Chapter Summaries

Lin Xian survived the Great Emperors’ tribulation and finally fought the young Chaotic Ancient Emperor before asking Qishi Prefecture for its resources. The former master set him against the resurrected Xiang Yufei, whose superior cultivation let him defeat Lin Xian, though Xiang Yufei argued the loss was not a true defeat.

• Lin Xian endured the projections of several Great Emperors and finally recognized the young Chaotic Ancient Emperor, then battled him and advanced to the middle stage of Immortal One.
• After swallowing the tribulation lightning, Lin Xian asked to join Qishi Prefecture and claim the Central Plains Immortal Palace’s treasures.
• The former master offered Lin Xian all of Qishi Prefecture’s resources if he defeated its strongest prodigy, then introduced the resurrected Xiang Yufei as his opponent.
• Lin Xian fought Xiang Yufei using the Nine Secrets, forbidden power, and Source Heavenly Master arts, but Xiang Yufei’s higher cultivation gave him the advantage.
• Lin Xian accepted the result as a defeat, while Xiang Yufei said that an unfair fight was only a loss if Lin Xian’s Dao heart remained unharmed.

Lin Xian fought Central Emperor Xiang Yufei at Qishi Prefecture, and the two called their uneven match a draw before entering the school together. Lin Xian was offered a place among its inner true disciples, while Ye Fan unexpectedly got the chance to become Tianxuan’s sacred lord again, leaving Lin Xian ready to pick a fight with him instead.

• Central Emperor Xiang Yufei judged his match with Lin Xian a draw, noting that their cultivation gap made it unfair and warning that another exchange could unleash something catastrophic.
• Lin Xian admitted his defeat without concern, introduced himself as the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, and had to clarify that he was Lin Xian after Xiang Yufei mistook him for Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan corrected Xiang Yufei’s mistaken assumption that he was Lin Xian, but was then treated as a junior while Lin Xian and Xiang Yufei entered Qishi Prefecture together.
• Qishi Prefecture’s Ancient Saint praised Lin Xian and offered him a place among its innermost true disciples, and Great Saint Wei Yi suggested that Lin Xian could hand Tianxuan’s sacred lord position to Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan happily realized he could become Tianxuan’s sacred lord again, and Lin Xian put an arm around him and prepared to challenge him.

Lin Xian handed Ye Fan Tianxuan’s sacred regalia, then trained at Qishi Prefecture and learned that his unusual tribulation hinted at extraordinary potential. After dismissing Wang Teng’s reputation, Lin Xian drained Wang Chong’s blood for medicine and sent him home, provoking a likely clash with the Northern Emperor.

• Lin Xian defeated Ye Fan, then passed him the Astral Spirit Flask and the Sacred Lord’s crown so Ye Fan could take charge of Tianxuan.
• At Qishi Prefecture, the old prefect explained that Lin Xian’s tribulation had contained a lightning manifestation with traces of Great Dao Laws.
• Lin Xian trained against Qishi Prefecture’s disciples and defeated them, while Central Emperor Xiang Yufei remained his most notable peer.
• Wang Chong boasted that his brother Wang Teng would become a Great Emperor, but Lin Xian dismissed Wang Teng’s reputation and questioned whether the Chaotic Ancient Emperor had truly chosen him.
• Lin Xian seized Wang Chong and drained his blood essence to refine medicine, then spared him and told him to return for more bloodletting in a few years.

Wang Chong lost the treasures Lin Xian had taken from him, while Lin Xian traveled through the Central Plains and advanced to the ninth step of Immortal One. After Star River King nearly killed him and threatened to consume his sacred body, Lin Xian summoned the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron and prepared to strike as Central Plains experts begged him to show mercy.

