Chapter Summaries

As the Immortal Ascension Road drew near, the Life Restricted Areas weighed whether to confront the Heavenly Court, while the Empress held two forbidden zones at bay. Lin Xian killed the Chaotic Monster with One Stroke Opens Heaven, claimed his secret realms and chaotic blood, and gave a life-extending blood pill to Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor.

• Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor persuaded the Supreme Beings of the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings to avoid fighting the Heavenly Court before the Immortal Ascension Road opened.
• The Empress used the Bronze Immortal Palace to suppress the Divine Ruins and confronted the Empyrean Forbidden Zone, while Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor refused to fight the Heavenly Court.
• The Empress’s awakened phantom fought Source God and Source Ghost with Ascending Immortal Light as Lin Xian attacked the Chaotic Monster with One Stroke Opens Heaven.
• Lin Xian shattered the Chaotic Monster and took his Five Great Secret Realms, while Carefree Heavenly Venerable and Myriad Dragon Emperor gathered and refined the scattered chaotic blood.
• Lin Xian kept one blood pill for Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor, who received it and pledged to serve the Heavenly Court.

Di Jun attained the Dao as the Golden Crow Great Emperor and joined the Heavenly Court in defeating Source God and Source Ghost, whose deaths strengthened the Void Immortal Mirror. After the battle, Duan De reunited with the Heaven-Penetrating Netherworld Treasure, which showed an unexpected interest in Lin Xian’s chaotic body.

• Di Jun became the Flawless Great Emperor, proclaimed the Golden Crow Lineage an Imperial Clan, and announced he would expound the Great Sun Dao on Big Dipper three years later.
• Di Jun joined the fight against Source God and Source Ghost, while Lin Xian, Ye Fan, and other Heavenly Court powerhouses arrived to assist.
• Yellow Emperor summoned the Void Mirror, and the gathered Supreme Beings killed Source God and Source Ghost to nourish its Immortal Dao laws.
• Source Ghost sent a warning to the Life Restricted Areas before dying, prompting the Corpse Emperor and other Supremes to demand the Nine-Turn Immortal Elixir.
• Duan De and the Heaven-Penetrating Netherworld Treasure traded insults before the Supreme Beings helped him refine it, but the artifact tried to follow Lin Xian and brawled with Duan De.
• Yellow Emperor checked that the Void Mirror’s divine spirit remained united with his will and planned to temper it with his emperor blood.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Golden Crow Great Emperor becomes the foremost figure of the current era, and Fire Mulberry Star turns into a sacred center where geniuses and powerful cultivators gather to hear his Dao.
• Tension develops because Heavenly Court’s growing influence overshadows the Golden Crow Race. The Emperor suppresses complaints within his clan, then announces his marriage into the Wind Family, formally aligning the Golden Crow Race with Heavenly Court.
• The Golden Crow Race becomes an imperial lineage of Heavenly Court, while Lin Xian publicly supports the Golden Crow Emperor as a potential leader. This briefly causes the universe to suspect that Heavenly Court may split into rival factions, though the Forbidden Zones dismiss the situation as bait.
• As peace settles over the universe, countless races gather on Big Dipper to discuss immortality and the Immortal Path. Yaochi organizes the Gathering of Ten Thousand Races to ease tensions between the many powerful groups.
• Conflict erupts when the Kunlun Remnant Tribe arrives carrying a damaged imperial seal identified as the Taiyin Human Emperor Seal. Their Great Saint reveals a blood feud with the Jiang Family, claiming that Hengyu Emperor killed two Kunlun Quasi-Emperors.
• Jiang Yifei, now a Great Saint and head of the Jiang Family, confronts the Kunlun expert while wielding the Hengyu Furnace. Their battle threatens to disrupt the gathering.
• Hun Tuo attempts to mediate, but his reputation as a Misfortune God Body causes Big Dipper’s native experts to flee instead.
• The Black Emperor arrives as Wu Shi Great Emperor’s envoy, initially trying to exploit his status for food and drink. He announces that an imperial edict is coming.
• Ye Tong, the Heavenly Court Crown Prince and a powerful Solar Body, arrives carrying an edict from the Tianxuan Sacred Lord. Its imperial aura causes the assembled Great Saints to bow and submit.
• Hua Yunfei then unexpectedly produces another edict supposedly from the same Tianxuan Sacred Lord, creating a major mystery and ending the chapter on a cliffhanger.

Character Developments

• Golden Crow Great Emperor: Demonstrates political maturity by suppressing chauvinistic sentiments within his race and resolving the rivalry with Heavenly Court through marriage and alliance.
• Jiang Yifei: Revealed to have reached the Great Saint Realm at only two hundred years old. He now possesses the bearing and strength to represent the Jiang Family independently and fight powerful figures from ancient lineages.
• Ye Tong: Appears as a calm, radiant, and authoritative Heavenly Court Crown Prince. His Solar Body and command of an imperial edict establish him as one of the era’s leading young figures.
• Hua Yunfei: Maintains his refined and enigmatic image. His possession of a second Tianxuan edict suggests hidden ties, secret plans, or a possible conflict involving Heavenly Court.
• Black Emperor: Retains his shameless, mischievous personality, using Wu Shi’s reputation to demand hospitality, but still functions as a respected imperial envoy.
• Myriad Beginnings and other Sacred Lords: Their reactions emphasize how rapidly the current generation has surpassed the older leaders, leaving many former geniuses feeling insignificant.
• Hun Tuo: His attempt to mediate reinforces his unusual reputation: although he seeks peace, his presence is associated with impending calamity.

