Ch. 53Border Wasteland

He Xian brought Mo Xian’s younger brother, Mo Dao, from the Sacred Academy to the true Border Wasteland. There, they witnessed the armies of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths clash with the Foreign Realm over a mysterious formation beneath the Heavenly Abyss.

  • He Xian met Mo Dao at the Sacred Academy and praised his talent before taking him along as promised to Mo Xian.
  • He Xian and his companions crossed the ancient forbidden regions and reached the bloodstained desert of the Border Wasteland.
  • He Xian saw the enormous Heavenly Abyss and learned that it barred beings above the Supreme level.
  • The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths attacked the Foreign Realm soldiers as they constructed a formation meant to help the Undying emerge.
  • A winged-white-tiger-riding commander led the Nine Heavens’ charge, and a Foreign Realm cultivator rebuked him.

Ch. 54One Thing Missing

He Xian joined the Foreign Realm’s battle in the Border Wasteland but remained focused on a mysterious resonance drawing him toward the Heavenly Abyss. After accepting Wu Feng as a follower, he set out alone to find the thing he sensed and entered the dangerous Divine Medicine Mountain Range.

  • He Xian snapped out of his trance on the battlefield as Hua Lan, Gu Rong, and Mo Xian fought around him, while savage beasts poured from cages and attacked the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
  • After the battle subsided, a Supreme welcomed He Xian to the encampment and assigned Wu Feng to serve him; He Xian accepted Wu Feng as a follower.
  • Three days later, He Xian left alone to search the Border Wasteland for the missing thing he sensed, passing beneath the Heavenly Abyss before riding toward the Divine Medicine Mountain Range.
  • He Xian entered the mountain range, where dangerous creatures and ancient Iron-Blood Ancient Trees guarded the many divine medicines.
  • He Xian rode deeper into the mountain range and reached a barren, dark-red plain strewn with broken bones.

Ch. 55Light

He Xian searched the Divine Medicine Mountain Range and Heavenly Beast Forest before following a premonition into the Ancient Burial Zone. In a forbidden Calamity Land, a mysterious golden-tinged ball of light rose from a sea of black energy, and He Xian sensed that it had emerged because of him.

  • He Xian left the Divine Medicine Mountain Range after encountering an Immortal Gold Creature and easily repelling a Burial Scholar.
  • He Xian avoided a black tiger in the Heavenly Beast Forest and departed after it charged off to answer another beast’s roar.
  • He Xian entered the Ancient Burial Zone and passed through a ruined complex of towering steles, sacred buildings, and great tombs without stopping.
  • He Xian pressed deeper into a silent Calamity Land, sensing that what he sought was close by.
  • A surge of black energy flooded the Calamity Land, forcing He Xian to flee as a golden-tinged ball of light rose from the black sea.

Ch. 56Stone Eye

He Xian found the Stone Eye in the Ancient Burial Zone and returned to the Heavenly Abyss, where he charged through the battlefield toward it. His rampage drew the attention of a Supreme, who ordered the Demon Hunters to stop him.

  • He Xian saw the Stone Eye behind the Rotten Wooden Box in the black ocean and tried to seize it with an Undying Edict, but the ocean overcame the edict.
  • The Stone Eye flew into He Xian’s hand, and he felt a bond with it and heard a call from within a pitch-black hall.
  • He Xian left the Ancient Burial Zone, traveled back through the golden desert, and returned to the Heavenly Abyss a month later.
  • He Xian charged across the battlefield, killing Heavenly God Realm soldiers and pushing into the ranks of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
  • A Supreme ordered the Demon Hunters to stop He Xian, and a divine arrow flew past his face in a sneak attack.

Ch. 57Entering the Heavenly Abyss

He Xian entered the Heavenly Abyss and survived its crushing force with the Stone Bead’s help, while the Foreign Realm believed he had died and was thrown into turmoil. In a ruined ancient universe, he witnessed all its inhabitants mourning an unknown emperor and noticed a black palace.

  • He Xian killed a demon hunter with one arrow, then reached the Heavenly Abyss as the Stone Eye in his palm grew hot.
  • He Xian touched the Heavenly Abyss and sank inside despite the Supremes’ attempts to pull him back; Undying Qimin arrived too late to save him.
  • The Foreign Realm learned that He Sky-Supporting had entered the Heavenly Abyss, and three Undying from the Crane Clan Ancestral Land rushed to the battlefield.
  • The Stone Bead protected He Xian as he passed through the Abyss, but he lost consciousness and later awoke injured among the stars of a ruined universe.
  • He Xian witnessed the universe’s living beings mourning an unknown emperor, then spotted a black palace.

