Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Li Ming travels through the cosmos to find the remains of the Crippled Immortal. Along the way, he passes a once-thriving planet now ruined by a battle between at least Quasi-Emperors.
• He reaches a vast black ocean where his divine sense is sharply limited. A Quasi-Venerable octopus, caught spying on him, explains that the True Immortal’s corpse has become dangerously active: over a thousand years ago, it began emitting Immortal Light, and explorers seeking treasure were devoured.
• The octopus reluctantly guides Li Ming to the corpse. They pass many bodies whose life essence has been drained.
• Li Ming discovers that the supposed remains of a Crippled Immortal are actually those of a complete True Immortal: a gigantic Teng Snake. It begins to awaken, drawing blood essence from living beings across the world.
• A vast formation, which Li Ming believes Lingbao Tianzun created, binds the corpse. Nevertheless, a new spirit awakens inside it and rapidly reaches Ultimate Dao Supreme strength.
• The Teng Snake attacks Li Ming, but the Bronze Immortal Hall blocks its blows and wounds it. The Teng Snake recognizes the hall as an Immortal Weapon from the Immortal Domain and tries to bargain with Li Ming, promising passage to the Road to Immortality if he frees it.

Character developments

• Li Ming is confident in his Supreme-level power but remains cautious when he encounters an unknown place that limits his senses. He investigates calmly, then relies on the Bronze Immortal Hall when confronted by the awakened Teng Snake.
• The Quasi-Venerable octopus shifts from terrified captive to reluctant guide. After Li Ming releases him, greed and desperation—his cultivation has stalled and his lifespan is short—lead him to remain nearby in hopes of gaining a reward.
• The Teng Snake’s newly awakened spirit reveals itself as powerful, predatory, and calculating. After failing to overpower Li Ming, it switches from violence to persuasion, offering immortality as an inducement.

Significant themes

• The peril and indifference of the cosmos: Worlds can flourish and then become lifeless ruins, while even powerful cultivators face dangers beyond their control.
• The danger of ambition and greed: Earlier explorers died seeking treasure, and the octopus risks remaining near the corpse in hopes of personal gain.
• Death, persistence, and transformation: Though the True Immortal’s original spirit is gone, its body has developed a new consciousness and is attempting to live again.
• Power and temptation: The Teng Snake’s promise of entry to the Immortal Domain tests whether Li Ming will trust a dangerous enemy for the sake of transcendence.

Character interactions

• Li Ming intimidates the octopus into answering questions and guiding him, then dismisses him once they reach the corpse.
• The octopus warns Li Ming about the corpse’s danger, but Li Ming proceeds regardless.
• Li Ming and the Teng Snake clash directly; when the Bronze Immortal Hall protects him, the creature recognizes the weapon and tries to recruit him rather than continue attacking.
• The chapter ends with Li Ming facing the Teng Snake’s offer, leaving unresolved whether he will trust it or keep it bound.

Summary of “Lingbao Tianzun’s Backup Plan”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ming confronts Teng Snake, a Supreme-level soul inhabiting the corpse of a True Immortal. Teng Snake attempts to tempt Li Ming into surrendering the Bronze Immortal Hall, claiming that its full power can only be used by a True Immortal.
• Li Ming rejects Teng Snake’s offer and deduces that, despite his True Immortal body, Teng Snake is weakened by his imprisonment and is roughly comparable to a Dark Supreme wielding an Immortal Weapon.
• Teng Snake reveals that Lingbao Tianzun killed the Primordial Spirit of his original self and imprisoned his corpse. Afterward, Corpse Spirit Awakening gave birth to Teng Snake’s current soul. Lingbao Tianzun had apparently intended to refine the corpse and use it to live another lifetime.
• Teng Snake breaks free from the formation’s restraints by absorbing the vital blood of countless creatures in the surrounding black ocean. The thirty-six divine mountains and four Immortal Gold chains—made from Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold, Dragon-Patterned Black Gold, Divine Marked Purple Gold, and Immortal Tear Green Gold—fail to contain him.
• His body and Primordial Spirit reunite, restoring his Supreme-level Immortal Dao power. Believing himself invincible, Teng Snake declares that he will rule the world and demands that Li Ming become his servant.
• Li Ming remains calm, having already observed Lingbao Tianzun’s hidden arrangements. When Teng Snake attacks, Li Ming blocks and replicates his Immortal Dao runes with the Bronze Immortal Hall.
• Lingbao Tianzun’s true contingency plan activates: the Du Ren Scripture, or Salvation Scripture, is imprinted within Teng Snake’s body. A mysterious Bronze Lamp channels Mortal World Faith Power, treating Teng Snake as an evil Corpse Spirit and purifying his soul.
• Teng Snake is gradually weakened from the Supreme realm. Li Ming mocks him, questions him about the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and Lingbao Tianzun’s formation diagram, and repeatedly strikes him with the Bronze Immortal Hall.
• Teng Snake dies cursing Lingbao Tianzun and blaming Li Ming for refusing to help him. Li Ming prepares to harvest the remnants of Teng Snake’s power using the Bronze Mirror within his body.

Character Developments

• Li Ming: Demonstrates increasing confidence, strategic patience, and intellectual curiosity. Rather than attacking immediately, he studies Lingbao Tianzun’s formation and hidden runes, allowing the backup plan to defeat Teng Snake. He also reveals extensive knowledge of the shattered Immortal Domain, further unsettling Teng Snake.
• Teng Snake: Initially arrogant and confident in his True Immortal body, he believes his resurrection through Corpse Spirit Awakening has given him limitless potential. His confidence collapses when Lingbao Tianzun’s Salvation Scripture suppresses him. His final anger and desperation expose his resentment toward Lingbao Tianzun and his unwillingness to accept defeat.
• Lingbao Tianzun: Though absent, he becomes the chapter’s most influential figure. His preparations reveal extraordinary mastery of formations, Immortal Dao, the Salvation Scripture, and the use of Faith Power. His plan was designed not only to imprison Teng Snake but also to destroy any Corpse Spirit that might arise from the corpse.

Significant Themes

• The danger of arrogance: Teng Snake repeatedly underestimates Li Ming and Lingbao Tianzun, assuming his True Immortal body guarantees victory.
• Preparation overcoming brute strength: Lingbao Tianzun’s carefully arranged safeguards defeat a being who appears far stronger than ordinary Supremes.
• Life, death, and Corpse Spirit Awakening: The chapter explores whether a soul born from a corpse is truly a continuation of the original being or merely a dangerous “evil ghost.”
• Human Dao versus Immortal Dao: Mortal World Faith Power and the Salvation Scripture successfully restrain Immortal Dao power, suggesting that the power of the living world can counter beings from the Immortal Domain.
• Hidden legacies and contingency plans: Lingbao Tianzun’s influence continues through formations, scriptures, weapons, and inscriptions, even after his apparent death.

Character Interactions

• Li Ming and Teng Snake: Their exchange is dominated by mutual contempt. Teng Snake tries to recruit and intimidate Li Ming, while Li Ming responds with sarcasm, provokes him about his defeat, and treats him as a source of cultivation knowledge and treasure.
• Teng Snake and Lingbao Tianzun: Their relationship is defined by hatred. Teng Snake believes Lingbao Tianzun stole his chance at rebirth, while Lingbao Tianzun anticipated Teng Snake’s Corpse Spirit Awakening and prepared the Salvation Scripture specifically to destroy him.
• Li Ming and Lingbao Tianzun: Though they never meet directly, Li Ming studies and benefits from Lingbao Tianzun’s arrangements. He is impressed by the depth of Lingbao Tianzun’s planning and secretly memorizes the Salvation Scripture’s principles.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ming confronts Teng Snake, who refuses to submit or reveal Immortal Dao secrets. Rather than become Li Ming’s servant, Teng Snake chooses death and attempts to destroy both Li Ming and Lingbao Tianzun’s chance of revival.
• Teng Snake ignites the Light of Dao Transformation and the Dao-Dissolving Fire, briefly restoring himself to True Immortal-level strength. He launches a devastating attack intended to annihilate Lingbao Tianzun’s body and kill Li Ming.
• The Bronze Mirror protects Li Ming, devours the Dao-Dissolving Fire, suppresses Teng Snake’s Immortal Dao, and completely destroys his Primordial Spirit. Teng Snake dies permanently, leaving behind only his True Immortal body.
• Li Ming refines the remaining fragments of Teng Snake’s memories and studies the Immortal Dao Runes engraved throughout the corpse. The Weapon Deity of Lingbao Tianzun’s Bronze Lamp thanks him by giving him the Nine Secrets: Zu, Lingbao Tianzun’s scriptures, and the complete Salvation Scripture.
• Li Ming decides not to take or destroy Teng Snake’s corpse, since it may be necessary for Lingbao Tianzun’s resurrection. He instead uses it as a source of Immortal Dao knowledge and allows Lingbao Tianzun the possibility of living another lifetime.
• While studying the corpse, Li Ming enters a mysterious transformation. Encased in a Great Dao Cocoon, he ages rapidly before undergoing Nirvana and being reborn as a flawless Chaotic Body.
• At age twenty-six thousand, Li Ming successfully enters his Second Lifetime, emerging as a youthful Demon Venerable with vastly greater vitality, blood energy, and Chaotic Origin.
• His rebirth creates immense phenomena across the universe. The Myriad Dao submits to him, yet he surpasses the Heavenly Heart Imprint rather than merely controlling it.
• The Dark Supremes and other powerful beings are shocked, having expected Li Ming to die in his old age. His unprecedented First Lifetime and successful transformation become a new myth.

