Chapter Summaries

Ji Hao observed Hun Zhan’s azure heaven hegemonic body while Dragon Horse fought him and revealed his emerging true-dragon form. After the ruins were about to open, Ji Hao ignored Hun Zhan’s challenge and focused on refining his chaotic body.

• Hun Zhan challenged Ji Hao, claiming his azure heaven hegemonic body surpassed all others, while Ji Hao examined his physique with the Haotian Mirror Fragment.
• Dragon Horse fought Hun Zhan’s qilin and then clashed with Hun Zhan, transforming into a true dragon and cutting open his hegemonic body with his horns.
• Hun Zhan used Nine Secrets: Zhe to heal his wounds, but Ji Hao stopped the battle as more cultivators and Great Saints arrived and the ruins neared opening.
• Dragon Horse taunted Hun Zhan and praised Ji Hao’s strength, prompting Hun Zhan to challenge Ji Hao directly.
• Ji Hao refused Hun Zhan’s challenge, having learned enough about the azure heaven hegemonic body, and turned to refining his secret technique for sublimating the chaotic body.

Ji Hao killed the Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body and a God Race Saint King before entering Amitabha Buddha’s ancient cave, while the Buddhist power within tested his defenses. He continued cutting down cultivators who tried to stop him.

• Overlord attacked Ji Hao, who killed him with a glance by cleaving him in half.
• Amitabha Buddha’s ancient cave opened, and its Buddhist chanting tried to convert the cultivators; Ji Hao used his Sword of Wisdom to cut away the invading mind power.
• Golden Cicada left after warning that the cave held a sin, and Ji Hao entered, determined to make Amitabha Buddha apologize to the Lunar Star Lord.
• The God Race Saint King attacked Ji Hao with a lightning-wreathed bell, but Ji Hao killed him with one sweep of sword light.
• Ji Hao’s footsteps shattered charging Saints, and he warned the survivors away before fighting the cultivators who refused to retreat.
• Ji Hao shattered a burly Demon Race Saint King wielding a great club.

Ji Hao defeated the Great Saints who tried to wear him down, then entered Amitabha Buddha’s cave abode and absorbed its accumulated faith power. He discovered the Blood Butcher Pagoda contained the Lunar Human Emperor’s Divine Deity Thought, and ended surrounded by nine Great Saints after revealing the pagoda and breaking its seal.

• Ji Hao used Manifestation-Chaos Heaven to annihilate the Great Saints who ambushed him, then told Dragon Horse to guard the cave entrance with the Nüwa Stone.
• Ji Hao entered Amitabha Buddha’s cave abode and used the List of Gods to absorb its mind power and faith power.
• Ji Hao discovered that faith power had gathered in the Blood Butcher Pagoda and empowered the Lunar Human Emperor’s Divine Deity Thought sealed within it.
• Ji Hao left the cave after absorbing the faith power, while the cultivators who searched it found nothing left behind.
• Nine Great Saints from several races intercepted Ji Hao and demanded the treasure from Amitabha Buddha’s secret realm.
• Ji Hao presented the Blood Butcher Pagoda and shattered its seal, making the mighty figures tremble.

Chapter Summary

Plot and Events

A terrifying Divine Deity Thought appears in the starry sky—an evil remnant born from the death of an ancient god. The entity is revealed to be the Lunar Holy Emperor’s Divine Deity Thought, originally imprisoned in the Blood Butcher Pagoda. Ji Hao claims responsibility for releasing it and declares that the Great Saints’ own account of the incident can be that the pagoda was accidentally shattered while fighting over Great Emperor Amitabha’s legacy. He then uses his control over the Divine Deity Thought to turn it against the forces pursuing him.

Ji Hao’s Strategy

Ji Hao confidently states that the Divine Deity Thought is not the true Lunar Holy Emperor and therefore cannot escape his control. He strengthens it and unleashes it against the gathered Great Saints. When the Light Clan Great Saint summons the Spirit Refining Pot, an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, Ji Hao uses the Nüwa Stone, the Divine Soul Infant, and linked Great Emperor Array Marks to neutralize and drive away both Emperor Weapons.

Battle Developments

The Lunar Divine Deity Thought releases overwhelming yin energy, darkening the heavens, freezing distant Saint Kings, extinguishing their life force, and destroying incoming techniques. The nine Great Saints—including powerful figures from the God, Light, Demon, and Saint Spirit races—are forced to attack together. Despite their combined strength, their attacks are frozen and erased by the Divine Deity Thought. Its power approaches or even surpasses the Great Saint realm, devastating starfields and shattering stars and Dao Patterns connected to Amitabha Buddha’s formations.

