Arc 8The Immortal Path

Li Fan and later generations of Emperors pursued immortality as the Demon Venerable returned from the Road to Immortality and guided those seeking new paths. The arc ended with the Skeleton Emperor entering the Strange World while Li Lian'er's Grand Dao Imprint began to collapse.

  • Li Fan became a Chaotic Body and attained Emperor Enlightenment alongside Xue Yueqing, while Six Ears achieved Alternative Enlightenment.
  • The Demon Venerable emerged from the Heaven-Burying Coffin, entered the Immortal Domain, defeated the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and returned with the Kunlun Immortal Bell.
  • Emperor Huang attained Emperor Enlightenment after seeking Li Ming's guidance, and Yuan Gu later destroyed the Sacred Spirit Forbidden Zone.
  • Li Ming opened a passage to the Strange World for the Light Empress and later helped the Lunar Saint Emperor return to life and pursue Sacred Spirit transformation.
  • The Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor entered the Strange World through Li Ming's formation, which replenished the world's essence.
  • Blood Soul massacred Quasi-Emperors before the Demon Venerable destroyed him, and the Empress of the Ruins later became a Phoenix before entering the Strange World.
  • Dragon Maiden became the New Dragon Emperor, received the Myriad Dragon Nest and True Dragon Elixir from Li Ming, and eventually entered the Strange World.
  • Li Si'er became the Azure Lotus Emperor and planned to use the War Immortal Method, while the Skeleton Emperor attained Emperor Enlightenment and entered the Strange World as Li Lian'er's Grand Dao Imprint began to collapse.
Chapters 176–200 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 176Fellow Daoist Li Fan, My Name Is Xue Yueqing

After emerging from his long cultivation, Li Fan visited Undying Mountain, learned that the Demon Venerable was in seclusion, and trained there before setting out for the Ancient Starry Sky Road. At the First Divine City, he fought off challengers and met Xue Yueqing, who asked to travel with him.

  • The Prison-Suppressing Emperor entered Undying Mountain, was detained by the Heavenly Demonic Saber and Myriad Souls Banner for more than five thousand years, and later died without emerging again.
  • Li Fan broke out of the Immortal Source on Earth and told his guardian that he intended to seek Emperor Enlightenment in the coming Golden Age.
  • Li Fan and the Green Lotus visited Undying Mountain, where the Heavenly Demonic Saber told him the Demon Venerable was secluded in the Heaven-Burying Coffin.
  • Li Fan cultivated beneath the Ancient Enlightenment Tea Tree for more than ten years, became a Great Accomplished King, and left for the Ancient Starry Sky Road.
  • At the First Divine City, Li Fan fought several peerless talents and left corpses behind him, prompting others to keep their distance.
  • Xue Yueqing approached Li Fan and asked to travel with him.

Ch. 177The Ambitious Black-Bone Qilin

Li Fan, Xue Yueqing, and Six Ears traveled the Ancient Starry Sky Road, survived a catastrophic attack on the First Divine City, and later fought through the Underworld’s Death Kingdom. As the three pushed deeper, the Bone Qilin ignored them because of Li Fan’s powerful connections, then killed a Sacred Spirit who invaded the realm.

  • Li Fan killed a Half-Saint attacker, met Xue Yueqing, and entered the Divine City as the Blood Phoenix and Blue Qilin arrived.
  • An attacker wielding an Extreme Dao Weapon assaulted the First Divine City, but powerful reinforcements quelled the disaster and the group continued down the Ancient Starry Sky Road.
  • Years later, Li Fan, Xue Yueqing, and Six Ears entered the Death Kingdom, where Xue Yueqing defeated a bone dragon and a Skeleton King and seized a sword made from Dao Tribulation Gold.
  • Six Ears told Li Fan and Xue Yueqing about the Death Heart, and the three decided to press into the depths and seek breakthroughs to the Saint King realm.
  • The Bone Qilin learned that the three had entered his domain and chose not to interfere because Li Fan and another traveler had powerful backgrounds.
  • A Sacred Spirit wielding an Eternal Blue Gold Ruler invaded the Death Kingdom, but the Bone Qilin defeated him, seized his weapon, and crushed him to uphold the Underworld’s dignity.

