Chapter Summaries

Chen Zhao discussed his transformation with Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and met Chuan Ying, who clarified the truth behind the ambush on Emperor Lord and described Emperor Lord’s strange behavior in his late years. Chuan Ying suggested Emperor Lord may have foreseen the Heavenly Court’s failed ascension when he sealed Chuan Ying away.

• Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord discussed the insights Chen Zhao gained from observing the Ancient Corpse and an Undying Medicine’s transformation.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord told Chen Zhao that Chuan Ying wanted to meet him, and Chen Zhao agreed, hoping to learn about Emperor Lord’s late years.
• Chuan Ying entered the Nether Soil, saw the Human Emperor Banner, and met Chen Zhao in the Netherworld’s great hall.
• Chuan Ying asked whether Nether Lord had fallen to Chen Zhao, and Chen Zhao explained that Prison Suppressing Emperor had impersonated Nether Lord and ambushed Emperor Lord.
• Chuan Ying warned Chen Zhao that the Undying Heavenly Emperor remained alive, then said Emperor Lord had become violent and bloodthirsty in his late years and often used the Becoming Immortal Cauldron to suppress himself.
• Chuan Ying recalled that Emperor Lord had sealed him away before the Heavenly Court’s Ascension of the Entire Sect, and suggested Emperor Lord may have foreseen what would happen.

Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord concluded that Emperor Lord had suffered Darkness Erosion and learned that Emperor Lord was still alive in the Strange World. Chuan Ying remained bound by his obsession with the Undying Heavenly Emperor, despite Chen Zhao offering him a chance to Prove the Dao.

• Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord reasoned that Emperor Lord's late-life behavior and secret actions suggested he had been eroded by darkness but had resisted complete corruption.
• Chen Zhao told Chuan Ying and the Forbidden Zone Supremes that Emperor Lord was alive and in poor condition, leaving Chuan Ying shaken.
• Chuan Ying recalled the strange black mist on Heavenly Soldier Star, which Emperor Lord had ordered the Heavenly Court's soldiers to clear, and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord recognized it as residue from his own struggle against darkness.
• Chen Zhao explained that Emperor Lord had likely suppressed the erosion and reached a temporary balance while residing in the Strange World between the human world and the Immortal Domain.
• Chen Zhao offered to lift his Great Dao Suppression later so Chuan Ying could merge with Heavenly Heart and Prove the Dao, but Chuan Ying refused because his obsession with the Undying Heavenly Emperor remained.

Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord observed Daoist Heavenly Lord’s transformation in the Path to Immortality Land, where Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord discovered Cao Yusheng’s name and offered to protect Chen Zhao if he transformed there. Daoist Heavenly Lord’s vitality then surged across the universe, drawing the attention of the Supremes, while the Human Emperor Banner concealed the Ancient Star’s secrets.

• Chuan Ying left after Chen Zhao chose to postpone dealing with Emperor Lord and focus on further transformations in the Human World.
• Chen Zhao sensed that Daoist Heavenly Lord’s transformation was nearing completion and invited Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord to witness it.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord examined the Path to Immortality Land, discovered Cao Yusheng’s name in a formation, and recognized him as the ancient Tribulation Transcendence Heavenly Lord.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord suggested that Chen Zhao transform in the Path to Immortality Land and offered to protect his Dao.
• Daoist Heavenly Lord’s heartbeat and vital blood spread through the universe, startling the Supremes as the Human Emperor Banner hid the Ancient Star’s secrets.

Daoist Heavenly Lord revived through a transformation aided by Chen Zhao, then joined Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord for tea and a discussion of the Dao. After the other two left to investigate a Sentient Ancient Corpse in the Netherworld, Chen Zhao examined the aloof Desolate Tower.

• The Supremes of the Life Forbidden Zones failed to uncover what had happened in the Path to Immortality Land because the Human Emperor Banner concealed the Heavenly Secrets.
• Chen Zhao aided Daoist Heavenly Lord as he reshaped his body and returned to life, and Daoist Heavenly Lord thanked him for his assistance.
• Chen Zhao invited Daoist Heavenly Lord and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord to drink Enlightenment Tea and discuss longevity, the Great Dao, and Emperor Lord.
• Daoist Heavenly Lord recalled Emperor Lord's exceptional talent and said he had never noticed anything abnormal about him.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Daoist Heavenly Lord left together to study a Sentient Ancient Corpse in the Netherworld.
• Chen Zhao drank Enlightenment Tea and examined the Desolate Tower, which remained silent and aloof.