Ch. 58A Second Self

He Xian entered an ancient hall and discovered a reincarnation pool containing a corpse-pale double who claimed to be his past self and tried to lure him into merging. The hall sealed He Xian inside as the double began to crawl out of the pool.

  • He Xian followed mournful wailing into a black ancient hall and saw a vision of an identical emperor who had fallen during a catastrophic war.
  • He Xian saw his corpse-pale double in the pool, who reached out to drag him in and claimed they were destined to reunite their Dao fruits.
  • The double said their former selves had glimpsed the future and that they needed to merge to regain their former power.
  • He Xian rejected the double's invitation, recognized that merging could mean possession, and tried to leave the hall.
  • The palace doors slammed shut as the double urged He Xian to accept his fate, then began tearing through the pool's surface to crawl out.

Ch. 59He Really Crawled Out

He Xian watched a terrifying being emerge from the Reincarnation Pool, then learned that it was another version of himself who intended to consume him. He Xian defied the false emperor and withstood his first temporal attack, leaving their battle poised to continue.

  • The Reincarnation Pool cracked open as the second He Xian awakened and emerged from it.
  • The second He Xian took the imperial throne and demanded that He Xian merge with him, revealing that he meant to eat him.
  • He Xian rejected the demand, and the two exchanged blows without either drawing blood.
  • The second He Xian summoned a black halberd and attacked He Xian with a terrifying time technique.
  • He Xian invoked the Indestructible Scripture and endured the three beams of temporal light, then challenged his opponent to attack again.

Ch. 60A great battle

He Xian fought the false He Xian, who claimed to be the Time Emperor and urged him to merge with him. Their battle continued across a shattered universe, where the false He Xian overwhelmed He Xian with the Years Palm.

  • The false He Xian struck He Xian with the Halberd of Years, rapidly aging his undying Great Sun and draining his vital blood.
  • The false He Xian revealed his blazing solar eyes, burning He Xian and dismissing him as too weak.
  • He Xian attacked, and the false He Xian used temporal fragments to move them outside the black palace into a shattered universe.
  • He Xian fought the false He Xian amid the ancient Dao traces, unleashing the Immortal Fist and the Crane Clan's Undying Wings.
  • The false He Xian shattered He Xian's fist strike with the Years Palm, scattering rules and erasing the trajectories of the Great Dao.

Ch. 61The Great Battle, Part Two

He Xian fought the young emperor He Xian, who revealed an overwhelming Immortal Beast Body and urged him to merge. He Xian refused, but was repeatedly beaten and left bloodied, with no clear way to overcome his opponent.

  • He Xian used the Three Lives, Three Worlds Scripture and wore down the young emperor He Xian’s Divine Palm of Time with a storm of punches.
  • The young emperor He Xian revealed his Immortal Beast Body, combining the features of powerful ancient creatures, and invited He Xian to merge with him.
  • He Xian rejected the offer and unleashed the Forbidden Grand Art, but his clash with the young emperor He Xian ignited destructive fires across the battlefield.
  • The young emperor He Xian wounded He Xian with a True Dragon Claw and Nine Nether Ao Tail, then advanced with his time domain and demanded they become one.
  • He Xian raised his golden domain and fought back, but the young emperor He Xian blasted him onto a shattered continent and inflicted another grievous wound.

Ch. 62The Great Battle, Part Three

He Xian awakened his ability to perceive the runes of the Years Guillotine and stopped the attack with his bare hands, but Young Emperor He Xian transformed into a dark, terrifying opponent and overwhelmed him. The chapter left He Xian bloodied and badly injured after charging through the vision of gods and demons.

  • He Xian burned through his soul's power and fought Young Emperor He Xian with renewed strength.
  • Young Emperor He Xian unleashed the Years Guillotine, and He Xian perceived its time runes and caught the blade between his hands.
  • Young Emperor He Xian urged He Xian to awaken his innate gift, then transformed into a savage, dark form and threatened to destroy him.
  • He Xian refused to submit and charged into Young Emperor He Xian's vision of fallen gods and demons, smashing through its corpses and weapons.
  • Young Emperor He Xian struck He Xian with an overwhelming punch, leaving him covered in cracks and blood before mocking his weakness.

Ch. 63Grotesque transformation

He Xian endured a horrific transformation as strange blood produced monstrous changes throughout his body. He used the Dao-Transforming Fire to suppress them, but his aura and cultivation rapidly weakened as the fire threatened to kill him.

