Ch. 848Both Attain the Dao; Lingbao Tianzun in the End-Times of the Tribulation

Daoist Celestial Worthy, the Heavenly Emperor, and the Demon Emperor fought to prevent Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao from returning as Gu Xiaosang approached attainment. The Demon Buddha launched a prepared attack on Meng Qi, but Meng Qi and Demon Sage Feng Xi revealed that they had anticipated him.

  • Daoist Celestial Worthy tried to open the root of time, but Amitabha Buddha stopped him while the Heavenly Emperor and Demon Emperor suppressed the upheaval in the Investiture of the Gods World and Journey to the West World.
  • Gu Xiaosang continued condensing her Dao Fruits as the Demon Buddha announced that it was time to settle the matter of completion and Ancient Buddha Bodhi's Three Corpses turned against him.
  • The Demon Buddha used He Mu and Ji Li to ambush Meng Qi, then attacked him, while Ji Hao's power at the end of tribulation kept Ancient Buddha Bodhi from intervening.
  • Meng Qi revealed he had anticipated the Demon Buddha's schemes and trapped him, while the Demon Emperor's Phoenix-Winged Dark Gold Spear pierced the Demon Buddha.
  • Demon Sage Feng Xi revealed that she had taken the Demon Emperor's place and had been waiting to strike the Demon Buddha.

Ch. 849At the End of the Tribulation, I Reign Supreme!

Meng Qi and Ji Hao endured the final tribulation, witnessed the Three Pure Ones transcend, and helped bring a new epoch into being. As Meng Qi opened heaven and earth as Heavenly King Yuanshi, Ji Hao departed for the Fishing Space, leaving strengthened allies behind.

  • Meng Qi absorbed the Demon Buddha and Lingbao’s power, formed a Dao Fruit prototype, and entered the ranks of the true Other Shore.
  • The Unborn Mother detonated the Six Soul Banner, while the Golden Emperor sacrificed herself to Gu Xiaosang, who became an Ancient One; Amitabha Buddha likewise passed his power to Maitreya and became an Ancient One.
  • Ji Hao and Meng Qi entered the Transcendence Land, where Yuanshi explained the conditions for attaining the Dao Fruit and the Three Pure Ones departed.
  • Ji Hao and Meng Qi piloted the Doomsday Ark through the final tribulation, and Meng Qi opened heaven and earth to establish a new epoch.
  • Ji Hao left for the Fishing Space, while the Nine Netherworld Ghost Emperor and Master Lingbao remained in The Sage Who Transcended Samsara; Ji Hao had raised the Ghost Emperor to the Ancient One level.

Ch. 850Return to Shrouding the Heavens, the Heavenly Court's Extinction, Retracing the Past, Attaining the End of the Road

Ji Hao returned to the Shrouding the Heavens World and used his power over time to rewrite the Weird Race’s destruction of the Unique True Realm. After restoring the realm and its defenders, he attained the End of the Road and began to glimpse the path toward transcendence.

  • Ji Hao discovered that the Azure Emperor Incarnation had undergone Dao Transformation and saw how the Weird Race had shattered the Unique True Realm and devastated the Heavenly Court.
  • Ji Hao reached into the past and watched the Azure Emperor Incarnation break through to the End of the Road, defeat thirty-four Quasi-Immortal Emperors, and restore the Unique True Realm.
  • The restored realm flourished, and Ye Fan, Ruthless, Wu Shi, and the others recalled both the ruined and restored timelines as Ji Hao returned to the Supreme Heavenly Court.
  • Ji Hao extinguished the faith body forming from the world's worship and merged its power into the List of Gods.
  • Ji Hao attained the End of the Road, inscribed himself into the laws of heaven and the River of Time, and sensed countless possibilities opening before him.

