Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingyuan discovered that the four ancient sacred lands were draining the Azure Realm’s origin and Spiritual Energy, causing the world’s decline. He confronted Taiqing Dao, declaring its sects the true great thieves, while their founders’ Soul Lamps had just gone out.

• A Taiqing Dao disciple reported that the Supreme Founder’s Soul Lamp had gone out, and Qingchenzi tried to reassure the sect.
• The disciple revealed that the Soul Lamps of Great Sumeru Temple’s Great World Honored Buddha and Wutian Sect’s Supreme Founder had also gone out.
• Qingchenzi ordered Taiqing Mountain placed under martial law and commanded the sect to prepare its Slaughter Immortal Grand Formation.
• Zhang Qingyuan appeared above Taiqing Dao, overwhelming the sect with his presence and seeing its Floating Immortal Islands drain the world’s origin.
• Zhang Qingyuan traced the four ancient sacred lands’ vast extraction of the Azure Realm’s energy and accused them of being the world’s true great thieves.

Qingchenzi summoned Taiqing Dao’s Azure Lamp and activated the Slaughter Immortal Grand Formation to attack Zhang Qingyuan, convinced its Immortal Venerable power would kill him. The formation’s overwhelming light spread across nearby realms, leaving hidden experts alarmed as the assault began.

• Qingchenzi used the Azure Lamp to block Zhang Qingyuan’s terrifying aura and ordered Taiqing Dao’s cultivators to activate the immortal formation.
• The Taiqing Dao cultivators gathered their power across the Floating Immortal Island, revealing the Azure Lamp and formation as relics left by their ascended Immortal Venerable.
• Qingchenzi activated the Slaughter Immortal Grand Formation and declared that he would refine the intruder to death.
• The formation’s radiance swept across the Nine Heavens, prompting Taiqing Dao’s followers to celebrate and nearby cultivators to fear that a Great Emperor had provoked it.

Zhang Qingyuan appeared behind Qingchenzi, suppressed him and the Azure Lamp, and gained insight into immortal essence that advanced his Supreme Dao. He fully controlled his Supreme Dao power and revealed his face, leaving Qingchenzi astonished at his identity.

• Qingchenzi searched across a vast region with the Slaughter Immortal Grand Formation but could not find the hidden intruder.
• Zhang Qingyuan appeared behind Qingchenzi, immobilized him, and seized the Azure Lamp.
• Zhang Qingyuan suppressed the Azure Lamp and studied its Immortal Essence, gaining insight into the path of immortality and advancing his Supreme Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan mastered control of his Supreme Dao power and concealed its aura completely.
• Qingchenzi recognized Zhang Qingyuan and reacted with astonishment.

Zhang Qingyuan confronted Qingchenzi over the Four Ancient Holy Lands’ hoarding of the world’s resources and refusal to defend the Azure Realm, then destroyed the Taiqing Holy Land. The chapter ended with the skies collapsing across a million li and the entire holy land meeting its end.

• Qingchenzi recognized Zhang Qingyuan and realized his power had surpassed Great Emperor Dao Sovereign, while the Soul Lamps of the holy lands’ elders had gone out.
• Qingchenzi asked whether Zhang Qingyuan had come to destroy the Ancient Holy Lands, and Zhang Qingyuan confirmed it.
• Qingchenzi argued that the holy lands had no duty to protect mortals and had only closed their gates to preserve themselves.
• Zhang Qingyuan accused the holy lands of consuming the world’s resources, causing the end of the Dharma Age, and shirking responsibility when the Outer Realm Gods and Demons invaded.
• Zhang Qingyuan declared that the strong had the right to decide the weak’s fate, then unleashed his power and destroyed the Taiqing Holy Land.

Zhang Qingyuan destroyed Taiqing Dao and uncovered how it had stolen the Ancient Five Elements Holy Sect’s territory and sabotaged its surviving lineage. After destroying the four Ancient Sacred Lands, he sensed a greater force awakening above the Nine Continents and suspected it had devoured the Immortal Ascension Path’s accumulated world origin.