Significant Themes

• Political alliance over confrontation: The Golden Crow Race avoids direct rivalry with Heavenly Court by joining it, showing that survival and influence often depend on adapting to greater power.
• The rise of a Golden Age: The gathering reflects an unprecedented concentration of Saints, Great Saints, Quasi-Emperors, imperial weapons, and ancient bloodlines.
• Old grudges resurfacing: The Kunlun-Jiang conflict shows how unresolved feuds from the Primordial Era continue to shape modern power struggles.
• Generational replacement: Former Saint Sons have become leaders, while figures such as Jiang Yifei and Ye Tong already approach the stature of ancient emperors.
• Authority and legitimacy: Imperial edicts, Emperor Weapons, bloodlines, and affiliations determine who must be obeyed, while the mysterious duplicate edicts raise questions about who truly holds power.
• Humor amid epic conflict: The Black Emperor’s greedy behavior and Hun Tuo’s ominous reputation provide comic relief within a gathering otherwise dominated by political and martial tension.

Important Character Interactions

• The Golden Crow Emperor and the Golden Crow Great Saints clash over resentment toward Heavenly Court; he disciplines them and redirects the clan toward alliance.
• The Golden Crow Emperor, Wind Family, and Heavenly Court become linked through marriage, turning a potential rivalry into political integration.
• Jiang Yifei and the Kunlun Great Saint engage in a battle based on the ancient blood feud between Hengyu Emperor and Kunlun.
• Hun Tuo attempts to stop the fight, but his arrival frightens the native experts of Big Dipper.
• The older Sacred Lords compare themselves unfavorably with Jiang Yifei and Heavenly Court’s young monsters, highlighting their generational anxiety.
• The Black Emperor and Yaochi’s Queen Mother exchange familiar banter, revealing his special status despite his notorious behavior.
• Ye Tong and Hua Yunfei become the chapter’s central opposing presences: Ye Tong announces Heavenly Court’s authority, while Hua Yunfei challenges the situation by presenting another edict from Tianxuan, setting up the next major conflict.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• A second Tianxuan Edict is revealed at Yaochi, creating tension among the gathered Saints. Ye Tong opens it and reads the decree: “Taiyin bears the surname Jiang.”
• The edict confirms that Jiang Tingting, the Tianxuan Saintess and Heavenly Court princess, is the legitimate successor of the Taiyin Human Emperor. This invalidates the Kunlun Remnant Tribe’s claim over the Taiyin Human Emperor Seal.
• The Three-Eyed Great Saint attempts to question the decree, but Ye Tong firmly asserts Jiang Tingting’s identity and authority. Black Emperor humorously interrupts, producing numerous blank edicts bearing Ye Tianxuan’s seal and exposing the confusion surrounding outdated and current Tianxuan decrees.
• Yaoguang Sacred Lord’s growing chaotic aura is noticed by other Supreme-level figures. Hua Yunfei and Myriad Beginnings Sacred Lord recognize that he is nearing the formation of a true Chaotic Body, though the path remains extremely difficult.
• A second edict from the Chaos Supreme Being displays the word “Sincerity,” which Heavenly Court members interpret as a demand for greater compensation. Ye Tong realizes that returning the Taiyin Human Emperor Seal alone is insufficient and considers obtaining additional treasures from his imperial ancestors.
• Under pressure from Ye Tong and Tianxuan’s authority, the Three-Eyed Great Saint finally surrenders the Human Emperor Seal.
• Before he can leave, Hun Tuo brings him to Shennong, the resurrected Hengyu Emperor. The Three-Eyed Great Saint realizes he has encountered an ancient Emperor and is terrified. Shennong orders him to send greetings to Kunlun’s Supreme Beings and announces that he will visit Flying Immortal Star.
• Over the following decades, the Heavenly Court becomes the center of an unprecedented Dao-discussion gathering. Supreme Beings from the Heavenly Court and even figures from the Forbidden Zones exchange insights about immortality and the Immortal Ascension Road.
• Several ancient Supreme Beings begin preparing for the Immortal Ascension Road by sealing themselves in Divine Origin. Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor and Carefree Heavenly Venerable withdraw from the world, while Myriad Dragon Emperor and Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor retain more vitality.
• As Ye Fan grows increasingly powerful, he retrieves the Fusang Immortal Medicine and Solar Emperor Pagoda from Ziwei Star. He reveals that the North Sea Eye contains the aura of the Immortal Emperor and is connected to the Immortal Ascension Road.
• Ye Tong and Jiang Tingting’s marriage is announced. Their union joins the Taiyin and Solar imperial lineages and attracts congratulations from across the heavens.
• Golden Crow Great Emperor presents an origin flame containing Heavenly Heart power, while the Jiang Family offers Hengyu Emperor’s supreme secret art. The technique is revealed to contain profound insights into the origins of the Solar and Taiyin Bodies and is considered comparable to an Immortal Scripture.

Character Developments

• Ye Tong demonstrates increasing authority and maturity as Heavenly Court crown prince. He confidently enforces Jiang Tingting’s legitimacy and handles the surrender of the Human Emperor Seal.
• Jiang Tingting is elevated further in status: she is recognized not only as Tianxuan’s Saintess and Heavenly Court princess, but also as the Taiyin Human Emperor’s chosen successor.
• Black Emperor remains an irreverent, mischievous troublemaker, deliberately exposing the awkward conflict between competing Tianxuan Edicts.
• Yaoguang Sacred Lord advances toward forming a Chaotic Body, confirming his extraordinary potential and placing him among the most promising figures of his generation.
• The Three-Eyed Great Saint loses both his political leverage and the Human Emperor Seal. His arrogance collapses into fear after encountering Shennong and learning that the ancient Hengyu Emperor still lives.
• Shennong/Hengyu Emperor emerges as a powerful and intimidating ancient Emperor who remains connected to the struggles of the present era.
• Ye Fan reaches an increasingly terrifying level of strength, approaching the aura of a flawless Great Emperor.
• Ancient Emperors and Supreme Beings reveal their differing conditions: some are nearing death and must seal themselves, while others remain vigorous and continue preparing for immortality.

