Chapter Summaries

The Undying Lord attacked Gu Xun'er, but Xiao Yi Xian intervened, and Chen Qiye crippled the Undying Lord when he threatened her. Xiao Yi Xian told Gu Xun'er that Xiao Yan’s true love was her alone, then Chen Qiye reassured Xiao Yi Xian; elsewhere, Xiao Yan prepared to face a vast army of gods.

• The Undying Lord struck at Gu Xun'er, but Xiao Yi Xian blocked his attack.
• Chen Qiye shattered the Undying Lord’s Dharma Body and warned him not to threaten Xiao Yi Xian again.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Gu Xun'er that Xiao Yan’s true love was her alone, and Gu Xun'er left without replying.
• Chen Qiye comforted Xiao Yi Xian, telling her that she was right if she believed she was right.
• After his bloodline clone vanished, Xiao Yan faced an army of gods and answered their challenge with a dragon’s roar.

Chen Qiye left the Great Thousand World and returned to the era of Ye the Heavenly Emperor, where he found signs that Old Bai might have become an Emperor. As the Immortal Ascension Road opened and the Life Restricted Areas stirred, two figures emerged from the White Emperor Restricted Area and recognized Chen Qiye.

• Xiao Yan defeated the Divine Race army, embraced a sacred bloodline, and resolved to find a way to restore Xiao Lin.
• Chen Qiye said farewell to Xiao Yi Xian, gave her a Sealing Pearl, warned her against leaving her name on the Firmament Board, and departed the Great Thousand World.
• Chen Qiye entered the Shrouding the Heavens Plane with a mission to slay an Emperor and prove himself, then traveled more than two hundred thousand years into the future.
• Chen Qiye found Old Bai's blood and a broken stele naming the area the White Emperor Restricted Area, and wondered whether Old Bai had become an Emperor.
• The Immortal Ascension Road opened, the Life Restricted Areas awakened, and two figures emerged from the White Emperor Restricted Area as one recognized Chen Qiye.

Chen Qiye reunited with Su Manman in the White Emperor Restricted Area and learned what had happened to their old companions. As the immortal path opened and ancient beings emerged, Bai Ningbing struck down a Great Saint’s mount, drawing a furious accusation from a Supreme.

• Chen Qiye reunited with Su Manman, who told him that Ye Junchu had died before Severing the Dao and that Little Nannan had become the Ruthless Great Emperor.
• Su Manman explained that Bai Ningbing had attained the Dao, found her a divine medicine, and later left the restricted area after fighting an ancient existence.
• Chen Qiye failed to locate Bai Ningbing or Little Nannan with Fuxi Deduction, while a powerful upheaval announced that the immortal path had opened.
• A crimson qilin and a radiant desolate beast emerged from the Divine Ruins, terrifying cultivators across the region.
• Bai Ningbing’s spiked club crushed the desolate beast, and a Supreme accused him of ambushing a Great Saint and disgracing the human race.

As the Immortal Road opened, Desolation broke free of her restraints and entered it with her followers, while Chen Qiye realized she had forgotten their past. An ancient supreme being emerged from the Immortal Mausoleum and confronted Chen Qiye, but Bai Ningbing’s sudden attack threatened to turn the encounter into an imperial battle.

• Bai Ningbing escaped the Divine Ruins after striking its inhabitants, leaving the myriad races terrified of his sneak attacks.
• Chen Qiye arrived at the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land as its nine sacred mountains began to collapse and reveal the Immortal Ascension Road.
• Desolation broke her chains, met Chen Qiye, and said she could not remember him before entering the Immortal Ascension Road with more than a dozen Desolation slaves.
• An ancient supreme being emerged from the Immortal Mausoleum and confronted Chen Qiye outside the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
• Bai Ningbing’s wolf-tooth club appeared and attacked the Immortal Mausoleum supreme being as Bai Ningbing challenged him to fight.

