Arc 2The Immortal Ascension Cauldron

Li Ming forged an Immortal Weapon, guided several Heavenly Venerables through methods of transformation and revival, and defeated Emperor Zun. Emperor Zun founded the Heavenly Court and joined Li Ming and two other Tianzuns in an expedition to Feixian Star, where their attempt to open the Road to Immortality drew the Dark Supremes into battle.

  • Li Ming freed Boundless Heavenly Venerable from Dark Strangeness in the Chaotic Dragon Nest, received his teachings, and forged the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar from his old body.
  • Li Ming killed the Kunlun Dark Supremes and forged the Heavenly Demonic Saber into an Immortal Weapon, which later destroyed Dark Supremes fighting over the Chaotic Dragon Nest.
  • Li Ming met Duan De, and the two joined Daode Tianzun in studying the Immortal Medicines’ cycle of life and death, helping Daode Tianzun transform into a new lifetime.
  • Boundless Heavenly Venerable successfully began the Sacred Spirit transformation, while Li Ming entered a Third Lifetime and helped revive Lingbao Tianzun.
  • Emperor Zun completed his Sacred Spirit transformation, killed eighteen Perfected Sacred Spirits, and defeated Netherworld Venerable in battle.
  • Li Ming defeated Emperor Zun and refused to join his Heavenly Court, but later agreed to help him study the Nine-Revolution Immortal Elixir and explore the Road to Immortality.
  • Emperor Zun, Li Ming, Daode Tianzun, and Lingbao Tianzun traveled to Feixian Star, where Emperor Zun swallowed an attacking Dark Supreme’s Heavenly Demonic Saber and shattered a Life Forbidden Zone.
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Ch. 26Myriad Dragon Nest

Li Ming discovered the Chaotic Dragon Nest inside a hidden Chaos realm on Ziwei Star and found the True Dragon Elixir, which fled into the deadly Thunder Sea. He piloted the Bronze Immortal Hall toward it, but the hall struck Dragon Wood and triggered a dangerous reaction.

  • Li Ming entered a hidden Chaos realm, followed Boundless Heavenly Venerable’s traces, and opened a passage into a world filled with Dao-Proving thunder.
  • Li Ming saw more than ten thousand dragon-energy dragons and discovered the Chaotic Dragon Nest, where he sensed Boundless Heavenly Venerable’s presence and Wang Bo’s Chaos Origin.
  • Li Ming spotted the True Dragon Elixir, but it dodged his grasp and fled deeper into the nest, using the Immortal Dao Divine Thunder against him.
  • Li Ming observed the thunder’s cycles and rode the Bronze Immortal Hall through the Thunder Sea, following a route guided by Nine Secrets: Zu.
  • Li Ming approached the True Dragon Elixir, but the Bronze Immortal Hall crashed into a black Dragon Wood and the surrounding Immortal Dao Runes began to riot.

Ch. 27First Contact with the Dark Strangeness

Li Ming entered the Chaotic Dragon Nest, persuaded the True Dragon Elixir to follow him, and discovered Boundless Heavenly Venerable’s origin struggling to transform within the Thunder Sea. The Bronze Mirror removed a Dark Strangeness contaminating Boundless Heavenly Venerable, who then lived into a Third Lifetime and recognized Li Ming as the Demon Venerable.

  • Li Ming crossed the Dragon Wood and convinced the True Dragon Elixir to leave the Thunder Sea with him, then brought it and the Flat Peach Divine Medicine into his Bitter Sea.
  • The True Dragon Elixir recalled that it had grown on the remains of a True Dragon, while Li Ming found the Thunder Sea’s fury intensified and retreated into the Bronze Immortal Hall.
  • Li Ming ventured deeper into the Chaotic Dragon Nest and saw Wang Bo’s Chaotic Body Origin attempting to absorb the Immortal Dao Divine Thunder, then transform into Boundless Heavenly Venerable.
  • Li Ming discovered an ancient coffin marked with the Desolate Pagoda and realized Boundless Heavenly Venerable was using Wang Bo’s origin to seek a new Lifetime.
  • Boundless Heavenly Venerable attacked Li Ming, but the Bronze Mirror stripped away and destroyed the Dark Strangeness contaminating him.
  • Boundless Heavenly Venerable transformed into his Third Lifetime, thanked Li Ming for saving him, and addressed him as the Demon Venerable.

