Chapter Summaries

The Immortal Heavenly Emperor’s son emerged from a stone egg and gathered his father’s followers, drawing the attention of the Feathered Emperor and the Forbidden Zone Supremes. The Feathered Emperor summoned Zi Shou, who revealed that he had fought Ruthless to a draw, leaving the Feathered Emperor shocked by the strength of the younger generation.

• Primordial beings across the Big Dipper answered a summons and gathered around a glowing stone egg.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor’s son emerged, grew to adulthood, and ordered his followers to take him to his father’s palace.
• The Feathered Emperor learned that the gathering was for the Immortal Heavenly Emperor’s son and called Zi Shou to meet him.
• Zi Shou told the Feathered Emperor that he and Ruthless had both been badly wounded in their fight.
• Zi Shou described Ruthless’s unusual secret arts and self-created cultivation method, and the Feathered Emperor swept his divine sense across the Big Dipper.

The Feathered Emperor warned Zi Shou that the Golden Age’s prodigies included the Immortal Heavenly Emperor’s Son, while Ruthless recovered from her battle and continued refining her Chaos Body. After defeating an enemy who blamed her for the ruin of her constitution, Ruthless deduced that Ren had created the new prodigies and flew toward the God City for the Heaven’s Pride Banquet.

• The Feathered Emperor told Zi Shou that he must cultivate hard and one day face the Immortal Heavenly Emperor’s Son, leaving Zi Shou feeling crushed by the pressure.
• Ruthless recovered and grew stronger by devouring a trace of Origin, but concluded she could not perfect her Chaos Body without seeing a genuine one.
• Ruthless rejected the idea of returning to her big brother before killing Zi Shou and then killed the people sent to attack her.
• Ruthless drained the remaining Origin from the woman with the Ice Snow Spirit Body, who warned that the prodigies at the Heaven’s Pride Banquet would unite against her.
• Ruthless realized Ren had likely created the new constitutions and flew toward the God City, while the black-clad figures protecting her decided to report her destination.

The Feathered Emperor's decree drew countless heaven's prides to God City for a banquet offering combat, Dao guidance, and access to the Starry Sky Ancient Road. Ren revealed that he had gathered the heaven's prides to test Ruthless, then told Wang Bo to join the banquet as well.

• The Feathered Emperor announced a Heaven's Pride Banquet, a day of Dao guidance, and arrangements for heaven's prides to enter the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
• Heaven's prides flocked to God City and competed through gambling, debate, and challenges while the Emperor's ban on fighting kept the city peaceful.
• Wang Bo told Ren that he had discovered an incomplete Chaos Body and learned that Ruthless had created a demonic art to devour constitutions.
• Ren confirmed that he had prepared knowledge of the Chaos Body for Ruthless and had gathered the heaven's prides to serve as her trials.
• Ren told Wang Bo to appear at the banquet, and Wang Bo questioned why he had to participate when the era was meant for Ruthless.

Ren sent Wang Bo to retrieve Duan De and the Firmament Ledger after they were caught scamming Heaven's Prides in God City, then had the Beginningless Emperor Bell beat them for their behavior. Later, a palace rose from a lake in God City's Northern Region, revealing Zi Shou, son of the Feathered Emperor and bearer of the Great Sun Body.

• Ren ordered Wang Bo to bring back Duan De and the Firmament Ledger, who had been using scams to swindle Heaven's Prides in God City.
• Wang Bo dispersed the pursuers' attacks, grabbed Duan De and the Firmament Ledger, and escaped as God City's flying restrictions made the pursuers fall and cough blood.
• Duan De and the Firmament Ledger defended their scams as a way to educate their victims, prompting Ren to summon the Beginningless Emperor Bell to beat them.
• A crowd gathered at a lake in God City's Northern Region as a lavish palace rose from the water and its music accompanied dancing young women.
• Zi Shou, son of the Feathered Emperor and bearer of the Great Sun Body, appeared at the heart of the palace's blazing light.

Zi Shou opened the Heaven's Pride Banquet to anyone who could cross the Heaven's Chosen Ladder, while Ao Chen broke through the palace restrictions by transforming into a Golden Dragon. Ren agreed to let Duan De and Wang Bo attend, then went to the shore with Beginningless Emperor Bell to see the banquet and Xiao Nannan's arrival.

• Zi Shou summoned the Heaven's Chosen Ladder and announced that crossing it would qualify anyone to attend the banquet.
• Many heavenly prodigies crossed the ladder, while others fell into the lake under its pressure and tests of will.
• Ao Chen transformed into a Golden Dragon and broke through the Great Emperor's restrictions to enter the palace directly.
• Ren allowed Duan De and Wang Bo to go to the banquet, and they left the courtyard together.
• Beginningless Emperor Bell warned Ren that the gathering of powerful prodigies might put Zi Xuan at risk, so Ren decided to go watch the banquet.
• Ren transformed into a youth and arrived at the shore, where prodigies were still trying to force their way into the palace.

