Chapter Summaries

The Supreme Heavenly Lord explained that the coming Era of Great Contention would force Li Yun to compete with ancient-era powers for a chance to become a Supreme Immortal. He proposed an alliance, and Li Yun agreed to cooperate, asking the Supreme Heavenly Lord to guard him while he cultivated for a hundred years.

• The Supreme Heavenly Lord warned Li Yun that ancient Immortal Beings and Indestructible Immortals would compete with new-era cultivators for scarce opportunities.
• Li Yun accepted that he could not avoid the coming conflict and asked what cooperation the Supreme Heavenly Lord wanted.
• The Supreme Heavenly Lord offered to help Li Yun pursue Supreme Immortality in exchange for Li Yun becoming his ally on the Ancient Seeking Heavenly Ladder.
• The Supreme Heavenly Lord revealed that the nine Supreme Immortals came from nine different eras and had occupied the Immortal Realm to secure an advantage for their forces.
• Li Yun concluded that the nine Supreme Immortals were aligned in occupying the Immortal Realm but became rivals when competing for new-era opportunities.
• Li Yun agreed to cooperate and asked the Supreme Heavenly Lord to guard him for a hundred years while he cultivated using the Supreme Immortal Gate.

Li Yun agreed to let the Supreme Heavenly Lord protect him for a hundred years and began rapidly cultivating by drawing fortune, Great Daos, and Immortal Substance from the Immortal Realm Continent. While the Supreme Heavenly Lord held off the other eight Supreme Immortals, Primordial Era forces openly emerged across the Chaos Great Void and began recruiting cultivators.

• Li Yun and the Supreme Heavenly Lord reached an agreement for a hundred years of protection, and Li Yun began cultivating through the Supreme Immortal Gate.
• The Supreme Heavenly Lord realized Li Yun was draining the Immortal Realm Continent and warned him not to ruin it; Li Yun promised to leave after a hundred years.
• Li Yun cultivated in seclusion, transforming more than two thousand of his Three Thousand Great Dao Fruits into Heavenly Venerable Dao Fruits in twenty years.
• The other eight Supreme Immortals tried to stop Li Yun, but the Supreme Heavenly Lord blocked them and apparently reached an agreement with them.
• The Great Void World expanded and produced treasures, prompting battles that spread into the Chaos Great Void.
• Azure Tiger Palace, Great Void Palace, Fire Cloud Palace, and other Primordial Era forces openly raised their banners, recruited cultivators, and drew hidden powers and fortune toward themselves.

After a hundred years of cultivation at the Supreme Immortal Gate, Li Yun had grown immensely powerful but stopped before his cultivation destroyed the Immortal Realm Continent. He returned to the Chaos Great Void, where ancient powers had risen as regional lords, and considered founding a power of his own.

• Over a hundred years, Li Yun absorbed nearly all the providence and Immortal Substance around the Supreme Immortal Gate, expanding his Fate Palaces and advancing his Dao Fruits without attaining immortality.
• Li Yun stopped cultivating to avoid causing the Immortal Realm Continent to collapse, thanked the Supreme Heavenly Lord, and left.
• The Supreme Heavenly Lord watched Li Yun depart and anticipated that his profound foundation might one day make him an exceptional Supreme Immortal.
• Li Yun returned to the Chaos Great Void and saw that ancient powers such as Azure Tiger Palace, Great Void Palace, Fire Cloud Palace, and Southern Heaven Palace had openly claimed territory and seized much of the era's providence.
• Li Yun wondered whether to establish a new power under the name Zhu Xian Palace.

Li Yun entered Shadow Ancestor’s Immortal Gate and found two groups of Zhizun confronting each other over the Sky Tree on a lonely island in the Despair Ruins. As Hua Zhizun boasted that he would take Li Yun’s Supreme Immortal Gate, a mysterious palm struck him across the face.

