Chapter Summaries

The Divine Calculator foresaw Ye Fan’s extraordinary destiny and warned that the Southern Ridge Heavenly Emperor was a variable, but revealing forbidden secrets brought Heavenly Punishment down on his courtyard. Lin Xian rejected divination, protected the Divine Calculator with Great Emperor Wu Shi’s formation, and secured his lineage’s service to the Heavenly Court.

• The Divine Calculator read Ye Fan’s fate as an imperial star disrupted by an enigmatic variable and named the Southern Ridge Heavenly Emperor before lightning struck his courtyard.
• The Divine Calculator answered questions from the Big Black Dog, the Saint Prince, Duan De, and the Dragon Horse, predicting the Underworld as Duan De’s destination and identifying an Emperor Tomb in the Yaoguang Holy Land.
• Ye Fan asked whether Lin Xian could become an emperor, but Lin Xian destroyed the divination tools and declared that the Heavenly Court itself decided the Heavenly Mandate.
• Lin Xian ordered the Black Emperor to conceal the Divine Calculator within Great Emperor Wu Shi’s Heaven-Deceiving Formation, and the Divine Calculator pledged his lineage to the Heavenly Court.
• The Divine Calculator taught the Heaven-Stealing Technique to selected Heavenly Court members, while the formation’s design left the visiting Divine Silkworm Princess and Divine Silkworm Daoist unable to find its entrance.

Lin Xian led the Divine Silkworm clan to the Central Plains, where he revealed that the God Emperor's coffin lay within the Eternal Ascension Dynasty's ancestral temple. As the group searched the ominous ruins, Duan De and the others tried to take the Big Black Dog's blood, then turned their attention to Dragon Horse.

• The Divine Silkworm Daoist and Divine Silkworm Princess learned that the Little Divine Silkworm might be the God Emperor's missing younger brother, and Lin Xian urged them to believe he could return.
• Lin Xian told the God Emperor's Son that the Divine Spirit Coffin was in the Eternal Ascension Dynasty's ancestral temple on Big Dipper, and Ye Fan recoiled when Lin Xian gave him a threatening message for Xiao Nannan to recite if Lin Xian died.
• Lin Xian opened a Domain Gate and took the group to the ruined Central Plains, where Duan De used the Dragon Vein to locate the hidden ancestral temple.
• Duan De called on Ye Fan and Lin Xian to help collect the Big Black Dog's blood for protection against evil spirits, and Dragon Horse joined them in pinning the dog down.
• The Big Black Dog cursed Dragon Horse, and Duan De then suggested using a Saint Spirit's hoof, prompting Dragon Horse to cry out for help.

Lin Xian and his companions explored the Eternal Ascension Dynasty’s buried temple, defeating its Yin Spirit guardians and gathering treasures. In the scripture-filled fifth heaven, Lin Xian recognized that Emperor Yuhua’s sacrificial method had influenced the Devouring Heaven Empress’s Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art.

• The Black Emperor led Ye Fan and the others into the temple’s second heaven, where hanging corpses awakened as hostile Yin Spirits.
• Duan De drove back the ghosts with black dog blood, and Lin Xian used the Fuxi Dragon Stele’s Dragon Roar Dao Chant to destroy them.
• Duan De explained that the creatures were descendants of Yin Spirits, prompting the Black Emperor to tease him about having ghostly descendants.
• The group searched the next small worlds, finding saint-grade materials and an auxiliary ingredient for the Nine-Turn Immortal Elixir.
• In the fifth heaven, the Divine Silkworm Princess warned everyone that the scriptures carried a demonic quality and described sacrifice.
• Lin Xian studied the carvings and realized that Emperor Yuhua’s method had led toward the Devouring Heaven Empress’s Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art.

Lin Xian and the others uncovered the Divine Silkworm God Emperor’s coffin in the ruins of the Eternal Ascension Dynasty and opened it with blood from increasingly powerful cultivators. The emperor fiend energy drew an Underworld horde, while red-haired Lin Xian confronted the ghosts with his Human Emperor Banner.

