Arc 1The Second Lifetime

Li Ming crushed the Dark Supremes who had targeted him, returned to Ziwei Star, and pursued a new path through the secrets of the Heavenly Venerables. After attaining a flawless Chaotic Body and beginning a Second Lifetime, he protected Ziwei Star and resumed his search for the True Dragon Elixir.

  • Li Ming completed his transformation into a Chaotic Body, defeated the Dark Supremes at the Reincarnation Sea, and took the title Demon Venerable.
  • Li Ming defeated the old ghost, claimed the Bronze Immortal Hall, and used it to overcome the Divine Ruins and other Forbidden Zones.
  • Li Ming returned to Ziwei Star, passed down scriptures and weapons, and expounded the Dao for ten years.
  • Li Ming killed Longevity Heavenly Venerable, secured treasures from other Forbidden Zones, and searched the black ocean for a Crippled Immortal’s corpse.
  • Li Ming defeated Teng Snake and gained Nine Secrets: Zu and Lingbao Tianzun’s scriptures before transforming inside a Great Dao Cocoon into a flawless Chaotic Body.
  • Li Ming met Daode Tianzun, learned about Lingbao Tianzun and Tribulation Heavenly Venerable, and located Lingbao Tianzun’s hidden revival site.
  • Li Ming protected Ziwei Star by forging nine Extreme Dao Weapons, then found ruins linked to the Boundless Heavenly Venerable and sensed a possible trace of the True Dragon Elixir.
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Ch. 1Creation of the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art in the Age of Mythology

Li Ming, a transmigrator who created his own Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art, faced an unprecedented Enlightenment Tribulation in the Chaos Sea. He survived and attained Supreme enlightenment, but the awakened Dark Supremes recognized his potential and began eyeing him as prey.

  • Li Ming broke the Heaven and Earth Shackles and triggered a tribulation that alarmed powerful beings across the universe.
  • The chapter recounted how Li Ming rose from a Mortal Body by developing the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art, aided by a mysterious Bronze Mirror and treasures he obtained through grave-robbing.
  • Li Ming’s tribulation manifested countless powerful figures and beings, while his Heavenly Demonic Saber devoured lightning as he fought back.
  • Li Ming overcame the tribulation as the figures of vital essence returned to his body and forged it into Chaos.
  • The Dark Supremes debated whether Li Ming possessed a Chaotic Body and resolved to seize his origin, vital blood, and body.

Ch. 2Turning Carefree Heavenly Venerable into Carefree Boots

Li Ming attained Enlightenment as Supreme, merged with the Heavenly Heart Imprint, and defeated Carefree Heavenly Venerable when the Dark Supremes tried to seize him. He claimed the title Demon Venerable and withdrew into Chaos to stabilize his realm and grow stronger.

  • Li Ming completed his transformation into a Chaotic Body and merged with the Heavenly Heart Imprint as he attained Enlightenment as Supreme.
  • Dark Supremes sent avatars to attack Li Ming, but he shattered them and devoured their remains.
  • Carefree Heavenly Venerable emerged from the Reincarnation Sea, fought Li Ming, and died after Li Ming devoured his River of Time with the Bronze Mirror.
  • Li Ming made Carefree Heavenly Venerable's skin into Carefree Boots, fused his weapon into the Heavenly Demonic Saber, and obtained his scriptures and Nine Secrets: Xing.
  • Li Ming adopted the title Demon Venerable, then vanished into Chaos to cultivate while the surviving Dark Supremes feared his strength.

Ch. 3One Slash Annihilates Four Dark Supremes

Li Ming attacked the Reincarnation Sea to avenge its pursuit of him and claim it, fighting the Lord of Reincarnation, Thunder God, and two other Dark Supremes. He overwhelmed all four even after they underwent Extreme Sublimation, and his life-draining slash left them facing a dangerous new assault.

  • Li Ming arrived at the Reincarnation Sea, declared it his, and challenged its Dark Supremes over their past attempts to kill him and seize his origin and vital blood.
  • The Lord of Reincarnation, Thunder God, and two nameless Dark Supremes emerged, destroying their planet and devouring its billions of inhabitants.
  • Thunder God attacked first, but Li Ming overwhelmed him and sent him exploding apart before injuring the other three with a single palm strike.
  • The four Dark Supremes underwent Extreme Sublimation and fought together, but Li Ming outpaced them and focused his attacks on the Lord of Reincarnation, shattering his armor and badly injuring him.
  • The Lord of Reincarnation invoked the Reincarnation Sea and charged Li Ming, while Thunder God and the other Supremes tried to protect him.
  • Li Ming unleashed Flying Immortal Power and slashed at the four Dark Supremes, draining much of their life force and making the surrounding world wither.

