Chapter Summaries

Shi Hao was on the verge of defeat against the four Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors when the Ten Fiend Spirit Bodies sacrificed their vitality to restore him and restart his Transformation. He defeated the four emperors, then used his Quasi-Immortal Emperor power to sustain the nearly vanished Spirit Bodies and placed them in his weapon to recover.

• The Kunpeng Spirit Body wondered whether Shi Hao needed someone close to him to be sacrificed before he could complete his Transformation.
• As the four Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors pressed their advantage, Little Stone tried to sacrifice himself, but the Ten Fiend Spirit Bodies stopped him and united into a sphere of light.
• The united Ten Fiend Spirit Bodies replenished Shi Hao's vitality and enabled his Transformation, then separated from him as faint, illusory figures.
• World-Destroying Elder gave the other Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors Emperor Pills, temporarily restoring their strength, but the effects soon wore off.
• Shi Hao suppressed the four Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors and ended the Dark Source, while the Immortal Domain celebrated his victory.
• Shi Hao used his Quasi-Immortal Emperor authority to sustain the Ten Fiend Spirit Bodies, placed them in his weapon to nurture them, and gazed across the Boundary Sea from the Dam.

Shi Hao entered the deepest reaches of the Ultimate Ancient Land to find Meng Chuan, after preparing the Immortal Domain’s fragments to survive future disasters. There, Emperor Bone Bro told him Meng Chuan had vanished, and Shi Hao concluded that the emperor had killed his uncle.

• Shi Hao killed the World-Destroying Elder with the transformed Emperor Fire and used Meng Chuan’s method on the Dark Three Emperors, who vanished in a mysterious burst of Great Dao runes.
• Shi Hao told Willow God and the others that Meng Chuan had gone to the deepest reaches of the Ultimate Ancient Land, then cleared Dark Power near the Immortal Domain and helped divide it into drifting fragments.
• Shi Hao spent time with his family before setting out for the Ultimate Ancient Land, where the Rotten Wooden Box flew into the grandest Reception Ancient Hall and warned him not to go farther.
• Shi Hao pressed deeper, found Emperor Bone Bro bound beyond the curtain of light, and learned that Meng Chuan had vanished from the world.
• Emperor Bone Bro refused to answer Shi Hao’s further questions, and Shi Hao took the refusal as confirmation that he had killed Meng Chuan.

After learning that Meng Chuan was dead, Shi Hao cultivated for ages to gain the power to avenge him, while Emperor Bone Bro gradually awakened. Emperor Bone Bro struck Shi Hao down, but his attempt to erase Shi Hao’s past brought on great Karma and helped Shi Hao enter the Immortal Emperor Domain.

• Shi Hao grieved over Meng Chuan’s death, swore to kill Emperor Bone Bro, and remained outside the sealing curtain to cultivate.
• After ninety thousand years, Shi Hao completed his second Transformation; sixty thousand years later, he created the He Transforms into Freedom Art and reached the Third Stage of the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm.
• Emperor Bone Bro awakened after fifteen hundred centuries, reunited with a fragment of his Primordial Spirit, and regained part of his Immortal Emperor power.
• Emperor Bone Bro attacked Shi Hao with the Great Luo Sword Embryo and tried to erase him as a boy through the River of Time, but Shi Hao survived as drops of blood scattered through time.
• Shi Hao perfected the He Transforms into Freedom Art through his cultivation in the River of Time and truly entered the Immortal Emperor Domain.

Shi Hao became an Immortal Emperor, defeated and killed Emperor Bone Bro, and discovered that a strange realm Above the Heavens might hold the key to Reincarnation. When Shi Hao uncovered what had happened to Meng Chuan, he found that his future self had deceived him and shouted at him through the River of Time.

• Shi Hao reformed his body as an Immortal Emperor and confronted the restored, fully corrupted Emperor Bone Bro in the Boundary Sea.
• Shi Hao used the He Transforms into Freedom Art to suppress Emperor Bone Bro across countless Timelines, then spent ten thousand Years refining and killing him.
• Shi Hao took Emperor Bone Bro's Emperor's Throne and Great Luo Emperor Sword, then sealed an opening Above the Heavens after sensing dangerous blood and discovering an ancient stele that mentioned Reincarnation.
• Shi Hao searched the River of Time and learned that Emperor Bone Bro had not killed Meng Chuan, who had vanished on his own.
• Shi Hao deduced Meng Chuan's origins and whereabouts, saw his future self, and shouted that the future Shi Hao had lied to him and owed him back every tear.

