Chapter Summaries

Lin Xian sent Golden Crow Emperor Jun to the Ascension Star Domain to seek a saint spirit, while privately using the mission to stall the Supreme Being and reshape the balance of power. He then revealed plans to protect key worlds from dark turmoil and discussed repeatable methods of longevity with the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son, who saw the Heaven-Mending Technique as a possible path to another lifetime.

• Lin Xian concealed his suspicions about Golden Crow Emperor Jun and persuaded him to travel to the Ascension Star Domain with half of the Heaven-Mending Technique to find a saint spirit.
• After Emperor Jun departed, the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son asked Lin Xian whether the mission was a trap, and Lin Xian explained that he wanted to stall for time before the Immortal Ascension Road opened.
• Lin Xian invoked the Grass-Character Sword Art and promised that the Heavenly Court could protect the Primordial Ancient Star and Ziwei during dark turmoil.
• The Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son explained that he was a wandering soul sharing Wang Teng's body, and Lin Xian proposed that repeated longevity methods could let him continue living.
• Lin Xian suggested that the Underworld's research and saint-spirit transformation could support new longevity paths, prompting the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son to recognize the Heaven-Mending Technique's potential.

Lin Xian explained how the Heaven-Mending Technique could make the Red-Dust Immortal Path viable and gained permission to use the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Weapon. As he prepared to confront Emperor Yuhua on Ascension Star, Ye Fan mistook the reborn Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son for Wang Teng and attacked him.

• Lin Xian described how premature Saint Spirits could be repaired and how longevity methods could make repeated lifetimes a path to immortality.
• Lin Xian offered the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art and Immortal Heavenly Art, then received permission to inherit his Dao Lineage and use his Emperor Weapon.
• The Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son taught Lin Xian how the Emperor Weapon's talisman could protect its bearer, and Lin Xian revealed that he planned to face Emperor Yuhua on Ascension Star.
• Ye Fan arrived at the Tianxuan Immortal Mansion, mistook the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son for Wang Teng, and struck him with the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist.
• After realizing his opponent was not Wang Teng, Ye Fan asked who he was, and the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son introduced himself and mentioned Wang Teng's death.

Ye Fan battled the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son, who tested his strength while seeking answers about Wang Teng's death and Emperor Zun's reincarnation. After the fight, they recognized their shared lineage, and the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son began to hint at how many emperor-like figures might appear in this age.

• Ye Fan confronted the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son, who wielded the Chaotic Ancient Battle Axe and overwhelmed the Green Cauldron as its spirit refused to fight.
• The Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son defeated Ye Fan's Great Void Art, explained how Ye Fan's overwhelming aura exposed him, and pressured him with imperial arts.
• Lin Xian watched with Little Yinyin while Black Emperor and Dragon Horse reacted to the battle; Little Yinyin recognized Ye Fan and pleaded for the men to stop.
• Ye Fan unleashed the Heavenly Emperor Fist and Nine Secrets: Jie, eventually forcing the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son to take the fight seriously before they separated.
• Ye Fan revealed that Holy Master Lin had killed Wang Teng, and the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son realized Lin Xian was restoring his Dao Lineage and demanded that Ye Fan's Tianxuan Lineage repay him with a disciple.
• The Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son denied being the Chaotic Ancient Emperor and began answering Ye Fan's question about other emperor-like figures by saying, "Beneath the eternal blue heavens, thirty emperors-"

The Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son explained how Great Emperors protected mortals and cultivators through Constant Eras, while Lin Xian proposed that mortalization meant repaying the Great Universe and severing its ties. His insight gave Ye Fan a new direction for transcending the Great Universe, though Lin Xian claimed his reasoning was actually his own Sacrificial Method.

• The Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son bowed to Xiao Nannan and, through the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron, honored the first lives of the emperors, including Emperor Yuhua.
• The Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son explained that Great Emperors protected ordinary people and low-level cultivators from the Forbidden Zones, while eras without an emperor brought widespread turmoil and death.
• The Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son showed how mortal nations endured across vast spans of time and suggested that Xiao Nannan's Mortal Body might relate to longevity.
• Lin Xian argued that mortalization meant returning the Great Universe's gifts and severing one's ties to it, prompting the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son and Ye Fan to recognize the implications for transcendence.
• Ye Fan considered eventually abandoning and reforging his Sacred Body after achieving great accomplishment, then questioned whether Lin Xian had truly devised the method himself.
• Lin Xian claimed his insight was the Sacrificial Method: sacrificing forbidden counts could grant cultivation realms, while sacrificing one's origin could bring transcendence.

Lin Xian explained the Buddhist Sect’s Pure Bliss World as a sacrificial path toward immortality and openly proposed using the faith and strength of all beings to build an Immortal Realm. Ye Fan and the others rejected his distant promises, while Lin Xian turned his attention to cultivating little Tianxuan.