2. Character Developments

• Li Ming: Demonstrates overwhelming confidence and reliance on the Bronze Mirror. He becomes more interested in studying Immortal Dao knowledge than immediately claiming power, and shows a nuanced moral outlook by preserving Lingbao Tianzun’s chance at revival. His successful Nirvana transforms him into a perfect Chaotic Body and elevates him beyond the Heavenly Heart Imprint.
• Teng Snake: Reveals extreme determination and hostility. He would rather obliterate his own Primordial Spirit and sacrifice his chance at reincarnation than allow Lingbao Tianzun to revive or Li Ming to gain his secrets. His final resistance fails completely because of the Bronze Mirror.
• Lingbao Tianzun: Though largely inactive, his past deeds and potential revival become central to the chapter. His scriptures and the possibility of resurrecting through Teng Snake’s body portray him as a figure worthy of Li Ming’s respect.
• Weapon Deity: Acts gratefully toward Li Ming after Teng Snake’s destruction, rewarding him with powerful scriptures and acknowledging his assistance.

3. Significant Themes

• Defiance of death and reincarnation: Teng Snake embraces permanent destruction, while Li Ming achieves a successful rebirth and extends his life through a unique method.
• Power versus preparation: Li Ming’s survival depends not only on strength but also on the Bronze Mirror, his accumulated knowledge, and his careful study of Immortal Dao Runes.
• Transformation through death: Li Ming’s aging and apparent decline become the prelude to a superior rebirth, emphasizing Nirvana as a path to perfection.
• Moral complexity: Li Ming does not claim to be purely righteous or evil, but he respects good people and chooses to preserve Lingbao Tianzun’s revival opportunity.
• Legacy and cultivation: Teng Snake’s corpse, scriptures, and runes become resources for future advancement, showing how the remnants of powerful figures continue to shape the cultivation world.
• Shock to the established order: Li Ming’s Second Lifetime overturns the expectations of the Dark Supremes and establishes a new standard for longevity and cultivation.

4. Character Interactions

• Li Ming and Teng Snake: Their confrontation is a battle of wills. Teng Snake rejects servitude and attempts mutual destruction, while Li Ming calmly counters him and ultimately annihilates him.
• Li Ming and Lingbao Tianzun: Though they do not directly converse, Li Ming chooses to protect Lingbao Tianzun’s opportunity for revival and considers exchanging insights with him about the Red Dust Immortal path.
• Li Ming and the Weapon Deity: After Li Ming kills Teng Snake, the Weapon Deity expresses gratitude and gives him valuable scriptures.
• Li Ming and the Dark Supremes: The Dark Supremes remain unable to understand his earlier battle and later react with alarm when his renewed aura reveals that he has successfully entered a Second Lifetime.

Chapter Summary: “Daode Tianzun?!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ming’s survival after 26,000 years and his successful transformation into a flawless Chaotic Body are revealed to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. Cultivators across the cosmos celebrate and chant his titles, recognizing him as the ninth Heavenly Venerable.
• Li Ming examines his former body, which has also become a flawless Chaotic Body but is now lifeless. Instead of refining it into the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, as Ruthless Empress once did with her discarded body, he decides to preserve it for a Corpse Spirit Awakening experiment.
• He stores the body in the Bronze Immortal Hall and plans to nurture it in the Reincarnation Sea before eventually placing it in Earth’s Corpse-Nurturing Land. He wonders whether it might awaken into another version of himself.
• Li Ming travels to a mysterious, lifeless world connected to the old Teng Snake’s memories. The region is filled with corpses, including Supreme-level remains, and appears to be a terrifying prison that drains vitality.
• On a life-filled island within this deathly realm, Li Ming encounters Daode Tianzun, who has undergone a successful transformation after roughly 100,000 years of burial and cultivation.
• Daode Tianzun confirms that he helped Lingbao Tianzun kill the wounded Bloodied True Immortal and later studied the True Immortal’s corpse with him. Lingbao then took the corpse to attempt another transformation, but his current fate remains unknown.
• Daode reveals that the strange realm is an ancient prison, possibly created by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, where extremely evil beings—including genuine immortals—were imprisoned.
• He also explains that Lingbao Tianzun used his formation diagram and four Immortal-Slaying Swords to destroy the True Immortal’s Primordial Spirit.
• Daode’s deduction suggests that Lingbao Tianzun may eventually transform into an entire world, with his head becoming a living planet, though the future remains uncertain.
• The chapter ends with Daode revealing that the Tribulation Heavenly Venerable, the first of the Nine Heavenly Venerables, may also have survived and be preparing an astonishing return.

Character Developments

• Li Ming: Fully establishes himself as a Chaotic Heavenly Venerable after living out a new Lifetime. He becomes more cautious and experimental, choosing to preserve his old body rather than immediately turn it into a weapon. His concern for the possible fate of Lingbao Tianzun shows his growing awareness of how his actions may alter history.
• Daode Tianzun: Revealed to be alive, transformed, and in possession of complete or nearly complete memories of his former existence. He has developed a unique cultivation path involving corpse transformation, longevity research, and the evolution of a small world toward an Immortal Domain.
• Lingbao Tianzun: Though absent, he becomes central to the chapter’s revelations. His achievements, including killing a True Immortal and repeatedly pursuing new Lifetimes, establish him as one of the most powerful figures of the era. His ultimate fate remains unresolved.
• Tribulation Heavenly Venerable: Introduced as a possible survivor, expanding the mystery surrounding the Nine Heavenly Venerables.

Significant Themes

• Transformation and rebirth: The chapter focuses on different methods of achieving longevity and returning from death, including Corpse Spirit Awakening, living out new Lifetimes, and transforming through the study of True Immortal remains.
• Identity and the self: Li Ming’s preserved old body raises questions about whether a discarded body can become an independent version of its former owner.
• Changing fate and history: Li Ming recognizes that his intervention may have altered Lingbao Tianzun’s original tragic destiny.
• The limits of immortality: Even Heavenly Venerables must rely on dangerous experiments, corpse transformations, and ancient secrets to survive.
• Ancient mysteries: The prison realm, the True Immortal’s corpse, the Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s possible involvement, and the survival of ancient Heavenly Venerables deepen the chapter’s cosmic mystery.

Character Interactions

• Li Ming and Daode Tianzun meet as fellow Dao practitioners and Heavenly Venerables, recognizing one another’s achievements.
• Li Ming directly questions Daode about Lingbao Tianzun, the Crippled Immortal, and the prison realm.
• Daode treats Li Ming as an equal and invites him to discuss longevity and transformation techniques.
• Their conversation reveals the close relationship between Daode and Lingbao, as well as the shared research that followed their battle with the Bloodied True Immortal.
• Daode provides Li Ming with Immortal Liquid brewed from two Sacred Spirit Supremes, demonstrating both his resources and his research into extending lifespan.

Chapter Summary: The Aura of the True Dragon Elixir

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ming discusses Tribulation Heavenly Venerable with Daode Tianzun, learning that Tribulation Heavenly Venerable later became the Netherworld Venerable through Corpse Spirit Awakening and repeated transformations.
• Daode Tianzun shares an incomplete version of the Tribulation Heavenly Art. In return, Li Ming exchanges his own Thunder God Heavenly Art, scriptures belonging to the Longevity and Carefree Heavenly Venerables, and Dao insights.
• The two Heavenly Venerables discuss the Dao for a century and use their combined knowledge to deduce the approximate location of Lingbao Tianzun’s true body.
• Li Ming discovers the Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, formed from Lingbao Tianzun’s head and protected by powerful formations. Beneath it, he finds Lingbao Tianzun’s soul sleeping inside a Great Dao Cocoon, using Primordial Spirit Fire, Immortal Dao runes, and power drawn from the Teng Snake corpse to prepare for another lifetime.
• Respecting Lingbao Tianzun’s transformation, Li Ming leaves after being warned by the Four Swords of Zhu Xian not to disturb him.
• Returning to Ziwei Star, Li Ming publicly expounds the Five Great Human Body Secret Realms for ten years. The event attracts cultivators and geniuses from across the universe, and many break through during his teachings.
• Li Ming then secretly forges nine Extreme Dao Weapons—three bells, three cauldrons, and three towers—from Immortal Gold taken from Dark Supremes.
• Using Nine Secrets: Zu, he seals the weapons in a hidden cosmic space surrounding Ziwei Star. They form a defensive grand formation intended to protect the planet from Dark Turmoils and potentially from Emperor Zun’s future plans. The weapons are also nourished by Ziwei Star’s Faith Power and may eventually become Immortal Weapons.
• Li Ming begins searching Ziwei Star for the legendary True Dragon Elixir, especially around Falling Star River, but finds nothing for a hundred years.
• His search unexpectedly reveals ruins and traces connected to the Boundless Heavenly Venerable, as well as the distinct aura of an Immortal Medicine. Li Ming suspects it may be the True Dragon Elixir and wonders whether it once belonged to the Boundless Heavenly Venerable—and whether the supposedly dead Heavenly Venerable might still be alive.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Li Ming and Daode Tianzun develop a relationship of mutual respect through the exchange of scriptures and Dao comprehension. Li Ming becomes more focused on refining his own Great Dao rather than merely collecting external techniques.
• Li Ming demonstrates increasing generosity and confidence by sharing powerful inheritances and spending a century discussing cultivation with Daode Tianzun.
• His encounter with Lingbao Tianzun shows Li Ming’s caution and respect toward other ancient powerhouses. Although curious, he does not interfere with Lingbao’s revival attempt.
• Li Ming’s connection to Ziwei Star deepens. He regards it as the place where he began and as the keeper of important memories, motivating him to protect its inhabitants.
• His concern expands from personal cultivation to the protection of an entire world, leading him to create a long-term defense against Dark Supremes and future cosmic disasters.
• The Boundless Heavenly Venerable’s fate becomes a new mystery. Li Ming questions whether the ancient figure truly died after his battle with the Chaotic Body Wang Bo.

