Chapter Summaries

Ren transferred the people of Ziwei to the Big Dipper, burned the Violet Myrtle Star down to a pearl containing its Ziwei Origin, and headed for the Big Dipper. The Forbidden Zone Supremes were left terrified by his power, with some considering hiding from him.

• Ren ignited the Violet Myrtle Star with Emperor Flame, reducing it to a basketball-sized sphere.
• Ren drew the Ziwei Dragon Qi into the sphere, refining it into a fist-sized pearl containing the star's Origin.
• Ren planned to use the Ziwei Origin to strengthen the Violet Myrtle Star in the Primordial World and weaken Dijun's control over it.
• Ren put away the pearl and walked toward the Big Dipper as Ye Fan and the others followed in stunned silence.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes feared Ren's strength, and Supremes in Immortal Mountain discussed hiding from him.

Ren returned to the Big Dipper, learned that cracks from the collapsing Strange World had empowered both young cultivators and Forbidden Zone Supremes, and went to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone to find what Ruthless had left for him. There he reunited with Duan De and discovered that Duan De had reached his ninth life and was nearing Red Dust Immortalhood.

• The Heavenly Emperor's Son and Jiang Ziya told Ren that the Strange World's collapse had caused spatial cracks, which had produced new Heaven's Prides and strengthened the Forbidden Zone Supremes.
• Ren sealed the spatial rifts and sent Ye Fan and Jiang Ziya to summon the Black Emperor, Duan De, and Taixu, while he took the Heavenly Emperor's Son and Little Immortal Phoenix to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone.
• Old Bull welcomed Ren and explained that Ruthless had hidden a precious secret in the forbidden zone and ordered him to guard it.
• Duan De and the Black Emperor arrived, and Ren learned that Duan De had formed eight Reincarnation Marks and entered his ninth life.
• Ren praised Duan De's progress and said they would soon meet often and recover their memories of the past.

Ren and his companions found Zi Xuan sealed in Divine Source at the Ruthless Emperor’s hidden dojo, and Duan De’s recovered clues and Heavenly Emperor’s Son’s testimony linked her to Ren and Emperor Wu Shi. Ren was left wondering whether Wu Shi could truly be his son, though he could not understand how it could have happened.

• Ren led Old Bull and the others to the dojo he had built for the young Ruthless Emperor, where they found Zi Xuan sealed in Divine Source.
• Old Bull and the Black Emperor recognized Zi Xuan as the Ruthless Emperor’s mother, while Duan De recalled legends tying her to the Divine Water Sect and Emperor Wu Shi.
• Old Bull remembered the Ruthless Emperor protecting pregnant Zi Xuan with the help of six Great Accomplished Sacred Bodies.
• Heavenly Emperor’s Son confirmed that Zi Xuan had known Ren and that Ren was the legendary expert described in Duan De’s account.
• Heavenly Emperor’s Son suggested that Ren might be Emperor Wu Shi’s father, leaving Ren bewildered and doubtful.

Ren awakened Zi Xuan, who revealed that she had conceived and given birth to his son, Emperor Wu Shi, using Ren’s essence blood. As Zi Xuan recounted their son’s extraordinary path to becoming a Great Emperor, Ren and the others struggled to absorb the revelation.

• Ren asked the Beginningless Emperor Bell to explain the confusion, and it confirmed that he had traveled to the Archaic Era and guided Ruthless.
• Ren opened Zi Xuan’s Divine Source and awakened her, and she rushed into his arms, saying she had waited for him and that Feng'er had searched for him too.
• The Black Emperor and Duan De realized that Ren was Emperor Wu Shi’s father and reacted with disbelief and teasing.
• Zi Xuan explained that she had accidentally absorbed Ren’s essence blood while cultivating, conceived their child, and received protection from Ruthless.
• Zi Xuan told Ren that their son repeatedly rebuilt his cultivation, mastered ninety-nine Emperor Scriptures, and ultimately became Emperor Wu Shi.

Ren learned that Zi Xuan had nearly died after giving birth to Wushi because the child drained her life force and damaged her Origin. He restored her life force with Creation Divine Water, then burned the corpses of Nangong Qi and Nangong Yin to reveal their original forms.

• Ren saw Zi Xuan aging and learned that bearing Wushi had depleted her life force and damaged her Origin.
• Ren used Chaos Water to create Creation Divine Water and began replenishing Zi Xuan's life force.
• Ren summoned the corpses of Nangong Qi and Nangong Yin, whose aura overwhelmed those nearby.
• Ren engulfed the corpses in Emperor Flame, causing them to revert to an Ancient Qin and a jade-like chessboard.
• The Qin and chessboard radiated Dao Rhyme, bringing the Heavenly Emperor's Son and the others into sudden enlightenment.

