Chapter Summaries

As Ye Fan and Lin Xian helped the Mysterious Shadow Clan's Ancestral King secure a place under the Buddhist Sect, Lin Xian sold him ordination certificates and offered him an Arhat position. The chapter ended with Ye Fan pitching Heavenly Court Loans after the Ancestral King said his clan could not afford the price in immortal metal.

• The Mysterious Shadow Clan's Ancestral King worried that his descendants would never gain access to the Buddhist Sect's scriptures and resources under the Ancient Clan's rigid hierarchy.
• Lin Xian explained that ordination certificates would make the clan official Buddhist disciples and friendly to the Heavenly Court, then revealed his identity as abbot of the Little Electronic Music Temple.
• Lin Xian manifested as the Future Buddha, declared the Ancestral King had a karmic affinity with the Buddhist Sect, and offered to sell him certificates.
• Ye Fan reassured the Ancestral King that the Heavenly Court would approve and support the arrangement, and the Ancestral King bought more than a dozen certificates with his remaining wealth.
• Lin Xian offered to sell the Ancestral King a future Arhat position for Dao Calamity Gold, but the Ancestral King said his clan was too poor to pay.
• Ye Fan introduced Heavenly Court Loans after learning the Ancestral King had no immortal metal.

As the Heavenly Court made Purple Mountain its headquarters, the figure of Great Emperor Wu Shi bestowed an inheritance on Fairy Zixia’s unborn innate sacred body Dao embryo. The gathered factions argued over the child’s future before Lin Xian revealed that he had brought another Emperor Weapon under his control.

• News spread that Yao Yuekong had restored his Heavenly Demon Body, Xiang Yufei had severed the Dao, and the Saint Prince had advanced his Buddhist cultivation.
• The Heavenly Court learned that Fairy Zixia was carrying an innate sacred body Dao embryo, and the Beginningless Bell rang from Purple Mountain.
• The Heavenly Court settled in Purple Mountain, where Lin Xian and his companions activated the stone scripture with collected Emperor Jade and summoned Great Emperor Wu Shi’s figure.
• Great Emperor Wu Shi’s figure bestowed an inheritance on Fairy Zixia’s unborn child, and the Immortal Divine Phoenix Medicine chose to perch on her shoulder.
• The Black Emperor and others proposed raising the child as a future Heavenly Emperor, but Ye Fan and Fairy Zixia objected, prompting the factions to vote over who would guide the child.
• Lin Xian challenged Ye Fan’s claim to an Emperor Seat and revealed the Fuxi Dragon Stele, prompting the assembly to realize he had gained another Emperor Weapon.

Lin Xian competed with Ye Fan to influence who would teach Yaochi’s unborn innate sacred body Dao embryo, then proposed investigating the Heavenly Emperor’s Son to help Great Emperor Wu Shi in his battle against the Immortal Emperor. The Beginningless Bell agreed to a teaching arrangement at Purple Mountain, while the plan to convert the Heavenly Emperor’s Son remained under discussion.

• Lin Xian revealed the Fuxi Dragon Stele’s Emperor Weapon power and competed with Ye Fan for votes, claiming additional votes through the Heavenly Court and his own authority.
• Lin Xian reflected that the Ancient Clan had been excluded from the Purple Mountain deliberations and considered the challenges of uniting it with the Heavenly Court.
• Lin Xian proposed that Zhang Lin and Yang Yi help teach Zixia and her unborn child at Purple Mountain, while the Black Emperor served as nutritionist.
• The Beginningless Bell approved the arrangement, and the Black Emperor reluctantly accepted that he would not teach the child.
• Lin Xian asked how the conversion of the Heavenly Emperor’s Son was progressing and proposed learning the Heavenly Emperor’s bloodline secrets and the Undying Immortal Phoenix’s weakness to aid Great Emperor Wu Shi.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Heavenly Emperor’s Son is judged to have an unusually fragile Dao Heart compared with other Emperor’s descendants. Unlike Yuan Gu, who was willing to die rather than submit to Hua Yunfei’s Spirit-Deliverance Art, he repeatedly compromises in hopes of receiving help from the Primordial clans.
• The Heavenly Court decides that keeping him alive is more useful than killing him. Lin Xian organizes three thousand practitioners from the Western Desert, Central Plains, and Eastern Wasteland to combine Buddhist conversion arts, the Scripture of Deliverance, and the Spirit-Deliverance Art.
• Several major factions initially hesitate to provide practitioners familiar with the Spirit-Deliverance Art, but Lin Xian pressures them by threatening to alter the inheritance rights to Ruthless Emperor’s weapons. The Yaoguang and Jiang families consequently agree to contribute personnel.
• Lin Xian reflects that overwhelming power is more effective than political maneuvering and temporarily leaves administrative matters to others. Using One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, he takes on Buddhist, Daoist, and Heavenly Court identities and leads the conversion ritual at Yaochi.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s Son angrily invokes his father’s status and claims that the Immortal Emperor still values him. Lin Xian undermines this belief by arguing that the Immortal Heavenly Blade and the greatest resources were given to the Heavenly Emperor’s Second Son instead.
• Lin Xian reveals private information about the Immortal Emperor’s past choices, including the two paths offered to his son. The Heavenly Emperor’s Son had chosen the lesser path and thereby lost the opportunity to inherit the Immortal Heavenly Blade, five Fortune Source Eyes, and his father’s greatest legacy.
• Lin Xian further claims that the Immortal Emperor abandoned him, citing the Immortal Taoist’s defeat and suppression as proof that no protector will come to save him.
• Under the combined psychological attack and three conversion arts, the Heavenly Emperor’s Son’s Dao Heart collapses. His former identity is spiritually replaced by a new personality: the Virtue-Fallen Heavenly Emperor’s Son.
• The converted prince denounces the Immortal Emperor as a criminal and declares his intention to expose the “Sinful Father Heavenly Emperor.” He offers the Heavenly Emperor Scripture, the Divine Phoenix inheritance, and large quantities of Immortal Phoenix Blood to the Heavenly Court.
• Lin Xian recognizes that the Heavenly Emperor’s Son is an invaluable resource. His unique Immortal Realm origins may allow the Heavenly Court to study Immortal Dao laws and develop methods against the Immortal Emperor.

