Chapter Summaries

The Empress and Ye Fan confronted the eighteen mummified Immortal Kings at the Underworld gateway and discovered that Quasi-Immortal Emperors were waiting for something to be born. After the Empress was wounded and withdrew to heal, Ye Fan faced the eighteen alone as they trapped him with a Quasi-Immortal Emperor banner.

• The Empress fought the eighteen mummified Immortal Kings with her secret art, but their formation allowed them to recover from her attacks.
• The Empress's attempt to strike the Underworld gateway was thwarted by power beyond the Immortal King realm, and a Quasi-Immortal Emperor's enormous hand attacked the gateway before dissolving.
• Ye Fan said the Quasi-Immortal Emperors were probing the being behind the gateway and waiting for something, and he speculated that it might be the Land of the Upper Heavens.
• The eighteen mummified Immortal Kings pursued Ye Fan and the wounded Empress, while the Empress stayed back to treat her wounds.
• Ye Fan sent the eighteen flying with his Heavenly Emperor Fist, but they surrounded him and awakened the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao rhythm of their banner.

Ye Fan and the Empress escaped the Underworld gates after fighting their way past eighteen dried Immortal Kings and a Quasi-Immortal Emperor’s attack. While they recovered, four Immortal Kings ambushed them, but Yang Dong trapped two of the attackers in his small world and killed them, bringing himself closer to becoming a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

• Ye Fan fought the eighteen dried Immortal Kings, shattering them repeatedly until they stopped reviving.
• A Quasi-Immortal Emperor speaking through the banner demanded Ye Fan’s Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron and attacked him with a Heavenly Blade.
• The Empress merged her clones, pulled Ye Fan away from the blade, and fled with him as the cauldron deflected the strike.
• The injured Ye Fan and Empress were discovered by four Immortal Kings, and Emperor Wushi arrived to protect them.
• Yang Dong transferred two of the attackers into his small world and killed them, absorbing their cultivation and insights.

Yang Dong, known as Ghost God, and the other great powers defended the Zhetian Universe against increasingly dangerous invasions for a thousand years. When rifts to a death-filled realm appeared at the Northwest Viewing Platform, Ye Fan went to find Yang Dong so he could identify whether it was the Land of the Upper Heavens.

• Yang Dong told Ye Fan that he had killed two Immortal Kings inside the small world within his body, while Emperor Wushi defeated two more in battle.
• Ye Fan warned that multiple Quasi-Immortal Emperors had appeared, and he and the Empress explained that they had survived encounters with them.
• A thousand years passed as the Zhetian Universe endured hundreds of invasions, and Yang Dong and the Empress stopped a Quasi-Immortal Emperor from intervening.
• Yang Dong gained renown as the number one beneath Quasi-Immortal Emperors, while he, Ye Fan, the Empress, and Emperor Wushi fought to defend the universe.
• Spatial rifts opened at the Northwest Viewing Platform, revealing the Yellow Springs and countless bones; Ye Fan flew to the enormous heavenly pit to ask Yang Dong whether the realm was the Land of the Upper Heavens.

Yang Dong identified the rift as an entrance to the naturally formed Sea of Realms, where polluted Dark Creatures threatened their world. After Ye Fan and the others entered the sea, they encountered a mysterious old man who claimed to have fought alongside a Heavenly Emperor and asked to return home.

• Yang Dong explained that the Sea of Realms bred Dark Creatures that invaded and polluted other worlds.
• Ye Fan, the Empress, Emperor Wushi, and Yang Dong fought off waves of Dark Creatures, but their attacks could not damage the battered ancient ship.
• Ye Fan and the others entered the Sea of Realms to investigate and heard lingering voices, including one calling for Huang.
• Yang Dong noticed the Dark Creatures had stopped emerging and suspected a powerful, intelligent being was aboard the ship.
• A dried-up old man emerged from the ship, asked them to help him return home, and lamented that he had fought across the Sea of Realms with a Heavenly Emperor.
• Ye Fan and the others realized the old man might be a survivor from the Immortal Ancient Era.

