Chapter Summaries

Chen Xuan confronted the resurrected Taotie King, which had fused with the Four Little Heavenly Kings and regained power beyond the Absolute Immortal level. After Taotie King attacked and Chen Xuan declared he would make it his mount, they charged into battle.

• Taotie King's giant claw struck Chen Xuan and tore five deep wounds into his fist, which he quickly began to heal with Origin Chaos Qi and the World Tree's Origin Power.
• The black orb transformed into Taotie King, which revealed it had faked its death and revived by merging with the Four Little Heavenly Kings and their Quasi-Supreme flesh and blood.
• Taotie King boasted of its past power and coveted Chen Xuan, while Shen Qianqiu warned that it had once been a Quasi-Supreme and wielded the Black Absolute Demon Blade.
• Lan Xian'er offered to fight beside Chen Xuan, but he told her to watch while he tested himself against Taotie King, and she returned to the Ancient Divine Boat.
• Taotie King threatened the immortals aboard the boat, and Chen Xuan demanded that it submit as his mount or be beaten into kneeling.
• Taotie King attacked with both claws, and Chen Xuan raised his fist and charged to meet it.

Chen Xuan fought the Taotie King in a brutal battle, gradually combining his powers and gaining the upper hand with the Nine Arts of Sealing Gods and Second Universe. As the Taotie King prepared his ultimate move, Chen Xuan drew the Human Emperor Sword and vowed to defeat him.

• Chen Xuan met the Taotie King's claws with his fists, defended against his concealment and soul attacks, and traded grievous wounds with him.
• Chen Xuan unleashed the first six arts of the Nine Arts of Sealing Gods and healed with the World Tree's Origin Power as the Taotie King burned five powers to recover.
• Chen Xuan trapped the Taotie King in Second Universe and battered him until the Taotie King tore his way out.
• The Taotie King tore flesh from Chen Xuan's arm, swallowed it, and revealed his desire to devour Chen Xuan's Chaos Power before preparing his ultimate move.
• Lan Xian'er and the seven Gourd Babies offered to help, but Chen Xuan sent them back to defend the rear.
• Chen Xuan drew the Human Emperor Sword and declared that the Taotie King would kneel.

Chen Xuan fought the Taotie King, broke free of the Five-Colored Vortex, and severed one of the beast’s arms with the Seven Strikes of the Vermilion Bird. The wounded Taotie King fled into the Immortal Court’s array and devoured soldiers to heal, forcing Chen Xuan to resume the battle.

• The Taotie King attacked Chen Xuan with the Black Absolute Demon Blade and trapped him in a Five-Colored Vortex formed from the Primordial Five Sacred Beasts’ power.
• Chen Xuan fought through the vortex with the Human Emperor Sword and his Three Great Heavenly Arts, suffering a severe chest wound before breaking the vortex and recovering with the World Tree’s power.
• Chen Xuan used the Seven Strikes of the Vermilion Bird to wound the Taotie King and sever one of its arms with the seventh strike.
• The Taotie King fled into the Immortal Court’s super Grand Immortal Array and devoured immortal soldiers and seven Daluo Immortal Generals to heal itself.
• Chen Xuan struck at the Taotie King with the Human Emperor Sword, and the two resumed their battle.

Chen Xuan defeated Taotie King's last-ditch attack by seizing its incomplete Immortal Law Dao Script and making it submit to him. The battle ended with Taotie King bowing to Chen Xuan as its master.

• Taotie King's recovery and the shattered Grand Immortal Array left the immortal soldiers fleeing while the remaining Daluo Immortal Generals fought on.
• Chen Xuan gained the upper hand with the Human Emperor Sword and Glazed Pure Fire, then exposed Taotie King's concealment technique and forced it to reappear.
• Taotie King unleashed its incomplete Immortal Law Dao Script, but Chen Xuan seized it with the World Tree's Chaos Flowing Light and sent it into the Chaos Small Universe.
• The Primordial Spirit Little Dragon weakened and soul-controlled the Dao Script, while the World Tree absorbed the collapsing territory of Heaven's Grave.
• Chen Xuan returned the Dao Script to Taotie King and demanded its submission or death, and Taotie King swallowed it and bowed to him as its master.

After the Taotie King submitted to Chen Xuan, Chen Xuan demanded that the remaining Immortal Court forces swear faith to him or die. Qu Yang led a doomed attack, and the survivors ultimately knelt before the Human Emperor.

