Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Professional Scapegoat, Ninefold Causality”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Other Shore Practitioners traditionally abandon their identities and accumulated burdens to pursue the perfected Dao Fruit and eventual Transcendence. Lin Xian takes the opposite path, deliberately gathering identities and Causality because he expects to die in the final battle against the Eerie Plateau.
• Lin Xian activates his Ninefold Causality, revealing that he has existed as many major figures throughout history:
  • He died in the Demon Emperor’s place, preserving the Demon Emperor’s True Spirit in the Demon Emperor Claw.
  • He became Eastern Emperor Taiyi, whose death produced the Eastern Emperor Bell.
  • He sacrificed himself for Houtu and the Human Emperor, leading to the creation of the Reincarnation Seal and Human Emperor Sword.
  • He died in the Demon Lord’s place, allowing the World-Ending Demon Saber to arise.
  • Finally, Lin Xian himself “dies,” using all these accumulated identities and deaths to create an overwhelming Status Dao Fruit.
• His power shocks the Other Shore Practitioners. Although his realm is technically only that of an Ancient One, his Ninefold Other Shore status gives him strength comparable to or greater than a Most Ancient One.
• Lin Xian attacks Ancient Buddha Bodhi to collect an old Causality from the End of Primordial Antiquity. Bodhi’s Three Corpses and Daoist Zhunti’s Seven-Treasure Wondrous Tree initially resist him.
• The Other Shore Divine Weapons connected to Lin Xian’s past sacrifices—Demon Emperor Claw, Human Emperor Sword, Reincarnation Seal, World-Ending Demon Saber, and Eastern Emperor Bell—arrive to support him.
• Amitabha intervenes from the Western Pure Bliss World, manifesting three powerful Ancient Ones through his Buddhist Dharma, Reward, and Response bodies. Lin Xian effortlessly defeats them with a single finger, proving that his strength has surpassed expectations.
• Yuanshi Tianzun, Golden Mother, and the Azure Emperor arrive and surround Lin Xian. They fear that his actions may allow fallen Other Shore Practitioners to return and disrupt everyone’s pursuit of the Dao Fruit.
• Lin Xian promises that the fallen Other Shores will leave this world with him and will not return in the current era. After negotiation, he agrees to depart for the New Era before the Final Tribulation.
• To settle his Causality with Ancient Buddha Bodhi, Lin Xian receives Buddhist divine arts, including the Tathagata Divine Palm, Eight-Nine Mystical Art, and Bodhi Golden Body. He also demands Bodhi’s help in cultivating the Seven Swords of Severing Heaven and severing his Three Corpses.
• Daoist Zhunti’s Incarnation Body fuses with Lin Xian’s replacement body, creating a weak Other Shore-level Heavenly Emperor who will govern the Heavenly Court and replace Lin Xian’s historical imprint.
• Lin Xian’s true body departs with several Other Shore Divine Weapons, escorted by Yuanshi Tianzun and the other major practitioners.

Character Developments

• Lin Xian: Fully reveals the scale of his long-term plan. Rather than pursuing Transcendence by discarding burdens, he embraces immense Causality and turns his own eventual death into a devastating final “firework.” He becomes independent of the other players’ control and demonstrates overwhelming confidence and strength.
• Ancient Buddha Bodhi: Shifts from opponent to negotiator. After witnessing Lin Xian’s power, he accepts responsibility for their ancient Causality and agrees to provide both divine arts and cultivation assistance.
• Amitabha: Acts to protect Bodhi and the Buddhist side, displaying one of his strongest techniques. However, even his three manifested Ancient Ones are defeated instantly, forcing him to recognize Lin Xian as a power no longer safely controllable.
• Yuanshi Tianzun and the other Ancient Ones: Move from observing Lin Xian to actively confronting him. Their concern is less personal rivalry than the danger that his Ninefold Causality could alter history and revive fallen Other Shores.
• Daoist Zhunti: His incarnation becomes the foundation for Lin Xian’s replacement Heavenly Emperor, allowing Lin Xian to leave without abandoning the Heavenly Court’s administration.

Significant Themes

• Burden versus Transcendence: The chapter contrasts the traditional path of discarding identities with Lin Xian’s decision to accumulate them. His immense power comes from accepting burdens others seek to escape.
• Sacrifice and Legacy: Lin Xian’s repeated deaths preserve other beings and create divine weapons, showing how sacrifice can become a source of future power and influence.
• Causality as Power: Rather than merely being a restriction, Causality becomes Lin Xian’s weapon. His historical connections allow him to summon support and construct a unique Dao Fruit.
• Manipulation of History: The Other Shore Practitioners treat history as a battlefield, capable of suppressing, reviving, or erasing figures by altering their foundations.
• Independence from the Chessboard: Lin Xian’s rise overturns the established balance among the major powers. He is no longer a piece controlled by others but an independent force capable of dictating terms.
• Preparation for the Final Tribulation: His departure and preparations suggest that the coming conflict will involve not only survival but the deliberate sacrifice of accumulated power in a final, world-shaking confrontation.

Important Character Interactions

• Lin Xian confronts and defeats Ancient Buddha Bodhi, forcing him to negotiate the settlement of their ancient Causality.
• Bodhi calls on Amitabha for aid, prompting Amitabha to reveal his three-body Buddhist manifestation.
• Lin Xian defeats Amitabha’s three Ancient Ones with a single finger, alarming every observing Other Shore Practitioner.
• Yuanshi Tianzun, Golden Mother, and the Azure Emperor confront Lin Xian and demand an explanation, threatening to alter history if necessary.
• Lin Xian reassures them that the fallen Other Shores will not return in this world and negotiates his departure to the New Era.
• Lin Xian and Bodhi reach a final agreement: Bodhi provides divine arts and assists with severing Lin Xian’s Three Corpses, while Zhunti’s incarnation becomes Lin Xian’s successor in the Heavenly Court.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chu Feng visits Kunlun Mountain while traveling to ease the pain of his broken heart. Kunlun has become increasingly supernatural, covered in blue light, fog, flourishing vegetation, ancient bronze structures, and mysterious runes.
• Local herdsmen worship the mountain, believing the gods are awakening and demons will soon appear. Chu Feng wonders whether the world is undergoing a major transformation, possibly connected to the weakening of the world’s Shackles.
• Deep within Kunlun, Chu Feng encounters a bronze bell whose sound affects the soul, along with strange pollen and crystalline particles associated with the remnants of Ancient Antiquity heroic spirits. These phenomena hint that ancient beings may one day return.
• Chu Feng discovers Lin Xian and the Corpse Immortal Emperor together. Lin Xian mockingly calls the Emperor “Little Black,” revealing their familiarity and his overwhelming superiority.
• The Corpse Immortal Emperor, once a powerful Immortal Emperor himself, has been reduced to a sealed and crippled remnant on Earth while his primordial true self seeks revenge on the Dark Plateau. Terrified by Lin Xian’s strength, he immediately submits.
• Lin Xian reminisces about old companions, especially “Little Yezi” and Lord Ye, and expresses loneliness despite reaching the Immortal Emperor realm. He also mentions defeating Amitabha.
• Lin Xian and the Corpse Immortal Emperor discuss Earth’s unusual preservation compared with the ruined Big Dipper. The Emperor’s hidden scheme is revealed: he has been reenacting Reincarnation on Earth to investigate its extraordinary secrets and reproduce the conditions that produced three Immortal Emperors.
• The Corpse Immortal Emperor traps Chu Feng in a Time-and-Space loop, believing him to be a chosen individual with extraordinary fortune. Lin Xian breaks the loop and explains that Chu Feng’s unusual destiny is connected to his girlfriend, Lin Nuoyi.
• Lin Nuoyi is revealed to be the reincarnation of a major figure from the Pollen Path. The Corpse Immortal Emperor is shocked and reassesses Chu Feng, joking that Chu Feng has managed to “live off” someone extraordinarily powerful.

Character Developments

• Chu Feng: Begins as a grieving traveler seeking emotional relief but becomes an observer of immense supernatural and historical forces. His confusion and skepticism gradually give way to astonishment as he realizes he is connected to major figures and hidden cosmic schemes.
• Lin Xian: Demonstrates absolute confidence and overwhelming power. Despite being an Immortal Emperor capable of suppressing others effortlessly, he displays nostalgia and loneliness, missing his former companions and simpler days.
• Corpse Immortal Emperor: His arrogance is tempered by Lin Xian’s return. Though once immensely powerful and secretly manipulating Earth’s history, he recognizes that Lin Xian now stands far above him and quickly adopts a submissive attitude. He also shows great interest in Chu Feng’s destiny.
• Lin Nuoyi: Though absent, she becomes central to the chapter through the revelation that she is the reincarnation of a powerful Pollen Path figure, explaining Chu Feng’s extraordinary fortune.

