Chapter Summaries

Li Yun lured the Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug through the Immortal Gate and trapped it in the Mysterious Gate World, where he began grinding it down and absorbing its energy. Meanwhile, Lian Zijun remained unaware that the creature he relied on had become Li Yun’s prey.

• The Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug knocked away Li Yun’s Calamity Qi Great Dao Incarnation and pursued it, intending to devour its Epoch Calamity essence.
• Li Yun fled through the Immortal Gate, drawing the Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug into the Mysterious Gate World before closing the gate.
• Li Yun used the Forbidden Divine Charm, Immortal Gate Divine Might, and Way of Nothingness True Intent to seal the creature as it struggled and began growing stronger.
• Li Yun combined the three powers into a millstone and ground the Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug, drawing its blood-red energy into the gates of the Three Thousand Great Daos.
• The Three Thousand Great Dao incarnations absorbed the energy while Lian Zijun watched the Nine-Colored Strange Flower, unaware that his Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug had been captured.

Xing Huang and Yu Huang waited for Lian Zijun to return while more Immortal Emperors arrived on Luankong Island, including the volatile Immortal Emperor Chijing of Li Huo Palace. Chijing killed a Fifth Grade Immortal Emperor for offending her, then asked Xing Huang and Yu Huang about the Nine-Colored Immortal Emperor Flower as they revealed Lian Zijun had been missing for ten days.

• Xing Huang and Yu Huang grew concerned after Lian Zijun failed to return from scouting the depths of Luankong Island for ten days.
• Xing Huang and Yu Huang noticed a new group of Immortal Emperors led by a Third Grade Immortal Emperor and separated to guard against their rivals.
• Immortal Emperor Chijing of Li Huo Palace arrived, and Xing Huang and Yu Huang politely introduced themselves.
• Immortal Emperor Chijing killed a Fifth Grade Immortal Emperor with her Fire Lotus after catching him tugging at his pants while looking at her.
• Immortal Emperor Chijing asked whether Xing Huang and Yu Huang had seen the Nine-Colored Immortal Emperor Flower, and Xing Huang said they had not and mentioned Lian Zijun's disappearance.

Lian Zijun’s scheme reached its climax as the Nine-Colored Strange Flower trapped and drained the gathered Immortal Emperors. He tried to summon the Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug to claim the flower, unaware that it was nearly ground to death in the Mysterious Gate World.

• Immortal Emperor Chijing persuaded Xing Huang, Yu Huang, and the other Immortal Emperors to enter Luankong Island together.
• Lian Zijun saw the arriving group and dismissed his doubts about Li Yun and Chao Wanxiu.
• Xing Huang, Yu Huang, and Immortal Emperor Chijing discovered the Nine-Colored Strange Flower draining ten Immortal Emperors and tried to flee.
• The flower expanded its domain, pulled all twenty-three newcomers inside, and drained their Immortal Origin as its radiance grew brighter.
• Lian Zijun tried to contact the Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug, but could not sense it.
• The Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug was revealed to be near death after being ground by a great millstone in the Mysterious Gate World.

Li Yun devoured the Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug and used its essence to strengthen his Great Daos, rising to the peak of the First Grade Immortal Emperor realm. He sent a recreated bug bearing Lian Zijun’s brand back to him, where it attacked and burrowed into Lian Zijun’s body.

• Li Yun devoured the Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug, and its essence propelled his three thousand Great Dao incarnations into the Immortal King realm.
• Li Yun’s Immortal Gate released four Immortal Substance Droplets, raising him to the peak of the First Grade Immortal Emperor realm and near the Immortal Sovereign realm.
• Li Yun transformed his Calamity Qi Great Dao Incarnation into a copy of the Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug, preserving Lian Zijun’s brand on it.
• Lian Zijun sensed that the bug had weakened and caught it to examine it, believing his brand would keep it from attacking him.
• The bug bit Lian Zijun’s palm, pierced his flesh, and burrowed into his body.

Lian Zijun’s Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug turned on him, devoured his Immortal Body, and left him desperate to escape as an Immortal Soul. Li Yun revealed himself in the Mysterious Gate World as the mastermind, and Lian Zijun attacked him in fury.