Chen Zhao developed a method for his Third Life by combining the Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s transformation method with the Nirvana of Undying Medicines, then spent tens of thousands of years refining the idea. When an Emperor Tribulation erupted and the universe assumed he had undergone Dao Transformation, Chen Zhao was revealed to be alive, concealing his Great Dao within his artifacts.

• Chen Zhao planted the Peach of Immortality Undying Elixir inside the Desolate Tower and considered using Undying Medicines to guide his Third Life.
• After observing the Chaos Green Lotus Seed, Chen Zhao conceived a method to become a divine seed, shed decay, and be reborn.
• Thirty thousand years passed as the Human Race flourished and Chen Zhao remained unseen.
• More than forty thousand years into Chen Zhao’s Second Life, an Emperor Tribulation erupted, prompting the universe to believe his Great Dao had dispersed.
• Supremes in the Life Forbidden Zones suspected Chen Zhao might be using the tribulation as a trap and chose not to intervene.
• Chen Zhao sat meditating in Undying Mountain, alive and vigorous, while the Human Emperor Banner and Human Emperor Sword sealed his Great Dao within his body.

Chen Zhao restrained his Dao as Xuan Geng overcame his Emperor Tribulation and became the Reincarnation Emperor. Five thousand years later, the Reincarnation Emperor went to Ziwei Star, claiming he would take custody of the Human Emperor's artifacts.

• Chen Zhao used the Human Emperor Banner, Human Emperor Sword, and Nine Cauldrons to restrain his Dao while continuing to perfect the Transformation Method.
• Xuan Geng used his sacrificial Curse Method to survive the Emperor Tribulation and became the Reincarnation Emperor.
• The universe learned that the Human Emperor had passed away, and the Reincarnation Emperor established the Reincarnation Divine Sect and spread fear with his lineage's curses and sacrificial arts.
• Five thousand years after proving the Dao, the Reincarnation Emperor went to Ziwei Star and announced that he would safeguard the Human Emperor's banner and sword.

Chen Zhao defeated the Reincarnation Emperor and left the Human Emperor Banner suppressing the Big Dipper, while the universe learned that he remained alive and at his peak. Two thousand years later, the Reincarnation Emperor died from his Dao injuries, and Chen Zhao prepared to undergo transformation in Chaos Mountain with powerful allies protecting him.

• The Human Emperor returned from Ziwei Star and shattered the Reincarnation Emperor’s tablet and body with a single sword strike before sending him flying to the Primordial Ancient Mine.
• Chen Zhao planted the Human Emperor Banner at the Primordial Ancient Mine, suppressing the Big Dipper and awakening the Supremes of the Life Forbidden Zones.
• The Reincarnation Emperor retreated into the Big Dipper, where he underwent Dao Transformation two thousand years later; the Human Emperor Banner then vanished.
• Chen Zhao established Chaos Mountain on Ziwei Star and moved the Human Emperor Temple beside the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree.
• Chen Zhao sensed his vitality declining and chose to undergo transformation, while Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, Daode, Taiyin, and Taiyang offered to protect his Dao.

The Human Emperor Banner captured the Reincarnation Emperor as he tried to enter a forbidden zone, then returned to Chen Zhao with the emperor’s imprint. Chen Zhao and the others discussed how to free the Yin Human Emperor and his companion from their faith-bound state and prepared for Chen Zhao’s transformation to live out a Third Life.

• The Human Emperor Banner revived when the Reincarnation Emperor underwent Self-Severance, suppressed him, absorbed him into the banner, and left Big Dipper.
• Chen Zhao caught the returning Human Emperor Banner on Ziwei Star and found the Reincarnation Emperor’s imprint upon it.
• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord explained that the Two Human Emperors’ reliance on Faith Power left them vulnerable to Sentient Thoughts and unable to manifest freely.
• The Daoist Heavenly Lord proposed reversing the Saintly Spirit Transformation Method so the Two Human Emperors could preserve their True Spirits, become Stone Embryos, and emerge anew.
• Chen Zhao planned to nurture the Two Human Emperors in the Kunlun Path to Immortality Land and have the others guard him during his own transformation.
• The Daoist Heavenly Lord said their research had confirmed the Seed Transformation Evolution Method was viable and promised that they would protect Chen Zhao’s Dao.

