Chapter Summaries

During the hundred-thousand-year Blood Battle, Ye Fan, Ruthless, and their allies advanced along the Quasi-Immortal Emperor path while fighting the Weird Race. By the chapter’s end, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands faction had grown into a behemoth among the heavens and all realms.

• Ye Fan glimpsed the outline of an Emperor Method Prototype during his second transformation, while Ruthless pursued the same goal after three transformations.
• Ruthless underwent another transformation during a desperate battle with the Weird Race, driving them back and surviving despite the extra step delaying her progress.
• Shi Hao, Ye Fan, and Chu led the first echelon toward the Third Stage, with Ruthless close behind and Wushi and the Azure Emperor trailing them.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body and the other Immortal Kings fought on the front lines for a hundred thousand years and grew into Immortal King Giants.
• The Nine Heavens and Ten Lands faction became a behemoth among the heavens and all realms.

Ye Fan, Ruthless, Wushi, and Azure Emperor cultivated in the Depths of the Dao Realm while refining three suppressed Weird Quasi-Immortal Emperors. After five thousand years, Ye Fan’s Immortal Emperor Aura had grown stronger, and his bearing embodied that of a Heavenly Emperor.

• Ye Fan and the other three cultivated while using the three suppressed Weird Quasi-Immortal Emperors to heal wounds and support Wushi and Azure Emperor’s Immortal Fetus transformations.
• Wushi and Azure Emperor watched Ye Fan as he advanced farther along the path to becoming an Immortal Emperor, while Ruthless remained immersed in her own cultivation.
• Ye Fan spent five thousand years comprehending a method inside a cocoon covered in Great Dao Runes.
• Ye Fan’s Immortal Emperor Aura grew more powerful, and his convictions and authority marked him as the one who most embodied the Heavenly Emperor’s bearing.

Ye Fan’s Heavenly Emperor aura grew toward the Immortal Emperor level while Ruthless advanced her own Emperor Method Prototype. A new Weird Race assault interrupted their cultivation, and Wushi and the Azure Emperor stayed to face the Four Dark Heavenly Kings as Ye Fan and Ruthless rushed to other battlefields.

• Over another five thousand years, Ye Fan’s Heavenly Emperor aura spread across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and tormented the three imprisoned Weird Quasi-Immortal Emperors.
• Ruthless used Ye Fan’s aura to contend with her Great Dao Symbols as she progressed in comprehending her Emperor Method Prototype.
• A bell rang through the Depths of the Dao Realm, and Ye Fan, Ruthless, Wushi, and the Azure Emperor left when the Weird Race attacked again.
• At a battlefield between the Primordial Boundary Sea and the Fallen Boundary Sea, Wushi identified five one-Transformation Quasi-Immortal Emperors as the Four Dark Heavenly Kings.
• The Azure Emperor and Wushi took on the Four Dark Heavenly Kings while Ye Fan and Ruthless departed to confront Weird Quasi-Immortal Emperors attacking elsewhere.

After eleven millennia of clashes, the Four Dark Heavenly Kings challenged Wushi and Azure Emperor to a decisive battle while Ye Fan and Ruthless faced the other Weird Quasi-Immortal Emperors. Ye Fan endured a brutal four-against-one fight, and though his body and spirit were badly wounded, his Dao continued to grow stronger.

• The Four Dark Heavenly Kings advanced to Quasi-Immortal Emperor and stayed in the Boundary Sea to fight Wushi and Azure Emperor.
• Heavenly King Uncrying and the other kings declared that they would end Wushi and Azure Emperor's lives after eleven millennia of fighting.
• Ye Fan and Ruthless intercepted the remaining Weird Quasi-Immortal Emperors, with Ye Fan facing four alone.
• Ye Fan fought the four enemies while badly outnumbered, repeatedly rebuilding his body and striking with the Heavenly Emperor Fist.
• As Ye Fan's body withered and his spirit took wounds, his Dao strengthened and Imperial Light began to shine from his Primordial Spirit.

Meng Chuan learned that Golden Light Immortal had been killed in a Chaos Sea dispute, sparking a lesser tribulation between the Daoist, Buddhist, and Demonic factions. As violence spread through Primordial Heaven, Baoyue Tathagata appeared before Meng Chuan.

• Meng Chuan sensed war spreading across Primordial Heaven and discovered that Supreme Ones were also fighting in the Chaos Sea.
• Meng Chuan learned that Golden Light Immortal had been killed while competing with Buddhist and Demonic powers for a top-tier Chaos Dao Treasure.
• The Truncated Teaching prepared to retaliate despite Golden Light Immortal's ability to resurrect, and the conflict grew into a lesser tribulation.
• Meng Chuan watched the fighting engulf Primordial Heaven as some Supreme Ones fled to the Chaos Sea.
• Baoyue Tathagata greeted Meng Chuan, revealing himself as one of those responsible for Golden Light Immortal's death.