Ch. 178Li Fan? Chaotic Body?

The Bone Qilin rewarded Xue Yueqing and sent the three companions back to the Ancient Starry Sky Road, where they trained together through the Great Saint and Quasi-Emperor realms. At the final Heavenly Palace, Li Fan’s rapidly evolving physique appeared to be a Chaotic Body, leaving even Six-Eared Macaque and Xue Yueqing questioning what he was.

  • The Bone Qilin gave Xue Yueqing the Eternal Blue Gold Ruler, divided the Death Heart among the three companions, and cast them out of the Death Kingdom.
  • After more than a century of fighting along the Ancient Starry Sky Road, Li Fan, Six-Eared Macaque, and Xue Yueqing became Great Saints and entered a Chaos World to train.
  • The three defeated rival cultivators at a Chaos Essence site, where Xue Yueqing subdued a Dragon Horse and Li Fan acquired a mirror that revealed their original forms.
  • After reaching the Quasi-Emperor Realm, the companions endured the Corpse Mountain Blood Sea Grand Formation and continued toward the final stage of the Ancient Starry Sky Road.
  • At the final Heavenly Palace, Li Fan, Six-Eared Macaque, and Xue Yueqing fought through a chaotic battle among Quasi-Emperors.
  • Li Fan’s body began evolving toward a Chaotic Body, prompting Six-Eared Macaque and Xue Yueqing to wonder whether he truly possessed one.

Ch. 179Snow Yueqing: Little Rabbit, Where Are You?

Li Fan, Snow Yueqing, and the Six-Eared Macaque completed the Ancient Starry Sky Road’s trials and returned to Snow Yueqing’s homeland. There, Snow Yueqing found Lanlan, who had severed her memories of him when Slashing the Dao, and the two began to reconnect as she chose to pursue her own path.

  • Snow Yueqing and the Six-Eared Macaque fought through the Chaos Thunder Sea, then joined Li Fan in reaching the final divine mountains and their ancient scriptures and Dao Brands.
  • Li Fan freely accessed the divine mountains and obtained more than a dozen scriptures, while keeping his unusual ability secret from Snow Yueqing and the Six-Eared Macaque.
  • Snow Yueqing invited Li Fan and the Six-Eared Macaque to his homeland, where they searched the grasslands and found Lanlan in an abandoned temple.
  • Lanlan told Snow Yueqing that the original Little Rabbit had died and that Slashing the Dao had cut away her longing and memories of him, so Snow Yueqing used his divine sense to uncover her buried feelings.
  • Snow Yueqing and Lanlan walked beneath the moonlight, and Lanlan said she wanted to travel the Ancient Starry Sky Road and follow her own Great Dao path.
  • Snow Yueqing accompanied Lanlan to their old hot spring, where she danced among her favorite orchid grass.

Ch. 180Li Fan Kills a Dark Supreme at the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven

Li Fan left Earth to confront a Dark Supreme who had launched a devastating Dark Turmoil after failing to become a Sacred Spirit. Though Li Fan was only at Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven, he fought the Supreme through Extreme Sublimation and blasted him into a cloud of blood.

  • Xue Yueqing and Little Rabbit returned to the Ancient Starry Sky Road, leaving Li Fan and Six-Eared behind.
  • A failed Sacred Spirit transformation turned a Dark Supreme back into flesh, and he began devouring cultivators and life-bearing planets to repair his Immortal Platform Rift.
  • Li Fan left Earth with the Azure Lotus Ancient Emperor Weapon to stop the Dark Turmoil, despite his clansmen's worries.
  • Li Fan struck the Dark Supreme with the Green Lotus, and the Supreme recognized him as the Demon Venerable's son and the Azure Emperor's son.
  • The Dark Supreme entered Extreme Sublimation and attacked Li Fan, but Li Fan endured the assault and fought back with the Green Lotus Emperor Weapon.
  • Li Fan cleaved the Dark Supreme in two and blasted him into a cloud of blood.

