Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen underwent a terrifying Quasi-Emperor tribulation at the Cosmic Frontier, breaking through to the Quasi-Emperor Fourth Heaven as his body, Dao, and Nine-Layer Immortal Gold Pagoda transformed. He entered a palace manifested within the tribulation, where the newly formed world unleashed primordial creatures against him.

• Lu Chen fought through lightning and historical Supreme imprints as his Quasi-Emperor tribulation formed a world resembling the Immortal Domain.
• Lu Chen bound and refined the tribulation's mythical immortal spirits, absorbing their power while the calamity destroyed the surrounding stars.
• The Nine-Layer Immortal Gold Pagoda absorbed lightning as Lu Chen's secret realms, physical body, and primordial spirit transformed.
• Lu Chen broke through from the Great Saint Realm to Quasi-Emperor Fourth Heaven and advanced into the heart of the hazy world.
• Lu Chen used the Nine-Layer Immortal Gold Pagoda to shatter the palace doors, triggering chaos within the hall to separate and form a world.
• Primordial creatures born from the palace's newly formed universe charged at Lu Chen.

Lu Chen fought through a devastating Quasi-Emperor tribulation filled with legendary creatures and the imprints of powerful Immortal Artifacts. After nine days of battle, he survived and reached the fourth heaven of the Quasi-Emperor realm.

• Lu Chen charged into the tribulation world and defeated waves of gods, demons, and ancient creatures, including the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass and the Kunpeng.
• Lu Chen fought other mythical beasts while comprehending the Kunpeng’s yin-yang Great Dao and unleashing the “All” Secret to increase his combat power tenfold.
• The Kunlun Immortal Bell’s temporal attack aged Lu Chen, but he endured it and recovered.
• The Desolate Pagoda trapped Lu Chen, but he transformed into a colossal dharma image and hurled the Immortal Artifact away.
• Lu Chen fought across the heavenly tribulation for nine days, survived its attacks, and reached the fourth heaven of the Quasi-Emperor realm.

Twenty years after Lu Chen became a Quasi-Emperor, the Imperial Passes opened and he arrived at the first Imperial City with Zixia and their Great Saint Golden Crow. After finding that a Forbidden Zone Heir had claimed a palace beside Chaos Lake, Lu Chen attacked Shen Ming of the Divine Ruins.

• The Sole True Path opened, drawing Young Supremes from across the universe to compete in the Nine Great Imperial Passes.
• Lu Chen and Zixia arrived at the bloodstained Imperial Pass on their Great Saint Golden Crow and entered the Imperial City among countless powerful contenders.
• Lu Chen's party reached the central district and found a palace beside Chaos Lake already occupied by a powerful expert.
• Lu Chen recognized the occupant's Forbidden Zone aura and learned that the black-armored man was Shen Ming of the Divine Ruins.
• Shen Ming threatened Lu Chen's party, and Lu Chen declared that the Forbidden Zone Heir would die there before striking at him with imperial might.

Lu Chen defeated and killed Shen Ming, a Forbidden Zone Heir who had reached the Quasi-Emperor realm, in the Imperial City. After the other experts watched in silence, Lu Chen entered Shen Ming’s palace with Zixia and the Three-Legged Golden Crow.

• Shen Ming attacked Lu Chen, but Lu Chen’s palm forced him to his knees and made him retreat.
• Shen Ming summoned his Furnace of Myriad Daos, but Lu Chen’s Nine-Layer Immortal Gold Pagoda damaged it and Lu Chen soon smashed it apart.
• Lu Chen used his immortal king descends upon the nine heavens manifestation to seal Shen Ming in place and destroy his body.
• Lu Chen crushed Shen Ming’s primordial spirit, annihilating him and leaving the Imperial City’s experts speechless.
• Lu Chen looked over the gathered experts, then entered Shen Ming’s palace with Zixia and the Three-Legged Golden Crow.