Ch. 4Transformation Character Secret

Li Ming used the Transformation Character Secret to defeat and kill four Dark Supremes, then claimed their weapons and treasures. He marked the Reincarnation Sea as his territory and considered seeking Emperor Zun’s Saint Spirit Transformation Method, while weighing the risks of becoming a Sacred Spirit.

  • Li Ming unleashed the Transformation Character Secret and killed two Dark Supremes, forcing the Lord of Reincarnation and Thunder God to flee into the Chaos Sea.
  • Thunder God became a vast storm of lightning after his body was destroyed, but Li Ming swallowed the Thunder Sea and then killed the Lord of Reincarnation.
  • Li Ming’s Heavenly Demonic Saber devoured the Dark Supremes’ remains and weapons, including a ruler forged from Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold and a pagoda made of Divine Marked Purple Gold.
  • Li Ming reached the Reincarnation Sea, marked it as his territory, and searched for the Humanoid Immortal Medicine.
  • Li Ming speculated that Emperor Zun had used a Saint Spirit transformation to live new Lifetimes and considered seeking the method for himself, while planning around the Undying Heavenly Emperor.

Ch. 5Seizing Reincarnation Sea, Kicking Divine Ruins

Li Ming seized Reincarnation Sea, devoured its Forbidden Zone Heirs, and spent over a thousand years exploring and cultivating among its treasures. Seeking Immortal Medicine before returning to Ziwei Star, he went to Divine Ruins and demanded ten Flat Peaches from the Lord of the Divine Ruins, provoking the hidden Supremes.

  • Li Ming swallowed the Ancient Giant and more than thirty Forbidden Zone Heirs, then explored Reincarnation Sea’s Primordial Life Stones, Divine Spring Water Vein, and ancient palace.
  • Li Ming found an Immortal Spirit skeleton and a Supreme-level Yin Spirit old ghost in the palace, fed both to the Heavenly Demonic Saber, and began cultivating at the oldest Dao Altars.
  • News spread that Li Ming had killed Reincarnation Sea’s Dark Supremes, and people hailed him as the Ninth Heavenly Venerable.
  • After more than a thousand years of cultivation, Li Ming decided to seek Immortal Medicine and return to Ziwei Star in search of the True Dragon Elixir.
  • Li Ming arrived at Divine Ruins and demanded ten Flat Peaches from the Lord of the Divine Ruins, threatening to uproot the Peach Tree and slaughter its hidden Supremes.
  • When the Lord of the Divine Ruins and other Supremes challenged him, Li Ming called them rats and stomped a Primordial Divine Mountain to pieces.

Ch. 6The Eleventh Dark Supreme Whose Strength Was Unfathomable

Li Ming confronted the ten Dark Supremes of the Divine Ruins, but an eleventh Supreme intervened and invited him inside to discuss matters. Within the caverns, Li Ming clashed verbally with two Supremes whose descendants he had killed and then studied the mysterious, powerful elder who had quelled them.

  • Li Ming erased the Divine Ruins Supremes’ attacks and absorbed six of their incarnations into Chaos, provoking the awakened Dark Supremes.
  • An eleventh Dark Supreme stopped the confrontation and invited Li Ming into the ancient caverns, where Li Ming accepted the invitation.
  • Li Ming discovered the Divine Ruins’ Immortal Sources, divine mountains, and sealed Dark Supremes, including two whose descendants he had devoured.
  • Two Dark Supremes accused Li Ming of killing their descendants, but an ancient Supreme defended him and ordered them to stand down.
  • The ancient Supreme introduced his unusual avatar, and Li Ming sensed that the mysterious elder posed a profound threat.

Ch. 7The Secret of the Chaotic Body

Li Ming visited the Divine Ruins, where an ancient Supreme offered him five Flat Peaches and two pieces of Immortal Source while urging him to join their alliance for the Road to Immortality. After leaving, Li Ming was ambushed by seven Dark Supremes who sought to seize his Chaos Origin and Chaotic Blood.