• Li Yun sent Chen Xiu a message, then used the Supreme Immortal Gate to locate Shadow Ancestor and travel to him.
• Shadow Ancestor secretly watched two groups of Zhizun face off over the Sky Tree on a barren island amid a dangerous Chaos tide.
• Chi Xue Zhizun and Hua Zhizun argued over who had the right to claim the Sky Tree.
• Hua Zhizun insulted Li Yun and boasted that he would force him to surrender the Supreme Immortal Gate.
• A palm print appeared from nowhere and slapped Hua Zhizun across the face.

Li Yun arrived at Despair Ruins and repeatedly slapped Hua Zhizun for insulting him. Hua Zhizun invoked Yuan Qing Palace to threaten Li Yun and Chi Xue Zhizun, leaving Li Yun amused as the island fell silent.

• Li Yun and Shadow Ancestor arrived on the isolated island, where Li Yun greeted Chi Xue Zhizun and confronted Hua Zhizun.
• Li Yun slapped Hua Zhizun again after Hua Zhizun protested the first blow, and Chi Xue Zhizun and the other Venerables disavowed Hua Zhizun.
• Hua Zhizun condemned his companions for abandoning him and declared that he had joined Yuan Qing Palace and taken an Immortal Being as his master.
• Hua Zhizun threatened Li Yun and Chi Xue Zhizun with Yuan Qing Palace’s power, and the island fell silent as Li Yun looked amused.

Li Yun crushed Yuan Qing Palace’s token and let Hua Zhizun escape, hoping to provoke the ancient faction into a fight. After the others yielded the withered tree to him, Shadow Ancestor identified it as the Ancient Yuan Heavenly Tree, and Li Yun sensed a faint ripple inside its trunk.

• Li Yun took Hua Zhizun’s token, crushed it, and dared Yuan Qing Palace to come challenge him.
• Hua Zhizun threatened revenge and teleported away, while Li Yun let him go so he could stir Yuan Qing Palace into action.
• Chi Xue Zhizun offered the Heavenly Tree to Li Yun, and the others agreed they had no objections.
• Shadow Ancestor explained that the Ancient Yuan Heavenly Tree once held the Supreme Truth and could help a cultivator become a Supreme Immortal.
• Li Yun examined the dried trunk and sensed a faint ripple coming from within it.

Li Yun learned that the Ancient Yuan Heavenly Tree was dead, then urged the gathered Zhizuns to confront the ancient eras competing for the new era’s opportunities. He proposed founding Zhu Xian Palace, leaving Chi Xue Zhizun and the others shaken by the danger of joining him.

• A Zhizun told Li Yun that the Ancient Yuan Heavenly Tree had lost its life force, though its roots retained Immortal Substance and Dao Resonance that could aid Zhizuns.
• Li Yun asked the gathered Zhizuns how they planned to face the coming upheaval, and Chi Xue Zhizun admitted they felt lost and asked Li Yun for guidance.
• Li Yun and Chi Xue Zhizun discussed the hundreds of palaces representing bygone eras, and Li Yun warned that those forces were gaining advantages while the present age remained trapped.
• Li Yun announced that he planned to establish Zhu Xian Palace and invited the Zhizuns to join him in challenging the ancient eras.
• Chi Xue Zhizun and the others wondered whether Li Yun could succeed and feared that joining him could bring ruin.

Li Yun let Chi Xue Zhizun and the other Supreme Venerables leave after they refused to join Zhu Xian Palace, then absorbed the Ancient Yuan Heavenly Tree and its hidden power of truth. After three months of cultivation, his strength had surged to a level comparable to an Immortal Being, leaving Shadow Ancestor wondering whether he had become immortal.

• Li Yun calmly let Chi Xue Zhizun and the other Supreme Venerables leave to consider joining Zhu Xian Palace, and Shadow Ancestor questioned his decision.
• Li Yun explained that Zhu Xian Palace needed people with courage, then uprooted the Ancient Yuan Heavenly Tree and drew it into his body.
• Li Yun entered the Mysterious Gate World, suppressed the tree's remaining will with the Forbidden Divine Charm, and absorbed its power of truth and Immortal Substance.
• Over three months, Li Yun's Heavenly Venerable Dao Fruits became Profound Venerable Dao Fruits, several advanced to Supreme Venerable Dao Fruits, and his immortal aura grew denser.
• Li Yun opened his eyes with power comparable to an Immortal Being, and Shadow Ancestor wondered whether he had advanced into immortality.

