Chapter Summaries

Immortal Emperor challenged Chen Zhao, then pursued his own Longevity Method instead of immediately entering the Strange World. Ten thousand years later, he returned having merged his primordial spirit with the Slaying Immortal Gourd, and Chen Zhao warned that the method could eventually turn him into a weapon.

• Immortal Emperor acknowledged the gap between his strength and Chen Zhao’s, while Chen Zhao advised him not to rely so heavily on the Slaying Immortal Gourd.
• Immortal Emperor said he would first attempt to create his own Longevity Method, and later borrowed Yuan Huang’s gourd for study at Primal Lake.
• Ten thousand years passed, and people believed Immortal Emperor had entered the Strange World after failing to live a Second Life.
• Immortal Emperor returned to Chaos Mountain as the Slaying Immortal Gourd, having merged his primordial spirit with the weapon to endure alongside the world.
• Chen Zhao warned Immortal Emperor that his consciousness might eventually be imprisoned and assimilated by the gourd.

The Immortal Emperor merged his primordial spirit with the Slaying Immortal Gourd and stayed in the mortal world to pursue immortality. Ten thousand years later, the Sun Saint Emperor emerged as a Great Perfection Saintly Spirit, returned from death, and began facing his Heavenly Tribulation, leaving the universe wondering whether Chen Zhao had reached a forbidden domain.

• The Immortal Emperor rejected Chen Zhao’s concerns about assimilation and chose to remain in Chaos Mountain to research immortality through the Slaying Immortal Gourd.
• After the Immortal Emperor departed, his Great Dao suppressed the universe, and ten thousand years passed before a new era of contention began.
• Chen Zhao sensed the Sun Saint Emperor’s emergence at the Kunlun Path to Immortality Land and traveled to the Ancient Star on the Other Shore.
• The Sun Saint Emperor emerged as a Great Perfection Saintly Spirit, prompting despair among the era’s Prodigies who feared he would Prove the Dao first.
• Chen Zhao awakened the confused Sun Saint Emperor, who identified himself and thanked Chen Zhao.
• The Sun Saint Emperor took up the Sun Stone Pagoda and advanced to the Cosmic Frontier to face his Heavenly Tribulation, while people across the universe recognized his return and connected it to Chen Zhao.

The former Sun Saint Emperor endured the Dao Proving Tribulation with overwhelming ease, while his return as a Great Perfection Saintly Spirit shocked the universe and reignited interest in Saintly Spirit transformation. His tribulation left the era’s prodigies despairing and tempted many Forbidden Zone Supremes to seek the same transformation or launch turmoil.

• The era’s prodigies despaired as the Sun Saint Emperor’s return threatened their chance to prove the Dao.
• Cultivators and Saintly Spirits across the universe reacted to the Sun Saint Emperor’s return, recognizing that humans could transform into Saintly Spirits and fearing a renewed Saintly Spirit calamity.
• Forbidden Zone Supremes nearing the end of their lifespans considered emerging to seize the secrets of Saintly Spirit transformation and extend their lives.
• The Sun Saint Emperor rose through the Nine Heavens and shattered the Dao Proving Tribulation with the power of his Great Dao of the Sun.
• The Sun Saint Emperor’s imperial aura swept through the universe, and Human Race Cultivators worshipped him for his past achievements.

Chen Zhao watched the Sun Saint Emperor overcome his tribulation, then met with him in Chaos Mountain as the Saintly Spirit Race faced persecution. Ten thousand years later, Chuan Ying emerged as a Great Perfection Saintly Spirit, and several auras stirred within the Chaos.

• Chen Zhao expected the Forbidden Zone Supremes to emerge after the Sun Saint Emperor returned, but he focused instead on Chuan Ying’s nearly complete transformation.
• Chen Zhao and the Sun Saint Emperor discussed the forbidden zones and agreed that the Nine Cauldrons Formation could seal off the universe if a battle threatened innocents.
• The Myriad Races slaughtered Saintly Spirits while seeking to study their transformation method, but the Sun Saint Emperor stopped the violence.
• After ten thousand years of failed research, the Myriad Daos announced the emergence of another Great Perfection Saintly Spirit.
• People recognized the newcomer as Battle Emperor Chuan Ying, and several auras then pierced through the Human World Universe from within the Chaos.

