Chapter Summaries

After the battle, Meng Chuan reassured the recovering Shi Hao and promised rewards to the Fire Emperor and the Heaven Mending Pavilion's Sacrificial Spirit for defending the Lower Realm. Shi Hao was left to focus on Nirvana while Meng Chuan planned to help his allies grow stronger.

• Shi Hao woke under Meng Chuan's treatment and learned that the Cult Masters from the Three Thousand Dao Provinces and the Supreme were dead.
• Shi Hao imagined giving Qin Hao his second Supreme Bone and growing more, but Meng Chuan forbade him from pursuing the idea while injured.
• Meng Chuan praised the Fire Emperor for protecting the Desolate Domain and promised to heal him and arrange special training.
• Meng Chuan promised to help the Heaven Mending Pavilion's Sacrificial Spirit break through to Heavenly God and later provide a Dao Seed.
• Meng Chuan resolved to reward the allies who had risked their lives defending the Lower Realm.

Meng Chuan settled on going to Immeasurable Heaven, while Willow God and Little Pagoda would take his True Dragon Spirit Body into the Origin Gate. He and several companions prepared to leave the Three Thousand Dao Provinces and visit the Forbidden Zone Lord before departing.

• Meng Chuan told Willow God and the others that he planned to cultivate in Immeasurable Heaven and fight Foreign Realm cultivators at Emperor Pass.
• Qingjing, the Heavenly Desolate Halberd, and Kunpeng's Son chose to leave the Three Thousand Dao Provinces with Meng Chuan; Kunpeng's Son vowed to avenge his mother and clear the Kunpeng name.
• The Five-Colored Sparrow decided to go with Meng Chuan because the Sun God Tree could help her.
• Meng Chuan arranged for Willow God to take his True Dragon Spirit Body into the Origin Gate, while he and his companions headed to Immeasurable Heaven.
• Meng Chuan invited the others to visit the Forbidden Zone Lord and his two Attendants, expecting them to become formidable trials for Shi Hao.

Meng Chuan reunited with the Forbidden Zone Lord and urged him and his companions to delay entering the Divine Way until they explored the Immortal Ancient Fortune. A month later, Meng Chuan gave Shi Hao the False Body Method so he could advance in the Divine Way while keeping his True Body in the Venerable Realm for Immortal Ancient.

• Meng Chuan and his companions met the Forbidden Zone Lord and learned that he and his companions had reached the Venerable Realm and adopted the Chaotic Ancient Method while planning to continue advancing the Divine Ancient Method.
• Meng Chuan advised the Forbidden Zone Lord and his companions to wait for the Immortal Ancient Fortune before igniting their Divine Flames, and the Forbidden Zone Lord agreed to meet Shi Hao in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.
• Meng Chuan and the Forbidden Zone Lord agreed that the Forbidden Zone Lord would join the Heavenly God Academy after leaving the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, and Meng Chuan offered to teach him.
• A month later, Shi Hao had recovered and advanced in the Venerable Realm, but Meng Chuan sealed his cultivation to keep him from entering the Divine Way before Immortal Ancient opened.
• Meng Chuan gave Shi Hao the False Body Method, which let him cultivate the Divine Way through a false body while his True Body remained in the Venerable Realm; Shi Hao chose to learn it.

Meng Chuan gave Shi Hao a false-body cultivation technique before Willow God, Little Pagoda, and Meng Chuan’s True Dragon Spirit Body entered the Origin Gate to pursue their paths. After returning to Stone Village, Meng Chuan told Shi Hao that he and the others were leaving too.

• Meng Chuan explained that Shi Hao’s false body could cultivate ahead, test breakthroughs, and merge with his true body without carrying over hidden flaws.
• Willow God carried Meng Chuan and the others to the Primordial Treasure Realm, where they found the Origin Gate in the chaotic expanse.
• Willow God, Little Pagoda, and Meng Chuan’s True Dragon Spirit Body entered the Origin Gate, while Shi Hao called after them to be careful.
• The Origin Gate vanished after accepting the travelers, and Qingjing told Meng Chuan she would not take the Golden Crow Clan with her.
• Meng Chuan and the others returned to Stone Village, where the villagers mourned Willow God’s departure.
• When Shi Hao said only they remained in Stone Village, Meng Chuan told him that he and the others were leaving too.

