Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan and Lu Mingfei fought outside the teahouse after Lu Mingfei challenged him, revealing an overwhelming, dragon-like presence despite his Bitter Sea realm cultivation. As the exceptionally handsome young man sealed the space around them, Lu Mingfei prepared to continue the fight with Ye Fan.

• Ye Fan drank tea with Xiao Nannan and recalled Uncle Meng, prompting Lu Mingfei to praise his words and declare them kindred spirits.
• Lu Mingfei challenged Ye Fan to a fight, and Ye Fan accepted, confident in his strength.
• Before the other teahouse customers reached the doorway, Lu Mingfei knocked Ye Fan down with a quick clash.
• Ye Fan sprang up and asked who Lu Mingfei was, while Lu Mingfei called himself a passing Dragon King.
• The exceptionally handsome young man sealed the space around the fight, and Lu Mingfei released a powerful, dragon-like pressure that made Ye Fan feel suppressed.
• Lu Mingfei told Ye Fan to beat him to death or be beaten to death by him.

Lu Mingfei defeated Ye Fan in their first fight and marked him with a True Dragon Mark, promising to challenge him after every breakthrough. Ye Fan recovered from the beating slightly stronger and reflected that the defeat had humbled him.

• Lu Mingfei used Tai Chi and his Golden Eyes to overpower Ye Fan in a fistfight.
• Lu Mingfei spared Ye Fan, placed a True Dragon Mark on him, and vowed to fight him after each breakthrough, beating him if he remained weaker.
• Lu Mingfei left quickly, eager to claim the promised tea and escape the embarrassment of his villainous speech.
• Ye Fan reflected on his defeat and his Uncle Meng's warnings about fame and the world's hidden depths.
• Ye Fan healed with divine power and discovered that his body had grown stronger after Lu Mingfei's beating.

Ye Fan left the teahouse after meeting Tai and Xiao Nannan, then prepared to advance to the Life Spring despite worrying about Little Dragon Man. When he entered the Dao Realm, he discovered that sensational reports about his beating had spread everywhere, leaving him unable to escape public attention.

• Ye Fan paid Tai for his and Lu Mingfei's tea, said goodbye to Tai and Xiao Nannan, and promised to visit them again.
• A young man asked Xiao Nannan whether she wanted to go with Ye Fan, but she said she wanted to stay with Grandpa.
• Ye Fan healed his injuries in seclusion and considered advancing to the Life Spring, while worrying that Little Dragon Man would challenge him again.
• Ye Fan entered the Dao Realm and found news outlets publishing exaggerated stories about his fight with Little Dragon Man.
• Passersby recognized Ye Fan and questioned him about the reports, so he claimed to be Fan Ye and fled before logging out.

Ye Fan reached the Life Spring stage, but Luzi challenged and defeated him again, then gave him Immortal Transformation Pool Water to heal his injuries. As Ye Fan confronted Luzi about training him, a tremendous heartbeat shook the earth, and Lu Mingfei looked toward its source.

• After three months of relentless training, Ye Fan formed a spring in his Bitter Sea and reached the Life Spring stage.
• Luzi visited Ye Fan and explained that he sought a worthy opponent who might one day defeat him.
• Luzi fought Ye Fan and defeated him again using his mastery of the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
• Lu Mingfei gave Ye Fan Immortal Transformation Pool Water, which healed his injuries and increased his Life Spring Divine Liquid.
• Ye Fan realized Luzi was training him despite their fights, and a thunderous heartbeat knocked Ye Fan sideways as Lu Mingfei identified its direction.

Ye Fan and Lu Mingfei investigated a strange heartbeat and learned that a mass of azure light supposedly concealed the Azure Emperor’s old body. The Azure Emperor revealed that Meng Chuan had moved his burial place to the Eastern Wasteland, leaving Ye Fan and the gathered cultivators poised to explore it.

• Lu Mingfei persuaded the reluctant Ye Fan to follow the heartbeat to a warped space where other cultivators had gathered.
• The cultivators recognized the injured Ye Fan and noticed the mysterious man beside him, while Ye Fan steadied himself against the heartbeat with the Dao Scripture.
• A blind old cultivator named Lu identified the light as the hiding place of the Azure Emperor’s old body and explained that the Myriad Heavens Tower recorded the secret.
• The Azure Emperor recalled shedding his old body during his transformation and burying it at the Immortal Transformation Pool before Meng Chuan moved the Burial Ground to the Eastern Wasteland.

Cultivators gathered around the Azure Emperor's Remains, and a fight between humans and the Demon Race erupted over the hidden fortune. As Ye Fan and Lu Mingfei watched the battle with the old passerby, news of the remains spread and more cultivators arrived.