• Lin Xian compared Amitabha Buddha Emperor’s Pure Bliss World and Azure Emperor’s Immortal Realm to attempts at evolving an Immortal Realm through spiritual power and sacrifice.
• Lin Xian vowed to use all beings’ strength to attain the Dao and eventually grant them immortality, but Ye Fan refused to entrust his hopes to anyone else.
• Lin Xian admitted that his plan involved exploiting all beings and promised immortality only after millions of years; Ye Fan and the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's Son left unconvinced.
• Black Emperor asked to become a Buddha, but backed down when Lin Xian offered to send him to the Western Heaven through corpse liberation.
• Lin Xian asked where little Tianxuan had been cultivating and decided the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo was a more promising target to train.

Chapter Summary: “Duan De Emerges, the Four Great Beauties”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Holy Master Lin reveals that he intends to give Ye Tianxuan, the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, a major opportunity: access to the Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing’s tomb.
• Black Emperor becomes extremely excited because he idolizes the Demon Emperor, admiring how Xue Yueqing rose from being an ordinary snow rabbit to an invincible Demon Emperor.
• Lin Xian explains that his Great Saint-level Sacred Body remains intact because he is re-cultivating rather than self-severing his cultivation. His physical body is already powerful enough to tear space, though he still needs to complete the Dao Palace and Four Extremes Secret Realms to approach Quasi-Emperor-level strength.
• The chapter compares the strengths of different supreme physiques:
  • The Sacred Body grants overwhelming physical strength.
  • The Innate Dao Embryo provides immense mana.
  • The Chaotic Body may possess an unmatched Primordial Spirit and seemingly no bottlenecks in cultivation.
  • The Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo combines the Sacred Body’s physical power and the Dao Embryo’s mana, making it exceptionally powerful.
• Lin Xian suggests that the Demon Emperor’s tomb contains something more valuable than an Immortal Medicine—an opportunity capable of helping a future Great Emperor rise. He emphasizes that genuine power comes from hardship and tempering rather than treasures alone.
• Meanwhile, Ye Tianxuan meets the Divine Race’s celestial maiden, Xin Lan, who attempts to recruit him and establish a relationship between the Divine Race and the Heavenly Court.
• The Divine Race hopes to combine its bloodline with Ye Tianxuan’s Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo to produce an even more powerful descendant, potentially an “Innate Divine” capable of becoming a True God.
• Ye Tianxuan rejects the Divine Race’s proposal, accusing them of betraying the Human Race and insisting that the Heavenly Court will not cooperate with them.
• Xin Lan then informs him of an ancient imperial mausoleum that has emerged in the depths of the starry sky. Since the tomb is dangerous and protected by ancient Emperor Patterns, the group realizes they need an experienced tomb explorer.
• Lin Xian and Black Emperor immediately identify the ideal candidate: Duan De.
• The two return to the Big Dipper to retrieve Duan De from seclusion on the Solar Star.
• A group of Golden Crows has occupied Duan De’s temple, hoping to seize his Emperor Weapon, formation, and inheritance. Lin Xian appears and effortlessly suppresses their Great Saint, claiming him as a mount.

Character Developments

• Lin Xian: Demonstrates his immense physical strength and cunning personality. He continues to manipulate circumstances for Ye Tianxuan’s benefit while presenting dangerous trials as “opportunities.” His body is advancing rapidly through the Sacred Body Re-Cultivation Secret Technique.
• Black Emperor: Shows intense admiration for the Demon Emperor and reveals that Xue Yueqing’s humble origins strongly resonate with him. He remains suspicious of Lin Xian but is easily distracted by treasures, tombs, and legendary inheritances.
• Ye Tianxuan: Displays strong principles and political independence by rejecting the Divine Race’s bloodline alliance. He refuses to compromise the Heavenly Court’s stance despite Xin Lan’s persuasive arguments.
• Xin Lan: Acts as a representative of the Divine Race and attempts to recruit Ye Tianxuan through diplomacy, philosophical arguments, and the promise of a powerful bloodline alliance.
• Duan De: Does not yet appear directly, but his reputation as the ultimate expert in tomb exploration is reinforced. His hidden location also contains formidable defenses and valuable treasures.
• The Golden Crow Great Saint: Becomes an example of Lin Xian’s overwhelming strength, being defeated and forcibly turned into a mount.

Significant Themes

• The importance of tempering: True power is gained through suffering, danger, and surviving near-death experiences, not simply through divine treasures or superior bloodlines.
• Innate talent versus personal struggle: The Chaotic Body and Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo possess extraordinary natural advantages, but Lin Xian still stresses the necessity of experience and hardship.
• Origins and ascent: Black Emperor’s admiration for the Demon Emperor highlights the inspiring idea that even the weakest creature can rise to supreme power through determination.
• Bloodline politics and racial identity: The Divine Race’s belief in superior bloodlines contrasts with Ye Tianxuan’s belief in broader unity and principle. The chapter also playfully challenges rigid divisions between humans and demons.
• The dangers of excessive protection: The discussion of Emperor-level heirs emphasizes that sheltered geniuses may lack the resilience needed to become truly invincible.
• Humor amid serious cultivation politics: Black Emperor’s greed, narcissism, and exaggerated reactions provide comic relief, especially during discussions of the Demon God Flower and his supposed reincarnation as Xue Yueqing.