Ren used the Ancient Qin's Origin to restore Zi Xuan and learned that Emperor Wu Shi was his son. In the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, Black Emperor stayed quiet around Zi Xuan while Duan De and Jiang Ziya studied the chessboard and entered enlightenment.

• Ren extracted the Ancient Qin's Origin and merged it into Zi Xuan, restoring her and greatly increasing her strength.
• Zi Xuan confirmed that Ren was Emperor Wu Shi's father and asked Black Emperor where Wu Shi was.
• Black Emperor and Duan De wrestled and traded insults until Zi Xuan's presence made Black Emperor behave quietly.
• Duan De studied Nangong Qi's chessboard and gained insights that improved his Feng Shui skills.
• Jiang Ziya and the others studied the chessboard's Dao Rhyme and entered states of enlightenment.

Ren set aside Zi Xuan’s wish to find Wushi and went to the depths of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone to reforge the Desolate Pagoda into a tool for cultivating experts. As the chapter ended, the Desolate Pagoda had been transformed with powerful materials, formations, and thirty-three newly formed worlds.

• Ren told Zi Xuan he was not ready to face Wushi, and she agreed to wait despite Wushi’s resentment toward him.
• Ren took Zi Xuan’s hand and went to the depths of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, where he summoned the Desolate Pagoda.
• Ren explained that he wanted to modify the Desolate Pagoda so it could help cultivate experts.
• Ren used Emperor Flame, Black-Yellow Qi, formations, and other materials to reforge the Desolate Pagoda.
• Ren carved thirty-three small worlds into the Desolate Pagoda and filled them with formations, resources, and living beings.
• The Desolate Pagoda felt its strength increase and thanked Ren for transforming it.

Ren reforged the Desolate Pagoda into a cultivation trial with thirty-three worlds, abundant resources, and a thousand years inside for every year outside. Ye Fan and three companions entered to face its challenges, while Ren promised a special opportunity to whoever emerged first.

• Ren explained that the reforged Desolate Pagoda contained worlds, cultivation resources, and creatures for trials, and agreed that it should host Heaven's Prides from across the universe.
• Jiang Taixu praised Ren's chessboard for helping him comprehend Battle Intent, but Ren postponed discussing it and awakened Ye Fan and the others.
• Ren announced that the Desolate Pagoda held thirty-three worlds, each as large as the Big Dipper, and warned that challengers would face monsters and powerful guardians.
• Heavenly Emperor's Son, Ye Fan, Little Immortal Phoenix, and Jiang Ziya entered the Desolate Pagoda after Ren promised a special opportunity to the first person to emerge from all thirty-three worlds.
• Ren watched the four disappear and wondered whether Ye Fan could still become Heavenly Emperor Ye, while Jiang Taixu said he hoped to enter once he recovered as a Battle Immortal.

Ren learned that the Desolate Pagoda had been capturing talented cultivators and powerful elders across the universe to challenge Ye Fan and the other contenders. The Black Emperor explained that the Pagoda repeatedly weakened the contenders as they advanced through its worlds, forcing them to cultivate anew and fight under increasingly brutal conditions.

• Ren completed much of his cultivation in the Music Dao and Chess Dao, repairing flaws caused by Reincarnation Enlightenment.
• The Black Emperor told Ren that the Desolate Pagoda had captured most of the universe's Heaven's Pride and was now targeting powerful elders, including Quasi-Emperors.
• Ren worried that Ye Fan and the others had grown too strong for Quasi-Emperors to challenge them.
• The Black Emperor explained that the Desolate Pagoda reduced cultivators' strength at each new world, eventually making them start over from scratch.
• The Black Emperor said the brutal trials had helped Ye Fan and the others grow tremendously.

Ren reassured Zi Xuan that Ye Fan and the others would survive the Desolate Pagoda’s brutal trials, while Black Emperor and Duan De fought over who had devised them. As Ren continued tempering his body and the pagoda captured more powerful figures, a golden streak descended into the Forbidden Zone and revealed a burly man.

• Zi Xuan became alarmed when she learned Ye Fan and the others had died repeatedly, and Ren explained that the Desolate Pagoda could preserve and revive them.
• Black Emperor denied inventing the pagoda’s cruel trials, but Duan De accused him of leaving instructions for them and the two began fighting.
• Ren reassured Zi Xuan that Ye Fan would survive and said the trials could help him grow stronger, while Black Emperor claimed he had acted for Ye Fan’s benefit.
• Ren continued tempering his body in the Forbidden Zone as powerful figures vanished across the universe and the Desolate Pagoda captured more people.
• A golden streak descended into the Forbidden Zone, where a burly man spotted Black Emperor and Duan De fighting and teased them.

