Chapter Summaries

After Hongjun sought someone to guide the beings of the Primordial World, Di Jun and Kunpeng contended for the role before Hongjun stopped the conflict and named East King Duke Head of Male Immortals. East King Duke realized the appointment could put him on a path to certain death, but refusing the Heavenly Dao’s will seemed just as dangerous.

• Hongjun asked the Zixiao Palace guests to take responsibility for guiding and educating the beings of the Primordial World.
• Di Jun volunteered to use the Demon Court to fulfill the duty, and Taiyi and dozens of demon powers supported him.
• Kunpeng challenged Di Jun’s claim, prompting Taiyi and the Demon Kings to threaten him until Hongjun suppressed their powers and ordered them not to cause trouble.
• Hongjun named East King Duke Head of Male Immortals, leaving him bewildered as memories revealed he had transmigrated into East King Duke’s body.
• East King Duke feared that accepting the position would make him an enemy of the Demon Court, while refusing would defy the Heavenly Dao.

East King Duke used Hongjun Dao Ancestor’s appointment to demand the support he needed to survive, and Hongjun granted him two treasures. East King Duke then claimed he still lacked protection and accused Di Jun and the others of posing a threat, leaving Zixiao Palace in an uproar.

• East King Duke calmed himself after hearing the system’s warning and asked Hongjun Dao Ancestor for guidance, citing his shallow cultivation and lack of protective treasures.
• Hongjun Dao Ancestor appointed East King Duke to govern the male immortals and maintain the balance of yin and yang, granting him the Sky Measuring Ruler and the Universe Mirror.
• The immortals were astonished and envious when they learned East King Duke had received a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and a Merit Spiritual Treasure.
• East King Duke ignored the gifts and wept that he had no means of protecting himself, hinting that Di Jun and the others might harm him.
• Taiyi angrily confronted East King Duke, while the immortals criticized his audacity and predicted that he would regret provoking Hongjun Dao Ancestor.

East King Duke asked Hongjun to appoint him Heavenly Emperor so he could govern the Primordial World and address its demonic aura. Hongjun granted the position and two treasures, leaving East King Duke newly empowered but opposed by nearly every Great Power in Zixiao Palace.

• East King Duke asked Hongjun to grant him the Heavenly Emperor Position after explaining that demonic aura continued to spread through the Primordial World.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and other Great Powers condemned East King Duke for seeking authority over all beings.
• Hongjun examined East King Duke but failed to uncover his secrets, according to the system notification.
• Hongjun named East King Duke Heavenly Emperor and bestowed a Creation White Lotus and a Myriad Immortals Scroll upon him.
• East King Duke accepted the treasures, while Taiyi and the other Great Powers reacted with anger and began considering what to do about him.

East King Duke accepted an invitation to the Myriad Worlds Chat Group and unexpectedly became its Group Leader. The Voiceover System then granted him a Billion Times Critical Strike privilege, leaving him eager to see what he could obtain.

• East King Duke reviewed his treasures and plans to build strength before establishing the Heavenly Court.
• A mysterious ball of light entered East King Duke, and he accepted the Myriad Worlds Chat Group invitation.
• Ye Fan explained the chat group to its members, who wondered why the Group Leader position was blank.
• The chat group welcomed Heavenly Emperor and made him its Group Leader, unlocking videos, Red Packets, and the free shop.
• East King Duke discovered that his Group Leader privilege had become a Billion Times Critical Strike through the Voiceover System.

After Dao Ancestor Hongjun appointed East King Duke Heavenly Emperor, East King Duke considered the danger posed by Di Jun and Taiyi and the opportunity to use the Myriad Worlds Chat Group to build his power. He returned to his abode to contemplate the lecture as the Primordial World settled into a period of quiet.

• West Queen Mother received authority as Chief of Female Immortals, accepted the Myriad Immortals Scroll and another Spiritual Treasure, and withdrew from Zixiao Palace.
• After the lecture ended, East King Duke accepted offers of support from several Daoists gathered outside Zixiao Palace.
• Taiyi warned East King Duke that the Heavenly Emperor title would attract danger, then left with Di Jun and the others using the Eastern Emperor Bell.
• Daoist Kunpeng and Ancestor Minghe departed after warning or glaring at East King Duke, while the Three Pure Ones and other Great Powers kept their distance.
• News of East King Duke's appointment spread through the Primordial World, and he returned to his abode to contemplate the lecture and consolidate his progress.

East King Duke used the Creation White Lotus to share a visualization method through the Chat Group, gaining a way to collect faith from members in other worlds. As Ye Fan cultivated the method in Purple Mountain, Duan De and the Big Black Dog eyed him hungrily.