Character Developments

• Heavenly Emperor’s Son: Changes from a proud but insecure imperial descendant into a completely devoted servant of the Heavenly Court. His initial fear of abandonment and inferiority is exploited until his old identity collapses. He then embraces repentance, self-denial, and hostility toward his father.
• Lin Xian: Demonstrates political authority, psychological insight, and ruthless manipulation. He combines intimidation, historical revision, spiritual conversion, and emotional pressure rather than relying solely on force. He also begins to value strength over complicated factional balancing.
• The Saints and major factions: Their reluctance to help reveals their self-interest and habit of preserving hidden advantages. They cooperate only after Lin Xian threatens their access to Ruthless Emperor’s inheritance.
• The Heavenly Court: Gains both a symbolic Crown Prince and access to major cultivation resources, strengthening its ideological and practical position.

Significant Themes

• Fragility of the Dao Heart: A single compromise can lead to repeated surrender and eventual spiritual collapse.
• Power versus political maneuvering: Lin Xian concludes that overwhelming strength can solve problems more effectively than endless negotiation between factions.
• Identity and indoctrination: The chapter explores whether a person remains the same when the body survives but the soul, beliefs, and loyalties are fundamentally altered.
• Parental abandonment and inferiority: The Heavenly Emperor’s Son’s collapse stems from his belief that he was inferior to his younger brother and discarded by his father.
• Historical perspective and propaganda: The Heavenly Court recasts the Immortal Emperor as a criminal and turns the former enemy’s son into a political symbol of repentance and unity.
• Ends versus ethics: The Heavenly Court’s “conversion” is presented as benevolent salvation, but it is achieved through manipulation, coercion, and spiritual alteration.

Character Interactions

• Lin Xian and the Saints: Lin Xian forces the Yaoguang and Jiang families to contribute practitioners by threatening their inheritance privileges.
• Lin Xian and the Heavenly Emperor’s Son: Their confrontation is both verbal and spiritual. Lin Xian attacks the prince’s pride, family loyalty, and belief in his father before completing the conversion.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s Son and the Immortal Emperor: Although the Immortal Emperor never appears directly, his perceived favoritism toward the Second Son and abandonment of the first drives the entire conflict.
• The Heavenly Court and the converted prince: The court offers him a new identity and purpose, while he responds by surrendering his inheritance and resources.
• The prince and his former self: The chapter portrays his transformation as the death of the original Heavenly Emperor’s Son and the birth of a new personality devoted to the Heavenly Court.

Lin Xian’s plans for the Myriad Races Assembly were upended when Great Xia accused the Immortal Emperor of murdering the Primordial Emperor. The Heavenly Emperor’s Son publicly denounced his father and began revealing his alleged crimes, leaving Yaochi on the verge of chaos.

• Lin Xian discussed using the blood and remains of powerful enemies, while Ye Fan reminded him that they belonged to the Heavenly Court.
• The Saint Prince came to Yaochi seeking a fight with the Heavenly Emperor’s Son, but the Son apologized and called for peace among the myriad races.
• The Ancient Clans gathered at Yaochi for the Myriad Races Assembly, where a Great Saint of Great Xia arrived carrying the Primordial Emperor Sword and demanded that the descendants of the Eight Divine Generals appear.
• The Great Saint of Great Xia accused the Immortal Emperor of ambushing and killing the Primordial Emperor, and the Saint Prince reinforced the charge by reproducing the Fighting Saint Emperor’s furious words.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s Son appeared, apologized for his father, and denounced him as a demon who had ambushed multiple emperors and incited conflicts.
• Great Saint Kun Zhou called the Heavenly Emperor’s Son a fake and demanded that he stop speaking as the gathering realized the accusations could shatter the Ancient Clans’ unity.

At Yaochi, the Heavenly Emperor's Son denounced his father for causing the Primordial God War, prompting the Ancient Clans to move against him. Lin Xian called on the elderly Daoist of the Cai Family, who revealed his near-Quasi-Emperor strength and crushed Great Saint Kun Zhou.

• The Heavenly Emperor's Son claimed the Immortal Emperor had engineered the Primordial God War to destroy an era, shaking the faith of the gathered races.
• An Ancestral King defended the Heavenly Emperor, but the Heavenly Emperor's Son condemned his path and declared his own allegiance to the Heavenly Court.
• Great Saint Kun Zhou urged the Ancient Clans to seize the Heavenly Emperor's Son, while Human and Ancient Clan Great Saints raised their Emperor Weapons against each other.
• Lin Xian challenged the claim that the Heavenly Emperor was deathless and asked a senior outside the hall to intervene.
• The elderly Daoist of the Cai Family arrived with the Chaotic Green Lotus, declared the Azure Emperor the Dao-Attainer of the age, and struck Great Saint Kun Zhou into bloody pulp.

At the Myriad Races Assembly, Lin Xian used the claim that the Azure Emperor still lived to force the Ancient Clan into submission, while killing Great Saint Kun Zhou and the remaining Eight Divine Generals. He demanded the myriad races choose whether they would follow the Heavenly Court or the Immortal Emperor during the coming Dark Turmoil, and a woman arrived from the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings carrying an ancient emperor’s decree.

