Chapter Summaries

Wang Bo, a Chaos Body from the Mythological Era, reemerged after severing his cultivation and began killing those who tried to hunt him. He clashed with Wu Dao in the starry sky, and afterward identified him as the human-form Undying Medicine, the Enlightenment Tea Tree, and likely a disciple of the Human Emperor.

• Wang Bo's return as a Chaos Body drew the attention of Cultivators seeking to uncover how to transform themselves into one.
• Wang Bo killed the Cultivators and Prodigies who tried to hunt or challenge him.
• Wu Dao encountered Wang Bo in the starry sky, and the two began a battle that drew the attention of experts across the universe.
• Wu Dao and Wang Bo ended their fierce exchange without fighting to the death.
• Wang Bo recognized Wu Dao as the Enlightenment Tea Tree, an Undying Medicine in human form, and suspected he was connected to the Human Emperor.

Wu Dao defeated Wang Bo after their identities were revealed, while Ye Fan cultivated his own Dao and endured nine Immortal Severing Curses under Emperor Lord’s guidance. After defeating many Princes and Emperor’s Sons, Ye Fan’s name spread across the starry sky, and he encountered Wang Bo.

• Wang Bo and Wu Dao resumed their battle in the starry sky, and Wang Bo later left coughing blood, confirming Wu Dao’s victory.
• Ye Fan secluded himself to comprehend his Dao and the Holy Body’s method of recultivating its Secret Realms.
• Emperor Lord urged Ye Fan to endure nine outbreaks of the Immortal Severing Curse and said Duan De would suffer them alongside him.
• Ye Fan and Duan De endured the nine curses, and Ye Fan’s strength underwent a qualitative transformation.
• Ye Fan defeated numerous Princes and Emperor’s Sons, earning a reputation across the universe, then encountered Wang Bo.

Ye Fan and Wang Bo met and began a fierce battle, each eager to test the other’s strength. Their clash drew the universe’s attention, and the chapter left the outcome undecided.

• Wang Bo recalled his near-fatal battle with Wu Dao and how it taught him to take the Golden Great Era seriously.
• Wang Bo recognized Ye Fan as the famed Holy Body, while Ye Fan felt the danger in Wang Bo’s Chaos Body.
• Ye Fan challenged Wang Bo, and both fighters advanced with their battle strength surging.
• Ye Fan and Wang Bo erupted into battle as observers watched the Holy Body face the Chaos Body.

Ye Fan fought Wang Bo to a standstill in a fierce battle between the Holy Body and the Chaos Body. As the fight reached its peak, the Immortal Severing Curse struck Big Black Dog and then flared up again against Duan De, while Wu Dao suddenly appeared.

• Ye Fan and Wang Bo clashed in the starry sky, where Wang Bo's Chaos Body summoned countless immortal spirits and Ye Fan fought back with his fists.
• Duan De and Big Black Dog discussed the curse, and Big Black Dog boasted that it would never target him.
• A dim glow entered Big Black Dog, triggering the Immortal Severing Curse and leaving him writhing in agony as Duan De mocked him.
• Duan De's curse flared up again with greater power after he taunted Big Black Dog, while Dragon Horse laughed silently nearby.
• Ye Fan and Wang Bo pushed their battle to its most intense stage, and Ye Fan continued fighting despite being covered in blood.
• Wu Dao suddenly appeared as the battle raged, leaving everyone unsure of his purpose.

Wu Dao announced that the Emperor Pass Trial was about to begin and challenged Ye Fan and Wang Bo to meet him on the Emperor Pass Battlefield. Ye Fan and Wang Bo accepted the coming trial and departed, promising to fight each other again at the Imperial Pass.

• Wu Dao appeared during Ye Fan and Wang Bo's battle, and the two stopped fighting.
• Wang Bo challenged Wu Dao, who declined and said both Wang Bo and Ye Fan qualified for the approaching Emperor Pass Trial.
• Wu Dao sensed the Azure Emperor within Ye Fan's Bitter Sea and found Ye Fan's other auras intriguing.
• Wu Dao explained that the Emperor Pass Trial would take place on the dangerous battlefield beyond the Imperial Pass, and the Cultivators realized the Foreign Realm was stirring again.
• Ye Fan felt eager to fight at the Imperial Pass, where the Holy Body Lineage had once stood guard.
• Wang Bo and Ye Fan vowed to fight again at the Imperial Pass before leaving.

Ye Fan learned that the Emperor Pass Trial was about to begin, while Duan De glimpsed mysterious memories of the Imperial Pass. A voice then summoned cultivators across the Human World to the Imperial Pass, promising a chance to Prove the Dao to whoever survived its trials.

