Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ming reviewed the rewards he had gained during the Dark Cataclysm and spent two centuries cultivating while his companions advanced. He found the Azure Emperor inside the Desolate Pagoda, gave him the Azure Emperor's Heart infused with Ageless Immortal Spring, and learned that his father-in-law was well and accepted him as his son-in-law.

• Jiang Ming recounted his rewards from the Dark Cataclysm, including True Immortal treasures, an Immortal Source Pool, secret arts, and four Immortal King-level inheritances.
• After Gai Jiuyou became Great Emperor, Jiang Ming cultivated for two hundred years, reaching the seventh turn of the Great Freedom Dao Scripture and the quasi-emperor fifth heavenly layer of the Shrouding Method.
• Ye Fan founded the Heavenly Court and became a Quasi-Emperor, while Jue Youqing and Jiang Ming's other women began attempting breakthroughs.
• Jiang Ming tracked down the Azure Emperor inside the Desolate Pagoda on Beidou and gave him his heart, which held ten drops of Ageless Immortal Spring.
• The Azure Emperor reassured Jiang Ming that he would not die in meditation and recognized him as his son-in-law.

Jiang Ming prepared to meet another of his wives, whose fate was tied to the Undying Empress, and arrived at the Ancient Heavenly Court ruins alongside Ye Fan’s army. As Ye Fan’s group surveyed the golden forbidden sea and its palaces, Gu Qingyao warned that the place seemed to have an owner.

• Jiang Ming told the Azure Emperor he would break the rule allowing only one Great Emperor to exist at a time and eventually free him, then left with the Desolate Pagoda.
• Jiang Ming spent a hundred peaceful years advancing his cultivation, while Gai Jiuyou sensed the growing pressure of Jiang Ming’s power.
• Jiang Ming decided to seek out another wife and planned to bring the Overlord Body Lineage and his remaining Ancient Emperor fathers-in-law under his control as he grew stronger.
• Jiang Ming reached the same destination as Ye Fan’s army, which had fought through the Divine Court and entered the ruins of the Ancient Heavenly Court.
• Gu Qingyao observed the golden sea and immense palaces and told Ye Fan that the place seemed to have an owner.

Chapter Summary: The Mastermind Behind the Dark Cataclysm

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Heavenly Court and Divine Court factions discover that the mysterious world they fought to enter is actually the ruins of the Ancient Heavenly Court, already occupied by someone else. The fallen Southern Heavenly Gate and the ruins’ Great Emperor-level pressure confirm its identity.
• Powerful Quasi-Emperors gather, including a bearded wanderer, Woodcutter Old Man—an ancient expert who once fought the Undying Empress—and Woodcutter’s two attendant disciples, who are former acquaintances of Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan and the others encounter the Son of the Celestial Emperor, who has been hiding in his stepmother’s territory out of fear of the dangerous current era. The Holy Prince immediately confronts him because of their blood feud and the suspected role of Immortal Emperor in the Fighting Saint Emperor’s death.
• Undying Empress awakens within a Phoenix Nest made from Phoenix-Blood Parasol Divine Wood. Her presence creates a powerful, seductive atmosphere, and her Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven cultivation exerts overwhelming pressure.
• Woodcutter Old Man challenges the Empress’s right to occupy the Ancient Heavenly Court ruins, arguing that the territory is ownerless and should belong to whoever is strong enough to claim it. Their verbal dispute escalates into an impending battle.
• Woodcutter accuses Undying Empress of following Immortal Emperor’s path: gathering Emperor blood through massacres and Dark Cataclysms to pursue immortality and Nirvana. This revelation shocks the assembled experts and appears to explain Immortal Emperor’s involvement in the deaths of the Demon Emperor, Fighting Saint Emperor, and Primordial Emperor.
• Just as the accusations spread, a mysterious figure emerges from the ruins, surrounded by rotating stars, sun, and moon. He denies the charge, claiming that Immortal Emperor was already an innate immortal god and had no need to seek immortality through such methods.

