Chapter Summaries

Ji Hao organized the conquest of the Sea of Boundaries and the creation of the Unique True Realm to prepare for the Weird Race's coming invasion. Ten thousand years later, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths had taken shape, and Ruthless Emperor began laying the foundation for samsara in the Netherworld Realm, though karma stopped her from completing it.

• Ji Hao decided that the conquest and the forging of the Unique True Realm had to continue as defenses against the bizarre and the darkness.
• Ji Hao assigned Emperor Zun to scout the Sea of Boundaries and forged him a South-Pointing Chariot to guide the expedition through the void and chaos.
• Ye Fan, Great Emperor Wu Shi, Ruthless Emperor, the Five Directions Heavenly Emperors, the Star Lords, and others worked to stabilize and transform the realms.
• After ten thousand years, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths absorbed the fortune of two worlds, and the Void God Realm became the Netherworld Realm.
• Ruthless Emperor drew divine-soul imprints into the Netherworld Realm and tried to join the Lord of the Netherworld mark with a samsara symbol, but karma interrupted her.

After Great Emperor Wu Shi became the first Celestial Immortal of the new era, the rising world laws enabled many powerful figures to ascend. Ji Hao watched his relatives and the Five Directions Heavenly Emperors attain immortality, while the Azure Emperor began awakening his former identity.

• Two thousand years after the Nether Reincarnation Imprint appeared, Great Emperor Wu Shi broke through to the Immortal Dao as the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths celebrated his ascension.
• Ji Hao observed that Wu Shi's breakthrough marked the start of a wider wave of advancement as Heaven and Earth neared the Ancient Immortal Era.
• The Yellow Emperor and Flame Emperor used Ji Hao's Immortal King Bloodline to attain the peaks of the True Immortal paths, and the other Five Directions Heavenly Emperors began transforming.
• The Azure Emperor remembered his former life as the Chaos Green Lotus Immortal King and advanced along the Earth Immortal, True Immortal, and God Immortal paths.
• Laozi and Amitabha Buddha became immortal, with Amitabha merging his past and present selves to become the Future Buddha.
• The Black Emperor recovered memories and part of his True Immortal Dao Fruit, became a True Immortal, and boasted to his human pets.

Ji Hao fused water from the Hongmeng Thunder Pond, the River of Time, and the Immortal Pool to help the World Tree reach its peak. After comprehending the Dao beneath it, he realized the tree needed power from other worlds to evolve further and began gathering Great Dao mysteries as he traveled the starry skies.

• Black Emperor overpowered Duan De and Dragon Horse, celebrating his cultivation breakthrough while thinking of Wu Shi, Wuzhong, and his master’s return.
• Ji Hao fused three divine liquids and used the resulting Daoist Water to nourish the World Tree, which opened worlds within its leaves and reached its peak.
• Ji Hao meditated beneath the World Tree for a hundred years and realized that its evolution depended on drawing power from other worlds.
• Ji Hao decided to let Emperor Zun and the others proceed without his help and left the Heavenly Court to explore the starry skies.
• Ji Hao gathered Great Dao mysteries to strengthen the World Tree and Thunder Pond, planning for the Thunder Pond and Immortal Pool to eventually merge into the Future Pool.

After returning to Earth, Ji Hao’s accumulated experience helped him break through to a new state of understanding. He found Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin again, learned from the Immortal Emperor scripture within it, and brought its miniature immortal domain to the Heavenly Court for the emperors to examine.

• Ji Hao visited Earth and, stirred by his birthplace and the civilizations he had witnessed, transformed his Wisdom Light Wheel and advanced his state of mind.
• Ji Hao sensed a familiar presence, traced it across space, and found nine True Dragons pulling the Three Worlds Bronze Coffin through an ancient star region.
• Ji Hao boarded the coffin and studied the Immortal Emperor scripture within it for nearly ten years, gaining insight into constructing an Immortal Domain and merging myriad realms.
• Ji Hao opened the smaller coffin and discovered a vast miniature immortal domain inside, then brought Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin to the Heavenly Court.
• Gai Jiuyou, Duan De, Ye Fan, and the other emperors examined the coffin and its world, while the Azure Emperor began comparing it with his own Inner World System research.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ji Hao and Azure Emperor examine the Minor Immortal Domain inside the bronze coffin and realize that even near–Red Dust Immortal power is insufficient to accomplish many higher-level feats.
• Ji Hao explains that the domain was created by Huangtian Emperor to repair the damaged Immortal Domain.
• The Ruthless Emperor gives Ji Hao a legendary Dao Integration Flower, originally intended for Ye Fan, who no longer needs it after becoming an Emperor and advancing along the Red Dust Immortal Path.
• Ji Hao investigates the flower and discovers that it contains a Dao imprint comparable to the Chaos imprint of a Chaotic Body. It can help a cultivator merge with the Heavenheart Imprint, attain the Emperor realm, or even help an existing Emperor further comprehend the Dao.
• Through the Cause of All Fruits, Ji Hao uncovers the flower’s deeper origin: it once grew on the ancient World Tree and was nourished by the origin of the Nine Heavens before that world shattered.
• Ji Hao plants the flower’s seed in the Immortal Pool, where it slowly grows over several decades. During this period, he teaches the Heavenly Court’s Emperors and Supreme Beings, further consolidating the Court’s dominance over the universe.
• When the flower blooms, it displays the evolution of Chaos, the universe, the Myriad Paths, and the fundamental laws of Heaven and Earth. Its radiance offers immense enlightenment to everyone who witnesses it.
• Ji Hao realizes that the flower is more valuable for helping cultivators comprehend and enter the Immortal Dao than for creating new Emperors. He renames it the Immortal Ascension Flower.
• As it fully blooms, the flower manifests the Heavenheart Imprint and begins gradually merging with it. However, because Ji Hao’s Heavenly Emperor Great Dao already stands above the Myriad Paths, the Heavenheart Imprint is no longer the supreme authority of the universe and belongs only to the Mortal Realm.

