.

Duan De reunited with Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Daoist Heavenly Lord, who told him that his disciple Emperor Lord had become a Quasi Immortal Emperor. The chapter ended as Wan Qing and another extraordinary cultivator proved the Dao at the Cosmic Frontier, with Wan Qing breaking through the Myriad Daos.

• Duan De tried to leave after waking but ran into Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Daoist Heavenly Lord, who reminded him they had promised to protect his Dao.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord brought Duan De to the Human Emperor's Dao Arena, where Duan De asked how his disciple was doing.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord told Duan De that Emperor Lord had broken through from King to Emperor, leaving Duan De shocked and uneasy.
• Duan De heard the Great Dao roar and saw Wan Qing and another cultivator proving the Dao at the Cosmic Frontier.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord explained that one was the Human Emperor's disciple and the other was equivalent to the Human Emperor's Son, then announced that Wan Qing had broken through the Myriad Daos.

Wan Qing and Green Gold endured the world's increasingly terrifying tribulations as they sought to become emperors, while Emperor Lord and Li Yang watched their progress and discussed Duan De and the coming Holy Body. Emperor Lord decided that his master needed tempering and began considering how to prepare the Holy Body for the challenge of breaking through the Myriad Daos.

• Wan Qing shattered the thunder tribulation with his Chaos Green Lotus, but the tribulation intensified as Green Gold fought through it with overwhelming strength.
• Leaders of the major lineages recognized Wan Qing and Green Gold as Immortal Kings rebuilding their cultivation and marveled at their power.
• Emperor Lord and Li Yang saw that Duan De had awakened, and Li Yang remarked that Nether Lord's cultivation had fallen far behind his disciple's.
• Emperor Lord resolved to temper his master once Duan De became immortal and noted that the Holy Body would soon be born.
• Emperor Lord considered how to prepare the Holy Body, judging that its physique would struggle to break through the Myriad Daos in the current world.

Emperor Lord secretly intensified Wan Qing and Green Gold’s tribulation to temper them, forcing them to battle powerful figures formed from the Dao imprints of past emperors. They overcame the trial, became Great Emperors, and headed for Imperial Pass, while Duan De prepared to begin another reincarnation under Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord’s pitying gaze.

• Li Yang agreed that the Holy Body needed to be strengthened carefully, and Emperor Lord decided Wan Qing and Green Gold needed more hardship.
• Emperor Lord’s intervention made the tribulation erupt again, summoning lightning weapons and phantoms of Emperor Lord, Without Beginning, Xu Kun, Fu Xi, Nüwa, Lingbao, and Daode.
• Wan Qing and Green Gold endured a brutal battle, defeated the tribulation phantoms, and broke through the Myriad Daos to become emperors.
• Wan Qing and Green Gold fought again after their tribulation but remained evenly matched, then took the titles Azure Emperor and Heavenly Emperor and went to Imperial Pass.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord realized Emperor Lord had arranged the trial and pitied Duan De, who decided to leave Chaos Mountain and begin a new reincarnation.

Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Daoist Heavenly Lord continued seeking a path to Break King to Become Emperor while Nether Lord faced Emperor Lord’s likely displeasure. At the Imperial Pass, Wan Qing and Green Gold emerged from seclusion and joined the defense, leaving the Foreign Realm worried about the Human World Universe’s growing strength.

• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Daoist Heavenly Lord discussed Nether Lord’s unusual path and resolved to continue their own cultivation toward becoming Dao Ancestors.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Daoist Heavenly Lord entered seclusion to seek the chance to Break King to Become Emperor.
• Wan Qing and Green Gold arrived at the Imperial Pass, where Taiyin Saint Emperor welcomed them and recalled their long time in seclusion.
• Wan Qing and Green Gold stayed at the Imperial Pass, drawing cheers from its Cultivators and concern from the Foreign Realm.
• The Foreign Realm’s beings yearned for reinforcements because the Human World Universe had gained powerful Emperors and many strong Immortal Kings.

After a hundred-thousand-year decline in the laws and spiritual essence of heaven and earth, the Human World Universe entered a renewed flourishing age, and Gai Jiuyou proved the Dao as the Nine Netherworlds Great Emperor. The Void Great Emperor began a new life using the Great Dream of Eternal Ages Method, while Emperor Lord sensed that the person he had awaited had finally appeared on a transformed Ancient Star.

• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord questioned Emperor Lord about the sudden decline of heaven and earth, but Emperor Lord denied causing it and predicted the Human Emperor might be involved.
• The period of silence lasted around one hundred thousand years, during which no Great Emperor emerged and major inheritances struggled to endure.
• Thunder heralded the end of the Great Dao Suppression, cultivation conditions improved, and the Intercepting Heaven Dao named the preceding era the Desolate Ancient Era.
• The Void Great Emperor began a new life with the Great Dream of Eternal Ages Method, sending his Dao fruit through many lives until it became the Yellow Emperor on Earth.
• Gai Jiuyou proved the Dao after the transformation of heaven and earth and became the Nine Netherworlds Great Emperor, then later disappeared while pursuing Longevity Methods.
• Emperor Lord sensed that the person he had awaited had appeared on an Ancient Star, which had become a world dominated by technology.

Emperor Lord learned that the Holy Body had appeared on Ancient Star and planned to temper him personally. The Heavenly Lords discussed Nether Lord and a possible hidden danger on Ancient Star, while Duan De sensed he was being watched and was struck by lightning.

• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Daoist Heavenly Lord arrived at Jade Clarity Heaven, where Emperor Lord said he would personally temper the Holy Body entrusted to him by the Human Emperor.
• The three Heavenly Lords noted that the Path to Immortality Land had opened on Ancient Star, and Emperor Lord reflected on his ties to his birthplace.
• Daoist Heavenly Lord spotted Nether Lord digging up an ancient tomb, and Emperor Lord explained that his Master did so in every life, apparently searching for someone.
• The Heavenly Lords recalled Great Emperors who had left traces on Ancient Star, while Emperor Lord said the star felt dangerous and Daoist Heavenly Lord suggested Primitive Immortal Emperor's sealed dark side might be involved.
• Duan De crawled out of an underground pit, sensed that someone was watching him, and was struck by lightning before a treasure protected him.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo visited Kunlun Mountain, where Ye Fan found a mysterious seed that later reacted at Mount Tai. When the Nine Dragons Coffin Pull descended on Jade Emperor Peak and swept Ye Fan and his companions into the coffin, Emperor Lord and the Heavenly Lords recognized that the Holy Body had begun the path of cultivation.

• Ye Fan told Pang Bo he had moved on from Li Xiaoman, then kept the mysterious seed he had found in a Kunlun Mountain lake.
• Three years later, Ye Fan attended a class reunion and encountered Li Xiaoman and her American classmate at the foot of Mount Tai.
• Ye Fan's seed reacted at Mount Tai, and he sensed that something major was about to happen.
• Nine colossal Dragon Corpses pulled a bronze Ancient Coffin toward Earth and crashed into Jade Emperor Peak, dragging Ye Fan and his group inside.
• Emperor Lord, Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, and Daoist Heavenly Lord watched the event and concluded that the Nine Dragons Coffin Pull had been waiting for the Holy Body.

Green Gold Heavenly Emperor watched Ye Fan and the Nine Dragons Coffin Pull leave Mount Tai while continuing to guard the mysterious Mercedes-Benz. Inside the Bronze Coffin, Ye Fan recalled the security guard’s prediction and wondered about his seed pendant before the coffin struck something and opened enough for everyone to escape.

• Green Gold Heavenly Emperor observed Ye Fan entering the Bronze Coffin and left an incarnation behind to guard the Mercedes-Benz.
• After Pang Bo joined the group inside the Bronze Coffin, Ye Fan told him the security guard had predicted their journey and told him to pay the parking fee when he returned.
• Ye Fan examined the seed pendant, which reacted to the smaller bronze coffin inside the larger one.
• The Bronze Coffin shook, struck something, and opened a crack that let light inside.
• Ye Fan and the others rushed out through the opening.

After being transported from Mount Tai to Mars, Ye Fan and his companions explored the ruins of the Great Thunderclap Temple and survived attacks by Divine Crocodiles and the Crocodile Ancestor. A mysterious scripture and visions then led Ye Fan to dream of returning to Earth, where the security guard again demanded his overdue parking fee.

• Ye Fan recognized the place marked Ying Huo as Mars after the group emerged from the Ancient Coffin.
• Ye Fan found a jade piece carved with the character for “Ancient,” and the group later discovered the ruined Great Thunderclap Temple and a Bodhi Seed.
• Divine Crocodiles attacked the group and focused on Ye Fan, who fought them with Buddhist artifacts before the Crocodile Ancestor appeared.
• The group escaped back to the bronze coffin, where Ye Fan felt the Bodhi Seed and his mysterious seed grow warm.
• Ye Fan heard a scripture and saw visions of ancient scenes before dreaming that he returned to Mount Tai and met the security guard, who asked him to pay his long-overdue parking fee.

After the Nine Dragons Coffin Pull brought Ye Fan and his classmates to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, Ye Fan joined a Grotto-heaven and learned that his Ancient Holy Body was considered a Waste Body. When his cultivation stalled, a voice from the ring on his hand offered hope that he could open his Bitter Sea.