Ren met Zi Xuan as she hesitated over how to reach the palace, while the Heaven’s Pride Banquet drew increasingly formidable entrants. After Heavenly Emperor’s Son and Ao Chen arrived, a newcomer who claimed descent from Emperor Zun entered the palace and challenged Heavenly Emperor’s Son’s status.

• Ren approached Zi Xuan and offered to help her choose a route to the palace, and she recognized him by the Emperor Bell at his waist.
• Heavenly Emperor’s Son arrived in a carriage pulled by Flood Dragons, dismissed the other heaven’s chosen, and broke through the palace restriction with one punch.
• Zi Shou welcomed Heavenly Emperor’s Son, while Ao Chen recognized his legendary lineage and exchanged words with him.
• A voice outside claimed that Emperor Zun ruled the Ancient Heavenly Court and that the Immortal Heavenly Emperor had once served under him, prompting Ren to suspect Duan De was causing trouble.
• A powerful man shattered the restriction, entered the palace, and asked Heavenly Emperor’s Son whether he was the Immortal Heavenly Emperor’s eldest son.

At the Heaven's Pride Banquet, Duan De posed as Emperor Zun's son and revealed that the Immortal Heavenly Emperor had a second son, provoking the Heavenly Emperor's Son. A Fighting Saint Ape joined the confrontation, and Ruthless appeared as Ren searched for her.

• Duan De, disguised as Emperor Zun's son, challenged the Heavenly Emperor's Son to pay respects to his father.
• Duan De claimed the Heavenly Emperor's Son had a younger brother protected by five Creation Spring Eyes and the Immortal Heavenly Blade.
• The Heavenly Emperor's Son questioned Duan De's identity and refused to believe his claims.
• A Fighting Saint Ape broke through the palace's Emperor's Restriction and challenged the Heavenly Emperor's Son to fight.
• Ren searched for Ruthless as tensions rose at the banquet, and Ruthless appeared above a distant river.

Ruthless arrived at the Heaven’s Pride Banquet, broke through its restriction, and challenged the Heaven’s Prides who had gathered to plot against her and steal her cultivation method. Her public challenge shamed them into silence, while Duan De, Heavenly Emperor’s Son, and Ao Chen voiced support for honorable one-on-one fights; the crowd then erupted over Ao Chen’s insult to the Human Race.

• Ruthless broke through the banquet’s restriction with Nine Secrets: Dou and entered the palace.
• Ruthless asked whether she qualified as a Heaven’s Pride, and Zi Shou confirmed that she could attend the banquet.
• Ruthless revealed that the gathering was meant to target her and steal her technique, then invited the Heaven’s Prides to challenge her by any means after the banquet.
• Onlookers criticized the Heaven’s Prides for plotting against Ruthless, making the crowd’s sympathy for her grow and leaving her opponents ashamed.
• Duan De, Heavenly Emperor’s Son, and Ao Chen praised honorable challenges and condemned calling elders or forming alliances; Ao Chen’s criticism of the Human Race provoked angry protests from the crowd.

At the Heaven's Pride Banquet, public outrage over Ao Chen’s attack on the Human Race kept the Heaven's Prides from ganging up on Ruthless, and Wang Bo revealed his Innate Chaos Body. Duan De, posing as Emperor Zun’s son, challenged Wang Bo and then dismissed the other Heaven's Prides as unworthy opponents.

• Humans across God City condemned Ao Chen, and the Heaven's Prides abandoned their plan to attack Ruthless together.
• Ren watched Ruthless use public opinion to buy time, while she searched the crowd for him.
• A man surrounded by Chaos Qi entered, and Duan De identified Wang Bo as the bearer of an Innate Chaos Body.
• Duan De challenged Wang Bo, who answered that he would be invincible on the Emperor Road; the Heavenly Emperor's Son, Ao Chen, and the Fighting Saint Ape also declared themselves worthy rivals.
• Ruthless watched Duan De closely, while the surrounding Heaven's Prides cheered the Human Race's prospects.
• Duan De dismissed the other Heaven's Prides as unworthy and demanded that they pass an Emperor's Restriction before claiming him as an opponent.

Ren entered the Heaven's Pride Banquet by breaking the Emperor's Restriction, then warned Duan De that Emperor Zun was alive and might have surviving retainers. The Forbidden Zone Supremes learned of the possibility and pressured the healing Feathered Emperor to investigate.