Character Developments

• Woodcutter Old Man is established as an ancient, fearless expert willing to confront the Undying Empress directly. His knowledge suggests he understands secrets surrounding Immortal Emperor and the Dark Cataclysms.
• Undying Empress demonstrates both immense power and political ambition. She insists on being recognized as a true empress rather than merely an empress consort and refuses to surrender her claim to the ruins.
• Holy Prince shows that his hatred of the Son of the Celestial Emperor remains intense, driven by the belief that Immortal Emperor interfered with the Fighting Saint Emperor’s death.
• Son of the Celestial Emperor is portrayed as deeply cautious and traumatized by the dangers of the era, having survived by hiding.
• Big Black Dog continues to act as an outspoken commentator, quickly connecting Woodcutter’s revelations to the larger mystery of the Dark Cataclysms.
• Ye Fan recognizes several figures from the past, emphasizing how old relationships and former acquaintances have been drawn into the current upheaval.

Significant Themes

• The pursuit of immortality: The chapter presents immortality and Nirvana as possible motives behind the deaths of powerful emperors and the repeated Dark Cataclysms.
• Hidden historical conspiracies: Long-standing tragedies may have been orchestrated by a secret mastermind rather than occurring independently.
• Power and legitimacy: The dispute over the ruins reflects the idea that authority belongs to those capable of defending it, while also questioning whether conquest can create rightful ownership.
• Fear in a terrifying era: Even powerful figures such as the Son of the Celestial Emperor are reduced to hiding, showing how dangerous the current age has become.
• Truth versus propaganda: Woodcutter accuses Immortal Emperor of monstrous crimes, while the newly arrived figure immediately defends him, leaving the true history unresolved.

Character Interactions

• Holy Prince and Son of the Celestial Emperor: Their encounter revives their blood feud, with Holy Prince threatening to settle old grievances.
• Woodcutter Old Man and Undying Empress: They exchange sharp accusations over ownership of the ruins before preparing to fight.
• Woodcutter and his disciple: The bearded Quasi-Emperor’s obedience reveals Woodcutter’s authority and hidden strength.
• Woodcutter and the gathered experts: His revelation about Immortal Emperor exposes a possible explanation for the Dark Cataclysms, shocking everyone present.
• The mysterious newcomer and Woodcutter: The newcomer directly contradicts Woodcutter’s accusation, setting up a larger confrontation over the truth behind Immortal Emperor’s actions.

Jiang Ming declared that the Undying Empress would be his demon empress just as she prepared to flee, and she recognized him as the man appearing in her repeated dreams. The chapter left her wondering who he was while she remained inside the Phoenix Nest.

• The Sun-Moon Divine General and Divine General Kuntian confronted the yellow-toothed old man, who fought them and mocked their strength.
• The yellow-toothed old man asked the Undying Empress for phoenix blood in exchange for his service.
• Jiang Ming announced that the Undying Empress belonged to him and intended to rescue her before the gathered powerhouses.
• The Undying Empress saw Jiang Ming and wondered whether reincarnation existed because she recognized him from her dreams.
• The Undying Empress recalled her ambitions and her past with the Immortal Emperor and Ning Fei, then asked who Jiang Ming was.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming recognizes the Undying Empress as far younger than her appearance suggests and believes their meeting is destined through his Fate Pattern. He concludes that she seeks to preserve her youth, become a true Empress, and eventually achieve immortality.
• The chapter recalls Jiang Ming’s legendary role in the Dark Cataclysm. Although not technically a Great Emperor, he earned the title Demon Emperor after helping defeat the Forbidden Land Supremes and other terrifying beings during the failed opening of the Immortal Ascension Road.
• Jiang Ming arrives at the Heavenly Court Ruins, immediately halting the conflict. His reputation alone intimidates figures such as the Woodcutter Old Man and the yellow-toothed Quasi-Emperor.
• He effortlessly captures the Phoenix Nest, neutralizing the Immortal Emperor’s imperial killing formation with his overwhelmingly powerful Emperor Body, which has reached the Ninth Heaven of the Great Emperor level.
• Jiang Ming declares that he has come to “take [the Undying Empress] home.” When the Sun-Moon Divine General and Kuntian Divine General attack to stop him, he destroys their techniques with his Destiny Great Divine Ability and severely injures them without killing them.
• Jiang Ming proves his connection to the Undying Empress by reciting a poem she supposedly gave him in a past life or dream. Shocked, she realizes that her recurring memories of Jiang Ming may have been real rather than imaginary.
• He takes the Undying Empress away from the ruins. The surrounding cultivators are stunned, especially because she had traditionally been associated with the Immortal Emperor.
• Ye Fan and the others decide to relocate anything useful from the Heavenly Court Ruins to their newly founded Heavenly Court.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming: His status as the Demon Emperor is reinforced through his overwhelming strength, authority, and calm control of the situation. He is portrayed as nearly unrivaled, capable of suppressing imperial formations and defeating powerful divine generals with minimal effort. His relationship with the Undying Empress shifts from mysterious fate to an apparently real romantic bond.
• Undying Empress: Her youthful appearance is revealed to be genuine rather than deceptive. She is ambitious but also vulnerable, particularly because of her mysterious memories of Jiang Ming. Upon meeting him, she becomes emotionally shaken and unable to clearly separate dreams from reality.
• Ye Fan: He remains practical and amused by the unfolding scandal. He is more entertained by the apparent romantic betrayal involving the Immortal Emperor than disturbed by the political implications.
• Woodcutter Old Man and others: Their fear of Jiang Ming gives way to astonishment and gossip. Even powerful figures are reduced to spectators once Jiang Ming takes control.
• Jiang Ming’s companions: They are surprised and curious about his connection to the Undying Empress, joking that she may become another member of his circle.