• The Cai Family Daoist declared that the Azure Emperor had attained the Dao thirty thousand years earlier and that the Heavenly Court acted in his name, shocking the humans and Ancient Clan alike.
• The Ancient Clan learned the Azure Emperor’s disappearance had only been presumed to be his death, then accepted the Heavenly Court’s authority and asked to negotiate through Lin Xian.
• Hun Tuo tried to broker peace, but Lin Xian killed the remaining ancestral kings of the Eight Divine Generals with the Fuxi Dragon Stele.
• Lin Xian demanded that the myriad races renounce the Immortal Emperor’s authority and obey the Heavenly Court during the Dark Turmoil and battle on the Immortal Path.
• A woman flew from the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings to Yaochi carrying a radiant decree that bore the aura of a Primordial Ancient Emperor.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Myriad Dragon Maiden emerges from the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings at Yaochi, carrying a sacred decree from the slumbering Myriad Dragon Emperor.
• The decree’s Imperial Dao aura shocks the gathering races. Even Saints struggle under its pressure, while weaker cultivators who look directly at it suffer blindness or severe injuries.
• The arrival reveals that the conflict between the Heavenly Court and the Primordial Myriad Races is actually part of a larger confrontation between Azure Emperor’s Heavenly Court and the Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zones.
• The Ancient Clans become emboldened by the decree and begin treating the Myriad Dragon Nest as their representative against the Human and Demon races.
• The Black Emperor mocks their arrogance and insults the decree, provoking the Ancient Clan. A Dragon-Head Ancestral King nearly attacks him but is stopped after being reminded of the Black Emperor’s connection to Great Emperor Wu Shi.
• Great Saint Qianlun reads the decree before the assembled races. Its message is interpreted as: “All under heaven are one family; immortals enter the Ancient Mine.”
• The decree appears to endorse coexistence among all races while also implying that the Ancient Mine’s Supreme Beings wish to cooperate with the Heavenly Court regarding the Immortal Path.
• Before the decree can accomplish its intended purpose, a blue-clad imperial daughter appears and declares that using a Primordial Ancient Emperor’s decree to summon the Post-Desolate Antiquity Heavenly Court will likely fail.

Character Developments

• Myriad Dragon Maiden presents herself as the authoritative representative of the Dragon Emperor and the Ancient Clan, gaining considerable influence over the Primordial races.
• Lin Xian remains calm and confident, recognizing that the decree is part of a much larger political and imperial struggle.
• Black Emperor continues his irreverent, boastful behavior, but his association with Great Emperor Wu Shi gives him unexpected protection and status.
• Great Saint Qianlun demonstrates political caution. He prevents the Dragon Race from provoking the Heavenly Court or becoming a weapon for other Imperial Clans, suggesting that cooperation with the Heavenly Court may ultimately be necessary.
• The Dragon-Head Ancestral King, initially aggressive, becomes fearful and obedient after learning of the Black Emperor’s connection to Wu Shi.
• The Ancient Clan’s leaders grow more confident publicly, but privately remain anxious about whether their own ancient emperors are still alive and how deeply the Heavenly Court’s power extends.
• The newly arrived blue-clad imperial daughter displays confidence and insight by immediately challenging the effectiveness of the Dragon Emperor’s decree.

Significant Themes

• Power behind political conflict: The apparent struggle between the Ancient and present-day races masks a confrontation between ancient emperors, Supreme Beings, and Forbidden Zones.
• The weight of imperial authority: Even a nonviolent decree from an Ancient Emperor can overwhelm Saints and alter the balance of power.
• Reliance on powerful patrons: The Ancient Clans become arrogant because they believe the Dragon Emperor supports them, exemplifying dependence on superior forces.
• Peace versus hidden ambition: The decree advocates unity among all races, but its reference to immortals entering the Ancient Mine suggests secret negotiations over the Immortal Path.
• Uncertainty surrounding ancient emperors: The possible survival of multiple ancient emperors—including the Dragon Emperor, Azure Emperor, and Wu Shi—makes every faction cautious.
• Political restraint and strategy: Great Saint Qianlun’s warning emphasizes that survival depends on avoiding becoming tools in the conflict between greater powers.

Character Interactions

• The Myriad Dragon Maiden formally presents the decree, while Lin Xian steps forward to inspect and receive it.
• The Black Emperor mocks both the decree and the Ancient Clan’s dependence on it, provoking the Dragon-Head Ancestral King.
• Great Saint Qianlun restrains the Dragon-Head Ancestral King and reminds him that attacking the Black Emperor could offend Great Emperor Wu Shi.
• Human and Ancient Clan sages jointly interpret the decree, temporarily finding common ground in its message of unity.
• The Cai Family Daoist and the Golden Tribe’s Great Saint debate whether the decree promises coexistence or conceals a plan involving the Immortal Path.
• The blue-clad imperial daughter directly addresses the Myriad Dragon Maiden, rejecting the idea that the decree can compel the Post-Desolate Antiquity Heavenly Court.

The Dragon Maiden declared that the Myriad Dragon Nest would join the Heavenly Court, then clashed with Yan Ruyu over the Ancient Emperor’s Edict. Yan Ruyu broke the edict, and the Dragon Maiden presented Lin Xian with its message summoning him to the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings, leaving him to choose whether to go.

• The Dragon Maiden announced that the Myriad Dragon Nest would join the Heavenly Court, while Great Saint Qianlun claimed he knew nothing of her plans.
• Yan Ruyu summoned the Chaotic Green Lotus and challenged the Dragon Maiden, prompting the Dragon Maiden to call forth the Myriad Dragon Bell.
• The Chaotic Green Lotus shattered the Ancient Emperor’s Edict, and the Dragon Maiden seized half of it.
• The Dragon Maiden showed Lin Xian the edict’s message, “Xian shall enter the Ancient Mine,” and asked him to choose.
• Lin Xian hesitated after realizing the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings held nearly twenty supreme beings.