Significant Themes

• Reincarnation, transformation, and survival: Ancient Heavenly Venerables seek new lives through Corpse Spirit Awakening, Dao cocoons, Immortal Medicine, and other methods.
• Legacy and exchange of knowledge: The sharing of scriptures and mutual Dao discussions show that cultivation advances through both individual insight and cooperation.
• Protection of memories and origins: Li Ming’s defense of Ziwei Star is driven not only by duty but by nostalgia and attachment to his past.
• Preparation against future catastrophe: The nine hidden weapons represent foresight against Dark Turmoils and Emperor Zun’s potential threat.
• The limits of death: Lingbao Tianzun’s hidden revival and the possible survival of Boundless Heavenly Venerable suggest that apparent death may not be final for the strongest cultivators.
• Faith as power: Li Ming begins studying Faith Power by using it to nourish the nine weapons, linking collective belief with cultivation and weapon evolution.

Important Character Interactions

• Li Ming and Daode Tianzun: Exchange cultivation methods, discuss Tribulation Heavenly Venerable and Lingbao Tianzun, and jointly deduce Lingbao’s location.
• Li Ming and Lingbao Tianzun: They do not meet directly, but Li Ming discovers Lingbao’s hidden revival chamber and leaves without disturbing him.
• Li Ming and the beings of Ziwei Star: He teaches the Dao to cultivators across the universe, providing opportunities for breakthroughs and strengthening Ziwei Star’s status as a center of Human Race fortune.
• Li Ming and the Boundless Heavenly Venerable: No direct encounter occurs, but Li Ming discovers the Heavenly Venerable’s ruins and possibly the True Dragon Elixir, opening a major mystery for the next chapter.

Chapter Summary: Myriad Dragon Nest

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ming enters a naturally formed land of Chaos on Ziwei Star while searching for the True Dragon Elixir. The Chaos conceals all deductions and auras, making it an ideal hiding place.
• Using traces of Boundless Heavenly Venerable’s aura and a fragment of his scripture, Li Ming locates a hidden world sealed behind a black spatial portal.
• Inside, he encounters an immense Chaos Thunder Sea filled with Nine-Colored Divine Thunder, Immortal Dao Divine Thunder, and powerful formations. The thunder is capable of destroying planets and killing most cultivators, but Li Ming easily withstands it.
• A purple dragon made from condensed dragon energy appears, followed by more than ten thousand similar dragon manifestations. This reveals that the hidden world contains the legendary Chaotic Dragon Nest, the core of the future Myriad Dragon Nest.
• Li Ming discovers that Boundless Heavenly Venerable likely found the Dragon Nest long ago and may have entered it to undergo a transformation. He also detects the Chaos Origin of Wang Bo, suggesting that Boundless Heavenly Venerable may have taken Wang Bo’s Chaos Origin to reconstruct a Chaotic Body.
• Li Ming theorizes that the endless divine thunder may be heavenly punishment caused by Boundless Heavenly Venerable killing or exploiting a Chaotic Body.
• He locates the True Dragon Elixir inside the Dragon Nest. The elixir appears as a golden, nine-leaf plant bearing a lifelike golden dragon-shaped fruit and a dragon pearl.
• When Li Ming tries to seize it, the elixir displays intelligence, teasing him before fleeing deeper into the nest. It uses the surrounding Immortal Dao Divine Thunder to injure him slightly and escape.
• Li Ming suspects the elixir may have formed through the Nirvana of a fallen True Dragon Immortal King, implying that the Chaotic Dragon Nest may have originated from the Immortal Domain and contain an Immortal King’s burial legacy.
• After studying the periodic rhythm of the Thunder Sea, Li Ming enters the Dragon Nest aboard the Bronze Immortal Hall, using the Nine Secrets—Xing and Zu—to navigate the formations and thunder.
• Just as he nears the True Dragon Elixir, the Bronze Immortal Hall collides with an ancient Dragon Wood, triggering a violent reaction in the surrounding Immortal Dao Runes. Li Ming realizes that something is wrong.

Character Developments

• Li Ming demonstrates overwhelming strength, calmly traversing Chaos and surviving divine thunder that would destroy ordinary Saints or even weaker Heavenly Venerables.
• His abilities as a deducer become central: he reconstructs Boundless Heavenly Venerable’s movements, identifies hidden formations, finds a safe route through the Thunder Sea, and discovers the elixir’s location.
• Li Ming becomes increasingly ambitious and excited by the possibility that the Dragon Nest contains enough fortune to help him undergo another transformation or live a new lifetime.
• He also shows greater caution. Rather than forcing his way through the Immortal Dao formations, he relies on the Bronze Immortal Hall and carefully calculates the Thunder Sea’s rhythm.
• The True Dragon Elixir is revealed to possess intelligence and cunning. It can perceive Li Ming, mock or lure him, manipulate dragon energy, and exploit the environment to defend itself.
• Boundless Heavenly Venerable remains absent but becomes more mysterious. Evidence suggests he may not have died and could be attempting to revive himself through Wang Bo’s Chaos Origin and the Dragon Nest.

Significant Themes

• Hidden history and concealed truth: Chaos and the Dragon Nest obscure the identities, movements, and fates of powerful beings, especially Boundless Heavenly Venerable.
• Transformation and rebirth: The possible Nirvana of a fallen True Dragon Immortal King and Boundless Heavenly Venerable’s attempted reconstruction of a Chaotic Body emphasize the pursuit of renewed life.
• The danger of forbidden power: The Dragon Nest contains Immortal Dao formations, heavenly punishment, and treasures of immense value, but every opportunity is matched by lethal danger.
• Intelligence beyond appearances: The True Dragon Elixir is not merely a plant or treasure; it behaves like a living, cunning creature capable of strategy.
• Legacy and memory: The Bronze Immortal Hall represents not only protection but also the history of ancient Immortal Dao civilizations and Li Ming’s connection to the world’s deeper lore.
• Fate and opportunity: Li Ming senses that discovering the Dragon Nest is a major turning point, potentially offering him extraordinary fortune and a path to further advancement.

Character Interactions

• Li Ming’s main interaction is with the intelligent True Dragon Elixir. It appears to respond deliberately to his gaze, tempts him with its dragon pearl, then escapes and uses divine thunder against him.
• The dragon-energy manifestations do not directly acknowledge Li Ming, but their appearance confirms the power and vitality of the Dragon Nest.
• Li Ming’s investigation is also indirectly connected to Boundless Heavenly Venerable, whose aura, formations, and possible use of Wang Bo’s Chaos Origin shape the entire mystery.
• The chapter ends with Li Ming confronting an unexpected reaction from the Dragon Wood and surrounding runes, setting up a new threat within the Dragon Nest.

Plot and key events

• Li Ming enters the Chaotic Dragon Nest under the protection of the Bronze Immortal Hall, navigating deadly Immortal Dao runes and a vast, nine-colored Thunder Sea.
• He persuades the wary True Dragon Elixir to leave with him by promising freedom after ten thousand years and offering Chaos Immortal Essence. The elixir joins him and is placed in his Sea of Bitterness alongside the Flat Peach Divine Medicine.
• The elixir recalls being born on a true dragon’s skeletal remains, though its memories begin only about half a million years ago. Li Ming suspects the nest may contain the remains of a True Dragon Immortal King.
• Drawn by a reaction from his Bronze Mirror, Li Ming ventures deeper into the nest. He finds the origin of Wang Bo, the former Chaotic Body, battling thunder-born Immortal Spirits and trying to absorb the Thunder Sea’s Immortal Dao power.
• The figure transforms into Boundless Heavenly Venerable, confirming that he had seized and refined Wang Bo’s origin to pursue a new life. Li Ming also discovers an ancient coffin bearing the Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s mark, apparently protecting Boundless’s abandoned body.
• Boundless attacks Li Ming, but the Bronze Mirror reacts to the dark, strange substance contaminating him, strips it away, and destroys it. Freed from the contamination, Boundless completes a transformation and lives a third lifetime.
• Boundless recognizes Li Ming as the Demon Venerable and thanks him for saving him, leaving Li Ming surprised that Boundless knows who he is.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Ming shows caution and ingenuity: he uses his knowledge of formations to survive the nest, charms and bargains with the True Dragon Elixir, and investigates Boundless’s transformation. His Bronze Mirror proves capable of countering a mysterious contaminant.
• The True Dragon Elixir shifts from fearful and evasive to trusting enough to accompany Li Ming, though it negotiates for its independence and reveals only fragmentary memories.
• Boundless Heavenly Venerable is revealed to have persisted as an origin fused with Wang Bo’s Chaotic Body. Once the strange influence is removed, he regains clarity and successfully begins a third life.
• Li Ming and Boundless move from confrontation to gratitude, while the elixir’s relationship with Li Ming is based on a tentative bargain—and Li Ming privately intends to keep it regardless of its wishes.

Significant themes

• Rebirth and transformation: Boundless uses Wang Bo’s origin and the Thunder Sea to attempt a new life, ultimately achieving a third lifetime.
• Power and exploitation: Li Ming’s promise of future freedom contrasts with his intention to retain the elixir, while Boundless’s transformation depends on taking another being’s origin.
• Ancient mysteries and cosmic danger: The dragon remains, ancient coffin, Immortal Dao thunder, and dark substance hint at forces and history beyond Li Ming’s understanding.
• Unexpected intervention: The Bronze Mirror acts on its own to destroy the contamination, changing the outcome of the encounter.