Chuan Ying’s emergence as a Saintly Spirit convinced the Forbidden Zone Supremes that the transformation might offer a new life, as Emperor Lord may have used it before. Several Supremes emerged and restored their Dao Fruits, setting the stage for a great upheaval against the Human Emperor.

• Chuan Ying’s return as a Saintly Spirit led the Myriad Races Cultivators to see the transformation as a possible Longevity Method.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes connected Chuan Ying’s transformation to Emperor Lord’s origins and concluded that he might have used the method to begin anew.
• Several Forbidden Zone Supremes emerged, their auras shaking the universe and alarming Cultivators across the human world.
• The emerging Supremes restored their Dao Fruits and returned to the pinnacle of the Human Dao, accepting the cost to fight rather than undergo Dao Transformation.
• The Supremes gathered at the Cosmic Frontier as people watched and feared that their confrontation with the Human Emperor would bring unprecedented turmoil.

Chuan Ying faced an overwhelming host of Forbidden Zone Supremes seeking his Holy Spirit method, and the battle drew in powerful allies and unexpected attackers. As the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s forces struck at the Nine Cauldrons, Chen Zhao appeared and destroyed three Supremes with one punch.

• Chuan Ying recognized that the Forbidden Zone Supremes had come for his Transformation into Holy Spirit Method and prepared to fight them.
• The Sun Saint Emperor joined Chuan Ying, and the Immortal Emperor arrived and badly wounded a Supreme with a sword strike.
• More Supremes emerged, bringing their number to twenty-three, while the Nine Cauldrons stabilized the universe.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor ambushed a wounded Supreme, then sent three Supreme-level figures wielding the Immortal Bell to attack the Nine Cauldrons.
• Chen Zhao struck the Immortal Bell with one punch, sent it flying, and turned all three attackers into Blood Mist.

The Human Emperor, Chen Zhao, appeared and confronted the Undying Heavenly Emperor through the Flying Immortal Waterfall. He tore away one of the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s wings and opened a passage to the Strange World while the Supremes prepared to attack.

• The Human Emperor emerged from the Ziwei Star Region, and the Forbidden Zone Supremes considered killing him to seize his Heart Blood.
• Chen Zhao sensed the Undying Heavenly Emperor trying to flee through the Flying Immortal Waterfall and imprisoned the passage with his power.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor offered to ally with Chen Zhao to enter the Immortal Domain, but Chen Zhao rejected him and tore off his Phoenix Immortal Wing.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor called on the Immortal Bell to aid the Supremes in attacking Chen Zhao.
• Chen Zhao resisted the Undying Heavenly Emperor with one hand and used the other to break through the world barrier into the Strange World.

Chen Zhao fought the Strange World and the Undying Heavenly Emperor while thirty Forbidden Zone Supremes attacked him in the Human World. He crushed the Supremes and killed the Undying Heavenly Emperor, whose remains he gathered into a vast world formed within his palm.

• The Forbidden Zone Supremes allied with the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and seven more joined the attack on Chen Zhao, bringing their number to thirty.
• Chen Zhao declared that he could fight them while stabilizing the Ascension Passage, then stomped on an Immortal Bell and crushed or severely injured the attacking Supremes.
• When the remaining Supremes burned themselves and invoked Dao Transformation, Chen Zhao kicked them apart, killing more than a dozen.
• In the Strange World, Chen Zhao's hands pierced the world barrier and crushed several Supremes while the Undying Heavenly Emperor continued fighting with one arm lost.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor transformed into an Immortal Phoenix and made a final desperate attack, but Chen Zhao split him apart and annihilated his primordial spirit.

The Human Emperor killed the Undying Heavenly Emperor, bringing the battle in the Strange World close to an end and stunning the Human World Universe. Just as the fighting seemed over, Emperor Lord revealed himself from afar and sent the fully revived Becoming Immortal Cauldron toward Chen Zhao.

