Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing killed Radiant Star Lord, learned the South Pole Longevity Great Emperor’s weakness, and gathered more Immortal Source while destroying the Grey Realm’s core forces. After discovering that Immortal Source was the Grey Realm’s world origin, Xu Qing prepared to confront the South Pole Longevity Great Emperor directly.

• Xu Qing captured Radiant Star Lord, extracted information about the South Pole Longevity Great Emperor and the ancient immortals, then killed him and refined his Immortal Source.
• Xu Qing learned the South Pole Longevity Great Emperor entered a monthly state of dead silence, and he obtained clues to the ancient immortals’ hiding places.
• Xu Qing rampaged through the Grey Realm, destroyed its Ancestral Land altars, killed the Gray Skin Monster, and absorbed six portions of Immortal Source from it.
• Xu Qing slaughtered nearly all powerful Grey Realm Creatures, returned to Wangxian City, and upgraded the Reincarnation Art and Creation Spear Art.
• Xu Qing made the Gray Skin Monster his Thrall Puppet and learned that Immortal Source was the Grey Realm’s world origin.
• Xu Qing concluded that he could now face the South Pole Longevity Great Emperor head-on.

Xu Qing exposed the Heavenly Court’s deception to the cultivators of Wangxian City and fought South Pole Longevity Great Emperor, revealing power equal to or greater than the ancient immortal’s. After three months of battle, South Pole Longevity Great Emperor unleashed a catastrophic Black Hole to destroy both realms, and Xu Qing used his inner universe to make it—and himself—disappear.

• Xu Qing returned to Wangxian City, challenged South Pole Longevity Great Emperor, and revealed that the Heavenly Court had used the war to harvest cultivators’ life essence.
• Xu Qing showed memories from North Heavenly Gate General and South Pole Immortal Elder as evidence, then drove the Star Sea cultivators out of the Grey Realm when he and South Pole Longevity Great Emperor clashed.
• Xu Qing and South Pole Longevity Great Emperor fought across the Grey Realm for three months, with Xu Qing gradually gaining the advantage.
• South Pole Longevity Great Emperor unleashed his final art, swallowed himself into a spreading Black Hole, and triggered a threat to both realms.
• Xu Qing projected and refined his inner universe, causing the Black Hole and himself to vanish from the world.

Xu Qing discovered the Star Sea Great Emperor’s legacy, reached Complete Transcendence, and united the Star Sea Realm to prepare for the coming crisis of the Third Realm. After helping create the Ancient Immortal Art, he said goodbye to his family and allies and ventured into the endless void to confront the approaching enemy.

• Xu Qing returned to the Heaven Suppression Sect, gave Upside Down True Being two Immortal Sources and the Returning to Truth Manual, and learned that his return meant the South Pole Longevity Great Emperor had died.
• Xu Qing found the Star Sea Great Emperor imprisoned in the ruins of Lingxiao Palace and inherited the final trace of his Perfection, then learned his identity from Radiant Star Lord.
• Xu Qing reached Complete Transcendence and hunted down the ancient immortals, gathering ninety-nine Immortal Sources for the Star Sea Realm.
• Xu Qing spent millennia fostering the Four Alliances and working with cultivators across the Star Sea Realm to develop the Ancient Immortal Art and prepare for the Third Realm’s invasion.
• Xu Qing bid farewell to Zhou Tong, Xu Dan, Xu Feng, and the gathered cultivators before leaving to intercept the Third Realm’s forces in the endless void.
• September met Xu Qing beyond the Star Sea Realm, wished him well, and promised to wait for his return.