Chapter Summary: Let Lin Xian Suffer a Little More

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Chaotic Green Lotus and the Myriad Dragon Bell manifest at Yaochi, symbolizing the appearance and authority of the Azure Emperor and Myriad Dragon Emperor. Their overwhelming presence silences every powerful figure present.
• Lin Xian, acting as vice leader of the Heavenly Court, attempts to avoid responsibility by asking Emperor Zun to appear.
• The crowd consequently turns its attention to Ye Fan, suspecting that he may be Emperor Zun’s reincarnation and that the Heavenly Court is far more significant than they had believed.
• Ye Fan decides to shift the burden onto Lin Xian, whom he feels has avoided too much hardship in the past. He orders Lin Xian to visit the Forbidden Zones and negotiate for the coexistence of all races.
• Lin Xian counters Ye Fan’s moral pressure by questioning the authority behind the order. He declares that he will only obey if the command truly comes from Emperor Zun, not merely from Ye Fan in his role as Tianxuan Sacred Lord.
• Forced into a corner, Ye Fan publicly declares, “I am Emperor Zun,” stunning everyone at the Myriad Races Assembly.
• The announcement causes immense turmoil. The Ancient Clan and Human Race both recall Emperor Zun’s legendary status, the glory of the Ancient Heavenly Court, and the enormous significance—and danger—of reestablishing it.
• Various Great Saints speculate that Ye Fan may genuinely be Emperor Zun’s reincarnation and that the Azure Emperor helped locate or awaken him.
• Duan De suddenly arrives, having achieved Severing the Dao after gaining great fortune on the Primordial Ancient Star. He is accompanied by the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar, another Emperor Weapon of the Human Race.
• Duan De dramatically claims to be a Forbidden Zone Heir from the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone and announces that he carries the oral decree of a Human Race Great Emperor, further confusing and alarming the assembly.

Character Developments

• Ye Fan: Demonstrates increasing political cunning and willingness to exploit his supposed identity as Emperor Zun. Though initially annoyed at being made responsible for the Heavenly Court’s burdens, he turns the situation to his advantage by publicly asserting supreme authority.
• Lin Xian: Shows himself to be politically sharp and unwilling to submit blindly. He successfully forces Ye Fan to reveal his identity, but ultimately accepts the decree and pays respects to Ye Fan as Emperor Zun. He is now being deliberately pushed toward the dangerous task of negotiating with the Forbidden Zones.
• Duan De: Returns after a major breakthrough, having reached Severing the Dao and partially completed his mysterious cultivation method. His appearance adds another layer of mystery, as he claims ties to the Forbidden Zone and authority from a Human Race Great Emperor.
• Black Emperor: Reacts with disbelief to Duan De’s return, knowing that Duan De’s greed and destructive tendencies make it unlikely that he would willingly leave the Primordial Ancient Star.
• The Ancient Clan: Shifts from suspicion to fear as the possibility of Ye Fan being Emperor Zun’s reincarnation becomes increasingly credible.

Significant Themes

• Authority and legitimacy: The chapter centers on who possesses the right to command the various races. Ye Fan must establish whether his authority comes from his current identity or from the ancient and nearly invincible status of Emperor Zun.
• Political maneuvering: Ye Fan and Lin Xian engage in a battle of rhetoric, each trying to redirect responsibility onto the other while maintaining moral and political high ground.
• The burden of history: The Ancient Heavenly Court and Emperor Zun’s legacy still shape the present. Reestablishing the Heavenly Court is portrayed as a task with enormous karmic and historical consequences.
• Fear of supreme power: The possibility that Emperor Zun has returned terrifies both the Ancient Clan and the Human Race, since his former rule surpassed even that of ordinary Great Emperors.
• Humor amid grandeur: Despite the cosmic stakes, the chapter retains a comedic tone through Ye Fan’s frustration, Lin Xian’s resistance, Black Emperor’s remarks, and Duan De’s exaggerated self-presentation.

Character Interactions

• Ye Fan and Lin Xian: Their exchange is the chapter’s central interaction. Ye Fan attempts to burden Lin Xian with negotiations in the Forbidden Zones, while Lin Xian cleverly refuses unless Ye Fan admits to being Emperor Zun. Ye Fan ultimately accepts the challenge and uses the declaration to dominate the assembly.
• Ye Fan and the assembled races: Ye Fan’s proclamation transforms how everyone views him, turning him from a suspicious young Sacred Body into a potential supreme ruler whose authority may exceed that of all present.
• Duan De and Black Emperor: Black Emperor mocks Duan De’s return, while Lin Xian recognizes that Duan De has made genuine progress.
• Duan De and the Ancient Clan: Duan De’s Emperor Weapon and claims of being a Forbidden Zone Heir immediately place the Ancient Clan on guard, adding another unpredictable force to the tense gathering.

At the Yaochi Myriad Races Assembly, Duan De impersonated the Forbidden Zone Heir of the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone, easing the primordial races’ fears as he demanded lavish hospitality. The gathering stirred old grief among the Ancient Emperors’ descendants, while Hun Tuo recognized a startling resemblance in Duan De and wondered if he was a Forbidden Zone Father.

