Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changkong uncovered ancient Chaos Dragon bones, advanced to the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm, and fled Mount Buzhou when Heaven sensed the bones. In chaos, he stopped to face Immortal Venerable Zhenxuan and the other pursuers.

• Jiang Changkong read immortal script on the Chaos Dragon bones, learned that the dragon race had pursued the tributaries of the River of Time, and decided to conceal the bones with the Reincarnation Disk.
• Jiang Changkong perfected his Profound Art and reached the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm, gaining power that could rival a newly ascended Immortal Venerable.
• Jiang Changkong left the underground city and found Heaven waiting above; he escaped Mount Buzhou as golden lightning struck around him.
• Jiang Changkong entered chaos through a spatial rift, and Immortal Venerable Zhenxuan and other powerful figures followed him.
• Jiang Changkong stopped in chaos, manifested the Reincarnation Disk, and prepared to face the arriving pursuers as Zhenxuan asked why he was in such a hurry.

Jiang Changkong persuaded Immortal Venerable Zhenxuan to disperse the factions seeking an ancient device, then revealed the Chaos Dragon skeleton and learned Zhenxuan could help him prepare for a journey into chaos. Back in his territory, Jiang Changkong met representatives of four courts who offered to buy more devices from the ancient Dragon Clan site.

• The Immortal-Slaying Sect Master asked Jiang Changkong to free two trapped peak Immortal Emperors, but Jiang explained that only a Sage could undo the restriction, and Immortal Venerable Zhenxuan sent the assembled factions away.
• Jiang Changkong revealed that the Heavenly Dao had reacted to a Chaos Dragon skeleton, and Immortal Venerable Zhenxuan suppressed it and advised delaying the trip into chaos until he could make a means of contacting the Heavenly Realm.
• Immortal Venerable Zhenxuan gave Jiang Changkong a jade token to sense and unlock the seal before they returned to the Heavenly Realm together.
• Jiang Changkong went to Mount Buzhou but still could not pass its barrier, then received audience requests from the Heavenly Court, Divine Court, Immortal Court, and Demon Court.
• Qu Hong, She Tianshi, the Earth Spirit Immortal Emperor, and the Demon Master asked Jiang Changkong to bring out more devices from the ancient Dragon Clan site, and Qu Hong offered ten thousand low-grade seventh-rank immortal stones.

Jiang Changkong traded the Immortal-Slaying Sect’s ancient instruments to the four great factions and returned to seclusion. On Mount Buzhou, Sun Li discovered a tree bearing the Twelve Ancestral Witches, while Sun Wuxing reported a stone containing the Ten Great Demon Marshals, leaving the Demon Emperor considering whether he could reach the mountain’s summit from the chaos.

• Jiang Changkong accepted ten thousand seventh-grade lower-tier immortal stones for one instrument from each of the four great factions, then gave the remaining instruments to Immortal Venerable Zhenxuan to study.
• Jiang Changkong passed the Ancestral Dragon Scripture to the Demon Emperor for delivery to the Eastern Sea and promised Neurotic Dragon he would protect the Dragon Race and search for the dragon egg.
• Sun Li reported that a small, indestructible tree bearing twelve strange figures had appeared on Mount Buzhou, and Jiang Changkong recognized them as the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Jiang Changkong gave Sun Li reincarnation power and immortal blood to test on the tree and ordered him to keep the discovery secret from the major factions.
• Sun Wuxing reported that a giant stone on Mount Buzhou contained the Ten Great Demon Marshals, and the Demon Emperor ordered guards to watch it while others continued searching for the treasure map.
• The Demon Emperor wondered whether he could travel from the chaos to Mount Buzhou’s summit and withstand its divine might with the Reincarnation Disk.

Jiang Changkong investigated the ancient records, approached Mount Buzhou, and discovered Immortal Venerable ruins containing chaos beasts and a strange object. When he took the object, it swallowed him and released an aura from the Heavenly Realm.

• Immortal Venerable Zhenxuan showed Jiang Changkong records revealing that the Heavenly Dao had voluntarily shattered and that records of its research had been deleted.
• Jiang Changkong approached Mount Buzhou but turned back when its divine might and chaotic currents became too dangerous to face.
• Jiang Changkong used a Chaos Divine Stone to uncover Immortal Venerable ruins, then strengthened the Demon Emperor with the stone’s power.
• Jiang Changkong entered the ruins, suppressed and stored two powerful chaos beasts in the Reincarnation Disk, and found a grayish-yellow object that resonated with him.
• The grayish-yellow object swallowed Jiang Changkong, and he sensed an aura belonging to the Heavenly Realm.

