Arc 16The Supreme True Realm

Chen Fan sent Number One Other-Self into the true Supreme True Realm, where Lin Feng intervened in a battle with the Lord of the Heavenly Court and Penglai Immortal Island’s schemes ensnared him. The arc left Number One Other-Self searching the Great Li Dynasty’s future for a hidden fragment while warnings urged him to trust only Longevity Great Talent.

  • Chen Fan and Past Li Ping confronted the Longevity Realm’s assimilator, who confirmed their deductions about Mu Changshou, Karma Thief, and the Jade Pool’s hidden chess player.
  • Chen Fan traded Heavenly Fire for an incomplete Imagined Mountains and Seas Painting of Yore, then used it to send Number One Other-Self toward the true Supreme True Realm.
  • The Future Dao Master, the Incumbent Dao Master, and the Mysterious Dao Master attacked Number One Other-Self in the River of Time, so Chen Fan summoned Senior Lin Feng.
  • Senior Lin Feng battled the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, and used Beyond Heaven and Time Shepherding to defeat him in a possible future.
  • Number One Other-Self reached Penglai Immortal Island, where Longevity Great Talent restored its peach blossoms and the Island Master’s actions led to a Buddhist Land attack and its teleportation away.
  • Past Li Ping urged Chen Fan to abandon the Supreme True Realm, but I Am the Chess Player cracked and warned him not to turn back.
  • Number One Other-Self explored the Great Li Dynasty as Chen Fan sent another incarnation toward the Nine Realms Gate, then learned Longevity Great Talent had hidden a Remnant Fragment in its future Ages.
  • After 914,500,000 searches using Sea of Time, Number One Other-Self found the fragment’s message: “I waited for you... far too long!”
Chapters 376–400 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 376[Seven-Ring Intelligence, Five Chess Players in the [Longevity Realm], Enlightenment]

After Seven Rings revealed how Mu Changshou had briefly reached the Supreme True Realm, you concluded that he was likely the reincarnation of the first Great Emperor of the Jade Pool and identified five competing Chess Players in the Longevity Realm. Unable to make progress, you decided to negotiate again with the being assimilating the realm, with Past Li Ping advising from the sidelines.

  • Golden Talent: Listening activated Seven Rings, which revealed that Purple Cloud True Lord used Little Wish to send Mu Changshou to the Supreme True Realm while the Mysterious Dao Master used Heaven's Mandate: Deceive Heaven to shield him from karmic corruption.
  • You learned that Heaven and Earth and the Supreme Immortal arranged the journey to test Mu Changshou's life-bound divine ability, and you concluded that he was likely the first Great Emperor of the Jade Pool reincarnated with only part of his true spirit.
  • You identified five Chess Players in the Longevity Realm: the Supreme Immortal, Heaven and Earth, the being assimilating the realm, the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority, and the being behind the Jade Pool's founding.
  • With your progress stalled, you decided to enter the deepest reaches of the Longevity Realm's Heaven and Earth and negotiate again with the being assimilating the realm.
  • You asked Past Li Ping to accompany you and offer advice, and he agreed despite making barbed remarks.

Ch. 377[Showdown: Scheming Old Dogs at Each Other's Throats]

Chen Fan confronted the being who had assimilated the Longevity Realm, revealing what he knew about the hidden Sliver of Vitality and Mu Changshou's identity. Past Li Ping detected a lie and took over the exchange, demanding that the being tell the truth.

  • Chen Fan returned to the gray void through Number One Other-Self and told the Longevity Realm's assimilator he wanted to negotiate.
  • Chen Fan said he knew the being sought the Sliver of Vitality and suspected Chen Fan was the reincarnation of the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority.
  • Chen Fan revealed that the Jade Pool's first Great Emperor had survived by stealing part of Karma Thief and reincarnating as Mu Changshou, provoking a burst of power from the being.
  • Past Li Ping interrupted and said his Lie Eater ability had detected a lie, warning Chen Fan that the being had long prepared for this situation.
  • Past Li Ping told Chen Fan to demand the truth or threaten the being with death, and the being asked what he meant.

