Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• The Chat Group introduces a level system. Members compare their levels, with Meng Qi disappointed at level 33 and Lu Mingfei at level 30, while Meng Chuan reveals an overwhelming level of 149.
• Meng Chuan suspects 149 may be the cap for those who have not become Immortals, and the group explains the rough scale: levels 0–69 cover mortals, 70–99 correspond to increasingly powerful Saints and Great Sages, and 100–149 span Quasi-Emperors to those nearing Immortality.
• Meng Qi has advanced far beyond his original timeline. After hosting a banquet for young heroes, he leaves with three steps and breaks through to Outer Scenery, becoming the first since the Human Emperor to bear four tribulations at that breakthrough. His rise inspires him to focus on reaching Dharmakaya.
• The Chat Group announces a major upgrade: prospective new members will be introduced through a random clip from their past or future, and current members must vote on whether to admit them.
• The group watches a clip of an ordinary-looking cultivator killing two people and wiping out the Fu family’s direct descendants. The candidate is identified as Er Lengzi of Five-Mile Gully.
• Yan Chixia and Daigu Madoka vote against admitting him, judging the apparent massacre incompatible with their principles. The other members have not yet voted.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Qi feels humiliated by his low level beside Meng Chuan, but his recent breakthrough shows how dramatically the Chat Group has accelerated his progress. He resolves to spend less time chatting and pursue Dharmakaya.
• Meng Chuan remains good-humored about the comparisons, though he is angered when Meng Qi teases him. He also recognizes the video’s references to Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and the Fu family.
• Lu Mingfei is dismayed to be nearly the weakest member and especially crushed by the gulf between his level and Meng Chuan’s.
• Yan Chixia and Daigu quickly unite in opposing Er Lengzi’s admission, while the rest of the group is left uncertain about how to vote.

Significant themes

• Power and perspective: Numerical levels offer a convenient ranking, but Meng Chuan questions whether they truly measure combat ability.
• Growth and ambition: Meng Qi’s accelerated advancement turns embarrassment into renewed determination.
• Moral judgment under uncertainty: The membership vote asks the group to judge a candidate from a limited clip, without knowing what provoked the violence.
• Changing community rules: The upgrade gives existing members collective control over who may join, reshaping the group’s future dynamics.

Plot points and events

• The Chat Group votes on whether to admit the unknown newcomer, identified by the codename “Blockhead of Five-Mile Gully.” Meng Chuan suspects he is Han Li and explains that he is a Nascent Soul cultivator and Pill Refiner.
• The Ancient One, Meng Qi, Lu Mingfei, Yao Chen, and Meng Chuan vote yes. With five affirmative votes, Han Li is accepted as a provisional member, subject to an observation period and a later vote.
• At the same time, Han Li has just formed his Nascent Soul. As he celebrates his new strength, the Chat Group contacts him without warning.
• Alarmed that someone may have reached him without his knowledge, Han Li searches for the intruder and cautiously asks the unseen “senior” to reveal themselves.

Character development

• Meng Chuan stays outwardly impartial as an administrator, but subtly guides the vote by identifying Han Li and mentioning his alchemy skills. His joking confidence reinforces his influence in the group.
• Han Li responds to his breakthrough with brief optimism, then quickly returns to his defining caution. Even at Nascent Soul level, he assumes he may still be vulnerable and resolves to become more careful.
• Yao Chen eagerly welcomes Han Li, hoping to have another Pill Refiner with whom to discuss alchemy.
• The Ancient One judges Han Li as acceptable despite his ruthlessness, recognizing that survival in a harsh cultivation world demands it.

Significant themes

• Power does not guarantee security: Han Li’s breakthrough makes him a top cultivator, but the mysterious contact immediately shakes his confidence.
• Pragmatism and morality: The group weighs Han Li’s character against the brutal world that shaped him; decisiveness and ruthlessness are not automatically treated as villainy.
• Collective judgment and influence: Admission is decided by a vote, yet Meng Chuan’s information and framing help shape the outcome.
• Caution as survival: Han Li’s instinct to conceal his feelings and reassess danger remains central even after a major achievement.

Character interactions

• The group members tease Meng Chuan while still treating his judgment as influential.
• Meng Chuan’s description of Han Li persuades several members, especially Yao Chen, whose interest in alchemy gives him a personal reason to support admission.
• The group collectively welcomes Han Li, but his first interaction with it is one-sided: he sees the contact as a possible threat and responds with carefully respectful language.

Key plot points and events

• Han Li is transported into a grey, mist-filled space, where ten symbolic lights appear before him. Several bear golden rings, and the Jade Disc exerts overwhelming pressure.
• Asked to identify himself, Han Li claims his name is Li Feiyu—his close friend’s name—rather than reveal his own. Meng Chuan recognizes this as characteristic Han Li behavior and jokes about it in the group chat.
• The group’s discussion confuses Yao Chen, who asks Xiao Yan to explain Han Li’s story. Xiao Yan’s reluctant storytelling interrupts his pill refining and ruins a batch.
• Concerned that Han Li is behaving unusually and cannot see the group’s conversation, Meng Chuan asks the Chat Group to show him Han Li’s surroundings. He enters the grey space and realizes the ten lights represent the group’s administrators and full members.
• The members introduce themselves to Han Li. He hears direct messages clearly, but otherwise only indistinct murmuring, making the gathering seem like a secret organization communicating from the shadows.
• Meng Chuan returns to his world convinced that the chat panel conceals a major secret he cannot investigate.