• Duan De used the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar and Heavenly Court’s influence to pose as the Forbidden Zone Heir and deliver the Human Race Great Emperor’s decree at Yaochi.
• The Ancient Clan leaders welcomed Duan De, and he bragged about his ancient origins while demanding Divine Spring water, Dao Enlightenment Tea, and peaches.
• Huo Lin’er, Huang Xudao, the Saint Prince, and Yuan Gu reflected on their fathers and the losses their clans had suffered.
• The Divine Silkworm Daoist, Yuan Gu, and Ji Zi shared wine and recognized one another as forlorn figures displaced from earlier eras.
• Lin Xian invited the Central Emperor to join them, but Xiang Yufei left, lamenting that he had awakened eight thousand years too late.
• Hun Tuo scrutinized Duan De, recoiled at his resemblance to an Ancient Emperor, and concluded that he was a Forbidden Zone Father.

At the Myriad Races Assembly, Hun Tuo recognized Duan De as the Netherworld Emperor and became convinced that Ye Fan was Emperor Zun, prompting Lin Xian to recruit him into the Heavenly Court. Ye Fan was left wondering whether the universe’s belief in his supposed reincarnation might make Emperor Zun awaken within him.

• Hun Tuo recognized Duan De’s words and instincts as signs that he was the Netherworld Emperor reincarnated.
• Hun Tuo saw Ye Fan’s imperial bearing and addressed him as Emperor Zun, while Lin Xian affirmed the claim.
• Lin Xian invited Hun Tuo to join the Heavenly Court as a presiding deity of the Tai Sui Division and an ambassador for peace.
• Hun Tuo agreed to bring his entire clan into the Heavenly Court, stunning Ye Fan and the gathered races.
• After Lin Xian explained that Hun Tuo believed Ye Fan was Emperor Zun, Ye Fan worried that the power of faith might make the reincarnation real and resolved to consult the Divine Calculator.

Lin Xian used the peace talks to expand the Heavenly Court’s influence among the Ancient Clan through trade, cultivation scriptures, and promises of immortality. After learning he had to meet a Supreme Being in the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings in seven days, he began seeking counsel on how to survive the encounter.

• At the Yaochi Grand Gathering, Lin Xian promoted exploring the stars under the Heavenly Court’s leadership, and the races reached a preliminary peace agreement.
• Lin Xian released God Spirit Valley’s scripture and offered the Ancient Clan Emperor Formations, geomantic tombs, and contracts with the Human Emperor Banner, drawing minor races toward the Heavenly Court.
• The Heaven-Mixing Tribe’s Ancestral King declined to entrust his race to the Human Emperor Banner but considered jointly funding a powerful formation with other Royal Clans.
• The Heaven-Mixing Tribe’s Ancestral King told Lin Xian that Northern Emperor Wang Teng had left the Northern Plains, and Lin Xian passed the news to Ye Fan.
• Lin Xian told the Beginningless Bell and Zhang Lin that he feared the many Supreme Beings in the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings, where he had to go in seven days.
• Ye Fan advised Lin Xian to gather advisers, and Lin Xian decided to invite the Heavenly Emperor’s Son, Saint Prince, and Divine Silkworm Princess before resorting to Black Emperor and Duan De.

Chapter Summary: “Defying Immortals in Reverse, Subduing Mortals in Order”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Fan, despite entering the Divine Forbidden Domain and using the Nine Secrets, fails to overcome the enormous gap between his Immortal Two cultivation and Saint-level power.
• Holy Master Lin demonstrates the difference between realms by effortlessly suppressing Ye Fan with a single finger. Ye Fan is sent crashing through Purple Mountain but survives thanks to his powerful Sacred Body.
• In Great Emperor Wu Shi’s Dao field, Ye Fan bathes in the Immortal Pool and discovers dog hair left behind by Black Emperor, leading to a humorous argument with Lin Xian over cleaning it.
• Lin Xian presents the skull of Delis, a female Saint from the Ziwei Star Domain, and uses a crescent jade pendant to activate the Primal Chaos Dao Platform. A manifestation of Great Emperor Wu Shi appears, though he remains occupied fighting in another world.
• Delis’s lingering spiritual imprint reveals that she had admired Wu Shi for ages, wishing only to follow in his footsteps. Her fate prompts reflections on Yaochi’s history of tragic love and regret.
• Fairy Zixia worries that Ye Fan’s future Great Accomplished Sacred Body lifespan will vastly exceed her own. Ye Fan consequently reflects on the loneliness of outliving family, friends, and rivals.
• Lin Xian explains three possible approaches to longevity: sealing oneself in Divine Source, repeatedly consuming longevity-extending medicines, or finding a world where immortality is possible.
• He then proposes creating a God Realm in which Primordial Spirits could exist eternally, using Faith Power and the Dragon Coffin Immortal Scripture.
• Rather than creating an entirely new realm like the Azure Emperor attempted, Lin Xian plans to modify an existing unfinished Immortal Realm inside the Bronze Coffin pulled by Nine Dragons and combine it with the Bodhisattva Realm.
• Lin Xian privately reveals that his true goal is to locate and exploit this unfinished Immortal Realm, borrowing existing foundations instead of building everything himself.

Character Developments

• Ye Fan: His defeat reinforces the limits of his current cultivation, but he remains ambitious and refuses to accept his weakness. He also becomes more reflective, recognizing the loneliness and grief inherent in long life.
• Lin Xian: He continues to display overwhelming strength, arrogance, and irreverent humor. Beneath his teasing and apparent frivolity, however, he possesses a grand plan involving immortality, faith, and the unfinished Immortal Realm.
• Fairy Zixia: Her concern over her shorter lifespan reveals her emotional vulnerability and deepens her relationship with Ye Fan.
• Yang Yi: She acts as a keeper of Yaochi’s secrets, particularly the truth about Wu Shi’s appearance and identity, while empathizing with the tragic history of Yaochi cultivators.
• Delis: Though long dead, her remaining spiritual imprint reveals a devoted, unfulfilled admiration for Wu Shi, adding an emotional dimension to the chapter.
• Great Emperor Wu Shi: His distant manifestation emphasizes both his immense power and his isolation. He is still fighting in another world and cannot respond directly to Delis.