Ch. 851The Ancestor Awakens, Desolation's Crisis

Chapter Summary:

The Ancestor Awakens, Desolation’s Crisis

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Ji Hao completes her Dao transformation, spreading her Great Dao throughout the Heavens and Myriad Realms. She reaches the pinnacle of the End-of-the-Road realm, becoming an indispensable part of the universe itself—effectively embodying her Dao.
  • Because her existence is inscribed into Heaven and Earth, Ji Hao can revive as long as her name, Dao, or principles remain. Conventional cultivation systems and physical forces can no longer threaten her; only Daoist Principles can harm her.
  • She travels to the Sacrificial Sea, a terrifying ocean formed from the ruins and blood of countless destroyed universes. There, she calls out to Desolation, fulfilling her ancient promise to come to his aid.
  • Using her overwhelming power over time and space, Ji Hao reaches the Reef leading toward the Calamity Land and ascends beyond the Blood Sea. She observes the past, witnessing the Heavenly Emperor’s battles, the destruction of the Heavenly Court, and the ancient war between the Heavens and the Weird Race.
  • Ji Hao sees Desolation—Shi Hao—embarking alone toward the ultimate Calamity Land with the Emperor Sword and Thunder Pool. She realizes that his decisive confrontation with an Ancestor is imminent and that his defeat is unavoidable without outside intervention.
  • At the same time, Shi Hao’s son, Shi Fan, attempts to prove the Dao and enter the End-of-the-Road realm. The Weird Race intervenes because they fear that Desolation’s son becoming another supreme Immortal Emperor would strengthen the Heavens too greatly.
  • Shi Hao fights numerous Weird Immortal Emperors. His Transmuting Self Freedom Technique makes him exceptionally powerful against groups, while the Emperor Sword forces the Weird Race to reveal their ultimate methods. The conflict devastates countless worlds and shakes the River of Time.
  • Within the Calamity Land, an ancient coffin opens and a dormant Ancestor awakens. The Calamity Land reacts violently with black lightning, blood rain, and upheaval, signaling fear and the end of another Epoch.
  • The Ancestor declares that Desolation’s end has arrived. The beings of the Calamity Land worship this supreme existence, who stands beyond the End of the Road and possesses power capable of burying histories and destroying entire eras.
  • As the Ancestor targets Shi Hao, Ji Hao arrives at the Calamity Land as the second supreme existence to enter it, supported by immense Faith Power.

Character Developments

  • Ji Hao: Transcends the ordinary limits of cultivation and becomes the embodiment of her Great Dao. She grows from a powerful participant in cosmic events into a supreme force capable of overriding time, space, and universal rules. Despite her confidence, she recognizes the danger posed by the Ancestors and understands that even her knowledge cannot completely alter the fundamental progression of events.
  • Desolation/Shi Hao: Is shown as a tragic but determined figure who has already walked a path of sacrifice. His past battles and isolation are revealed, emphasizing the enormous burden he carries in confronting the Calamity Land and the Weird Race.
  • Shi Fan/Little Stone: His attempt to prove the Dao marks his emergence as a potential successor to his father. His advancement alarms the Weird Race, confirming that he is becoming a major threat.
  • The Ancestor: Awakens as an existence beyond the End of the Road. The Ancestor is portrayed as ancient, terrifying, and connected to the destruction and renewal of entire Epochs.
  • The Weird Race: Their fear of Shi Fan and dependence on the Calamity Land’s Ancestors reveal that, despite their power, they remain threatened by the rise of the Heavens’ supreme beings.

Significant Themes

  • The Great Dao and Immortality: True immortality is presented as becoming part of the universe’s fundamental laws rather than merely preserving the body or soul.
  • Fate versus Intervention: Ji Hao knows that certain events—particularly Desolation’s defeat by an Ancestor—are part of a larger, nearly unchangeable course of history. Her arrival represents an attempt to intervene despite the inevitability of fate.
  • Cosmic Cycles and Sacrifice: The Sacrificial Sea and the Ancestors embody the cyclical destruction and rebirth of Epochs. Entire civilizations become the material from which new eras are formed.
  • The Price of Power: Desolation’s strength is tied to isolation, sacrifice, and loss. Even supreme beings must confront suffering and the possibility of defeat.
  • The Scale of Cosmic Conflict: The war is not merely between individuals or civilizations but between the Heavens and the Weird Race across countless universes, timelines, and ages.
  • Fear of New Power: The Weird Race’s efforts to stop Shi Fan demonstrate how threatening the rise of a new End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperor would be.