Significant Themes

• The awakening of a new era: Kunlun’s changes, sacred phenomena, and ancient remnants suggest that the world’s restrictions are weakening and a new age of supernatural power is beginning.
• The return of ancient history: The pollen, bronze bell, and references to Ancient Antiquity imply that forgotten heroes and civilizations may reappear.
• Power and hierarchy: The chapter contrasts Chu Feng’s helplessness with the overwhelming might of Immortal Emperors. Former rulers can become insignificant when confronted by an even higher existence.
• Loneliness at the summit: Lin Xian’s reflections show that supreme power brings isolation, especially when old friends have vanished and history has become ruins.
• Fate and hidden causality: Chu Feng’s destiny is not ordinary; it is linked to Lin Nuoyi and possibly to larger forces involving reincarnation, the Pollen Path, and Earth’s mysterious origins.
• Reincarnation as manipulation and discovery: The Corpse Immortal Emperor’s reenactment of past events demonstrates both his ambition and his attempt to uncover why Earth repeatedly produces extraordinary beings.

Character Interactions

• Lin Xian humiliates and teases the Corpse Immortal Emperor, treating him as an old acquaintance despite the vast difference in their current strength.
• The Corpse Immortal Emperor outwardly flatters Lin Xian while internally resenting him, revealing the tension between his former status and present weakness.
• Lin Xian speaks nostalgically to the Emperor about lost companions and past victories, while the Emperor silently recognizes the tragic implications of those memories.
• The Corpse Immortal Emperor examines Chu Feng as a possible chosen individual and traps him in a spatial-temporal loop.
• Lin Xian protects Chu Feng by breaking the loop, then explains the connection between Chu Feng’s unusual fortune and Lin Nuoyi’s true identity.

• Plot and events: Lin Xian explains that becoming a Sacrificial Path Heavenly Emperor requires extraordinary fortune, opportunities, and perseverance; merely encountering the Coffin Master’s aura is not enough. He recalls how the Corpse Immortal Emperor, Bone Emperor, and Great Emperor Wu Shi each failed or died before reaching that realm. Chu Feng learns that his own rise is linked to Lin Nuoyi, the reincarnation of the Pollen Path Ancestor, and to the mysterious Stone Jar and Pollen Path Ancestral Seed he acquired by chance. Shocked by the revelation that his former girlfriend belongs to an immense hidden world, he questions Lin Xian and the Corpse Immortal Emperor about their identities. Lin Xian reveals himself as the Heavenly Emperor, while the Corpse Immortal Emperor is associated with reincarnation.
  Lin Xian creates a magnificent palace in the valley, and the Corpse Immortal Emperor serves Chu Feng Dao Enlightenment Tea. The tea causes Chu Feng to lose consciousness and transports him into the mysterious Reincarnation Space. There, he meets a golden calf, a black ox, a toad, and the beautiful Yaoyao. They mock him as the least qualified newcomer because he appears to be an ordinary mortal. When Yaoyao asks about his ancestry, Chu Feng points toward Lin Xian’s statue, leading everyone to suspect that he may be the Heavenly Emperor’s descendant.

Character developments

• Chu Feng shifts from an ordinary, confused tourist into someone who realizes he is connected to powerful reincarnation and cultivation forces. Though frightened and overwhelmed, he begins receiving recognition because of his connection to Lin Nuoyi and the Pollen Path.
• Lin Xian is revealed as a powerful but playful Heavenly Emperor. He balances overwhelming authority with humor, teasing the Corpse Immortal Emperor and treating Chu Feng relatively kindly.
• The Corpse Immortal Emperor remains proud and sarcastic, but now performs humble tasks such as preparing tea for Lin Xian and Chu Feng. His past failure to attain the Sacrificial Path shows his regret and awareness of missed opportunities.
• Lin Nuoyi is revealed to be the reincarnation of the Pollen Path Ancestor, dramatically changing Chu Feng’s understanding of their relationship and his own destiny.
• Yaoyao and the other Reincarnation Space beings appear to be powerful, experienced figures who immediately judge Chu Feng as unqualified, though his possible connection to Lin Xian intrigues them.
• Character interactions: Lin Xian and the Corpse Immortal Emperor exchange playful insults over authority and tea-making. Lin Xian reassures Chu Feng while also displaying his immense power. Chu Feng interacts nervously with both legendary figures, trying to determine their identities. In Reincarnation Space, the calf, ox, and toad ridicule Chu Feng, while Yaoyao questions his origins. His gesture toward Lin Xian’s statue creates sudden shock and speculation among them.
• Significant themes: The chapter emphasizes that transcendence depends on both personal ability and historical fortune; even powerful figures may fail because of lost time or missed opportunities. It also explores reincarnation, hidden identities, and the way seemingly random encounters shape destiny. Another major theme is the contrast between cosmic power and ordinary human perspective: Chu Feng’s mundane origins make the supernatural revelations especially absurd and frightening. The ending introduces the possibility that his humble identity conceals an extraordinary lineage.

Chu Feng learned that Yaoyao and the other nonhumans were descendants of ancient Earth, then discovered that his Stone Jar was worth five trillion merit points and refused to sell it. The Lord of Reincarnation began the first mission in Raccoon City as Lin Xian presided over the creation of countless worlds.

• Yaoyao explained that Earth had once ranked among the heavens and that her ancestor was the Sacred Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court.
• The Lord of Reincarnation announced the rules of Reincarnation Space, including the dangers of missions, the cost of leaving, and the possibility of resurrection.
• Yaoyao sold her Strange Metal Sword and learned that reincarnators could exchange merit points for powerful weapons and divine arts.
• Chu Feng tested his belongings in the Immortal Cauldron and discovered the Stone Jar had a five-trillion-merit-point buyback price, but he refused to sell it.
• The Lord of Reincarnation announced the first mission, Raccoon City, with hints of dark blood, corpse transformation, and evolution.
• Lin Xian presided over World-Creation, forming countless real and illusory universes and worlds.

Chapter Summary: “Immortal-Suppressing Flick”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Xian completes the creation of the Myriad Realms, establishing countless universes with different cultivation systems: spiritual energy, magic, martial blood and qi, technology, and other unique paths.
• Any system that reaches the level of the Second Layer of the Immortal Altar and develops Divine Sense can ascend to the Great World and pursue the Self-as-Seed path. Rare prodigies who improve rather than abandon their original systems may eventually become Dao Ancestors.
• After assigning Reincarnation Space to the Corpse Immortal Emperor, Lin Xian studies three damaged Seeds. He jokingly threatens to use the purple Seed as “human fertilizer,” then considers nourishing the black Seed with milk. He ultimately chooses the Pollen Path’s Ancestral Seed, recognizing it as an extraordinary plant connected to the Coffin Master and possessing the potential to reach the Sacrificial Path.
• Lin Xian enters the Soul River, one of the Plateau’s dark outposts. His aura terrifies the ancient beings of the Myriad Realms, while his presence purifies the Soul River’s darkness.
• He severs the Soul River’s connection to Reincarnation and gives its ruler, Eight Heads, an opportunity to summon reinforcements. Eight Heads activates a thirteen-colored dharma conch, awakening the rulers of the other dark outposts.
• Lin Xian forces the Dark Dao Ancestors to seek help from the Plateau. They perform a ritual and successfully summon the aura of the Gray Era’s chief sacrificer, an Immortal Emperor responsible for harvesting the current era.
• Lin Xian follows the sacrificial aura across Time and Space and confronts the chief sacrificer. Shortly afterward, the supposed chief sacrificer claims to have defeated and killed the intruding Immortal Emperor.
• The truth is strongly implied to be that Lin Xian has overcome or replaced the chief sacrificer and is now speaking through his identity. He orders the dark rulers to accept the Divine Silkworm as the new master of the Soul River.
• To enforce his authority, the “chief sacrificer” executes Eight Heads remotely and strips away his Dark Blood. The surviving Dark Dao Ancestors immediately submit and accept the Divine Silkworm’s appointment.

