Chapter Summaries

Chen Zhao gathered Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord’s scattered true spirit fragments on Lingbao Xiantai, and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation’s return heralded the heavenly lord’s revival. Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord awakened and began explaining the ancient corpse calamity that had led to his near extinction.

• Chen Zhao reconstructed Emperor Lord’s Dao patterns on Lingbao Xiantai, causing it to gather Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord’s true spirit fragments from across the universe.
• A thousand years later, the four Immortal Slaughtering Swords and their array diagram appeared, frightening cultivators and drawing the attention of forbidden zone supremes.
• The forbidden zone supremes found Heavenly Soldier Star sealed by Chen Zhao’s chaos Great Dao, while Longevity Heavenly Lord recognized it as Lingbao’s former head and wondered whether he was returning.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord’s true spirit took shape as a young Daoist, and he awoke beside the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.
• Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord greeted one another as fellow Daoists, and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord thanked him for the rescue.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord told Chen Zhao that forbidden zone supremes’ experiments with reincarnation had spread the Reincarnation Seal, causing corpse calamities and the rise of a sentient immortal corpse that sought to devour the human world universe.

Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord told Chen Zhao how dark matter in an immortal corpse nearly corrupted him and explained his connection to Emperor Lord, whom Chen Zhao suspected had also fallen into darkness. The chapter ended with Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord asking whether the Strange World was the destination of the Mars path to immortality.

• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord recounted how he slew a sentient immortal corpse, was eroded by dark matter in its Immortal Dao Source, and burned away the corruption by igniting his Xiantai.
• Chen Zhao explained that the bizarre substance was dark power left from the previous era, and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord understood why the immortal corpse had been so strange.
• Chen Zhao asked about Emperor Lord, and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord identified him as Primordial Heavenly Lord, an old fellow Daoist who had often tested longevity methods on himself.
• Chen Zhao said Emperor Lord was alive in the Strange World and had left formation patterns across the universe to refine the Human World Universe, while Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord suspected he had fallen into darkness.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord asked whether the Strange World was the world reached by the Mars path to immortality.

Chen Zhao spoke with Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord about their eras, the Chaos Body, and the transformation methods used to pursue longevity. After discussing the Dao and receiving the Numinous Treasure Scripture, Chen Zhao left Immortal Essence to help Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord recover and departed.

• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord recognized Chen Zhao as a Chaos Body and suggested that returning to the source could help him forge a path of transformation.
• Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord discussed Daoist Heavenly Lord, Primordial Heavenly Lord, and their different transformations and histories.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord explained that his True Spirit remained weak and agreed to help Chen Zhao fight the Forbidden Zones when they attacked.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord shared his transformation method and taught Chen Zhao the Numinous Treasure Scripture during their discussion of the Dao.
• Chen Zhao left Immortal Essence to aid Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord's recovery, then bade him farewell and departed.

Chen Zhao discovered Undying Mountain concealed in the Chaos and explored its treasures, including the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, a Divine Spring, and Immortal Tears Green Gold. He found no sign of Undying Heavenly Emperor and left the mountain’s future ownership unresolved.

• Chen Zhao searched the Chaos for the Sentient Immortal Corpse remains but found that they were gone and suspected Emperor Lord had taken them.
• Chen Zhao detected a hidden Immortal Land sealed by natural Dao Patterns, broke through its concealment, and entered it.
• Chen Zhao recognized the ancient mountain range as Undying Mountain and found no trace of Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• Chen Zhao reached the mountain’s central region and examined the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, the ancient stele, and the Divine Spring.
• Chen Zhao discovered Immortal Tears Green Gold beneath a small hill and recalled the later Green Gold Saintly Spirit Emperor.

Chen Zhao concealed Undying Mountain as his cultivation ground, then confronted a Forbidden Zone Supreme who tried to recruit him by offering to study his Chaos Body. After Chen Zhao rejected the offer and attacked the Primordial Ancient Mine, its Supremes endured the blow rather than face him, and vowed to settle accounts in his later years.

• Chen Zhao sensed life gestating in the Immortal Tears Green Gold ore vein and prepared to test the Saintly Spirit Method on it.
• Chen Zhao concealed Undying Mountain within Chaos and left for Ziwei Star.
• A Forbidden Zone Supreme intercepted Chen Zhao near Ziwei Star and offered to accept him if he handed over his Chaos Body's origin for study.
• Chen Zhao destroyed the Supreme's incarnation and slashed the Primordial Ancient Mine with the Human Emperor Sword.
• The Primordial Ancient Mine's Supremes blocked the sword strike, leaving the holy land shattered, then vowed to settle their grievances with Chen Zhao in his later years.

