Chapter Summaries

Tao Yu rescued Jiang Taixu from the Primordial Kings, revealed that he had become the Burning Legion’s commander, and offered to help humanity resist the Forbidden Zone Supremes in exchange for cultivation inheritances. After studying the techniques he collected and adapting the Heavenly Covering Method to his own path, he sent an awakened Emperor Weapon toward East Barren to distract the watching forces, but admitted he could not yet face the Forbidden Zone Supremes directly.

• Tao Yu erased several Primordial Kings, introduced himself as the Emperor and nominal commander of the Burning Legion, and told Ye Fan he could detect his thoughts.
• Tao Yu promised to withdraw the Legion’s remnants and help humanity resist the Forbidden Zone Supremes, then asked the assembled factions for their cultivation arts and inheritances.
• Ye Fan, Jiang Taixu, and others gave Tao Yu their techniques, including the Nine Secrets, the Void Scripture, and the Heavenly Demon and Immortal Heavenly techniques.
• Tao Yu analyzed the Emperor’s Scriptures and the Heavenly Covering Method, deciding to incorporate his authorities and divine kingdoms into himself as the foundation of his cultivation.
• The Primordial races discussed their failed attacks on several regions, while Gai Jiuyou and the Forbidden Zone Supremes sensed a newly awakened Emperor Weapon.
• Tao Yu sent Divine Sword The Stars tearing through the sky toward East Barren, then caught it and said the commotion might buy him time because he could not yet handle the Forbidden Zone Supremes.

Tao Yu reassured the human factions that the Dark Supremes were unlikely to unleash a Dark Turmoil soon, then called for a Myriad Races Assembly to negotiate with the Primordial races. As delegations gathered at the Ji family, Tao Yu opened all Five Great Secret Realms in his other-self and drew a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation, leaving the assembled leaders stunned.

• Tao Yu explained that the Emperor Weapon he had summoned was slightly short of a true Emperor Weapon, promised to help settle matters with the Primordial races, and proposed a Myriad Races Assembly.
• The Wang family debated whether to attend the assembly, and Wang Teng proposed using a possible marriage into the Ji family to gain access to the Void Mirror.
• Human factions from the Northern Plains and Central Prefecture prepared to attend the assembly while the Primordial races gathered to discuss suppressing humanity.
• After more than a month studying the Void Mirror and Emperor scriptures, Tao Yu opened all Five Great Secret Realms in his other-self.
• A Heavenly Tribulation filled the sky above the Ji family, and Tao Yu charged into it, drawing in the Great Emperor phantoms and absorbing the tribulation.
• Gai Jiuyou recognized Tao Yu's modified Heavenly Demon Technique, while Hua Yunfei wondered whether his own cultivation of the technique had been genuine.

Tao Yu joined the Myriad Races Assembly and revealed that he had taken command of the Burning Legion, whose forces were withdrawing. When the Wang family and others challenged him, Tao Yu killed several conspirators, and the Wang family patriarch died after a trusted elder exposed their secret alliance with the Ancient Race.

• Tao Yu returned to the Ji family after completing his tribulation, while the Northern Plains Wang family and the Central Prefecture dynasties criticized his arrogance and questioned his demonic technique.
• Representatives of humanity's major factions gathered at the Ji family, where Jiang Taixu revealed that Tao Yu had killed the Primordial Kings as the Burning Legion's new commander.
• The assembly protested the idea of cooperating with the Burning Legion, and Gai Jiuyou warned that its demons and fel energy were dangerous.
• Tao Yu arrived and offered to let anyone who opposed the Burning Legion resist him, then erased Wang Teng and several other people who had sided with the Ancient Race.
• A Wang family elder admitted that the family had colluded with the Ancient Race and stabbed the patriarch, who killed the elder before they both died.