Significant Themes

• Authority and legitimacy: The Taiyin Edict establishes Jiang Tingting’s rightful inheritance and demonstrates that Heavenly Court’s authority can override the claims of powerful factions.
• The cost of power and inheritance: Returning an Emperor Artifact is treated as insufficient compensation, emphasizing the immense value of imperial legacies and political alliances.
• The approaching Immortal Ascension Road: The gathering of Supreme Beings, their exchange of Dao insights, and their preparations for sealing themselves all build anticipation for the coming struggle over immortality.
• The passage of time and mortality: Even ancient Emperors and Supreme Beings must confront declining lifespans, sealing themselves away or risking death in pursuit of the Immortal Path.
• Unity amid opposition: Though the Heavenly Court and Forbidden Zones remain ideological enemies, their shared pursuit of immortality leads them to exchange knowledge.
• The union of Taiyin and Solar forces: Ye Tong and Jiang Tingting’s marriage symbolizes the joining of two great imperial bloodlines and the harmonization of Yin and Yang.
• The emergence of new supreme physiques: Yaoguang’s progress toward a Chaotic Body and the wedding’s focus on Solar and Taiyin physiques highlight the importance of rare bodies and inherited Dao paths.

Important Character Interactions

• Ye Tong and the Three-Eyed Great Saint: Ye Tong suppresses the Great Saint through the authority of the edict and compels him to surrender the Human Emperor Seal.
• Black Emperor and Yaoguang: Black Emperor’s loud objections are humorously silenced when Yaoguang drags him away, showcasing their contrasting personalities.
• Ye Tong and Black Emperor: Their exchange clarifies the hierarchy of Tianxuan’s authority and the status of the various edicts.
• Hua Yunfei and Yaoguang: Hua Yunfei recognizes Yaoguang’s progress toward a Chaotic Body and acknowledges his exceptional potential.
• Hun Tuo and the Three-Eyed Great Saint: Hun Tuo lures the Great Saint away from Yaochi under the pretense of introducing him to a senior.
• Shennong and the Three-Eyed Great Saint: Shennong’s appearance terrifies the Great Saint and forces Kunlun to acknowledge the return of an ancient Emperor.
• Ye Fan and Ye Tong: Ye Fan provides Ye Tong with the Fusang Immortal Medicine and Solar Emperor Pagoda while explaining the danger and secrets of the North Sea Eye.
• Golden Crow Great Emperor, the Jiang Family, and the betrothed couple: Their wedding gifts symbolize support for the Taiyin-Solar union, with Hengyu’s secret art becoming especially valuable to both newlyweds.

Ye Xian, the daughter of Ye Tong and Jiang Tingting, was born as a primordial chaotic body, shaking the universe and drawing powerful visitors to the Heavenly Court. Her birth helped Lin Xian perfect his own chaotic body, while the approaching Immortal Ascension Road threatened to bring a major confrontation within twenty or thirty years.

• Ye Xian was born with a primordial chaotic body, and Old Golden Crow refined divine origin liquid to replenish her vitality as the Heavenly Court’s experts gathered.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerable learned that Ye Tong and Jiang Tingting’s child was a chaotic body, while visitors and Supreme Beings marveled at the union of Taiyin and Taiyang.
• Shennong credited Emperor Hengyu’s plan and a Hengyu Secret Art with helping Ye Xian’s birth come early, and Duan De argued with the deity of the Heaven-Penetrating Netherworld Treasure.
• Lin Xian emerged from seclusion with the netherworld wheel and revealed that Ye Xian’s birth had given him what he needed to perfect his chaotic body.
• Lin Xian treated Golden Crow Great Emperor as an equal and sought his support for the Heavenly Court’s future ascent to immortality.
• Lin Xian warned that the Immortal Ascension Road would open within twenty or thirty years, bringing at least a dozen Supreme Beings and possibly the Immortal Emperor into the conflict.

Cultivators speculated that Lin Xian and Ye Fan were reincarnated ancient beings, while the rising Immortal Ascension Road left many feeling that ordinary cultivators had no chance. Black Emperor returned to the Great Saint realm after surviving a powerful tribulation, and the chapter left the Big Dipper entering an age where Great Saints were said to be inferior to a dog.

• Cultivators spread theories that Lin Xian and Ye Fan were reincarnated figures, and many lamented that their rise had closed off the Emperor Path for others.
• Emperor Huang, Zhang Bainin, Primordial Beginning, and other Great Saints waited for Ye Fan to attempt a breakthrough, while they set themselves a deadline to reach the Supreme Being level before turning a thousand.
• An old Great Saint praised Wan Qing and argued that challenging a Heavenly Emperor's myriad Daos differed from challenging a Great Emperor's, then the Golden Crow Tribe beat him on Fire Mulberry Star.
• Three years later, a Great Saint-level tribulation appeared above Purple Mountain, and Black Emperor announced that he had returned to the Great Saint realm.
• Lin Xian sent Black Emperor beyond the planet to face the tribulation, and Black Emperor endured the lightning and reforged his Great Saint body in three days.

Black Emperor’s Great Saint breakthrough drew attention to the Heavenly Court, while Lin Xian discovered Ye Xian’s chaotic-body potential and brought him to the Empress for instruction. The Empress began teaching Ye Xian the mysteries of chaos as Lin Xian gained new insights and created a Chaos True Exposition.