Character Developments

• Ji Hao demonstrates exceptional confidence, foresight, and tactical ingenuity. He manipulates the Divine Deity Thought as a weapon and turns the enemies’ accusation against them. His ability to remember and adapt a technique used in a previous ambush highlights his resourcefulness.
• The Lunar Holy Emperor’s Divine Deity Thought is portrayed as an almost uncontrollable demonic sovereign, marked by mercilessness, death, and ancient evil. Although Ji Hao controls it, its overwhelming strength frightens even the strongest combatants.
• The pursuing Great Saints lose their initial confidence and unity as they realize they have underestimated both Ji Hao and the Divine Deity Thought. Aomang, the leading Saint Spirit and a Great Saint Peak expert, is seriously wounded.

Character Interactions

The God Race and Light Clan Great Saints publicly accuse Ji Hao of endangering all living beings and pretend to act in humanity’s interest. Ji Hao mocks their hypocrisy by inventing a convenient explanation for the Divine Deity Thought’s emergence. The Demon Race Great Saint urges the Light Clan to use the Spirit Refining Pot, but the Light Clan Great Saint dismisses him before deploying it. Ji Hao then counters both sides by linking the Spirit Refining Pot and Nüwa Stone through an array.

Major Themes

The chapter emphasizes power through manipulation, as Ji Hao turns a supposedly uncontrollable evil entity into a weapon. It also explores hypocrisy and political justification, with the Great Saints disguising their pursuit of Ji Hao as an act of salvation. Finally, it highlights the terrifying divide between ordinary cultivation and ancient, near-supreme forces, showing how the forgotten power of the Mythological and Desolate Ancient Eras can overwhelm the strongest figures of the present age.

Ji Hao used the Scripture of Deliverance and the Immortal Scripture to subdue the rampaging Lunar Holy Emperor’s Divine Deity Thought, while the Blood Butcher Pagoda awakened the Human Emperor’s lingering spirit. The Human Emperor appeared before the Saints, and Ji Hao gave him a fragment of the Lunar Star Lord Divine Position to prolong his presence and anchor his location in the River of Time.

• The Lunar Holy Emperor’s Divine Deity Thought slaughtered the Great Saints and turned his attention to Ji Hao as the survivors fled.
• Ji Hao chanted the Scripture of Deliverance and the Immortal Scripture, trapping and wounding the Divine Deity Thought with their power.
• The Blood Butcher Pagoda resonated with Amitabha Buddha’s contingency, awakening the Human Emperor’s lingering spirit.
• The Human Emperor’s phantom appeared, compelling the Saints to bow as he surveyed the world and spoke with Ji Hao.
• Ji Hao sent the Human Emperor a fragment of the Lunar Star Lord Divine Position, extending his existence and anchoring his location in the River of Time.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Lunar Holy Emperor leaves the previous star domain on a Golden Light Avenue and travels directly to the Big Dipper Star Domain.
• His arrival disrupts the region’s peace. His immense Divine Sense sweeps across Emperor Burying Star and the seven Life Forbidden Zones, alarming Saints, ancestor kings, and the Supreme Beings within the forbidden areas.
• The Lunar Dao manifests and suppresses all other paths, making the Big Dipper resemble the era when the Azure Emperor ruled. Many initially believe that a new Great Emperor has attained the Dao.
• The forbidden-zone beings recognize him as the long-dead Lunar Holy Emperor. They debate whether he has returned from the Immortal Domain, but eventually determine that he is not in perfect condition and may be only a remnant or malicious Divine Deity Thought.
• At the Jiang Family, Jiang Tingting—whose Lunar Body carries the Lunar Emperor’s bloodline—encounters his spiritual presence. He tells her that hope and the continuation of one’s bloodline may be more meaningful than pursuing immortality.
• The Subduing Demon Pestle, Great Emperor Amitabha’s supreme Buddhist weapon, awakens completely and flies to the Jiang Family. Rather than attacking the Lunar Holy Emperor, it bows before him and seeks forgiveness for Amitabha’s past treatment of his Divine Deity Thought.
• The Lunar Holy Emperor forgives it, explaining that the former malicious thought no longer matters. He gives Jiang Tingting an ancient scripture and nine Emperor Characters.
• He burns away nearly all of his remaining Divine Sense, leaving only his true spirit to merge with the Lunar Star Lord Divine Position. Through Haotian Shangdi’s decree, he is formally appointed the Lunar Star Lord, transforming his death into a form of rebirth.