Character Developments

• Lin Xian demonstrates overwhelming power, confidence, and strategic cunning. Rather than simply destroying the dark outposts, he manipulates their rulers into summoning the very Immortal Emperor he seeks.
• He also reveals a playful, irreverent side through his treatment of the Seeds, joking about fertilizer and milk despite their extraordinary origins.
• Eight Heads, ruler of the Soul River, changes from an arrogant defender of a forbidden zone into a terrified subordinate. His attempt to summon help ultimately causes his own death.
• The other Dark Dao Ancestors are shown to be deeply hierarchical and survival-oriented. They readily abandon loyalty to Eight Heads and obey whoever appears to hold the Plateau’s highest authority.
• The Divine Silkworm is revealed to have been hiding in a vulnerable transformation stage. Although previously regarded as an outsider, it is elevated to control the Soul River, gaining major political and strategic importance.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and suppression: Lin Xian’s presence alone shakes ancient Immortal Kings and purifies the Soul River, emphasizing the vast gap between him and the dark beings.
• Manipulation through hierarchy: Lin Xian wins not only by force but by exploiting the Plateau’s rigid command structure and fear of authority.
• Identity and deception: The chapter strongly suggests that Lin Xian assumes or imitates the chief sacrificer’s authority, showing that control of perception can be as powerful as physical strength.
• Survival under tyranny: The dark rulers immediately sacrifice Eight Heads and submit to a new leader, revealing a society governed by fear, opportunism, and obedience rather than loyalty.
• Transformation and potential: The three Seeds, the Divine Silkworm, and the various cultivation systems all reflect the chapter’s interest in growth, evolution, rebirth, and the possibility of transcending one’s original limits.

Important Character Interactions

• Lin Xian playfully threatens and provokes the three Seeds, contrasting his casual personality with their immense significance.
• Lin Xian confronts Eight Heads in the Soul River, offering him a chance to seek reinforcements while clearly controlling the situation.
• The Dark Dao Ancestors coordinate uneasily, debating whether to summon help and worrying about the missing Divine Silkworm.
• Lin Xian pursues the chief sacrificer through the sacrificial ritual, turning the summoned rescue into an opportunity to attack the Plateau’s true power.
• After Eight Heads is killed, the surviving rulers flatter and obey the supposed chief sacrificer, accepting the Divine Silkworm as their new master without resistance.

Chapter Summary: “A Small Whim of Power”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Soul River fills with souls from the Myriad Realms as the Great Sacrifice approaches. These souls and darkened corpses were originally meant to empower the Coffin Master and the Eerie Clan.
• Since Lin Xian has replaced the chief sacrificer, he redirects this power toward cultivating the Pollen Path’s Ancestral Seed. He reveals that he has captured the Dark Immortal Emperor, the former chief sacrificer, and drains his Dark Origin as nourishment.
• Lin Xian deliberately keeps the Dark Immortal Emperor alive, repeatedly harvesting him instead of killing him and allowing him to revive on the Plateau.
• The Dark Immortal Emperor, humiliated and unwilling to aid Lin Xian, repeatedly demands death so he can return to the Plateau. Lin Xian tries to persuade him that surrender would earn favorable treatment, but he refuses.
• Lin Xian summons Houtu through the Reincarnation Seal. Houtu uses her reincarnation power to put the Dark Immortal Emperor into a deathlike sleep. When he resists, Lin Xian knocks him unconscious with a single blow.
• Houtu takes control of the Dark Immortal Emperor’s body, transforming its dark aura into the peaceful and ancient power of Reincarnation. Other divine weapons become eager to receive Immortal Emperor bodies of their own.
• Lin Xian assigns Houtu to oversee the Six Paths of Reincarnation Space, where the Corpse Immortal Emperor has been acting as Lord of Reincarnation.
• The Corpse Immortal Emperor, irritated by Chu Feng’s increasingly Coffin Master-like appearance, had issued several dangerous missions to torment and train him. Houtu criticizes this misuse of authority.
• Acting on Lin Xian’s orders, Houtu removes the Corpse Immortal Emperor from his post. She tells him that Lin Xian has another assignment for him—one connected to his “old profession”—leaving him uncertain about what that means.

Character Developments

• Lin Xian demonstrates overwhelming power, strategic control, and a playful but ruthless attitude. He treats the former chief sacrificer as a renewable source of energy and casually defeats him when resistance becomes inconvenient.
• The Dark Immortal Emperor shifts from furious resistance to despair and resignation. His pride is broken by being captured and harvested, and he prefers death to continuing to strengthen Lin Xian.
• Houtu returns to active existence through the body of an Immortal Emperor. She emerges as a calm, compassionate, and authoritative figure who restores order to the Reincarnation Space.
• The Corpse Immortal Emperor is revealed to be petty and irresponsible despite his immense status. His punishment shows that Lin Xian’s regime has strict standards, even for powerful Immortal Emperors.

Significant Themes

• Power and reversal of hierarchy: The former harvesters of the Myriad Realms become victims of Lin Xian’s harvesting, reversing the old order.
• Humiliation and control: Capturing an enemy alive is portrayed as far more powerful—and degrading—than killing them.
• Authority and responsibility: Even Immortal Emperors can lose their positions when they abuse power or act recklessly.
• Reincarnation and transformation: Houtu’s return through another body illustrates the possibility of survival and renewal through sacrifice and reincarnation.
• Humor amid cosmic conflict: Lin Xian’s casual jokes, physical “hypnosis,” and teasing contrast with the immense stakes of the events.

Character Interactions

• Lin Xian dominates the Dark Immortal Emperor, alternately taunting, bargaining with, and harvesting him.
• Houtu and Lin Xian cooperate, with Lin Xian enabling her return and Houtu taking over the conquered body.
• Houtu confronts the Corpse Immortal Emperor over his excessive treatment of Chu Feng and formally replaces him.
• The Corpse Immortal Emperor protests his dismissal and hints that he still wants access to Chu Feng and the Stone Jar, but Houtu makes clear that Lin Xian’s decision is final.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• In the 9,870,000th year of the Heavenly Emperor Calendar, the Gray Era’s ruler orders the Eerie Race and other powerful factions not to disturb the Human World before spring planting. The coming “Great Sacrifice” requires powerful evolutionaries—especially Immortal Kings and Dao Ancestors—rather than ordinary mortals.
• God Emperor, the newly transformed master of the Soul River, commands the major dark Forbidden Zones to release their accumulated treasures and opportunities into the Human World. Despite their reluctance, the Heavenly Emperor Burial Pit, Ancient Underworld, and Four Extremes Pagoda obey.
• Treasures rain across the Human World, causing Dragon Veins, blessed lands, secret realms, and other opportunities to emerge. A new Golden Great Era begins, allowing countless young cultivators to rise.
• Lin Xian reflects on the rarity of Heavenly Emperor-level figures. He identifies several historical prodigies with the potential to reach the Emperor Realm, including Tianzi, God Emperor, the Eternal Green Lotus, Chu Feng, Yaoyao, and Lin Nuoyi.
• Lin Xian secretly alters Earth’s timeline and inserts himself more firmly into the Lin Family’s history as Lin Nuoyi’s mysterious “second uncle.”
• He visits Lin Nuoyi and reveals that he is a genuine member of the Lin Family, someone who had quietly appeared at family gatherings and brought her gifts during her childhood.
• Lin Xian gives Lin Nuoyi an Emperor Scripture containing a cultivation path separate from Pollen Evolution. As she studies it, she immediately enters a state of enlightenment and begins cultivating the Body-as-Seed System.
• Her breakthrough triggers a terrifying backlash involving dark winds and red hair. Lin Xian protects her with powerful Dao characters, concealing the disturbance from the darkness.
• Security personnel investigate but retreat after discovering that Lin Xian has an unprecedented SSS confidentiality level. Lin Nuoyi then learns that he has reached the Perfected Other Shore Realm, making him virtually invincible in the current Human World.

Character Developments

• Lin Xian: Demonstrates his enormous power by modifying history, manipulating fate, protecting Lin Nuoyi, and concealing his true identity and cultivation. He presents himself as a warm but mysterious relative while carefully guiding Lin Nuoyi’s development.
• Lin Nuoyi: Develops from a talented but cautious Pollen Evolution cultivator into someone capable of immediately understanding and beginning a second, ancient cultivation system. Her calmness during the supernatural disturbance and her rapid comprehension reveal exceptional potential.
• God Emperor: Establishes himself as the dominant authority over the dark Forbidden Zones. His first decree forces ancient powers to surrender their resources and indirectly creates the conditions for a new age of cultivation.
• The older cultivators and previous-era figures: Their reflections emphasize how rare true Heavenly Emperor-level beings are and how uncertain the future remains despite the beginning of another Golden Age.

Significant Themes

• Cultivation and controlled growth: The Human World is deliberately “nourished” so that powerful beings can mature for the future Great Sacrifice, giving the apparent prosperity an ominous purpose.
• Fate and historical manipulation: Lin Xian’s ability to alter timelines raises questions about identity, memory, and whether relationships can be created or rewritten through changes to history.
• Hidden power and identity: Lin Xian appears as an obscure family member while possessing strength far beyond anyone’s expectations. His SSS clearance symbolizes the secrets surrounding him.
• Multiple evolutionary paths: Pollen Evolution is presented as powerful but dangerous, while Lin Xian introduces an alternative system, suggesting that advancement can come through different traditions.
• Hope beneath looming danger: The birth of a Golden Great Era inspires optimism, but the coming harvest and the darkness’s reaction reveal that the prosperity is connected to a much larger cosmic threat.