Li Yun and Shadow Ancestor faced a monstrous beast in the Despair Ruins, but Li Yun’s strongest attacks could neither kill it nor stop it from healing. An unknown Bronze Spike destroyed the beast, leaving behind a strange stone, and Shadow Ancestor suddenly sensed another danger.

• A violent distortion brought a powerful monster out of twisted space, and its roar injured Li Yun and terrified Shadow Ancestor.
• Li Yun drew on the Supreme Immortal Gate and struck the monster with a colossal blade, but it healed and counterattacked.
• As Li Yun prepared to flee, a Bronze Spike shot from the void and pierced the monster, causing its body to rot away and collapse into blood.
• The monster’s remaining Immortal Substance dissipated, leaving only a fist-sized black stone, which Li Yun and Shadow Ancestor eyed warily.
• Shadow Ancestor’s expression changed and fear returned as he was about to speak.

Zhang Ruohan suddenly appeared in the Despair Ruins and confronted Li Yun for neglecting her, while he realized the Zhang Ruohan in the Great Void World was only an incarnation. Chen Xiu arrived to defend Li Yun, and the two women flew off to fight, leaving him and Shadow Ancestor bewildered.

• Zhang Ruohan seized Li Yun by the ear and demanded to know why he had never visited her.
• Li Yun realized Zhang Ruohan had left an incarnation in the Primordial Spirit Immortal Sect and was confronting him in person.
• Chen Xiu appeared and threatened Zhang Ruohan for hurting Li Yun, while Li Yun noticed her strength had changed dramatically.
• Zhang Ruohan and Chen Xiu argued over Li Yun as their Dao Companion, and Zhang Ruohan kissed him before leaving.
• Chen Xiu pursued Zhang Ruohan into the great void to fight, leaving Li Yun and Shadow Ancestor behind.

Li Yun absorbed the black stone left by the monster and underwent half a year of transformations that made his body, Dao Fruits, and Limitless Immortal Rule far stronger. As he prepared to explore deeper into the Despair Ruins, Hua Zhizun returned with a group of experts and challenged him and Shadow Ancestor.

• Li Yun and Shadow Ancestor examined the heavy black stone left behind by the monster, then Li Yun stored it in the Mysterious Gate World.
• The Forbidden Divine Charm melted the stone, and its black smoke repeatedly shattered and reassembled Li Yun's Cell Crystals, Life Palaces, and Dao Fruits over half a year.
• Li Yun discovered that all three thousand Dao Fruits had become Supremes and that his Limitless Immortal Rule had grown at least a hundred times stronger.
• Li Yun failed to find Zhang Ruohan or Chen Xiu and decided to explore deeper into the Despair Ruins for the lost Supreme Immortal Gate.
• Hua Zhizun returned to the isolated island with a group of experts and arrogantly threatened Li Yun and Shadow Ancestor.

Li Yun rejected Yuan Qing Palace’s attempt to recruit him and crushed its experts after Hua Zhizun provoked him. He killed Hua Zhizun, while Mu Yuan summoned Yuan Qing Palace’s Immortal Being and warned Li Yun that the Immortal Being would soon arrive.

• Hua Zhizun demanded that Li Yun kneel, and Li Yun mocked him and Yuan Qing Palace.
• Mu Yuan confronted Li Yun, but Li Yun slapped him down before he could finish speaking.
• The nine remaining Yuan Qing Palace Supreme Venerables attacked Li Yun, who sent their own attacks back at them and left them injured.
• Li Yun casually killed Hua Zhizun, erasing him completely.
• Mu Yuan sent a signal into the Void and warned Li Yun that Yuan Qing Palace’s Immortal Being would descend soon.