  • Young Emperor He Xian devoured He Xian in a vision, and He Xian awoke gasping on the imperial throne.
  • He Xian’s bones and marrow changed as strange blood surged through him, and he fought the resulting monstrous transformations with golden light.
  • He Xian tore out his fangs, removed a second black heart, and clawed at his eyes to resist madness and further mutations.
  • He Xian discovered that strange blood containing opened Gates of Potential was causing his grotesque transformation.
  • He Xian ignited the Dao-Transforming Fire to burn away the mutations, but the fire weakened him and made his cultivation realm fall.

Ch. 64Time Emperor

He Xian’s transformation was interrupted when the remnant consciousness of Young Emperor He Xian was killed by the returning Time Emperor, whose memories revealed his ancient battle against the ten Weird Ancestors. The Time Emperor rejected their offer to join them and vowed to return, leaving his fate unresolved.

  • Young Emperor He Xian halted He Xian’s Dao-Transforming Fire and attempted to return against the will of heaven.
  • The Time Emperor appeared and killed Young Emperor He Xian’s remnant consciousness with a single finger.
  • He Xian merged with the Time Emperor’s supreme figure and witnessed his assault on the Calamity Land.
  • The ten Weird Ancestors fought the Time Emperor together and defeated him, causing his evolution path and countless worlds to collapse.
  • A Plateau Ancestor offered the Time Emperor a chance to become an ancestor, but he refused and vowed to return to settle every score.
  • The Time Emperor’s Dao collapsed, and he became a meteor shower over the Calamity Land.

Ch. 65A Path Emerged, Shaking the Calamity Land

He Xian created a new Evolution Path that drew on the power of his previous life and established five cultivation realms. His emergence awakened ten Progenitors, who set out to erase him across ancient history.

  • He Xian unified the threads of his past, present, and future and began creating a new cultivation system.
  • He Xian established the realms of Invocation, Dao Embryo, Dao Flower, Unity, and Godhood, though his path required practitioners to have once reached Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
  • Ten Progenitors awakened in the Calamity Land after sensing a dangerous variable and a familiar presence they associated with Time.
  • The Ten Ancient Progenitors crossed into an ancient, sealed epoch to eradicate the variable and prevent him from growing stronger.
  • He Xian completed his path and declared that his Departed Self and true self would return to eternity.

Ch. 66Departure

He Xian left the ruined universe after uncovering the origins of Young Emperor He Xian and gaining a path toward the Supreme realm. Following a chain of ancient altars, he reached a battlefield near the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and the Foreign Realm, where he found the remains of a devastating war.

  • He Xian left the cold hall after realizing Young Emperor He Xian had arisen from the spirit of a polluted Evolution Path.
  • He Xian explored the decaying universe, using his Reception Realm ability to see the future and avoid danger.
  • He Xian entered a great tomb and collected Three-Lives Medicine.
  • He Xian activated an ancient altar and crossed through more than a dozen linked altars to reach a primordial expanse.
  • He Xian followed the Foreign Realm's direction to an ancient battlefield covered in drained corpses, bones, broken weapons, and war platforms.
  • He Xian continued toward a final altar flanked by piles of white bones.

Ch. 67Qi Daolin

Qi Daolin brought He Xian to the Heavenly Immortal Academy and tried to recruit him into the Supreme Hall. He Xian agreed to join on the condition that he become Desolate’s senior brother, and the chapter left him entering the Supreme Dao Arena for the discipleship ceremony.

  • Qi Daolin brought He Xian to the Heavenly Immortal Academy and praised him as a promising disciple of the Supreme Hall.
  • He Xian witnessed the radiance and manifestations rising from the academy’s Ancient Sage Ruins as Qi Daolin promised he would gain a chance to enter them.
  • Qi Daolin led He Xian to the Supreme Dao Arena and urged him to join the lineage, but He Xian pointed out that it accepted only one successor per generation.
  • Qi Daolin offered He Xian Desolate as a senior brother, and He Xian insisted that he should instead be the eldest senior brother.
  • Qi Daolin agreed to He Xian’s demand and warned that he would be demoted to the youngest junior brother if he failed to reign supreme beneath heaven.
  • He Xian stepped through the Supreme Dao Arena’s gateway to begin the discipleship ceremony.

Ch. 68Cultivation

He Xian dismissed Qi Daolin’s Eight-Nine Heavenly Art and used a Black Token to enter the Heavenly Immortal Academy’s most important cultivation haven. As he cultivated in its Immortal Pool and neared a breakthrough, he found an immense golden Divine Lotus growing beneath the water.