• An old passerby claimed the barrier around the Azure Emperor's Remains would weaken at a certain time, and Lu Mingfei trusted him while Ye Fan remained suspicious.
• Humans and Demon Race cultivators clashed over who could claim the Azure Emperor's fortune, and a Jiang Family cultivator unleashed a powerful Divine Ability.
• The old passerby sheltered Ye Fan and Lu Mingfei while entertaining himself with flamboyant commentary on the fighting.
• Ye Fan suspected the passerby's manner reminded him of Uncle Meng, then resolved to stop making that connection.
• More cultivators arrived after the news spread across Beidou.

Ye Fan and Lu Mingfei watched powerful factions gather around the glowing sphere containing the Azure Emperor's Remains. The Yan Family arrived last, with Yan Ruyu declaring that they would allow others to seek the remains but would fight anyone who showed disrespect to the Azure Emperor.

• The Ji Family arrived, and an old passerby told Ye Fan about Ji Haoyue's Void God King Body while a young Ji Family woman smiled at him.
• Ji Haoyue rebuked An Yue for provoking a great Monster, apologized on his clansman's behalf, and said the Ji Family had come for the Azure Emperor's Remains.
• Ji Haoyue proposed waiting until everyone arrived, as more factions gathered at the site.
• The Yan Family arrived, and Yan Ruyu said they would not prevent Beidou's cultivators from seeking the Azure Emperor's Remains but would fight anyone who disrespected their Imperial Ancestor.
• Lu teased Ye Fan about Yan Ruyu's beauty and suggested he tie her up and take her home, leaving Ye Fan appalled.

Ye Fan met Ji Ziyue and Ji Haoyue, who disciplined an arrogant Ji Family clansman and apologized for his insult. As the Azure Emperor’s Remains became accessible, Nangong Zheng arrived and declared that he would enter the Road to Immortality and achieve Immortal Ascension in this lifetime.

• A Ji Family young man insulted Ye Fan, but Ji Haoyue slapped him, sentenced him to the Punishment Grounds, and ordered an investigation into the Sixth Elder’s branch.
• Ji Haoyue apologized to Ye Fan, and Ji Ziyue introduced herself before leaving with her brother.
• Nangong Zheng arrived at the gathering, prompting people to discuss his family’s Longevity Art and his ambition to pursue the Immortal Path.
• The old passerby wondered why Nangong Zheng was still a Great Power and deduced that he had been born only sixty years earlier.
• As the Great Sun’s final ray and the Bright Moon’s first gleam coincided, Nangong Zheng vowed to enter the Road to Immortality and achieve Immortal Ascension in this lifetime.

The gathered cultivators broke through the distorted space hiding the Azure Emperor’s Remains, releasing rare Divine Treasures and sparking a battle to claim them. Ye Fan could only watch from the sidelines, while Lu Mingfei revealed that his family had treasures even better than those on offer.

• Yan Ruyu and the Yan Family bowed to the Azure Emperor’s Remains, then let the gathered cultivators attack its hiding place.
• The elderly Passerby recorded the assault and sent the scene to the Heavenly Emperor, who shared it with the Chat Group as a peerless masterpiece.
• The Mighty Ones’ attacks cracked the distorted space, and the elderly Passerby explained that the treasures inside would flee through the opening.
• Soul-Nourishing Wood, Earth Immortal Grass, Ascension Vine, and Plant Divine Gold emerged, and the cultivators fought over them.
• Ye Fan envied the treasures but decided against trying to seize one, then asked Lu Mingfei whether he was tempted.
• Lu Mingfei told Ye Fan that his family had better treasures at home and that he usually slept on a bed made of Immortal Gold.

Ye Fan and Lu Mingfei watched treasures emerge from the Azure Emperor's Remains, and Lu Mingfei revealed a power that terrified Duan De. Duan De returned Ye Fan's stolen Dragon Gold and fled, convinced Lu Mingfei had an extraordinary background.

• Ye Fan learned that the Azure Emperor's Remains produced medicinal herbs and rare materials, then collected a three-thousand-year Ling medicine.
• Lu Mingfei received a ninety-thousand-year Bewildering Dragon Grass and gave Ye Fan a piece of God-iron found among its roots.
• Duan De took Ye Fan's Dragon Gold by claiming it was ominous, then tried to seize Lu Mingfei's Great Medicine King as well.
• Duan De saw Lu Mingfei as a gigantic black Dragon with hazy figures behind him and immediately praised him, asking to be spared.
• After Lu Mingfei pointed him toward the remaining treasures, Duan De returned the Dragon Gold to Ye Fan and fled, believing Lu Mingfei was a True Dragon favored by the Heavenly Emperor.

The Emperors identified the strange fat Daoist as Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Venerable and discussed how powerful figures shaped the beginnings and ends of eras. Meng Chuan decided to visit the sleeping God Emperor when he had time, while the battle for the Azure Emperor's Remains intensified over a demigod medicine.

