Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan defeated the Foreign Territory’s Immortal Kings and led Nine Heavens and Ten Lands to victory in the battle at Emperor Pass. He promised Ye Qingxian he would take over the chaos of this time and space, ushering in the Heavenly Emperor Era.

• Ye Xuan wounded Kun Di and killed two Immortal Kings, stunning the defenders at Emperor Pass and the Immortal Realm powerhouses watching the battle.
• Ye Qingxian admired Ye Xuan as the surviving Foreign Territory kings fled with Kun Di and their army broke into a rout.
• Ye Xuan ordered the Heavenly Court army to attack, and Meng Tianzheng led the forces in slaughtering the fleeing Foreign Territory soldiers.
• After returning to Emperor Pass, Ye Xuan received the people’s worship and told Ye Qingxian she would not have to bear her mission alone.
• Ye Xuan told Ye Qingxian to inform him that he would take over the chaos of this time and space and meet him at the summit during the Great Reckoning; sunlight then broke through the clouds.

After defeating the Foreign Territory’s kings, Ye Xuan purified the spoils and revived King Shi with a Creation Immortal Pill. He resettled the Primordial Imperial City’s survivors in Fire Province, then announced his intention to seek the path from King to Emperor and awaken survivors of the Immortal Ancient Era.

• Ye Xuan used the Chaos Bead to remove Dark Matter from the fallen kings’ remnants and the Heavenly Court army, while claiming the battle’s treasures for the court.
• Ye Xuan found the dying King Shi in the Primordial Imperial City and promised to protect the city’s children and wounded veterans.
• Ye Xuan forged a Creation Immortal Pill from purified Immortal King origins and divine medicines, restoring King Shi to his peak.
• Ye Xuan stationed Heavenly Court forces in the Primordial Imperial City and moved its residents to Fire Province, where they could live in safety.
• King Shi asked Ye Xuan what would come next, and Ye Xuan said he would seek the chance to Break King to Emperor and awaken surviving fellow Daoists from the Immortal Ancient Era.

Shi Hao created the Human Body Secret Realm Method, survived its tribulation, and reached the Supreme Realm, while Ye Xuan appointed him Emperor of the Heavenly Court. In the Immortal Realm, Qi Yu ordered an envoy to contact the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, and Willow Deity and her companions prepared to return from the Sea of Worlds as a new dark storm gathered.

• Shi Hao created the Human Body Secret Realm Method, endured the method-creation Great Calamity, and forcefully attained the Supreme Realm.
• Ye Xuan appointed Shi Hao Emperor of the Heavenly Court, and Shi Hao’s family celebrated as Shi Yi renewed his resolve and entered the Trial Tower to cultivate.
• Qi Yu ended the Immortal Kings’ debate by ordering an envoy to establish contact with the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and test Heavenly Emperor Xuan’s strength.
• Willow Deity and her companions, having recovered and grown stronger in the Sea of Worlds, sensed a coming dark catastrophe and agreed to return home.
• Willow Deity gazed toward the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and quietly wondered where Ye Xuan was and how powerful he had become.

Immortal Realm envoys arrived in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands to propose an alliance, but Ye Xuan demanded that the kings come in person. At a later Dao-discussion gathering, Shi Hao challenged a True Immortal who insulted his title, and their battle began with Shi Hao unleashing his Self-Transcendence Great Method.

• A delegation led by a Golden Crow quasi-Immortal King entered the transformed Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and was welcomed by Meng Tianzheng.
• The Immortal Realm envoys met Ye Xuan and offered gifts and an alliance against the Foreign Territory, but Ye Xuan dismissed them and told the kings to come themselves.
• The Golden Crow quasi-Immortal King proposed a Dao-discussion gathering, and Meng Tianzheng agreed to let the younger generations spar.
• An Ao-surnamed True Immortal mocked Shi Hao's title, so Shi Hao challenged him to fight; Meng Tianzheng allowed the match to proceed.
• Shi Hao faced the True Immortal in the trial battlefield and opened with a secret art combining the Kunpeng Method, Thunder Emperor Technique, and his Self-Transcendence Great Method.

Shi Hao defeated a True Immortal from the Immortal Realm, and the Immortal Realm delegation witnessed the strength of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands before preparing to leave. The Primordial Gate then opened, bringing Willow Deity and the other heroes back from the Sea of Worlds as peak Immortal Kings, and they reunited with Ye Xuan and Shi Hao.