After eighteen years of fighting through the Imperial Passes, Lu Chen reached the Ninth Imperial Pass, where an ancient sealed expert entered the Heavenly Court first and triggered dramatic changes across the Sole True Path. As the passes opened to cultivators of every level and conflict spread, a terrifying ancient Path-to-Emperor called for the fighters to stop.

• Lu Chen reached the Ultimate Land before the Ninth Imperial Pass after passing eight Imperial Passes and advancing to the quasi-emperor sixth heaven.
• Lu Chen and other supreme experts attacked the Ninth Imperial Pass, but an ancient expert at the quasi-emperor ninth heaven overtook them and entered the Ancient Heavenly Court.
• The Sole True Path rang with a bell and blazed with immortal light, drawing the universe's attention to the breakthrough and prompting speculation about whether someone would become a Great Emperor.
• After the ancient expert entered the Ultimate Land, the First Imperial Pass opened and the mysterious Crystal Stele vanished, allowing even those below the great saint realm to enter the passes.
• As great powers rushed into the Imperial Passes to seize their legacies, an ancient Path-to-Emperor's voice ordered everyone in the Ninth Imperial Pass to stop fighting, and the prodigies obeyed.

Lu Chen and the other experts entered Emperor Zun’s Ancient Heavenly Court, where the Woodcutter and the Undying Heavenly Empress fought over its rule. After the Emperor Lord failed to claim the withered Human-Shaped Immortal Tree, he challenged Lu Chen, leaving the two poised to fight.

• The Ancient Heavenly Court appeared beyond the ninth Imperial Pass, and Lu Chen led the experts across the White Jade Stairway into its Central Heavenly Palace.
• The experts discovered the withered Human-Shaped Immortal Tree, while the Woodcutter revealed himself as the Heavenly Court’s occupant and declared his intention to rule the Eight Wastelands.
• The Undying Heavenly Empress arrived in her Phoenix Nest and challenged the Woodcutter for the Heavenly Court, but their battle left both sides injured without a clear victor.
• The Emperor Lord attacked the wounded Woodcutter to seize the immortal tree, then learned it was only a useless fragment and heard the Woodcutter declare that his flawed Dao Heart left him no chance of attaining the Dao.
• The Emperor Lord recognized Lu Chen as the killer of the Divine Court’s Vice Cult Master and challenged him; Lu Chen stepped forward to meet him.

Lu Chen challenged the Emperor Lord in the Ultimate Imperial Pass and, despite being three cultivation heavens lower, fought him with the aid of Divine Prohibition and his secret techniques. He underwent Ultimate Sublimation and reached the pinnacle of his strength, revealing an aura that touched the Great Emperor realm as the decisive battle raged on.

• The Woodcutter prepared to stop the Emperor Lord from attacking Lu Chen, but Lu Chen chose to face the Emperor Lord himself.
• Lu Chen and the Emperor Lord fought across the universe, and Lu Chen proved he could contend with the ninth-heaven Path-to-Emperor despite his sixth-heaven cultivation.
• Lu Chen triggered Divine Prohibition and sent the Nine-Layer Immortal Gold Pagoda against the Emperor Lord, who resolved to eliminate him before he could become a Great Emperor.
• Lu Chen unleashed Nine Secrets: Jie within the Divine Forbidden Domain, raising his strength tenfold and releasing wisps of Great Emperor aura.
• Lu Chen underwent Ultimate Sublimation and reached the absolute pinnacle of his strength as the decisive battle continued.

Lu Chen defeated and killed the Emperor Lord in the Ultimate Imperial Pass, establishing himself as a leading contender for the imperial throne. After the nine-pass journey ended, major factions rose across the universe while Lu Chen kept the Purple Mansion from seeking territorial expansion.

• Lu Chen overwhelmed the Emperor Lord with the Battle Immortal Seal and his Immortal Gold Pagoda, shattering the Red Dragon Battle Armor and destroying the Emperor Lord's Vermilion Bird primordial spirit.
• Lu Chen collected the Emperor Lord's remains and armor, then returned to the Heavenly Court Ruins as the assembled experts recognized his strength.
• News of the Emperor Lord's death spread across the universe, and Lu Chen's reputation rose among the strongest beings of the age.
• The Woodcutter announced the founding of the Dao Palace, while the Undying Heavenly Empress established the Immortal Dynasty; the Underworld and God Organization also expanded and clashed.
• The Dao Palace, Phoenix Nest, God Organization, and Underworld became major powers, while the Purple Mansion under Lu Chen attracted followers without pursuing territorial conquest.