Key events

• Boundless Heavenly Venerable explains that rumors about his supposed death after fighting a Chaotic Body were false. He secretly hid in the Chaotic Dragon Nest to attempt a new lifetime and become a Chaotic Body.
• He defeated the Chaotic Body, took its Chaos Origin, and used its body in the Big Dipper Grand Formation. But heavenly punishment nearly ruined his transformation.
• After seeing the remains of a True Dragon—apparently an Immortal King—undergo Nirvana and produce the True Dragon Elixir, Boundless changed his goal. He refined the dragon’s bones and remaining Immortal Dao Runes into himself, seeking to be reborn as a True Dragon and eventually attain immortality.
• Dark Strangeness hidden in the dragon remains attacked him at the crucial moment, destroying his body and nearly taking over his Primordial Spirit. Boundless resisted for tens of thousands of years, preventing it from possessing him and sacrificing the universe.
• Li Ming destroys the remaining Strange Substance sealed in the Thunder Sea with the Heavenly Demonic Saber, aided by the Bronze Mirror’s power.
• Boundless passes Li Ming the Boundless Heavenly Art, his account of Nine Secrets: Dou, and insights into True Dragon transformation and his Third Lifetime. Li Ming spends a month studying the secret art.
• Boundless vows to free all living beings from suffering if he attains immortality. He then decides to seek disciples and establish a sect, leaving the nest to Li Ming and encouraging him to attempt a transformation there.

Character developments and interactions

• Boundless Heavenly Venerable is revealed as a survivor who has undergone a remarkable transformation: his body now combines his own origin, the Chaotic Body Origin, and True Dragon traces. He recognizes that immortality cannot be reached in one leap and that repeated transformations are necessary. His vow to help all beings shows a deeply compassionate side.
• Li Ming confirms his suspicions about Boundless’s past and admires his strength, while candidly admitting that he lacks Boundless’s altruistic ambitions. He accepts Boundless’s teachings and repays his gratitude by destroying the Strange Substance.
• Their relationship shifts from discovery and explanation to mutual respect and gratitude: Boundless thanks Li Ming for saving him and offers invaluable knowledge; Li Ming praises Boundless’s resolve and spiritual ideal.

Significant themes

• Transformation and the pursuit of immortality: Great power and unusual rebirths still do not make immortality easy; it requires sustained growth and repeated trials.
• Resistance to corruption and sacrifice: Boundless refuses the Strange Substance’s temptation and fights to protect the wider world, even at the cost of his body and Dao.
• Gratitude, mentorship, and legacy: Knowledge is exchanged as repayment, and Boundless’s plan to establish a sect would let his teachings and ideals endure.
• Different moral ambitions: Boundless seeks to relieve universal suffering, while Li Ming prioritizes his own survival and advancement.

Chapter Summary: Refining the Old Body into the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar

Key Plot Points and Events

• Boundless Heavenly Venerable leaves Li Ming with the Myriad Dragon Nest, Chaotic Dragon Nest, and Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s coffins for the eight hundred veteran soldiers.
• Li Ming enters one coffin, discovering that it contains an entire universe specially refined to nurture life and facilitate resurrection. Its Yellow Springs River and Netherfire form a Yin-Yang Gate that channels vitality toward the center.
• Guided by Boundless Heavenly Venerable, Li Ming reaches a ruined but still powerful immortal-burial world filled with Chaos Thunder, Nine-Colored Divine Thunder, damaged Immortal Dao formations, and remnants of Immortal King-level runes.
• At the center, over ten thousand dragon-vein manifestations nourish a mysterious Yellow-Mud Coffin with streams of dragon saliva and immortal essence. The coffin was forged by Desolate Heavenly Emperor to support Nirvana and rebirth.
• Inside the coffin, Li Ming finds:
  • Boundless Heavenly Venerable’s engraved cultivation insights and partial dragon-race runes.
  • A vast collection of heavenly treasures and Immortal Domain materials.
  • A message from a wounded Dragon Race Immortal King, who asks that his inheritance be returned to the Dragon Race in the Immortal Domain.
  • The Immortal Treasure Map, containing coordinates of the Immortal Domain and Strange World, as well as a map of Kunlun Mountain and the future Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains.
• Li Ming speculates that Emperor Zun and Netherworld Venerable may have used the map to reconstruct Kunlun Mountain and create the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains. He stores the map and coffin for future use.
• Deciding to make a new supreme weapon, Li Ming abandons the idea of allowing his old body to awaken as a Corpse Spirit. Instead, he plans to refine it into a personal Devouring Heaven Demon Jar.
• He takes the old body to the Chaotic Dragon Nest, using Nine-Colored Immortal Dao Divine Thunder, the Myriad Dragon Nest’s Grand Dao power, and the collected treasures to begin the forging process.

Character Developments

• Li Ming gains immense resources, strategic locations, and inheritance materials, greatly strengthening his future prospects.
• He becomes more cautious and ambitious, prioritizing his own transformation and weapon refinement over uncertain long-term obligations.
• Li Ming shows some respect for Boundless Heavenly Venerable, recognizing that the latter deliberately left behind treasures, techniques, and opportunities for him.
• He begins thinking more deeply about the historical connections between Red Dragon Ge Gu, the Dragon Race, Desolate Heavenly Emperor, Emperor Zun, and Netherworld Venerable.
• Li Ming’s attitude toward the Myriad Dragon Emperor and Dragon Maiden remains undecided. He acknowledges the Myriad Dragon Emperor’s relatively honorable refusal to launch a Dark Turmoil but postpones judgment on whether to help them.

Significant Themes

• Life, death, and rebirth: The Yellow Springs River, Netherfire, Yin-Yang Gate, and immortal-burial terrain embody the cycle of destruction and renewal.
• Inheritance across eras: The Dragon Race Immortal King’s message and the ancient coffins emphasize how legacies survive through countless generations.
• The cost of immortality: Desolate Heavenly Emperor expends an entire universe and immense resources to give the veteran soldiers a chance at resurrection.
• Historical causality: Li Ming’s possession of the Immortal Treasure Map may alter the future development of Kunlun Mountain and the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains.
• Transformation through refinement: Li Ming turns his former body into a weapon, symbolizing the conversion of past identity and accumulated power into a new form of strength.
• Trust and alliance: Boundless Heavenly Venerable’s generosity leads Li Ming to view him as a reliable ally, while Li Ming remains wary of Netherworld Venerable potentially stealing the coffin.

Important Character Interactions

• Li Ming and Boundless Heavenly Venerable: Though Boundless has departed, his guidance, inscriptions, and gifts continue to aid Li Ming. Their relationship develops into one of mutual benefit and growing trust.
• Li Ming and Desolate Heavenly Emperor: They never meet directly, but Li Ming benefits from Desolate’s coffins, formations, dragon arrangements, and treasures, gaining insight into his extraordinary power and generosity.
• Li Ming and the Dragon Race: Li Ming inherits the remains and legacy of a Dragon Race Immortal King and may eventually return the inheritance to Red Dragon Ge Gu’s descendants.
• Li Ming and Netherworld Venerable: Netherworld Venerable is treated as a future threat because of his interest in ancient treasures and ability to excavate powerful relics.
• Li Ming and the Myriad Dragon Emperor and Dragon Maiden: Their possible ancestry is considered, but Li Ming postpones deciding whether they deserve protection or assistance.
• Li Ming and his old body: Rather than revive it independently, Li Ming chooses to repurpose it as the foundation of a powerful Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, beginning a major stage of weapon refinement.

Key plot points

• In the Myriad Dragon Nest, Li Ming reforges the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar from his former body, using rare divine materials, Dark Supremes’ essence blood, thunder, and Dao runes. The jar is powerful and evolving toward an Immortal Weapon, though it has not reached that level yet.
• He leaves the jar in the Falling Star River, hoping it will eventually reach someone destined to find it, then relocates the Myriad Dragon Nest to the Reincarnation Sea Forbidden Zone.
• After twelve thousand years of cultivation, Li Ming emerges with a perfected Chaotic Body and a method for reaching his Third Lifetime. He decides the Heavenly Demonic Saber needs Kunlun Mountain’s Immortal Dao runes—and the Kunlun Immortal Bell—to become a true Immortal Weapon.
• Li Ming storms Kunlun Mountain. When its ten Dark Supremes resist, he attacks, and they move their battle away from the Primordial Ancient Star to spare it from destruction.
• Despite the Kunlun Immortal Bell’s aid, Li Ming overwhelms and kills the ten Dark Supremes. The bell uses their stored essence to revive them, but Li Ming cuts them down again. His saber devours their bodies and Dao origins, growing more powerful.
• The Kunlun Immortal Bell flees into chaos rather than fully joining the battle. Li Ming curses it as it escapes.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Ming is revealed to be even stronger after completing his Chaotic Body. He is confident, ruthless, and willing to use overwhelming force to achieve his goal; he shows little concern for the Kunlun race’s objections.
• The Kunlun Dark Supremes initially threaten Li Ming and offer a compromise once the battle turns against them, but their combined power cannot stop him. Their repeated revivals only prolong their defeat.
• The Kunlun Immortal Bell proves powerful but self-preserving: despite its awakened Weapon Deity and ability to revive the Supremes, it abandons them and escapes. Li Ming reacts with frustration and contempt.
• The wider world watches in fear and astonishment. The battle confirms Li Ming’s reputation as the seemingly unbeatable Demon Venerable.