Significant Themes

• Fate and predestination: Jiang Ming interprets his meeting with the Undying Empress as the fulfillment of a destined match arranged by his Fate Pattern.
• Dreams, reincarnation, and memory: The poem and the Empress’s dreamlike memories suggest that their relationship transcends ordinary time and may originate from a previous life or a mysterious connection between dreams and reality.
• Overwhelming power and authority: Jiang Ming’s effortless suppression of imperial formations and divine generals establishes the vast gap between him and ordinary Quasi-Emperors.
• Immortality and fear of aging: The Undying Empress’s desire to remain young and eventually become immortal reflects the cultivators’ obsession with transcending mortality.
• Gossip and dramatic irony: The chapter contrasts the grandeur of ancient emperors and cataclysms with the humorous spectacle of everyone focusing on the apparent scandal involving the Undying Empress and the Immortal Emperor.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming speaks gently to the Undying Empress, treating her as someone he has come to reclaim rather than as an enemy or captive.
• The Sun-Moon Divine General and Kuntian Divine General challenge him, but he defeats them effortlessly and spares them out of consideration for Linglong.
• Jiang Ming and the Undying Empress share an emotionally charged exchange when he recites her poem. Her reaction confirms that she recognizes him on an instinctive or spiritual level.
• Ye Fan, Jiang Ming’s companions, and the surrounding cultivators react with shock and amusement to their apparent relationship.
• Woodcutter Old Man openly jokes about the Immortal Emperor being “cuckolded,” emphasizing the chapter’s comic and scandalous tone.
• By the end, the Undying Empress is held by Jiang Ming, torn between resistance and the familiarity of the relationship she experienced in her dreams.

After centuries of cultivation, Jiang Ming allied with several Ancient Emperors and brought a powerful group to claim the Overlord Body Ancestral Star. He demanded that the Tyrant Body Lineage surrender the star and reform, but a great accomplished tyrant body angrily challenged him.

• The Undying Empress gained an ancient emperor body and a greatly extended lifespan through her time with Jiang Ming, while he advanced to the sixth heavenly layer of the Shrouding Method.
• Three hundred years later, Jiang Ming had reached the quasi-emperor eighth heavenly layer, and his body had become comparable to a fully perfected Great Emperor's.
• Jiang Ming persuaded the Golden Ancient Emperor and the Myriad Dragon Emperor to join his side, offering each ten drops of the Ageless Immortal Spring.
• Jiang Ming led Gai Jiuyou, the Kirin Ancient Emperor, the Golden Ancient Emperor, the Myriad Dragon Emperor, and several ninth-heaven Quasi-Emperor women to the Overlord Body Ancestral Star.
• Jiang Ming declared that the Overlord Body Ancestral Star belonged to him and demanded changes to the Tyrant Body Lineage.
• A great accomplished tyrant body within the Tyrant Body Ancestral Cave shouted in anger and challenged Jiang Ming's authority.