Character Interactions

• Lin Xian and Lin Nuoyi: Their meeting combines familial warmth, manipulation, and mentorship. Lin Xian uses altered memories to establish himself as her long-lost second uncle, while Lin Nuoyi gradually accepts him after recalling his presence and past gifts.
• Lin Xian and the security personnel: The guards initially treat him as an intruder, but his SSS-level identity frightens them into retreating and securing the villa rather than challenging him.
• Lin Xian and Lin Nuoyi during cultivation: He acts as both teacher and protector, giving her the Emperor Scripture and shielding her when its cultivation triggers a dangerous backlash.
• God Emperor and the Forbidden Zones: His relationship with the old monsters is one of absolute authority; they resent his demands but obey because defiance would be disastrous.

Lin Xian mastered the Reflecting the Heavens Realm and accompanied Lin Nuoyi to Mount Taihang, where she planned to meet Chu Feng. After the Reincarnation Space shut down Chu Feng’s phone-buyback scheme, he accepted a recruitment mission and was summoned to meet Lin Nuoyi’s second uncle, Lin Xian.

• Lin Xian retraced the Pollen Path to the Reflecting the Heavens Realm and considered how cultivators above him might perceive the universe.
• Lin Nuoyi told Lin Xian she planned to explore Mount Taihang, and he decided to accompany her after suspecting she wanted to see Chu Feng.
• The Reincarnation Space refused to buy back Chu Feng’s phone, then offered him a mission to recruit new reincarnators for merit.
• Chu Feng failed to recruit nearby Otherworlders because they lacked aptitude or were already reincarnators, while Little Yellow Ox secretly smiled.
• Lin Nuoyi invited Chu Feng to the Lin Family’s Mount Taihang base, where Lin Xian greeted him as the Chu King and Chu Feng nervously bowed.

Lin Xian guided Chu Feng toward the Field Dao, and Chu Feng entered a three-day enlightenment before sending Lin Nuoyi into the Reincarnation Space. There, Lin Nuoyi’s shadow manifested as the Pollen Empress, who met Lin Xian in a secluded world.

• Lin Xian judged Chu Feng unsuited to the Emperor Scripture and Self-as-Seed but gave him three heavenly books to pursue the Field Dao.
• Chu Feng studied the scriptures for three days and began seeing the universe as patterns and configurations.
• Lin Xian suggested Chu Feng take Lin Nuoyi to Kunlun Mountain, and Lin Nuoyi stayed beside Chu Feng until he awakened.
• Chu Feng sent Lin Nuoyi to the Reincarnation Space, where her shadow separated and became the Pollen Empress.
• Houtu asked the Pollen Empress to remain calm, and Lin Xian invited her to meet him in a secluded world.
• The Pollen Empress picked up the Ancestral Seed of the Pollen Path and sat opposite Lin Xian while the Lord of Reincarnation served tea.

Chapter Summary: “Heavenly Emperors Convene, Tempering Chu Feng”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Xian, the Pollen Empress, Desolate Heaven Emperor, Heavenly Emperor Ye, and other powerful figures convene around a mystical chessboard to analyze the Eerie Plateau and its connection to the fate of the Myriad Realms.
• They conclude that the Plateau’s repeated disasters are not caused merely by the resurrection of individual Eerie Ancestors. The remaining power of the Coffin Master may be capable of resetting entire eras, reversing history, and initiating new cycles of Reincarnation.
• The Emperors discuss several possible strategies:
  • Destroying or reshaping the Plateau through Source Arts.
  • Turning the Plateau into a weapon or resource.
  • Using the Ancestral Seed to grow a Transcendence Flower within the Plateau.
• Their main plan is to send the Ancestral Seed into the Plateau, where it will absorb the Bone Ash and exhaust the Plateau’s power while nurturing the flower. If successful, the Emperors may break the infinite Reincarnation cycle and possibly surpass the Sacrificial Path.
• They need a powerful but unsuspected escort for the Seed. Lin Xian proposes Chu Feng, a Domain Path cultivator who appeared in their prophetic dreams and possesses the potential to become a Dao Sacrificer.
• The Emperors agree to train Chu Feng through the Eighty-One Tribulations, manipulating Reincarnation Space so that he will fight increasingly powerful opponents from different eras.
• Chu Feng is first sent to the Mythical Era on Ziwei Star with a mission to defeat Longevity Heavenly Venerable and stop the Dark Turmoil. He spends two hundred years cultivating, only to be annihilated almost instantly by an ancient existence that absorbs the life essence of nearly the entire planet.
• His first mission fails, but the Lord of Reincarnation immediately assigns him a second mission: helping the Fighting Saint Emperor defeat the Immortal Emperor and become a War Immortal.

Character Developments

• Lin Xian displays a bold, pragmatic nature. While others favor safer plans, he suggests using the Plateau itself and later identifies Chu Feng as the ideal candidate for the Seed mission.
• The Pollen Empress remains cautious and realistic, emphasizing that contact with the Plateau usually ends in death or transformation into an Eerie Ancestor. Nevertheless, she accepts the need to take risks.
• Desolate Heaven Emperor acts as the central strategist, recognizing that the Plateau—not its individual enemies—is the true obstacle. He formulates the Seed and Transcendence Flower plan.
• Heavenly Emperor Ye supports aggressive training methods, proposing that Chu Feng fight opponents far beyond his current level to accelerate his growth.
• Chu Feng is shown as powerful but still drastically unprepared for the ancient eras and their supreme beings. His confidence turns to shock and frustration when he realizes that his “missions” are essentially lethal trials designed to force his evolution.
• The Lord of Reincarnation functions as an emotionless executor of the Emperors’ plan, offering Chu Feng no assistance or sympathy and repeatedly throwing him into deadly historical scenarios.

Significant Themes

• The true enemy is the system, not the individual opponents: The Plateau’s ability to reset history makes ordinary victories meaningless.
• Reincarnation and cyclical history: The chapter presents time as something that can be rewritten, with entire ages and outcomes repeating under the Plateau’s influence.
• Risk versus survival: The Emperors debate whether to pursue safer methods or gamble everything on controlling the Plateau.
• Forging strength through suffering: Chu Feng’s brutal missions reflect the belief that genuine power can only be developed through overwhelming adversity and repeated rebirth from defeat.
• Sacrifice for transcendence: The Ancestral Seed, the potential Transcendence Flower, and Chu Feng’s trials all suggest that escaping the current cosmic order requires enormous sacrifices.
• Manipulation across eras: The Heavenly Emperors can alter Reincarnation and arrange encounters throughout history, blurring the line between destiny and deliberate cultivation.

Character Interactions

• Lin Xian and the Pollen Empress debate whether the Plateau should be destroyed or exploited, revealing their contrasting risk tolerances.
• Desolate Heaven Emperor unites the various proposals into a practical long-term strategy centered on the Ancestral Seed.
• The four major Heavenly Emperors collectively select Chu Feng and secretly reshape history to train him.
• Heavenly Emperor Ye humorously but ruthlessly advocates forcing Chu Feng into battles against increasingly stronger historical figures.
• Chu Feng’s interactions with the Lord of Reincarnation are dominated by disbelief and outrage: he protests the impossible missions, while the Lord responds with cold, mechanical instructions.
• The chapter ends with Chu Feng being pushed into a second, even more dangerous historical challenge involving the Fighting Saint Emperor and the Immortal Emperor.

Chu Feng and the Fighting Saint Emperor drove off the Immortal Emperor’s ambush, but the Saint Emperor lost his chance at a second lifetime and entered the Immortal Ascension Road. Chu Feng’s mission then failed, sending him to a new era and a mission to help three Quasi-Emperors fight dark monsters.

• Chu Feng warned the Fighting Saint Emperor that the Immortal Emperor remained alive, and the Saint Emperor gave him golden fur so the Ancient Heavenly Court’s descendants could call for his aid.
• When the Fighting Saint Emperor weakened while attempting to begin a second lifetime, the Immortal Emperor ambushed him and nearly killed him.
• Chu Feng used the Executioner Sword Formation to hold back the Immortal Emperor, allowing the Fighting Saint Emperor to drive him away.
• The Fighting Saint Emperor returned to Purple Mountain, failed to regain his immortal essence, and forced open an Immortal Path with his Saint Emperor Fist.
• The Lord of Reincarnation declared Chu Feng’s mission failed and assigned him to help three Quasi-Emperors defeat dark monsters in the new era.

