Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: Shi Hao’s Arranged Fate

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming leads Shi Hao and Huo Ling’er to Black Water City, a place containing immense fortune and the infamous Black Water Heavenly Prison.
• The prison once belonged to the Black Water Immortal King and holds powerful captives, including descendants of major figures from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
• Jiang Ming deliberately arranges for Shi Hao to be imprisoned. Shi Hao severely injures the warden’s son, publicly provokes the authorities, and is sentenced to three Yue in the prison.
• Inside, Shi Hao discovers the tortured son of the Nine Nether Ao, one of the Ten Feral Beasts. The man has been kept alive so the Other Realm can force him to reveal his father’s sealed inheritance.
• Jiang Ming realizes that this prisoner may be preserving his life through a secret technique, possibly preparing for Nirvana and a breakthrough to the True Immortal realm. He decides that the man must be rescued.
• The prison’s black water seals magical power and relentlessly erodes the bodies and souls of prisoners. Even high-level armor is destroyed almost instantly.
• Rather than being crippled, Shi Hao adapts to the black water and uses it to temper his body and cultivate the Immortal Scripture. After one month, he becomes significantly stronger and begins treating the prison as a valuable cultivation resource.
• Huo Ling’er spreads news of Shi Hao’s imprisonment and recruits female prodigies from powerful factions to come to his aid.
• Jiang Ming exposes that the injured warden’s son cultivated the horrifying Bone-Transforming Technique, using memory crystals taken from corrupt prison guards. The revelation causes widespread outrage and turns public opinion against the prison authorities.
• As Shi Hao’s allies create turmoil outside, the Black Water Demon Snake, the prison’s Half-Step Undying One guardian, suddenly goes berserk and appears to be advancing toward the Undying One realm.

Character Developments

• Shi Hao initially resents Jiang Ming’s seemingly cruel plan and struggles against the black water’s torture. He soon turns the ordeal into an opportunity, demonstrating his adaptability, resilience, and talent for transforming danger into cultivation gains.
• Jiang Ming acts as a manipulative but purposeful mentor. He engineers Shi Hao’s imprisonment, investigates the prison’s secrets, identifies the potential survivor from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and prepares the broader political situation for a rescue.
• Huo Ling’er becomes an important organizer and ally. She uses her connections to gather powerful prodigies and build support for Shi Hao.
• The Nine Nether Ao’s son is revealed as a tragic survivor whose body and spirit have been brutalized for the sake of his father’s inheritance. His continued existence suggests hidden strength and a possible future transformation.
• The warden’s son is exposed as a cruel cultivator who consumed prodigies’ brains and practiced a vile bone-manipulation technique, making Shi Hao’s attack appear justified.
• The Black Water Demon Snake shifts from prison guardian to an immediate destabilizing threat as it begins its breakthrough.

Significant Themes

• Adversity as opportunity: Shi Hao converts an apparently fatal prison sentence into a method of strengthening his body.
• Cruelty and exploitation: The prison represents the Other Realm’s systematic torture of captured enemies and its attempt to extract bloodline inheritances through suffering.
• Mentorship and manipulation: Jiang Ming guides Shi Hao through deliberately contrived danger, blurring the line between protection, training, and cruelty.
• Justice versus authority: Although Shi Hao technically commits the offense that leads to his imprisonment, the exposure of the warden’s son’s crimes reveals the corruption behind the prison’s authority.
• Hidden survival and hope: The tortured descendant of the Nine Nether Ao embodies endurance beneath apparent death and hints at a coming rescue or rebirth.
• Power through alliances: Huo Ling’er’s mobilization of influential prodigies shows that political connections and collective action can challenge even a powerful institution.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming instructs Shi Hao to provoke the prison authorities, forcing him into the Heavenly Prison.
• Shi Hao recognizes that Jiang Ming likely arranged the imprisonment partly to locate and rescue the surviving descendant of the Nine Nether Ao.
• Huo Ling’er supports Jiang Ming’s strategy by spreading the story and gathering reinforcements among major factions.
• Shi Hao’s imprisonment and the warden’s son’s crimes unite outside prodigies against the Black Water authorities.
• Jiang Ming’s revelations transform Shi Hao’s personal punishment into a broader confrontation involving the prison, its guardians, and powerful political factions.

Jiang Ming helped Nine Nether Ao’s offspring undergo nirvana and escape the Other Realm, then arranged for the Gu Race’s ancestor to assist Shi Hao. The destruction of Black Water City drew attention away from Jiang Ming, while Gu prepared a matchmaking gathering that could help Jiang Ming claim the Gu Race’s legacy.

• Jiang Ming drained the Black Water Demon Snake and Black Water Heavenly Prison to help Nine Nether Ao’s offspring undergo nirvana, become a True Immortal, and escape through the Heavenly Abyss.
• Jiang Ming destroyed Black Water City and used Nine Nether Ao’s secret art to make him appear responsible, diverting the Other Realm’s attention.
• News spread that Nine Nether Ao had destroyed the prison and killed Blackwater Undying, while Shi Hao continued training and gained entry into the Other Realm’s prodigy circle.
• The Gu Race’s ancestor, who had secretly reached the Immortal King Colossus level, saw Jiang Ming through a space-time rift and was asked to help Shi Hao and Huo Ling’er advance.
• Gu agreed to help Shi Hao by arranging a matchmaking gathering for one of his clan’s prodigies.

Jiang Ming discovered that his new fate patterns had linked him to Xiao Qi, the last surviving first-generation Borderland Seven King, who lay gravely wounded beneath the Primordial Imperial City. He resolved to help her after his journey to the Other Realm, and she stirred from sleep after dreaming.

• Jiang Ming found that Red Phoenix Star Stirring and A Match Made Across a Thousand Miles had become quasi-Immortal-Emperor fate patterns and revealed red threads connecting him to Willow God and a wounded woman beneath an ancient city.
• Jiang Ming recognized the woman as Xiao Qi, the seventh sibling of the first-generation Borderland Seven Kings, and saw that she bore wounds from nineteen Immortal Kings suppressed by the remaining essence blood of her six brothers.
• Jiang Ming learned through fragments of time how Xiao Qi’s brothers had died or vanished while defending the Primordial Ancient Realm, leaving her to endure grievous injuries through the ages.
• Jiang Ming decided he would visit Xiao Qi after his journey to the Other Realm and use the Fortune Lotus Essence to heal her, while considering how his Great Dream Heart Scripture might help him speak with her in dreams.
• Xiao Qi’s eyelashes trembled beneath the Primordial Imperial City, and she fell asleep after enduring pain for ages.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming uses the Great Dream Heart Scripture to create a vast, vivid dreamscape for the injured female Immortal King, Xiao Qi. The dream moves through beautiful scenes representing all four seasons: peach blossoms, pear and bamboo forests, autumn fields of golden flowers, and a snowy landscape with red plum blossoms.
• He reveals that he is attempting to heal her severe injuries, particularly the wounds in her heart and her desire to die.
• Jiang Ming claims to have traveled from the lower reaches of the River of Time, intending to change events he does not want to witness, despite the enormous karmic backlash such actions could cause.
• He begins recalling mysterious fragments of a former existence. He describes leaving a footprint at a tragic ancient embankment and meeting a young girl in red whom he nicknamed “Red-Clad.”
• These details reveal that Jiang Ming is the mysterious figure who met the female Immortal King during her childhood. He had guided her, spent three happy years with her, and left behind a small white glazed lotus flame that protected her from dark corruption.
• Realizing his identity, she recognizes him as Brother Jiang Ming and runs into his arms in tears, overwhelmed by relief and fear that he had died.
• The chapter closes by explaining the origins of the Emperor Fall Era, which began after a Quasi-Immortal Emperor from the Primordial Ancient Realm died in battle. The resulting signs—falling flowers and red snow—caused countless factions to believe the realm held the secret to becoming a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, triggering a devastating war.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming is shown as powerful, mysterious, and burdened by fragmented memories of multiple identities or deaths. He may be connected to the legendary Footprint Emperor, though he himself does not fully understand his past.
• His primary motivation is compassionate: he wants to save the female Immortal King despite her hopelessness and the immense cost of interfering with time.
• The Female Immortal King/Xiao Qi shifts from guarded disbelief to emotional vulnerability. Her recognition of Jiang Ming breaks through her usual calm and reveals that she has loved and remembered him since childhood.
• Her past suffering becomes clearer: Jiang Ming’s guidance and the lotus flame preserved her life and sanity through years of darkness, making him central to her survival.

Significant Themes

• Memory and identity: Jiang Ming’s recollections suggest that identity may persist across death, reincarnation, or fractured timelines.
• Love enduring across time: The female Immortal King has remained emotionally devoted to Jiang Ming for countless years, unable to replace him in her heart.
• Healing and the will to live: Jiang Ming attempts not only to mend her physical wounds but also to overcome her inner despair and death wish.
• Fate versus intervention: His attempt to alter history risks enormous karmic consequences, raising questions about whether even powerful beings can resist the laws of time.
• War born from loss: The fall of a powerful ancient figure transforms grief into suspicion and ambition, leading multiple realms into conflict.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming and the female Immortal King begin with distance and suspicion, with her questioning his identity and doubting his claims about time travel.
• Jiang Ming recounts their shared past without realizing its full significance, while she immediately recognizes details known only to them.
• Her restrained demeanor collapses when she realizes he is truly Brother Jiang Ming; she embraces him while crying, revealing the depth of her long-held attachment.
• Their reunion connects Jiang Ming’s mysterious past to the female Immortal King’s personal history and suggests that their relationship may be crucial to the larger struggle surrounding the Emperor Fall Era.