Ch. 181Three Emperors Era

After Xue Yueqing achieved Emperor Enlightenment and Six Ears attained Alternative Enlightenment, Li Fan emerged from seclusion as a Chaotic Body and proved his Dao as an Emperor. The chapter ended with three Imperial Dao auras suppressing the world and leaving other Quasi-Emperors no hope of proving their Dao.

  • Xue Yueqing survived the trials unleashed by shattering the Heavenly Heart Imprint, merged with it, and became the Demon Emperor.
  • Six Ears achieved Alternative Enlightenment beneath Xue Yueqing’s suppression, joining the two Supremes whose auras dominated the age.
  • At six thousand years old, Li Fan summoned a Dao-Proving Tribulation after his bloodline and cultivation transformed him into a Chaotic Body.
  • Li Fan passed through the tribulation and merged his Grand Dao Brand with the Heavenly Heart Imprint, becoming an Emperor alongside Xue Yueqing.
  • The combined auras of Li Fan, Xue Yueqing, and Six Ears suppressed the world, and the Quasi-Emperors abandoned hope of proving their Dao.

Ch. 182Li Ming Lived His Seventh Lifetime

After emerging from the Road to Immortality and living his Seventh Lifetime, Li Ming faced an Immortal Ascension Tribulation that astonished the world. He survived waves of Immortal Dao Thunder and its manifested Immortal Weapons and spirits, but the tribulation culminated in an Immortal-Slaying Guillotine that engulfed him in crimson light.

  • Immortal Light burst from the Road to Immortality, and the Demon Venerable emerged from a coffin after 280,000 years, revealing himself to be alive.
  • The Demon Venerable shed his aged body, returned to youth, and waited in the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland as signs of an Immortal Ascension Tribulation appeared.
  • Li Fan told Xue Yueqing and the Six-Eared Macaque that his father’s writings mentioned no Immortal Ascension Tribulation, and that the event seemed to be beyond his father’s expectations.
  • Li Ming endured waves of Immortal Dao Divine Thunder and defeated manifestations of Immortal Weapons, Immortal Spirits, and Immortal Medicines, though the battle left him gravely wounded.
  • A Dao Altar and the Immortal-Slaying Guillotine appeared in the final tribulation, and crimson light engulfed Li Ming as thunderous chains dragged him toward the altar.

Ch. 183Buried in the Coffin

After the world mistook the Demon Venerable’s Immortal Ascension Tribulation for proof of his death, the Heaven-Burying Coffin carried his corpse into the Chaos Sea, and his immortality became legend. Ten thousand years later, Xue Yueqing and Little Rabbit’s son was born as a silver True Dragon and sealed away for a future Golden Age; the chapter ended as the Demon Venerable’s coffin burst from an abandoned Road to Immortality near Mars.

  • The Immortal Ascension visions vanished, and the Dark Supremes found the Demon Venerable’s headless corpse at the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland.
  • The Heaven-Burying Coffin revealed its Immortal Weapon aura, drew the corpse inside, and disappeared into the Chaos Sea.
  • Ten thousand years passed as Li Fan, the Macaque Emperor, and Xue Yueqing ruled together, while the Demon Venerable’s supposed immortality became legend.
  • Xue Yueqing and Little Rabbit had a son who manifested as a silver True Dragon, and Xue Yueqing sealed him away to await a future Golden Age.
  • After Li Fan entered his Second Lifetime by consuming an Immortal Medicine, the Demon Venerable’s coffin burst out of an abandoned Road to Immortality near Mars.

Ch. 184Entering the Immortal Domain

Mars’s supposedly false Road to Immortality opened after the Heaven-Burying Coffin struck it, and Li Fan led a group through its dangers toward the Immortal Domain. The group completed the Heavenly Gate’s baptism and entered a world they recognized as the true Immortal Domain.

