Chapter Summaries

Ye Xingchen, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the others climbed into the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, which carried them away from Earth and through space. The coffin landed on a crimson world near an ancient temple, and Ye Xingchen headed toward the Great Thunderclap Temple.

• Ye Xingchen teased Ye Fan and Pang Bo about exploring the coffin, and the three climbed inside as the others followed.
• The Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin rose above Mount Tai and carried everyone away while they examined its murals, inscriptions, and empty inner coffin.
• Scientists observed the coffin leaving Earth and speculated about the planetary alignment and strange traces at famous mountains.
• After a violent journey through space, the coffin opened on a crimson world near an enormous ancient temple.
• Ye Xingchen recognized the place as the site where the Crocodile Ancestor was imprisoned and walked toward the Great Thunderclap Temple.

On Mars, Ye Xingchen explained that the group had reached the ruined Great Thunderclap Temple and urged them to prepare for danger. They fought through swarms of crocodile-like creatures, but their escape was halted when the enormous Crocodile Ancestor emerged from the red mist.

• Ye Xingchen told Ye Fan that they were on Mars and identified the ruined temple as a Buddhist site, while warning that deadly creatures might inhabit the planet.
• Li Xiaoman and the others discovered the Great Thunderclap Temple plaque and battered ritual implements, and Pang Bo panicked about being stranded.
• Red whirlwinds swept toward the group, so Ye Xingchen, Ye Fan, and Pang Bo armed themselves with broken temple objects.
• Crocodile-like creatures swarmed the group, and Ye Xingchen led the others in fighting their way through them.
• The enormous Crocodile Ancestor crawled out of the red mist, leaving the group stunned.

On Mars, Ye Xingchen, Ye Fan, and Pang Bo joined forces to kill the newly awakened Crocodile Ancestor, then read the Emperor Scripture aboard the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin. As the survivors faced an uncertain journey and dwindling food, they argued over who should lead them.

• Ye Xingchen attacked Crocodile Ancestor, and Ye Fan and Pang Bo joined him to defeat the demon with a pestle, a plaque, and a battered basin.
• Ye Xingchen told the survivors to roast Crocodile Ancestor’s meat, while Ye Fan questioned his knowledge and abilities.
• As Mars grew bitterly cold, the group returned to the coffin, where Ye Xingchen memorized the Emperor Scripture and advanced to the Immortal Platform Realm.
• Ye Fan read the golden writing but grew dizzy, while Pang Bo warned him that the scripture was obscure and difficult.
• Li Changqing, Li Xiaoman, Zhang Zilin, and the others proposed conserving food and choosing a leader; Pang Bo backed Ye Xingchen, but Zhang Zilin said their vote had selected Li Changqing.

Ye Xingchen left the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin after it reached the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land and encountered Ji Ziyue outside. When she tried to stop him, he revealed Saint King-level power, leaving her stunned.

• Ye Fan, Ye Xingchen, and Pang Bo refused to share their monster meat with Li Changqing and the other classmates, and Ye Xingchen threatened anyone who challenged them.
• The coffin shook violently, killing several classmates, before coming to a stop; Ye Xingchen left the coffin and recognized the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
• Ye Xingchen saw powerful Eastern Wasteland sects gathering around the forbidden zone and decided to leave the area.
• Ji Ziyue confronted Ye Xingchen, suspected he had come from the forbidden zone, and demanded that he return with her.
• When Ji Ziyue attacked to stop him, Ye Xingchen released Saint King power, leaving her stunned by his strength.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo emerged from the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin into the Desolate Forbidden Zone, where two Lords of the Imperial Dao took them in different directions. Three days later, Ye Xingchen heard that the other arrivals had been claimed by sects and set out to find the Ruthless Great Emperor’s Dao Fruit, then met a hungry little girl.