After thousands of deaths on the Soul River battlefield, Chu Feng discovered that artifacts he had been ordered to deliver had followed him back to the Reincarnation Space. The furnace and millstone resonated with his Stone Jar, and he activated their set synergy, returning the Jar Heavenly Emperor to his seat.

• The Lord of Reincarnation sent Chu Feng into the Soul River battle for the 3,825th time, where he witnessed Gu Tuo's death and the forces of All Worlds being overwhelmed by darkness.
• Immortal King Huahua recognized Chu Feng's cultivation method and sent him away with a small furnace and a crude millstone to deliver to someone.
• An imperial shock wave struck Chu Feng near the center of the battlefield and returned him to the Reincarnation Space, beginning his 3,826th reincarnation.
• Chu Feng found the furnace and millstone in his arms and learned they completed a Burial Artifact Set with his Stone Jar.
• Chu Feng activated the artifacts' synergy as their light and the power of reincarnation surged.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The three sacrificial vessels—the Time Furnace, World-Ending Grand Pan, and Bone Ash Jar—merge into one supreme artifact. Their combined power represents Coffin Master’s destruction of his own immortal remains and becomes the perfect counter to the Eerie Plateau’s resurrection power.
• The merged vessels purify darkness and Eerie creatures, grinding them into their most fundamental soul particles and sending them into reincarnation.
• Empowered by the vessels, Chu Feng temporarily reaches the life level of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor and gains the status of a Dao Ancestor.
• Before he can act independently, the statues in Reincarnation Space warn him not to overestimate himself. Chu immediately pledges loyalty to the Lord of Reincarnation, only to be recorded and forcibly sent on a reincarnation mission.
• Chu Feng returns to the Soul River Battlefield, accompanied by the three vessels. The three Seeds have also returned, with the final Seed now fuller and changed in color, suggesting that the Heavenly Emperor may have made a move.
• Declaring himself “Grandpa Chu Ultimate,” Chu Feng enters the battle and effortlessly kills several Immortal King-level enemies and Eerie True Immortals. He deliberately targets dark creatures from past reincarnations that had killed him, taking personal revenge.
• His overwhelming but familiar fighting style causes allies to speculate that he may be Tianxuan Dao Ancestor or Holy Master Lin.
• A Dark Dao Ancestor from the Ancient Underworld attacks him with a war spear. Chu Feng is instantly blown apart, causing both sides to question whether he truly possesses Quasi-Immortal Emperor strength.
• Chu Feng resurrects from the scattered Emperor Blood and corpse fragments, revealing that although he can revive like a Dao Ancestor, he cannot properly control his newly acquired power.
• The Dark Dao Ancestor attacks and destroys him again, mocking his fragile foundation. Chu Feng privately acknowledges that fighting with borrowed Quasi-Immortal Emperor power is far beyond his current ability.

Character Developments

• Chu Feng gains an unprecedented temporary boost, but his confidence quickly collides with the reality that his actual combat ability has not caught up with his realm. He remains bold, humorous, shameless, and revenge-driven, yet is forced to recognize his limitations.
• Coffin Master’s legacy is revealed to be central to suppressing the Eerie Plateau. His suicide, cremation, and destruction of his own Dao bones have created the means to erase darkness and interrupt immortal resurrection.
• Lord of Reincarnation remains cold, authoritative, and uncompromising, recording Chu Feng’s exaggerated oath of loyalty before immediately sending him into danger.
• Big Black Dog, Duan De, and Gu Qing provide comic and emotional reactions to Chu Feng’s arrival. Their excitement turns into confusion when he is effortlessly killed.
• The Dark Dao Ancestor becomes suspicious after Chu Feng’s apparent death, then attacks again after Chu revives, exposing Chu’s unstable mastery of his new strength.

Significant Themes

• Power versus control: Reaching a higher realm does not guarantee the ability to use its power effectively. Chu Feng possesses Quasi-Immortal Emperor authority but lacks the foundation and experience to wield it.
• Death, resurrection, and reincarnation: Coffin Master’s remains, Chu Feng’s revival, and the reincarnation mission all reinforce the chapter’s focus on death as a process rather than an absolute end.
• The burden of transcendence: Coffin Master’s vast superiority over all living beings led to isolation and suicide, suggesting that ultimate power can sever meaningful connection.
• Revenge and karmic retribution: Chu Feng specifically hunts those who killed him in former reincarnations, turning his return into a personal reckoning.
• Appearance versus reality: Chu looks like an invincible Quasi-Immortal Emperor while actually fighting far below that level, creating uncertainty and irony on the battlefield.

Character Interactions

• Chu Feng cautiously submits to the statues and Lord of Reincarnation after sensing their superior authority.
• Upon returning, he inspires hope among Big Black Dog, the ragged Daoist, Gu Qing, and the Heavenly Court forces, who expect a powerful ally.
• His actions remind old acquaintances of Holy Master Lin and Tianxuan Dao Ancestor, prompting speculation about his identity.
• The Dark Dao Ancestor directly challenges him, shattering Chu Feng’s assumed superiority and exposing the gap between realm and practical strength.
• Chu Feng’s repeated deaths and revivals bewilder both allies and enemies, leaving everyone uncertain whether he is a true Quasi-Immortal Emperor or part of a larger trap.

Chapter Summary: “The Advantage Is Mine, Cremation Dao Ancestor”

Key Plot Points and Events

• At the Soul River, Chu Feng attempts the unprecedented Forty-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, a feat far beyond what even legendary figures such as the Desolate Heaven Emperor or Heavenly Emperor Ye had achieved.
• He battles the Dark Dao Ancestor, an immortal-level existence vastly superior to him. Chu Feng is repeatedly destroyed, but the Stone Jar’s power allows him to revive through Reincarnation.
• The Dark Dao Ancestor assumes Chu Feng is using a blood-escape technique and trying to exhaust him, never imagining that Chu Feng can truly resurrect indefinitely.
• As Chu Feng continues dying, the Stone Jar’s “head coach” prepares to intervene and reminds him of his responsibility as a wielder of Reincarnation: restoring order between life and death.
• Guided by the Stone Jar and the other sacrificial artifacts, Chu Feng realizes how to use the crude Millstone. It becomes a terrifying weapon capable of grinding away the past, present, and future.
• The Millstone suppresses the Dark Dao Ancestor so thoroughly that the latter instinctively attempts to flee. Although Chu Feng remains weaker, the artifact allows him to withstand the Dao Ancestor’s attacks and gain valuable insight into the emperor realm.
• Through countless deaths and repeated exposure to the Dark Dao Ancestor’s power, Chu Feng’s understanding and combat wisdom improve. He eventually uses the terrain of the Soul River and the deeper Reincarnation Road to form a powerful Field that traps his opponent.
• Chu Feng wounds the Dark Dao Ancestor for the first time, proving that the supposedly invincible Dao Ancestor can bleed. However, the opponent’s body and soul rapidly recover through resonance with the Great Dao.
• Realizing that ordinary attacks cannot overcome the Dao Ancestor’s immortality, Chu Feng asks the Heavenly Court to gather the materials needed for a cremation ritual: Four Extremes Floating Soil, Yin-Yang Firewood, Great Void Fire, and Ancient Cosmos Flame.
• The Heavenly Court supplies the fires, while the Solar and Taiyin Bodies provide the Yin-Yang power. Duan De reluctantly contributes the rare Four Extremes Floating Soil, obtained from the Eerie Race’s territory.
• Chu Feng uses a self-detonation to create an opening and forces the Dark Dao Ancestor into the Time Furnace. The three sacrificial artifacts activate together, turning the Dao Ancestor into bone ash and preventing him from resurrecting.
• The Dark Dao Ancestor is thus cremated, shocking both the dark army and the Heavenly Court. His death shatters the long-standing belief that Dao Ancestors are impossible to kill.

Character Developments

• Chu Feng evolves from a combatant who can only endure punishment into someone capable of combining his physical strength, Reincarnation, battlefield insight, and sacrificial artifacts into a lethal strategy.
• His repeated deaths become a form of training, allowing him to glimpse the emperor realm and greatly surpass his former limits.
• Chu Feng also develops greater confidence and aggression. After making the Dark Dao Ancestor bleed, he openly declares that the battle’s situation has reversed.
• The Dark Dao Ancestor begins the battle arrogant and dismissive, believing Chu Feng cannot threaten him. His confidence shifts to suspicion, fear, and finally desperation when the Millstone suppresses him and the cremation ritual becomes possible.
• The Stone Jar’s head coach acts as a guide, reminding Chu Feng of his duty and helping him understand how Reincarnation and Yin-Yang should be used.
• The Heavenly Court demonstrates unity and material strength by providing the treasures necessary for the final ritual.
• Duan De reluctantly reveals that he possesses the crucial Four Extremes Floating Soil, showing both his secretive nature and his opportunistic connection to the Eerie Race’s territory.