Character developments and interactions

• Han Li remains cautious and guarded, using an alias to protect himself even in an unfamiliar, seemingly powerful gathering.
• Meng Chuan shifts from teasing Han Li to investigating the strange conditions around him. His curiosity deepens into suspicion about the Chat Group itself.
• Zhang Sanfeng addresses Han Li directly and reassures him that the gathering is respectable, helping ease Han Li’s concern.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan continue their comic teacher-disciple routine: Yao Chen demands a story, while Xiao Yan complains but complies.
• Meng Qi and Lu Mingfei join Meng Chuan in teasing Han Li, while the other members introduce themselves to him.

Significant themes

• Caution and concealment: Han Li’s false name reflects his instinct to protect himself and avoid revealing too much.
• Mystery and hidden power: The symbolic lights, restricted access, and murmured voices make the group’s nature feel secretive and potentially far more significant than it appears.
• Humor amid the unknown: The members’ jokes and Xiao Yan’s exasperation contrast with the eerie, imposing atmosphere of the grey space.

Key plot points

• The Chat Group explains its purpose to Han Li, who remains wary despite its members’ reassurances. They accept him as a provisional member after learning more about his life and realizing the frightening glimpse of his past had been presented without context.
• Meng Chuan welcomes Han Li with pills suited to his newly formed Nascent Soul. Han Li carefully checks the gift before accepting it.
• Yao Chen sends Han Li an alchemy manual and asks to exchange knowledge; Han Li returns the favor by sharing some of his own alchemy techniques.
• Meng Chuan explains that points are the group’s currency and that provisional members have limited functions. Han Li lists some acquired techniques for sale but keeps the methods he personally cultivates.
• After receiving gifts from the other members, Han Li sends a few gifts back, then learns how to leave the Chat Group and logs off.
• Back in his world, Han Li immediately flees to a remote location and tests the gifts rather than trusting them outright. When a test subject shows a marked improvement in spiritual power, he begins to believe the group may be offering a genuine opportunity.

Character developments and interactions

• Han Li remains intensely cautious, testing each gift and withholding his own cultivation techniques. Nevertheless, his suspicion begins to soften as he sees evidence that the gifts are real and valuable.
• Meng Chuan takes the lead in welcoming Han Li, explaining the group’s systems, and guiding him through its features. He respects Han Li’s caution rather than dismissing it.
• Yao Chen welcomes Han Li with an alchemy manual and seeks a professional exchange. His impatience with Xiao Yan’s distracted alchemy provides a comic contrast to the group’s cordial welcome.
• The other members move from initial reservations to accepting Han Li once they understand the context of his past and his reputation.

Significant themes

• Caution and survival: Han Li’s suspicion is portrayed as sensible in a dangerous cultivation world.
• Trust built through evidence: Reassurances alone do little; valuable gifts and Han Li’s own tests begin to change his mind.
• Generosity and reciprocity: The members welcome Han Li with gifts, while Han Li responds by sharing knowledge and returning what he can.
• Cross-world community: The Chat Group brings strangers from different worlds together, though Han Li’s provisional status and limited access underline that belonging is gradual.

• Han Li’s arrival sparks mixed reactions: The group welcomes Han Li, but its members’ symbolic identities cause chaos. Bibi Dong discovers she is represented by a giant spider and protests, then angrily eats three bowls of rice. Yao Chen is delighted by Han Li’s alchemy-related abilities, but Meng Chuan warns that openly pursuing a trade could frighten the cautious newcomer. The group agrees to take things slowly.
• Meng Chuan pranks Meng Qi: Meng Qi complains about having to see Meng Chuan’s face, prompting Lu Mingfei and Zhang Sanfeng to tease him. Meng Chuan sends Meng Qi a red packet that contains a beautiful dress. To escape his companions’ scrutiny, Meng Qi gives it to Zhao Heng, claiming it is for the women in his harem, then leaves. His companions enjoy the meal while he is gone, and Meng Chuan later jokes that Meng Qi should keep his dolls well dressed.
• Meng Chuan studies Han Li’s cultivation: Reflecting on Han Li’s guarded nature, Meng Chuan decides not to pressure him. He then examines the cultivation methods and spells Han Li shared, focusing on the Golden Core-to-Nascent Soul path.
• The Saint Spirits emerge: A disturbance interrupts Meng Chuan’s meditation as a space-time passage nears completion. Two fully matured Saint Spirits—born from Phoenix Blood Red Gold and Divine Mark Purple Gold—appear and pledge themselves to him. They name themselves Huang Tian and Shen Di. Meng Chuan keeps Huang Tian’s name, renames Shen Di “Divine Mark,” and asks both to turn their hair black; they readily comply.
• A surprising title appears: Meng Chuan invites the group to watch the passage form, but notices his name now carries the title “Dragon King.” Confused, he wonders how it appeared.
  Character developments and themes: Han Li is established as wary and valuable, prompting the group to balance curiosity with patience. Meng Chuan’s playful, teasing side contrasts with his serious cultivation and leadership. The chapter mixes group camaraderie and comic mischief with world-building around the Chat Group’s symbols, cultivation systems, and emerging Saint Spirits.

