Chapter Summaries

Chen Zhao revealed himself as the Human Emperor and destroyed the Saintly Spirit Ancestral Land with the Human Emperor Banner. After noticing a hidden Forbidden Zone Supreme, he headed toward Nether Soil.

• Faith Power converged on Chen Zhao as he appeared before Yuan Huang's three sons and examined the Yuan Huang Gourd.
• Chen Zhao recognized the gourd as an artifact forged from an Undying Medicine and called out the Forbidden Zone Supremes for testing him.
• Chen Zhao sent the Human Emperor Banner into Chaos, exposing the Saintly Spirit Ancestral Land hidden there.
• The Saintly Spirit Ancient Lord chose Ultimate Sublimation, but Chen Zhao's Human Emperor Banner destroyed the ancestral land and gained several new imprints.
• Chen Zhao sensed a hidden aura in Chaos, recalled the banner, and set off toward Nether Soil.

Chen Zhao proposed diverting future Dao Provers to the Strange World through an ascension route so that forbidden zones would no longer form in the Human World Universe. He and Daoist Heavenly Lord agreed the plan needed careful consideration, while Chen Zhao observed the transformations of the ancient beings in Nether Soil and prepared a Nirvana method for his Fourth Life.

• Chen Zhao arrived at Nether Soil and discussed with Daoist Heavenly Lord how the growing number of Supremes was worsening the decline of heaven and earth.
• Chen Zhao proposed channeling Dao Provers who might otherwise form forbidden zones into the Strange World, and Daoist Heavenly Lord agreed that an ascension route could solve the problem.
• Daoist Heavenly Lord warned that establishing a passage to the Strange World required careful planning, and Chen Zhao agreed not to rush it.
• Chen Zhao observed that the Supreme Ancient Corpse's life force was nearing balance and that Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord's life force was slowly growing within his coffin.
• Chen Zhao said his study of the Immortal Phoenix bloodline had helped him devise a Nirvana method that he planned to use for his Fourth Life.

Chen Zhao and Daoist Heavenly Lord discussed sending emperors to the Strange World for a chance at longevity, while Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord completed his dangerous transformation and awakened as himself. With Chen Zhao’s Third Life nearing its end, Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord offered to protect him during his next transformation.

• Daoist Heavenly Lord shared his research on the Immortal Phoenix Bloodline with Chen Zhao, and they spent ten thousand years studying the Immortal Phoenix Nirvana Method in Nether Soil.
• The Radiant Emperor rose to power, became emperor, and later died after losing a battle with the Human Emperor, whom he praised as nearing Human World Transformation into Immortals.
• Chen Zhao revealed that the Radiant Emperor had gone to the Strange World, and he and Daoist Heavenly Lord discussed creating an Ascension Passage for emperors seeking longevity there.
• Chen Zhao and Daoist Heavenly Lord traveled to Nether Soil and watched Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord awaken from his transformation with his own True Spirit intact.
• Chen Zhao said his Third Life was nearing its end, and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord offered to protect him through his next transformation.

Chen Zhao, Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, and Daoist Heavenly Lord discussed creating an Ascension Passage to the Strange World using the Nine Cauldrons and their accumulated Faith Power. After Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord set out to improve the formation, Chen Zhao began studying the Nirvana mysteries of Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold and immortal phoenix essence blood.

• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord described how his transformation had nearly left his True Spirit in eternal silence, and Chen Zhao discussed pursuing immortality in the Human World.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord proposed adapting Chen Zhao's Nine Cauldrons Formation into an Ascension Array that could open a route to the nearby Strange World.
• Chen Zhao and Daoist Heavenly Lord agreed that the Nine Cauldrons' accumulated Faith Power could fuel the Ascension Array, and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord agreed to improve it.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord went to arrange the Ascension Passage while Daoist Heavenly Lord stayed in Chaos Mountain to study a transformation method for his next life.
• Chen Zhao meditated on the Enlightenment Platform and studied the Nirvana mysteries in Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold and immortal phoenix essence blood.

Chen Zhao underwent a dangerous phoenix Nirvana, emerged with a renewed body, and learned that the Spirit Emperor had come to the Ziwei Star Region to settle old karma with the Human Emperor. The Spirit Emperor challenged the Human Emperor, then launched his Spirit Blade toward the Ziwei Star Region when no one answered.

• Chen Zhao burned in Dao Fire for ten thousand years until crimson radiance rebuilt his body and he completed his Fourth Life.
• Chen Zhao realized that phoenix Nirvana could fail and reflected that the Undying Heavenly Emperor had chosen a safer method of transformation.
• A Saintly Spirit defeated the Myriad Races' prodigies, attained the Dao as the Spirit Emperor, and lived out a Second Life fifteen thousand years later.
• The Spirit Emperor arrived at the Ziwei Star Region and accused the Human Emperor of destroying his Divine Ruins and Saintly Spirit Ancestral Land.
• The Spirit Emperor challenged the Human Emperor, then sent his Spirit Blade toward the Ziwei Star Region when no one answered.

