Chapter Summaries

Ji Hao told the Ruthless Emperor that the Huangtian Emperor had resurrected the dead, then invited her to pursue samsara through the divine dao as Empress Houtu. She accepted the divine position and joined the Heavenly Court, while Ji Hao returned to find the court’s power and cultivation resources flourishing.

• Ji Hao told the Ruthless Emperor about the Reincarnation Road and the Huangtian Emperor’s ability to resurrect the dead, triggering a heavenly tribulation that he and the Empress destroyed.
• Ji Hao explained the realms of the immortal dao and showed the Ruthless Emperor the List of Gods and a divine position tied to the netherworld and samsara.
• The Ruthless Emperor accepted the title of Empress Houtu and joined the Heavenly Court, though Ji Hao suspected she would not report for duty there.
• Ji Hao left and entered the Desolate Ancient Abyss, wondering what he had forgotten, while the Great Success Sacred Body remained sealed in divine source.
• The people of Big Dipper praised Ji Hao as the returning races restored the planet, and the Heavenly Court welcomed its new emperors and Supreme Beings.
• Ji Hao brought the Peach of Immortality elixir, the Ten Thousand Years Immortality Elixir, and the Dao Enlightenment Tea Tree to the Heavenly Court, where the World Tree and Chaotic Immortal Soil strengthened its cultivation grounds.

Ji Hao established Heavenly Court as a gathering place for the Myriad Clans, then preached the Great Dao to the crowds who came to pay their respects. The chapter ended with the children of the Ancient Emperors reuniting with their fathers, while Ji Hao reflected on the distance his position had created between him and his old acquaintances.

• Ji Hao planted the true Pantao Ancient Tree beside the Immortal Pool as the World Tree flourished throughout the starry sky and merged with the Heavenly Dao.
• People and envoys from across Big Dipper and beyond flocked to Heavenly Court to see Ji Hao, who welcomed them and began preaching the Great Dao.
• Old acquaintances, including Xia Yiming, Xia Yilin, Yao Yuekong, Jiang Yifei, Tu Fei, and Li Heishui, joined the crowd as Ji Hao's discourse produced wondrous manifestations and deepened his own understanding.
• The Ancient Emperors' children arrived and joyfully reunited with their fathers, including the Qilin Ancient Emperor, the Golden Ancient Emperor, and the Myriad Dragon Emperor.
• Ji Hao treated his old acquaintances as before but felt that his authority had set him apart, while Huoliner, the Golden Heavenly Woman, Dragon Girl, Huolinzi, and Huang Xudao moved close to their fathers.

Ji Hao explained to the Ancient Emperors and Supreme Beings that Immortality Elixirs were fallen immortals and revealed how the world’s damaged laws had changed the path to immortality. He then transformed the Chaotic Immortal Soil into a Heavenly Court retreat and infused its Spirit Spring with immortal fluid.

• Ji Hao brought the Ancient Emperors and Supreme Beings into the Chaotic Immortal Soil, where they discussed the Immortality Elixirs and their mysteries.
• Ji Hao revealed that Immortality Elixirs were fallen immortals and that the Blade of Mandate of Heaven had weakened the world, reducing the elixirs’ power.
• Ji Hao explained that immortality could be achieved by advancing against the current and living through successive lifetimes, then disclosed that several ancient emperors were still alive or undergoing transformations.
• Divine Silkworm Taoist, Black Emperor, and Chuanying asked about their revered emperors, and Ji Hao described the conditions of the Divine Emperor, Wu Shi, and Emperor Zun.
• Ji Hao rebuilt the Chaotic Immortal Soil’s formation around the World Tree and Immortality Elixirs, turning it into the Heavenly Court’s rear garden.
• Ji Hao poured immortal fluid from the Qiankun Cauldron into the Spirit Spring, greatly increasing its spiritual energy.

Chapter Summary:

