Chapter Summaries

Chen Zhao reunited with Xue Yueqing, who resolved to return to his origins, then witnessed the Nine Dragons Coffin Pull appear in the universe. Xue Yueqing and the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord joined Chen Zhao to observe it, but its mysterious force kept everyone from approaching.

• Chen Zhao gave Xue Yueqing a piece of Divine Source and discussed how his path to becoming a True Dragon had been cut off.
• Xue Yueqing decided to return to his essence and explore a new path, then established the Demon Emperor Hall on Big Dipper.
• The Nine Dragons Coffin Pull appeared in the universe, and the Bronze Gate within Chen Zhao's True Spirit trembled.
• Chen Zhao crossed the starfields to watch the coffin, where Xue Yueqing and the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord joined him.
• The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord explained that the coffin had appeared in the Mythological Era and that its force prevented even Emperor Dao Domain powerhouses from approaching.

Chen Zhao entered the Nine Dragons Coffin Pull with Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and Xue Yueqing, where he learned the Heaven Mending Scripture and discovered a world left behind by the Heavenly Court Master. After they left, the coffin resumed its journey, and Chen Zhao sensed a gaze from later generations.

• The Bronze Gate’s radiance removed the Nine Dragons Coffin Pull’s protective fluctuations, allowing Chen Zhao, Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, and Xue Yueqing to enter.
• Chen Zhao entered enlightenment inside the coffin and comprehended the Immortal Emperor Level Heaven Mending Scripture, finding a new direction for his path.
• Chen Zhao opened the small bronze coffin and revealed a vast world filled with immortal light, where Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord recognized the Heavenly Court Master’s Dao and Law.
• Chen Zhao explained that the world was left by the Heavenly Court Master to repair the Immortal Domain, then gathered its laws and Longevity Substance into a Small World.
• The Nine Dragons Coffin Pull rejected Chen Zhao and his companions, so they left as it resumed its journey through the universe.
• Chen Zhao sensed a gaze from the spacetime of later generations before the Nine Dragons Coffin Pull vanished from sight.

Thirty thousand years after the Demon Emperor proved the Dao, a rare crack in the Immortal Domain opened as she entered her later years. Xue Yueqing followed a voice’s instruction to pretend to break into it, while the Supremes prepared to seize the opportunity.

• Chen Zhao and Xue Yueqing agreed with Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord that they would pursue Human World Transformation into Immortals rather than rely on the damaged Immortal Domain.
• Thirty thousand years after the Demon Emperor proved the Dao, Xue Yueqing neared the end of her life while nurturing Longevity Essence for a transformation.
• A rare crack in the Immortal Domain appeared, and Xue Yueqing recognized it as a Path to Immortality but hesitated to enter.
• A voice told Xue Yueqing to pretend to break in, and she charged toward the crack with the Heaven Measuring Ruler as observers believed she was seeking immortality.
• Xue Yueqing sublimated and forced her way along the immortal path, but the path’s guardians injured her and the path nearly collapsed.
• The Supremes considered charging into the Immortal Domain, believing the Human Emperor might no longer be present to stop them.

Five ancient Supremes entered the Path to Immortality, but failed because they were no longer at their peak, while the Human Emperor drove off the Undying Heavenly Emperor after his ambush on Xue Yueqing. The failed Supremes tried to launch another dark upheaval, but the Human Emperor sealed the four survivors inside his banner.

• The Light and Darkness Supreme and Abandoning Heaven joined three other ancient Supremes in entering the Path to Immortality.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor ambushed Xue Yueqing from the Flying Immortal Waterfall, but the Human Emperor struck from afar and forced him to flee.
• The Path to Immortality collapsed, and the returning Supremes revealed that only a being at peak combat power could enter the Immortal Domain.
• Four surviving Supremes threatened to launch a dark upheaval and demanded the essence of living beings.
• The Human Emperor Banner suppressed the four Supremes and absorbed them as remnants of Supreme wills.