Meng Chuan explained that he and the others were leaving Stone Village for Emperor Pass in the Border Wasteland, where the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands still faced the Foreign Realm. After saying goodbye to the villagers, he departed with his companions, leaving Shi Hao to grow stronger and join them someday.

• Meng Chuan told Shi Hao that the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands remained under threat and that they were heading to Emperor Pass.
• Shi Hao vowed to reach the Heavenly God Realm and protect the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands when he was strong enough.
• Meng Chuan explained that the Enchanted Cottage would hold Number One Under Heaven competitions in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.
• Meng Chuan told Stone Village that he was leaving, and the villagers tried to persuade him to stay.
• Meng Chuan urged the villagers to protect those they cared about and preserve their bonds, then departed with the Heavenly Desolate Halberd and the others.

After parting from Meng Chuan and the others, Shi Hao resolved to settle Stone Kingdom’s affairs and travel to the Three Thousand Dao Provinces to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Meng Chuan’s group crossed the Uninhabited Zone and entered the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest, a Small Space that reflected the past.

• Shi Hao told his family he would become a Heavenly God, leave the Eight Domains, and eventually reunite with Meng Chuan and the others.
• Shi Hao decided to pass the Human Emperor position to Qingfeng after stabilizing Stone Kingdom, then left Stone Village for the imperial capital.
• Qingjing carried Meng Chuan and the others through the Uninhabited Zone in her Sun God Tree as they encountered eerie remnants of an ancient war.
• Meng Chuan explained that the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest had been an Immortal Ancient Daoist Grounds and agreed to enter it.
• The group reached the Purple Bamboo Forest, which was a Small Space created by Wuzhong Immortal King and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King that reflected the past.

Meng Chuan and his companions entered the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest, where the Heavenly Desolate Halberd reunited with Immortal Ancient Era prodigies. As the group explored the peaceful Daoist grounds, Meng Chuan explained that the era’s calm cultivation environment had helped its experts flourish, even though the Foreign Realm ultimately threatened its survival.

• Meng Chuan and his companions entered the Purple Bamboo Forest, and the Heavenly Desolate Halberd recognized the Immortal Ancient Era within it.
• The Heavenly Desolate Halberd reunited with former Heavenly Prodigies, who asked after Kunpeng and welcomed its companions.
• The girl A Ling’s young Qilin nuzzled Meng Chuan, while the gathered youths learned that Kunpeng’s Son was Kunpeng’s child.
• The group toured the forest and encountered residents who greeted them courteously and lived in harmony.
• Kunpeng’s Son questioned whether peaceful cultivators could fight effectively, and Meng Chuan explained that quiet cultivation and battle were both paths to the Great Dao.

Meng Chuan and his companions entered the Purple Bamboo Forest and met Immortal King Wuzhong and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King. The Heavenly Desolate Halberd spoke of its master's fate, and Wuzhong affirmed that the Kindling would live on through Kunpeng's Son.

• Meng Chuan recognized the past Bell of Wuzhong as Immortal King Wuzhong arrived, while the Heavenly Prodigies discussed the Immortal Kings and their Dao.
• The Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King arrived with his shattered disc, and Meng Chuan sensed something strange about him.
• Golden light invited Meng Chuan and his companions into the Purple Bamboo Forest, where Meng Chuan showed the young people an image of Shi Hao and said he would come in the future.
• Meng Chuan and his companions met Wuzhong and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King in a secluded realm and sat with them in silence.
• The Heavenly Desolate Halberd told Wuzhong that its master had died, and Wuzhong replied that the Kindling would never die because Kunpeng's spirit lived on.

Meng Chuan and his companions left the ruined South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest after meeting Wuzhong and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King, who gave him legacies for his disciples. Wuzhong also refined Kunpeng's Son's bloodline, while the Immortal Ancient Era's final battle remained unchanged.