Yaochi Wonderland, Eliminating Hidden Dangers

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ji Hao uses the mysterious Immortal Fluid left behind from his transformation through the blood of emperors. The fluid contains powerful Dao rhythms and Chaos Qi, and can cleanse deathly energy while improving the aptitude of even Supreme Beings.
• The Immortal Fluid transforms the Chaotic Immortal Soil. The land expands dramatically, while the World Tree absorbs Chaos Qi and converts it into Chaos Soil, recreating an environment resembling the birth of Heaven and Earth.
• Ji Hao constructs a powerful Emperor-level defensive array using Luotian Taboo Power. Anyone entering the array would suffer a forbidden Luotian strike, meaning even a peak Emperor could be crippled or killed.
• The transformed land becomes a magnificent paradise filled with immortal herbs, spirit beasts, auspicious clouds, precious trees, and rich spiritual energy. Ordinary people can extend their lifespans, while cultivators can comprehend fragments of the Great Dao simply by staying there.
• The Supreme Beings are stunned by the transformation. Qilin Ancient Emperor compares the new substance to the legendary Samsara Lake, Divine Soul Pool, and Flying Immortal Waterfall.
• Ji Hao names the newly created realm Yaochi Wonderland, establishing it as a major sacred land of the Heavenly Court. The emperors and their descendants settle there.
• Over the next three hundred years, Ji Hao and the Supreme Beings reorganize the universe. Starfields are governed more effectively, social and cultivation systems are reformed, and the once-chaotic world becomes prosperous and orderly.
• Ji Hao decides to eliminate hidden threats before beginning a new stage of his journey. He travels to Yinghuo Ancient Star, the site of the Immortal Emperor’s nirvana, to investigate whether the Immortal Emperor is still undergoing transformation or has awakened.
• The chapter also explains Ji Hao’s broader cultivation reforms. Every child receives a basic breathing technique at age six, allowing them to awaken spiritual potential and improve their aptitude. At twelve, they receive the Heavenly Emperor Ancient Scripture or simpler Saint Scriptures.
• Through the Void God Realm, universal education, and standardized cultivation methods, the number and quality of prodigies steadily increase. Ji Hao gains feedback in the form of Destiny, fortune, knowledge, and information from the world’s development.

Character Developments

• Ji Hao grows from a powerful ruler into a true cosmic architect. He not only expands his personal strength but also reshapes the environment, establishes institutions, improves cultivation methods, and imposes order across the universe.
• His power and confidence have increased significantly. He can locate ancient stars through divine perception and considers confronting the Immortal Emperor directly, even contemplating taking the Emperor’s Dao Fruit if the opportunity arises.
• Ji Hao also reveals a strategic and cautious side. Despite his overwhelming strength, he remains wary of the Immortal Emperor and wants to secure the Heavenly Court before pursuing new adventures.
• The Supreme Beings and emperors become increasingly integrated into Ji Hao’s system. They govern starfields, implement his reforms, and settle with their descendants in Yaochi Wonderland.
• Qilin Ancient Emperor serves as a knowledgeable observer, recognizing the importance of Yaochi’s creation and comparing it with the world’s legendary longevity substances.
• The Immortal Emperor remains an unseen but significant threat. His condition is unknown, and his hidden presence motivates Ji Hao’s investigation of Yinghuo Ancient Star.

Significant Themes

• Creation and transformation: Ji Hao’s reshaping of the Chaotic Immortal Soil resembles the primordial creation of the world, emphasizing his growing authority over nature and cosmic laws.
• Order replacing chaos: The universe changes from a disorganized and dangerous place into a structured civilization governed by clear rules and institutions.
• Equal access to cultivation: By distributing breathing techniques and the Heavenly Emperor Ancient Scripture, Ji Hao gives ordinary beings opportunities previously restricted to powerful clans and sacred lands.
• The cultivation of an entire world: Ji Hao’s influence extends beyond personal cultivation. By improving the world and empowering its inhabitants, he receives feedback that strengthens his own path.
• Preparation and hidden dangers: Even after achieving immense power, Ji Hao understands that unseen enemies can threaten his achievements. His trip to Yinghuo Ancient Star reflects the need to remove dangers before advancing further.
• Legacy and influence: Ji Hao’s reforms ensure that future generations are shaped by his methods. The world’s increasing prosperity and the rise of new prodigies become extensions of his own Dao.

Character Interactions

• Ji Hao interacts with the Supreme Beings by presenting them with the transformed Yaochi Wonderland, leaving them astonished at its scale and spiritual power.
• Qilin Ancient Emperor publicly identifies Yaochi’s significance by comparing it with the three legendary longevity substances.
• Ji Hao effectively assumes the role of leader and organizer for the emperors, assigning them governance over starfields and having them carry out his reforms.
• His relationship with the Immortal Emperor is indirect but adversarial. Ji Hao recalls the Immortal Emperor’s past confrontation with Great Emperor Wu Shi and approaches Yinghuo Ancient Star prepared for a possible battle.
• The chapter’s broader interaction is between Ji Hao and the entire universe: through cultivation systems, laws, and education, he establishes a direct connection between his own Dao and the growth of every living being.

Ji Hao explored Yinghuo Ancient Star, destroyed the decayed seals beneath the Great Leiyin Temple, and continued to a hidden mausoleum where he confronted the Immortal Emperor. Their battle began with both seeking to seize the other's Dao Fruit, and their clash threatened to tear Yinghuo apart.

