Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan advanced along the Strongest Human Trial Ancient Road as the Immortal Ascension Road’s opening drew near. Gu Hui revealed that the road was a trap meant to draw out the Life Forbidden Zones’ Supremes, and the chapter ended as the road began to open and the Supremes awakened.

• Ye Fan traveled the Strongest Human Trial Ancient Road with Dragon Horse and Little Pine, reaching the Saint realm in twenty years and hearing legends of the Human Race’s Great Emperors.
• Gu Hui’s attempt to find an opportunity to live an eleventh life failed, while Gu Jiuxuan watched Ye Fan’s progress and considered his chance to break the sacred body’s shackles.
• Gu Hui explained that the Immortal Ascension Road was false and would lure Supremes into breaking their seals, forcing survivors toward the Immortal Domain or a Dark Turmoil.
• Gu Hui condemned Supremes who sacrificed countless lives for immortality, while noting that some had endured or found other ways to survive.
• The Big Dipper Star Region shook as the Immortal Ascension Road began to open, and light erupted from five Life Forbidden Zones as the Ancient Supremes awakened.

As the Immortal Ascension Road began opening above Big Dipper, Ye Fan and the others evacuated ordinary beings while powerful cultivators and Supremes gathered near the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground. The fissure released the blood and corpse of the Taiyin Human Emperor, whose body began dissolving into the Dao.

• Quasi-Emperors from the Life Forbidden Zones investigated the expanding fissure outside the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground and saw a powerful corpse fall from it.
• Ye Fan and the others used Jiang Taixu's flawless Emperor Formation to evacuate ordinary beings from the Big Dipper Star Region.
• More blood fell from the fissure, and Gu Hui recognized its aura as belonging to the Taiyin Human Emperor.
• The fissure widened, and half of the Taiyin Human Emperor's imposing corpse fell out and began dissolving into the Dao amid immortal flames.

The Human Emperor’s corpse was transported to Gu Hui as the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground revealed ancient gates and signs of the Immortal Ascension Road. As the Big Dipper Star Region’s five continents and the great rift awakened, Supremes and hidden experts gathered, and the road finally began to appear.

• The Human Emperor’s corpse vanished before the crowd and arrived before Gu Hui, who laid the Taiyin Human Emperor to rest as ruins and two monumental gates emerged in the Ancient Mine of Absolute Beginning.
• Auras erupted from the Life Forbidden Zones, revealing beams associated with their Ancient Supremes, while powerful figures from across the universe flocked to Big Dipper.
• The five continents of Big Dipper began to glow like a vast altar, and a Quasi-Emperor arrived as a Metal Boat’s owner broke through to the Quasi-Emperor realm.
• Ten days later, the great rift outside the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Ground widened, releasing immortal light, ancient corpses, and immortal qi as the Immortal Ascension Road drew near.
• Buildings and wilderness from the Immortal Realm appeared briefly beyond the road, and an Ancient Supreme roared that the moment had arrived as a colossal pass formed from laws.

Twenty-one Supremes emerged from the Life Forbidden Zones and attacked the Immortal Ascension Road, determined to break into the Immortal Domain. They shattered the Immortal Gate and found a mysterious Chaos Cave beyond it.

• The Supremes confirmed the Immortal Ascension Road was real, restored their peak strength, and emerged from the Life Forbidden Zones.
• Ye Fan and the other onlookers watched as twenty-one Supremes gathered at the fissure, leaving everyone else with no chance to approach.
• The twenty-one Supremes entered the Immortal Ascension Road and joined forces to break its mighty pass and build a path forward with their Daos.
• The Supremes reached a stele bearing the symbol of the immortal Dao, then charged through gates marked "Past," "Future," and "The present."
• The Supremes shattered the Immortal Gate and saw a magnificent Immortal Realm, with a mysterious Chaos Cave at its end.

The twenty-one Supremes failed to become immortals in the Chaos Cave, and fifteen of them turned on the Thunder Emperor to seize a chance to survive. The Thunder Emperor faced their coordinated assault as the Stone Emperor opened the attack with his halberd.