Character Developments

• Ji Hao demonstrates his overwhelming cultivation and insight. The Dao Integration Flower, an object capable of granting Emperor-level attainment to others, is essentially useless for him because he has already merged with the Heavenly Dao and possesses near–Immortal King-level power.
• He grows more intellectually ambitious, using the flower not merely as a treasure but as a means to analyze the evolution of the universe’s laws and improve his understanding of the Myriad Paths.
• Ji Hao’s authority expands as the Heavenly Court becomes effectively the dominant power in the Nine Heavens universe. He also takes on the role of teacher, preaching the Dao and guiding immortals, gods, and Supreme Beings.
• The Ruthless Emperor appears detached and powerful, giving away the flower without hesitation because its original recipient, Ye Fan, has already surpassed the stage at which he would need it.
• Azure Emperor serves as an observer, reacting with awe to the vast mysteries of the Immortal Domain.

Significant Themes

• The limits of cultivation: Even beings approaching the Red Dust Immortal realm remain unable to accomplish everything, emphasizing the vastness of higher realms.
• Transformation and evolution: The flower symbolizes the progression from mortal cultivation to Emperorhood and ultimately to immortality.
• The relationship between Dao and authority: The Heavenheart Imprint once represented the universe’s supreme will, but Ji Hao’s Heavenly Emperor Great Dao has now surpassed it.
• Knowledge over possession: Ji Hao cannot benefit directly from the flower’s power, but he gains immense value by studying its principles and using it to understand the structure of the universe.
• Restoration and inheritance: The flower preserves the legacy of the ancient World Tree and the shattered Nine Heavens, linking the present universe to its primordial past.
• Collective opportunity: Unlike a treasure meant for a single chosen cultivator, the fully blossomed Immortal Ascension Flower allows many members of the Heavenly Court to comprehend the Immortal Dao.

Character Interactions

• Ji Hao and Azure Emperor discuss and investigate the Minor Immortal Domain.
• The Ruthless Emperor formally gives the Dao Integration Flower to Ji Hao, explaining that it was originally preserved for Ye Fan.
• Ji Hao shares his discoveries about the flower’s nature and origins through his actions and teachings, while the Emperors and Supreme Beings of the Heavenly Court observe its blooming.
• Ji Hao’s preaching strengthens his relationship with the Heavenly Court’s cultivators and reinforces their willingness to join his faction.
• The flower’s manifestation becomes a shared event for the Heavenly Court, granting different observers individualized insights into the Dao.

Ji Hao absorbed the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths’ ancient Dao insights, bringing its myriad paths under his Heavenly Dao. He then activated the Zhou Tian Star Array and gathered the universe’s laws and living beings’ traces to begin forging a palace for the Heavenly Court.

• Ji Hao’s illusory image appeared across Heaven and Earth, and its Dao sounds revealed new principles that suppressed the realm’s myriad paths.
• Ji Hao incorporated layers of ancient Daos into his Dao Fruit and reflected on how a world could cultivate toward the Great Dao.
• Ji Hao decided to forge vessels for the Heavenly Court and activated the Zhou Tian Star Array across four hundred and eighty million star domains.
• Fortune produced an ancient book recording the Heavenly Dao’s laws, and Ji Hao used its glyphs to draw forth the universe’s hidden patterns.
• Pillars of light formed profound Dao glyphs that began taking the shape of a palace as nine dragon veins surged into the sky.

Ji Hao forged the nine-colored Lingxiao Palace, which could transform into the Heavenly Dao Seal, then merged the Immortal Ascension Flower and ancient World Tree dao principles into the World Tree. The World Tree matured into a Five-Colored Divine Tree, merged with the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and restored the world enough to accommodate True Immortals.

• Ji Hao forged the nine-colored palace and destroyed the wuliang divine tribulation with it.
• Ji Hao named the palace Lingxiao Palace and revealed its Heavenly Dao Seal form, then placed it in the Heavenly Court with the List of Gods.
• Ji Hao merged the Immortal Ascension Flower into the World Tree and used the River of Time to infuse it with the ancient World Tree's dao principles.
• The World Tree became a Five-Colored Divine Tree at the Immortal King level and concealed itself while merging its roots and branches with the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
• The World Tree restored the world's dao principles, drew in chaos qi, and strengthened the world until it could accommodate True Immortals.