Jiang Changkong was trapped beneath an Immortal Venerable-level formation of divine pillars and fought off an Immortal-Slaying Sect peak Immortal Emperor. The Immortal-Slaying Sect Master appeared to face him, and Jiang Changkong prepared to stake everything on one strike with the Reincarnation Disk.

• An immortal formation pinned Jiang Changkong beneath successive divine pillars, and an Immortal-Slaying Sect peak Immortal Emperor confronted him.
• Jiang Changkong shattered the attacker’s Immortal-Slaying Flying Dagger and crushed him with his divine power, but the peak Immortal Emperor recovered and attacked with an eighth-rank immortal sword.
• Jiang Changkong endured the sword’s strike and blasted the peak Immortal Emperor’s body apart, though the enemy’s Immortal Venerable might carried away a streak of divine light.
• The Immortal-Slaying Sect Master arrived, and Jiang Changkong recognized him as an Immortal Venerable.
• Jiang Changkong took hold of the Reincarnation Disk, prepared to use his strength for one decisive strike against the Sect Master.

Jiang Changkong destroyed the Immortal-Slaying Sect's sect master with the Heaven-Opening strike, but an Immortal Venerable ambushed him and Houtu's hidden Killing Intent carried him away. In the Heavenly Realm, the Demon Emperor pursued a map and prepared for Kun Yu and the Heavenly Court's move against him before sensing that his main body had awakened.

• Jiang Changkong merged the Six Paths of Reincarnation and unleashed Heaven-Opening, shattering the immortal formation and destroying the Immortal-Slaying Sect's sect master and eighth-grade immortal sword.
• An Immortal Venerable attacked Jiang Changkong in Chaos, but Houtu's Killing Intent erupted from the Reincarnation Disk and wounded the attacker before carrying Jiang Changkong into a divine hall.
• In the Demon Emperor Hall, Sun Wuxuan told the Demon Emperor that Demon Marshal Stone had yielded Demon Race inheritances and ancestral demon blood.
• Feng Jiu reported that Kun Yu had found an innate spirit stone vein and a map, and the Demon Emperor relayed the news to his allies and main body's territory.
• Purple Star Heavenly King proposed a deal to kill an Immortal King, while the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King warned that the Heavenly Court and Kun Yu planned to target the Demon Emperor.
• The Demon Emperor ordered Sun Wuxuan to prepare and sensed that his main body had awakened.

Jiang Changkong discovered that Houtu had left him a real clue to the treasure map inside an illusion of the eleven Ancestral Witches, then sought Immortal Venerable Zhenxuan to identify the Immortal Venerable who had ambushed him. Zhenxuan recognized the captured aura as belonging to Heavenly Court.

• Jiang Changkong recovered his divine power, examined the Reincarnation Disk, and learned it had captured a trace of the Immortal Venerable's aura.
• Jiang Changkong met a child and ten others in an illusory space, where their play revealed Mount Buzhou and a map that pointed to the treasure map's location.
• The Reincarnation Disk explained that the eleven Ancestral Witches and Hollow Willow were illusions born from Houtu's regret, while the treasure-map information was real.
• Jiang Changkong sent the Demon Emperor the information and learned the Demon Emperor would wait until after tricking Kun Yu to seek the treasure map.
• Jiang Changkong visited Immortal Venerable Zhenxuan and released the captured aura; Zhenxuan identified it as Heavenly Court's.

Jiang Changkong secretly investigated the weakened Immortal-Slaying Sect while planning to settle scores with the Heavenly Court. Meanwhile, the Demon Emperor confronted Kun Yu and Earth Spirit Immortal Emperor over captured Immortal Kings and demanded payment, just as an announcement declared that the Demon Emperor had arrived.

• Jiang Changkong learned that Immortal Venerable Guangfa was a powerful Heavenly Court expert and asked Immortal Venerable Zhenxuan about the treasures being crafted.
• Jiang Changkong concealed himself near the Immortal-Slaying Sect and planted threads of Chaos Divine Power in passing disciples to learn about its situation.
• The Demon Emperor had Xuan Mie bring back one hundred and thirteen captives and ordered Kun Yu to pay for his subordinates’ actions or leave.
• The Demon Emperor accused Kun Yu of joining the Heavenly Court against the Demon Race and had Sun Wuxuan throw him out.
• Earth Spirit Immortal Emperor asked to ransom the Heavenly Court’s captives, and the Demon Emperor demanded thirty thousand low-grade seventh-rank immortal stones.
• Someone announced that the Demon Emperor had arrived.