• Lin Xian led the group through the Eternal Ascension Dynasty’s hidden stores, claimed its treasures, and gave the Divine Silkworm Prince the offerings made to his ancestor.
• The Divine Silkworm Prince recognized a tiny stone coffin as the Divine God Coffin, and Ye Fan, Lin Xian, the Divine Silkworm Princess, and the prince opened its layers with their blood.
• The ninth layer released the God Emperor’s aura and emperor fiend energy, which Lin Xian contained with the Fuxi Dragon Stele as the Divine Silkworm Prince wept with joy.
• The emperor fiend energy summoned the Underworld, and Ye Fan, Lin Xian, and Duan De suffered a backlash that covered them with golden, red, and green hair.
• An Underworld gateway opened and released ghosts, ghost kings, and military souls, but red-haired Lin Xian summoned his Human Emperor Banner and prepared to capture them.

Lin Xian used the Human Emperor Banner and the Scripture of Deliverance to drive back the Red-Haired Monster, then confronted two yin-spirit attendants who guarded Emperor Yuhua’s sanctuary. He proved Emperor Yuhua was gone and claimed the thirty-six small worlds for the Heavenly Court.

• Lin Xian used the Human Emperor Banner and the Scripture of Deliverance to overcome the Ghost Saint’s attack and break free of late-life ominousness.
• Two yin-spirit attendants emerged from the thirty-fifth heaven and challenged Lin Xian for plundering the Eternal Ascension Dynasty’s treasures.
• Lin Xian invoked Emperor Zun and the Netherworld Emperor, while Duan De summoned the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar and frightened the attendants with the Ruthless Great Emperor’s might.
• Lin Xian struck the Central Plains’ First Ancestral Vein with the Fuxi Dragon Stele, splitting open Emperor Yuhua’s empty stone embryo and revealing only a trace of imperial might.
• The attendants rushed into the depths of the ancestral vein to search for Emperor Yuhua, while Ye Fan realized his departure was connected to events six thousand years earlier.
• Lin Xian declared the thirty-six small worlds the Heavenly Court’s treasury and turned his attention to the Ascension Immortal Scripture and Emperor Yuhua’s notes.

Lin Xian absorbed Emperor Yuhua’s legacy and led the Heavenly Court to Mount Sumeru, where Amitabha purified the Divine Spirit Coffin’s baleful aura and God Emperor emerged. His return stirred the Life Restricted Areas, and Lin Xian sent Azure Emperor’s blood toward him in hopes of restoring his life.

• Lin Xian claimed Emperor Yuhua’s legacy and absorbed its resources while Ye Fan and Duan De crowded into the ancestral vein to share the gains.
• The Heavenly Court found a star map among the ancient temples and marked the Eternal Starfield as a future target.
• Lin Xian led Ye Fan, Duan De, Saint Prince, and the others to Mount Sumeru, where Amitabha agreed to purify the Divine Spirit Coffin.
• Amitabha’s faith power purified the coffin’s emperor fiend aura, and God Emperor emerged as the Divine Silkworm Prince called out to his father.
• God Emperor’s overwhelming aura awakened Supreme Beings across the Life Restricted Areas, who debated whether he had truly returned to life.
• Lin Xian gave Amitabha several drops of Azure Emperor’s heart’s blood to send toward God Emperor, hoping the Heavenly Emperor’s blood could save him.

Amitabha revived the God Emperor with Heavenly Emperor Wan Qing’s heart blood, and Lin Xian recruited him into the Heavenly Court’s plan to hunt the Immortal Emperor. The God Emperor admired the Azure Emperor’s supposed schemes but remained wary of the Heavenly Court’s intentions.