• The Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug burrowed into Lian Zijun and devoured his immortal power after his brand on it vanished.
• The bug gnawed Lian Zijun’s body down to a skeleton, and he realized someone had plotted against him.
• Lian Zijun blasted apart his remaining head to free his Immortal Soul, but purple lightning struck him and chains bound him.
• A huge hand pulled Lian Zijun and the bug through his Immortal Gate into the Mysterious Gate World.
• The Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug transformed into a person, and Li Yun appeared and revealed himself as the one who had ruined Lian Zijun’s scheme.
• Lian Zijun recognized Li Yun and charged at him, vowing to kill him.

Li Yun captured Lian Zijun and confronted her about using the Nine-Colored Strange Flower to prey on others, condemning Epoch Transmigrators for obstructing the Great Void World’s progress. He offered her a chance to live as a being of the Ninth Epoch, leaving Lian Zijun stunned.

• Li Yun used the Mysterious Gate World’s power to restrain Lian Zijun’s remnant Immortal Soul despite her strength.
• Lian Zijun demanded to know why Li Yun had plotted against her, and he accused her of targeting him with the Nine-Colored Strange Flower and the Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug.
• Li Yun revealed he had recognized Lian Zijun as an Epoch Transmigrator and said he had already killed an Immortal Sovereign who smuggled himself from the Sixth Epoch.
• Li Yun and Lian Zijun argued over whether Epoch Transmigrators were justified in pursuing Immortal Being opportunities and resisting the Ninth Epoch’s development.
• Li Yun told Lian Zijun that she was his prisoner but offered her a chance to live on as a being of the Ninth Epoch, leaving her bewildered.

Li Yun offered Lian Zijun a restored Immortal Sovereign body in exchange for serving as the public leader of a new force. He demanded a brand in Lian Zijun’s Immortal Soul as a guarantee, while Lian Zijun weighed the offer.

• Lian Zijun accepted Li Yun’s offer to work for him after Li Yun promised a stronger Immortal Body and greater karmic fortune.
• Li Yun explained that the Nine-Colored Strange Flower could become the material for Lian Zijun’s new body, and that using the Epoch Calamity Immortal Bug to devour it might have let the bug destroy Lian Zijun’s soul.
• Li Yun said he could erase the flower’s instincts and help Lian Zijun fuse with it, potentially making him an Immortal Sovereign of the Ninth Epoch.
• Li Yun demanded that Lian Zijun allow him to brand the source of his Immortal Soul so Li Yun could trust him not to betray the new force.
• Li Yun considered Lian Zijun a suitable public leader because his identity as an Epoch Transmigrator would help conceal Li Yun’s role in building a force to claim the Ninth Epoch’s fortune.

Li Yun secured Lian Zijun’s submission by branding his Immortal Soul, then used the Immortal Gate to suppress and uproot the Nine-Colored Strange Flower. After freeing the trapped Immortal Emperors, he faced their demand for compensation.

• Lian Zijun agreed to let Li Yun brand the source of his Immortal Soul, and Li Yun released him from the Mysterious Gate World.
• Li Yun brought Chao Wanxiu near the Nine-Colored Strange Flower, where Xing Huang, Yu Huang, and Immortal Emperor Chijing were close to death inside its domain.
• Li Yun summoned the Immortal Gate to pin down the Nine-Colored Strange Flower’s domain, shocking the trapped Immortal Emperors and Lian Zijun.
• Li Yun uprooted the Nine-Colored Strange Flower and stored it in the Heavenly Origin Ring, then withdrew the Immortal Gate.
• Xing Huang, Yu Huang, and Immortal Emperor Chijing escaped and demanded compensation from Li Yun for nearly dying beneath the flower.

Li Yun killed Xing Huang, Yu Huang, and Immortal Emperor Chijing after they demanded compensation, then used them to help the Nine-Colored Strange Flower transform into a Twelve-Colored Strange Flower. He resisted the temptation to consume it himself and summoned Lian Zijun to reshape his immortal body with it.