Ch. 378[The Complete Version of [Karma Thief]]

Past Li Ping confronted the existence assimilating [Longevity Realm], demanding a way back to the [Supreme True Realm] and exposing their cultivation, ambitions, and limited understanding of the realm’s schemes. He then proposed that [Karma Thief] might contain most of the Heavenly Dao System fruit positions stolen by the [Thieving Immortal].

  • Past Li Ping threatened to destroy [Longevity Realm] and the [Northern Land of Sin] unless the existence assimilating [Longevity Realm] helped him return to the [Supreme True Realm].
  • Past Li Ping saw that the existence assimilating [Longevity Realm] was only a [Spirit Transformation Dao Master], despite having entered the realm’s game and pursuing a Heavenly Dao System fruit position.
  • The existence assimilating [Longevity Realm] admitted that their future foresight predicted [Longevity Realm] would be destroyed if they rejected Past Li Ping’s proposal.
  • Past Li Ping claimed that his ability to communicate with the future surpassed theirs and dismissed their plans against [Heaven and Earth] and the [Supreme Immortal] as inadequate.
  • Past Li Ping identified their goals as securing a return and attaining Supreme, and obtaining the complete [Karma Thief].
  • Past Li Ping argued that [Karma Thief] might be the greater part of the Heavenly Dao System fruit positions stolen by the [Thieving Immortal], with its supposed portion corresponding to the positions taken by the first Great Emperor of the Jade Pool.

Ch. 379[“Your Level... Is Too Low!”]

Past Li Ping explained the schemes surrounding Mu Changshou, the first Great Emperor of the Jade Pool, and the hidden portion of [Karma Thief], then revealed that the being assimilating the [Longevity Realm] had failed to grasp the situation because his level was too low. The chapter ended with the being acknowledging Past Li Ping’s deductions before Past Li Ping delivered his cutting judgment.

  • Past Li Ping identified the hidden portion of [Karma Thief] as the real reason Heaven and Earth and the [Supreme Immortal] had schemed to send Mu Changshou to the 'Immortal Realm.'
  • Past Li Ping explained that the first Great Emperor of the Jade Pool had hidden the portion of the Heavenly Dao system fruit positions from every chess player.
  • Past Li Ping said the present age's Great Emperor had been influenced into clashing with Mu Changshou and tainted with the [Nine Heavens Celestial Court]'s karma to hasten his demise and eliminate Zhuo Zhao.
  • Past Li Ping suggested that Mu Changshou's failure to awaken his past-life memories led the being assimilating the [Longevity Realm] to realize the Jade Pool's founder was the realm's fifth chess player.
  • The being assimilating the [Longevity Realm] confirmed Past Li Ping's account and praised his deductions.
  • Past Li Ping told the being assimilating the [Longevity Realm], "Your level... is far too low!"

Ch. 380[The [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority] Had Already Returned in the [Fourth Era]!]

The being assimilating the [Longevity Realm] revealed that the [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority] had returned to the [Supreme True Realm] in the [Fourth Era], proving to Past Li Ping and Chen Fan that their world was actually the “Immortal Realm.” Chen Fan was left questioning Senior Lin Feng, Chen Qingyan, and the [Spacetime Token], and watched the simulation for more clues.

  • The being assimilating the [Longevity Realm] inferred that Past Li Ping came from the “Immortal Realm” because he had asked whether the [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority] was still around.
  • Past Li Ping asked why that question had revealed his origin, and the being explained that almost every being in the [Supreme True Realm] knew the Venerable Lord had returned in the [Fourth Era].
  • Past Li Ping and Chen Fan realized that the world they knew was the “Immortal Realm,” not the real [Supreme True Realm].
  • Chen Fan questioned why Senior Lin Feng had never told him the truth and wondered what Chen Qingyan and the [Spacetime Token] were connected to.
  • Chen Fan considered using the [Spacetime Token] to confront Senior Lin Feng, but hesitated and continued watching the Simulator Screen for more information.

Ch. 381[A Trade, a Golden Investment Target, the Imagined Mountains and Seas Painting of Yore]

Chen Fan negotiated with the being that had assimilated the Longevity Realm, trading his Heavenly Fire supreme fruit position for an incomplete Dao master-level treasure. After declining a golden investment opportunity, he received the Imagined Mountains and Seas Painting of Yore, which could grant one use of a past Penglai Island Lord’s life-bound divine ability.