After suppressing the four Supremes and ending the turmoil, Chen Zhao shared Saintly Spirit Wine with Xue Yueqing and revealed that his Fourth Life was nearing its end. He became the eye of a universe-spanning formation, while the Demon Emperor later underwent Dao Transformation and a new era passed without anyone proving the Dao.

• Chen Zhao used the Human Emperor Banner to gather the scattered Immortal Phoenix blood after the four Supremes were suppressed and the turmoil ended.
• At Chaos Mountain, Chen Zhao gave Xue Yueqing Saintly Spirit Wine brewed from the Spirit Emperor, and she felt her Longevity Essence strengthen.
• Chen Zhao told Xue Yueqing that his Fourth Life was nearing its end and discussed her chances of living anew; she left intending to try.
• Chen Zhao entered a universe-spanning formation as its eye, linking sacred lands and stars with Chaos Mountain at its core.
• A thousand years later, the Demon Emperor underwent Dao Transformation, and another thousand years passed before the era of Great Dao Suppression ended.
• Many prodigies appeared in the new era, but none triggered a Dao Proving Tribulation.

Chen Zhao completed his transformation and entered his Fifth Life after more than thirty thousand years, then returned to the world with power that astonished the Myriad Races. Emperor Chen visited Chaos Mountain to meet him and ask whether immortality truly existed.

• The Emperor Chen proved the Dao as a Human emperor, founded the Star Palace, and ruled the universe according to coexistence among the Myriad Races.
• After ten thousand years, Chen Zhao awakened in Ziwei Star Region with overwhelming power, and people across the universe hailed him as the reborn Human Emperor.
• Chen Zhao revealed that he had completed his transformation and entered his Fifth Life without using an Undying Medicine.
• Chen Zhao read Xue Yueqing's account of entering her Third Life and going to the Strange World, and he examined the ongoing transformations of Daoist Heavenly Lord and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord.
• Emperor Chen entered Chaos Mountain and met Chen Zhao, explaining how the Heavenly Cycle Stellar Formation had helped him forge his Stellar Great Dao and become an emperor.
• Emperor Chen asked Chen Zhao whether immortality truly existed.

Emperor Chen told Chen Zhao he planned to create a Sixth Secret Realm by awakening the body’s acupoints, but Chen Zhao judged the attempt premature and let him pursue it alone. Years later, Chen Zhao went to Nether Soil and witnessed the Corpse Emperor’s Reincarnation Seal shatter as it began returning life and death energy to his body.

• Chen Zhao described three routes to longevity, but Emperor Chen rejected them and proposed creating a Sixth Secret Realm from the body’s acupoints.
• Emperor Chen invited Chen Zhao to help develop the secret realm; Chen Zhao praised the idea but said it was too early, and Emperor Chen left determined to continue alone.
• Emperor Chen relocated the Star Palace lineage to Big Dipper, and several thousand years later he lived out his Second Life while the universe remained peaceful.
• Chen Zhao observed Daoist Heavenly Lord’s golden pill reach its third transformation and noted that Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord remained trapped in a cycle of life and death.
• Sensing a peculiar aura, Chen Zhao went to Nether Soil and saw the Corpse Emperor’s Reincarnation Seal break and its life and death energies return to the Corpse Emperor’s body.

The Corpse Emperor completed his rebirth by forging a life-and-death Reincarnation Seal, then decided to seek immortality in the Strange World. Meanwhile, Emperor Chen chose Self-Severance rather than abandon his attempt to open the Sixth Secret Realm, but Chen Zhao captured him in the Human Emperor Banner.

• The Corpse Emperor balanced Death Qi and Life Qi into a Reincarnation Seal, entered a new life, and greeted Chen Zhao after awakening ten thousand years later.
• The Corpse Emperor told Chen Zhao he remembered nothing of a past life and planned to go to the Strange World to pursue immortality.
• Chen Zhao and the Corpse Emperor sensed Emperor Chen approaching Dao Transformation, and Chen Zhao explained that Emperor Chen refused to go to the Strange World.
• Emperor Chen admitted he had failed to open the Sixth Secret Realm in the Human World and decided to undergo Self-Severance to seek the Immortal Domain.
• Emperor Chen entered Self-Severance and tried to reach a forbidden zone, but Chen Zhao’s Human Emperor Banner captured him and contained his lingering will.