Ye Fan, Yang Dong, Emperor Wushi, and their companion questioned an old man who claimed to have followed the Desolate Heaven Emperor. The man revealed himself as a threat when the ruined warship’s Chains dragged him back, leaving the four unsure whether they had witnessed a curse or a real event.

• Ye Fan asked the old man for proof and questioned him about the Desolate Heaven Emperor, whom the man claimed had vanished after a great battle.
• Yang Dong challenged the old man to identify himself, and the man angrily demanded that Ye Fan and the others guide him back to shore.
• The old man offered to pass on the Heavenly Emperor’s supreme Great Dao, then suddenly charged at the group.
• Chains burst from the ruined warship, bound the old man, and dragged him back as his flesh rotted away.
• The old man’s bones scattered across the deck, and Emperor Wushi wondered whether the warship was cursed.
• Yang Dong and the others watched the silent warship and questioned whether what they had seen was real or a past event.

Black rain tainted Yang Dong, Ye Fan, the Empress, and Emperor Wushi with Ominous Substance as Dark Creatures poured through the rift into the Immortal Realm. Ye Fan and the others returned to contain the contamination while Yang Dong stayed behind to fight, where a top-tier Immortal King confronted him and refused to reveal the Land of the Upper Heavens.

• Black rain contaminated the group, and Yang Dong identified it as Ominous Substance that had spread through the Sea of Realms and entered the Immortal Realm.
• Dark Creatures attacked, and Ye Fan realized the substance could erode him and turn him into one of them.
• Yang Dong told Ye Fan, the Empress, and Emperor Wushi to return through the rift while he stayed to stop the Dark Creatures from crossing.
• The Empress said she would wait outside the rift, and Yang Dong fought the advancing creatures alone, killing an Immortal King with a sword strike.
• A top-tier Immortal King urged Yang Dong to surrender to the Ominous Substance, but Yang Dong asked where the Land of the Upper Heavens was.

Yang Dong fought the Ominous Substance’s servants at the Sea of Realms, killing a Dark Immortal King and confronting a corrupted Buddha who briefly regained his clarity before destroying himself. As the ominous rain intensified, Yang Dong saw a gray-robed man beside a burning Yellow Talisman Paper, and the man told him to die.

• Yang Dong killed the Dark Immortal King with his Ghost God Fist after rejecting his offer of Sacred Substance.
• Yang Dong countered a gigantic Chaos hand with Demon Saber: Thousand Blades as a Demonic Buddha tried to convert him.
• Yang Dong challenged the Demonic Buddha’s claim that it had let go, prompting it to recognize its attachment and briefly resist the Ominous Substance.
• The Demonic Buddha regained clarity, then shattered his golden body and departed from life before the Ominous Substance reclaimed him.
• Yang Dong endured the Ominous Substance pouring down like a waterfall by pushing his inner small world to its limit.
• Yang Dong saw a gray-robed man standing beside an altar and a mostly burned Yellow Talisman Paper, and the man told him to die.

Yang Dong entered the Sea of Realms after defeating three peak Dark Immortal Kings and accepted a little skeleton’s guidance toward the land of Heaven. Along the way, he encountered the Desolate Heaven Emperor across space-time, then continued without learning why the Sea of Realms had been contaminated.

• Yang Dong killed three peak Dark Immortal Kings and discovered that the rain curtain vanished whenever he stepped onto the Sea of Realms.
• A little skeleton told Yang Dong that its master, Heaven, had invited him and that it could guide him to the ultimate land, so Yang Dong followed its warship.
• As Yang Dong traveled deeper into the Sea of Realms, he encountered the Desolate Heaven Emperor across space-time, but could neither speak nor move.
• Yang Dong returned to his journey, ruled out being contaminated by the Ominous Substance, and wondered what lay in the land of Heaven and why the Sea of Realms had been corrupted.