Significant Themes

• The gap between realms: Talent, secret techniques, and forbidden combat states cannot easily overcome the fundamental difference between mortal and Saint-level cultivation.
• Longevity and loneliness: Immortality is presented not only as power but also as the burden of watching everyone one loves disappear.
• Repetition of history: Ye Fan and Lin Xian recognize that current attempts to escape death resemble the ancient experiments of the Primordial Myriad Races and the Ancient Mine’s Supreme Beings.
• Unfulfilled love and regret: Delis’s devotion to Wu Shi and Yaochi’s history illustrate how cultivation and greatness often come at the cost of emotional fulfillment.
• Borrowing rather than creating: Lin Xian’s strategy reflects pragmatism and ambition—he intends to modify existing realms and inherit earlier achievements instead of reproducing the Azure Emperor’s failed effort from scratch.
• The mystery of immortality: The chapter raises questions about whether true immortality exists, whether the Immortal Path can be crossed, and whether spiritual existence can survive independently of the physical body.

Character Interactions

• Ye Fan and Lin Xian: Their relationship is defined by mockery, provocation, and unequal strength. Lin Xian humiliates Ye Fan in battle, orders him around afterward, and dismisses his requests for help, while Ye Fan repeatedly challenges Lin Xian’s reliability and ambitions.
• Ye Fan and Fairy Zixia: Zixia’s fear of being left behind emotionally affects Ye Fan, who begins considering the sorrow of living far longer than loved ones.
• Yang Yi and the others: Yang Yi provides insight into Wu Shi and Yaochi’s hidden history but refuses to expose embarrassing secrets out of respect for Wu Shi’s dignity.
• Delis and Wu Shi: Delis’s spiritual imprint expresses her lifelong admiration, while Wu Shi’s absence underscores the distance between her devotion and his unattainable existence.
• The group and Lin Xian’s plan: Ye Fan and the others are skeptical of Lin Xian’s proposal, comparing it to the Azure Emperor’s methods, but his confidence suggests that he may possess knowledge and resources beyond their understanding.

Lin Xian recognized the Dragon Coffin Immortal Scripture as a fourth Immortal Path and worried that the Azure Emperor had missed his chance to follow it. As the Heavenly Court prepared to approach the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings, Lin Xian gathered Ancient Emperor Tokens, and Duan De revealed a token older than the Primordial God War.

• Lin Xian reflected that the Three-Life Bronze Coffin and the Desolate Heaven Emperor’s legacy could help create an Immortal Realm within the body, and regretted that the Azure Emperor had never found the coffin.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s Son and the Saint Prince discussed how to approach the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings, and the Divine Silkworm Princess offered her clan’s Ancient Emperor Token.
• Lin Xian learned that the Heavenly Emperor’s Son lacked the Heavenly Emperor Token, while the Black Emperor claimed the purple token and fought Duan De over it.
• The Black Emperor agreed to go to the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings, and Duan De also sought to join the expedition.
• Duan De produced a battered copper token that he said had been beside him when he awoke, and the Divine Silkworm Princess identified it as an imperial token from before the Primordial God War.

Lin Xian revealed clues suggesting that the Divine Silkworm Clan’s Little Divine Silkworm had lived through many rebirths and that the God Emperor might still be alive. The Divine Silkworm Princess went to investigate, while Lin Xian asked the Black Emperor about Xiao Nannan and learned she was in the Village of Heaven.

• Duan De presented an Ancient Emperor Token, claimed he had attained the Dao in Primordial Antiquity, and fought the Black Emperor after the dog mocked him.
• Lin Xian explained how the Divine Silkworm Clan’s transformations related to rebirth and suggested that the God Emperor might have survived by living new lifetimes.
• Lin Xian questioned whether Little Darling had undergone far more transformations than the Divine Silkworm Clan knew, prompting the Divine Silkworm Princess to seek him out and consult the God Emperor’s Son.
• The Saint Prince asked whether his father could survive, and Lin Xian advised him that reincarnation might offer a path beyond a dead end in the human Dao.
• The Divine Silkworm Princess took the Divine Silkworm Daoist to investigate Little Darling’s origins, while Lin Xian learned from the Black Emperor that Xiao Nannan was in the Village of Heaven.

Lin Xian tested Ye Fan by trapping him in a chaotic arena against the Heavenly Emperor's Son, the Saint Prince, Duan De, and the Black Emperor, then added the Dragon Horse to the fight. Ye Fan struggled under the odds as Lin Xian kept raising the stakes, and the chapter ended with the fighters turning on him again over a Medicine King.

• The Black Emperor demanded that Ye Fan abdicate in favor of the unborn innate sacred body Dao embryo, but Ye Fan refused and declared that he would surpass it himself.
• Lin Xian asked Ye Fan how soon he could sever the Dao, then created a Chaotic Dao Arena and arranged a battle to test his potential.
• The Heavenly Emperor's Son, the Saint Prince, Duan De, and the Black Emperor attacked Ye Fan together, and Ye Fan used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to split his attention among them.
• Lin Xian tossed the Dragon Horse into the arena and offered it a Medicine King and immortal liquid to attack Ye Fan; the Dragon Horse struck him and made him spit blood.
• Duan De, the Black Emperor, and the Dragon Horse fought over Ye Fan's sacred blood, giving him room to focus on the Heavenly Emperor's Son and the Saint Prince.
• Lin Xian tossed Ye Fan a Medicine King, prompting Duan De, the Black Emperor, and the Dragon Horse to team up and charge him for the treasure.