Chen Zhao suppressed the Spirit Emperor, who was sealed in the Ziwei Cauldron to brew Saintly Spirit Wine. The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord then revealed that Duan De, the Nether Lord, was awakening, and the group found his hidden burial site in the Big Dipper Starfield.

• The Human Emperor Banner pierced and sealed the Spirit Emperor, and the Ziwei Cauldron took him away; a thousand years later, his aura of Dao Transformation marked his fall.
• Chen Zhao and the Daoist Heavenly Lord discussed brewing Saintly Spirit Wine from the Spirit Emperor and the threat posed by the Forbidden Zone Supremes.
• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord revealed that he had found the Nether Lord’s whereabouts and said the source of the Corpse Calamity was showing signs of awakening.
• Chen Zhao and the two Heavenly Lords traveled to the Big Dipper Starfield and identified the Nether Lord’s burial site within a hidden Riding the Dragon and Flying Immortal terrain formation.

Chen Zhao, Daoist Heavenly Lord, and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord examined Nether Lord’s Reincarnation Seals and discussed his past lives and ties to Emperor Lord. When Nether Lord awakened and recovered his memories, Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord attacked him to settle their old grudge.

• Chen Zhao and the Heavenly Lords examined Nether Lord’s two Reincarnation Seals and discussed how his method differed from other paths to immortality.
• Daoist Heavenly Lord explained that Emperor Lord had received Tribulation Transcendence Heavenly Lord’s inheritance, clarifying how Emperor Lord and Nether Lord became teacher and friend.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord noticed Nether Lord was about to awaken, and Nether Lord emerged from his coffin and absorbed the Memory Divine Crystal.
• Nether Lord remembered his past life and wondered about his disciple before discovering three Heavenly Lords waiting outside the cave.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord summoned the Immortal Slaughtering Four Swords and repeatedly pierced Nether Lord as he begged to explain.

Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord tortured Nether Lord before learning that Emperor Lord’s descent into madness may have stemmed from a mysterious drop of blood. The group discussed Emperor Lord’s plans on Flying Immortal Star’s Path to Immortality and considered investigating them.

• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord stopped the Immortal Slaughtering Four Swords after half an hour, and Nether Lord explained that he had only discussed the Longevity Method before the Corpse Calamity.
• Chen Zhao asked about Emperor Lord, and Nether Lord recalled that a strange drop of blood had driven his disciple to seek immortality and may have changed his temperament.
• Nether Lord said he would sever everything and begin a new life, then departed to start his rebirth.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Daoist Heavenly Lord discussed Emperor Lord’s possible contingencies on Flying Immortal Star’s Path to Immortality, which Chen Zhao suspected might have been meant to resist corruption.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord proposed that they investigate Flying Immortal Star.

Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord opened the sealed Path to Immortality on Flying Immortal Star, uncovering Emperor Lord’s old contingencies and ancient traces. The chapter left them facing signs that the Heavenly Court Master may also have once broken through this path.

• Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord traveled to Flying Immortal Star and reached its sealed central land.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord broke the formation, revealing the nine-dragon terrain and opening a passage to immortality.
• Chen Zhao seized Hua She from Immortal Source and refined him into the Human Emperor Banner.
• Chen Zhao drew the suppressed Silent Extinction Heavenly Lord into the Human Emperor Banner.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord recognized ancient runes and the Desolate Tower’s imprint, suggesting the Heavenly Court Master had once broken through the Path to Immortality.

Chen Zhao and the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord uncovered an ancient Prehistoric Creature imprisoned on the Path to Immortality and searched its damaged memories. They learned that it had been sealed after trying to steal the Heavenly Court Master's fortune, while the Heavenly Court Master entered the Immortal Domain.

• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Chen Zhao encountered a chained Prehistoric Creature resembling a Vermillion Bird, and the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord suppressed it with the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.
• Chen Zhao explained that the creature's Primordial Spirit had been damaged and that it had gone mad while seeking immortality.
• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord searched the creature's memories as the Human Emperor Banner concealed Flying Immortal Star from the Forbidden Zone Supremes.
• The memories showed the Heavenly Court Master breaking through the Path to Immortality, followed by beings who tried to seize his fortune.
• The Heavenly Court Master attained immortality, while the greedy Prehistoric Creature was suppressed and left unable to enter the Immortal Domain.

Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord uncovered Emperor Lord’s failed revival contingency on the Path to Immortality, then returned to Chaos Mountain, where Daoist Heavenly Lord prepared to refine himself as an elixir to attempt a Sixth Life. Daoist Heavenly Lord asked them to protect him as he began his transformation.

• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord identified forbidden methods on the chains, and Chen Zhao refined Silent Extinction Heavenly Lord and Hua She into the Human Emperor Banner.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord broke open the formation platform and found Emperor Lord’s remnant body, while he and Chen Zhao concluded it had been part of a sacrificial formation intended to revive Emperor Lord.
• Chen Zhao sealed and took away the formation platform, and he and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord left the Path to Immortality, which was sealed again.
• At Chaos Mountain, Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord discovered that Daoist Heavenly Lord had reshaped the mountain into a heaven-and-earth formation.
• Daoist Heavenly Lord explained that he would refine himself as an elixir in hopes of living a Sixth Life, and Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord agreed to protect him.

Chen Zhao studied the Desolate Tower’s growing Peach Ancient Tree, an Immortal Bone, and Emperor Lord’s remnant body before a new era began. After the Myriad Dragon Emperor proved the Dao, Chen Zhao decided he would be the first to test the Ascension Passage.

• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Chen Zhao discussed the Dao traces left by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord left to experience the mortal world.
• Chen Zhao observed that the Peach Ancient Tree’s consciousness was growing and wondered when the Chaos Green Lotus Seed would break from its shell.
• Chen Zhao examined the Immortal Bone and considered the incomplete Immortal Severing Curse before spending the next ten thousand years studying Emperor Lord’s remnant body.
• After the Spirit Emperor’s Great Dao Suppression dissipated, the Myriad Dragon Emperor endured his tribulation at the Cosmic Frontier and proved the Dao.
• Chen Zhao decided to make the Myriad Dragon Emperor the first person to test the Ascension Passage, then spotted a ruddy-faced fat Daoist emerging from an ancient tomb.

The Myriad Dragon Emperor failed to transform himself into a Second Life and went to the Ziwei Star Region to seek the Human Emperor’s guidance about immortality. At Chaos Mountain, he met Chen Zhao, but another voice answered his question about the Path to Immortality.

• After ten thousand years of trying and failing to live a Second Life, the Myriad Dragon Emperor accepted that he could not match the Human Emperor’s transformation.
• The Myriad Dragon Emperor traveled to the Ziwei Star Region, alarming the universe’s races, and entered Chaos Mountain by way of a Golden Path.
• The Myriad Dragon Emperor reached the Bronze Immortal Hall and respectfully asked Chen Zhao about the Path to Immortality and a Longevity Method.
• A voice other than Chen Zhao’s answered that the paths and methods pursued by generations in search of immortality were the Path to Immortality and Longevity Methods.

The Myriad Dragon Emperor asked Chen Zhao and the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord how to pursue longevity without Self-Severance. Faced with the choice of entering the Human Emperor Banner or using an Ascension Passage to the Strange World, he chose to ascend after learning the passage required him to kill a Forbidden Zone Supreme.

• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord revealed himself to the Myriad Dragon Emperor inside the Bronze Immortal Hall.
• The Myriad Dragon Emperor asked Chen Zhao whether there was a way to attain longevity besides struggling through mortal life or undergoing Self-Severance.
• Chen Zhao warned the Myriad Dragon Emperor that the Path to Immortality was a dead end for him and described the Strange World and its Longevity Substance.
• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord explained that an Ascension Passage could take the Myriad Dragon Emperor to the Strange World, but Chen Zhao required him to kill a Forbidden Zone Supreme to use it.
• The Myriad Dragon Emperor chose ascension rather than entering the Human Emperor Banner.

After meeting Chen Zhao and the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, the Myriad Dragon Emperor attacked the Firmament Forbidden Zone and killed a Supreme. He returned to the Bronze Immortal Hall with the Supreme’s head, which Chen Zhao absorbed into the Human Emperor Banner.

• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord told Chen Zhao that opening the Ascension Passage would replenish the Human World Universe with essence from the Strange World.
• The Myriad Dragon Emperor left the Ziwei Star Region and entered Chaos, where the hidden Supremes believed he had chosen to join a Forbidden Zone.
• The Myriad Dragon Emperor entered the Firmament Forbidden Zone and suddenly attacked its inhabitants, killing a Supreme and taking his head.
• The Myriad Dragon Emperor broke out of the Firmament and returned to the Ziwei Star Region as cultivators across the universe watched.
• The Myriad Dragon Emperor arrived at the Bronze Immortal Hall and reported the Supreme’s death, while Chen Zhao stored the head in the Human Emperor Banner, strengthening it.

Myriad Dragon Emperor planned to use an Undying Medicine in the Strange World to live a Second Life and study immortality. Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord opened the Ascension Passage, and Myriad Dragon Emperor entered it as the universe’s essence began to recover.