Chen Zhao reflected on Emperor Chen’s failure and watched a new era begin when the Golden Winged Great Peng became the Great Peng Emperor. Five thousand years later, Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord completed his Sixth Life, while Daoist Heavenly Lord’s transformation continued.

• Chen Zhao and the Corpse Emperor discussed Emperor Chen’s failed attempt to open the Sixth Secret Realm after his True Spirit Remnant became the Human Emperor Banner’s soul.
• After ten thousand years, Emperor Chen’s Great Dao Suppression ended, and the Golden Winged Great Peng Proved the Dao and became the Great Peng Emperor.
• Five thousand years later, Chen Zhao saw Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord’s Great Dao Flower absorb his dissolving body and grow a sixth blossom.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord used the flower’s vitality to reverse his life and successfully lived a Sixth Life.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord congratulated Chen Zhao on his progress and wondered when Daoist Heavenly Lord would finish transforming, while Chen Zhao said the process had accelerated.

The Great Peng Emperor entered Chaos Mountain to challenge Chen Zhao, but Chen Zhao defeated him with one finger and then explained three methods of longevity. The Great Peng Emperor chose to pursue a transformation and, if that failed, travel to the Strange World, before staying to listen as Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord discussed the Dao.

• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord described his transformation and said he might achieve Human World Transformation into Immortals after another life, while the Corpse Emperor planned to seek a third life in the Strange World.
• The Great Peng Emperor challenged Chen Zhao, entered Chaos Mountain, and was overwhelmed when Chen Zhao sent his Golden Divine Whip flying and shattered his body with one finger.
• The Great Peng Emperor thanked Chen Zhao, performed the rites of a disciple, and asked for guidance on the path ahead.
• Chen Zhao explained three methods of longevity, and the Great Peng Emperor learned that Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and the Corpse Emperor had both pursued transformation.
• The Great Peng Emperor chose to attempt a transformation and go to the Strange World if he failed, where he hoped to find a way to live another life by killing Supremes.
• The Great Peng Emperor stayed in Chaos Mountain to listen as Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord discussed transformations for the next life.

After learning from the Human Emperor, the Great Peng Emperor studied the Kun Peng Undying Medicine and developed a powerful technique. Eight thousand years later, he attacked Burial Sky Island and fought two sublimated Supremes, splitting one of them in two.

• The Great Peng Emperor left Chaos Mountain injured but inspired by the Human Emperor’s teachings, while Forbidden Zone Supremes hoped the Human Emperor would eventually fall.
• He studied the Kun Peng Undying Medicine for eight thousand years, then traveled through Chaos to Burial Sky Island in search of a way to undergo a Second Life.
• The Great Peng Emperor charged into Burial Sky Island, provoking two Supremes to emerge and choose Ultimate Sublimation.
• He mocked the Supremes and declared the Human Emperor his teacher, then overwhelmed them with astonishing speed and a technique that refined their divine power.
• The Great Peng Emperor struck one Supreme with his Golden Divine Whip, splitting his body in two and sending his Extreme Dao Mace flying.

The Great Peng Emperor defeated two Supremes who had undergone Ultimate Sublimation, entrusted the Kun Peng Undying Medicine to Chen Zhao, and ascended to the Strange World. Back in Chaos Mountain, Chen Zhao and the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord witnessed the Daoist Heavenly Lord complete his ninth-revolution golden elixir and return transformed.

• The Great Peng Emperor killed both Forbidden Zone Supremes after his speed outlasted their Ultimate Sublimation, then admitted he still could not reach the realm attained by living a new life.
• The Great Peng Emperor gave the Kun Peng Undying Medicine to Chen Zhao for safekeeping and said he would take its fruit to the Strange World to pursue a new life.
• The Great Peng Emperor ascended through the concealed Ascension Passage while Chen Zhao studied the Kun Peng Undying Medicine and watched the Peach Ancient Tree's consciousness grow.
• The golden elixir reached its ninth revolution, cracked apart as its Dao marks tried to unite, and then reassembled into a flawless form.
• The golden elixir transformed into runes that entered the Daoist Heavenly Lord, who returned to Chaos Mountain with his clarity restored and a further transformation completed.