Character Interactions

  • Ji Hao and Desolation: Though they do not directly meet in the chapter, Ji Hao calls for Desolation and travels to aid him, fulfilling a promise made millions of years earlier.
  • Ji Hao and the past: By examining Desolation’s history, Ji Hao gains insight into his struggles, the fall of the Heavenly Court, and the long war against the Weird Race.
  • Shi Hao and the Weird Immortal Emperors: Shi Hao battles them while protecting the balance of power and resisting their attempt to prevent Shi Fan’s rise.
  • The Weird Race and the Ancestor: The Weird beings revere and obey the Ancestor, demonstrating a hierarchical relationship in which even End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperors kneel before superior entities.
  • The Ancestor and Desolation: The awakened Ancestor immediately identifies Shi Hao as the target of the coming calamity and announces that his end has arrived.
  • Ji Hao and the Calamity Land: Ji Hao’s arrival directly challenges the Ancestor’s emergence, setting up a confrontation between two supreme forces.

Ch. 852With Karmic Retribution as the Bow, End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperors as Arrows, the Dying Desolation

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Ji Hao enters the Calamity Land, where her presence immediately overwhelms all life. Ordinary beings are frozen and assimilated into Chaos, while even Supreme and Bizarre Immortal Emperors begin losing the essence of their existence.
  • She casually strikes the Calamity Land, collapsing its sky, tearing apart its structure, and sinking the continent that contains countless ancient corpses and histories. This act invokes the taboo of Great Karmic Retribution.
  • Ji Hao identifies herself as Desolation’s comrade-in-arms and a Heavenly Emperor from the Heavens and Myriad Realms. Her arrival causes the Weird Race’s beings to kneel involuntarily under her pressure.
  • As her End-of-the-Road ascension becomes manifest, Heaven and Earth celebrate with auspicious phenomena, signaling the birth of an unprecedented supreme existence.
  • The Weird Race attacks her with numerous ancient divine abilities and formations, but all attacks dissolve into watery light and are assimilated into Chaos before reaching her.
  • Ji Hao unleashes her Karmic Retribution-based power. By exploiting the thoughts and spiritual connections of her enemies, she causes terrifying figures and distorted Dao principles to descend into their minds, corrupting their Great Daos.
  • Her Emperor Law, Karmic Retribution, allows cause and effect to operate across distance, time, and even the barriers between past and future. Looking directly at her or thinking about her can become the “cause” that produces devastating injuries as the “effect.”
  • Ji Hao’s presence expands into a boundless Chaos Sea, assimilating matter, laws, attacks, and even the Calamity Land itself. She uses the Wuji Seal to collapse and bury the present, past, and future.
  • She decides to kill an End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperor as a symbolic greeting. The Gray Chief Sacrificer of the Gray Epoch is crushed at the level of her mind and Great Dao, but resurrects on the Plateau through a strange revival ability.
  • Rather than being discouraged, Ji Hao studies the resurrection power with interest and declares herself invincible.
  • She transforms her nine-colored Dao Lotus into a divine bow, using Karmic Retribution as the bowstring and the corpse-derived Innate Undying Divine Light of an End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperor as an arrow.
  • Ji Hao fires the arrow toward the Plateau’s Ancestor. Its force shakes countless connected Great Thousand Worlds, Eternity, and the entire Calamity Land.
  • The chapter ends as the arrow approaches a massive forbidden-law shadow above the Plateau, where an End-of-the-Road-level being stands beside a beautiful Empress, a towering Willow Tree, countless Divine Nations, and a badly injured young man.