Ch. 28Become a True Dragon, Live a New Lifetime

Boundless Heavenly Venerable revealed how he stole a Chaotic Body’s origin and tried to become a True Dragon, only to be nearly destroyed by Dark Strangeness. After Li Ming learned his arts and destroyed the remaining Strange Substance, Boundless Heavenly Venerable set out to establish a sect, while Li Ming remained in the nest to pursue transformation.

  • Boundless Heavenly Venerable explained that he had faked his death, refined a Chaotic Body’s origin, and tried to live a new lifetime as a True Dragon using the Chaotic Dragon Nest and a True Dragon’s remains.
  • Boundless Heavenly Venerable described how Dark Strangeness hidden in the dragon bones destroyed his body and nearly seized his Primordial Spirit, leaving him trapped in the Thunder Sea.
  • Boundless Heavenly Venerable gave Li Ming the Boundless Heavenly Art, Nine Secrets: Dou, and his insights into True Dragon transformation and a Third Lifetime.
  • After a month studying Nine Secrets: Dou, Li Ming used the Heavenly Demonic Saber to annihilate the Strange Substance sealed in the Thunder Sea.
  • Boundless Heavenly Venerable thanked Li Ming, vowed to free living beings from suffering, and decided to find disciples and establish a sect before leaving the nest to Li Ming.

Ch. 29Refining the Old Body into the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar

Li Ming explored the world inside Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s coffin and found a Yellow-Mud Coffin filled with treasures, a Dragon Race Immortal King’s inheritance, and the Immortal Treasure Map. He took the coffin and materials, then began forging his old body into a Devouring Heaven Demon Jar using the Chaotic Dragon Nest’s Nine-Colored Immortal Dao Divine Thunder.

  • Li Ming followed Boundless Heavenly Venerable’s instructions through the coffin world and found the ruined immortal burial ground where more than ten thousand Dragon Veins fed life force into a Yellow-Mud Coffin.
  • Li Ming opened the Yellow-Mud Coffin and discovered a world within it, along with abundant treasures and the inheritance imprint of a wounded Dragon Race Immortal King.
  • Li Ming found the Immortal Treasure Map, which showed coordinates for the Immortal Domain and Strange World as well as Kunlun Mountain and the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains, and stored it away.
  • Li Ming took the Yellow-Mud Coffin and its treasures, deciding to use them for his future transformation and to forge a supreme weapon from his old body.
  • Li Ming brought his old body and the rare materials to the Chaotic Dragon Nest and began tempering them with Great Dao Flame and Nine-Colored Immortal Dao Divine Thunder to make his own Devouring Heaven Demon Jar.

Ch. 30Flattening Kunlun Immortal Mountain

Li Ming forged the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, then attacked Kunlun Mountain to temper the Heavenly Demonic Saber with its Immortal Dao Runes and the Kunlun Immortal Bell. He killed the Kunlun Immortal Race’s ten Dark Supremes, while the bell escaped into chaos and the saber grew more powerful.

  • Li Ming completed the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar with rare treasures and thunder from the Chaotic Dragon Nest, then cast it into the Falling Star River.
  • After twelve thousand years of cultivation, Li Ming went to the Kunlun Mountain Forbidden Zone to forge the Heavenly Demonic Saber into an Immortal Weapon.
  • Li Ming rejected the ten Dark Supremes’ objections and shattered Kunlun Mountain’s formations to draw them into battle among the stars.
  • Li Ming killed the ten Dark Supremes, including Qiongqi, and the Heavenly Demonic Saber devoured their corpses and Dao origins as it evolved.
  • The Kunlun Immortal Bell fled into chaos, and Li Ming cursed it as the battle ended.