• Amitabha used Wan Qing’s heart blood and faith power to revive the God Emperor, who awoke on Mount Sumeru and greeted the Divine Silkworm Daoist.
• Lin Xian questioned the God Emperor about the Immortal Emperor and invited him to join the Heavenly Court’s Immortal Ascension Road campaign.
• Amitabha identified Ye Fan as Emperor Zun’s reincarnation, while Lin Xian presented himself as a tangled collection of lineages and offices.
• Lin Xian explained the Heavenly Court’s Red-Dust Immortal Path and pointed out Duan De’s four Reincarnation Seals, which shocked the God Emperor.
• Lin Xian claimed the Azure Emperor and Great Emperor Wu Shi had planned to attack the Immortal Emperor, and described the Azure Emperor’s idea of creating a new Immortal Realm.
• The God Emperor praised the Azure Emperor’s vision but questioned why the Azure Emperor would not attack the Immortal Emperor himself, and he remained wary of becoming the Heavenly Court’s next target.

The God Emperor weighed whether to ally with the Heavenly Court or pursue his own path, while Lin Xian used a solemn oath invoking the Desolate Heaven Emperor to establish his sincerity. The God Emperor agreed to meet the Azure Emperor, whose sudden coughing from within the nether tomb left everyone wondering whether he had awakened.

• The God Emperor assessed the power balance and considered hunting the Immortal Emperor, joining him, or cooperating with the Heavenly Court, making the alliance tense.
• Lin Xian eased the standoff by bringing the God Emperor's relatives and the Saint Prince forward, then invited everyone to discuss the Immortal Path beneath the Bodhi Tree.
• Lin Xian swore by the Desolate Heaven Emperor and the Desolate Pagoda, causing divine lightning and drawing the attention of the Carefree Heavenly Venerable, who sought out the Longevity Heavenly Venerable.
• The God Emperor accepted Lin Xian's invitation to meet the Azure Emperor and traveled with him and the others to the nether tomb near Lingxu Cave Heaven.
• The God Emperor entered the nether tomb, and violent coughing followed, making the gathered onlookers suspect that the Azure Emperor had awakened.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter presents the extraordinary gathering of several supreme figures: Azure Emperor, Wan Qing/Empress, Amitabha’s Faith Deity, the God Emperor, Lin Xian, Ye Fan, and others. Their meeting is portrayed as an unprecedented convergence of Heavenly Emperors capable of reshaping the universe.
• Xiao Nannan touches a mysterious pool in Azure Emperor’s Yin Tomb, triggering the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron and Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar. The pool reveals the vague image of a powerful, gray-haired figure, confirming Azure Emperor’s continued existence.
• Azure Emperor is revealed to have survived in a weakened state while using the Desolate Pagoda to evolve an Immortal Realm within the mortal universe. He had remained dormant after receiving Emperor Talismans from Lin Xian, which helped him continue his research into the Immortal Realm.
• The Desolate Pagoda awakens independently and displays overwhelming immortal power. It recognizes Lin Xian and draws him, along with Xiao Nannan, into its domain.
• Lin Xian explains that the mysterious figure he refers to has “always been there,” preserved through the Body-as-Seed cultivation system and the memory of living beings. This suggests that a Dao Ancestor or Path-End existence can remain immortal through the continuation of his cultivation system.
• The awakening of the Desolate Pagoda repeatedly shakes the Big Dipper, alarming the sleeping Supreme Beings in the Life Restricted Areas. They debate whether Azure Emperor is still alive and whether he will become their greatest rival when the Immortal Ascension Road opens.
• The Desolate Pagoda’s Divine Spirit recognizes something familiar about Lin Xian and also senses connections to Duan De and Black Emperor. Their comedic argument escalates into a fight, after which both are pulled into the pool.
• Amitabha’s Faith Deity is initially excluded, creating the chapter’s central joke that “the Heavenly Emperors are holding a meeting without him.” Azure Emperor eventually invites him and the other outsiders into the Emperor Tomb.
• The chapter ends with Ye Fan respectfully asking Azure Emperor whether the Chaotic Green Lotus within him is connected to Azure Emperor.