The female Immortal King reunited with Jiang Ming in a dream, where their closeness helped him complete the Great Dream Heart Scripture. After learning that an Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree was about to mature, Jiang Ming went to claim its remaining leaves and planned to merge it with the tree in the Ancient Burial Zone.

• The female Immortal King embraced Jiang Ming, recalled the legendary Footprint Emperor, and wept as she feared the dream would end.
• The red thread transferred the female Immortal King's Dao injuries to Jiang Ming, who absorbed them and discovered a new ability in his Fate Pattern.
• After spending time together in the dream, Jiang Ming and the female Immortal King became Dao companions.
• Jiang Ming completed the Great Dream Heart Scripture and assigned his Dao Palace Deity to cultivate toward the Red Dust Immortal Realm.
• Jiang Ming learned that Shi Hao had gone to seek an Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree and decided to claim it and merge it with the tree in the Ancient Burial Zone.
• Jiang Ming arrived after prodigies had taken more than a hundred leaves, leaving the rest of the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree for him.

Chapter Summary: Am I the Footprint Emperor?

Key Plot Points and Events

• Every Undying One who attended Jiang Ming’s ceremony dies peacefully in their dreams, while Jiang Ming spares the younger generation.
• With a gesture, Jiang Ming takes the entire Undying Mountain and the Undying Divine Medicines within it.
• The younger generation, including Shi Hao, flees. Shi Hao is accompanied by his wives, Huo Ling’er and the Gu Race heavenly pride Gu Qing’er.
• Jiang Ming plans to enter the Immortal Domain to cultivate and complete the Quasi-Immortal King chapter of the Great Freedom Dao Scripture.
• He absorbs the dangerous Immortal King-level Dao laws afflicting the female Immortal King, both rescuing her and turning those laws into nourishment for his own cultivation.
• Jiang Ming gathers descendants of the Primordial Ancient Realm scattered across the Other Realm, relocating more than ten billion people into a specially prepared immortal island within his Inner Heaven and Earth. He intends to bring them to the Immortal Domain.
• Shi Hao continues following the “inertia of fate” and travels to the Sea Waterfall, despite the disasters that have repeatedly followed him.
• At the Sea Waterfall, Shi Hao reunites with the Golden Burial Scholars Sanzang and Shen Ming. Their fishing summons an enormous ancestor fish fry, a Supreme-level creature preparing to transform into an Immortal through the Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate.
• Jiang Ming instructs Ancient Female Double Pupils and Phoenix Maiden to follow the fish and use a drop of Kun Peng essence blood when it begins to fail, allowing them to benefit from its transformation.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming demonstrates overwhelming power and increasing influence. He casually destroys or relocates major forces, rescues oppressed populations, and continues absorbing powerful Dao laws to advance his cultivation.
• He remains cautious about the future and the possibility of being the mysterious Footprint Emperor, worrying about whether even his current strength will be enough to survive the coming Chaos Era.
• Jiang Ming’s protective attitude toward Shi Hao becomes clearer. He spares the younger generation largely because of Shi Hao and appears to have influenced Shi Hao’s marriage to Huo Ling’er.
• Shi Hao has reached the peak of the Illuminated Dao Realm and is close to breaking into the Escape-One Realm. However, he is increasingly suspicious that his extraordinary misfortunes and opportunities are connected to Jiang Ming.
• Shi Hao remains wary of Sanzang and Shen Ming because of their mysterious past lives and connection to the Origin Ancient Artifact, though he still chooses to observe their actions.
• Sanzang and Shen Ming have recovered wisdom from past lives, possibly including former Immortal King identities. They recognize Shi Hao as a person of great fortune and believe following him will lead to further opportunities.
• Ancient Female Double Pupils and Phoenix Maiden are given a chance to improve themselves by following the ancestor fish fry’s transformation.
• The Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree becomes calm and reverent after encountering the Quasi-World Tree-level Bodhi Tree, highlighting the ambition and intelligence of spiritual medicines.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and responsibility: Jiang Ming possesses the strength to destroy entire factions, yet uses it to rescue prisoners and preserve the younger generation.
• Fate and narrative inertia: Shi Hao repeatedly arrives at places and events that seem destined to occur, even when outside interference has changed the world.
• Cause and effect: Jiang Ming warns that merely thinking about or mentioning powerful beings can create karma, emphasizing the danger of names, thoughts, and unseen connections.
• Cultivation and transformation: Immortal medicines, Dao laws, and the ancestor fish all represent beings seeking to transcend their current limits.
• Protection amid future catastrophe: Jiang Ming’s evacuation of the Primordial Ancient Realm’s descendants reflects his awareness that future wars may destroy even seemingly safe worlds.
• Mystery of identity: Jiang Ming continues wondering whether he is connected to the Footprint Emperor and whether his actions are part of a larger predestined cycle.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming silently reacts to Shi Hao’s complaints, amused and annoyed that Shi Hao benefits from his protection while still blaming him for the surrounding chaos.
• Shi Hao’s relationship with Huo Ling’er and Gu Qing’er reflects his growing status, while Jiang Ming’s special regard for Huo Ling’er suggests a paternal bond.
• Shi Hao cautiously speaks with Sanzang and Shen Ming at the Sea Waterfall, listening to their cryptic claims about fishing across eternity and past lives.
• Jiang Ming advises Ancient Female Double Pupils and Phoenix Maiden, directing them to use the ancestor fish fry’s transformation to strengthen themselves.
• The reunion at the Sea Waterfall brings together Jiang Ming, Shi Hao, the two women, and the Golden Burial Scholars at a major opportunity shaped by fate.

Chapter Summary: “Kun Peng Son’s Father”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming reflects on how transformation into a dragon or Kun Peng depends on Fortune. He reveals that he possesses Kun Peng essence blood, obtained from the son of the Female Kun Peng in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.
• The Female Kun Peng is not truly dead; her obsession has fused with a weapon, and she is undergoing Nirvana inside Jiang Ming’s Inner Heaven and Earth. Kun Peng Son’s primary and secondary bodies were also captured, forcibly fused, and sealed in an egg to undergo Nirvana alongside his mother and the Kun Peng King.
• Jiang Ming, Shen Ming, the Ancient Female Double Pupils, Phoenix Maiden, Shi Hao’s group, and Sanzang follow an enormous Ancestral Fish Fry attempting the legendary Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate. This transformation can grant immense Fortune, karma, secrets, and evolutionary benefits.
• An Other Realm Undying One attempts to seize the fish using a World Tree branch. Jiang Ming effortlessly snaps the branch, stores it for future use, and kills the Undying One with a casual flick.
• The Ancestral Fish Fry survives Heavenly Punishment and successfully crosses the sea waterfall. Following Jiang Ming’s instructions, the women pour Kun Peng essence blood into its wounds, guiding its evolution toward a Kun Peng-like form.
• The fish transforms into a True Immortal, and the resulting immortal light nourishes everyone nearby.
• After the transformation, Jiang Ming receives fragmented memories revealing a shocking truth: Kun Peng Son is his biological son, conceived during the Immortal Ancient Era with the Female Kun Peng.
• Jiang Ming confirms the connection through karma and fate. Feeling guilty for having judged Kun Peng Son harshly, he uses a drop of Fortune Lotus Essence to repair his son’s body and help him break through to the Supreme Realm.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming: Learns that Kun Peng Son is his own son, forcing him to reevaluate his past contempt. His anger toward Kun Peng Son may have partly arisen from instinctive paternal concern. He becomes protective and compassionate, helping his son complete his breakthrough.
• Kun Peng Son: Reframed from a reckless wastrel into a talented but burdened survivor. His use of the Primary-Secondary Body Cultivation Technique was a strategic attempt to conceal his identity and protect himself while enemies targeted the Female Kun Peng’s lineage.
• Female Kun Peng: Revealed to have been Jiang Ming’s partner and Kun Peng Son’s mother. Though presumed dead, she continues to exist through her obsession and is undergoing Nirvana.
• Shen Ming and the other women: Follow the Ancestral Fish Fry and participate in its evolution by supplying Kun Peng essence blood.
• Ancestral Fish Fry: Evolves from a nearly mindless Half-Step True Immortal into a True Immortal, gaining a clearer path toward Kun Peng-like transformation.
• Other Realm Undying One: Demonstrates the arrogance and power of the Other Realm but is instantly killed after underestimating Jiang Ming.