Ch. 31White Tiger Divine Medicine

Li Ming claimed Kunlun Mountain, wiped out the Kunlun Immortal Race, and captured the White Tiger Divine Medicine. At Kunlun’s Immortal Ascension Ground, he placed the Heavenly Demonic Saber in the Immortal Pool to let its runes and dragon peaks nurture it toward becoming an Immortal Weapon.

  • Li Ming entered Kunlun Mountain, decided to claim it, and killed every member of the Kunlun Immortal Race he encountered.
  • Li Ming explored the ten thousand Dragon-Head Mountains and gathered Ancient Medicine Kings and other precious herbs.
  • Li Ming found the White Tiger Divine Medicine, beat it into submission, marked it, and placed it in his Bitter Sea.
  • Li Ming reached the Immortal Ascension Ground, discovered an imprint of the Kunlun Immortal Bell’s Immortal Dao Runes, and set it aside to study.
  • Li Ming placed the Heavenly Demonic Saber in the Immortal Pool, where the pool and Dragon-Head Peaks began imprinting runes on it and nurturing its transformation.

Ch. 32Had the Heavenly Demonic Saber Become an Immortal Weapon? Whose Head Would Consecrate Its Blade?

Li Ming completed the Heavenly Demonic Saber’s transformation into an Immortal Weapon after more than five thousand years of nurturing. He used the Chaotic Dragon Nest to lure out Dark Supremes, and the saber ambushed them; several were killed as the survivors realized what they faced.

  • The Kunlun Immortal Bell and Immortal Dao essence flowed into the Heavenly Demonic Saber, and Li Ming studied its runes while cultivating in the Immortal Ascension Pool.
  • After more than five thousand years, the Heavenly Demonic Saber absorbed the pool’s divine liquid and the Dragon-Head Peaks’ Immortal Dao essence, transforming into an Immortal Weapon.
  • Li Ming decided to lure Dark Supremes with the Chaotic Dragon Nest, whose Immortality Aura could tempt them into fighting over it.
  • Six Dark Supremes emerged and battled for the Chaotic Dragon Nest in the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland.
  • Li Ming sent the Heavenly Demonic Saber into the battle, killing two Dark Supremes in its first strike and another as the four survivors struggled against it.
  • The surviving Dark Supremes recognized the saber as an Immortal Weapon and feared that the Demon Venerable had appeared.

Ch. 33Heavenly Demonic Saber Sweeps the Skies

The Heavenly Demonic Saber slaughtered the Dark Supremes who had gathered at the Chaotic Dragon Nest, forcing the survivors to undergo Extreme Sublimation. As it fought the remaining four, the saber transformed into Li Ming's likeness, leaving the Dark Supremes stunned and questioning whether he had become immortal.

  • The Heavenly Demonic Saber killed Supreme Gray Flood Dragon and attacked the other Dark Supremes, grievously wounding Supreme Ba Snake and Supreme Red Dragon.
  • The Heavenly Demonic Saber killed Supreme Nine-Headed Insect, Supreme Heavenly Demon, and Supreme White Snake, while Supreme Ba Snake and Supreme Red Dragon survived through substitutes they had prepared.
  • Supreme Nine-Headed Insect underwent Extreme Sublimation, but the Heavenly Demonic Saber killed and devoured him after he fought desperately.
  • Supreme Red Dragon, Supreme Ba Snake, Supreme White Snake, and Supreme Heavenly Demon each underwent Extreme Sublimation and fought the Heavenly Demonic Saber together.
  • The Heavenly Demonic Saber held its own against the four Dark Supremes, then transformed into Li Ming's figure, prompting them to wonder whether he had fused with his weapon and achieved immortality.

Ch. 34The Strange Fat Daoist Who Established the Dao Through His Own Body and Created the Source Heaven Book

The Heavenly Demonic Saber defeated and absorbed the laws of eight Dark Supremes before returning to Li Ming, who later watched a strange fat man develop Source Arts. The fat man reached the Quasi-Emperor realm and created the Source Heaven Book, only for Li Ming to reveal himself and ask to see it.