Character Developments

  • Ji Hao fully establishes herself as a nearly transcendent supreme being after reaching the End-of-the-Road realm. She is portrayed as confident, domineering, curious, and utterly unconcerned with the Weird Race’s threats.
  • Her mastery of Karmic Retribution, Chaos, distorted Dao principles, and the Wuji Seal makes her especially dangerous to End-of-the-Road beings, whose existence is fundamentally tied to their Great Daos.
  • Ji Hao demonstrates that she is not merely powerful but also analytical: after the Gray Chief Sacrificer resurrects, she immediately treats the ability as an interesting phenomenon to investigate.
  • The Weird Race’s Immortal Emperors shift from arrogance to terror. Their confidence collapses when their attacks prove useless and their thoughts themselves become avenues for Ji Hao’s attacks.
  • The Gray Chief Sacrificer is defeated but reveals that the Calamity Land’s resurrection powers can counter even Ji Hao’s apparent ability to kill End-of-the-Road beings permanently.
  • The unnamed Plateau Ancestor and other higher beings are established as the next level of opposition, suggesting that Ji Hao’s assault is only beginning.

Significant Themes

  • Absolute power and hierarchy: The chapter emphasizes the enormous gap between Ji Hao and the beings of the Calamity Land. Even supreme figures become helpless before a truly transcendent existence.
  • Karmic cause and effect: Ji Hao’s power turns thought, sight, and spiritual attention into causes that inevitably produce destructive consequences. No distance or temporal barrier can escape karmic judgment.
  • Chaos as origin and end: Creation, existence, destruction, and the End of Days are presented as different expressions of Chaos. Ji Hao’s Chaos can assimilate both physical matter and abstract laws.
  • The danger of perception and thought: Merely seeing Ji Hao or thinking about her can expose an enemy to corruption or destruction, making resistance psychologically and metaphysically impossible.
  • Reversal of oppression: The Weird Race, formerly conquerors who destroyed civilizations across countless Epochs, now experiences the terror and helplessness it once inflicted on others.
  • Transcendence versus established power: Ji Hao challenges the Plateau and the ancient order of the Calamity Land, implying an impending conflict between a newly ascendant force and entrenched Ancestors.

Character Interactions

  • Ji Hao’s declaration that she is Desolation’s comrade-in-arms alarms the Weird Race because it connects her to the same path as a previously feared figure from the Heavens and Myriad Realms.
  • The Weird Race’s Immortal Emperors collectively attack Ji Hao, but their cooperation fails completely. Their fear becomes so great that they cannot even look at her directly.
  • Ji Hao’s karmic technique forces her enemies’ own thoughts to become conduits for her attacks, turning their mental reactions into a form of interaction that harms them.
  • The Gray Chief Sacrificer directly confronts Ji Hao through the power of the Gray Epoch, but Ji Hao destroys her Dao before discovering that she can revive on the Plateau.
  • The Calamity Land’s beings threaten Ji Hao with the power of their Ancestors and cite the previous fall of the Pollen Emperor, but Ji Hao answers with complete confidence: “With me, I am invincible!”
  • The final interaction is Ji Hao’s direct challenge to the Plateau Ancestor, as she fires an End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperor transformed into a karmic arrow toward the mysterious figures guarding the Plateau.

Ch. 853The Arrow That Blasted the Calamity Soil

Ji Hao pierced Calamity Land with a powerful arrow and arrived to rescue the mortally wounded Huang from the Three Ancestors. He took over the battle, while Huang and Liu Shen withdrew, and Ji Hao’s many selves advanced together against the Ancestors.

  • The Three Ancestors overwhelmed Huang with Sacrificial Dao power, leaving him near death and contaminating the secret realm system.
  • Liu Shen carried Huang away from the Plateau while Weird Race Immortal Emperors pursued them.
  • Ji Hao’s arrow tore through Calamity Land, wounded an Ancestor, and drew the attention of the Three Ancestors and other powerful beings.
  • Ji Hao reached Liu Shen and Huang, gave Huang a drop of his essence blood, and declared that he would take over the fight.
  • Ji Hao manifested numerous selves across different eras and led them in an attack on the Three Ancestors.

Ch. 854Ji Hao Blocks the Fountain

Ji Hao fought the Strange Clan’s Ancestors in the Calamity Land, defeating several of them while discovering that the Plateau’s coffins could resurrect them. The Skeleton Immortal Emperor evacuated Ji Hao and Liu Shen, but Ji Hao later remained to battle three Ancestors alone as the conflict continued.