Significant Themes

• Fate versus Fortune: The Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate symbolizes escaping a predetermined destiny and seizing a higher form of existence.
• Bloodline and inheritance: Kun Peng Son’s behavior and potential are connected to his extraordinary lineage, while Jiang Ming’s discovery emphasizes the unexpected consequences of ancient relationships.
• Misjudgment and parental responsibility: Jiang Ming realizes that he viewed Kun Peng Son unfairly, judging his failures without understanding the dangers and pressures he faced.
• Transformation and rebirth: The Ancestral Fish Fry’s evolution, the Nirvana of the Kun Pengs, and the restoration of Kun Peng Son’s body all reflect the possibility of renewal.
• Overwhelming power: Jiang Ming’s casual destruction of a World Tree branch and effortless killing of an Undying One highlight the vast gap between him and ordinary Immortal-level experts.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming gives Shen Ming and the others the opportunity to follow the Ancestral Fish Fry and benefit from its transformation.
• He protects the fish from the Other Realm’s attempt to capture it.
• Jiang Ming instructs the women to infuse the fish with Kun Peng blood, directly influencing its evolution.
• His discovery of his relationship with Kun Peng Son changes their dynamic from distant judgment to reluctant but genuine fatherly concern.
• By using Fortune Lotus Essence to aid Kun Peng Son, Jiang Ming finally acts as a father rather than merely criticizing his son’s past choices.

Chapter Summary: “Traces Left by the Footprint Emperor”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming reassesses his view of Kun Peng Son, realizing that the young man’s apparent weakness came from years of hardship rather than laziness or incompetence.
• He grants Kun Peng Son the Immortal King-level Mending Heaven Art, along with his insights into the Yin-Yang, Devouring, and Spatial Daos and the Kun Peng Method. His goal is to help Kun Peng Son achieve a perfect transformation and become an Extreme Dao Supreme.
• Jiang Ming places the Ancestral Fish Fry, Ancient Female Double Pupils, and Phoenix Maiden into his Inner Heaven and Earth so they can continue transforming or cultivate in seclusion.
• He infiltrates the Immortal Domain by disguising himself as a Thunder Spirit. Along the way, he discovers that Thunder Emperor’s Primordial Spirit is dead, though his corpse might eventually revive if buried in Myriad Things Soil.
• After entering the Immortal Domain with Shi Hao and the others, Jiang Ming absorbs Dao traces left by ancient Immortal Kings, using the region’s history and cultivation environment to strengthen himself.
• He secretly gathers the Thunder Spirits into his Inner Heaven and Earth, where abundant Myriad Things Soil may give Thunder Emperor and the spirits a chance at renewal.
• Jiang Ming remains wary of the Immortal Domain’s dangerous and decaying power structure. He intends to return later and potentially eliminate Immortal Kings who oppose him.
• Two months later, he leaves the Immortal Domain with Shi Hao’s group, sensing that a greater opportunity lies along their route to the Primordial Imperial City.
• The group arrives at the Endless Lightning Abyss, where they find a surviving branch of Willow God. Willow God is in a half-dead state after suffering calamity during Nirvana, but she has left a Primordial Spirit imprint for Shi Hao.
• Jiang Ming instructs Shi Hao and the others to cultivate beneath the willow tree, encouraging Shi Hao to break through to the One with the Dao Realm.
• Jiang Ming then notices faint footprints crossing a distorted desert of sand and time-space. He identifies them as traces left by the legendary Footprint Emperor, likely marking the route Willow God took into the Boundary Sea.
• When Jiang Ming steps onto the path, his feet perfectly match the footprints, suggesting a mysterious connection between him and the Footprint Emperor.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming becomes more compassionate toward Kun Peng Son and takes on a protective, almost paternal role. He also grows increasingly confident in his ability to dominate the Immortal Domain and reshape its order.
• Kun Peng Son receives the resources and guidance needed to overcome his lack of comprehension and improve his cultivation.
• Thunder Emperor is revealed to be physically present but spiritually dead, leaving open the possibility of future resurrection or restoration.
• Shi Hao is excited and emotional upon finding another trace of Willow God, but he follows Jiang Ming’s advice and settles down to cultivate.
• Willow God is shown to have endured tremendous damage but still cares deeply for Shi Hao, leaving behind a spiritual imprint to guide or comfort him.
• Jiang Ming’s discovery of the matching footprints hints that his destiny or identity may be linked to the Footprint Emperor.

Significant Themes

• Redemption and parental compassion: Jiang Ming’s changed attitude toward Kun Peng Son emphasizes understanding the suffering behind apparent failure.
• Inheritance and transformation: Cultivation techniques, Dao insights, and spiritual imprints are passed down to help others reach a higher state.
• Death, revival, and unfinished existence: Thunder Emperor and Willow God both exist in incomplete states, suggesting that death in this world may be reversible or transitional.
• Decay within powerful institutions: Despite its resources, the Immortal Domain is portrayed as politically fractured, dangerous, and spiritually stagnant.
• Destiny and identity: The matching footprints raise questions about Jiang Ming’s relationship to the Footprint Emperor and whether he is following, inheriting, or repeating an ancient path.
• Hidden opportunities: Jiang Ming repeatedly looks beyond obvious destinations, recognizing that the greatest fortunes often lie in overlooked places and remnants of the past.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming mentors Kun Peng Son by directly providing techniques and personal Dao comprehension.
• He protects and supports his companions by placing them in his Inner Heaven and Earth for secluded cultivation.
• Jiang Ming secretly uses the Thunder Spirits to infiltrate the Immortal Domain and later offers them access to Myriad Things Soil.
• Shi Hao reacts strongly to Willow God’s presence, while Jiang Ming redirects his emotions toward disciplined cultivation.
• Willow God communicates indirectly with Shi Hao through her Primordial Spirit imprint.
• The chapter ends with Jiang Ming physically aligning himself with the Footprint Emperor’s ancient trail, creating a major mystery about their connection.

Chapter Summary: “Four Strands of Quasi-Immortal Emperor Light”

Key Plot Points and Events

• While Shi Hao and the others cultivate in seclusion, Jiang Ming enters a state of enlightenment and continues developing the Great Freedom Dao Scripture.
• After three months, Shen Ming and Sanzang notice Jiang Ming standing nearby. Shi Hao reassures them that Jiang Ming is his master and poses no threat, giving them confidence that their cultivation is safe.
• Jiang Ming successfully creates the Immortal King chapter of his Dao Scripture. The breakthrough causes lightning power to surge into him and grants him four additional strands of Quasi-Immortal Emperor Light, bringing his total to six. Nine strands would form complete Quasi-Immortal Emperor Light.
• His combat strength rises dramatically. He can now easily handle several Peak Immortal Kings and even confront an Immortal King Colossus directly.
• Several of Jiang Ming’s Daos—including Space-Time, Yin-Yang, Heaven-Earth World, and Sword Dao—have reached the Immortal King level. His progress is still slowed by the difficulty of comprehending Karma, Fate, Void and Reality, and Life and Death.
• Jiang Ming confirms through recovered memories that he has visited this mysterious region before. The area contains traces associated with an ancient road of no return, where countless powerful Immortal Kings once died while searching for a breakthrough beyond the Immortal King realm.
• He encounters warnings and arrangements left by Willow God, including a stele advising weaker cultivators not to proceed and a teleportation formation intended to preserve the lives of later travelers. Jiang Ming ultimately chooses not to advance farther into the dangerous region.
• Returning to the Thunder Abyss, Jiang Ming gathers precious Immortal King-grade Thunder Tribulation Liquid and allows the powerful lightning to temper his body and Primordial Spirit for a month.
• Shi Hao completes his breakthrough into the Escape-One Realm. Huo Ling’er later achieves the same breakthrough with ease.
• Huo Ling’er’s cultivation and bloodlines undergo a major transformation. After recovering the Primordial Purple Qi Dao Seed, it fuses with her other two Dao seeds, allowing her three immortal qi streams to merge into the Three Great Dao Flowers. Her previous experience in Samsara also awakens her Vermilion Bird and Phoenix bloodlines.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming makes his most significant advancement so far, reaching six strands of Quasi-Immortal Emperor Light and greatly increasing his physical, spiritual, and combat power. His Primordial Spirit becomes comparable to that of an Immortal King.
• Shi Hao completes his Escape-One breakthrough and shows complete trust in Jiang Ming, relying on him to protect the group during dangerous cultivation.
• Huo Ling’er grows into an exceptionally powerful cultivator through Jiang Ming’s guidance and opportunities. Her three Dao origins merge, and her awakened divine bloodlines further enhance her strength.
• Shen Ming and Sanzang initially fear Jiang Ming’s sudden appearance but quickly relax after learning that he is Shi Hao’s master. They are reassured that they can cultivate safely.
• The Gu Race girl remains innocent and straightforward. Her question about whether Jiang Ming or her grandfather, Gu Ancestor, is stronger highlights her childlike curiosity and her closeness to Huo Ling’er.

Significant Themes

• Cultivation through enlightenment and creation: Jiang Ming advances not merely by accumulating power, but by creating and refining his own Dao Scripture.
• The danger of seeking transcendence: The mysterious footprints and road of no return show how countless Immortal Kings sacrificed themselves while pursuing a realm beyond their limits.
• Protection and responsibility: Willow God’s warnings and escape formation, along with Jiang Ming’s guardianship of Shi Hao and the others, emphasize the duty powerful figures have toward later generations.
• Fortune shaped by guidance: Huo Ling’er’s immense growth results from both her own talent and the opportunities Jiang Ming provides, showing how personal potential and external guidance work together.
• The limits of power: Despite Jiang Ming’s enormous strength, he recognizes that some regions and Daos remain beyond him, encouraging caution rather than reckless confidence.