Plot points and events

• Meng Chuan receives the new Dragon King title for being the Chat Group’s most active member. He discovers that the title’s effects are unknown and mutes Meng Qi before he can mock him.
• Yao Chen suggests the title rewards the group’s most talkative member for “admirable wisdom.” Meng Chuan approves and sends him an Inherited Saint Weapon. Yao Chen is thrilled and boasts about how much stronger it makes him.
• Meng Chuan begins to suspect the Dragon King title grants access to three powerful incantations, but pauses to welcome newly online member Han Li.
• Han Li, cautiously testing the Chat Group, has already discovered that a Spirit-Nourishing Pill greatly strengthens his Nascent Soul and divine sense. He accepts Meng Chuan’s livestream invitation, sees Meng Chuan’s real appearance, and is surprised by both his looks and the unfamiliar setting.
• Elsewhere, a new Space-Time Passage forms. Meng Chuan senses someone waiting on the other side and abandons his plan to cross. A mysterious figure steps through, and Meng Chuan, Ruthless, and an unnamed supreme emperor all recognize him as an Immortal.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan embraces the Dragon King title, uses his authority to silence Meng Qi, rewards Yao Chen, and tries to draw Han Li into the group. His confidence turns to caution when the visitor appears.
• Yao Chen eagerly accepts the Saint Weapon and sees it as a major boost to his already formidable strength.
• Han Li becomes slightly less suspicious of the Chat Group after benefiting from its pill, though he remains wary and carefully observes Meng Chuan.
• Ruthless and the unnamed emperor react with solemn recognition to the newcomer, suggesting his arrival has exceptional significance.

Significant themes

• Status, recognition, and humor: The Dragon King title inspires teasing, pride, and playful group politics.
• Trust and suspicion: Han Li cautiously engages with the Chat Group, while Meng Chuan tries to win him over.
• Power and generosity: Meng Chuan’s gift shows that weapons, not just cultivation resources, can help group members grow.
• The unknown and the extraordinary: The Space-Time Passage and the arrival of an Immortal shift the chapter from comedy to cosmic suspense.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan and Meng Qi exchange playful antagonism, ending with Meng Qi muted.
• Meng Chuan rewards Yao Chen’s flattering explanation, prompting Yao Chen to praise his new weapon and power.
• Meng Chuan welcomes Han Li through a livestream; Han Li responds politely but remains guarded.
• Meng Chuan warns the Saint Spirits to retreat as the passage opens, then faces the visitor alongside the attention of Ruthless and the unnamed emperor.

Plot points and events

• Immortal Yuan Zhi emerges from a mysterious Space-Time Passage into Meng Chuan’s universe. Despite the Dharma-Ending Age’s usual suppression of outside Immortals, Yuan Zhi remains at full strength, apparently protected by the passage.
• Yuan Zhi praises Meng Chuan as the strongest Human Dao Realm cultivator he has ever encountered, then explains that he has traveled across many worlds since becoming immortal.
• He offers to take Meng Chuan to a world where immortality is possible—but demands that Meng Chuan serve him. Yuan Zhi then reveals his real objective: to take control of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and reshape it into an Immortal Domain.
• Meng Chuan appears to accept, unsettling Yuan Zhi, but clarifies that he plans to kill him and merge his body with the universe.
• Ruthless arrives beside Meng Chuan, followed by the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body. She says she came to see an Immortal; Meng Chuan privately interprets her presence as concern for him.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan stays calm and confident in the face of a fully powered Immortal. He probes Yuan Zhi’s motives, rejects his offer through mock agreement, and openly prepares to fight.
• Yuan Zhi begins as an admiring, seemingly generous visitor, but his offer proves to be a demand for obedience and conquest. He underestimates Meng Chuan and becomes suspicious of his easy agreement.
• Ruthless unexpectedly leaves her usual seclusion to appear at Meng Chuan’s side, suggesting concern or interest in the confrontation, though she gives little explanation.
• The group members worry about Meng Chuan, while Meng Qi remains relaxed and confidently expects him to prevail. Han Li watches anxiously.

Significant themes

• Power and pride: Yuan Zhi’s Immortal status makes him arrogant, but Meng Chuan refuses to be intimidated.
• Freedom versus domination: Yuan Zhi disguises conquest as an offer of advancement, while Meng Chuan rejects the demand to serve.
• Confidence and camaraderie: Meng Chuan’s humor, Meng Qi’s faith in him, and Ruthless’s unexpected arrival underscore the support surrounding the looming battle.

Plot and key events

• True Immortal Yuan Zhi arrives intending to claim the Dharma-Ending Universe. Meng Chuan confronts him with open contempt and insists that he can kill an Immortal.
• Yuan Zhi attacks with a universe-shaking palm, but Meng Chuan meets the blow and punches a bloody hole through Yuan Zhi’s hidden hand. The wound—and the Immortal Blood it sheds—shocks Yuan Zhi and everyone watching.
• To keep their battle from destroying the universe, Meng Chuan challenges Yuan Zhi to fight in the chaos beyond the Border Wasteland. Yuan Zhi agrees, confident he will ultimately win and take the universe.
• Before leaving, Meng Chuan’s Dragon King Title produces a gigantic True Dragon. He rides it across the universe, turning his departure into a dramatic spectacle and drawing awed cheers.
• Meng Chuan reaches the Border Wasteland and attacks Yuan Zhi again. Their fight resumes, with the chapter ending before its outcome is known.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan displays overwhelming confidence, fulfilling his promise to prove that he would act on his words. His success in wounding Yuan Zhi challenges the assumption that a Human Dao Realm cultivator cannot harm an Immortal. He also revels in the Dragon King Title’s theatrical entrance, even though the dragon is “only for show.”
• Yuan Zhi shifts from disdainful confidence to shock and anger after being injured. He still believes he can defeat Meng Chuan and claim the universe.
• Ruthless watches and carefully analyzes the Immortal’s technique, revealing that seeing a True Immortal is a major reason she came. Meng Chuan tells her to wait for his return.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body is astonished by both the Immortal’s power and Meng Chuan’s audacity, privately mocking his shameless showmanship and familiarity with Ruthless.
• The universe’s observers move from fear at the clash and the True Dragon’s appearance to loud support when they recognize Meng Chuan riding it. The group-chat members, especially Meng Qi and Lu Mingfei, envy the spectacle.