  • The Heavenly Demonic Saber overwhelmed the four Dark Supremes, killed Supreme Red Dragon, then destroyed the three survivors and absorbed their Grand Dao Laws.
  • The Heavenly Demonic Saber vanished into the Chaos Sea with the Chaotic Dragon Nest, later returned to Li Ming, and became known as the first Immortal Weapon forged in the Age of Mythology.
  • Li Ming left Kunlun Mountain and secretly watched a strange fat man on the Heaven-Piercing Ancient Star develop Source Arts and forge a personal cultivation path.
  • The fat man used Source Heaven formations to transform and strengthen himself repeatedly until he reached the Quasi-Emperor realm.
  • The fat man declared that he had established his Dao through his own body and created the Source Heaven Book, and Li Ming suddenly asked to examine it.

Ch. 35Source Heaven Scripture

The fat Daoist Duan De developed his own Source Arts path, and Li Ming studied Duan De’s Source Heaven Book before creating a Source Heaven Scripture of his own. A stirring in the Chaos Sea led Li Ming to a hidden, ancient Chaos Small World, where he found Longevity Substance and Northern Polar Immortal Light.

  • Duan De traveled the world extracting Source Art Runes and used them to develop his own path and powerful Origin Heaven Forbidden Divine Formations.
  • Li Ming appeared before Duan De, dispelled his formation, recognized his unusual origins, and examined the Source Heaven Book Duan De gave him.
  • Li Ming discussed the Dao with Duan De, then used the book’s principles and his Chaotic Body to create his own Source Heaven Scripture.
  • Li Ming sensed a treasure in the Chaos Sea, found a hidden junction, and broke through into a damaged Chaos Small World.
  • Li Ming absorbed the world’s Longevity Substance and Northern Polar Immortal Light, then wondered whether the ancient realm had survived from the Chaotic Ancient Era.

Ch. 36My Son Green Lotus Has the Makings of an Immortal King!

Li Ming found a Fortune Origin Eye and the nearly lifeless Chaos Green Lotus Seed in a ruined Chaos Small World, then took the seed into his Bitter Sea and consumed the world's treasures and Immortal Dao Essence. Meanwhile, Duan De continued refining Source Arts until he attained Enlightenment as Supreme as a Heavenly Venerable, shocking the awakened Dark Supremes.

  • Li Ming discovered a Fortune Origin Eye and a dried lotus seed that he identified as the Chaos Green Lotus Seed, then placed it in his Bitter Sea and nourished it with his Chaos Immortal Essence.
  • The Flat Peach Divine Medicine, White Tiger Divine Medicine, and True Dragon Elixir shared their essences with the seed, while Li Ming moved the Bronze Immortal Hall and Heavenly Demonic Saber beside it.
  • Li Ming extracted and ate the Divine Spring Water Vein and Fortune Origin Eye, then gathered the ruined world's Immortal Dao Essence into a World Biscuit and ate it before leaving the Chaos Sea.
  • Duan De traveled and studied Source Arts for years, developing them through the Supreme and Heavenly Venerable realms without initially attaining Enlightenment.
  • At the age of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, Duan De broke through in the Chaos Sea and attained Enlightenment as Supreme without merging with the Heavenly Heart Imprint.
  • The awakened Dark Supremes recognized Duan De as the supposedly dead Tribulation Heavenly Venerable and stared in disbelief at his power and Heavenly Tribulation.

Ch. 37Netherworld Venerable's Challenge

Tribulation Heavenly Venerable challenged Li Ming, revealed himself as Netherworld Emperor Duan De, and was defeated before the two discussed the Red Dust Immortal Path. A Great Perfection Sacred Spirit then emerged and attacked Daode Tianzun’s inheritance, but Daode Tianzun appeared to repel it, leaving Li Ming to wonder how the aging Heavenly Venerable had survived.

  • Tribulation Heavenly Venerable sent Li Ming a challenge, and the two fought fiercely at the Mythical Battlefield.
  • Li Ming overcame Netherworld Emperor Duan De and invited him to Reincarnation Sea to discuss reincarnation and the Red Dust Immortal Path.
  • A Great Perfection Sacred Spirit emerged, rallied the Sacred Spirit Race, and led an attack on Daode Tianzun’s inheritance ground.
  • Daode Tianzun struck down the Perfected Sacred Spirit and swept away its followers with a single finger.
  • Daode Tianzun appeared as a withered old man and said he had studied Sacred Spirits and might try transforming into one beyond the cycle of nine lifetimes.