  • An ancient Supreme praised Li Ming’s Chaotic Body and urged him to cut himself down, join the Divine Ruins, and prepare for the Road to Immortality, but Li Ming refused to commit.
  • The ancient Supreme gave Li Ming five Flat Peaches and two pieces of Immortal Source, and Li Ming left the Divine Ruins with the treasures.
  • The Dark Supremes complained that Li Ming had refused their offer and revealed their desire to capture him and take his Chaos Origin.
  • Li Ming sensed hostile intent after leaving and headed toward the Chaos at the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland, where a Dark Supreme attacked him with a giant foot.
  • Seven Dark Supremes surrounded Li Ming with Lingbao Tianzun’s formation diagram and several Extreme Dao Weapons, revealing that they had waited for his Chaos Origin to mature before trying to kill him.

Ch. 8With One Hand, Annihilating Seven Great Supremes

Li Ming broke through Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram and defeated seven Dark Supremes, killing them with overwhelming force. After claiming their remains and having the Heavenly Demonic Saber devour their weapons, he set out to find Lingbao Tianzun and demand an explanation.

  • Li Ming used the Heavenly Demonic Saber and his black-hole-like powers to tear through Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram, breaking free despite seven Dark Supremes controlling it.
  • Li Ming killed the Red-Haired Supreme and another Dark Supreme, then fought the remaining five as they underwent Extreme Sublimation.
  • Li Ming used the Transformation Character Secret to kill the dough-like Supreme, the Gold-Eating Insect, and the White-Haired Supreme, while the remaining Dark Supreme died trying to destroy him through Dao Dissolution.
  • Li Ming gathered the Dark Supremes' remains, tortured their Weapon Deities for secret arts and scriptures, and let the Heavenly Demonic Saber devour the spoils.
  • Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram fled, and Li Ming failed to locate it, so he planned to seek Lingbao Tianzun and demand an explanation, including the Nine Secrets: Zu.

Ch. 9The Bronze Immortal Hall?!

After killing seven Dark Supremes, Li Ming was ambushed by the ancient ghost from the Divine Ruins, who trapped him in a cage formed with the Bronze Immortal Hall and tried to take his Chaotic Body. The ghost’s black mist failed to consume Li Ming, and the chapter ended with the old monster horrified as Li Ming’s Immortal Ascension Light erased it.

  • Li Ming refined the seven Dark Supremes’ origins while the universe spread news of his victory and hailed him as the Demon Venerable.
  • The ancient ghost used the Bronze Immortal Hall to ambush Li Ming, then sealed him inside a cage of black mist and Grand Dao runes.
  • Li Ming recognized the attacker as the nameless old ghost from the Divine Ruins, who revealed that he was a Yin Spirit born in Netherworld Soil and had survived by possessing bodies.
  • The old ghost explained that he wanted Li Ming’s Chaotic Body to live a new lifetime, while Li Ming doubted his method and mocked his ambition.
  • The old ghost’s mist invaded Li Ming and suppressed his Immortal Ascension Light, but Li Ming dispelled it, leaving the ghost shocked.

Ch. 10The Trap

Li Ming killed the old ghost, absorbed his stolen origins, and entered the Bronze Immortal Hall to claim its treasures. Inside, he discovered the old ghost’s Great Dao Cocoon, but the cocoon awakened and linked with the hall, trapping Li Ming within it.

  • The Bronze Mirror’s power suppressed the old ghost’s nether arts, and Li Ming obliterated his Primordial Spirit after overcoming his attempt to possess Li Ming.
  • Li Ming refined and consumed the origins the old ghost had stolen from more than six thousand geniuses, increasing his strength.
  • Li Ming examined the Bronze Immortal Hall and entered it, dismantling its ancient formations and absorbing its Lunar Water and Solar True Fire.
  • Li Ming opened the Yin-Yang gateway with Chaos power and found a Great Dao Cocoon that was draining his divine power and vital essence.
  • Li Ming discovered that the cocoon contained the old ghost’s attempt to become the Bronze Immortal Hall’s weapon deity.
  • The Great Dao Cocoon linked with the Bronze Immortal Hall and trapped Li Ming inside as the hall’s Immortal Dao aura pressed down on him.