Important Character Interactions

• Lin Xian and Black Emperor argue over the Demon Emperor, the Demon God Flower, racial identity, and the nature of supreme physiques.
• Lin Xian deliberately teases Black Emperor with the possibility of treasures in the Demon Emperor’s tomb, then frustrates him by refusing to reveal the actual secret.
• Xin Lan and Ye Tianxuan debate whether the Divine Race’s separation from humanity constitutes betrayal and whether powerful bloodlines should cooperate for mutual advancement.
• Lin Xian and Black Emperor jointly decide that Duan De must lead the expedition into the imperial mausoleum.
• Lin Xian confronts the Golden Crow forces and humiliates their Great Saint, demonstrating the terrifying power of his partially re-cultivated Sacred Body.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Xian defeats and subdues a Golden Crow Great Saint through overwhelming physical strength, despite currently being in the Immortal Platform Secret Realm and undergoing a mana Nirvana. He uses the Golden Crow as a mount.
• The group returns to the Solar Star, bringing the subdued Golden Crows back to the Heavenly Court for training. The Dragon Horse is relieved to have a long-distance mount, since he and the Black Emperor repeatedly risked getting lost or trapped in spatial storms while traveling.
• The Golden Crow Great Saint, Jin Canyang, encounters Lin Xian, the Black Emperor, the Dragon Horse, and Duan De. Their exaggerated claims of being ancient gods and Sacred Emperors confuse and frighten him.
• Duan De attempts to impersonate a supreme Sacred Emperor from within his Dao cocoon, but Lin Xian and the others immediately expose and mock him. Their banter reveals their close familiarity and long-standing camaraderie.
• Lin Xian tests Duan De by mentioning the Demon Emperor’s Tomb and the Lunar Jade Rabbit. Duan De, despite claiming to prioritize the coming Immortal Ascension Road, becomes deeply tempted by the tomb and its treasures.
• After being persuaded that the Immortal Ascension Road is not yet imminent, Duan De finally breaks out of his cocoon. His emergence releases immense Emperor-level power and nearly destroys the Solar Star.
• Duan De reveals himself as an extremely powerful Great Saint, only half a step from the Quasi-Emperor realm, with the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar protecting him.
• The Black Emperor and Duan De appear delighted to reunite, but immediately betray one another by using the Nine Secret’s “Bing” technique to steal each other’s Emperor weapons.

Character Developments

• Lin Xian demonstrates terrifying combat ability and confidence. He treats a Golden Crow Great Saint as an inferior opponent and reinforces his position as a leading figure of the Heavenly Court.
• Jin Canyang, initially arrogant and powerful, becomes fearful and submissive after realizing the gap between himself and Lin Xian. He begins adapting to the Heavenly Court’s strange social hierarchy, even joining the Dragon Horse and Black Emperor’s “little beast squad.”
• The Dragon Horse remains boastful, mischievous, and highly concerned with his dignity. He refuses to be treated as a beast of burden and takes pleasure in humiliating Jin Canyang with bad advice about etiquette and titles.
• The Black Emperor continues his shameless habit of inventing grand identities, claiming to be a natural-born god and the reincarnation of a Sacred Emperor. His mysterious origins are briefly explored; despite reaching the Great Saint realm, he still knows nothing about his parents.
• Duan De is shown to be both extremely cunning and genuinely powerful. Beneath his lazy, deceptive persona lies the identity of the Netherworld Emperor, whose repeated transformations and pursuit of immortality have brought him close to becoming a Quasi-Emperor.
• The group as a whole displays a mixture of genuine trust, constant insults, and opportunistic trickery. Their apparent hostility toward one another masks deep familiarity and cooperation.

Significant Themes

• Power hidden beneath absurdity: The characters often behave like buffoons, but their true cultivation and backgrounds are extraordinarily formidable.
• Comradeship through conflict: Insults, deception, and attempts to steal treasures coexist with loyalty and mutual understanding.
• Pursuit of immortality and transformation: Duan De’s repeated rebirths, Lin Xian’s Nirvana, and the coming Immortal Ascension Road emphasize the dangers and ambitions of seeking transcendence.
• The gap between reputation and reality: Jin Canyang expects ancient gods to be solemn and majestic, but instead encounters quarrelsome, shameless figures whose casual behavior conceals immense power.
• The Heavenly Court’s growing influence: The capture of the Golden Crows and Jin Canyang’s recognition of Lin Xian’s title show that the Heavenly Court’s reputation is spreading throughout the universe.

