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Ch. 882The Beginning of a New Era!

Chapter Summary: “The Beginning of a New Era!”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The chapter reveals the aftermath of the previous Sacrificial Era, during which the Desolate Emperor and the Ancient Heavenly Court fought the Ancestral Land for hundreds of thousands of years. Although the Desolate Emperor’s forces were defeated, his final sword strike devastated the Ancestors and forced many of them into recovery or death.
  • To replenish their numbers, the Ancestors carried out another Grand Sacrifice using Immortal Emperors. During this ritual, a mysterious silhouette briefly appeared on the Ancestral Sacrificial Altar—the possible manifestation of a legendary being believed to exist beyond the Sacrificial Dao Realm.
  • The Ancestors awaken one after another, shocked and divided over whether the being truly exists. Some believe it was an illusion caused by their endless obsession, while others conclude that the entity is real and may be connected to the Three Lifetimes Copper Coffin, the Ancestral Artifacts, Calamity Plateau, and the Ancestral Land itself.
  • The Ancestors recall ancient experiments in which they captured and dismembered a Sacrificial Dao Realm being, placing its remains into Ancestral Artifacts. These experiments failed, but the new manifestation renews their interest in continuing similar sacrifices.
  • Concluding that the Grand Sacrifice may genuinely be effective, the Ancestors decide to accelerate the birth of the current Sacrificial Era, release powerful “Spring Seedlings” into the worlds, and conduct another Grand Sacrifice at the era’s end.
  • Unnoticed by the Ancestors, Jiang Yun has secretly hidden inside the Stone Jar on the Ancestral Sacrificial Altar. He remains concealed for nearly ten thousand years while terrifying beings search the area.
  • The Stone Jar eventually drifts away from the altar and reaches the oldest section of the Ancient Underworld’s Reincarnation Road. Attracted by the countless Soul Lights of dead creatures, it begins glowing.
  • Jiang Yun cautiously leaves the Stone Jar, investigates the area, and encounters an Immortal King from the Eight Paths of Reincarnation. By invading the Immortal King’s Sea of Consciousness, he learns that the Ancestral Land has officially begun releasing Spring Seedlings throughout Heaven’s All Ages and the Sacrificial Sea.
  • The new Sacrificial Era has therefore begun. The Eight Paths of Reincarnation have emerged from hiding, and some Immortal Kings are exploring the worlds for relics or attempting to collect the Soul Lights of the dead to forge powerful artifacts.

Character Developments

  • The Ancestors shift from passive, eternal slumber to active experimentation and planning. Their uncertainty about the mysterious being turns into renewed determination to use Grand Sacrifices to force another manifestation.
  • The ancient silent Ancestor becomes especially significant. Having studied the origins of the Ancestral Artifacts and the Four Origin Ancient Lands, he openly argues that the mysterious entity truly exists and may be the source of the entire Ancestral system.
  • Jiang Yun demonstrates extreme caution and resourcefulness. Rather than risk confronting the awakened Ancestors, he remains hidden for thousands of years and uses the Stone Jar’s concealment abilities to survive.
  • Jiang Yun also becomes more investigative and strategic. After reaching the Reincarnation Road, he gathers information directly from an Immortal King instead of immediately returning to his own territory.
  • The Stone Jar is shown to possess a mysterious instinct or connection to the past. Although it has no clear consciousness, it appears drawn toward places associated with reincarnation and with the unknown figure whose path it records.
  • The Eight Paths of Reincarnation transition from isolation to cautious activity after receiving confirmation that the previous cleansing has ended.

Significant Themes

  • The unknown beyond the ultimate realm: The Ancestors believe the Sacrificial Dao Realm is the highest possible state, yet the fleeting silhouette challenges their understanding of existence and cultivation.
  • Obsession and uncertainty: The Ancestors’ endless pursuit of a being they cannot prove exists may be either a profound discovery or a delusion born from countless failed attempts to advance.
  • Sacrifice and exploitation: The Grand Sacrifice is portrayed as a cycle in which entire eras, worlds, and living beings are consumed to test whether a higher existence can be summoned.
  • The cyclical nature of history: The end of one Sacrificial Era leads directly into the preparation of another, with new Spring Seedlings cultivated for future sacrifice.
  • Survival through concealment: Jiang Yun survives not through strength, but through patience, secrecy, and reliance on the Stone Jar.
  • Reincarnation and remnants of the dead: The Soul Lights along the Reincarnation Road suggest that even after universal destruction, traces of life persist and may be used for either preservation or further cultivation.

Character Interactions

  • The Ancestors and Weird Immortal Emperors communicate about the strange event, with the Immortal Emperors seeking answers from the Weird Dao Ancestors stationed at the altar.
  • The Ancestors debate among themselves over whether the mysterious being is real, whether the Grand Sacrifice caused its appearance, and how future sacrifices should be conducted.
  • Jiang Yun remains hidden while the Ancestors unknowingly search the very altar where he is concealed.
  • Upon reaching the Reincarnation Road, Jiang Yun confronts an Immortal King of the Eight Paths of Reincarnation. The Immortal King recognizes him, kneels, and offers respect, but Jiang Yun bypasses conversation and directly reads his memories.
  • Through this encounter, Jiang Yun discovers the Ancestral Land’s plans and confirms that a new Sacrificial Era has officially begun.
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Ch. 883Growth!

Chapter Summary: “Growth!”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • After learning the truth from the Immortal King, Jiang Yun erases all of the king’s memories and abandons him near the Reincarnation Road.
  • Jiang Yun returns to Hou Ming in the Ancient Underworld. They confirm that the previous Sacrificial Era and Grand Sacrifice have ended, while a new era has begun and the Ancestral Land is cultivating new “Spring Seedlings.”
  • The Ancestral Land temporarily forbids beings from the Four Origin Ancient Lands from entering the newborn worlds, threatening severe punishment for violators.
  • Jiang Yun and Hou Ming resume cultivation. During this time, Jiang Yun learns that Hou Ming harbors deep resentment toward the Ancestral Land because it sacrificed the Dao Ancestors of the Four Origin Ancient Lands and exploited the Ancient Underworld during the Grand Sacrifice.
  • Hou Ming reveals that the Netherworld Prison Dao Ancestor also secretly resents the Ancestral Land. Jiang Yun recognizes that such resentment could become useful in opposing the Ancestral Land.
  • Jiang Yun leaves the Ancient Underworld and returns to the Sacrificial Sea. He observes the newly formed worlds and the Spring Seedlings developing their own Evolutionary Civilizations.
  • He deliberately avoids intervening, believing that even if these civilizations mature, they will not be strong enough to challenge the Ancestral Land.
  • Jiang Yun enters the Stone Jar and hides it with protective laws while it drifts through the Sacrificial Sea. He fears that the Ancestral Land may trace the earlier anomaly at the Ancestral Sacrificial Altar back to him.
  • The Stone Jar reveals visions of its history, including:
    • The Ancestors’ experiments with Ancestral Artifacts and Primordial Matter.
    • Their belief that Ominous power and Primordial Matter originated from an ancient creator-like being.
    • The Stone Jar’s possible connection to that being’s ashes.
    • The Ancestors’ experiment of imprisoning a Sacrificial Dao Realm expert inside the jar, ultimately erasing him completely.
    • The jar’s long history of passing through the hands of Immortal Emperors and returning repeatedly to the Ancestral Land.
    • Its final removal by the heroic master of the Broken Emperor Sword, who died while reaching beyond the Immortal Emperor Realm.
  • By studying the histories and cultivation paths preserved within the Stone Jar, Jiang Yun gains tremendous insight. His Dao Ancestor Dao Fruit becomes complete, and his Immortal Emperor Path is firmly established.
  • Although Jiang Yun is now close to breaking into the Immortal Emperor Realm, he delays the breakthrough because the resulting disturbance would alert the Ancestral Land.
  • Nearly two hundred thousand years into the new Sacrificial Era, Jiang Yun notices one world whose civilization has developed exceptionally quickly. A particular being has reached the peak of the Human Dao Domain without guidance.
  • Intrigued, Jiang Yun disguises himself, suppresses his cultivation, and enters that world.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun: Becomes more calculating and cautious. He begins actively cultivating divisions and resentment within the Ancestral Land’s subordinate forces while avoiding direct confrontation. His understanding of history, Primordial Matter, and various cultivation paths greatly strengthens him, bringing him to the threshold of the Immortal Emperor Realm.
  • Hou Ming: Grows stronger through continued cultivation but reveals her concealed dissatisfaction with the Ancestral Land. Her loyalty is no longer absolute, though she remains outwardly obedient because she understands the consequences of betrayal.
  • Netherworld Prison Dao Ancestor: Is revealed to harbor serious, though unexplained, resentment toward the Ancestral Land.
  • Ancestor Beast Qilin: Remains in deep enlightenment after the trauma of the previous era’s destruction. Jiang Yun believes it may become a Dao Ancestor Giant and the strongest pure-blooded Ancestor Beast in history.
  • Shi Yi and Heavenly Prince: Continue pursuing their own Immortal Emperor Paths and are not disturbed by Jiang Yun.
  • The Spring Seedlings: Develop independently from ignorance and hardship, gradually creating cultivation systems and powerful civilizations without external guidance.

Significant Themes

  • Growth and evolution: The new Sacrificial Era begins with fragile civilizations that slowly develop through struggle, echoing the broader growth of Jiang Yun’s own cultivation.
  • Oppression and suppressed dissent: The Ancestral Land demands absolute loyalty, making even private resentment dangerous and effectively equating disagreement with treason.
  • Manipulation and resistance: Jiang Yun seeks to exploit the hidden grievances of the Four Origin Ancient Lands, hoping to weaken the Ancestral Land from within.
  • The danger of power and experimentation: The Ancestors’ experiments with Primordial Matter and the Sacrificial Dao being demonstrate the cruelty and recklessness of those pursuing ultimate power.
  • Memory and historical survival: The Stone Jar preserves traces of beings and civilizations erased from reality, showing how artifacts can retain truths that even the dominant powers have forgotten.
  • Caution versus ambition: Jiang Yun is powerful enough to attempt his breakthrough but restrains himself, recognizing that survival and concealment are more important than immediate advancement.
  • The limits of potential: Though the Spring Seedlings show extraordinary promise, Jiang Yun doubts they can ultimately overcome the Ancestral Land, emphasizing the enormous imbalance of power in the new era.

Important Character Interactions

  • Jiang Yun and Hou Ming: Exchange information about the new Sacrificial Era and discuss the Ancestral Land’s actions. Jiang Yun quietly probes Hou Ming’s loyalty and discovers her grievances.
  • Jiang Yun and the hidden opposition within the Ancient Underworld: Through Hou Ming, he learns that even the Netherworld Prison Dao Ancestor may oppose the Ancestral Land.
  • Jiang Yun and the Stone Jar: The jar acts almost like a sentient historical witness, revealing secrets about the Ancestors, Primordial Matter, and erased civilizations. Its visions guide Jiang Yun’s cultivation.
  • Jiang Yun and the Spring Seedlings: He observes them from afar without intervening, but his interest is renewed when he sees one extraordinary individual reach the peak of the Human Dao Domain. This leads him to enter the world in disguise.
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Ch. 884A New Generation of Talent Emerges!

Chapter Summary: “A New Generation of Talent Emerges!”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Jiang Yun arrives at the Ancient God Ruins in the Heavenly Origin Ancient Realm, a place he remembers as having been destroyed during the Grand Sacrifice tens of thousands of years earlier.
  • He is surprised to find the ruins thriving with countless young cultivators. Using his unique perception, he discovers that many possess traces of Weird Clan bloodlines, suggesting they are descendants of Spring Seedlings planted by the Ancestral Land.
  • Jiang Yun recognizes that the ruins are actually a Life Forbidden Zone. A weakened Weird Clan Immortal King is sleeping beneath the area, and the danger surrounding the ruins comes from the Immortal King’s naturally radiating killing intent.
  • The gathering has been drawn by a decisive battle between two peerless young cultivators: Yuan Tian of the Sacred Ape Race and the Undying Heavenly Phoenix.
  • Both have cultivated from youth to the peak of the Human Dao Domain, defeating every rival and repeatedly breaking through their limits while fighting one another. Their duel is intended to determine who will become the first person of the new Sacrificial Era to enter the Immortal Dao Domain.
  • The battle begins with the Undying Heavenly Phoenix unleashing a devastating Phoenix Flame containing genuine Immortal Dao Essence. Yuan Tian counters it with his Black Iron Immortal Staff, splitting the flames and forcing the Phoenix to use teleportation-like movement.
  • The Phoenix attempts to ambush Yuan Tian with the Phoenix Sky Blade, but Yuan Tian narrowly evades the strike. He then creates multiple clones from his body hair, while the Phoenix creates identical copies of himself from his natal feathers.
  • Their clash reveals that the Undying Heavenly Phoenix may be the posthumous child of the Ancient God buried beneath the ruins. He also exposes Yuan Tian’s connection to a mysterious, extraordinarily powerful backer.
  • Jiang Yun is troubled by this revelation. Yuan Tian possesses no Weird aura, suggesting that his mysterious supporter may be a survivor of the previous Sacrificial Era rather than a Weird Clan creature.
  • Yuan Tian responds by using Heavenly Law, Earthly Form, transforming into a colossal ape. The Undying Heavenly Phoenix likewise reveals his enormous true form, and the battle escalates further.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun: Acts as an observer and investigator. His knowledge of past Sacrificial Eras allows him to identify the hidden Weird bloodlines among the crowd and recognize the ruins’ true danger. He becomes particularly interested in both young geniuses, especially the possibility that the Undying Heavenly Phoenix might be redeemable or recruitable despite his Weird-related origins.
  • Yuan Tian: Establishes himself as a powerful, natural-born prodigy of the current Sacrificial Era. As a Sacred Ape and inheritor of an apparently ancient legacy, he possesses immense physical strength, battle experience, clone techniques, and the Black Iron Immortal Staff. His concealed connection to a mysterious ancient being is exposed.
  • Undying Heavenly Phoenix: Reveals himself as a highly dangerous genius with immortality, transformation, parasitic abilities, Phoenix Flames, and the Phoenix Sky Blade. His dense Weird power suggests inheritance from Weird creatures, possibly connected to the sleeping Immortal King. He is proud, ruthless, and determined to become the sole “first under heaven.”
  • The cultivators: Initially gather as spectators hoping to witness the birth of a new Immortal Dao expert. Their understanding of the battle changes when the fighters reveal their extraordinary origins and hidden backers.