• Ye Fan protected Big Black Dog and Duan De as they endured the Immortal Severing Curse for three days and nights.
• Ye Fan told Big Black Dog that his duel with Wang Bo had ended without a result and admitted that he still needed more tempering to contend with the Chaos Body.
• Big Black Dog decided to go to the Imperial Pass in hopes of finding the Beginningless Great Emperor, and Duan De recalled fragmented images of battling there before agreeing to go as well.
• Dragon Horse joined their plan to head to the Imperial Pass.
• A voice rang across the Human World, announcing the imminent Emperor Pass Trial and declaring that its survivor could have a chance to Prove the Dao and become emperor.

Ye Fan, Big Black Dog, and Duan De joined the Prodigies heading to the Imperial Pass for the Emperor Pass Trial. After arriving at the Cosmic Frontier and crossing an Immortal Light Avenue, they reached the vast, blood-stained Imperial Pass.

• The announcement of the Emperor Pass Trial stirred Prodigies and Dao Lineage Ancestors throughout the Human World, and Ye Fan resolved to go with Big Black Dog and Duan De.
• Emperor Lord and Li Yang agreed that Ye Fan and Duan De needed the trial’s life-and-death tempering, while they discussed the threat of the Weird Race and their pursuit of the End of the Road Realm.
• Ye Fan traveled toward the Cosmic Frontier, defeating every Prodigy who challenged him along the way.
• Three Quasi-Emperors welcomed the gathered Prodigies and promised them time to learn about the Foreign Realm before the trial.
• An Immortal Light Avenue appeared in the Cosmic Frontier, and the group followed it to the immense, ancient Imperial Pass, whose walls still bore immortal blood.

At the Imperial Pass, Ye Fan met seven Great Completion Holy Bodies who promised to temper him, while Big Black Dog reunited with Without Beginning and Duan De endured brutal trials. Ye Fan and Duan De eventually met again, both exhausted from their ordeals.

• Ye Fan and his companions entered the Imperial Pass, where streams of light carried Emperor’s Sons and Princes away to meet their elders.
• A Golden Path led Ye Fan to seven Great Completion Holy Bodies, who recognized his potential and urged him to crush his enemies to prove the Dao.
• The Great Completion Holy Bodies began tempering Ye Fan, using every method they could to test him.
• Big Black Dog reunited with Without Beginning, pleaded for him to remove the Immortal Severing Curse, and learned that the curse could not be removed yet.
• A mysterious man repeatedly blew Duan De apart during his own ordeal, while Duan De recovered each time and eventually stopped resisting.
• After some time, Ye Fan and Duan De met again and recognized the exhaustion in each other.

Ye Fan learned that Duan De and Big Black Dog had both been subjected to tempering, then discussed the value of strengthening his foundation before advancing. At the Imperial Pass, Void Great Emperor and Great Emperor Hengyu revealed their identities as the Yellow Emperor and Flame Emperor and explained that the Prodigies’ planned tempering would mainly benefit Ye Fan.

• Duan De told Ye Fan how he had been taken away and ruthlessly tempered.
• Big Black Dog said Beginningless Great Emperor had refused to remove his Immortal Severing Curse, claiming it could temper him.
• Ye Fan and Big Black Dog agreed that cultivating a strong foundation mattered more than advancing quickly, and Big Black Dog recounted the rivalry between Beginningless Great Emperor and Great Emperor Xu Kun.
• Ye Fan and his companions met Void Great Emperor and Great Emperor Hengyu, who revealed that they were the Yellow Emperor and Flame Emperor.
• Void Great Emperor explained that the sovereigns had arranged trials for the Prodigies, with Ye Fan as the main target of the Bitter Leaf Plan.

Ye Fan and Wang Bo underwent separate trials arranged by powerful emperors, strengthening their foundations and cultivation. After the long tempering ended, the Emperor Pass Trial entered its most brutal stage: battle against creatures of the Foreign Realm.

• Great Emperor Hengyu told Ye Fan that he and his companions were still weak and needed further tempering, and Ye Fan accepted the trials arranged by the Imperial Pass emperors.
• Big Black Dog explained that Void and Heng Yu followed special paths that could benefit their future Dao, while Wang Bo met Great Emperor Xu Kun, also known as Dish Chicken.
• Great Emperor Xu Kun offered to temper Wang Bo with the Immortal Severing Curse, and Wang Bo agreed despite learning it could erase an immortal's Dao Cultivation.
• Dish Chicken planted and activated the curse, and Wang Bo endured its agony while resisting its effects.
• Ye Fan and Wang Bo completed their tempering with stronger cultivation and foundations, as the Emperor Pass Trial began its brutal battles against creatures of the Foreign Realm.