• Chen Xuan promised the Taotie King future power and revealed that he was the Son of the Universe, winning the beast's eager loyalty.
• Chen Xuan demanded that the Immortal Court's remaining forces surrender and offer him their faith.
• Qu Yang tried to negotiate reconciliation, but Chen Xuan rejected his appeal and condemned the Empress's past plot against him.
• Qu Yang led twelve immortal generals and over three thousand soldiers into battle, and the Taotie King devoured every one of them.
• A silver-haired immortal general knelt, prompting all the surviving Immortal Court forces to kneel and pay respects to Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan chose to enter the Giant Demon Forbidden Zone and ordered Black Bat to open the Gate of the Void, despite warnings that it might be a trap. Meanwhile, the Four Heavenly Kings sought a treasure in the Water Mansion to awaken the Azure Emperor, whose stirring presence left the chapter.

• Duanmu Chong and Black Bat explained that Chen Xuan could destroy the Gate of the Void projection or have Black Bat open the passage at the cost of his life.
• Chen Mang, Blood Slaughter Heavenly King, threatened to destroy the Xuanhuang Lineage, while Wei Zhengdao, Shen Qianqiu, and Luo Yong'er warned Chen Xuan not to rush into a trap.
• Chen Xuan dismissed their concerns and ordered Black Bat to sacrifice himself to open the Gate of the Void within seven days.
• Inside the Giant Demon Forbidden Zone, Zhao Mang and the other three Heavenly Kings gathered before an Ancient Tablet and sought the Water Mansion treasure to awaken the Azure Emperor.
• The Four Heavenly Kings began refining the tablet as ripples spread across the lake, and a voice murmured from within the Water Mansion.

Chen Xuan strengthened the Insect Race army with treasures from Heaven's Grave, then spent time with Luo Yong'er and Lan Xian'er while Black Bat completed his sacrifice. The Gate of the Void opened onto a hidden passage, and Chen Xuan led the Ancient Divine Boat into it toward the Giant Demon Forbidden Zone.

• Black Bat began sacrificing his strength to activate the Gate of the Void, while Chen Xuan and Luo Yong'er entered the Primordial Insect Nest.
• Yaoyao sensed that the Giant Demon Forbidden Zone might be connected to him and went into seclusion to cultivate.
• Chen Xuan distributed Heaven's Grave treasures and over fifty thousand special Small Worlds to Luo Yong'er to strengthen the Insect Race army, then stayed with her for three days.
• Chen Xuan visited Lan Xian'er, and they spent three days together without crossing the final threshold.
• On the seventh day, Black Bat burned away his remaining life to solidify the Gate of the Void and reveal a hidden passage.
• Chen Xuan concealed the Ancient Divine Boat and led it through the Gate of the Void toward the Giant Demon Forbidden Zone.

Chen Xuan and the Xuanhuang Lineage were trapped by Demon Emperor Chonglou in the Dead City Great Array, where the One Emperor and Three Kings tried to sacrifice them to awaken the Giant Demon Progenitor. The group broke the array by killing the Silver Arrow King and escaped the city, leaving the terror beneath its abyss unrevealed.

• Chen Xuan and his allies fought through the ancient city's crushing pressure and blood-light array, with Lan Xian'er helping destroy it.
• Demon Emperor Chonglou revealed that the city was a trap to sacrifice Chen Xuan and awaken the Giant Demon Progenitor, then appeared with the Golden Wing King, Bloodthirsty King, and Silver Arrow King.
• Chen Xuan, Lan Xian'er, the Taotie King, and the Xuanhuang immortals split into four groups to attack the four kings and break the array.
• Chen Xuan wounded Demon Emperor Chonglou, the Taotie King tore off the Bloodthirsty King's arm, and Lan Xian'er injured the Golden Wing King.
• The Silver Arrow King grievously wounded Danyangzi and killed five Daluo Immortal Generals, but the Seven Gourd Babies annihilated his soul and he fell.
• With the Dead City Great Array broken, Chen Xuan gathered his allies and led them out, avoiding the terrifying abyss at the city's center.

Demon Emperor Chonglou opened the Heaven and Earth Demon Gate and unleashed a horde of demonic souls against Chen Xuan’s forces. As the battle turned against the demons, Chonglou used a Five-Colored Crystal Skull to awaken a terrifying power in the abyss, revealing that it belonged to a Human Quasi-Supreme and had been given by Azure Emperor Zu Chensha.