Ch. 11Refining the Bronze Immortal Hall

Li Ming killed the old ghost who had trapped him inside the Bronze Immortal Hall, then claimed the hall and spent many years refining it and studying its Immortal Dao Runes. His cultivation and Heavenly Demonic Saber advanced as he continued shaping his own path toward becoming a Red Dust Immortal.

  • The old ghost merged with the Bronze Immortal Hall and used its worlds, killing formations, and Immortal Dao Runes to attack Li Ming.
  • Li Ming resisted the hall's assaults and shattered the old ghost's attack, then used the Bronze Mirror to seal the hall's laws and reduce the old ghost to ash.
  • Li Ming erased the old ghost's lingering obsession, claimed the ownerless Bronze Immortal Hall, and began imprinting his Emperor Runes upon it.
  • Over many years, Li Ming cultivated inside the hall, imprinted its Immortal Dao Runes on himself, and deepened his understanding of his self-created Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art.
  • Li Ming nearly completed refining the Bronze Immortal Hall and strengthened the Heavenly Demonic Saber with Immortal Dao Runes, advancing it toward an Immortal Weapon.

Ch. 12The Divine Ruins Are Mine Now—Get Lost, All of You

Li Ming returned to the Divine Ruins Forbidden Zone to claim spoils from the Dark Supremes, overwhelming them with his newly developed Thunder God's Heavenly Art. He plundered half of their Immortal Source and moved to seize their Ancestral Dragon Vein, provoking all thirteen Dark Supremes into preparing to fight.

  • Li Ming traveled through Chaos to the Divine Ruins Forbidden Zone, cloaked in Chaos Thunder that other cultivators mistook for a Heavenly Tribulation.
  • The thirteen Dark Supremes awakened and confronted Li Ming, while the Lord of the Divine Ruins questioned why he had returned.
  • Li Ming accused the Divine Ruins of responsibility for the earlier attack on him and declared the Forbidden Zone his spoils of war.
  • Li Ming entered the ancient cavern and took half of the Immortal Source despite the Dark Supremes' protests.
  • Li Ming began to excavate the Divine Ruins' Ancestral Dragon Vein, and the thirteen Dark Supremes unleashed their power against him.
  • Li Ming summoned the Heavenly Demonic Saber and warned the Dark Supremes that they were courting death.

Ch. 13Now That I Haven't Spoken First, Which Bug Dares Make a Sound?

Li Ming forced the Dark Supremes of Divine Ruins to surrender treasures rather than lose their forbidden zone, then looted the former Lord’s palace and left with the Ancestral Dragon Vein untouched. He then attacked the other forbidden zones that had provoked him, killed eight Dark Supremes with the Bronze Immortal Hall, and left the remaining Supremes too afraid to answer his challenge.

  • The Lord of the Divine Ruins negotiated with Li Ming, who withdrew his hand from the Ancestral Dragon Vein in exchange for treasures from the Dark Supremes.
  • Li Ming collected Flat Peaches, Immortal Gold, and other treasures, then broke into the former Lord’s palace and took its Flat Peach Immortal Elixir, hoard, and Dao-prover corpses.
  • Li Ming departed Divine Ruins, and news of his victory spread throughout the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
  • Li Ming located and uprooted a forbidden zone whose Dark Supremes had attacked him, prompting six more Dark Supremes to join the fight.
  • Li Ming used the Bronze Immortal Hall to shatter three Dark Restricted Areas and killed all eight Dark Supremes in about a quarter of an hour.
  • The Heavenly Demonic Saber devoured the defeated Supremes and the ruins, while Li Ming declared that no other Dark Restricted Area dared respond.

Ch. 14The Pride of Ziwei Star: Venerable Ming!

After attaining enlightenment as a Supreme, Li Ming returned his thoughts to Ziwei Star, where people honored him as Venerable Ming despite his chosen title of Demon Venerable. He explored the Bronze Mirror and Faith Power, considered protecting Ziwei Star’s future lineages, and remained wary of the Dark Supremes waiting for his twilight years.

  • Li Ming reviewed what he had learned about the Age of Mythology and decided, with his affairs mostly settled, to return to Ziwei Star after more than ten thousand years away.
  • Ziwei Star’s people called Li Ming Venerable Ming or Ziwei Venerable, while Dark Supremes secretly vowed to target him when he grew old.
  • Li Ming sensed that the Bronze Mirror absorbed the Faith Power gathered after his battle and wondered about the mirror’s origins.
  • Li Ming considered establishing rules on Ziwei Star to protect the future descendants of the Solar Saint Emperor and Lunar Saint Emperor from persecution.
  • Li Ming studied Faith Power, sent some of it to the Bronze Mirror and the rest to the Heavenly Demonic Saber, then avoided using it himself.