Ren learned that Old Bull had failed to find Three Lifetimes Coffin and discussed Wang Bo’s history as the mysterious Chaos Great Emperor with Jiang Taixu. As Jiang Taixu refined his Battle Intent through chess, he completed another transformation and prepared to pursue the nine lives needed to become a Battle Immortal.

• Old Bull returned to Ren without finding Three Lifetimes Coffin, and Ren told him to keep searching because Wang Bo might eventually bring it to him.
• Jiang Taixu recognized Wang Bo as Chaos Great Emperor and explained that later generations had obscured the emperor’s deeds after he sealed the Forbidden Zone Supremes instead of killing them.
• Ren concluded that Wang Bo had spared the Supremes because he knew Ren would want to subdue them, and he criticized the judgments people imposed on emperors.
• Jiang Taixu embraced his own path and refined his Battle Intent until it became pure, completing another transformation into a child.
• Jiang Taixu explained that three more transformations would complete his nine Battle Bodies and allow him to become a Battle Immortal, while Ren said his method would also aid him in the Primordial World.

Jiang Taixu asked to train in the Desolate Pagoda so he could finish tempering his Battle Body. Ren agreed to help the Desolate Pagoda populate its most dangerous floor with Forbidden Zone Supremes, then began his assault on Undying Mountain.

• Jiang Taixu asked Ren to summon the Desolate Pagoda so he could train through constant battles and complete his final three Battle Body conversions.
• The Desolate Pagoda proposed that Ren capture Forbidden Zone Supremes, erase their cultivation, and place them on its thirty-third floor as opponents for Jiang Taixu and other trainees.
• Ren agreed to the plan and set out to capture Supremes, starting with Undying Mountain.
• Ren's aura spread across the Big Dipper and provoked the Forbidden Zone Supremes.
• Ren arrived at Undying Mountain, where thirty-three Supreme auras confronted him and threatened to join forces against him.

Ren attacked the Undying Mountain to destroy it and confront its thirty-three Forbidden Zone Supremes. He crushed the Supremes’ weapons and overwhelmed their attacks, leaving them terrified as the battle escalated.

• Ren sensed thirty-three Supremes inside the Undying Mountain, tore through its formation, and entered despite their warnings.
• Ren caught and shattered a Supreme’s longsword, then smashed a spear-wielding Supreme’s head and sent his body and Primordial Spirit to the Desolate Pagoda.
• Ren tore apart the sword-wielding Supreme and sent much of his Primordial Spirit to the Desolate Pagoda.
• Thirty Supremes joined the others in unleashing forbidden techniques at Ren, but he emerged unharmed.
• Ren shouted for the Supremes to be killed as they succumbed to fear.

Ren drove the Forbidden Zone Supremes into Ultimate Sublimation and fought them across the universe, causing catastrophic destruction while slaughtering their ranks. He pursued the last survivors into the Primordial Ancient Mine, where an aged voice ordered him to stop.

• Ren rejected the Supremes’ warnings and declared that the universe’s destruction would help him keep only the strong.
• Ren shouted for the Supremes to be killed, forcing them to undergo Ultimate Sublimation and unleash their Great Emperor auras.
• Ren’s battle with the Supremes destroyed planets and Star Domains and killed countless people.
• Ren used Reincarnation Fist to kill many Supremes and wiped out all but three in the Undying Mountain.
• The three surviving Supremes fled to the Primordial Ancient Mine, where Ren killed one and chased the other two inside.
• An aged voice from the Primordial Ancient Mine told Ren to stop killing and asked whether he intended to destroy the mine as well.

Ren confronted the Forbidden Zone Supremes and revealed that their rise had depended on power from the Strange World, then faced more than six hundred of them in a battle that devastated the universe. As Ren began slaughtering the Supremes, countless planets and their inhabitants were caught in the destruction.

• Ren tore apart the Primordial Ancient Mine’s formation and told the Supremes that he had no reason to compromise with them.
• Ren seized and crushed a Supreme who denied his account of the earlier Forbidden Zone Supremes, then sent the Supreme’s Primordial Spirit into the Desolate Pagoda.
• Ren told the Supremes that the Immortal Ascension Road was real but could only carry a few people, prompting them to attack him.
• More than six hundred Supremes emerged from the Forbidden Zones and underwent Ultimate Sublimation; the Desolate Pagoda explained that many had gained power from the Strange World.
• Ren unleashed his aura and used Sky Fist to crush Supremes as their combined attacks failed to stop him.
• The battle destroyed star fields and planets, killing countless beings across the universe.