Significant Themes

  • The legacy of past Sacrificial Eras: The current generation continues to bear the consequences of ancient conflicts, with Weird bloodlines and inherited techniques persisting across countless eras.
  • The emergence of new talent: Yuan Tian and the Undying Heavenly Phoenix represent a new generation capable of rivaling or even surpassing the great figures of the past.
  • Rivalry and destiny: Their lifelong competition has driven both to the limits of cultivation, but the Heavenly Heart will apparently permit only one of them to advance first into the Immortal Dao.
  • Hidden origins and inheritance: Both geniuses possess mysterious connections to ancient powers, raising questions about whether their strength comes from native talent, forbidden inheritances, or surviving beings from earlier eras.
  • The tension between natural life and Weird influence: Yuan Tian is presented as a pure native prodigy, while the Undying Heavenly Phoenix carries Weird power yet may not belong directly to the Ancestral Land, leaving open the possibility of redemption or alliance.
  • The dangers concealed beneath opportunity: The ruins offer extraordinary treasures and inheritances, but they are also a forbidden zone dominated by the presence of a sleeping Weird Immortal King.

Character Interactions

  • Yuan Tian and the Undying Heavenly Phoenix speak with the familiarity of lifelong rivals. Yuan Tian acknowledges that although they are not friends, their bond is deeper than ordinary friendship because they have fought together and against one another since youth.
  • The Undying Heavenly Phoenix responds with a ruthless philosophy: there can be only one true victor, and everyone else is destined to be beneath him.
  • During their battle, each anticipates the other’s signature techniques. Yuan Tian counters the Phoenix Flame and creates Sacred Ape clones, while the Phoenix counters with feather-born duplicates.
  • Yuan Tian publicly suggests that the Phoenix is the Ancient God’s posthumous child, while the Phoenix retaliates by exposing Yuan Tian’s connection to a hidden ancient master.
  • Their verbal revelations transform the battle from a simple contest for Immortal Dao advancement into a confrontation involving the secrets of the Ancient God Ruins and the survival of powers from previous Sacrificial Eras.
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Ch. 885Ancient God!

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The Ancient God Ruins empower the Undying Heavenly Phoenix, whose enhanced senses detect the mysterious aura surrounding Jiang Yun. Suspecting Jiang Yun of hiding immense strength and ambition, he launches tens of millions of phoenix-feather “immortal swords” at him.
  • Jiang Yun effortlessly destroys the attack with a glance, terrifying the Undying Heavenly Phoenix. Realizing Jiang Yun is vastly stronger than himself, the Phoenix attempts to flee.
  • Yuan Tian, however, senses Jiang Yun’s overwhelming power but remains eager to test himself. He attacks Jiang Yun with his Black Iron Immortal Staff, motivated by a pure desire for battle rather than hostility.
  • Respecting Yuan Tian’s straightforward martial spirit, Jiang Yun does not harm him. Instead, he alters the memories of everyone present and transports both Yuan Tian and the fleeing Undying Heavenly Phoenix deep into the ruins.
  • Jiang Yun lowers his cultivation to the peak Immortal King level and disguises himself to avoid detection by the Weird Clan. He offers both youths a chance to join the Ancient Underworld through a Reincarnation Token, promising safety even if the Sacrificial Era collapses.
  • Yuan Tian questions the offer and refuses to submit through fear. Jiang Yun pretends to kill him, secretly imprisoning him in the Source World to test the Undying Heavenly Phoenix’s character.
  • The Undying Heavenly Phoenix immediately submits and accepts the Reincarnation Token. He reveals that he inherited the power of the Weird Immortal King hiding in the ruins and offers to lead Jiang Yun to him, claiming—partly falsely—that the being killed his parents.
  • Jiang Yun destroys the Weird Immortal King, his cave, and his treasures. However, a piece of Uncarved Jade survives. Jiang Yun identifies it as a relic of the Ancient Heavenly Court founded by the Desolate Emperor.
  • Activating the jade summons Jiudao Yi, one of the Ancient Heavenly Court’s eight hundred undead veterans and a former follower of the Desolate Emperor. Jiudao Yi, now an Immortal King Giant, initially reacts with hostility after sensing Jiang Yun’s weird aura.
  • Jiang Yun suppresses but does not harm Jiudao Yi, explaining that they are both remnants of the old Sacrificial Era and need not become enemies. Their conversation establishes a degree of mutual understanding.
  • Jiudao Yi recognizes the Undying Heavenly Phoenix’s extraordinary potential and offers to take him away, promising to purify his inherited weird power with blood from the Desolate Emperor. Jiang Yun allows this but warns that the Phoenix’s character still requires testing.
  • Jiang Yun releases Yuan Tian, only to be immediately met by Yuan Tian’s massive Black Iron Immortal Staff crashing down from above.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun: Demonstrates an overwhelming power gap over the younger cultivators, but also restraint and strategic intelligence. He tests both Yuan Tian and the Undying Heavenly Phoenix rather than judging them immediately. His recruitment efforts reveal his interest in preserving talented beings before the coming catastrophe. He also becomes concerned about the Ancient Heavenly Court relic and its possible connection to the Desolate Emperor.
  • Undying Heavenly Phoenix: His sharp perception allows him to detect Jiang Yun, but his courage collapses once he realizes the true difference in power. He quickly chooses submission and even betrays or offers to kill his former inheritor to ensure his own survival. This makes Jiang Yun wary of his morality, despite recognizing his immense talent.
  • Yuan Tian: Displays the fearless, battle-loving nature of a War Immortal and the Sacred Ape Race. Unlike the Phoenix, he refuses to be intimidated or coerced, choosing resistance even when death seems certain. His unyielding spirit earns Jiang Yun’s respect.
  • Jiudao Yi: Revealed as a surviving veteran of the Ancient Heavenly Court and an old acquaintance of Jiang Yun. Though initially distrustful of Jiang Yun’s weird aura, he is willing to reconsider after hearing Jiang Yun’s explanation. His connection to the Desolate Emperor is reinforced by the mysterious blood within him.

Significant Themes

  • Strength versus character: Jiang Yun is less interested in raw talent than in how Yuan Tian and the Undying Heavenly Phoenix respond to pressure, fear, and temptation.
  • Courage and integrity: Yuan Tian’s refusal to yield contrasts sharply with the Phoenix’s instinctive submission, highlighting different forms of strength.
  • Survival in a collapsing age: Jiang Yun’s offer of refuge in the Ancient Underworld reflects the looming destruction of the Sacrificial Era and the need to choose allies carefully.
  • The burden of the past: The Ancient Heavenly Court relic, Jiudao Yi, and the Desolate Emperor’s blood connect the present conflict to ancient battles and unresolved histories.
  • Weird power and contamination: The chapter explores whether beings tainted by weird energy can be redeemed or purified, suggesting that inherited corruption does not necessarily determine one’s fate.
  • Recruitment and trust: Jiang Yun seeks powerful allies but remains cautious, recognizing that talent and loyalty are separate qualities.

Character Interactions

  • Jiang Yun and the Undying Heavenly Phoenix: Their encounter moves from suspicion and attack to fear, submission, and recruitment. Jiang Yun remains outwardly accepting but privately distrusts the Phoenix’s opportunism.
  • Jiang Yun and Yuan Tian: Yuan Tian challenges Jiang Yun out of sincere battle instinct. Jiang Yun respects his lack of malice and tests him rather than killing him.
  • Jiang Yun and Jiudao Yi: Their meeting is shaped by shared history and mistrust. Jiang Yun reassures Jiudao Yi that possessing weird power does not automatically make them enemies.
  • Jiudao Yi and the Undying Heavenly Phoenix: Jiudao Yi sees the Phoenix’s potential and takes responsibility for him, intending to cleanse his weird inheritance while evaluating his nature.
  • Jiang Yun and the Weird Immortal King: Jiang Yun destroys the Weird Immortal King swiftly, both eliminating a threat to the local beings and uncovering an important relic tied to the Ancient Heavenly Court.
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Ch. 886Reunion with an Old Friend!

Chapter Summary: “Reunion with an Old Friend!”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Yuan Tian attacks Jiang Yun with his Black Iron Immortal Staff, convinced Jiang Yun is connected to the Weird Clan and the Four Great Origin Ancient Lands.
  • Jiang Yun easily neutralizes him without killing him and shows him the Reincarnation Token. Yuan Tian remains cautious but agrees to report the encounter to the mysterious elder behind him.
  • The elder is revealed to be the Fighting Saint Ape, Ye Fan’s close companion. He recognizes the Reincarnation Token and contacts Jiang Yun through an ancient Reincarnation Road.
  • Jiang Yun is overjoyed to learn that the Fighting Saint Ape, Ye Fan, and their companions survived the previous Grand Sacrifice.
  • Ye Fan emerges from hiding and reunites with Jiang Yun after a million years. Both seal the surrounding space and share information about their experiences and plans.
  • Ye Fan explains that he, Wushi, Ruthless, and the Qing Emperor survived by following the Desolate Emperor’s arrangements and hiding in a turbulent stream of space-time within a secret world.
  • The group spent most of the intervening era cultivating in seclusion, only cautiously returning to the worlds of the All Heavens during the last several hundred thousand years.
  • Jiang Yun and Ye Fan discuss the instability within the Ancestral Land and the Four Great Origin Ancient Lands. They consider exploiting conflicts among the Soul River, Ancient Underworld, Heavenly Emperor Burial Pit, and Four Extremes Floating Soil.
  • Their shared objective becomes weakening or controlling the Four Great Origin Ancient Lands before the next Grand Sacrifice. Ye Fan initially favors destroying one or more lands, while Jiang Yun prefers secretly controlling them; they agree to coordinate before taking action.
  • They establish a communication pact: unless a Grand Sacrifice occurs, they will exchange information through the Reincarnation Token at least once every ten thousand years.
  • Ye Fan reveals that he may reach the Immortal Emperor Realm before the end of the current Sacrificial Era, though he needs at least another million years if everything proceeds smoothly.
  • Jiang Yun takes responsibility for trying to locate the vanished Desolate Emperor, while Ye Fan and the others continue recruiting exceptional talents across the Great Worlds.
  • Before parting, Ye Fan warns Jiang Yun that the Heaven Great World contains an immense terror, possibly a hidden Weird Dao Ancestor Giant capable of threatening them.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun: Demonstrates overwhelming strength, but also patience and restraint by sparing Yuan Tian. His reunion with Ye Fan rekindles his hope and strengthens his determination to prepare for future sacrifices. He becomes more open about his plans and accepts the responsibility of finding the Desolate Emperor.
  • Yuan Tian: Initially acts aggressively and rigidly, believing Jiang Yun to be an enemy. After seeing the Reincarnation Token, he becomes doubtful but remains cautious, showing loyalty to the hidden elder who guides him.
  • Fighting Saint Ape: Revealed as the mysterious “old monster” behind Yuan Tian. He is careful and protective of his group, refusing to expose himself until Jiang Yun proves trustworthy.
  • Ye Fan: Has grown into a true Dao Ancestor Giant and is nearly invincible within the current Sacrificial Era. His survival and cultivation have strengthened his ambition, but he remains aware of the overwhelming danger posed by the Weird Clan and the Ancestors.
  • Wushi, Ruthless, and the Qing Emperor: Have continued cultivating and remain powerful Dao Ancestor-level figures, though they are unlikely to reach the Immortal Emperor Realm during this Sacrificial Era.
  • The Desolate Emperor: Remains absent and unreachable, creating uncertainty about his location and condition while making contact with him a major priority.

Significant Themes

  • Reunion after catastrophe: The meeting between Jiang Yun and Ye Fan emphasizes the emotional significance of survival after a million years of separation and a civilization-ending disaster.
  • Trust and secrecy: Yuan Tian’s suspicion, the Fighting Saint Ape’s caution, and the survivors’ decision to remain hidden show that survival depends on limiting information and avoiding exposure.
  • Preparation versus immediate action: The characters balance long-term cultivation and recruitment with plans to strike the Ancient Origin Lands before the next Grand Sacrifice.
  • Inherited struggle and cooperation: Ye Fan’s group seeks to assist the Desolate Emperor by dealing with the Four Great Origin Ancient Lands, showing different generations working toward the same larger goal.
  • The scale of future danger: Even powerful Dao Ancestor Giants remain wary of the Ancestors, the Weird Clan’s resurrection abilities, and hidden threats such as the possible Weird Dao Ancestor Giant in the Heaven Great World.
  • Fate, karma, and foreknowledge: Jiang Yun knows that Ruthless—not Ye Fan—will eventually face the Immortal Emperor Bridge of Life and Death, but he cannot reveal this because of the consequences of altering destiny.

Important Character Interactions

  • Jiang Yun and Yuan Tian clash physically, but Jiang Yun chooses explanation and proof over violence.
  • Jiang Yun uses the Reincarnation Token to indirectly establish contact with the Fighting Saint Ape.
  • Jiang Yun and Ye Fan share an emotional reunion and compare their survival, cultivation, and understanding of the post-sacrifice world.
  • The two cousins align their strategies, agree to coordinate attacks on the Four Great Origin Ancient Lands, and establish regular communication.
  • Ye Fan entrusts Jiang Yun with the task of finding the Desolate Emperor, while he and his companions continue recruiting powerful talents.
  • Ye Fan’s final warning about the Heaven Great World introduces a new mystery and likely future threat.
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Ch. 887Return to Heaven!