Lu Chen and Zixia explored the One World Mausoleum beneath Mars, where the remains of countless experts and an Ancient Emperor revealed the horrors of the Primordial Era. They found the Undying Heavenly Emperor undergoing nirvana as a ball of flesh, caught in a stalemate with a Chaos Bell.

• Lu Chen brought Zixia to Mars and explained that the barren planet had once teemed with life before Emperor Zun drained its essence.
• Lu Chen discovered the Eighteen-Layer Hell beneath the Great Thunderclap Temple and led Zixia to the entrance of the One World Mausoleum at Mars's north pole.
• Lu Chen and Zixia entered the vast black ocean beneath Mars, crossed the remains of a Star Beast, and destroyed an undead octopus that attacked them.
• Lu Chen and Zixia reached a vast battlefield littered with bones, broken weapons, and Quasi-Emperor corpses, including the mount of the Heavenly Venerable of Immortality and an Underworld War Slave.
• Lu Chen found an Ancient Emperor's remains inside a palace and saw the Undying Heavenly Emperor's ball of flesh being drawn toward a Chaos Bell through a doorway in the void.

Lu Chen and Zixia discovered the Wushi Bell confronting the Undying Heavenly Emperor in the One World Mausoleum, then found an ancient Immortal Bell and a chaos passage bearing the imprints of the two powerful beings. They began cultivating in seclusion there, studying the imprints and the Immortal Bell.

• Lu Chen recognized the blood-colored flesh as the Undying Heavenly Emperor and withdrew with Zixia from the Ancient Hall, leaving him and the Wushi Bell in their stalemate.
• Lu Chen searched the burial ground and uncovered an underground cave containing an Immortal Bell woven from laws and a chaos passage leading toward the Strange World.
• Zixia approached the passage and was struck back by the auras of two figures seated within it, so Lu Chen identified them as imprints of Great Emperor Wushi and the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• Lu Chen entered the passage and studied the two imprints while Zixia examined the Immortal Bell's dao marks.
• Lu Chen and Zixia cultivated in seclusion beneath Yinghuo Star, comprehending the imprints and the Kunlun Immortal Bell as turmoil continued across the universe.

After years of cultivation beneath Mars, Lu Chen captured the Wushi Technique from the seal Great Emperor Wushi had placed on the Laws Immortal Bell. He began mastering the taboo art, which could return all things and power to their original state.

• Lu Chen and Zixia studied the Immortal Bell, and Lu Chen drew it into his Nine-Layer Immortal Gold Pagoda, which contained eight kinds of extreme dao immortal gold.
• Lu Chen discovered that Great Emperor Wushi's power had sealed the Laws Immortal Bell, which the Undying Heavenly Emperor had tried to detonate against him.
• Lu Chen merged his primordial spirit with his pagoda and deciphered the Wushi Technique, a taboo secret art recorded in the Wushi Scripture Text.
• Lu Chen repeatedly practiced the Wushi Technique and achieved initial mastery, briefly making Zixia feel as if a Great Emperor stood before her.
• Lu Chen understood that the technique could return all things and their power to their original state, the same principle that had sealed the Laws Immortal Bell.

Lu Chen emerged from the One World Mausoleum and broke through to the quasi-emperor seventh heaven, then advanced through the eighth-heaven tribulation as well. His unprecedented progress alarmed the Forbidden Zone Supremes, who began considering killing him before he could threaten them.