Ch. 38Daode Tianzun's Red Dust Immortal Path

Daode Tianzun reappeared, killed Perfected Sacred Spirits, and began discussing the Red Dust Immortal Path with Li Ming and Netherworld Emperor Duan De. He revealed that he was attempting to become a Sacred Spirit and received insights from Li Ming before continuing his transformation research.

  • Daode Tianzun revealed himself by killing a Perfected Sacred Spirit, then made the black mountain where Sacred Spirits were born his Forbidden Zone.
  • Li Ming and Netherworld Emperor Duan De visited Daode Tianzun, and the three discussed longevity and the Red Dust Immortal Path.
  • Li Ming sensed Daode Tianzun was turning toward stone, and Daode Tianzun confirmed he was attempting the Saint Spirit Transformation Method to live another lifetime.
  • Daode Tianzun explained how he planned to combine the Natural Dao with the Saint Spirit Method and deceive Heaven into treating him as a naturally born Sacred Spirit.
  • Li Ming shared deductions about Sacred Spirit transformation, the Chaotic Body, and studying Immortal Medicines as possible ways to live new lifetimes.

Ch. 39Killing Divine Medicines to Watch Nirvana

Li Ming, Netherworld Emperor Duan De, and Daode Tianzun tested a method for studying Immortal Medicines’ Nirvana by forcing them into seed form, hoping to discover how to live out a new Lifetime. The seeds began changing as the three Heavenly Venerables observed and nurtured them, while Daode Tianzun formed a strange connection with the medicines.

  • Li Ming proposed that they drive Immortal Medicines to the brink of death, observe their Nirvana into seeds, and learn how to live out a new Lifetime.
  • Li Ming promised the Flat Peach Divine Medicine, White Tiger Divine Medicine, and True Dragon Elixir that he would help them seek a path to human form if they cooperated.
  • Li Ming, Netherworld Emperor Duan De, and Daode Tianzun used the Heavenly Demonic Saber and Tongtian Nether Treasure to wither the three medicines until they became seeds.
  • The three Heavenly Venerables drained the seeds toward death, then nourished them with Heavenly Venerable Life Spring Divine Liquid and studied their changes.
  • The seeds began emitting unique Grand Dao Laws, and Daode Tianzun explained the Dao Scripture to them as a mysterious connection formed and his decayed aura weakened.

Ch. 40Three Heavenly Venerables Tour Together, Shaking the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands

Daode Tianzun survived by observing three Immortal Medicines undergoing Nirvana and transformed into a new Lifetime, while Li Ming and Duan De gained insight into the method. After congratulating him, the three Heavenly Venerables traveled together toward Duan De’s Underworld, drawing crowds across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

  • Li Ming and Netherworld Venerable placed the three Nirvana Immortal Medicines in Daode Tianzun’s Bitter Sea, where they grew to maturity over thousands of years.
  • Daode Tianzun endured more than five thousand years on the brink of death as he studied the Immortal Medicines’ cycle of life and death, while Li Ming and Duan De observed.
  • Daode Tianzun transformed into a Flat Peach Seed and then sprouted into a youthful new form, restoring his life force and stabilizing his Grand Dao.
  • Daode Tianzun thanked Li Ming for the Immortal Medicines, and Duan De said the transformation method could help his own path of Corpse Spirit Awakening and Red Dust Immortal reincarnation.
  • Duan De invited Li Ming and Daode Tianzun to visit the Underworld, and the three Heavenly Venerables traveled across the cosmos as people gathered to pay their respects.

Ch. 41Yellow Springs and the Corpse Emperor

Netherworld Venerable brought Li Ming and Daode Tianzun into the Underworld, where they explored its Yellow Springs and studied the Corpse Emperor before his Corpse Spirit Awakening. Li Ming uncovered visions of the corpse’s past and gained a rare chance to investigate the mysteries of reincarnation.