Chapter Summary: Preparations Before the Saint Spirit True Immortal’s Breakthrough

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yaochi has fully joined Ji Hao’s Heavenly Court, maintaining its previous karmic connection with him.
• The Immortal Embryo Saint Spirit was placed under the Azure Emperor Incarnation’s guidance. Although she reached Great Perfection long ago, he persuaded her to remain sealed and continue comprehending the Dao until the right era arrived.
• After hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation and Heaven-and-Earth resonance, the Saint Spirit finally emerges from the Nine Orifices Divine Stone beneath Yaochi’s Peach of Immortality tree.
• Her birth produces overwhelming auspicious phenomena: golden lotuses, clouds of Fortune Aura, and immense Immortal Light. As the first Saint Spirit of the new era, she is born directly as a True Immortal.
• The Saint Spirit asks to remain beside Ji Hao. He accepts and appoints her as an attendant True Immortal, naming her Qingling.
• At the same time, Ji Hao prepares to restore Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. Emperor Zun and other Emperors transport numerous broken great worlds through the Sea of Boundaries, using them as material for the restoration.
• Ji Hao intends not merely to repair his homeland, but to transform Nine Heavens and Ten Earths into an eternal Unique True Realm and a major weapon against the Weird Race of The Plateau.
• Sensing that war is approaching from the future—marked by ominous energy and Geng Metal Qi—Ji Hao begins the restoration. He merges with the Heavenly Dao, draws the broken worlds into Nine Heavens, and refines them into Origin Qi.
• The universe undergoes a violent transformation. The Ninth Heaven begins evolving toward the Thirty-Three Heavens, accompanied by the birth of countless worlds and surging Immortal Light.

Character Developments

• Qingling/Yaochi’s Saint Spirit: Evolves from a sealed Great Perfection Saint Spirit into a True Immortal at birth. Her immense fortune reflects her status as the first Saint Spirit of the new era and her connection to Ji Hao. She chooses loyalty and service to the Heavenly Emperor rather than seeking independence.
• Ji Hao: Demonstrates both political authority and cosmic ambition. He accepts Qingling as a subordinate while simultaneously undertaking the enormous task of rebuilding Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. His goal is proactive and militaristic: to prepare the restored realm for the coming conflict with the Weird Race.
• Azure Emperor Incarnation: His earlier guidance proves crucial, as he correctly predicts that the Saint Spirit’s greatest opportunity lies in the future rather than the previous age.
• Emperor Zun and the other Emperors: Support Ji Hao’s plan by transporting broken worlds, though Emperor Zun bears much of the burden.

Significant Themes

• Heavenly destiny and controlled fortune: Saint Spirits are embodiments of Heaven and Earth’s Fortune Aura, but their nature can be either auspicious or destructive. Qingling represents Heaven’s blessings under Ji Hao’s Heavenly Dao.
• The importance of timing: The Saint Spirit’s decision to remain sealed shows that patience and preparation can produce greater power than premature intervention.
• The majesty and danger of Saint Spirits: Though naturally transcendent and powerful enough to challenge Ancient Emperors, Saint Spirits have historically been suppressed or killed by true Great Emperors when they caused chaos.
• Restoration versus destruction: Ji Hao turns broken worlds into the foundation for a renewed cosmic order, transforming ruin into strength.
• Preparation for inevitable war: The restoration of Nine Heavens is not only an act of preservation but also a strategic response to the approaching Weird Race.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s will shaping reality: Because Ji Hao has merged with the Heavenly Dao, his intentions directly influence the fate and structure of the world.

Character Interactions

• The Azure Emperor Incarnation mentors the Saint Spirit and convinces her to delay her emergence.
• Qingling respectfully requests permission to remain with Ji Hao, and he grants her the position of attendant True Immortal.
• Ji Hao works alongside Emperor Zun and the other Emperors, who help move and connect the broken worlds needed for the restoration.
• Ji Hao’s relationship with Yaochi and its Saint Spirit reflects his broader role as protector and ruler of the Heavenly Court, while his dealings with the Emperors reveal a cooperative effort against a looming cosmic enemy.

Ji Hao received the Reincarnation Road and, after the Heavenly Court appeared, foresaw a coming calamity. He created the true Yuanshi Grand Luo Heaven as his sixth secret realm and broke through to become an Immortal King realm giant.

• Ji Hao gave the section of the Reincarnation Road created by the Huangtian Emperor to the Ruthless Emperor to study.
• Several thousand years later, the Heavenly Court manifested across the Three Realms, and Ji Hao saw a future in which war and calamity had destroyed the Heavens and Myriad Realms.
• Ji Hao revealed his Yuanshi Grand Luo Heaven, which had evolved into the Dao Law Realm.
• Ji Hao broke free of the Heavenly Dao's shackles, suppressed them with chaos, and established Yuanshi Grand Luo Heaven as his sixth secret realm.
• The living beings of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths contributed their origin essence qi, which Ji Hao used to create a multiverse of 129,600 universes.
• Ji Hao completed his breakthrough and became an Immortal King realm giant at the pinnacle.

After becoming an Immortal King, Ji Hao used the breakthrough’s power to push his innate true-nature true spirit to the infinite heights and attain legend as an Immortal Venerable. He began projecting countless other selves into worlds and considered creating his own extraordinary phenomena.