• Meng Chuan told Wuzhong Immortal King that he came from the era of Beginning, and Wuzhong and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King gave him a point of chaotic light and a miniature Green Lotus.
• Wuzhong Immortal King acted upon Kunpeng's Son, provoking a backlash as the space-time vision began to collapse.
• Meng Chuan and his companions returned to the Uninhabited Zone, where he explained that the gifts were meant for Wushi and the Azure Emperor.
• Meng Chuan decided to wait until Wushi and the Azure Emperor were ready before passing on their legacies.
• Kunpeng's Son's aura surged after Wuzhong refined his bloodline.

Kunpeng's Son awakened part of his bloodline as the travelers continued toward Immeasurable Heaven, while Meng Chuan arranged for Zhang Sanfeng to deliver treasures to Wushi and the Azure Emperor. The group reached the Nine Heavens, and the Heavenly Desolate Halberd explained how the region had changed since the Immortal Ancient Era.

• Kunpeng's Son absorbed his Kunpeng Wings into his bloodline, broke through in cultivation, and regained some of a Ten Fiend's strength.
• Qingjing brought out the Sun God Tree, and Meng Chuan sent Zhang Sanfeng a speck of light and a Green Lotus to pass to Tai for Wushi and the Azure Emperor.
• Zhang Sanfeng quickly delivered the treasures to Tai, while the Chat Group joked about Meng Chuan's upcoming teaching post at Heavenly God Academy.
• The Sun God Tree carried the travelers toward Immeasurable Heaven, and Kunpeng's Son spotted the Nine Heavens ahead.
• The Heavenly Desolate Halberd explained the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands' Immortal Ancient history and noted that the places remained, though their people were gone.

Meng Chuan reunited with Meng Tianzheng and brought the Heavenly Desolate Halberd, Kunpeng's Son, and Qingjing to join the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. They agreed to recover and grow stronger at Heavenly God Academy while keeping the Heavenly Desolate Halberd's strength hidden, and Meng Chuan reminded Meng Tianzheng of his promise about Immortal Ascension.

• While they waited for Meng Tianzheng, the Heavenly Desolate Halberd explained why True Immortals governed the Nine Heavens instead of Immortal Kings.
• Meng Tianzheng arrived late after overseeing a Foreign Realm attack at Border Wasteland Emperor Pass and said the enemy had withdrawn.
• Meng Chuan introduced the Heavenly Desolate Halberd, Kunpeng's Son, and Daoist Qingjing, who pledged to fight the Foreign Realm and join Meng Tianzheng's side.
• Meng Tianzheng welcomed them and proposed that they go to Heavenly God Academy so the Heavenly Desolate Halberd could recover and Kunpeng's Son could grow without drawing the Foreign Realm's attention.
• Meng Chuan decided they would follow Meng Tianzheng's plan, and Meng Tianzheng realized that Meng Chuan was the one directing the group.
• Meng Chuan asked whether Meng Tianzheng remembered what he had said before, prompting Meng Tianzheng to recall Immortal Ascension.

Meng Chuan explained to Meng Tianzheng that the Unknown had prevented cultivators of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands from becoming immortals and offered to shield him during his breakthrough. Meng Tianzheng heard that the Unknown posed little threat to Meng Chuan, leaving the two poised to discuss his path to immortality.

• Meng Chuan told Meng Tianzheng that the Road to Immortality required cultivators to surpass their limits, and recognized that Meng Tianzheng's attempt at Body as a Seed had gone awry.
• Meng Tianzheng invited Meng Chuan and the others to his abode in Immeasurable Heaven, where they discussed his stalled path to immortality.
• The Heavenly Desolate Halberd observed that Meng Tianzheng should have become an immortal in the Immortal Ancient Era, and Meng Chuan explained that the Unknown descended on cultivators attempting crucial breakthroughs.
• Meng Chuan offered to shield Meng Tianzheng from the Unknown during his ascension, while Qingjing warned that even an Immortal King might not escape it.
• Meng Tianzheng asked what helping him would cost Meng Chuan, and Meng Chuan assured him that the Unknown involved in immortal ascension would not harm him.