2. Character Developments

• Azure Emperor is established as far more than an ordinary Great Emperor. Despite his frail condition, he remains immensely wise and is pursuing the unprecedented goal of creating an Immortal Realm inside the mortal world. His calm, dignified attitude contrasts with his internal confusion and the increasingly chaotic gathering around him.
• Lin Xian is shown to possess deep knowledge of ancient history, Daoist systems, and figures absent from recorded history. His words imply that he may have an extraordinary origin or connection to ancient, possibly immortal beings. The Desolate Pagoda’s familiarity with him reinforces this mystery.
• Xiao Nannan has visibly matured. She is no longer portrayed as merely innocent and curious; she calmly handles immortal power, enters the Desolate Pagoda, and demonstrates unusual composure in the presence of multiple Heavenly Emperors.
• Ye Fan feels disadvantaged because he is the only leader of the Heavenly Court clearly belonging to the current era, while the others possess ancient origins or past identities. His final question shows his growing awareness of his connection to Azure Emperor.
• Amitabha’s Faith Deity remains outwardly patient and compassionate, but his repeated attempts to gain recognition reveal comic frustration at being excluded from the gathering. Azure Emperor’s invitation restores his dignity.
• Duan De and Black Emperor provide comic relief while also hinting at significant ancient origins. The Desolate Pagoda’s recognition of them suggests that neither is as simple as he appears. Their exaggerated claims and physical fight expose their familiar rivalry.
• The Life Restricted Area Supreme Beings become increasingly wary of Azure Emperor. His awakening forces them to reassess the balance of power before the Immortal Ascension Road opens.

3. Significant Themes

• Immortality through legacy: Lin Xian argues that a Dao Ancestor remains alive as long as his cultivation system survives. The chapter presents memory, teachings, and the continuation of a Dao as forms of immortality.
• The limits of recorded history: Important beings may exist outside official historical records. Ancient history cannot fully contain the truth, and forgotten figures may still influence the present.
• The pursuit of the Immortal Realm: Azure Emperor’s attempt to evolve an Immortal Realm within the mortal universe represents a challenge to conventional cultivation and the boundaries between mortality and transcendence.
• Power and recognition: The repeated jokes about Amitabha being excluded contrast with the serious question of who truly qualifies as a Heavenly Emperor. The chapter explores how titles, strength, origins, and recognition do not always align.
• Ancient versus modern cultivators: Ye Fan’s insecurity highlights the tension between present-era figures and ancient beings who possess hidden identities, reincarnations, or incomprehensible legacies.
• Comedy amid cosmic grandeur: Despite the universe-shaking implications of the meeting, the chapter repeatedly undercuts its solemnity through Amitabha’s exclusion, Black Emperor and Duan De’s brawl, and the Supreme Beings’ irritation at being awakened.

4. Character Interactions

• Xiao Nannan and the pool: Her innocent touch initiates the revelation of Azure Emperor and draws the attention of the Emperor Weapons.
• Lin Xian and the Desolate Pagoda: Lin Xian speaks of a forgotten Dao Ancestor whose presence survives through the Body-as-Seed System. The Pagoda reacts emotionally and begins to question Lin Xian’s identity.
• Azure Emperor and the God Emperor: The God Emperor praises Azure Emperor’s ancient plans and seeks his cooperation, while Azure Emperor pretends to understand despite being internally uncertain.
• Lin Xian, Duan De, and Black Emperor: Lin Xian jokingly links them to ancient beings, provoking suspicion and a violent argument between Duan De and Black Emperor.
• Azure Emperor and Amitabha: Although Amitabha is initially left outside the gathering, Azure Emperor ultimately invites him in, demonstrating his fairness and kindness.
• Ye Fan and Azure Emperor: Ye Fan respectfully approaches Azure Emperor and asks whether the Chaotic Green Lotus within him originated from Azure Emperor, setting up a potentially important revelation about their connection.

Ye Fan learned that the Chaotic Green Lotus within him came from the Azure Emperor’s improved symbiotic method, while the gathered emperors debated blood, lifetimes, and competing routes to immortality. Xiao Nannan’s Immortal Altar rejected their conclusions, and the Empress’s pronouncement established the correct course for the third lifetime and shaped the future of cultivation.