Character Developments

• Lunar Holy Emperor: Returns with overwhelming imperial authority but reveals that he is not fully restored. Rather than seeking power or revenge, he embraces acceptance, forgiveness, and the future represented by his descendant. His transformation into the Lunar Star Lord gives him a new, immortal existence.
• Jiang Tingting: Her Lunar Body and ancestral connection are confirmed. She instinctively recognizes the Lunar Holy Emperor and receives his teachings, scripture, and Emperor Characters, strengthening her inheritance and role.
• The Supreme Beings: Initially alarmed and defensive, they gradually realize that the Lunar Holy Emperor is not a fully restored living emperor and return to their detached concern with the Road to Immortality.
• Subduing Demon Pestle: Acts with remarkable sentience and humility, acknowledging the Lunar Holy Emperor’s status and apologizing for past wrongdoing associated with Great Emperor Amitabha.
• Great Emperor Amitabha: Though absent, his past conflict with the Lunar Holy Emperor remains significant; the weapon’s apology indirectly reveals the history between them.

Significant Themes

• Death and rebirth: The Lunar Holy Emperor’s apparent death becomes a transition into divine immortality as the Lunar Star Lord.
• Hope and legacy: He values the survival of his bloodline and the vitality of future generations over the abstract pursuit of the Immortal Domain.
• Forgiveness: He refuses to cling to past grievances, accepting the Subduing Demon Pestle’s apology without retaliation.
• The weight of imperial power: His natural aura suppresses the Myriad Paths and terrifies even ancient Supreme Beings, emphasizing the overwhelming authority of a true Great Emperor.
• Inheritance and continuity: Jiang Tingting embodies the continuation of the Lunar Holy Emperor’s lineage, allowing his spirit and ideals to persist through her.
• Mortality versus immortality: The chapter contrasts the forbidden-zone beings’ desperate survival with the Lunar Holy Emperor’s willingness to accept transformation and find immortality through purpose and hope.

Important Character Interactions

• The Lunar Holy Emperor’s arrival confronts the forbidden-zone Supreme Beings with the return of a figure they believed long dead.
• He shares a warm, almost familial moment with Jiang Tingting, recognizing her as the continuation of his bloodline and passing on his teachings.
• The Subduing Demon Pestle bows to him and seeks forgiveness, while he responds with compassion rather than judgment.
• His final interaction is with the divine order itself: by Haotian Shangdi’s decree, his remaining spirit merges with the Lunar Star Lord position, officially establishing his new identity.

Chapter Summary: Other Shore Immortal Emperor, Karma Cannot Be Escaped

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ji Hao attempts to restore the Lunar Holy Emperor through the River of Time, just as he previously did with the Solar Holy Emperor. The Lunar Emperor briefly reappears with power exceeding that of ordinary Ancient Emperors, but karma and the River of Time ultimately cause him to fade away.
• The Lunar Star Lord’s position on the List of Gods becomes covered in the same mysterious mist as the Solar Star Lord’s. Ji Hao realizes that reviving powerful beings through time is extremely difficult and dangerous.
• Ji Hao concludes that his future path should involve “One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones,” dividing his existence across the past, present, and future. He believes this technique could allow him to occupy and control the River of Time like an Other Shore Being.
• He recognizes that the divine items he obtained from The Sage Who Transcended Samsara created tremendous karmic debt. The Fishing Rod’s equivalent-exchange principle did not erase all karma because the rewards he received far exceeded what he paid.
• Ji Hao considers sending an incarnation to The Sage Who Transcended Samsara to repay or resolve this karma. Before doing so, however, he plans to develop his own version of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, so that the principles of another Other Shore Will do not overwrite his understanding.
• Continuing along the Starry Sky Ancient Road, Ji Hao and his companions arrive at Star Ruins, a desolate region filled with shattered continents and the remnants of an ancient star domain.
• Using his knowledge of ancient texts, Origin Arts, his Double Pupils, and Nine Secrets: Qian, Ji Hao identifies the arrangement of the continents as a Dragon Corpse Ascending to Heaven formation.
• He determines that the formation’s central “eye-dotting” point is the location where the Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing’s tomb will appear.
• By glimpsing the future through the River of Time, Ji Hao sees a yellow river resembling the Yellow Springs descending from heaven. He learns that the Demon Emperor Tomb will open in approximately thirty years.
• Rather than wait, Ji Hao uses a Haotian Mirror Fragment to break through the tomb’s restrictions ahead of time. He enters a mysterious realm beyond a massive stone gate covered with carvings of ancient beings, gods, beasts, and rituals.
• The chapter ends as Ji Hao peers into the secret realm, trying to determine whether this is truly the Demon Emperor Tomb.