  • After Huang and Liu Shen departed, Ji Hao killed the Black Blood Ancestor with one punch and severed the Silver-Patterned Ancestor’s head.
  • The Skeleton Immortal Emperor returned to the Calamity Land, and Ji Hao trapped several Immortal Emperors while he and Liu Shen escaped with the Skeleton Immortal Emperor.
  • Ji Hao beheaded another Ancestor with one sword, then blasted her body apart again when she attacked him.
  • Three Ancient Coffins restored the Ancestors, and Ji Hao fought them alone across a sealed Extra-Boundary Land as they repeatedly resurrected.
  • Ji Hao predicted the Plateau’s destruction and declared that the strange would end, then advanced against the Ancestors as they attacked with their weapons.

Ch. 855Reducing the World to Emptiness; Beyond the Sacrificial Path

Ji Hao suppressed the Three Ancestors, revealed the Pollen Road, and pursued his plan to reach Above Sacrificial Dao through Reduction to Emptiness. After two hundred thousand years of war and upheaval, Ye Fan advanced his Pollen System Dao Fruit to the End-of-the-Road level.

  • Ji Hao entered Sacrificial Dao, fought the Three Ancestors, and sealed the Calamity Land away from the Plateau.
  • Ji Hao resolved to replace Huangtian Emperor, help Ye Fan break through, revive the Pollen Emperor, and use Reduction to Emptiness to reach Above Sacrificial Dao.
  • Ji Hao reconnected the Pollen Road and spread its cultivation system through the Heavens and Myriad Realms.
  • The Secret Realm System became increasingly difficult to cultivate, while the Pollen Road and Inner World System offered alternative paths amid a continuing war against the Weird Race.
  • After two hundred thousand years, Ye Fan awakened and evolved his Pollen System Dao Fruit to the End-of-the-Road level.

Ch. 856Ye Fan Became Emperor, the Grand Sacrifice of the Heavens

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Ye Fan and another powerful figure complete their final leap into the End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperor realm, joining the Empress and Wu Shi at the highest level. Their Dao Fruits resonate, strengthening the entire Unique True Realm and benefiting countless universes.
  • Emperor Ziwei’s Fruit Position and the List of Gods are restored to peak condition. The Heavenly Court becomes even more powerful and radiant.
  • The Pollen Emperor briefly awakens after Ye Fan’s breakthrough. The Pollen Road’s former corruption and bizarre affliction disappear, allowing the path to flourish safely. However, she chooses to remain hidden and continues cultivating another Dao so she can eventually return at her peak.
  • Ji Hao’s plan is revealed: the Pollen Emperor intends to use three future Sacrificial Dao beings to replace the karmic foundation of her existence, potentially allowing her to transcend the Sacrificial Dao realm.
  • In the Calamity Land, the Weird Race’s Ancestors awaken and initiate the Grand Sacrifice. A terrifying black sacrificial altar appears above the Sacrificial Sea, threatening to sacrifice all worlds, eras, and living beings.
  • Eight bizarre Immortal Emperors emerge and launch a full-scale invasion. They target Heaven first, while other forces tear open the barriers between worlds to prepare a mass blood sacrifice.
  • Meng Hai and Luo Tianxian defend Heaven, while Ye Fan, Wu Shi, the Ruthless Empress, and other allies resist the Weird Race’s assault on the Unique True Realm.
  • Emperor Bone Bro appears in the Sacrificial Sea and attacks the Gray Epoch’s chief sacrificer. Although the sacrificer is destroyed, he immediately revives, revealing the Weird Race’s ability to return from its Ancestor Land.
  • The Unique True Realm repels the attacking Weird Emperors. Liu Shen, the Chicken Farmer, and the Butcher arrive after attaining End-of-the-Road Dao Fruits.
  • Wu Shi, Ye Fan, and the Ruthless Empress emerge as three newly born Immortal Emperors, dramatically shifting the balance of power in favor of the Heavens.
  • In the Extra-Boundary Land, the Weird Race’s Ancestors sense that an unknown being contains two strands of Sacrificial Dao power. They grow uneasy, suspecting that a powerful Variable has appeared.