The Demon Emperor refused to release the captured Demon Race Immortal Kings until he revealed that the dispute was tied to a treasure map and accepted resources from the Demon Emperor. After the Immortal Kings were freed, Aoyin Yume declared his allegiance to the Demon Emperor, while Kun Yu mistakenly believed Feng Jiu remained loyal to him.

• The Demon Emperor backed the Demon Emperor’s decision to hold the Demon Race Immortal Kings, and the Earth Spirit Immortal Emperor left to gather Immortal Stones.
• In private, the Demon Emperor warned the Demon Emperor to keep Feng Jiu hidden and asked him to release the captives; the Demon Emperor revealed the treasure-map information and refused to free them without conditions.
• The Demon Emperor agreed to provide twenty thousand seventh-grade low-quality Immortal Stones and advised the Demon Emperor to move near the barrier to pursue the treasure.
• The Demon Race Immortal Kings were released, and the Demon Emperor’s Immortal Stones arrived, making the brothers appear divided to outsiders.
• Aoyin Yume told Kun Yu that he now belonged to the Demon Emperor, while Feng Jiu reassured Kun Yu and let him believe Feng Jiu was still his ally.

Jiang Changkong perfected his Innate Chaos Dao Body while waiting for the Immortal-Slaying Sect's forces to disperse. He attacked the sect, killed its guarding Immortal Venerable with the Heaven-Opening Art, and fled into chaos as the Heavenly Dao reacted.

• Jiang Changkong used the Demon Emperor's delivered immortal stones to perfect his Innate Chaos Dao Body and grew more attuned to chaos.
• After a month of waiting, Jiang Changkong learned that the sect leaders had left for a banquet at Mount Buzhou and decided to raid the Immortal-Slaying Sect.
• Jiang Changkong broke through the sect's barrier and killed the Immortal Emperors who confronted him with the Reincarnation Disk.
• An Immortal Venerable arrived and fought Jiang Changkong, but Jiang Changkong's Chaos Golden Body withstood the Venerable's immortal sword and his counterattack severely wounded the Venerable.
• As the Immortal-Slaying Sect's powerful Immortal Venerables returned, Jiang Changkong used Six Paths as One, Open Heaven to kill the wounded Venerable, then escaped through a spatial rift into chaos.

Jiang Changkong escaped the Immortal Venerables pursuing him, then returned to the Heavenly Realm and struck the High Heaven Hall with the Reincarnation Disk before fleeing. The Moon Goddess told Jade Snow and Fairy Zilan that Jiang Changkong had unleashed the attack and urged them to fulfill their duties regardless of who became Heavenly Emperor.

• The Immortal-Slaying Sect's Immortal Venerables chased Jiang Changkong into the chaos, while Immortal Venerable Zhenxuan revealed that the sect had plotted against him and lost its previous sect master.
• Jiang Changkong concealed himself by merging into the chaos, escaped the search, and recovered his divine power with Immortal Emperor pills.
• Jiang Changkong returned to the Heavenly Realm and unleashed the Reincarnation Disk's Heaven-Opening First Form at the High Heaven Hall, then fled through a spatial rift.
• The attack devastated parts of the Heavenly Court, and two Immortal Venerables were injured while trying to block it.
• The Moon Goddess froze the remaining Heaven-Opening Power, then told Jade Snow and Fairy Zilan that Jiang Changkong had attacked and that they should continue their duties whoever became Heavenly Emperor.

Jade Snow learned that the Moon Goddess could not revoke her immortal post, while Jiang Changkong escaped the Heavenly Realm after attacking the Heavenly Court. In the Immortal Realm, the Demon Emperor protected Jiang Changkong’s former allies from the courts and offered the factions a single treasure-map transaction on Mount Buzhou.