  • Past Li Ping demanded that the being send him to the Supreme True Realm, and the being asked for a heavenly Dao system fruit position or supreme fruit position in exchange.
  • Past Li Ping confirmed that the being’s demand was necessary, and Chen Fan decided to trade his Heavenly Fire supreme fruit position.
  • Golden Talent: Investment identified the being as a golden investment target, but Chen Fan declined to invest and saved the opportunity for a better target.
  • Chen Fan handed Heavenly Fire to the being, which upheld the deal and sent back a treasure through Number One Other-Self.
  • Chen Fan used True-Sight Eye to identify the treasure as an incomplete Imagined Mountains and Seas Painting of Yore, capable of invoking one past Penglai Island Lord’s life-bound divine ability.

Ch. 382[Past Li Ping and Senior Lin Feng: A Warning? Sowing Discord?]

After obtaining the one-use painting dao imprint that could send him to the Supreme True Realm, Chen Fan questioned Past Li Ping about Senior Lin Feng. Past Li Ping warned that Lin Feng could change the past, travel to the future, and anchor the present, and suggested he might be involved in Chen Fan’s predicament, leaving Chen Fan unsure whether the warning was sincere or meant to sow discord.

  • The being who had assimilated the Longevity Realm explained that the painting dao imprint could invoke the fourth Penglai Island Lord’s Myriad Worlds Gate to reach the Supreme True Realm.
  • Chen Fan delayed using the treasure and asked Past Li Ping whether he knew the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable, Senior Lin Feng.
  • Past Li Ping said he had fought Lin Feng and claimed the Lin Feng Chen Fan met in the Immortal Realm was likely a future self created by Time Shepherding.
  • Past Li Ping described Lin Feng’s abilities as changing the past, traveling to the future, and anchoring the present.
  • Past Li Ping warned Chen Fan that Lin Feng might know of him and be involved in his predicament, while Chen Fan questioned whether Li Ping was warning him or sowing discord.

Ch. 383[World Within the Painting, Six Rings, Painting Dao Founder]

After learning the Painting Dao Founder had placed the painting in the hands of the being assimilating the Longevity Realm, you strengthened Number One Other-Self and used the painting. It was expelled from a world connected to Penglai, but gained a single-use Myriad Worlds Gate that seemed to lead to the true Supreme True Realm.

  • On the fifteenth day, Six-Ring Intelligence revealed that the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority, who was the Painting Dao Founder, had deliberately given the painting to the being assimilating the Longevity Realm.
  • You concluded that the painting’s scheme was not aimed at you and decided to strengthen Number One Other-Self before entering the true Supreme True Realm.
  • You sacrificed ninety-nine years of lifespan and raised Number One Other-Self’s essence to twice the Immortal Venerable level.
  • You had Number One Other-Self use the painting, and its true spirit arrived in a blessed land that appeared to be Penglai.
  • A powerful gaze from a heaven-reaching spiritual root and a rebuke from the real Penglai Immortal Island expelled Number One Other-Self from the painted world.
  • Number One Other-Self received the single-use Myriad Worlds Gate, and the painting transformed into a blurry gate that pulled it toward a chaotic path seemingly leading to the true Supreme True Realm.

Ch. 384[River of Time, "Severed Flow," an Unexpected Change]

The narrator’s Number One Other-Self entered a vast River of Time that had been severed at both ends and was attacked by temporal ripples. After synchronizing his cultivation to escape the danger and locate his attacker, a real being appeared and said it had waited for him for a long time.

  • Number One Other-Self entered the River of Time and saw that it had been severed on both ends, leaving an isolated stretch filled with countless spirit imprints.
  • Temporal ripples swept Number One Other-Self into an unknown time and then repeatedly forced him farther downstream, leading the narrator to suspect someone was targeting him.
  • The narrator considered synchronizing Number One Other-Self’s cultivation or revealing supreme treasures, but I Am the Chess Player warned against exposing the Chaos Bell and the Twelfth-Rank Pure World White Lotus.
  • The narrator had Number One Other-Self synchronize his cultivation, raising him to the level of a Spirit Transformation Dao Master so he could escape the attacked point in time and locate his assailant.
  • A towering figure appeared as an actual being and declared, “I have waited for you... for far too long!”