In his later years, Chen Zhao restored the Intercepting Heaven Dao’s lost inheritance and studied how to transform into another life. As his vitality declined after thirty-six thousand years as emperor, the reborn Human-Shaped Undying Medicine resonated with his Wheel and Sea Mystery.

• Chen Zhao returned to Ziwei Star and gave Zhang Cheng the Numinous Treasure Scripture, instructing him to pass it on to suitable immortal seedlings.
• Chen Zhao reflected on the paths to becoming an immortal in the mortal world and considered how he might live out a Second Life.
• Chen Zhao observed the Human-Shaped Undying Medicine recovering within his Bitter Sea as its roots and stem changed color and it began to sprout.
• After eight thousand years of meditation and another five thousand years, Chen Zhao entered his later years, with weakened blood and qi and white hair.
• The reborn Human-Shaped Undying Medicine grew into a tiny figure and resonated with Chen Zhao’s Wheel and Sea Mystery.

Chen Zhao comprehended the Human-Shaped Undying Medicine’s Dao rhythm and lived a Second Life, transforming his essence and renewing his strength. As the universe sensed the Human Emperor undergoing Dao Transformation, three Supremes emerged from the Sea of Reincarnation to seize his Chaos Origin.

• The Human-Shaped Undying Medicine completed its nirvana, and Chen Zhao grasped its mysteries of life and death, restoring balance and vitality to his Wheel and Sea.
• Chen Zhao entered a Second Life, felt his essence, qi, and spirit transform, and considered testing his strength against Supremes.
• The Chaos Great Dao shook, spreading news that the Human Emperor was about to undergo Dao Transformation and alarming the Human Race and the Myriad Races.
• Three Ancient Supremes emerged from the Sea of Reincarnation, intending to claim the Human Emperor’s Chaos Origin and investigate the Chaos Body.
• The Sea of Reincarnation Supremes set out for the Ziwei Star Region, and news of their return spread as the universe braced for a Divine War.

Three ancient Supremes attacked Ziwei Star to force out the Human Emperor, but his sword killed one of them in a single strike. As the Human Emperor neared Dao Transformation, more forbidden-zone Supremes emerged, seeking the Chaos Body origin.

• Three Supremes arrived at Ziwei Star and prepared to attack it to draw out the Human Emperor.
• The Human Emperor Sword struck down a Supreme, severing his body and annihilating his Xiantai primordial spirit.
• The remaining Supremes realized the sword had been empowered by Faith Power, while the Chaos Great Dao showed signs that the Human Emperor was near Dao Transformation.
• Emperor Yanluo emerged from the Netherworld and declared his intention to study the Chaos Body origin.
• The Prison Suppressing Emperor joined Emperor Yanluo, and Longevity Heavenly Lord appeared from the Immortal Mausoleum, also seeking the Chaos Body origin.

Chen Zhao revealed that he had entered his Second Life and lured the Forbidden Zone Supremes out with a false sign of Dao Transformation. He crushed the Sea of Reincarnation Supreme’s weapon and killed him before his Ultimate Sublimation could be completed, as Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord arrived to confront the Netherworld Supremes.

• Longevity Heavenly Lord, the Sea of Reincarnation Supreme, and other Supremes challenged Chen Zhao, who appeared from Ziwei Star in vigorous health and led them to the Mythological Battlefield.
• The Sea of Reincarnation Supreme attacked Chen Zhao with the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Spear, but Chen Zhao shattered it with one punch.
• The Sea of Reincarnation Supreme began Ultimate Sublimation, and Chen Zhao killed him by smashing through his skull and shattering his Xiantai.
• Longevity Heavenly Lord and three other Supremes tried to stop Chen Zhao, but he broke their combined attacks with a punch.
• Emperor Yanluo urged the remaining Supremes to undergo Ultimate Sublimation, while Chen Zhao watched the two Netherworld Supremes and anticipated Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord’s arrival.
• A voice filled with killing intent rang beside the Netherworld Supremes, making them tremble as they recognized it.

The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord returned and formed the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation on the Mythological Battlefield, trapping the Netherworld and other Supremes alongside the Human Emperor. Longevity Heavenly Lord called on the Divine Ruins for aid, and five Supreme Deities charged into battle carrying a true Immortal Artifact.

• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord appeared and sent the Immortal Slaughtering Four Swords and Array Diagram to form the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.
• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord entered the Mythological Battlefield and personally presided over the formation, terrifying the gathered Supremes.
• The Supremes realized that the Human Emperor was in his flawless prime and that he and the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord threatened to defeat them.
• Longevity Heavenly Lord urged the Divine Ruins to intervene, saying their aid offered the only chance to escape defeat.
• Five Supreme Deities emerged from the Divine Ruins with an Ancient Pagoda and charged toward the Mythological Battlefield.