• Ye Fan and Pang Bo left the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin and found themselves in an unfamiliar wilderness.
• Two Lords of the Imperial Dao recognized that Ye Fan and Pang Bo had come from the coffin and used golden light to let them understand the local language.
• One Lord took Pang Bo away for his talent, while the other asked Ye Fan to lead him to their companions.
• Three days later, Ye Xingchen heard people in an Eastern Wasteland tavern say that the coffin’s arrivals had been claimed by sacred lands and major sects.
• Ye Xingchen left for Chang'an Street and found a ragged little girl, offering to take her to get food.

Ye Fan discovered that the golden characters from Bronze Pass could help him cultivate, then used the resulting spiritual energy to defeat the outer disciples who bullied him. Meanwhile, the Lingxu Ancestor prepared for the Azure Emperor’s tomb, and Ji Ziyue searched for someone in a Northern Region city.

• Ye Fan silently recited the golden characters and sensed spiritual energy gathering in his Wheel and Sea overnight.
• Outer disciples ordered Ye Fan to fetch water and wash clothes, then attacked him when he refused to obey.
• Ye Fan coated his fist with spiritual energy and knocked down the attackers, telling them they were unfit to cultivate because they bullied others.
• The Lingxu Ancestor learned that the Azure Emperor’s tomb might soon be revealed and promised a visitor he would claim everything in it.
• The Lingxu Ancestor examined a paper talisman in his hidden chamber and considered testing a damaged spiritual treasure.
• Ji Ziyue studied a portrait and searched for the person she believed was somewhere in the city.

Ji Ziyue found Ye Xingchen and tried to recruit him, but Primordial Clan members arrived to capture her. Ye Xingchen killed the attackers with his Saint King aura and walked away with the little girl, while the surviving ox-headed leader fled to warn his clan.

• Ji Ziyue confirmed that Ye Xingchen was the man she sought and warned her Elder not to approach him.
• Ji Ziyue found Ye Xingchen at a tavern while he watched the Ruthless Great Emperor eat, and she offered him a place in the Ji Family.
• Primordial Clan members surrounded Ji Ziyue and threatened to take her to their clan as a sacrifice.
• Ji Ziyue urged Ye Xingchen to take the little girl and escape, but the ox-headed men attacked them both.
• Ye Xingchen's Saint King aura killed the attackers, and the surviving ox-headed leader fled to inform his Elders as Ye Xingchen and Ji Ziyue departed.

Ye Xingchen entered the Primordial Ancient Mine with Ji Ziyue and provoked its hidden residents, while secretly using the little girl’s Ruthless Great Emperor’s Dao Fruit aura to make them retreat. Meanwhile, Ye Fan and Duan De explored a tomb near the Azure Emperor and found blood-red grass that Ye Fan began to investigate.

• Ji Ziyue warned Ye Xingchen that the Primordial Ancient Mine was dangerous, but he continued deeper and released his Saint King aura.
• Ye Xingchen channeled the Ruthless Great Emperor’s Dao Fruit aura through the little girl, causing the beings in the mine to hide and fall silent.
• Ji Ziyue suggested visiting the Qing Emperor’s Tomb after hearing a Supreme Imperial Weapon had appeared there, but Ye Xingchen kept moving forward.
• Near the Azure Emperor’s tomb, Ye Fan complained to Duan De about being trapped, and Duan De led the group to a patch of blood-red grass surrounded by bones.
• Duan De identified the grass as a treasure linked to the Devouring Man-Eating Flower and challenged Ye Fan to take it; Ye Fan stepped onto it and circulated his power, calming its suction.

Ye Fan and Duan De explored Qing Emperor’s Tomb, where Duan De defended Ye Fan from former acquaintances and Ye Fan encountered a powerful Saint King entering the tomb. The Saint King was Ye Xingchen, who entered the tomb and discovered that Azure Emperor had been hiding inside the Little Tower.