Tao Yu rallied the human powers after exposing the Wang Clan’s collusion with the Primordial races, then learned that the Immortal Path had begun stirring ahead of schedule. As the Primordial races marched against humanity, Tao Yu confronted their Great Saints and stopped Myriad Dragon Bell’s attack with his bare hand.

• Tao Yu revealed the Wang Clan’s treachery, secured the Four Great Dynasties’ imperial scriptures, and agreed to handle negotiations with the Primordial races.
• Tao Yu and Gai Jiuyou sensed a spatial upheaval over the Ancient Forbidden Ground and realized that the Immortal Path was stirring earlier than expected.
• Great Saint Ganlun led five Great Saints and two Emperor Weapons toward Eastern Wasteland, while the Primordial races resolved to suppress humanity.
• Ye Fan suggested that Tao Yu use the Burning Legion to threaten the Primordial races, and Tao Yu led the human representatives out to meet them.
• Great Saint Ganlun awakened Myriad Dragon Bell and attacked, but Tao Yu caught the Emperor Weapon in his palm and contained its force.

Tao Yu seized the Myriad Dragon Bell bare-handed, destroyed the Myriad Dragon Nest’s imperial bloodline, and forced the remaining Primordial races to submit. After the Undying Heavenly Saber failed to save the Heavenly Emperor’s Son, Tao Yu prepared to incorporate the survivors into the Human Dao Sequence and put them to work rebuilding.

• Tao Yu caught and suppressed the awakened Myriad Dragon Bell, then used it to wipe out the Myriad Dragon Nest’s imperial-blood descendants and subdue the weapon.
• Great Saint Huntuo and the other Primordial leaders blamed Ganlun and agreed to cooperate after Tao Yu’s display of power.
• Tao Yu burned ancient clansmen who invoked the Burning Legion, then Shaking Light Holy Lord demanded that the clans offer their imperial scriptures and become human vassals.
• Believers of the Undying Heavenly Emperor protested, and Tao Yu sent the Myriad Dragon Bell toward the Heavenly Emperor’s Son and his attendants.
• The Undying Heavenly Saber arrived to rescue the Heavenly Emperor’s Son, but Tao Yu restrained it with his sword and strange starborne power, driving it away.
• The Myriad Dragon Bell killed the Heavenly Emperor’s Son and his followers, and Tao Yu summoned the surviving Primordial races to join his cause and help rebuild.

Tao Yu oversaw Big Dipper’s recovery from afar, then entered the Ancient Forbidden Ground to investigate the newly opened Immortal Path. He discovered that it led toward a shattered Abyss fragment rather than directly to Perfect World, leaving its dangers and destination uncertain.

• Tao Yu’s Primordial Race forces rebuilt Big Dipper and rescued human survivors under Great Saint Huntuo’s supervision.
• Tao Yu studied the Myriad Dragon Bell and set out to investigate the Immortal Path in the Ancient Forbidden Ground.
• Tao Yu ordered the Primordial Race workers and the remaining Spirit Void Cave Heaven disciples near the Ancient Forbidden Ground to move inland.
• Tao Yu entered the Ancient Forbidden Ground and examined the rift while Empress Ruthless, the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, and distant Supremes watched.
• Tao Yu used his Alternate Self Clone’s connection to the main body to analyze the rift and concluded that it led to a shattered Abyss fragment containing possible Immortal Domain remnants.

Tao Yu studied the Immortal Path and the Abyss, warned the Forbidden Zone Supremes not to ascend, and continued building his strength while considering new Alternate Self Clones. When a Divine Court envoy arrived to proclaim Emperor Lord's decree and injured the Shaking Light Holy Lord, Tao Yu prepared to confront the approaching would-be Dao Emperor.