• Black Emperor completed his Great Saint tribulation, regrew his fur, and left other cultivators debating his origins and considering joining the Heavenly Court.
• Lin Xian guided Ye Xian through a technique of feathered ascension, and the infant manifested dazzling immortal light.
• Little Yinyin imitated Ye Xian and opened a passage with even brighter immortal radiance, prompting Lin Xian to lift the restrictions on Xiao Nannan.
• Lin Xian, Ye Xian, and Xiao Nannan entered the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone, where the Empress recognized Ye Xian’s chaotic body and agreed to teach him.
• The Empress taught Ye Xian the mysteries of chaos while Lin Xian studied both chaotic bodies and used his insights to generate a Chaos True Exposition.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Xian’s system, System 10086, has evolved into an external “second Primordial Spirit,” allowing him to analyze scriptures, absorb Dao resonance, and develop the Chaos True Exposition.
• The scripture combines the insights of three Chaotic Bodies and proposes that Myriad Daos, Myriad Blood, Myriad Bodies, and Myriad Thoughts are fundamentally connected. Lin Xian realizes that uniting the thoughts and beliefs of countless beings may create a perfect path toward Chaos.
• Lin Xian transforms the Heavenly Court’s original plan—secretly gathering King Bodies for blood refinement—into a grand recruitment strategy. He decrees that exceptional talents will be canonized as gods and may eventually ascend to the Immortal Realm with the entire Heavenly Court.
• He then announces rewards for recruiting talents:
  • One King Body: Divine Origin
  • Ten King Bodies: Immortal Metal
  • One hundred King Bodies: Immortal Medicine
• The rewards provoke massive competition. Great Saints, Quasi-Emperors, and various factions scour the universe for talented cultivators, while Quasi-Emperors create Pure Lands and recruit mortals to increase the chances of producing gifted descendants.
• Recruitment becomes openly competitive. Ming De Quasi-Emperor offers unlimited rice porridge and pickled vegetables, Mountain Phoenix offers daily chicken and Hundred Herbs Liquid, and the Dao Palace Organization offers one piece of Source each day.
• Entire populations and even ancient planets are gradually emptied as people migrate into the Pure Lands of powerful figures.
• Smaller sects protest that the recruitment frenzy has deprived them of disciples. Hua Yunfei brings their complaints to Lin Xian, but Lin Xian dismisses them, arguing that the coming catastrophe makes survival and protection more important than preserving sect boundaries.

Character Developments

• Lin Xian evolves from someone pursuing a morally dubious plan to a visionary architect of a universal system. His original scheme to harvest King Blood is repurposed into a method for gathering talents, beliefs, and perhaps the collective thoughts needed to perfect the Chaos Dao.
• System 10086 becomes an essential partner in Lin Xian’s cultivation, functioning like an auxiliary mind capable of processing vast amounts of Dao knowledge.
• The Great Saints and Quasi-Emperors become increasingly desperate and competitive. The promise of Immortal Medicine gives aged powerhouses hope of extending their lives and possibly attaining the Dao in a second lifetime.
• Hua Yunfei acts as an intermediary between the Heavenly Court and the dissatisfied sects, but his appeal reveals his limited influence compared with Lin Xian’s larger strategic vision.
• Ming De, Mountain Phoenix, and the Woodcutter Quasi-Emperor are portrayed as rivals competing through increasingly extravagant recruitment offers rather than direct combat.

Significant Themes

• Talent versus innate potential: A physique establishes a person’s minimum potential, but talent determines the heights they can reach. Lin Xian compensates for his own limitations through the system.
• Collective power and belief: The chapter suggests that blood, Dao fragments, and faith may all function as forms of continuity and immortality. Lin Xian’s ultimate goal may involve consolidating countless minds or beliefs into a greater Dao.
• Pragmatism versus morality: The Heavenly Court’s recruitment began as exploitation, but Lin Xian reframes it as protection against an approaching upheaval. His actions remain coercive and disruptive, yet they may genuinely save lives.
• Resource-driven competition: Divine Origin, Immortal Metal, Immortal Medicine, food, and spiritual resources turn talent recruitment into an economic and political struggle.
• The coming catastrophe: Lin Xian repeatedly emphasizes that a major upheaval is imminent. This looming crisis justifies the mass relocation of populations and the Heavenly Court’s aggressive policies.
• Power and centralization: The Heavenly Court increasingly gathers the universe’s strongest bodies, talents, and believers, strengthening Lin Xian’s ambition to make “all kings under heaven bow before him.”

Character Interactions

• Lin Xian’s system-assisted insight leads directly to his policy of recruiting all exceptional talents.
• Quasi-Emperors compete through their Saint-level representatives, who argue over starving mortals and attempt to lure them with better living conditions.
• The Ghost Tribe representative of Ming De and the Human Race representative of Mountain Phoenix quarrel over who has the right to recruit first.
• The Dao Palace Organization escalates the competition by offering daily Source, alarming the other recruiters.
• Hua Yunfei respectfully challenges Lin Xian on behalf of the smaller sects, but Lin Xian firmly rejects their request and instructs them to endure until the predicted upheaval arrives.

Lin Xian gathered thousands of special physiques, arranged for ancient King Bodies to be resurrected, and sought guidance from the Empress while perfecting his Chaotic Body. After testing his Dao Body against the Great Accomplished Saint Physique, he left Lord Huang convinced that facing a Chaotic Body was worse than fighting Longevity Heavenly Venerable.