• Ji Hao became an Immortal King, restoring the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and strengthening the depleted cosmos.
• Ji Hao entered the Spiritual World of "I am me" and resolved to use his Immortal King power to reach the infinite heights.
• Ji Hao beheld the Yuanshi aspect of his own nature and merged with Daoist Yuanshi.
• Ji Hao’s innate true-nature true spirit broke through layer after layer of restraints and reached the infinite heights, making him a legend Immortal Venerable.
• Ji Hao’s true spirit scattered into endless motes that merged with worlds as projections of his other selves.
• Ji Hao noticed that his new universe lacked certain manifestations of transcendence and considered creating extraordinary phenomena himself.

Ji Hao reached the Legendary Realm and learned that the Ancient Underworld was opening roads into the Sea of Boundaries. He saw a future in which the gray fiends launched a war to bury the Heavens and Myriad Realms, as their three great outposts advanced.

• Across the Immortal Realm, Ji Hao displayed the Immortal Realm Manifestation and several legendary phenomena, while his omnipresent projection explained them to the gathered beings.
• Ji Hao surveyed the Sea of Boundaries, sensed gray baleful energy beyond it, and resolved to strengthen his other selves and prepare for war.
• A sword-light brought Ji Hao above the River of Time, where he used his other shore trait to glimpse the future.
• Ji Hao saw the Ancient Underworld’s forces widening a Reincarnation Road into the Sea of Boundaries.
• In the vision, gray fiends declared a grand sacrifice to bury the Heavens and Myriad Realms, while the Soul River, Heavenly Emperor Burial Pit, and Four Extremes Floating Soil advanced with corrupted ancient realms.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• A massive army of Immortal Kings, Immortal Dao beings, and Human Dao soldiers appears in the ruptured spacetime. Ji Hao observes them while calculating their intentions.
• A terrifying Withered Bone Giant Hand reaches backward from the future through the chaotic River of Time, attempting to seize and kill Ji Hao. Its owner is a Quasi-Immortal Emperor-level powerhouse.
• The Heavenly Emperor within the Years confronts the attack, using his Six Secret Realms and Karmic Dao to strengthen himself. Despite this, he is vastly weaker than the Withered Bone Giant Hand.
• Ji Hao draws the Desolation Sword Phantom and performs a single sword strike. Because the sword embodies the power of Huangtian Emperor—an End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperor—the Quasi-Immortal Emperor behind the hand is killed instantly.
• Ji Hao withdraws from the River of Time as the enemy’s blood scatters across the past and future. He then considers the Weird Race, the Gray Epoch, and the possibility that the Foreign Land is being used to bypass Huangtian Emperor’s sealing of the Plateau.
• Following a karmic connection, Ji Hao enters the Foreign Land, which he views with hostility because it was responsible for the death of his Thunder Emperor Incarnation. He decides to test his strength without relying on Great Karmic Power.
• After Ji Hao arrives, the Dark King detects his presence using an Ancient and Simple Banner and a Ruin Altar. He contacts the other Dark Kings, who respond in a highly coordinated, military-like manner.
• At the Foreign Land’s Ancestral Land Altar, numerous Immortal Kings observe Ji Hao’s image and discuss his intrusion. They believe the Foreign Land has been weakened for too long but now has an opportunity to restore its former glory because the powerful figure who once defeated them has left the world.

Character Developments

• Ji Hao demonstrates remarkable growth and confidence. Although he remains only an Immortal King, he kills a Quasi-Immortal Emperor effortlessly by wielding the Desolation Sword, revealing the overwhelming legacy and authority of Huangtian Emperor.
• He becomes more proactive and aggressive, choosing to enter the Foreign Land rather than merely investigate it from afar. His decision is also motivated by revenge for the death of his Thunder Emperor Incarnation.
• The Heavenly Emperor shows the limits of his current power. His techniques can briefly produce Quasi-Immortal Emperor-level radiance, but he is still unable to match the Withered Bone Giant Hand directly.
• The Dark King and the Foreign Land’s Immortal Kings are portrayed as organized and ambitious. Their fear of the mysterious former enemy remains, but they are emboldened by that figure’s departure and believe they can reclaim their former dominance.

Significant Themes

• The overwhelming power of higher realms: The difference between an Immortal King and a Quasi-Immortal Emperor is immense, but inherited power from an End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperor can completely overturn that hierarchy.
• The influence of the past and future: The battle takes place across the River of Time, emphasizing that powerful beings can attack, interfere with, and die across different eras.
• Legacy and borrowed authority: Ji Hao’s victory depends on the Desolation Sword, showing how the will and power of an ancient supreme being continue to shape present conflicts.
• Revenge and confrontation: Ji Hao’s entry into the Foreign Land transforms his investigation into a personal challenge against an old enemy.
• Resurgence of fallen powers: The Foreign Land believes the departure of its former oppressor has created an opening for its return to prominence, setting up a larger conflict.

Character Interactions

• The Withered Bone Giant Hand directly attacks Ji Hao through the River of Time, while the Heavenly Emperor attempts to defend against it.
• Ji Hao confronts the attacker with the Desolation Sword and kills its master in one strike.
• Ji Hao’s actions attract the attention of the Dark King, who uses the Ruin Altar to track him and alert the other Dark Kings.
• The Foreign Land’s Immortal Kings observe Ji Hao collectively, dismissing him as an ignorant outsider while simultaneously discussing the fearsome figure who once defeated them. Their confidence suggests they are preparing to confront him and exploit the current political vacuum.