• Tao Yu confirmed that Shrouding the Heavens lay in the Endless Sea and returned to White Star City to cultivate while his associates expanded their trade fair.
• After transcribing the Immortal Path's laws, Tao Yu concluded that the world beyond it was likely the shattered Sea of Worlds and decided that opening the path would invite danger.
• Eternal Heaven Venerate questioned Tao Yu about the Immortal Path, but Tao Yu shattered his phantom and warned the watching Supremes not to ascend before departing.
• Tao Yu assessed possible worlds for new Alternate Self Clones and turned his attention to Shrouding the Heavens when a new development arose.
• The Shaking Light Holy Lord reported that a Divine Court envoy had arrived from the Starry Sky Ancient Road, beaten him, and proclaimed Emperor Lord's decree.
• Tao Yu dismissed the threat of Emperor Lord's impending attempt to prove the Dao and said he would welcome the man's Immortal Gold weapon.

Tao Yu subdued the Divine Court envoy and confined the visiting Great Saints and quasi-Emperors, while the Eternity Star Domain arrived and planned to conquer the Big Dipper. He decided to let the invasion proceed while ensuring the fleets survived and their legacies were left behind.

• The Divine Court envoy demanded that the Emperor meet him and tried to recruit the assembled Great Saints and quasi-Emperors for the Emperor Lord’s Divine Court.
• Tao Yu’s command dragged the envoy and the other visitors down, and he emerged from the Myriad Dragon Nest to confront them.
• Tao Yu gave Shaking Light Holy Lord the Myriad Dragon Bell, let him beat the envoy, and then refined the envoy into a puppet while warning the other visitors to follow his rules.
• The Eternity Star Domain’s fleet reached the Big Dipper, and its leaders discussed dividing up the restricted life zones and plundering the ancient star’s resources.
• Tao Yu decided to let the expedition proceed, protect the fleets from being wiped out, and arrange for the clans with the most complete inheritances to attack Myriad Dragon Nest first.

Tao Yu watched the Eternity Star Domain’s fleets attack Beidou’s forbidden zones, where the Primordial Ancient Mine and other forces destroyed the invaders. As the Forbidden Zone Supremes set out to punish the Eternity Star Domain, Tao Yu allowed their retaliation but prepared to intervene if the conflict spread further.

• The Lanto clan’s fleet fired its main cannons at the Primordial Ancient Mine, but a stone giant rose from the ground and wiped out the fleet.
• The Immortal Mountain and Immortal Mausoleum destroyed invading fleets, while Blood Phoenix Mountain and Fire Qilin Cave retaliated against other attackers; Yaoxing captured the joint fleet that reached Myriad Dragon Nest.
• Blood Phoenix Mountain and Fire Qilin Cave asked Tao Yu for permission to go to war, while visiting Great Sages and Quasi-Emperors asked him for protection from the Forbidden Zone Supremes.
• Two Supremes warned Tao Yu that they intended to devour the Eternity Star Domain, then left the Primordial Ancient Mine to attack it.
• The Dao Yan Divine Robe, the Emperor Formation, and Imperial Son Daoyi resisted the two Supremes, while Tao Yu said he would not interfere with their retaliation but would stop the conflict from spreading.

Dao Yi defended the Eternity Star Domain from two Dark Supremes, while Tao Yu confronted them after they attacked another ancient star. Tao Yu used the Supremes’ full-power assault to complete his leap toward the Dao and killed them both with a sword strike, leaving his unusual path of cultivation revealed.

• Dao Yi drove the two Dark Supremes away from the Emperor Formation and learned that his people’s greed had drawn them to the Eternity Star Domain.
• The Supremes targeted an ancient star, but Tao Yu intervened and declared that they had crossed the line.
• Dao Yi sensed Tao Yu fighting the Supremes, while the Divine Lord and others watched the disturbance and Ye Fan decided to heed Gai Jiuyou’s advice to wait.
• Tao Yu’s Alternate Self Clone endured the Supremes’ attacks, used them as whetstones, and took his final step by fusing with the Order of the Sword-and-Human Dao.
• Tao Yu killed one Supreme by cutting through his Imperial Dao laws and Immortal Platform, then destroyed the other with a single sword strike.