Jiang Ming became a Great Emperor by bearing the world’s suppression while his companions and others attained the Dao. As he refined his body and scripture, conflict erupted when Great Emperors moved against the forbidden lands to recruit Supremes against him.

• Jiang Ming subdued the Xuanming Tyrant Body and the other Tyrant Bodies, claiming the Overlord Body Ancestral Star as his cultivation ground.
• After four hundred years, Jiang Ming announced his attempt to become emperor and shouldered the laws of heaven and earth so others could ascend as well.
• Seven of Jiang Ming’s women, Madman, the elderly Human Demon, the Holy Prince, and Fighting Victorious Buddha became Great Emperors, while several others secretly seized the opportunity.
• Jiang Ming broke through heaven and earth’s barrier, attained his own Great Emperor Dao, and began refining his Dao Fruit and transforming the Great Freedom Dao Scripture.
• The Son of the Celestial Emperor, the Emperor Lord, the Golden Crow Emperor, and the Yaoguang Sacred Son joined forces, while Hua Yunfei also became an emperor under Jiang Ming’s influence.
• After ten peaceful years, battle broke out as Great Emperors sought to subdue the forbidden lands’ Supremes and turn them against Jiang Ming.

Jiang Ming’s five-star fate patterns strengthened his bond with the Ruthless Empress while war spread across the world. When Ning Fei arrived seeking the Undying Empress and enemies attacked the Overlord Body Ancestral Star, Jiang Ming intervened and Ye Fan led the ensuing battle.

• Jiang Ming’s Heavenly Lone Star, Peach Blossom Luck, and A Match Made Across a Thousand Miles fate patterns rose to five stars, and he continued visiting the Ruthless Empress in her heart during seclusion.
• The Holy Prince and Ji Zi destroyed the Undying Mountain, with Ji Zi becoming a Great Emperor, and they wiped out the Sun-Moon Divine Cult and Divine General Kuntian.
• Ning Fei arrived at the Overlord Body Ancestral Star seeking the Undying Empress, who told him to leave because she feared Jiang Ming would misunderstand.
• The Netherworld, four Great Emperors, and Forbidden Land Supremes attacked the Overlord Body Ancestral Star, while Jiang Ming’s women and allies prepared to fight.
• Jiang Ming reached out from his seclusion and seized the Golden Crow Emperor, the Vermilion Bird Great Emperor, and the Emperor Lord; the Heavenly Phoenix Emperor lost an arm, and Great Emperor Yaoguang lost his cauldron.
• Ye Fan emerged from seclusion and led the counterattack, in a battle that killed many Supremes and greatly increased the world’s vital essence.

Chapter Summary: “Forcing His Way into the Immortal Domain”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming completes his tribulation after three years, and the Great Freedom Dao Scripture advances him from a False God-Demon to a true Primordial Demon God.
• The great conflict across the universe reaches its conclusion:
  • The Son of the Celestial Emperor is killed by the Holy Prince and Fighting Saint Buddha.
  • The Yaoguang Sacred Son, despite becoming a Great Emperor, is eventually slain by Ye Fan.
  • Ye Fan becomes the strongest Great Accomplished Sacred Body in history.
  • Gai Jiuyou, Yan Ruyu, Jue Youqing, the Ancient Emperor’s Daughters, and the Heavenly Jade Saintess hunt down and destroy the remaining Forbidden Land Supremes.
• More than twenty Supreme and Great Emperor-level figures die, allowing the universe’s depleted spiritual energy to recover.
• The Source God, Source Ghost, Netherworld monsters, and most forbidden-land forces are destroyed or driven into hiding. Even Emperor, who had planned to refine the universe, becomes too frightened to act.
• Jiang Ming holds a final grand feast for Ye Fan, the Big Black Dog, his family, and other old companions. They eat the flesh of Great Emperor-level Vermilion Birds and Golden Crows, gaining tremendous longevity.
• Jiang Ming prepares for departure. He strengthens his family and allies, leaves a revived Emperor-level mecha for his father, and entrusts the human world to Ye Fan.
• Thirty years later, Jiang Ming forcibly breaks through the barrier near the Immortal Ascension Road and enters the Immortal Domain.
• He immediately confronts and defeats the Immortal Emperor, whose body is shattered by Jiang Ming’s swordsmanship. Only his Undying Heavenly Saber remains, broken into four pieces.
• Jiang Ming brings many of his wives and companions, including four Heavenly Tyrant Bodies, into the Immortal Domain.
• He also brings out the Azure Emperor, who no longer needs to remain hidden now that they have escaped into the Immortal Domain.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming has reached extraordinary power, possessing True Immortal-level combat strength despite not yet being a genuine True Immortal. He is no longer satisfied with gradual cultivation and intends to pursue a stronger path through the Chaotic Ancient Era.
• Ye Fan becomes the greatest Great Accomplished Sacred Body and remains behind to guard the human world, pursuing the difficult path of becoming a Red Dust Immortal.
• Jiang Ming’s father reaches the Ninth Heavenly Layer of Great Ability and prepares to sever his Dao. With longevity medicines, Cai Duyi’s protection, and the gifted mecha, he receives extensive support.
• The Ruthless Empress remains on her own path toward becoming a Red Dust Immortal. Although Jiang Ming feels close to her in dreams, they have not yet become truly intimate in reality.
• Jiang Ming’s future children are established as exceptionally powerful: his daughter with the Female Saint Spirit will be born as a Great Emperor, while his son is sealed to begin as a Great Completion Saint Spirit rather than immediately becoming a Great Emperor.
• Jiang Tingting enters the Immortal Domain, where its long lifespan and Undying Substance give her ample time to reach the Great Emperor realm.
• Jiang Ming’s companions are given access to the cultivation methods from Baby Hao’s era, allowing them to seek immortality without necessarily following the Red Dust Immortal path.