Meng Chuan awakened after his Origin True Spirit Imprint returned and understood how his Primordial Beginning, Daode, and Lingbao bodies occupied the past, present, and future. He returned to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands universe and found it thriving, with more inhabited planets and technology improving mortal life.

• Meng Chuan realized that his Primordial Beginning Body had withdrawn entirely into the past, while his Daode Body belonged to the present and his future Lingbao Body to the future.
• Meng Chuan asked the Chat Group to send him back to the Dao Calendar era, and it transported him to the Chaos outside the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands universe.
• Meng Chuan entered the cosmic Starry Sky and welcomed his return to the universe where he had grown up.
• Meng Chuan visited a living planet and saw that technology and civilization had spread across the universe.
• Meng Chuan sensed that the Dao Realm had helped improve people's lives and felt that his efforts had benefited the universe.

Meng Chuan explored the modernized Universe, watched the Beidou Tournament, and learned how True Immortal lineages restrained their descendants. He returned to the Depths of the Dao Realm, where he reunited with a White-Clad Figure as the crisis in the Boundary Sea continued.

• Meng Chuan visited a life-bearing planet, inspected a temple devoted to the Heavenly Emperor, and saw mortals beginning to travel through space by spaceship.
• Meng Chuan went to Beidou and watched the Beidou Tournament, noting the progress of Cultivators and their growing knowledge of Divine Abilities and Spells.
• Meng Chuan asked a spectator why disciples of the Ji Family and Jiang Family behaved politely, and learned that True Immortal Ji and True Immortal Jiang had restrained their clanspeople.
• Meng Chuan understood that Ji Lianxing and the others had restricted their lineages to prevent their families’ behavior from reflecting badly on the True Immortals and him.
• Meng Chuan traveled throughout the Universe and returned to the Depths of the Dao Realm, where he learned the others were in the Boundary Sea as the situation there reached a breaking point.
• A White-Clad Figure returned from the Boundary Sea, and Meng Chuan greeted her with, “Long time no see.”

After returning from the past, Meng Chuan reunited with Ruthless, who invited him to see the world. They talked about the Universe’s growth and their companions’ strength, ending without ever taking a step on their promised walk.

• Meng Chuan reunited with Ruthless after more than four hundred thousand years and told her he had returned home.
• Ruthless invited Meng Chuan to walk through the world, and he agreed.
• Ruthless told Meng Chuan that the Universe’s cultivators had grown stronger and that Wushi, the Azure Emperor, Ye Fan, and she had become Immortal Kings.
• Meng Chuan congratulated Ruthless and promised to protect everyone, while Ruthless said she would face danger alongside him.
• Meng Chuan asked about the Boundary Sea, and Ruthless said they had been going there to temper themselves against the Dark Forces.
• Meng Chuan and Ruthless continued talking without moving from where they had started.

Meng Chuan toured the Dao Realm with Ruthless and explained how its inhabitants’ transcendence would help him become a Quasi-Immortal Emperor. Their visit ended when Meng Chuan encountered a boy from the notorious Pants-Off Tribe and fled in exasperation.

• Meng Chuan and Ruthless entered the Dao Realm, where the accumulated Transcendence of its inhabitants was helping Meng Chuan prepare to advance.
• Meng Chuan told Ruthless he was close to breaking through and would handle the Boundary Sea’s crisis, while she noted they still had no lead.
• Meng Chuan noticed a boy trying to take off his pants in the Dao Realm and realized he belonged to a clan obsessed with fixing that supposed loophole.
• Meng Chuan deduced that the Pants-Off Tribe’s tradition had endured for generations and that the clan had grown prosperous, despite its members’ embarrassment.
• Ruthless briefly smiled at Meng Chuan’s frustration, and Meng Chuan hurriedly took her away from the boy.

Meng Chuan returned to the Depths of the Dao Realm after more than four hundred thousand years and reunited with Gu Cang. He used his Other Selves to bring the scattered immortals back to him, including Ye Fan, and announced his return.

• Meng Chuan encountered Gu Cang, who welcomed him back after his long absence.
• Meng Chuan learned that Gu Cang had advanced to the higher realms of True Immortal and that Ye Fan had become a respected Immortal King and Heavenly Emperor.
• Gu Cang explained that Meng Chuan could contact everyone because his Other Selves were spread throughout the Boundary Sea.
• As Ye Fan fought Dark Immortal Kings at the Primordial Boundary Sea's border, Meng Chuan's Sword Qi swept across the battlefield and eliminated the Darkness Creatures.
• Meng Chuan brought Ye Fan and the other scattered immortals of the Dao Realm before him, and they greeted him as he said, "I'm back."