• Shi Hao overwhelmed the True Immortal surnamed Ao with his Fist Seal until the Golden Crow Quasi-Immortal King conceded and intervened to rescue him.
• Ten-Crowned King, Shi Yi, Exiled Immortal, Little Heavenly Horned Ant, and other Heavenly Prides defeated their Immortal Realm opponents, while Kunpeng Son sparred evenly with the Golden Crow Quasi-Immortal King.
• One month later, Ye Xuan sensed familiar powerful auras approaching from the Sea of Worlds as the Primordial Gate appeared above the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
• Willow Deity, Female Kunpeng, True Dragon, True Phoenix, and the Lord of the Forbidden Zone returned through the gate, restored to the peak realm of Immortal Kings.
• Ye Xuan welcomed Willow Deity and the returning heroes, while Shi Hao rushed to greet Willow Deity and she affectionately stroked his head.
• The Heavenly Court celebrated the return of the heroes, and the Golden Crow Quasi-Immortal King realized that the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands would rise again.

Ye Xuan hosted a grand banquet for the returning Immortal Ancient heroes, where they reunited with their disciples and admired the Heavenly Court’s flourishing younger generation. Willow Deity and True Dragon warned that dark storms in the Sea of Worlds would bring a Great Reckoning, and Ye Xuan declared he would Break King to Emperor to protect the worlds.

• True Dragon and Female Kunpeng reflected on how Ye Xuan had led the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands from devastation into a golden age.
• Shi Hao toasted Willow Deity and Lord of the Forbidden Zone, who praised his Seed of the Self path and its self-contained Inner Universe.
• Kunpeng Son reunited with Female Kunpeng, while Witch and Qingyi toasted their masters and received praise for forging their own paths.
• Willow Deity and Ye Xuan discussed the Great Dao, and Willow Deity sensed that Ye Xuan had surpassed her and was suppressing his cultivation near the Emperor realm.
• Willow Deity and True Dragon revealed that dark storms were intensifying in the Sea of Worlds and that fallen ancient kings could return to unleash a Great Reckoning.
• Ye Xuan said he would Break King to Emperor to protect the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, shocking the Immortal Kings with his confidence.

Ye Xuan announced that he could reach the quasi-Immortal Emperor realm and set out to revive the remaining Immortal Ancient kings. He restored Immortal Gold Daoist and Second Under Heaven, who returned to the Heavenly Court and pledged themselves to it.

• Ye Xuan told the Heavenly Court’s gathered kings that he could advance to the quasi-Immortal Emperor realm when the right opportunity arose.
• After King Shi returned, Ye Xuan revealed his plan to revive Immortal Ancient kings and identified Immortal Gold Daoist and Second Under Heaven as remnants dwelling in the Void God Realm.
• Ye Xuan found Grandfather Jing Bi and Bird Lord in the Void God Realm and used the Chaos Bead, the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, Heavenly Merit, and creation power to restore their True Spirits.
• Immortal Gold Daoist and Second Under Heaven reunited with their physical bodies in the Heavenly Beast Forest and Divine Medicine Mountain Range, then returned to the Heavenly Court as Immortal Kings.
• Immortal Gold Daoist and Second Under Heaven thanked Ye Xuan and pledged to serve the Heavenly Court.

After the Immortal Kings restored the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and established Dao fields, Ye Xuan revealed to Willow Deity that he came from the Primordial World. Willow Deity was stunned by the world’s powerful Sages and higher cultivation realms.

• Ye Xuan welcomed Second Under Heaven and Immortal Gold Daoist after restoring their bodies, and they reunited with Willow Deity and their other old comrades.
• Willow Deity proposed that the Immortal Kings repair the damaged Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, and they joined forces to restore its laws, lands, and spiritual veins.
• The Immortal Kings established Dao fields across the realm, guarded important locations, and began teaching disciples.
• During a quiet tea gathering, Ye Xuan told Willow Deity he had not been born in this world and described the Primordial World and its powerful beings.
• Willow Deity was shocked to learn that the Primordial World held multiple Sages and realms beyond what she had believed to be the pinnacle.