• Wang Chong lamented that Lin Xian had taken his divine weapon and treasures, then resolved to seek Wang Teng's true body.
• Lin Xian drove the King's Chariot across the Central Plains and advanced to the ninth step of Immortal One through battles and cultivation.
• Star River King ambushed Lin Xian, grievously wounded him, and said he planned to eat Lin Xian's sacred body to extend his life.
• Lin Xian unleashed his ultimate techniques and awakened the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron, an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
• Central Plains experts urgently asked Lin Xian to hold back, but Lin Xian declared he would sink the Central Plains and struck without hesitation.

Lin Xian killed Star River King with the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron, then escaped to recover from the cost of activating the Emperor Weapon. While examining his ancient chariot, he came up with a plan to replenish his treasures by building a fake Tribulation Heavenly Venerable's Tomb in Qinling.

• Lin Xian used the Dragon Roar Dao Chant and an Emperor Weapon to kill Star River King, shaking the Central Plains and awakening powerful figures and Emperor Artifacts.
• Lin Xian escaped in the Chaotic Ancient Chariot, sheltered himself with the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron, and began healing with help from the True Dragon Immortal Elixir.
• Lin Xian fed dragon marrow and divine blood to the True Dragon Immortal Elixir, restoring some of its vitality after it helped him activate the Emperor Weapon.
• Lin Xian discovered Emperor Patterns on the Chaotic Ancient Chariot and realized it had been an early work of the Chaotic Ancient Emperor.
• Lin Xian decided to build a fake Tribulation Heavenly Venerable's Tomb filled with costly trials and sentimental belongings to trick Duan De and replenish his treasures.
• After healing, Lin Xian set off for Qinling to establish the tomb, relying on its reputation as a burial ground and his backing there.

Lin Xian explored Qinling’s dragon lairs, collected the origins of buried Great Powers, and killed two Great Powers who tried to rob him. After meeting Hua Yunfei, Jiang Yifei, and Yaoguang, he learned that Gai Jiuyou had gone to the Qin Sect and headed there to seek the Nine Secret: Bing.

• Lin Xian found the tombs of eight Great Powers in Qinling and collected their origins.
• Two Great Powers tried to ambush Lin Xian, but he destroyed their weapon and used Qinling’s dragon veins to kill them.
• Lin Xian encountered Hua Yunfei, Jiang Yifei, and Sacred Son Yaoguang, whose worldly name was Lin Yufei, and jokingly offered them roles in his imagined Eastern Wasteland Heavenly Court.
• The three heirs told Lin Xian that Gai Jiuyou had gone to the Qin Sect in Qinling, which was said to hold the Nine Secret: Bing.
• Lin Xian set off for the Qin Sect, hoping to learn the secret and make it easier to activate Emperor Weapons.

Lin Xian reached the Qin Sect and learned from Sakyamuni how the Spirit-Deliverance Art transformed a person’s origin and created a new personality, prompting him to understand the Ruthless Great Emperor’s Self-Slaying Enlightenment. After the Cai Clan’s Great Saint revealed that the Azure Emperor had failed to fully resolve his family’s ominousness, Lin Xian announced that Gai Jiuyou had taken charge of the Heavenly Court and would accomplish what the Azure Emperor could not.

• Lin Xian used the Scripture of Deliverance to send reanimated Great Powers into the Human Emperor Banner and extract their origin power as he traveled toward the Qin Sect.
• Lin Xian discovered that the Qin Sect’s disciples had become Buddhists after their Deity-Subduing Formula backfired on Sakyamuni, who explained the difference between Buddhist conversion and the Spirit-Deliverance Art.
• Lin Xian connected the Spirit-Deliverance Art to the Ruthless Great Emperor’s Self-Slaying Enlightenment and reflected on her brother as the anchor of her Great Dao.
• The Cai Clan’s Great Saint arrived to apologize to Sakyamuni and explained that the Third-Generation Source Heavenly Master’s ominousness persisted despite the Azure Emperor destroying most of it.
• Lin Xian declared that Gai Jiuyou had taken charge of the Heavenly Court and proclaimed that it would do what the Azure Emperor could not.

