Chapter Summaries

After the New Heavenly Rules freed the Third Holy Mother and Yang Jian left the Heavenly Court, she searched for him and learned through the Kunlun Mirror how he had sacrificed his happiness to protect his family. Yang Jian had departed the Three Realms with the Howling Celestial Dog, though he promised to return if his home needed him again.

• Yang Jian established the New Heavenly Rules, left his post as Judicial Heavenly God, and disappeared with the True Lord Hall and the Howling Celestial Dog.
• The Third Holy Mother searched for Yang Jian with Chang'e, then asked Taishang Laojun for help and received the Kunlun Mirror.
• Yang Lian used the mirror to show Sun Wukong, Chang'e, and Liu Yanchang Yang Jian's life and the sacrifices behind his cold exterior.
• The Kunlun Mirror revealed that Yang Jian had left the Three Realms and might return when they faced upheaval again.
• Yang Jian and the Howling Celestial Dog traveled through Chaos toward the Sacred Destination, and Yang Jian said he would return because his home was in the Three Realms.

Meng Chuan watched Ye Fan and the Black Emperor seek the Source Heaven Book, concerned that Ye Fan was following a dangerous path. The pair headed deeper into the ruins, with Meng Chuan trusting their risky adventures to temper Ye Fan and bring him rewards.

• Meng Chuan reflected that the other members of the group had ascended or entered Chaos while he remained in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands training Heirs.
• Ji Lianxing alerted Meng Chuan that Ye Fan was about to follow his Path of Return, and Meng Chuan saw that Ye Fan and the Black Emperor were exploring ruins for the Source Heaven Book.
• The Black Emperor recalled how his adventures with Ye Fan had led them into fights across the Starry Sky, while Ye Fan had become renowned as the Universe's second-greatest young prodigy after Luzi.
• Ye Fan and the Black Emperor argued about Ye Fan's terrible luck in Dao Realm dungeons as they made their way underground toward the Source Heaven Book.
• Ye Fan promised to try his luck in the Dao Realm's Divine City if they found the book, and the Black Emperor chased him as they continued toward their goal.

Ye Fan and the Black Emperor found the Source Heaven Book and a second book describing the legendary Heavenly Emperor's Source Arts. Meng Chuan revealed that the second book contained his own arts, leaving the Emperors expecting Ye Fan to take them to the Stone District and lose everything gambling.

• Ye Fan and the Black Emperor argued over who should test the books' defenses, then fought until Ye Fan hurled the Black Emperor toward them.
• Lightning struck the Black Emperor, and Ye Fan took the Source Heaven Book and bowed to the white Skeleton.
• Ye Fan opened the second book and discovered a claim that it described the legendary Heavenly Emperor's Source Arts.
• The Black Emperor sprang up, snatched the second book, and wondered how it could have ended up in the ruins.
• Meng Chuan told Ji Lianxing that the second book contained his Source Arts, which would make Ye Fan stronger but might not help him gamble on stones.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body concluded that Wushi was out of the running to become the next Heavenly Emperor.

Meng Chuan explained how he arranged for Ye Fan to obtain the Root Source of Mother Qi of All Things, while the Emperors discussed the prodigies who might rival Ye Fan and Lu Mingfei. The chapter ended with them surveying the exceptional talents of the Eastern Wasteland.

• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body and Ji Lianxing joked that Ye Fan might lose his treasure while gambling with Meng Chuan's Source Arts, revealing how coveted the Root Source of Mother Qi of All Things was.
• Meng Chuan explained that he had arranged coincidences for Ye Fan to obtain the Root Source so Ye Fan could forge his life-bound weapon from the finest material.
• Ye Fan had boasted that he was the chosen son of the Heavenly Mandate, but Luzi appeared with a saber forged from ten kinds of Immortal materials and beat him black and blue.
• Meng Chuan defended the breadth of his Source Arts, and the Emperors began discussing which Eastern Wasteland prodigies could keep pace with Ye Fan and Lu Mingfei.
• Chiyou praised the Purple Mansion Holy Land's Innate Dao Embryo, while Fuxi and the others mentioned the Jiang Family's prodigies and a possible Chaos Body from Yaoguang.
• The Emperors continued listing the Eastern Wasteland's promising talents, and Meng Chuan considered the current age unmatched in brilliance.