• Heaven's Chosen and Zi Shou renewed their attempts to break through the Emperor's Restriction after Duan De stirred up the banquet.
• Ren carried Zi Xuan into the palace by blasting apart the restriction, astonishing the assembled guests.
• Duan De recognized Ren, and Ren warned him that Emperor Zun was still alive and might seek revenge for the impersonation.
• Duan De privately complained to the Sky Ranking, which admitted it knew little about Emperor Zun's surviving subordinates.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes debated whether Emperor Zun could still be alive and urged the Feathered Emperor to question Duan De and Ren.
• The Feathered Emperor resisted, but the Supremes offered him healing treasures and an Emperor Scripture to persuade him.

The Feathered Emperor disguised himself as Tian Yu and entered the Heaven's Pride Banquet, where Ren introduced himself as Wushi with the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo. Duan De explained the legendary physique's power, leaving the prodigies and the Forbidden Zone Supremes pondering its significance.

• The Feathered Emperor concealed his identity, broke through his restriction, and entered the banquet as Tian Yu.
• Ren recognized the Feathered Emperor, while the Beginningless Emperor Bell questioned whether he had learned something.
• Tian Yu introduced himself as a cultivator with the Heavenly Phoenix Body from the Central Plains.
• Ren claimed the name Wushi and said he had the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, startling Duan De.
• Duan De described the Chaos Body, Reincarnation Body, and Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, prompting the Feathered Emperor and the Forbidden Zone Supremes to ponder them.

At the Heaven's Pride Banquet, Duan De recounted Emperor Zun's history and claimed that the Immortal Heavenly Emperor had once served him, provoking the Heavenly Emperor's Son. The Immortal Heavenly Emperor then appeared, and his son and the ancient beings recognized him.

• The Feathered Emperor shared Enlightenment Tea with Ren and the other guests who had passed the restriction.
• The Feathered Emperor asked Duan De about Emperor Zun, and Duan De described the ancient Heavenly Court and Underworld.
• Surviving Heavenly Venerables confirmed Duan De's account, making the Feathered Emperor consider that Emperor Zun might still be alive.
• Duan De said the Immortal Heavenly Emperor had served Emperor Zun and described his Phoenix origin and Nirvana ability, enraging the Heavenly Emperor's Son.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor appeared at the banquet, and the Heavenly Emperor's Son knelt to greet him as the ancient beings paid their respects.

Ren confronted the Immortal Heavenly Emperor at the Heaven's Pride Banquet, where the Emperor revealed that Ren had defeated him and helped him complete Nirvana. The Feathered Emperor learned Ren had commanded the All-Heaven Stars, but Ren refused to reveal who he was.

• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor appeared at the banquet, praised Duan De, and stopped his son from attacking him.
• Ren swept the Heavenly Emperor's Son aside when he charged Duan De, and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor caught his son and warned him not to act rashly.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor recognized Ren as the person who had driven him off and explained that Ren had spared his son and enabled his perfect Nirvana.
• Supremes in the Forbidden Zones speculated about the Immortal Heavenly Emperor's return, Duan De's identity, and Ren's power.
• The Feathered Emperor asked Ren whether he had commanded the All-Heaven Stars, and Ren confirmed it while refusing to disclose his identity.

Ren sent Ruthless, Zi Xuan, Wang Bo, and the Firmament Ledger away, then took Duan De to meet the resurrected Emperor Zun. The Immortal Heavenly Emperor and Feathered Emperor followed, leaving the Heaven's Prides behind as the powerful figures vanished into the void.

• Ren sent Ruthless and Zi Xuan home inside the Beginningless Emperor Bell, then ordered Wang Bo to take the Firmament Ledger to God City.
• Ren told Duan De that Emperor Zun was real and teased him about having called Emperor Zun his father.
• Ren questioned the Immortal Heavenly Emperor about Emperor Zun restoring his strength, and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor explained that Emperor Zun had asked him to find whoever commanded the All-Heaven Stars.
• Emperor Zun's overwhelming aura shook the Big Dipper and injured the Feathered Emperor, while Ren took Duan De to meet him.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor left with his son to seek answers, and the Feathered Emperor entrusted Zi Shou with the Yuhua Divine Dynasty's resources before following them.

Ren confronted Emperor Zun at the edge of Chaos and learned that he wanted Ren's help to forge the entire world into a World Cauldron. Emperor Zun's proposal enraged the Forbidden Zone Supremes, who prepared to oppose his plan.

• Ren shattered the Chaos with a punch, and Emperor Zun emerged to confront him.
• Ren and Emperor Zun exchanged blows, then faced each other as Ren questioned Emperor Zun's motives.
• Emperor Zun proposed using Ren's Astral Formation, the stars, and all living beings to forge the World Cauldron and enter the Immortal Domain.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor and Feathered Emperor condemned Emperor Zun's plan to sacrifice all living beings.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes reacted with fury and resolved not to let Emperor Zun destroy the world.