After reaching the end of his Second Life, Chen Zhao underwent a perilous transformation beneath Chaos Mountain and was reborn from a dormant seed of life. His return shook the universe and left the Forbidden Zone Supremes debating whether he could truly keep transforming and living on.

• At the end of his fifty-two-thousand-year life, Chen Zhao condensed his cultivation and primordial spirit into a seed of life, then fell into deathly stillness.
• Over thousands of years, Immortal Fire burned Chen Zhao's body, leaving it buried beneath a charred grave mound as his transformation seemed to fail.
• Spring breezes passed over the mound, and vitality gradually grew within Chen Zhao's body until the seed of life broke free and restored his Secret Realms.
• Chen Zhao awakened with surging blood and qi, revealing to the universe that the Human Emperor had returned and lived another life.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes questioned how Chen Zhao could keep transforming, but some insisted that he would eventually die and that the Path to Immortality remained the only way.

After completing his Third Life, Chen Zhao met with Daoist Heavenly Lord, who began his own transformation beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree. Chen Zhao later visited Nether Soil to observe Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord’s dangerous attempt to enter his Fifth Life.

• Chen Zhao emerged from a transformation that had lasted ten thousand years and found his life force greatly renewed.
• Daoist Heavenly Lord arrived at Chaos Mountain, discussed the transformation with Chen Zhao, and began his Fifth Life beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree.
• Chuan Ying visited the Human Emperor Temple and told Chen Zhao he intended to prove the Dao to settle his debts with the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• The Human Race introduced the Human Emperor Calendar, which the other races adopted, and Chen Zhao traveled across the universe.
• Chen Zhao entered Nether Soil and found Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord cultivating faint vitality inside a coffin beside the Corpse Emperor’s former body.

As Chuan Ying underwent a Dao Proving Tribulation at the Cosmic Frontier, three Forbidden Zone Supremes attacked him to prevent him from becoming emperor. The Green Cauldron helped him hold them off, and two powerful figures identified as Taiyin and Taiyang emerged from the Ziwei Star Region to join the battle.

• After the Great Dao Suppression faded, Chuan Ying began his Dao Proving Tribulation at the Cosmic Frontier.
• Three Forbidden Zone Supremes attacked Chuan Ying with their weapons while he fought back with his Stone Staff and the Green Cauldron.
• Chuan Ying used the Green Cauldron to withstand the attacks, including a strike from an imitation of the Undying Saber.
• Chuan Ying declared that the causes of the past would bear fruit that day, and a voice lamented that an enemy had not come in person.
• Taiyin and Taiyang emerged from the Ziwei Star Region and charged toward the Cosmic Frontier, shocking the Forbidden Zone Supremes.

The Yin and Sun Human Emperors returned as faith incarnations to expose the Undying Taoist, while Chen Zhao appeared in his true body and cut off the Cosmic Frontier. As Chuan Ying continued his tribulation, Immortal Matriarch emerged to confront Chen Zhao.

• The Yin and Sun Human Emperors summoned their seals and pagoda, sealed the Chaos, and revealed the Undying Taoist.
• Chuan Ying vowed to kill the Undying Heavenly Emperor and his Faith Incarnation, then resumed his tribulation at Chen Zhao's urging.
• Chen Zhao descended in his true body, severed the Cosmic Frontier from the outside world, and used the Human Emperor Banner to suppress the Supremes.
• Immortal Matriarch emerged from the Void and challenged Chen Zhao.

Chen Zhao defeated the Immortal Mausoleum’s three Supremes, destroyed their weapons, and took the immortal bones and Bronze Immortal Hall. He then turned toward the battle where the Yin Human Emperor and his ally were close to killing the Undying Taoist.