• Myriad Dragon Emperor explained his plan to use the True Dragon Undying Medicine to gain a Second Life in the Strange World, and Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord agreed it was feasible.
• Myriad Dragon Emperor returned to the Ziwei Star Region, made arrangements for his clan, and left behind the Myriad Dragon Bell.
• Chen Zhao visited the Kunlun Path to Immortality Land and observed Yin Human Emperor and two others gestating as Saintly Spirits within Stone Embryos.
• The Nine Cauldrons resonated across nine regions, combining their formations and Faith Power to open an Ascension Passage above Ying Huo Ancient Star.
• Myriad Dragon Emperor charged into the passage and vanished, while Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord watched it close.
• Chen Zhao sensed that essence from the Strange World had improved the universe, and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord reflected on how the world's environment had declined since the Mythological Era.

Myriad Dragon Emperor entered the Strange World and allied with Radiant Ancient Emperor, then was believed to have died on the Path to Immortality. Later, a Forbidden Zone Supreme’s attempt to create a Chaos Body unleashed a monster that Human Emperor destroyed, leaving Chen Zhao to dismiss the experiment and warn that the Supremes would eventually perish before him.

• Myriad Dragon Emperor encountered Radiant Ancient Emperor in the Strange World, recognized him, and joined him to explore the realm.
• Myriad Dragon Emperor never returned to the Human World Universe, and the universe mourned his death as the Great Dao Suppression Period began.
• Chen Zhao observed Daoist Heavenly Lord refining himself into a pill whose nine revolutions would allow him to live a Sixth Life.
• A Forbidden Zone Supreme fused corpses of special physiques into a Chaos monster, but the creature lost its sanity and threatened the universe.
• Human Emperor destroyed the monster and killed the Supreme, ending the attempt to artificially create a Chaos Body.
• Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord dismissed the experiment, while Chen Zhao concluded that the Forbidden Zone Supremes would not outlast his transformations.

The Corpse Emperor proved the Dao after transforming from an Ancient Corpse into a living being, drawing the attention of the Forbidden Zone Supremes. He met with Chen Zhao and the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, who explained his possible paths to further life, and he chose to seek his own way.

• The Corpse Emperor shattered his proving-Dao tribulation with a Divine Bow and became an emperor, prompting the Forbidden Zone Supremes to recall the dangers of Reincarnation Seals.
• The Corpse Emperor gained a reputation as an emperor who avoided ruling the Universe and was often seen entering and leaving the Ziwei Star Region.
• The Corpse Emperor met with Chen Zhao and the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord in Chaos Mountain, where Chen Zhao reassured him that Nether Lord remained within reincarnation and would not make him a battle slave.
• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord explained that the Corpse Emperor might live a Second Life by transforming his Death Qi into Life Qi, while Chen Zhao mentioned the Strange World as another route to immortality.
• The Corpse Emperor rejected the alternative route for now and resolved to break free of his shackles and the Reincarnation Seal's influence.

Chen Zhao left Chaos Mountain to journey through the mortal world, granting miracles to worshippers at Human Emperor Temples and paying respects at the graves of his loved ones. Meanwhile, the Corpse Emperor buried himself in the Nether Soil to break himself and rebuild, leaving his fate uncertain as Chen Zhao continued across the universe.

• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord departed to search the mortal world for a Transformation Method, and Chen Zhao decided to leave Chaos Mountain and travel on foot.
• Chen Zhao visited a Human Emperor Temple and used Faith Power to heal and rejuvenate worshippers across the universe, inspiring tales of the Human Emperor's miracles.
• Chen Zhao paid respects at the graves of his parents and the old sage, reflecting on his unfinished journey and the friends and loved ones he hoped to revive.
• The Corpse Emperor abandoned the Heavenly Heart Imprint and buried himself in the Nether Soil, undergoing Dao Transformation as he attempted to sever the Death Qi within him.
• Chen Zhao observed the Corpse Emperor's faint remaining vitality, then left the Nether Soil and continued journeying through the mortal world.

Xue Yueqing survived the Emperor Tribulation and became the Demon Emperor, then returned to the Demon Star where she had parted from her beloved. Chen Zhao revealed that the young woman was still alive, leaving Xue Yueqing overjoyed.

• Xue Yueqing endured the Emperor Tribulation, revealed her True Dragon form, and became the Demon Emperor.
• Xue Yueqing returned to the Demon Star and searched for the young woman she had left behind, but could not sense her presence.
• Chen Zhao appeared beside the lake and asked Xue Yueqing whether she regretted her choices.
• Xue Yueqing recognized Chen Zhao as the Human Emperor and asked whether immortality could bring the dead back to life.
• Chen Zhao showed Xue Yueqing the young woman sealed in Divine Source and told her that she was not dead.