Meng Chuan reunited with his friends after more than four hundred thousand years and promised Xiao Nannan he would stay close. As the Dark Race neared the final step of its Sacrifice and the birth of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, Meng Chuan announced he would enter seclusion and break through himself.

• Meng Chuan reunited with Ye Fan, Ji Lianxing, and the others, who asked about his long journey into the past.
• Xiao Nannan ran to Meng Chuan, told him she had missed him, and asked him not to disappear again; he promised to visit often.
• Xiao Nannan declared her affection for Ruthless, and Meng Chuan reassured her that Ruthless loved her deeply.
• Wushi warned that the Dark Race's Sacrifice was nearly complete and would soon produce a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
• Meng Chuan said he would enter seclusion and was completely certain he would reach the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm.

Meng Chuan entered seclusion to break through to Quasi-Immortal Emperor while the Immortals returned to the Boundary Sea to fight the Dark Faction. As power gathered in the Dao Realm and Dark Power surged from the Fallen Boundary Sea, the coming conflict remained uncertain.

• Meng Chuan said farewell to the Immortals and entered his Small World to begin his breakthrough.
• Ye Fan and the others discussed how they could support Meng Chuan by fighting Dark Immortal Kings while he was in seclusion.
• The Immortals urged Ye Fan to take confidence in his own strength, and the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body declared that he recognized only Ye Fan as Heavenly Emperor.
• Ruthless led the Immortals back to the Boundary Sea, while Xiao Nannan was sent to Tai to await Meng Chuan.
• Earth-shaking power gathered deep in the Dao Realm as terrifying Dark Power surged from the Fallen Boundary Sea.

The Dark Race completed its Sacrifice ahead of schedule, preparing to create Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors and eliminate Meng Chuan, whom they knew as Hongjun. As the new beings began to emerge, Meng Chuan pushed his cultivation toward transcendence, leaving his breakthrough attempt unresolved.

• The Dark Race's leaders gathered at the Altar and celebrated that their accelerated Sacrifice would soon produce several supreme beings.
• The Dark Kings discussed how Hongjun's feats had forced them to complete the Sacrifice early so they could kill or convert him before he grew stronger.
• The figures on the Dark Altar began releasing Quasi-Immortal Emperor Aura as the Sacrifice neared success.
• Meng Chuan's Secret Realm Phenomena surged, with new worlds forming as his inner realms approached reality.
• Meng Chuan's Heaven-Piercing Great Dragon reached beyond his Myriad Heavens and Worlds and attempted to open the Transcendence Dao Land.

The Dao Realms across the Heavens fused as Meng Chuan drew on the transcendent energy and Faith Power of countless living beings to break through the barrier that had thwarted him before. He entered the Heaven Beyond Heaven Scenic Realm, a land of Transcendence beyond all worlds and the Great Dao.

• The Dao Realm manifested across the Myriad Realms, and Gai Jiuyou and Xiang Yufei recognized the Phenomena from Meng Chuan’s earlier attempt to advance.
• Phantom Dao Realms appeared throughout the heavens and fused into one canopy that revealed countless living beings whose fates had been changed through the Dao Realm.
• Meng Chuan gathered the transcendent energy left by those living beings and drew on Wuliang Faith Power to aid the Heaven-Piercing Great Dragon.
• The Heaven-Piercing Great Dragon rose through the Myriad Heavens and Worlds and broke through the barrier into the Dao Realm.
• Meng Chuan’s Primordial Spirit entered the fused Dao Realms, which transformed into Primordial Chaos and formed the Heaven Beyond Heaven Scenic Realm.

Meng Chuan completed the Heaven Beyond Heaven Scenic Realm, transcending the Myriad Heavens and Worlds and unleashing blessings that transformed the Universe. Gai Jiuyou and Xiang Yufei began breaking through toward the Immortal Dao, while Meng Chuan listened to their praise from his new realm.

• Meng Chuan completed his Sixth Secret Realm, the Heaven Beyond Heaven Scenic Realm, and his Primordial Spirit transcended the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
• The Heaven Beyond Heaven Scenic Realm appeared above the Universe, producing auspicious phenomena and blessings that cured Mortals and strengthened Cultivators.
• The blessings sparked another age of Universal Cultivation, as Cultivators advanced and resources flourished throughout the Universe.
• Gai Jiuyou and Xiang Yufei sensed the Heavenly Emperor's blessing and began breaking through toward the Immortal Dao.
• Meng Chuan noticed the Black-and-White Fiends and thought their praise was well said.

Meng Chuan completed his breakthrough into the Sixth Secret Realm and continued transforming in seclusion while Ye Fan and the Boundary Sea Immortal Kings feared the Dark Race had succeeded in its Sacrifice. The fear proved true when the Altar birthed Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors, leaving the Boundary Sea facing an overwhelming threat.