Meng Chuan proposed turning the current era into a true Golden Age, with thousands of Alternative Dao Attainers and Quasi-Emperors shining together. The Emperors were stirred by the vision, while a distant voice insulted Meng Chuan.

• Meng Chuan argued that a Great Emperor resurrected in his youth could outpace Ye Fan and Lu Mingfei through accumulated experience and insight.
• Meng Chuan said Ye Fan and Lu Mingfei had reached the Dao Palace Secret Realm and hinted that he was preparing for a transformation of Heaven and Earth.
• Meng Chuan challenged the Emperors to imagine an age with thousands of Alternative Dao Attainers and Quasi-Emperors, saying even they would have to enter the fray.
• The Emperors grew excited at the prospect of thousands of emperors advancing cultivation together, and Fuxi asked whether Meng Chuan could make it happen.
• When Meng Chuan asked who he was, a distant voice called him a damn jackass.

Meng Chuan told the Emperors he planned to forge a golden age and then traveled with Ruthless, leaving Imprints at places where Extreme Dao power had existed. He explained that he was investigating the limits of resurrection, but Ruthless’s brother might be beyond even an Immortal Emperor’s ability to revive.

• Meng Chuan convinced the Emperors that his plan could bring about a golden age and said he would ask for their help when it began.
• Ruthless joined Meng Chuan as he traveled through the cosmic Starry Sky and left Imprints at various locations.
• Meng Chuan explained that he could use the Dao and the River of Time to find traces of past Extreme Dao power.
• Meng Chuan told Ruthless that resurrection was harder for the weak than for the strong and that even an Immortal Emperor might not be able to revive her brother.

Meng Chuan walked among the stars with Ruthless and explained why the coming Road to Immortality would disappoint most of those awaiting it. They reached Beidou, where Meng Chuan prepared to deal with something in the Northern Region of the Eastern Wilderness.

• Meng Chuan promised to help Ruthless if he ever reached the point where he could bring back her older brother.
• Ruthless stayed with Meng Chuan for a walk among the stars, surprising him, and they discussed the coming Golden Age and the opening of the Road to Immortality.
• Meng Chuan told Ruthless that only two or three people could enter the Immortal Domain in a lifetime, leaving the rest of the waiting cultivators without a chance.
• Meng Chuan joked that he had spared the Forbidden Zone Supremes from the despair of failing to enter the Immortal Domain.
• Meng Chuan and Ruthless arrived at Beidou and went to the Northern Region of the Eastern Wilderness.

Meng Chuan and Ruthless traveled across Beidou to leave Extreme Dao Imprints, joking about Meng Chuan’s past losses at stone workshops along the way. After visiting an old friend’s grave at Jade Lake, Meng Chuan sensed a connection in the Southern Region and appeared beside a village, where he saw a young girl and froze.

• Meng Chuan and Ruthless discussed Beidou’s history and the Innate Chaos Body buried beneath the Northern Region, and Meng Chuan said he would help it return.
• In the Sacred City, Ruthless’s smile made Meng Chuan suspect she was laughing at his past stone-gambling losses, so he tried to justify them while she listened.
• Meng Chuan and Ruthless left an Imprint in the Sacred City and continued to Jade Lake, where Meng Chuan left an Imprint beside the grave of an old friend who had refused his invitation to enter the Dao Realm.
• Meng Chuan’s Spiritual Awareness stirred, and he and Ruthless went to a village in the Southern Region, where Meng Chuan froze at the sight of a young girl carrying clothes to the river.

Meng Chuan encountered Su Wanwan, a girl who looked exactly like his long-dead friend Qingyue, and realized she might be a similar flower rather than Qingyue reincarnated. He and his friends debated whether to guide Su Wanwan into cultivation, but Meng Chuan insisted that her wishes should come first.