• Lin Xian rewarded a Quasi-Emperor who had found King Bodies and announced a grand gathering that brought the number of gathered physiques to more than nine thousand.
• Lin Xian and Duan De revived the Netherworld King Body, which questioned whether it was the original Netherworld King or a new life.
• Lin Xian and Duan De left the Underworld’s resurrection work to the Heaven-Penetrating Netherworld Treasure and traveled to the Eastern Wasteland to visit the Empress.
• Lin Xian sought to complete his Chaotic Body by uniting his myriad thoughts, but the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body remained the final missing presence.
• Lin Xian’s Dao Body fought Lord Huang for three strikes, then merged into him and restored some of his vitality.
• Lord Huang returned to the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone and told Duan De that facing a Chaotic Body was worse than battling Longevity Heavenly Venerable.

Duan De revealed that the Sacred Body curse came from dark matter brought back from Emperor Zun’s attack on the Immortal Ascension Road, which corrupted the Nether Treasure and produced a Dark Divine Spirit. After the Empress could not fully purify the substance, Lin Xian summoned Amitabha, who traced it to its source and reduced it to bone ash.

• Lord Huang asked Duan De to remove the Sacred Body curse, but Duan De denied causing it and said the Nether Treasure was responsible.
• Duan De explained that the curse likely came from outside their world, brought back during Emperor Zun’s attack on the Immortal Ascension Road using coordinates supplied by the Immortal Emperor.
• Lin Xian explained the realms of immortality and identified the curse as a substance of the Immortal Dao that had corrupted the Nether Treasure over a million years.
• The Empress used Ascending Immortal Light to nearly purify the dark blood, but it rebounded and resisted her power.
• Lin Xian summoned Amitabha, who purified the dark blood’s impurities and used the Great Lion’s Roar to trace it to its source, turning it into bone ash.

Amitabha saw a chance to pursue transcendence through Nirvana, while the Dark Immortal Emperor awakened and recalled how he had altered Emperor Zun’s path into the Immortal Realm. The chapter left Emperor Zun’s fall tied to the Dark Immortal Emperor’s experiment and revealed that the Nether Treasure had been corrupted.

• Amitabha considered how Transcendence Beyond the Sacrificial Path suited Buddhist teachings and saw a sliver of hope for attaining Nirvana.
• Amitabha looked toward the Primordial Ancient Star and asked who had tampered with his primordial true blood.
• The Dark Immortal Emperor awakened and recalled that he had altered the Immortal Ascension Road to test whether the past could be repeated through Emperor Zun.
• Emperor Zun entered the Foreign Realm after the altered path led him to the wrong destination, where dark matter and primordial blood tainted him.
• Gu Tuo and the Immortal Realm’s elders joined the mortal-world venerables to bar Emperor Zun from entering, while Longevity Heavenly Venerable concealed the full reason from the Restricted Area Supremes.
• The Prison-Suppressing Emperor attacked Emperor Zun with the Nether Treasure, corrupting it and eventually turning its indwelling deity traitor.

Lin Xian learned that attaining the Other Shore might require traveling into the future, while Amitabha warned that the final calamity was only a little over two hundred years away. The Immortal Ascension Road then began opening in the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone, and Lin Xian mobilized the Heavenly Court to prepare for the coming struggle.

• Amitabha told Lin Xian that the Lifetime universe was the Central Saha World and that Lin Xian would need to reach its future to attain the Other Shore.
• Lin Xian realized that someone’s plan to perform subtraction into emptiness might reveal a way to travel into the future, but the Immortal Ascension Road opened before he could investigate.
• The Great Accomplished Saint Physique confirmed that immortal qi and longevity substance were emerging from the fissure in the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone.
• More than twenty Supreme Beings sent divine senses to the Forbidden Zone, but the Empress drove them back before her condition faltered and she was restrained by immortal-metal chains.
• The Supreme Beings returned to their forbidden zones to prepare, while Lin Xian sent a Dao body to the Heavenly Palace and ordered the Heavenly Court to gather resources, prepare defenses, and plan for evacuation.

Lin Xian organized the Heavenly Court’s forces as the Immortal Ascension Road widened and began releasing the remains of ancient emperors. After recovering half of Taiyin Human Emperor’s body and adding it to the Human Emperor Banner, Lin Xian prepared to help Great Accomplished Saint Physique confront Longevity Heavenly Venerable with several Immortal Artifacts.

• Lin Xian assigned the Heavenly Court’s forces to defend Earth and attack the Divine Ruins Forbidden Zone, then learned that Ye Fan had gone to explore the Immortal Ascension Road.
• Lin Xian used the Immortal Treasure Diagram to investigate immortal realm rifts as the Immortal Ascension Road widened and released emperor remains and a half Emperor Corpse.
• Lin Xian recognized the remains as Taiyin Human Emperor’s and pulled them into the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone before the Supreme Beings could seize them.
• Lin Xian added Taiyin Human Emperor’s corpse to the Human Emperor Banner, where the emperor’s divine thought confirmed its identity and explained that the banner preserved only a spark of awareness.
• Lin Xian proposed that Great Accomplished Saint Physique fight Longevity Heavenly Venerable and supplied him with the Fuxi Dragon Stele, while Duan De and the Empress brought out two more Immortal Artifacts.

Lin Xian confronted the Supreme Beings over the Nine-Turn Immortal Elixir as they refined it in the Eternal Starfield, then protected the Myriad Dragon Emperor when the others fought over the pill. He used his Other Shore Divine Ability to repel four Supreme Beings and began battling the Kun Peng Ancient Emperor, who sought Ultimate Sublimation.