Gai Jiuyou explained his ranking among the nine grades of Great Emperors and agreed to face the Azure Emperor’s killing intent. Lin Xian then discovered a familial connection with Cai Zheng and was promised an immortal treasure from the Immortal Transformation Pool, alongside Nine Secret: Bing.

• Gai Jiuyou said he ranked seventh among Supreme Beings, placed the Azure Emperor third, and explained how the nine grades reflected strength and the Heavenly Heart Imprint.
• Lin Xian asked how Saint Spirits and the Azure Emperor’s killing intent ranked, and Gai Jiuyou placed a perfected Saint Spirit eighth and the killing intent ninth.
• Lin Xian proposed that Gai Jiuyou exchange blows with the Azure Emperor, and Gai Jiuyou asked what scheme he was plotting.
• Sakyamuni told Gai Jiuyou about Emperor Yu’s unusual origin, and Gai Jiuyou concluded that Yu was a new living being and a Quasi-Emperor.
• Cai Zheng offered Lin Xian Nine Secret: Bing and an immortal treasure, then revealed that his ancestor had entered the Immortal Transformation Pool and been saved by the Azure Emperor.
• Lin Xian identified Cai Zheng’s ancestor as the Third-Generation Source Heavenly Master, claimed their shared lineage, and accepted the immortal treasure as a fellow disciple.

Lin Xian used the Cai Family’s enormous Cosmic Divine Stone to reinforce speculation that the Azure Emperor was planning to create a new Immortal Realm, then recruited the Cai Family’s Great Saint into the Heavenly Court. Gai Jiuyou and Sakyamuni revealed that the Great Saint could seek a lifespan-extending pill in Qinling and explained that they were preparing to pursue Lingbao Tianzun’s Four Swords of Immortal Slaying and formation diagram.

• Gai Jiuyou and Sakyamuni identified the Cai Family’s enormous World Stone as the remnant of a destroyed universe, and Lin Xian refined it while claiming the Azure Emperor would hold up the sky.
• The Cai Family’s Great Saint agreed to join the Heavenly Court in exchange for protection for his descendants, but declined Lin Xian’s offers of a Divine Spring and Medicine King.
• Gai Jiuyou told the Cai Family’s Great Saint that the Yang Pill in the Qinling Dragon Cave could extend his life and possibly help him reach the Quasi-Emperor realm; Sakyamuni explained that it could not make someone attain the Dao.
• Gai Jiuyou and Sakyamuni tasked the Cai Family’s Great Saint with protecting the Human Race while they left Big Dipper to seek the Lingbao Four Swords and their formation diagram.
• Sakyamuni revealed that the Bronze Lamp gave the four companions confidence to pursue the Four Swords of Immortal Slaying, whose formation diagram was their main concern.

Lin Xian and the other supreme figures gathered in Qinling as Wang Teng arrived to challenge him, but Ye Fan and the Saint Prince fought Wang Teng first. Lin Xian and several more Emperor's Sons joined the battle, leaving Wang Teng facing seven opponents and fleeing as observers recalled the Chaotic Ancient Emperor’s legendary predicament.

• Lin Xian perfected his cosmic natal weapon while Gai Jiuyou and Shakyamuni taught the Dao at the Qin Sect, drawing Saints and imperial descendants to listen.
• The Yaochi Saint warned Lin Xian that Wang Teng was hunting him, and Lin Xian vowed to defeat Wang Teng if he came to Qinling.
• Wang Teng arrived in a golden chariot and challenged Lin Xian, so Lin Xian sent Ye Fan to fight him, promising him the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron if he won.
• Ye Fan killed Wang Chong with one punch, but an Incomplete Divine Talisman resurrected Wang Chong and revealed the Chaotic Ancient Emperor’s means of escaping death.
• Wang Teng fought Ye Fan, and the Saint Prince joined in before Lin Xian used his Endless Great Dao technique to attack Wang Teng and Ye Fan alike.
• Four more figures joined Lin Xian and the Saint Prince, making seven opponents; Wang Teng fled as onlookers compared the scene to the Seven Chaos-Heaven Heroes.