Significant themes

• Power and ambition: Li Ming pursues an Immortal Weapon without hesitation, and his strength allows him to impose his will.
• Transformation through conflict: The Heavenly Demonic Saber grows by absorbing the fallen Supremes, turning battle into a means of advancement.
• Mortality and revival: The Kunlun Bell can restore the Supremes temporarily, but repeated resurrection cannot overcome Li Ming’s superior force.
• Destiny and cultivation: Li Ming’s decision to leave the Demon Jar for a future finder reflects his belief that worldly encounters can become part of Dao cultivation.

Key plot points and events

• After killing Kunlun Mountain’s Dark Supremes, Li Ming enters Kunlun and decides to claim the Origin Divine Mountain as his own.
• He encounters the Kunlun Immortal Race, whose members grieve for their dead ancestors. Remembering their history of hostility toward humanity, Li Ming kills the entire race, including its powerful survivors.
• In Kunlun’s heart, he discovers the naturally formed Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains and an Immortal Ascension Ground: a powerful valley whose Dragon-Head Peaks channel essence into a central Immortal Pool. He leaves the rare formation intact, recognizing its value as a cultivation site and a source of Immortal Dao runes.
• Li Ming collects numerous Medicine Kings and catches the White Tiger Divine Medicine. After frightening and beating it, he marks it and stores it in his Bitter Sea.
• He finds an imprint of the Kunlun Immortal Bell’s runes in the Immortal Pool, then places his Heavenly Demonic Saber inside. The pool and awakened Dragon-Head Peaks begin rapidly nurturing the saber toward becoming an Immortal Weapon.

Character developments

• Li Ming grows more ambitious: rather than simply refining his weapon, he claims Kunlun and its resources. He sees himself as a defender of humanity, though his extermination of the Kunlun Immortal Race reveals his ruthless, self-justifying approach.
• The White Tiger Divine Medicine shifts from frightened fugitive to unwilling follower after Li Ming forces it to submit.
• The Heavenly Demonic Saber begins a major transformation, absorbing the pool’s essence and Immortal Dao patterns.

Character interactions

• The Dark Supremes in other Forbidden Zones watch Li Ming enter Kunlun but neither challenge him nor try to seize its treasures.
• The Kunlun Immortal Race reacts to Li Ming with grief and terror; he answers their fear with total destruction.
• Li Ming treats the White Tiger Divine Medicine coercively, then claims it as his own.
• The Dragon-Head Peaks and Immortal Pool respond to the Heavenly Demonic Saber, channeling their energy into its evolution.

Significant themes

• Power and impunity: Li Ming’s strength silences opposition and lets him take Kunlun’s treasures without challenge.
• Moral justification and violence: He frames exterminating the Kunlun Immortal Race as serving humanity, illustrating how vengeance and prejudice can be rationalized as heroism.
• Nature’s hidden power: Kunlun’s ancient terrain, formation, and Immortal Dao runes embody a vast, naturally accumulated fortune.
• Transformation and opportunity: The Immortal Pool turns the saber’s accumulated power into the potential for an Immortal Weapon, while Li Ming benefits from arriving before Kunlun is damaged.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Kunlun Immortal Bell merges with Li Ming’s Heavenly Demonic Saber inside the Immortal Ascension Pool’s “placenta,” supplying it with Immortal Dao Runes and helping it evolve.
• Li Ming spends over five thousand years observing and comprehending the Immortal Dao laws, while the saber absorbs divine liquid, dragon treasures, Immortal Dao essence, and energy from the more than ten thousand Dragon-Head Peaks.
• The Heavenly Demonic Saber finally transforms from an Extreme Dao Weapon into a genuine Immortal Weapon. It is forged from nine types of Immortal Gold, Chaotic Immortal Marrow, and Mother Qi of All Things, and possesses overwhelming destructive power.
• After the transformation, Li Ming decides to use Dark Supremes as sacrifices to consecrate the saber.
• He uses the Chaotic Dragon Nest—an artifact containing Immortality Aura and longevity-related power—as bait. The nest travels through different universes, attracting powerful cultivators, Forbidden Zone heirs, and eventually multiple Dark Supremes.
• Six Dark Supremes emerge and fight over the supposed treasure, unaware that Li Ming has deliberately orchestrated the conflict.
• Once they are engaged and weakened, Li Ming launches the newly transformed Heavenly Demonic Saber.
• The saber instantly kills two Dark Supremes, then severely injures the others and destroys their weapons. Another Dark Supreme is subsequently cleaved apart.
• The survivors realize that the Heavenly Demonic Saber has become an Immortal Weapon and fear that the Demon Venerable himself may have returned.

Character Developments

• Li Ming grows substantially through his prolonged observation of the saber’s transformation. Although he cannot yet understand every Immortal Dao Rune, he gains valuable insights into Immortal Dao power and weapon refinement.
• He becomes increasingly confident, calculating, and ruthless. Rather than confronting the Dark Supremes directly, he devises an elaborate trap and uses their greed for longevity as bait.
• The Heavenly Demonic Saber undergoes the chapter’s most important transformation, evolving into an Immortal Weapon with immense divinity, destructive force, and a nine-colored, crystalline appearance.
• The Dark Supremes are revealed as desperate and short-sighted. Their fear of aging and desire for renewed life override their caution, causing them to fight among themselves and fall into Li Ming’s trap.

Significant Themes

• Transformation through accumulation: The saber’s advancement requires enormous resources, time, and Immortal Dao insight, emphasizing that true evolution cannot be achieved through ordinary forging alone.
• Greed and desperation: The Dark Supremes’ pursuit of longevity makes them vulnerable to manipulation.
• Predator and prey reversal: The Supremes believe they are hunting a rare treasure, but they are actually the prey in Li Ming’s carefully prepared trap.
• Power and intimidation: The reappearance of the Heavenly Demonic Saber instantly changes the battlefield, demonstrating the overwhelming gap between an Immortal Weapon and ordinary Extreme Dao weapons.
• Fate and stolen fortune: Li Ming reflects on how his arrival in the Age of Mythology has allowed him to seize opportunities that originally belonged to legendary figures.

Character Interactions

• Li Ming closely studies and spiritually interacts with the evolving Heavenly Demonic Saber, treating it as the culmination of his efforts.
• The Dark Supremes compete and insult one another while fighting over the Chaotic Dragon Nest, each claiming that the treasure belongs to whoever can seize it.
• Their rivalry collapses when Li Ming attacks. The surviving Dark Supremes recognize the saber and associate it with the terrifying Demon Venerable.
• The chapter ends with the remaining Supremes reacting in shock, fear, and anger as they realize they may have been lured into a massacre.

Chapter Summary: Heavenly Demonic Saber Sweeps the Skies

Key Plot Points and Events

• The revived Heavenly Demonic Saber overwhelms the Dark Supremes gathered around the Chaotic Dragon Nest. It instantly kills Supreme Gray Flood Dragon and terrifies the other dragon-blooded Supremes.
• Supreme Red Dragon urges the remaining enemies to unite rather than flee. Despite possessing Extreme Dao Weapons and using forbidden techniques, they are unable to stop the saber.
• The saber severely injures Supreme Ba Snake and Supreme Red Dragon, then kills Supreme Nine-Headed Insect, Supreme Heavenly Demon, and Supreme White Snake in succession. Several Supremes survive only because they had prepared substitute bodies.
• Supreme Nine-Headed Insect undergoes Extreme Sublimation to resist death, but the saber eventually destroys and devours him.
• Seeing that ordinary resistance is futile, Supreme Red Dragon, Ba Snake, White Snake, and Heavenly Demon also undergo Extreme Sublimation. The four remaining Supremes then fight the Heavenly Demonic Saber with all their strength.
• Even while fighting four sublimated Dark Supremes, the saber remains dominant. The battle devastates the surrounding starry sky, destroying stars and shaking the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland.
• During the battle, the Heavenly Demonic Saber gradually transforms into a human-shaped figure resembling Li Ming, the Demon Venerable.
• The Dark Supremes are stunned and speculate that Li Ming has fused with his weapon, possibly creating an unprecedented Longevity Method and becoming immortal by transforming himself into an Immortal Weapon.
• Faced with this seemingly unfathomable power, the surviving Dark Supremes lose confidence and begin questioning whether resistance is meaningful.

Character Developments

• Demon Venerable/Li Ming: Although he does not directly appear, his reputation and power dominate the entire battle. His saber demonstrates overwhelming autonomy and strength, suggesting that Li Ming may have reached a mysterious new state beyond ordinary cultivation.
• Heavenly Demonic Saber: It is revealed to possess a demonic will or independent consciousness. It revives on its own, selects targets, devours defeated enemies, and fights with tactical intelligence. Its transformation into Li Ming’s form makes it appear indistinguishable from its master.
• Supreme Nine-Headed Insect: Initially tries to survive without Extreme Sublimation, relying on substitutes and reconstitution. Eventually he is forced to burn his origin and life force, but is still killed and consumed by the saber.
• Supreme Red Dragon, Ba Snake, White Snake, and Heavenly Demon: Their arrogance and confidence collapse as they are repeatedly injured. They finally undergo Extreme Sublimation out of desperation, abandoning their hope of preserving their future cultivation.
• The Dark Supremes as a group: They shift from planning to share the Chaotic Dragon Nest and pursue longevity to struggling merely to survive. Their fear and despair reveal the gap between ordinary Supreme power and the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and helplessness: Even multiple Supremes equipped with Extreme Dao Weapons cannot withstand the saber, emphasizing the terrifying difference between ordinary peak cultivators and Immortal-level power.
• The pursuit of longevity: The Dark Supremes had awakened to seek transformation, immortality, and refuge in the Chaotic Dragon Nest. Li Ming’s apparent fusion with his weapon presents a radically different path to eternal existence.
• Sacrifice and desperation: Extreme Sublimation grants temporary strength but consumes a Supreme’s future and life potential. The characters are forced to choose between certain death and irreversible self-destruction.
• The mystery of Li Ming: His longevity, Chaotic Body, and possible weapon-fusion method make him an unprecedented and incomprehensible figure, even to ancient Dark Supremes.
• The weapon as a living entity: The Heavenly Demonic Saber is not merely a tool. Its independent actions, hunger, killing intent, and eventual human form blur the boundary between weapon, cultivator, and immortal being.