Meng Chuan avoided Baoyue Tathagata’s attempt to draw him into the Buddhist Sect as a minor tribulation engulfed Primordial Heaven. After receiving an infuriating Chat Group notification, he teleported away to handle urgent business.

• Meng Chuan declined Baoyue Tathagata’s invitation to visit the Buddhist Sect and stayed out of the conflict between the Buddhist Sect and the Shangqing Lineage.
• The minor tribulation spread, drawing in Supreme Ones and causing widespread deaths and destruction across Primordial Heaven.
• Five Supreme Ones fell as the conflict grew beyond its original dispute over a Chaos Dao Treasure.
• Meng Chuan received a Chat Group notification, flew into a rage, and teleported out of Primordial Heaven.

As the apocalypse engulfed the Real World and the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, Meng Qi forged the Doomsday Boat together with the Ksitigarbha Pure Land into a prototype World-Crossing Raft to shelter living beings. Gu Xiaosang seized the upheaval to merge with the White Lotus Holy Mother and seek ascension to the Other Shore.

• Over thirty years of disasters devastated the Real World, and Meng Qi recognized that the era’s end had arrived.
• Meng Qi accelerated time to refine the Doomsday Boat with the Ksitigarbha Pure Land, creating a vast raft that carried Xuan Bei and countless souls.
• Meng Qi summoned Meng Chuan, who arrived as the apocalypse’s forces were held back by the Human Dao and the Savior White Lotus.
• Meng Qi said the Demon Buddha could only be hiding in the Nine Netherworlds.
• Gu Xiaosang descended into the Lower Realm, merged with the White Lotus Holy Mother, and sought to escape the Bitter Sea and ascend to the Other Shore.

Gu Xiaosang began her ascent toward the Other Shore as the River of Time narrowed toward the Apocalypse. Meanwhile, the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable opened the way back to the Root of Time to restore the Journey to the West and Investiture of the Gods space-times and bring back Primordial Beginning and Lingbao, but Amitabha Buddha opposed him.

• Gu Xiaosang revealed her Dharmakaya and formed an Illusory Dao Fruit, beginning to rise beyond the River of Time toward the Other Shore.
• Meng Qi watched Gu Xiaosang’s perilous ascent while Meng Chuan tried to reassure him, and the Other Shore Beings’ positions made clear that no one would stop her.
• The Virtuous Heavenly Venerable rode the Azure Ox to the Root of Time and tried to restore the severed Journey to the West and Investiture of the Gods space-times.
• Amitabha Buddha sent countless Incarnations upstream to block the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable, and the two fought as the Apocalypse weakened him.
• Journey to the West and Investiture of the Gods showed signs of change as Primordial Beginning and Lingbao tried to return, though they needed someone to draw them back.

The Demon Emperor and the Heavenly Emperor obstructed Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s and Primordial Heavenly Venerable’s Returns as the apocalypse intensified. Meng Chuan and Meng Qi watched from Yuxu Palace, leaving the destruction of Jianmu to drive the crisis onward.

• The Demon Emperor used the scroll from the Demon Emperor Hall, a spear, and the Human Emperor Sword to hold back Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s Return.
• Meng Chuan predicted that the Heavenly Emperor would stop Primordial Heavenly Venerable, and the Heavenly Emperor struck Jianmu with the Time Blade.
• The Heavenly Emperor drained Jianmu of its Years, causing the tree and its dependent Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to perish.
• The Heavenly Emperor uprooted Jianmu and hurled it toward the Journey to the West World, using its destructive force to prevent Primordial Heavenly Venerable’s Return.
• Meng Chuan and Meng Qi stayed in Yuxu Palace and did not intervene.

Meng Qi fought the Demon Buddha, who had fused with the Heavenly Dao Monster and the Nine Netherworlds, while Meng Chuan kept watch over Gu Xiaosang and waited for the Golden Emperor’s next move. The Demon Buddha summoned the Fusang Ancient Tree as his assault pressed Meng Qi onto the defensive.

• Meng Qi asked Meng Chuan to watch over Gu Xiaosang and the Golden Emperor, then went to confront the Demon Buddha.
• Meng Chuan and the Golden Emperor silently watched each other as Gu Xiaosang’s ascent to the Other Shore continued.
• The Demon Buddha attacked Meng Qi with Tathagata's Reverse Palm and revealed his identity as Haotian's Reincarnation.
• The Demon Buddha raged about his sacrifices and schemes to devour Meng Qi, control the Nine Netherworlds, and survive the Apocalypse.
• Meng Qi rebuked the Demon Buddha for the people he had harmed, and the Demon Buddha summoned the Fusang Ancient Tree against him.