Chapter Summary: My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Fan battles the two emperor’s sons alongside Saint Prince, Black Emperor, Duan De, and Dragon Horse. The fight is deliberately arranged to push him toward breaking through the Severing the Dao realm.
• He reflects on the nature of Severing the Dao: one must either sever one’s own flaws or be severed by Heaven’s imperfect Dao. Ye Fan refuses the conventional path because he cannot abandon his attachments to his family, friends, and comrades.
• Faith Power from countless believers flows into Ye Fan, healing him and strengthening his Dao comprehension. This causes others to wonder whether he is awakening the essence of Emperor Zun’s reincarnation.
• Ye Fan rejects both the Emperor Zun identity and the image others have imposed on him. He chooses to define his own path and decides to reverse-slay the Great Dao rather than submit to Heaven.
• Drawing on the Six-Syllable Mantra, Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, Faith Power, and the Xuanhuang Mother Qi Cauldron, Ye Fan refines his own supreme technique: the true Sacred Fist.
• Lin Xian recognizes that Ye Fan has reached the point of transformation and uses his power to contain the collapsing battlefield within a tiny world.
• Ye Fan then fights Heavenly Emperor’s Son in a final, genuine clash. Their techniques—Six Paths of Reincarnation and Five-Colored Divine Light—collide with enough force to threaten the small world.
• Lin Xian ends the battle after Heavenly Emperor’s Son obeys his command. Ye Fan has effectively broken through the barrier, though he postpones undergoing the Severing the Dao tribulation so it can be used to kill Wang Teng, who is difficult to catch because of the Chaotic Ancient Secret Art.
• Lin Xian reveals a weakness in Wang Teng’s technique. The chapter ends with a humorous argument between Lin Xian and Ye Fan over their past conflict at Heavenly Jade Sacred Land, while Duan De and Black Emperor comment on their mutual dishonesty.

Character Developments

• Ye Fan: Reaches a decisive spiritual breakthrough. Rather than severing his attachments, accepting others’ expectations, or becoming a reincarnation of Emperor Zun, he asserts his independence: “My fate is mine, not Heaven’s.” His accumulated experiences and relationships become the foundation of his power rather than obstacles to it.
• Lin Xian: Acts as the architect and observer of Ye Fan’s breakthrough. He understands Ye Fan’s nature and calmly protects the battlefield when the clash becomes too destructive. His familiarity with the Chaotic Ancient Secret Art also gives Ye Fan an advantage against Wang Teng.
• Heavenly Emperor’s Son: Demonstrates major growth in Dao Heart. Once overly attached to comfort and privilege, he now follows Lin Xian without fear of death and fights with unwavering resolve, earning everyone’s respect.
• Duan De, Saint Prince, Black Emperor, and Dragon Horse: Though they participate in the battle, their emotional ties to Ye Fan prevent them from truly trying to kill him. Their support helps create the pressure needed for his breakthrough.
• Wang Teng: Does not appear directly, but becomes the target of Ye Fan’s next plan. His mastery of the Chaotic Ancient Secret Art makes him extremely difficult to pursue.
• Duan De and Black Emperor: Provide comic relief by exposing the exaggerated self-justifications of Ye Fan and Lin Xian.

Significant Themes

• Defying Heaven and controlling one’s destiny: Ye Fan rejects submission to the Heavenly Dao and insists that his fate must be determined by his own will.
• Identity and self-definition: He refuses to be reduced to Emperor Zun’s reincarnation, the Sacred Body others admire, or the person shaped by Lin Xian and the Empress’s expectations.
• Attachments as strength: Unlike cultivators who abandon emotions to advance, Ye Fan’s bonds with loved ones and comrades give him the conviction to create his own path.
• Breakthrough through struggle: Ye Fan’s cultivation advances through desperate combat, accumulated hardship, and self-understanding rather than peaceful meditation alone.
• Excess and balance: Lin Xian reflects on how even great destiny and talent can fail when confronted by overwhelming circumstances, citing the Sacred Body brother and Emperor Zun as examples.
• Truth versus self-serving narratives: The closing argument shows how people reinterpret history to make themselves appear righteous, with Duan De and Black Emperor highlighting the gap between personal accounts and reality.

Character Interactions

• Ye Fan and Lin Xian combine mentorship, rivalry, and mutual provocation. Lin Xian guides Ye Fan’s cultivation but also mocks his hypocrisy, while Ye Fan challenges Lin Xian’s version of past events.
• Ye Fan and Heavenly Emperor’s Son engage in a respectful, high-level duel, reflecting their opposing identities: one is the Human World’s self-made protagonist, while the other is an Immortal Realm heir with extraordinary bloodline and power.
• Saint Prince, Black Emperor, Duan De, and Dragon Horse support Ye Fan indirectly by fighting without lethal intent.
• Duan De and Black Emperor act as commentators, sarcastically judging the argument between Ye Fan and Lin Xian and suggesting that neither is trustworthy.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Black Emperor threatens the two Tianxuan Sacred Lords with exposing their scandalous political history, including a usurpation, palace coup, and rule from behind the scenes. He demands payment to keep these records from becoming exaggerated “wild history.”
• Holy Master Lin attempts to silence the Black Emperor, but the dog escapes into Purple Mountain, using the Beginningless Formation for protection.
• The Black Emperor then threatens Ye Fan with similarly embarrassing historical claims, including that Ye Fan married into Purple Mansion Holy Land and became a live-in son-in-law.
• Ye Fan dismisses the threat, arguing that future Great Saints—or his own eventual power—could rewrite or reinterpret history in his favor.
• Inside Purple Mountain, the Black Emperor turns to Fairy Zixia and tries to create suspicion between her and Ye Fan. He exaggerates Ye Fan’s relationships with Ji Ziyue, the Yaoguang Saintess, and others, even suggesting that Ye Fan should be eliminated so their future child could inherit his legacy.
• Zixia questions Ye Fan about his connections with Ji Ziyue and then asks him which woman he would save first if she and An Miaoyi were drowning. Lin Xian compounds Ye Fan’s predicament by encouraging Zixia to press him further.
• Furious and embarrassed, Ye Fan challenges Holy Master Lin to a physical battle. Despite only recently entering the Severing the Dao Realm, Ye Fan fights Lin Xian, a Saint, relying solely on physical strength.
• The clash shocks everyone. Ye Fan withstands dozens of exchanges and demonstrates extraordinary combat ability, drawing comparisons to legendary figures such as Ruthless Emperor, Wu Shi, and the Azure Emperor.
• Lin Xian eventually uses divine techniques, including Flowers Bloom at One Thought and the power of three thousand miniature worlds, overwhelming Ye Fan and sending him crashing into a pit.
• Zixia rushes to care for Ye Fan. Ye Fan pretends to be more injured than he is, enjoying her concern and turning the situation against Lin Xian.