The Myriad Dragon Maiden and Ji Zi appeared beside Lin Xian, and the assembled prodigies overwhelmed Wang Teng in Qinling. Ye Fan then challenged Wang Teng while crossing a heavenly tribulation, stirring Qinling’s dragon veins and prompting the spectators to rush toward its ancient treasures.

• The Myriad Dragon Maiden and Ji Zi arrived beside Lin Xian, and the Great Powers speculated that Ji Zi was the Void Great Emperor’s son.
• Hua Yunfei, Jiang Yifei, and Sacred Son Yaoguang appeared, joining Lin Xian and the imperial heirs as they surrounded Wang Teng.
• The group attacked Wang Teng until he was gravely wounded, but the imperial heirs stopped when he demanded a fair fight.
• Ye Fan challenged Wang Teng while drawing down a vast heavenly tribulation over Qinling.
• The tribulation stirred Qinling’s dragon veins, and the spectators abandoned the fight to rush toward the Immortal Transformation Pool and Eternal Dragon Lair.

Lin Xian investigated the Immortal Transformation Pool and drew out a bronze fragment bearing a Green Lotus, while the Dragon Lair’s Red-Haired Monster massacred cultivators until the Cai Clan’s Great Saint destroyed it with the Qing Emperor’s Weapon. The Dragon Lair then announced that a Great Emperor still slumbered in Qinling, and Lin Xian suspected the lair held the original scripture that inspired the Primordial Emperor.

• Lin Xian warned the cultivators to stay near the Immortal Transformation Pool’s shore, then drank its water and drew a bronze fragment with a Green Lotus from the pool.
• Duan De tried to seize the fragment, but Lin Xian used the pool’s power to knock him into the water.
• The Red-Haired Monster emerged from the Dragon Lair’s dragon pearl, slaughtered Holy Lords, and transformed surviving Source Arts practitioners into red-haired creatures.
• The Cai Clan’s Great Saint wielded the Qing Emperor’s Weapon to destroy the Red-Haired Monster, which warned that the Underworld would settle its debt with the Azure Emperor.
• A Dragon Lair envoy rebuked the Cai Clan’s Great Saint and revealed that a Great Emperor still slumbered in Qinling, prompting speculation that it was the Primordial Emperor.
• Lin Xian considered how the Primordial Emperor might have found and revised an ancient scripture, then turned his attention toward the Eternal Dragon Lair.

The Cai Family's Great Saint swallowed the Undying Immortal Elixir, provoking the Saint Spirit in the Eternal Dragon Lair to emerge and unleash the Central Plains' Eternal Dragon Vein. Lin Xian summoned the Azure Emperor, and Gai Jiuyou restored his youthful power before confronting the Saint Spirit, who angrily called for his sword.

• The Cai Family's Great Saint swallowed the Undying Immortal Elixir, and the Saint Spirit's envoy threatened to exterminate ten generations of their clans.
• The Saint Spirit roused the Eternal Dragon Vein, while the Central Plains leaders feared the Chaotic Green Lotus would damage their ancestral root.
• The Cai Family's Great Saint used Nine Secret: Bing to summon the Void Mirror, Hengyu Furnace, and Western Empress Pagoda alongside the Chaotic Green Lotus.
• Lin Xian hurled a bronze fragment and summoned the Azure Emperor, prompting Yan Ruyu and the great demons to bow before him.
• Gai Jiuyou used the refined Azure Emperor Blood to regain his youthful form and dismissed the Dragon Marrow Saint Spirit as beneath his notice.
• The enraged Dragon Marrow Saint Spirit stood atop his ancient chariot and called for his sword.

The Illusory Dragon Marrow Saint Spirit wielded the Primordial Emperor Sword against the Azure Emperor, who revealed his overwhelming power and prepared to kill him. Gai Jiuyou intervened to protect the Saint Spirit and challenge the Azure Emperor, and the two entered the Celestial Venerable Battlefield to fight.