• Lin Xian distributed North Pole Immortal Light to elderly Great Saints and sent them to the Eternal Starfield to disrupt the Primordial Seven Emperors' plan to refine the Nine-Turn Immortal Elixir.
• The Supreme Beings decided to abandon the Immortal Pill in favor of dividing the Immortal Liquid, but they secretly tried to condense additional pills when they began refining it.
• The Supreme Beings fought over the completed Nine-Turn Immortal Elixir until Lin Xian sent it to the Myriad Dragon Emperor and guarded him from their attacks.
• Lin Xian used his Other Shore Divine Ability to send four attacking Supreme Beings flying, then identified Kun Peng Ancient Emperor as the one who had attacked him with killing intent.
• Kun Peng Ancient Emperor attempted Ultimate Sublimation, but Lin Xian confronted him with the Light of Time as other Forbidden Zone Supremes watched.

Lin Xian killed Kun Peng Ancient Emperor, but the weakened victor became a target for the Life Restricted Areas until the newly revitalized Myriad Dragon Emperor arrived and drove them back. The Supreme Beings withdrew to await the Immortal Ascension Road, while Dragon Emperor urged the other emperors to help pacify the forbidden zones.

• Lin Xian exploited the vulnerability in Kun Peng Ancient Emperor's ultimate sublimation, killed him, and absorbed stellar essence to recover from the backlash.
• Supreme Beings attacked Lin Xian and moved to seize the Nine-Turn Immortal Liquid, but Myriad Dragon Emperor summoned the Myriad Dragon Bell and drove them back.
• Myriad Dragon Emperor rebuked the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginnings Supreme Beings for violating the Emperor Pact and fought them alongside the other emperors.
• The Ancient Mine's Supreme Beings tried to attack Lin Xian, but he revealed he could still fight and made them hesitate; they eventually withdrew to await the Immortal Ascension Road.
• Myriad Dragon Emperor asked Corpse Emperor, Golden Ancient Emperor, Phoenix Emperor, Qilin Emperor, and Lord of Primordial Beginning to help pacify the Life Restricted Areas, but they did not agree.

Lin Xian used the Nine-Turn Immortal Liquid to complete his chaotic body and defeat Ye Fan, who then reached full accomplishment as a Saint Physique and attempted to become an emperor. Ye Fan broke through the myriad Dao, but an Immortal King Imprint resembling the Azure Emperor struck him back down.

• The Myriad Dragon Emperor sensed Ye Fan approaching, while Lin Xian used a Dao body to trick Ye Fan into retreating from his true body.
• Lin Xian took three drops of Nine-Turn Immortal Liquid, healed his Dao injuries, and completed his chaotic body.
• Lin Xian fought Ye Fan, who reached full accomplishment as a Saint Physique during their battle.
• Ye Fan entered the ninefold immortal tribulation and began trying to become an emperor, drawing the Golden Crow Great Emperor to the battlefield.
• Lin Xian assured the Golden Crow Great Emperor that Ye Fan would not succeed, but Ye Fan broke through the myriad Dao and encountered the Immortal King Imprints.
• Immortal King Qinglian struck Ye Fan back down, leaving him bloodied and murmuring, "Azure Emperor?"

Ye Fan failed to reach the Imperial Path and suffered a renewed Dao Injury from the Azure Emperor’s fist imprint. As the Immortal Path opened and Wu Shi’s presence stirred, Lin Xian enlisted two Great Emperors to aid Wu Shi, while a hazy figure began to form in Purple Mountain.

• Ye Fan fell from the heavens gravely wounded, and Gai Jiuyou identified the Azure Emperor’s fist imprint as the cause of his Dao Injury.
• The Nine-Turn Immortal Liquid barely kept Ye Fan alive, while the news of his failure spread and the Life Restricted Areas celebrated but hesitated to attack the Heavenly Court.
• Lin Xian gave the Big Dipper Great Emperor and the Gou Chen Great Emperor immortal liquid and asked them to help Great Emperor Wu Shi on the Immortal Path.
• The Beginningless Bell rang from Purple Mountain as the Immortal Gate opened, and Ye Fan awoke to the news that Wu Shi was about to descend.
• The Black Emperor raced into Purple Mountain as a hazy figure began to take shape on the Dao platform.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• The opening of the Immortal Path allows a true Dao projection of Great Emperor Wu Shi to descend into Purple Mountain, shocking the Heavenly Court and overwhelming Black Emperor with emotion.
• Wu Shi recognizes Ye Tianxuan, an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo who has inherited his cultivation method, and acknowledges that his appearance gives this era hope.
• Heavenly Emperor’s Son offers to atone for the Immortal Emperor’s crimes and submit fully to the Heavenly Court. Wu Shi, however, considers his bloodline insufficient to change the larger conflict.
• Wu Shi reveals that the Strange World contains a ruler as powerful as the Immortal Emperor. Its superior Longevity Substance allows even ordinary beings with immense lifespans to rival powerful immortals.
• The struggle in the Strange World is explained as a shifting balance among Wu Shi, the Immortal Emperor, and the Strange World’s ruler. Their alliances change according to which side appears strongest.
• Lin Xian arrives with Big Dipper Great Emperor and Gou Chen Great Emperor. Wu Shi praises Lin Xian’s Chaotic Body and credits him with severing the Immortal Emperor’s Heavenly Blade, which enabled Wu Shi to project himself into the Human World.
• Wu Shi reveals the existence of a hidden fourth powerhouse: Emperor Zun, who became a genuine Red-Dust Immortal in the mortal world.
• The identity of Emperor Zun’s reincarnation is clarified. Ye Fan is not Emperor Zun; instead, Emperor Zun’s Primordial Spirit resides within Ye Fan’s Green Immortal Cauldron as the Divine Baby.
• Emperor Zun’s physical body awakened separately as a corpse spirit and became the mysterious Red-Dust Immortal operating behind the scenes.
• Duan De confirms that Emperor Zun mastered the Tribulation-Transcending Heavenly Art, explaining how he created a unique form of reincarnation and longevity.
• Wu Shi promises to guide Big Dipper and Gou Chen Great Emperors onto the Immortal Ascension Road so they can restrain the Immortal Emperor’s subordinate Supreme Beings.
• As Wu Shi’s communication with the Human World is disrupted by the Immortal Emperor’s Five-Colored Divine Light, his Dao body enters Ye Tianxuan and leaves behind an imperial mark. The Emperor Bell and Wu Shi Emperor Scripture also descend, greatly accelerating Tianxuan’s cultivation.
• The Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone changes dramatically: its sacred mountains collapse, its Divine Springs vanish, and nine Immortal Medicines rise into the sky under the Empress’s control.
• The Immortal Gate finally opens after eighteen years. Supreme Beings from the Life Restricted Areas charge toward the Immortal Ascension Road, unaware that the Empress and Ye Fan have already prepared a hidden plan.