Significant Themes

• The end of an era and the birth of a new one: The fall of the Forbidden Lands and the weakening of the Netherworld usher in a peaceful, revitalized age.
• Power and ambition: Jiang Ming’s strength has surpassed the limits of the current era, motivating him to seek the Chaotic Ancient Era and aim eventually for the Immortal King and Quasi-Immortal Emperor realms.
• Choice of cultivation paths: The chapter contrasts the extremely difficult Red Dust Immortal route with alternative methods of becoming Immortal.
• Family, responsibility, and succession: Before leaving, Jiang Ming safeguards his relatives, supports his companions, and entrusts the human world to Ye Fan.
• Separation and future reunion: Jiang Ming leaves behind many friends and family members, but his preparations ensure they can survive and eventually follow him into higher realms.
• Destiny versus personal control: Jiang Ming repeatedly alters or manages the futures of those close to him, such as sealing his son’s cultivation and arranging paths for his companions.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming reunites with Ye Fan, the Big Black Dog, his relatives, and former allies at the farewell banquet.
• Ye Fan and Jiang Ming share an implicit understanding: Ye Fan will protect the human world while Jiang Ming advances into the Immortal Domain.
• Jiang Ming supports his father’s cultivation and relies on Cai Duyi to protect him at Clumsy Peak.
• Jiang Ming remains emotionally connected to the Ruthless Empress, though their relationship has not fully developed in reality.
• Jiang Ming brings his wives and other close companions into the Immortal Domain, providing them with stronger cultivation methods and long-term opportunities for immortality.

After spending a century with his loved ones in the Immortal Domain, Jiang Ming traveled through time and awoke in the Ancient Mine of Absolute Beginning during the Chaotic Ancient Era. He met the young Shi Hao, took him as his disciple, and began exploring the mine with him.

• Jiang Ming watched his women become Great Emperors and enter secluded cultivation, then repaired the largest crack in the Immortal Domain before leaving.
• Jiang Ming used the power of the Space and Time Ancestral Wizards to travel from the Ancient Mine of Absolute Beginning to another era.
• Jiang Ming awoke before Shi Hao, caught a Little White Tiger Immortality Medicine, and offered to make Shi Hao his disciple.
• Jiang Ming healed Shi Hao's wounds and strengthened him, so Shi Hao bowed and accepted Jiang Ming as his master.
• Jiang Ming let Shi Hao drink from the Immortal Pool, then collected its liquid in his treasure gourd for brewing wine.

Jiang Ming trained in the Ancient Mine of Absolute Beginning and taught Shi Hao the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art, explaining its origins and the other two supreme sword arts. After three months, academy elders came searching for Shi Hao, and Jiang Ming set out with him to explore the mine for opportunities.