• Lu Chen used his gains from the One World Mausoleum and his Nine-Layer Immortal Gold Pagoda to withstand the terrifying seventh-heaven tribulation.
• As Lu Chen fought the tribulation, his body and primordial spirit transformed while he absorbed the lightning’s power.
• Lu Chen’s eighth-heaven tribulation descended before the seventh-heaven tribulation had fully ended, allowing him to cross two levels in succession.
• Ancient Supremes in the Life Forbidden Zones discussed Lu Chen’s talent and threatened to erase him if he advanced further.
• After several days, Lu Chen survived and reached the quasi-emperor eighth heaven, realizing that the Supremes might target him when he attempted the ninth heaven.

Lu Chen worried that the Forbidden Zone Supremes would target his loved ones when he advanced toward attaining the Dao, and he prepared to protect them. Amid the wars shaking the Myriad Domains, he and Zixia welcomed their son Lu Yu and enjoyed a peaceful life in the Purple Mansion.

• Lu Chen realized the Forbidden Zone Supremes might try to stop his rise and threaten his friends and family, so he told Zixia they might need to hide during his next tribulation.
• Lu Chen returned with Zixia to the Purple Mansion, whose star domain remained peaceful while the Underworld, God Organization, Dao Palace, Phoenix Nest, Heavenly Court, and Imperial Dynasty fought across other regions.
• Lu Chen and Zixia welcomed a son with an innate Dao embryo physique and chaos qi, and Lu Chen named him Lu Yu.
• Lu Chen held Lu Yu beneath the divine trees and promised to take him to the Immortal Domain one day.

Ye Fan recruited Lu Chen to join Heavenly Court, the God Organization, and the Dao Palace against the Underworld and the Phoenix Nest, which the Undying Heavenly Empress was trying to strengthen with immortal blood. As the opposing forces gathered for battle, Lu Chen recognized Ning Fei as a formidable new obstacle to killing the Empress and claiming the blood.

• Ye Fan told Lu Chen that the Undying Heavenly Empress had offered the Underworld immortal blood to awaken its Ancient Supremes, and Lu Chen agreed to join the assault.
• Heavenly Court, the God Organization, and the Dao Palace allied against the Underworld and the Phoenix Nest, while Lu Chen killed several of their senior fighters.
• The Undying Heavenly Empress sounded the Heavenly Emperor Summoning Drum, and Old God answered with Emperor Zun's War Horn, drawing powerful cultivators to both sides.
• The two alliances gathered at the Phoenix Nest, where the Undying Heavenly Empress appeared with the Nether Demon God, the Sun-Moon Divine General, and the Kuntian Divine General.
• Lu Chen sensed a powerful aura among the opposing cultivators and recognized the white-haired rider as Ning Fei, who would protect the Undying Heavenly Empress.

The decisive battle between the Underworld and Phoenix Nest and their enemies erupted across the universe as Lu Chen fought his way toward the Undying Heavenly Empress. He struck her with a single palm, leaving her wounded and coughing blood.

• Lu Chen spotted Chuan Ying among the armies as the War Horn summoned former followers and the ancient battle began.
• The Undying Heavenly Empress beat the Heavenly Emperor Drum, empowering her side as both armies clashed and countless fighters fell.
• Lu Chen destroyed an Underworld Quasi-Emperor War Slave and then advanced toward the Undying Heavenly Empress atop the Blood-Red Phoenix Nest.
• The Undying Heavenly Empress rebuked Lu Chen for addressing her as a junior, and Lu Chen attacked her with a powerful palm strike.
• The Undying Heavenly Empress summoned a Divine Phoenix from the Blood-Red Phoenix Nest to meet Lu Chen's strike, but the clash left her coughing blood.

Lu Chen unleashed his full power against the Undying Heavenly Empress and shattered the Phoenix Nest, but Ning Fei intervened before he could finish her. The First Divine General appeared to defend the Empress, setting up a duel with Lu Chen.

• Lu Chen entered the divine forbidden domain and struck the Phoenix Nest with the Battle Immortal Seal, destroying it and bursting the Undying Heavenly Empress apart.
• The Undying Heavenly Empress reformed as a blood phoenix and fled, but Lu Chen caught up with her using the Travel Secret.
• Lu Chen attacked the Undying Heavenly Empress with a chaotic finger formed from Taiyin and Taiyang power.
• Ning Fei arrived on a white horse and shattered Lu Chen's attack with his silver spear, saving the Undying Heavenly Empress.
• The Undying Heavenly Empress recognized Ning Fei, and he praised Lu Chen's exceptional talent.