Immortal Mausoleum Supreme, Divine Ruins Supreme, and the Qilin Ancient Emperor cornered Bai Ningbing above the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone while the female emperor was away. Bai Ningbing called for an old friend’s help, and Chen Qiye began to answer before a tremendous roar cut him off.

• Immortal Mausoleum Supreme and Divine Ruins Supreme joined forces to trap Bai Ningbing with chains of order and block his escape.
• Bai Ningbing tried to smash through the sealing chains with the Wolf-Tooth Club, then admitted he was in trouble.
• The Qilin Ancient Emperor emerged from the Primordial Mine and summoned the awakened Qilin Staff, declaring he would fight Bai Ningbing only after the other Supremes.
• Bai Ningbing mocked the Supremes and warned the Qilin Ancient Emperor against ultimate sublimation, then called for an old friend to come help him.
• Chen Qiye started to greet Bai Ningbing, but an earthshaking roar interrupted him.

Bai Ningbing faced a coalition of ancient supreme beings as the Immortal Road widened, while Huang emerged from the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone to repay a debt to the Ruthless Great Emperor. Bai Ningbing revealed Chen Qiye’s immortal sword Nianqi and called for its master, who appeared in white robes as another Great Emperor of the human race.

• Huang emerged from the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone and vowed to fight the supreme beings to repay the Ruthless Great Emperor for saving him.
• The Qilin Ancient Emperor and the other supreme beings revealed that they had united to kill Bai Ningbing before entering the Immortal Road.
• A bell sounded from Purple Mountain as the five continents and the Big Dipper Star Domain began to shine, and the Immortal Road’s crack widened.
• Bai Ningbing drew Chen Qiye’s Nameless Immortal Sword, named Nianqi, and the sword’s spirit stirred as it sensed its master.
• Bai Ningbing called for Old Chen, and the sword flew to a white-robed figure outside the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, who stood beneath the pressure of four supreme beings as another Great Emperor.

Chen Qiye awakened the Nameless Immortal Sword and, despite remaining a Quasi-Emperor, wounded the Immortal Mausoleum Supreme with a peerless strike. As the Supremes believed Chen Qiye and Bai Ningbing had been swallowed by the Dao patterns, an unexpected laugh challenged the Great Emperor’s power.

• Chen Qiye grasped the Nameless Immortal Sword, fully awakening it and revealing himself as its true master.
• Bai Ningbing and the onlookers were shocked to learn that Chen Qiye was still a Quasi-Emperor, while the Immortal Mausoleum Supreme summoned his Great Emperor’s weapon to attack Bai Ningbing.
• Chen Qiye struck the Dao Sword and severed the Immortal Mausoleum Supreme’s arm, but the Supreme regenerated it as the Dao patterns engulfed the battlefield.
• The Qilin Ancient Emperor and other onlookers assumed Chen Qiye had perished beneath the Dao patterns, and humans mourned him and Bai Ningbing.
• An unseen voice laughed and declared that a Great Emperor’s power was nothing more than this.

Chen Qiye emerged from the shattered void and challenged three ancient Supremes, then revealed a sword technique that could resist Immortal Mausoleum Taoist’s Great Emperor formation. He struck with a sword that carried the power of time, leaving the outcome of the clash unresolved.

• Chen Qiye emerged from the shattered void with the Nameless Immortal Sword above him, followed by the Shameless Great Emperor.
• Chen Qiye told the three Supremes to attack together, and Immortal Mausoleum Taoist ordered the Qilin Ancient Emperor and Divine Ruins Supreme to guard against Bai Ningbing.
• Bai Ningbing retreated and refused to join the fight as Immortal Mausoleum Taoist formed the Endless Great Dao formation.
• Immortal Mausoleum Taoist’s Dao Sword shattered, and Chen Qiye realized the Nameless Immortal Sword had supplied most of the power behind his earlier strike.
• Chen Qiye formed a chaotic longsword, stepped into the Great Emperor formation, and slashed at Immortal Mausoleum Taoist with the power of time.