• Ye Fan claimed the Grassy Ground, and he and Duan De continued into the tomb, where they found corpses and signs of a recent battle.
• Zhang Zilin and Li Changqing mocked Ye Fan, but Duan De revealed his Divine Bridge realm aura and made them kneel; Ye Fan left without retaliating.
• Ye Fan told Duan De that the two were not worth killing, and they hid to watch a battle nearby.
• Ye Xingchen arrived above Qing Emperor’s Tomb, forced the sect ancestors to their knees with his Saint King aura, and opened the tomb.
• Ye Xingchen entered the tomb, sensed the Supreme Imperial Weapon’s hostility, and reflected that Azure Emperor had hidden inside the Little Tower without ever becoming an Immortal.
• Ye Fan recognized Ye Xingchen and asked Duan De about him, while Duan De praised the Saint King’s arrival as a source of hope for the human race.

Ye Xingchen entered the Qing Emperor’s Tomb with Ji Ziyue and the little girl, seized the Qing Emperor’s Heart, and let Ji Ziyue gather the tomb’s treasures. Outside, the Green Lotus emerged and knocked the gathered cultivators down; Ye Fan entered the tomb and sat to resist the Emperor’s aura with his Emperor Scripture.

• Ye Fan teased Duan De by claiming he knew the Saint King who had just entered, but Duan De doubted him and followed him inside.
• Inside the tomb, Ye Xingchen told Ji Ziyue and the little girl to sit and strengthen their fundamentals against the Qing Emperor’s aura, then approached the coffin.
• Ye Xingchen opened the coffin and captured the Qing Emperor’s Heart with his heavenly emperor cauldron Martial Soul.
• Ji Ziyue used her Heaven and Earth Bag to collect nearly all the treasures and Source Stones around the tomb.
• A Green Lotus emerged from the tomb and its aura knocked the gathered Taoist Sect figures to the ground; Ye Fan and Duan De then went inside.
• Ye Fan found the tomb’s pressure difficult to bear and sat cross-legged to circulate his Emperor Scripture against it.

Ye Xingchen left the Qing Emperor's Tomb after Ji Ziyue collected its treasures, then helped Ye Fan defeat his would-be attackers and encouraged him to grow stronger. Three months later, Ye Xingchen intimidated the beings of the Undying Mountain, took the Enlightenment Tree’s leaves and fruits, and the Ruthless Great Emperor sensed his aura and reflected on their fated search for one another.

• Ye Xingchen left the Qing Emperor's Tomb with Ji Ziyue as the approaching patriarchs yielded to his Saint King aura.
• Ye Fan's power knocked Zhang Zilin, Li Changqing, and their companions down when they tried to attack him, and Ye Xingchen carried them out of the tomb.
• Ye Xingchen gave Ye Fan rare treasures; Ye Fan chose a few, killed Zhang Zilin, Li Changqing, and the others, then parted from Ye Xingchen with plans to meet again after becoming stronger.
• Three months later, Ye Xingchen went to the Northern Region's Undying Mountain with the little girl, suppressed its hidden supreme beings with the Ruthless Great Emperor's aura, and took the Enlightenment Tree's leaves and fruits.
• Ye Xingchen warned the Undying Mountain's inhabitants to remain quiet until he became an emperor, while the Ruthless Great Emperor sensed his aura and mused about their fated search for each other.

Ye Fan bought an apparently empty origin stone and a mysterious iron fragment that reacted to his Emperor Scripture, then headed to the Origin Stone Convention. Ye Xingchen also arrived at the convention, where he passed An Miaoyi as she watched the crowd from an upper floor.

• Three months after the white-robed Empress revealed herself, Ye Xingchen entered a city known for its origin stone trade.
• Ye Fan arrived alone after escaping pursuit by several major religious sects and bought an origin stone and a small iron fragment for twenty spirit stones.
• Ye Fan broke open the stone and found nothing inside, but his Emperor Scripture revealed writing and a golden color on the iron fragment.
• Ye Fan hid the fragment and went to the city's Origin Stone Convention to seek treasures.
• An Miaoyi watched the convention from an upper floor while Ye Xingchen carried a little girl upstairs and passed near her.