Meng Chuan helped Meng Tianzheng prepare to become an Immortal by uncovering the truth about his second Dao Fruit and giving him resources to hasten its growth. Meng Tianzheng left to complete the Dao Fruit, while the threat of a Foreign Realm invasion still loomed over the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

• Meng Chuan promised to shield Meng Tianzheng from the weirdness of becoming an Immortal, and Meng Tianzheng accepted the gamble after the Heavenly Desolate Halberd vouched for him.
• Meng Tianzheng revealed that he had severed and sealed a second Body as a Seed Dao Fruit inside an iron bow, intending to unite it with himself and achieve Alternative Immortal Ascension.
• The Heavenly Desolate Halberd judged that Meng Tianzheng could become a powerful Immortal through this method and suspected the Unknown was connected to the Foreign Realm's Undying Kings.
• Meng Chuan said the Unknown could be dealt with and gave Meng Tianzheng books, medicines, stones, tea, and other resources to accelerate the second Dao Fruit's growth.
• Meng Tianzheng set aside the Heavenly God Academy and left to mature his second Dao Fruit and pursue Immortality.

Meng Chuan learned that Meng Tianzheng could become an Immortal Emperor in the distant future and considered helping him advance. Qingjing explained how the Sun God Tree could shield someone from the Unknown and offered it as a safe place for Meng Tianzheng to become immortal, while Meng Chuan planned to train toward the Void Dao Realm.

• Meng Chuan asked The Ancient One about Meng Tianzheng's future and learned that Meng Tianzheng could become an Immortal Emperor in the Sacred Ruins era.
• Qingjing told Meng Chuan that the Sun God Tree and her grandfather's protections could resist the Unknown and conceal a breakthrough into immortality.
• Qingjing offered to let Meng Tianzheng become immortal inside the Sun God Tree, and Meng Chuan left the choice to Meng Tianzheng.
• Meng Chuan announced that he would use the lull after the battle at Emperor Pass to cultivate and set a goal of reaching the Void Dao Realm.

Meng Chuan declined Meng Tianzheng’s invitations and offer to arrange a Dao Union Seed, while explaining his options for becoming immortal. He revealed that his own Dao Union Seed was the Heavens Dao Seed.

• Meng Tianzheng returned and invited Meng Chuan to meet the Supremes of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, but Meng Chuan said they should meet after both had cultivated further.
• Meng Tianzheng offered to secure Meng Chuan a Dao Union Seed, but Meng Chuan said he had already prepared one.
• Meng Chuan explained that he could shield Meng Tianzheng from the ominousness of becoming immortal or help him enter the Sun God Tree, and Meng Tianzheng chose the Sun God Tree.
• Meng Tianzheng thanked Qingjing and left to enter seclusion.
• Kunpeng's Son and Qingjing asked what Dao Union Seed Meng Chuan had prepared, and Meng Chuan revealed it was the Heavens Dao Seed.

Meng Chuan prepared to advance from Heavenly God to Void Dao by merging with the Heavens Dao Seed, forged from the vital energies and phenomena of other heavens. As the seed began to unite with his Primordial Spirit, those watching believed he could one day Break Through the King and Become an Emperor.

• Meng Chuan, Qingjing, and Kunpeng's Son cultivated within the Sun God Tree while Meng Tianzheng used Meng Chuan's gift to mature part of his Dao Fruit.
• A youth from the Lower Realm became the strongest Below the Divine Way in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, unaware that three watchers planned to beat him.
• The Heavenly God Academy drew attention across the Nine Heavens, where Supremes awaited Meng Chuan's return, not knowing he had already made a home there.
• Three years later, the Heavenly Desolate Halberd and Qingjing watched as Meng Chuan began merging his Primordial Spirit with the Heavens Dao Seed.
• The seed revealed visions of countless worlds and heavens, and Qingjing said Meng Chuan might achieve what Grandfather and the others could not: Break Through the King and Become an Emperor.