• East King Duke realized the Creation White Lotus contained the Way of Faith and decided it could help him establish an eternal Immortal Court.
• Ye Fan uploaded the Daoist Scripture to the Chat Group, and the First Emperor of Qin asked East King Duke for an art of immortality.
• East King Duke uploaded the Heavenly Emperor Visualization Diagram, and the group members found that viewing it taught them a powerful cultivation method.
• Ye Fan reported that one cycle of the method had added several hundred years to his lifespan, while the First Emperor of Qin and Yue Buqun pledged to worship East King Duke.
• East King Duke planned to prepare for establishing the Immortal Court while he waited for faith power from the Chat Group.
• Ye Fan cultivated in Purple Mountain as Duan De and the Big Black Dog discussed biting him to taste the power changing his body.

Ye Fan’s cultivation released astonishing Immortal Qi, awakening the Wushi Bell, whose Deity learned that the technique came from the Heavenly Emperor and was offered a chance to study it. The story then shifted to the First Emperor of Qin, alone in Xianyang Palace as he rested amid the constant threat of assassination.

• Black Emperor lunged at Ye Fan but was blasted away when Immortal Qi and Great Dao Runes erupted from Ye Fan.
• The Wushi Bell awakened, suppressed the strange disturbances in Purple Mountain, and told Black Emperor that Great Emperor Wushi was still alive somewhere.
• The Wushi Bell recognized the Immortal Qi surrounding Ye Fan and chose to guard him while he cultivated.
• Ye Fan met the Wushi Bell Deity, explained that the Heavenly Emperor had passed down his technique, and showed the group its Visualization Diagram.
• The scene shifted to Great Qin, where the First Emperor of Qin dozed alone in Xianyang Palace because of repeated assassination attempts.

Ying Zheng began cultivating the Heavenly Emperor Visualization Diagram in hopes of becoming immortal and preserving Great Qin. As assassins attacked Xianyang Palace, his transformation unleashed a golden dragon over the city.

• Ying Zheng imprisoned Hu Hai and ordered Zhao Gao and Li Si killed after learning that their actions would bring down Great Qin.
• Surviving nobles of the Six States allied with the Net of Luo and plotted to assassinate Ying Zheng during the turmoil in Xianyang.
• Moon Goddess informed Donghuang Taiyi of the plot, but he collapsed after seeing the stars foretell Great Qin's prosperity and sent her to investigate Ying Zheng.
• Ying Zheng cultivated in Xianyang Palace as his hair turned black and his vitality returned.
• The Six States' assassins fought their way into the palace, where a burly man swung a war drum mallet at Ying Zheng.
• Golden light and a Dragon's Roar erupted from Ying Zheng, and a hundred-zhang Five-Clawed Golden Dragon soared above Xianyang Palace.

After receiving the Heavenly Emperor’s cultivation method, Ying Zheng gained the power of national fortune and survived an assassination attempt. He questioned Moon Goddess about immortality and accused her of lacking loyalty, leaving her terrified before his newfound strength.

• Zhang Han found the assassins slain and knelt before Ying Zheng, who told him to root out their conspirators.
• Ying Zheng realized that his cultivation had restored his youth and that growing Great Qin’s national fortune could help him attain immortality.
• Moon Goddess visited Ying Zheng and praised Great Qin’s future after Lord Donghuang divined its national fortune.
• Ying Zheng asked Moon Goddess whether immortals existed, and she cited overseas immortal mountains and the Yin-Yang School’s search through the Mirage Tower.
• Ying Zheng accused Moon Goddess of having no loyalty to him, and she knelt in fear as true dragons swam in his eyes.

Ying Zheng and others established cults devoted to the Heavenly Emperor after gaining power through the Heavenly Emperor Visualization Diagram. In the Primordial World, East King Duke intervened when Gui Che attacked the Pine Immortal, and faced Gui Che in battle.

• Ying Zheng stripped the Moon Goddess and the Yin-Yang School of their authority, declared the Heavenly Emperor Qin’s teacher, and ordered temples built across Qin.
• Little Dragon Girl, Yue Buqun, and others founded divine cults, attracting followers with their newfound abilities.
• East King Duke traveled through the Primordial World seeking a way to establish the Immortal Court and flew toward a treasure’s radiance.
• Gui Che attacked the Pine Immortal for the treasure and rejected the Heavenly Emperor’s authority.
• East King Duke appeared to protect the Pine Immortal, and Gui Che challenged him to a fight.
• East King Duke and Gui Che clashed with their weapons, and Gui Che boasted that his Fangtian Huaji would help him kill East King Duke.

East King Duke gained the power of a Great Luo Golden Immortal and killed Gui Che, then accepted Pine Immortal as his attendant. Pine Immortal gave him the Three Lights Divine Water, and East King Duke reached toward Pine Immortal’s brow to repay him.