• Ye Fan asked the Azure Emperor about the Chaotic Green Lotus, and the Azure Emperor explained that it was a symbiosis inspired by the Immortal Emperor’s method.
• The God Emperor and Azure Emperor discussed longevity methods, while Duan De denied being the Netherworld Emperor and the emperors mocked his claim.
• The God Emperor and Azure Emperor tried to trade blood to revive themselves, but neither had any to spare.
• The Azure Emperor asked about the God Emperor’s lifetimes, and the God Emperor explained that his path led through three lifetimes to an Ultimate Leap.
• The God Emperor concluded that Great Emperors and Heavenly Emperors would eventually gather the knowledge needed to open the Immortal Dao, but a voice from Xiao Nannan’s Immortal Altar declared their deduction wrong.
• The Empress established that after reaching the third lifetime, one should remain in the mortal world rather than attack the Immortal Ascension Road, and the Black Emperor recorded the verdict as the Lingxu Comprehensive Meaning.

Lin Xian blamed the Immortal Emperor for derailing the Immortal Path and persuaded the emperors to join the Heavenly Court in reviving it. The Desolate Pagoda reacted to the White Paper Boat and began recalling its incomplete past as Lin Xian offered sacrifices to it.

• Lin Xian argued that the Immortal Emperor had ended the Mythical Era’s open spread of Dao teachings and obstructed the mortal world’s rise toward immortality.
• The emperors reconstructed how the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Venerable shaped the Mythical Era and how the Immortal Emperor’s victory ushered in bloodline rule.
• Lin Xian praised the Azure Emperor’s efforts, invited the God Emperor to join the Heavenly Court, and declared that they would make the Heavenly Court great again.
• The Desolate Pagoda recognized something familiar in Ye Fan, while the Empress raised the question of whether reincarnation existed.
• Lin Xian said remembrance could restore the dead and revealed that the White Paper Boat carried the Empress’s longing for her brother; the Desolate Pagoda then sensed its own incompleteness.
• Lin Xian began offering sacrifices to the Desolate Pagoda, whose light seemed to reach across the River of Years.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Xian performs an ancient sacrificial ritual invoking the Desolate Heaven Emperor. Although history remembers him as a great scholar defending the Heavenly Emperor, the narration reveals that he was actually a notorious devil who devoured countless races and manipulated historical records.
• The Desolate Pagoda suddenly senses a major disturbance in time, space, and causality: the Three-Life Bronze Coffin, pulled by nine True Dragons, changes its course and heads toward the Primordial Ancient Star.
• The destination is revealed to be Stone Village, located on the Primordial Ancient Star—a world formed when the Desolate Heaven Emperor reconstructed the shattered Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
• The group is shocked because even the Ruthless Great Emperor had waited over two hundred thousand years for the coffin’s arrival. Lin Xian’s sacrifice appears to have redirected it, suggesting power and causality beyond the level of an ordinary Heavenly Emperor.
• The Desolate Pagoda recognizes Lin Xian’s resemblance to an ancient figure called the “Stone Immortal,” raising questions about Lin Xian’s identity and origin.
• The characters debate whether Lin Xian is the reincarnation of Stone Immortal, a revived obsession, or another form of rebirth. However, Lin Xian has no Reincarnation Mark, making the truth difficult to determine.
• Lin Xian casually claims that he was “already a Stone Village villager,” adopting an authentic ancient dialect. The Desolate Pagoda then tests him by asking whether he possesses the Sky-Piercing Mark of the ancient Frontier Desolate Seven Kings bloodline.

Character Developments

• Lin Xian: His influence and mystery deepen. He demonstrates the ability to affect the Three-Life Bronze Coffin through ritual and causality, while continuing to conceal his true identity. His claim of being connected to Stone Village may be either a confession, a joke, or another layer of deception.
• Desolate Pagoda’s Divine Spirit: Becomes increasingly serious and excited as memories of the past return. It identifies Stone Immortal as someone resembling Lin Xian, though its own memories are incomplete because crucial information was sealed by a sword strike.
• Duan De/Cao Yusheng: Begins to question his own identity after learning that Cao Yusheng was his former name. His uncertainty about reincarnation parallels the mystery surrounding Lin Xian.
• The Empress and Xiao Nannan: Their interest in Lin Xian is tied to the possibility that reincarnation is real. If Lin Xian is a reincarnated existence, it could validate the Empress’s obsession with recovering or preserving Xiao Nannan.
• Ye Fan: Offers a skeptical alternative, suggesting that “Stone Immortal” and “Lin Xian” may both be false names, consistent with Lin Xian’s habit of using many identities.
• Amitabha: Presents the Buddhist idea of the Future Buddha as a possible explanation for Lin Xian’s existence and the reality of reincarnation.