Meng Chuan fused with the Dao Seed of the Heavens and reached the Void Dao Realm, while his Kunpeng and True Dragon Spirit Bodies advanced as well. He emerged from seclusion as Meng Tianzheng’s second Dao Fruit ripened, bringing him close to becoming an Immortal.

• Meng Chuan fused with the Dao Seed of the Heavens, reached the Void Dao Realm, and caused a disturbance that drew investigators to Meng Tianzheng’s cave residence.
• Meng Chuan reflected on the hardships behind his breakthrough, and his Kunpeng and True Dragon Spirit Bodies also advanced into the Void Dao Realm.
• Meng Chuan learned that Kunpeng’s Son had reached the peak of Dunyi and Qingjing was close to becoming a Supreme.
• Meng Chuan said Meng Tianzheng was ready to emerge, and Meng Tianzheng’s aura quelled the commotion outside his cave residence.
• Meng Tianzheng appeared before Meng Chuan and the others, excited because his second Dao Fruit had ripened and he could now ward off the Unknown and become an Immortal.

Meng Tianzheng prepared to merge with his ripened Dao Fruit and enter the Immortal Dao, while Meng Chuan and Qingjing helped conceal the breakthrough from the Unknown and the Foreign Realm. He merged with the Dao Fruit and became the first Immortal of the Chaotic Ancient Era.

• Meng Tianzheng told Meng Chuan that his Dao Fruit had ripened and said he would keep his breakthrough secret so the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands could grow quietly.
• Meng Tianzheng chose to attempt the breakthrough immediately, and Qingjing activated her grandfather’s defenses to seal off the Sun God Tree Domain from the Unknown.
• Meng Chuan recognized the defenses’ measures against the Dark Power, while Qingjing confirmed they would keep the Unknown from detecting Meng Tianzheng’s breakthrough.
• Meng Tianzheng awakened the Dao Fruit within his iron bow and watched it emerge as a young man following the Body as a Seed path.
• Meng Tianzheng and his Dao Fruit declared that they would become Immortal, then the Dao Fruit merged with his True Body.
• Meng Tianzheng’s Immortal Dao aura erupted, his body returned to its prime, and he became Immortal.

Meng Tianzheng fused with his Dao Fruit and approached immortality, while Meng Chuan urged him to draw down the Immortal Ascension Tribulation despite the incomplete world. Meng Tianzheng survived the tribulation and became the first True Immortal of the Chaotic Ancient Era.

• Meng Tianzheng's Dao Fruit fused with his true body, and his Immortal Dao aura surged as the Unknown failed to notice his ascension.
• The Heavenly Desolate Halberd, Qingjing, and Meng Chuan praised Meng Tianzheng's foundation, and Meng Chuan named Wang Changsheng as another comparable figure.
• Meng Chuan explained that the incomplete Nine Heavens and Ten Lands would not bring down a tribulation on their own, then told Meng Tianzheng to draw one down himself.
• Meng Tianzheng summoned his Immortal Ascension Tribulation without attracting the Unknown, and Kunpeng's Son watched as the heavenly might gathered.
• Meng Tianzheng overcame the tribulation, perfected his Immortal Dao aura, and became a True Immortal.

Meng Tianzheng became the first native True Immortal of the Chaotic Ancient Era, gaining immense power and blessings for those around him. Though he felt he had no regrets, Meng Chuan urged him to keep striving as the group prepared to face the Nine Heavens' gathered Supremes.

• Meng Tianzheng's breakthrough caused auspicious visions across the Sun God Tree Domain and strengthened the tree and its worlds.
• The Immortal Dao blessings helped the Heavenly Desolate Halberd recover, strengthened Kunpeng's Son, and brought Qingjing close to regaining the Supreme Realm.
• Meng Tianzheng realized he had reached the middle stages of the True Immortal realm and felt that he had no regrets in his life.
• Meng Chuan urged Meng Tianzheng to aim for the Immortal King realm and beyond, while Meng Tianzheng vowed to keep advancing and thanked Meng Chuan and Qingjing.
• Meng Chuan suggested they leave, expecting the Nine Heavens' Supremes to be gathered outside Meng Tianzheng's dwelling.