Ch. 15Returning Home

Li Ming returned to Ziwei Star after more than ten thousand years, where his arrival transformed Sun-Moon Holy Land and delighted the people who revered him. He planned to establish his legacy by passing down the Thunder God's Heavenly Art, while keeping the dangerous Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art to himself.

  • Li Ming reflected on Ziwei Star's history and learned how his birth family and Old Zhang's descendants had founded Sun-Moon Holy Land and Ziwei Holy Land, which prospered through their ties to him.
  • Li Ming's return from the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland sent Ziwei Star's cultivators into celebration, and the Chaos Divine Bridge carried him to Sun-Moon Holy Land.
  • Li Ming's presence filled Sun-Moon Holy Land with divine power, helping cultivators break through bottlenecks and rejuvenating elderly practitioners.
  • Li Ming decided to pass down the Thunder God's Heavenly Art as his inheritance but not share the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art with ordinary cultivators.
  • Li Ming considered the world's declining cultivation conditions and resolved to pursue the path to becoming a Red Dust Immortal.

Ch. 16Lecture on the Dao

Li Ming returned to Ziwei Star and held a ten-year lecture on the Dao, explaining the Five Secret Realms and giving cultivators across the planet a chance to gain insight. After the lecture ended, the grateful listeners departed, while Li Ming had already vanished.

  • Li Ming considered the Red Dust Immortal Path, the condition of Lingbao Tianzun, and the dangers posed by Dark Supremes and Emperor Zun.
  • Li Ming returned to Ziwei Star, where cultivators from across the planet and beyond came to pay homage to him.
  • Li Ming announced that he would expound the Dao for ten years and welcomed everyone to listen.
  • Li Ming demonstrated the Five Secret Realms and explained the mysteries of the cultivation methods, helping many listeners gain insights and breakthroughs.
  • After ten years, Li Ming ended the lecture and disappeared, while the cultivators bowed in gratitude and gradually departed.

Ch. 17Thunder God's Hammer and Scepter

Li Ming strengthened the Sun-Moon Holy Land and Ziwei Holy Land by giving them scriptures and Extreme Dao Weapons before returning to seclusion in the Reincarnation Sea. Several thousand years later, his growing aura shook the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, alarming the Dark Supremes as he explored a path to longevity.

  • Li Ming gave Li Huayuan the Thunder God's Heavenly Art, the Nine Secrets: Zhe and Xing, and the complete Dao Scripture, then refined the Thunder God's Hammer for the Sun-Moon Holy Land.
  • Li Ming refined the Ziwei Scepter and gave it, along with the Dao Scripture, to Zhang Wen, the Holy Lord of Ziwei, before departing Ziwei Star.
  • Li Ming secluded himself in the Reincarnation Sea for several thousand years, and his aura grew increasingly powerful.
  • Li Ming absorbed the Chaos around his palace, unleashing a surge of Chaos and lightning that awakened Heavenly Venerable Weapons and alarmed beings throughout the world.
  • The Dark Supremes debated whether Li Ming was exploring longevity or preparing to challenge the Forbidden Zones, and some still planned to seize his Chaos Origin.

Ch. 18Longevity Heavenly Venerable: Damn, I Overdid It!

Li Ming’s provocation drew Longevity Heavenly Venerable out of the Immortal Mausoleum, where their first clash left the ancient Heavenly Venerable badly wounded. Longevity Heavenly Venerable then challenged Li Ming again, and Li Ming faced him in the starry sky as the Dark Supremes watched for a battle.

  • Longevity Heavenly Venerable awakened in the Immortal Mausoleum and struck Li Ming with the Longevity Immortal Sword, but Li Ming’s Chaos Thunder fist wounded him and cracked his sword.
  • Longevity Heavenly Venerable emerged from his shattered tomb and left the ruined Immortal Mausoleum as its Dark Supremes helped resist Li Ming’s Chaos Thunder.
  • Longevity Heavenly Venerable believed Extreme Sublimation would let him defeat Li Ming and became interested in capturing his Chaotic Body.
  • Li Ming considered the many Dark Restricted Areas and tried to locate the hidden Underworld, hoping to meet Tribulation Heavenly Venerable and investigate its Chaotic Body experiments.
  • Longevity Heavenly Venerable demanded an explanation from Li Ming, who crossed into the starry sky to confront him while the Dark Supremes watched.

