Chapter Summaries

Shi Miao explained sovereign world hearts and the Original Demon Cave to Li Hao, while the Dao Source Immortal Emperor revealed the Ancient Demon Clan’s origins and prepared Li Hao to travel to the Eastern Region. The chapter left Li Hao equipped with powerful inherited artifacts and a new sword whose gaze struck at his consciousness.

• Shi Miao explained that sovereign world hearts surpassed Peak World Hearts, described her Eternal Time Sequence, and advised Li Hao to keep his two world hearts independent while exploring a path where multiple hearts could coexist.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor explained that the Ancient Demon Clan came from reincarnation and had attacked an Immortal Emperor who offered them a place to live.
• Shi Miao assessed Li Hao’s strength against the Original Demon Cave’s trials, and the Dao Source Immortal Emperor sent him to the Eastern Region under Long Qingge’s protection.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor gave Li Hao a sealed set of domain artifacts called the Twilight of the Gods, once worn by the God-Slaying Emperor Lord.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor summoned a pitch-black Ink Sword for Li Hao, and its red eyeball met his gaze and sent a psychic sword cry into his mind.

Li Hao gained the recognition of Finality, an incomplete Emperor Sword, and left Extreme Dao Mountain with Shi Miao to gain experience. Elsewhere, Divine Venerable emerged from the Original Demon Cave plotting to pursue his goals, while Luo Ningshuang and Su Wanyi prepared to descend the mountain and learned that Li Hao had already left.

• Li Hao accepted Finality after his Sole Self Sword Dao won the sword’s recognition, and Dao Source Immortal Emperor explained its power and limits.
• Daoji parted from Li Hao as his weapon for battle, and Li Hao promised to improve it when his Path of Carving advanced.
• Dao Source Immortal Emperor gave Li Hao a jade token and sealed three drops of his Divine Blood on Extreme Dao Mountain before Li Hao and Shi Miao descended with Long Qingge’s avatar.
• Divine Venerable left the eighth layer of the Original Demon Cave, resented Li Hao for ruining his opportunity, and resolved to prioritize forging his Emperor Path.
• Chaos Immortal Emperor praised Luo Ningshuang and Su Wanyi for awakening their Progenitor Emperor Power and told them to return to their clans to gain experience.
• Luo Ningshuang and Su Wanyi learned that Li Hao had left the mountain without challenging the Original Demon Cave, while Su Wanqing, Su Muqing, and the others reacted to how far ahead he had gone.

Li Hao rejected the Heavenly Dao’s mandate when he attempted to prove the heavenly heart, but received king’s path authority instead. After the Heavenly Path departed with the Black-robed Youth, Li Hao gathered his companions and severely wounded Chi Yuan for mocking his failure.

• Li Hao refused to submit to the Heavenly Dao, abandoned his attempt to prove the heavenly heart, and gained king’s path authority.
• The Black-robed Youth reached the summit and began proving the heavenly heart while Li Hao descended and offered to take the Su Clan sisters and others up the Heavenly Path.
• The Heavenly Path shook, expelled its climbers, and was carried away by the seventy-two Quasi-Emperor Realm giants after the Black-robed Youth proved the heavenly heart.
• Chi Yuan mocked Li Hao, who struck him with Chaos Limitless Sword Qi, pierced his Domain Artifact, and forced him to flee badly wounded.
• Li Hao told his companions that their journey was over and that they could return to pursue king-sealing breakthroughs.

Li Hao returned from the Endless Heavenly Domain after abandoning the chance to prove the Heavenly Heart, reunited with his friends, and went back to Extreme Dao Mountain. The Dao Source Immortal Emperor revealed that the two elders Li Hao met were among the Ten Elders, supreme figures from the previous Chaos Era.

• Di Lingshu confronted Li Hao for giving up the chance to become an emperor, but he said the Heavenly Heart did not align with his Dao heart and invited his friends to hunt more Chaos Dao Seeds.
• The Endless Heavenly Domain closed, sending Li Hao and the other survivors outside Boundary Crossing Mountain, where he reunited with Gu Yan, Yue Xi, Shen Wuji, and the others.
• Li Hao decided not to return to the Southern Region until he became an emperor, then said goodbye to his friends and left with Gu Mofan and Shi Miao.
• Su Muqing tried to speak to Li Hao but fell silent when Shi Miao arrived, struck by their identical appearance.
• At the Ultimate Dao Hall, Di Lingshu told the gathered senior siblings about Li Hao clearing the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Domains and meeting Elder Qi and Elder Ba.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor identified Elder Qi and Elder Ba as two of the Ten Elders, supreme experts from the dawn of chaos whose cultivation was limited by the lock of their era.