Chen Zhao fought the five Supremes of Divine Ruins, who wielded the Desolate Tower, while the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord held the Netherworld Supremes in the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation. After Chen Zhao battered the Divine Ruins Supremes despite their Immortal Artifact, the Lord of Divine Ruins began Ultimate Sublimation.

• The five Supremes of Divine Ruins revealed the Desolate Tower, and Chen Zhao entrusted the Netherworld Supremes to the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord.
• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord activated the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation to suppress the four Netherworld Supremes.
• Chen Zhao attacked the Divine Ruins Supremes with his Chaos Great Dao, and his first punch collided with the Desolate Tower.
• Chen Zhao struck again and sent the Divine Ruins Supremes and the Desolate Tower hurtling toward the Cosmic Frontier, leaving the Supremes wounded and the artifact dimmed.
• The Lord of Divine Ruins began repairing the marks of his Self-Severance and chose Ultimate Sublimation.

Chen Zhao fought the Lord of Divine Ruins and the other Divine Ruins Supremes after the Lord underwent Ultimate Sublimation. Chen Zhao killed the Lord of Divine Ruins with his Dao bodies, leaving the watching Forbidden Zone Supremes stunned by his power.

• The Lord of Divine Ruins underwent Ultimate Sublimation and challenged Chen Zhao to a final battle as the other Divine Ruins Supremes prepared to follow.
• Chen Zhao overwhelmed the Lord and four allied Supremes, forcing the Lord to pour his Emperor Dao Essence Blood into the Desolate Tower to buy them time.
• Chen Zhao used the Number Secret to create three powerful Dao bodies, then sent them to attack the Lord while he fought the other Supremes.
• The three Dao bodies merged and killed the Lord of Divine Ruins, destroying his body and primordial spirit.
• The watching Forbidden Zone Supremes were shocked by Chen Zhao's victory over a sublimated Heavenly Lord wielding the Desolate Tower.

Chen Zhao defeated the remaining Forbidden Zone Supremes at the Cosmic Frontier, then headed to the Mythological Battlefield as the battle there shifted. Longevity Heavenly Lord escaped Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord’s sword formation, only to be confronted by Emperor Lord’s Green Cauldron and the Survivors of Heavenly Court.

• Chen Zhao killed the Lord of Divine Ruins and took the Desolate Tower, then blasted Beast God and the other Supreme to death before challenging the Life Forbidden Zones.
• After the Life Forbidden Zones fell silent, Chen Zhao headed for the Mythological Battlefield, where Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord’s Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation had destroyed the Sea of Reincarnation’s last Supreme.
• Source God and Source Ghost arrived with the Heavenly Nether Treasure, while Longevity Heavenly Lord and Prison Suppressing Emperor achieved Ultimate Sublimation to fight the sword formation.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord loosened one corner of the formation, allowing Longevity Heavenly Lord to escape.
• The Survivors of Heavenly Court appeared with Emperor Lord’s Green Cauldron and attacked Longevity Heavenly Lord to settle their old karmic debts.

Chuan Ying emerged to settle old karmic debts with Longevity Heavenly Lord and attacked him with the Green Cauldron as Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord’s Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation closed in. Chen Zhao arrived at the Mythological Battlefield, killed Source Ghost with a single punch, and turned toward Source God, who tried to defend himself with the Heavenly Nether Treasure.

• Chuan Ying confronted Longevity Heavenly Lord, who countered with the Longevity Sword.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord’s Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation attacked Longevity Heavenly Lord from behind, trapping him between it and Chuan Ying.
• Chuan Ying’s fully revived Green Cauldron overwhelmed the Longevity Sword and knocked it into the Star River.
• Chen Zhao arrived at the Mythological Battlefield and sealed the space, preventing Source God and Source Ghost from escaping with the Heavenly Nether Treasure.
• Chen Zhao struck Source Ghost, whose body collapsed into Chaos Qi under the force of the Chaos Great Dao.
• Source God urged the Heavenly Nether Treasure to block Chen Zhao as the Human Emperor turned on him.

Chen Zhao destroyed the Heavenly Nether Treasure and killed Source God while the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation wore down Prison Suppressing Emperor and Longevity Heavenly Lord. After Longevity Heavenly Lord fell, Chen Zhao headed toward the Divine Ruins.

• Chen Zhao shattered the Heavenly Nether Treasure with repeated punches, then blasted Source God apart.
• Prison Suppressing Emperor died inside the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation after reflecting on his pursuit of immortality.
• Chen Zhao discovered that Emperor Lord's blood had revived the Green Cauldron and empowered it against Longevity Heavenly Lord.
• Longevity Heavenly Lord died when the Green Cauldron struck him, while Chuan Ying watched.
• Chen Zhao headed toward the Big Dipper with the Divine Ruins as his target.