Chapter Summary: “Return to Heaven!”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

  • Jiang Yun returns to Heaven Great World, once one of the most powerful and glorious worlds in the Sacrificial Sea. Heaven had produced numerous Immortal Emperors, including the Pollen Emperor, and nearly a hundred Dao Ancestors across several Sacrificial Eras.
  • Because Heaven had been a major force against the Ancestral Land during the previous Grand Sacrifice, the Ancestral Land now treats it as a major threat. A terrifying gray-black mist and great formation have been placed around the world, apparently by a Weird Immortal Emperor.
  • Jiang Yun infiltrates the mist using the Weird Origin and hides inside the Stone Jar. At the formation’s center, he discovers an imitation of the Ancestral Sacrificial Altar—an artifact far beyond what Dao Ancestors could withstand.
  • He concludes that Heaven has been heavily sealed and monitored, though the enemy has not discovered the hidden arrangements left by Jiang Yun and his allies. Realizing the danger, he does not interfere and retreats.
  • Inside Heaven, Jiang Yun finds an unexpected scene: the world is flourishing, with countless cultivators and many experts advancing toward the Immortal Dao Domain. He realizes this “prosperity” is deliberate—the Ancestral Land is cultivating Heaven as a source of future sacrifices while restricting its ultimate potential.
  • The Heavenly Heart Mark has been seized by weird beings, making immortality nearly impossible. A group of Human Dao Supremes, considered potential “Ancestral Seeds,” enters a Forbidden Zone to eliminate its inhabitants and restore the path to immortality.
  • Jiang Yun secretly joins the group. Their leaders, Gu Hai and Gu Xian, are mysterious experts possessing powerful artifacts and likely inheritances from the previous Sacrificial Era.
  • The group battles and kills a Weird True Immortal using a coordinated ancient formation and a mysterious artifact. They then refine its corpse into primordial Immortal Dao runes.
  • The corpse’s destruction triggers a hidden counterattack: weird mist becomes countless raindrops that infect several members of the group. Gu Hai attempts to save them with his artifact, but the weird aura cannot be fully removed.
  • The silent member Kong He/Kong Hai suddenly attacks the infected cultivators with a mysterious phantom, killing them before the corruption can spread.
  • Jiang Yun recognizes the phantom as a World-Destroying Peacock—the true form of Peacock Venerable from the Soul River—revealing that Kong He/Kong Hai is connected to an extremely dangerous and unexpected power.

2. Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun: Becomes increasingly cautious and perceptive. He recognizes that Heaven is far more dangerous than ordinary worlds and chooses observation over reckless intervention. His ability to use the Weird Origin and the Stone Jar allows him to infiltrate areas even powerful Dao Ancestors fear.
  • Gu Hai and Gu Xian: Emerge as formidable leaders with mysterious backgrounds. Their concealed identities, powerful artifacts, and ability to guide the group suggest that they possess inheritances from the previous Sacrificial Era.
  • Kong He/Kong Hai: Initially appears silent and inconspicuous, causing Jiang Yun to suspect him of being a Weird Clan spy or inheritor. His sudden use of the World-Destroying Peacock phantom confirms that he possesses a frightening hidden power.
  • The Human Dao Supremes: Are shown to be exceptionally talented “Ancestral Seeds.” Their mastery of an ancient formation allows them to kill a Weird True Immortal despite not yet entering the Immortal Dao Domain.

3. Significant Themes

  • Glory turned into tragedy: Heaven’s former greatness has made it a target, and its current revival is not true freedom but preparation for another Grand Sacrifice.
  • The Ancestral Land’s control: The enemy both suppresses Heaven’s growth and cultivates it for future harvesting, showing a strategy of manipulation rather than simple destruction.
  • The danger of hidden corruption: Even after a Weird True Immortal is killed, the weird aura remains eternal and retaliates through infection.
  • Legacy across Sacrificial Eras: Ancient artifacts, formations, and inheritances continue to influence the current era, blurring the line between past and present powers.
  • Caution and concealment: Jiang Yun’s survival depends on stealth, while the identities and abilities of Gu Hai, Gu Xian, and Kong He/Kong Hai remain concealed beneath layers of mystery.

4. Character Interactions

  • Jiang Yun observes Heaven and avoids direct confrontation with the formation created by the suspected Weird Immortal Emperor.
  • He secretly follows Gu Hai, Gu Xian, and the other Human Dao Supremes into the Forbidden Zone, studying their abilities without revealing himself.
  • Gu Hai and Gu Xian lead the group, coordinate the ancient formation, and use their inherited artifact to kill the Weird True Immortal.
  • After the Weird True Immortal’s death, the group members become fascinated by the Immortal Dao runes, while Gu Hai, Gu Xian, and Kong He/Kong Hai warn them to remain cautious.
  • When two cultivators are infected by the weird mist, Gu Hai attempts to rescue them, but Kong He/Kong Hai ultimately kills them using the World-Destroying Peacock phantom.
  • Jiang Yun witnesses this revelation and realizes that the seemingly ordinary Kong He/Kong Hai may be linked to Peacock Venerable and the Soul River.
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Ch. 888Chance Encounter with Di Yi's Battle Servant!

Chapter Summary: Chance Encounter with Di Yi’s Battle Servant!

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Jiang Yun realizes that Kong Hai is connected to Peacock Venerable of the Soul River because of his profound understanding of Weird Qi and the terrifying phantom supporting him.
  • Most Human Dao Supremes decide to stop advancing through the Forbidden Zone and remain behind to seek their own paths to immortality. Only Gu Hai, Gu Xian, Kong Hai, and Jiang Yun continue.
  • After traveling several days, the group reaches the depths of the Forbidden Zone, where a powerful Weird Immortal King awakens.
  • Gu Xian activates the Grand Dao Flower connected to her previous life as Luo Tianxian, an Immortal Emperor. By borrowing her former strength, she swiftly defeats and kills the Weird Immortal King.
  • Jiang Yun deduces that:
    • Gu Xian is a contingency for Luo Tianxian’s resurrection.
    • Gu Hai is similarly connected to the resurrection of Immortal Emperor Meng Hai.
    • Kong Hai possesses backing or artifacts connected to Peacock Venerable.
  • At the center of the Forbidden Zone, the three begin their immortal tribulations. Jiang Yun imitates the process using a Dao Ancestor technique.
  • After ten days and nights of terrifying tribulations, Gu Hai, Gu Xian, Kong Hai, and Jiang Yun successfully become True Immortal-level beings.
  • Their breakthrough immediately attracts the attention of the true master of the Forbidden Zone. A terrifying Dao Ancestor Giant emerges, revealing that the slain Immortal King had merely been a gatekeeper.
  • Jiang Yun recognizes the being as the strongest of Di Yi’s former ten Battle Servants. He realizes that this Weird Dao Ancestor Giant is guarding Heaven on behalf of the Ancestral Land and may be searching for suitable sacrifices.
  • Knowing that Gu Hai, Gu Xian, and Kong Hai cannot defeat such an enemy without suffering devastating consequences, Jiang Yun devises a plan.
  • He pretends to attack the Dao Ancestor Giant with an Immortal King artifact, allowing himself to be destroyed instantly and making the enemy underestimate him.
  • As Gu Hai and Gu Xian prepare to use their final powers, Jiang Yun secretly takes control of Kong Hai’s body, destroys Kong Hai’s Primordial Spirit, and activates the hidden Peacock Venerable artifact: a peacock feather.
  • Jiang Yun then uses the feather to drag the Dao Ancestor Giant into the Void, disrupting the surrounding space-time.
  • Realizing that Jiang Yun has created an opportunity, Gu Hai and Gu Xian flee the Forbidden Zone.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun: Demonstrates exceptional deduction, composure, and strategic deception. Rather than confronting the Dao Ancestor Giant openly, he sacrifices his apparent body, seizes Kong Hai’s body, and turns Peacock Venerable’s artifact into a weapon and possible frame-up against Peacock Venerable.
  • Gu Xian: Reveals her connection to Luo Tianxian and temporarily restores her former Immortal Emperor-level power. Her victory over the Weird Immortal King confirms her extraordinary potential, though her Human Dao foundation limits how much power she can safely use.
  • Gu Hai: Is confirmed to be a resurrection contingency for Immortal Emperor Meng Hai. He successfully becomes a True Immortal and prepares to sacrifice his remaining foundation to survive the Dao Ancestor Giant.
  • Kong Hai: His connection to Peacock Venerable becomes clearer through his hidden Dao Ancestor-level artifact. However, Jiang Yun ultimately takes control of his body and eliminates his Primordial Spirit to use the Peacock feather.
  • Di Yi’s Battle Servant: Appears as the true master of the Forbidden Zone and a terrifying Weird Dao Ancestor Giant. Despite his overwhelming strength, he is caught off guard by Jiang Yun’s sudden manipulation of Kong Hai’s artifact.

Significant Themes

  • Hidden identities and reincarnation: The chapter reveals that Gu Hai and Gu Xian are vessels or contingencies tied to ancient Immortal Emperors, showing how past powers continue to influence the present.
  • The danger of the Weird Clan: The Forbidden Zone is shown to be part of a much larger Ancestral Land strategy, with powerful guardians positioned to control Heaven and harvest sacrifices.
  • Strategic deception over brute force: Jiang Yun survives through planning rather than direct strength, exploiting the enemy’s assumptions and turning an opponent’s weapon against them.
  • The cost of resurrection and inherited power: Gu Xian’s and Gu Hai’s strength comes from their previous lives, but awakening that power risks damaging their future resurrection and cultivation foundations.
  • Heaven’s hidden importance: The Ancestral Land’s powerful arrangements suggest that Heaven contains extraordinary Fortune and possibly key resurrection contingencies.

Character Interactions

  • Kong Hai explains the danger of Weird beings to the other Human Dao Supremes, earning their reluctant trust.
  • Jiang Yun follows Gu Hai, Gu Xian, and Kong Hai while concealing his true strength, leading them to assume that he possesses an unknown trump card.
  • Gu Xian and the Weird Immortal King clash directly, with her awakened Grand Dao Flower securing victory.
  • After the Dao Ancestor Giant appears, Gu Hai and Gu Xian prepare to fight together, while Kong Hai hesitates over revealing Peacock Venerable’s full power.
  • Jiang Yun secretly manipulates Kong Hai, takes control of his body, and uses the Peacock feather to confront the Dao Ancestor Giant.
  • The chapter ends with Gu Hai and Gu Xian escaping while Jiang Yun remains engaged with the terrifying Battle Servant in the Void.
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Ch. 889Extermination!

Chapter Summary: “Extermination!”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Jiang Yun, already at the peak of the Dao Ancestor Realm and preparing to undergo tribulation into the Immortal Emperor Realm, confronts Di Yi’s Battle Servant.
  • The battle is overwhelmingly one-sided. Jiang Yun suppresses the Battle Servant within ten exchanges while deliberately concealing his identity and using techniques copied from other Dao Ancestors.
  • Di Yi’s Battle Servant attempts to intimidate Jiang Yun by invoking the authority of the Ancestral Land and his master, Di Yi, who is reportedly close to becoming an Immortal Emperor. Jiang Yun ignores the threats.
  • Jiang Yun seals the surrounding space-time, preventing escape and ensuring the battle cannot be observed or traced. He intentionally makes it appear that Peacock Venerable of the Soul River may be responsible.
  • Using the Peacock Feather, Jiang Yun destroys the Battle Servant’s body, shatters his powerful armor, and pursues his escaping Primordial Spirit.
  • The Battle Servant reveals that Di Yi is about to become an Immortal Emperor and threatens Jiang Yun with future retaliation. Jiang Yun remains unfazed, stating that he will seek the true Immortal Emperor’s Path within the Heaven Great World himself.
  • Jiang Yun crushes the Battle Servant’s Primordial Spirit, absorbs the bloodline power from the corpse, and completely destroys the remains.
  • He erases nearly all traces of the battle, but intentionally leaves behind a flaw that may allow a true Immortal Emperor to discover clues about what happened.
  • With Di Yi’s Battle Servant dead, the Grand Dao restraints over Heaven collapse. The Heavenly Heart will is freed, allowing many Human Dao Supremes to attempt advancement into the Immortal Dao Realm.
  • Gu Hai and Gu Xian realize that the mysterious figure has eliminated a major threat within the Forbidden Zone, but they remain wary because of his powerful Weird aura.
  • The two retreat to their hidden Small World to avoid being discovered. Jiang Yun later detects traces of that Small World and arrives at the place where they vanished.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun: Demonstrates overwhelming power even without using his signature techniques. He becomes more calculating and cautious, manipulating the battlefield and the evidence to conceal his identity and misdirect future investigations. His confidence also grows, as he shows no fear of Di Yi’s potential rise to Immortal Emperor.
  • Di Yi’s Battle Servant: Shifts from arrogance and intimidation to terror and desperation. Despite possessing powerful armor and the backing of Di Yi, he is completely outmatched and dies without discovering Jiang Yun’s identity.
  • Di Yi: Though absent, his influence is significant. His status and impending breakthrough are used as a threat, while the strength of the formations he personally placed on the Battle Servant’s helmet highlights his formidable power.
  • Gu Hai: Interprets Jiang Yun’s attack positively, believing that anyone who kills a Weird Dao Ancestor Giant is effectively aligned with Heaven’s interests.
  • Gu Xian: Remains more suspicious and perceptive than Gu Hai. He focuses on Jiang Yun’s unknown identity and Weird aura, recognizing that the mysterious figure could eventually become a threat.
  • Gu Hai and Gu Xian: Their decision to hide demonstrates their caution and awareness that the greatest danger to Heaven may be the massive seal above it rather than the Forbidden Zone itself.