Significant Themes

• Reincarnation and identity: The chapter questions whether a person’s true self survives across lives, whether memories can be severed, and whether multiple names represent different incarnations or deliberate disguises.
• Historical revisionism: Lin Xian’s transformation from a chaotic devil into a revered Confucian scholar emphasizes how victors shape history and erase inconvenient truths.
• Causality and destiny: Lin Xian’s ritual alters the Bronze Coffin’s predetermined journey, suggesting that powerful individuals can interfere with fate and the flow of time.
• Myth versus truth: Legends surrounding the Desolate Heaven Emperor, Stone Immortal, and Lin Xian may all contain distorted or deliberately rewritten versions of reality.
• Bloodline and legitimacy: The Sky-Piercing Mark represents the honor of the Frontier Desolate Seven Kings and contrasts with the false “Sin-Blood” accusations imposed on their descendants.

Character Interactions

• The Desolate Pagoda directly confronts Lin Xian about his resemblance to Stone Immortal, prompting the other emperors to scrutinize him.
• The Azure Emperor presses the Pagoda for information, leading to the revelation of the name “Stone Immortal.”
• Duan De reacts personally to the mention of Cao Yusheng, deepening the connection between his current identity and his forgotten past.
• Amitabha interprets Lin Xian through Buddhist theories of reincarnation, while the Empress quietly considers what this could mean for Xiao Nannan.
• Ye Fan challenges the reincarnation theory by pointing out Lin Xian’s history of adopting different names.
• Lin Xian responds to the interrogation with humor and composure, claiming ancient Stone Village origins before being asked to prove it through the Sky-Piercing Mark.

Lin Xian learned that Earthlings carried the bloodline of the Frontier Desolate Seven Kings, and he and Ye Fan were revealed as descendants of the Desolate Heaven Emperor. After the Empress and other powerful figures vowed to pursue immortality, the Empress departed and Xiao Nannan reverted to her muddled state, leaving the group in disarray.

• The system told Lin Xian that he possessed the Seven Kings Bloodline and explained that Earthlings inherited many ancient bloodlines.
• Lin Xian claimed the Desolate Pagoda as the Heavenly Emperor's heir, and the pagoda's rune revealed that Ye Fan also carried the bloodline.
• Duan De speculated that the Primordial Ancient Star was the Human Race's ancestral homeland, while the Empress wondered whether Lin Xian and Ye Fan were reincarnations.
• Lin Xian argued that the Desolate Heaven Emperor had achieved artificial reincarnation, inspiring the Empress, the Azure Emperor, and the God Emperor to swear an oath to ascend to immortality.
• The Azure Emperor admitted he had no contingency plans, Xiao Nannan began crying after the Empress departed, and Lin Xian praised Amitabha as the Heavenly Court's greatest expert.

Lin Xian helped assemble the Heavenly Court while its most powerful allies were too weakened or occupied to fight, and the God Emperor entrusted his descendants to Amitabha before returning to his coffin. After gaining the God Emperor’s scripture through a system reward, Lin Xian tried to exploit Emperor Zun Ye’s burial for Dao resonance, but the attempt failed and left him wondering what kind of tomb the method required.