Character Interactions

• Shen Ming and Sanzang react nervously to Jiang Ming’s presence, but Shi Hao calmly explains their relationship and reassures them.
• Jiang Ming watches over the cultivators while they advance, acting as both protector and mentor.
• Huo Ling’er shows deep respect and gratitude toward Jiang Ming, regarding him as the strongest figure in her life.
• Huo Ling’er and the Gu Race girl share a warm relationship; Huo Ling’er appreciates the girl’s innocence and gently avoids answering her difficult comparison between Jiang Ming and Gu Ancestor.
• Shi Hao and Huo Ling’er both understand that Gu Ancestor entrusted the girl to them for important reasons, reinforcing their sense of responsibility toward her.

Chapter Summary:

First-Generation Borderland Seven Kings: Xuan King

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming remains trapped in the Quasi-Immortal King realm and recognizes that reaching the Red Dust Immortal realm will require roughly a century of transformation, despite cultivating the Great Dream Heart Scripture to accelerate his progress.
• While training in Thunder Abyss, he absorbs vast amounts of lightning and condenses Immortal King-level lightning Dao laws. This gives him another offensive method: using Heavenly Punishment alongside the power of his Inner Heaven and Earth.
• Jiang Ming continues refining his techniques:
  • The Nine Secrets are elevated to Ordinary Immortal King level.
  • Nine Secrets: Jie is improved from a tenfold to a twentyfold increase in battle power, inspired by Shi Hao’s third Supreme Bone Nirvana.
  • Nine Secrets: Shu can now produce nine clones with Jiang Ming’s ordinary battle strength.
  • Nine Secrets: Qian becomes a powerful Primordial Spirit and fate-related technique.
  • Nine Secrets: Bing is also expected to become especially troublesome for future Immortal Kings.
• Jiang Ming compares his cloning technique with Shi Hao’s far more powerful He Transforms into Freedom Technique, which can summon the power and forms of legendary figures from different eras. He admits he cannot yet reproduce such an extraordinary art.
• After another month in Thunder Abyss, the lightning weakens, so Jiang Ming leads the group away and travels to the ruined Primordial Imperial City.
• Huo Ling’er experiences a powerful awakening of her ancestral blood and gains sudden insight into previously incomprehensible Dao laws.
• To protect the Gu Race girl, Jiang Ming disguises her as a Kun Peng descendant and instructs her to claim she is Kun Peng Son’s daughter, ensuring she receives protection while concealing her true identity.
• Inside the Imperial City, Jiang Ming locates the sleeping female Immortal King, Mysterious Maiden—also called Red-Clad—using the Marriage Red Thread.
• He discovers that the essence blood of her six deceased brothers has formed a burly Dao-law figure, which has absorbed half of her injuries out of brotherly devotion.
• Jiang Ming awakens Mysterious Maiden and begins helping her undergo Nirvana. He uses Fortune-Linked Liquid and absorbs the corrosive Dao laws damaging her body, treating them as beneficial nourishment.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming: Grows substantially stronger through lightning cultivation and the evolution of the Nine Secrets, while remaining frustrated by his inability to break through to the Red Dust Immortal realm. His compassion and responsibility are emphasized through his efforts to protect the Gu Race girl and save Mysterious Maiden.
• Shi Hao: Though mostly absent, his third Supreme Bone Nirvana and the later He Transforms into Freedom Technique serve as major inspirations and benchmarks for Jiang Ming’s cultivation.
• Huo Ling’er: Her bloodline awakens in the Primordial Imperial City, greatly improving her comprehension and revealing the strength of her ancestral heritage.
• The Gu Race girl: Accepts a fabricated Kun Peng identity to protect herself, her grandfather, and the Gu Race from retaliation.
• Mysterious Maiden/Red-Clad: Her condition has improved due to Jiang Ming’s previous aid, and she is now ready to undergo a deeper recovery and Nirvana process.
• Mysterious Maiden’s six brothers: Their posthumous sacrifice is revealed through the Dao-law manifestation formed from their essence blood, highlighting their enduring love and loyalty.

Significant Themes

• Cultivation through adaptation: Jiang Ming continually evolves existing techniques rather than waiting for a breakthrough, demonstrating creativity and persistence.
• Limits and patience: Even immense power cannot overcome every barrier immediately; Jiang Ming must accept the long process required to reach the Red Dust Immortal realm.
• Inheritance and inspiration: Shi Hao’s achievements, the Nine Secrets, and the bloodline legacy of the Primordial Imperial City all show how later generations build upon earlier wisdom.
• Sacrifice and familial love: Mysterious Maiden’s brothers preserve her life even after death, embodying devotion that transcends mortality.
• Identity and survival: The Gu Race girl’s disguise illustrates the dangers of political and racial conflict, as well as the importance of concealment in a hostile world.
• Protection against darkness: The ruined Imperial City symbolizes the sacrifices made to defend the Primordial Ancient Realm from the Other Realm, the Boundary Sea, and darkness.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming instructs and reassures the Gu Race girl, giving her a Kun Peng identity and explaining the lineage she must claim.
• Jiang Ming reunites with Mysterious Maiden, who reacts with joy upon seeing him, though he immediately restrains her movement so he can begin treating her injuries.
• His interaction with Mysterious Maiden’s brothers’ Dao-law manifestation reveals the depth of their sacrifice and Jiang Ming’s determination to replace their burden by personally healing her.
• Jiang Ming’s cultivation is repeatedly shaped by Shi Hao’s methods, especially the Supreme Bone’s stacking ability and the He Transforms into Freedom Technique.

After a month of recovery, the female Immortal King gained a wisp of quasi-Immortal Emperor light while Jiang Ming remained with her. In the Primordial Imperial City, an Other Realm Undying One’s probe triggered the city’s defenses, but Jiang Ming’s clone destroyed it and helped the defenders.

• The female Immortal King recovered as her elder brothers’ blood essence transformed and flowed into her, and Jiang Ming embraced her after the process ended.
• Shi Hao, Huo Ling'er, and the Gu Race girl entered the declining Primordial Imperial City, while Shen Ming and Sanzang waited outside.
• Shi Hao and the others learned that the city’s defenders relied on an Immortal King formation and faced a weakening Heavenly Dao blockade.
• An Other Realm Undying One sent a wisp of Primordial Spirit into a two-headed beast’s body to attack the city, prompting the defenders to mobilize.
• Jiang Ming’s clone appeared as a First-Generation Borderland Seven Kings, seized the beast, extinguished the invader’s Primordial Spirit, and scattered its essence over the children.
• Jiang Ming gave the one-armed old man fragments of the Undying One’s Dao Fruit, restoring his arm and removing his Dao injuries.

Jiang Ming healed the survivors in the Primordial Imperial City and sent Shi Hao, Huo Ling'er, and the Gu Race girl back to gain experience. In the Other Realm, news that the Stone King had returned alarmed its powerful figures, while An Lan sensed the danger posed by the First-Generation Borderland Seven Kings.

• Jiang Ming purified the corpses outside the city, healing the veterans and children and greatly increasing their strength and potential.
• After a month of seclusion, Shi Hao, Huo Ling'er, and the Gu Race girl awoke, and Jiang Ming told them to leave with any children who wanted to travel.
• Huo Ling'er asked whether the Xuan King was a woman, and Jiang Ming teased her and the Gu Race girl by messing up their hair.
• An Undying One reported seeing the Stone King in the Primordial Imperial City, alarming the Other Realm’s Supremes, Undying Ones, and Immortal Kings.
• An Lan brooded at the frontier, sensing danger from the returned Stone King and recalling the power of the First-Generation Borderland Seven Kings.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• After the female Immortal King of the Border Wasteland dies, it is revealed that she glimpsed a bright future and deliberately sacrificed herself to buy Shi Hao time to grow stronger.
• An Lan and Yu Tuo recognize that Shi Hao has become too dangerous to attack directly. They decide to wait until Immortal Kings can cross over and then join forces with Kun Di to besiege Stone King’s faction.
• The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths remain peaceful for several years. Shi Hao, now an Escape One cultivator, is effectively invincible among his peers and defeats anyone spreading rumors against Stone King.
• Several powerful figures—Supreme Yang, Supreme Yin, Void, and Xue Yueqing—appear and begin pursuing the True Immortal realm. Their presence makes the political and martial situation increasingly unpredictable.
• Jiang Ming completes the recovery of Mysterious Maiden, who has cultivated a strand of Quasi-Immortal Emperor Light. He gives her several Nine Secret techniques and encourages her to study and improve them.
• Jiang Ming enters Primordial Imperial City to absorb and study the imprints left by ancient Immortal Kings, expecting the process to take more than ten years.
• Shi Hao returns to the Lower Realm with over three hundred descendants of the Borderland Seven Kings. He plans to raise them in Stone Village as future warriors, while Jiang Ming’s treatment gives them exceptional potential.
• Over the next three years, the Border Wasteland enters a tense period of calm. The younger and older generations cultivate intensely, with Meng Tianzheng, Nine Nether Ao’s son, and the four mysterious Supremes all striving toward the True Immortal realm.
• Kun Peng Son reappears as an Extreme Dao Supreme after correcting his cultivation flaws under Jiang Ming’s guidance. His mother is undergoing Nirvana and may recover as an Immortal King.
• Kun Peng Son receives the repaired Wild Continent Halberd, an Immortal King Weapon, and prepares to seek revenge against the Bronze Immortal Hall and those responsible for the ambush on his mother.