Character Interactions

• Lin Xian dominates the Golden Crow Great Saint physically and psychologically, turning him into a mount while calmly dismissing his strength.
• The Dragon Horse and Black Emperor compete to impress and manipulate Jin Canyang, while presenting themselves as legendary beings.
• Lin Xian, the Dragon Horse, and the Black Emperor jointly ridicule Duan De’s false claim to be a Sacred Emperor.
• Duan De exchanges threats and insults with the others but is gradually lured out of seclusion by their discussion of the Demon Emperor’s Tomb.
• After Duan De emerges, he and the Black Emperor stage an apparently emotional reunion before immediately trying to rob each other, confirming their status as the Heavenly Court’s famously unreliable “Four Demons.”

Lin Xian reunited with Duan De, Black Emperor, and Dragon Horse to form the Four Imperial Emperors and travel to the Demon Emperor’s Tomb. At the tomb, Lin Xian revealed his ties to the Buddhist Sect, and the Underworld’s Divine General bowed to his group, confirming that the Underworld was on their side.

• Lin Xian stopped Duan De and Black Emperor’s fight and recruited Duan De into their tomb-exploring team.
• Duan De bargained over the expedition’s shares, and Lin Xian promised information about Lingbao Tianzun’s tomb to secure his help.
• The group learned that Ye Tianxuan had gone ahead and reached the Star Ruins, where many Great Saints had gathered before the Demon Emperor’s Tomb.
• Lin Xian revealed Amitabha Buddha Emperor’s Dharma Manifestation, prompting an ancient Buddhist monk to submit and pledge his faith.
• When the Underworld challenged the group, its Divine General flew from the Bronze Coffin and prostrated himself before them.

Lin Xian and his companions seized the Emperor Tomb’s entrance by posing as Ruthless’s successors, suppressing an Immortal Metal Saint Spirit and driving the Great Saints away. After discovering Ye Tianxuan was still missing, they entered the Demon Emperor’s tomb, where they found a divine mountain marked “Emperor Weapon Mountain.”

• Duan De used the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar, with Lin Xian’s help, to suppress the incomplete Immortal Metal Saint Spirit and claim his Heaven-Measuring Ruler.
• Lin Xian declared that they belonged to Ruthless’s lineage, and Duan De, the Black Emperor, and Dragon Horse proclaimed themselves the Four Imperial Emperors and protectors of the Heaven-Swallowing Holy Land.
• The Great Saints withdrew rather than challenge the group, while Duan De branded the Underworld’s Yin soldiers and Yin Generals with his Reincarnation Marks.
• Lin Xian ordered the three great organizations to search for Ye Tianxuan, but days passed without finding him, and the group decided they could not wait any longer.
• Lin Xian and his companions joined forces to open the secret realm and entered the Demon Emperor’s tomb, where they saw Emperor Weapon Mountain.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• The cultivators enter the Demon Emperor’s imperial mausoleum, which contains a vast world filled with primordial beasts, ancient trees, immortal mountains, and other divine phenomena.
• They discover a gigantic Red Dragon that resembles Dragon Horse. It is identified as the Demon Emperor’s former mount—a fully matured True Dragon with Supreme Being-level power.
• Dragon Horse tries to claim kinship with the Red Dragon and rushes into its dragon lair, guided by immortal light. Black Emperor and several human cultivators unsuccessfully attempt to gain the Demon Emperor’s inheritance by falsely claiming connections to the Demon Race.
• The Red Dragon reveals an Ancient Divine Platform holding six apparent Emperor Weapons. One weapon enters the dragon’s lair, leading Duan De to realize that the lair belongs to the Dragon Horse rather than the Demon Emperor.
• Duan De and Black Emperor compete to seize the treasures on the platform. They are violently repelled by terrifying immortal light and discover that the “six weapons” are actually five fragments of the Demon Emperor’s shattered Heaven-Measuring Ruler, forged from Feathered Azure Gold.
• Lin Xian uses the power of the Buddhist, Daoist, and Source Heavenly Master traditions to dispel the surrounding mist and reveal the ruler’s true form.
• The platform manifests the Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing’s obsession or Divine Thought. A vision shows the Demon Emperor attempting to break through the Immortal Ascension Road in his old age. Though he once nearly succeeded, his declining vitality causes him to fail.
• The Heaven-Measuring Ruler’s Divine Spirit makes one final attempt to pierce the Immortal Ascension Road, but its body breaks and its spirit is nearly extinguished.
• Believing the Demon Emperor’s remaining obsession could be more valuable than the shattered weapon, Lin Xian ventures deeper into the mausoleum.
• In the mausoleum’s innermost region, he encounters a colossal silver True Dragon and assumes it is an emperor corpse. The dragon turns and appears fully conscious, leaving Lin Xian stunned and asking whether the Demon Emperor is still alive.