Chen Qiye used Slash of Time to kill Immortal Mausoleum Taoist after the Supreme underwent ultimate sublimation, but the Divine Ruins Supreme immediately attacked him. As Chen Qiye prepared another sword strike, the Ruthless Great Emperor intervened and unleashed Slash of Time herself.

• Immortal Mausoleum Taoist underwent ultimate sublimation, but Chen Qiye's Slash of Time drained his blood energy and killed him.
• The Qilin Ancient Emperor and Bai Ningbing clashed as the Divine Ruins Supreme joined the attack on Chen Qiye.
• Chen Qiye resisted the Divine Ruins Supreme's killing blow with his Sword Domain and prepared to strike again.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor appeared, blocked the Divine Ruins Supreme's Great Dao diagram, and declared, "Slash! Time!"

The Ruthless Great Emperor struck across realms to shatter the Grand Dao Diagram and save Chen Qiye, who then underwent ultimate sublimation and killed the Divine Ruins Supreme Being. Chen Qiye turned toward the Qilin Ancient Emperor as the immortal road opened.

• The Ruthless Great Emperor struck the Grand Dao Diagram from the immortal road, shattering it and injuring the Divine Ruins Supreme Being.
• Chen Qiye used Severing Time against the Divine Ruins Supreme Being, then restored his lifeblood through ultimate sublimation despite Bai Ningbing's alarm.
• Bai Ningbing threatened to undergo ultimate sublimation, prompting the Qilin Ancient Emperor to stop blocking him.
• Chen Qiye's sword overwhelmed the Divine Ruins Supreme Being and killed him in the Divine Ruins forbidden zone.
• Chen Qiye challenged the Qilin Ancient Emperor as the Flying Immortal Road opened in the Southern Region.

Chen Qiye continued fighting the Qilin Ancient Emperor after exhausting the Sword of Time, revealing he could still unleash another powerful sword strike. When the forbidden-zone Sovereigns intervened and threatened to kill him, he restored his vital energy and challenged one of them to face him.

• The Qilin Ancient Emperor acknowledged Chen Qiye as the Human Sword Emperor and asked him to stop fighting, but Chen Qiye answered with a sword strike.
• The Qilin Ancient Emperor met Chen Qiye’s attack, and imperial weapons and formation patterns from the forbidden zones joined the clash to block it.
• The Undying Taoist and other ancient Sovereigns arrived, bringing the number of beings above Great Emperor level to at least nine.
• A ten-thousand-zhang Sovereign threatened Chen Qiye, who replenished his vital energy and warned that he could still kill one more emperor.
• Chen Qiye fixed his gaze on the towering Sovereign and asked whether he would be the one to die, leaving the nine Sovereigns silent.

Chen Qiye refused to fight the nine supreme beings while their battle could devastate Big Dipper, and they launched a joint assault on the Immortal Ascension Road. As the immortal road’s deadly defenses tested them, Chen Qiye and Bai Ningbing arrived in Ji Family territory, where a timid voice addressed them.

• The Undying Taoist and Qilin Ancient Emperor warned Chen Qiye that another battle could destroy countless lives, and Chen Qiye turned away without attacking the nine supreme beings.
• After Chen Qiye and Bai Ningbing vanished, the Qilin Emperor led the nine supreme beings in attacking the Immortal Ascension Road’s sealed gate.
• The nine supreme beings fought through waves of deadly law-formed enemies, while the Undying Taoist’s sword cleared a path toward the great pass.
• Bai Ningbing struck down an alien Great Saint who insulted Chen Qiye, and observers identified the Undying Taoist as the Longevity Heavenly Venerable.
• Chen Qiye and Bai Ningbing appeared in Ji Family territory, where a timid voice asked whether they knew each other.

Chen Qiye and Bai Ningbing visited the Ji Family, where they met Ye Fan and Little Nannan. As the nine Supremes breached the Immortal Ascension Road and darkness loomed, Chen Qiye chose to stay behind while urging Bai Ningbing to protect those he cared about.