• Laozi recognized the fat Daoist as Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Venerable, the first Heavenly Venerable of the Mythological Era.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body pointed out that the first and last figures of several eras had survived or approached extraordinary transformations, prompting discussion about who might end the Dao Calendar.
• Meng Chuan explained that supreme powerhouses could usher in or end eras, then said he would visit the God Emperor when he had time.
• Huang Tian's remark about Meng Chuan never being busy led Meng Chuan to mute the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body with his Permissions.
• At the Azure Emperor's Remains, fighters brought out Great Saint Weapons after a demigod medicine appeared, and the weakened warped space let them approach the remains.

Ye Fan entered the Azure Emperor’s Remains with Lu Mingfei and the others, where they discovered the Azure Emperor’s Remnant Husk and a Thunder Lotus that Lu Mingfei identified as a different kind of Immortal Divine Medicine. After Duan De defended Lu Mingfei from a Jiang Family cultivator, Lu Mingfei claimed he had received instruction from the Heavenly Emperor, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Ye Fan vowed to steer the storm himself next time after lamenting how often fortune had eluded him.
• The Azure Emperor’s Remains opened into a separate azure world, where the group found the Azure Emperor’s Remnant Husk and a Thunder Lotus beside it.
• Lu Mingfei explained that the Thunder Lotus could let someone live another lifetime but differed from ancient Immortal Divine Medicines.
• A Jiang Family cultivator mocked Lu Mingfei, and Duan De kicked him aside while defending Lu Mingfei as His Highness.
• Lu Mingfei denied knowing Duan De and accused him of wanting to use his name to rob tombs.
• Asked who he was, Lu Mingfei called himself a mountain dweller who had received a few days of instruction from the Heavenly Emperor, stunning the crowd.

Lu Mingfei accepted the public mantle of Heavenly Emperor Successor, quieted tensions among the gathered clans, and assigned the Thunder Lotus and Azure Emperor's Remains. The chapter ended with him privately telling Ye Fan that he was actually the Female Emperor's successor.

• Meng Chuan decided Lu Mingfei should openly appear as the Heavenly Emperor Successor to protect him from powerful pursuers.
• Yan Ruyu asked Lu Mingfei about his identity, and he said he had received the Heavenly Emperor's instruction; Jiang Yifei and other clan leaders apologized and promised to discipline their people.
• Lu Mingfei explained the Thunder Lotus's nature and awarded it to the Yan Family, while everyone received a chance to gain insight from the Azure Emperor's Remains.
• Ye Fan envied Lu Mingfei's status, then heard his secret voice transmission claiming he was not the Heavenly Emperor Successor but the Female Emperor's successor.

Lu Mingfei revealed that he had been nurtured in the Eternal Dragon Lair and taught by the Heavenly Emperor, then guided the crowd to contemplate the Azure Emperor's Remains. Ye Fan witnessed the Chaos Green Lotus create and destroy a world before it entered his Bitter Sea, where he worried it might drain him dry.

• Lu Mingfei urged everyone, including Ye Fan, to contemplate the Azure Emperor's Remains and denied that Ye Fan had any connection to the Emperors.
• Lu Mingfei warned Duan De not to use his name and revealed that he was nurtured in the Eternal Dragon Lair and taught by the Heavenly Emperor.
• Lu Mingfei gave the Thunder Lotus to Yan Ruyu and suggested it might awaken her Emperor Blood.
• Ye Fan entered a vision of chaos, watched the Green Lotus absorb the chaos and bloom a world that later perished, and sensed he had gained an insight he could not yet understand.
• The Green Lotus entered Ye Fan's Bitter Sea and took root there, bringing more vitality to its dark regions.
• Ye Fan realized his Bitter Sea resembled the chaos in the vision and feared the Green Lotus might drain it dry.

Meng Chuan sent Little Black to the Lower Realm to accompany Ye Fan as he grew, while the Azure Emperor’s Remains opportunity ended and Lu Mingfei departed after advising Ye Fan. Ye Fan planned to trade his Dragon Gold for cultivation resources, but Little Black arrived, drawn by the scent of treasure.

• Meng Chuan ordered Little Black to stay with Ye Fan in the Lower Realm and help him grow, while sealing some of Little Black’s cultivation.
• The Yan Family claimed the Thunder Lotus Divine Medicine and took the Azure Emperor’s Remains home; Nangong Zheng awakened from contemplating them and challenged his Severing the Dao Great Calamity.
• Major factions invited Lu Mingfei to visit their clans, but he declined, then explained to Ye Fan that the Green Lotus had stabilized his Bitter Sea and that he had received no other benefits.
• Lu Mingfei parted from Ye Fan, who sensed the Dragon Gold in his storage treasure and planned to trade it for cultivation resources.
• Little Black lunged toward Ye Fan, barking that he smelled treasure.