Character Interactions

• Supreme Red Dragon and the other Dark Supremes: Red Dragon attempts to organize a united defense and repeatedly urges the others not to panic. The group protects wounded Ba Snake and coordinates attacks, but their cooperation only delays defeat.
• The Dark Supremes and the Heavenly Demonic Saber: Their relationship changes from confrontation to terror. They begin by believing their numbers and weapons can prevail, but gradually realize they are being hunted and used as sacrifices to strengthen the saber.
• Nine-Headed Insect and the other survivors: He urges the others to undergo Extreme Sublimation, recognizing that refusing to do so will result in certain death. His eventual destruction convinces the remaining four to follow him.
• The Dark Supremes and Li Ming’s transformed image: When the saber takes Li Ming’s form, the survivors become psychologically overwhelmed. Their fear shifts from the weapon itself to the possibility that Li Ming has achieved true immortality, leaving them uncertain whether continuing the battle has any purpose.

Key plot points and events

• Four Dark Supremes in Extreme Sublimation attack the Demon Venerable, but his apparent Weapon Deity—the Heavenly Demonic Saber—repels them with ease, using power resembling the Demon Venerable’s forbidden art and the Immortal Dao.
• The saber overwhelms the Supremes with Immortal Dao Runes. Supreme Red Dragon self-destructs after being humiliated, but the saber remains unharmed. The three remaining Supremes burn their life force and summon the Faith Power of their former worshippers; the saber pierces their combined formation and kills them.
• The Heavenly Demonic Saber absorbs the fallen Supremes’ Grand Dao Laws, becoming an immensely powerful Immortal Weapon. It disappears into the Chaos Sea with the Chaotic Dragon Nest, then returns to Li Ming’s hand in Kunlun. Li Ming is pleased with his weapon, while the wider world speculates that the Demon Venerable merged with it and followed an alternative path to longevity.
• Later, Li Ming secretly observes a strange, unusually fat man on the Heaven-Piercing Ancient Star. The man studies natural Dao patterns and develops Source Arts, using formations and runes to forge a cultivation path of his own.
• The fat man repeatedly transforms through a Source Heaven Formation, growing stronger and advancing to Quasi-Emperor. Li Ming suspects he is Duan De after Corpse Spirit Awakening.
• The man declares that he has established his Dao through his own body and creates the Source Heaven Book, intending it eventually to become a Heavenly Venerable Scripture. Li Ming reveals himself and asks to examine it.

Character developments

• The Heavenly Demonic Saber is established as a fearsome Immortal Weapon, strengthened by absorbing the laws of eight Dark Supremes. Whether the Demon Venerable is truly merged with it remains uncertain.
• The Dark Supremes go from confident aggressors to desperate, repeatedly defeated survivors. Their willingness to use Immortal Dao Runes and Faith Power cannot overcome the saber.
• Li Ming remains an unseen observer during the saber’s battle, then turns his attention to the fat man’s original cultivation path.
• The fat man, likely Duan De, proves to be an independent and inventive cultivator. Rather than simply follow established methods, he builds Source Arts into a personal Dao and creates his own scripture.

Significant themes

• Forging one’s own path: The fat man’s Source Arts show that a cultivator can find a way forward even when the established Grand Dao is inaccessible.
• Transformation and evolution: The saber grows by incorporating the laws of its enemies, while the fat man renews himself through repeated formation-assisted transformations.
• Power, legacy, and belief: The Dark Supremes draw on the faith of those who once worshipped them, but inherited devotion is not enough to save them.
• The boundary between person and weapon: The saber’s extraordinary power leaves observers unsure whether it is merely a weapon or the Demon Venerable himself.

Character interactions

• The four Supremes unite against the saber, then escalate from direct attacks to Immortal Dao techniques and Faith Power as each effort fails.
• The saber humiliates and kills the Supremes, ultimately absorbing their laws.
• Li Ming later observes the fat man without being detected, following his progress until the man completes the Source Heaven Book. At the chapter’s end, Li Ming finally speaks to him, asking to see what he has created.

Plot points and events

• The fat Daoist reflects on a world whose Dao seems shattered and incomplete, then embraces a path of his own: Source Arts. By reading the natural patterns of everything—from grass and dust to mountains, stars, and forbidden lands—he extracts Source Art Runes and uses them to create powerful Origin Heaven formations.
• His years of study culminate in a formidable technique: a storm of rune-made Immortal Swords capable of threatening even enlightened opponents. He believes his path may lead beyond Supreme Enlightenment.
• Li Ming appears behind him and effortlessly dissolves his formation. The Daoist recognizes him as the Demon Venerable and respectfully presents his Source Heaven Book, asking about his own mysterious origins. Li Ming suggests the answers will come when the Daoist regains Supreme Enlightenment.
• Li Ming reads the ancient, profound book and discusses its principles with the Daoist, learning that it offers a path toward the Dao through sources, terrain, celestial patterns, and the harmony of heaven and humanity.
• Inspired by the text, Li Ming uses his Chaotic Body and numerous incarnations to gather Source Art Runes throughout the universe. He eventually creates a Source Heaven Scripture of his own, then senses a mysterious object in the Chaos Sea.
• Following the sensation, he breaks into a hidden Chaos Small World. There he finds and absorbs Longevity Substance and Northern Polar Immortal Light, speculating that the realm may be a remnant of the Chaotic Ancient Era or connected to the shattered Immortal Domain.

Character developments

• Duan De, the fat Daoist, establishes a distinctive cultivation path based on studying and harnessing the natural world. Though powerful and confident, he remains unaware of his deeper origins and appears to have sealed memories that may return after he reaches Supreme Enlightenment again.
• Li Ming moves from studying Duan De’s discoveries to adapting them into a path of his own. His curiosity and growing insight lead him to create a personal scripture and investigate the hidden realm.

Themes

• Creating a personal path to the Dao: Both Duan De and Li Ming develop teachings tailored to their own nature rather than relying solely on inherited methods.
• The world as scripture: Natural forms, landscapes, and celestial patterns contain traces of the Dao that a perceptive cultivator can interpret.
• Inheritance and transformation: Ancient knowledge becomes a starting point for new discoveries rather than a fixed tradition.
• A broken world and lost history: The damaged Dao, ancient forbidden lands, sealed memories, and hidden realm suggest a past shaped by catastrophic events.

Character interactions

• Duan De’s confidence is abruptly shaken when Li Ming appears undetected and overwhelms his formation. Recognition turns his alarm into deference.
• Li Ming examines Duan De’s book, praises its depth, and exchanges Dao insights with him. Duan De remains uneasy around Li Ming and leaves soon after their discussion.

Key plot points and events

• Li Ming explores a ruined Chaos Small World, whose collapse is imminent, and finds a hidden lake inside a damaged divine mountain.
• At the lake’s bottom, he discovers a Fortune Origin Eye and a dried lotus seed he identifies as the Chaos Green Lotus Seed—the remnant of the former Green Lotus Immortal King, who may eventually become the Azure Emperor.
• Li Ming places the seed in his Bitter Sea, where his Chaos Immortal Essence gives it a barely detectable spark of life. The Flat Peach Divine Medicine, White Tiger Divine Medicine, and True Dragon Elixir also contribute their essence, helping its revival.
• Seeing the seed’s recovery as a possible clue to his own pursuit of another lifetime, Li Ming observes it closely. He even places the Bronze Immortal Hall and Heavenly Demonic Saber nearby, but they provoke no response.
• Li Ming extracts and eats both the Divine Spring Water Vein and the Fortune Origin Eye. He then gathers the dying world itself into a “World Biscuit,” consumes its remaining Immortal Dao Essence, and leaves as the Chaos Sea closes over the site.
• Meanwhile, Duan De continues refining Source Arts rather than rushing to become a Supreme. After developing them to the Supreme and Heavenly Venerable levels, he undergoes another transformation. At age 9,999, he finally attains Enlightenment as Supreme—without merging with the Heavenly Heart Imprint—and surpasses it, becoming an immensely powerful Heavenly Venerable. His emergence shocks the Dark Supremes, who thought the Tribulation Heavenly Venerable was dead.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Ming remains pragmatic and irreverent, treating extraordinary treasures as food rather than saving them for others. Yet he recognizes the Chaos Green Lotus Seed’s importance and takes a genuine interest in nurturing and studying its revival.
• The Chaos Green Lotus Seed begins an exceptionally slow recovery inside Li Ming’s Bitter Sea. Its kinship with Li Ming’s Chaos nature creates a promising symbiosis, though it shows no dramatic change yet.
• The three Immortal Medicines respond curiously to the lotus seed and willingly share their life-giving essence, revealing a mysterious affinity among Immortal Medicines.
• Duan De displays patience and ambition, choosing to perfect his unprecedented Source Arts path before breaking through. His eventual achievement astonishes the Dark Supremes.