• Su Wanwan greeted Meng Chuan and Ruthless at the river, introduced herself, and went back to washing clothes after they left.
• Meng Chuan recognized Su Wanwan as the image of Qingyue and considered what her existence might mean for reincarnation, resurrection, and the Great Dao.
• Ruthless told Meng Chuan to do what he wanted, and Ji Lianxing and Jiang Daoran arrived to ask whether Qingyue had returned.
• Meng Chuan clarified that Su Wanwan was only a similar flower, not Qingyue reincarnated, while Ji Lianxing and Jiang Daoran affirmed that they still considered Qingyue a friend.
• Ji Lianxing proposed guiding Su Wanwan into cultivation so she could live longer, while Meng Chuan said they should ask what Su Wanwan wanted; Ruthless noted the girl's exceptional talent.

Meng Chuan found Su Wanwan, a Similar Flower who resembled his former friend Qingyue, and decided to teach her cultivation himself. As they left her village, Su Wanwan’s closeness to Meng Chuan and the others puzzled them, while Meng Chuan awkwardly reassured Ruthless that he only saw Su Wanwan as a friend’s connection.

• Meng Chuan and the others visited Su Wanwan in the Small Mountain Village and confirmed that she resembled Qingyue but had a distinct Primordial Spirit.
• Meng Chuan told Su Wanwan he was the Heavenly Emperor and offered to teach her cultivation, which she accepted.
• Meng Chuan demonstrated his abilities to reassure the villagers, tested Su Wanwan’s aptitude, and took her away from the village despite her sadness at leaving.
• Ruthless discussed Similar Flowers with Meng Chuan and wondered whether anything could change after Attainment of the Dao or Immortal Ascension.
• Su Wanwan mistook Meng Chuan and Ruthless for a married couple and said she felt close to Meng Chuan, Ruthless, and Jiang Daoran.
• Meng Chuan told Ruthless he was teaching Su Wanwan only because she was connected to a former friend, then asked her not to get the wrong idea; Ruthless answered, “Oh,” and left.

Meng Chuan brought Su Wanwan to hear Amitabha Buddha lecture, created a cultivation scripture for her, and watched her begin her journey among the Emperors. He then shared updates in the chat group, where members discussed the dangers and ambitions unfolding in their worlds.

• Meng Chuan brought Su Wanwan before the Emperors and shielded her mind so she could listen to Amitabha Buddha lecture on the Dao.
• Ji Lianxing and Jiang Daoran helped Su Wanwan adjust to learning that Meng Chuan was the Heavenly Emperor, while the Emperors welcomed her as a new companion.
• Meng Chuan emerged from enlightenment, created a Human Dao scripture for Su Wanwan, and had her begin cultivating amid Amitabha Buddha's Buddhist Sound.
• Meng Chuan reflected on Su Wanwan's resemblance to Qingyue and wondered why he had begun noticing Ruthless Great Emperor more often.
• Meng Chuan discussed Hong Yi's rapid growth with Zhang Sanfeng and explained that Hong Yi's vow could affect the future ascension of Zhang Sanfeng's world.
• Meng Qi planned to borrow time from the Time Blade to advance toward Heavenly Immortal, Luo Feng prepared for battles across the Universe, and Daigu anticipated a war involving Belial.

Meng Chuan checked in on the group, then met Lu Mingfei on Beidou and discussed Ye Fan’s planned trip to the Divine City Stone District. Lu Mingfei reflected on missing his family and friends before Meng Chuan ended their conversation with a slap.

• Meng Chuan observed the group’s members discussing wars and developments in their worlds, then logged off as they left the chat.
• Lu Mingfei asked Meng Chuan whether he should join Ye Fan and the Black Emperor to Gamble on Stones, and Meng Chuan approved his decision to refuse.
• Lu Mingfei warned that Ye Fan striking it rich at the Stone District could make Meng Chuan lose face, prompting Meng Chuan to kick him.
• Meng Chuan asked how Lu Mingfei was adjusting after leaving the Eternal Dragon Lair, and Lu Mingfei said he missed Eri, his uncle and aunt, and his Senior Brothers.
• Meng Chuan comforted Lu Mingfei about the separation, then slapped him hard enough to break his True Dragon Shoulder Bone after Lu Mingfei called him a dog.