Yang Dong reached the gray dam at the edge of the Sea of Realms, where a page from beyond it chose him as its Invitation Letter. After killing a Dark Immortal King who attacked him, Yang Dong learned the letter granted entry and turned to face the Immortal Kings who wanted it.

• Yang Dong arrived at the dam with the little skeleton and sensed powerful beings gathered on the nearby islands.
• A page of an Invitation Letter emerged from the world beyond the dam and drifted toward Yang Dong, angering the Dark Immortal Kings waiting there.
• A Dark Immortal King attacked Yang Dong with a War Halberd, but Yang Dong cut it apart and killed him with a single slash.
• Yang Dong caught the page and learned from the little skeleton that it was Master's Invitation Letter, which allowed its holder to enter the world beyond the dam.
• Yang Dong asked the gathered Immortal Kings if they wanted the letter, and a peak Immortal King flew out from an island.

Yang Dong learned that the world beyond the Sea of Realms dam was called the Ultimate Land, where three Invitation Letter holders had become Quasi-Immortal Emperors. He offered his letter to a corrupted old Immortal King, but the letter rejected the man, leaving Yang Dong still holding the key to entering the Ultimate Land.

• Yang Dong asked the white-haired old man about the Ultimate Land and learned that three people had entered and become Quasi-Immortal Emperors, including one who founded the Underworld.
• The old man urged Yang Dong to leave and admitted that he had abandoned his former realm and people in pursuit of becoming a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
• Yang Dong asked about the little skeleton, and the old man identified him as an unkillable ferryman who had carried three previous passengers into the Ultimate Land.
• The old man urged Yang Dong to accept the Ominous Substance, but Yang Dong refused and offered him the Invitation Letter instead.
• The old man reached for the letter, but its Sword Qi repelled him, showing that he was not acknowledged by it.

Yang Dong crossed into the Land of Darkness and met a black-robed figure who called himself Heaven and offered him a talisman that would let him enter the Land of the Upper Heavens. Yang Dong attacked instead, but his blows could not reach Heaven.

• Yang Dong followed the little skeleton through the dam into the Land of Darkness, carrying the glowing page.
• The little skeleton led Yang Dong to a radiant mountain and told him to climb alone to meet its master.
• The mountain turned demonic, and Heaven transported Yang Dong to an unknown space to speak with him.
• Heaven offered to help Yang Dong become a Quasi-Immortal Emperor and said his name was Heaven.
• Heaven revealed a Ghost Hand identical to Yang Dong's and offered him a yellow talisman paper for entering the Land of the Upper Heavens.
• Yang Dong attacked Heaven, but his strikes could not reach him.

As the Ominous Substance corrupted the Zhetian Universe, Ye Fan and the other Heavenly Emperors struggled to find a new path while losing memories of someone important. Meanwhile, Yang Dong learned about the fates of three Quasi-Immortal Emperors and unsettled the black-robed man by claiming the Desolate Heaven Emperor would return.

• The Ominous Substance damaged the Zhetian Universe’s Heavenly Dao, so Ye Fan sent his brothers and disciples into Divine Source while he, the Empress, and Emperor Wushi searched for a new cultivation path.
• The Empress, Ye Fan, and Emperor Wushi realized they had forgotten someone important, but an enemy attack interrupted their efforts to recover the memory.
• Yang Dong asked the black-robed man about three Quasi-Immortal Emperors, and the man said one became master of the Underworld while the others died in Soul River and the Land of the Upper Heavens.
• The black-robed man demanded to know whom Yang Dong had seen on the Sea of Realms, and Yang Dong answered that he had seen the Desolate Heaven Emperor.
• Yang Dong claimed the Desolate Heaven Emperor would return after finishing his affairs, causing the black-robed man to react with alarm before convincing himself the return would take many eras.