Li Hao began his breakthrough to the immortal king realm on Extreme Dao Mountain after his master accepted his choice to reject the heavenly heart. He formed a time-space world domain and became an immortal king, then immediately began a second breakthrough by merging his chess dao state of mind into the Imperial Dao.

• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor explained that rejecting the heavenly heart was acceptable if it conflicted with Li Hao's dao heart, and told Li Hao to prepare to become a king.
• Li Hao returned to the summit courtyard with Shi Miao, calmed his mind by playing the Ancient Zither, and embedded his thirteenth-dan painting dao state of mind into the Path of the Physical Body.
• Li Hao formed the Reverse Time Domain using the spacetime law and broke through into the immortal king realm as disciples across Extreme Dao Mountain watched.
• Li Hao suppressed the heavenly dao authority within him and merged his thirteenth-dan chess dao state of mind into the Imperial Dao.
• A second gray beam of divine radiance rose over the summit, leaving Gu Mofan, Di Wushe, and the others stunned by the new breakthrough beginning in Li Hao's courtyard.

Li Hao broke through to the immortal king realm and discovered a way to keep his time reversal and formless world hearts from merging by cycling the world domain’s power between them. He glimpsed the beginnings of an emperor path, and as he settled his doubled world domains, the Dao Source Immortal Emperor appeared above the courtyard.

• Li Hao condensed a time reversal world heart and a formless world heart, then used his control power to set them spinning around each other.
• Li Hao’s first method failed when he stopped sustaining the rotation, and he began to question whether heaven and earth’s rules could be changed.
• Li Hao cycled the entire world domain’s power between the two world hearts, stabilizing them and causing each to expand into a separate world domain.
• Li Hao realized that finding ways to overcome limits could open emperor paths, then withdrew his aura and settled both world domains inside his transformed body.
• Shi Miao congratulated Li Hao on condensing two world hearts, and the Dao Source Immortal Emperor appeared above the courtyard.

After reaching the Immortal King Realm, Li Hao discovered that his two coexisting world hearts could become the foundation of an emperor path. He shaped two world domains from his memories, then learned that his master planned to send him to the Eastern Region to train under his fifth senior brother.

• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor and Li Hao’s senior disciples saw his two balanced world hearts, and the emperor recognized them as a flawed prototype of an emperor path.
• Li Hao withdrew into cultivation and shaped one world domain from memories of the Mortal World and another from the Heavenly Realms, nurturing new life in each.
• After half a month, Li Hao awoke and discussed his next destination with Shi Miao, deciding to visit the Dao Source Immortal Emperor.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor told Li Hao to travel to the Ancestor Dragon Court in the Eastern Region and assist his fifth senior brother as he gained experience.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor added that newly advanced Immortal King disciples had to clear the Seventh Layer of the Original Demon Cave before leaving the mountain.

Shi Miao explained Sovereign World Hearts and the Original Demon Cave to Li Hao, while the Dao Source Immortal Emperor revealed the Ancient Demons’ origin and sent Li Hao to the Eastern Region with Long Qingge. Before Li Hao departed, his master gave him a sealed set of Domain Artifacts and a mysterious Ink Sword.

• Shi Miao explained that Sovereign World Hearts could command all daos, described her Eternal Time Sequence Domain, and told Li Hao that his independent World Hearts might eventually let him forge an Emperor Path.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor explained that the Ancient Demon Clan came from reincarnation and sought to seize the True Realm after their own world shattered.
• Shi Miao said Li Hao could pass the Original Demon Cave’s seventh-level trial, while those with Progenitor Emperor Power could reach the ninth level.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor assigned Long Qingge to look after Li Hao in the Eastern Region, and Long Qingge promised to protect his junior brother.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor gave Li Hao the sealed Domain Artifacts called the Twilight of the Gods, once worn by the God-Slaying Emperor Lord, and presented him with a black Ink Sword whose eye met Li Hao’s gaze.

Li Hao and Shi Miao helped Dragon Gate City repel an ancient demon assault, and Li Hao later entered Dao Realm enlightenment while recovering. Three years later, he awakened to news that Dragon Seeing Pass had fallen.