Ye Fan disguised himself to avoid being recognized as the bearer of the Root Source of the Mother Qi of All Things, while the Black Emperor teased him about Ji Ziyue. He finished by making himself look like a blind cultivator, prompting the Black Emperor to mock his choice.

• The Black Emperor teased Ye Fan about his former girlfriend Li Xiaoman and asked whether he liked Ji Ziyue, while Meng Chuan secretly recorded Ye Fan’s denial with a Memory Crystal.
• Ye Fan recalled how he and Ji Ziyue had obtained the Root Source of the Mother Qi of All Things together and how he had given her most of its Mother Qi.
• After Ye Fan was exposed as carrying the Root Source, Ji Ziyue confronted the Ji Family’s Eighth Branch when its members moved against him, and news of his treasure spread widely.
• Ye Fan explained that he was changing his appearance because people would recognize him without a disguise, using a technique recorded in the Source Heaven Book.
• Ye Fan finished his disguise by making himself look blind, and the Black Emperor called it brilliant while privately mocking him.

Ye Fan entered the Dao Realm in disguise, only to be recognized immediately and mocked for his reputation. He reached the Stone District seeking treasures and traded insults with Jiang Yichen, who tried to buy his Source Root of Mother Qi of All Things.

• Ye Fan's disguise failed because the Dao Realm recognized his Primordial Spirit and mind, and the Black Emperor explained why.
• Ye Fan used the Black Emperor's teleportation to reach the Stone District as news of his arrival drew a crowd eager for the Source Root of Mother Qi of All Things.
• Ye Fan joked that the crowd wanted his autograph, prompting the Black Emperor and the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body to call him shameless.
• Jiang Yichen confronted Ye Fan and offered resources for his cultivation in exchange for the Source Root of Mother Qi of All Things.
• Ye Fan called Jiang Yichen an idiot and entered the Stone District, while the onlookers laughed at Jiang Yichen's offer.

Ye Fan argued that Imperial Clans could be destroyed if their arrogance turned the Universe against them, while the Emperors listened to his voice transmission. Meng Chuan accepted that clans would bear the consequences of their own members’ actions and would protect only those who upheld their honor.

• Ye Fan dismissed Jiang Yichen’s demand for the Root Source of the Mother Qi of All Things and discussed the encounter with the Black Emperor.
• Ye Fan told the Black Emperor that the era’s rising Heavenly Prodigies and returning Supremes could overwhelm an Imperial Clan that provoked universal resentment.
• The Black Emperor challenged Ye Fan about the Emperors’ power, and Ye Fan replied that the Emperors deserved respect while their parasitic descendants did not.
• Ye Fan praised Uncle Meng’s talent for talking big, while Meng Chuan and the Emperors listened to the voice transmission in the Dao Realm.
• Meng Chuan told Jiang Daoran that clans would face the consequences of their choices and that the Emperors would protect only clansmen who upheld their honor.

Ye Fan visited the Jiang Family's Stone Workshop to use Source Arts and turn his limited savings into profit, while trading insults with Jiang Yichen. He cut a Fighting Saint Ape out of a stone and learned the creature was the son of the Fighting Saint Emperor, leaving him worried that his costly discovery would not truly belong to him.

• Ye Fan and the Black Emperor entered the Jiang Family's Stone Workshop, where Duan De recommended stones that Ye Fan judged to be poor bets.
• Ye Fan mocked Jiang Yichen and explained that the Tyrant Body Seal would erupt when he reached the Four Extremes, potentially killing him if he failed to endure it.
• Ye Fan chose a stone, paid with his Points, and asked the blind manager to cut it open.
• The stone revealed a Fighting Saint Ape, and Ye Fan claimed the creature as his private property because he had bought the stone.
• The manager identified the Monkey as the son of the Fighting Saint Emperor and said his uncle was a Supreme cultivating on Mount Sumeru, making Ye Fan fear he had lost most of his savings for nothing.