Significant Themes

  • Overwhelming power and hidden strength: Jiang Yun’s ordinary-looking techniques become devastating because of his supreme cultivation, emphasizing that true strength lies in the wielder rather than the technique.
  • Deception and strategic concealment: Jiang Yun carefully controls what his enemy says, how the battle appears, and what traces remain, showing that survival at the highest level depends on schemes as much as combat.
  • The threat of higher realms: The possibility of Di Yi becoming an Immortal Emperor reinforces the enormous dangers surrounding the Ancestral Land and the struggle for the Immortal Emperor’s Path.
  • Freedom from oppression: The Battle Servant’s death breaks the restrictions suppressing Heaven’s cultivators, symbolizing the removal of an external power’s control.
  • Ambiguity of allegiance: Although Jiang Yun kills a Weird powerhouse, his own Weird aura prevents Gu Xian from fully trusting him. The chapter questions whether opposing a common enemy truly makes someone an ally.
  • The pursuit of the Dao: Jiang Yun’s confidence that he can also pursue the Immortal Emperor’s Path reflects the chapter’s broader focus on advancement, inheritance, and the competition for ancient paths to transcendence.

Important Character Interactions

  • Jiang Yun and Di Yi’s Battle Servant engage in both physical and psychological conflict. The Battle Servant relies on threats and status, while Jiang Yun responds with silence, calculated remarks, and decisive violence.
  • Jiang Yun deliberately leads the Battle Servant to believe that he may be targeting the Heaven Great World’s Immortal Emperor inheritance, increasing the latter’s fear and confusion.
  • The Battle Servant invokes Di Yi’s future power, but Jiang Yun dismisses the threat, creating a sharp contrast between fear of authority and confidence in one’s own potential.
  • Gu Hai and Gu Xian debate how to interpret Jiang Yun’s actions. Gu Hai sees him as a temporary ally, while Gu Xian emphasizes the danger posed by his mysterious identity and Weird aura.
  • Jiang Yun’s final discovery of traces leading to Gu Hai and Gu Xian’s hidden Small World sets up a likely future confrontation or investigation.
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Ch. 890Dialogue!

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

  • Jiang Yun locates the Hidden Small World where Gu Hai and Gu Xian have been secretly recovering after reincarnation. The world is protected by powerful concealment formations and is nearly impossible to breach without an Immortal Emperor.
  • Because Gu Hai and Gu Xian mistake Jiang Yun for a possible enemy, they refuse to respond to his initial messages. Jiang Yun eventually reveals that he knows their true identities as former Immortal Emperors, forcing them to communicate and allow him inside.
  • Jiang Yun explains the situation of the New Sacrificial Era, including the death of a Weird Dao Ancestor Giant and the danger surrounding Heaven. He warns them that they can safely cultivate to the Immortal King Realm, but attempting to break through to the Dao Ancestor Realm may activate a formation personally arranged by a Weird Immortal Emperor.
  • He gives both of them Reincarnation Tokens and establishes a way to contact one another, while carefully concealing his own identity and erasing all traces of his involvement.
  • Jiang Yun remains near Heaven to observe the Weird Clan’s response to the death of the Dao Ancestor Giant. Several Weird Dao Ancestors investigate the incident, seize the Heavenly Heart Mark, and interrogate Immortal cultivators who witnessed events near the Forbidden Zone.
  • The Weird Dao Ancestors conclude that the killers and the individuals connected to them are likely survivors from previous Sacrificial Eras rather than beings born in the current era. However, Jiang Yun’s use of the Stone Jar leaves no evidence for them to trace.
  • The Weird Dao Ancestors confirm that the formation surrounding Heaven remains intact and report the incident to the Ancestral Land. They avoid massacring Heaven’s inhabitants because the newborn beings are intended to mature into sacrifices for the future Grand Sacrifice.
  • Over the next hundred thousand years, Jiang Yun travels throughout the Sacrificial Sea, studies different worlds and evolutionary paths, absorbs various bloodlines, and gathers inheritances left behind by ancient experts.
  • He periodically returns to the Ancient Underworld to cultivate with Hou Ming. Meanwhile, the Eight Paths of Reincarnation repair the shattered Reincarnation Roads and cautiously establish contact with worlds born during the New Sacrificial Era.
  • Jiang Yun repeatedly infiltrates the Blood-Red Sacrificial Sea and observes the Ancestral Sacrificial Altar, but detects no obvious reaction to the slain Weird Dao Ancestor Giant.
  • He concludes that the Ancestral Land is holding back because the current era is still too young and large-scale conflict could damage the development of future sacrifices. He also suspects that Di Yi may be preparing for his own Immortal Emperor Tribulation, leaving him unable to respond immediately.

2. Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun: Demonstrates increasing caution, strategic awareness, and responsibility. He conceals his identity to avoid provoking the Weird Immortal Emperors, protects Gu Hai and Gu Xian with vital information, and spends a hundred thousand years broadening his cultivation through countless bloodlines and inheritances. Despite his growing strength, he feels helpless before the immense system of sacrifice governing the worlds.
  • Gu Hai and Gu Xian: Remain extremely wary after reincarnation, hiding in a sealed Small World and refusing to trust outsiders. Once Jiang Yun proves that he knows their past identities, they become more receptive. They learn the dangers surrounding their future advancement and decide to continue cultivating in secrecy.
  • Weird Dao Ancestors: React with anger and suspicion to the death of one of their own. Although powerful enough to investigate and manipulate the inhabitants of Heaven, they are constrained by the Ancestral Land’s larger plans and cannot simply destroy potential sacrifices.
  • Di Yi: Though absent from the chapter, his possible preparation for the Immortal Emperor Tribulation becomes an important explanation for the Weird Clan’s lack of immediate retaliation.

3. Significant Themes

  • Secrecy and survival: Jiang Yun and the reincarnated Immortal Emperors must conceal their identities and movements because even traces of information could attract the attention of superior Weird Clan beings.
  • The limits of power: Jiang Yun can defeat a Weird Dao Ancestor Giant and evade investigation, yet he cannot remove the formation left by a Weird Immortal Emperor or stop the future Grand Sacrifice.
  • Long-term strategy versus immediate conflict: The Ancestral Land sacrifices short-term retaliation for the preservation and maturation of Heaven’s inhabitants, while Jiang Yun likewise focuses on preparation over reckless confrontation.
  • Reincarnation and inherited wisdom: Gu Hai and Gu Xian struggle with incomplete memories from their former lives, while Jiang Yun absorbs the knowledge and evolutionary insights left by ancient civilizations.
  • Cosmic exploitation and helplessness: The countless worlds and their newborn beings are unknowingly being cultivated as sacrifices. Jiang Yun recognizes the injustice of this system but currently lacks the ability to overturn it.
  • Coexistence and restraint: The Eight Paths of Reincarnation and the Ancestral Land both exercise limited restraint, allowing new worlds to develop rather than triggering premature destruction.

4. Character Interactions

  • Jiang Yun and Gu Hai/Gu Xian: Their first interaction is tense and suspicious. Jiang Yun gradually wins their cooperation by revealing knowledge of their former identities and explaining the dangers of the Weird Clan’s formation. The meeting ends with mutual respect and concern, as the two former Immortal Emperors urge Jiang Yun to remain careful.
  • Jiang Yun and the Weird Clan: Their conflict is indirect. Jiang Yun erases his traces and observes the Weird Dao Ancestors’ investigation from hiding, successfully preventing them from identifying him.
  • Weird Dao Ancestors and the captured True Immortals: The Dao Ancestors forcibly invade their minds for information, then threaten them rather than kill them because the Ancestral Land forbids harming the current era’s “Spring Seedlings.”
  • Jiang Yun and Hou Ming: They periodically cultivate together in the Ancient Underworld, indicating an ongoing alliance and shared development.
  • Jiang Yun and the Eight Paths of Reincarnation: Their relationship is indirect but connected through the restoration of the Reincarnation Roads and the cautious expansion of reincarnation into newly formed worlds.
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Ch. 891Breakthrough!

Chapter Summary: “Breakthrough!”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Jiang Yun prepares to undergo the Immortal Emperor Tribulation, an exceptionally rare and dangerous advancement that even powerful Dao Ancestors such as Di Yi and Jiang Yun would not attempt without adequate protection.
  • Because Jiang Yun lacks a powerful protector, he searches the Sacrificial Sea for Desolate Emperor, whose survival he has always believed in.
  • After tens of thousands of years, Jiudao Yi finds Jiang Yun and leads him to surviving veterans of the Ancient Heavenly Court.
  • The veterans perform an ancient summoning ritual using their Uncarved Jade, calling Desolate Emperor back across time and space.
  • Desolate Emperor manifests in overwhelming power. His appearance not only confirms his continued existence but also dramatically strengthens the veterans, with some advancing directly from the Immortal King Realm to the Dao Ancestor Realm.
  • Desolate Emperor agrees to protect Jiang Yun’s tribulation and brings him to an isolated ancient Reincarnation Road, which can withstand the tribulation’s destructive force and conceal its fluctuations from the outside world.
  • Jiang Yun begins the Immortal Emperor Tribulation. His nine million bloodlines, countless Daos, techniques, scriptures, and arts start fusing toward the creation of the Immortal Emperor Fruit Position.
  • The first stage of the tribulation manifests his former enemies as powerful opponents. After defeating them, the ten strongest enemies merge into a single entity with power approaching that of an Immortal Emperor.
  • Jiang Yun defeats this fused enemy with the Broken Emperor Sword, but the clash nearly destroys his body and even damages the supposedly indestructible Reincarnation Road.
  • After barely recovering through the power of his bloodlines and the surrounding Chaos energy, Jiang Yun faces the next stage: the River of Ages summons the imprints of all beings who once attempted the Immortal Emperor Tribulation.
  • His body is destroyed again, but every fragment of his flesh, blood, bone, and spirit transforms into a separate figure. Tens of millions of manifestations begin fighting across different eras and dimensions, each pursuing the Immortal Emperor Realm.
  • The chapter ends with Jiang Yun engaged in an immense, chaotic battle amid overwhelming lightning and destruction.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun demonstrates extraordinary determination and preparation. After nearly a million years of accumulation, he finally reaches the point where he can no longer suppress his cultivation.
  • His strength has grown considerably since his battle with Di Yi. He has gathered more bloodlines and fused more Daos, methods, scriptures, and arts, allowing him to surpass his former state of perfection.
  • Jiang Yun’s past enemies become part of his tribulation, showing that his history and previous battles have been permanently engraved into his Dao Marks.
  • He repeatedly survives bodily destruction through his enormous vitality, countless bloodlines, and powerful Primordial Spirit, revealing the foundations of an unusually formidable Immortal Emperor Fruit Position.
  • Desolate Emperor is established as an almost unimaginable existence. His mere arrival freezes the surrounding spacetime, empowers his followers, and allows him to conceal an Immortal Emperor Tribulation from the major powers of the world.
  • Jiudao Yi and the Ancient Heavenly Court veterans are shown to remain loyal to Desolate Emperor and to accept Jiang Yun as one of their own.

Significant Themes

  • The extreme difficulty of transcendence: The rarity of Immortal Emperors emphasizes that Jiang Yun’s breakthrough is an event of cosmic importance.
  • Preparation and protection: Even the strongest cultivators require careful planning and support before attempting a dangerous transformation.
  • Legacy and loyalty: The veterans’ ritual reflects their enduring devotion to Desolate Emperor across multiple Sacrificial Eras.
  • Confrontation with the past: Jiang Yun must literally fight the enemies and obstacles he has overcome, suggesting that past victories and unresolved struggles become part of ultimate self-transformation.
  • Death and rebirth: Jiang Yun’s body repeatedly collapses and reforms, symbolizing the destruction of his former limits and the birth of a higher existence.
  • Beyond perfection: The chapter presents cultivation as an ongoing process in which even “perfect” power must be fused and surpassed to reach the Immortal Emperor Realm.
  • Cosmic-scale evolution: Jiang Yun’s breakthrough generates miniature universes and countless manifestations, portraying his advancement as an event capable of reshaping reality itself.

Character Interactions

  • Jiudao Yi locates Jiang Yun and guides him to the surviving Ancient Heavenly Court veterans.
  • The veterans accept Jiang Yun after Jiudao Yi vouches for him and join together to summon Desolate Emperor.
  • Desolate Emperor briefly addresses the veterans before turning his attention to Jiang Yun.
  • He immediately understands Jiang Yun’s purpose and agrees to protect him without requiring further explanation.
  • During the tribulation, Desolate Emperor explains the appearance of Jiang Yun’s former enemies and identifies the first stage as a test of his inner demons.
  • Jiang Yun responds defiantly, declaring that enemies he defeated once cannot defeat him again, then begins a violent struggle against their tribulation-born forms.
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Ch. 892Immortal Emperor Tribulation!

Chapter Summary: Immortal Emperor Tribulation!