• Shi Miao used the Six Harmonies Dragon Scale Array to wound and briefly restrain a Ghost Matriarch Array, allowing the Earth Armor Division's dragon to engage it while Long Ying's group retreated.
• Long Potian returned from battle, rallied the Eastern Region forces, and the ancient demon army eventually withdrew after suffering heavy losses.
• Long Ying awarded Shi Miao the foremost merit and nominated Duan Yuan and Haotian for First Class Merit; the others also supported Haotian taking charge of the dragon's body in a future battle.
• Li Hao recovered in a mountain spring and entered Dao Realm enlightenment, while Shi Miao stayed nearby to keep others from disturbing him.
• Long Potian and the commanders discussed the attack on the Teleportation Array and the need for reinforcements, then three years passed as Dragon Gate City recovered.
• Li Hao opened his eyes as a secret dragon blood dispatch arrived, announcing that Dragon Seeing Pass had fallen.

After Dragon Seeing Pass fell to the Ancient Demons, Long Potian sent Dragon Gate City's troops to reinforce Ancestor Dragon City. Meanwhile, Ban Xueyao joined the invasion, and Li Hao reached the Thirteenth Dan of Musical Rhythm, sensing the cold, supreme power of the Heavenly Venerable.

• A scout reported that Dragon Seeing Pass had been devastated and its Divine Dragon Statue destroyed, and the Ancestor Dragon Court confirmed the Candle Dragon Great Emperor had retreated gravely wounded.
• Long Potian ordered Dragon Gate City to send reinforcements to Ancestor Dragon City, while Qing Xuan kept several promising people behind.
• The Ancient Demons, led by the Yama Emperor and other clan leaders, prepared to attack the next city, and Ban Xueyao recalled the human youth who had once saved her.
• Li Hao comprehended the Void Piercing State of Mind and advanced his Musical Rhythm Dao to the Thirteenth Dan.
• Li Hao's deeper perception let him sense the Heavenly Venerable as a cold, supreme force governing the workings of the universe.

Li Hao attained the Heaven and Man Final Realm, giving him powerful protection against dao-based attacks, and shared his breakthrough with Shi Miao. Their celebration ended when Shi Miao told him Dragon Seeing Pass had fallen and the ancient demons were reuniting, leaving Li Hao to consider whether to retreat or fight in the coming war.

• Li Hao comprehended the Heaven and Man Final Realm, his fifth terminal realm, and realized it could greatly weaken attacks from Immortal Kings.
• Li Hao told Shi Miao about his breakthrough and his third world heart, then cooked ancient demon meat with her.
• Shi Miao revealed that Dragon Seeing Pass had fallen, but Long Qingge and the surviving troops had retreated to Ancestor Dragon City.
• Shi Miao explained that the Ancient Demon Clan seemed to be reuniting and warned that the Eastern Region could become the first battlefield of a renewed great war.
• Li Hao asked whether there would be time to leave and grow stronger, then sat alone in silence after Shi Miao departed.

After the Ancient Demons destroyed Dragon Seeing Pass, Su Jiuzhe decided to personally reinforce the Eastern Region and inspire other clans to join him. As he departed, the Lin Clan’s Great Emperor emerged to guard the Northern Region, while Dao Source Immortal Emperor sent disciples to escort Li Hao from the Eastern Region.

• The Northern Region’s major clans learned of Dragon Seeing Pass’s destruction and debated whether they could spare troops to help the Eastern Region.
• Su Jiuzhe told Su Zhenyuan he would personally reinforce the Eastern Region and make the Su Clan’s commitment known across the Northern Region.
• Su Zhenyuan publicly announced Su Jiuzhe’s departure, and Su Jiuzhe opened an imperial path and left Gusu Emperor Star.
• The Lin Clan’s Great Emperor manifested and pledged to guard the Northern Region, prompting other clans to volunteer reinforcements for the Eastern Region.
• Dao Source Immortal Emperor summoned Di Wushe, Gu Mofan, and Zhan Qinghuang to escort Li Hao back from the Eastern Region, while allowing Qingghao to fight for his homeland if he chose.
• Dao Source Immortal Emperor saw Su Jiuzhe’s imperial path and told his disciples to focus on reaching emperorship, promising to intervene himself if the Eastern Region faced a critical moment.