Ch. 385Battling Two Dao Masters, a Standoff, and a Perilous Trap

You attacked the Future Dao Master after deducing that he had foreseen your arrival at the real Supreme True Realm. The Incumbent Dao Master joined him in a coordinated assault, and you barely held off their attacks as more powerful beings watched the battle.

  • You used Word Follows the Law to weaken the towering stranger and deduced that he was a lapdog of the Supreme Immortal who had anticipated your arrival.
  • The stranger acknowledged you as the Eternal Radiance Immortal Venerable and attacked with the ancient bronze bell, revealing himself as the Future Dao Master.
  • The Incumbent Dao Master struck with a great seal, and you realized it was the portion that had fled into the Northern Land of Sin and reached the future.
  • You empowered Word Follows the Law with Heavenly Fire’s Heaven-Inscribing Chapter and combined it with Heavenly Formation to barely withstand their pincer attack.
  • The two Dao Masters continued attacking as more formidable beings turned their attention to the battlefield, leaving you in growing danger.

Ch. 386"You're on far too low a level!"

After three Spirit Transformation Dao Masters cornered and grievously wounded Number One Other-Self, the protagonist summoned Senior Lin Feng through Transform All Beings and gained the temporary ability Beyond Heaven. Lin Feng’s transformed Dharma Body appeared in Guixu, erased the attackers’ blows, and declared that they were on far too low a level.

  • The protagonist fled into the River of Time, but the Future Dao Master pinned Number One Other-Self and wounded it with the Bronze Ancient Bell and Great Seal.
  • The Mysterious Dao Master struck while the protagonist forgot his existence under the Future Dao Master’s oblivion authority, crushing Number One Other-Self’s Dharma Body.
  • Surrounded by powerful beings and unable to safely restore or recall Number One Other-Self, the protagonist activated Transform All Beings to summon Senior Lin Feng.
  • The system granted the temporary ability Beyond Heaven, and Lin Feng’s Dharma Body appeared at Guixu.
  • Lin Feng annihilated the attackers’ blows, drove back the Mysterious Dao Master, and told the three Dao Masters that they were on far too low a level.

Ch. 387["...Then let you all witness what it means to be [Unrivaled Throughout History]!"]

Senior Lin Feng manifested through Number One Other-Self, drawing the attention of countless beings across time. When the Nine Heavens Celestial Court moved to probe him, he brushed aside its power and challenged the assembled supreme beings, preparing to show them what it meant to be Unrivaled Throughout History.

  • Senior Lin Feng appeared in full through Number One Other-Self, and beings across time reacted to his manifestation.
  • The Nine Heavens Celestial Court manifested above the River of Time and brought its might down on Senior Lin Feng.
  • Senior Lin Feng recognized that he was only a derivative, discovered he could still use Beyond Heaven, and brushed aside the Celestial Court's attack.
  • The Celestial Court's phantom blocked his path as its highest-tier true spirit imprint descended into it.
  • Senior Lin Feng taunted the three Spirit Transformation Dao Masters, who had fled, then silenced the assembled powerhouses by asking if anyone else wished to probe him.
  • Senior Lin Feng turned toward the reviving Nine Heavens Celestial Court and declared that he would show them what it meant to be Unrivaled Throughout History.

Ch. 388[The confrontation between the two strongest, past Li Ping's admiration]

Senior Lin Feng waited in the River of Time for the Lord of the Heavenly Court to revive, while past Li Ping urged Chen Fan to watch their contest of arts. The Lord revived and revealed that he could wield many fruit positions, then questioned whether Lin Feng’s apparent form was truly him.

  • The Lord of the Heavenly Court revived beneath the illusion of the Nine Heavens Celestial Court as Senior Lin Feng waited in the River of Time.
  • The Lord’s true spirit imprint formed a dharma body and approached Senior Lin Feng, declaring that their karma would be settled when they met again.
  • Past Li Ping praised the Lord’s Investiture of the Gods Method and told Chen Fan that the coming fight was a true contest of arts.
  • The Lord used the Great Dao Bell to summon at least a hundred fruit position illusions, including the Water Supreme Fruit Position, Heavenly River Water.
  • The Lord invoked Sea of Time to stop time, then deduced that Senior Lin Feng’s form had been summoned and truly was Lin Feng for the moment.