2. Character Developments

• Dragon Horse: Becomes overwhelmed by the sight of the Red Dragon Supreme Being, recognizing the immense gap between himself and his ancestral counterpart. His shameless attempt to claim lineage nevertheless succeeds in attracting the Red Dragon’s attention and gaining entry to the dragon’s lair, suggesting he has received an important inheritance or opportunity.
• Black Emperor: Displays his usual greed, competitiveness, and lack of dignity when treasure appears. He worships the Red Dragon in hopes of receiving the Demon Emperor’s inheritance and later races Duan De to seize the ruler fragments. Despite his arrogance, he is genuinely shaken by the weapon’s terrifying power.
• Duan De: Remains opportunistic and calculating, immediately recognizing that the Ancient Divine Platform may hold the true treasure. His greed repeatedly puts him in danger, but his analysis correctly identifies the ruler as a shattered Emperor Weapon rather than several separate weapons.
• Lin Xian: Demonstrates increasing authority and strategic awareness. He combines the powers of multiple traditions to uncover the truth behind the weapon and correctly recognizes the Demon Emperor’s manifestation as an imperial obsession. Rather than fighting over the fragments, he pursues the more valuable possibility of reviving or summoning the Demon Emperor’s Divine Thought.
• Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing: Is revealed as a tragic, overwhelmingly powerful figure. Even in old age, he nearly breaks through the Immortal Ascension Road, but his diminished vitality prevents success. His bond with the Heaven-Measuring Ruler shows that his weapon retained a consciousness and loyalty capable of fighting on his behalf.
• Red Dragon Supreme Being: Establishes the extraordinary power of the Demon Emperor’s former mount and clarifies that the dragon’s lair and inheritance are separate from the Demon Emperor’s true legacy.

3. Significant Themes

• The cost of aging and declining vitality: Even peerless figures may fail when their physical vitality fades. The chapter emphasizes that supreme power in one’s prime cannot always be recovered in old age.
• The persistence of legacy: The Demon Emperor’s power survives through his mount, weapon, Divine Thought, and mausoleum. His influence continues long after death.
• The danger of imperial power: Emperor Weapons and lingering obsessions possess enough force to destroy Great Saints and reshape entire regions, showing that the dead can remain as dangerous as the living.
• Greed versus genuine inheritance: Many characters attempt to claim the Demon Emperor’s legacy through false connections, while Dragon Horse’s actual affinity with the Red Dragon gives him a legitimate path.
• The tragedy of near-transcendence: The Demon Emperor reaches the Immortal Ascension Road at the perfect moment but arrives too late in life, highlighting the cruel importance of timing in cultivation.
• Uncertainty between life and death: The mausoleum does not simply contain corpses and relics. Living wills, Divine Thoughts, and possibly even a living Demon Emperor remain hidden within it.

4. Character Interactions

• Lin Xian awakens Dragon Horse with the Lion’s Roar and urges him to seize his opportunity.
• Dragon Horse calls out to the Red Dragon as his ancestor, while the others mock his shamelessness.
• Duan De insults Dragon Horse’s master, provoking Lin Xian and leading Black Emperor to attack Duan De.
• Duan De and Black Emperor repeatedly compete over the mausoleum’s treasures, each using powerful imperial artifacts and nearly being killed by the Heaven-Measuring Ruler.
• Lin Xian’s revelation of the ruler’s true form changes everyone’s understanding of the mausoleum’s treasures.
• The cultivators collectively witness the Demon Emperor’s final struggle, bowing before his imperial aura.
• Lin Xian ultimately separates himself from the treasure rivalry and pursues the deeper mystery of the Demon Emperor’s possible survival, ending with his astonished confrontation with the living-looking silver True Dragon.

The Great Saints discovered that the Demon Emperor’s tomb held his enduring obsession and the flower he had once given Xue Yueqing’s beloved, while his blood and the tomb’s dragon veins sustained his lingering life. Lin Xian pursued the Demon Emperor’s obsession and proposed using the Book of Ages to help restore the woman he had lost.

• The Divine Organization, Underworld, Buddhist Sect, Duan De, and Black Emperor tried to draw the shattered Demon Emperor Ruler to them, while the Dragon Horse’s inheritance left the Great Saints envious.
• Duan De suspected the deepest part of the tomb held an even greater treasure, and the group rushed in, only to mistake the Demon Emperor’s obsession for a living Great Emperor.
• Lin Xian used the Scripture of Deliverance and Rebirth Seal to reveal that the silver True Dragon was an obsession sustained by emperor blood, and the jade box held a wildflower tied to Xue Yueqing’s lost beloved.
• The Demon Emperor’s obsession departed with the flower as dragon-shaped essence from the false tombs joined it, revealing the Nine Dragons Guarding immortal-ascension formation.
• Lin Xian pursued the Demon Emperor with the Human Emperor Banner and argued that the woman could be restored through the prayers of all beings and the Heavenly Court’s Investiture Method.
• The Demon Emperor’s obsession responded to Lin Xian’s proposal with the words, “The Book of Ages!”