Chen Zhao discussed longevity and the Sixth Secret Realm with Daoist Heavenly Lord and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord, who were nearing Human World Transformation into Immortals. In the Strange World, Great Peng Emperor joined former Human World emperors, while a new age of competition for the Dao began.

• Chen Zhao served Saintly Spirit Wine as Daoist Heavenly Lord and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord discussed their transformations and prospects for becoming Mortal World Immortals.
• Daoist Heavenly Lord asked about creating the Sixth Secret Realm, and Chen Zhao and Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord said it could only be considered after reaching the Mortal World Immortal realm.
• Great Peng Emperor entered the Strange World through the Ascension Passage and clashed with Xue Yueqing, who asked whether the Human Emperor had sent him.
• Great Peng Emperor joined Myriad Dragon Emperor, Radiant Emperor, and Corpse Emperor, who said they needed manpower against powerful Emperor Dao experts in the Strange World.
• Ten thousand years later, Great Peng Emperor's Great Dao Suppression dissipated, and Prodigies began competing for the chance to attain the Dao.

The Stone Emperor rose to power, ruled arrogantly, and later defied Chen Zhao’s prohibition against entering a forbidden zone. Chen Zhao sent the Human Emperor Banner, which effortlessly suppressed him.

• A fully nurtured Stone Embryo Saintly Spirit emerged on the Life Ancient Star, defeated his Dao Proving Tribulation, and became the Stone Emperor.
• The Stone Emperor made the Saintly Spirit Race dominant and repeatedly visited forbidden zones, while Chen Zhao planned to suppress him if he underwent Self-Severance.
• After living a Second Life and waiting thirteen thousand years, the Stone Emperor headed to Chaos to enter a forbidden zone.
• The Stone Emperor challenged Chen Zhao to stop him, and Chen Zhao sent the Human Emperor Banner from the Ziwei Star Region.
• The Stone Emperor’s Emperor Seals the World failed to restrain the banner, which suppressed him in a single clash.

Chen Zhao suppressed and killed the Stone Emperor, after which the universe entered ten thousand years of Great Dao Suppression before the Golden Emperor and two later emperors rose and sought longevity in the Strange World. In his later years, Chen Zhao began another transformation in Chaos Mountain, gathering purified Faith Power through the Nine Cauldrons.

• Chen Zhao suppressed the Stone Emperor in the Human Emperor Banner, moved him into the Ziwei Cauldron, and later the Stone Emperor died, ending the Saintly Spirits' rampage.
• The universe endured a ten-thousand-year Great Dao Suppression Period before the Golden Emperor proved the Dao and visited Chen Zhao in search of longevity.
• After reaching the pinnacle of his era, the Golden Emperor slew a Forbidden Zone Supreme and announced that emperors who had not undergone Self-Severance could enter the Strange World for its Longevity Substance.
• Two more emperors later entered the Strange World after ending their first lives and bringing the fruits of Undying Medicine.
• As Chen Zhao reached his later years, Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord and another person began new transformations outside Chaos Mountain, while Chen Zhao started his own transformation by drawing Faith Power through the Nine Cauldrons.

Chen Zhao used the Faith Power he had accumulated to shed his aged body and enter his Sixth Life. He then observed the Daoist Heavenly Lord’s Dao Fruit walking among mortals and went to Gou Chen Ancient Star, where the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord was nearing a new life as a Great Perfection Saintly Spirit emerged.

• Chen Zhao condensed the Faith Power around himself into a cocoon and balanced life and death within it as he underwent transformation.
• The cocoon broke, and Chen Zhao emerged in his Sixth Life with an undying aura.
• Chen Zhao recognized that Laozi was the Daoist Heavenly Lord’s Dao Fruit, which could help the Heavenly Lord live out his Seventh Life when it returned.
• Chen Zhao went to Gou Chen Ancient Star and saw that the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord’s Stone Embryo had become a body of flesh and blood in the Immortal Ascension Pool.
• The Firmament congratulated the emerging Great Perfection Saintly Spirit, and prodigies feared it might prove the Dao and end their chance to become emperors.