1. Key Plot Points and Events

  • Jiang Yun’s Immortal Emperor Tribulation continues after a battle lasting one hundred years. With no outside replenishment, he exhausts nearly all the energy in his body and becomes skeletal and ghostlike. His avatars, fighting across different times and spaces, suffer similarly.
  • At the brink of exhaustion, Jiang Yun undergoes a fundamental transformation. His flesh, bones, bloodline, and Dao are destroyed and rebuilt after the fusion of nine million bloodlines and countless techniques, scriptures, and principles. He begins forging a genuine Immortal Emperor Physique.
  • Countless figures from the River of Ages—individuals who once passed or failed their own Immortal Emperor Tribulations—appear and besiege him. His body and Primordial Spirit repeatedly shatter, but stored Immortal Emperor True Blood restores him and inscribes powerful Undying Runes into his body.
  • The seals Jiang Yun prepared throughout time and space open, releasing vast reserves of refined true blood. These reserves provide the foundation for his physical transformation and allow him to withstand the immense power of the tribulation.
  • As the enemies grow stronger in response to his own advancement, Jiang Yun summons an avatar formed from the strange Dark Source. His true body, Dark Source avatar, and other avatars fight simultaneously, using the pressure of battle to complete the remaking of his physique.
  • Jiang Yun’s newly formed body reaches an unprecedented level, covered in Immortal Emperor Runes and radiating nearly limitless power. Rather than merely surviving, he studies the enemies’ techniques and attempts to uncover and reproduce the secrets behind their strength.
  • The battle eventually ends, with Jiang Yun grinding away all of his opponents through overwhelming reserves of true blood, though his new Immortal Emperor Physique is left severely wounded. Some enemies are identified as projections of powerful Weird Immortal Emperors.
  • A more terrifying stage then begins: the Primordial Tribulation. Violet lightning carrying Heavenly Punishment pierces Jiang Yun’s Immortal Emperor Physique in a single strike, forcing him to consume enormous resources to revive.
  • Jiang Yun chooses not to stop despite having reached the threshold of Immortal Emperor-level power. He takes up the Emperor Sword, protects his Primordial Spirit with the Stone Jar, and charges directly into the Primordial Violet Lightning.
  • His Primordial Spirit reconstructs the cultivation experiences and techniques of the powerful figures he fought earlier. Their spiritual manifestations assist him in resisting the tribulation, including a small golden being that shatters and absorbs vast amounts of lightning before merging back into Jiang Yun.
  • The Primordial Tribulation intensifies, producing innate chaos creatures, eighty-one waves of violet lightning, and crowned figures resembling ancient Heavenly Emperors. Jiang Yun’s body is repeatedly destroyed and revived, but he continues attacking rather than retreating.
  • In a display of Immortal Emperor-level power, Jiang Yun’s Primordial Spirit begins swallowing Primordial Violet Lightning and even absorbs one of the lightning-formed Heavenly Emperor figures.

2. Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun: He progresses from extreme exhaustion to the creation of a true Immortal Emperor Physique. His transformation is not merely physical; his bloodlines, Dao, techniques, and spiritual insights begin moving toward complete unity. He demonstrates extraordinary willpower, refusing the safer option of stopping after reaching Immortal Emperor-level strength.
  • Jiang Yun also evolves intellectually and strategically. Instead of treating the tribulation only as a battle to survive, he studies his enemies, copies their techniques, and extracts the secrets of their cultivation paths.
  • His accumulated preparations—stored blood, refined power, and resources placed across time and space—prove essential to his survival and reveal his long-term planning.
  • The Desolate Emperor: He protects Jiang Yun’s tribulation by confining its energy and concealing its fluctuations from the wider Sacrificial Sea. Even he is shocked by the unprecedented Primordial Tribulation.
  • Jiang Yun’s avatars: The avatars contribute their battle experience and insights to the main body, merging back into him and helping trigger his transformation.
  • Tribulation opponents: Though merely projections or imprints, they possess the combat instincts and abilities of exceptional figures from history. Their power rises alongside Jiang Yun’s, maintaining the tribulation’s balance.

3. Significant Themes

  • Transformation through destruction: Jiang Yun must abandon his former body entirely, showing that true advancement requires the destruction and reconstruction of one’s foundations.
  • Preparation versus risk: His extensive preparations make survival possible, but his chosen path remains far more dangerous than stopping at a weaker Immortal Emperor-level state.
  • The pursuit of ultimate unity: Jiang Yun seeks to merge countless bloodlines, Dao principles, techniques, and scriptures into one complete foundation, aiming for a stronger path than conventional Immortal Emperor cultivation.
  • Defiance of fate and tribulation: Rather than endure passively, Jiang Yun confronts the tribulation directly, turning its attacks and the enemies within it into sources of insight and power.
  • Learning through combat: Every opponent becomes both an enemy and a teacher. Jiang Yun’s willingness to study their techniques during battle allows him to recreate their methods and deepen his own path.
  • Individuality of the Immortal Emperor path: The chapter emphasizes that every Immortal Emperor’s tribulation is unique. Jiang Yun’s path reflects his bloodline fusion and physical evolution, making it unprecedented in history.
  • The cost of greatness: Failure would reduce even Jiang Yun’s extraordinary achievements to nothing. His potential for unparalleled power is matched by the danger of complete destruction.

4. Character Interactions

  • Jiang Yun and the Desolate Emperor: The Desolate Emperor acts as Jiang Yun’s protector and observer, sealing the battlefield’s energy and preventing the Weird Immortal Emperors from detecting Jiang Yun’s breakthrough. He is astonished by the unprecedented nature of the Primordial Tribulation.
  • Jiang Yun and his avatars: Their experiences and battle insights return to the true body, collectively driving his transformation. The Dark Source avatar adds another powerful combat force during the siege.
  • Jiang Yun and the historical projections: He fights countless figures from different eras while carefully analyzing their movements and Dao arts. He pays particular attention to those he believes truly became Immortal Emperors, especially the eerie projections associated with the Weird Immortal Emperors.
  • Jiang Yun and the Primordial Tribulation: Their relationship becomes an active confrontation rather than simple resistance. The tribulation repeatedly escalates in response to his growth, while Jiang Yun attacks, absorbs, and learns from its manifestations.
  • Jiang Yun and the manifested geniuses: The spiritual recreations of ancient powerhouses assist him against the lightning. One golden figure independently destroys and consumes Primordial Violet Lightning before merging into Jiang Yun, directly strengthening him.
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Ch. 893The Secrets of the Sacrificial Script!

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Jiang Yun undergoes an extraordinarily powerful Immortal Emperor Tribulation, secretly contained by the Desolate Emperor so its effects will not spread into the Sacrificial Sea.
  • He aggressively absorbs Primordial Violet Lightning and attacks the crowned figures appearing within the tribulation. Abandoning defense, he forces his Immortal Emperor body to release its full potential and tries to unify his countless bloodlines, Daos, laws, scriptures, and techniques.
  • The tribulation intensifies. The lightning and crowned figures merge into a devastating attack that shatters Jiang Yun’s body. The Reincarnation Road begins reconstructing him and even manifests a vision of his future perfected form.
  • Before his Primordial Spirit can fully unite with his body, a lightning sword descends as Heavenly Punishment and destroys his remaining flesh, bones, and soul. Jiang Yun appears to have completely perished.
  • After the Primordial Tribulation ends, a single drop of Jiang Yun’s true blood appears, allowing him to reform his body. He emerges stronger, with an indestructible body and a Primordial Spirit approaching the Immortal Emperor level.
  • Jiang Yun begins the final step of becoming a true Immortal Emperor: engraving his Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit and personal mark into the River of Ages. This would grant genuine immortality and allow him to revive so long as his mark remains.
  • At this critical moment, Sacrificial Scripts appear within his Primordial Spirit. They merge with his previously destroyed Weird Dark Clone and summon a terrifying figure from the depths of Eternal Space-Time.
  • The Desolate Emperor seals time and space, preventing the figure from drawing upon the full power of the ages. He and Jiang Yun recognize it as an imprint or phantom of an Ancestor from the Ancestral Land.
  • The chapter reveals the hidden purpose of the Weird Immortal Emperor Sacrificial Script: it contains an Ancestral Land Ancestor’s imprint. Any Weird Dao Ancestor who uses it unknowingly places that imprint within their Primordial Spirit, allowing the Ancestral Land to monitor and control them.
  • Jiang Yun refuses the Desolate Emperor’s offer of assistance and confronts the phantom himself, using the mysterious Stone Jar.
  • The phantom attempts to seize and destroy the jar, but the Stone Jar awakens in response. An ancient, faint cough erupts from within it and instantly annihilates the Ancestor’s phantom.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun: Demonstrates extraordinary resolve and recklessness by fighting without defense during the tribulation. He survives apparent destruction, completes the transformation of his body and Primordial Spirit, and reaches the threshold of true Immortal Emperorhood. His refusal of help shows growing confidence and a willingness to confront even Sacrificial Dao-level threats himself.
  • The Desolate Emperor: Acts as both protector and observer. He conceals the tribulation, suppresses the Ancestor’s phantom without interfering in Jiang Yun’s trial, and uncovers the deeper secret behind the Sacrificial Scripts. His concern over Jiang Yun’s dangerous methods also reveals his investment in Jiang Yun’s survival.
  • The Ancestor’s Phantom: Revealed to be a powerful but incomplete imprint rather than a true descent. It lacks intelligence and the ability to draw fully upon the Grand Sacrifice, relying mainly on primitive battle instincts.
  • The Stone Jar: Displays an independent survival instinct and previously hidden power. Its ancient cough suggests that an even more terrifying existence or force is sealed within it.

Significant Themes

  • Transformation through destruction: Jiang Yun’s apparent death becomes the foundation for his rebirth and advancement, emphasizing that supreme power is forged through extreme tribulation.
  • The price of ambition: His attempt to perfect and unify all his powers brings him close to annihilation, highlighting the danger of pursuing strength too aggressively.
  • True immortality: The chapter explains that reaching the Immortal Emperor Realm requires more than overwhelming power; one must engrave one’s Dao Fruit into the River of Ages to become truly indestructible.
  • Hidden control and manipulation: The Sacrificial Scripts are presented as a mechanism of domination, showing how the Ancestral Land secretly controls the Weird Lineage and its Immortal Emperors.
  • Freedom versus predetermined fate: Jiang Yun’s struggle is not only against the tribulation but also against the imprint imposed by the Ancestral Land. His independent resistance reflects his refusal to become another controlled pawn.
  • Ancient mysteries and concealed power: The Stone Jar’s awakening suggests that unknown forces even deeper than the Ancestral Land remain hidden within Jiang Yun’s arsenal.

Character Interactions

  • Jiang Yun and the Desolate Emperor: The Desolate Emperor protects the battlefield and later offers to help Jiang Yun fight the Ancestor’s phantom. Jiang Yun declines, choosing to rely on his own strength and the Stone Jar.
  • Jiang Yun and the crowned figures: He attacks them directly while simultaneously absorbing the Primordial Violet Lightning, treating the tribulation’s manifestations as both enemies and sources of power.
  • Jiang Yun and the Ancestor’s phantom: The phantom sees Jiang Yun as weak and targets the Stone Jar, while Jiang Yun deliberately uses the jar as his decisive weapon.
  • The Desolate Emperor and the Ancestor’s phantom: The Desolate Emperor seals the surrounding time and space, limiting the phantom’s ability to access the power of the ages and making Jiang Yun’s otherwise impossible confrontation feasible.
  • The Stone Jar and the phantom: The jar reacts autonomously to the threat, unleashing its hidden power and destroying the phantom with a single ancient cough.
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Ch. 894Immortal Emperor at Last!

Chapter Summary: Immortal Emperor at Last!

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The mysterious Stone Jar destroys an immensely powerful Ancestor phantom, confirming the existence of beings beyond the Sacrificial Dao Realm. The Desolate Emperor realizes that the Ancestors’ Grand Sacrifice was intended to locate traces of an ancient supreme being who had existed in Eternal Space-Time.
  • Jiang Yun completes his Immortal Emperor Tribulation. Chaotic immortal light, lightning, and power from countless versions of himself across different eras converge into his present body.
  • His Primordial Spirit undergoes an unprecedented transformation:
    • Immortal Emperor imprints are left across Eternal Space-Time.
    • Countless Primordial Spirits from different eras receive Dao Fruits and merge their bloodlines, techniques, scriptures, and laws.
    • His Primordial Spirit evolves entire worlds, while his blood becomes powerful enough for a single drop to destroy a Dao Ancestor and shatter an evolutionary chain.
  • When the heavenly lightning can no longer strengthen him, it stops intensifying. Jiang Yun then uses the remaining tribulation lightning to repair the Broken Emperor Sword, assisted by the Desolate Emperor.
  • The Desolate Emperor searches Eternal Space-Time and summons the indistinct figure of the sword’s original owner, an Immortal Emperor who had nearly perished in battle with a Weird Immortal Emperor.
  • As Jiang Yun’s tribulation ends, the chaotic region stabilizes and evolves into a vast Immortal Realm based on the Five Elements from Jiang Yun’s Source World. It contains auspicious beasts, ferocious creatures, Ancestral Seeds, and Immortal Seedlings. Jiang Yun absorbs this realm into his body as a secondary foundation.
  • After centuries of tribulation and countless near-deaths, Jiang Yun successfully attains the Immortal Emperor Realm. He gains control over true time-space power, freezing time with one hand and manipulating space with the other.
  • Jiang Yun confidently traverses the Reincarnation Road and draws its mysterious power into the Stone Jar, demonstrating that he is now invincible against anyone beneath the Ancestor Realm.
  • He meets the revived sword Immortal Emperor and offers to return the repaired Emperor Sword. However, the Immortal Emperor insists that Jiang Yun keep it, since he cannot yet fully revive or fight a true Weird Immortal Emperor.
  • Jiang Yun introduces the Desolate Emperor to the sword Immortal Emperor, who is deeply shocked to learn that the Desolate Emperor is a genuine Sacrificial Dao expert.
  • The three powerful figures exchange knowledge about the Weird Clan and the Ancestral Land. They discuss the central problem of the war: beings from the Ancestral Land can revive rapidly after death, while All Heavens’ experts require far longer to recover and become progressively weakened.
  • They conclude that the true outcome of the conflict will depend on gathering more Immortal Emperors and Sacrificial Dao experts. They divide their responsibilities for the coming struggle.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun completes his greatest transformation, advancing from a powerful cultivator to an Immortal Emperor. His strength, Primordial Spirit, bloodline, and control over time-space all reach unprecedented levels.
  • He becomes more confident and decisive, willingly entering dangerous places such as the Reincarnation Road and taking responsibility for the wider war against the Ancestral Land.
  • Jiang Yun also demonstrates loyalty and gratitude by attempting to return the Emperor Sword to its original owner, though he ultimately accepts the sword’s continued use.
  • The Desolate Emperor reveals even greater capabilities. He can manipulate Eternal Space-Time, restore the Emperor Sword, and prematurely condense the form of a fallen Immortal Emperor. His role shifts from powerful survivor to the central strategist behind the revival of All Heavens’ ancient experts.
  • The sword Immortal Emperor regains a stable, though incomplete, existence after countless ages of dormancy. He remains unable to truly revive or challenge a Weird Immortal Emperor, but he resumes his commitment to preparing for the future war.
  • The three protagonists recognize that the known Sacrificial Dao Realm is not the ultimate boundary. They become aware of the terrifying realm Above Sacrificial Dao, as well as the ancient being whose ashes gave rise to the Ancestors and the present catastrophe.