Ye Xingchen attended the Origin Stone Convention with the Ruthless Great Emperor's Dao Fruit, where Ye Fan found him and joined him in Room No. 3. When An Miaoyi bid one million spirit stones on an origin stone, a still higher bid came from Ye Xingchen’s room, leaving the auction’s outcome unresolved.

• Ye Xingchen entered a private room and told the Ruthless Great Emperor's Dao Fruit to eat the pastries while he watched the convention from the balcony.
• The convention organizers closed the venue, and the host introduced an origin stone found near the Primordial Ancient Mine as the opening lot.
• Ye Fan spotted Ye Xingchen on the second floor, claimed he was a guest in Room No. 3, and went inside to greet him.
• Ye Xingchen invited Ye Fan to bid on any stones he liked, while Ye Fan said the stones on display seemed to have little use.
• An Miaoyi bid one million spirit stones on an unremarkable-looking stone, but a higher bid suddenly came from the room next door.

Ye Xingchen used inflated bids to attract An Miaoyi’s attention, then baited her into bidding five million spirit stones on a rough stone after Ye Fan sensed something unusual about it. The chapter ended with Ye Xingchen, Ye Fan, and the little girl stepping onto the platform as the crowd waited for his next move.

• Ye Xingchen bid two million spirit stones on a rough stone, prompting An Miaoyi to raise the price to three million.
• Ye Fan warned Ye Xingchen that provoking An Miaoyi could bring the wrath of her Great Church, but Ye Xingchen dismissed his concern and let her win the stone.
• An Miaoyi realized Ye Xingchen had raised the price to get her attention and resolved to make him pay more when he bid again.
• Ye Fan sensed the Emperor Scripture within him react to an infant-shaped rough stone and told Ye Xingchen about it.
• Ye Xingchen bid two million on the infant-shaped stone, and An Miaoyi’s side raised the price to five million.
• Ye Xingchen, Ye Fan, and the little girl stepped onto the platform while the crowd waited to see whether he would bid again.

Ye Xingchen outmaneuvered An Miaoyi at the rough-stone auction, winning a valuable stone and teasing her with an offer to stay by his side. He left after promising to wipe out every Ancient Clan member in the region within three days, while An Miaoyi decided to wait and see if he could deliver.

• Ye Xingchen made An Miaoyi believe he was bidding on a stone, then walked away after she doubled the price, leaving her furious at being tricked.
• Ye Xingchen bid on another rough stone, and Ye Fan opened it to reveal a lifelike flower whose value surpassed the stones opened earlier.
• An Miaoyi stormed into Ye Xingchen's private room and demanded to know who he was and why he had toyed with her.
• Ye Xingchen offered An Miaoyi the flower and asked her to stay by his side, while Ye Fan assured her that their big brother could protect her.
• An Miaoyi challenged Ye Xingchen to prove his sincerity by killing the Ancient Clan members running amok in the city.
• Ye Xingchen promised that no Ancient Clan members in the region would remain alive in three days, then left with Ye Fan and the little girl; An Miaoyi chose to wait and see what he would do.

Ye Xingchen and Ye Fan fought back against the Ancient Clan’s abuse of ordinary people in Origin Heaven City, prompting the clan to organize an assault. As the Ancient Clan confronted them at a tavern, Ye Fan rose to meet them with the power of his Great Accomplishment Sacred Body.

• Ye Xingchen killed Ancient Clan members who threatened a little girl and continued slaughtering the clan’s members as he traveled through the city with Ye Fan.
• Ancient Clan elders argued over the killings, and Xiao Yongshan ordered warriors to attack Ye Xingchen and avenge their dead clansmen.
• Ye Fan discussed Ye Xingchen’s advice about combining different cultivation teachings into a supreme cultivation art.
• Ancient Clan warriors confronted Ye Xingchen and Ye Fan in a tavern, and Ye Fan stood up and released a powerful force with a stomp.