Character Development

• Ji Hao becomes increasingly aware of the limits and dangers of time manipulation. The failures involving the Solar and Lunar Holy Emperors make him more cautious but also strengthen his resolve to master time himself.
• He develops a clearer long-term ambition: to create or perfect One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and eventually become an Other Shore-level existence whose true self transcends the River of Time.
• Ji Hao also gains a more mature understanding of karma. He realizes that his apparent advantages and “Golden Finger” abilities are not free gifts, and that borrowing power from Other Shore entities has left him with serious obligations.
• His growing knowledge from the Void God Realm’s vast library makes him more perceptive. He can now recognize complex formations and use Origin Arts effectively, though he still admits that his understanding is incomplete.
• His personality remains bold and opportunistic. Even after recognizing the dangers of karma and powerful enemies, he chooses to enter the Demon Emperor Tomb decades before its scheduled opening.

Significant Themes

• Karma is inescapable: Distance, power, and even the separation between worlds cannot eliminate karmic consequences.
• The taboo of time: Reviving or altering powerful beings through the River of Time carries severe risks and may be resisted by fate or cosmic law.
• Power and dependence: Ji Hao wants powerful allies but repeatedly finds that relying on ancient emperors or Other Shore beings comes with hidden costs.
• Self-created destiny: Rather than continue depending on inherited techniques or external treasures, Ji Hao seeks to forge his own path through One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.
• Knowledge as power: His extensive reading and accumulated understanding allow him to identify formations, predict future events, and overcome barriers that would otherwise be impossible.
• Ambition versus caution: Ji Hao understands that he is not yet strong enough to confront the highest-level experts directly, but his ambition continually drives him to take calculated risks.

Character Interactions

• Ji Hao’s attempts to revive the Solar and Lunar Holy Emperors reflect his relationship with these powerful allies, though both revivals end in failure when karma and the River of Time intervene.
• He mentally refers to the Solar Holy Emperor’s support and imagines how Flame Emperor might mock him for needing to call on elders in a crisis, revealing both his respect for powerful seniors and his desire to stand independently.
• Ji Hao reflects on the Other Shore Wills connected to The Sage Who Transcended Samsara, recognizing that his past dealings with them created obligations he must eventually confront.
• Although his companions are present during the journey, Ji Hao remains the primary decision-maker, gathering them before entering the hidden tomb realm with the Haotian Mirror Fragment.
• The chapter concludes with Ji Hao confronting the unknown interior of the Demon Emperor Tomb, setting up a likely conflict over its treasures, legacy, and hidden dangers.

Ji Hao and his companions entered the Demon Emperor’s tomb, where the Demon Emperor’s Dragon Horse drew Dragon Horse into a hidden lair to receive its legacy. At Emperor Weapon Mountain, Ji Hao found the broken Demon Emperor Ruler and summoned one fragment into his hand.

• Ji Hao used the Haotian Mirror Fragment to pass through the tomb’s guarded stone gate, then protected the group from the Yellow Springs with the Immortal Ascension Cauldron.
• The group crossed into a hidden realm and reached Emperor Weapon Mountain, where the Demon Emperor’s Dragon Horse appeared and carried Dragon Horse into a dragon lair.
• A streak of immortal radiance struck the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, shattering nearby mountains and revealing an altar bearing several weapons, including fragments of the Demon Emperor Ruler.
• Ji Hao recited the Demon Emperor Scripture and used the Tai Chi Diagram to connect with the broken weapon and call it back.
• A fragment of the Demon Emperor Ruler withdrew its killing intent and fell into Ji Hao’s hand.

Ji Hao recovered the Demon Emperor Ruler fragments and waited in the Demon Emperor's tomb while Dragon Horse transformed into a Great Sun Golden Dragon. He then began reforging the Haotian Mirror and Eastern Emperor Bell from their fragments and immortal metals, completing the Haotian Mirror first.

• Ji Hao reassembled the shattered Demon Emperor Ruler and said he could repair it after attaining the Dao.
• A True Dragon appeared above Emperor Weapon Mountain, and Dragon Horse remained in seclusion while the group explored the tomb and gathered ancient medicine kings.
• After three years, Dragon Horse emerged with a greatly strengthened golden dragon bloodline, while Yin Tiande and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon also gained treasures and advanced their cultivation.
• Ji Hao gave Dragon Horse and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon pieces of immortal metal, then began reforging the Haotian Mirror and Eastern Emperor Bell fragments.
• Ji Hao completed an ancient mirror inscribed with Haotian, and it radiated Nine-Colored Divine Light and an aura beyond an Immortal Artifact.

Ji Hao forged the Eastern Emperor Bell, left the Demon Emperor Tomb, and learned that the Void God Realm had spread to the Starry Sky Ancient Road. He considered its growth and the limits of his power, while leaving the choice of a new Star Lord unresolved.