• Ji Hao examined the ruined Great Leiyin Temple and destroyed the remaining seals and monsters in the hidden Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• The Taihao Incarnation caught up with Ye Fan and fought him again, testing the rapidly advancing Quasi-Emperor.
• Ji Hao crossed the dead underground sea and found a vast battlefield and palace complex filled with bones, ruined artifacts, and remnants of Supreme Beings.
• The Immortal Emperor emerged from the Flying Immortal Waterfall, revealed that he had planned to lure Ji Hao there, and activated the Celestial Emperor Grand Formation.
• Ji Hao and the Immortal Emperor exchanged attacks with their supreme techniques, and the force of their battle caused Yinghuo to collapse on a massive scale.

Ji Hao fought the Immortal Emperor, who summoned his Five-Colored Heavenly Blade and clashed with Ji Hao’s Heavenly Emperor Saint Sword. Ji Hao wounded his ancient opponent and moved their battle to the Cosmic Frontier, where they prepared to continue fighting.

• Ji Hao and the Immortal Emperor exchanged attacks that shattered the void and threatened the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, while Yinghuo shielded the Greater Universe from the shock waves.
• The Immortal Emperor summoned his Five-Colored Heavenly Blade, and Ji Hao met its strike with the Heavenly Emperor Saint Sword.
• The forbidden-zone Supreme Beings watched and realized they could not match either fighter, while observers across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths saw Ji Hao gain the upper hand.
• Ji Hao struck the Heavenly Blade and wounded the Immortal Emperor, proving stronger in their exchange.
• Ji Hao used Heavenly Shift and Earth Exchange to transport the battlefield to the Cosmic Frontier, and the Immortal Emperor vowed that killing him would bring great rewards.

Ji Hao and the Immortal Emperor fought a universe-shaking battle, each wielding immense power and the Immortal Emperor calling the Immortal Bell to his side. Ji Hao summoned the Desolate Pagoda, and their Immortal Artifacts clashed as the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths teetered under the force.

• Ji Hao unleashed a punch that temporarily severed the Great Dao, then attacked the Immortal Emperor, whose weaknesses he had learned through the Undying Taoist.
• Ji Hao manifested forty-nine Order Divine Chains representing the daos of Ancient Emperors, while the Immortal Emperor burned his phoenix blood and fought with his Red Dust Immortal Path.
• Ji Hao and the Immortal Emperor exchanged blows and weapon strikes, while the Ruthless Emperor and the Heavens' Supreme Beings protected the surrounding star domains from the devastation.
• The Immortal Emperor summoned the Immortal Bell and used it to intensify his battle against Ji Hao.
• Ji Hao summoned the nine-story Desolate Pagoda, and the pagoda and Immortal Bell collided amid waves of immortal dao that threatened the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Chapter Summary: Strange World, Great Emperor Wu Shi

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ji Hao, the Heavenly Emperor, battles the Immortal Emperor in a world-shaking clash involving the Immortal Bell and Immortal Pagoda—both damaged but still possessing Immortal King-level power.
• The Immortal Emperor summons the Flying Immortal Waterfall, opening a passage into a vast Strange World that functions as an entrance to the Immortal Domain. A powerful being from that world, comparable to an Immortal Emperor, joins the attack.
• Ji Hao is targeted by a coordinated assault involving a jade palm, a blade, and the Immortal Bell, all aimed at damaging his origin and weakening his foundation.
• Ji Hao counters with the Void Mirror, which freezes time and space and blocks the attack from the Strange World expert.
• He then uses One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to summon a future version of himself. The Future Heavenly Emperor engages the Immortal Emperor while Ji Hao confronts the other enemy.
• Ji Hao unleashes the taboo technique Luotian, severely damaging the Flying Immortal Waterfall and shattering the hand of the Strange World expert.
• During the chaos, the Beginningless Bell emerges from Purple Mountain and, carrying the power and will of Great Emperor Wu Shi, enters the Strange World to battle the mysterious expert directly.
• Wu Shi’s appearance causes both sides of the universe to tremble. His clash with the Strange World being disrupts time and space and produces devastating Immortal blood-light.
• The Future Ji Hao is wounded in the chest, but the Immortal Emperor quickly heals from Ji Hao’s attacks and proposes that they stop fighting and eventually join forces to enter the Immortal Domain.
• Once the technique’s time limit ends, the Future Body returns to Ji Hao.