Li Yun killed nine Yuan Qing Palace Supremes and confronted Heavenly Shroud Immortal when he arrived to demand an explanation. Li Yun attacked the Immortal, and their fierce battle continued as its shockwaves destroyed the island and churned the surrounding Chaos Qi.

• Li Yun turned the nine injured Yuan Qing Palace Supremes to nothingness and mocked Mu Yuan and Yuan Qing Palace.
• Heavenly Shroud Immortal appeared and demanded an explanation, while Mu Yuan accused Li Yun of killing the Supremes.
• Heavenly Shroud Immortal slapped Mu Yuan for mishandling his mission to recruit Li Yun.
• Li Yun demanded an explanation from Heavenly Shroud Immortal and struck him with a punch that cracked his shield.
• Heavenly Shroud Immortal drew an Ancient Sword, and he and Li Yun clashed with sword marks and fist shadows.
• Shadow Ancestor and Mu Yuan retreated into the Void as the battle’s shockwaves pulverized the island and stirred the Chaos Qi into a vortex.

Li Yun defeated and severely wounded Heavenly Shroud Immortal with the Supreme Immortal Gate, but another Immortal rescued him before Li Yun could finish him off. After Yuan Qing Palace’s forces fled, Li Yun seized Mu Yuan as he tried to escape.

• Li Yun and Heavenly Shroud Immortal fought fiercely, and Heavenly Shroud Immortal unleashed the Heaven-Shrouding Chaos Grand Burial Art.
• Li Yun broke through the Chaos with his sword, summoned a Supreme Immortal Gate, and confined Heavenly Shroud Immortal.
• Li Yun slashed Heavenly Shroud Immortal and obliterated half his body despite his surrender and threats from Yuan Qing Palace.
• A mysterious Immortal struck the Supreme Immortal Gate, freed Heavenly Shroud Immortal, and carried him away from the Despair Ruins.
• Li Yun sensed Yuan Qing Palace’s fortune drifting toward him, then caught the fleeing Mu Yuan and confronted him.

News that Li Yun injured Yuan Qing Palace’s Immortal Being and killed eleven Supreme Venerables spread through the Chaos Great Void, sparking conflict among current-era cultivators and mockery from rival Primordial Era forces. At Yuan Qing Palace, Qingheng blamed Heavenly Shroud Immortal for the humiliation, and Heavenly Shroud begged for another chance to atone.

• News of Li Yun’s defeat of Yuan Qing Palace’s forces spread throughout the Chaos Great Void, dividing current-era cultivators between those who admired his resistance and those who condemned him.
• Primordial Era forces dismissed Li Yun’s challenge and believed he would eventually yield the Supreme Immortal Gate or be killed.
• Rival forces, including Yuan Hong Palace, Blackwater Palace, and Azure Tiger Palace, sent Yuan Qing Palace messages mocking its defeat.
• Qingheng angrily confronted Heavenly Shroud Immortal, blaming him for failing to recruit Li Yun and making Yuan Qing Palace a target of ridicule.
• Heavenly Shroud Immortal admitted his mistake and pleaded with Qingheng for another chance to atone.

Heavenly Shroud Immortal volunteered to enter the Void Abyss, and Qing Heng sent him with the Azure Yang Imperial Crown to seek Qingyang Supreme Immortal. Meanwhile, Li Yun and Shadow Ancestor explored deeper into the Despair Ruins and discovered an ancient temple that seemed to appear from nowhere.

• Heavenly Shroud Immortal offered to explore the Forbidden Land to make up for his mistake, and Qing Heng agreed to send him to the Void Abyss.
• Qing Heng revealed that Qingyang Supreme Immortal had been trapped in the Void Abyss for four eras and gave Heavenly Shroud Immortal the Azure Yang Imperial Crown to help him survive and make contact.
• Three days later, Heavenly Shroud Immortal left Yuan Qing Palace carrying the Azure Yang Imperial Crown.
• Li Yun and Shadow Ancestor traveled deeper into the Despair Ruins, where Shadow Ancestor described its dangers and mentioned the Void Abyss and Extinction Plain.
• Li Yun pointed out an ancient temple, and Shadow Ancestor realized neither of them had seen it appear.