Lin Xian persuaded the Demon Emperor’s lingering obsession to entrust his empress’s return to faith and collective memory, while the Heavenly Court celebrated its spoils and Dragon Horse’s breakthrough. The chapter ended with the Heavenly Court mobilizing for war after Ye Tianxuan was reportedly lured away by the Divine Race, leaving Ye Fan confused by the campaign.

• Lin Xian explained how collective remembrance could reflect the Demon Emperor’s empress back into existence, and the Demon Emperor entrusted his obsession to the Human Emperor Banner while his emperor blood departed into the universe.
• Duan De failed to remember the Lunar Jade Rabbit, then received the Demon Emperor Ruler fragment and offered his thoughts on reincarnation in exchange for it.
• The group claimed the Demon Emperor’s treasures, and Dragon Horse transformed into an Emperor’s Son before Lin Xian beat him when he challenged him.
• Black Emperor learned that Ye Tianxuan had been lured away by the Divine Race and mobilized the Heavenly Court’s forces for war.
• The Heavenly Court marched along the Divine Race Ancient Road, while Ye Fan learned of the campaign and wondered who had ordered it.

Chapter Summary: Holding Office in the Heavenly Court

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ye Fan discovers that the Heavenly Court army has been mobilized under Black Emperor’s orders to rescue Tianxuan, the current Holy Master—not Lin Xian.
• Learning that the powerful Divine Race has taken Tianxuan and intends to create a new “strongest bloodline” through a marriage alliance, Ye Fan orders a massive military response.
• One hundred thousand Heavenly Court soldiers, supported by multiple divisions and warships, travel to the Divine Race’s hidden ancestral star. Their movement alarms surrounding powers, including the Divine Court.
• At the Divine Race Pure Land, Ye Fan demands Tianxuan’s release. The Divine Race argues that the marriage would benefit both sides and could produce an emperor-level descendant.
• Ye Fan rejects forced marriage and declares that he will permit the union only if Tianxuan and the Divine Race princess genuinely love each other.
• The Divine Race reveals that both Tianxuan and the princess have disappeared. Suspicious and enraged, Ye Fan attacks the ancestral star.
• The Divine Race activates an ancient defensive formation left by the Divine Lord and uses a powerful Supreme Weapon to resist the Heavenly Court.
• The Divine Race further reveals an astonishing military strength: only thirty thousand clansmen, but among them are roughly two thousand Divine King Bodies, potentially representing thousands of Saint Kings and numerous future Great Saints or Quasi-Emperors.
• Just as the battle escalates, an ancient Quasi-Emperor intervenes and orders everyone to stop. He is identified as the Divine Race’s strongest ancestor, one who once paid respects to the Azure Emperor.

Character Developments

• Ye Fan demonstrates his authority as Heavenly Court’s leader and as a protective father. His initial humor disappears once he learns Tianxuan has been taken, and he responds with overwhelming force.
• Black Emperor acts as both military commander and fiercely protective elder. He is especially enraged because Tianxuan belongs to Wu Shi’s lineage and the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo is considered extraordinarily precious. His insults also expose the Divine Race’s lack of a true Great Emperor.
• Lin Xian remains cautious and self-aware, reminding the others not to revive embarrassing old matters concerning marriage alliances and political manipulation.
• Tianxuan is positioned as a central figure despite being absent. His status as an Emperor’s Son and inheritor of Wu Shi’s lineage makes him the focus of the Divine Race’s plans.
• The Divine Race elders shift from condescension to diplomacy when confronted by the Heavenly Court’s superior force. Their confidence is undermined by Ye Fan’s pressure, but their pride ultimately drives them toward resistance.
• Duan De provides important analysis of the Divine Race’s formation and bloodline strength, recognizing that their defensive power and hidden experts are far beyond ordinary expectations.
• Dragon Horse reacts with astonishment to the Divine Race’s enormous concentration of powerful cultivators.

Significant Themes

• Parental protection and resistance to political marriage: Ye Fan refuses to treat Tianxuan as a bargaining piece for strengthening bloodlines or alliances.
• Bloodline versus individual choice: The Divine Race values Tianxuan primarily as a means to produce an “Innate Divine” or future emperor, while Ye Fan insists that genuine affection must come first.
• Pride and legitimacy: The Divine Race claims divine nobility and superiority, but Black Emperor attacks their deepest insecurity—their failure to produce a true Great Emperor.
• Power and deterrence: The Heavenly Court’s military mobilization demonstrates its transformation into a force capable of threatening even ancient, supposedly untouchable races.
• Hidden strength and ancient foundations: The Divine Race’s formation, Supreme Weapon, vast number of Divine King Bodies, and ancient Quasi-Emperor reveal that old powers may conceal terrifying reserves.
• Conflict between inherited destiny and self-determination: The proposed marriage seeks to manufacture an ideal bloodline, while Ye Fan defends the right of the younger generation to choose its own path.