• Black Tortoise Ancient Lord, the Immortal Matriarch, and Void confronted Chen Zhao with the Bronze Immortal Hall and immortal bones.
• Black Tortoise Ancient Lord fused with the immortal bones, but Chen Zhao battered the Bronze Immortal Hall and shattered the Supremes’ Ancient Emperor Weapons.
• Chen Zhao killed Void with the Human Emperor Banner, and the Immortal Matriarch and Black Tortoise Ancient Lord underwent Ultimate Sublimation.
• Chen Zhao overcame the Immortal Matriarch’s Dao Transformation strike, killed her, and shattered the Jade Ruyi.
• Chen Zhao killed Black Tortoise Ancient Lord, collected his remains and the immortal bones, and suppressed the Bronze Immortal Hall.
• Chen Zhao looked toward the other battlefield, where the Yin Human Emperor and his ally were close to killing the Undying Taoist.

Chuan Ying Proved the Dao and became Emperor, then fought Undying Taoist while Chen Zhao moved to pacify the Immortal Mausoleum. Chen Zhao uprooted the Immortal Mausoleum for the Ziwei Star Region and suppressed Ancient Emperor Mountain, while the Primordial Ancient Mine disappeared into hiding.

• Chuan Ying became Emperor, absorbed the surrounding starfields, and charged at Undying Taoist.
• Chen Zhao entered the Big Dipper and found the Immortal Mausoleum empty after Longevity Heavenly Lord, Immortal Matriarch, and the others had died.
• The Primordial Ancient Mine vanished as its Emperors retreated from the world, and Chen Zhao uprooted the Immortal Mausoleum and sent it toward the Ziwei Star Region.
• Chuan Ying and the three Yin Human Emperors blasted Undying Taoist's faith body apart, and Chuan Ying vowed to kill him one day.
• Chen Zhao sealed Ancient Emperor Mountain and took the Divine Phoenix Undying Medicine, leaving the Big Dipper without its two great holy lands.

Chen Zhao discovered that the Daoist Heavenly Lord was merging his consciousness and life seed with the Bodhi Seed to undergo transformation, and he strengthened it with Immortal Essence. After Chuan Ying became the Battle Emperor, he and the two Human Emperors discussed their future plans, then Chen Zhao brought the Human Emperors to Kunlun Path to Immortality Land to begin transforming into Holy Spirits.

• Chen Zhao found the Daoist Heavenly Lord's dormant consciousness and life seed within a Bodhi Seed and infused it with Immortal Essence.
• Chuan Ying returned after proving the Dao and thanked Chen Zhao for protecting his tribulation.
• Chen Zhao explained that the Green Cauldron had awakened to protect Chuan Ying, while the Undying Heavenly Emperor had sent only a faith body and remained in Nirvana.
• Yin Human Emperor and Sun Saint Emperor said that destroying the Undying Heavenly Emperor's faith body had eased some of their old regrets, though they still intended to wait for him.
• Chuan Ying left to comprehend the Heart of Heaven and sort through his Dao Fruit.
• Chen Zhao took Yin Human Emperor and Sun Saint Emperor to Kunlun Path to Immortality Land, where they began preparing to transform into Holy Spirits.

Chen Zhao watched the Yin Human Emperor and another figure transform into Stone Embryo Saintly Spirits, then returned to Chaos Mountain to observe the Daoist Heavenly Lord’s unusual Nirvana. Fourteen thousand years after Chuan Ying proved the Dao, the Battle Emperor entered a Second Life, and Chen Zhao sensed that Chuan Ying had reached his later years.

• Chen Zhao observed the Yin Human Emperor and another figure continuing their transformation into Stone Embryos within the Kunlun Path to Immortality Land.
• After a thousand years, Chen Zhao returned to Chaos Mountain and found a Bodhi Tree shoot growing from the Daoist Heavenly Lord’s navel, carrying the Heavenly Lord’s awareness.
• Chen Zhao stayed beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree to observe the transformation and contemplate his own Transformation Method.
• Fourteen thousand years after Chuan Ying proved the Dao, the Heavenly Heart Imprint trembled and the Battle Emperor entered a Second Life using the Divine Phoenix Undying Medicine.
• Chen Zhao sensed the change from Chaos Mountain and wondered whether Chuan Ying had reached his later years.