• Jiang Ming grew stronger while cultivating, and Shi Hao felt reassured that his powerful master would protect him.
• Jiang Ming gave Shi Hao the complete Immortal Tribulation Sword Art and explained the histories of the Grass-Character Sword Art and the Chaos-Pacifying Art.
• After three months in the Ancient Mine of Absolute Beginning, Shi Hao had transformed and prepared to break through to the Heavenly God Realm.
• Celestial God Academy elders searched for Shi Hao but refused to enter the mine, so Jiang Ming said they should send someone stronger and took Shi Hao exploring.
• Jiang Ming and Shi Hao encountered a dead giant spider whose body still carried immense pressure, and Jiang Ming shrank it to the size of a table-tennis ball.

Jiang Ming and Shi Hao explored the Ancient Mine of Absolute Beginning, where Shi Hao inherited the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Technique and Jiang Ming collected ancient corpses and acquired additional inheritances. They continued cultivating in the mine, with Jiang Ming encouraging Shi Hao to grow stronger through hardship.

• Jiang Ming suppressed a Supreme-level stone lion and turned it into a pellet, which Shi Hao eagerly collected.
• Jiang Ming and Shi Hao entered a black hall where Shi Hao received the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Technique and Jiang Ming studied the inheritance as well.
• Jiang Ming examined the Immortal King and six True Immortal corpses, obtaining their inheritances and learning the Stone Clan's technique from the successor to the Stone King.
• Shi Hao finished comprehending the technique and asked Jiang Ming about the hall, but Jiang Ming brushed off his question.
• Jiang Ming collected absolute beginning fate stones and more ancient corpses, then told Shi Hao to endure hardship and keep cultivating.

After transmigrating into Evan’s body in the world of Wrong Turn, Jiang Ming learned from Saeko Busujima that hidden killers were watching the stranded group. He recognized the danger and sought Saeko’s help as she urged him to find cover and a weapon.

• Jiang Ming realized he had become Evan, one of five friends stranded in the woods after their car’s tires were ruined and Chris crashed into them.
• Saeko Busujima appeared in Jiang Ming’s consciousness and warned that two hostile figures were hiding nearby, while a system panel identified her as an exceptional swordswoman.
• Jiang Ming recognized the scene from Wrong Turn and remembered that Evan had died early in the original story.
• Jiang Ming tried to get Francine to crouch behind the wrecked cars, but she resisted and demanded an explanation.
• Saeko advised Jiang Ming to stay hidden, seek a weapon, and let her take control if he could not fight.

Shi Hao and Jiang Ming dealt with the Celestial God Academy’s students after Shi Hao robbed them, and Jiang Ming traveled to the academy to seek a place to cultivate. Jiang Ming arrived at its gates, planning to meet Meng Tianzheng and obtain an elder’s position.

• An elder from the Celestial God Academy brought the wounded Nine Phoenix Furnace to the Ancient Mine of Absolute Beginning, where Shi Hao robbed a group of academy geniuses.
• Jiang Ming asked Shi Hao about Yuan Qing, then made the students forget that they had seen him before vanishing and telling Shi Hao to find his own way to the academy.
• Jiang Ming traced the students’ karma and traveled from the Ancient Mine of Absolute Beginning to the Celestial God Academy without using a teleportation formation.
• Jiang Ming saw that the academy stood among fallen stars rich with Supreme and True Immortal remains, and he judged it an ideal place to cultivate.
• Jiang Ming noticed that his Fate Pattern, A Match Made Across a Thousand Miles, seemed to have bound him to an unknown woman, then set out to meet Meng Tianzheng and seek an elder’s position.

Jiang Ming met Meng Tianzheng and accepted an honorary elder position at the Celestial God Academy, receiving White Jade Mountain as his sanctuary. He began cultivating there, while Meng Tianzheng mistook him for a Half-Step True Immortal.