• Jade Snow asked the Moon Goddess to revoke her immortal post, but the Moon Goddess refused and confirmed Jade Snow would no longer be the Moon Goddess.
• The Heavenly Emperor reported Jiang Changkong’s attack, prompting the major powers’ Immortal Venerables to abandon their search through the chaos and return to their territories.
• Jiang Changkong retrieved the Chaos Bone Dragon and departed the Heavenly Realm, while the Demon Emperor took the Rogue Cultivator Alliance’s members under his command.
• Immortal Emperor Lu Cheng, Earth Spirit Immortal Emperor, She Tianshi, and Qu Hong demanded that the Demon Emperor hand over Jiang Changkong’s former allies.
• The Demon Emperor repelled Earth Spirit Immortal Emperor and refused to surrender the group, saying Jiang Changkong’s territory was theirs and proposing a single treasure-map transaction on Mount Buzhou.

The Demon Emperor negotiated with the Heavenly Realm’s factions over Neurotic Dragon’s treasure map, and they agreed to search for its route together. Meanwhile, Jiang Changkong followed the Chaos Bone Dragon through the chaos and entered a dying, broken world after finding a powerful white flower.

• The Demon Emperor offered the four Immortal Emperors help searching for the treasure map in exchange for a joint hunt, and they left to consider his terms.
• Kun Yu demanded the map on the Demon Emperor’s behalf, but the Demon Emperor refused to hand over its details until the other factions agreed to compete fairly.
• She Tianshi, Zhenyuan, and Penglai Immortal Sect’s representatives returned and accepted the terms, so the Demon Emperor gave them copies of Neurotic Dragon’s map, which showed only a route.
• Sun Wuxing’s group began searching Mount Buzhou while the Demon Emperor moved his hall outside its barrier and remained in seclusion.
• Jiang Changkong traveled through the chaos aboard the Chaos Bone Dragon and pulled up a glowing white flower whose power rivaled that of a peak Immortal Emperor.
• The flower’s light carried Jiang Changkong into a lifeless, broken little world where innate spiritual energy was rapidly draining away.

Jiang Changkong explored an underground passage and witnessed a time-recording illusion that revealed how the Chaos Dragon Clan and the Immortal Spirits destroyed the ancient Immortal Gods living there. A jade slip showed that those Immortal Gods had attacked the Immortal Spirits first, and Jiang Changkong realized the Immortal Spirits had existed long before the ancient Immortal Gods left.

• Jiang Changkong followed the murals underground and learned that Houtu and the Twelve Ancestral Witches had opened the small world as a place for Immortal Gods to cultivate.
• Jiang Changkong found the remains of powerful Witch Clan members and Immortal Gods, including a late-stage Immortal Venerable whose skull bore a finger-sized hole.
• Jiang Changkong sensed a remnant of time and saw an illusion of the Chaos Dragon Clan and humanoid beings attacking and massacring the Immortal Gods.
• Jiang Changkong dug up a jade slip buried by the strongest Immortal Venerable and read its record of the battle.
• Jiang Changkong learned that the Immortal Gods had captured beings called Immortal Spirits, provoking them to command the Chaos Dragon Clan to destroy the small world.
• Jiang Changkong concluded that the Immortal Spirits had existed before the ancient Immortal Gods left to create their small worlds.

Jiang Changkong left a ruined world with a haul of spirit stones and sent an avatar to ask the Devil Ancestor about Mount Buzhou. The Devil Ancestor warned that an Immortal Emperor would have to clear out the Immortal Spirits before Mount Buzhou lifted some of its restrictions.

• Jiang Changkong collected high-rank innate spirit stones, left the collapsing world, and continued through chaos on the bone dragon.
• On Mount Buzhou, Sun Li broke through to Immortal Emperor and was expelled; Sun Qing and Northern Devil remained inside searching for treasures.
• Sun Yuan reported that explorers had seen projections of about a hundred dragon eggs and that the Heavenly Court planned to invite the Eastern Sea Dragon King to Mount Buzhou.
• Jiang Changkong sent an avatar to the Northern Sea Dragon Palace to ask the Devil Ancestor about Mount Buzhou and the Immortal Spirits.
• The Devil Ancestor told Jiang Changkong that an Immortal Emperor had to clear out the Immortal Spirits before Mount Buzhou would lift part of its restrictions.

Jiang Changkong encountered Li Qing and Li Xiu in the chaos and learned that they were descendants of Li Jing who had remained behind after Houtu left. They explained that the Immortal Spirits had grown stronger and more numerous, and Jiang Changkong accepted their invitation to visit their residence.