The Ancient Demon Clan attacked Dragon Gate City while its defenses were depleted, and Li Hao chose to stay and defend it alongside Shi Miao. The barrier fell, powerful enemies broke through the walls, and Li Hao’s dragon array began cutting down the ancient demons as the battle intensified.

• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor sent Gu Mofan and two others to the Eastern Region, warning that the catastrophe could either forge their Emperor Paths or kill them.
• Ancient demons attacked Dragon Gate City, and Long Ying ordered the outnumbered defenders to reinforce the city's defenses.
• Li Hao and Shi Miao chose to hold Dragon Gate City, while Li Hao vowed to protect Shi Miao if the battle turned desperate.
• Long Potian fought Xing Gu Wang after the ancient demon's imperial attack shattered the barrier, while Ban Xueyao and a Mirror Demon Race youth led powerful arrays against the city.
• Li Hao unleashed his sword techniques against the Nether Ghost Arrays, then used the Six Harmonies Dragon Scale Array to destroy one of them with successive Dragon Tail Sweeps.

Long Ying, Shi Miao, and Li Hao’s formation was overwhelmed by powerful Ancient Demon forces, and the City Lord’s Personal Guard rescued Li Hao and Shi Miao as the defenders prepared to fight to the death. As they tried to escort the two prodigies away, Hua Xueyao appeared and recognized Li Hao, while recalling his cooking and considering how useful he might be.

• Long Ying and Shi Miao fought off Nether Ghost and Ghost Matriarch Arrays, but an unseen arrow split the dragon formation and left Duan Yuan and Gui Xuanbing mortally wounded.
• Four Ghost Matriarch Arrays surrounded the formation, and a Punishment Ghost Array advanced, forcing Long Ying and the others to abandon the battlefield.
• The City Lord’s Personal Guard rescued Li Hao and Shi Miao, explained that the city lord had ordered them to protect the sparks, and urged the remaining defenders to fight to the death.
• As the guards tried to escort Li Hao and Shi Miao to the City Lord’s Mansion, Hua Xueyao appeared with an Ancient Demon formation and sent the guards to meet her.
• Li Hao and Hua Xueyao recognized each other from their encounter several hundred years earlier, and Hua Xueyao considered using his cooking skills to advance her standing among the Ancient Demons.

Hua Xueyao tried to make Li Hao submit to the Ancient Demon Clan, but Shi Miao used her sovereign domain to carry them through another timeline toward the City Lord's Mansion. The battle turned when Li Hao's senior siblings arrived as Quasi-Emperor Realm reinforcements, and they prepared to withdraw him from the Eastern Region as aid gathered.

• Hua Xueyao recognized Li Hao and offered him protection if he submitted, but he refused and vowed to fight the ancient demons.
• Hua Xueyao shattered the Ancestral Dragon Formation and pursued Li Hao, while Shi Miao used her sovereign domain to escape with him into another timeline.
• Li Hao and Shi Miao reached the City Lord's Mansion, but Hua Xueyao caught up as three Quasi-Emperor Realm experts arrived and devastated the ancient demon forces.
• Hua Xueyao's body was destroyed, and Zhan Qinghuang, Gu Mofan, and Di Wushe swept the battlefield clear and reunited with Li Hao and Shi Miao.
• Gu Mofan told Li Hao that the Ancient Demon Cataclysm might be returning and that they would leave the Eastern Region after checking on their Fifth Senior Brother, while reinforcements from other regions were on their way.

Gu Mofan, Di Wushe, Zhan Qinghuang, Li Hao, and Shi Miao reached the besieged Ancestor Dragon City, where Shi Miao urged the others not to enter a battle that could draw out more Ancient Demon Emperor Venerables. Back at Extreme Dao Mountain, the Dao Source Immortal Emperor reprimanded his disciples and revealed that the races had activated a wartime plan called True King.

• Gu Mofan explained that the fifth terminal realm, chaos, let cultivators cross world domains, and said Long Qingge intended to stand or fall with the Eastern Region.
• The group arrived at Ancestor Dragon City and saw trillions of Ancient Demons, more than a dozen quasi-emperors, and an Emperor Venerable fighting around the city.
• Shi Miao warned that more Ancient Demon Emperor Venerables were likely waiting and persuaded Gu Mofan, Di Wushe, and Zhan Qinghuang not to upset the battlefield's balance.
• Gu Mofan opened a chaos passage for Li Hao, Di Wushe, and Zhan Qinghuang to return to Extreme Dao Mountain, then went alone to Ancestor Dragon City.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor praised Shi Miao's judgment, reprimanded Di Wushe and Zhan Qinghuang for their impulsiveness, and told them to focus on becoming stronger.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor revealed that the races had placed themselves on a war footing and activated a preparation plan called True King.