Ch. 19Kill the Longevity Heavenly Venerable

Li Ming confronted the Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone and killed Longevity Heavenly Venerable after overwhelming him in battle. Having learned more about Nine Secrets: Zhe and acquired mysterious coordinates linked to a Crippled Immortal, Li Ming turned his cold gaze toward the remaining Dark Supremes.

  • Li Ming challenged Longevity Heavenly Venerable, then shattered his sword and carved a canyon through the Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone with the Heavenly Demonic Saber.
  • Longevity Heavenly Venerable entered Extreme Sublimation and followed Li Ming to the Mythical Battlefield, where Li Ming repeatedly broke his body while studying Nine Secrets: Zhe.
  • Li Ming unleashed Chaos Thunder and Flying Immortal Power, killing Longevity Heavenly Venerable as the Dark Supremes watched without intervening.
  • Li Ming absorbed Longevity Heavenly Venerable's Origin Essence Blood, devoured his corpse and weapons with the Heavenly Demonic Saber, and gained a deeper understanding of Nine Secrets: Zhe.
  • Li Ming recalled the coordinates Longevity Heavenly Venerable had revealed for a possible Crippled Immortal corpse, then looked toward the sleeping Dark Supremes in the Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone.

Ch. 20Dominating the Major Forbidden Zones

Li Ming forced the Immortal Mausoleum and Heaven Forbidden Zones to yield treasures, then returned to the Reincarnation Sea and added the recovered Immortal Gold to the Heavenly Demonic Saber. After bringing himself to peak condition, he set out to find the Crippled Immortal’s corpse mentioned by Longevity Heavenly Venerable.

  • Li Ming challenged the Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone and demanded an explanation for its Dark Supremes’ past attack on him.
  • The Immortal Mausoleum Dark Supremes gave Li Ming three chunks of Light Platinum, and he accepted their surrender.
  • Li Ming challenged the Heaven Forbidden Zone, whose Dark Supremes offered Immortal Gold and a ripe Qilin Divine Medicine fruit to buy their lives.
  • After Li Ming left, Dark Supremes secretly formed an alliance to devour his Chaotic Body, while cultivators across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands celebrated his victory and warned others not to provoke him.
  • Li Ming returned to the Reincarnation Sea, fused the Nine Immortal Metals into the Heavenly Demonic Saber, and set out to search for the Crippled Immortal’s corpse.

Ch. 21The True Immortal Teng Snake

Li Ming traveled to the black ocean to find the True Immortal’s remains and discovered a Teng Snake corpse awakening as a spirit. After the Bronze Immortal Hall helped him repel its attack, the Teng Snake recognized the Immortal Weapon and offered to take Li Ming to the Immortal Domain if he freed it.

  • Li Ming entered the black ocean, where a Quasi-Venerable warned him that the True Immortal’s resting place had become deadly after cultivators were devoured there.
  • Li Ming forced the Quasi-Venerable to guide him to the enormous corpse, which looked like a complete True Immortal’s remains rather than a Crippled Immortal’s.
  • The corpse began awakening as blood essence from countless living beings flowed into it, and Li Ming saw that Lingbao Tianzun’s formation had bound it in place.
  • The Teng Snake’s newly awakened spirit reached the level of an Ultimate Dao Supreme and attacked Li Ming, but the Bronze Immortal Hall blocked its blows and wounded it.
  • The Teng Snake recognized the Bronze Immortal Hall as an Immortal Weapon from the Immortal Domain and tried to persuade Li Ming to free it in exchange for passage to the Immortal Domain.

Ch. 22Lingbao Tianzun's Backup Plan

Li Ming confronted Teng Snake, a Supreme soul born from the corpse of a True Immortal, and discovered that Lingbao Tianzun had prepared a Salvation Scripture to suppress it. Teng Snake’s power dwindled under the scripture’s assault, and Li Ming prepared to finish him off and claim his remaining benefits.