Ren fought several hundred Forbidden Zone Supremes and used his Shrouding the Heavens Fist to destroy their combined attack, devastating much of the universe and killing nearly ninety percent of its inhabitants. As the Desolate Pagoda rescued survivors and regretted urging Ren into battle, more than sixty powerful Supremes remained before him.

• The Desolate Pagoda collected the fallen Supremes, rescued survivors, and turned the dead into vitality while Ren continued fighting.
• Several hundred Forbidden Zone Supremes united the Nine Secrets and unleashed the Great Annihilation Technique at Ren.
• Ren answered with his Shrouding the Heavens Fist, broke through their attack, and killed many Supremes as the shockwaves destroyed stars and ancient paths.
• The devastation destroyed nearly eighty percent of the universe's starfields and killed nearly ninety percent of its living beings, prompting the Desolate Pagoda to regret urging Ren to hunt the Supremes.
• Ren crushed another Supreme beneath his foot and faced the more than sixty battered Supremes who remained.

The Azure Emperor emerged from seclusion as Ren slaughtered the fleeing Forbidden Zone Supremes, but he could not persuade Ren to stop. When the Supremes threatened the Big Dipper, Ren attacked, only for a mysterious newcomer to block his strike, whom Ren recognized as the Wushi Great Emperor.

• The Azure Emperor emerged from Chaos and found Ren battling the fleeing Forbidden Zone Supremes in a shattered universe.
• The Supremes appealed to the Azure Emperor to stop Ren, but Ren crushed several of them with Chaos Qi.
• Ren told the Azure Emperor he could restore the universe using the Supremes' life force and vital essence.
• A Supreme threatened to self-destruct on the Big Dipper, and Ren answered with a massive palm strike against the Supremes.
• A purple-gold palm struck Ren's attack from a spatial rift, and Ren recognized the figure descending from it as the Wushi Great Emperor.

Ren reunited with his son Wushi as the Immortal Heavenly Emperor and Azure Emperor worked to repair the shattered universe using Forbidden Zone Supremes as sacrifices. Duan De comprehended reincarnation and became a Red Dust Immortal, while Ren and Wushi awkwardly acknowledged their relationship.

• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor asked Ren to spare the Forbidden Zone Supremes so they could be sacrificed to repair the universe, and the Azure Emperor bound them with his Azure Lotus.
• A Supreme threatened to destroy the Big Dipper, but Ren and Wushi struck him simultaneously and crushed him between their fists.
• Duan De emerged from the Big Dipper after comprehending reincarnation, recovered the memories of his nine lives, and reached Nine-Nine Return to One.
• Duan De thanked Ren and Wushi for helping him through his past lives, then crushed several escaped Supremes who intended to destroy the Big Dipper.
• Ren and Wushi recognized their blood connection as father and son, but after silently facing one another, they could only exchange awkward praise.

Ren reunited with Wushi, Zi Xuan, and the Black Emperor while preparing to repair the shattered universe. Wang Bo arrived with Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin and offered its Minor Immortal Domain, but Ren refused and began repairing the universe with Emperor Flame.

• Duan De released Zi Xuan and the Black Emperor, who reunited with Ren and Wushi.
• Zi Xuan recognized Wushi as her son, and Ren returned the enhanced Emperor Bell to Wushi.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor and Wushi prepared to merge the shattered Strange World with the damaged universe, while Duan De warned that the result might remain broken.
• Wang Bo arrived from Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin and proposed using its Minor Immortal Domain to restore and strengthen the universe.
• Ren refused to sacrifice the Minor Immortal Domain and ordered the Immortal Heavenly Emperor to wait for his signal before releasing the Strange World.
• Ren ignited Emperor Flame throughout the shattered universe and took control of the imprisoned Forbidden Zone Supremes.

Ren used the Emperor Flame to burn the Forbidden Zone Supremes and the Strange World, turning their energy and other materials into fuel to repair the shattered universe. The largest rifts remained, and the Black Emperor and Duan De eyed the treasures Ren had released.

• Ren threw the Forbidden Zone Supremes into the Emperor Flame, using their vital essence to mend cracks in the universe.
• Ren told the Immortal Heavenly Emperor to release the Strange World, and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor and Emperor Wu Shi unveiled it.
• The Emperor Flame engulfed the ruined Strange World, and its energy began repairing the universe.
• Ren fed more Forbidden Zone Supremes to the flames as fuel, accelerating the Strange World's burning.
• Ren sent palaces, towers, corpses, and other materials into the universe to supply it with energy.
• The Black Emperor and Duan De spotted the released treasures and reacted with greed and interest.