Yang Dong refused to take the Yellow Talisman Paper, but the black-robed Quasi-Immortal Emperor revealed its power and forced it to pursue him. After Yang Dong escaped into the world beyond the embankment, a distant burning talisman went out and a middle-aged man awoke.

• Yang Dong questioned the black-robed figure about the Yellow Talisman Paper, and the figure said an Immortal Emperor had made it.
• Yang Dong refused the talisman and accused the black-robed figure of fearing it, so the figure revealed his Quasi-Immortal Emperor aura and sent the paper after him.
• Yang Dong briefly entered the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm, saw that the black-robed figure was gravely wounded, and struck at the talisman without affecting it.
• Yang Dong broke free of the space and reappeared in the world beyond the embankment, where the black-robed figure identified the talisman as the Great Sacrifice Rune.
• A Yellow Talisman Paper burning elsewhere went out, and a middle-aged man opened his eyes and demanded to know who was there.

Yang Dong fought the black-robed man in the dark world, learned that his Ghost Hand came from a world the man had blood-sacrificed, and faced the threat of becoming the chief sacrificer for the Gray Grand Sacrifice. As Yang Dong's borrowed Quasi-Immortal Emperor power faded, he refused to surrender and challenged the man to take his Ghost Hand himself.

• Yang Dong's attacks failed to affect the Yellow Talisman Paper, so he drew the Demon Blade Thousand Blades and slashed at the black-robed man.
• The black-robed man destroyed Yang Dong's sword light with an immortal sword, and Yang Dong used his Ghost Hand Martial Soul to punch the sword away before trying to flee.
• The black-robed man recognized Yang Dong's Ghost Hand, revealed his own, and explained that he had blood-sacrificed Yang Dong's great world and gathered its other Ghost Hands onto himself.
• The black-robed man blocked Yang Dong's escape with a Dragon Phoenix Scissors attack and demanded that Yang Dong sever his Ghost Hand to serve as the chief sacrificer for the Gray Grand Sacrifice.
• As his temporary Quasi-Immortal Emperor power ebbed, Yang Dong accepted the danger and told the black-robed man to take his Ghost Hand himself.

Yang Dong fought the black-robed man, who wielded an immortal sword and the power of his Ghost Hand, but fell from the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm before striking back with the Heavenly Dao Slash. The black-robed man revealed that he had deceived Desolate Heaven Emperor, leading Yang Dong to deduce that he came from the Land of the Upper Heavens and had been left gravely wounded.

• The black-robed man attacked Yang Dong, whose fading power forced him to sustain his Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm with the strength of his inner world.
• The black-robed man summoned power from his days as an Immortal Emperor and split Yang Dong’s soul, forcing him back into the Immortal King realm.
• Yang Dong unleashed the Heavenly Dao Slash, knocked the black-robed man’s immortal sword away, and wounded his back despite his fall in rank.
• The black-robed man mocked Yang Dong and claimed he had deceived Desolate Heaven Emperor, while buying time to heal.
• Yang Dong deduced that the black-robed man had come from the Land of the Upper Heavens and had been left severely wounded by Desolate Heaven Emperor.

Yang Dong battled the black-robed Quasi-Immortal Emperor, who wounded and bound him before trying to take his Ghost Hand. The Bronze Ancient Coffin intervened, freeing Yang Dong and allowing him to absorb the remaining God Emperor Dao Fruit, while the coffin revealed a figure resembling Desolate Heaven Emperor.

• The black-robed man attacked Yang Dong with a Dark Divine Roar, hurling him into Demon Mountain.
• The black-robed man trapped Yang Dong with Great Dao chains and prepared to take his Ghost Hand.
• The Bronze Ancient Coffin appeared, severed the chains, and let Yang Dong seize and absorb the remaining God Emperor Dao Fruit.
• The black-robed man attacked the coffin, but shifted his blow after an image of Desolate Heaven Emperor appeared from within it.