Chen Zhao entered Divine Ruins and killed its last Supreme, destroying the forbidden zone and taking its Peach Ancient Tree. After receiving the Black Tortoise Undying Elixir from the Immortal Mausoleum, he left with the fallen Supreme’s corpse, while the other Forbidden Zone Supremes hoped time would eventually weaken him.

• Chen Zhao arrived at Divine Ruins, where its final Supreme emerged through Ultimate Sublimation and called on the other forbidden zones to intervene.
• The Human Emperor Sword fully revived above the Big Dipper, and Chen Zhao warned the Supremes that he would only destroy Divine Ruins.
• Chen Zhao killed Divine Ruins’s last Supreme, uprooted the forbidden zone, and moved it toward the Ziwei Star Region.
• Chen Zhao collected the Peach Ancient Tree into his Bitter Sea, where his gathered Undying Medicines were gradually driving the evolution of his Wheel and Sea Mystery.
• The ancient voice in the Immortal Mausoleum offered Chen Zhao the Black Tortoise Undying Elixir, which he collected before leaving with the Divine Ruins Supreme’s corpse.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes feared Chen Zhao but hoped that time would eventually wear him down.

Chen Zhao gathered the Immortal Fire and used it to refine the remains of more than a dozen Supremes into the Human Emperor Banner, a living artifact with terrifying power and room to grow. After completing it, he challenged the Forbidden Zone Supremes, but none dared to emerge.

• Chen Zhao retrieved the Immortal Fire and used it to temper the Human Emperor Sword with Immortal Gold essence, pushing the sword toward becoming an Immortal Artifact.
• Chen Zhao gathered the remains of slain Supremes and spent several years forging them with the Immortal Fire into a banner inscribed with the Chaos Great Dao.
• Chen Zhao drew on living beings’ hatred of the Supremes, turning the banner black and filling it with Grievance Fiend Qi and the lingering wills of the dead Supremes.
• Chen Zhao swung the completed Human Emperor Banner and challenged the Forbidden Zone Supremes to enter it, but none dared to answer.

Chen Zhao absorbed the Sea of Reincarnation into the Human Emperor Banner, then used a fragment of the Heavenly Nether Treasure to locate and enter the Netherworld. After the banner swept up Nether Soldiers, he pursued a fleeing black-furred monster in the depths of the Netherworld.

• Chen Zhao used the Human Emperor Banner to devour the Sea of Reincarnation, strengthening the banner.
• The Bronze Gate sent blue light into the Human Emperor Banner and Human Emperor Sword, causing both artifacts to evolve.
• Chen Zhao used a fragment of the Heavenly Nether Treasure to find the Netherworld at the Cosmic Frontier.
• Chen Zhao entered the vast Netherworld, and the Human Emperor Banner swept Nether Soldiers into itself.
• A black-furred monster tried to flee, and Chen Zhao sent the Human Emperor Sword after it.

Chen Zhao pacified the Divine Ruins, Sea of Reincarnation, and Netherworld, then discovered the Corpse Emperor in an ancient coffin and studied his Reincarnation Seal for a possible transformation method. As the Divine War ended, the Imperial Clans retreated into submission while Chen Zhao continued his observations.

• Chen Zhao killed the last Source Demon in the Netherworld and gathered its body into the Human Emperor Banner, leaving no Supremes in the Netherworld.
• Chen Zhao entered the Netherworld’s Ancient Hall and found the Corpse Emperor lying in a coffin beside fragments of a shattered Divine Bow.
• Chen Zhao recognized the Corpse Emperor’s Reincarnation Seal and considered the Nether Soil’s connection to the Grave Keepers and Duan De’s reincarnation method.
• Chen Zhao decided that forming Reincarnation Seals did not suit him, but studied the Corpse Emperor’s transformation and found a possible method that turned the extreme of death into life.
• The races and Imperial Clans withdrew into caution after the Divine War ended, while Chen Zhao continued observing the Corpse Emperor.

Several thousand years after the Divine War, Chen Zhao reflected on his Second Life and the transformation method he had glimpsed in the Corpse Emperor. The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord joined him in the Netherworld, where they discussed Reincarnation Seals, longevity methods, and ancient accounts of immortals.

• Chen Zhao assessed the vitality and lifespan of his Second Life, estimating that it could last forty or fifty thousand years.
• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord arrived at the Nether Soil and recalled its history and the Corpse Calamity.
• Chen Zhao showed the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord the Corpse Emperor, and they recognized that its death-born vitality could inspire a Transformation Method.
• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord explained why Reincarnation Seals had failed for nearly everyone and why transformation methods were perilous.
• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord recounted that ancient Supremes had witnessed the Heavenly Court Master break through the Path to Immortality and enter the Immortal Domain.