• Chonglou opened the Heaven and Earth Demon Gate, releasing countless demonic souls to attack Chen Xuan’s army.
• Chen Xuan wounded Chonglou with the Human Emperor Sword, but Chonglou escaped above the abyss with the Golden Wing King and the Bloodthirsty King.
• The Xuanhuang forces gained the upper hand, while Little Qilin, Ma De, and others captured large numbers of demonic souls.
• Chonglou raised the Five-Colored Crystal Skull and prayed, causing the abyss to unleash demonic power that devastated the immortal soldiers.
• Chonglou revealed that the skull belonged to a Human Quasi-Supreme and had been given by Zu Chensha, leaving Lan Xian'er in tears.
• Chen Xuan comforted Lan Xian'er and vowed to reclaim the skull and kill Zu Chensha.

Chen Xuan and Lan Xian'er tried to stop the Demon Emperor from resurrecting the Giant Demon Progenitor, but the Five-Colored Crystal Skull absorbed their attacks and fueled the awakening. Acha helped Chen Xuan seize the skull and seal it away, ruining the resurrection as the Demon Emperor charged at him in fury.

• Chen Xuan and Lan Xian'er attacked the Demon Emperor, but the Five-Colored Crystal Skull absorbed their strikes and sent them into the abyss.
• Lan Xian'er used her Origin Immortal Source to try to cleanse her grandmaster's skull, but its power turned against her and Chen Xuan blocked the blood-red sword it formed.
• Chen Xuan realized the black phantom's source Dao sounds were part of the Giant Demon Progenitor's awakening, while the Demon Emperor prepared a blood sacrifice.
• The Demon Emperor sacrificed Golden Wing King and Bloodthirsty King, sending their black flames into the skull to advance the resurrection.
• Acha temporarily restrained the skull and threw it to Chen Xuan, who sealed it inside his Chaos Small Universe despite suffering a severe backlash.
• The skull's power weakened and the phantom faded, prompting the furious Demon Emperor to charge at Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan and the Demon Emperor Chonglou fought a desperate battle after Chonglou unleashed the self-destruction of his Crimson Blood Sword. Chen Xuan survived with Acha’s help and, alongside the Taotie King, drove Chonglou into a final life-or-death clash.

• Chonglou attacked Chen Xuan with his Crimson Blood Sword and Demon Blade, but Chen Xuan evaded the sword and fought back with the Human Emperor Sword and Nine Arts of Sealing Gods.
• Chonglou sacrificed an arm to seal the void around Chen Xuan, then triggered the Crimson Blood Sword’s self-destruction.
• Acha shielded Chen Xuan from the blast and was gravely wounded, while Chen Xuan endured the remaining force and emerged alive.
• Chen Xuan mounted the Taotie King and renewed his assault, severely wounding Chonglou as the Taotie King tore at his body.
• Chonglou swallowed the Demon Blade and began burning himself in a final attempt to kill Chen Xuan, who charged back with the Taotie King as their decisive battle began.

Chen Xuan and the Taotie King defeated the Demon Emperor, and the immortals celebrated their victory. Chen Xuan tended to Acha and prepared to descend into the abyss to claim the Giant Demon Progenitor's corpse.

• Chen Xuan and the Taotie King battled the Demon Emperor until Chen Xuan cut him in two with the Human Emperor Sword.
• The Taotie King swallowed the Demon Emperor's upper body, while Chen Xuan seized the cracked Heaven and Earth Demon Gate and gave the lower body to Little Qilin to refine.
• Chen Xuan returned to the Ancient Divine Boat with the Taotie King, where the immortals welcomed them and celebrated the fall of the Demon Emperor and the three Giant Demon kings.
• Chen Xuan gave Acha some World Tree Origin Liquid to help heal his injuries and told Lan Xian'er he would return her grandmaster's head after refining its eye-fire.
• Chen Xuan declared that he would enter the abyss to obtain the Giant Demon Progenitor's corpse before healing, and Acha understood the idea behind his glance.

Chen Xuan discovered the Giant Demon Progenitor’s colossal corpse at the bottom of the abyss and tried to bring it into Heaven’s Grave. He and Acha entered the corpse to absorb its ancient demonic qi, and the chapter ended with Acha inviting him to test her waterbed.