• Qingchenzi pleaded with Zhang Qingyuan to spare Taiqing Dao, but Zhang Qingyuan annihilated him and destroyed the Slaughter Immortal Grand Formation.
• Zhang Qingyuan collected the formation’s Immortal Stones, absorbed one, and advanced further along the Supreme Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan discovered that Taiqing Dao had stolen the Ancient Five Elements Holy Sect’s sect gate and altered the surviving branch’s inheritance.
• Zhang Qingyuan seized the dying Five Elements Immortal Light, gathered Taiqing Dao’s treasures, and left.
• Zhang Qingyuan destroyed the four Ancient Sacred Lands and sensed a terrifying presence awakening above the Nine Continents.
• Zhang Qingyuan wondered who had consumed the world origin meant for the Immortal Ascension Path.

After the Outer Realm Gods and Demons were destroyed, a vast darkness covered the Azure Realm, and Zhang Qingyuan ascended to confront the terrifying presence behind it. He reached the peak of the Quasi-Supreme Dao by refining treasures and entered the black hole vortex, ready to face the enemy and seize his chance to prove his Dao.

• The Azure Realm fell into darkness as a terrifying presence stirred beyond the sky, frightening even its Old Ancestors.
• Zhang Qingyuan walked toward the black hole vortex, dispelling the oppressive force with his Supreme Dao Aura.
• He refined more than ten thousand Immortal Stones and many rare treasures, advancing to the peak of the Quasi-Supreme Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized his chance to cross the final barrier lay beyond the vortex, where the world’s hidden mastermind awaited.
• Declaring that his Dao demanded an invincible heart, Zhang Qingyuan entered the black hole vortex without hesitation.

Zhang Qingyuan traced the death of the old dean to the ancient sacred lands and discovered the hidden influence behind the Heavenly Court. At the Stone Tablet, he realized Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable had stayed in the Azure Realm and called for him to appear.

• Zhang Qingyuan used the Heavenly Court gate's traces to witness the old dean and other Heavenly Humans condemn the sacred lands before being ambushed and killed.
• Zhang Qingyuan vowed that the old dean had been avenged, bowed to his memory, and entered the ruined Heavenly Court.
• Zhang Qingyuan saw that black mist had drained the vitality of the Heavenly Court's members, leaving their bodies as mummies.
• Zhang Qingyuan found Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable's Stone Tablet and discovered its suggestion had inspired the Heavenly Court and the suppression of the Immortal Ascension Path.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized the Stone Tablet had received the Azure Realm's stolen origin aura and accused Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable of remaining in the world and deceiving everyone.

Zhang Qingyuan confronted the Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable on the Immortal Ascension Path and fought back against the True Immortal’s overwhelming power. He shattered the Venerable’s first attack, but the Venerable unleashed another deadly Immortal Art, leaving Zhang Qingyuan wounded and under immense pressure.

• The Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable recognized Zhang Qingyuan’s near-Supreme Dao strength and declared that he would kill him for disrupting his plans.
• Zhang Qingyuan chose to challenge the Venerable, who blocked the Immortal Ascension Path, and struck with his full Chaos Great Dao power.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s punch shattered the Venerable’s black hand, but the collision destroyed the Heavenly Court space and sent Zhang Qingyuan flying through chaos.
• The Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable praised Zhang Qingyuan’s Dao but said he had come too early, then unleashed the Immortal Art: God-Severing Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan faced the renewed attack with blood at his lips and his face pale.

Zhang Qingyuan fought the Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable, blocking his all-out attack but suffering severe injuries and losing the Upper Realm Five Elements origin. He learned that the Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable planned to drain the Azure Realm and slaughter its inhabitants to forge an Immortal King artifact, leaving Zhang Qingyuan facing an enemy determined to kill him.

• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed his Supreme Dao-powered True Great Nirvana Five Elements Divine Light and stopped the Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable's all-out strike, though the clash shook the Azure Realm and badly wounded him.
• The Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable praised Zhang Qingyuan's talent and offered to spare him if he submitted and accepted an immortal curse.
• Zhang Qingyuan asked whether the Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable had manipulated the Heavenly Change and what would have happened to the Azure Realm if Zhang Qingyuan had not intervened.
• The Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable admitted he had fanned the flames and planned to drain the world's origin to forge an Immortal King artifact.
• The Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable said he would cleanse the world's inhabitants, using their blood energy and resentment to strengthen the artifact.