• Xue Yueqing fought a powerful transformation-path expert in the Strange World after learning that the Human Emperor had slain the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• Chen Zhao put away the Immortal Phoenix's remnant body as the surviving Supremes realized their chances of victory had vanished.
• People in the Human World Universe watched scenes from the Strange World and saw the Human Emperor's victory over the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• Emperor Lord appeared above the Nine Heavens, shocking the Supremes who had believed he was dead.
• The Becoming Immortal Cauldron broke free from Chuan Ying and attacked Chen Zhao with the full power of an Immortal Artifact.

Chen Zhao defeated Emperor Lord’s attack and shattered the Becoming Immortal Cauldron with one punch, ending the Divine War and leaving Emperor Lord’s faint plea for help unexplained. The passage between the worlds closed, and the universe hailed Chen Zhao as invincible.

• Emperor Lord appeared through the Becoming Immortal Cauldron, which killed the remaining Supremes before attacking Chen Zhao.
• Chen Zhao punched the Becoming Immortal Cauldron and shattered it, releasing its spirit as Emperor Lord’s figure faded.
• Chen Zhao heard Emperor Lord weakly ask him to save him and wondered why Emperor Lord had tested his strength without intending to kill him.
• Chuan Ying recognized Emperor Lord and accepted the end of Heavenly Court and the dream of immortality, while Sun Saint Emperor and Immortal Emperor reflected on the battle.
• Chen Zhao added the Supremes’ True Spirits to the Human Emperor Banner and returned their vital essence to the Great Universe.
• The last surviving Supreme gave up on defeating Chen Zhao and fell into slumber as the Divine War ended and the passage between the worlds closed.

After the forbidden-zone battle, Chen Zhao and the others discussed the fallen Supremes, Emperor Lord’s mysterious plea for help, and their plans for the future. The Sun Saint Emperor and Chuan Ying intended to enter the Strange World, while the Immortal Emperor chose to stay with Chen Zhao and learn from him.

• Chen Zhao served Enlightenment Tea and Stone Emperor Wine, and the others praised the tea and described the wine’s fierce taste and unyielding will.
• Chen Zhao said the battle had cleared out nearly all Supremes nearing the end of their Lifespans, and Chuan Ying noted that their returning essence could usher in a Golden Great Era.
• Chuan Ying asked Chen Zhao about Emperor Lord, and Chen Zhao explained that Emperor Lord had attacked without killing intent and left behind the plea, “save me.”
• The Sun Saint Emperor said he would abandon the Heaven's Heart Imprint and enter the Strange World to undergo transformations, and Chuan Ying said he planned to go there as well.
• The Immortal Emperor said the Strange World would not help him and chose to remain in the Human World Universe to listen to Chen Zhao’s teachings and refine his Longevity Method.

The Immortal Emperor worked with Chen Zhao at Chaos Mountain to develop the Gourdling Plan, transforming himself into a seed buried in the mountain. Ten thousand years later, a Golden Great Era began, and a Divine Silkworm triggered a Dao Proving Tribulation.

• The Immortal Emperor told Chen Zhao he planned to use his Slaying Immortal Gourd to nurture himself and be reborn as a Gourdling.
• The Sun Saint Emperor and Chuan Ying left Chaos Mountain, while Chen Zhao and the Immortal Emperor stayed to refine the plan.
• After several thousand years, the Immortal Emperor transformed into a seed and was buried at Chaos Mountain, where a gourd vine eventually sprouted with his sealed consciousness inside.
• The Sun Saint Emperor abandoned his Heaven's Heart imprint and went to the Strange World, while the universe's environment improved and faith in the Human Emperor grew.
• Ten thousand years later, Great Dao Suppression ended and a Golden Great Era brought forth many Prodigies competing to Prove the Dao.
• A Divine Silkworm triggered a Dao Proving Tribulation at the Cosmic Frontier, shocking the universe.

The God Emperor completed a tenth transformation and proved the Dao, then visited Chen Zhao at Chaos Mountain seeking insight into the path beyond the Human Dao. He ended the chapter tasting Chen Zhao’s Saintly Spirit Wine and seeing an image of a powerful expert roaring at the heavens.