Significant themes

• Defying established limits: Meng Chuan’s blow overturns the belief that a mortal-level cultivator cannot wound an Immortal.
• Power and responsibility: The fighters move beyond the Border Wasteland to spare the universe from their destructive battle.
• Reputation and spectacle: Meng Chuan’s dragon ride builds his public image and inspires hope, while also highlighting his comic vanity.
• Confidence versus arrogance: Yuan Zhi underestimates Meng Chuan, while Meng Chuan’s boldness proves more than empty boasting.

Summary

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan confronts Yuan Zhi, a True Immortal, and fights at full strength. Their clash devastates the stars and temporarily lets Yuan Zhi’s Immortal Dao laws override the Great Dao of the Border Wasteland.
• Yuan Zhi is shocked that Meng Chuan can match him. Meng Chuan insists that an Immortal can be slain, citing the Desolate Heaven Emperor’s past achievement and his own path toward becoming a Battle Immortal.
• Meng Chuan forms a saber from Chaos Qi and unleashes a strike that attacks through all space-time, leaving Yuan Zhi no apparent escape.
• Yuan Zhi survives, but Meng Chuan’s attack damages his robes and cuts his face. The wound heals slowly because Meng Chuan’s laws are eating into it.
• Yuan Zhi asks Meng Chuan’s name, assuming he will win and remember it. Meng Chuan laughs and declares that he is Dao Shi—and that he will bury Yuan Zhi.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan demonstrates confidence grounded in preparation, experience, and belief that the gap between mortals and Immortals can be overcome. He remains composed and defiant even when Yuan Zhi survives his strongest attack.
• Yuan Zhi begins with confidence in his Immortal status but becomes increasingly unsettled when Meng Chuan repeatedly matches him. Despite his injuries, he continues to assume Meng Chuan will ultimately lose.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body acknowledges Meng Chuan’s extraordinary power. Huang Tian and Divine Mark feel humbled, while Ruthless watches closely, treating the battle as a lesson in Immortal power.
• Quasi-Emperors and other powerful beings can only pray from afar; the battle has grown too dangerous for them to witness closely.
• Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings are shaken by the sight of a real Immortal being challenged. Their confidence in the Immortality they sacrificed everything to pursue collapses, and they confront the misery of their choices.

Significant themes

• Defying the natural order: Meng Chuan challenges the supposed absolute divide between the human and Immortal realms.
• Conviction versus reality: The Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings question whether their pursuit of Immortality was worth the lives, humanity, and principles they abandoned.
• Growth and power gaps: The battle reinforces that those who fail to advance are left behind, while also suggesting that extraordinary individuals can surpass established limits.
• Pride and misjudgment: Yuan Zhi’s lingering contempt blinds him to the danger Meng Chuan poses.

Chapter Summary

• Meng Chuan and Yuan Zhi’s battle escalates. Yuan Zhi uses a powerful immortal art to trap Meng Chuan in an illusory world, but Meng Chuan effortlessly breaks free with his Dao Shi divine laws. Yuan Zhi then attacks with his full strength, and Meng Chuan meets him head-on using the six cycles of the Red Dust Battle Immortal Path. Their clash shakes the universe, with both fighters battling through their bodies, divine senses, laws, and Daos.
• The universe witnesses the fight. The people of the Ancient Life Stars initially despair at the arrival of a True Immortal, but their fear turns to hope when they see the Heavenly Emperor holding his ground. They rally behind him, recalling how he has repeatedly protected the universe from devastating threats. Even awakened emperors and figures such as Ruthless and the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body are moved by his stand.
• Meng Chuan wounds Yuan Zhi. Enraged that a supposed mortal has injured him, Yuan Zhi realizes Meng Chuan is far stronger than expected—powerful enough to challenge even True Immortals from Yuan Zhi’s homeland. Meng Chuan answers Yuan Zhi’s fury with a mocking retort, while his followers and the watching emperors react with admiration and amusement.
• Yuan Zhi reveals a deeper obsession. The crowd’s praise of Meng Chuan as the Heavenly Emperor provokes Yuan Zhi. He declares that anyone who dares call themselves the Heavenly Emperor must die, turning the confrontation into more than a contest of strength.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Meng Chuan remains calm and confident under attack, protects the universe without hesitation, and keeps his familiar sharp humor even after wounding a True Immortal.
• Yuan Zhi shifts from contempt to grudging recognition of Meng Chuan’s power, then erupts into a personal rage at the title “Heavenly Emperor.”
• The people and former emperors move from despair to renewed hope and admiration, seeing Meng Chuan as the universe’s defender. Ruthless, the Sacred Body, and Meng Chuan’s attendants each react to his courage—and, in the attendants’ case, his irreverent comeback.

Significant Themes

The chapter emphasizes duty and sacrifice, with Meng Chuan standing between the universe and an overwhelming threat; the gap between reputation and reality, as the “immortal” proves neither benevolent nor invincible; and the power of a title, which inspires the universe’s people but appears to trigger Yuan Zhi’s murderous hatred.