Character Developments

• Ji Hao: Demonstrates increasingly profound mastery over Immortal Artifacts, forbidden techniques, time, space, and the Great Dao. Under pressure, he comprehends previously inaccessible principles and successfully fights multiple opponents at the Heavenly Emperor level.
• Immortal Emperor: Revealed as pragmatic and extremely difficult to kill. His rapid regeneration allows him to recover even from attacks infused with Ji Hao’s Chaos Laws. He shifts from direct combat to suggesting an alliance.
• Great Emperor Wu Shi: Makes a dramatic return through the Beginningless Bell. His intervention confirms that he remains powerful enough to challenge an existence comparable to the Immortal Emperor.
• Yellow Emperor and Flame Emperor: The Yellow Emperor has already evolved the Void Mirror into an Immortal Artifact through the Alternative Path to Enlightenment. The Flame Emperor, frustrated at lagging behind, attempts to achieve the same transformation with the Hengyu Furnace.
• Strange World Expert: Appears as an ancient, immensely powerful being connected to the Immortal Domain. Though initially attacking with the Immortal Emperor, he is forced back when Ji Hao destroys his manifested hand.

Significant Themes

• Immortal-level conflict: The battle represents a confrontation beyond ordinary imperial warfare, threatening the structure of the universe itself.
• Evolution and transcendence: Weapons and cultivators alike seek to surpass their former limits, with artifacts evolving into Immortal Artifacts and emperors pursuing Alternative Paths.
• Time, destiny, and future selves: Ji Hao’s use of the Future Body shows both the possibilities and limitations of manipulating time at the Heavenly Emperor level.
• The Immortal Domain: The chapter expands the mythology of the Immortal Domain, presenting the Strange World as its gateway and hinting at future battles beyond the mortal universe.
• Rivalry versus cooperation: Although Ji Hao and the Immortal Emperor are deadly enemies, the Immortal Emperor suggests that their goals may ultimately align, raising the possibility of an alliance against greater threats.

Character Interactions

• Ji Hao vs. Immortal Emperor: Their artifact battle escalates into a direct confrontation between two beings at the highest level, with each testing the other’s limits.
• Ji Hao vs. Strange World Expert: Ji Hao blocks the expert’s ambush with the Void Mirror and later wounds him through the Luotian technique.
• Wu Shi vs. Strange World Expert: Wu Shi enters the battlefield through the Beginningless Bell and engages the mysterious being in a devastating peak-level duel.
• Immortal Emperor and Ji Hao: After exchanging powerful attacks, the Immortal Emperor appeals to Ji Hao’s reason, proposing that they cooperate to enter the Immortal Domain rather than destroy one another.
• Past and present inheritors: The discussion of the Void Mirror, Yellow Emperor, and Flame Emperor highlights how later figures build upon the legacies of earlier supreme beings.

Ji Hao fought the Immortal Emperor in a battle that shattered chaos, time, and space. After breaking through with his six secret realms, Ji Hao tore the immortal phoenix apart and defeated the Celestial Emperor, who lamented that he had fallen just before reaching the Red Dust Immortal realm.

• The Immortal Emperor unleashed Nine Secrets Merged as One, but Ji Hao met his attack with the Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Needle.
• The Immortal Emperor transformed into a phoenix and clashed with Ji Hao, while their Emperor Weapons and Immortal Artifacts fought separately.
• Ji Hao used the Heaven-Flipping Seal and cut off one of the Immortal Emperor’s wings, prompting the phoenix to revive with the Immortal Phoenix Nirvana Technique.
• Ji Hao and the Immortal Emperor wounded each other as their battle tore through the river of time.
• Ji Hao broke through with his six secret realms, then tore the immortal phoenix in half and cleaved the Celestial Emperor’s divine soul apart.
• The dying Immortal Emperor told Ji Hao that he had fallen from the Immortal Domain into the mortal world and had hoped to return as a Red Dust Immortal.

After defeating the Celestial Emperor, Ji Hao absorbed his Dao Fruit and Imprint, then entered a century of seclusion to refine his gains. He emerged and manifested the Pangu Banner, using it to split chaos and begin opening heaven and earth.