Ch. 389[True Spell Combat? (1) Mechanics and Restrictions]

The Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, revealed that his fruit-position abilities activated instantly, but Senior Lin Feng’s [Beyond Heaven] erased his attacks and manifestations. Realizing Lin Feng was protecting someone connected to the being behind [Beyond Heaven], Nine Heavens began releasing restrictions and building power for a final blow.

  • The Lord of the Heavenly Court used fruit-position mystiques to restore his strength, while Senior Lin Feng explained that the abilities had already taken effect and he had allowed the display to continue.
  • The Lord of the Heavenly Court unleashed fruit-position attacks against Senior Lin Feng, but they crumbled on contact, and he recognized Lin Feng’s [Beyond Heaven].
  • The Lord of the Heavenly Court summoned powerful manifestations from the fruit positions and unleashed countless life-bound divine abilities against Senior Lin Feng.
  • Senior Lin Feng revealed an illusion of [Beyond Heaven], whose Great Dao Bell tolls erased the attacks and manifestations, prompting the Lord of the Heavenly Court to question the true spirit imprint within it.
  • The Lord of the Heavenly Court released further restrictions, his dharma body began to solidify, and Past Li Ping warned that he was preparing one final blow.

Ch. 390[The true clash of spells (2): Deification]

Chen Fan realized that Lin Feng's Beyond Heaven could use power identical to the Nine Heavens Celestial Court's, driving the Lord of the Heavenly Court to stake everything on a final blow. The Lord summoned a supreme treasure, and Past Li Ping identified its appearance as Deification.

  • Chen Fan and Past Li Ping traced the Lord of the Heavenly Court's sudden desperation to the Great Dao Bell tolls from Lin Feng's Beyond Heaven phantom.
  • Past Li Ping guessed that Beyond Heaven preserved something like the Lord of the Heavenly Court's past self and let Lin Feng use his abilities.
  • The Lord of the Heavenly Court lifted his restrictions, causing karmic law punishment to stir as his phantom briefly became solid.
  • The Lord summoned a faint, blurry treasure whose vision encompassed the Supreme True Realm's past, present, and future.
  • Chen Fan broke free of the vision, and Past Li Ping declared that Deification had appeared and urged him to watch closely.

Ch. 391[The True Magical Duel (3): Herding Time and Space]

The narrator witnessed Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens and Senior Lin Feng clash across a possible future using the river of time and Beyond Heaven. After the future collapsed, the narrator cut away the dangerous memories, and only [Unrivaled Throughout History] remained on the battlefield.

  • Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens used the Investiture of the Gods List to dispel karmic law punishment and confer upon himself the position of Lord of the Future.
  • Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens severed the Supreme True Realm’s future and wielded the river of time to attack the [Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable].
  • Senior Lin Feng summoned the true Beyond Heaven and used [Time Shepherding] to take the battle to a possible future, where Beyond Heaven devoured the river of time.
  • Past Li Ping explained that the combatants were using the future and karmic law to counter each other, and Senior Lin Feng declared that the battle was over.
  • Senior Lin Feng collapsed the possible future, while the narrator’s [Purple Talent: Once and For All] erased the memories of witnessing it.
  • The battlefield returned to its original state, with only [Unrivaled Throughout History] remaining.

Ch. 392[The True Magical Duel (4): Aftermath]

After the [Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable] defeated the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, Past Li Ping explained that the Lord had barely used the [Investiture of the Gods Method]. The chapter ended with Past Li Ping beginning to describe the method’s greater powers before stopping short.

  • The Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, dissipated after a clash that supreme powerhouses could barely perceive, leaving the [Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable] standing alone.
  • You realized you had witnessed Senior Lin Feng’s final move clearly, though the severed true spirit memories left you unable to recall it fully.
  • Past Li Ping said the Lord of the Heavenly Court had never truly used the [Investiture of the Gods Method].
  • Past Li Ping explained that the Lord could have broken the deadlock by granting himself the title of [Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable].
  • Past Li Ping said the method could stack abilities through self-granted titles and forcibly confer titles upon others, then stopped before explaining further.

Ch. 393[A Conversation with Senior Lin Feng, the Final Battle, and a Choice]

After learning more about Senior Lin Feng’s power, you asked why he spared three wounded Spirit Transformation Dao Masters and learned that killing them could bring the final battle early. Senior Lin Feng entered your anchored future temporal node, leaving you to wonder about the coming battle and the choice he wanted you to make.