Key plot points and events

• Yuan Zhi erupts in fury when Meng Chuan claims the title “Heavenly Emperor,” revealing an intense, unexplained hatred of the title.
• Yuan Zhi unleashes his True Immortal artifact and signature technique: vast, sword-feathered wings of dark-yellow energy that flood the battlefield with attacks.
• Meng Chuan answers by manifesting his Dharma Appearance and revealing the fruit of his Lifetime Method: a nascent Multiverse formed from countless connected Grotto-Heavens within his body.
• Their clash tears through space and unleashes enormous shockwaves. Ruthless Great Emperor shields the universe from the destruction.
• Meng Chuan’s Great Dao Principles burn through Yuan Zhi’s sword beams and wound him severely. The principles continue eroding the wounds, leaving the True Immortal on the defensive.
• Yuan Zhi eventually closes his wounds with Immortal Dao techniques, though he is weakened. Meng Chuan has spent substantial power but remains largely unharmed, aided by healing gained from the Immortal Phoenix’s corpse.
• With the battle witnessed across the universe, Meng Chuan calmly declares himself the Heavenly Emperor, then defiantly shouts the title again.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan demonstrates that, despite still being a Heavenly Immortal, his new cultivation method lets him contend with—and overpower—a True Immortal. He uses Yuan Zhi’s fury to turn the title into a deliberate challenge.
• Yuan Zhi is exposed as both vulnerable and deeply provoked by the name “Heavenly Emperor.” His initial confidence gives way to rage and disbelief as Meng Chuan wounds him.
• Ruthless Great Emperor recognizes the power of Meng Chuan’s new method and protects the universe from the battle’s stray shockwaves.
• The people watching feel both joy and astonishment at seeing a mortal gain the upper hand over an Immortal.

Significant themes

• Mortal versus Immortal: Meng Chuan overturns the presumed hierarchy by defeating Yuan Zhi’s assault.
• Power through innovation: The nascent Multiverse embodies a radically new cultivation path whose potential astonishes even Ruthless.
• Identity and defiance: Meng Chuan’s repeated claim to the Heavenly Emperor title becomes a public assertion of authority and a direct provocation to Yuan Zhi.
• The cost of strength: Meng Chuan’s method grants immense power but consumes tremendous energy.

Plot points

• Meng Chuan proclaims himself the Heavenly Emperor, prompting cheers across the universe. The people’s faith gathers around him, helping restore his strength and revealing his resolve to protect them.
• Yuan Zhi reacts with inexplicable fury to the title and attacks. Their battle devastates stars, dead zones, and the Chaos of the Border Wasteland.
• Meng Chuan repeatedly tears Yuan Zhi apart, steadily damaging the True Immortal’s Origin. Yuan Zhi is eventually near defeat, and the universe prepares to witness Meng Chuan kill an immortal.
• Just as Meng Chuan moves in for the decisive blow, three hidden immortals ambush him, striking with a fist, an Immortal Bell, and a crushing foot. The confrontation takes a sudden turn.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan embraces the responsibility symbolized by his title and fights fiercely for the people who believe in him. Despite overwhelming Yuan Zhi, he holds back until the final moment.
• Yuan Zhi abandons his composure and becomes consumed by hatred, insisting that anyone who calls himself Heavenly Emperor must die. His rage seems disproportionate to their brief encounter.
• The universe’s people rally behind Meng Chuan, while the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body openly supports him.
• Han Li is moved by Meng Chuan’s power and the people’s sincere devotion, reconsidering whether the Chat Group might truly threaten him.
• Meng Qi jokes about wanting control of the Chat Group, but his humor gives way to anger when Yuan Zhi attacks one of its members.
• The Forbidden Zone emperors watch with nostalgia and regret, recalling their own former prominence.

Significant themes

• Leadership and responsibility: Meng Chuan’s declaration is framed not as a boast but as a commitment to protect all living beings.
• Faith and collective support: The people’s devotion becomes a tangible force that sustains their champion.
• Pride and obsession: Yuan Zhi’s fixation on the title drives him into irrational violence.
• The danger of apparent victory: Just as Meng Chuan seems poised to triumph, concealed enemies reveal that the conflict is far from over.

Key plot points and events

• Three previously hidden True Immortals intervene when Yuan Zhi is close to defeat, making four Immortals against Meng Chuan.
• Meng Chuan reveals he had anticipated their presence. He withstands their initial assault, even striking the master’s peerless Immortal Bell with his bare hand and leaving a mark on it.
• The onlookers panic. Ruthless prepares to join the battle, but Meng Chuan sends her a message, and she tells the others to believe in him.
• The newcomers introduce themselves as Yuan Kong, Mu Shan, and Tuo Yu. Yuan Kong is Yuan Zhi’s ancestor and the Immortal Bell’s master. They offer to spare Meng Chuan if he submits to a restriction and serves them; when he refuses, all four attack.
• Meng Chuan fights back by forming a blade from a star river and wielding the Dao Seal. The clash engulfs the Border Wasteland in divine light.
• When the light fades, the Immortals remain composed, while Meng Chuan is visibly wounded and bleeding.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan remains defiant despite being outnumbered, rejecting the Immortals’ offer of submission and meeting their attack head-on.
• Ruthless shows her readiness to risk joining the fight, but trusts Meng Chuan when he asks her to hold back.
• Yuan Zhi is furious at Meng Chuan and urges Yuan Kong to kill him, but is silenced by his ancestor’s authority.
• Yuan Kong, Mu Shan, and Tuo Yu acknowledge Meng Chuan’s extraordinary talent, yet treat him as a threat or potential servant and unite against him.
• The spectators and Meng Chuan’s allies react with fear and anger. Meng Qi, Bibi Dong, Han Li, and others worry over the four-on-one battle, while Huang Tian and Divine Mark openly condemn the Immortals’ tactics.