• Twenty-one Supremes entered the Chaos Cave, but all failed, and three died during their attempt to conquer the Immortal Ascension Road.
• The surviving Supremes decided to remain alive for another chance at immortality and descended on the mortal world.
• The Stone Emperor declared that the Supremes would sustain their immortality by killing the Thunder Emperor.
• Fifteen Supremes joined forces against the Thunder Emperor, while Gai Jiuyou and the Old Lunatic worried about the battle and the other Supremes who had yet to emerge.
• The Supremes attacked together, and the Stone Emperor struck first with his great halberd.

Gu Jiuxuan, the Thunder Emperor, overwhelmed fifteen Supremes while four Emperor Weapons protected the collapsing Big Dipper Star Region. The Supremes renewed their assault, but Gu Jiuxuan continued to drive them back with his Emperor Fist.

• The Stone Emperor, Lord of Samsara, and thirteen other Supremes attacked Gu Jiuxuan together, threatening to destroy the Big Dipper Star Region.
• Gu Yue, Gu Ya, Gu Yun, and Xiao Wen appeared and joined forces to stabilize the region, drawing the Supremes' attention.
• Gu Jiuxuan unleashed the Thunder Emperor Fist, knocking aside the Supremes' attacks and sending them retreating.
• The Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, Void Mirror, Wu Shi Bell, and Huang Tower appeared and joined forces to protect the Big Dipper Star Region.
• The Supremes realized the Emperor Weapons had awakened without their masters, then resumed their attack on Gu Jiuxuan.
• Gu Jiuxuan repeatedly beat back the fifteen Supremes, forcing them to take turns facing him head-on.

The fifteen Supremes underwent Ultimate Sublimation to fight Gu Jiuxuan, but he still overwhelmed them and blasted the Stone Emperor apart. The Immortal Heavenly Emperor then attacked Gu Jiuxuan with a Five-Colored Heavenly Saber, revealing the Supremes’ plan to catch him off guard.

• The Supremes agreed that they could not defeat Gu Jiuxuan without Ultimate Sublimation and all fifteen transformed into their former peak strength.
• Gu Jiuxuan repelled the Supremes’ attacks and shattered the Stone Emperor with a single Emperor Fist.
• The other Supremes joined forces to withstand Gu Jiuxuan, while spectators marveled that he remained undefeated against fifteen Sublimated Supremes.
• A hand wielding a Five-Colored Heavenly Saber struck Gu Jiuxuan and left a thin wound.
• Gu Jiuxuan recognized the attacker as the Immortal Heavenly Emperor and realized the Supremes had been waiting for him to launch a surprise strike.

Gu Jiuxuan fought the fifteen Supremes while the Immortal Heavenly Emperor attacked him across worlds through the Flying Immortal Waterfall. After two hours of battle, neither emperor gained the upper hand, and the Supremes’ hopes of killing Gu Jiuxuan remained unfulfilled.

• Gu Jiuxuan’s allies stayed back as he faced the Supremes alone, and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor used the Flying Immortal Waterfall to attack from the Strange World.
• The Stone Emperor rallied the Supremes to burn their essence and create an opening for the Immortal Heavenly Emperor.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor swung the Five-Colored Heavenly Saber across worlds while the fifteen Supremes unleashed their strongest attacks against Gu Jiuxuan.
• Gu Jiuxuan met the saber with his Emperor Fist and Thor Palace, repelled the Supremes, and fought the Immortal Heavenly Emperor amid clashing Dao power.
• After two hours, neither Gu Jiuxuan nor the Immortal Heavenly Emperor had gained the upper hand, leaving the Supremes shocked that their final trump card had failed to kill the Thunder Emperor.

Gu Jiuxuan drove the Immortal Heavenly Emperor back through the Flying Immortal Waterfall, then killed the fifteen Supremes who remained on the battlefield. With all twenty-one Supremes from the Immortal Ascension Road dead or gone, the dark turmoil ended, and Gu Jiuxuan gathered the battlefield’s weapons and remains.

• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor struck Gu Jiuxuan through the Flying Immortal Waterfall, but Gu Jiuxuan wounded him and severed half the waterfall before a bell toll forced it to vanish.
• Gu Jiuxuan attacked the fifteen Supremes, killing the Lord of Samsara, the Longevity Heavenly Venerable, the Stone Emperor, the Light-and-Dark Supreme, and the others one by one.
• Gu Jiuxuan collected the Supremes’ bodies and souls in his Sea of Reincarnation as people across the universe hailed the Thunder Emperor.
• Ye Fan declared that the dark turmoil had ended and the Life Forbidden Zones would become history, while the remaining Supremes fled the Big Dipper Star Region.
• Gu Jiuxuan sent Thor Palace to devour the shattered Emperor Weapons and the Supremes’ blood across the battlefield.

Gu Jiuxuan confronted the long-hidden Emperor Zun, and the two fought a fierce battle after Emperor Zun revealed his intent to kill the Thunder Emperor. Their fight moved onto the Immortal Ascension Road, where the Emperor Weapons and Thor Palace joined forces to suppress it, leaving both combatants locked in battle.

• Gu Jiuxuan sensed Emperor Zun nearby and challenged him for emerging from hiding.
• Emperor Zun revealed himself and attacked Gu Jiuxuan, judging him a grave threat to his plan to refine the mortal world.
• Gu Jiuxuan and Emperor Zun fought across the universe, unleashing a clash of Daos that terrified onlookers.
• Gu Jiuxuan exposed Emperor Zun's secret scheme, driving Emperor Zun to intensify his assault.
• Gu Jiuxuan and Emperor Zun battled into the Immortal Ascension Road as the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, the Void Mirror, the Wu Shi Bell, the Huang Tower, and Thor Palace struck and suppressed it.

After the Immortal Ascension Road vanished and the Life Forbidden Zones disappeared, Ye Fan rose above his peers and prepared to marry Ji Ziyue. The wedding celebration turned tense when the Undying Heavenly Empress and the Phoenix Nest arrived and provoked Ye Fan.

• Emperor Zun and the Thunder Emperor fought into the Immortal Ascension Road, which vanished along with the five Emperor Weapons, while the Big Dipper Star Region remained intact.
• With the Life Forbidden Zones gone, a Golden Age began, and Ye Fan reached the Eighth Heaven Quasi-Emperor realm after defeating the Yaoguang Holy Son and the Heavenly Prince.
• Ye Fan spared the Yaoguang Holy Son, who vowed to challenge him again after transforming into a Chaos Body.
• Ye Fan returned to Big Dipper to marry Ji Ziyue, and prominent figures from across the universe arrived at the Ji Family with wedding gifts.
• The Undying Heavenly Empress and the Phoenix Nest arrived and threatened that Ji Ziyue would soon become a widow, prompting Ye Fan to threaten the Empress.

During Ye Fan’s wedding, the Undying Heavenly Empress and a Forbidden Zone expert arrived under the pretense of offering congratulations, but Gu Hui of the Ancient Mine of Absolute Beginning intervened and revealed the mine’s immense power. Gu Hui urged Ye Fan to reach full mastery of his Sacred Body while the Ancient Mine’s Great Emperors entered nirvana, leaving the Big Dipper Star Region’s defense to him.

• The Undying Heavenly Empress and a Quasi-Emperor Pinnacle expert confronted Ye Fan at the Ji Family wedding, claiming the Thunder Emperor had fallen and threatening to advance.
• Ye Fan refused to welcome the hostile guests, and the Ji Family experts and wedding guests gathered to stand with him.
• Gu Hui appeared, identified himself as an ascetic cultivator from the Ancient Mine of Absolute Beginning, and gave Ye Fan a Chaos Blood Pill as a wedding gift.
• Gu Hui warned the Undying Heavenly Empress to offer congratulations properly or leave, then injured her with a glance and declared that nine Great Emperors resided in the Ancient Mine.
• Gu Hui revealed that the Thunder Emperor, Jiu Xuan, was his youngest son and that the Ancient Mine’s Great Emperors were preparing to enter nirvana.
• Gu Hui told Ye Fan to cultivate until his Sacred Body reached full mastery and urged him to defy the Heavenly Dao’s limits and become an emperor.