  • Li Ming questioned Teng Snake about Lingbao Tianzun and learned that Teng Snake’s former self had been killed while Lingbao Tianzun tried to refine his corpse and live another lifetime.
  • Teng Snake used Immortal Dao runes to break free of the formation and snap the four Immortal Gold chains, while Li Ming studied Lingbao Tianzun’s arrangements.
  • Teng Snake threatened Li Ming, but the Du Ren Scripture imprinted in his body activated and the Bronze Lamp’s power began suppressing his Supreme Primordial Spirit.
  • Li Ming mocked Teng Snake and struck him with the Bronze Immortal Hall as the scripture weakened him and drove his aura below the Supreme realm.
  • Teng Snake cursed Lingbao Tianzun and died, and Li Ming decided to harvest him using the Bronze Mirror within his body.

Ch. 23Transforming into a Perfect Chaotic Body, Living a Second Lifetime

Li Ming killed Teng Snake when he ignited the Dao-Dissolving Fire to destroy Lingbao Tianzun’s chance at revival, then studied the Immortal Dao Runes on Teng Snake’s corpse. His study led him to transform into a flawless Chaotic Body and live a Second Lifetime, astonishing the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands with a record-breaking lifespan.

  • Teng Snake ignited the Dao-Dissolving Fire and attacked Li Ming, but the Bronze Mirror destroyed his Primordial Spirit and consumed the fire.
  • Li Ming entered Teng Snake’s corpse to study its Immortal Dao Runes, and the Weapon Deity gifted him Nine Secrets: Zu, Lingbao Tianzun’s scriptures, and the complete Salvation Scripture.
  • Li Ming remained inside the corpse for years, imprinting the runes until he entered a Great Dao Cocoon and began transforming into a Perfect Chaotic Body.
  • Li Ming emerged from the cocoon as a young man, having become a flawless Chaotic Body and lived a Second Lifetime at the age of twenty-six thousand.
  • Li Ming’s return shook the universe, and the Dark Supremes and other powerful beings were stunned that he had lived so long without slashing himself.

Ch. 24Daode Tianzun?!

Li Ming’s return as a Chaotic Heavenly Venerable stirred the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, and he met Daode Tianzun in a mysterious prison while seeking knowledge about longevity and Lingbao Tianzun. Daode Tianzun revealed that Lingbao Tianzun might still be transforming and that the first Heavenly Venerable, Tribulation Heavenly Venerable, might also return.

  • Li Ming chose to preserve his old body for a future experiment with Corpse Spirit Awakening and stored it in the Bronze Immortal Hall before taking it to the Reincarnation Sea.
  • Li Ming entered a deathly world filled with corpses and met Daode Tianzun, who had awakened after roughly a hundred thousand years of transformation.
  • Daode Tianzun told Li Ming that he and Lingbao Tianzun had killed a Bloodied True Immortal and studied its corpse, after which Lingbao Tianzun took it to attempt another transformation.
  • Daode Tianzun said he did not know whether Lingbao Tianzun would return, and his deduction suggested Lingbao Tianzun might one day become a world through his corpse.
  • Daode Tianzun told Li Ming that Tribulation Heavenly Venerable might still be alive and undergoing a transformation.

Ch. 25The Aura of the True Dragon Elixir

Li Ming found Lingbao Tianzun preparing to revive, then returned to Ziwei Star to preach the Dao and secretly install nine Extreme Dao Weapons to protect it. While searching for the True Dragon Elixir, he discovered traces of the Boundless Heavenly Venerable and a likely Immortal Medicine, leaving him wondering whether the Heavenly Venerable was still alive.

  • Li Ming exchanged scriptures and discussed the Dao with Daode Tianzun, then used their deductions to locate Lingbao Tianzun’s hidden revival site.
  • Li Ming found Lingbao Tianzun’s soul gestating in a Great Dao Cocoon and left after the Four Swords of Zhu Xian urged him away.
  • Li Ming returned to Ziwei Star and expounded the Great Dao for ten years to cultivators from across the universe.
  • Li Ming forged nine Extreme Dao Weapons and concealed them in a formation around Ziwei Star to protect the planet and nourish the weapons with Faith Power.
  • Li Ming searched Ziwei Star for the True Dragon Elixir for a hundred years, then discovered ruins and traces associated with the Boundless Heavenly Venerable.
  • Li Ming sensed the distinctive fragrance of an Immortal Medicine and suspected it was the True Dragon Elixir, possibly once held by the Boundless Heavenly Venerable.
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