Significant themes

• Defiance against overwhelming odds: Meng Chuan refuses to yield, even against four True Immortals.
• Power and pride: The Immortals recognize his talent but assume their superiority entitles them to control or kill him.
• Trust and loyalty: Meng Chuan’s message steadies Ruthless, while his allies’ concern shows their attachment to him.
• The cost of resistance: Despite his formidable strength, Meng Chuan is injured, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

Key plot points and events

• After Meng Chuan wounds Mu Shan with a single palm, he rejects Yuan Kong’s offer to join the Three Immortals. Yuan Zhi sides with them, making the fight four against one.
• Meng Chuan attacks all four and proves devastatingly strong, but Yuan Kong’s leadership and the Immortals’ combined power gradually turn the battle against him. Their clash rages deep in Chaos to protect the universe from its destruction.
• Yuan Kong sends Yuan Zhi toward the universe to threaten its inhabitants while he keeps Meng Chuan occupied.
• Ruthless steps forward to block Yuan Zhi, joined by the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body and Meng Chuan’s two attendants. Three former Human Race Great Emperors emerge from the Forbidden Zones to help, acknowledging their past abandonment of the world and resolving to repay that debt.
• Before the Great Emperors can sacrifice themselves by entering Ultimate Sublimation, Meng Chuan suppresses them and breaks free from the Three Immortals. He reveals three identical versions of himself, invoking “One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.”

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan remains defiant and fiercely protective of the universe. Though injured and outnumbered, he grows more focused, learning from the Immortals’ techniques as he fights. His apparent predicament gives way to a dramatic countermeasure.
• Yuan Kong is revealed as the decisive force among the Immortals: he blocks Meng Chuan’s attacks, coordinates the others, and targets the universe to exploit Meng Chuan’s concern for it.
• Yuan Zhi bears a grudge against Meng Chuan and eagerly accepts the chance to attack the universe, only to be confronted by its defenders.
• Ruthless stands with the universe despite her troubled legacy, while the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body and Meng Chuan’s attendants join her defense.
• The three Human Race Great Emperors confront their shame at having hidden in the Forbidden Zones. They choose to return and risk their lives for the people they once failed to protect.
• The Forbidden Zone supreme beings respond to Meng Chuan’s struggle with fear and opportunism, hoping to exploit the conflict and reach the Immortal world.

Significant themes

• Self-sacrifice and responsibility: Defenders risk themselves for the universe, while the former emperors seek redemption for past inaction.
• Redemption and legacy: The Great Emperors reclaim their sense of duty, and Ruthless’s history as a protector complicates the world’s judgment of her.
• Power, defiance, and fear: Meng Chuan’s strength challenges the Immortals, but also frightens enemies who fear what he may become.
• Moral contrast: The defenders’ willingness to protect others stands against the Forbidden Zone supreme beings’ selfish plans to profit from calamity.

Plot points and events

• Meng Chuan reveals three powerful incarnations, astonishing the onlookers and unnerving Yuan Zhi, who remembers being beaten by Meng Chuan even when four True Immortals fought him together.
• As the four Immortals attack, Meng Chuan rapidly heals his wounds, then joins his incarnations to activate the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. Four swords and torrents of colored sword qi trap the Immortals in a universe-spanning killing field.
• The formation overwhelms Yuan Kong, Yuan Zhi, Tuo Yu, and Mu Shan. As they are wounded and driven to desperation, they plead, bargain, and offer information in exchange for their lives.
• The formation’s appearance draws Meng Chuan’s attention to an ancient corpse on another world. He suspects it may be connected to Lingbao Heavenly Venerable and thinks of Virtuous Heavenly Venerable, hinting at deeper mysteries behind the Mythological Era.
• Meng Chuan thanks the three Forbidden Zone Emperors for standing with him and forgives their past choice to enter a Forbidden Zone, recognizing their motives.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan demonstrates that he has grown far beyond his earlier limits: after six transformations, he can challenge and defeat True Immortals. He combines the power of his three incarnations with the sword formation, and remains confident enough to tease Ruthless during the battle.
• Ruthless recognizes echoes of the Mythological Era’s supreme arts in Meng Chuan’s techniques. Her close, searching look shows both curiosity and suspicion about how he has acquired and mastered them.
• The Forbidden Zone Emperors had arrived prepared to die beside Meng Chuan. They are humbled by his strength, and he responds with gratitude and understanding rather than resentment.
• The four True Immortals shift from arrogant certainty to terror and humiliation. Their increasingly desperate pleas expose their fear, while their silent disapproval of the one who begs most openly adds a comic note.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body is stunned by the sudden reversal, while Meng Chuan’s attendants loudly praise him and earn his irritated glare.

Significant themes

• Power and transformation: Meng Chuan’s growth overturns the expected hierarchy between the Human Dao Realm and True Immortals.
• Inherited arts and hidden history: His techniques resemble the legendary arts of Virtuous and Lingbao Heavenly Venerables, suggesting the past—and its secrets—continues to shape the present.
• Mercy and judgment: Meng Chuan can be ruthless toward enemies who threaten him, yet forgiving toward the Forbidden Zone Emperors, whose motives he understands.
• Pride and fear: The Immortals’ confidence collapses once their own superiority proves useless, revealing the vulnerability beneath their arrogance.