  • The Heaven-Burying Coffin burst from a rift near Mars, triggering the opening of its Road to Immortality and awakening cultivators across the world.
  • Li Fan, Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing, and the Six-Eared Macaque entered the Road to Immortality, while four Dark Supremes consumed Nine-Revolution Immortal Elixirs and followed them.
  • The Heavenly Demonic Saber and Myriad Souls Banner cleared the way as the seven travelers fought through the ruined road and reached a real Immortal Domain beyond the shattered city gate.
  • Li Fan sensed that his father had opened the road ahead of time, warned that the Heavenly Gate would open in ten breaths, and had the group scatter Origin Essence Blood over it.
  • Li Fan led the group through the opening Heavenly Gate, where they endured a painful transformation and completed their Immortal Dao baptism before entering the Immortal Domain.

Ch. 185The Undying Heavenly Emperor Reappeared

The Heaven-Burying Coffin opened Beidou Star’s Road to Immortality, but the Undying Heavenly Emperor appeared and attacked it, seeking the Demon Venerable’s corpse and power. Their battle began deep within the road, leaving the Demon Venerable’s fate uncertain.

  • The Road to Immortality on Mars collapsed after the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, the Demon Emperor, the Macaque Emperor, and four Dark Supremes entered the Immortal Domain, while the Dark Supremes who had stayed behind regretted missing their chance.
  • The Heaven-Burying Coffin arrived on Beidou Star and announced that it had come to explore the Road to Immortality in the Southern Region of the Eastern Wasteland.
  • The Heaven-Burying Coffin struck open a Road to Immortality and rushed inside, while the Dark Supremes hesitated and did not follow.
  • The Kunlun Immortal Bell rang, and the Undying Heavenly Emperor appeared on the road, stopped the coffin, and forced its lid open.
  • The Heaven-Burying Coffin’s Weapon Deity broke free, and the coffin and the Undying Heavenly Emperor began a fierce battle as the emperor sought the Demon Venerable’s corpse and origin essence.

Ch. 186Erasing the Weird and Capturing Undying

The Demon Venerable revived as an immortal and defeated the Weird possessing the Undying Heavenly Emperor. He imprisoned and erased the Weird, refined its dark runes, and left the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s soul devoured by the Myriad Souls Banner.

  • The Undying Heavenly Emperor opened the Heaven-Burying Coffin and mistook the Demon Venerable for a corpse whose spirit had awakened.
  • The Demon Venerable revived, emerged from the coffin, and revealed that the Undying Heavenly Emperor had fused with the Weird.
  • The Undying Heavenly Emperor attacked the Demon Venerable, then fled toward the Strange World when his attack was effortlessly destroyed.
  • The Demon Venerable severed the Weird passage and, with the Heavenly Demonic Saber and Myriad Souls Banner, captured the Undying Heavenly Emperor and the Weird within him.
  • The Demon Venerable used the Bronze Mirror’s power to erase the Weird and refine its dark runes into gray runes that he cautiously imprinted on himself.
  • The Myriad Souls Banner devoured the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s soul and transformed, while the Dark Supremes realized the Undying Heavenly Emperor had become its captive.

Ch. 187Smashing the Kunlun Immortal Bell

Li Ming killed the Undying Heavenly Emperor inside the Road to Immortality, then freed the Kunlun Immortal Bell from the Heavenly Gate and subdued it when it tried to flee. He emerged on Beidou Star with the bell, leaving the Dark Supremes wondering whether he had become immortal.

  • The Undying Heavenly Emperor's Grand Dao Imprint collapsed after Li Ming killed him and refined his remains into the Myriad Souls Banner.
  • Li Ming followed the Kunlun Immortal Bell to the Heavenly Gate and pulled it free, stabilizing the Road to Immortality as it began to collapse.
  • The Kunlun Immortal Bell tried to escape, but Li Ming captured it, suppressed its Weapon Deity, studied its Immortal Dao Runes, and refined the weapon.
  • Li Ming emerged from the Immortal Road Rift on Beidou Star with the Kunlun Immortal Bell, and the Dark Supremes chose not to challenge him.
  • After Li Ming departed, the Dark Supremes wondered whether he had become immortal and whether his Red Dust Immortal path was correct.