Ye Xuan promised Willow Deity he would take her to Primordial Wilderness after the Dark Turmoil ended, and assured her he would protect his devoted companions. In the Immortal Realm, the kings learned that Ancestor Spirit and other Immortal Ancient heroes had returned, and Immortal King Qi Yu ordered them to treat the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands as equals.

• Willow Deity expressed her longing to see Primordial Wilderness, and Ye Xuan promised to take her there after the Dark Turmoil was quelled.
• Willow Deity teased Ye Xuan about his confidantes, and he vowed never to betray or abandon Huo Ling'er, Qingyi, and Witch.
• The Golden Crow quasi-Immortal King reported that Ancestor Spirit, True Dragon, Kunpeng, Second Under Heaven, and Immortal Gold Daoist had returned at their peak.
• King Pan and the Primal Unity Immortal King welcomed the news, while Ao Sheng, Tai Shi, and Yuan Chu worried about Ancestor Spirit and Ye Xuan.
• Immortal King Qi Yu declared that the Immortal Realm must treat the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands as equals and warned against provoking a war.

Ye Xuan enjoyed a peaceful day in the Heavenly Court’s rear garden with Huo Ling'er, Qingyi, the Witch, and Taiyin Jade Rabbit before Willow Deity joined him. As they reflected on the hard-won prosperity of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, their Great Daos resonated together beneath the Bodhi tree.

• Ye Xuan relaxed while Huo Ling'er brewed tea, Qingyi played the zither, and the Witch teased him about his past in the lower realms.
• Taiyin Jade Rabbit sneaked nectar and jade dew, became drunk, and amused everyone in the garden.
• Willow Deity arrived, received tea from Huo Ling'er, and sat beside Ye Xuan beneath the Bodhi tree.
• Willow Deity reflected on the destruction of the Immortal Ancient Era and the flourishing peace of the present.
• Ye Xuan vowed to protect the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands from another catastrophe, and his Great Dao Laws resonated with Willow Deity’s.

Shi Hao visited Ye Xuan and the Willow Deity to ask how to advance after choosing the Seed of the Self, since he rejected immortality dependent on the Immortal Realm. Ye Xuan advised him to pursue the Nine-Life Mortal Immortal path, and Shi Hao resolved to follow it.

• Huo Ling'er, Qingyi, the Witch, and the Taiyin Jade Rabbit meditated beneath the Dao manifestations in the Heavenly Court's rear garden.
• Shi Hao arrived and asked Ye Xuan and the Willow Deity for guidance about the bottleneck in his cultivation.
• The Willow Deity explained that True Immortals depended on the Immortal Realm's longevity substances and could perish without them.
• Ye Xuan taught Shi Hao the Mortal Immortal path: endure nine cycles of life and death in the mortal world and cultivate immortality through his own foundation.
• Shi Hao accepted the guidance, bowed to Ye Xuan and the Willow Deity, and vowed to live against the current for nine lives to attain the Mortal Immortal Dao.

Shi Hao decided to return to Stone Village before beginning his Nine-Life Mortal Immortal path, and Ye Xuan announced that he would accompany him to the Eight Lower Realms. Ye Xuan planned to try reviving three Immortal Kings at Xiling Beast Mountain, then hinted at a harsh method to prepare Shi Hao for his cultivation path.

• Shi Hao asked Ye Xuan and Willow Deity for permission to visit Stone Village and check on his family and friends.
• Ye Xuan agreed and said he would travel with Shi Hao through the Eight Lower Realms.
• Ye Xuan explained that the crystal skull, golden hand bone, and blood-stained eyeball at Xiling Beast Mountain belonged to three Immortal Kings who had died defending their world.
• Ye Xuan said he intended to revive the three Immortal Kings to strengthen the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands against the coming Great Calamity of the Sea of Worlds.
• Ye Xuan warned that the restored world would not provide the harsh conditions Shi Hao needed to cultivate as a Mortal Immortal, then offered to create an End of Dharma Era environment for him.
• Shi Hao and the others asked what Ye Xuan's method was, and Ye Xuan answered with four words.

Ye Xuan forced Shi Hao to undergo the Immortal Folding Curse to break down his foundation and help him transform into a Mortal Immortal, leaving Shi Hao writhing in pain. As the others watched and Witch teased Ye Xuan, the Willow Deity quietly observed their affectionate, playful gathering.