  • You concluded that the Lin Feng and Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, in the Immortal Realm were manifestations, and learned that Lin Feng’s sealed Future Self could wield the power of an entire possible future.
  • You asked Past Li Ping who was stronger, the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable or Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, and he said the title Unrivaled Throughout History came from battle.
  • In the true River of Time, Lin Feng saw three injured Spirit Transformation Dao Masters flee and refrained from attacking them, then found the future temporal node you had anchored.
  • You asked Lin Feng why he spared the three Spirit Transformation Dao Masters, and he said their deaths would bring the final battle early.
  • You guessed the final battle involved the Supreme Immortal, and Lin Feng said you could understand it that way but that he did not know how events would ultimately unfold.
  • Lin Feng asked about your final choice and vanished into your future temporal node.

Ch. 394[Penglai Immortal Island, Longevity Great Talent, heaven-defying]

The protagonist’s Number One Other-Self was pulled to Penglai Immortal Island, where Longevity Great Talent examined him and discovered that his past was hidden, his present was blank, and his future had only just begun. The chapter ended with the protagonist realizing the Chaos Spiritual Root had nearly seen through his Future Simulation.

  • The protagonist’s Purple Talents dispelled Transform All Beings, forcing his Number One Other-Self to enter the Supreme True Realm without Senior Lin Feng fighting in his place.
  • A powerful force transported the protagonist’s Number One Other-Self to Penglai Immortal Island, where a mysterious figure took him into its central secret realm.
  • The protagonist used True-Sight Eye and learned that the Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Root was Longevity Great Talent, a powerful Chaos Spiritual Root in grave peril.
  • Longevity Great Talent drained the Number One Other-Self’s time, vitality, magical power, and lifespan to restore a withered branch and grow peach blossoms.
  • Longevity Great Talent concluded that the protagonist’s past was concealed, his present was blank, and his future had only just begun.

Ch. 395[Penglai Island Lord, Western Buddhist Land, upheaval, confrontation]

The Penglai Island Lord released your “Number One Other-Self” after Longevity Great Talent vouched for him, but the Western Buddhist Land then attacked Penglai Immortal Island. Longevity Great Talent suspected the Island Lord had arranged the assault, leaving Penglai’s leaders in confrontation.

  • The Penglai Island Lord questioned your ties to Heaven and Earth and the Supreme Immortal, while Longevity Great Talent insisted you had no connection to either.
  • Longevity Great Talent ordered the Penglai Island Lord to release your “Number One Other-Self,” and the restraints vanished.
  • The Penglai Island Lord identified himself and said Penglai Immortal Island had a generations-long friendship with Beyond Heaven.
  • The Western Buddhist Land attacked Penglai Immortal Island, and Buddhist chants nearly converted your “Number One Other-Self.”
  • Longevity Great Talent used the Ages Dao to extract the period in which your “Number One Other-Self” had investigated the battle and suffered the Buddha Ancestor’s backlash.
  • Longevity Great Talent questioned why the Buddhist Land had arrived at such a convenient moment, suggesting the Penglai Island Lord had summoned the Buddha Ancestor.

Ch. 396[His Time to Die Had Not Come, Teleportation, the Buddha Ancestor]

The Penglai Immortal Island Island Master revealed that the Buddha Ancestor Shakyamuni could not kill Number One Other-Self, then used a life-bound divine ability to teleport him away and hasten his destined death. Number One Other-Self could not resist and hesitated to use the Space Great Dao as the teleportation began.

  • The Penglai Immortal Island Island Master brought Number One Other-Self and Great Timber of Longevity out of the Secret Realm, where they witnessed Shakyamuni effortlessly toy with three Nascent Soul True Lords.
  • The Island Master refused to explain their earlier treatment of Number One Other-Self and tossed him toward a prepared Formation-like structure.
  • Shakyamuni defeated the three Nascent Soul True Lords and asked the Island Master whether they intended to deceive him.
  • The Island Master said Shakyamuni could not kill Number One Other-Self because he was not the original body, and that his time to die had not yet come.
  • The Island Master killed a Foundation Establishment True Person and used the resulting Dao Resonance to activate a life-bound divine ability that began teleporting Number One Other-Self.
  • Number One Other-Self considered using Spatial Willow's Space Great Dao but hesitated, fearing it would not be enough to defeat the two powerful beings.