Gu Xiaosang retraced history to reach the Other Shore while Meng Qi faced the Demon Buddha. The Monster Sage revealed herself as Demon Sage Fengxi and joined Meng Qi, seeking revenge on the Demon Buddha for betraying her.

• Gu Xiaosang cut off her awareness of the outside world and began retracing history to reach the Other Shore.
• The Demon Buddha challenged Meng Qi, but Meng Qi waited without calling for help.
• The Monster Emperor emerged from the Demon Emperor Hall as Demon Sage Fengxi and attacked the Demon Buddha with the Demon Saint Spear.
• Demon Sage Fengxi revealed that she had taken the Monster Emperor's place and waited for a chance to avenge the Demon Buddha's betrayal.
• Meng Qi and Demon Sage Fengxi joined forces against the Demon Buddha, while the other factions watched.

Meng Qi and the Demon Sage drove Demon Buddha toward defeat, while Bodhi Ancient Buddha intervened to prevent the Three Pure Ones from reaching Transcendence. The Heavenly Emperor sacrificed himself to obstruct Primordial Heavenly Venerable, as Gu Xiaosang’s Other Shore Phenomena appeared and the Golden Emperor became free to act.

• Meng Qi and the Demon Sage overwhelmed Demon Buddha with their combined strength and Other Shore Divine Weapons.
• Bodhi Ancient Buddha aided Demon Buddha to prevent his death and stop Meng Qi from gaining the Termination Dao Fruit and advancing toward Dao Fruit Embryo.
• The Heavenly Emperor destroyed himself and his Illusory Dao Fruit of Time to obstruct Primordial Heavenly Venerable’s Return.
• Gu Xiaosang traced herself back to the early Primordial Era, formed her Illusory Dao Fruit, and triggered the Other Shore Phenomenon Heaven and Earth in Chaos.
• The Golden Emperor was left free to act as Gu Xiaosang neared the Other Shore.

The Golden Emperor used the Six-Soul Banner to weaken six powerful beings, while Meng Chuan recognized that she was behind the Villain Chat Group. Gu Xiaosang attained the Other Shore, and Meng Chuan confronted the Golden Emperor as Lingbao Heavenly Venerable prepared to return.

• The Golden Emperor raised the Six-Soul Banner and struck Meng Chuan, Meng Qi, the Demon Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, the Monster Sage, the Azure Emperor, and True Martial Emperor with its weakening power.
• Meng Qi diverted part of the banner's power through a Chaos Green Lotus Seed, causing him and the Demon Buddha to share the resulting injuries.
• Meng Chuan endured the banner's attack and realized the Golden Emperor had deliberately left some rivals off its list.
• Gu Xiaosang broke through to the Other Shore as Lingbao Heavenly Venerable began returning to the Investiture of the Gods World.
• Meng Chuan went to the Vacuum Hometown and accused the Golden Emperor of keeping them in suspense.
• The Golden Emperor revealed that she had been one of the Villain Chat Group's people.

Meng Chuan confronted the Golden Emperor as she prepared to use the Six-Soul Banner again, while the other fighters struggled to understand their exchange. Before she could finish her second bow, Buddha intervened and froze the Golden Emperor and the Vacuum Hometown.

• Meng Chuan told the Golden Emperor that she had missed her best chance to eliminate him and challenged her to reveal her remaining cards.
• Meng Chuan explained why the Golden Emperor had wisely kept the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable off the Six-Soul Banner and warned that she would still lose.
• The Golden Emperor began a second bow with the Six-Soul Banner, intending to kill the already wounded Meng Qi and Demon Buddha.
• Buddha reached out through the Bodhi Wonder Tree and swept it toward the Vacuum Hometown.
• Buddha's power froze the Vacuum Hometown, the Golden Emperor, and the Six-Soul Banner before she could complete her bow.

Buddha used his final strike to suppress the Golden Emperor, but the Six-Soul Banner soon let her escape. Facing Meng Chuan, the Golden Emperor drew on the Villain Chat Group's power, revealing that she still had a trump card.

• Buddha froze the Golden Emperor and the Six-Soul Banner, using his second and final strike to suppress her.
• Meng Chuan reasoned that the Golden Emperor had benefited from exhausting Buddha's power and waited for her to reveal her real trump card.
• Meng Qi gained the upper hand against the Demon Buddha as the Demon Buddha's borrowed power weakened and unsettled him.
• The Six-Soul Banner exploded, cracking the Bodhi Wonder Tree's seal and allowing the Golden Emperor to escape.
• The Golden Emperor admitted that her own scheme had brought her to this corner, but said she could not turn back with the Dao Fruit within reach.
• The Golden Emperor drew strange Chaos Qi through cracks in the void, and the Chat Group detected the Villain Chat Group's power in it.