• Chen Zhao recognized the Divine Silkworm undergoing tribulation as the God Emperor and realized he was attempting an ultimate transformation beyond the Nine Transformations.
• The God Emperor survived the Thunder Tribulation, completed his tenth transformation, and became emperor, earning the title God Emperor among the Myriad Races.
• At Divine Silkworm Ridge, the God Emperor wondered how to advance beyond the Human Dao and feared the strength of the Human Emperor.
• The God Emperor took the Nine Mysteries Undying Medicine and traveled to the Ziwei Star Region to visit Chen Zhao at Chaos Mountain.
• Chen Zhao welcomed the God Emperor with Enlightenment Tea and Saintly Spirit Wine, whose fiery taste showed him an image of a powerful expert holding a war halberd and roaring at the heavens.

God Emperor asked Chen Zhao how to become immortal, and Chen Zhao explained the path of transformation through repeated new lives. God Emperor connected that method to his Divine Silkworm Nine Transformations and the Nine Mysteries Undying Medicine, finding a way to pursue his Eleventh Transformation by dividing it into nine stages.

• God Emperor told Chen Zhao that he had achieved a Tenth Transformation but did not know how to become immortal.
• Chen Zhao described the Method of Becoming Immortal in the Mortal World, and God Emperor recognized its affinity with the Divine Silkworm Clan’s transformations.
• God Emperor explained that the Nine Mysteries Undying Medicine had inspired his Tenth Transformation and demonstrated how it could split into nine plants and merge into one.
• God Emperor proposed dividing his Eleventh Transformation into nine transformations, then merging them to reach the Immortal Dao Domain.
• Chen Zhao agreed with God Emperor’s approach, and they continued discussing their insights into Longevity Methods.

Chen Zhao studied the Nine Mysteries Undying Medicine while God Emperor repeatedly transformed and lived for more than sixty thousand years. When God Emperor asked Chen Zhao to protect his next transformation, Chen Zhao brought him to Nether Soil, where they found a tiny, seemingly ordinary chick that had emerged as a Corpse Spirit from an Immortal Phoenix corpse.

• Chen Zhao studied the Nine Mysteries Undying Medicine and considered how to achieve his Seventh Life and transform again.
• God Emperor remained in his prime for over twenty thousand years, then survived two apparent bouts of Dao Transformation and completed his Second Life.
• God Emperor asked Chen Zhao to protect him during his next transformation, and Chen Zhao agreed.
• Chen Zhao invited God Emperor to Nether Soil, where the two traveled amid the reverence of believers across the universe.
• Chen Zhao showed God Emperor the phoenix corpse's True Spirit imprint in the Human Emperor Banner and explained that the chick had emerged from the corpse as a Corpse Spirit.
• God Emperor and Chen Zhao examined the weak, undeveloped chick, which looked more like an ordinary Dish Chicken than a phoenix.

Chen Zhao watched the Immortal Emperor’s seven Dao Fruits become miraculous calabashes that sparked a universe-wide battle, while the God Emperor entered transformation in his coffin. He then merged his True Spirit with the Chaos Green Lotus Seed, sacrificing his body to help it break out of its shell.

• The God Emperor’s coffin flew to Chaos Mountain, where Chen Zhao placed it beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree for his transformation.
• Seven calabashes formed from the Immortal Emperor’s Dao Fruits flew to different regions, each displaying supreme powers and drawing the major Imperial Clans into a struggle to seize them.
• A saying spread that uniting the seven calabashes would make someone emperor, while Chen Zhao realized their union would herald the Immortal Emperor’s return.
• Chen Zhao decided to pursue another life by merging his True Spirit with the Chaos Green Lotus Seed in his Bitter Sea.
• The lotus seed absorbed Chen Zhao’s vitality until his physical body turned to dust, and Chaos Qi filled Chaos Mountain.

The Blood Phoenix gathered the seven Saint Calabashes, triggered a Dao Proving Tribulation, and became the Blood Phoenix Emperor, also known as the Saint Calabash Emperor. Seeking a path to longevity, he learned that the Immortal Emperor had been the Human Emperor’s disciple and began considering the Immortal Emperor’s method of merging his primordial spirit with a Dao weapon.