Key events

• After defeating and trapping four Immortals in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, Meng Chuan rejects Yuan Zhi’s plea for mercy, arguing that killing intent makes the Immortals his karmic debt. Yuan Kong threatens future disaster, but Meng Chuan ignores him.
• Meng Chuan invites the Female Emperor, Ruthless, into the formation to fight the wounded Immortals. He separates her from the strongest opponent, Yuan Kong, and uses the fight as a chance for her to gain experience.
• Misreading Meng Chuan’s intentions, the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body worries that he is putting Ruthless in mortal danger. Meng Chuan then encourages him to advance further—and promptly sends him into the formation to fight.
• Meng Chuan also throws in his two attendants, Divine Mark and the other attendant, insisting that attendants should be ready for battle.
• Three Great Emperors who have emerged from the Forbidden Zones say they have little time left to live. Meng Chuan urges them to spend their remaining days in a final, glorious battle. They agree and join the fight.
• Ruthless faces Mu Shan and Tuo Yu, while the other six newcomers battle Yuan Zhi. Even badly wounded and facing several opponents, Yuan Zhi holds his ground. Meng Chuan has eased the formation’s attacks on him.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan shifts from a fearsome, domineering fighter to a teasing, unconventional mentor. He protects Ruthless by controlling the battlefield, but pushes his friends and attendants into danger so they can grow through combat.
• Ruthless accepts Meng Chuan’s invitation without hesitation and attacks with sovereign force, showing her resolve and giving her a rare opportunity to test herself against Immortals.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body moves from anxious concern for Ruthless to startled hope that he might improve. Though he is then shoved into battle, Meng Chuan’s encouragement rekindles his ambition.
• The three Great Emperors choose to face death actively rather than wait for it, accepting Meng Chuan’s challenge to fight one last decisive battle.
• The attendants resent being drafted into combat but find a shared sense of solidarity with the Sacred Body. Meanwhile, observers—including newcomer Han Li—are bewildered by the contrast between Meng Chuan’s battlefield grandeur and his playful antics.

Significant themes

• Growth through adversity: Meng Chuan treats battle as a way to sharpen his allies, not merely defeat enemies.
• Agency in the face of death: The elderly Great Emperors choose a final struggle on their own terms.
• Karma and consequences: Meng Chuan frames the Immortals’ attempted violence against him as the cause of their predicament.
• Humor amid epic stakes: The chapter juxtaposes lethal combat with banter, teasing, and Meng Chuan’s deliberately absurd motivational story.

Key plot points and events

• The four True Immortals remain trapped in Meng Chuan’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, where Ruthless and six powerful allies have been steadily wearing them down.
• Jiang Daoran, Ji Lianxing, and Qingyue arrive too late to witness Meng Chuan’s battle with the immortals. They learn who the fighters are and that Ruthless is attempting to become immortal within the mortal world.
• Meng Chuan warns the three newcomers that they lack the strength to enter the battle. Their awe at the immense forces around them turns into quiet unease about their own limitations.
• Yuan Kong accepts that the immortals are doomed but insists they should die by Meng Chuan’s hand, not at the hands of his allies. Meng Chuan withdraws Ruthless and the others, then unleashes the formation’s full power rather than risk facing the immortals directly.
• The four True Immortals are killed, and the universe celebrates Meng Chuan. But he notices something alarming left in the formation: four drops of Black Blood.

Character developments

• Meng Chuan remains supremely confident and irreverent, joking with his old companions even as he displays overwhelming power. He is also cautious: he refuses the immortals’ challenge to fight them personally, judging it an obvious trap.
• Yuan Kong faces death with composure and respect for Meng Chuan’s strength, though pride drives his demand for a more honorable end.
• Jiang Daoran, Ji Lianxing, and Qingyue are impressed by Meng Chuan’s rise but recognize how far they lag behind the world’s strongest beings. Meng Chuan notices Jiang Daoran’s declining vitality and again offers them refuge in his Divine Kingdom.
• Ruthless and the other fighters gain valuable experience from the battle. Ruthless’s composed return contrasts with Meng Chuan’s playful speculation about what she is thinking.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Even peak Quasi-Emperors feel insignificant beside Great Emperor-level combatants and True Immortals.
• Pride and dignity: Yuan Kong would rather die at an acknowledged rival’s hands than be defeated by others.
• Prudence over bravado: Meng Chuan chooses the safer course instead of accepting a potentially dangerous challenge.
• Victory with an ominous cost: The immortals’ deaths seem to secure the universe’s future, but the Black Blood suggests the threat may not be over.

Character interactions

• Meng Chuan teases Ji Lianxing and boasts to the newcomers, who respond with a mix of disbelief, awe, and familiarity.
• He explains the identities and significance of the fighters, helping his companions grasp the scale of the event.
• Yuan Kong appeals directly to Meng Chuan’s pride and sense of honor; Meng Chuan declines the proposed duel and kills the four through the formation.
• The crowd hails Meng Chuan as the universe’s savior, while his grave reaction to the Black Blood undercuts the celebration.

Key plot points and events

• After the four Immortals are defeated, Meng Chuan is troubled by something he witnessed, but keeps the cause to himself. He seals the four drops of Black Blood inside the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and closes the Space-Time Passage.
• To calm the people of the cosmos, Meng Chuan patrols on the Dragon King’s back, greeting inhabitants of Ancient Life Stars. He asks Ruthless to bring the others to his Divine Kingdom, where he says he has important business to discuss.
• The Supremes hide and debate what to do after Dao Shi’s victory. They abandon thoughts of confronting him and decide to wait for the Road to Immortality. Meng Chuan suspects Emperor Zun also stays away because he is confident of becoming an Immortal without taking the risk.
• At the Divine Kingdom, Meng Chuan reunites with the group. Han Li, newly arrived, is struck by the people’s genuine admiration for Meng Chuan and wonders whether the Chat Group might be a good place after all.
• The three Human Race Emperors reveal that they used Ultimate Sublimation to reclaim their former Dao Fruits and fight one last battle. Meng Chuan bluntly tells them they are about to die.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan remains outwardly playful and self-assured, but the Black Blood has clearly unsettled him. He conceals his worry, reassures the cosmos, and uses humor to manage the gathering. He also tactfully gets Ruthless to escort the others to his Divine Kingdom.
• Ruthless recognizes Meng Chuan’s unusual distress and asks what is wrong, but he declines to explain. She agrees to help him bring the group to the Divine Kingdom.
• The Supremes are demoralized by Meng Chuan’s overwhelming strength. Their desire for immortality is tempered by self-preservation, so they choose to wait rather than challenge him.
• Han Li is moved by the reverence Meng Chuan inspires, contrasting it with the suspicion and fear he has known in the Cultivation World.
• Meng Qi jokes about wanting his companions to call him “young hero,” while Ruan Yushu, Jiang Zhiwei, and others respond with familiar teasing. He later identifies with the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body’s sense of being overshadowed by Meng Chuan.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body readily agrees with Meng Chuan’s playful complaint about how tiring battle is, despite seeing little evidence that he is exhausted.
• The three Human Race Emperors have spent their lives for one final fight; Meng Chuan’s warning makes clear that their victory has come at a grave personal cost.