Ch. 188Emperor Huang Takes a Master

After Demon Venerable became immortal, Emperor Huang visited him to seek guidance on the Red Dust Immortal Path. Emperor Huang later triggered the Dao-Proving Tribulation, failed to shatter the Heavenly Heart Imprint, and ultimately achieved Emperor Enlightenment by merging with it.

  • News spread that Demon Venerable had survived the Immortal Ascension Tribulation, become immortal, and killed the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
  • Emperor Huang slaughtered his rivals on the Ancient Starry Sky Road, then visited Li Ming in Undying Mountain and asked for guidance on pursuing the Red Dust Immortal Path.
  • Li Ming gave Emperor Huang advice and agreed to guide him further after he achieved Emperor Enlightenment.
  • Two or three thousand years later, Emperor Huang emerged and triggered the Dao-Proving Tribulation in the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland.
  • Emperor Huang shattered the Heavenly Heart Imprint and fought the Immortal Spirit phantoms, but failed to remain above the Myriad Dao.
  • After repairing his battered body, Emperor Huang branded his Grand Dao Imprint onto the Heavenly Heart Imprint and attained Emperor Enlightenment.

Ch. 189New Primordial Emperor: Yuan Gu!

After the New Primordial Emperor Yuan Gu seemingly died, three Perfected Sacred Spirits attacked his lineage and ancestral star. Yuan Gu revealed that he was still alive, crushed the attackers, and destroyed the Sacred Spirit Ancestral Land and its Supreme.

  • Emperor Huang ruled for thirty thousand years before his Grand Dao Imprint dissolved, opening the way for another age of contention.
  • Yuan Gu, the Primordial Emperor’s eighth-generation grandson, rose to power, achieved Emperor Enlightenment, and rebuilt the Primordial Lake Dao Lineage.
  • After Yuan Gu’s Second Lifetime ended, three Perfected Sacred Spirits attacked Primordial Lake and turned toward the Primordial Emperor Ancestral Star.
  • Yuan Gu emerged from the ancestral star, crushed the three Sacred Spirits, and reunited with his three sons.
  • Yuan Gu used his gourd to expose the Sacred Spirit Ancestral Land and challenged its Supreme.
  • Yuan Gu destroyed the Sacred Spirit Forbidden Zone, and his gourd gained a new Ancient Emperor Supreme Imprint.

Ch. 190The Light Emperor's Aura Was About to Rise from the Myriad Souls Banner!

After Yuan Gu proposed sending Dark Supremes to the Strange World, Li Ming considered ways to open a passage and continued studying the Ruins' Daughter’s revival. Thousands of years later, the Light Emperor’s daughter became the Light Empress, entered the Strange World, and Li Ming recalled the surprising way she had first approached him.

  • Yuan Gu visited Li Ming after destroying the Sacred Spirit Forbidden Zone, thanked him for his guidance, and discussed the Strange World as an alternative for Dark Supremes unable to pursue Red Dust Immortal transformations.
  • Yuan Gu proposed creating a Formation that would periodically open a passage to the Strange World, and Li Ming agreed to consider how to make it work.
  • Li Ming examined the Ruins' Daughter in the Underworld, found her vitality growing, and decided to infuse her corpse with the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s Origin Essence Blood.
  • After Yuan Gu transformed into a Sacred Spirit Stone Embryo and his Grand Dao Suppression faded, the Light Emperor’s daughter rose to prominence, became the Light Empress, and achieved Emperor Enlightenment.
  • The Light Empress sought Li Ming’s guidance, chose to enter the Strange World when she could not be sure of transforming into a Sacred Spirit Stone Embryo, and Li Ming opened a passage to send her there.
  • Li Ming recalled that the Light Empress had first arrived at Undying Mountain claiming she wanted to discuss life and seek his “scriptures,” then threw herself at him.