• Ye Xuan told Shi Hao that reaching the Mortal Immortal realm required breaking down his old foundation and chose the Immortal Folding Curse to do it.
• Ye Xuan cast the curse on Shi Hao, whose magical power and Supreme Bones began to deteriorate as he collapsed in agony.
• Shi Hao asked whether the painful treatment would work, and Ye Xuan encouraged him to endure it as a necessary step toward transformation.
• Huo Ling'er, Qingyi, Taiyin Jade Rabbit, and Witch watched Shi Hao suffer, and Witch joked that Ye Xuan was an unreliable big brother.
• Ye Xuan threatened to enforce the family rules on Witch, who hid behind the Willow Deity and made the others laugh.
• The Willow Deity watched Ye Xuan grow embarrassed and regarded his playful conduct with indulgence.

Ye Xuan, Shi Hao, and Willow Deity returned to the Eight Lower Realms, where Ye Xuan suppressed the hostile Heavenly Dao, and brought Shi Hao back to Stone Village. Shi Hao reunited with his family and childhood friends, then ended the night embarrassed after Ye Xuan exposed him secretly drinking beast milk at the village gathering.

• Ye Xuan tore open a passage through the Realm Barrier, and he, Shi Hao, and Willow Deity descended into the Eight Lower Realms.
• Ye Xuan’s Great Luo aura calmed the lower realm’s violent Heavenly Dao, and he led the others toward Stone Village.
• Shi Hao arrived at Stone Village and reunited with Shi Yunfeng, Qingfeng, Da Zhuang, Er Meng, Pi Hou, and the villagers.
• Willow Deity entered the village, and Shi Yunfeng and the villagers recognized her as their Sacrificial Spirit before she gently stopped them from kneeling.
• The villagers held a bonfire gathering, where Shi Hao secretly drank beast milk until Ye Xuan teased him and his childhood friends laughed.

Ye Xuan and Willow Deity traveled to Xiling Beast Mountain, where Ye Xuan revived three crippled Immortal Kings and sent them to join the Heavenly Court. Months later, he found Ao Tong undergoing a transformation that could make her a True Immortal, and stayed to guard her.

• Ye Xuan urged Shi Hao to keep tempering his Dao foundation before he and Willow Deity left Stone Village for Xiling Beast Mountain.
• At the ruined altar, Ye Xuan revealed his identity and victory over the Foreign Territory, while Willow Deity convinced the three crippled Immortal Kings that he spoke the truth.
• Ye Xuan used the Chaos Bead and Six Paths Reincarnation Disk to restore the three Immortal Kings to life.
• The three revived Immortal Kings pledged themselves to the Heavenly Court and departed for the Upper Realm with Ye Xuan's Divine Edict.
• After traveling through the Eight Lower Realms for several months, Ye Xuan and Willow Deity found Ao Tong in a hidden valley undergoing a transformation toward True Immortality.
• Ye Xuan chose not to disturb Ao Tong and remained in the valley to guard her.

Ao Tong awakened from her seclusion and began her immortal tribulation with Ye Xuan and the Willow Deity guarding her. After Ye Xuan destroyed the Jieyin Ancient Hall that tried to seize her Primordial Spirit, Ao Tong completed her tribulation and became a True Immortal.

• Ao Tong emerged from the cocoon of light above the Chaos Spiritual Spring and greeted Ye Xuan and the Willow Deity.
• Ao Tong released her suppressed cultivation, summoning a vast lightning tribulation over the Eight Lower Realms, and fought through it with her Twin Pupils.
• The Jieyin Ancient Hall appeared and tried to pull Ao Tong's Primordial Spirit from her body as she reached the final stage of the tribulation.
• Ye Xuan destroyed the Jieyin Ancient Hall with a single Heavenly Emperor Fist, erasing its hidden dark law-will.
• Ao Tong absorbed the tribulation's final blessings, completed her ascension, and became a True Immortal.