Lu Chen fought Ning Fei, the aged foremost divine general who stood between him and the Undying Heavenly Empress. Their battle shook the universe, and Ning Fei was injured as the Empress rushed to him.

• Lu Chen unleashed Emperor Zun's All Secret, drawing the attention of Ancient Supremes in the Life Forbidden Zones.
• Ning Fei recognized Lu Chen's brilliance and prepared to defend the Undying Heavenly Empress despite his old age.
• Lu Chen and Ning Fei clashed, halting battles between the five great factions as their weapons shook the starry sky.
• Ning Fei was injured in the exchanges, though his strength had reached the level of alternative proving the Dao.
• The Undying Heavenly Empress flew to Ning Fei with tears in her eyes after seeing him hurt.

Lu Chen confronted the Undying Heavenly Empress and Ning Fei, but Chuan Ying arrived and urged Ning Fei to pursue a final battle against the forbidden zones. Lu Chen agreed to spare the Empress, allowing the two divine generals to depart for battle.

• Lu Chen challenged the Undying Heavenly Empress and tried to persuade Ning Fei to abandon his devotion and prove the Dao.
• Ning Fei refused to leave the Empress and began restoring his youthful strength to defend her.
• Chuan Ying appeared, revealed his long-awaited rivalry with Ning Fei, and proposed that they each destroy a forbidden zone.
• Ning Fei hesitated to leave because the Empress would be in danger, so Lu Chen promised to spare her.
• Chuan Ying departed for the Underworld to fight the Nether Emperor, and Ning Fei followed after looking back at the Empress.

Chuan Ying and Ning Fei challenged Ancient Supremes in the Life Forbidden Zones while Lu Chen watched, then joined the war against the Phoenix Nest and the Underworld. The battle ended with the Phoenix Nest destroyed and the Underworld’s army nearly wiped out, but Lu Chen left the battlefield to pursue something he still sought.

• Ning Fei mounted a restored Heavenly Horse and fought an Ancient Supreme to the death, while Chuan Ying battled the Prison-Suppressing Emperor and reached a stalemate.
• Lu Chen entered the war and devastated the Underworld and Phoenix Nest forces as the great powers’ battle continued.
• The Undying Heavenly Empress tried to summon the Undying Heavenly Emperor through the Immortal Phoenix Platform, but he did not appear.
• Hall Master Yama failed to turn the tide with the Nether Spear, and Ye Fan, the Old God, and their allies killed him and cornered the Undying Heavenly Empress.
• Ning Fei’s undying obsession rescued the Undying Heavenly Empress, and the Phoenix Nest fell as the Underworld’s army was nearly destroyed.
• Lu Chen left the battlefield and plunged into the depths of the universe to seek what he had come for.

After Ning Fei vanished, the Undying Heavenly Empress tried to summon the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s Faith Dao Body for revenge, but Lu Chen stopped her and revealed that it had been destroyed. She died after surrendering her essence blood, and Lu Chen searched the Emperor’s Dao platform, gaining the Xing and Lin Secrets.

• Ning Fei and the Peerless Heavenly Horse faded away, leaving the Undying Heavenly Empress devastated and intent on revenge.
• As the Undying Heavenly Empress drew out her Five-Colored Immortal Blood to summon the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s Faith Dao Body, Lu Chen appeared and seized it.
• Lu Chen evaded the Undying Heavenly Empress’s attacks and told her that Great Emperor Wushi had destroyed the Faith Dao Body.
• Lu Chen struck the Undying Heavenly Empress, who stopped fighting as the loss of her essence blood rapidly aged her; she died thinking of Ning Fei.
• Lu Chen searched the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s Dao platform and obtained the Xing Secret and the Lin Secret from a remnant soul.