• East King Duke received Faith Dao Law, the Heavenly Emperor Seal, and Emperor Fist after new believers cultivated his visualization diagram, raising his cultivation to the mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• East King Duke used Emperor Fist to shatter Gui Che’s weapon and destroy his nine-headed bird body, killing him despite Pine Immortal’s warning about the Demon Court.
• Pine Immortal asked to serve East King Duke, who accepted him and invited him to manage Penglai Immortal Mountain.
• Pine Immortal revealed the Three Lights Divine Water and offered it to East King Duke, who recognized it as a powerful healing treasure that could nourish the Creation White Lotus.
• East King Duke accepted the Three Lights Divine Water and reached toward Pine Immortal’s brow, intending to repay him for the gift.

East King Duke reviewed the treasures and powers he had gained, then summoned the Heavenly Emperor Seal. Meanwhile, the Demon Court learned that he had killed Gui Che and resolved to eliminate him, as Taishang foresaw another great tribulation approaching.

• East King Duke sent Pine Immortal away after helping him understand the Great Dao of Faith and loosen his Great Luo bottleneck.
• Back at Penglai Immortal Mountain, East King Duke assessed his spiritual roots, Heavenly Emperor Fist, grasp of the laws, and Heavenly Emperor Seal, then ordered the System to extract the seal.
• Bai Ze reported to Di Jun that East King Duke had slain Gui Che, and Di Jun and Taiyi grew furious.
• Taiyi declared that he would make East King Duke disappear and take the Heavenly Emperor Position from him.
• At Kunlun, Taishang warned Primordial Lord and Tongtian that two races were rising and another Heaven and Earth Great Tribulation was near.

Ye Fan underwent an unusually dangerous transformation to reach the Other Shore Realm, exhausting his Source Stones before he could complete even a fraction of it. With his life fading, he sent the Source Heavenly Book to the Heavenly Emperor through the Chat Group, hoping for help.

• Tongtian, Primordial Lord, and Taishang discussed the Witch and Monster Races and dismissed the danger to the Saints, while Tongtian praised East King Duke's boldness.
• Ye Fan began his Other Shore Realm transformation in Stone Village as Duan De and Black Emperor guarded him.
• Over ten days, Ye Fan's vitality, flesh, blood, and bones deteriorated as his transformation consumed his Source Stones.
• Duan De spent his ten units of Source Stones to support Ye Fan, but the supply ran out while Ye Fan was still in grave danger.
• Ye Fan realized he needed Spiritual Energy to finish transforming and sent the Source Heavenly Book to the Heavenly Emperor through the Chat Group.

East King Duke infused the Heavenly Emperor Seal with his Heavenly Emperor Auspiciousness, causing it to become an Innate Supreme Treasure and drawing the attention of powers throughout the Primordial World. After claiming the treasure, he received a red packet from Ye Fan containing the Source Heavenly Book.

• The Heavenly Emperor Seal absorbed auspiciousness and rose from a Houtian Spiritual Treasure to a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, prompting wondrous signs across the Primordial World.
• Di Jun ordered Bai Ze to discover the treasure’s origin, while Taiyi and the Three Pure Ones recognized its growing significance.
• East King Duke fused his Heavenly Emperor Auspiciousness into the seal, transforming it into an Innate Supreme Treasure and alarming the Three Pure Ones and other powerful figures.
• Taiyi set out to investigate the treasure, while powers across the Primordial World reacted to its appearance.
• East King Duke celebrated possessing the seal but reminded himself not to become overconfident.
• Ye Fan sent East King Duke a red packet containing the Source Heavenly Book, leaving East King Duke astonished.

East King Duke received the Source Heavenly Book and gained powerful arrays, then sent Ye Fan True Dragon Essence Blood to help him transform. The dragon’s roar awakened Myriad Dragon Nest, whose members resolved to find the true dragon, while Ye Fan began absorbing the blood.

• East King Duke accepted the Source Heavenly Book and gained numerous arrays, including Saint-level formations, through the Group Leader privilege multiplier.
• After seeing Ye Fan ask about transformation, East King Duke sent him a drop of True Dragon Essence Blood.
• Duan De and the Black Emperor despaired over Ye Fan’s declining condition and argued over who would inherit his cauldron.
• The dragon’s roar awakened Purple Dragon Girl and other beings in Myriad Dragon Nest, who decided to find the true dragon.
• Ye Fan began drawing the True Dragon Essence Blood into his body, and a hazy phantom appeared inside it.

Ye Fan absorbed the True Dragon Essence Blood and completed a transformation that gave him a body capable of contending with Four Extremes Realm prodigies. In the Primordial World, East King Duke received one billion Great Dao Auspiciousness for making Ye Fan his devoted believer, while the Chat Group questioned Ye Fan about a private red packet.