Significant Themes

• Immortality and its limits: The chapter overturns the idea that Dao Ancestors are absolutely immortal. Their survival depends on the continued existence of the Great Dao and can be broken through the correct ritual.
• Endurance leading to transformation: Chu Feng’s repeated deaths are not merely suffering; they refine his insight, strengthen his will, and eventually produce the breakthrough needed to defeat a superior enemy.
• Power through cooperation: Chu Feng cannot win alone. The Stone Jar, the sacrificial artifacts, the Heavenly Court, the Yin-Yang bodies, and Duan De each contribute to the final victory.
• Life, death, and cosmic order: Reincarnation is presented as a responsibility rather than merely a source of power. Chu Feng must restore the boundary between the living and the dead.
• The advantage of unconventional methods: Chu Feng succeeds not by overpowering the Dark Dao Ancestor directly, but by combining terrain, artifacts, Field techniques, self-sacrifice, and cremation.
• Breaking established myths: The cremation of a Dao Ancestor proves that even the highest beings and oldest assumptions can be overturned.

Important Character Interactions

• Chu Feng and the Dark Dao Ancestor engage in a brutal cycle of destruction and resurrection, with Chu Feng gradually learning from every exchange.
• The Stone Jar’s head coach advises Chu Feng and urges him to fulfill his role as a practitioner of Reincarnation.
• The sacrificial artifacts respond to the guidance and act together with Chu Feng’s Millstone and the Time Furnace.
• Chu Feng calls upon the Heavenly Court for assistance, and its members provide the necessary flames and Yin-Yang power.
• Big Black Dog reminds everyone of Duan De’s hidden supply of Four Extremes Floating Soil, leading Duan De to contribute the final ingredient.
• After the ritual succeeds, both the dark forces and the Heavenly Court react with disbelief, recognizing that Chu Feng has accomplished the seemingly impossible: cremating a Dao Ancestor in an instant.

Chapter Summary: “Rising Amid Ruin, Reviving Amid Silence”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After the Heavenly Court defeats the dark army at the Soul River, its soldiers celebrate Chu Feng as the “Cremation Dao Ancestor.” Emperor’s Son Gu Qing then urges Chu Feng to help the Heavenly Emperors destroy the Soul River completely.
• Before the assault can succeed, the Plateau of the Land of Calamity responds. A genuine Immortal Emperor—Dark Lin Xian—descends, marking the beginning of a devastating final battle.
• Great Emperor Wu Shi attempts to protect the retreating Emperors with the Beginningless Bell, but Dark Lin Xian shatters the bell and overwhelms the Heavenly Court’s strongest fighters. The white-clad Empress is blasted away, Ye Fan is destroyed, and the Eternal Green Lotus is reduced to ruins.
• Chu Feng is targeted next. In desperation, he burns his essence and pours his strength into the Time Furnace, attempting to “cremate” an Immortal Emperor. Ye Fan revives from a drop of blood and joins him, while the other Emperors struggle to regenerate and break through amid the battle.
• Their efforts are futile. Dark Lin Xian repeatedly crushes the Emperors, scattering their bodies and souls and causing the entire Great Chiliocosm to tremble. Chu Feng eventually sacrifices everything—including his own life—and watches the Heavenly Court, its warriors, and the Golden Great Era perish.
• Chu Feng later awakens alone in a frozen, lifeless wasteland. The Heavenly Emperors and Divine Organization are gone, and the Reincarnation Space no longer responds to his calls.
• He discovers that his former Quasi-Immortal Emperor cultivation has collapsed because the Great Dao has fractured and spiritual energy has dried up. In this “Age of Severed Spirits,” his lifespan is drastically shortened, and he realizes he must become a Red Dust Immortal to survive.
• After more than a decade of searching, Chu Feng finds a small group of elderly, disabled survivors. He gathers them together and establishes the Old and Crippled Village, using his remaining power to protect them.

Character Development

• Chu Feng: His victorious confidence gives way to confusion, desperation, and grief. He fights recklessly against Dark Lin Xian, sacrificing his life and all his treasures. After awakening in the ruins, he becomes isolated and powerless, but gradually regains purpose by protecting ordinary survivors and rebuilding life.
• Ye Fan: Demonstrates extraordinary resilience by regenerating from a single drop of blood. He immediately returns to battle and fights beside Chu Feng, embodying courage and persistence despite overwhelming odds.
• The Heavenly Emperors and Dao Ancestors: Their initial triumph and confidence are shattered when they confront a true Immortal Emperor. Their struggle reveals both the limits of their incomplete Emperor Realm and their willingness to evolve through suffering and sacrifice.
• Dark Lin Xian: Establishes himself as an overwhelmingly powerful and merciless antagonist. His effortless destruction of the Emperors emphasizes the vast difference between Dao Ancestors and a genuine Immortal Emperor.

Significant Themes

• The fragility of victory: The Heavenly Court’s celebration is immediately overturned by the arrival of a greater enemy, showing that even a major victory may only precede a worse catastrophe.
• Power and helplessness: The gap between the Dao Ancestors and a true Immortal Emperor is so great that even their combined strength cannot secure victory.
• Sacrifice and perseverance: The Emperors repeatedly revive and fight despite death, while Chu Feng ultimately gives his life attempting to protect their cause.
• The end of an age: The fall of the Heavenly Court and disappearance of the Golden Great Era symbolize the destruction of an entire civilization and cultivation system.
• Survival and renewal: Though the great heroes perish, Chu Feng survives and begins rebuilding from the lowest point, suggesting that hope can persist even after total ruin.
• Loneliness and community: Chu Feng’s isolation after the catastrophe is nearly unbearable, motivating him to seek other survivors and create a new community.

Character Interactions

• The Heavenly Court’s soldiers celebrate Chu Feng and treat him as a legendary protector, while Gu Qing appeals to him to continue the campaign against the Soul River.
• Wu Shi attempts to shield the other Emperors and orders them to retreat, showing his role as a self-sacrificing guardian.
• Dark Lin Xian openly mocks the Emperors as “ants,” dismissing their attempts to achieve true completion through battle.
• Chu Feng calls upon the Time Furnace in his crisis, addressing it as “Brother Furnace,” and joins forces with Ye Fan in a final coordinated attack.
• After awakening, Chu Feng calls repeatedly for the Lord of Reincarnation, but receives no answer. His failed appeals underscore his abandonment and separation from his former world.
• Finally, he turns toward the weak survivors, becoming their protector and founder rather than merely a warrior seeking victory.

Chapter Summary: Mortal World Immortal Transformation, Kaihuang Heavenly Emperor

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chu Feng establishes Old and Crippled Village as a refuge for survivors in the ruined Severed-Spirit Environment. He saves people, creates laws, and becomes their leader.
• He attempts to preserve cultivation civilization by teaching talented mortals, but the incomplete laws of the era prevent cultivators from surviving or advancing.
• Using his Quasi-Emperor blood essence, Chu Feng helps a few mortals establish cultivation foundations, though he realizes this cannot preserve civilization permanently.
• Alarmed that history—including the Three Heavenly Emperors and ancient Heavenly Court—is being forgotten, Chu Feng creates libraries, appoints historians, and orders history to be preserved on stone and bamboo.
• He discovers a naturally gifted Heavenly Infant who can remember history and cultivate independently. Recognizing the child as an “Epoch Child,” Chu Feng raises him as his successor.
• Over centuries, the village grows into a town, then cities and nations. The Heavenly Infant becomes an emperor known as the High Emperor, while Chu Feng is worshipped as Kaihuang, the first sovereign after World-Creation and the Dao Ancestor.
• The High Emperor eventually dies of old age. Chu Feng mourns him, knowing that the harsh environment prevented him from becoming immortal.
• Civilization continues through repeated generations, wars, and several more Heavenly Infants, but no one reaches the level of an Emperor.
• After thousands of years, Chu Feng begins aging. He establishes an Emperor Formation to protect Old and Crippled Village and searches the universe for a way to extend his life.
• Fifteen thousand years later, he finds an Immortal Medicine and begins his Second Lifetime. His rebirth causes the remaining cultivators and mortals to worship him as the undying Kaihuang Heavenly Emperor.
• Rejecting worship and Human Dao supremacy, Chu Feng continues seeking true immortality. He successively develops new longevity methods:
  • Third Lifetime: Uses Fields, Saint Spirits, Emperor Blood, and a Divine Embryo to reconstruct his body.
  • Fourth Lifetime: Studies the Primordial Spirit, creates a soul Seed, and forms a Reincarnation Seal.
  • Fifth Lifetime: Explores the Human Microcosm by merging with the earth and the universe.
• At the end of his Fifth Lifetime, Chu Feng becomes uncertain because he has exhausted his known methods of reincarnation and must find a new path.