• Jiang Ming used a karmic connection to find Meng Tianzheng at his Purple Bamboo Grove residence and introduced himself as a visitor from the Ancient Mine of Absolute Beginning.
• Jiang Ming asked about joining the Celestial God Academy, and Meng Tianzheng offered him an honorary elder position before considering a formal appointment later.
• Meng Tianzheng assigned Jiang Ming White Jade Mountain as his sanctuary to deter the academy's troublesome elders from provoking him.
• Jiang Ming sensed the earth laws within White Jade Mountain and began comprehending the Dao from its summit.
• Meng Tianzheng watched Jiang Ming refuse to become an immortal and concluded that he was a Half-Step True Immortal.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming completes a month of cultivation in the Celestial God Academy, gaining law fragments left by a True Immortal. The experience effectively saves him decades of cultivation and establishes the academy as a valuable long-term training ground.
• Shi Hao arrives at the academy through an unusual route: he disguises himself as Fairy Wang Xi’s servant. His goal is to obtain the Chaos-Pacifying Art and complete his collection of peerless sword techniques.
• Yuan Qing forcefully enters the academy with a young companion, recklessly releasing his aura. The academy’s experts immediately challenge him, ordering him to leave and accusing him of violating its rules.
• Although Yuan Qing is protected by an elder from an immortal island and has cultivated Immortal Qi, Jiang Ming suppresses him with overwhelming power. Yuan Qing is forced to kneel, suffers severe injuries to his legs, and is later exiled to the Ancient Mine of Absolute Beginning for a thousand years.
• Meng Tianzheng intervenes when Yuan Qing’s protector objects. With a single statement, he injures the elder and warns him not to interfere further, revealing that the academy’s principles have declined from their original purity.
• Jiang Ming’s Supreme Puppet and Divine-Demon Dao Soldiers carry Yuan Qing away. Their strength frightens the academy elder, who realizes Meng Tianzheng may have spared him further humiliation.
• Shi Hao recognizes that Jiang Ming has arrived and is secretly pleased by Yuan Qing’s defeat. His arrival also draws Meng Tianzheng’s attention, allowing him to enter the academy directly rather than remain a servant.
• Jiang Ming realizes that his Fate Pattern is connected to something within Shi Hao, likely the Cosmic Embryo containing a hidden female Immortal.
• Meng Tianzheng accepts Shi Hao as a disciple of the Celestial God Academy and gives him True Immortal-grade Phoenix Blood for cultivation. However, he underestimates Shi Hao, unaware of his true potential and self-taught mastery of Immortal Qi.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming grows stronger through his cultivation and demonstrates his increasingly dominant position within the academy. He acts decisively and ruthlessly, showing little concern for the academy’s reputation when punishing Yuan Qing.
• Shi Hao remains cautious and resourceful, using the identity of a servant to infiltrate the academy. He is relieved to discover that Jiang Ming has arrived and begins receiving direct recognition and resources from Meng Tianzheng.
• Yuan Qing is humiliated and physically broken after entering the academy arrogantly. His defeat exposes the gap between his supposed status and Jiang Ming’s actual power.
• Meng Tianzheng becomes active earlier than in the original timeline because Jiang Ming’s presence awakens him. He serves as both a powerful protector and a judge of the academy’s internal conflicts.
• Yuan Qing’s protector is revealed to rely on status and old connections, but he is powerless against Meng Tianzheng and Jiang Ming.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and hierarchy: The chapter emphasizes the vast difference between nominal experts and truly supreme beings. Yuan Qing is considered a Half-Step Supreme, yet he is effortlessly subdued.
• Decline of institutions: Meng Tianzheng observes that the academy was founded with righteous intentions, but some of its elders have become corrupt or self-serving.
• Fate and hidden connections: Jiang Ming’s Fate Pattern links him to Shi Hao’s Cosmic Embryo, suggesting that hidden entities and destinies are drawing the characters together.
• Rewriting destiny: Jiang Ming’s presence changes the original storyline, awakening Meng Tianzheng early and allowing Shi Hao to enter the academy under different circumstances.
• Recognition versus true ability: Shi Hao is underestimated because he has not yet reached the Heavenly God Realm, despite possessing unusually authentic and self-developed power.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming and Shi Hao are connected as master and disciple, though Shi Hao does not yet know Jiang Ming’s name or full identity.
• Meng Tianzheng questions Shi Hao about Jiang Ming and then accepts him into the academy, giving him valuable cultivation resources.
• Jiang Ming directly punishes Yuan Qing, while Meng Tianzheng restrains Yuan Qing’s protector and prevents the conflict from damaging the academy further.
• Yuan Qing’s arrogant entrance contrasts sharply with Shi Hao’s cautious infiltration, highlighting their opposing personalities and eventual positions within the academy.