Ch. 191Reviving the Lunar Saint Emperor

After more than ten thousand years, Li Ming revived the Lunar Saint Emperor by freeing him from the Human Emperor Seal, and the emperor began cultivating again. The Lunar Saint Emperor later attained Emperor Enlightenment in a Solar Divine Body and returned to the Undying Mountain to thank Li Ming.

  • The Lunar Saint Emperor's Human Emperor Seal became an Immortal Weapon, drawing the attention of the Dark Supremes and awakening three Immortal Weapons from the Undying Mountain.
  • Li Ming and the Lunar Saint Emperor shattered the Human Emperor Seal, allowing the Lunar Saint Emperor to be reborn as an infant with his memories and healed Dao Injuries.
  • The Lunar Saint Emperor resumed cultivation and set out on the Ancient Starry Sky Road to seek Emperor Enlightenment again.
  • A Solar Divine Body survived the Dao-Proving Tribulation and revealed himself as the Lunar Saint Emperor reborn, having attained Emperor Enlightenment without merging with or shattering the Heavenly Heart Imprint.
  • The Lunar Saint Emperor visited the Undying Mountain, thanked Li Ming for reviving him, and heard Li Ming recommend the Sacred Spirit Transformation Method for his next transformation.

Ch. 192The Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor Who Would Rather Sleep to Death Than Devour All Living Beings

Li Ming guided the resurrected Lunar Saint Emperor toward Sacred Spirit transformation, and the emperor defeated his evil Divine Thought with the Faith Power of those he had helped before entering the Undying Mountain to transform. After a peaceful Golden Age, the Black Tortoise achieved Emperor Enlightenment and became the Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor.

  • Li Ming brought the Lunar Saint Emperor to observe the Boundless Heavenly Venerable’s Sacred Spirit transformation and explained the risks and methods of the process.
  • The Lunar Saint Emperor returned to rule from Ziwei Star, helped living beings across the cosmos, and accumulated immense Faith Power through his kindness.
  • Near the end of his long life, the Lunar Saint Emperor fought his evil Divine Thought and used the Faith Power of all living beings to destroy it.
  • The Lunar Saint Emperor entered the Undying Mountain and became a Sacred Spirit Stone Embryo, while the world mourned and awaited his promised return.
  • After a Golden Age passed without a new emperor, the Black Tortoise survived the Dao-Proving Tribulation, achieved Emperor Enlightenment, and became the Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor.

Ch. 193Ascend on an Auspicious Day

The Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor visited Li Ming in Undying Mountain to seek a way to extend his life after failing to master the Red Dust Immortal Transformation Method. Li Ming proposed sending him to the Strange World through the Chaos Grand Formation of Beidou Star, and the Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor agreed to lead the way for future Ancient Emperor Supremes.

  • The Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor abandoned his pride and traveled to Undying Mountain to ask Li Ming for guidance on longevity and Red Dust Immortal transformation.
  • Li Ming explained that Red Dust Immortal Ascension required Nine-Life Transformation, while the Myriad Souls Banner frightened the Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor with its offer of longevity inside it.
  • The Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor admitted that he could not use the Saint Spirit Transformation Method and feared he would have to slash himself apart and wait for the Road to Immortality.
  • Li Ming revealed that a Strange World contained Longevity Substance and could serve as a stepping stone toward immortality, and he explained that the Chaos Grand Formation of Beidou Star could open a passage there.
  • The Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor agreed to enter the Strange World through the formation and set an example for later Ancient Emperor Supremes.
  • Li Ming praised the Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor's potential and urged him to continue researching Red Dust Immortal transformation in the Strange World.

Ch. 194Blood and Sin

Li Ming opened an Ascension Passage to the Strange World with the Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor, whose departure strengthened the world and reopened the race for Emperor Enlightenment. On the Ancient Starry Sky Road, a blood-soaked monster created by the Longevity Heavenly Venerable emerged and began overpowering the Immortal Golden Body and the Tyrant Bloodline.