• After seven days of descent, Chen Xuan broke through the abyssal barrier with his Six Paths Reincarnation Demon Eyes and found the Giant Demon Progenitor’s corpse.
• Chen Xuan tried to move the corpse with the World Tree, but its Chaos Root System collapsed against the corpse’s aura.
• Chen Xuan told the immortals about the corpse, then took Acha into the demonic qi within it while the others waited aboard the Ancient Divine Boat.
• Chen Xuan and Acha absorbed the ancient demonic qi, strengthening Chen Xuan’s Six Paths Reincarnation Heavenly Art and healing Acha’s injuries.
• Acha formed a waterbed, slipped off her dress, and asked Chen Xuan to help test how springy it was.

Mengmeng heard Lan Xian'er’s alarming theories about the hidden powers behind the God Realm and the ancient eras, while the immortals aboard the Ancient Divine Boat absorbed a surge of pure immortal and demonic qi. After the World Tree transformed and Chen Xuan tried to take in the Giant Demon Progenitor’s corpse, the attempt failed, and he prepared to make a bold move.

• Mengmeng asked Lan Xian'er about the Giant Demon Progenitor and the Primordial Era, and Lan Xian'er warned that Godheads constrained the Twelve Main Gods and that powerful beings from earlier eras might still survive.
• The Gate of Fortune and the Six Paths Reincarnation Demon Disk appeared and released streams of immortal qi and demonic qi, which the Xuanhuang Lineage immortals and their allies absorbed.
• Luo Yong'er used the Primordial Insect Nest to gather the qi as the Insect Race creatures transformed, while Chen Xuan and Acha cultivated and recovered.
• After thirty-three days, Chen Xuan's World Tree underwent a minor transformation, and Chen Xuan decided to try bringing the Giant Demon Progenitor’s corpse into Heaven's Grave.
• Chen Xuan commanded the World Tree to take in the corpse, but the attempt failed and he spat out black blood before making another bold move.

Chen Xuan risked igniting the Fire of Laws to condense the Human Emperor Dharma Body and bring the Giant Demon Progenitor's corpse into Heaven's Grave. Though the feat severely weakened him and cost him many Immortal Dao rules, he succeeded and prepared to use the opportunity to forge his foundation.

• Chen Xuan ignored Acha's warnings and began condensing the Human Emperor Dharma Body, injuring himself as he formed seals.
• Chen Xuan used his comprehended Immortal Dao rules as fuel to ignite the Fire of Laws and form the Human Emperor Dharma Body through the World Tree.
• The Human Emperor Dharma Body's nine thousand hands and claws lifted the Giant Demon Progenitor's corpse and drew it into Heaven's Grave.
• Chen Xuan suffered the corpse's backlash, but the Primordial Spirit Little Dragon helped stabilize his Primordial Chaos Dragon Soul.
• Chen Xuan suppressed the corpse inside Heaven's Grave, spending most of his power but securing the immense treasure for the Immortal Dao Lineage.
• Acha pointed out that Chen Xuan had gained a rare chance to consolidate his foundation, and he agreed to forge it.

Chen Xuan and Acha’s dual cultivation helped him break through into the Universe Absolute Immortal Realm and achieve a Heaven and Earth Unity physique. After returning to the Ancient Divine Boat, Chen Xuan announced his next target, but he suddenly sensed something that shocked him.

• Chen Xuan and Acha began dual cultivation in the White Jade Cave, and after seven days Chen Xuan’s soul, body, and Dharma fused as he broke through from the Great Luo Realm into the Universe Absolute Immortal Realm.
• Acha congratulated Chen Xuan on attaining a Heaven and Earth Unity physique, while Chen Xuan realized his new power consumed far more Half-Origin Force.
• Chen Xuan and Acha returned to the Ancient Divine Boat, where the Xuanhuang Lineage celebrated Chen Xuan’s breakthrough.
• Chen Xuan declared that he would lead the group to defeat the Four Heavenly Kings, then abruptly reacted in shock to something he sensed.

Chen Xuan learned that the Four Heavenly Kings were accompanied by the will of a self-severed Quasi-Supreme, but chose to confront them rather than retreat. Lan Xian'er discovered that four Main Gods had killed her grandmaster, while Yaoyao began recalling a vision connected to the Jade Emperor and questioned his identity.