Character Interactions

• Ye Fan questions the Silver-Blood War General and takes direct command of the rescue operation.
• Ye Fan and Black Emperor confront the Divine Race elders together, with Ye Fan arguing from parental authority and Black Emperor using insults and lineage-based provocation.
• The Divine Race elders attempt to persuade Ye Fan that the marriage is a mutually beneficial alliance, but he rejects their reasoning as forced exploitation.
• Black Emperor verbally attacks the Divine Race’s arrogance and lack of an emperor, provoking their younger members and humiliating their elders.
• Lin Xian tries to prevent the discussion from returning to past marriage-related controversies, while Ye Fan implicitly contrasts his own conduct with Lin Xian’s.
• Ye Fan’s attack forces the Divine Race to reveal its defensive formation, Supreme Weapon, massive population of Divine King Bodies, and ultimately its strongest ancestral guardian, setting up a confrontation with an ancient Quasi-Emperor.

Lin Xian convinced the Divine Race that the Azure Emperor remained alive and negotiated with its ancient Quasi-Emperor, while the Old Golden Crow revealed his second lifetime. The Golden Crow Emperor rejected the Heavenly Court’s offer to make him Heavenly Emperor and named Gai Jiuyou as the only worthy contender, just as Gai Jiuyou appeared.

• Lin Xian claimed to be the Azure Emperor’s envoy, prompting the Divine Race ancestor to welcome the Heavenly Court into the ancestral star.
• The Divine Race patriarch revealed that Ji Haoyue, Ziyue, and the Jiang Family’s Divine King had been detained after helping Ye Tianxuan escape.
• Lin Xian and the Divine Race ancestor exchanged knowledge about longevity methods and discussed threats including the Underworld and the Kunlun Remnant Tribe.
• The Old Golden Crow arrived in a youthful second lifetime, and the Divine Race ancestor recognized his successful rebirth.
• Lin Xian urged the Old Golden Crow to become the Heavenly Emperor, but the Golden Crow Emperor refused and declared that only Gai Jiuyou could attain the Dao.
• Gai Jiuyou appeared, and the Golden Crow Emperor praised his extraordinary achievement.

Lin Xian and Gai Jiuyou confronted Golden Crow Emperor Jun at Lingbao Tianzun’s Immortal Altar to test whether the ancient Heavenly Venerable had survived, but the Lingbao Formation Diagram revealed no trace of him. Lin Xian summoned Laozi, Sakyamuni, the Yellow Emperor, and the Flame Emperor with Lingbao’s Four Killing Swords, leaving Emperor Jun wary of the Heavenly Court’s newly strengthened force.

• Emperor Jun warned Gai Jiuyou and the Divine Race patriarch not to underestimate the Great Universe’s prodigies, and Lin Xian gave the patriarch the Heaven-Mending Technique to test his chance at nirvana.
• Gai Jiuyou and Emperor Jun discussed the Azure Emperor’s self-suppression and recognized that Emperor Jun had been reborn into a second lifetime.
• Lin Xian revealed that Emperor Jun’s true body was at Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, so Gai Jiuyou took him there to meet the Golden Crow.
• Lin Xian and Gai Jiuyou used the Lingbao Formation Diagram at the Immortal Altar to search for Lingbao Tianzun, but no trace of him appeared.
• Lin Xian summoned Laozi, Sakyamuni, the Yellow Emperor, and the Flame Emperor with the Four Killing Swords, prompting Emperor Jun to emerge from his egg and prepare for a possible confrontation.

Lin Xian and Gai Jiuyou led the Heavenly Court’s Supreme Beings and Emperor Weapons in trapping the Golden Crow Emperor, who had been preparing to flee. When the Emperor invoked a Great Emperor Tribulation to force a way out, the formation withdrew and Gai Jiuyou stepped forward to face him.

• Lin Xian declared that the Heavenly Court would not strike first, while Gai Jiuyou defended its claim to welcome all races.
• The Golden Crow Emperor attempted to escape, but Li Er and the Middle-Aged Monk blocked him before the Void Grand Dao and the Flame Emperor stopped his next attempt.
• Gai Jiuyou assembled the Immortal-Slaying Formation with four Supreme Beings and eight Emperor Weapons to suppress the Golden Crow Emperor.
• The Golden Crow Emperor accused the Heavenly Court’s leaders of acting like Forbidden Zone Supremes, prompting the Yellow Emperor and Gai Jiuyou to question the fairness of trapping him.
• The Golden Crow Emperor summoned a Great Emperor Tribulation and threatened to drag everyone into it, forcing the Immortal-Slaying Formation to withdraw.
• Gai Jiuyou stepped into the formation to face the Golden Crow Emperor.