Significant themes

• Nirvana, rebirth, and longevity: The lotus seed’s revival offers Li Ming a possible model for renewing his own life.
• Patience and self-cultivation: Duan De’s long, deliberate refinement of Source Arts leads to a breakthrough beyond conventional limits.
• Chaos and affinity: Li Ming’s Chaotic Body resonates naturally with the Chaos-born lotus seed, enabling their unusual bond.
• Power and irreverence: Li Ming’s casual consumption of priceless treasures contrasts with their immense value to other cultivators.

Chapter Summary: “Netherworld Venerable’s Challenge”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tribulation Heavenly Venerable, the first Heavenly Venerable of the Mythological Age, unexpectedly returns after his corpse awakens as a spirit and attains Supreme Enlightenment again.
• He sends Li Ming, the Demon Venerable, a challenge formed from corpse qi and containing a single word: “Battle!”
• The challenge shocks the entire universe. Countless cultivators anticipate the clash between two extraordinary figures: Li Ming, who has slain more than thirty Dark Supremes, and the resurrected Tribulation Heavenly Venerable.
• The battle takes place in the Mythical Battlefield. Tribulation Heavenly Venerable uses corpse qi, Source Arts, and the Origin Heaven Forbidden Divine Formation to command the power of heaven and earth.
• During the fight, he reveals that he is no longer truly Tribulation Heavenly Venerable, declaring himself Netherworld Emperor Duan De. He has abandoned Tribulation Heavenly Venerable’s former path and focuses entirely on Origin Heaven Divine Arts.
• Netherworld Venerable’s methods prove extraordinarily powerful. He summons endless corpse-qi Immortal Spirits and uses the Origin Heaven Forbidden Divine Formation to imitate Chaos and attempt to refine Li Ming.
• Li Ming deliberately prolongs the fight to study Duan De’s Source Arts and uncover the secret behind his method of attaining Enlightenment.
• Although the battle appears evenly matched to most observers, Li Ming has already gained the upper hand. He eventually breaks free from Duan De’s formation and defeats him decisively.
• Li Ming remains unharmed, while Duan De’s body is shattered and covered in severe Dao injuries. Duan De acknowledges Li Ming’s superiority, and the battle ends without his death.
• Li Ming invites Duan De to Reincarnation Sea, where they discuss corpse-spirit awakening, reincarnation, and the Red Dust Immortal Path.
• Soon afterward, a Great Perfection Sacred Spirit is born. The Sacred Spirit Race celebrates its emergence and gathers to seek revenge against Daode Tianzun, whose ancestors and race suffered under him in the past.
• The Sacred Spirits attack Daode Tianzun’s inheritance ground, killing many disciples and descendants. Before Li Ming can intervene, an enormous finger appears and destroys the attacking Sacred Spirits.
• Daode Tianzun is revealed to still be alive. Though he remains a perfected Heavenly Venerable, he has entered deep old age and appears to be nearing the end of his life.
• Daode Tianzun explains that he has studied Sacred Spirits and may attempt to transform into one after passing through nine lifetimes.

Character Developments

• Li Ming/Demon Venerable: Demonstrates overwhelming strength and complete confidence. Rather than immediately killing Duan De, he prolongs the battle to study the Origin Heaven Forbidden Divine Art. His interest shifts from simple victory to understanding the mysteries of reincarnation, Source Arts, and immortality.
• Netherworld Emperor Duan De: Reveals that the being who returned through corpse-spirit awakening is no longer Tribulation Heavenly Venerable in identity. He has developed an independent path based on Origin Heaven Divine Arts and Source Arts, becoming powerful enough to challenge Li Ming, though ultimately he remains inferior.
• Tribulation Heavenly Venerable: His legacy becomes separated from Duan De’s current identity. The chapter suggests that corpse-spirit awakening can create a new existence rather than simply restore the original person.
• Daode Tianzun: Makes a dramatic return after years of silence. He has survived through an unknown transformation method, but his life force is nearly exhausted. His study of Sacred Spirits hints that he is seeking another form of rebirth or longevity.

Significant Themes

• Rebirth and identity: The chapter questions whether a corpse that awakens as a spirit is truly the original person. Duan De insists that Tribulation Heavenly Venerable is dead and that he is now a separate existence.
• The search for longevity: Multiple characters pursue different methods of extending life—corpse-spirit awakening, Source Arts, reincarnation, Red Dust Immortality, and transformation into a Sacred Spirit.
• Strength versus understanding: Li Ming is already powerful enough to defeat Duan De, but he prolongs the battle to comprehend his opponent’s Dao. Knowledge, not victory alone, is his ultimate objective.
• The arrogance and danger of Sacred Spirits: Sacred Spirits consider themselves favored creations of Heaven and despise other races. Their pride leads them to provoke Daode Tianzun and bring about their destruction.
• Cycles of vengeance: The Sacred Spirits seek revenge for the ancient persecution of their race, but their retaliation against Daode Tianzun’s descendants results in another devastating massacre.
• The limits of power: Even beings who reach the level of Heavenly Venerables remain threatened by aging, depleted vitality, and the difficulty of finding a true path beyond death.

Character Interactions

• Li Ming and Duan De: Their duel begins as a challenge motivated by resentment over the Source Heaven Book, but becomes an exchange between two explorers of extraordinary Dao paths. After defeating Duan De, Li Ming treats him as a worthy fellow traveler and invites him to discuss reincarnation and immortality.
• Duan De and the universe: His reappearance causes widespread shock, as cultivators struggle to understand how a dead Heavenly Venerable could return and attain Enlightenment again.
• The Sacred Spirits and Daode Tianzun’s inheritance: The Sacred Spirit Race attacks his Dao Gate and attempts to force him out, killing many members of his lineage.
• Daode Tianzun and the Sacred Spirits: Daode Tianzun responds with overwhelming force, destroying the Perfected Sacred Spirit and its followers with a single attack. His later remarks reveal that, despite this hostility, he has spent years studying their nature for his own possible transformation.

Chapter Summary: Daode Tianzun’s Red Dust Immortal Path

Key Plot Points and Events

• Daode Tianzun unexpectedly reappears and instantly kills a Perfected Sacred Spirit, shocking the Dark Supremes. Everyone had assumed he had died or become a Dark Supreme, but he reveals that he survived through his own Longevity Method.
• His Black-Yellow Pagoda confirms his identity as the original Daode Tianzun, one of the Nine Heavenly Venerables and the creator of the influential Dao Scripture.
• Daode establishes the former birthplace of the Sacred Spirits as his personal Dao field. He has already killed more than ten Perfected Sacred Spirits, refining their remains into divine liquid for talented cultivators.
• His resurrection reveals that he underwent Corpse Spirit Awakening and attained enlightenment again—apparently earlier than Netherworld Emperor Duan De, contradicting what Li Ming knew from the original history.
• Li Ming and Netherworld Emperor Duan De visit Daode. The three discuss longevity, the Road to Immortality, and methods of becoming Red Dust Immortals.
• During their discussion, Li Ming discovers that Daode is not continuing along Duan De’s Corpse Spirit Awakening path. Instead, he is beginning a completely new method: transforming himself into a Sacred Spirit.
• Daode explains that he intends to deceive Heaven into recognizing him as a Sacred Spirit naturally born from heaven and earth. By shedding his mortal deathly aura and becoming a Sacred Spirit Immortal Embryo, he hopes to live another lifetime.
• Li Ming offers Daode guidance based on his knowledge of Sacred Spirit transformation, the Chaotic Body, Immortal Medicines, and other possible methods of longevity.
• The chapter ends with the three powerful figures exchanging Dao insights, each seeking an independent route toward another lifetime and eventual immortality.

Character Developments

• Daode Tianzun: Revealed to be alive, immensely powerful, and far more innovative than expected. Although naturally low-key and reluctant to display himself, he acts decisively against the Sacred Spirits. He abandons the familiar Corpse Spirit Awakening path and creates a new Longevity Method based on Sacred Spirit transformation.
• Li Ming: Demonstrates his value as a guide and fellow explorer of the Red Dust Immortal Path. He recognizes Daode’s condition, identifies the direction of his research, and shares carefully selected knowledge while withholding his deepest secrets.
• Netherworld Emperor Duan De: Awakens after sensing Daode’s return and is surprised that Daode once followed a path similar to his own. He treats Daode as a fellow Daoist and contributes incomplete ancient cultivation methods to their discussion.
• Dark Supremes: Become unsettled by Daode’s survival and power. Many grow tempted to imitate his Sacred Spirit path, hoping to repair their damaged Immortal Platforms and prepare for the Road to Immortality.
• Sacred Spirit Lineage: Falls into despair because Daode possesses a specialized method for killing and refining Sacred Spirits.

Significant Themes

• The search for longevity: The chapter explores many possible ways to live another lifetime, including Corpse Spirit Awakening, Sacred Spirit transformation, Chaotic Body evolution, and studying Immortal Medicine nirvana.
• Innovation beyond established paths: Daode’s decision to abandon the known Corpse Spirit Awakening method emphasizes that immortality requires personal insight rather than blindly copying predecessors.
• Deception of Heaven and natural transformation: Daode’s method depends on aligning with the Natural Dao and convincing Heaven that he was born as a Sacred Spirit.
• Knowledge-sharing among equals: The discussion between Li Ming, Daode, and Duan De shows how the strongest cultivators advance by verifying and refining one another’s insights.
• The dangers of immortality: Every Longevity Method carries risks, including failure, predation by Dark Supremes, possession, or being killed before enlightenment.
• Trust balanced with secrecy: Though Li Ming shares significant information, he deliberately conceals the most sensitive details of his own transformation and Perfect Chaotic Body.