Chen Zhao witnessed the Daoist Heavenly Lord complete his Fifth Life through the Bodhi Tree, while Chuan Ying reached the end of his Second Life without finding a path to a Third. As Chuan Ying searched for the Undying Heavenly Emperor, the Undying Heavenly Blade attacked him, revealing that its ancient master might still be alive.

• Chen Zhao kept the Undying Medicine as a last resort and watched the Bodhi Tree as the Daoist Heavenly Lord’s transformation neared completion.
• The Daoist Heavenly Lord emerged from a Bodhi Fruit and explained to Chen Zhao that he had merged his seed of life with a Bodhi Seed, nearly losing his consciousness in the process.
• Chen Zhao told the Daoist Heavenly Lord that Numinous Treasure remained near death in the Nether Soil, with only a sliver of life force left.
• Chuan Ying reached the end of his Second Life without finding a way to live a Third, and chose Dao Transformation over surviving through Self-Severance.
• As Chuan Ying searched the universe for the Undying Heavenly Emperor, the Undying Heavenly Blade tore through the Void and struck at him.

The Undying Heavenly Emperor attacked Chuan Ying through the Flying Immortal Waterfall, but the Human Emperor intervened from Ziwei Star and defeated him, leaving behind an Immortal Phoenix Wing. The Undying Heavenly Emperor escaped, while Chuan Ying and the Forbidden Zone Supremes recognized the Human Emperor’s overwhelming strength.

• The Undying Heavenly Emperor sent the Five-Colored Heavenly Blade through the Flying Immortal Waterfall to attack Chuan Ying, who fought back with his Stone Staff.
• The Human Emperor sent a Sword Light from Ziwei Star, clashing with the Undying Heavenly Blade across time and space.
• The nine Great Cauldrons stabilized the Universe as the Human Emperor’s Chaos Light overwhelmed the five-colored radiance and the Flying Immortal Waterfall vanished.
• A severed Immortal Phoenix Wing appeared in the starry sky, revealing that the Undying Heavenly Emperor had lost a wing and fled.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes decided to keep hiding, while Chuan Ying thanked the Human Emperor and reflected on the vast gap between their strength.

Chen Zhao kept the Immortal Phoenix Wing he had taken from the Undying Heavenly Emperor and discussed studying its bloodline to develop a Nirvana art. Chuan Ying visited Chaos Mountain to seek a Saintly Spirit transformation, while the Battle Emperor underwent Dao Transformation and departed.

• Chen Zhao examined the Immortal Phoenix Wing and told Daode Heavenly Lord that the Undying Heavenly Emperor had tested his condition through the Flying Immortal Waterfall.
• Chen Zhao and Daode Heavenly Lord discussed studying the Immortal Phoenix bloodline to create a Nirvana art that could help them live another life.
• Chuan Ying arrived at Chaos Mountain, met Daode Heavenly Lord, and thanked Chen Zhao for saving him.
• Chuan Ying told Chen Zhao that he intended to pursue the Saintly Spirit Transformation Method to close the gap between himself and the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• Chuan Ying left for the Kunlun Path to Immortality Land, and the Battle Emperor underwent Dao Transformation and departed.

After Yuan Huang's death, two Saintly Spirits attacked his lineage and pursued them to Ziwei Star, hoping to test whether the Human Emperor still lived. The Human Emperor revealed that he was alive and at his peak, destroyed both attackers, and stepped into the universe as its people worshipped him.

• Yuan defeated his greatest rival on Qixia Plain, later proved the Dao as Yuan Huang, and established the Primal Lake lineage.
• After reigning for fifteen thousand years, Yuan Huang underwent Dao Transformation, leaving his three sons to defend his Ancient Emperor Weapon against two Saintly Spirits.
• The Saintly Spirits drove the battle toward Ziwei Star to replenish their vital blood and test whether the Human Emperor was still alive, while Yuan Huang's sons halted at their father's warning.
• As the Saintly Spirits tried to leave Ziwei Star, the Human Emperor sealed them in place and shattered them with one palm.
• The Human Emperor emerged from Ziwei Star at the peak of his power, and the Myriad Races knelt and hailed him.