Tao Yu returned from killing two Supremes, repaired the Great Dao, and crushed the Emperor Lord’s Eternal Blue Gold Tower, forcing him to abandon his title and retreat. Back in White Star City, Tao Yu began trading the tower’s fragments for authority fragments while preparing for the coming Immortal Path.

• Tao Yu consumed the remnants of a Supreme, repaired the Abyss rift and the world’s Great Dao, then rejected the Heavenly Heart Imprint.
• The Emperor Lord arrived over Beidou demanding his missing envoy, and Gai Jiuyou gathered Ye Fan and allied Quasi-Emperors to confront him.
• The Emperor Lord attacked Gai Jiuyou, but Tao Yu appeared, crushed the Eternal Blue Gold Tower, and revealed that he had killed the envoy.
• Tao Yu spared the Emperor Lord but ordered him to abandon his title; the defeated ruler renamed himself the Divine Lord and left with his Dao heart shattered.
• Tao Yu considered the Immortal Path and his plans to collect authority fragments, then gave Steward Wong Eternal Blue Gold pieces to trade for them.
• Steward Wong brought samples to trading islands, where merchants agreed to deal with Tao Yu despite the competition.

At White Star City’s trade fair, Tao Yu drew ten True Gods by offering Eternal Blue Gold and authorities, while the Holy Light Priest and his allies sought information about the source of the material. Tao Yu’s mention of Dark Immortal King cultivation manuals visibly unsettled three of the gods, leaving him suspicious that they knew more than they had revealed.

• Three gods in Three Mouth Reef learned that the Oldest One possessed Eternal Blue Gold resembling material from the Dark Immortal King’s shattered weapon and agreed to approach him about the world it might have come from.
• The Holy Light Priest met Lin Chao and Lin Xue in White Star City, learned of the Inspection Squad’s unusual authority, and reported his deductions to his companions.
• Ten True Gods arrived in White Star City over the following month, drawing crowds and pushing back the Gray Fog around the city.
• Tao Yu opened the trade fair with a display of power and announced that he would trade Eternal Blue Gold and authorities for wish power, authorities, and manuals related to the Dark Immortal King.
• Three True Gods reacted noticeably when Tao Yu mentioned Dark Immortal King manuals, prompting him to suspect that they knew something about the subject.

After selling the Eternal Blue Gold, Tao Yu negotiated with three True Gods for cultivation methods connected to the Dark Immortal King in exchange for helping them explore the Perfect World. His alternate self then arrived in a New Frontier with a group of pioneers, where he met Huang Yao and began contacting Taihe’s people.

• The ten visiting True Gods bought all of Tao Yu’s Eternal Blue Gold, and Mountain God warned him that Chaos could carry Abyss-related risks before departing with the others.
• God of Flame and Forging, Lord of Azure, and the Holy Light Priest stayed behind to discuss Tao Yu’s discovery of a world connected to the Dark Immortal King.
• The Holy Light Priest offered complete Dark Immortal King cultivation methods through Radiant Main God, and Tao Yu agreed to cooperate and bring the Gods to his territory.
• Tao Yu’s alternate self arrived at a distant Abyss world fragment, where the World Will sent roughly a hundred pioneers after him; he confirmed the cultivation methods with the Holy Light Priest.
• Huang Yao met Tao Yu while searching for local inhabitants, and Tao Yu learned he came from Taihe World Island and asked him to arrange a teleportation device.
• Tao Yu contacted the External Affairs Envoy for Island Lord Taihe’s contact information, leaving Huang Yao astonished by Tao Yu’s standing.

Tao Yu waited for the transmission array to be established, lifted the curse from a local Abyss, and led three True Gods to Perfect World. There, he revealed that the Forbidden Zone Supremes possessed resources that could extend divine lifespans and mentioned the Divine Lord of the Divine Court, leaving the gods interested in the world’s hidden riches.