• Xing Huang, Yu Huang, and Immortal Emperor Chijing accused Li Yun of causing the deaths around the flower and demanded compensation, relying on their status and assuming he could not use his powerful Secret Art again.
• Li Yun seized the three Third Grade Immortal Emperors and threw them into his mysterious world, where the flower crushed them and absorbed their Immortal Origin.
• The Nine-Colored Strange Flower gained three petals and began to form spiritual intelligence, but Li Yun extinguished it before it could take human form, leaving a Twelve-Colored Strange Flower comparable to an Immortal Sovereign.
• Li Yun considered consuming the flower to advance his power but chose to follow his plan to establish a force before hidden schemers claimed the Great Void World.
• Li Yun summoned Lian Zijun, who marveled at the mysterious world and the transformed flower, then flew toward it to reshape his immortal body.

Li Yun and Chao Wanxiu searched the Chaotic Sea Domain for a stable Space Rift and encountered Chao Wanxiu’s old friend, Immortal Emperor Tai Ming. Tai Ming invited them to explore a void ruin with his group, and Li Yun recognized that Tai Ming was trying to keep Chao Wanxiu close.

• Li Yun took Chao Wanxiu through the central region of the Chaotic Sea Domain, gathering treasures while searching for a stable Space Rift.
• After finding no safe passage, Li Yun and Chao Wanxiu met Immortal Emperor Tai Ming, Dong Lai Immortal Emperor, and Immortal Emperor Yao Guang on an unnamed island.
• Immortal Emperor Tai Ming recognized Chao Wanxiu as an old friend and introduced Li Yun to his companions.
• Immortal Emperor Tai Ming invited Li Yun and Chao Wanxiu to explore a void ruin, explaining that his group planned to return there in two years.
• Li Yun asked about the stable Space Rift and realized Immortal Emperor Tai Ming had revealed the ruin’s location to keep Chao Wanxiu with him.

Li Yun and Chao Wanxiu joined Immortal Emperor Tai Ming and his companions to explore the Cloud Valley Immortal Sect ruins, which held a portal set to activate in about a year. The group reached Hongguang Island and settled in while Tai Ming negotiated access to its spatial passage.

• Li Yun agreed to accompany Immortal Emperor Tai Ming and his two companions, using Tai Ming's interest in Chao Wanxiu to grow closer to them.
• Immortal Emperor Tai Ming explained that the Cloud Valley Immortal Sect ruins dated to the Eighth Epoch and contained a portal that would activate in about a year.
• Li Yun consulted Immortal Venerable Shenyue, who warned that the ruins could conceal surviving experts and might become a Forbidden Land.
• After three days, Li Yun, Chao Wanxiu, Tai Ming, and his two companions traveled to Hongguang Island and learned about its powerful arrays and prosperous cities.
• The five rented a courtyard on Hongguang Island, and Immortal Emperor Tai Ming went to negotiate for passage through the island's spatial rift.

Li Yun and his companions enjoyed Biyan Wine on Hongguang Island until a golden-robed Immortal King mocked them and his father blocked Immortal Emperor Yao Guang’s attack with the One-Qi Immortal Bell. Dong Lai Immortal Emperor and Yao Guang prepared to challenge the arrogant neighbor, while his son taunted them from the courtyard wall.

• Li Yun, Chao Wanxiu, Dong Lai Immortal Emperor, and Immortal Emperor Yao Guang praised Hongguang Island’s Biyan Wine and learned that its special ingredient only worked on the island.
• A golden-robed third-level Immortal King insulted the group and claimed they knew nothing about Ghost Soul Immortal Grass.
• Immortal Emperor Yao Guang attacked the Immortal King, but a golden light from the neighboring courtyard blocked her pressure.
• Dong Lai Immortal Emperor demanded that the neighbor intervene, and the hidden owner claimed the group could not break his One-Qi Immortal Bell.
• Dong Lai Immortal Emperor and Immortal Emperor Yao Guang rose to challenge the owner, while his son taunted them and threatened to trap them in the courtyard.

Li Yun casually pierced the One-Qi Immortal Bell, killed the Golden-Robed Immortal King, and then defeated One Qi Immortal Emperor when he attacked in revenge. The chapter left Dong Lai Immortal Emperor and Immortal Emperor Yao Guang stunned by Li Yun’s overwhelming strength.