Ch. 397["Do Not Turn Back, Do Not Turn Back, Do Not Turn Back..."]

Chen Fan refrained from using the Space Great Dao while the Penglai Immortal Island Island Master transported Number One Other-Self, then heard Past Li Ping urge him to abandon exploring the Supreme True Realm. Just as Chen Fan considered retreating, his I Am the Chess Player talent cracked and a familiar voice warned him not to turn back.

  • Chen Fan held back from using the Space Great Dao as the Penglai Immortal Island Island Master transported Number One Other-Self to an unknown location.
  • Past Li Ping told Chen Fan that powerful figures were laying increasingly dangerous schemes against him and urged him to stop exploring the Supreme True Realm.
  • Past Li Ping warned that even the Hollow Willow's inner world could not protect Chen Fan from a Supreme Immortal who found him.
  • Chen Fan considered returning to the Longevity Realm to pursue the heavenly dao system fruit position instead.
  • The I Am the Chess Player talent activated, cracked, and spoke: "Do not turn back, do not turn back, do not turn back..."

Ch. 398The Five Great Powers of the [Supreme True Realm]

Li Ping used Number One Other-Self to investigate the true Supreme True Realm and learn how its five great powers were distributed. The chapter ended with him revealing the Nine Heavens Celestial Court in the sky.

  • Li Ping resisted Past Li Ping’s influence with I Am the Chess Player, but the talent developed a glaring crack.
  • Number One Other-Self completed its teleportation, freeing Li Ping from the Penglai Immortal Island Lord’s restraint.
  • Li Ping searched cultivators and texts to learn about the Buddhist Land, Penglai Immortal Island, and Nine Realms Gate.
  • Li Ping discovered that the Northern Region remained the Northern Land of Sin and that the Great Li Dynasty ruled Central Province amid disasters and scattered fortune.
  • Li Ping pierced the wards in the sky and revealed the Nine Heavens Celestial Court as the fifth great power.

Ch. 399[Nine Heavens Celestial Court, [Intent-Creation Assimilating False Body], Exploration]

The narrator learned that the Nine Heavens Celestial Court had returned but remained silent, and that a Nine Realms Gate True Lord had died investigating it. To explore the tense Great Li Dynasty without risking another self, the narrator created an incarnation and sent it toward the Nine Realms Gate.

  • The narrator learned that the Nine Heavens Celestial Court had appeared above the Great Li Dynasty when it was founded, while the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority had made no response.
  • The narrator learned that a Nine Realms Gate Nascent Soul True Lord had died after entering the Celestial Court, leaving their fruit position vacant.
  • The narrator considered the five leading factions and concluded that they had little protection or safe allies in the Great Li Dynasty.
  • The narrator used [Intent-Creation Assimilating False Body] and treasures from the Gods and Devils Realms to create an incarnation equal in strength to Number One Other-Self.
  • The narrator sent the incarnation east toward the Nine Realms Gate while Number One Other-Self explored the Great Li Dynasty.

Ch. 400[Intelligence, [Longevity Great Talent]'s contingency, another far-too-long wait]

Number One Other-Self investigated the Great Li Dynasty’s collapse and learned through [Golden Talent: Listening] that he was trapped in a scheme, with [Longevity Great Talent] as his only trustworthy ally. He searched his future for Longevity Great Talent’s hidden Remnant Fragment and finally received a response after 914,500,000 attempts.

  • Number One Other-Self surveyed the suffering Great Li Dynasty and decided to wait for intelligence before acting.
  • The sixteenth day's Eight Rings intelligence warned that he was caught in a death trap and that only [Longevity Great Talent] could be trusted.
  • The seventeenth day's Seven Rings intelligence revealed that [Longevity Great Talent] had hidden a Remnant Fragment in Number One Other-Self's future Ages.
  • Number One Other-Self entered the [True-False Supreme Realm] and repeatedly used [Sea of Time] to search his future for the fragment.
  • After 914,500,000 attempts, Number One Other-Self received the fragment's message: “I waited for you... far too long!”
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