Yang Dong absorbed the God Emperor Dao Fruit atop the Bronze Ancient Coffin while the black-robed man feared his impending breakthrough and urged the Dark Immortal Kings to kill him. The coffin repelled their attacks and slew two attackers as signs appeared that Yang Dong was nearing the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm.

• The black-robed man recognized the Bronze Ancient Coffin’s projection as the Desolate Heaven Emperor and fled, deciding to wait until its protection vanished.
• Yang Dong absorbed the God Emperor Dao Fruit for a thousand years, refining his inner world while the black-robed man realized he might soon become a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
• The black-robed man opened the dam and promised the Dark Immortal Kings that whoever killed Yang Dong would become a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
• The Dark Immortal Kings attacked Yang Dong, but the Bronze Ancient Coffin shielded him and killed one of them with a sword strike.
• Auspicious signs announced Yang Dong’s imminent breakthrough, and when another Dark Immortal King attacked in desperation, the coffin annihilated him.

Yang Dong absorbed the God Emperor Dao Fruit and created a vast world within his body, advancing beyond the God Emperor realm to become a God Immortal. After the Dark Immortal Kings withdrew, he turned his attention to the escaped black-robed man and examined the Bronze Ancient Coffin.

• Yang Dong split the Chaos within his small world into heaven and earth, then forced its innate Gods and Demons to submit and merge with the Dao.
• Over a hundred years, Yang Dong's internal world stabilized, growing more than a thousand times larger than his former small world.
• Yang Dong broke through to the God Immortal realm, and the Ominous Substance began circling around him instead of harming him.
• The Dark Immortal Kings withdrew, while Yang Dong realized the black-robed man had fled and planned to pursue him for his Ghost Hand.
• Yang Dong examined the Bronze Ancient Coffin and discovered scars on it, realizing that perfected Quasi-Immortal Emperors could damage it.

Yang Dong pursued the black-robed man, Heaven, and demanded his Ghost Hand after learning they were both Quasi-Immortal Emperors. As Heaven unleashed the Immortal Slaying Sword, Yang Dong realized its power could briefly sever the River of Time and wondered how the Desolate Heaven Emperor had done so repeatedly.

• Yang Dong left the Bronze Ancient Coffin waiting and followed the traces of the black-robed man through the dark world.
• Yang Dong attacked Heaven, who escaped the space his punch annihilated and recognized Yang Dong as a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
• Yang Dong demanded Heaven's Ghost Hand, and Heaven refused because it was fused with him and sustained his cultivation.
• Yang Dong and Heaven exchanged Ghost God Fists, and Yang Dong's punch overwhelmed Heaven and knocked him away, revealing his monstrous appearance.
• Heaven summoned an immortal sword and spent his origin essence to unleash the Immortal Slaying Sword at Yang Dong.
• Yang Dong focused on the sword's brief severing of the River of Time and wondered how the Desolate Heaven Emperor had severed eternity again and again.

Yang Dong defeated Heaven, absorbed the power of the Ghost Hand, and became its sole holder across the Myriad Worlds. Heaven’s burning Yellow Talisman Paper opened a passage to the world of a mysterious middle-aged man, who attacked Yang Dong with a massive Order Divine chain.

• Yang Dong blocked Heaven’s strongest strike with the dragon head manifested from his inner world, though he suffered a minor injury.
• Yang Dong wounded Heaven with the Demon Blade Thousand Blades, and Heaven burned the Yellow Talisman Paper before fleeing as a primordial spirit.
• Yang Dong caught Heaven’s soul with the Ghost Hand, absorbed its power, gained four new skills, and destroyed Heaven.
• The Yellow Talisman Paper’s ashes strengthened nine Order Divine chains, which merged and opened a rift to the world of a massive altar.
• The middle-aged man appeared with the merged chain coiled around him and attacked Yang Dong, whose blade struck the chain in a ringing clash.