Chapter Summary: Punching Through the Foreign Land and Slaughtering Enemies

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Foreign Land, once purified by Huangtian Emperor, has revived as a major stronghold of darkness. After an Epoch of development and exploitation by the Grey Fiend Faction, its strength has reached its former peak.
• The dark forces prepare to attack the Sea of Boundaries, beginning with the Immortal King who invaded their territory.
• A mysterious passage connects the Foreign Land to an ominous Altar deep within a twisted region. It is sustained by Faith Power and filled with sacred yet bizarre radiance, gray substances, dark rivers, tombs, and signs of catastrophic death. The passage appears to be linked to the Weird Race.
• Ji Hao enters the Foreign Land and discovers that its seemingly sacred Divinity Substance is actually Dark Matter. He theorizes that Huangtian Emperor’s sword light has suppressed the gray substance, forcing the Foreign Land to rely on residual Dark Matter and making it a vanguard for the Weird Race.
• Ji Hao advances through the Foreign Land, destroying formations and obstacles with ease until he reaches the Receiving Ancient Palace.
• A concealed enemy ambushes him with a powerful spear. Ji Hao destroys the King Vessel spear with one punch and confirms that the Foreign Land has received outside support, likely from the Grey Fiends or the Weird Race.
• The attacker reveals himself as a dark Immortal King known as the Withered Bone King. Despite using a terrifying bone-blade technique and wearing Dark Immortal Metal Armour, he is instantly obliterated by Ji Hao’s punch.
• Ji Hao declares that, unlike his previous battle—when his Thunder Emperor Body was weakened by Great Karmic Power—he can now unleash his full strength and intends to break through the entire Foreign Land.
• Using his Pupil of Time and Space Destiny, Ji Hao exposes additional hidden enemies. He tears apart five universes and the surrounding darkness to reveal five more dark Immortal Kings.
• Ji Hao attacks them with Innate Primordial Qi transformed into an Ancient Banner. The five Kings respond with powerful techniques, including a massive Yin-Yang Diagram that seals Heaven and Earth and other supernatural abilities capable of destroying worlds. The chapter ends as the confrontation escalates.

Character Developments

• Ji Hao is portrayed as overwhelmingly confident and aggressive. He has entered the Foreign Land primarily to gather intelligence, but he is also eager to eliminate its dark rulers. His ability to kill an Immortal King with one punch demonstrates how much stronger he is when free from the Great Karmic Power that previously restricted him.
• Ji Hao’s understanding of the Foreign Land deepens when he identifies its sacred energy as disguised Dark Matter. He also recognizes the likely involvement of the Grey Fiend Faction and the Weird Race.
• The dark Immortal Kings are shown to be powerful, secretive, and heavily supported by outside forces, but they are increasingly frustrated by Ji Hao’s intrusion. Their willingness to unite against him suggests that they recognize him as a serious threat.
• Huangtian Emperor’s influence remains important even though he does not appear directly. His sword light continues to suppress the Foreign Land’s connection to the gray substance, limiting the dark forces while also leaving loopholes through which Dark Matter can survive.

Significant Themes

• The persistence of darkness: Huangtian Emperor’s earlier purification was incomplete, emphasizing that evil and corruption remain deeply rooted.
• The Foreign Land as a vanguard: The realm is not the ultimate source of darkness but a frontline stronghold serving the Weird Race.
• Suppression versus resurgence: Huangtian Emperor’s sword light restrains the gray substance, but the dark forces adapt by nurturing residual Dark Matter.
• Overwhelming strength and confidence: Ji Hao’s one-sided victories highlight his growth and his belief that the dark forces can no longer threaten him.
• Hidden enemies and infiltration: The concealed passage, secret support, and hidden Immortal Kings emphasize that the true conflict extends beyond the visible battlefield.
• Sacredness masking corruption: The beautiful, holy radiance and dense Divinity Substance conceal dark and destructive origins.

Character Interactions

• The dark Immortal Kings collectively discuss attacking Ji Hao, revealing their hostility and fear of his intrusion.
• Ji Hao mocks the Foreign Land’s defenses and openly challenges its rulers, provoking the Withered Bone King.
• The Withered Bone King attempts a surprise attack but is killed instantly, turning the encounter into a demonstration of Ji Hao’s superiority.
• Ji Hao taunts the hidden dark Kings after exposing them, while they unite to counter his Ancient Banner and seal him with the Yin-Yang Diagram.
• The chapter concludes with Ji Hao facing five powerful Immortal Kings at once, setting up a major battle between his overwhelming offensive power and their combined supernatural techniques.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ji Hao, having reached the Legend realm, unleashes the combined power of his three cultivation systems and the internal Heavens and Myriad Realms within him. His strength and endurance now surpass those of ordinary Immortal Kings.
• He joins the battle against six Kings and attacks with the Panhuang Fist, devastating vast stretches of the universe and seriously injuring a Dark King.
• A one-horned Dark King counterattacks with a powerful halberd, but Ji Hao cuts off his horn with a single saber strike. Since the horn contains most of the Dark King’s essence, the King is severely weakened.
• The Dark Kings realize that Ji Hao may be following the same terrifying path as a legendary figure who once threatened the Weird Plateau. They decide he must be killed before he can mature.
• Ji Hao’s physical body and Divine Soul, strengthened by the Undying Scripture, Pingluan Art, and Yuanshi Grand Luo Heaven, allow him to fight multiple Kings without fear.
• The five mysterious Altars activate and produce strange sounds resembling a flowing river and the cries of countless souls. Their power forms traces of Samsara and cannot be damaged even by Ji Hao’s strongest saber attacks.
• The Altars summon hordes of corpse-like beings, including Immortal Kings, Immortals, and Human Dao Supreme Beings. These creatures have lost their minds, bleed from their eyes, and attack as eerie, corrupted monsters.
• The Dark Kings sacrifice the corpse Monsters to summon a section of the Soul River. Its mere riverbank causes the Heavens and Myriad Realms to tremble, while gray fog conceals the river and its surroundings.
• Ji Hao recognizes the Soul River and realizes that it has infiltrated the Foreign Land, using it as a forward base and deploying numerous Dark Kings there.