  • Yama's Son welcomed Netherworld Venerable, Li Ming, and Daode Tianzun, then explained that the Prison-Suppressing Emperor had sealed himself away until the Road to Immortality opened.
  • Netherworld Venerable led Li Ming and Daode Tianzun through the Underworld, showing them its Netherworld Emperor Hall, its stores of rare materials, and the sleeping Prison-Suppressing Emperor.
  • Netherworld Venerable brought the two to the Yellow Springs’ source, where Li Ming and Daode Tianzun studied its mysterious life-giving power.
  • Li Ming discovered an ancient corpse in the Yellow Springs and realized it was the Corpse Emperor before Corpse Spirit Awakening.
  • Li Ming observed the Corpse Emperor absorbing the Yellow Springs’ essence and used his visions to glimpse the corpse’s past, including a black divine bow that had been its former Dao-Proving Weapon.

Ch. 42Guests of Honor in the Reincarnation Sea Forbidden Zone

Boundless Heavenly Venerable summoned the Dark Supremes and revealed his method for transforming into a Sacred Spirit to live a new lifetime without harming all living beings. Li Ming helped move Boundless Heavenly Venerable’s Sacred Spirit Divine Mountain to the Reincarnation Sea, where the transformation would take place under his watch.

  • Boundless Heavenly Venerable appeared at the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland with his new Extreme Dao Weapon, the Immortal Gate, and announced a Longevity Method for Dark Supremes.
  • Boundless Heavenly Venerable revealed that he was transforming into a Sacred Spirit Stone Embryo, and the assembled Dark Supremes examined him and confirmed that he had gained Heaven and Earth’s recognition.
  • Boundless Heavenly Venerable explained how to attempt the Sacred Spirit Transformation Method, and the Dark Supremes debated its risks and rewards.
  • Li Ming suggested that Boundless Heavenly Venerable transform in the Reincarnation Sea, and Boundless Heavenly Venerable agreed.
  • Li Ming moved the Sacred Spirit Divine Mountain into the Reincarnation Sea, where it joined the Dragon Vein and became the site of Boundless Heavenly Venerable’s transformation.

Ch. 43Li Ming Lived a Third Lifetime

Boundless Heavenly Venerable successfully transformed into a Sacred Spirit Stone Embryo, giving the Dark Supremes a new method to extend their lives, while Li Ming used the Myriad Dragon Nest to live a Third Lifetime. The chapter ended as Lingbao Tianzun’s weapons gathered the remains of an Immortal Spirit, suggesting that Lingbao Tianzun might be about to revive.

  • Boundless Heavenly Venerable transformed into a Sacred Spirit Stone Embryo and preserved a faint wisp of his Primordial Spirit, proving his transformation had succeeded.
  • The Dark Supremes confirmed that the Saint Spirit Transformation Method could extend their lives and mend their Immortal Platform Rifts, while Li Ming vowed to protect Boundless Heavenly Venerable.
  • Li Ming entered seclusion and, at thirty-two thousand two hundred years old, used the Myriad Dragon Nest to live a Third Lifetime while remaining a Chaotic Body.
  • Immortal Spirit Qi and the remains of an Immortal Spirit spread across the universe, and Li Ming recognized the remains as those of the Immortal Spirit Lingbao Tianzun had trapped.
  • The Four Swords of Zhu Xian and Lingbao Tianzun’s Formation Diagram appeared to seize the remains, and Li Ming suspected Lingbao Tianzun was about to revive.

Ch. 44Lingbao Tianzun Has Revived

Li Ming, Netherworld Venerable, and Daode Tianzun helped Lingbao Tianzun gather his scattered Primordial Spirit fragments, allowing him to revive and live a Fourth Lifetime. Lingbao Tianzun explained that a contaminated True Immortal corpse had forced him to destroy his body and burn his Primordial Spirit, while the Strange Substance behind the corruption remained a grave threat.