Significant Themes

  • Ascension through suffering: Jiang Yun’s centuries-long tribulation emphasizes that supreme power is earned through repeated destruction, survival, and transformation.
  • The limits of power: Even the Immortal Emperor Realm and Sacrificial Dao Realm are shown not to be the ultimate heights. The existence of beings Above Sacrificial Dao expands the scale of the conflict.
  • Legacy and continuity: Jiang Yun’s strength is built from countless versions of himself across time, while fallen Immortal Emperors leave behind weapons, imprints, and revival contingencies for future generations.
  • Unequal warfare and sacrifice: All Heavens suffers from slow recovery and permanent losses, whereas the Ancestral Land can repeatedly revive its dead. This imbalance explains the enemy’s enduring dominance.
  • Cooperation across eras: Ancient and modern experts must share knowledge and coordinate their efforts. Individual strength alone cannot solve the crisis.
  • The burden of destiny: Jiang Yun’s rise is extraordinary, but his attainment of the Immortal Emperor Realm immediately places him in the middle of an even greater cosmic war.

Character Interactions

  • Jiang Yun and the Desolate Emperor discuss the meaning of the heavenly lightning and the mysteries behind Jiang Yun’s tribulation.
  • The Desolate Emperor assists Jiang Yun in repairing the Broken Emperor Sword and reviving its former owner.
  • Jiang Yun respectfully offers the restored sword to the sword Immortal Emperor, who instead urges him to retain it for future battles.
  • The sword Immortal Emperor respectfully acknowledges the Desolate Emperor after learning that he achieved the Sacrificial Dao Realm.
  • Jiang Yun, the Desolate Emperor, and the sword Immortal Emperor exchange information about the Weird Clan, the Ancestral Land, the mysterious supreme being, and the means of resisting the coming war.
  • They establish a strategic division of labor:
    • Jiang Yun: infiltrate the Four Origin Ancient Lands and destroy the Ancestral Land’s outposts.
    • The Desolate Emperor: search Eternal Space-Time for fallen Immortal Emperors and Sacrificial Dao experts and seek to revive them.
    • The sword Immortal Emperor: remain hidden, locate Immortal Seedlings, and prepare forces for the future decisive battle.
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Ch. 895Formation Locks Heaven

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Jiang Yun and the Immortal Emperor of peerless bearing finalize a method and time for future contact before returning to their respective eras.
  • After several million years, Desolate Emperor fully recovers and becomes even stronger. He and Jiang Yun travel to the Sacrificial Sea and approach the Ancestral Sacrificial Altar.
  • Desolate Emperor refuses to destroy the altar because its mysterious power could allow it to resurrect elsewhere. Instead, he erases all the Weird Dao Ancestors present, removing them from existence and even from the traces of history.
  • The pair investigate the Immortal Emperor Bridge of Life and Death. Desolate Emperor warns Jiang Yun that if he is ever left without hope, he should enter the bridge, implying that it contains both terrifying dangers and extraordinary opportunities.
  • After nearly ten thousand years of deduction, they descend upon the Heaven Great World. Desolate Emperor destroys the enormous formation constructed there by the Weird Clan, without harming the world’s inhabitants.
  • Gu Hai and Gu Xian, both Quasi-Immortal Kings, sense that the Weird Clan’s suppression of their cultivation has vanished. They conclude that an Immortal Emperor from the All Heavens must have intervened, mistakenly suspecting a mysterious expert they encountered in the past rather than Desolate Emperor.
  • The destruction of the formation awakens a Weird Immortal Emperor from the Ancestral Land. The Weird Immortal Emperors discover that both the formation and the Weird Dao Ancestors at the altar have been destroyed.
  • Unable to deduce the attacker, the enraged Weird Immortal Emperor threatens to descend upon Heaven and exterminate it. He travels instead to the Ancestral Sacrificial Altar, seeking its protection and using it as a base for investigation.
  • Believing Desolate Emperor to be incapable of recovering so quickly, the Weird Immortal Emperor underestimates the danger and assumes the attacker can be resisted until reinforcements arrive.
  • Just as he finishes his unsuccessful deductions, a powerful figure approaches from across the Sacrificial Sea, walking upon spreading Grand Dao and heading directly toward the altar.

Character Developments

  • Desolate Emperor has completely recovered from the injuries sustained in the previous Sacrificial Era and has advanced beyond his former strength. His mastery of supreme laws is revealed when he erases the Weird Dao Ancestors from the roots of existence.
  • Jiang Yun remains cautious and politically restrained. Although he has reached the Immortal Emperor Fruit Position, he avoids openly attacking the formation to preserve his concealment. He also becomes increasingly concerned about the ominous implications of Desolate Emperor’s warning regarding the Bridge of Life and Death.
  • Gu Hai and Gu Xian regain more memories and instincts from their former lives as their cultivation recovers. Their awareness of Immortal Emperor-level power allows them to recognize that the formation’s destruction could only have been caused by an extraordinary being.
  • The Weird Immortal Emperor shifts from shock to fury and then to suspicion. He is cautious enough to use the Ancestral Sacrificial Altar for protection, but his incorrect assumptions about Desolate Emperor’s condition lead him to underestimate his true opponent.

Significant Themes

  • Power beyond conventional immortality: Desolate Emperor’s ability to erase enemies from all traces of existence demonstrates a realm of power far above ordinary Immortal Emperors.
  • Danger and opportunity intertwined: The Immortal Emperor Bridge of Life and Death symbolizes the possibility that ultimate advancement may require passing through immense terror.
  • Concealment and misdirection: Jiang Yun and Desolate Emperor carefully hide their identities and actions, causing the Weird Clan to form incorrect theories about the attacker.
  • The limits of deduction: Even the Weird Immortal Emperor, aided by the Ancestral Sacrificial Altar, cannot uncover the truth because Desolate Emperor has planned too thoroughly.
  • Underestimation and historical uncertainty: The Weird Clan relies on outdated knowledge of Desolate Emperor’s injuries and disappearance, failing to account for his complete recovery.

Character Interactions

  • Desolate Emperor guides Jiang Yun through the investigation of the Sacrificial Sea and warns him about the Bridge of Life and Death, suggesting concern for Jiang Yun’s future.
  • Jiang Yun and Desolate Emperor cooperate closely: Desolate Emperor openly destroys the formation and annihilates the Weird Dao Ancestors, while Jiang Yun preserves his anonymity and later agrees to confront the descending Weird Immortal Emperor.
  • Gu Hai and Gu Xian independently interpret the collapse of the Weird Clan formation and unknowingly attribute it to the wrong mysterious expert.
  • The Weird Immortal Emperor attempts to identify and provoke the hidden enemy, but instead encounters Jiang Yun approaching the Ancestral Sacrificial Altar, setting up the coming confrontation.
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Ch. 896Practice Match!

Chapter Summary: “Practice Match!”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Just as the Weird Immortal Emperor is about to report his discovery, the Desolate Emperor suddenly appears at the Ancestral Sacrificial Altar.
  • The Desolate Emperor uses his power to transport the Weird Immortal Emperor into a sealed, isolated dojo outside the River of Ages. This prevents the Ancestral Land of Calamity Plateau from detecting or rescuing him.
  • The Weird Immortal Emperor discovers that he has been brought before Jiang Yun, a newly ascended Immortal Emperor, whom the Desolate Emperor intends to use as a combat test.
  • Jiang Yun attacks with his fully merged bloodline, Dao techniques, scriptures, and methods. Although Jiang Yun is gravely wounded, he inflicts even more severe damage on the Weird Immortal Emperor, whose scattered blood is contained by the Desolate Emperor’s safeguards.
  • The Weird Immortal Emperor is shocked that Jiang Yun, who entered the Immortal Emperor Realm only in the current Sacrificial Era, possesses combat strength equivalent to a “Big Cat Tier” Immortal Emperor rather than a newly ascended “Rat Tier” one.
  • By analyzing the Weird Immortal Emperor’s blood, Jiang Yun recognizes him as Di Yi’s Guardian—the Immortal Emperor who once rescued Di Yi after his battle with Jiang Yun.
  • Jiang Yun reveals his true identity and Origin aura. Di Yi’s Guardian realizes that the former Ancient Underworld Dao Ancestor Giant is now an Immortal Emperor connected to the Desolate Emperor.
  • Di Yi’s Guardian concludes that Jiang Yun may have been a spy within the Ancient Underworld and suspects that the Desolate Emperor possesses a method for escaping the corruption of Weird power.
  • Fearing that Jiang Yun could eventually follow the Desolate Emperor’s path and reach the Sacrificial Dao Realm, Di Yi’s Guardian decides that Jiang Yun must be eliminated or, at minimum, that information about him must be transmitted to the Ancestral Land.
  • Knowing that death would not be permanent for a Weird Immortal Emperor, he absorbs a massive reserve of pure Weird Origin power, enough to support a Grand Sacrifice.
  • He evolves himself into a powerful War Emperor, temporarily rising from Rat Tier to Jiang Yun’s level, and launches a final all-out battle.
  • The chapter ends as the War Emperor and Jiang Yun collide, triggering immense destruction and Great Annihilation within the sealed space-time.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun: Demonstrates extraordinary strength immediately after becoming an Immortal Emperor. His ability to injure a veteran Immortal Emperor proves that he has reached Big Cat Tier almost instantly. He also reveals his identity and shows that he has fully accepted his connection with the Desolate Emperor.
  • The Weird Immortal Emperor / Di Yi’s Guardian: Begins in terror after encountering the revived Desolate Emperor, but retains his pride and refuses to surrender. Once exposed, he becomes desperate and resourceful, choosing to empower himself with Weird Origin power and fight to the death.
  • The Desolate Emperor: Acts indirectly and strategically. Rather than fighting personally, he isolates the Weird Immortal Emperor and arranges for Jiang Yun to use him as a trial opponent, demonstrating confidence in Jiang Yun’s potential.
  • Di Yi: Does not appear directly, but his past conflict with Jiang Yun and his relationship with his Guardian remain central to the chapter’s revelations.

Significant Themes

  • Hidden identities and long-term schemes: Jiang Yun’s true identity and relationship with the Desolate Emperor overturn the Weird Clan’s assumptions about him.
  • Extraordinary cultivation and potential: Jiang Yun’s immediate rise to Big Cat Tier suggests that he may possess talent comparable to the Desolate Emperor.
  • Fear of future threats: Di Yi’s Guardian is less frightened by Jiang Yun’s current strength than by the possibility that Jiang Yun may eventually reach the Sacrificial Dao Realm.
  • Death and rebirth: For the Weird Clan, death is not necessarily final, allowing Di Yi’s Guardian to treat his own death as a means of transmitting valuable information.
  • Combat as refinement: The battle is deliberately arranged as a “practice match,” with the veteran Weird Immortal Emperor serving as a whetstone to test Jiang Yun’s newly attained power.
  • Control versus resistance: The chapter emphasizes the central mystery of whether Weird power can truly be escaped, with Jiang Yun’s existence challenging the Weird Clan’s understanding of corruption.

Character Interactions

  • The Desolate Emperor dominates the Weird Immortal Emperor through preparation and spatial manipulation without directly fighting him.
  • Jiang Yun and the Weird Immortal Emperor exchange attacks and assess one another, with Jiang Yun quickly proving superior despite his recent breakthrough.
  • Jiang Yun identifies the Immortal Emperor as Di Yi’s Guardian, linking their present confrontation to their long-standing conflict involving Di Yi.
  • Di Yi’s Guardian reacts with disbelief and suspicion when Jiang Yun reveals himself, interpreting his survival of Weird corruption as evidence of the Desolate Emperor’s intervention.
  • The confrontation escalates when Di Yi’s Guardian transforms into a War Emperor, setting up a decisive battle between two Immortal Emperors of comparable strength.
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Ch. 897Defeated

Chapter Summary: “Defeat”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Jiang Yun and Di Yi’s protector, both possessing Immortal Emperor-level power, engage in a devastating battle within the Desolate Emperor’s specially evolved world. Their clash triggers a Great Annihilation, nearly destroying the entire battlefield.
  • When the destruction clears, Jiang Yun is revealed standing victorious, while Di Yi’s protector is pinned beneath his foot. Although Jiang Yun is covered in wounds, his overwhelming strength leaves his opponent shocked and humiliated.
  • Di Yi’s protector recounts his past: during a previous Sacrificial Era, he and nine companions massacred the Heavens and Myriad Realms. They eventually killed and devoured an Immortal Emperor who had awakened prematurely to defend the world. He later devoured those nine companions to become an Immortal Emperor himself.
  • He reveals that the nine companions’ power had been preserved as Immortal Emperor-level phantoms within his body. Summoning them, he launches a combined assault against Jiang Yun.
  • Jiang Yun ignores the danger and attacks the heavily wounded protector directly, smashing him into ashes with a single palm strike. However, the nine phantoms simultaneously injure Jiang Yun, shattering his body and delaying his recovery.
  • Both combatants revive, but Jiang Yun’s vitality and fighting spirit remain astonishingly strong. Frightened by Jiang Yun’s relentless battle style, Di Yi’s protector withdraws the nine phantoms back into his body.
  • Trapped by the Desolate Emperor’s seal and unable to escape through the River of Ages, the protector decides to use his final forbidden technique. He completely devours the nine phantoms, combining their powers and transforming his body into a monstrous composite organism.
  • His transformation summons an immense Thunder Tribulation. Rather than harming him, the tribulation replenishes his depleted power and strengthens his Primordial Spirit.
  • Jiang Yun enters the tribulation without hesitation, mocking the opponent’s power as inferior to the Immortal Emperor Tribulation he once endured. The chapter ends as the two clash again at their full strength.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun: Demonstrates overwhelming combat ability, tremendous resilience, and an increasingly fearless, aggressive fighting style. He is willing to risk his own life to destroy an enemy who desecrated the memory of benevolent Immortal Emperors. His confidence in his Dao and his past trials allows him to remain defiant even against the opponent’s ultimate transformation.
  • Di Yi’s Protector: Experiences a dramatic reversal from arrogant veteran to humiliated and frightened survivor. His memories reveal that his power was built through betrayal, massacre, and devouring his former companions. Although he initially relies on his hidden phantoms, Jiang Yun breaks through this trump card, forcing him to resort to a dangerous forbidden fusion.
  • The Nine Companions: Though long ago devoured, they remain symbolically important as both the source of the protector’s power and reminders of his violent path to immortality. Their phantoms are ultimately consumed a second time to create his final form.