The Golden Emperor revealed two Supreme Ones from the Otherworld and used her boosted power to keep Meng Chuan from rescuing Meng Qi. Her allies joined Demon Buddha in attacking Meng Qi, while the other Other Shore Beings were too constrained or unwilling to intervene, leaving the Golden Emperor’s plan close to succeeding.

• The Golden Emperor summoned two Supreme Ones from the Otherworld, who appeared beside her and questioned her costly plan.
• The Dark Supreme attacked Meng Qi, and the Flame Dao Supreme joined him and Demon Buddha in a three-on-one assault.
• The Golden Emperor used her surging power to hold Meng Chuan back, intent on killing Meng Qi and taking control of the Apocalyptic Momentum.
• The Golden Emperor relied on the other Other Shore Beings’ entanglements and fear of the Three Pure Ones’ Transcendence to prevent them from aiding Meng Qi.
• The Golden Emperor planned to use Gu Xiaosang’s rise to a Dao Fruit Embryo to complete her Reducing to Emptiness and transcend.

The Golden Emperor staked her life and burned much of her Dao Fruit Embryo to hold Meng Chuan back while Meng Qi faced three opponents. After Gu Xiaosang reached the Other Shore, the Golden Emperor stopped her with the figure of Gu Xiaosang’s mother, leaving Gu Xiaosang stunned.

• The Golden Emperor told Meng Chuan that the Villain Chat Group had recruited two more Supreme-level collaborators, then fought him with her strengthened Life-Severing Finger.
• The Golden Emperor’s End of No Birth phenomena appeared, followed by Gu Xiaosang manifesting Years Encircling the Body and Behold Primordial Beginning to reach the Other Shore.
• Meng Qi called for help as two Supreme Ones and the wounded Demon Buddha overwhelmed him, while the Golden Emperor blocked Gu Xiaosang from supporting him.
• The Golden Emperor held out a woman before Gu Xiaosang, who recognized her as her mother and accused the Golden Emperor of creating a fake.
• The Golden Emperor replied that she had made changes because she knew Gu Xiaosang’s history in advance.

The Golden Emperor brought forth Gu Xiaosang’s mother to make her hesitate, but Meng Chuan urged her to fight while Meng Qi held on. Ji Ning arrived to support Meng Qi, and Meng Chuan launched a full-strength battle against the Golden Emperor across all of time, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• The Golden Emperor used Gu Xiaosang’s mother to torment her, while Meng Chuan told Gu Xiaosang to deal with the Golden Emperor and Meng Qi reassured her that he could endure.
• Ji Ning arrived and shielded Meng Qi, revealing that Meng Chuan and Meng Qi had called on their allies through the Chat Group.
• Meng Chuan confronted the Golden Emperor and unleashed his full strength across every point in time and space.
• The Golden Emperor fought fiercely as Meng Chuan’s side proved stronger, and their battle continued across the ages.

Meng Chuan defeated the Golden Emperor after her borrowed power and burning Dao Fruit failed to overcome him. The Golden Emperor accepted her defeat, and her attempt to claim the Dao Fruit ended.

• The Golden Emperor fought Meng Chuan with strength fueled by Villain Chat Group substance and her burning Dao Fruit while the Dark Supreme and Flame Dao Supreme battled Meng Qi and Ji Ning.
• Ji Ning drew on the Desolate Chaosverse’s Origin, and he and Meng Qi held off the Dark Supreme, the Flame Dao Supreme, and the Demon Buddha.
• Gu Xiaosang rescued her mother from the Golden Emperor as the Vacuum Hometown shattered and the Golden Emperor was hurled backward.
• Meng Chuan declared that the Golden Emperor had lost, and she acknowledged that her scheme had failed after her helpers could not quickly defeat Meng Qi and the Demon Buddha.
• The Golden Emperor looked into Gu Xiaosang’s life, closed her eyes, and chose not to try again.

Meng Chuan stopped the Golden Emperor from attempting to Reverse Cause and Effect, leaving her too weak to fight. He then helped Meng Qi and Ji Ning destroy the Demon Buddha, whose Termination Dao Fruit entered Meng Qi.

• Meng Chuan protected Gu Xiaosang, denying the Golden Emperor the chance to be devoured and make her final gamble for the Dao Fruit.
• The Golden Emperor's Dao Fruit Embryo burned out, and her life aura faded as she lost the strength to act.
• The Golden Emperor's two allies fled through the power of the Villain Chat Group after her defeat.
• The Great Dao Jade Disc descended over Meng Qi's battlefield, and its Dao Fire began refining the Demon Buddha.
• The Demon Buddha vanished, leaving an illusory Termination Dao Fruit that entered Meng Qi as Heaven and Earth mourned his fall.