  • Li Ming, Netherworld Venerable, and Daode Tianzun investigated Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star and found Lingbao Tianzun's Immortal Platform still held a chance of revival.
  • Li Ming and the two Tianzuns spent two thousand years summoning Lingbao Tianzun's scattered soul fragments and protecting his remains.
  • The Four Swords of Zhu Xian and Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram revived, and Lingbao Tianzun condensed from the surging blood energy and returned to life.
  • Lingbao Tianzun recognized that Li Ming, Netherworld Venerable, and Daode Tianzun had made his revival possible and thanked them.
  • Lingbao Tianzun revealed that he had been contaminated after studying a Bloodied True Immortal corpse and had scattered his body and burned his Primordial Spirit to destroy the Strange Substance.
  • Lingbao Tianzun explained that he had endured countless tens of thousands of years before the Strange Origins were erased, and said he would have died without the three men's help.

Ch. 45A Thread of Chaos Origin for Lingbao Tianzun

Li Ming and the three Heavenly Venerables discussed Dark Strangeness, the Immortal Domain, and methods of transforming into Chaotic Bodies and living new lifetimes. After Emperor Zun emerged with the aura of a Perfected Sacred Spirit, Li Ming recognized that he had transformed into a Sacred Spirit, shocking the Dark Supremes and enraging the Sacred Spirit race.

  • Netherworld Venerable explained that Dark Strangeness came from an ancient era and could corrupt flesh and Primordial Spirits, while the group concluded that the Immortal Domain had suffered a major disaster.
  • Lingbao Tianzun and the others discussed the Strange World beside the Road to Immortality, and Li Ming offered the three Heavenly Venerables Chaos Essence, Chaos Origin, and guidance on Chaotic Bodies.
  • Li Ming cultivated in Reincarnation Sea as Netherworld Venerable neared his later years, then a powerful Perfected Sacred Spirit aura spread across the universe.
  • Li Ming realized the newcomer was a human Heavenly Venerable who had used a Sacred Spirit transformation method, and he identified him as Emperor Zun.
  • The Dark Supremes recognized that the newcomer was not a true Sacred Spirit, while Sacred Spirit Forbidden Zones accused him of profaning their race and taking its Dragon Veins.

Ch. 46Emperor Zun Returns, Slaying Eighteen Perfected Sacred Spirits in Succession

Primordial Heavenly Venerable revived through the Sacred Spirit Transformation Method, declared himself Emperor Zun, and revealed his return to the universe. When eighteen Perfected Sacred Spirits attacked him, Emperor Zun killed them all and emerged as a power comparable to Demon Venerable.

  • Emperor Zun completed his transformation after more than a million years, revealed that he had once been Primordial Heavenly Venerable, and declared his new name.
  • Emperor Zun and Netherworld Emperor Duan De met each other's gaze, recognizing the uncertainty of their former master-disciple relationship after their transformations.
  • Eighteen Perfected Sacred Spirits attacked Emperor Zun at the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland, furious over his treatment of the Sacred Spirit lineage.
  • Emperor Zun's nine Emperor Runes dispelled the Sacred Spirit curses, while his Immortal Ascension Cauldron devoured weapons and trapped the attackers.
  • Emperor Zun slaughtered all eighteen Perfected Sacred Spirits, whose remains and Immortal Gold strengthened his cauldron.
  • Living beings across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands celebrated Emperor Zun's return and compared his feat to Demon Venerable's greatest victories.

Ch. 47Emperor Zun: Damn, I took the boasting too far!

Emperor Zun defeated Netherworld Venerable in a fierce battle, then boasted that he would challenge the Demon Venerable. The Demon Venerable immediately arrived and nearly killed Emperor Zun, beginning another Divine War that left the Immortal Ascension Cauldron cleaved in two.

  • Emperor Zun and Netherworld Venerable fought at the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland, repeatedly destroying and reviving their bodies until Emperor Zun was declared the winner.
  • Emperor Zun told Netherworld Venerable that he planned to found the Ancient Heavenly Court, pursue the Ascension of the Entire Religion, forge the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, and challenge the Demon Venerable.
  • The Demon Venerable sensed Emperor Zun's challenge, left the Reincarnation Sea, and confronted him at the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland.
  • The Demon Venerable struck Emperor Zun with the Nine-Colored Heavenly Saber, nearly cleaving him in two, and their Divine War began.
  • Emperor Zun fought back with Eternal Ascension Power and the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, but the Demon Venerable's Heavenly Demonic Saber cleaved the cauldron in two.