Character Developments

• Shi Hao: Has grown into an exceptionally powerful Escape One cultivator, capable of suppressing nearly all opponents in his realm. He becomes more responsible and protective, treating the descendants of the Borderland Seven Kings as family and future comrades.
• An Lan and Yu Tuo: Shift from immediate aggression to cautious patience, acknowledging that Shi Hao’s rapid rise and Stone King’s influence make direct action too risky.
• Jiang Ming: Continues acting as the central protector and mentor of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. He heals Mysterious Maiden, trains Kun Peng Son, repairs the Wild Continent Halberd, and prepares for his own breakthrough through cultivation in Primordial Imperial City.
• Mysterious Maiden: Recovers almost completely and advances toward the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm. Her Weapon Dao and natural talent for commanding weapons and soldiers become more prominent.
• Wang Changsheng: Becomes increasingly cautious after realizing that figures such as Meng Tianzheng and Jiang Ming make it impossible for him to act with confidence.
• Kun Peng Son: Reemerges stronger, having corrected his former cultivation problems. He now carries his mother’s weapon and is ready to begin a revenge campaign.
• Meng Tianzheng and other powerful figures: Enter a period of intense cultivation, reflecting the growing strength of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Significant Themes

• The inevitability of fate and cause-and-effect: Jiang Ming’s mastery of the Cause-and-Effect Fate Great Dao means that hidden schemes and past crimes cannot remain concealed.
• Sacrifice for the future: The female Immortal King’s death is framed as a deliberate sacrifice to protect Shi Hao’s growth and preserve hope for the future.
• Family and inherited responsibility: Shi Hao views the descendants of the Borderland Seven Kings as his family, emphasizing loyalty across generations and the importance of preserving heroic bloodlines.
• The calm before war: The temporary peace is not genuine security but preparation for a much larger conflict between the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and the Other Realm.
• Cultivation through hardship: Injuries, setbacks, and past failures become opportunities for transformation, as seen with Mysterious Maiden, Kun Peng Son, and the younger generation.
• Accumulation of strength: Nearly every major character is cultivating, rebuilding, or preparing weapons, showing that the coming conflict will depend on long-term preparation rather than immediate battles.

Important Character Interactions

• An Lan and Yu Tuo discuss the danger posed by Shi Hao and agree that only a coordinated assault involving multiple Immortal Kings could succeed.
• Jiang Ming and Mysterious Maiden share a mentor-and-companion relationship. He heals her, gives her powerful secret techniques, and encourages her continued advancement.
• Jiang Ming and Shi Hao interact as allies and mentor figures. Jiang Ming directs Shi Hao toward the Lower Realm, where an important opportunity awaits.
• Shi Hao and the descendants of the Borderland Seven Kings form a familial bond. Their shared suffering and future military purpose strengthen Shi Hao’s sense of responsibility.
• Jiang Ming and Kun Peng Son have a teacher-disciple-like relationship. Jiang Ming corrects his cultivation, repairs his mother’s weapon, and provides him with a list of enemies for his revenge.
• Kun Peng Son and the Bronze Immortal Hall’s forces are set on a collision course, as he prepares to avenge the ambush against his mother.
• The various rising experts—Meng Tianzheng, Nine Nether Ao’s son, Supreme Yang, Supreme Yin, Void, and Xue Yueqing—represent a growing alliance of powerful figures preparing for the coming war.

Jiang Ming cultivated in seclusion and traveled through the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, while Kun Peng Son followed Shi Hao and gained opportunities under the Skull Immortal King. The chapter left Jiang Ming cultivating with Jin Yourong and Zixiao in the Cosmic Embryo as Kun Peng Son wondered how his apparently younger father had returned from the dead.

• Kun Peng Son swept through the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, destroying more than a hundred great powers before heading to the Lower Realm to protect Shi Hao.
• Jiang Ming awakened after eight years of dream cultivation, then discussed the Dao with Xuan King and left his companions to guard the Primordial Imperial City.
• Jiang Ming wandered the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, visited Ghost Immortal King Taisu, and found Jin Yourong cultivating in the Realm Tomb.
• Jiang Ming brought Jin Yourong into the Cosmic Embryo, where she and Zixiao chose to cultivate amid the emerging Great Daos.
• Kun Peng Son joined Shi Hao in cultivating under the Skull Immortal King, who tried to recruit Kun Peng Son as his eleventh disciple.
• Kun Peng Son learned that a breakthrough might revive someone important to him and wondered how his father Jiang Ming had become so young.

Chapter Summary: “The Strange Invasion of Darkness”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Five years pass while Shi Hao and Kun Peng Son explore the Virtual God Realm and obtain the Immortal Phoenix Treasure Technique.
• Jiang Ming continues caring for Kun Peng Son’s mother, Female Kun Peng, and learns that her pregnancy began after she experienced a mysterious dream—strongly suggesting Jiang Ming is connected to Kun Peng Son’s birth.
• After cultivating with Jiang Ming for two years, Female Kun Peng resumes her transformation and treats Jiang Ming primarily as an extraordinary source of nourishment.
• The injured Kun Peng King continues recovering. Jiang Ming plans to send him to the Immortal Domain once he regains enough strength, where he can establish a faction.
• Jiang Ming relocates ten billion descendants from the Immortal Antiquity Primordial Ancient Realm to a habitable planet in the Immortal Domain, which offers far better cultivation conditions than the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
• Jiang Ming remains in the Realm Tomb, consuming strange remnants and using them as powerful cultivation resources, while Shi Hao continues his own arduous training.
• A major dark invasion, known as the Descent, begins. The damaged Nine Heavens and Ten Earths cannot adequately resist the Primordial Chaos Qi and dark matter from the Boundary Sea.
• Jiang Ming calmly enters the Dark Land and studies the Great Dao fragments within the darkness, using the White Lotus Purifying Flame to protect and assist him.
• Shi Hao and Kun Peng Son disguise themselves as the World-Overturning Demon Ape and True Phoenix, respectively, and begin purging factions that have collaborated with dark creatures.
• Dark creatures are revealed to be former cultivators whose identities and memories have been consumed by darkness. They possess their own cultivation system and can rise to the level of Dark Immortal Kings.
• Jiang Ming destroys a dark army, including its Quasi-Immortal King leader, and discovers a rotten wooden chest—an Origin Ancient Artifact connected to the Darkness Prison.
• Rather than touch the dangerous artifact directly, Jiang Ming seals its passage with the Nine Secrets and the Ten Great Killing Formations. The seal can last ten thousand years and gradually absorb and transform the darkness.
• Ancient Double-Pupil Woman, Phoenix Maiden, Little Fish, Ghost Immortal King Taisu, and other powerful cultivators suppress invasions across different regions. The Immortal Domain also sends forces, fearing that the destruction of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths would expose it to the darkness.
• Additional experts, including Void, Xue Yueqing, Supreme Yin, Supreme Yang, and Meng Tianzheng, awaken from seclusion to join the defense.
• The Other Realm remains unusually passive after An Lan and Yu Tuo suffer repeated defeats. Kun Di struggles to repair his damaged Immortal-Refining Pot and becomes increasingly wary of the mysterious powerhouse responsible for their losses.
• He Wushuang returns deeply affected by a previous defeat and remains obsessed with killing the mysterious young man who once killed him.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming becomes increasingly powerful and composed. His blood and essence are described as greater sources of nourishment than Longevity Medicine, and his White Lotus Purifying Flame develops quasi-Immortal Emperor qualities.
• Female Kun Peng remains independent and domineering, resuming cultivation after using Jiang Ming’s energy. Her mysterious pregnancy deepens the connection between her, Jiang Ming, and Kun Peng Son.
• Kun Peng King gradually recovers and is positioned to become the founder of a new faction in the Immortal Domain.
• Shi Hao and Kun Peng Son take active leadership in suppressing corruption and dark collaborators, disguising themselves to operate effectively.
• Ancient Double-Pupil Woman, Phoenix Maiden, and Little Fish demonstrate their strength by rapidly eliminating invading dark forces.
• Ghost Immortal King Taisu displays overwhelming purification power, effortlessly erasing darkness from Boundless Heaven.
• Kun Di becomes fearful and frustrated after the repeated destruction of his forces and damage to the Immortal-Refining Pot.
• He Wushuang grows more withdrawn and obsessive following his earlier death and resurrection.