Character Development

• Chu Feng: Changes from a desperate refugee and protector into the founder of a renewed civilization, then into a legendary ruler and worshipped Heavenly Emperor. Despite his fame, he remains self-aware, dismissing himself as a “stray dog” and refusing to mistake Human Dao supremacy for true immortality. His determination evolves from preserving civilization to pursuing the deeper mysteries of life, reincarnation, and the Great Dao.
• The High Emperor: Begins as an innately gifted Heavenly Infant and becomes Chu Feng’s successor and the ruler of a flourishing empire. He deeply reveres and defends his teacher, but ultimately dies because the broken laws of the age prevent him from becoming immortal.
• The People and Later Cultivators: Initially desperate survivors, they gradually rebuild cities, nations, religion, and history. Over time, however, they lose direct knowledge of the past and turn Chu Feng into a mythological ancestor.
• Earlier Cultivators: Their deaths allow historical truth to be replaced by legend, leaving Chu Feng as the only living witness to the civilization that came before.

Significant Themes

• Preservation of civilization and history: Chu Feng recognizes that survival means more than preserving life; history and cultural memory must also endure.
• The distortion of truth into myth: As generations pass, Chu Feng’s true identity is forgotten and replaced by the legend of Kaihuang, demonstrating how history becomes religion and symbolism.
• The cruelty of incomplete laws: The Severed-Spirit Environment prevents even the greatest talents from reaching immortality, emphasizing the limits imposed by a ruined world.
• Mortality and the pursuit of longevity: Even overwhelming power cannot overcome death. Chu Feng repeatedly reconstructs himself and invents new methods to continue seeking the Dao.
• Humility amid worship: Although treated as a supreme Heavenly Emperor, Chu Feng refuses complacency and understands that Human Dao invincibility is insignificant compared with true immortality.
• Cycles of civilization and rebirth: Civilizations rise, decline, and renew themselves, paralleling Chu Feng’s repeated lifetimes and transformations.

Character Interactions

• Chu Feng protects and governs the survivors of Old and Crippled Village, imposing order while trying to revive cultivation.
• He personally teaches and guides the Heavenly Infant, raising him as his successor and forming a close teacher-disciple relationship with the future High Emperor.
• Chu Feng supports the growth of cities and nations but increasingly withdraws from mortal conflicts, only preventing cultivators from disrupting the mortal world.
• He mourns the High Emperor’s death, recognizing both his disciple’s extraordinary talent and the injustice of the age that denied him immortality.
• The people, cultivators, and later generations collectively reinterpret Chu Feng’s identity, transforming their founder and teacher into the worshipped Kaihuang Heavenly Emperor.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Chu Feng ends his long seclusion and travels through the mortal world to temper his Dao Heart through ordinary experiences.
• He encounters Lin Xian disguised as a “river god,” who returns the Bone Ash Stone Jar and three important Seeds: the black Seed, purple Seed, and Pollen Path Ancestral Seed. Lin Xian also gives Chu Feng cryptic cultivation guidance: “Self-as-Seed, pollen filling the heavens, the Field as foundation, and the Dao Fruit shall form.”
• Inspired by this advice, Chu Feng studies countless scriptures, ancient ruins, burial grounds, Dragon Veins, and the natural world. He eventually creates his own Chu Scripture and achieves Nirvana in his sixth life.
• During his seventh life, he spreads his Dao throughout the stars. Because the Self-as-Seed method is difficult and dangerous in worlds lacking spiritual energy, he begins spreading the Pollen Path instead.
• A mysterious sword strike from Beyond the Empyrean causes the Pollen Path Ancestral Seed to awaken, illuminating the heavens and signaling the beginning of a new era.
• Having become a Red Dust Immortal, Chu Feng seeks a higher level of power. He travels across ruined universes and eventually reaches a Dark Foreign Realm connected to the Plateau.
• He studies the relationship between pollen, darkness, Seeds, and the Stone Jar by experimenting on strange creatures and allowing darkness to temper his body.
• After three hundred thousand years, he balances light and darkness within himself and forms two opposing Dao Fruits. He becomes a Dual Dao Fruit Red Dust Immortal, reaching the Immortal Zenith and gaining enough power to challenge an Immortal King.
• Chu Feng breaks through a Boundary Wall and enters a vast domain where countless universes have merged and Immortal Kings compete for the Immortal Realm Imprint and the Emperor Throne.
• He discovers that this competition may allow the Myriad Realms to unite and jointly nurture a Quasi-Immortal Emperor-level existence.
• Among the leading contenders is Gu Qing, the son of the deceased Dao Ancestor Gu Tuo. Recognizing an old acquaintance, Chu Feng goes to visit him.

2. Character Development

• Chu Feng grows from a powerful but incomplete Heavenly Emperor into a deeply reflective and innovative cultivator. He moves beyond inherited techniques, creates the Chu Scripture, spreads the Pollen Path, and develops a unique dual Dao Fruit.
• He becomes more willing to confront danger directly, infiltrating the Dark Foreign Realm and using darkness as a tool for cultivation.
• His cultivation philosophy becomes increasingly comprehensive: he integrates the natural world, ancient scriptures, pollen, darkness, and the human body into one system.
• Lin Xian remains playful, deceptive, and mischievous, disguising himself as a river god while nevertheless providing Chu Feng with crucial guidance and treasures.
• Gu Qing is introduced as a major figure and potential contender for the Emperor Throne, carrying the legacy of his father, Gu Tuo.

3. Significant Themes

• Cultivation through experience: Chu Feng tempers his Dao Heart by interacting with ordinary people and observing the living world rather than relying solely on seclusion.
• Innovation over inheritance: He eventually rejects dependence on ancient scriptures and creates his own cultivation path.
• Unity of opposites: Light and darkness, pollen and bone ash, divinity and demonic power coexist within Chu Feng, allowing him to form two complementary Dao Fruits.
• Understanding the enemy: Chu Feng studies the darkness from within rather than merely fighting it, emphasizing knowledge as essential to defeating ultimate evil.
• Cycles and new eras: The awakening of the Pollen Path Ancestral Seed and the emergence of a new age suggest that history repeatedly enters periods of renewal and transformation.
• Competition and collective ascension: The contest among Immortal Kings may not produce a single victor through individual strength alone, but through the combined elevation of the Myriad Realms.

4. Character Interactions

• Chu Feng and Lin Xian engage in a humorous but significant exchange. Lin Xian tricks Chu Feng into praising Tianxuan Heavenly Emperor before returning the Stone Jar and Seeds.
• Lin Xian’s cryptic advice prompts Chu Feng to rethink cultivation and eventually develop new insights into the relationship between the body, the Field, Seeds, and Dao Fruits.
• Chu Feng interacts indirectly with the Dark Foreign Realm by capturing and studying its strange creatures, using darkness as both an enemy and a cultivation resource.
• Upon entering the new great domain, Chu Feng investigates the rival Immortal Kings and discovers the broader struggle for the Immortal Realm Imprint.
• The chapter ends with Chu Feng preparing to reunite with Gu Qing, linking his past relationships to the new battle for supremacy.

Chapter Summary: “A Pair of Smiling Tigers, Two Black-Horn Sharks”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chu Feng arrives openly at the ruins of the Ancient Heavenly Court after the Soul River battle. The former Golden Great Era has ended, and the surviving old soldiers guard the desolate court.
• At the Southern Heavenly Gate, the True Immortal Hun Tuo recognizes Chu Feng’s identity and reports his arrival.
• Gu Qing, the Emperor’s Son, comes to meet Chu Feng. Mistaking him for a descendant or successor of ancient Heavenly Emperors, Gu Qing is shocked to learn that Chu Feng is actually alive.
• Chu Feng reveals the Bone Ash Jar and identifies himself as the former Cremation Dao Ancestor, the one who killed a Dark Dao Ancestor during the Soul River battle and avenged Gu Qing’s father.
• Gu Qing explains the disastrous state of the current age: most of All Worlds’ living beings have died, many realms have become Ghost Domains or Underworld territories corrupted by the Eerie Race, and no Heavenly Emperor remains to protect creation.
• They discuss Heavenly Emperor Lin, the chaotic history of the Immortal Realm, and the way Dao Ancestors can cross time and space. Chu Feng pretends that he once severed his cultivation and is rebuilding from scratch.
• Gu Qing invites Chu Feng to stay in the Heavenly Court. Chu Feng accepts because he hopes to gain the court’s support in the struggle for the Emperor Throne.
• Chu Feng exchanges Dao insights with the Heavenly Court’s experts, strengthening the weaknesses in his newly formed Dao Fruit.
• He then asks Gu Qing for guidance on reaching the Immortal King realm. When Gu Qing becomes suspicious, Chu Feng claims that he sealed his memories along with his cultivation and will recover them upon reaching the Immortal King level.
• Chu Feng jokingly—or deceptively—requests Nine-Turn Immortal Elixirs and powerful opponents. Gu Qing refuses the pills and offers Quasi-Immortal Kings as sparring partners, but Chu Feng insists on fighting actual Immortal Kings.