Ch. 48Emperor Zun Invites Me to Become Immortal

Li Ming defeated Emperor Zun, who recovered over a century and founded the Heavenly Court before inviting Li Ming to join his plan for ascension. Li Ming refused the offer but agreed to provide Immortal Medicine for the Nine-Revolution Immortal Elixir in exchange for elixirs and samples of Emperor Zun’s Humanoid Immortal Medicine.

  • Li Ming defeated Emperor Zun in a hundred exchanges, then offered him the damaged Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains as a site for restoring the mountains and forging the Immortal Ascension Cauldron.
  • Chuan Ying tried to protect the wounded Emperor Zun, but Li Ming slapped his head away before departing and leaving him the Immortal Treasure Map.
  • Emperor Zun healed his Dao Injuries over a century, founded the Heavenly Court, conquered nearly every life-bearing planet, and restored the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains with the Netherworld Venerable.
  • Emperor Zun visited Li Ming in Reincarnation Sea and invited him to lead the Heavenly Court and pursue the Ascension of the Entire Religion, but Li Ming refused and said he would follow the Red Dust Immortal Path.
  • Emperor Zun asked Li Ming for Immortal Medicine to strengthen the Nine-Revolution Immortal Elixir, and Li Ming provided three kinds in return for elixirs and tree-like and grass-like Humanoid Immortal Medicine samples.

Ch. 49Watching the Divine Flower Together

Li Ming accepted Emperor Zun’s invitation to help gather ingredients for the Nine-Revolution Immortal Elixir and joined him in seeking Daode Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun. The four Heavenly Venerables gathered at Black Mountain to witness Emperor Zun reveal a Divine Flower sealed in Immortal Source.

  • Li Ming agreed to emerge from seclusion and asked Emperor Zun to let him observe the Nine-Revolution Immortal Elixir being refined.
  • Emperor Zun invited Li Ming to explore the Feixian Star Road to Immortality and view his newly acquired Divine Flower.
  • Li Ming and Emperor Zun traveled to Black Mountain, where Daode Tianzun agreed to join their expedition and told them where to find Lingbao Tianzun.
  • Lingbao Tianzun left the Land of the Other Shore and joined the group at Black Mountain, where he praised Daode Tianzun’s Saint Spirit Immortal Liquid.
  • Emperor Zun took out a rotten wooden box containing the Divine Flower sealed within Immortal Source.

Ch. 50Exploring the Road to Immortality Together

Emperor Zun and the others contemplated the blooming Divine Flower, then traveled with Li Ming, Daode Tianzun, and Lingbao Tianzun to Feixian Star to open its Road to Immortality. When Dark Supremes tried to stop them, Emperor Zun crushed a Life Forbidden Zone with the Immortal Ascension Cauldron.

  • Emperor Zun planted the Divine Flower in the Rotten Wooden Box, and Li Ming and the other three Heavenly Venerables contemplated its Immortal Dao Laws for more than a century.
  • After the flower withered into a seed, Emperor Zun sealed it away and played a new divine melody on the Horn of War, whose sound awakened Dark Supremes across the world.
  • Emperor Zun, Li Ming, Daode Tianzun, and Lingbao Tianzun arrived at Feixian Star to break the seal on its Road to Immortality and gather materials for Emperor Zun's Nine-Revolution Immortal Elixir.
  • Lingbao Tianzun agreed to help break the Formations with the Nine Secrets: Zu, while Emperor Zun promised to share insights into the Origin Heaven Divine Art.
  • Dark Supremes appeared to oppose their attempt, and one attacked with a Heavenly Demonic Saber that Emperor Zun swallowed with the Immortal Ascension Cauldron.
  • Emperor Zun declared that the attacker had courted death and used the Immortal Ascension Cauldron to shatter a Life Forbidden Zone.
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