Significant Themes

• The danger of a damaged world: The incomplete state of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths leaves it vulnerable to outside corruption and invasion.
• Darkness as both destruction and power: Dark matter erodes identities and worlds, yet purified darkness can also provide valuable cultivation benefits.
• Purification versus corruption: Jiang Ming’s flame and the cultivators’ resistance represent the struggle to reclaim or destroy power tainted by darkness.
• Preparation and long-term strategy: Jiang Ming’s relocation of populations, planned settlement of Kun Peng King, and sealing of the Origin Ancient Artifact show the importance of preparing for future catastrophe.
• The limits of knowledge: Even powerful ancient beings who researched darkness were eventually corrupted by it, emphasizing its mysterious and dangerous nature.
• Growing disparity between powers: Jiang Ming and the defenders of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths demonstrate rapidly increasing strength, while the Other Realm becomes increasingly cautious and defensive.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming and Female Kun Peng share a complicated relationship involving cultivation, nourishment, and the unresolved mystery of Kun Peng Son’s origins.
• Jiang Ming supports Kun Peng King’s recovery and plans his future in the Immortal Domain.
• Shi Hao and Kun Peng Son cooperate closely during the purge, united by their hatred of evil and dark collaboration.
• The various ancient and contemporary powerhouses coordinate across different regions to resist the Descent.
• Jiang Ming indirectly assists Shi Hao and Kun Peng Son by sealing the Origin Ancient Artifact and reducing the pressure of the invasion.
• The Other Realm’s leaders, especially An Lan, Yu Tuo, and Kun Di, are increasingly intimidated by the unknown Immortal King who has repeatedly defeated their forces.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Immortal Domain’s inhabitants learn that those who have recently left may never be able to return. Many former True Immortals and Immortal Kings therefore establish themselves as Forbidden Zones and avoid opposing the Other Realm.
• Within three days, the Other Realm’s invasion, known as The Descent, is halted. Jiang Ming’s avatars activate the Thirteen Immortal-Sealing Bans, using the power of the natural world to seal the invasion portals across the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.
• The invading vanguard is defeated quickly because its strongest members are only Supremes.
• Shi Hao reunites with Kun Peng Son and asks about Female Kun Peng. Kun Peng Son assures him that his mother is well and will emerge from seclusion within a hundred years.
• Shi Hao holds another wedding, marrying Yun Xi in addition to Huo Ling’er and the Gu Race maiden. He then enters cultivation.
• Five years later, at only fifty years old, Shi Hao breaks through to the Supreme Realm, establishing an astonishing cultivation record.
• Kun Peng Son eliminates treacherous Longevity Families, including the Wind Race, which had abandoned its light heritage and embraced its dark bloodline.
• Jiang Ming reenters the Immortal Domain and sends Kun Peng King there to establish a foothold. He then cultivates for 150 years.
• Jiang Ming’s Shrouding Method reaches the Red Dust Immortal Realm, and within another fifty years he advances into the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Realm, developing Quasi-Immortal Emperor Light in both body and soul.
• The Other Realm sends an Undying One, who is ambushed and torn apart by the son of the Nine Nether Ao. In retaliation, the Other Realm dispatches ten more Undying Ones and over thirty Supremes.
• The invading Supremes are completely annihilated. The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths prove to possess overwhelming strength, with Shi Hao alone capable of defeating them.
• Meng Tianzheng, who became a True Immortal fifty years earlier through an alternative path using the Immortal Bow as his Dao Fruit, kills a peak True Immortal with one arrow and establishes himself as nearly invincible within that realm.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming grows dramatically stronger through his Immortal Domain cultivation. Though technically only a minor Quasi-Immortal King, his body and Primordial Spirit possess power approaching that of Quasi-Immortal Emperors and Immortal King Colossi.
• Jiang Ming increasingly suspects—and partially remembers—that he is the Footprint Emperor, the greatest genius of the Emperor’s Fall Era. Fragments of the Footprint Emperor’s memories and Dao laws accelerate his cultivation.
• Shi Hao continues his extraordinary rise, marrying Huo Ling’er, Yun Xi, and the Gu Race maiden before reaching the Supreme Realm at fifty. He is described as the greatest prodigy of the Chaotic Ancient Era.
• Kun Peng Son gains confidence from the sudden rise of the Kun Peng lineage but remains frustrated that he is the weakest among Jiang Ming’s disciples despite having lived for millions of years.
• Meng Tianzheng becomes the Post-Immortal Antiquity Era’s greatest genius, surpassing even Kun Peng Little Fish and displaying combat power far beyond his cultivation level.
• Kun Peng King is sent into the Immortal Domain to serve as Jiang Ming’s strategic foothold there.
• Jiang Ming’s close allies, including Phoenix Maiden, the Ancient Double-Pupil Woman, Void, Supreme Yang, Supreme Yin, and Xue Yueqing, grow powerful through Jiang Ming’s teachings and the Ten Feral Beasts Secret Arts.

Character Interactions

• Shi Hao respectfully asks Kun Peng Son about Female Kun Peng, showing his gratitude toward the woman who first gave him the Ten Feral Beasts Secret Art and purified his Immortal Blood.
• Kun Peng Son explains his family’s situation and reflects on his inferiority to the younger disciples, especially Shi Hao.
• Jiang Ming strengthens his relationships with his followers by teaching them the techniques he developed from the Ten Feral Beasts’ methods, repaying their earlier support.
• The Other Realm’s attacks repeatedly provoke the forces of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, but each invasion ends in overwhelming defeat.
• The chapter contrasts the prodigies of different eras: Meng Tianzheng of the Post-Immortal Antiquity Era, Shi Hao of the Chaotic Ancient Era, and Jiang Ming of the Emperor’s Fall Era.

Significant Themes

• The rise of a golden age: The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths become increasingly powerful, with invasions that once seemed catastrophic now being sealed or crushed with ease.
• Loyalty and betrayal: Forbidden Zones and treacherous clans are condemned for abandoning their world, while Jiang Ming and his allies defend it despite overwhelming danger.
• Inherited legacy: Bloodlines, master-disciple relationships, Dao Fruits, and ancient memories shape the characters’ power and identities.
• Genius across eras: The chapter emphasizes that greatness is relative to one’s age, comparing Jiang Ming, Shi Hao, and Meng Tianzheng as unmatched figures of their respective periods.
• Strategic preparation: Jiang Ming does not merely fight directly; he seals invasion routes, develops allies, and establishes a foothold in the Immortal Domain in preparation for future conflicts.
• The revelation of identity: Jiang Ming’s connection to the legendary Footprint Emperor hints that his current power and rapid advancement are tied to a forgotten or reincarnated ancient existence.

Chapter Summary: “One Hundred and Fifty Years Later”

Key Plot Points and Events

• An Lan and Yu Tuo’s probing attack against Nine Heavens and Ten Earths ends in disaster. Kun Peng King, Nine Nether Ao, Meng Tianzheng, and Zixiao—left outside by Jiang Ming—launch a devastating counterattack through the Other Realm.
• Zixiao communicates with Jiang Ming and demonstrates her extraordinary progress. As an Innate Deity, she has mastered several powerful techniques taught by Jiang Ming, including the Nine Secrets, Ten Feral Beasts Secret Art, Immortal Scripture, Original True Solution, and Eternal Emptiness.
• The four attackers slaughter their way through the Other Realm until An Lan and Yu Tuo are forced to retreat behind the Heavenly Abyss. They estimate that Nine Heavens and Ten Earths will continue declining:
  • Quasi-Immortal Kings may be able to cross the Heavenly Abyss in roughly one thousand years.
  • Immortal Kings may cross in approximately three thousand years.
• The world has entered the Dharma-Ending Era following its Extreme Sublimation and the collapse of its Laws Sea. Its decline is now inevitable.
• After awakening, Jiang Ming learns what happened and prepares to break through into the Immortal King realm. He also plans to send Shi Hao to the Emperor’s Fall Era, where the Immortal Domain’s Peach Banquet and Ao Sheng’s attack on Shi Hao will occur.
• Jiang Ming condemns Ao Sheng, particularly for slandering the deceased Immortal King Taisu, who had died defending Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
• Shi Hao has grown at an astonishing rate: one hundred and fifty years after reaching the Supreme realm at age fifty, he is already a Half-Step True Immortal. His physical body can overpower most True Immortals.
• Jiang Ming’s two female companions have secretly reached the Half-Step Immortal King realm and possess True Immortal-level combat strength, though they remain hidden.
• Kun Peng King has recovered from his injuries after spending one hundred and fifty years in the Immortal Domain and is consolidating his realm. He hopes eventually to cultivate Quasi-Immortal Emperor Light.
• The descendants of the Primordial Ancient Realm have prospered under Kun Peng King’s protection and the teachings passed down by Jiang Ming’s Dao Palace Deities. Their united organization is led by the Five Virtues Palace.
• Inspired by the Five Virtues Palace’s cultivation of talented individuals from humble or difficult backgrounds, Kun Peng King secretly establishes the Yin-Yang Sect, including the Supreme Yang and Supreme Yin Sects.
• Jiang Ming explains that the Immortal Antiquity Method is too resource-intensive for widespread use. He has therefore created a new Current Era cultivation method that combines Golden Core and Martial Dao principles, theories from the Immortal Antiquity and Shrouding methods, and techniques for unlocking the body’s acupoints and inner potential.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming: His Dao laws are finally balanced, allowing him to prepare for an Immortal King breakthrough. He remains powerful but frustrated that he never personally participated in the battle against the Other Realm. He also takes a more active role as a teacher and system-builder.
• Zixiao: Develops into an exceptionally powerful Innate Deity. Her mastery of Jiang Ming’s techniques and natural affinity with the myriad Daos make her one of Nine Heavens and Ten Earths’ greatest assets.
• Kun Peng King: Recovers fully, formally takes the title “God King,” and begins acting as both protector and cultivator of younger generations. He also establishes his own sect and dreams of reaching Quasi-Immortal Emperor Light.
• Shi Hao: Advances from Supreme to Half-Step True Immortal in only one hundred and fifty years while concealing much of his strength. His physical power is already sufficient to kill ordinary True Immortals in direct combat.
• Jiang Ming’s two female companions: Quietly reach Half-Step Immortal King and True Immortal combat strength. Their rare bloodlines—the Double-Pupiled constitution and mutated Eight-Colored Immortal Phoenix heritage—reinforce their exceptional potential.
• An Lan and Yu Tuo: Become much more cautious after their humiliating defeat and no longer dare directly probe Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
• Ao Sheng: Is portrayed as cruel, petty, and hypocritical, particularly because of his attacks on geniuses and his slander of Immortal King Taisu.