Character Developments

  • Ye Fan completes his transformation into an End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperor, greatly strengthening the Heavens and becoming one of its central pillars.
  • The Pollen Emperor becomes more substantial and powerful through Ye Fan’s breakthrough and the growth of the Pollen Road. She remains in hiding, intending to return only after reaching her absolute peak.
  • Ji Hao is shown to be pursuing an extremely ambitious plan to help the Pollen Emperor transcend the limits of existence, even at the risk of confronting the Ancestors.
  • Emperor Ziwei fully restores his End-of-the-Road strength, reinforcing the Heavenly Court.
  • Emperor Bone Bro returns to the battlefield and demonstrates his willingness to challenge the Weird Race’s chief sacrificers directly.
  • Wu Shi, Ye Fan, and the Ruthless Empress reveal that they have all reached the Immortal Emperor realm. Their arrival establishes a new generation of supreme defenders for the Heavens.
  • Liu Shen, the Chicken Farmer, and the Butcher also attain End-of-the-Road Dao Fruits and join the war.
  • The Weird Race’s Ancestors become more alert and cautious after sensing forces beyond their predictions.

Significant Themes

  • The escalation of cosmic conflict: The chapter transitions from breakthroughs and prosperity to an existential war threatening every world and era.
  • Sacrifice versus resistance: The Weird Race views all living beings and history as material for sacrifice, while the Heavens fight to preserve existence and civilization.
  • Transformation and unity: The birth of new Immortal Emperors strengthens the Unique True Realm, emphasizing how individual breakthroughs can reinforce the entire cosmos.
  • Hidden preparation and delayed revenge: The Pollen Emperor and Ji Hao deliberately bide their time, suggesting that patience and long-term planning may be as important as direct combat.
  • The persistence of evil and death: The Calamity Land’s ancient corpses, revival abilities, and endless ominousness portray the Weird Race as a force that survives across epochs.
  • The emergence of variables: The Ancestors’ unease suggests that the established balance of power is breaking down and that unforeseen beings may overturn the Weird Race’s plans.

Character Interactions

  • Ye Fan’s breakthrough resonates with the Pollen Emperor, allowing her to regain strength and stabilize the Pollen Road.
  • Ji Hao supports the Pollen Emperor’s hidden cultivation and collaborates with her on a plan to pierce through her own timeline.
  • Meng Hai and Luo Tianxian confront the invading Weird Immortal Emperors to defend Heaven.
  • Ye Fan, Wu Shi, the Ruthless Empress, and other End-of-the-Road beings unite against the Weird Race’s assault on the Unique True Realm.
  • Emperor Bone Bro directly clashes with the Gray Epoch’s chief sacrificer, destroying him temporarily before the Weird Emperor revives.
  • Liu Shen, the Chicken Farmer, and the Butcher enter the battlefield as reinforcements, joining the growing coalition of supreme beings.
  • The Weird Race’s Ancestors observe the conflict from afar and discuss the mysterious power contained within an unknown body, recognizing that a dangerous new variable may be emerging.

Ch. 857Fighting to the End of the Era; The Three Heavenly Emperors

The Ten Ancestors awakened, identified Desolation and the Three Heavenly Emperors as threats, and invaded the Unique True Realm. Heavenly Emperor Ye fought them until the Pollen Emperor and Huangtian Emperor returned, bringing the Three Heavenly Emperors together to face all ten Ancestors.

  • The Ten Ancestors emerged from their coffins, discovered their memories of Desolation were disordered, and spent nearly a hundred years deducing the coming upheaval.
  • The Ancestors identified Desolation, the Pollen Emperor, and Ye Fan as variables, then left the Ancestor Land to attack the Unique True Realm.
  • An Ancestor breached the realm, but Heavenly Emperor Ye restored the wounded world and fought him, eventually blasting him apart before he re-formed.
  • Seven more Ancestors arrived, while the Pollen Emperor returned to the mortal world and the Huangtian Emperor came back from the Extra-Boundary Land.
  • The Three Heavenly Emperors—Heavenly Emperor Ye, the Huangtian Emperor, and the Pollen Emperor—gathered to confront the Ten Ancestors.