• The Azure Emperor and the Desolate Pagoda refused to leave the Immortal Realm project, while the God Emperor agreed to join the Heavenly Court and entrusted his descendants to Amitabha.
• Amitabha welcomed the Divine Silkworm Princess into the Buddhist Sect, and the Divine Spirit Coffin bestowed the God Emperor’s teachings on the Divine Silkworm Daoist.
• Lin Xian comprehended the God Emperor’s Longevity Method and received the God Emperor Scripture and Divine Silkworm Longevity Method from System 10086.
• The Azure Emperor rejected Lin Xian’s suggestion that he enter a Divine Spirit Coffin and expelled the group from the Yin Mound Emperor Tomb.
• Lin Xian knocked Emperor Zun Ye unconscious and performed a burial ceremony with Duan De, but gained no Dao resonance and wondered whether he needed a proper Heavenly Venerable Tomb.

Xiao Nannan’s return revealed that Yaoguang Holy Land was the Ruthless Great Emperor’s tomb and concealed the Bronze Immortal Palace, which Lin Xian arranged to use as part of the Heavenly Court’s plans. After Amitabha established a vast formation network in the Northern Region, word spread that Lin Xian would enter the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings, and several Ancient Emperor Clans sent him invitations.

• The Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron and Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar carried Xiao Nannan to Yaoguang Holy Land, where its Great Saint confirmed that the holy land was the Ruthless Great Emperor’s tomb and its people welcomed her return.
• Yaoguang Holy Land rose into the sky, exposing the Bronze Immortal Palace beneath it, and Lin Xian arranged for the Heavenly Court to take custody while promising to return Yaoguang’s Dragon Cauldron.
• Lin Xian sent Ye Fan, the Saint Prince, and the Divine Silkworm Prince to persuade Wang Teng to submit, while he gave Duan De, the Black Emperor, and Dragon Horse a chance to enter the palace by helping build Yaoguang’s Emperor Formation.
• Lin Xian asked Amitabha to oversee the Northern Region’s formations and support him if his Dao Body provoked the Supremes in the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings.
• Amitabha linked the formations across the Northern Region and Northern Plains, and several Ancient Emperor Clans invited Lin Xian ahead of his planned entry into the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings.

Lin Xian visited the Fire Qilin Cave and claimed to be both the Wind Family’s Emperor’s Son and a True Dragon descended from the Immortal Realm, then used his knowledge of the Immortal Ascension Road to negotiate an alliance. The Qilin Daughter agreed to go to the Heavenly Court as a hostage while the Heavenly Court offered Emperor Zun Ye and his little sister in exchange.

• Lin Xian met Huo Lin'er and the Fire Qilin Son, who asked about his imperial lineage and his thoughts on the Immortal Ascension Road.
• Lin Xian claimed that Great Emperor Fuxi had been a True Dragon and that he was one of the Ancient Clan, then warned that only two or three people might become immortals in one lifetime.
• Lin Xian revealed an Emperor Weapon and demanded the Qilin Lineage's Ancient Emperor Token and an Ancient Emperor's child as a hostage, prompting Great Saint Yan Qi to confront him.
• Lin Xian offered to exchange the Qilin hostage for Emperor Zun Ye and his three-year-old sister, Xiao Nannan, and Great Saint Yan Qi accepted the proposal.
• The Qilin Son volunteered to go to the Heavenly Court, but the Qilin Daughter overruled him and chose to go instead; she also asked to see the Heavenly Court's Kirin Elixir Seed.

Lin Xian persuaded Huang Xudao to lend him the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor's token and writings, then made a pact with Primordial Lake before visiting the Golden Cave. The Golden Heavenly Maiden challenged his praise of the Golden Ancient Emperor by asking whether he wanted to fight.

• Lin Xian told Huang Xudao that the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor might have merged his Primordial Spirit with a Dao weapon and claimed the Azure Emperor wanted to guide him toward immortal ascension.
• Huang Xudao lent Lin Xian the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor's token and gave him fragmentary writings about the emperor's Longevity Method.
• Lin Xian studied the writings and speculated that an Ancient Emperor might merge with an Undying Immortal Medicine, such as the Chaotic Green Lotus.
• Lin Xian agreed with Primordial Lake's elders to ally against the Divine Ruins, and suspected that two Great Accomplished Saint Spirits had tested whether the Origin Emperor was truly dead.
• Lin Xian visited the Golden Cave and praised the Golden Ancient Emperor's attempt to open the Immortal Realm; the Golden Heavenly Maiden asked whether he wanted to fight.