Significant Themes

  • Moral paths to immortality: Jiang Yun represents Immortal Emperors who retain emotion, compassion, and responsibility toward the world, while Di Yi’s protector embodies the ruthless pursuit of power through betrayal and emotional extinction.
  • Reversal of fortune and fate: The former mighty killer is reduced to fearing a younger opponent, mirroring the earlier Immortal Emperor he once helped defeat. Jiang Yun’s rise demonstrates how apparent hierarchies can be overturned.
  • Pride versus fear: The protector’s arrogance collapses as Jiang Yun repeatedly surpasses his expectations. His unwillingness to risk his life contrasts sharply with Jiang Yun’s readiness to fight without regard for personal survival.
  • Power through sacrifice and corruption: The protector’s strength comes from devouring friends, preserving their remnants, and finally merging their powers into a forbidden existence rejected by Heaven and Earth.
  • The meaning of true strength: Jiang Yun’s power is portrayed not merely as raw cultivation, but as the result of vitality, conviction, emotional integrity, and an unshakable Dao heart.

Character Interactions

  • Jiang Yun humiliates the protector by suppressing him underfoot, directly challenging his pride and status as an ancient Immortal Emperor.
  • The protector attempts to intimidate Jiang Yun with stories of past massacres and his defeat of an Immortal Emperor, but Jiang Yun dismisses these boasts and condemns his emotionless path.
  • Their ideological conflict becomes personal when the protector repeatedly boasts about killing and devouring a compassionate Immortal Emperor. Jiang Yun responds with fury and attacks with lethal determination.
  • Jiang Yun’s reckless assault frightens the protector, who values his own survival and cannot understand Jiang Yun’s willingness to risk mutual destruction.
  • After both survive their respective attacks, the protector abandons restraint and fuses with the nine phantoms, while Jiang Yun answers the transformation with mockery and another direct challenge.
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Ch. 898Annihilation!

Chapter Summary: “Annihilation!”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The disappearance of Di Yi’s guardian throws the Ancestral Land into chaos. The Weird Immortal Emperors awaken and attempt to deduce what happened, but even their combined efforts reveal nothing.
  • They conclude that the event may involve surviving Immortal Emperors from previous Grand Sacrifices—or possibly a power beyond their understanding. Fearing the situation has escalated beyond their control, they move to awaken the dormant Ancestors.
  • Before the Ancestors respond, a terrifying Immortal Emperor Tribulation begins. The tribulation is revealed to belong to Di Yi, who is attempting to advance to the Immortal Emperor Realm so that he can personally search for his missing guardian.
  • Di Yi’s tribulation spreads across nearly half of Calamity Plateau, shocking the Weird Immortal Emperors with its scale.
  • A second, even more mysterious Immortal Emperor Tribulation appears near the place where the Ancestors are sleeping. The identity of the person undergoing it cannot be deduced, and even the Weird Immortal Emperors can see only a vague silhouette.
  • An Ancestor cryptically remarks that more changes will occur in this Lifetime. Through the Ancestors’ indirect revelation, the Weird Immortal Emperors learn that the mysterious figure is named Ji Yi and that he is the handiwork of the Ancestors.
  • Meanwhile, Jiang Yun and Di Yi’s guardian reach the end of their battle inside the hidden world created by the Desolate Emperor. Unable to access Eternal Space-Time, the guardian has exhausted his power and is reduced to a shattered head.
  • The guardian admits that he underestimated Jiang Yun and expresses regret for not killing him earlier. He places his hopes on Di Yi, believing that Di Yi will one day avenge him.
  • Jiang Yun finishes the battle by destroying the guardian’s body. When the guardian’s Primordial Spirit attempts to escape, the Desolate Emperor captures and imprisons it, intending to extract secrets about Calamity Plateau and the Ancestral Land.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun demonstrates that he has grown powerful enough to defeat a Weird Immortal Emperor even without relying on the Desolate Emperor to fight for him. Though severely wounded, he remains decisive and focused, refusing to be distracted by the guardian’s threats.
  • Di Yi advances toward the Immortal Emperor Realm, motivated not merely by cultivation but by the need to find and avenge his guardian. His tribulation shows that he is an exceptionally powerful and important figure.
  • Di Yi’s guardian experiences defeat and recognizes Jiang Yun’s extraordinary growth. His final emotions combine rage, regret, hatred, and confidence in Di Yi’s future revenge.
  • The Weird Immortal Emperors shift from arrogance and control to uncertainty and alarm. Their inability to explain the guardian’s disappearance or identify the second tribulation makes them realize that forces beyond their calculations are active.
  • The Ancestors remain mysterious and manipulative. Rather than directly explaining events, they provide only cryptic guidance and appear to have deliberately created or enabled Ji Yi.
  • The Desolate Emperor continues to act strategically. Instead of allowing the guardian’s Primordial Spirit to be destroyed, he captures it as a source of information.

Significant Themes

  • The limits of knowledge and control: Even the highest-level beings cannot understand the disappearances and sudden tribulations occurring around them.
  • Hidden powers and ancient schemes: The appearance of Ji Yi suggests that the Ancestors have been preparing secret plans long before the current events.
  • Generational conflict and revenge: The guardian’s final hope rests on Di Yi, continuing the cycle of vengeance between Jiang Yun and the Ancestral Land.
  • Growth beyond expectations: Jiang Yun and Di Yi both exceed the limits others thought possible, while Ji Yi’s unexplained rise introduces an even greater unknown.
  • The transition of an era: The Weird Immortal Emperors recognize that the Sacrificial Era has entered a new stage, marked by the emergence of Immortal Emperor-level beings and increasingly uncontrollable changes.

Character Interactions

  • The Weird Immortal Emperors debate the cause of the guardian’s disappearance and speculate about the possible involvement of the Desolate Emperor or surviving powers from past Sacrificial Eras.
  • They worship and call upon the Ancestors, showing the hierarchy and dependence within the Ancestral Land.
  • The Ancestors respond indirectly through a cryptic statement and the revelation concerning Ji Yi.
  • Di Yi’s guardian confronts Jiang Yun with bitterness and warns that Di Yi will eventually kill him.
  • Jiang Yun dismisses the threat and responds only by ordering the guardian to “go face your tribulation,” then destroys him.
  • The Desolate Emperor intervenes at the final moment, capturing the guardian’s Primordial Spirit and preserving him for interrogation.
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Ch. 899The End of an Era!

Chapter Summary: “The End of an Era!”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The Desolate Emperor keeps the captured Weird Immortal Emperor alive to investigate the secrets of the Calamity Plateau, the Weird Clan, and the Ancestral Land’s ability to resurrect dead powerhouses.
  • After returning to the Sacrificial Sea, the Desolate Emperor warns Jiang Yun that the disappearance of a Weird Immortal Emperor will provoke the Ancestral Land. He leaves to delay the Weird Clan while urging Jiang Yun to prepare for the Sacrificial Dao Realm.
  • The Desolate Emperor explains that Sacrificial Dao requires sacrificing an Immortal Emperor’s entire foundation—space-time, fate, karma, years, and causality. A cultivator at this level can transcend ordinary temporal restrictions and perceive the past, present, and future almost equally.
  • The existence of a realm Above Sacrificial Dao remains uncertain. The Weird Clan’s Grand Sacrifices may be attempts to recreate the traces of an ancient being who reached that level, but even the Desolate Emperor and the Ancestral Land Ancestor cannot confirm it.
  • Jiang Yun returns to the Ancient Underworld and reflects on the countless bones left by previous Grand Sacrifices, realizing that even Dao Ancestors and beings pursuing higher realms ultimately became casualties.
  • While concealing his Immortal Emperor cultivation, Jiang Yun visits Hou Ming. He subtly amplifies her dissatisfaction with the Ancestral Land, prompting her to leave her dojo and investigate the Sacrificial Sea for herself.
  • Jiang Yun meets Shi Yi and Heavenly Prince, recognizing that neither is yet ready to challenge the Immortal Emperor Realm. He senses that a major upheaval is approaching.
  • The Desolate Emperor unexpectedly reappears above the Ancestral Land after recovering far sooner than the Weird Ancestors expected. He confronts three ancient Weird Ancestors, confirming that he was responsible for the missing Weird Immortal Emperor and many recent changes.
  • During the battle, the Desolate Emperor secretly restores the contaminated Pollen Evolution Path. Jiang Yun realizes that this is intended to remove the greatest obstacle to his own advancement toward Sacrificial Dao and perhaps prepare for the revival of the Pollen Emperor and other deceased Immortal Emperors.
  • The Ancestral Land authorizes the Dao Ancestors of the Four Great Origin Ancient Lands to act, though they are ordered not to kill promising prodigies prematurely. Jiang Yun understands that the Weird Clan wants Dao Ancestors preserved as nourishment for the coming Grand Sacrifice.
  • Jiang Yun creates a Dao Ancestor-level avatar to guard the Ancient Underworld while his true body travels through the Sacrificial Sea. He gathers bloodlines from across All Heavens, eventually collecting ninety million varieties to perfect his evolutionary path.
  • He also gathers talented cultivators, transforms their Origins without destroying their identities, brings them into the Four Origin Ancient Lands, and teaches them his Dao Ancestor insights to accelerate the rise of new Dao Ancestors.
  • After another million years, All Heavens flourishes and several new Dao Ancestors emerge. However, the growing malice above the Ancestral Land signals that the Sacrificial Era is entering its final stage.
  • Calamity Plateau finally issues an edict allowing the Four Origin Ancient Lands to hunt freely. Those capable of killing Dao Ancestors will receive powerful rewards, including Immortal Emperor scriptures and essence blood.
  • Two Weird Immortal Emperors, Ji Yi and Di Yi, complete their cultivation and prepare to descend into All Ages. Ji Yi possesses an unusually sacred and auspicious aura despite being Weird, while Di Yi focuses his attention on the Ancient Underworld.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun reaches the Immortal Emperor Realm but remains cautious and hides his true cultivation. He gains a clearer understanding of Sacrificial Dao, strengthens his evolutionary path, and begins actively preparing for the approaching Grand Sacrifice.
  • The Desolate Emperor resumes his role as protector of the Sacrificial Era. He confronts the Weird Ancestors, restores the Pollen Evolution Path, and deliberately creates opportunities for Jiang Yun’s future breakthrough.
  • Hou Ming develops doubts about the Ancestral Land. Influenced by Jiang Yun’s guidance, she chooses to explore the Sacrificial Sea and seek answers independently.
  • Shi Yi and Heavenly Prince remain powerful but are not yet ready to become Immortal Emperors. Jiang Yun now views them as important figures who must be prepared for the coming catastrophe.
  • Ji Yi and Di Yi emerge as new major threats, having consolidated their strength and set their sights on the Ancient Underworld and All Ages.

Significant Themes

  • The approaching end of an era: The rise of many Dao Ancestors triggers the final phase of the Sacrificial Era and brings the next Grand Sacrifice closer.
  • Power and transcendence: The enormous gap between Immortal Emperor and Sacrificial Dao emphasizes that true transcendence requires abandoning one’s entire foundation and escaping the restrictions of time, fate, and causality.
  • Cycles of sacrifice and resurrection: The bones beneath the Ancient Underworld symbolize countless failed eras, while the Ancestral Land’s resurrection methods and the possible revival of the Pollen Emperor suggest that death and rebirth are central to the world’s history.
  • Preparation versus destruction: Jiang Yun and the Desolate Emperor cultivate new life and preserve potential, while the Weird Clan prepares to harvest Dao Ancestors as sacrificial nourishment.
  • Uncertainty beyond the known realms: Even the strongest characters cannot determine whether a realm Above Sacrificial Dao truly exists, leaving the ultimate limits of cultivation mysterious.
  • Free will and awakening: Hou Ming’s growing dissatisfaction reflects the possibility that beings controlled by the Ancestral Land may question its authority and choose their own paths.

Important Character Interactions

  • Jiang Yun and the Desolate Emperor: The Desolate Emperor mentors Jiang Yun on Sacrificial Dao, demonstrates its power, and entrusts him with surviving and advancing during the coming catastrophe.
  • Jiang Yun and Hou Ming: Jiang Yun covertly influences Hou Ming’s emotions, encouraging her to question the Ancestral Land and investigate the truth for herself.
  • Jiang Yun, Shi Yi, and Heavenly Prince: Jiang Yun assesses their cultivation, warns them of the approaching crisis, and shares his plans for preparing against the Grand Sacrifice.
  • Desolate Emperor and the Weird Ancestors: Their confrontation reveals that the Desolate Emperor has recovered and is once again blocking the Ancestral Land, intensifying the conflict between the two sides.
  • Ji Yi and Di Yi: After consolidating their cultivation, the two Weird Immortal Emperors coordinate their next move, with Di Yi specifically targeting the Ancient Underworld.
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Ch. 900Another Sacrificial Era Ends!