• Ji Hao absorbed the Celestial Emperor's essence and drove the Celestial Emperor Imprint into the Tai Chi Diagram, while the Heavenly Emperor Saint Sword consumed the shattered Undying Heavenly Blade and became a Heavenly Emperor Weapon.
• Ji Hao used the Wuji Seal to assimilate the Celestial Emperor's remains and Dao Fruit into chaos, strengthening his understanding of the Great Dao.
• The God Organization spread news of the Celestial Emperor's defeat through the Void God Realm, stunning the world and its emperors.
• After a hundred years in seclusion, Ji Hao emerged from chaos with the Pangu Banner, a manifestation of the Heaven Opening Seal's Great Dao.
• Ji Hao swung the Pangu Banner, split the stillness of chaos, and set apart movement and stillness as yin and yang arose with earth, fire, wind, and water.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Ji Hao’s creation of a new world produces numerous manifestations of innate virtue and powerful treasures, including a Profound Yellow Pagoda, Tai Chi Diagram, Evil Fiend Sword, Mysterious Female Gate, and other vessels resembling legendary Other Shore artifacts. Though incomplete, they are valuable materials capable of becoming Emperor Weapons.
• Drawing on the fortune of world creation, Ji Hao’s Yuanshi God grows stronger, his divine power increases, and his acupoints begin evolving from illusory spaces into real worlds.
• After a hundred years of cultivation, Ji Hao completes his breakthrough into the Celestial Immortal realm. His body transforms into a Yuanshi Dao Body, with his organs evolving into an Immortal Realm and Nine Netherworlds. Together, they form the embryonic structure of a multiverse.
• Ji Hao assimilates the Immortal Phoenix bloodline, giving birth to phoenixes and innate deities within his internal heavens. This further demonstrates the all-encompassing nature of the Yuanshi Dao.
• Although already extraordinarily powerful—with Celestial Immortal, Legendary, and Other Shore traits—Ji Hao still cannot immediately attain the Legend realm. He may require millions of years before finding the necessary opportunity.
• Ji Hao’s accumulated Longevity Immortal Essence is nearly sufficient for his next Red Dust Immortal transformation. To complete the process, he consumes the Immortal Phoenix Immortality Elixir Fruit.
• The elixir fills the final gap in his Longevity Immortal Essence and allows him to successfully undergo his fifth life, causing a major qualitative increase in his vitality and strength.
• Ji Hao examines the five-continent world created by the Heavenly Emperor and officially names it the Earth Immortal Realm. He names its regions Dongsheng Divine Continent, Xiniu Hezhou, Nanzhanbuzhou, Beiju Luzhou, and Central Heavenly Continent.
• The Central Heavenly Continent becomes the territory of the Heavenly Court, while the other regions are distributed among various races and forces. The Earth Immortal Realm quickly develops into a cultivation paradise rich in innate essence, longevity qi, and accessible Dao principles.
• After completing these arrangements, Ji Hao returns to the Heavenly Court and finally rests with An Miaoyi, enjoying tea while observing the construction of the new realm.

2. Character Developments

• Ji Hao advances dramatically from Human Immortal to Celestial Immortal and then completes his fifth Red Dust Immortal life. His Yuanshi Dao Body now contains traits associated with Celestial Immortals, Legends, and the Other Shore, making him nearly comparable to Xiao Meng within this realm.
• His internal universe becomes increasingly sophisticated: his organs evolve into worlds, his blood creates innate deities, and his Dao begins to encompass and integrate multiple bloodlines and principles.
• Ji Hao also develops as a ruler. Rather than merely pursuing personal cultivation, he organizes the Earth Immortal Realm, distributes territories, supports allied races, and establishes the Heavenly Court as its central authority.
• His personality remains confident and ambitious, but he also displays a relaxed, playful side after years of intense cultivation and administration. He takes pleasure in finally “slacking off” while others handle the work.
• An Miaoyi appears as a supportive and flattering companion. She personally prepares tea and praises Ji Hao’s achievements, reinforcing her role within his inner circle and the Heavenly Court.

3. Significant Themes

• Creation and transformation: Ji Hao’s breakthrough mirrors the creation of Heaven and Earth, with his body becoming a miniature multiverse and his organs evolving into realms.
• Accumulation versus shortcuts: The chapter contrasts the slow, authentic progression of the Red Dust Immortal Path with the shortcut provided by an Immortality Elixir. Ji Hao accepts the shortcut as useful but recognizes that it may introduce imperfections.
• Integration of different powers: The Yuanshi Dao is portrayed as all-encompassing, capable of absorbing the Immortal Phoenix bloodline, Legendary traits, Other Shore characteristics, and various cosmic principles.
• Power and rulership: True strength is shown not only through breakthroughs but also through world-building, governance, and the ability to provide a suitable environment for one’s followers.
• Cultivation and responsibility: Ji Hao’s new realm benefits countless races, yet he recognizes its limitations and the burden that repeatedly creating such worlds places on the larger cosmic order.
• Relaxation after achievement: After centuries of cultivation and administration, the quiet tea scene emphasizes the value of rest and the contrast between cosmic grandeur and personal comfort.