• Chen Xuan sensed that the collapsing Heaven's Grave had revealed the Four Heavenly Kings and a powerful, apparently dead Quasi-Supreme will.
• Lan Xian'er explained that three Immortal Dao Quasi-Supremes had severed themselves and feigned death during the Primordial Era, and Chen Xuan decided to meet the approaching threat.
• Xia Hua urged caution, but Chen Xuan reassured the immortals that he could lead them to safety and said they should face the danger directly.
• Chen Xuan gave Lan Xian'er the Five-Colored Crystal Skull, and she learned that the Darkness, Destruction, Fallen, and Disaster Main Gods had killed her grandmaster.
• Yaoyao experienced a vision of the Jade Emperor commanding immortals to kneel and wondered who he was.

Chen Xuan led the Xuanhuang Lineage into an immortal realm, where he subdued corrupted primordial beasts and restored their minds before approaching a Water Mansion tied to Haotian’s reincarnation. A Snow Jade Skeleton blocked the way with illusion-inducing zither music, and Chen Xuan sat before it only to be drawn into a shocking vision.

• Chen Xuan ordered the Xuanhuang Lineage to capture the blood-baleful beasts, and the Taotie King fought the Blood Qilin as the others subdued the creatures.
• The Blood Qilin fled toward the immortal realm’s core, but Chen Xuan used his heavenly arts and merit power to remove the Fallen Blood Baleful Qi and restore the captured beasts’ awareness.
• Chen Xuan led the group toward the Water Mansion, where they found a stele predicting that Haotian’s reincarnation would become a Saint.
• A Snow Jade Skeleton emerged from the Water Mansion with the Blood Qilin and used an ancient Jade Zither to ensnare the immortals in an illusion.
• Chen Xuan resisted the music, confronted the Snow Jade Skeleton, and was drawn into its illusion after sitting face-to-face with it.

Chen Xuan saw a possible future in which the Chaos Giant Hand killed those he loved, but the Snow Jade Skeleton told him fate could still change before scattering her Dao into Heaven. After the Blood Qilin left its core to Little Qilin, Chen Xuan confronted the Immortal Court’s Four Heavenly Kings outside the Water Mansion, where a battle began as his allies watched for the rumored Quasi-Supreme.

• Chen Xuan experienced visions of the Xuanhuang Lineage, his companions, and Mengmeng dying at the hands of a Chaos Giant Hand, but his Primordial Chaos Dragon Soul shattered the Snow Jade Skeleton’s forbidden technique.
• The Snow Jade Skeleton scattered her remaining Dao into Heaven, leaving Lan Xian'er an Immortal Light Seed and telling Chen Xuan that the future could change and fate was not decided.
• The Blood Qilin self-immolated and left a Qilin Inner Core, which Chen Xuan gave to Little Qilin.
• Chen Xuan challenged the Water Mansion and the Immortal Court’s Four Heavenly Kings, including Tuoba Ye’s father, Weizhen Heavenly King.
• Chen Xuan attacked the Four Heavenly Kings with the Human Emperor Sword as Acha, Lan Xian'er, and Taotie King prepared for the Quasi-Supreme inside the Water Mansion to intervene.

Chen Xuan overwhelmed the Four Heavenly Kings, killed Weizhen Heavenly King, and drove the others to seek shelter in the Water Mansion. There he faced Lone Lamp Guest, who revealed the mansion’s treasure was meant for the Jade Emperor’s reincarnated body, but Chen Xuan refused to back down.

• Chen Xuan broke free from Blood Slaughter Heavenly King’s binding rope and killed Weizhen Heavenly King, whose remains and Immortal Soul the World Tree captured.
• Chen Xuan pursued the remaining Three Heavenly Kings, but an invisible force blocked his sword and injured him.
• Lone Lamp Guest emerged from the Water Mansion with the World-Illuminating Lamp, and Lan Xian'er recognized him as one of the Quasi-Supremes who had severed his cultivation.
• Lone Lamp Guest revealed that the Water Mansion Treasure was intended for the Jade Emperor’s reincarnated body and urged Chen Xuan and the others to leave.
• Chen Xuan asked whether Lone Lamp Guest had foreseen the Primordial Immortal Dao’s calamity and confirmed the Azure Emperor’s identity, then declared he would fight for the treasure.