• Ji Hao forged the Eastern Emperor Bell from its fragment and empyrean cyan gold, but found that the Other Shore fragment suppressed its spirituality.
• Ji Hao and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon left the Demon Emperor Tomb after three years of cultivation, with Ji Hao at the ninth heaven of the Saint King realm and the dragon at the fifth.
• Ji Hao stopped at Nebula Tower in Ruins City and overheard cultivators discuss the Void God Realm's reach, opportunities, and clashes with powerful forces.
• Ji Hao discovered that the Void God Realm had reached the Starry Sky Ancient Road and reflected on its scattered foundation, the depleted World Tree Sapling, and its growing faith power.
• Ji Hao realized he could restore another Star Lord fruit position but had not chosen a candidate, and he set aside his plan to lead Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors against the Forbidden Zones.

Ji Hao used the Great Karma Technique and the Fishing Rod to investigate why Daoist Celestial Worthy had treated him so favorably, and retrieved the Dao De Jing and the Yuanshi Golden Chapter from Tusita Palace. He discovered that enormous karmic ties connected him to Haotian Shangdi and the Three Pure Ones, while the List of Gods protected him from their force.

• Ji Hao recruited Golden Cicada and the Human King Body as followers, then considered whether his Great Karma Technique could help uncover the truth about Daoist Celestial Worthy.
• Ji Hao entered the Fishing Space and cast his rod into the world of The Sage Who Transcended Samsara.
• Daoist Celestial Worthy had Golden Horn Boy place the Dao De Jing beside the Yuanshi Golden Chapter, and Ji Hao's Fishing Rod took both books.
• Daoist Celestial Worthy watched Ji Hao join his plans and saw futures in which Ji Hao appeared account for ninety-eight percent of the possibilities.
• Ji Hao used the Great Karma Technique to examine the karmic threads linking him to Haotian Shangdi and the Three Pure Ones, with the List of Gods shielding him from their power.

Ji Hao studied the Yuanshi Golden Chapter, using a divine embryo to deduce its cultivation stages and the path toward the Other Shore. He discovered the chapter also contained the Nine Yuanshi Seals, then began incorporating the Yin-Yang Seal into the Yuanshi dharma manifestation.

• Ji Hao recognized that the karmic ties created by Daoist Celestial Worthy's gifts would eventually draw him to The Sage Who Transcended Samsara, and resolved to visit after settling matters in this world.
• Ji Hao decided to cultivate the Yuanshi Golden Chapter because he needed the authority to split heaven and earth to fulfill his promise to Haotian Shangdi.
• Ji Hao formed a divine embryo and used it to deduce the Yuanshi Golden Chapter's cultivation stages, from foundation establishment through the exterior realm and the chaos domain.
• Ji Hao found the Nine Yuanshi Seals in the later pages and realized they were an Other Shore Divine Skill.
• Ji Hao began comprehending the Yin-Yang Seal and merged it into the tiny figure's Yuanshi dharma manifestation.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ji Hao spends three months integrating the latter six seals of the Yuanshi Golden Chapter into his Yuanshi Dharma Manifestation.
• When he studies the Heaven Opening Seal—one of the first three and most profound seals—he becomes trapped in a chaotic, indescribable mental state for seven days. His Heavenly Eye activates autonomously and helps him escape the cognitive barrier caused by the conflict between two cultivation systems.
• Ji Hao realizes that the first three seals cannot currently be merged into his Dharma Manifestation. Their completion appears subject to an ultimate restriction: concepts such as the Daoyi Seal’s “Cause of All Fruits” can only be fully embodied by one existence in the universe.
• He successfully fuses his Divine Soul, Dharma Manifestation, and physical body, becoming a Terrestrial Immortal and forming the Jade Clarity Yuanshi Dharma Body. However, the Dharma Body remains incomplete because the first three seals are missing.
• His Dharma Body evolves rapidly under the power of Yuanshi Grand Luo Heaven, eventually reaching a level capable of destroying galaxies, but it shatters before he can touch the Celestial Immortal realm. He is unable to deduce the Legendary Realm at all.
• Ji Hao compares the cultivation systems of The Sage Who Transcended Samsara and Shrouding the Heavens, concluding that the former has far larger gaps between realms. He recognizes that only individuals with special advantages, such as Other Shore Traits, can regularly fight across realms.
• Three years later, the Starry Sky Ancient Road becomes chaotic as Heavenly Prodigies compete aggressively for resources and Fortune Source Grounds. Many exhaust their wealth in the Void God Realm and return to the Emperor Road, turning the competition into factional and even large-scale military conflicts.
• Ji Hao and his followers dominate the ancient roads of various races, repeatedly defeating their Heavenly Prodigies. The resulting pressure causes many competitors to withdraw or relocate to the Human Race Ancient Road.
• The Human Race Ancient Road becomes a battlefield for prodigies from many races. Forces fight over cities, resources, and newly created sources of fortune, while the Human Race’s All Saints extract payment from the foreign factions for access to the road.
• Ye Fan arrives at First Human City. After cultivating in a Chaos-filled sacred land on the Primordial Ancient Star, he has reached the Saint Realm. He immediately defeats a Golden-Winged Roc, destroys a God Race prodigy, and sweeps through the city.
• Ye Fan’s arrival causes widespread excitement. Since people believe the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body cannot attain the Dao, many factions try to recruit him, assuming he is not a serious rival. Ye Fan refuses to submit, leading to conflicts with both younger prodigies and older powerhouses. His reputation becomes firmly established.