4. Character Interactions

• Ji Hao’s relationship with the Heavenly Court’s Supreme Beings is primarily administrative: he gives them responsibility for planning and developing the Earth Immortal Realm, rewarding their factions while strengthening the Heavenly Court.
• The various races cooperate with Ji Hao’s plans by relocating, cultivating the new land, farming, and responding to the Heavenly Court’s summons.
• Ji Hao and An Miaoyi share a relaxed and intimate moment in the rear garden. She serves him tea and praises his divine power, while he enjoys the scenery and reflects on his accomplishments.
• Their exchange also reveals Ji Hao’s understanding of the Earth Immortal Realm’s limits: it is an excellent place for early cultivation, but advanced beings still benefit more from the wider outside world.

Chapter Summary: Ye Fan Reached Great Accomplishment, Flying Immortal Star

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ji Hao briefly relaxes with An Miaoyi after completing his cultivation work, then returns to his responsibilities as Heavenly Emperor.
• He recalls the injured Ye Fan, rescues him, and brings him into the Heavenly Court. With access to Ji Hao’s guidance, the Heavenly Court’s resources, and the opportunity to exchange insights with powerful emperors and Supreme Beings, Ye Fan’s cultivation advances rapidly.
• In the five hundredth year of the Heavenly Emperor Era, Ye Fan begins the Ninefold Immortal Tribulation to achieve Great Accomplishment in his Sacred Body.
• His breakthrough alarms the entire universe. A Great Success Sacred Body can battle Great Emperors and live for tens of thousands of years, making Ye Fan’s rise a major event.
• The Hegemonic Body Ancestral Star senses the emergence of its ancient enemy. Three Great Accomplishment Hegemonic Bodies decide to interfere with Ye Fan’s tribulation and kill him before he fully matures.
• Ji Hao deliberately allows the conflict to unfold, treating the three Hegemonic Bodies as Ye Fan’s “graduation test.” He prevents the existing Great Success Sacred Body and other Heavenly Court experts from rescuing Ye Fan unless absolutely necessary.
• Despite suffering severe injuries and nearly dying under the combined pressure of the tribulation and the Hegemonic Bodies, Ye Fan successfully completes the Ninefold Immortal Tribulation.
• His Great Dragon enters the Immortal Platform, allowing him to achieve an Alternative Path to Enlightenment. Combined with his completed Sacred Body, Ye Fan becomes nearly comparable to a true Great Emperor.
• Exhausted after the tribulation, Ye Fan is pursued by the three Hegemonic Bodies. He flees while fighting, gradually recovering and gaining new insights through repeated brushes with death.
• After seven days, Ye Fan reaches a higher level of battle prowess. In the depths of Chaos, he tears the three Hegemonic Bodies apart with his bare hands, bathing in their blood and displaying the beginnings of the bearing of a Heavenly Emperor.

Character Developments

• Ji Hao: Remains powerful, confident, and strategically detached. Rather than protecting Ye Fan from every danger, he deliberately uses the crisis to forge Ye Fan into a stronger cultivator. His role shifts from mentor to trial-giver, showing his belief that true power is born through extreme struggle.
• Ye Fan: Develops from a promising Great Success Sacred Body into an almost Emperor-level powerhouse. His progress is steadier than in the original timeline because of Ji Hao’s guidance, but he still proves his independence through a brutal life-and-death battle. His courage, adaptability, and combat instincts mature dramatically.
• An Miaoyi: Appears affectionate and reluctant to part from Ji Hao, revealing their intimate relationship and providing a brief moment of relaxation before the chapter returns to larger cosmic events.
• The Hegemonic Bodies: Their fear and hostility toward Ye Fan reveal the ancient enmity between Hegemonic Bodies and Sacred Bodies. Their decision to attack also demonstrates their arrogance and misjudgment of the Heavenly Court’s power.

Significant Themes

• Trial as a path to greatness: Ji Hao believes that only extreme danger can bring out Ye Fan’s full potential. The chapter presents suffering and near-death experiences as catalysts for transformation.
• Mentorship versus protection: Ji Hao guides Ye Fan without shielding him from hardship, emphasizing controlled adversity rather than dependence.
• The rise of a new powerhouse: Ye Fan’s breakthrough signals the growing dominance and terrifying potential of the Heavenly Court.
• Ancient rivalry: The conflict between Sacred Bodies and Hegemonic Bodies continues across generations, with Ye Fan becoming the newest and strongest target of that feud.
• Power and restraint: The forbidden-zone Supreme Beings recognize the Heavenly Court’s overwhelming authority and hesitate to act, illustrating how Ji Hao’s rule has reshaped the balance of the universe.