• Little Nannan failed to recognize Chen Qiye, while the Black Emperor recognized Bai Ningbing and greeted him as the White Emperor.
• Ye Fan welcomed Chen Qiye and Bai Ningbing into the Ji Family, and Chen Qiye asked to speak somewhere quiet.
• Chen Qiye and Bai Ningbing discussed Little Nannan’s connection to the Ruthless Great Emperor and learned how Bai Ningbing had returned from another world.
• The nine Supremes shattered the pass on the Immortal Ascension Road and charged into the ancient city, prompting the Ji Family and others to evacuate the Big Dipper Star Domain.
• Bai Ningbing asked whether Chen Qiye would stay behind, and Chen Qiye said he would face the coming darkness and urged Bai Ningbing to leave with their companions.

After the nine ancient Supremes entered the chaotic hole at the end of the Immortal Road, the Spirit Emperor emerged with a collapsing Immortal Platform and began devouring living beings to survive. Chen Qiye stopped his rampage by killing him with Ash-Sundering, leaving the universe to face the eight remaining Supremes.

• The nine Supremes entered the chaotic hole, and the Immortal Road began to close without any sign of what had happened inside.
• The Spirit Emperor burst out of the shattered Immortal Road in brilliant light, drawing old Saints toward him before devouring them.
• A quasi-emperor realized the Spirit Emperor’s Immortal Platform was collapsing and that he was consuming flesh and blood to prolong his life.
• The Spirit Emperor charged toward the Eastern Wasteland to devour its inhabitants as panic spread over the possibility of eight more Supremes emerging.
• Chen Qiye appeared and used Ash-Sundering to destroy the Spirit Emperor’s Immortal Platform and kill him.

Chen Qiye guarded the immortal path as ancient Supremes emerged, refusing to let them prey on humans but allowing them to leave if they did not. A human Great Emperor dissolved into the Dao, and the Phoenix Clan Supreme and another ancient Supreme fled toward the outer domain.

• Chen Qiye rejected the system’s offer of planar teleportation and cut down the Spirit Emperor with one sword.
• Chen Qiye warned the ancient Supremes that he would kill them if they used humans as blood food.
• The Qilin Ancient Emperor and a human Great Emperor emerged from the Chaos Cave, and the human Great Emperor dissolved into the Dao after asking Chen Qiye to tell him what immortality was if he became immortal.
• The Phoenix Clan Supreme and another ancient Supreme rushed out of the immortal path and fled in opposite directions toward the outer domain.
• Chen Qiye questioned whether the two Supremes could truly escape.

Chen Qiye and the Eternal Empress killed two Supremes as the Immortal Path crisis intensified, while the Beginningless Emperor’s ancient plan sent a Great Emperor’s spirit and corpse into the Chaos Cave. The chapter left the Qilin Ancient Emperor and the watching world stunned by the sacrifice and wondering who awaited at the path’s end.

• Chen Qiye cut down the Phoenix Clan Supreme and told him that even Supremes were ants before him.
• The Eternal Empress crushed another fleeing Supreme with her jade palm and turned her attention toward the immortal gate.
• Buddhist light rose from Mount Sumeru, the Beginningless Bell revived, and the watching races suspected humanity had arranged a killing scheme against the ancient Supremes.
• The God-Sealing List emerged from Sacred Cliff, gathered a Great Emperor’s primordial spirit and corpse, and carried them into the Chaos Cave.
• The Beginningless Bell flew from the shattered Purple Mountain toward the Southern Region as the God-Sealing List sealed the Great Emperor in the Flying Immortal Cave.
• A voice from within the God-Sealing List declared, “At the sight of Wu Shi, the Dao becomes empty!”

The Beginningless Bell, the Desolate Pagoda, and the God-Sealing List joined the battle in the Flying Immortal Cave, but the Immortal Domain remained out of reach. As the wounded Qilin Ancient Emperor faced Chen Qiye, Mount Sumeru entered the cave and a woman in white emerged from the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.