2. Character Developments

• Great Emperor Wu Shi: Returns as an active, authoritative figure rather than a mere legend. He demonstrates his vast knowledge of the Strange World, acknowledges new talents, and organizes the forces needed to confront the Immortal Emperor.
• Ye Tianxuan: Establishes himself as Wu Shi’s true successor. After receiving Wu Shi’s Dao imprint and scripture, he approaches the Quasi-Emperor realm and is recognized as having possible Heavenly Emperor potential.
• Ye Fan: His reputation is partially restored when Wu Shi confirms that he is not Emperor Zun. Though severely wounded, Ye Fan remains important because his Sacred Body may serve as a hidden weapon on the Immortal Ascension Road.
• Lin Xian: Gains recognition as a major Chaotic Body and important ally. He presents himself as Ye Fan’s future Dao protector, though his boastful and mischievous manner creates comic tension.
• Heavenly Emperor’s Son: Attempts to distance himself from the Immortal Emperor and atone for his father’s crimes, but Wu Shi remains unconvinced that his bloodline can influence the overall war.
• Emperor Zun: His mysterious history is finally clarified: his Primordial Spirit became the Divine Baby within the Green Cauldron, while his awakened corpse developed independently into a Red-Dust Immortal.
• The Empress: Remains detached from the wider conflict but continues to control the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Zone and the Immortal Medicines, preparing for the opening of the Immortal Path.
• Duan De: Displays deeper memories and knowledge of his former identity as the Netherworld Emperor, confirming Emperor Zun’s use of the same reincarnation-related cultivation methods.

3. Significant Themes

• The complexity of immortality: The chapter challenges the belief that no one in the mortal world has ever become immortal, revealing that Emperor Zun achieved true immortality through an unprecedented method.
• Reincarnation and divided existence: Emperor Zun’s Primordial Spirit and physical body developing separately illustrates the possibilities and dangers of alternative longevity paths.
• The importance of allies and Dao protectors: Even the strongest Heavenly Emperor may be vulnerable when wounded or besieged. Wu Shi emphasizes that successors and supporters are essential to surviving the Red-Dust Immortal Path.
• Shifting alliances and hidden enemies: The conflict is not a simple struggle between good and evil. Wu Shi, the Immortal Emperor, and the Strange Ruler cooperate or oppose one another depending on the balance of power, while Emperor Zun remains a hidden threat.
• Legacy and succession: Wu Shi’s appearance, his meeting with Ye Tianxuan, and the transfer of his scripture represent the continuation of his Dao into a new generation.
• Misunderstood identities and reputations: Ye Fan’s association with Emperor Zun has caused suspicion and ridicule, but the truth reveals that his identity is separate from Emperor Zun’s reincarnation.
• The danger of ambition: The Supreme Beings rush toward the Immortal Realm convinced that immortality is within reach, not realizing they may be entering a carefully prepared trap.

4. Character Interactions

• Wu Shi and Black Emperor: Their reunion is emotional and humorous, with Black Emperor treating Wu Shi as his long-lost master and immediately trying to promote Heavenly Emperor’s Son as a useful asset.
• Wu Shi and Ye Tianxuan: Wu Shi recognizes Tianxuan as his successor and entrusts him with his Dao imprint, Emperor Scripture, and future responsibilities.
• Wu Shi and Heavenly Emperor’s Son: Wu Shi acknowledges the strength of the Immortal Phoenix bloodline but rejects the idea that it can decisively affect the larger war.
• Wu Shi and Lin Xian: Wu Shi praises Lin Xian’s Chaotic Body and accepts him as a crucial ally after Lin Xian helped disable the Immortal Emperor’s weapon.
• Wu Shi and Ye Fan: Their interaction clarifies Ye Fan’s identity and places him in the role of a potential hidden force on the Immortal Ascension Road.
• Lin Xian and Ye Fan: Lin Xian jokingly claims he will protect Ye Fan’s Dao, while Ye Fan responds with sarcasm, suspecting Lin Xian is already eager to replace him.
• Wu Shi and Big Dipper/Gou Chen: Wu Shi promises to guide the two Great Emperors into the Immortal Path so they can help counter the Immortal Emperor’s forces.
• The Heavenly Court and Emperor Zun’s revelation: The discovery that Emperor Zun’s Primordial Spirit is inside Ye Fan’s Green Cauldron overturns the group’s understanding of their leader and of cultivation history itself.
• The Empress and the Immortal Medicines: The Empress gathers the nine Immortal Medicines as the Immortal Gate opens, demonstrating her continued control over the Forbidden Zone and her mysterious preparation for the coming battle.

More than twenty Supreme Beings and Great Emperors charged through the Immortal Gate, crushing the laws on the Immortal Ascension Road and reaching the World Sea. Immortal Emperor reforged the Heavenly Blade while battling Wu Shi, and after a blade strike killed a weakened Supreme Being, the emperors pressed onward, determined to fight the immortals.