• The Primordial Emperor Sword revived and flew to the Illusory Saint Spirit, who swung it at the Azure Emperor, but the Azure Emperor caught the blade with two fingers.
• The Azure Emperor explained that he had offered the sword to help the Illusory Dragon Marrow Saint Spirit abandon his murderous heart, then revealed that he had killed two Great Perfection Saint Spirits in the Divine Ruins.
• The Azure Emperor unleashed Heavenly Emperor killing intent against the Saint Spirit, but Gai Jiuyou intervened before the Saint Spirit could be destroyed.
• Gai Jiuyou vowed to restrain the Saint Spirit if necessary and challenged the Azure Emperor to a fight.
• The Azure Emperor and Gai Jiuyou flew into the Celestial Venerable Battlefield of the Mythical Era to battle.

Gai Jiuyou fought the Azure Emperor’s killing intent and finally resolved his lifelong regret, then vowed to pursue the Immortal Dao. Lin Xian tried to enlist the Azure Emperor’s guidance for the Heavenly Court, but the Emperor departed after blessing Yan Ruyu, while Lin Xian pocketed a piece of green copper.

• Gai Jiuyou underwent ultimate sublimation and battled the Azure Emperor’s killing intent on the Celestial Venerable Battlefield.
• After the fight, Gai Jiuyou praised the Azure Emperor and declared that he would pursue the Immortal Dao and fight him again when he emerged from the Desolate Pagoda.
• Lin Xian claimed he had established the Heavenly Court on the Azure Emperor’s orders and asked the Emperor for guidance on its development.
• The Azure Emperor said mortal affairs should be settled by mortals and began to disappear, so Lin Xian pleaded for help for the Azure Emperor Lineage.
• The Azure Emperor blessed Yan Ruyu with a streak of azure light, then vanished, and Lin Xian took the piece of green copper that fell to the ground.

Gai Jiuyou purified the Illusory Dragon Marrow Saint Spirit, who severed his evil thoughts and gave divine marrow to the gathered saints. After Yan Ruyu inherited the Azure Emperor’s legacy and restored her bloodline, she traded barbed remarks with the Myriad Dragon Maiden and proposed that she and Lin Xian face the Maiden together.

• Gai Jiuyou used the Deity-Subduing Formula to purify the Illusory Dragon Marrow Saint Spirit and awaken his goodness.
• The Illusory Saint Spirit severed his evil thoughts, thanked Gai Jiuyou and the Azure Emperor, and shared divine marrow with the saints and Lin Xian.
• Yan Ruyu emerged from Dao comprehension with the Azure Emperor’s final divine will and a restored ancestral bloodline.
• The Myriad Dragon Maiden challenged Yan Ruyu’s status, and Yan Ruyu mocked her age and proposed a joint challenge with Lin Xian.
• The Myriad Dragon Maiden and Yan Ruyu locked gazes, then both looked to Lin Xian as the proposed challenger.

Lin Xian rescued Yan Ruyu, then helped Ye Fan defeat Wang Teng during their heavenly tribulations, only for a Great Saint guardian to save Wang Teng. Lin Xian negotiated entry to the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Palace and received a damaged Emperor Talisman as a trial participant.

• Lin Xian used the Chaotic Green Lotus to protect Yan Ruyu from Myriad Dragon Maiden, then rushed to rescue Ye Fan.
• Wang Teng broke through to half-step severing the Dao during Ye Fan's tribulation, but failed to fully cross the barrier.
• Lin Xian arrived as Ye Fan faced Wang Teng, then triggered his own heavenly tribulation and trapped them both in its lightning.
• Lin Xian used the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron to nearly kill Wang Teng, but Immortal Crane Great Saint carried away Wang Teng's head.
• Cai Family's Great Saint, Great Saint Wei Yi, and Crazy Old Man confronted Immortal Crane Great Saint, who offered Nine Secrets: Qian as compensation.
• Lin Xian requested entry to the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Palace, and Immortal Crane Great Saint agreed and gave him a damaged Chaotic Ancient Emperor Talisman.