Significant Themes

• The inevitable decline of worlds: Nine Heavens and Ten Earths are entering the Dharma-Ending Era, showing that even a world that has reached Extreme Sublimation can eventually decay.
• Hidden strength and preparation: Many of Jiang Ming’s allies conceal their true cultivation, allowing them to develop safely while surprising their enemies.
• Mentorship and legacy: Jiang Ming’s teachings shape Zixiao, Shi Hao, Kun Peng King, and entire sects and lineages, extending his influence across generations.
• Cultivation accessibility: The chapter criticizes the Immortal Antiquity Method for requiring rare and extravagant resources. Jiang Ming’s new Current Era Method aims to provide a more practical but still powerful path for ordinary cultivators.
• Potential within hardship: Kun Peng King and Jiang Ming admire talented individuals who rise from poverty, disability, rejection, or obscurity. Difficult experiences are shown to produce resilient and decisive cultivators.
• Justice and historical reputation: Jiang Ming’s anger over Ao Sheng’s slander of Taisu highlights the importance of honoring those who sacrificed themselves, even after death.
• Experimentation and evolution: Jiang Ming continues refining cultivation systems, combining different traditions and incorporating the human body’s acupoints and inner universe into a new method.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming and Zixiao: Communicate mentally, with Zixiao reporting the outcome of the battle and demonstrating the effectiveness of Jiang Ming’s teachings.
• Jiang Ming and Kun Peng King: Discuss the Immortal Domain and Kun Peng King’s progress. Their exchange is informal, with Jiang Ming casually shortening or altering Kun Peng King’s title, much to Kun Peng King’s annoyance.
• Kun Peng King and the younger generation: He secretly protects the descendants of the Primordial Ancient Realm, establishes the Yin-Yang Sect, and personally nurtures promising but initially unimpressive individuals.
• Jiang Ming and Shi Hao: Jiang Ming prepares to send Shi Hao into the Emperor’s Fall Era, anticipating Ao Sheng’s attempt to kill him and the events surrounding the Peach Banquet.
• Jiang Ming and Ao Sheng: Though they do not directly interact in this chapter, Jiang Ming strongly condemns Ao Sheng’s character and intends to protect Shi Hao from his schemes.

Chapter Summary: Eradicating the Roots: Ao Sheng Immortal King

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Wang Family is devastated during The Descent. Meng Tianzheng, Shi Hao, and others thoroughly plunder the family, killing its remaining nine dragons.
• Wang Changsheng’s identity becomes suspicious. The Longevity Calamity, the Longevity Sword, and the hostility of Jiang Ming’s ally reveal that he may not truly belong to the Wang Family. Unable to win, Wang Changsheng makes peace and retreats into The Descent.
• Jiang Ming’s cultivation accelerates after entering the Red Dust Immortal Realm, as the shackles restricting him disappear. His Twelve Ancestral Witch Divine Forms become increasingly solid, while the Black Lotus at his brow suppresses the ominous dark mist.
• Seven hundred years of relative peace follow. Jiang Ming cultivates in the Boundary Sea, studying Primordial Chaos Qi and Dao laws while using the Great Dream Heart Scripture to multitask.
• The younger generation matures rapidly. Shi Hao and various prodigies—including the Skyhorned Ant, Little Red Dragon, and White Qilin—enter the Boundary Sea and reach the Supreme Realm.
• Jiang Ming’s women cultivate beside him to strengthen their resistance to The Descent. Female Kun Peng recovers and prepares to break through to the Immortal King Realm.
• Jiang Ming postpones his own breakthrough because he intends to travel to the Emperor’s Fall Era. Although he is not yet an Immortal King, he believes his combat strength already rivals an Immortal King Colossus.
• Kun Peng Son reaches the Half-Step True Immortal Realm. Yue Chan and Qing Yi begin merging their primary and secondary bodies, allowing him to avoid the dangers of divided cultivation and advance quickly.
• Shi Hao enters the Realm Tomb with descendants of the Borderland Seven Kings, seeking Immortal Seeds. He intends to obtain the Myriad Dao Tree for one particularly gifted child.
• The Myriad Dao Tree’s guardian, a dying gray-robed True Immortal, refuses to give the seed to Ao Sheng Immortal King’s faction. The guardian reveals that Ao Sheng had destroyed an opposing Immortal King and eradicated that king’s descendants.
• Jiang Ming secretly uses Yin-Yang Reversal and Bringing the Dead Back to Life to restore the guardian, preventing him from dying and bearing the consequences of his decision.
• Shi Hao receives the Myriad Dao Tree Immortal Seed, which contains the Three Thousand Great Daos and can provide the foundation for Immortal King potential.
• Jiang Ming reflects on his Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, which he has successfully nurtured toward becoming a being comparable to the Azure Emperor, fulfilling an old promise.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming: Becomes far more powerful and composed, approaching the Immortal King level while remaining focused on preparation rather than immediate advancement. He increasingly acts as a protector and stabilizing force, reviving the True Immortal and supporting the growth of allies and younger generations.
• Wang Changsheng: Is exposed as an anomalous figure whose connection to the Wang Family is doubtful. His retreat demonstrates that he is cautious and unwilling to fight a losing battle.
• Shi Hao: Continues developing into a leader and guardian of the next generation. He personally nurtures the descendants of the Borderland Seven Kings and is willing to challenge Immortal Domain powers to secure their future.
• Kun Peng Son: Advances to the Half-Step True Immortal Realm and experiences a dramatic emotional change after reuniting with both parents. Merging Yue Chan and Qing Yi removes the conflict caused by his divided existence.
• Female Kun Peng: Recovers from her previous condition and begins preparing for an Immortal King breakthrough.
• Gray-robed True Immortal: Initially accepts death after remaining loyal to a fallen Immortal King, but Jiang Ming restores him, giving him renewed life.
• Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree: Evolves from a spiritual tree into an existence capable of independent cultivation, fulfilling Jiang Ming’s promise to guide it toward the level of the Azure Emperor.
• Ao Sheng Immortal King: Is characterized as ruthless and particularly dangerous because he eliminates enemies and their descendants, leaving no future threats.

Significant Themes

• Eradication and survival: Ao Sheng’s policy of “eradicating the roots” reflects the brutal logic of Immortal Domain conflicts, where destroying an enemy’s descendants is considered essential to preventing revenge.
• Resurrection and renewal: Jiang Ming’s revival of the True Immortal symbolizes the possibility of renewal even after decay and death.
• The growth of a new generation: The chapter emphasizes that the younger cultivators are no longer helpless apprentices; they are becoming powerful Supremes and future pillars of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
• Preparation before greater conflict: The seven centuries of peace are presented as a calm period used to accumulate strength, cultivate allies, and prepare for future dangers such as The Descent and the journey to the Emperor’s Fall Era.
• Inheritance and promises: The Myriad Dao Tree is obtained for future descendants, while Jiang Ming’s cultivation of the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree shows the importance of preserving and fulfilling long-term commitments.
• Fate versus intervention: Shi Hao’s connection to Ao Sheng’s future enmity begins through the struggle over the Myriad Dao Tree, while Jiang Ming’s intervention changes the guardian’s expected fate and preserves him from death.

Important Character Interactions

• Meng Tianzheng, Shi Hao, and the Wang Family: They cooperate to destroy the Wang Family’s forces and expose Wang Changsheng’s suspicious origins.
• Wang Changsheng and his enemies: Rather than risk defeat, Wang Changsheng chooses compromise and escape, showing his pragmatic nature.
• Jiang Ming and Shi Hao: They remain aligned, with Jiang Ming supporting Shi Hao’s efforts to cultivate the next generation and secure the Myriad Dao Tree.
• Jiang Ming and the gray-robed True Immortal: Jiang Ming intervenes secretly, reviving the guardian after recognizing that his loyalty to a fallen Immortal King should not end in pointless death.
• Shi Hao and Ao Sheng’s faction: Their conflict over the Myriad Dao Tree marks the beginning of the karmic hostility between Shi Hao and Ao Sheng Immortal King.
• Kun Peng Son, Yue Chan, and Qing Yi: Their relationship reaches a turning point as the two women move toward merging into one, resolving the divided-body problem affecting Kun Peng Son’s cultivation.
• Jiang Ming and the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree: Jiang Ming fulfills his promise by nurturing the tree toward a higher form of existence.