• Ye Fan woke from a dream about a mysterious security guard and parking fees, and he and Pang Bo wondered whether the guard was a hidden expert.
• The Nine Dragons Coffin Pull carried Ye Fan and his classmates from Earth to the Big Dipper, where they arrived at the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
• Ye Fan's group left the forbidden land and joined a small Grotto-heaven, while a mysterious figure watched Ye Fan before vanishing.
• A Grotto-heaven elder identified Ye Fan as a Waste Body whose Bitter Sea could not be opened, but Ye Fan continued trying to cultivate.
• A voice from the ring on Ye Fan's hand told him that a Holy Body could open its Bitter Sea, and Ye Fan wondered if the ring held a powerful mentor.

Ye Fan opened his Bitter Sea after understanding the remnant soul’s advice, and the seed pendant shattered and entered it. In Da Luo Heaven, Emperor Lord and the Three Pure Ones discussed the growing suppression of the Holy Body and the forces shaping Ye Fan’s path, while Chen Zhao and Huang watched the Pollen Empress’s shadow begin to take human form.

• Ye Fan opened his Bitter Sea after holding fast to his resolve, and a golden sea of divine light appeared in the Thatched Cottage.
• Ye Fan’s seed pendant shattered, and the seed flew into his Bitter Sea, where it remained immovable.
• Emperor Lord and the Three Pure Ones discussed the stronger suppression of the Holy Body and agreed that Ye Fan would have to rely on himself, though he still needed tempering.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord revealed that Azure Emperor had entered the fray and that the seed within Ye Fan came from him.
• Chen Zhao and Huang observed that Ye Fan’s era had arrived and watched the blurry shadow of the Pollen Empress gradually change toward human form.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo reached the Azure Emperor Palace, where Ye Fan's azure lotus destroyed a remnant soul and he witnessed the brutality of the struggle for the palace. The Dao Scripture fused into Ye Fan's Bitter Sea, and a mysterious dagger from the palace flew to him.

• A green remnant soul attacked Ye Fan, but the azure lotus in his Bitter Sea overwhelmed and destroyed it.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo reached the ancient palace and learned it had been left behind by the Azure Emperor as elders and beasts prepared to fight over it.
• The Azure Emperor Palace rose from the magma, and the factions battled fiercely for entry, leaving Ye Fan shaken before he resolved to continue cultivating and grow stronger.
• A golden sheet containing the Dao Scripture's Bitter Sea chapter flew to Ye Fan and fused into his Bitter Sea beneath the azure lotus.
• As sacred lands and ancient families gathered, Spiritually-Aware Weapons escaped the palace, and a golden dagger pierced a nearby rock wall for Ye Fan to claim.

Duan De tried to take Ye Fan’s ring, but a lightning bolt struck him, and the ring returned to Ye Fan. The Azure Emperor Palace then pulled Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Duan De into its depths, where the Human Emperor’s portrait entered Ye Fan’s Bitter Sea.

• Duan De seized Ye Fan’s ring, but it grew hot and lightning struck him, forcing him to let it go.
• The Azure Emperor Palace shone with emerald light and pulled Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Duan De inside.
• Duan De explained that the Azure Emperor was the Human Emperor’s Son and that his true form had been a green lotus, prompting Ye Fan to wonder about the lotus in his Bitter Sea.
• The three found a portrait of the Human Emperor deep in the palace, and it flew into Ye Fan’s Bitter Sea.

Duan De peered into Ye Fan's Bitter Sea, discovered treasures including the Dao Scripture and a mysterious green lotus, and suffered a painful backlash. After the group left the empty Azure Emperor Palace, other Cultivators suspected they had taken its treasures, leaving Ye Fan and Pang Bo to rely on Duan De to escape pursuit.

• Duan De saw the Human Emperor Portrait and other treasures in Ye Fan's Bitter Sea, including the Dao Scripture's Sea of Suffering Chapter, and explained the Heavenly Lords and Sovereigns to Ye Fan and Pang Bo.
• Duan De's gaze fell on the green lotus, and the backlash made his eyes bleed; he suspected it was connected to the Azure Emperor and kept his suspicion to himself.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Duan De searched the Azure Emperor Palace and found only several Spiritually-Aware Weapons before other Cultivators spotted them.
• Azure light teleported everyone out of the palace before the Cultivators could confront Ye Fan's group.
• Duan De warned that the Cultivators would blame them for the palace's missing treasures, and Ye Fan and Pang Bo decided to follow him to evade pursuit.

Ye Fan fled into Purple Mountain to escape the cultivators hunting him and encountered the Divine King Jiang Taixu, who taught him one of the Nine Secrets. At the mountain’s depths, Ye Fan found the Beginningless Scripture and then fought the Big Black Dog, who claimed to be the Black Emperor.