Lin Xian bluffed the Golden Crow Emperor into negotiating by invoking the Heavenly Court’s strength and revealing secrets about the Immortal Realm and Immortal Emperor. He urged Old Golden Crow to take the Mars Immortal Path and challenge the weakened Immortal Emperor, while the Golden Crow Emperor weighed the opportunity against its dangers.

• The Golden Crow Emperor forced the Heavenly Court into renewed negotiations, and Lin Xian defended it by invoking Void Great Emperor’s deeds and displaying the True Dragon Immortal Elixir as proof that Gai Jiuyou could live a second lifetime.
• Lin Xian claimed that entering the Immortal Realm required the right time, place, and person, and explained that a Dao-Attainer like Emperor Zun could not qualify.
• Lin Xian identified the Immortal Emperor as the victor of the primordial god war who had monopolized an Immortal Ascension Road, while Old Golden Crow challenged the claim with evidence of the Immortal Emperor’s schemes.
• Lin Xian said the Immortal Emperor was weakened in nirvana on the Mars Immortal Path and offered the Heavenly Court’s support if Old Golden Crow went there to challenge him.

Lin Xian brought Duan De to Lingbao Tianzun’s Immortal Altar, where the awakened emperors recognized the Reincarnation Seals in his body and tried to use him to summon Lingbao’s lingering will. The attempt awakened the Executioner Sword Formation, but a bronze lamp emerged and revealed a new clue to Lingbao’s fate.

• Lin Xian told the Old Golden Crow that the Heavenly Court sought Lingbao Tianzun rather than the Immortal Ascension Road, then called for Netherworld Venerable Duan De.
• Lin Xian kicked Duan De onto Lingbao’s Immortal Altar, where the Golden Crow Emperor and the other venerables recognized the Reincarnation Seals in his body.
• Duan De denied being the Netherworld Emperor or the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Venerable while the venerables examined his Reincarnation Seals.
• Lin Xian and the venerables recited the Scripture of Deliverance, awakening the Lingbao Emperor Weapon and its Four Killing Swords, which attacked Duan De.
• The Scripture of Deliverance drew out a bronze lamp whose spirit calmed the swords, and Lin Xian realized it was an artifact Lingbao Tianzun had forged in his third lifetime.

The Human-Faced Bronze Ghost Lamp and Lingbao Tianzun’s Scripture of Deliverance purified the emperor fiend energy, helping Duan De complete his rebirth and reach the Quasi-Emperor level. After the Emperor Weapons drove the Underworld’s forces away, Lin Xian tried to recruit the Old Golden Crow for an assault, but Golden Crow Emperor Jun refused, saying the Heavenly Court looked more like the Underworld.

• Lin Xian and the Supreme Beings were affected by emperor fiend energy as the Human-Faced Bronze Ghost Lamp illuminated the gathering and revealed their transformations.
• Lingbao Tianzun’s Scripture of Deliverance refined Duan De’s yin energy, completing his Tribulation-Transcending Heavenly Art and making him a living Yangworld being.
• The Executioner Sword Formation turned against Duan De, but the Supreme Beings intervened as Underworld ghosts and the Red-Haired Monster arrived.
• Li Er and the other Supreme Beings helped Lin Xian use the Scripture of Deliverance and Emperor Swords to destroy the Red-Haired Monster and free the Underworld’s Quasi-Emperor battle slaves.
• The Four Swords of Immortal Slaying stormed Ghost Gate Pass and drove the Underworld’s forces into retreat, while Lin Xian suspected the Source God and Source Ghost were hiding with the Immortal Artifact.
• Lin Xian tried to persuade Golden Crow Emperor Jun to join an assault on the Underworld, but the Old Golden Crow refused and said the Heavenly Court looked more like the Underworld.

Lin Xian manipulated Old Golden Crow into agreeing to cooperate with the Heavenly Court, then took Duan De to the Divine Other Shore to investigate Lingbao Tianzun’s Sea of Bitterness. There, Lin Xian began using its Life Spring to transform his third secret realm as he pursued a Quasi-Emperor-level body.

• Lin Xian urged Old Golden Crow to join the Heavenly Court in attacking the Underworld or the Sea of Samsara, invoking the Azure Emperor and the Netherworld Emperor to pressure him.
• Lin Xian lent Duan De the Human Emperor Banner, and Duan De briefly assumed the Netherworld Emperor’s majesty before collapsing.
• Old Golden Crow called the Heavenly Court’s group back and agreed to cooperate with them in pursuing longevity and targeting a Forbidden Zone.
• Lin Xian took Duan De to the Divine Other Shore, and they used the Demon Emperor’s Heaven-Measuring Ruler to open a passage into the Sea of Bitterness.
• Duan De absorbed Lingbao Tianzun’s Life Spring while Lin Xian nourished immortal medicines and used some of the spring to transform his third secret realm.