• Dong Lai Immortal Emperor and Immortal Emperor Yao Guang unleashed their strongest attacks on the One-Qi Immortal Bell, but its defenses dissolved their blows.
• Li Yun reached through the bell with an immortal hand, seized the Golden-Robed Immortal King, and crushed him into blue smoke.
• One Qi Immortal Emperor rushed into the Courtyard and challenged Li Yun after seeing his son killed.
• Li Yun struck One Qi Immortal Emperor’s bell apart and slapped him to the ground, killing him.

Immortal Emperor Tai Ming returned to his rented Courtyard fearing the trouble caused by One Qi Immortal Emperor, only to learn that Li Yun had killed him. Iron Blood Spear Emperor and the other Immortal Emperors thanked Li Yun, while Iron Blood Spear Emperor began warning him that One Qi Immortal Emperor had not been simple.

• Immortal Emperor Tai Ming heard that One Qi Immortal Emperor had fought at his rented Courtyard and hurried back, worried that his companions had provoked the notorious Third Grade Immortal Emperor.
• Immortal Emperor Tai Ming found the Courtyard crowded with Immortal Emperors, including Iron Blood Spear Emperor, and learned that Li Yun had killed One Qi Immortal Emperor.
• Iron Blood Spear Emperor said One Qi Immortal Emperor had long oppressed others and thanked Li Yun for removing a menace from Hongguang Island.
• The gathered Immortal Emperors bowed and thanked Li Yun, leaving Immortal Emperor Tai Ming stunned that Li Yun had defeated an opponent even Iron Blood Spear Emperor struggled to overcome.
• Li Yun modestly said he had acted because One Qi Immortal Emperor provoked them, and Iron Blood Spear Emperor began to warn him that One Qi Immortal Emperor had not been simple.

Iron Blood Spear Emperor revealed that One Qi Immortal Emperor had been backed by Hurricane Immortal Sovereign, but Li Yun remained unconcerned and kept his own sources of strength secret. After Iron Blood Spear Emperor left, Li Yun confirmed to Immortal Emperor Tai Ming that he had killed One Qi Immortal Emperor, leaving Tai Ming stunned.

• Iron Blood Spear Emperor explained that One Qi Immortal Emperor had saved Hurricane Immortal Sovereign, who had since become a Ninth Grade Immortal Sovereign, and warned Li Yun to be cautious outside Hongguang Island.
• Li Yun thanked Iron Blood Spear Emperor and privately considered his own strength, Lian Zijun, and Immortal Venerable Shenyue enough to handle the threat.
• Iron Blood Spear Emperor, impressed by Li Yun's calm and hidden strength, offered to host him for a drink and left the courtyard.
• The other Immortal Emperors departed, and Immortal Emperor Tai Ming asked Li Yun whether he had really killed One Qi Immortal Emperor.
• Li Yun teased Tai Ming that he was standing where One Qi Immortal Emperor had died, and Dong Lai Immortal Emperor explained that Li Yun had crushed him with a single slap.

After Li Yun accepted leadership of Immortal Emperor Tai Ming’s team, he proposed expanding it into a powerful force and promised they could recruit an Immortal Sovereign. Tai Ming and his companions eagerly embraced the prospect, seeing Li Yun as a path to greater opportunities.

• After learning how Li Yun had defeated One Qi Immortal Emperor, Immortal Emperor Tai Ming became convinced of his strength and began treating him with great respect.
• Immortal Emperor Tai Ming offered Li Yun leadership of the team, and Li Yun accepted.
• Li Yun proposed recruiting more Immortal Emperors and Immortal Kings to establish a much larger team.
• Immortal Emperor Tai Ming warned that Hongguang Island might suppress a growing force and that a large team could complicate their ruin exploration.
• Li Yun said finding one or two Immortal Sovereigns to join would be easy, and hinted that the others would understand after they returned from the void.
• Immortal Emperor Tai Ming, Dong Lai Immortal Emperor, and Immortal Emperor Yao Guang rejoiced at the prospect of gaining an Immortal Sovereign backer.

Hongguang Immortal Sovereign met Li Yun and sensed that he was far more powerful and ambitious than he appeared. Believing a great upheaval was coming and that Li Yun might offer Iron Blood Spear Emperor a chance to advance, Hongguang Immortal Sovereign urged him to join Li Yun’s expedition into the Chaotic Void.