Ren rejected Emperor Zun’s offer to help forge the World Cauldron, and they fought to decide who would rule the Immortal Domain. Their battle exposed a passage to the Immortal Domain, stirring the hopes of the watching Supremes.

• Ren called Emperor Zun’s promised reward empty and challenged him to settle their dispute in battle.
• Emperor Zun attacked Ren with a supreme fist technique, and Ren answered with Killing Dao Reincarnation.
• Ren and Emperor Zun exchanged blows through Chaos, combining their powers and Dao insights in an escalating fight.
• Their punches shattered Chaos and revealed a strange world that the Immortal Heavenly Emperor identified as a passage to the Immortal Domain.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor sensed a new realm, while Feathered Emperor and the Forbidden Zone Supremes reacted eagerly to the Immortal Qi.

Ren and Emperor Zun’s battle shook the universe, while scores of Supremes underwent Ultimate Sublimation and gathered to absorb energy. Their clash briefly revealed an illusory Immortal Domain, raising the Immortal Heavenly Emperor’s hopes of returning home before the passage vanished.

• Supremes across the universe underwent Ultimate Sublimation, and nearly a hundred gathered near the Feathered Emperor to absorb Undying Substance.
• Ren attacked Emperor Zun with Emperor Reincarnation Fist, manifesting a vast Six Paths Reincarnation.
• Emperor Zun summoned the Immortal Gate, and its immortal light collided with Ren’s Reincarnation, shaking the universe and damaging stars.
• The clash exposed a vague, distorted world, and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor recognized it as the Immortal Domain and rushed toward it with the Immortal Heavenly Blade and stone egg.
• The illusory passage vanished before the Immortal Heavenly Emperor could return, leaving him despondent.

Ren fought Emperor Zun in Chaos, using the Grass-Character Sword Art to overwhelm him and uncovering his ambition to surpass the Desolate Emperor by refining the world. The two clashed again as the universe’s Great Emperors worked to shield it from their battle.

• Ren used the Grass-Character Sword Art against Emperor Zun, whose Thunder Tribulation Method clashed with its sword light and sent him flying.
• Nearly a hundred Great Emperors absorbed the Undying Substance and joined forces to protect the universe from the battle’s aftershocks.
• Emperor Zun realized Ren was from the future and demanded to know who he was; Ren said he had traveled through the Time River.
• Emperor Zun declared his intent to surpass the Desolate Emperor, while Ren told him that refining the World Cauldron had led his Dao astray.
• Emperor Zun insisted he would refine the world and become an Immortal Emperor, then attacked with a fist of creation and destruction as Ren struck back with his sword.

Ren awakened Duan De’s past lives so he could hold off the Immortal Heavenly Emperor while Ren fought Emperor Zun and sought to bind him with the Sky Ranking. Emperor Zun summoned the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, bringing its scattered bronze fragments together in Chaos.

• Ren sent a Reincarnation Emperor Seal into Duan De, awakening his previous lives and restoring his Great Emperor cultivation.
• Duan De recognized his former disciple Emperor Zun but agreed to fight the Immortal Heavenly Emperor so Ren could face Emperor Zun alone.
• Ren explained that he wanted to bind Emperor Zun with the Sky Ranking and bring him to the Primordial World rather than kill him.
• Emperor Zun urged the Immortal Heavenly Emperor and the awakened Supremes to join him, but they stayed back as Ren warned them they could not survive the battle.
• Emperor Zun summoned the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, drawing its bronze fragments from across the universe and assembling the cracked cauldron in Chaos.

Ren fought Emperor Zun in Chaos as Emperor Zun wielded the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, and the battle escalated when Ren summoned the Sky Ranking. Their weapons collided, leaving Chaos trembling and the Sky Ranking’s Artifact Spirit wailing.

• Emperor Zun summoned the reassembled Immortal Ascension Cauldron and attacked Ren with it.
• Ren countered the cauldron’s suppression with his Ziwei Emperor Fist, cracking the damaged Immortal Artifact.
• Emperor Zun formed a Heavenly Emperor Dharma Manifestation and used it to wield the cauldron against Ren.
• Ren summoned the Sky Ranking from the Big Dipper and clashed with Emperor Zun amid the Supremes’ efforts to block the battle’s aftershocks.
• Emperor Zun unleashed the cauldron’s Flying Immortal Art, and Ren threw the Sky Ranking at it, causing the weapons to collide and the Artifact Spirit to cry out in pain.