Significant themes

• Power and restraint: Meng Chuan’s victory leaves even the Supremes unwilling to test him, while he chooses to reassure the people rather than reveal his private concern.
• Immortality versus survival: The Supremes want eternal life, but fear of immediate death outweighs the chance to seize the Immortals’ relics.
• Leadership and public trust: The people’s joyful response to Meng Chuan shows that power can inspire affection and reassurance, not just fear.
• Sacrifice and mortality: The three Emperors’ final battle underscores the cost of defending their legacy, foreshadowing the consequences of their Ultimate Sublimation.

Plot points

• Three ancient Human Race Great Emperors accept that their lives are ending after their battle with a True Immortal. They have no regrets, having pursued immortality for ages.
• Meng Chuan explains that these emperors, unlike the notorious Forbidden Zone Supremes, never caused a Dark Turmoil. This eases Jiang Daoran and the others’ suspicions. The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, Gu Cang, is likewise distinguished from the crueler beings who inhabit Forbidden Zones.
• Just as the emperors prepare to leave and face death, Meng Chuan reveals that his power has temporarily sustained their Ultimate Sublimation. He offers them a way to survive: become deities in his Divine Kingdom. They would answer his call when needed but otherwise remain free.
• Meng Chuan also invites Gu Cang to join. He explains his plan to build the Void God Realm, a vast spiritual world that could transform the world and would need powerful guardians.
• The group is left to consider the offer. Meng Chuan sends them away so he can speak privately with the Female Emperor, Ruthless, and shields their meeting from outside observation.

Character developments and interactions

• The three emperors show calm acceptance of death, but Meng Chuan’s offer gives them a reason to reconsider. They ask what it would cost, showing caution rather than taking his help for granted.
• Meng Chuan is compassionate but practical: he wants to prevent their deaths, while also gaining powerful allies and protectors for his planned realm. He insists he will not enslave or control them.
• Gu Cang corrects Meng Chuan about his name, but Meng Chuan keeps calling him “Red-Haired Brother,” turning the exchange into a running joke. Gu Cang eventually gives up.
• Gu Cang worries that Meng Chuan intends to confront Ruthless after she has remained silent and shown no gratitude. This comic misunderstanding reflects his anxious, speculative nature.
• The Female Emperor remains unreadable and emotionally detached. The chapter ends as Meng Chuan addresses her, leaving their private conversation unresolved.
• A brief message from Meng Qi calls Meng Chuan a “shameless beggar,” puncturing the solemn mood.

Significant themes

• Mortality and acceptance: Even Great Emperors must face the end of their lives.
• Choice and responsibility: The emperors are offered survival without coercion, while their past actions—not merely their association with Forbidden Zones—define them.
• Power used for both compassion and ambition: Meng Chuan genuinely wants to save lives, but also sees strategic value in recruiting the emperors.
• The promise of transformation: The proposed Void God Realm represents a world-changing new project, though its consequences remain uncertain.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Chuan presents Ruthless with the bodies of four True Immortals he has defeated, preserving them as valuable research material. The sword formation also exposes drops of a mysterious Black Blood inside them.
• Ruthless questions why Meng Chuan has repeatedly helped her. He tells her about his extraordinary cultivation speed, his early fear of outpacing his peers, and the loneliness of advancing so far ahead of everyone else.
• Meng Chuan explains that meeting Ruthless made him feel less alone on his path. She remains unconvinced that this is his full reason, and refuses to share her own story.
• Meng Chuan reveals the danger behind the Black Blood: a corrupting force, once held back by the Desolate Heaven Emperor, has resurfaced. He describes that legendary figure as an Immortal Emperor who defeated another Immortal Emperor, and warns that a new great calamity is approaching.
• Ruthless accepts one True Immortal corpse to study, intending to return it afterward.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Chuan opens up about his talent, isolation, and sense of kinship with Ruthless. Though earnest, he remains comically oblivious to the group’s teasing about his awkward attempts at romance.
• Ruthless shows a rare flicker of surprise at Meng Chuan’s cultivation history and, after learning of the coming disaster, feels renewed urgency. Her hope of seeing her brother again through the appearance of a “similar flower” remains central to her resolve.
• Their exchange is marked by mutual respect but differing temperaments: Meng Chuan tries to build closeness through personal revelations, while Ruthless stays guarded and probes his motives.
• The chat group provides comic commentary, repeatedly mocking Meng Chuan’s “humblebragging” and poor social skills.

Significant themes

• Talent and loneliness: Extraordinary ability can isolate someone as much as it empowers them.
• Trust and motives: Ruthless accepts Meng Chuan’s help but continues to question why he offers it.
• Hope amid catastrophe: The looming darkness threatens countless worlds, while Ruthless’s hope of reuniting with her brother gives her a personal reason to keep moving forward.
• Comedy beside danger: The group’s teasing contrasts with the grave revelation that a world-threatening calamity is returning.