Lin Xian fought the Golden Heavenly Maiden, uncovered the Void God Realm fragment behind the Golden Divine Repository, and mastered its mysteries. He offered to teach her the art and declared the Heavenly Court’s aim was to unite cultivators in seeking the origin of immortality.

• Lin Xian provoked the Golden Heavenly Maiden with his list of supposed victories, and she challenged him to fight at her cultivation realm for the Ancient Emperor Token.
• Lin Xian’s Azure Lotus Dao Body battled the Golden Heavenly Maiden’s Golden Divine Repository, and both were left battered after their clash.
• Lin Xian used Nine Secrets: Dou to imitate the Golden Divine Repository, then copied its true mysteries and revealed a world filled with projections of ancient Immortal Artifacts.
• Lin Xian entered the Treasury World with his Primordial Spirit and discovered ancient stone steles bearing records from the Void God Realm, including the inscriptions “Loves Drinking Beast Milk” and “Heaven-gifted martial prowess, open and aboveboard.”
• The Treasury World reconstructed itself and the steles vanished, while Lin Xian returned to his body and the Golden Heavenly Maiden asked how he had changed the divine art.
• Lin Xian offered to teach the Golden Heavenly Maiden and told her and the Golden Great Saint that the Heavenly Court sought to share Dao arts and uncover the origin of immortality.

Lin Xian recruited the Golden Heavenly Maiden to the Heavenly Court’s plan for a Golden Great Era, then followed the trail of Wang Teng to the Chaotic Ancient Emperor’s hidden tomb. Wang Teng died after trying to revive the Chaotic Ancient Emperor, but his Demon Embryo vanished, leaving Lin Xian to fear it could become a future rival emperor.

• Lin Xian challenged the Golden Heavenly Maiden to surpass her father and invited her to join the Heavenly Court, and she accepted while promising to defeat him once she became a saint.
• The Golden Heavenly Maiden revealed that Wang Teng had formed an unusual Demon Embryo and condensed an Immortal Seed.
• Lin Xian met Ye Fan, the Saint Prince, and the Divine Silkworm Daoist, then led them to Wang Teng’s hidden cultivation ground in the Northern Plains.
• Wang Teng fought the three Emperors’ Sons, fled into the Chaotic Ancient Emperor’s underground palace, and sacrificed himself while calling for the emperor to rise again.
• Amitabha opened the sealed palace, where Lin Xian and the others found Wang Teng’s corpse beside the awakened Chaotic Ancient Emperor Axe, but the Demon Embryo was missing.

Lin Xian revealed that Wang Teng’s death had stirred the Chaotic Ancient Emperor’s dormant resurrection, then enlisted the Emperor Weapon to help protect the emerging immortal fetus. As the Immortal Ascension Road began to appear and forces gathered around Big Dipper, Lin Xian’s delegation reached the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings, where Duan De and a token-bearing newcomer astonished its Supreme Beings.

• White Crane Great Saint confirmed Wang Teng’s death, and the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Weapon declared that its emperor no longer needed a successor.
• Amitabha explained that the Chaotic Ancient Emperor’s desire for true death had formed a longevity method capable of nurturing a chance at rebirth, while the Emperor Weapon said the immortal fetus awaited an opportunity.
• Lin Xian persuaded the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Weapon to join forces with Amitabha and protect the Northern Plains, then returned to the Eastern Wasteland and buried the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Venerable to obtain part of his longevity method.
• Fissures appeared over the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone, revealing the location of the Immortal Ascension Road and drawing Saints, Ancestral Kings, and forces from other stars toward Big Dipper.
• The Beginningless Bell opened a divine bridge to the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings, and the Heavenly Court delegation arrived as Duan De carried an unfamiliar Ancient Emperor Token.
• Supreme Beings recognized Duan De’s token as genuine but unfamiliar, then noticed a handsome newcomer carrying numerous Ancient Emperor Tokens and wondered whether their mine had sent him as an envoy.