Important Character Interactions

• Daode acknowledges the surviving Dao Gate disciples but remains reserved, reinforcing his humble and quiet temperament.
• The Dark Supremes debate whether Daode seeks to become a true Sacred Spirit and consider copying his method, despite having no proof that it can succeed.
• Li Ming and Duan De meet Daode as fellow explorers of the Red Dust Immortal Path rather than as opponents.
• Li Ming correctly identifies Daode’s bodily transformation, while Daode openly confirms his plan and explains its principles.
• Duan De praises Daode for creating a new route instead of repeating the nine-lifetime Corpse Spirit Awakening method.
• Li Ming gives both Daode and Duan De insights into the Natural Dao, Perfect Chaotic Body, Immortal Medicines, and methods of achieving another lifetime, while preserving his own most important secrets.

Chapter Summary: “Killing Divine Medicines to Watch Nirvana”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Ming, Netherworld Emperor Duan De, and Daode Tianzun discuss methods of pursuing the Red Dust Immortal Path and extending their lives.
• Li Ming proposes a radical method: instead of consuming Immortal Medicines, they should observe how the medicines undergo death and Nirvana. By forcing them to wither into seeds and studying their rebirth, they may discover a way to live another Lifetime.
• He explains that Immortal Medicines may originate from the Nirvana of ancient immortals or even Immortal Kings, meaning their transformation process could contain profound secrets of life, death, and rebirth.
• Li Ming reveals three Immortal Medicines—the Flat Peach Divine Medicine, White Tiger Divine Medicine, and True Dragon Elixir—and prepares them for the experiment.
• The medicines initially panic, fearing that the three Heavenly Venerables intend to kill them. Li Ming persuades them to cooperate by promising to help them eventually transform into humans and enter the path of cultivation.
• Using the Heavenly Demonic Saber’s killing intent and Immortal Spirit Qi, together with Duan De’s Tongtian Nether Treasure and its corpse aura, the three men gradually drain the medicines’ vitality without completely destroying them.
• The medicines wither and transform into three seeds: the Flat Peach Seed, White Tiger Seed, and True Dragon Seed. Each seed retains immense vitality, mysterious Dao patterns, and the ability to absorb the essence of heaven and earth.
• The seeds are then pushed to the brink of death and nourished with Heavenly Venerable Life Spring Divine Liquid, including Li Ming’s especially potent Chaos Essence.
• Over several days, the three cultivators observe the seeds’ rebirth and detect the emergence of unique Grand Dao Laws, confirming that Li Ming’s method is viable.
• Daode Tianzun begins explaining the Dao Scripture to the Immortal Medicines. A subtle karmic connection forms between them, and the decaying aura surrounding Daode Tianzun starts to weaken.

Character Developments

• Li Ming: Demonstrates both his inventive understanding of Immortal Medicines and his willingness to help others pursue the Red Dust Immortal Path. Although his experiment is ruthless, he sincerely intends to provide the medicines with a chance to become human. He is also motivated by gratitude toward Daode Tianzun and sympathy for his failed path.
• Netherworld Emperor Duan De: Displays his familiar greed and opportunistic nature, immediately coveting Li Ming’s Immortal Medicines. However, he becomes deeply invested in the experiment and eagerly studies the possibility of gaining another Lifetime.
• Daode Tianzun: Shows intellectual persistence and devotion to the Red Dust Immortal Path. His study of the medicines and recitation of the Dao Scripture creates a mysterious bond with them, suggesting that the experiment may help repair or transform him as well.
• The Immortal Medicines: Begin as frightened, instinct-like beings desperate to escape destruction. They gradually accept cooperation after being offered the possibility of gaining human form, cultivation, and eventual immortality.

Significant Themes

• Life through death: The chapter presents death and destruction not as endings, but as necessary stages of rebirth and transformation.
• The pursuit of immortality: Rather than relying only on consuming Immortal Medicines, the characters seek to understand the deeper principles behind their regeneration.
• Knowledge through experimentation: The cultivators gain insight by observing the full cycle of decline, death, seed formation, and revival.
• Freedom versus exploitation: The Immortal Medicines are treated as experimental subjects, but Li Ming attempts to balance this exploitation by offering them a path toward sentience and cultivation.
• Karma and mutual transformation: Daode Tianzun’s growing connection with the medicines hints that helping or teaching them may also heal or transform him.
• The difficulty of becoming human: Immortal Medicines possess extraordinary longevity but are trapped by innate limitations that prevent them from developing consciousness and cultivation.

Character Interactions

• Li Ming guides Duan De and Daode Tianzun in developing the Nirvana method, turning the experiment into a collaborative attempt to advance the Red Dust Immortal Path.
• Duan De and Daode Tianzun initially react with confusion but soon become fascinated and intensely focused on the possibility of discovering another Lifetime.
• Li Ming reassures the terrified Immortal Medicines, persuading them that their destruction may lead to human transformation.
• The three Heavenly Venerables divide the medicines among themselves for observation: Li Ming studies the True Dragon Elixir, Daode Tianzun the White Tiger Divine Medicine, and Duan De the Flat Peach Divine Medicine.
• Daode Tianzun’s teaching of the Dao Scripture to the medicines creates the chapter’s most significant spiritual interaction, suggesting a developing bond that may benefit both teacher and students.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Daode Tianzun, nearing the end of his lifespan, agrees to attempt a dangerous new longevity method based on the Nirvana of three Immortal Medicines: the Flat Peach, True Dragon Elixir, and White Tiger Divine Medicine.
• Li Ming and Netherworld Venerable place the medicines inside Daode Tianzun’s Bitter Sea, where his Life Spring Divine Liquid nourishes their rebirth.
• Over thousands of years, the three medicines recover, grow, and mature. Their leaves develop marks corresponding to their origins—Flat Peach, True Dragon, and White Tiger Dao patterns.
• By observing and explaining the Dao to the medicines, Daode Tianzun gains insight into the mysteries of life, death, and longevity. He gradually becomes convinced that he can use their Nirvana to live a new Lifetime.
• After the medicines mature, Daode Tianzun reaches the absolute brink of death. The Nine Heavens and Ten Lands tremble, the Myriad Dao wail, and the world recognizes that a former Heavenly Venerable is dying.
• Instead of dying completely, Daode Tianzun transforms into a Flat Peach Seed. The Flat Peach Divine Medicine resonates with him, and his decayed body becomes nourishment for his rebirth.
• He successfully emerges from the seed as a youthful, powerful new Daode Tianzun, restoring his Grand Dao and gaining a new Lifetime.
• The universe is shocked by his resurrection. Dark Supremes envy his success and speculate about the method he used.
• Afterward, Netherworld Venerable invites Li Ming and Daode Tianzun to visit the Underworld and study the Dao. The three Heavenly Venerables travel together across the cosmos, creating an awe-inspiring spectacle that attracts countless experts and worshippers.

Character Developments

• Daode Tianzun: Moves from certain death to a successful rebirth. His experience gives him new understanding of longevity, Nirvana, and possibly the Cause-and-Effect Dao. He also gains renewed confidence in continuing the Red Dust Immortal Path.
• Li Ming: Demonstrates extraordinary generosity and foresight by sacrificing three precious Immortal Medicines for the experiment. He shares the resulting opportunity with Daode Tianzun and Netherworld Venerable, viewing it as repayment for karmic debts connected to the Dao Scripture and Source Heaven Book.
• Netherworld Venerable/Duan De: Learns that the Immortal Medicine Nirvana method may help him undergo future transformations and accelerate his nine-lifetime Red Dust Immortal path. He becomes eager to study the method further.
• The three together: Their cooperation develops into mutual respect and friendship. They become fellow travelers seeking Mortal-World Ascension rather than merely powerful acquaintances.

Significant Themes

• Rebirth through death: True transformation requires Daode Tianzun to approach complete extinction before achieving new life.
• Observation and shared opportunity: Great breakthroughs can come from carefully studying another being’s transformation, and fortune grows when shared rather than hoarded.
• Karmic cause and effect: Daode Tianzun’s earlier transmission of the Dao Scripture ultimately returns to him as a life-saving opportunity.
• Persistence on the Red Dust Immortal Path: Longevity is portrayed as an uncertain, difficult struggle in which every new Lifetime demands a desperate leap beyond previous limits.
• The mysteries of life: Immortal Medicines are shown to contain profound Dao principles, linking biological growth, spiritual rebirth, and the laws of longevity.

Character Interactions

• Li Ming and Netherworld Venerable protect Daode Tianzun and closely observe the Immortal Medicines’ transformation.
• Daode Tianzun teaches the medicines the Dao, while the medicines’ growth sustains his fading life and reveals the path to rebirth.
• Li Ming and Netherworld Venerable discuss and praise each other’s longevity methods, acknowledging the originality of Corpse Spirit Awakening and Red Dust Immortal reincarnation.
• After Daode Tianzun’s resurrection, he thanks Li Ming and expresses hope that they will meet again in future eras to pursue Mortal-World Ascension together.
• Netherworld Venerable invites both companions to the Underworld, beginning their joint tour through the universe.
• Their passage causes sacred phenomena and draws reverence from powerful races, sacred lands, aristocratic clans, Saints, and Quasi-Emperors. Daode Tianzun responds modestly, encouraging everyone to return to their own duties.