Ye Xuan brought Ao Tong back to the Upper Realm and introduced her to the women of the Heavenly Emperor Palace, who quickly became familiar with one another. He then announced his plan to resurrect a female Immortal King from the Immortal Realm, leaving Willow Deity to recognize her as a warrior who had died defending the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

• Ye Xuan praised Ao Tong, brought her and Willow Deity through the Realm Barrier, and returned with them to the Upper Realm.
• Ao Tong learned that Ye Xuan had founded the Heavenly Court, defeated Foreign Territory Immortal Kings, and resurrected several Immortal Kings from the Immortal Ancient Era.
• Ye Xuan brought Ao Tong to the Heavenly Emperor Palace garden, where she met Huo Ling'er, Qingyi, and the Witch, and the women bonded while teasing Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan said he planned to resurrect a female Immortal King, prompting Willow Deity to wonder who he meant.
• Ye Xuan explained that the woman had come from the Immortal Realm, fought Luo Mo at the Border Wasteland, and sacrificed herself to protect the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
• Willow Deity expressed respect for the fallen Immortal King, and Ye Xuan vowed to find her remnant soul and bring her back from the river of time.

Ye Xuan traveled to the ancient battlefield to revive Cold Moon Immortal King and destroyed Luo Mo’s lingering remnant soul. Cold Moon rejected revival and gave Ye Xuan the World Extinction incense, but he challenged her to reconsider by invoking her betrayal by Ao Sheng.

• Ye Xuan reached the battlefield’s abyss and discovered Cold Moon Immortal King’s remnant soul being consumed by Luo Mo’s remnant imprint.
• Ye Xuan used Great Luo Immortal Lightning to erase Luo Mo’s remnant soul, allowing Cold Moon Immortal King’s coffin to emerge.
• Cold Moon Immortal King awoke and refused Ye Xuan’s offer to restore her, saying she wanted to remain in the forbidden zone and fade away.
• Cold Moon Immortal King recalled Ao Sheng’s betrayal and gave Ye Xuan the World Extinction incense in gratitude for destroying Luo Mo’s remnant soul.
• Ye Xuan accepted the incense, then urged Cold Moon Immortal King to live and personally seek revenge on Ao Sheng.

Ye Xuan revived Cold Moon Immortal King by suppressing her rampage, cleansing the Dark Matter, and restoring her Primordial Spirit. She joined the Heavenly Court and returned with Ye Xuan to meet its assembled Immortal Kings, while thinking of Ao Sheng and the reckoning to come.

• Ye Xuan provoked Cold Moon Immortal King's hatred of Ao Sheng, triggering her rampage and the Dark Matter inside her to strike back.
• Ye Xuan used the Chaos Bead and Heavenly Merit to suppress Cold Moon Immortal King and purge the Dark Matter, then used the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk to restore her Primordial Spirit and body.
• Cold Moon Immortal King thanked Ye Xuan, questioned the dangers of establishing a Heavenly Court, and agreed to join after he declared he would suppress its karma.
• Ye Xuan and Cold Moon Immortal King returned to the Heavenly Court, where Willow Deity, True Dragon, Female Kunpeng, the Lord of the Forbidden Zone, and other Immortal Kings welcomed her.
• Cold Moon Immortal King was astonished by the Heavenly Court's gathering of resurrected Immortal Kings and considered how Ao Sheng would react to its strength; Willow Deity then warmly welcomed her.

Ye Xuan settled Cold Moon Immortal King in the Heavenly Court, then enjoyed a rare, affectionate respite with Huo Ling'er, Qingyi, Witch, Ao Tong, and Taiyin Jade Rabbit. Days later, an enormous Immortal Realm delegation led by Immortal King Qi Yu arrived at the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, humbly restrained before the Heavenly Emperor.

• Ye Xuan and Willow Deity welcomed Cold Moon Immortal King to her new divine island and promised to help her recover and settle an old score.
• Ye Xuan rested in the Heavenly Emperor Palace's rear garden while Huo Ling'er served him soup and Qingyi brewed tea.
• Witch teased Ye Xuan about his romantic history, and Ao Tong joined in as the women laughed together.
• Taiyin Jade Rabbit got drunk on spirit fruit wine and sprawled across Ye Xuan's lap, mumbling about giant flat peaches.
• Several days later, the Immortal Realm's gate opened, and Immortal King Qi Yu led King Pan, Primal Unity Immortal King, Golden Crow Immortal King, and a large delegation into the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
• The visiting Immortal Kings, True Immortals, and Heavenly Prides restrained their auras and approached with awe for Ye Xuan.