Character Developments

• Ji Hao demonstrates a dramatic increase in power after reaching the Legend realm. His internal worlds now function like true universes, giving him nearly inexhaustible Divine Power.
• His fighting style becomes even more refined: he uses his hand as both saber and Heavenly Dao, combining overwhelming strength with precise Law-based attacks.
• Ji Hao remains confident and mocking even when surrounded by Dark Kings and summoned Monsters. His attitude shows that he now views the Kings as threats he can overcome rather than equals who intimidate him.
• The Dark Kings shift from arrogance to alarm. They recognize Ji Hao’s unusual youth and potential, fearing he may become another catastrophe on the level of the mysterious figure associated with the Weird Plateau.
• The summoned corpse beings are shown to be completely stripped of individuality and will, functioning as tools of the Altars and Soul River.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming evolution and potential: Ji Hao’s young age combined with his immense strength makes him a terrifying future threat.
• Power through multiple systems: His mastery of several cultivation paths and internal universes gives him unprecedented endurance and combat ability.
• Corruption and loss of self: The corpse Monsters represent beings whose souls and intelligence have been erased, leaving only empty vessels controlled by external forces.
• Samsara, death, and soul manipulation: The Altars and Soul River are linked to reincarnation, the destruction of souls, and the transformation of dead beings into weapons.
• Hidden cosmic powers: The appearance of the Soul River reveals that the current conflict is connected to a much larger, ancient force extending beyond the battlefield.
• Fear of another supreme existence: The Dark Kings’ concern that Ji Hao may become “another one of that person” suggests a recurring pattern in which exceptionally powerful beings threaten the established order.

Character Interactions

• Ji Hao clashes directly with the Dark Kings, injuring one, severing another’s horn, and forcing the rest to acknowledge him as a major threat.
• The Dark Kings cooperate despite their earlier confidence, calling for reinforcements and activating the five Altars to prevent Ji Hao from surviving.
• The Altars and Dark Kings work together to sacrifice corrupted creatures and summon the Soul River, turning the battle from a direct confrontation into a ritualistic assault.
• Ji Hao responds to their threats with contempt, insisting that their survival—not his—is now in question.
• The chapter ends with Ji Hao recognizing the greater conspiracy behind the battle: the Soul River is not merely appearing temporarily but has established influence within the Foreign Land.

Chapter Summary: “Stepping Out of the Sea of Boundaries and Breaking into the Soul River”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Weird Race reveals that Immortal Kings are expendable to them. Using Gray Matter, they can replenish their forces and create vast armies, suggesting that their true threat lies far beyond the Dark Immortal Kings already present.
• The Kings Before the Eyes have discovered a way to bypass Huangtian Emperor’s Sword That Cuts Through the Ages. Although they can currently open only a small breach, this signals that a major invasion of the Heavens is imminent.
• Ji Hao confronts the Dark Immortal Kings and displays power approaching the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm. His body emits Quasi-Immortal Emperor radiance, reflecting his deep preparation and understanding of several possible paths to the next realm.
• Using the Heavenly Emperor Saint Sword and imitating his previous strike from the River of Time, Ji Hao performs Cut Through the Ages, splitting one Dark King in half. He then tears the King’s body apart, though the King’s Divine Soul escapes with a small altar.
• Another Dark King attacks with a Yin-Yang Diagram, attempting to freeze spacetime and restrain Ji Hao. Ji Hao counters with the Wuji Seal, using Wuji’s superiority over Taiji to pierce the altar’s defenses and destroy the King’s physical body.
• Ji Hao captures the surviving Divine Soul and altar, secretly using the Other-Heart Seal to obtain information. The other Dark Kings attack him and try to reclaim the altar, which serves as a token for contacting their lord.
• Ji Hao traps another powerful Dark King with the Heaven Opening Seal, eliminating the surrounding Laws and leaving the King suspended in a void where he cannot escape.
• The Dark Kings attempt to recruit Ji Hao by promising that a Quasi-Immortal Emperor will personally guide him toward King-Breaking and Emperor-Ascending. Ji Hao rejects them with contempt.
• Four Dark Immortal Kings activate their altars and form a weakened Pentagram Array to release Gray Matter into the Soul River. They intend to corrupt Ji Hao or force him to submit.
• Ji Hao invokes the Thunder Emperor Technique. A phantom Hongmeng Thunder Pond appears, and Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder blocks and refines the Gray Matter before it can spread into the Foreign Land and the wider Universe.