Character Interactions

• Ji Hao and An Miaoyi share an intimate exchange before Ji Hao resumes his duties.
• Ji Hao rescues Ye Fan and later provides him with cultivation guidance and access to the Heavenly Court’s powerful circle of experts.
• The three Hegemonic Bodies attempt to prevent Ye Fan’s breakthrough, turning his tribulation into a battle against both Heaven’s lightning and living enemies.
• Ji Hao orders the Heavenly Court’s experts not to interfere, forcing Ye Fan to confront the Hegemonic Bodies alone.
• Ye Fan’s final battle with the three Hegemonic Bodies establishes his emergence as a near-Emperor-level figure and demonstrates the success of Ji Hao’s harsh training strategy.

Ji Hao and the Heavenly Court’s powerful figures gathered on Flying Immortal Star as its seal gave way and the Road to Immortality opened. Huashe emerged from beneath the seal in chains, and another shackled Daoist burst free as the chapter ended.

• Ji Hao learned that Flying Immortal Star’s ancient seal was loosening and prepared the Southern Heavenly Gate and Haotian Mirror to serve as a gate through which immortal qi could flow.
• Ji Hao traveled to Flying Immortal Star and studied its Emperor Zun seal tablets for half a year, then Ye Fan arrived and joined him.
• Over the next forty-nine years, Ye Fan and several Heavenly Court Supreme Beings studied the tablets, including the Linghao Incarnation with the Four Zhuxian Swords.
• The final tablet rose, the tablets revealed Flying Immortal Star’s true sealed terrain, and a vast rift opened to form the Road to Immortality.
• Huashe, an Ancestor of the Kunlun Remnant Race, appeared beneath the seal bound in immortal chains and struggled to break free.
• A second block of immortal source shattered, and a disheveled Daoist emerged with shackles binding all four limbs.

Heavenly Venerable Nirvana emerged and found himself facing Ji Hao’s formidable Heavenly Court, then the Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings began their final gamble for immortality. As the two forces headed toward the Mythological Battlefield, Ji Hao discovered that Emperor Zun’s ancient array had begun to stir.

• Heavenly Venerable Nirvana tried to absorb essence qi, but Ye Fan cut off the space and fourteen Supreme Beings confronted him.
• Ji Hao’s Heavenly Court welcomed Heavenly Venerable Nirvana to the Immortal Path, and its strength and growing ranks of Quasi-Emperors were revealed.
• The Forbidden Zones erupted with Immortal Light as their Supreme Beings emerged and underwent ultimate sublimation.
• Ji Hao sent the fourteen Extreme Dao experts to fight the Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings on the Mythological Battlefield.
• Emperor Zun’s array activated within the sealed ground, and Ji Hao recognized its Dao Principles and its connection to life, death, and summoning.

Ji Hao destroyed the three Supreme Beings’ souls and refined Emperor Zun’s Dharma manifestation into a Golden Pill, while the Immortal Ascension Cauldron reassembled. On the Mythological Battlefield, the Linghao Incarnation trapped four Supreme Beings in the Zhuxian Sword Array and killed Immortal Granny, then turned his attention to her final remains.

• Ji Hao triggered the restrictions within three Supreme Beings, then refined Emperor Zun’s Dharma manifestation into a Golden Pill and stopped the Immortal Ascension Cauldron from devouring it.
• The Linghao Incarnation assembled the Zhuxian Sword Array and trapped Immortal Granny, the Roc Emperor, the Spirit Emperor, and the Corpse Emperor inside it.
• Immortal Granny and the other Supreme Beings attacked, but the Linghao Incarnation countered them with his sword arts and Emperor Weapons.
• The Linghao Incarnation shattered Immortal Granny’s Jade Ruyi universe, destroyed her Emperor Weapon, and severed her body.
• The Linghao Incarnation used the Zhuxian Sword Array to overcome the Corpse Emperor’s corpse-qi attack and struck Immortal Granny until her body and divine soul disintegrated.
• The Linghao Incarnation formed a strange Dharma Seal and aimed it at Immortal Granny as she burned and perished.

The Linghao Incarnation used the Heaven-Mending Technique to grow stronger and killed all four Supreme Beings trapped in Heavenly Venerable Lingbao’s sword array, destroying another forbidden zone. Elsewhere, Chuanying and other Supreme Beings continued their battles, while the World Tree stabilized the universe around the Mythological Battlefield.