Character Developments

• Ji Hao: Advances to the Terrestrial Immortal realm and gains a powerful but incomplete Yuanshi Dharma Body. He develops a deeper understanding of the strengths and limitations of both cultivation systems and recognizes the extraordinary advantages granted by Other Shore Traits. Although he cannot complete the Yuanshi Dao, his power becomes immense enough to threaten galaxies.
• Ye Fan: Enters the Starry Sky Ancient Road as a Saint Realm powerhouse after receiving great fortune from the Primordial Ancient Star. He displays overwhelming combat strength, defeats major prodigies, and establishes himself as a dominant new force.
• Human Race Great Saints: Protect Ji Hao indirectly by refusing to reveal his location and allowing him to operate on foreign ancient roads. They also transform the Human Race Ancient Road into a multinational battleground rather than letting Ji Hao disrupt their own prodigies.
• Heavenly Prodigies: Their priorities change because of financial exhaustion. They begin forming factions, fighting for even minor resources, and treating the ancient roads as territories to be controlled.

Significant Themes

• Limits of cultivation and transcendence: Ji Hao’s failure to complete the first three seals emphasizes that some principles are fundamental and cannot be mastered freely by multiple beings.
• Conflict between cultivation systems: The chapter highlights how combining different systems can create mental and conceptual barriers, while also revealing the vast disparities between their realms.
• Power gaps between realms: The enormous difference between levels explains why cross-realm battles are rare and why only exceptional individuals can overcome them.
• Resource-driven competition: Once the prodigies exhaust their wealth, even minor treasures become valuable, turning the Emperor Road into an increasingly desperate struggle.
• Reputation and assumptions: Ye Fan benefits from the widespread belief that the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body cannot attain the Dao. Others underestimate or attempt to recruit him, only to discover his overwhelming strength.
• Political maneuvering: The various races, factions, and Great Saints manipulate locations, resources, and alliances to protect their own prodigies and gain advantages.

Character Interactions

• Ji Hao’s Heavenly Eye intervenes when his mind becomes trapped while studying the Heaven Opening Seal.
• The Human Race Great Saints reject foreign complaints about Ji Hao and deliberately conceal his whereabouts, both protecting him and preserving their own prodigies’ chances.
• Foreign Great Saints respond by sending their prodigies to the Human Race Ancient Road, creating intense cross-racial conflict.
• Ji Hao’s followers defeat those who challenge his control of the ancient roads, forcing the defeated factions to retreat or relocate.
• Ye Fan defeats several powerful prodigies, including a Golden-Winged Roc and a God Race Heavenly Prodigy, before facing recruitment attempts from numerous factions.
• When Ye Fan refuses to submit, confrontations escalate from battles with young prodigies to challenges from older powerhouses, solidifying his status as one of the ancient road’s central figures.

Over two years, Ji Hao perfected the Yuanshi Great Dao and cultivated his Yuanshi Dharma Manifestation while the Human Race Ancient Road grew into the Starry Sky Ancient Road’s center. He endured a lightning tribulation, fused his body, soul, and manifestation into a dharma body, and emerged as a Terrestrial Immortal whose breakthrough was concealed by the List of Gods.