Ch. 858Beyond the Sacrificial Path; The Final Chapter

The Three Heavenly Emperors fought the Ten Ancestors in a prolonged battle while their allies struggled against the Weird Race across the Heavens and Myriad Realms. Ji Hao sacrificed his Dao, cultivation path, body, and soul in the Land of Emptiness and reached Above Sacrificial Dao.

  • Huang, Ye Fan, and the Pollen Emperor fused their powers into a Dao Body and held the Ten Ancestors at bay, while the battle continued for fifty thousand years.
  • Ye Fan entered Sacrificial Dao, Huangtian Emperor multiplied his strength through the Transmuting Self Freedom Technique, and the Pollen Emperor used the Zhuxian Sword Array Formula to kill an Ancestor before another joined the fight.
  • Ruthless Emperor, Great Emperor Wu Shi, Emperor Zun, and other allies suppressed the Weird Race outside the Extra-Boundary Land, while Luo Tianxian merged Above the Firmament into the Unique True Realm.
  • Ji Hao's Reduction to Emptiness caused beings throughout the Heavens to forget him, and Desolation Crouching Dragon, Ye Young Phoenix, and Flower Young Qilin prepared to bury themselves in an urn of ashes.
  • Ji Hao entered the Land of Emptiness, burned away his Great Dao, cultivation system, body, and Divine Soul, and revived Above Sacrificial Dao.

Ch. 859Taking a Day Off

Summary: “Taking a Day Off”

  • Plot points and events: The chapter consists of the narrator deciding to take a day off in observance of May Day. No other events or actions are described.
  • Character development: There is no significant character development presented; the focus is simply on the decision to take a break.
  • Themes: Rest, leisure, and observing a holiday are the central themes.
  • Character interactions: No character interactions are included.

Ch. 860Grand Finale

Chapter Summary: “The Finale (Please Subscribe)”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • After a hundred thousand years of war, the Weird Race reveals its final trump cards. The ten Ancient Coffins open, releasing different forms of Ancestor Substance that merge with the ten Weird Ancestors and dramatically strengthen them.
  • The Ten Ancestors burn their Origin Great Daos and summon the Plateau, causing the Past and Future to collapse and countless universes to be destroyed and reborn amid the clash.
  • Shi Hao, Ye Fan, and the Pollen Emperor combine their strength through the Epoch Cycle and confront the Ten Ancestors. Shi Hao rejects the Ancestors’ offer to join them, and the three Heavenly Emperors commit themselves to battle.
  • The Ancestors spread their corrupting substance through the Heavens and Myriad Realms, hoping the deaths of countless heroes will break the Heavenly Emperors’ wills. The Pollen Emperor destroys most of the contamination, while the three heroes continue fighting.
  • The Heavens hold the overall advantage in the wider war. Heavenly Emperor-level beings slaughter the Weird Race’s End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperors, leaving only four of them alive and forcing them back to the Plateau.
  • The Plateau unexpectedly reveals that it possesses a rudimentary consciousness. It explains that it was formed from the ashes and power of an ancient being, whose substance allows the Weird Race to revive endlessly.
  • The ten Ancestors combine through mysterious markings and their connection with the Plateau, forming an entity resembling an “Ultimate Ancestor” that surpasses ordinary Sacrificial Daoists and carries traces of the Master of the Bronze Coffin.
  • At the decisive moment, Ji Hao returns in human form. His arrival produces a soul-shaking roar that terrifies even Immortal Emperors and Ancestors.
  • Ji Hao has transcended the Sacrificial Dao realm and entered an indescribable state called Transcendence. He is no longer limited by conventional realms, laws, time, or logic.
  • Declaring that his “farming and growth” are complete, Ji Hao destroys the Ten Ancestors with one strike of the Sword of the Universe’s End. He then steps onto the Plateau, causing it to collapse and completely purifying its remaining Primordial Substance.
  • The destruction of the Plateau restores those whose traces had been erased from history. Fallen sages and heroes return, and a new golden age begins.
  • One Epoch later, Ji Hao rules from a magnificent Divine Earth and Imperial Palace. He reveals that the Fishing Rod and Fishing Space—the story’s “Golden Finger”—were created and sent back through time by his future, transcendent self, ensuring the inevitability of his rise.
  • Ji Hao passes the method of reaching Above Sacrificial Dao to Desolation, Ye, and the Pollen Emperor, though they still need someone capable of Reduction to Emptiness to truly enter the Land of Emptiness.
  • The world is reorganized around the Unique True Realm, with the Thirty-Three Heavens containing thirty-three End-of-the-Road Immortal Emperors.
  • A new era begins with the Number One Under Heaven Martial Arts Tournament. Chu Feng emerges as a spectacular young talent, earning the title Demon King Chu after tying up and auctioning off numerous contestants.