Character Developments

• Ye Fan: Displays immense confidence and rapidly growing strength. Though newly advanced into Severing the Dao, he can physically contend with a Saint and even challenge legendary standards of combat. He also reveals a mischievous, theatrical side by feigning serious injury to gain Zixia’s sympathy.
• Holy Master Lin: Remains powerful, proud, and easily provoked. He begins with an attempt to suppress the Black Emperor but later demonstrates overwhelming Saint-level combat ability against Ye Fan. His irritation grows as Ye Fan and Zixia manipulate the aftermath of the fight.
• The Black Emperor: Acts as the chapter’s chief instigator. He weaponizes gossip, historical revision, and embarrassing rumors to extort others and stir conflict. His boldness comes from Purple Mountain’s formations, which make him nearly untouchable there.
• Fairy Zixia: Having been isolated in Purple Mountain during her pregnancy, she is unaware of much of the outside world. She remains gentle but becomes suspicious and playfully tests Ye Fan about his romantic relationships.
• Duan De and Dragon Horse: Though less active, they recognize the seriousness of Ye Fan’s battle and react with astonishment at his ability to challenge a Saint.
• Lin Xian and Ye Fan’s relationship: Their interaction shifts from comic hostility into a genuine test of strength. Lin Xian recognizes that Ye Fan’s brutal past battles have forged extraordinary instincts and resilience.

Significant Themes

• History is controlled by power: The chapter emphasizes that historical reputations are shaped less by moral purity than by who possesses overwhelming strength and who controls the narrative afterward.
• Karmic reversal: Ye Fan enjoys seeing Holy Master Lin tormented by the same kind of schemes that Lin Xian and the Black Emperor once used against him.
• Power beyond realm: Ye Fan’s ability to fight a Saint despite being in the Severing the Dao Realm highlights the theme that talent, physical foundation, experience, and combat instincts can overcome conventional differences in cultivation.
• Humor amid danger: Threats of violence and historic scandal are treated comically, especially through the Black Emperor’s shameless manipulation and Ye Fan’s exaggerated injury.
• Romantic jealousy and domestic tension: The Black Emperor turns cultivation-world conflicts into relationship drama, forcing Ye Fan to navigate impossible questions about Zixia and other women.
• Strength and protection: The chapter contrasts Ye Fan’s growing martial power with Zixia’s emotional concern, showing that even a near-invincible fighter can be vulnerable to affection and embarrassment.

Character Interactions

• Black Emperor and the Tianxuan Sacred Lords: A blackmailer-versus-powerful-rulers exchange built around historical secrets.
• Black Emperor and Ye Fan: The dog repeatedly provokes Ye Fan with scandalous rumors, especially concerning women and succession.
• Black Emperor and Fairy Zixia: He pretends to be a loyal adviser while deliberately sowing distrust toward Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan and Zixia: Their relationship is affectionate but strained by jealousy-provoking questions. Zixia’s concern after the battle allows Ye Fan to play the victim.
• Ye Fan and Lin Xian: They progress from verbal hostility to a spectacular physical confrontation. Ye Fan proves he can challenge Saint-level opponents, but Lin Xian’s divine arts ultimately secure victory.
• Lin Xian and Zixia: Lin Xian mischievously assists Zixia in embarrassing Ye Fan, making him another target of Ye Fan’s anger.

Lin Xian and Ye Fan discussed Ye Fan’s future reputation before the Beginningless Bell revealed that Great Emperor Wu Shi was battling the Immortal Emperor and another powerful being in the Strange World. The group then visited the Village of Heaven, where the Divine Calculator sought refuge with the Heavenly Court, and Lin Xian challenged him to judge Ye Fan’s prospects.

• Lin Xian mocked Ye Fan’s rule and suggested the posthumous name “Heavenly Emperor Tang,” while Ye Fan vowed to outlive him and judge him after death.
• The Beginningless Bell awakened and revealed that Wu Shi was trapped in a difficult battle against the Immortal Emperor and another expert in the Strange World.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s Son let the Beginningless Bell examine him and send a message to Wu Shi, while Lin Xian and the others traveled to the Village of Heaven.
• Qi Luo introduced the Divine Calculator, who wanted to join the Heavenly Court to protect his descendants from ominous forces, and Lin Xian identified two rare spirit children in his care.
• The Divine Calculator tried to divine the children’s future, suffered a backlash, and heard Lin Xian ask whether Ye Fan’s face belonged to a future Heavenly Emperor.