• Hongguang Immortal Sovereign watched Li Yun, sensed another distant gaze, and then confronted Iron Blood Spear Emperor.
• Hongguang Immortal Sovereign told Iron Blood Spear Emperor that he should eventually stand as an equal rather than remain his subordinate.
• Hongguang Immortal Sovereign revealed a Great Dao warning of an immense upheaval that could threaten even Immortal Sovereigns.
• Hongguang Immortal Sovereign judged Li Yun to be a top-tier First Grade Immortal Emperor and told Iron Blood Spear Emperor to join his team exploring the ruins in the Chaotic Void.
• Iron Blood Spear Emperor accepted the order, while Hongguang Immortal Sovereign urged him to develop the mindset required to become an Immortal Sovereign.

Li Yun founded the Zhu Xian Team to recruit cultivators for a Chaotic Void expedition, but fear of Hurricane Immortal Sovereign kept applicants away. Just as Li Yun's companions worried the island's powers might be discouraging recruits, Iron Blood Spear Emperor arrived with six Immortal Emperors and asked to join.

• News spread across Hongguang Island that Li Yun was recruiting for the Zhu Xian Team, but many cultivators feared Hurricane Immortal Sovereign's retaliation and refused to apply.
• Immortal Emperor Tai Ming, Dong Lai Immortal Emperor, Immortal Emperor Yao Guang, and Chao Wanxiu saw that no one came to Li Yun's courtyard, while Li Yun calmly used points to improve the Great Fate Art.
• Dong Lai Immortal Emperor complained about the cultivators' cowardice, and Immortal Emperor Tai Ming wondered whether Hongguang Immortal Sovereign was stoking fear to suppress Li Yun.
• Iron Blood Spear Emperor arrived at the courtyard with six Immortal Emperors and asked Li Yun to let them join Zhu Xian Team, shocking those watching.

After Iron Blood Spear Emperor joined Zhu Xian Team with Hongguang Immortal Sovereign’s backing, many cultivators flocked to join Li Yun’s team. Hurricane Immortal Sovereign attacked Hongguang Island in anger, and Hongguang Immortal Sovereign appeared to confront him directly.

• Iron Blood Spear Emperor and six Immortal Emperors joined Zhu Xian Team, prompting twenty-seven more Immortal Emperors and eighteen Fifth Grade-or-higher Immortal Kings to join Li Yun.
• Zhu Xian Team grew to fifty-seven members, with Immortal Emperors making up two-thirds of its ranks.
• After hearing that Hongguang Immortal Sovereign supported Zhu Xian Team, Hurricane Immortal Sovereign attacked Hongguang Island with a hurricane, killing hundreds of cultivators.
• Hongguang Immortal Sovereign swept away the invading hurricane power with rainbow radiance and challenged Hurricane Immortal Sovereign.
• Hurricane Immortal Sovereign met Hongguang Immortal Sovereign’s attack with a tide of hurricane power, and the two Immortal Sovereigns clashed outside the island.
• Hongguang Immortal Sovereign appeared and punched at Hurricane Immortal Sovereign, declaring that the gap between their grades made Hurricane’s power a joke.

Li Yun ambushed Hurricane Immortal Sovereign after Hongguang Immortal Sovereign wounded him, then battered him with a furious barrage of punches. Hurricane Immortal Sovereign was left badly injured as cultivators on Hongguang Island and the surrounding sea watched in shock.

• Hongguang Immortal Sovereign shattered Hurricane Immortal Sovereign's hurricane and armor with a punch, sending him flying and injuring him.
• Hurricane Immortal Sovereign threatened to slaughter everyone on Hongguang Island, but Li Yun appeared behind him and struck him by surprise.
• Li Yun's punch pierced Hurricane Immortal Sovereign's chest and planted foreign immortal power inside him, disrupting his strength and damaging his immortal dao.
• Li Yun attacked again with thirty-seven thousand punches, driving Hurricane Immortal Sovereign back and tearing open wounds across his Immortal Body.
• Cultivators on Hongguang Island and the nearby sea watched in disbelief as Li Yun fought Hurricane Immortal Sovereign on equal terms.