• A true god’s attendant delivered Taihe’s decree ordering the Tianfeng Huang Family and Liuli City to send transmission-array components to the New Frontier and avoid offending Tao Yu.
• Tao Yu explored nearby world fragments with Huang Yao, learned about the Huang Family’s trade with the Nefei Realm, and gave Huang Yao his used Enlightenment Tea leaves.
• Tao Yu declared that the Abyssal pit would no longer be cursed, clearing its curses and sealing the rift while leaving its monsters contained as a resource.
• Tao Yu summoned the newcomers carrying transmission-array components, then welcomed the Holy Light Priest, Lord of Azure, and the God of Flame and Forging before guiding them to Perfect World.
• Tao Yu told the three True Gods about the Forbidden Zone Supremes’ life-extending resources and the Divine Lord of the Divine Court, and said his Eternal Blue Gold had come from that Divine Lord.

Tao Yu’s three powerful allies defeated the Divine Lord and demanded Immortal Gold, while Tao Yu prepared for the approaching Dark Turmoil and refined a battle array within himself. His attempt to embody the Zhu Xian Sword Array briefly made the Forbidden Zone Supremes fear he was about to prove the Dao, but the signs vanished before an Emperor’s Tribulation appeared.

• The God of Flame and Forging overwhelmed the Divine Lord, who detonated his Quasi-Emperor Weapon; the god collected its fragments and spared him on condition that he gather Immortal Gold.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes watched the three gods’ arrival, while Beidou’s rising Quasi-Emperors and Ye Fan prepared for the nearing path to immortality and its dangers.
• Tao Yu told Ye Fan that he had found three more helpers and warned that more than the expected Supremes might threaten them.
• Tao Yu studied the methods for forming a battle array within himself and sent information to his Alternate Self Clone, then ordered visitors to wait while he entered seclusion.
• Tao Yu’s Alternate Self Clone incorporated the Zhu Xian Sword Array into its body, briefly stirring the Myriad Daos and alarming the Forbidden Zone Supremes before the signs of proving the Dao disappeared.

Tao Yu tested a self-contained Zhu Xian Sword Array, then accompanied three gods to the Primordial Ancient Mine after steering them away from the Ancient Forbidden Ground. The God of Flame and Forging used Tao Yu’s loaned Myriad Dragon Bell to confront the mine, awakening the Myriad Dragon Emperor.

• Tao Yu severed his connection to the Great Dao and confirmed that his Alternate Self Clone could wield a Zhu Xian Sword Array integrated into his body.
• The Holy Light Priest, Lord of Azure, and God of Flame and Forging discussed the Immortal Path with the waiting cultivators and entered its crack, where they sensed dangerous Great Dao spirits and restorative immortal substance.
• The three gods proposed exploring the Ancient Forbidden Ground for its Immortal Medicine, but Tao Yu warned them away and agreed to accompany them to the Primordial Ancient Mine instead.
• The God of Flame and Forging detected abundant divine-weapon materials in the Primordial Ancient Mine, and Tao Yu lent him the sealed Myriad Dragon Bell under a written contract.
• The God of Flame and Forging activated the Myriad Dragon Bell and demanded that the mine’s inhabitants hand over treasures, provoking the Myriad Dragon Emperor to awaken.

The Myriad Dragon Emperor awakened when the God of Flame and Forging activated the Myriad Dragon Bell, then attacked the three Gods who had taken it to the Primordial Ancient Mine. Tao Yu revealed overwhelming strength, defeated the Emperor, and warned the Mine’s Supremes that the two captured Gods could escape if the Bell’s restrictions were lifted.