  • Li Ming explained that the Ascension Formation would replenish the world's essence, then promised to protect the Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor's descendants and gave him several Immortal Medicine fruits.
  • The Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor activated the formations on Beidou Star and Ziwei Star, which tore open a passage to the Strange World and drew in Chaos Essence and Longevity Substance.
  • The Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor entered the passage, and the formations closed after bringing more energy into the world than he had taken away.
  • About a century later, the Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor's Grand Dao Imprint vanished, the Ancient Starry Sky Road reopened, and peerless talents began competing for Emperor Enlightenment.
  • A Chaos Monster reached the Ancient Starry Sky Road's final pass, where a mysterious voice identified him as a creature created by the Longevity Heavenly Venerable.
  • The Chaos Monster revealed that he was forged from the Blood Souls of tens of millions and sought the Origin Essence Blood of the Immortal Golden Body and the Tyrant Bloodline, whom he repeatedly drove back.

Ch. 195The Birth of a New Corpse Emperor

Blood Soul slaughtered the Quasi-Emperors before Demon Venerable destroyed the Chaos monster, and ten thousand years later Ruins' Daughter attained Emperor Enlightenment as the Empress of the Ruins. After discussing her future with Li Ming, she returned to the Underworld and began attempting to use Phoenix Rebirth to live a new Lifetime.

  • Blood Soul defeated and devoured the Immortal Golden Body, the Tyrant Bloodline, and the other Quasi-Emperors, then triggered a Dao-Proving Tribulation and began massacring living beings.
  • Demon Venerable emerged from Undying Mountain and smashed Blood Soul, while Li Ming later banned attempts to create Chaos monsters by fusing the true blood of all spirits.
  • Ten thousand years later, Ruins' Daughter survived a Heavenly Tribulation, fused with the Heavenly Heart Imprint, and attained Emperor Enlightenment as the Empress of the Ruins.
  • Empress of the Ruins visited Li Ming at Undying Mountain, where he discussed her death qi, Reincarnation Seals, and possible paths to living a new Lifetime.
  • Ruins' Daughter returned to the Underworld and, at fifteen thousand years of age, began using Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold and the Undying Heavenly Emperor's Phoenix Divine Blood to attempt Phoenix Rebirth.

Ch. 196Dragon Maiden

Ruins' Daughter underwent Phoenix Nirvana, lived a new Lifetime, and later entered the Strange World when her next attempt at rebirth failed. In the new golden age, Dragon Maiden became the New Dragon Emperor and met Li Ming, while recalling how he had saved her from Human Demon Dongfang Taiyi.

  • Li Ming watched Ruins' Daughter burn to ashes and be reborn as a Phoenix, after which she returned to human form and embraced him.
  • Twenty thousand years later, Ruins' Daughter's plan to become a Sacred Spirit Stone Embryo failed, so Li Ming sent her into the Strange World as her era ended.
  • Human Demon Dongfang Taiyi terrorized the Ancient Starry Sky Road, and Dragon Maiden defeated him in a devastating battle before he disappeared.
  • Dragon Maiden passed her Enlightenment Tribulation and became the New Dragon Emperor, then went to Dongfang Taiyi's tomb, where Li Ming appeared.
  • Dragon Maiden recognized Li Ming as the Demon Venerable and remembered how he had guided her and saved her from Dongfang Taiyi.

Ch. 197Determined to Succeed

Dragon Maiden met Li Ming and sought his guidance on pursuing the Red Dust Immortal path after attaining Emperor Enlightenment. Li Ming brought her to the Myriad Dragon Nest in Undying Mountain, where her fascination with it led her to try to claim it by seducing him.

  • Dragon Maiden thanked Li Ming for saving her and asked him about her cultivation path, while he warned that she should not recklessly sever her Dragon Race origin.
  • Li Ming explained that Dragon Maiden could pursue Red Dust Immortal transformation in the mortal world and, if she failed, ascend to the Strange World.
  • Li Ming invited Dragon Maiden to Undying Mountain, where she saw the True Dragon Elixir and the ancient Myriad Dragon Nest.
  • Dragon Maiden followed the dragon energy to the center of the nest and realized it was a genuine True Dragon's Nest.
  • Dragon Maiden tried to take the Myriad Dragon Nest with her Extreme Dao Divine Might, but her power had no effect.
  • Dragon Maiden used the Dragon Race's innate ability to entice Li Ming, asking him to give her the Myriad Dragon Nest in exchange for union.