After Ye Fan defeated Hua Yunfei, Jiang Yifei, and Yaoguang together, Lin Xian’s claim that he was Emperor Zun reincarnated led the sects to prepare to pay homage to him. Lin Xian arranged for Gai Jiuyou and the Azure Emperor to represent the Heavenly Court, then invented an explanation for how the Azure Emperor had suppressed his own Dao.

• Wang Teng’s Incomplete Divine Talisman flew to Lin Xian, and the Immortal Crane Great Saint left for the Northern Plains after Lin Xian invited him to join the Heavenly Court.
• Lin Xian invited Ye Fan to spar, and Ye Fan challenged Hua Yunfei, Jiang Yifei, and Yaoguang to fight him together.
• Ye Fan fought all three emperor’s sons, defeated them despite being gravely wounded, and earned the awe of Saint Prince and Ji Zi.
• Lin Xian called Ye Fan Emperor Zun reincarnated, prompting the Cai Family’s great saint to announce that the Four Great Dynasties and sects wished to pay homage.
• Lin Xian arranged for the saints and sect representatives to gather at Yaochi, where Gai Jiuyou and the Azure Emperor would make decisions for the Heavenly Court.
• Gai Jiuyou agreed to help hold the Heavenly Court steady, and Lin Xian claimed the Azure Emperor had used the Desolate Pagoda to suppress his own Dao.

Lin Xian and the Black Emperor dressed Ye Fan as Emperor Zun and presented him at Yaochi’s grand gathering, where the assembled powers witnessed the Green Cauldron’s manifestation. As Lin Xian explained the Heavenly Court’s purpose, the Divine Land Saint King revealed that he had been left out of the arrangements, and Lin Xian asked his surname.

• Lin Xian, Ye Fan, and the Black Emperor lured Duan De into the Tribulation Heavenly Venerable’s Tomb, robbed him, and divided his treasures.
• Lin Xian and the Black Emperor dressed Ye Fan in imperial robes and crowned him Emperor Zun, then brought him to Yaochi and seated him on the Emperor Seat.
• Gai Jiuyou and the saints of the Five Regions attended Yaochi’s gathering, while Gai Jiuyou repeatedly stopped Ye Fan from escaping.
• Faith power awakened the Divine Baby, which projected the Green Cauldron above Ye Fan and astonished the assembled great saints.
• Lin Xian explained that the Heavenly Court sought coexistence among the races and a shared pursuit of the Immortal Path.
• The Divine Land Saint King revealed that he had not been told the inside story, and Lin Xian asked him his surname.

Lin Xian revealed the emperors’ connections to Big Dipper’s ancient bloodlines and rallied the Heavenly Court to begin a great expedition into the stars. Ye Fan issued the first Heavenly Emperor Edict, declaring war on Ziwei to defend the legacies of the Solar Sacred Emperor and Taiyin Human Emperor.

• The Divine Land Saint King explained that the Divine Land Emperor was born in the Yao Ruins, prompting Lin Xian to claim he had always been part of the Yao Family.
• Lin Xian identified several ancient emperors with human bloodlines, and Sakyamuni manifested an emperor’s form as witness.
• The Ji Family Ancient Saint announced that the Ancient Starry Road and cosmic star map were ready, and Ye Fan realized he could finally return home.
• Lin Xian urged the saints to unite under the Heavenly Court and explore the universe, making the Primordial Ancient Star their destination.
• Lin Xian deferred command to Ye Fan, who issued the Heavenly Court’s first Heavenly Emperor Edict and launched the great expedition.
• Lin Xian accused Ziwei’s powers of persecuting the descendants of the Solar Sacred Emperor and Taiyin Human Emperor, declaring that Big Dipper would march against Ziwei.