Gu Hui told Ye Fan that Ruthless and Wu Shi were still alive, then departed after urging him to become an emperor. Years later, Ye Fan had founded the Heavenly Court when the Immortal Ascension Road began opening on Feixian Star, drawing Supremes from across the universe as Ye Fan prepared to confront them.

• Gu Hui explained that Ruthless was in her fifth life and Wu Shi was still fighting the Immortal Heavenly Emperor, then left Ye Fan with hopes for his future.
• The Undying Heavenly Empress and her companions withdrew after Gu Hui's warning, and the Ji Family held a joyful wedding celebration.
• A little over two hundred years later, Ye Fan achieved great accomplishment with his Sacred Body, established the Heavenly Court, and took the title of Heavenly Emperor.
• The seals on Feixian Star began to break, revealing signs that the Immortal Ascension Road would open again and stirring the Supremes.
• Ye Fan crossed the universe to Feixian Star as the road appeared, and Supremes began emerging from their hidden places.

Ye Fan confronted the six remaining Supremes as the Immortal Ascension Road opened, but the emergence of ancient beings and Emperor Zun’s hidden Array Platform turned the struggle toward a larger battle. As the platform drained power and blood essence, a majestic phantom began to take shape.

• Ye Fan arrived on Feixian Star after the six Supremes gathered and challenged them, but they chose to enter the Immortal Ascension Road instead of fighting him.
• Huashi broke free from immortal source inside the road, and the Supremes recognized him as the Kunlun Remnant Clan’s Progenitor, whom Emperor Zun was believed to have killed.
• A shackled gray-haired Daoist emerged, and the Myriad Dragon Emperor recognized him as Ji Mie Heavenly Venerable.
• The six Supremes battled Huashi, Ji Mie Heavenly Venerable, and a Prehistoric Creature inside the Immortal Ascension Road.
• An ancient Array Platform appeared and began absorbing the Supremes’ attacks and draining the three ancient beings’ blood essence.
• Starry seas darkened as their essence gathered, and a majestic phantom began to form.

The six Supremes advanced along the Immortal Ascension Road with the restored Immortal Ascension Cauldron, but Ye Fan intervened to stop them from draining life from the universe and fought them inside the road. After the Golden Crow Emperor survived his Great Emperor Tribulation, he attacked Heaven's Gate but failed to break through.

• The Immortal Ascension Cauldron reassembled from fragments, and the six Supremes used it to push deeper into the Immortal Ascension Road.
• An imperial stele warned that only two or three could become immortals, making the six Supremes wary of one another as they battled through the Immortal Pass.
• Ye Fan blocked the Supremes from drawing in life essence, entered the Immortal Ascension Road, and fought all six as they pressed toward the Immortal Gate.
• A Great Emperor Tribulation erupted elsewhere, and the Golden Crow Emperor emerged as the new Great Emperor while Ye Fan and the Supremes continued fighting.
• The Spirit Emperor perished, leaving five Supremes to undergo ultimate sublimation, while the Immortal Ascension Cauldron favored Ye Fan.
• The Golden Crow Emperor struck Heaven's Gate amid his tribulation but failed to break through, while Ye Fan and the Supremes watched from the edge of the false Immortal Domain.

Ye Fan survived the Immortal Ascension Road after the Supremes killed one another, then defied heaven and earth to prove his Dao without merging with the Heavenly Heart Imprint. His era began as he completed a tribulation that left the Golden Crow Emperor resentful and unable to challenge him.

• The Supremes attacked the newly enthroned Golden Crow Emperor and shattered his body and Dao-attainment bell, but he escaped gravely wounded and lost any chance of becoming a Flawless Great Emperor.
• The five remaining Supremes turned on Ye Fan, then killed one another while trying to sacrifice an imperial expert and enter the Immortal Domain; Ye Fan killed those who remained, ending the Immortal Ascension Road as its sole survivor.
• Before the road closed, Ye Fan sent his wife and daughter into the Immortal Domain and stayed on the Big Dipper, resolving to prove his Dao by suppressing the myriad Daos rather than merging with the Heavenly Heart Imprint.
• A little over a thousand years later, Ye Fan underwent a heavenly tribulation, broke the rules of heaven and earth, shattered the Heavenly Heart Imprint, and rose above the myriad Daos.
• The Golden Crow Emperor watched Ye Fan complete the tribulation, resenting his rise but knowing he could not defeat him; Ye Fan's first lifetime lasted twenty-six thousand years.