Ye Fan, Wu Dao, Wang Bo, and the other cultivators fought the Foreign Realm on the Emperor Pass Battlefield, where battle merit rewarded those who killed powerful enemies. Ye Fan revealed his self-created Heavenly Emperor Fist and slaughtered the Foreign Realm’s royal clan Prodigies, leaving the watching cultivators stunned by his strength.

• A voice warned the cultivators that the battlefield was deadly, then transported them from Imperial Pass to a desert within the Chaos Void.
• Ye Fan, Wu Dao, Wang Bo, and the Human World Universe’s cultivators charged into battle against the Foreign Realm creatures.
• Foreign Realm Prodigies hunted Ye Fan because of the Holy Body’s ancient feud with their realm, but he killed them with his fists.
• Four royal clan Prodigies surrounded Ye Fan, who unleashed his Heavenly Emperor Fist and broke their formation.
• Ye Fan killed the four royal clan Prodigies, astonishing the cultivators watching the battle.

Ye Fan grew stronger through the Emperor Pass Trial and repeatedly fought Wang Bo and Wu Dao before returning to the Human World Universe to prepare to complete his Holy Body. There, the Green Lotus in his Bitter Sea reacted to Gai Jiuyou’s transformation, revealed itself as the Azure Emperor, and bestowed clear qi upon both men.

• Ye Fan, Duan De, and the Black Emperor endured nine eruptions of the Immortal Severing Curse, tempering their foundations.
• Ye Fan, Wang Bo, and Wu Dao fought repeatedly as their cultivation advanced, and Ye Fan eventually suppressed and defeated Wang Bo.
• Ye Fan and Wu Dao broke old Illusory God Realm records, though the Yang Emperor’s records remained beyond them.
• Ye Fan returned to the Human World Universe, suppressed Zhang BaiRen and Emperor Huang, and continued tempering himself before attempting to complete his Holy Body.
• Ye Fan encountered the transforming Nine Netherworlds Great Emperor, whom the narration identified as Gai Jiuyou, and the Green Lotus in Ye Fan’s Bitter Sea began to resonate.
• The Green Lotus emerged, gave clear qi to Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou, then transformed into a man whom Ye Fan recognized as the Azure Emperor.

The Azure Emperor emerged from Ye Fan’s Bitter Sea and watched as Gai Jiuyou completed his transformation. Gai Jiuyou successfully lived out his Third Life, then recognized Ye Fan’s potential to prove the Dao.

• The Azure Emperor appeared in the Human World Universe, astonishing its inhabitants with his power and presence.
• The beings of the universe recognized Ye Fan and the Nine Netherworlds Great Emperor beside the Azure Emperor.
• Ye Fan greeted the Azure Emperor, who said Gai Jiuyou’s transformation depended on whether he could cross its trial.
• Gai Jiuyou’s body shattered into Blood Mist, then reformed as he successfully completed his transformation and lived out his Third Life.
• Gai Jiuyou thanked the Azure Emperor for his help and told Ye Fan that he had hope of proving the Dao.

Ye Fan underwent a terrifying tribulation near the Cosmic Frontier as he sought to complete his Holy Body. After surviving the immortal lightning and failing to advance into the supreme domain, he faced a heavenly palace in the Thunder Sea and recognized the ruler on its throne as Emperor Lord.

• Ye Fan told Gai Jiuyou that his great tribulation had arrived, while Gai Jiuyou and Azure Emperor withdrew to discuss the Dao.
• Ye Fan endured lightning that destroyed the surrounding stars, using the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron to absorb the thunder as his body and primordial spirit transformed.
• Nine layers of immortal tribulation nearly shattered Ye Fan, and six legendary figures appeared to attack him and break apart his attempted Dao embryo.
• Ye Fan restored himself with Saintly Spirit Wine as the tribulation changed into a heavenly palace and his ring shattered into immortal light.
• Ye Fan saw the figure on the imperial throne and recognized him as Emperor Lord, ruler of the Foreign Realm and Fallen Immortal Domain.

Ye Fan confirmed that the remnant soul in his ring was Emperor Lord, the former Human World Universe immortal who had betrayed it and become a master of the Foreign Realm and Fallen Immortal Domain. During his ultimate transformation tribulation, Ye Fan confronted Emperor Lord’s phantom and fought on despite being pushed to the brink.

• Ye Fan connected Emperor Lord’s identity to the ring’s remnant soul and reconsidered the Immortal Severing Curse and Emperor Huang’s familiar-aura remark.
• Ye Fan entered a heavenly palace formed by his tribulation and fought through its Heavenly Soldiers, Generals, gods, and devils toward Emperor Lord’s throne.
• Emperor Lord’s phantom descended from the throne and attacked Ye Fan as the palace and its gates emerged from the Thunder Tribulation.
• Ye Fan countered Emperor Lord’s Great Cauldron with the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron, and their collision shattered the heavenly palace into thunderbolts.
• Ye Fan fought at a disadvantage, repeatedly rebuilding his shattered body as his aura and combat power grew stronger.
• Ye Fan roared and unleashed a punch embodying his invincible Dao while the outside world trembled at the tribulation’s power.