• Duan De remained bound to Ye Fan and taught him cultivation methods as they faced pursuit, while Ye Fan grew stronger and tricked many of their attackers to death.
• Ye Fan met Ji Ziyue, explored an immortal hall with her, and obtained the source root of Myriad Things Mother Qi, later forging it into a cauldron in the Fire Domain.
• Overwhelmed by increasingly powerful pursuers, Ye Fan entered Purple Mountain, where he encountered the Divine King Jiang Taixu and learned one of the Nine Secrets.
• Deep inside Purple Mountain, Ye Fan found the Beginningless Scripture but failed to gain anything from it.
• A huge black dog pounced on Ye Fan, claimed the title of Black Emperor, and offered to teach him its scripture in exchange for holy blood.
• Ye Fan rejected the Big Black Dog’s demands, and the two began fighting.

After leaving Purple Mountain, Ye Fan followed Black Emperor to the Jade Pool Old Site, where he discovered the corpse of a Great Completion Holy Body and gained the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist. Black Emperor confirmed the corpse was the Beginningless Great Emperor’s father, then offered to take Ye Fan into the Illusory God Realm.

• Ye Fan and Black Emperor left Purple Mountain, and Ye Fan planned to inform the Jiang Family about the trapped Divine King.
• Black Emperor agreed to lead Ye Fan to ancient scriptures in exchange for the Divine Source and guided him to the Jade Pool Old Site.
• At the Jade Pool Immortal Pool, Ye Fan saw a Great Completion Holy Body in an Ancient Coffin and experienced a vision that revealed the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist.
• Black Emperor confirmed that the corpse was the Beginningless Great Emperor’s father but said he did not know how the senior had died.
• Ye Fan comprehended the Dao Palace volume of the West Empress Scripture, and Black Emperor offered to take him to the Illusory God Realm.

Ye Fan entered the Illusory God Realm with the Big Black Dog and encountered Duan De, who was also fleeing pursuers. After the two men and the dog fought, a lightning strike from Ye Fan’s ring forced them to stop, and the chapter left them bickering as danger could catch up again.

• Ye Fan entered the Illusory God Realm, where the Big Black Dog explained that the Human Emperor had created the spiritual-energy world.
• Ye Fan encountered other Cultivators pursuing him and then met Duan De, who was fleeing Dao lineages angry about his tomb-raiding.
• Ye Fan and Duan De set traps and killed two groups of pursuers before Duan De asked to eat the Big Black Dog.
• The Big Black Dog attacked Duan De, and Duan De bit its tail as they fought and refused to let go.
• Lightning from Ye Fan’s ring struck Duan De and the Big Black Dog, making them release each other; Ye Fan suspected the Old Geezer inside the ring had targeted Duan De again.
• Duan De and the Big Black Dog resumed threatening each other, and Ye Fan told them to stop before their pursuers caught up.

Ye Fan, Duan De, and Big Black Dog fled their pursuers into Chaos Mountain, a dangerous secret realm said to be the Human Emperor’s Dao Arena. The mountain separated them, and Ye Fan endured a seemingly endless series of battles before emerging from the trials.

• Outside forces entered the Illusory God Realm to hunt Ye Fan and Duan De, who fled with Big Black Dog to Chaos Mountain.
• Duan De kicked Big Black Dog into the mountain, and Ye Fan followed as their pursuers watched in shock.
• Big Black Dog explained that Chaos Mountain was a replica of the Human Emperor’s Dao Arena, where only the Beginningless Great Emperor and Great Emperor Xu Kun had cleared the trials.
• Ye Fan, Duan De, and Big Black Dog entered Chaos Mountain, but Ye Fan was separated from the others.
• Ye Fan fought a succession of youthful opponents at his own level, repeatedly suffering near-fatal wounds before an unknown power restored him.
• After countless battles, Ye Fan stepped forward and the challenges finally disappeared.

Ye Fan reunited with Duan De and Big Black Dog after they endured strange tempering and lightning on Chaos Mountain. The group discovered the Enlightenment Tea Tree and a wine jug that Ye Fan alone could open, revealing a mysterious vision and voice.

• Ye Fan told Big Black Dog that he had endured nonstop fighting, then helped a trembling Duan De after he crawled out of the mist.
• Duan De said an unknown person who claimed to be his disciple had fiercely tempered him, and lightning struck Duan De and Big Black Dog when he spoke about the disciple.
• Ye Fan ended their argument and led Duan De and Big Black Dog onward to a pavilion beside a Divine Spring and the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
• Big Black Dog identified the tree as the Undying Medicine controlled by the Human Emperor, but neither he nor Duan De could approach it or open the wine jug in the pavilion.
• Ye Fan opened the wine jug and heard the words "Victory or defeat in ten moves" as an image of an expert wielding a battle halberd appeared in his mind.