• Cultivators from other races remained on the Human Race Ancient Road, which became known as the Little Emperor Road, while their spending made the Void God Realm prosper and enriched Ji Hao.
• Ji Hao mastered the Daoyi Seal to minor mastery and gained limited control over destiny and karma, surviving the backlash only because the List of Gods temporarily restored its power.
• Ji Hao refined the Nine Yuanshi Seals, advanced his Yuanshi Golden Chapter to the Ninth Heaven of Exterior Scenery, and formed his Yuanshi Dharma Manifestation.
• Ji Hao summoned a lightning sea and used the Void Seal to draw the surrounding void around himself as he began his breakthrough.
• Ji Hao fused his Divine Soul, Dharma Manifestation, and physical body, becoming a Terrestrial Immortal and forming a Yuanshi Dao Body.
• The List of Gods concealed Ji Hao’s karma, making heaven and earth perceive his breakthrough as a cultivator advancing from Half-Saint to Saint King.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Ji Hao completes his breakthrough into the Human Immortal realm, revealing a powerful Yuanshi Dao Body. His body can shift between this form and his Chaotic Body, making him comparable to a true Chaotic Constitution.
• His mastery of the Wuji Seal, the foremost of the Nine Yuanshi Seals, allows him to contain, absorb, and evolve countless laws and possibilities.
• Ji Hao realizes that he must postpone creating the next cultivation scripture until after reaching the Great Saint realm. He also plans to test his strength against the mysterious individual connected to the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon.
• His aura reaches a critical point, triggering an overwhelming Great Saint Tribulation in an abandoned starfield. The tribulation destroys stars and threatens to devastate the surrounding universe.
• The Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon witnesses Ji Hao’s breakthrough and is astonished by his rapid progress.
• A hidden observer from the God Court recognizes Ji Hao’s Chaotic Body as an unacceptable threat and declares that Ji Hao must either submit to the God Court or be killed.
• The tribulation manifests the youthful phantoms of numerous Great Emperors and Supreme Beings, including Taihuang, Feathering, Void, Amitabha Buddha, Xue Yueqing, and Hengyu.
• Ji Hao battles the Emperor Imprints directly, using his Chaotic Body, Yuanshi Dao techniques, Yin-Yang Diagram, Tai Chi Diagram, and other divine weapons.
• His Supreme Yuanshi Heavens Celebratory Cloud absorbs the tribulation lightning, strengthening his Dharma Body, while his Yuanshi cultivation grants him extraordinary recovery.
• Ji Hao unveils the combined power of the Pangu Banner and Heavenly Emperor Saint Sword, performing “Open Heaven and Earth” and destroying several Great Emperor phantoms.
• The tribulation then produces nine versions of Ji Hao himself, forcing him into another brutal battle. After repeatedly suffering severe injuries and recovering, he finally survives the calamity and successfully advances to the Great Saint realm.

2. Character Developments

• Ji Hao undergoes a major evolution in both cultivation and constitution. His Yuanshi Dao Body develops to a level comparable to a Chaotic Body, while his Divine Soul and inner universe also become stronger.
• His fighting style remains intensely physical and direct. Although he possesses highly sophisticated Yuanshi Dao arts, he prefers head-on exchanges of fists and palms, reflecting his identity as a Shrouding the Heavens-style cultivator.
• Ji Hao becomes increasingly confident and domineering, declaring that he alone is supreme even before the Great Emperors.
• His ability to recover instantly from devastating injuries allows him to fight recklessly and use combat itself as a method of cultivation.
• The Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon grows more impressed by Ji Hao’s speed and power, while the God Court observer becomes openly hostile and views him as a dangerous anomaly.
• The Emperor phantoms function less as individual characters and more as embodiments of powerful Dao principles, serving as trials that help Ji Hao refine his own path.

3. Significant Themes

• Evolution and transcendence: Ji Hao continually surpasses established limits, combining the Yuanshi and Chaotic paths rather than accepting a single fixed constitution.
• Creation through destruction: His greatest abilities are tied to opening heaven and earth, while his breakthrough requires destroying stars, surviving annihilation, and rebuilding himself.
• Individual supremacy versus established authority: The God Court regards Ji Hao’s existence as a violation of the current age, while Ji Hao refuses to submit to any external power.
• Different cultivation philosophies: The chapter contrasts the elegant, technique-focused style of The Sage Who Transcended Samsara with Ji Hao’s direct, violent, body-tempering combat style.
• Trials as opportunities: The tribulation is not merely a danger but also a source of insight. Fighting Great Emperor Imprints allows Ji Hao’s inner worlds and Dao principles to evolve rapidly.
• The tension between destiny and change: Ji Hao’s plans are disrupted by unexpected developments, yet he adapts and continues advancing beyond what conventional fate or cultivation systems allow.

4. Character Interactions

• Ji Hao and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon are connected through karma, with the dragon acting as a witness and subordinate-like observer to Ji Hao’s rise.
• An unidentified God Court figure secretly watches the tribulation through the dragon’s position and openly condemns Ji Hao’s Chaotic Body, establishing the God Court as a future enemy.
• Ji Hao confronts the summoned Great Emperor and Supreme Being phantoms, treating them as opponents rather than figures worthy of reverence.
• The battle also produces nine versions of Ji Hao himself, forcing him to confront manifestations equal to his own power.
• The chapter repeatedly emphasizes Ji Hao’s preference for straightforward combat over the more refined Dao techniques associated with other cultivation traditions.