Ye Fan survived the terrifying tribulation and reached Great Completion as a Holy Body, shocking the universe. After a century of cultivation, he reached Alternative Dao Attainment but remained unable to fully break through, and entered the Illusory God Realm to face the Chaos Mountain Instance Dungeon.

• Ye Fan fought Emperor Lord and the tribulation’s manifestations of Yang Emperor and the Human Emperor, then shattered the fading phantoms.
• Ye Fan’s Holy Body reached Great Completion, and news of his achievement spread throughout the universe as people debated whether he or Wu Dao would become Emperor.
• Ye Fan spent a hundred years consolidating his cultivation and comprehending the Dao.
• Ye Fan reached the level of Alternative Dao Attainment through Ultimate Sublimation but could not fully enter the realm because the Great Dao bound him.
• Ye Fan entered the Illusory God Realm alone to challenge the Chaos Mountain Instance Dungeon for his final tempering.

Ye Fan entered the Chaos Mountain Instance Dungeon and witnessed a timeline of the Dark Turmoil, where the Ruthless Great Emperor was in trouble and the Supremes prepared to unleash devastation. He intervened to confront the Lord of Reincarnation.

• Ye Fan descended into the Illusory God Realm, and a Golden Path appeared as he set out to challenge the Chaos Mountain Instance Dungeon.
• Wu Dao arrived and headed toward Chaos Mountain as the two era-defining Prodigies converged.
• Inside the instance dungeon, Ye Fan found himself in a ruined Human World Universe and recognized that the Path to Immortality had opened over the Big Dipper Starfield.
• Ye Fan saw the Ruthless Great Emperor fighting amid the Dark Turmoil and realized that her unstable condition left her unable to stop the Supremes.
• Ye Fan confronted the Supremes and charged at the Lord of Reincarnation, declaring that he would kill him.

Ye Fan defeated the Lord of Reincarnation and four other Supremes in the Chaos Mountain instance, then endured a demanding spar with the Human Emperor. In Chaos Mountain, he asked Chen Zhao about the Emperor Lord’s identity and motives, but Chen Zhao told him to ask the Emperor Lord himself.

• Ye Fan destroyed the Lord of Reincarnation’s Feathered Cyan Gold Battle Armor and used the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron to suppress and refine him.
• Ye Fan battled the remaining four Supremes, killing the Stone Emperor and quelling the simulated Dark Turmoil.
• After defeating the Supremes, Ye Fan fought the Human Emperor, who used the duel to temper him.
• In Chaos Mountain, Ye Fan asked Chen Zhao about the Emperor Lord’s identity and why he had tempered him.
• Chen Zhao told Ye Fan he could ask the Emperor Lord himself in the future.

Chen Zhao showed Ye Fan the devastation caused by the Great Sacrifice and explained that the Weird Race was the source of darkness. He urged Ye Fan to grow stronger before the calamity arrived, then shared wine and tea with him.

• Ye Fan asked Chen Zhao what darkness was, and Chen Zhao said the Foreign Realm and Fallen Immortal Domain were minor compared with it.
• Chen Zhao used immortal light to show Ye Fan a ruined world and the Great Sacrifice, where the Weird Race destroyed worlds and turned their inhabitants into offerings.
• Chen Zhao explained that the Weird Race could corrupt living beings into Darkness Beings and warned that All Heavens lacked the strength to stop another attack.
• Chen Zhao offered Ye Fan Stone Emperor Wine while preparing Enlightenment Tea for himself, and Wu Dao appeared.

Wu Dao reunited with Chen Zhao and learned that the fight against the Weird Race remained unresolved. Meanwhile, Ye Fan and Wu Dao challenged the Myriad Daos together to become Great Emperors, leaving the Golden Crow on Fire Mulberry Star to realize he had lost his chance to prove the Dao first.

• Wu Dao greeted Chen Zhao, asked about the front lines, and heard that the Weird Race remained calm for now despite the unresolved threat.
• Ye Fan and Wu Dao emerged from Chaos Mountain and began a fierce battle that shook the universe.
• The two reached their peak and triggered a terrifying tribulation as they tried to break through the Myriad Daos and become Great Emperors.
• Phantoms of past powerhouses, including Fu Xi, Nüwa, Emperor Lord, the Yang Emperor, and the Human Emperor, appeared to attack Ye Fan and Wu Dao.
• The Golden Crow on Fire Mulberry Star watched Ye Fan and Wu Dao seize the chance to prove the Dao and accepted that he could not become emperor first.