• Beginningless Emperor’s imperial laws and the Beginningless Bell struck the Chaos Cave, while the Desolate Pagoda answered with its power to create heaven and earth.
• The God-Sealing List was destroyed in the Chaos Cave, and the Beginningless Bell declared that it could not enter the Immortal Domain because it was not Wu Shi.
• Chen Qiye spared the failing Qilin Ancient Emperor for a time, but another wounded Great Emperor tried to devour him and was crushed by a jade hand.
• Mount Sumeru entered the Immortal Ascension Cave with countless Buddhist disciples, and Chen Qiye condemned Amitabha Buddha’s plan and told Qilin Ancient Emperor to dissolve into the Dao or die.
• Qilin Ancient Emperor discovered that Chen Qiye was only twenty-five years old, and a real woman in white stepped from the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land and struck the Chaos Cave.

The Desolation Lord struck down the Stone Emperor while Chen Qiye tried to awaken her memories of Lu Junchu. Amitabha Emperor appeared to have become immortal, but the collapse of Mount Sumeru cast doubt on his method, and the Qilin Ancient Emperor asked Chen Qiye for an explanation.

• The Desolation Lord destroyed Flying Immortal Cave’s path and asked Chen Qiye whether she remembered him, then called him “Uncle” when he showed her a flower bud.
• The Stone Emperor attacked the Desolation Lord and was badly wounded by her palm, while Chen Qiye challenged him to leave the Immortal Ascension Road and face him.
• Chaos Cave exploded, and Amitabha Emperor appeared to ascend as the Qilin Ancient Emperor concluded that the road to immortality was correct and prepared to leave.
• Immortal light from Flying Immortal Cave shattered Mount Sumeru as it began to rise, and Chen Qiye questioned whether the Qilin Ancient Emperor still thought he had been wrong.
• The Qilin Ancient Emperor asked Chen Qiye why he rejected Amitabha Emperor’s method.

The Qilin Ancient Emperor returned to his home star and transformed into the Dao, leaving behind his insights while freeing Huo Lin'er from a suppressing Dao law. As his death shook the world, Amitabha Buddha also shattered on the Immortal Ascension Road, devastating the Western Desert.

• Chen Qiye questioned the Qilin Ancient Emperor about what an immortal was, and the emperor accepted that Chen Qiye might truly be one before departing.
• The Qilin Ancient Emperor reached his ancient home star, where Huo Lin'er rushed to meet him as his life and Imperial Dao collapsed.
• The Qilin Ancient Emperor sent his insights into the universe, warned that they could harm his loved ones, and transformed into the Dao after severing the Dao law suppressing Huo Lin'er.
• Huo Lin'er fainted as the Qilin Clan and beings across the nine heavens and ten lands mourned the Qilin Ancient Emperor's passing.
• The Stone Emperor refused to accept death and fixed his gaze on Chen Qiye and the Desolate Lord.
• Amitabha Buddha shattered on the Immortal Ascension Road, and the backlash wiped out billions of Buddhist believers and turned the Western Desert into a Death Domain.

As Chen Qiye guarded the Immortal Ascension Road, the Green Copper Cauldron appeared and shattered the road to kill Longevity Heavenly Venerable. A figure at the ultimate limit of the mortal world emerged from the destruction, and witnesses identified him as a Mortal World Immortal.

• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body charged toward the Immortal Ascension Road after calling out to Longevity Heavenly Venerable.
• An ancient supreme being revealed that the master of the Immortal Mausoleum had once controlled the Underworld and had an old grudge with the Sacred Body.
• Cultivators sensed an approaching upheaval and began fleeing as an ancient Green Copper Cauldron arrived from the distant universe.
• The Green Copper Cauldron fully revived, struck the chaotic cavern, and shattered the Immortal Ascension Road to kill Longevity Heavenly Venerable.
• A powerful figure emerged from the shattered road, and a Quasi-Emperor declared that he was a Mortal World Immortal.