Character Developments

• Chu Feng: Demonstrates his usual boldness, cunning, and opportunism. He disguises his true cultivation and identity behind the persona of a weakened, reborn Dao Ancestor. Rather than remaining isolated, he strategically joins the Heavenly Court to gain protection, resources, and allies.
• Gu Qing: Reveals himself as cautious but eager for support. He respects Chu Feng for avenging his father, yet fears that another powerful Dao Ancestor could threaten his own bid for supremacy. His initial gratitude gradually turns into suspicion as Chu Feng’s requests expose inconsistencies.
• Hun Tuo: Acts as a vigilant gatekeeper but quickly recognizes Chu Feng’s importance and treats him with respect.
• The Ancient Heavenly Court’s survivors: They are portrayed as immensely powerful yet isolated remnants of a fallen age, preserving the court while waiting for a chance to influence the future.

Significant Themes

• Decline and survival: The chapter emphasizes the devastation left by the Soul River war and the collapse of the former Golden Great Era.
• Power and political strategy: With no Heavenly Emperor ruling All Worlds, factions compete for the vacant Emperor Throne. Chu Feng’s decision to join the Heavenly Court reflects the importance of alliances over individual strength.
• Identity and deception: Chu Feng uses his old reputation as the Cremation Dao Ancestor while concealing his actual condition, allowing him to manipulate Gu Qing’s expectations.
• Historical disorder: Time and space have become tangled, making the boundaries between eras unstable and revealing that history is not as linear or reliable as it appears.
• Trust and hidden motives: Chu Feng and Gu Qing welcome one another as old friends, but both are calculating their advantages. Their friendly laughter masks mutual suspicion and ambition.

Character Interactions

• Chu Feng and Hun Tuo: Chu Feng presents himself peacefully, while Hun Tuo reacts with caution and deference after recognizing him.
• Chu Feng and Gu Qing: Their reunion combines gratitude, surprise, and political calculation. Gu Qing values Chu Feng as an old ally and potential mentor, while Chu Feng sees the Heavenly Court as a useful power base.
• Chu Feng and the Heavenly Court experts: Their discussions help Chu Feng validate and refine his Dao Fruit after rebuilding his cultivation.
• Chu Feng and Gu Qing at the end: Chu Feng’s request to fight Immortal Kings unsettles Gu Qing and hints that Chu Feng may be far more dangerous—and far less weakened—than he claims.

Chapter Summary: I Have a Path, Though the Risks Are a Bit High

Key Plot Points and Events

• Gu Qing reveals that Chu Feng may possess combat strength comparable to the legendary Ten Evils, beings capable of briefly contending with Immortal Kings.
• To test Chu Feng’s abilities, Gu Qing orders Perfect Immortal King Gu Yuan to fight him at full strength.
• Gu Yuan initially suspects Chu Feng is an ancient Immortal King who has reforged his Dao Fruit through Nirvana. He attacks with his Immortal King Armament, the Heavenly Halberd.
• Chu Feng blocks the halberd barehanded and counters with his own cosmic techniques. Their battle devastates the Immortal King battlefield, destroying stars, worlds, and even manifestations of the Great Dao.
• Gu Qing intervenes and effortlessly separates them, revealing that his strength has advanced to the level of a Quasi-Dao Ancestor.
• Chu Feng realizes that Gu Qing’s head start and immense potential may make it impossible for him to compete directly for the Emperor Throne.
• After two hundred thousand years of cultivation, Chu Feng undergoes Ultimate Sublimation and enters the Immortal King Realm, immediately reaching the late stage and becoming comparable to a Supreme Giant.
• Gu Qing seeks Chu Feng’s advice on reaching the Quasi-Immortal Emperor and Dao Ancestor realms.
• Chu Feng warns that advancing through Faith Arts may permanently limit one’s future potential, with Heavenly Emperor Lin being a rare exception.
• Chu Feng proposes the dangerous but promising Pollen Path, presenting Gu Qing with an Ancestral Seed.
• While investigating the path, Gu Qing encounters terrifying visions of fallen Dao Ancestors, contaminated power, and the strange curse. He develops red hair and signs of corruption.
• Chu Feng seals him inside the Bone Ash Jar to protect him, but Gu Qing insists that the path offers a genuine chance to become not only a Dao Ancestor but possibly an Immortal Emperor.

Character Development

• Chu Feng: Demonstrates that he can fight a Perfect Immortal King despite not yet being a king himself. His eventual breakthrough makes him a late-stage Immortal King capable of challenging Supreme Giants. He also becomes more strategic, recognizing that brute-force competition with Gu Qing may be unwise and seeking an alternative route to transcendence.
• Gu Qing: His doubts about Chu Feng disappear after witnessing his battle with Gu Yuan. Gu Qing is shown to be immensely talented and already approaching the Dao Ancestor realm, but he remains anxious about the coming dark invasion and desperate to gain enough power to protect the Immortal Realm. His courage and ambition lead him to risk contact with the corrupted Pollen Path.
• Gu Yuan: Treats Chu Feng with respect from the outset because of Chu Feng’s connection to a reforged Dao Fruit. After fighting him, Gu Yuan fully recognizes Chu Feng as an extraordinary peer.

Significant Themes

• Combat strength versus cultivation realm: Chu Feng’s battle proves that extraordinary foundations and reforged Dao Fruits can allow someone to challenge opponents of a higher realm.
• Risk and opportunity: The Pollen Path is deeply dangerous, but its vacant Emperor Throne offers unmatched potential. Advancement requires confronting terrifying dangers rather than choosing only safe methods.
• The burden of protection: Gu Qing seeks transcendence not merely for personal power but to defend the Immortal Realm against future dark and strange invasions.
• Faith and limitations: Faith-based cultivation can help one advance but may restrict future progress, emphasizing the cost of choosing certain paths.
• Confronting darkness: The chapter suggests that many supreme beings must face corruption, misfortune, and the strange directly before reaching the highest realms.

Important Character Interactions

• Chu Feng and Gu Yuan: Their fierce but respectful battle establishes Chu Feng’s extraordinary strength and earns Gu Yuan’s recognition.
• Gu Qing and the combatants: Gu Qing acts as mediator, effortlessly ending the destructive duel and displaying his overwhelming power.
• Chu Feng and Gu Qing: Their relationship shifts toward mutual respect and mentorship. Gu Qing asks Chu Feng for guidance, while Chu Feng offers him the dangerous Pollen Path as a possible route to transcendence.
• Chu Feng and corrupted Gu Qing: Chu Feng intervenes protectively when Gu Qing is infected by the strange curse, sealing him in the Bone Ash Jar despite Gu Qing’s desire to continue.

After Chu Feng rose to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm, he passed the Heavenly Court’s throne to Gu Qing and prepared to pursue true Immortality. At the Reincarnation Road, the Green-Eyed Immortal Emperor discovered an unfamiliar emperor beside the Gray-Mist Immortal Emperor, who claimed he had already belonged to the Plateau.

• After a million years of cultivation, Chu Feng reached the pinnacle of the Immortal King realm, unified the Immortal Realm, and became a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, with three treasures stabilizing his throne.
• Gu Qing woke from the Stone Jar and found Chu Feng had ascended; Chu Feng promised to appoint him Crown Prince and help him become an emperor.
• The Green-Eyed Immortal Emperor and the White Corpse Immortal Emperor arranged to cultivate Chu Feng while secretly preparing to harvest him before he could become a true Immortal Emperor.
• By year three million of the Heavenly Emperor Calendar, Chu Feng had reached the pinnacle of the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm, condensed a third Dao Fruit, and passed the Heavenly Court’s throne to Gu Qing.
• In year three million six hundred thousand, Chu Feng prepared to pursue the true Emperor Throne at the end of the Reincarnation Road as the Green-Eyed Immortal Emperor arrived to harvest him.
• The Green-Eyed Immortal Emperor found an unfamiliar emperor beside the Gray-Mist Immortal Emperor, and the stranger claimed he had already been one of the Plateau’s own.