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Ji Yi and Di Yi, the two Weird Immortal Emperors, declare that the sacrifices of the current Sacrificial Era have matured. They attack All Heavens, instantly killing roughly one-tenth of its population, and expose the terrifying power of the Weird Clan.
  • The Weird Clan begins a full-scale purge. Their Dao Ancestors and Immortal Kings massacre All Heavens, bringing the two-million-year Sacrificial Era toward its end.
  • Jiang Yun cannot openly intervene without revealing his hidden position. He secretly protects surviving Immortal Seedlings by moving them into a concealed world and uses Reincarnation Tokens to warn trusted experts.
  • Ye Fan, Wushi, the Qing Emperor, Ruthless, the Fighting Saint Ape, Jiudao Yi, and others return to lead All Heavens. Gu Hai and Gu Xian also emerge as powerful allies after recovering from Weird contamination.
  • The war reaches a temporary stalemate. Jiang Yun covertly assists All Heavens, strengthening its fighters and influencing crucial battles while remaining hidden from the Weird Immortal Emperors.
  • Yuan Tian rises dramatically, becoming a Dao Ancestor Giant and killing an opposing Dao Ancestor Giant. He later survives near death and begins a second life.
  • Ji Yi eventually intervenes personally, breaking the stalemate. Two Immortal Emperors from All Heavens return to challenge him, but Ji Yi proves overwhelmingly powerful.
  • Jiang Yun discovers that Ji Yi contains the essence blood of several Ancestors and has received extraordinary Fortune from the Ancestral Sacrificial Altar. Ji Yi may eventually become a new, possibly supreme, Ancestor, suggesting that the Ancestral Land has made new arrangements in response to unforeseen Variables.
  • Di Yi’s avatar attacks the Ancient Underworld, crushing Jiang Yun’s avatar and erasing the Netherworld Prison Dao Ancestor and Hou Ming. Jiang Yun secretly revives Hou Ming, who thereafter joins All Heavens.
  • Di Yi then unexpectedly destroys Peacock Venerable and Dao Ancestor Hun Tian in the Soul River, apparently because he mistakenly believes Peacock Venerable was responsible for the death of his chief battle servant.
  • Taking advantage of the Soul River’s weakness, Ye Fan and the other leaders launch a major assault. With help from the Divine Silkworm Emperor and allies from the Ancient Heavenly Court, All Heavens initially gains the upper hand and reaches the source of the Soul River.
  • The Ancestral Land sends reinforcements, including Weird Dao Ancestors and Di Yi’s avatar. During the retreat, the Undying Heavenly Phoenix betrays All Heavens, severely wounds Jiudao Yi, and seizes the Ancient Heavenly Court Banner.
  • The Soul River War ends disastrously. The Fighting Saint Ape, Little Sacred Ape, Little Divine Silkworm, and many others die. Wushi stays behind to cover the retreat; Jiang Yun saves him from death, but he is exiled into an unknown space-time.
  • The defeat destroys the balance of power. More Weird Immortal Emperors enter the Sacrificial Sea, and All Heavens is rapidly overwhelmed. Most of its living beings are exterminated, the evolutionary path is severed, and the Grand Sacrifice begins.
  • Countless beings are offered to the Ancestral Sacrificial Altar. The Sacrificial Era lasts less than three million years and ends before any of its strongest figures—apart from already existing Immortal Emperors—can become true Immortal Emperors.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun becomes an Immortal Emperor but remains unable to openly save All Heavens. He develops into a careful, patient strategist, relying on secrecy, the Stone Jar, hidden worlds, covert orders, and resurrection techniques.
  • Ye Fan approaches the Immortal Emperor Realm and becomes one of All Heavens’ central leaders and strongest hopes for survival.
  • Gu Hai and Gu Xian recover from their former corruption and regain enough strength to rival top figures such as Wushi, the Qing Emperor, and Ruthless.
  • Yuan Tian proves himself as a rising powerhouse by killing a Dao Ancestor Giant and surviving a second lifetime.
  • Hou Ming changes sides after being revived by Jiang Yun and witnessing the brutality of the Weird Clan.
  • Ji Yi is revealed to be far more dangerous than expected, possessing Ancestor blood and the potential to become a new Ancestor.
  • Wushi demonstrates extraordinary sacrifice by remaining behind to protect his allies, though he is ultimately exiled.
  • The Undying Heavenly Phoenix undergoes a major betrayal, abandoning All Heavens and joining the Weird side at the decisive moment.
  • The Desolate Emperor remains locked in a desperate battle against the three Ancestors and cannot intervene in the collapse of All Heavens.

Significant Themes

  • Helplessness against overwhelming power: Even an Immortal Emperor like Jiang Yun cannot openly alter the course of the Sacrificial Era.
  • Sacrifice and endurance: Jiang Yun and the Desolate Emperor must endure mass death and delay action for the sake of a larger plan.
  • Secrecy and strategy: Survival depends on hidden preparations, covert alliances, deception, and carefully timed intervention.
  • Cycles of destruction: The new Sacrificial Era repeats the tragedy of the previous era, showing the seemingly inevitable recurrence of extermination and sacrifice.
  • Betrayal and shifting loyalties: Hou Ming joins All Heavens, while the Undying Heavenly Phoenix betrays it, emphasizing the instability of alliances during catastrophe.
  • Hope amid annihilation: Although All Heavens is largely destroyed, the preservation of Ye Fan, Gu Hai, Gu Xian, and other potential successors offers a possibility that the struggle will continue.
  • Unpredictable Variables: Ji Yi’s existence suggests that the Ancestors and Ancestral Land are adapting to unknown changes, complicating Jiang Yun and the Desolate Emperor’s original plans.

Important Character Interactions

  • Jiang Yun and his hidden allies: He secretly directs Dao Ancestors and Immortal Kings in the Four Origin Ancient Lands, protects Immortal Seedlings, and assists All Heavens without exposing himself.
  • Jiang Yun and Ye Fan: Jiang Yun regards Ye Fan as a major source of hope and informs him of key developments, including the deaths of Peacock Venerable and Hun Tian.
  • Ji Yi and the Immortal Emperors of All Heavens: Ji Yi single-handedly withstands two Immortal Emperors, revealing the terrifying depth of his power.
  • Di Yi and Jiang Yun: Di Yi personally attacks Jiang Yun’s avatar and those connected to him, demonstrating a deep personal hostility.
  • All Heavens against the Soul River: Ye Fan, Wushi, Jiudao Yi, and others unite to attack the weakened Soul River, initially achieving major victories.
  • The Undying Heavenly Phoenix and Jiudao Yi: Her betrayal seriously wounds Jiudao Yi and causes the loss of the Ancient Heavenly Court Banner, turning the retreat into a catastrophe.
  • Jiang Yun and Hou Ming: After secretly reviving him, Jiang Yun gains Hou Ming as a new ally.
  • Jiang Yun and the Desolate Emperor: Both are committed to resisting the Weird Clan but are forced to remain apart—Jiang Yun must act covertly, while the Desolate Emperor is trapped fighting the Ancestors.
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Ch. 901Ten Thousand Ages Like a Painting, Sacrificial Eras Fleeting!

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • A full Sacrificial Era ends when a Weird Immortal Emperor personally oversees the Grand Sacrifice in the Sacrificial Sea. Countless beings, bloodlines, dead enemies, failed evolutionary paths, and even members of the Weird Clan are offered, but the sacrifice fails to summon or awaken the mysterious “blurred figure” the Ancestors seek.
  • After the Grand Sacrifice, the Ancestral Land plants new Spring Seedlings. All Heavens gradually recovers, new prodigies arise, and fresh evolutionary paths begin to develop.
  • Before these civilizations can mature, the Weird Clan launches a Minor Sacrifice within less than a million years. The young generation is destroyed, but their remains once again produce no reaction from the Ancestral Sacrificial Altar. Jiang Yun concludes that this sacrifice was only an experiment.
  • Jiang Yun secretly preserves some gifted survivors by guiding them into the Four Origin Ancient Lands and transforming them into Weird beings without erasing their wills. They become a hidden remnant of All Heavens’ hope.
  • Jiang Yun returns to the Ancient Underworld under a new identity as a Dao Ancestor. With Shi Yi and the Ten-Crowned King Heavenly Prince openly leading it, and Jiang Yun secretly controlling its operations, the Ancient Underworld becomes the strongest of the Four Origin Ancient Lands.
  • Over successive eras, Jiang Yun infiltrates the Four Origin Ancient Lands, recruits or replaces many of their inhabitants, expands the Eight Paths of Reincarnation, and quietly builds an army for the final war. The Desolate Emperor continues blocking the Ancestral Land while Jiang Yun gathers strength elsewhere.
  • Another Sacrificial Era is destroyed after only a million years. Jiang Yun saves a small number of exceptional beings, while his Dao Origin Scripture continues absorbing and merging the bloodlines, laws, techniques, and accumulated heritage of All Heavens.
  • Jiang Yun contacts the wounded Immortal Emperors, Gu Hai, and Gu Xian. Gu Hai and Gu Xian have reached the pinnacle of the Dao Ancestor Realm and remain dormant, preparing to recover their former Immortal Emperor strength during the final battle.
  • The Willow God fully recovers from her ancient injuries. Though only her avatar currently acts outside, her true body is expected to participate in the final confrontation.
  • Ruthless, Wushi, Qing Emperor, God Emperor, and the other Nine Heavens and Ten Earths powerhouses advance toward the Immortal Emperor Realm, though Duan De progresses much more slowly.
  • Ye Fan finally attempts to become an Immortal Emperor. Jiang Yun arranges a hidden battlefield and subjects him to overwhelming Chaos Thunder, attacks from Immortal Emperor Weapons across time and space, and the reversal of the River of Time and Space. Despite repeated destruction of his body and Primordial Spirit, Ye Fan succeeds.
  • The purified Pollen Path reappears across the Heavens and Myriad Realms. Spiritual Particles, previously concealed by the Weird Clan, rain down and begin restoring vitality to the decayed cosmos. This greatly accelerates the cultivation of Ruthless, Wushi, Qing Emperor, and others, though they suppress their breakthroughs until a more suitable moment.

Character Developments

  • Jiang Yun becomes increasingly detached after witnessing three Sacrificial Eras perish. He accepts that individual intervention cannot save All Heavens without sufficient power, yet he continues building a long-term resistance strategy.
  • He grows into a master strategist, secretly infiltrating enemy territories, preserving survivors, cultivating hidden forces, and preparing for a final war against the Weird Clan.
  • Jiang Yun’s Dao Origin Scripture progresses by integrating the accumulated essence of countless eras, potentially allowing him to enter the Sacrificial Dao Realm, though this remains uncertain.
  • Shi Yi and the Ten-Crowned King Heavenly Prince mature into the Ancient Underworld’s leading Giants and approach the Immortal Emperor Realm.
  • Ye Fan completes the most important breakthrough of the chapter, becoming a true Immortal Emperor through self-cultivation rather than the Weird Clan’s shortcut.
  • The Willow God recovers fully and is confirmed as a major future combatant.
  • Gu Hai and Gu Xian remain dormant but are expected to regain the power of Immortal Emperor Meng Hai and Immortal Emperor Luo Tianxian.
  • Ruthless, Wushi, Qing Emperor, God Emperor, and the others draw near to Immortal Emperor cultivation, aided by the return of the Pollen Path.
  • The Desolate Emperor continues sustaining the wider resistance effort, though purifying and restoring the Pollen Path consumes much of his strength.

Significant Themes

  • The repetition and tragedy of history: Entire civilizations repeatedly rise and are annihilated, yet the fate of All Heavens remains unchanged across countless ages.
  • Powerlessness and perseverance: Jiang Yun realizes that even great figures such as the Pollen Emperor and Desolate Emperor could only watch later generations perish, but he continues struggling despite that despair.
  • Preparation versus immediate victory: The resistance relies on secret infiltration, preservation of survivors, cultivation, and long-term planning rather than open confrontation.
  • The cost of shortcuts: The Weird Clan can create Immortal Emperors more easily, but their power is inferior to that of beings who comprehend the Grand Dao and advance through their own efforts.
  • Revival and renewal: The return of the Pollen Path and Spiritual Particles symbolizes the restoration of vitality to a dying cosmos and offers All Heavens a genuine chance to produce stronger cultivators.
  • Inheritance across eras: Bloodlines, Dao Marks, techniques, civilizations, and memories accumulate through repeated destruction, allowing later generations to benefit from the struggles of the past.

Important Character Interactions

  • Jiang Yun works closely with the Desolate Emperor, dividing their efforts: the Desolate Emperor confronts and contains the Ancestral Land, while Jiang Yun infiltrates the Four Origin Ancient Lands and organizes the hidden resistance.
  • Shi Yi and the Ten-Crowned King know Jiang Yun’s true identity and help lead the Ancient Underworld under his broader direction.
  • Jiang Yun secretly preserves and guides prodigies from later eras, though they do not know who he truly is.
  • He maintains contact with Gu Hai and Gu Xian through the Reincarnation Token, confirming their continued recovery and future return.
  • Jiang Yun supports the Willow God’s restoration and expects her to lead All Heavens’ Immortal Emperors against the Weird Immortal Emperors.
  • He directly assists Ye Fan’s breakthrough, acting as both guardian and trial-maker by creating a near-impossible Immortal Emperor tribulation.
  • The return of the Pollen Path benefits the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths group, bringing their allies closer to the level required for the final battle.
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