After restoring his strength, Ji Hao confronted Yuhua Tian of the God Court, who tried to recruit him and then attacked when he refused. Ji Hao wounded the Quasi-Emperor with his Void Seal and continued fighting with the Yin-Yang Seal as Yuhua Tian resisted it.

• Ji Hao recovered by drawing in Essence Qi of Heaven and Earth, then revealed that he had known Yuhua Tian was nearby.
• Yuhua Tian offered Ji Hao a high position in the God Court if he submitted to the God Lord, but Ji Hao refused and challenged him to a fight.
• Ji Hao struck Yuhua Tian with Heavenly Shift and Earth Exchange, using the Void Seal to destroy his arm.
• Yuhua Tian unleashed his full Quasi-Emperor power, and Dragon Horse and the others fled beyond the battlefield.
• Ji Hao entered the forbidden domain and attacked with the Yin-Yang Seal, which Yuhua Tian forcibly resisted.

Ji Hao battled Yuhua Tian, the God Court’s Quasi-Emperor deputy lord, and revealed that his newly attained Quasi-Emperor strength outmatched Yuhua Tian. He summoned the Heaven Opening Axe and cleaved Yuhua Tian in half, leaving the star field engulfed in a blast that reshaped heaven and earth.

• Yuhua Tian used a star formation and his red dragon secret technique against Ji Hao, but Ji Hao destroyed both with ease.
• Ji Hao and Yuhua Tian clashed across a star field, and Ji Hao’s Yuanshi Dao Body overwhelmed Yuhua Tian’s Quasi-Emperor body.
• Yuhua Tian struck Ji Hao with imperial might, but Ji Hao used the Wuji Seal to dissolve the attack’s Dao power.
• Ji Hao summoned the Heaven Opening Axe and merged it with the illusory Pangu Banner.
• Ji Hao used the Yuanxin Seal to daze Yuhua Tian, then struck him with the Heaven Opening Axe and split his body in two.
• The axe light swept beyond the star field, and a tremendous blast engulfed Yuhua Tian and reshaped the surrounding heaven and earth.

Ji Hao opened nine acupoints into grotto-heavens and attained the Earth Immortal realm after striking Yuhua Tian with the Heaven Opening Seal. He explored his new power over karma, time, and destiny while Yuhua Tian remained gravely wounded nearby.

• Ji Hao opened nine acupoints into worlds and advanced to the Earth Immortal realm.
• The Heaven Opening Seal repeatedly destroyed Yuhua Tian’s reconstructed body until he escaped by abandoning flesh and part of his divine soul, leaving him near the edge of the Quasi-Emperor realm.
• Ji Hao examined his new Yuanshi Dao Body and considered how he might advance toward Celestial Immortal and Legend.
• Ji Hao used karma to make others temporarily overlook Yuhua Tian, then observed the river of time and destiny and its branching possible futures.
• Ji Hao brushed away the residue of time and walked toward Yuhua Tian, who knelt nearby.

Ji Hao killed Yuhua Tian with Luotian, then led his followers toward the Mythological Other Shore as news of his rise shook Big Dipper. Along the way, his followers fought a primeval Myriad-Leg Demon Spider, while Ji Hao spoke of finding ancient blood and gathering more followers.

• Ji Hao killed Yuhua Tian with Luotian and dismissed the resentment curse with his Supreme Wuji Yuanshi Celebratory Cloud.
• Ji Hao led his followers from the first half of the Human Race Ancient Road toward the Mythical Ancient Road, while reports of his victories spread across Big Dipper.
• Big Dipper learned that Ji Hao had become a Great Saint and slaughtered powerful enemies, while the Taihao Incarnation arrived on the Human Race Ancient Road unbeknownst to others as Ji Hao himself.
• Dragon Horse and the others battled and killed a Myriad-Leg Demon Spider, then extracted its ancient blood as Ji Hao watched.
• Ji Hao discussed the Mythological Other Shore, the need to find more kinds of true blood, and the strict standards for taking on followers.

Ji Hao gathered ten kinds of ancient blood and entered Heavenly Venerable Lingbao’s Sea of Reincarnation to seek its Life Spring and hidden secrets. After obtaining the secret technique Zu, he left Dragon Horse battling an Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body.

• Ji Hao and his companions gathered ten kinds of ancient blood in the Seven Golden Cities after dealing with the city lord.
• Ji Hao opened the Mythological Other Shore and entered Heavenly Venerable Lingbao’s Sea of Reincarnation, where his companions fought the attacking puppets.
• Dragon Horse battled the Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body while Ji Hao led the others onward to the central Life Spring.
• Ji Hao collected Heavenly Venerable Life Spring water and shared it with his companions to temper their bodies and purify their souls.
• Ji Hao used the Eastern Emperor Bell to gather information from the past and obtained the secret technique Zu.