Character Developments

• Ji Hao is shown to be far stronger and more prepared than the Dark Kings expected. His comprehension of Quasi-Immortal Emperor principles, mastery of multiple cultivation paths, and prior experience wielding the Emperor Sword allow him to fight enemies above the ordinary Immortal King level.
• His combat style combines overwhelming physical force with profound Dao understanding. He uses the Heavenly Emperor Saint Sword, Wuji Seal, Heaven Opening Seal, and Thunder Emperor Technique in rapid succession.
• Ji Hao also demonstrates strategic curiosity: rather than immediately destroying every enemy, he observes their methods and deliberately tests whether his Thunder Emperor Technique can counter Gray Matter.
• The Dark Immortal Kings remain arrogant and united, treating ordinary Immortal Kings as disposable. However, their confidence weakens as Ji Hao defeats and restrains several of them.
• Their willingness to recruit Ji Hao reveals that they recognize his extraordinary potential and believe he may be capable of reaching the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm.

Significant Themes

• The vast scale of the Weird Race’s threat: The Dark Kings are not the true danger; they are replaceable soldiers of a much larger and more terrifying force.
• Preparation and foresight: Ji Hao’s earlier study of multiple cultivation paths and his experience in the River of Time now give him a decisive advantage.
• Wuji versus Taiji: Ji Hao’s mastery of Wuji allows him to overcome the Yin-Yang Diagram, symbolizing the superiority of primordial, formless chaos over structured duality.
• Corruption versus purification: Gray Matter represents death, erosion, and the transformation of living worlds. Ji Hao’s Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder acts as a purifying force that prevents its spread.
• Defiance and identity: The Dark Kings offer Ji Hao power through conversion into their race, but he rejects them completely, refusing to surrender his principles or become part of the dark system.
• The coming invasion: The Weird Race’s ability to bypass Huangtian Emperor’s sword establishes that the current conflict is only the beginning of a much larger war.

Character Interactions

• The Dark Kings collectively attempt to overwhelm Ji Hao, first through attacks, then through negotiation and recruitment.
• Ji Hao mocks their offer and refuses to acknowledge their authority, escalating the conflict.
• The Kings treat their fallen comrade’s altar as a vital strategic object and repeatedly try to recover it, revealing its importance as a means of communicating with their mysterious lord.
• Ji Hao’s battle with the Dark Kings is both a physical confrontation and an ideological clash: their corruption and submission versus his independent path and resistance.
• The chapter ends with Ji Hao directly opposing the combined power of four Dark Kings, preventing them from unleashing Gray Matter into the broader world.

Ji Hao entered the Soul River, where he encountered ancient defenses and the remains of countless powerful beings. After awakening fallen pioneers to lend him their Dao principles, he began transforming through the innate five primordials, but the dangerous process left his will at risk of self-destruction.

• Ji Hao killed the remaining Immortal Kings and entered the Heavenly Grotto to stop eerie substance from reaching the Sea of Boundaries.
• Ji Hao ventured into the Soul River, found an ancient stele inscribed with the words “Pursue pollen,” and encountered its alarm system and a horde of Darkness Creatures.
• Ji Hao used the Other Shore Divine Skill to repel the eerie substance, then awakened fallen pioneers and asked them to entrust their Daos and arts to him.
• The pioneers agreed to help Ji Hao destroy the Soul River, and their accumulated Dao principles flooded into his body.
• Ji Hao began opening a world through the innate five primordials, but the transformation risked turning his will toward self-destruction.

Ji Hao completed the creation of his own universe and reached the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level while remaining hidden in a tributary of the Soul River. After defeating a three-headed Fused Monster, he deliberately let the river’s ominous substance enter him to investigate a strand that might contain the Soul River’s origin.

• Over thirty thousand years passed without the Weird Race discovering Ji Hao in the Soul River tributary.
• Ji Hao united three sets of Heavens and Myriad Realms into a Great Thousand World, fused it with his body, and advanced toward transcendence as a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
• Ji Hao reflected that his Yuanshi Grand Luo Heaven was the foundation for his breakthrough, just as Shi Hao’s sixth secret realm had enabled him to become a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
• Supreme soul blood surged through the tributary, and a three-headed Fused Monster emerged from the Soul River.
• Ji Hao crushed the Immortal King Giant-level monster with his physical strength and examined a stubborn strand of ominous substance that might contain the Soul River’s origin.
• Ji Hao deliberately allowed the ominous substance to enter him, and his eyes turned completely dark.

Ji Hao allowed the eerie substance to replace and transform his origin, carrying him into the Soul River Origin, where he escaped his cage and explored the Weird Race’s vast stronghold. He then released his suppression of the darkness and began nurturing a bizarre new self, hoping to use its growth to strengthen himself.

• Ji Hao absorbed the eerie substance, glimpsed memories of the ancient Plateau and Bronze Coffin, and awoke shackled in a cage inside the Soul River Origin.
• He used Quasi-Immortal Emperor radiance and the Desolation Sword’s mark to sever his shackles and escape the cage.
• Ji Hao explored the Soul River Origin, finding its hollow worlds, imprisoned souls, Soul River Creatures, and remnants of worlds destroyed by the Grand Sacrifice.
• He sensed the Four Ominous Lands intersecting there and let the eerie substance replicate his Dao Fruit and transform his origin.
• Ji Hao’s body and a new divine soul mutated under the dark substances, and he urged the bizarre being born from his true-nature true spirit to grow.