Chapter Summary: Peach Banquet in the Immortal Domain

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Ming experiences a possible glimpse of the future involving the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree and realizes he must carefully prepare for the Shrouding the Heavens era without disrupting its major events.
• He reflects on the power and future evolution of his Bodhi Tree, which may eventually become a World Tree and reach the Immortal King realm alongside him.
• Jiang Ming ignores the conflict between Shi Hao and Ao Sheng Immortal King’s subordinates. After Shi Hao defeats them, they challenge him to attend the Peach Banquet in the Immortal Domain one hundred years later.
• Recognizing that the banquet marks an important turning point, Jiang Ming spends the intervening century strengthening his allies and securing his territories before traveling to the Emperor’s Fall Era.
• He helps several powerful women improve their cultivation:
  • Xuan King gains another strand of Quasi-Immortal Emperor Light.
  • Ghost Immortal King Taisu develops a strand of Quasi-Immortal Emperor Light.
  • Jiang Ming’s other companions strengthen their physical bodies.
• He awakens Bird Elder and Jingbi Grandfather and eliminates the dark Primordial Spirits within the Void God Realm using the White Lotus Purifying Flame.
• Jiang Ming redesigns the Void God Realm’s rules, creating a system for nurturing talented disciples and adding an Inquiry Heart Platform that tests their character as well as their aptitude.
• When the Peach Banquet finally begins, Jiang Ming enters the Immortal Domain with all his wives. His clones remain behind in the Primordial Imperial City and Great Scarlet Heaven to maintain order.
• Using the Seventy-Two Transformations, Jiang Ming and his companions disguise themselves as ordinary Supremes so they can attend Pan King’s banquet without revealing their true strength.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming becomes increasingly cautious and strategic. Rather than interfering directly in Shi Hao’s conflict, he focuses on long-term preparation, protecting his forces, and planning for his journey to the Emperor’s Fall Era.
• Princess You Rong reaches the True Immortal realm before the age of two thousand. Her symbiotic connection with the World Tree gives her extraordinary cultivation potential and makes her one of the chapter’s most advantaged characters.
• Xuan King grows stronger after enduring Jiang Ming’s intense cultivation assistance, gaining an additional strand of Quasi-Immortal Emperor Light.
• Ghost Immortal King Taisu also advances significantly, combining her former and current cultivation methods and becoming even more formidable.
• Bird Elder and Jingbi Grandfather are restored to their bodies and placed into slumber, preserving their strength for the future.
• Kun Peng Son remains unmarried despite being over ten million years old, creating a humorous domestic concern for Jiang Ming and his family.

Significant Themes

• Preparation and foresight: Jiang Ming anticipates future eras and possible dangers, making extensive preparations before leaving the present age.
• Power and cultivation advancement: The chapter emphasizes the continuous strengthening of Jiang Ming’s allies and the importance of reaching higher realms.
• Destiny versus interference: Jiang Ming worries about altering the future but chooses not to interfere unnecessarily in Shi Hao’s story.
• Moral character alongside talent: The redesigned Void God Realm establishes that cultivation opportunities depend not only on ability but also on passing a test of the heart.
• Family and relationships: Despite his immense power, Jiang Ming is occupied with his wives, son, and possible marriage arrangements, giving the chapter a domestic and comedic dimension.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming discusses the possibility of finding a suitable wife for Kun Peng Son, considering the descendant of the Primordial Unity Immortal King but disliking the implications for his own seniority.
• He spends decades with his wives, using his vitality and essence to help them evolve.
• Jiang Ming and Princess You Rong share a close relationship while he reflects on whether he may encounter her younger self in the Emperor’s Fall Era.
• His preparations involve close cooperation with Xuan King, Taisu, Bird Elder, Jingbi Grandfather, and the other Immortal Kings.
• At the Peach Banquet, Jiang Ming and his wives enter the Immortal Domain in disguise, blending into a gathering of powerful figures, geniuses, treasures, and Immortal Kings hosted in Pan King’s City.

Chapter Summary: The Gray-Robed True Immortal’s Wild Stunt

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zixiao becomes excited about the upcoming Peach Banquet, wondering whether it will feature genuine immortal peaches. Jiang Ming explains that Pan King was likely once a Flat Peach Tree who abandoned the World Tree path to cultivate a human form.
• The Peach Banquet’s peaches vary by cultivation level:
  • Supremes receive peaches comparable to Undying Divine Medicines.
  • True Immortals receive quasi-Longevity Medicine.
  • Immortal Kings receive genuine Longevity Medicine.
  • Pan King also cultivates a special variety surpassing ordinary Longevity Medicine.
• The Immortal Domain is revealed to be a Half-Step Great Thousand World, capable of producing longevity substances and theoretically supporting three Quasi-Immortal Emperors. However, its current strongest public figures are only Peak Immortal Kings.
• Jiang Ming encourages Ancient Female Double Pupils and Phoenix Maiden to enter the Chaos Arena, where talented Supremes from the Immortal Domain compete for rewards. Both women eagerly accept, being highly experienced and battle-loving.
• Shi Hao also enters the Chaos Arena and immediately challenges opponents, beginning with a Nine-Headed Golden Lion descended from a True Immortal bloodline. His appearance quickly attracts members of powerful True Immortal and Immortal King families.
• Shi Hao’s fame stems partly from possessing the Myriad Dao Tree Seed, which Ao Sheng Immortal King wanted. Although Ao Sheng acquired it after killing its original owner, the guardian ultimately gave the seed to Shi Hao.
• The guardian, realizing he could not truly die and anticipating Ao Sheng’s retaliation, performs an ancient ritual to join the Primordial Imperial City. He uses an ancient Contract Certificate, plays a small suona, and completes three kneelings and nine bows before the Heavenly Abyss.
• This dramatic act signifies his absolute loyalty: he will live while the Primordial Imperial City survives and die when it falls. Jiang Ming is astonished by the guardian’s theatrical but sincere commitment.
• The gray-robed True Immortal chose the Primordial Imperial City after hearing that the legendary First-Generation Borderland Stone King was still alive. His grandfather had once left the Immortal Domain to follow that figure.

Character Developments

• Jiang Ming: Demonstrates deep knowledge of the Immortal Domain, its medicines, Pan King, karma, and the political dangers surrounding Shi Hao. His ability to conceal references to Pan King from karmic perception highlights his extraordinary cultivation.
• Zixiao: Shows her curiosity and enthusiasm for exploring the Immortal Domain, especially its legendary peaches. After sleeping for a century following her previous journey, she has grown considerably stronger.
• Ancient Female Double Pupils: Remains intensely competitive and battle-hardened. Her history includes defeating powerful enemies, surviving the Lower Realm crisis, and enduring the Darkness Prison. She is eager to test herself against Immortal Domain geniuses.
• Phoenix Maiden: Shares Ancient Female Double Pupils’ love of combat and forms a particularly close partnership with her.
• Shi Hao: Displays confidence and youthful boldness by openly entering the arena rather than hiding his identity. His presence is powerful enough to attract the attention of elite families, though this visibility also places him directly in Ao Sheng’s path.
• The gray-robed True Immortal: Evolves from an impulsive, endangered outsider into a committed member of the Primordial Imperial City. His extravagant ritual reveals both fear of Ao Sheng and genuine reverence for the city and the Borderland Stone King.

Significant Themes

• Power and hierarchy: The chapter emphasizes the enormous differences between Supremes, True Immortals, Immortal Kings, and higher realms, as well as the Immortal Domain’s decline from its former glory.
• Political danger and factional survival: The gray-robed True Immortal joins the Primordial Imperial City to secure protection from Ao Sheng’s inevitable pursuit, showing that survival often depends on choosing the right allegiance.
• Loyalty and sacrifice: His ritual expresses total commitment to a cause, symbolized by the vow to perish with the Primordial Imperial City.
• Legacy and reverence: The gray-robed True Immortal’s decision is shaped by his grandfather’s devotion to the Borderland Stone King, demonstrating how reputations and traditions influence later generations.
• Combat as status and entertainment: The Chaos Arena functions both as a proving ground for young experts and as a public display of power, though higher-level cultivators generally avoid fighting there because of their status.
• Humor amid serious conflict: The solemn ritual is also presented as spectacularly excessive, with Jiang Ming’s reaction providing comic relief while still acknowledging the gesture’s profound meaning.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Ming and Zixiao discuss Pan King and the Peach Banquet, with Jiang Ming promising to obtain immortal peaches for her.
• Jiang Ming urges Ancient Female Double Pupils and Phoenix Maiden to fight in the Chaos Arena, encouraging their competitive instincts.
• The two women share a close bond, frequently acting together and enjoying both combat and intimacy with Jiang Ming.
• Jiang Ming observes Shi Hao’s arena battle with the two women and explains the opponent’s lineage and the likely consequences of Shi Hao’s public appearance.
• The gray-robed True Immortal’s ritual impresses both Jiang Ming and Mysterious Maiden. Mysterious Maiden confirms that his actions represent the highest form of allegiance to the Primordial Imperial City.
• Shi Hao’s connection to the Myriad Dao Tree Seed places him in direct conflict with Ao Sheng Immortal King, setting up an impending confrontation.