• The Devil Ancestor gave his incarnation the method for controlling the treasure map, and the incarnation passed it to the Demon Emperor, who sent it onward to Sun Wuxing.
• Deep in the chaos, Jiang Changkong followed a glowing jade strip and found Li Qing and Li Xiu, who had also been guided there by one.
• Jiang Changkong severely injured the pair, then healed them and identified himself as the Judicial Heavenly God; they said they descended from Li Jing.
• Li Qing and Li Xiu explained that Houtu had left them behind to guard the chaos, where the Immortal Spirits later regained strength and multiplied.
• Jiang Changkong asked about the Immortal Spirits and the departure of the ancient immortals and gods, then agreed to visit the siblings' residence.

Jiang Changkong stayed with Li Qing and Li Xiu, probing the descendants of Li Jing while secretly investigating them. When an early Immortal Venerable Chaos dragon arrived, he faced it as the siblings retreated.

• Li Qing and Li Xiu showed Jiang Changkong their pagodas and explained that the descendants stayed scattered to avoid the Immortal Spirits.
• Jiang Changkong shared wine and Chaos fiend beast meat with the siblings while secretly planting divine power in them and questioning them about the Chaos.
• The three discussed the Dao for days as Jiang Changkong explored the surrounding area with his divine power and sensed an approaching Chaos dragon.
• The early Immortal Venerable dragon attacked, and Jiang Changkong sent Li Qing and Li Xiu away from the battle.
• Jiang Changkong transformed into a thousand-zhang form and extinguished the dragon's flames with azure light.

Jiang Changkong fought and killed an Immortal Venerable Chaos Dragon without using the Reincarnation Disk, then recovered while Li Qing and Li Xiu watched. Afterward, he pretended to remain badly injured as the two approached him with concern.

• Jiang Changkong clashed with the Chaos Dragon in close combat, and both sustained injuries as Li Qing and Li Xiu watched in shock.
• Jiang Changkong seized the Chaos Dragon’s Chaos Divine Thunder and used it as a weapon while the battle escalated.
• Jiang Changkong unleashed Heaven-Opening First Form, split the Chaos Dragon in two, and collected its body and blood.
• Jiang Changkong recovered for a day, took pills, and regained most of his strength while Li Qing and Li Xiu stayed back.
• Jiang Changkong pretended to be weak, and Li Qing and Li Xiu hurried over to support him.

Jiang Changkong defeated two early-stage Immortal Venerable Chaos ferocious beasts after Li Qing and Li Xiu lured them to attack him, then followed the pair’s trail toward their hidden destination. The chapter ended with a passing immortal mistaking the beasts’ remains for two Immortal Emperors that had been digested.

• Jiang Changkong let Li Qing carry him away while claiming he was badly injured, and invented a story that Zhenyuan Immortal Sect’s Immortal Venerable had taught him Universe in the Sleeve.
• Two days later, Li Qing and Li Xiu left Jiang Changkong alone in a palace and secretly summoned a Chaos phoenix and a divine bull to attack him.
• Jiang Changkong used the Reincarnation Disk to overwhelm and capture both early-stage Immortal Venerable beasts.
• Jiang Changkong realized Li Qing and Li Xiu had fled with his Chaos Divine Power inside them, then sent the Chaos Bone Dragon after them and followed their route.
• Li Qing and Li Xiu discussed luring more Heavenly Realm immortals to their deaths before a passing figure roared that the beasts had already digested two Immortal Emperors.

Jiang Changkong followed Li Qing and Li Xiu to Zhu Yunhe, where he overheard the three descendants of ancient immortal gods discuss Chaos Beasts, plans to return to the Heavenly Realm, and their desire to claim patriarchal and ancestral status. He remained concealed as the three celebrated and plotted, considering whether to reveal himself.

• Jiang Changkong followed Li Qing and Li Xiu through space until they met Zhu Yunhe, an Immortal Emperor at the limit.
• Li Qing and Li Xiu told Zhu Yunhe that an Immortal Venerable from the Heavenly Realm had arrived and that three Chaos Beast lords had fallen.
• Zhu Yunhe reassured the two that they could explain their flight, then revealed his bloodline by summoning the image of a golden fat pig.
• Zhu Yunhe told Li Qing and Li Xiu that members of the Li Family, the Yang Family, and Witch Clan bloodlines were preparing to enter the Immortal Realm and claim ancestral status.
• Zhu Yunhe, Li Qing, and Li Xiu ate Heavenly Realm Immortal Emperor flesh and discussed their plans and hatred for the Judicial Heavenly God while Jiang Changkong listened in hiding.