Character Developments

  • Ji Hao: Completes his long cultivation and transformation, surpassing the Sacrificial Dao realm and becoming a transcendent existence unrestricted by conventional concepts. He evolves from a hidden cultivator into the ultimate force governing reality and history.
  • Shi Hao, Ye Fan, and the Pollen Emperor: Fight together as the central defenders of the Heavens. Their cooperation through the Epoch Cycle allows them to stand against the Ancestors, but they ultimately rely on Ji Hao’s superior transcendence to end the conflict.
  • The Ten Ancestors: Shift from powerful independent Sacrificial Daoists into a collective entity by merging with the Plateau. Their attempt to become an Ultimate Ancestor fails when Ji Hao appears.
  • The Plateau: Is revealed to be more than a location; it has a developing consciousness and is the source of the Weird Race’s resurrection ability. Its destruction ends the Weird Race’s foundation and frees erased figures from history.
  • Meng Qi and the other supreme beings: Recognize Ji Hao’s identity and achievement, confirming that he has succeeded in surpassing Sacrificial Dao.
  • Chu Feng: Introduced as the major figure of the next era. His unusual personality and ruthless, comical behavior establish him as a new “Demon King” and possibly the story’s next central prodigy.

Significant Themes

  • Transcendence beyond power systems: Ji Hao’s advancement demonstrates that true transcendence is not simply reaching a higher rank, but escaping the limitations of realms, logic, time, and causality altogether.
  • The end of corruption and cyclical suffering: The destruction of the Plateau represents the defeat of the Weird Race’s source of endless revival and pollution.
  • History’s restoration: Ji Hao’s victory repairs erased history, bringing fallen heroes and sages back and suggesting that ultimate power can restore rather than merely destroy.
  • Cultivation as long-term preparation: Ji Hao’s victory is portrayed as the completion of an immense process of growth, planning, and “farming,” revealing that his Golden Finger and destiny were connected to his own future self.
  • The transition between eras: The chapter closes the ancient war and shifts attention toward a new generation, especially Chu Feng and the martial tournament.
  • Power and perspective: Even the strongest Ancestors are rendered insignificant once Ji Hao reaches a truly transcendent level, emphasizing how each apparent peak may only be another lower stage from a broader perspective.

Important Character Interactions

  • The Ten Ancestors attempt to recruit Shi Hao, but he insults and rejects them, refusing to compromise with their polluted nature.
  • The Ancestors deliberately threaten the Heavens and Myriad Realms to psychologically weaken Shi Hao, Ye Fan, and the Pollen Emperor, but the three respond with decisive violence rather than negotiation.
  • Shi Hao, Ye Fan, and the Pollen Emperor share power through the Epoch Cycle, functioning as a unified force against the Ancestors.
  • The Plateau’s consciousness confronts and explains the origin of the Ancestors’ immortality, shocking all thirteen Sacrificial Dao experts.
  • Ji Hao’s return reunites him, in a sense, with the Three Heavenly Emperors, who recover their memories and realize that he has achieved the transcendence they once knew he sought.
  • After the war, Ji Hao becomes the supreme figure of the restored order, while Desolation, Ye, and the Pollen Emperor seek to follow the path he has opened.
  • The final interaction shifts to the next generation: Chu Feng’s antics at the tournament establish a humorous but dangerous new protagonist and mark the continuation of the story beyond the ancient finale.
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