Ye Fan fought with the Black Emperor, who had mistaken him for the source of a treasure’s scent and then learned that Lu Mingfei was the Heavenly Emperor Successor. After the pair brawled and argued over who would own whom, Ye Fan fled as visitors arrived, with the Black Emperor biting him again over the treasure he suspected Ye Fan was hiding.

• The Black Emperor bit Ye Fan and demanded that he reveal the treasure he smelled.
• Ye Fan blamed Lu Mingfei, claiming the young Dragon had Bewildering Dragon Grass and other treasures, and pointed the Black Emperor toward the Eternal Dragon Lair.
• The Black Emperor realized Lu Mingfei was the Heavenly Emperor Successor and attacked Ye Fan for trying to send him after that dangerous Dragon.
• Ye Fan and the Black Emperor fought through the forest, then argued over Ye Fan’s Sacred Body and whether the Black Emperor would raise him or take him as a human pet.
• When people rushed to the mountain forest after hearing the news, Ye Fan ran to avoid being robbed, and the Black Emperor chased him and bit him again.

Ye Fan sold his Dragon Gold for a surprisingly high price and visited a Dao Realm shop to buy cultivation resources. After its attendant recommended that he learn a craft, Ye Fan seriously considered studying Source Arts, sensing that the path suited him.

• Ye Fan grew accustomed to working with the Black Emperor, though the two often fought over the dog's talk of taking a human pet.
• Ye Fan sold his Dragon Gold at a high price after learning that dragon-related treasures were in demand because people hoped to gift them to the Heavenly Emperor Successor.
• Ye Fan and the Black Emperor entered a Dao Realm Government shop, where Puppet attendant Qiuxiang advised Ye Fan to learn a craft to earn resources.
• Qiuxiang recommended Source Arts because Ye Fan had a Sacred Body and the craft could strengthen him while helping him acquire resources.
• Ye Fan grew excited about prospecting and Gambling on Stones, while the Black Emperor worried about where that path might lead.
• Ye Fan seriously considered learning Source Arts and felt that the craft suited him.

While lecturing on the Dao, Meng Chuan learned that the Villain Chat Group had turned the world of Armor Heroes into a battlefield designed to record their opponents’ abilities and harvest their origin essence. He suspected the Villain Chat Group was plotting to replace the Chat Group and turned his attention to Han Li’s world, where he expected the enemy to strike next.

• Meng Chuan worried that Ye Fan planned to learn Source Arts so he could gamble for stones, though Ye Fan could not afford the famous techniques.
• The Chat Group told Meng Chuan that the Villain Chat Group had transformed the world of Armor Heroes into a battlefield where victors earned rewards and opponents’ abilities were recorded and analyzed.
• Meng Chuan realized that anyone who died on the battlefield would also lose some origin essence, which could expose secrets and aid the enemy.
• Meng Chuan deduced that the Villain Chat Group wanted to replace the Chat Group and questioned whether the Chat Group itself had turned against them.
• The Chat Group explained that it had been monitoring the Shadow Emperor’s world and secretly discovered the Villain Chat Group’s preparations.
• Meng Chuan focused on Han Li’s world, reasoning that the Villain Chat Group would have to go there to carry out its conspiracy.

Meng Chuan warned Han Li that the Villain Chat Group might target his world and gathered the Chat Group to explain the threat. The discussion ended with Luo Feng insisting that he had not cheated despite his astonishing level.

• Meng Chuan summoned Han Li from the Spirit World and showed him a parchment depicting a possible death tied to ignoring Meng Chuan's warning.
• Meng Chuan told Han Li that the Villain Chat Group might come to his world, and Han Li agreed to join a livestream explaining the danger.
• Meng Qi returned to the Chat Group after declaring his own sword art one of the eight greatest of the Medieval Era.
• Meng Chuan disabled Meng Qi's projections during the livestream, while other members teased the pair.
• Luo Feng appeared at level 119, and after Han Xiao questioned his rapid progress, Luo Feng declared that he had not cheated.

Luo Feng explained how he had reached level 119 after becoming a Universe Master in only a few dozen eras, and the Chat Group discussed its members’ progress and the Villain Chat Group’s plans. Meng Chuan warned that the enemy would likely use Han Li’s world to force a confrontation, and Han Li vowed to kill them all.

• Luo Feng described his rapid cultivation and recent rise to Universe Master, astonishing the Chat Group.
• The Ancient One revealed her level, and Meng Chuan congratulated her while the members discussed their progress.
• Meng Chuan explained the Villain Chat Group’s plot and said they could use Han Li’s world to force the Chat Group into battle.
• Han Li declared that he wanted to kill every member of the Villain Chat Group.
• Han Li asked Meng Chuan to prepare Heaven-Palm Island for the enemy, and Meng Chuan agreed to welcome them with force.