• Meng Chuan opened the Sixth Secret Realm and began reshaping his Origin into an Immortal Fetus.
• Ye Fan and the God Emperor noticed the Dark Forces had withdrawn and suspected their Sacrifice had succeeded.
• Ye Fan urged the Dao Realm immortals to return to safety, but the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body refused to abandon him.
• The Boundary Sea Immortal Kings discussed the Dark Race’s retreat and concluded that the Sacrifice might be complete.
• The Sacrifice succeeded, and Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors emerged from the Altar.

Several Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors emerged from the Dark Ancient Realm and marched on the Primordial Boundary Sea, intending to conquer it and turn its promising Immortal Kings to darkness. As Ye Fan and the other Kings considered retreat, one Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor appeared before them.

• Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors emerged from the Altar and declared that they would destroy the Boundary Sea and capture Hongjun for conversion.
• The Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors left the Dark Ancient Realm and split up to invade the Primordial Boundary Sea.
• Their arrival sent storms across the Boundary Sea and filled its Immortal Kings with dread.
• Ye Fan urged the Immortal Kings to retreat and save as many of their people as possible.
• A Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor suddenly appeared before Ye Fan and the assembled Kings, calling them promising candidates.

A Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor confronted Ye Fan and the other Immortals, demanding that they join the darkness or help him conquer their territories. Ye Fan refused and resisted his attack, but was crushed and left at death’s door as darkness began corrupting him.

• A Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor arrived above the Boundary Sea and used his aura to overwhelm Ye Fan and the gathered Immortals.
• The Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor offered to spare and reward anyone who joined his race or led him to hidden worlds, then killed a Supreme Giant who defied him.
• Ye Fan declared that he would never surrender his True Self to darkness, provoking the Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor to target him.
• Ye Fan challenged the Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor’s past and angered him, prompting him to attack Ye Fan and the others with a beam of dark power.
• Ye Fan broke through the Emperor’s pressure and countered with the Heavenly Emperor Fist, but the attack was overwhelmed and his body was shattered.
• Dark Matter reassembled Ye Fan’s body and began corrupting him, leaving him with only a breath of life as his consciousness faded.

Wushi and his group were trapped and swallowed by a Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor, while the Azure Emperor discovered that Ye Fan, Wushi, and the Female Emperor had not returned. He searched for Ruthless and found her facing a Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor in the Fallen Boundary Sea.

• Wushi's group tried to retreat, but a Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor sealed Heaven and Earth and engulfed them in darkness.
• The Azure Emperor's group withdrew safely, and he returned to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands Universe without finding Ye Fan, Wushi, or the Female Emperor.
• Xuanyuan told the Azure Emperor that the Female Emperor had gone after three Dark Kings and had sent word that she had dealt with her enemies.
• The Azure Emperor learned that contact with Ye Fan and Wushi's groups had been lost, while Immortal King Pudu's group returned with some members missing.
• The Azure Emperor went to find Ruthless, who was facing a Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor in the Fallen Boundary Sea.

Ruthless confronted a Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor while buying time for Xuanyuan and the others to escape. She refused to reveal where Hongjun was and burned away her life in a futile attack, dying with a final smile.

• After killing three Dark Immortal Kings, Ruthless sensed Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors approaching and told Xuanyuan and the others to retreat.
• A Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor appeared before Ruthless, froze space-time, and traced her connection to Hongjun.
• The old man demanded Hongjun’s whereabouts and threatened to search Ruthless’s memories, but she refused to answer.
• Ruthless burned her body, Primordial Spirit, and Great Dao to resist capture, then charged the Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
• The old man extinguished Ruthless’s attack, and she recalled her life and friends before her phantom vanished and the Female Emperor fell in battle.

Meng Chuan emerged from five hundred years of seclusion and found Ruthless dead in the Fallen Boundary Sea, where a Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor was trying to corrupt her body. After shielding her and carrying her in his arms, Meng Chuan overwhelmed the enemy and began burning him with Black Dao Fire.

• The Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor restored Ruthless's body but failed to recover her Primordial Spirit, then tried to turn her into a Dark being.
• Overcome by dread and visions of Ye Fan and Ruthless, Meng Chuan left his Small World and rushed to the Fallen Boundary Sea.
• Meng Chuan stopped the Dark Matter from reaching Ruthless, examined her past, and nourished her body with his power.
• The Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor attacked Meng Chuan, but Meng Chuan remained unharmed and asked how the enemy wanted to die.
• Meng Chuan condemned the Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor for attacking Ruthless and engulfed him in Black Dao Fire.