Chen Zhao helped the Yin Human Emperor return as a Great Perfection Saintly Spirit, and the ancient emperor crossed his tribulation and proved the Dao again. He asked not to be called the Human Emperor, leaving the universe to reckon with his return beneath the current Human Emperor’s legacy.

• Chen Zhao called the confused Yin Human Emperor back to awareness as his transformation into a Saintly Spirit was completed.
• The Yin Human Emperor thanked Chen Zhao, then went to the Cosmic Frontier to face his Dao Proving Tribulation.
• The Yin Human Emperor summoned his seal and revealed his identity, shocking the Myriad Races and the Life Forbidden Zones.
• The Yin Human Emperor rose through the tribulation and proved the Dao again, while the Sect Leader of the Yin God Sect hailed him as their ancestor.
• The Yin Human Emperor requested that he no longer be called the Human Emperor because of the current Human Emperor’s achievements.

Chen Zhao visited the Daoist Heavenly Lord, whose primordial spirit remained lost while his Dao Fruit was away, then met the Taiyin Saint Emperor and discussed their paths through mortal lives. The Taiyin Saint Emperor had been reborn as a Saintly Spirit and shared his insights into the Longevity Method.

• Chen Zhao found the Daoist Heavenly Lord meditating on an ordinary ancient star and concluded that he would remain muddled until his Dao Fruit returned.
• Chen Zhao returned to Chaos Mountain and welcomed the Taiyin Saint Emperor, who thanked him for guiding him through the dangers of transforming into a Stone Embryo and Saintly Spirit.
• Chen Zhao said he had begun his Sixth Life and believed his combat strength had reached the domain of immortals, though he had not become immortal.
• Chen Zhao and the Taiyin Saint Emperor discussed the elusive Undying Heavenly Emperor, who might be hiding in the Strange World after Chen Zhao blocked his path.
• The Taiyin Saint Emperor explained that he had died and been reborn, and he shared his insights into the Longevity Method with Chen Zhao.

After Taiyin Saint Emperor returned, the universe turned to studying Saintly Spirits, but he stopped the hunt and later left for the Strange World to seek the Undying Heavenly Emperor. Ten thousand years after his Great Dao Suppression dissipated, a new contender triggered a Dao Proving Tribulation, bringing the era’s struggle to prove the Dao to its end.

• The Myriad Races and Forbidden Zone Supremes pursued the Transformation into Saintly Spirit Method, causing severe losses to the Saintly Spirit Race until Taiyin Saint Emperor stopped the turmoil.
• Taiyin Saint Emperor told Chen Zhao that he planned to abandon the Heavenly Heart Imprint and travel to the Strange World in search of the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• Taiyin Saint Emperor asked Chen Zhao to deal with any descendants who committed evil, then departed for the Strange World.
• Chen Zhao resolved to focus on completing the path of the Mortal World Immortal.
• Ten thousand years later, Taiyin Saint Emperor’s Great Dao Suppression dissipated, and someone triggered a Dao Proving Tribulation.

Chen Zhao watched the Immortal Emperor Prove the Dao with the Immortal Slaying Black Gourd and later received him at Chaos Mountain. After learning about Becoming Immortal in the Mortal World, the Immortal Emperor challenged Chen Zhao and saw his Dao sword effortlessly destroyed.

• Chen Zhao recognized the black gourd used in the tribulation as an Undying Medicine weapon and wondered whether the Ancient God War would occur.
• The tribulation-taker used the gourd to form a Dao sword, overcame the thunder tribulation, and Proved the Dao as the Immortal Emperor.
• Five thousand years later, the Immortal Emperor visited Chen Zhao at Chaos Mountain and asked about ways to become immortal.
• Chen Zhao explained Becoming Immortal in the Mortal World, and the Immortal Emperor asked to test his strength.
• Chen Zhao caught the Immortal Emperor's Dao sword in his palm and crushed it into nothingness.