• A figure emerged from the True Dragon Essence Blood and looked toward the Wushi Bell, whose divine spirit recognized the figure as the Heavenly Emperor Ye Fan had mentioned.
• Ye Fan spent half a month transforming after absorbing the True Dragon Essence Blood, and Duan De praised his newly strengthened body when he awoke.
• East King Duke received a system notification that Ye Fan had become his fanatical believer, followed by one billion Great Dao Auspiciousness from the Chat Group's critical strike privilege.
• East King Duke gained a golden wheel of destiny that enhanced his fortune and comprehension, while the Heavenly Emperor Seal grew stronger but did not advance to the next level.
• Chat Group members asked Ye Fan what he had sent East King Duke in a private red packet.

After three thousand years in seclusion, East King Duke arrived at Zixiao Palace as a Daluo Golden Immortal, where he confronted the Demon Court figures who mocked him and threatened him over Gui Che’s death. Jiu Ying stepped forward to challenge him, and the chapter left their confrontation unresolved.

• East King Duke watched the Chat Group members compete to earn the Heavenly Emperor’s favor, then entered seclusion after learning that time flowed differently in their worlds.
• Three thousand years later, three thousand Daluo Golden Immortals gathered outside Zixiao Palace for the second sermon, while the Three Pure Daoists, Di Jun, Taiyi, Zhunti, and Jieyin arrived as Quasi-Saints.
• Bai Ze told Di Jun that East King Duke had not arrived, and Jiu Ying and Ji Meng mocked him over Gui Che’s death and his claim to the Heavenly Emperor Position.
• East King Duke emerged from a Chaos storm, revealing that he had reached the mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortal realm and silenced the storm with his presence.
• East King Duke demanded to know who had insulted the Heavenly Emperor, and Jiu Ying stepped forward, accusing him of killing Gui Che and challenging his strength.

East King Duke defeated Jiu Ying and crippled Ji Meng, then clashed with Taiyi until Hongjun stopped the Eastern Emperor Bell and summoned the Great Powers into Zixiao Palace. As Hongjun began his second lecture on the Path of the Quasi-Saint, West Queen Mother reconsidered her earlier choice and resolved to act.

• East King Duke attacked Jiu Ying, killed him with the Heavenly Emperor Fist, and left Ji Meng crippled.
• Taiyi threw the Eastern Emperor Bell at East King Duke, who answered by summoning the Heavenly Emperor Seal.
• Hongjun halted the clash and sent the Golden Boy and Jade Girl to invite everyone into Zixiao Palace for the second lecture.
• East King Duke entered the palace and took a seat while West Queen Mother reconsidered her decision to remain on the sidelines.
• Hongjun appeared above the Cloud Platform and began lecturing on the Path of the Quasi-Saint.

Ying Zheng defended his execution of Li Si by claiming a divine object had revealed that Li Si would help Zhao Gao doom Fusu and Qin. He left the court after ordering the ministers not to insult the Heavenly Emperor and calling for Meng Tian.

• The ministers celebrated Ying Zheng's renewed youth, and Wei Liaozi demanded to know why he had killed Li Si.
• Ying Zheng argued that Li Si's ambition would lead him to conspire against Fusu and destroy Qin after Ying Zheng's death.
• Wei Liaozi rejected Ying Zheng's claims about a divine object and the Heavenly Emperor, insisting that Qin owed its success to human effort.
• Ying Zheng ordered the Imperial Guards to drag Wei Liaozi out and warned the court against disrespecting the Heavenly Emperor.
• Ying Zheng called for Meng Tian, and a square-faced middle-aged man stepped forward.

Ying Zheng ordered a statue of the Heavenly Emperor for a ceremony at Mount Tai and used the nation’s fortune to create a portrait that Meng Tian identified as Emperor Donghua. His plans alarmed Confucian scholars, former enemies of Qin, and the Yin-Yang School, leaving several factions poised to respond.

• Ying Zheng ordered Meng Tian to gather all the iron in the realm and build a statue of the Heavenly Emperor for a ceremony at Mount Tai in one month.
• When Ying Zheng tried to draw the Heavenly Emperor’s image on paper, it burned; he then used the nation’s fortune to create a portrait on silk, which Meng Tian recognized as Emperor Donghua.
• At Little Sage Village, Yan Lu raised the news of the ceremony, Zhang Liang condemned Ying Zheng, and Xunzi criticized his decision to kill Li Si over talk of spirits.
• Zhao Jia welcomed Ying Zheng’s apparent superstition as an opportunity for revenge and sent word inviting the remnants of the other five states to join his undertaking.
• Moon Goddess told Donghuang Taiyi that Ying Zheng had regained his youth, while Gan Luo dismissed the Heavenly Emperor as a charlatan and offered to track him down.