• The Immortal Gate opened on Big Dipper, drawing cultivators and demon gods as Longevity Heavenly Venerable, Big Dipper Great Emperor, and Stone Emperor debated the meaning of immortality.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerable, Stone Emperor, Qilin Ancient Emperor, Carefree Heavenly Venerable, Black Tortoise Ancient Emperor, Dragon Emperor, Peacock Ancient Emperor, and many others emerged to join the assault on the Immortal Ascension Road.
• The assembled emperors crushed the Immortal Spirits and broke through the Immortal Gate, while Zhang Bainin explained that Great Emperors were half-immortals who had yet to cross the tribulation.
• Strange Ruler sent Immortal Emperor a gift of immortal metal, which he used to reforge the Heavenly Blade as he continued fighting Wu Shi in the Strange World.
• Immortal Emperor's blade struck the advancing emperors and split a weakened Supreme Being in two, killing him as they entered the World Sea.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerable and Stone Emperor rallied the survivors, who vowed to fight their way in and slay any immortals who stood in their path.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• More than twenty Great Emperors, Heavenly Venerables, Ancient Emperors, Saint Spirits, Dark Supremes, and Heavenly Court figures temporarily set aside their grudges to attack the Immortal Path together.
• Using Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable’s ancient contingency plan and the Five-Colored Altar on Big Dipper Imperial Star, they combine their power in hopes of breaking through the Boundary Wall and entering the Immortal Realm.
• The Five Great Domains transform into a massive Super Five-Elements Altar. Its activation causes the entire Big Dipper Imperial Star—and potentially the whole mortal world—to begin an ascension toward the Immortal Realm.
• Lin Xian remains in the mortal world and studies the altar. Using the Immortal Treasure Diagram and his mastery of Fuxi Great Emperor’s inheritance, he realizes that the altar connects countless ancient stars and allows him to teleport across the universe instantly.
• Through his understanding of the Time and Space Great Daos, Lin Xian sees the truth at the end of the Immortal Path: there is no Immortal Gate, but a “Boundary Wall,” also called the Cosmic Womb or Heaven-Earth Membrane.
• The Boundary Wall requires the strength of a True Immortal or Heavenly Emperor to break. A Chaotic Body that has attained the Dao could also possess the necessary power.
• The Great Emperors discover that the Heavenly Heart Imprint is the key to entering and leaving the universe. Since the present-day Great Emperor, Old Golden Crow, possesses it, he becomes the only person able to successfully cross the Boundary Wall.
• The assembled Supremes attack desperately, some attempting to sacrifice or kill Old Golden Crow to seize his immortal opportunity. Despite their combined assault, they cannot open a permanent passage.
• Many Supremes die within the Chaotic Cave, while others retreat in despair. Their final words and deaths provide later generations with valuable knowledge about the path to immortality.
• Big Dipper Great Emperor and Gou Chen Great Emperor emerge and confirm the shocking result: Old Golden Crow has successfully become immortal.
• With only one Heavenly Heart Imprint, the other Great Emperors realize that the usual route to immortality is closed. However, surviving Dao-Attainers remember that a Chaotic Body may defy heaven and become a Great Emperor, creating another possible opportunity.
• They urgently call for Lin Xian, intending to help him become immortal.

Character Developments

• Lin Xian displays an extraordinary understanding of formations, space, time, and the Three Thousand Great Daos. His ability to decipher Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable’s altar marks a major advancement in his cultivation and places him among the strongest potential candidates for immortality.
• Old Golden Crow changes from one of several powerful Great Emperors into the sole successful immortal of the current attempt. His possession of the Heavenly Heart Imprint makes him uniquely qualified to cross the Boundary Wall.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerable acts as the strategic leader of the united forces because of his unparalleled experience with previous Immortal Paths, rather than because he is the strongest fighter.
• The Supremes and ancient emperors temporarily abandon their old conflicts and become fellow seekers of the Dao. Their desperation later turns into violence when they realize that only one person can use the Heavenly Heart Imprint.
• Big Dipper and Gou Chen Great Emperors become witnesses who bring back confirmation of Old Golden Crow’s ascension.

Significant Themes

• The unity of cultivators before transcendence: Former enemies cooperate when confronting the ultimate barrier of immortality.
• The cruelty and scarcity of opportunity: The existence of only one Heavenly Heart Imprint means that countless supreme figures compete for a single chance.
• Knowledge as a path to transcendence: Lin Xian’s understanding of formations and the Great Daos proves as important as raw combat power.
• Sacrifice and legacy: The fallen Supremes die without reaching immortality, but their experiences become guidance for future generations.
• The distinction between strength and qualification: Even the combined power of more than twenty Great Emperors cannot overcome the Boundary Wall without the correct authority, timing, or constitution.
• Hope amid despair: Old Golden Crow’s success seems to end everyone else’s opportunity, but the revelation about the Chaotic Body creates a final possibility through Lin Xian.

Character Interactions

• The various factions—including Dark Supremes and the Heavenly Court—cooperate under Longevity Heavenly Venerable’s direction.
• The Supremes initially fight alongside Old Golden Crow but later turn against him when they realize that his Heavenly Heart Imprint is the key to immortality.
• Lin Xian does not directly participate in the assault; instead, he observes and analyzes the Five-Colored Altar, uncovering truths that the others cannot perceive.
• Big Dipper and Gou Chen Great Emperors jointly report Old Golden Crow’s success.
• The surviving ancient Dao-Attainers turn their attention toward Lin Xian, calling him “Holy Master Lin” and seeking to escort him onto the path of immortality as the last remaining hope.