• The Myriad Dragon Bell broke free from the God of Flame and Forging and returned to the Myriad Dragon Emperor, who awakened in Extreme Sublimation and pursued the three Gods.
• Tao Yu shielded the Big Dipper Ancient Star from the Emperor’s killing intent while the three Gods fled into the starry sky.
• The Myriad Dragon Emperor shattered the God of Flame and Forging’s divine body and captured the Dao laws of all three Gods, but he returned the God of Flame and Forging to Tao Yu after hearing that the Bell had been borrowed from another companion.
• Tao Yu attacked the Myriad Dragon Emperor, cracked the Myriad Dragon Bell, and sent the Emperor flying before defeating him in the starry sky.
• The dying Myriad Dragon Emperor sent the Holy Light Priest and Lord of Azure into the Primordial Ancient Mine inside the broken Bell, and Tao Yu warned the Supremes not to remove its restrictions.

Tao Yu killed the Myriad Dragon Emperor, seized the God of Flame and Forging’s remaining resources, and left the Supremes discussing the Abyss and the Immortal Path. Years later, as the Phoenix Nest arrived at the Big Dipper, the Undying Heavenly Empress awakened and learned that the Heavenly Emperor’s Son had died.

• Tao Yu brought the Myriad Dragon Emperor’s corpse to the Myriad Dragon Nest, took the God of Flame and Forging’s stored resources, then destroyed his Dao origin when he could offer no more.
• The Supremes questioned the two captured gods and learned about the Abyss, the myriad worlds, and the possibility of longevity beyond their world.
• The Supremes concluded that the Immortal Path was opening and speculated that Tao Yu had come to their world mainly to gather resources.
• Several years passed in the Perfect World as the Immortal Path’s rift grew, powerful figures gathered at the Big Dipper, and many cultivators advanced.
• The Phoenix Nest appeared in the starry sky, and Ancient Kings and Ancestor Kings approached it to seek the Undying Heavenly Empress’s help.
• A silver-armored Ancient King told the Undying Heavenly Empress that the Heavenly Emperor’s Son had died.

The Undying Heavenly Empress and three awakened Divine Generals learned that Tao Yu had killed the Myriad Dragon Emperor and sought help from the Forbidden Zones to confront him. Years later, the Immortal Path opened, and its eruption drew Ancient Emperor corpses and awakened the Supremes who had waited for this chance.

• The Undying Heavenly Empress and the Divine Generals heard the Ancient Kings’ account of Tao Yu’s power and Ning Fei agreed to face him if needed.
• Kun Tian Divine General allied with the Primordial Ancient Mine’s Supremes by offering them the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s blood, while Sun Moon Divine General secured the Stone Emperor’s support from Immortal Mountain.
• Tao Yu learned that Forbidden Zone Supremes might be plotting against him, but dismissed them as the likely source of his warning and continued his plans.
• Several years later, the Immortal Path opened with a tremendous eruption that killed Grand Saints and sent ancient Emperor corpses tumbling out.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes fully awakened, undeterred by the corpses, as they prepared to pursue the Immortal Path.

As the Immortal Path opened, Supremes gathered to claim its power while the Undying Heavenly Empress used the opportunity to attain the Dao. With the Empress then accusing Tao Yu of killing the Heavenly Emperor's offspring, Tao Yu prepared to face her as Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou gathered strength to intervene.

• The Divine Master tried to seize the immortal energy, but the First Divine General struck him down and gathered the energy for the Phoenix Nest.
• Xuan Ming attacked with a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body's skull, prompting the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body to fight him while the First Divine General, Ning Fei, kept the immortal energy away from Xuan Ming.
• Eternal Heaven Venerate, Stone Emperor, Kirin Ancient Emperor, and other Supremes emerged and moved toward the Immortal Path as Tao Yu warned them not to endanger the Northern Dipper's people.
• The Undying Heavenly Empress absorbed the immortal energy and, protected by Ning Fei, survived her tribulation and became the Empress of the age.
• The Undying Heavenly Empress accused Tao Yu of being an outsider and killing the Heavenly Emperor's offspring, while Ye Fan absorbed the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body's remains and Gai Jiuyou lent him the Heaven Swallowing Devil Pot.
• Tao Yu faced the Undying Heavenly Empress and opened his palm, making the stars fall into it as he invited her to attack.