The Dao Source Immortal Emperor explained the True King Preselection, a wartime contest meant to choose ten commanders before the Ancient Demon Clan’s invasion, which was expected within a thousand years. He brought Li Hao, Shi Miao, and other Daoyuan Lineage candidates to a modified True Realm Abyss, where fighters from across the Four Regions had gathered.

• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor told Li Hao and Shi Miao that the True King Preselection would select ten commanders based solely on combat strength, while warning that the catastrophe could arrive within a thousand years.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor urged Shi Miao to compete so she could better protect Li Hao, and Shi Miao vowed she would risk her life for him.
• Li Hao and Shi Miao shared a quiet farewell in their courtyard, where Shi Miao said she had seen Li Hao alone in the distant future.
• Ancestor Yuan Ming promised Li Hao they would meet as comrades on the battlefield, then the Dao Source Immortal Emperor gathered the Daoyuan candidates and took them to the True Realm Abyss.
• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor explained that the abyss had been modified into a secure training ground, and Li Hao saw candidates from many races gathered in its hidden starry expanse.

Li Hao and the other candidates gathered at the All Heavens Tower for the True King preselection, where they learned the tower’s trials would determine who could contend for the Ten Kings. As two more Emperor Venerables arrived to explain the rules, Li Hao focused on strengthening himself before the approaching catastrophe.

• The Dao Source Immortal Emperor explained that the Star Emperor Venerable’s All Heavens Tower held three hundred floors, and candidates needed to reach at least the ninetieth floor to contend for a True King seat.
• The Chaos Immortal Emperor arrived with his disciples, exchanged barbed remarks with the Dao Source Immortal Emperor, and brought Li Hao face to face with Luo Ningshuang and Su Wanyi.
• Luo Ningshuang urged Li Hao to aim for the ninetieth floor and a possible True King Deputy position, while Su Wanyi expressed confidence in their senior brothers.
• Li Hao began contemplating how to blaze an Emperor Path and strengthen his seven art skills, and Shi Miao sent Luo Ningshuang and Su Wanyi away so he could focus.
• After several days, two Emperor Venerables descended above the All Heavens Tower as the gathered candidates fell silent.

The Star Empress and the Immortal Emperor opened the All Heavens Tower’s reincarnation trials to select ten True Kings and assess the gathered prodigies. Li Hao entered the first floor for his initial challenge, where the trial began with a promise that he could reincarnate after death.

• The Star Empress explained that the All Heavens Tower held three hundred floors and that challengers could die inside and return through its reincarnation power.
• The Immortal Emperor described how challengers would be rated by how far they advanced beyond the floor matching their cultivation, with the best receiving resources and guidance.
• Qingfeng and a Spirit Fox Clan woman prepared to compete, while the Divine Venerable watched Li Hao and Shi Miao and Lin Qingying recalled seeing Shi Miao defend Li Hao.
• Li Hao and Shi Miao parted ways, and Li Hao went to the first floor with three Immortal Lords while his other companions chose higher floors.
• Li Hao entered the tower, accepted the trial, and began his challenge.

Li Hao advanced through the All Heavens Tower by using his world domains to defeat increasingly powerful ancient demons, while Su Wanyi, Luo Ningshuang, and an Emperor Clan challenger also progressed. On the twenty-first layer, Li Hao faced three third-level Immortal King demons and intensified his power with True God Blood as they began to overwhelm his Reverse Time Domain.

• Li Hao cleared the first ten layers, using Formless and Myriad Forms to destroy groups of ancient demons whose strength rose with each layer.
• Su Wanyi cleared the tenth layer with her Void-Slashing Domain and continued to the eleventh; Luo Ningshuang also chose to continue onward.
• Li Hao used Reverse Time Domain and Chaos Limitless Sword Dao to clear the thirteenth through twentieth layers, then entered the twenty-first.
• The Star Empress and Immortal Emperor observed the trials, and an Emperor Clan challenger cleared the ninety-ninth layer by invoking progenitor emperor power.
• On the twenty-first layer, Li Hao's Reverse Time Domain could barely restrain three third-level Immortal King demons, so he unleashed the power of his 3,100 drops of True God Blood.