  • He Xian asked Qi Daolin for the True Dragon Treasure Technique, the Calming Chaos Art, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art, but Qi Daolin offered only his Eight-Nine Heavenly Art.
  • He Xian refused the art, accepted a Black Token from Qi Daolin, and entered the Heavenly Immortal Academy.
  • He Xian crossed the academy’s formations and reached the Immortal Pool, one of its finest cultivation havens.
  • He Xian entered the pool and cultivated, drawing on its immortal essence as he advanced toward his next realm.
  • He Xian swam deeper to find richer spiritual energy and discovered an enormous golden Divine Lotus beneath the water.

Ch. 69Immortal Ancient

He Xian broke through to the Venerable Realm while cultivating beside the Immortal Pool, then set out with Qi Daolin for the uninhabited region as Immortal Ancient prepared to open. The chapter ended with the announcement that fifty million Venerables had passed the trials and entered the region.

  • He Xian condensed and swallowed a Dao Embryo, advancing his cultivation.
  • A year later, He Xian emerged at the Venerable Realm, and Qi Daolin marveled at his progress.
  • The Immortal Dao Flower Bud appeared, signaling that Immortal Ancient would soon open.
  • He Xian left with Qi Daolin for the uninhabited region, where prodigies from the Three Thousand Provinces had gathered.
  • A voice announced that fifty million Venerables had passed the trials and entered the uninhabited region.

Ch. 70Entering

He Xian entered Immortal Ancient as the Immortal Dao Flower Bud bloomed for the final time, drawing attention with Qi Daolin’s boast that he would defeat every rival. When the sect leaders used the flower to observe the Initial Land, He Xian’s name appeared on a petal, shocking them.

  • Qi Daolin introduced He Xian as his new disciple and claimed he would defeat all the successors in Immortal Ancient.
  • He Xian entered the uninhabited region as the Immortal Dao Flower Bud began to bloom, and a red-furred beast tried to swallow part of it before the flower’s light drove it away.
  • The Immortal Dao Flower Bud fully bloomed, and Venerables rushed along its three thousand golden paths into Immortal Ancient.
  • He Xian became the first person to enter the Initial Land and walked among its three thousand bluestone stairways.
  • The sect leaders activated the flower to observe the stairways’ ends, and He Xian’s name appeared on a petal, leaving them stunned.

Ch. 71Exiled Immortal

He Xian reached the summit of the stone steps, entered the Nest Realm, and made his way through the Ghost Forest to the Ferocious Nest. There he confronted the Exiled Immortal, whom he overwhelmed with a single punch and warned he would kill if the battle continued.

  • He Xian entered a region of Immortal Ancient through the Immortal Dao Flower Bud and chose the Nest Realm.
  • He Xian fought his way through the dangerous Nest Realm, resisted the Ghost Forest’s sinister power, and reached the Ferocious Nest.
  • The Exiled Immortal appeared and attacked He Xian with the True Phoenix Treasure Technique, determined to prevent his plans from being disrupted.
  • He Xian countered with the Indestructible Scripture and struck the Exiled Immortal, making him cough blood and retreat.
  • He Xian warned the Exiled Immortal to stop fighting or be killed.

Ch. 72The Exiled Immortal's Many Contingencies

He Xian followed the Exiled Immortal into the Ferocious Nest, where the Exiled Immortal betrayed him with a lethal formation and rare treasures. He Xian escaped the cavern, but the Exiled Immortal unleashed more weapons and creatures against him.

  • The Exiled Immortal used sacred blood to open a path into the Ferocious Nest, and He Xian followed him through its dangerous passages.
  • At the cavern’s deepest point, the Exiled Immortal seized a Heavenly Pattern Conch and attacked He Xian, then activated a Supreme-level killing formation.
  • He Xian escaped the formation and returned to the surface, where the Exiled Immortal pursued him with a Heaven and Earth Bag.
  • He Xian knocked the Heaven and Earth Bag away with a punch, astonishing the Exiled Immortal with his strength.
  • The Exiled Immortal sounded his flute and summoned thousands of Demon Gods and a swarm of Black God Insects to attack He Xian.

Ch. 73The Six-Crown King

He Xian escaped the insect tide and reached the edge of the Nest Realm, where Ning Chuan confronted the three Shi Clan brothers after the Bone Mirror revealed their Sin Blood lineage. Ning Chuan attacked them, and Qin Hao moved to counter as the clash began.