Ch. 198The Mysterious Immortal Domain Rift

Dragon Maiden entered the Strange World as an Immortal Domain Rift opened beside its passage, and Li Ming warned her that the rift was fake. Eight Dark Supremes ventured inside; five died and the three survivors fled to the Strange World, while the world remained safe from a Dark Turmoil under Li Ming’s watch.

  • After Dragon Maiden used her Dragon Race charm, Li Ming accepted her advances and gave her the Myriad Dragon Nest and the True Dragon Elixir when she left.
  • Dragon Maiden entered the later years of her Second Lifetime and, after another two thousand years, prepared to enter the Strange World.
  • Opening the passage to the Strange World triggered an Immortal Domain Rift, and Li Ming warned Dragon Maiden not to enter it.
  • Eight Dark Supremes underwent Extreme Sublimation and entered the Rift, but the collapsing path killed five and left three survivors badly injured.
  • The three surviving Dark Supremes considered unleashing a Dark Turmoil, then opened a passage to the Strange World and fled instead.

Ch. 199Green Lotus

After the Dark Turmoil ended and the Dragon Maiden Emperor left the world, Li Si'er attained Emperor Enlightenment as the Azure Lotus Emperor and reunited with Li Ming at Undying Mountain. She learned that he had become a True Immortal, then proposed a War Immortal Method that would open a Sixth Secret Realm and let her leap directly to Immortal King.

  • The Dark Supremes abandoned their plans for a Dark Turmoil after the Demon Venerable killed five of their number and the Myriad Souls Banner absorbed their remains.
  • The Dragon Maiden Emperor left the world, and ten thousand years later her Grand Dao Suppression faded, beginning a new golden age.
  • Li Si'er endured the Enlightenment Tribulation, merged with the Heaven's Heart Imprint, and became the Azure Lotus Emperor.
  • Li Si'er visited Li Ming at Undying Mountain, where she realized how vast the gap between their strength remained.
  • Li Ming told Li Si'er about his Nine-Life Transformation and his path toward becoming a Red Dust Immortal, and he warned her against becoming a Dark Supreme.
  • Li Si'er revealed her plan to use the War Immortal Method to open a Sixth Secret Realm and become an Immortal King, leaving Li Ming astonished.

Ch. 200The Mysterious Skeleton

Li Ming watched Li Lian'er pursue her own transformation method while studying the mysterious skeleton he had found in the Underworld. The skeleton achieved Corpse Spirit Awakening and Emperor Enlightenment, then left for the Strange World, while Li Ming sensed that Li Lian'er's Grand Dao Imprint was about to collapse.

  • Li Lian'er proposed forcing open the Sixth Secret Realm with a War Immortal Method, but Li Ming warned her to build a deep foundation by completing the Red Dust Immortal Path first.
  • Li Lian'er left the Undying Mountain and cultivated on Kunlun Mountain, spending long periods transformed into an azure lotus seed as golden lines appeared on it and her Grand Dao Suppression gradually vanished.
  • Li Ming sensed a mysterious change in the Underworld and found the skeleton he had excavated developing a Reincarnation Seal that transformed its deathly energy into life energy.
  • The skeleton achieved Corpse Spirit Awakening, attained Emperor Enlightenment as the Skeleton Emperor, and told Li Ming he remembered neither a past life nor any former self.
  • The Skeleton Emperor discussed cultivation with Li Ming for over five thousand years, then opened the Ascension Passage and entered the Strange World.
  • Li Ming sensed the aura of Dao Dissolution and realized it came from Li Lian'er's approaching Grand Dao Imprint collapse, not the Skeleton Emperor's.
Arc 8 of 12
Arc 8 of 12