Li Yun and Shadow Ancestor were sucked into a mysterious ancient temple that vanished from an isolated island, while a purple-robed man searched for it. Li Yun emerged alone in a primordial grassland where powerful beasts roamed and an invisible force suppressed his consciousness, leaving him to seek a way out on foot.

• Li Yun and Shadow Ancestor approached the ancient temple, but Li Yun's punch triggered a hurricane that dragged them inside before the temple disappeared.
• A purple-robed man appeared on the island, recognized the vanished structure as the Ancient Era Temple, and began searching for it.
• Li Yun landed alone in an ancient grassland and realized he could no longer sense Shadow Ancestor or the Supreme Immortal Gate.
• A pack of Immortal Sovereign-level wolves confronted Li Yun, then fled after he killed a diving Human Venerable giant eagle.
• Li Yun found that an invisible force suppressed his consciousness and set off across the grassland to investigate and find a way out.

Li Yun rescued an injured young man in the Ancient Wilderness Realm and learned that his homeland had existed since the Second Epoch of Chaos. The revelation made Li Yun reconsider how powerful the Ancient Wilderness Realm might be, since it had avoided most era struggles.

• Li Yun killed an Ancient Wilderness beast, then found and healed a badly injured young man nearby.
• The young man introduced the place as the Ancient Wilderness Realm and accepted Li Yun's offer to share wine and talk.
• Li Yun told the young man he came from the Great Void World, which the young man knew was expanding and might become the next Immortal World.
• The young man said the Ancient Wilderness Realm had witnessed 363 changes of eras in Chaos but had stayed out of nearly all the struggles.
• The young man revealed that the Ancient Wilderness Realm began in the Second Epoch of Chaos, and Li Yun wondered whether its lack of participation had left it weaker than he first assumed.

Li Yun learned from Huang Tian that the Ancient Wilderness Realm had split after its people fought over whether to obey the Great Venerable of the Ancient Era’s ban on leaving. Li Yun questioned Huang Tian’s belief that the ban had been meant to protect them from the Chaos mechanism, then hid with him when powerful auras appeared nearby.

• Li Yun spoke with Huang Tian and learned how the Great Venerable of the Ancient Era founded the Ancient Wilderness Realm and later led its Supreme Immortals into the Void Ancient Path.
• Huang Tian explained that the realm’s people began disputing the Great Venerable’s rule after he failed to return, and their disagreements sparked wars and divided the realm into several hundred states.
• Huang Tian said he had been injured by an enemy-state Profound Venerable and then ambushed by a demonic beast while fleeing into the Wilderness.
• Li Yun argued that the Great Venerable’s rule was likely meant to keep the realm safe from other epochs’ forces, not from the Chaos mechanism.
• When several powerful auras appeared in the sky, Li Yun used Limitless Qi to hide himself and Huang Tian and conceal their auras.

Li Yun learned that Huang Tian knew of a way to escape the sealed Ancient Wilderness Realm and agreed to escort him there in exchange for help finding his companion. After three months of travel, they reached a seemingly bottomless abyss.

• Huang Juexin and six others searched for Huang Tian, but Li Yun had concealed him from their pursuit.
• Huang Tian asked Li Yun to escort him, explaining that the Ancient Wilderness Realm was sealed and that he knew a way out; Li Yun initially refused to get involved.
• Li Yun and Huang Tian witnessed a golden Immortal Being overpowering Huang Juexin, and Huang Tian nearly recognized the fighter as his third...
• Huang Tian revealed that his inherited memories identified a place where they could leave, and promised to help Li Yun find his companion.
• Li Yun took Huang Tian's memory fragment and traveled with him for around three months until they reached a vast, bottomless abyss.