Ye Xingchen killed the Ancient Clan members who attacked him and suppressed an arriving Ancient Clan Saint, letting Ye Fan fight him for practice. Meanwhile, An Miaoyi learned about Ye Xingchen’s actions and suspected he might become a Great Emperor of humanity.

• Ye Xingchen killed the Ancient Clan members surrounding him, then prepared to leave with Ye Fan.
• An Ancient Clan Saint descended and threatened Ye Xingchen, but Ye Xingchen revealed his overwhelming power and suppressed the Saint to Ye Fan’s cultivation level.
• Ye Fan accepted the chance to test his skills against the weakened Saint and took out his crude weapon, while Ye Xingchen watched nearby.
• An Miaoyi discussed reports about Ye Xingchen with her maid and learned that his origins were unclear, though he had a connection to the Ji Family.
• An Miaoyi said she was increasingly interested in Ye Xingchen and believed he might become a Great Emperor of humanity.

Ye Xingchen guided Ye Fan in refining his cultivation method and persuaded him to join a campaign against the Forbidden Zones. After driving the Ancient Clan from Origin Heaven City, Ye Xingchen left with Ye Fan, but An Miaoyi caught up with them and insisted on joining their journey.

• Ye Xingchen told Ye Fan they would seek the Nine Secrets and treasures from the Lords of the Forbidden Zones, and Ye Fan agreed to accompany him.
• Ye Xingchen ordered the Ancient Clan to leave Origin Heaven City, and almost all of them fled overnight.
• An Miaoyi learned that Ye Xingchen had left the city without meeting her, grew angry, and set out after him.
• Ye Fan asked Ye Xingchen about the little girl, and Ye Xingchen avoided explaining where she was.
• An Miaoyi caught up with Ye Xingchen and Ye Fan, confronted Ye Xingchen for breaking their agreement, and declared that she would join them.

Ye Xingchen brought Ye Fan and An Miaoyi toward the Primordial Ancient Mine despite An Miaoyi’s warnings about the Supremes inside. As they reached hills near the forbidden zone, Ye Xingchen unleashed his aura, alarming the Ancient Clan members gathered there.

• Ye Xingchen let An Miaoyi follow him after she insisted, while Ye Fan went ahead without offering help.
• The Ancient Clan members who had fled Origin Heaven City decided to seek help from the Supreme clans and their emerging experts to avenge their humiliation.
• Three days later, Ye Fan and An Miaoyi warned Ye Xingchen about the dangers of the Primordial Ancient Mine, but An Miaoyi refused to leave and strode ahead.
• The group reached several grave-like hills near the mine and spotted Ancient Clan elders and young people testing their cultivation there.
• Ye Xingchen released his aura toward the gathered Ancient Clan members, who condemned him for daring to challenge the Primordial Ancient Mine.

Ye Xingchen approached the Primordial Ancient Mine, drove off its white-clad gatekeeper, and taunted the Primeval Supremes inside without receiving an attack. He left with several valuable Origin Stones, and the spectators began plotting to enter the mine and claim its treasures.

• Ye Xingchen advanced toward the Primordial Ancient Mine while circulating the Heaven Shading Method, alarming the spectators with his ability to withstand its pressure.
• A white-clad woman, the Heaven-Outside Flying Immortal and gatekeeper of the mine, appeared, but vanished after divine senses from within the mine reached her.
• Ye Xingchen challenged the Primeval Supremes inside the mine, and no one answered or attacked him.
• Ye Xingchen took several Origin Stones containing treasures, returned to An Miaoyi and Ye Fan, and left with them.
• After Ye Xingchen departed, the spectators concluded that the mine might be empty and began planning to enter it and claim its treasures.