Gu Hui used the Dao Mirror to begin a new life with his memories and strength sealed, and was reborn as Qin Xiao, heir to the Eastern Pacification Prince. His birth nearly cost his mother her life, but his power saved her; half a year later, the family gathered in the garden while Qin De played Go with Feng Yuzu.

• Gu Hui reflected on Ye Fan’s long lives and began a new life through the Dao Mirror, sealing his memories and strength into a Dao Fruit.
• Qin Xiao was born to Qin De and the Princess Consort, whose life was endangered by childbirth.
• Qin Xiao’s light restored the Princess Consort’s failing vitality and saved her from death.
• Over the next half year, Qin Xiao quietly observed the household while his mother recovered and cared for him.
• Qin De played Go with Feng Yuzu in the garden as the Princess Consort held Qin Xiao nearby.

Qin Xiao watched Qin De secure the Northern Border while the Chu court grew more suspicious, and Qin Yu was sent away because of his defective dantian. The story then shifted to a cave in the primordial wilderness, where a bedraggled man outsmarted and killed a giant wolf.

• Qin De led a feint while Feng Yuzu guided Black Armored Army soldiers to destroy the Barbarian Tribe’s provisions, allowing Qin De to rout their main force and secure the Three Passes.
• Emperor Xiang Guang became more wary of Qin De after the victory, while Qin Yu was sent to Cloudmist Manor because physicians could not cure his leaking dantian.
• Qin Xiao continued practicing the zither and flute and stayed out of Qin De’s plans as tensions between the prince’s residence and the Chu court worsened.
• A bedraggled man escaped a pursuing giant wolf by entering a cave and taunting it into following him through the passages.
• The man tricked the giant wolf into a deadly trap and killed it after refusing to explain how he had survived the same passage.

Qin Xiao rested after surviving the dangers of Hong Huang’s outskirts, then faced the forty-nine heavenly tribulation at Bibo Lake. He survived all four lightning bolts through his own strength and entered the Golden Core stage, becoming a cultivator.

• Qin Xiao recalled killing an innate great-perfection demon beast and luring a middle-Golden-Core Black Giant Wolf into a trap.
• Qin Xiao prepared for the heavenly tribulation and sensed the energy of the life around him while meditating at Bibo Lake.
• Qin Xiao endured the first bolt of heavenly lightning with his body and absorbed its power to strengthen his muscles.
• Qin Xiao used his gray true qi to withstand the second bolt, then shattered the third with a punch.
• Qin Xiao broke the final bolt with his fists, enveloped and refined the tribulation cloud with his primordial spirit, and emerged as a cultivator.

Over ten years, Qin Xiao cultivated to Kongming Great Perfection while Qin Yu grew powerful and the Qin Family's rebellion gathered momentum. Qin Xiao survived a Twelvefold Heavenly Tribulation and advanced to Late Tribulation Transcendence, believing he could now challenge a Mahayana-stage cultivator.

• Qin Xiao advanced from Golden Core to Kongming Great Perfection, created a clone, and developed the Tribulation-Transcending Immortal Tune and Heaven-Splitting Divine Palm.
• Qin Yu took the identity of Meteor, joined the assassin organization under the Eastern Pacification Prince's Residence, and reached the peak of Golden Core.
• Qin Xiao refused an arranged marriage, then killed the Chu Imperial Family's ancestor with a finger after Qin Yu passed his tribulation.
• Qin Xiao entered seclusion in Hong Huang and endured a Twelvefold Heavenly Tribulation, using his Immortal Artifacts to survive its final bolts.
• Qin Xiao awoke several days later and discovered that he had reached Late Tribulation Transcendence.