Ye Fan returned the Saint Emperor's Son to the Fighting Saint King, then spent his remaining Points on another stone and successfully cut out something valuable. Meng Chuan denied tampering with Ye Fan's results and credited the Source Arts from the Source Heaven Book.

• Ye Fan convinced the blind administrator that he admired the Fighting Saint Ape Tribe and agreed to return the Saint Emperor's Son, which the administrator sent to the Fighting Saint King's dwelling on Mount Sumeru.
• Monkey emerged from the stone beneath the Immortal Iron Staff and was nourished by its radiance.
• The Black Emperor comforted Ye Fan, who lamented spending most of his Points and missing the chance to earn the Fighting Saint King's gratitude directly.
• The Yaoguang Holy Son offered Ye Fan stones, cultivation resources, Immortal Gold, and a request in exchange for the Root Source of Mother Qi of All Things, but Ye Fan refused.
• Ye Fan used his remaining Points on a smaller stone and successfully cut something out.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body accused Meng Chuan of helping Ye Fan, but Meng Chuan denied it and said Ye Fan had relied on the Source Arts in the Source Heaven Book.

Ye Fan made a fortune cutting stones at the Jiang Family’s Stone Workshop, then entered the Ji Family’s Stone Workshop and uncovered the Divine Silkworm Princess. He learned she was the Fighting Saint King’s fiancée and still alive, but the spear piercing her had to remain in place, leaving Ye Fan to send her away and mourn another costly loss.

• Ye Fan’s Source Arts uncovered divine treasures in nearly every stone at the Jiang Family’s Stone Workshop, making him rich and drawing attention to his possible Source Heaven Book.
• Ye Fan went to the Ji Family’s Stone Workshop with the Black Emperor and a crowd of onlookers, where Ji Ziyue challenged him to cut a stone.
• Ye Fan used the Heavenly Emperor’s Source Arts to select a stone, and the blind manager cut it open to reveal a woman pierced by a spear.
• The manager identified the woman as the Divine Silkworm Princess, the Fighting Saint King’s fiancée, and warned that removing the spear would kill her.
• Ye Fan urged the manager to send the still-living princess to Mount Sumeru, while privately lamenting the cost of the stone and his growing ties to the Fighting Saint Ape Tribe.

Ye Fan abandoned the mysterious Source Arts and used the Source Heaven Book to uncover a head-sized piece of Immortal Tear Green Gold at the Ji Family’s Stone Workshop. He agreed to discuss a sale with Jade Lake and decided to quit stone gambling before risking bankruptcy again.

• Ye Fan failed to find anything valuable in several stones, while Ji Ziyue mistakenly believed he was deliberately sparing the Ji Family and praised him as a good person.
• Ye Fan used the Source Heaven Book to cut open a stone and found a head-sized piece of Immortal Tear Green Gold.
• A fairy from Jade Lake offered to buy the Immortal Gold, and Ye Fan agreed to negotiate with Jade Lake’s Holy Maiden.
• Other factions also contacted Ye Fan with competing offers, while he reflected that fairness depended on power.
• Ye Fan prepared to leave the Ji Family’s Stone Workshop with the Black Emperor and vowed not to gamble on stones again.

Ye Fan left the Ji Family's Stone Workshop after winning Immortal Gold, while rumors spread that he had impressed Ji Ziyue. In Lifetime, Meng Chuan muted Meng Qi, and a new group video notification arrived as Meng Chuan anticipated a newcomer.

• Ye Fan corrected Ji Ziyue, declined to cut more stones, and left to meet the Jade Lake Holy Maiden.
• Word spread that Ye Fan was calculating and skilled at winning girls' favor, angering Ji Haoyue because the rumors concerned his little sister.
• Meng Chuan muted Meng Qi after the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body teased him about his past.
• Meng Qi grew angry at being muted while searching Jade Emperor Mountain, alarming Han Guang with his sudden Killing Intent.
• The Chat Group announced that all members should watch a video, and Meng Chuan wondered whether a newcomer was about to join.