• The Chaos Green Lotus Seed absorbed the last trace of blood that had nourished it and began undergoing Nirvana.
• After tens of thousands of years of conflict over the Saint Calabashes, someone fused all seven into the Seven-Colored Calabash and triggered a Dao Proving Tribulation.
• The Blood Phoenix defeated the tribulation with his Phoenix Wing Gilded Tang, merged with Heavenly Heart, and became the Blood Phoenix Emperor.
• The Blood Phoenix Emperor asked the Immortal Emperor whether a Longevity Method existed, and the Immortal Emperor said only the Human Emperor could achieve immortality.
• The Immortal Emperor revealed that he had learned the Longevity Method from the Human Emperor and urged the Blood Phoenix Emperor to merge his primordial spirit with a Dao weapon.
• The Blood Phoenix Emperor’s doubts began to weaken as the Immortal Emperor explained how the method could grant longevity.

Blood Phoenix Emperor merged his primordial spirit with the Phoenix Wing Gilded Tang to pursue longevity, but discovered the path required evolving the weapon into an Immortal Artifact. Human Emperor returned to the Ziwei Star Region with power beyond the Human Dao Domain and confirmed that he had become immortal by the standards of a Mortal World Immortal.

• Blood Phoenix Emperor resolved to merge his primordial spirit with a Dao Weapon and spent his time discussing the longevity method with Immortal Emperor.
• Blood Phoenix Emperor consumed an Undying Medicine, lived a Second Life, and later merged his primordial spirit into the Phoenix Wing Gilded Tang as he approached old age.
• Blood Phoenix Emperor realized his primordial spirit was being corroded and learned from Immortal Emperor that he needed to evolve the weapon into an Immortal Artifact, so they hoped Human Emperor could help.
• Human Emperor emerged from a Chaos Green Lotus in the Ziwei Star Region, and his aura awakened the forbidden-zone Supremes and astonished cultivators across the universe.
• Blood Phoenix Emperor and Immortal Emperor arrived before Human Emperor, who confirmed that he had become immortal by the standards of a Mortal World Immortal.

After attaining immortality, Chen Zhao accepted the Blood Phoenix Emperor’s plea to become his weapon and brought the Immortal Emperor to Chaos Mountain. There, the Immortal Emperor reunited with the Immortal Vine and broke free of his calabash, while the Blood Phoenix Emperor awaited Chen Zhao’s refinement of his weapon.

• The Blood Phoenix Emperor asked Chen Zhao to refine the Phoenix Wing Gilded Tang and make him his weapon, and Chen Zhao agreed to consider it.
• Chen Zhao stored the Chaos Green Lotus in his Bitter Sea and reflected that he still needed one more lifetime of transformation to reach the Quasi-Immortal King realm.
• Chen Zhao brought the Immortal Emperor and the Blood Phoenix Emperor into Chaos Mountain, where they saw Dish Chicken, a phoenix born from the spiritual awakening of a phoenix corpse.
• The Immortal Vine merged into the Immortal Emperor’s Seven-Colored Calabash, allowing him to reunite his Dao Fruits and emerge as a man.
• The Blood Phoenix Emperor again asked Chen Zhao to refine the Phoenix Wing Gilded Tang into an Immortal Artifact, and Chen Zhao agreed to proceed.

Chen Zhao told the Immortal Emperor that entering the Immortal Domain would have to wait, as he sought to complete another transformation and reach the Apex of Immortals. The Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord returned through Transformation into Saintly Spirit and met Chen Zhao, learning that he still needed one more transformation to become unaffected by time.

• Chen Zhao explained that breaking into the Immortal Domain required three Mortal World Immortals, and he planned to transform once more before attempting it.
• A Great Perfection Saintly Spirit emerged, and Chen Zhao recognized him as the returning Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord summoned the four Killing Swords and the Immortal Slaughtering Array Diagram, revealing his return to the universe.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord went to Chaos Mountain, where Chen Zhao welcomed him and they compared their progress toward immortality.
• Numinous Treasure Heavenly Lord said he regretted that his long transformation had kept him from joining Chen Zhao in the battle.