  • He Xian fled the insect tide after seeing the Insect King, and the Exiled Immortal wondered whether he had used Immortal Qi.
  • He Xian arrived at the edge of the Nest Realm, where crowds gathered in anticipation of the Ten Fiends' Nest opening.
  • Ning Chuan appeared and demanded that everyone lead him to the descendants of Sin Blood so he could kill them.
  • The Bone Mirror revealed that the three Shi Clan brothers were Supremes of the Sin Blood lineage, stirring outrage among the onlookers.
  • Shi Yi challenged Ning Chuan's accusations, but Ning Chuan attacked all three brothers, and Qin Hao charged forward to meet him.

Ch. 74A Great Battle

Ning Chuan confronted Qin Hao and Shi Yi before Shi Hao arrived and challenged him over his intent to suppress the descendants of Sin Blood. Qin Hao claimed the fight for himself and attacked, while Ning Chuan summoned a mysterious golden divine chain.

  • Ning Chuan’s attack on Qin Hao was interrupted when Shi Yi killed a cheering spectator and Ning Chuan turned his assault toward him.
  • Shi Hao appeared, and Ning Chuan admitted he had come to suppress him as a descendant of chaos and sin.
  • Shi Hao and Ning Chuan exchanged a punch and the Cloud-Turning Rain-Overturning Hand, but neither was defeated.
  • Qin Hao and Shi Yi both insisted on fighting Ning Chuan, and Shi Yi let Qin Hao take the challenge.
  • Qin Hao attacked with Immortal Mountain’s five-element divine ring and the Longevity Battle Garment, while Ning Chuan countered by drawing a golden divine chain from his palm.

Ch. 75Disappointment

Ning Chuan attacked Qin Hao with his paired divine chains, but He Xian arrived and challenged him. He Xian crushed Ning Chuan with a single palm, leaving the Six-Crown King poised to reveal his innate techniques.

  • Ning Chuan unleashed his golden and blood-colored divine chains against Qin Hao, who resisted with Immortal Dao Annihilation and revealed the power of his immortal bone.
  • He Xian appeared and said he had come to test Ning Chuan, prompting Shi Yi and Shi Hao to take positions beside Qin Hao.
  • He Xian struck at Ning Chuan, who countered with the Six Paths Supreme Bracelet and its six divine abilities.
  • He Xian overwhelmed the bracelet and slammed Ning Chuan into the ground, wounding him before the watching crowd.
  • Ning Chuan declared that He Xian deserved death and began manifesting the dragon markings on his forehead as spectators anticipated his innate divine technique.

Ch. 76Immortal Corpse

He Xian crushed Ning Chuan’s spirit body and then wandered into the Burial World, where he discovered an ancient skeleton inside a sealed chamber beneath the Burial Pit. As a radiant humanoid treasure drew a crowd, a young man carrying a murderous dark-red halberd arrived.

  • He Xian destroyed Ning Chuan’s spirit body, leaving behind a fist-sized mass of blood, and dismissed the Six-Crown King’s defeat.
  • He Xian spoke with Shi Hao and Qin Hao, then decided to head to the Immortal Domain after Immortal Ancient ended and seek to become the strongest of the younger generation.
  • He Xian entered the Burial World and reached the Burial Pit, where sacred light emerged and onlookers believed an immortal body had appeared.
  • He Xian broke through the restrictions of an ancient stone chamber and found a jade-like skeleton bearing a palm print on its ribs.
  • He Xian saw a vision of the skeleton being struck down by a hand from beyond the realm, which left another hand behind.
  • A young man carrying a dark-red battle halberd ordered everyone to move aside and entered the Burial Pit, his weapon radiating a terrifying killing intent.

Ch. 77Immortal Corpse, Medicine Garden, Crossing Realms

He Xian drove away the hunters at the Burial Pit, survived the eruption of a cracked pottery jar, and claimed the remaining Immortal Corpse. After months of seclusion in the Medicine Realm, he learned that the Immortal Medicine Garden had appeared across Immortal Ancient.

  • Blood Halberd and the silver cat tried to clear the Burial Pit, but He Xian killed the cat’s transformed golden-striped white tiger form with a single sword strike.
  • He Xian moved the Immortal Corpse and exposed a cracked pottery jar, which exploded and unleashed black blood and dark light.
  • He Xian returned to the ruined chamber, watched a green frontal bone and a golden leaf suppress each other until both turned to ash, then collected the remaining Immortal Corpse.
  • He Xian entered secluded cultivation in the Medicine Realm for several months while Shi Hao killed several ancient freaks across Immortal Ancient.
  • The Immortal Medicine Garden appeared in the skies above Immortal Ancient’s three thousand true realms.
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