Chapter Summary: “Showdown with the Bizarre Self, Subjugation!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bizarre Ji Hao completes his transformation into an Immortal King after consuming nearly all the Soul River Essence. The Quasi-Immortal Emperors guarding the Soul River believe he has fully become a Bizarre Living Being and expect him to eventually reach the Quasi-Supreme realm.
• A guarding Quasi-Immortal Emperor supplies him with additional Eerie Substance to accelerate the transformation. Unaware of Ji Hao’s true intentions, the Weird Race effectively helps strengthen him.
• Ji Hao’s bizarre Divine Soul, formed from the Eerie Substance, grows to Immortal King Giant level. Ji Hao immediately battles it inside his own body to regain complete control.
• Although the bizarre Divine Soul has the advantage because Ji Hao’s body has been contaminated by Soul River material, Ji Hao overwhelmingly defeats it through his superior Dao Fruit, physique, Divine Soul, and combat experience.
• The bizarre Divine Soul summons a dark Soul River and attempts to overwhelm Ji Hao, but Ji Hao counters with powerful techniques such as “Eternity Becomes Void,” freezing and sealing the Soul River.
• Ji Hao calls upon his countless Other Selves. After thirty thousand years of development, even the weakest possess Heavenly Emperor-level strength. Their combined power forms the Legendary Realm and decisively suppresses the bizarre Divine Soul.
• Ji Hao assimilates the defeated bizarre Divine Soul into his innate True Spirit, transforming it into an Other Self rather than simply destroying it.
• He absorbs the bizarre Dao Fruit, Eerie Substance, Dark Runes, and other accumulated power, using them to strengthen his Three Great Dao Fruits and both the inner and outer universes.
• Ji Hao prepares to use the new bizarre Other Self as an undercover agent within the Weird Race, allowing him to exploit their resources and potentially rise to the level of a bizarre Ancestor or even an End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperor.

Character Developments

• Ji Hao demonstrates overwhelming confidence and strategic brilliance. He deliberately allows himself to be contaminated by the Soul River so he can create, defeat, and absorb a powerful counterpart.
• His mastery of the Three Paths, Legendary Realm, and Other Selves is shown to be fundamentally beyond the bizarre Divine Soul’s ability to imitate.
• Ji Hao’s ability to convert his Dark Self into an Other Self gives him a unique advantage that ordinary cultivators lack.
• Bizarre Ji Hao develops into a powerful Immortal King-level entity with copied Dao Fruits and immense potential, but remains inferior because he cannot reproduce Ji Hao’s Legendary Realm or awaken independent Other Selves.
• The Quasi-Immortal Emperor of the Weird Race becomes increasingly interested in Ji Hao’s unusual transformation but ultimately refrains from intervening, unknowingly allowing Ji Hao to complete his plan.

Significant Themes

• Deception and strategic manipulation: Ji Hao deceives the Weird Race into believing he has been completely corrupted while secretly turning their power against them.
• Self-confrontation and assimilation: The battle represents Ji Hao confronting a dark, distorted version of himself and converting that threat into additional strength.
• Unique cultivation paths: Ji Hao’s Legendary Realm and Other Selves cannot simply be copied, emphasizing that true breakthroughs depend on personal experience and accumulation.
• Turning corruption into power: The Eerie Substance, normally a force of contamination, becomes a source of tremendous growth once Ji Hao overcomes its influence.
• Patience and long-term planning: Ji Hao’s undercover strategy extends for hundreds of thousands of years, showing his willingness to pursue victory through prolonged infiltration rather than immediate confrontation.

Character Interactions

• The Weird Race’s Quasi-Immortal Emperor supervises and assists Ji Hao’s transformation, believing he is creating a powerful new member of the race.
• Ji Hao and Bizarre Ji Hao engage in a fierce internal battle for control of the body and True Self.
• Ji Hao’s Other Selves unite with him, functioning as a collective force against the bizarre Divine Soul.
• After the battle, Ji Hao treats the bizarre Other Self as an undercover extension of himself, while the Weird Race unknowingly worships and supports it.
• In the future, the bizarre Other Self rises within the Weird Race, with countless bizarre beings bowing to it as an Ancestor while Ji Hao privately waits for the Heavens to launch their final offensive.

Ji Hao completed his infiltration of the Weird Race and traveled under his new identity toward the Ancient Underworld, hoping to help the Ruthless Emperor advance. There, he discovered that the Weird Race processed corpses and souls from ruined worlds into a potent secret substance.

• Ji Hao concealed his true self within his bizarre body and received resources and intelligence from a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, who then left for the Soul River front.
• Ji Hao returned to the Soul River Origin, then changed course and openly headed for the Ancient Underworld as a Heavenly Prodigy of the Weird Race.
• Ji Hao passed through the Soul River’s teleportation formation and followed the route to the Ancient Underworld, where he saw ruined halls, strange plants, and deep pits connected to other worlds.
• Ji Hao witnessed countless corpses being ground and refined through stone machinery, and he sensed that the process produced a substance his body craved.
• Ji Hao concluded that the Ancient Underworld’s substance came from the dead, while the Soul River Origin’s came from destroyed worlds, and wondered whether other forbidden sites held similar substances.