Jiang Ming prepared to enter the Immortal Battlefield, hoping to use its chaotic laws to return to the True Immortal realm and reclaim the Heaven and Earth Bag. As the Celestial God Academy’s young cultivators traveled there, Jiang Ming gained further insight into spatial laws.

• Jiang Ming finished comprehending the usable Great Dao fragments on White Jade Mountain, raising his physical body to the late-stage True Immortal level.
• The Immortal Battlefield opened, and Meng Tianzheng asked Jiang Ming to accompany him there to seek remnants left by the dead cultivators.
• Jiang Ming revealed that he planned to use the battlefield’s laws to break through to True Immortal, shocking Meng Tianzheng before he accepted Jiang Ming’s explanation that he was returning to his former realm.
• Jiang Ming joined Meng Tianzheng and the young cultivators aboard a Supreme-level golden warship bound for the Immortal Battlefield.
• Jiang Ming studied the True Immortal teleportation formation’s spatial laws during the journey and made rapid progress toward completing the Space Dao for a Minor World.

Jiang Ming protected the Golden Supreme Warship on its journey to the Immortal Antiquity Battlefield, then began absorbing chaotic immortal Dao laws to transform. As a month passed, the students explored the deadly battlefield and fought among themselves while Jiang Ming continued cultivating undisturbed.

• Jiang Ming used his Taiji Divine-Demon Diagram to shield the warship from the battlefield’s chaotic Dao laws, then plunged into the sky to cultivate.
• Meng Tianzheng began the students’ trials and warned them not to kill one another, while an elder explained the battlefield’s dangers after killing a crimson rat formed from baleful energy.
• The students set out in groups to search for legacies and ruins, while Jiang Ming transformed into a multicolored cocoon and absorbed fragments of the Great Dao.
• Meng Tianzheng marveled at Jiang Ming’s cultivation as he continued transforming, intending to strengthen his body later by absorbing the battlefield’s baleful energy.
• A month passed as Jiang Ming remained immersed in cultivation and the students fought more recklessly, launching deadly attacks whenever they found an opportunity.

Jiang Ming broke through to the True Immortal realm after recultivating his foundations, while his physical body began absorbing the Immortal Battlefield. The Other Realm then opened a passage into the battlefield, bringing an enslaved Immortal King Weapon and provoking a world-shaking tribulation.

• Jiang Ming used a spatial black hole to take the Fire Leaf Orchid after Shi Hao complained about it.
• Jiang Ming completed his breakthrough to the True Immortal realm by recultivating his foundations through methods of the Chaotic Ancient Era and the Current Era Method.
• An altar among forty-nine mountains activated and began opening a passage for the Other Realm's forces.
• Jiang Ming told Meng Tianzheng to handle the situation and merged into the Immortal Battlefield to absorb its energy for his physical transformation.
• A red tribulation punishment formed as the Heaven and Earth Bag, an Immortal King Weapon from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, arrived under the control of an Exotic Domain Immortal King.

The Heaven and Earth Bag returned from the Other Realm, where its envoy arranged a battle between the realms’ prodigies. As the clashes began, Jiang Ming continued transforming and set his sights on stealing the Immortal King Weapon.

• The Heaven and Earth Bag appeared through an altar, and a skeleton carrying a female Supreme’s divine sense mocked the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
• A prodigy traced the skeleton to an ancestor of the Bai Family, while the visitor explained that the Other Realm had many such remains and offered to return a batch in exchange for a contest between prodigies.
• Meng Tianzheng agreed to the contest, and the Ten Realms Diagram and Heaven and Earth Bag formed a protected battleground for the fighters.
• Jiang Ming devoured blood fiend energy from a third of the Immortal Battlefield, and his two unsuppressed fate patterns became Quasi-Immortal King-level patterns.
• Jiang Ming’s fate pattern sent a red thread to the crystalline skeleton, while he focused on transforming and planned to seize the Heaven and Earth Bag.
• The battle between the two sides began, and prodigies started to fall.