Zhang Qingyuan entered the Supreme Dao Mindscape World while facing the Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable’s killing blow, but found he could not control it and was nearing death. Remembering his former life and the Proficiency Panel, he suddenly realized virtual worlds might offer a way to master the Mindscape World.

• Zhang Qingyuan refused to submit to the Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable, who unleashed a full-strength attack that immobilized him and sent annihilating Immortal Light toward him.
• At the brink of death, Zhang Qingyuan awakened the Supreme Dao Mindscape World, accelerating his thoughts and perception while his body remained trapped in ordinary time.
• Zhang Qingyuan recalled the method of entering the Supreme Dao and inferred that the previous Supreme Dao cultivator’s breakthrough had involved the will of the Heavenly Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized that he could not control the vast Mindscape World on his own, and his Supreme Dao Power continued to drain as the Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable’s attack approached.
• While recalling his family and the novels, anime, and games from his previous life, Zhang Qingyuan wondered whether virtual worlds could count as worlds and connected their human-made rules to his Proficiency Panel.

Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable recalled how he had manipulated the Azure Realm and hidden there to avoid karma as he launched a lethal attack on Zhang Qingyuan. Zhang Qingyuan reshaped their surroundings with his Supreme Dao Realm, nullifying the attack and placing Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable in mortal danger.

• Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable decided Zhang Qingyuan had to die and unleashed his full power against him.
• Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable recalled fleeing the Upper Realm after witnessing a calamity, then severing his ties to it and using the Stone Tablet and Immortal Ascension Path to cultivate in secret.
• Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable's attack surrounded Zhang Qingyuan, but Zhang Qingyuan pointed into the void and released strange green Runes of 0 and 1.
• Zhang Qingyuan's Runes transformed the chaotic world into a realm of mountains, waters, and sky, causing Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable's Immortal Power to vanish.
• Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable recognized Zhang Qingyuan's Supreme Dao Realm as a power that altered reality and sensed his own existence rapidly declining.

Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable realized Zhang Qingyuan had reached the Supreme Dao Realm and unleashed his greatest killing art to destroy him inside the Supreme Dao Domain. Their battle darkened the skies across the Azure Realm, leaving One Page Scholar and Lin Yan fearing for Zhang Qingyuan while unable to intervene.

• Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable recalled the dangers of the Supreme Dao Domain and feared that the Heavenly Dao had nurtured Zhang Qingyuan as a counter to his actions.
• Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable found his Immortal Power and status eroding as the Supreme Dao Domain’s green runes revealed its artificial foundations.
• Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable unleashed Heaven-Severing Dao, his strongest Immortal Art, to kill Zhang Qingyuan.
• The clash darkened the skies across the Azure Realm and sent terrifying Heavenly Might across the world.
• One Page Scholar and Lin Yan recognized the upheaval as likely caused by Zhang Qingyuan fighting a True Immortal-level opponent and could only hope he survived.

Zhang Qingyuan became a True Immortal through the Supreme Dao, defeated Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable, and restored the Azure Realm’s stolen origin. After confronting the Heavenly Dao’s incarnation and refusing to become the new Heavenly Dao, he looked toward the Upper Realm and later ascended there.

• After surviving Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable’s strongest attack, Zhang Qingyuan reached the True Immortal level through the Supreme Dao and recovered from his injuries.
• Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable fled, but Zhang Qingyuan trapped him in the Mindscape World and killed him with One Sword Samsara.
• Nine Absolute Immortal Venerable’s death returned the stolen origin to the Azure Realm, and heaven and earth helped Zhang Qingyuan complete his immortal-body transformation without a tribulation.
• Zhang Qingyuan seized the youth who embodied the Heavenly Dao Consciousness and offered him death or severance from the Azure Realm; the youth chose severance and was sent away.
• After officially becoming a True Immortal, Zhang Qingyuan glimpsed the Upper Realm and resolved to seek it later; several hundred years afterward, he ascended into it.