• The Linghao Incarnation refined Immortal Granny’s essence and laws with the Heaven-Mending Technique, gaining greater power.
• The Linghao Incarnation shattered the Roc Emperor’s body, and the sword array killed him; the incarnation then defeated another Ancient Emperor in a brutal clash.
• The Linghao Incarnation and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao’s array killed the final Supreme Being, wiping out all four and destroying their forbidden zone.
• Chuanying mocked the Ancient Emperors and fought them in the chaotic reaches of the Cosmic Frontier.
• The Myriad Dragon Emperor battled the White Tiger Daoist as more than ten Supreme Beings fought across the Mythological Battlefield.
• The World Tree atop the Chaotic Immortal Soil stabilized space and contained the battles’ aftershocks.

Ji Hao led the Heavenly Court’s Supreme Beings to the Road to Immortality, where he shattered the Immortal Gate instead of sacrificing anyone to open it. After explaining the Immortal Domain and its limits, he watched as the Linghao Incarnation entered and endured its laws reshaping his body and Dao foundation.

• The World Tree contained the Supreme Beings’ battle shock waves while Ye Fan defeated two sublimated Ancient Emperors with his Heavenly Emperor Fist.
• Ji Hao led the victorious group to the Immortal Gate and smashed it open with the Heaven Opening Axe.
• Ji Hao explained that the Immortal Domain was a fragment, that entry offered longevity but not automatic immortality, and that powerful entrants would suffer during its baptism.
• The Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings, the Hangu Pass F4, Ye Fan, and the others declined to enter, while the Dark Supreme Beings accepted the opportunity.
• The Linghao Incarnation crossed the Heavenly Gate and entered the Heavenly Domain as its laws shattered and rebuilt his body and infused him with Runes.

Ji Hao stabilized the collapsing Road to Immortality and declared his plan to create an Immortal Realm for the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, giving all living beings an equal chance at longevity. He began forging a new Southern Heavenly Gate with the Qiankun Cauldron, using the Linghao Incarnation as a template.

• Ji Hao used the Heavenly Emperor's Great Dao to keep the Linghao Incarnation anchored as Immortal Domain laws transformed him, but the Road to Immortality began to collapse.
• Ji Hao unleashed his full strength, and the Tai Chi Diagram became the Other Shore Golden Bridge, stabilizing the road as the World Tree's branch supplied origin qi.
• Ji Hao explained that he wanted to establish an Immortal Realm in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths so that living beings could pursue longevity without abandoning their world.
• The Supreme Beings contributed the spoils of battle, and Ji Hao placed them and the Southern Heavenly Gate into the Qiankun Cauldron.
• Ji Hao used the Linghao Incarnation as a template to refine a Southern Heavenly Gate that corresponded to the Immortal Domain laws.

Ji Hao forged the Southern Heavenly Immortal Gate, embedded it in the Immortal Domain, and created an Immortal Realm. He began dividing existence into the Immortal Realm, Human World, and Void God Realm, leaving the Void God Realm undergoing a transformation.

• Ji Hao completed the Southern Heavenly Immortal Gate, an Immortal Artifact forged with the laws and materials of Supreme Beings.
• Ji Hao and the Linghao Incarnation embedded the gate in the Immortal Domain's boundary wall, allowing longevity aura to flow into the universe.
• Ji Hao planned to divide the realms by concentrating longevity in the Immortal Realm and creating a merit system that could allow people to ascend.
• Ji Hao used the Pangu Banner to open an Immortal Realm and placed the heavenheart imprint above its Daos.
• Ji Hao used the Void Mirror and World Tree to lift and refine the Void God Realm, expelling its cultivators during a version update.
• The Golden Ancient Emperor and Myriad Dragon Emperor witnessed Ji Hao's vast power and recognized the scale of the worlds he had created.

Ji Hao explained that the Red Dust Immortal realm came from enduring across multiple mortal lifetimes, then established the Immortal Realm, human world, and Void God Realm as three separate realms. He named the Void God Realm the Netherworld and observed the Ruthless Emperor’s progress toward merging the Divine Dao and Immortal Dao.

• Ji Hao confirmed that surviving through successive mortal lives was the path to becoming a Red Dust Immortal, and Ye Fan gained new insight from his explanation.
• Ji Hao dispersed a lightning tribulation with his Heavenly Emperor authority.
• Ji Hao placed the Immortal Realm atop the World Tree and established the Void God Realm at its roots, forming a structure of three realms.
• Ji Hao cast a Reincarnation Seal into the Void God Realm and declared that it would become the Netherworld.
• Ji Hao saw that the Ruthless Emperor was merging the Divine Dao and Immortal Dao, and considered how to unite the Divine Dao with his own Dao Fruit.