Chapter Summaries

During the late Primordial period, a mysterious object appeared above the Primordial Ancient Mine, drawing the attention of the Hundred Clans and a supreme being within the forbidden zone. As the being tried to seize it, a Stone Coffin emerged to protect it, and the coffin began to open, revealing the runes “Yuangeng.”

• A massive tremor shook the Primordial Ancient Mine, and sages of the Hundred Clans gathered at its outskirts to watch a mysterious object appear above it.
• Yan Qi recognized the Imperial Dao power when a giant hand reached from the mine to seize the object, but the object dissolved the hand’s power.
• The supreme being sent a second, rune-covered hand toward the object, and a Stone Coffin burst from a split in the void to repel it.
• The supreme being unleashed far greater power, apparently breaking an Immortal Source, and pressed down on the object and coffin.
• The Stone Coffin vibrated and slowly opened, revealing two ancient runes that Yan Qi and the other onlookers understood to mean “Yuangeng.”

Yuangeng awakened in a stone coffin above the Primordial Ancient Mine after ages of slumber, discovering that a mysterious stone door had helped preserve him. He recalled his rise through the Immortal Ancient Era and his death in the war against the Foreign Realm, but remained unsure how much time had passed since then.

• Yuangeng dreamed of a stone door traveling through the river of time before it entered his brow and woke him.
• The coffin opened above the Primordial Ancient Mine, and Yuangeng's aura alarmed the Hundred Clans' saints and the ancient supreme being below.
• Yuangeng recalled his cultivation in the White Origin ancient nation, his lunar Dao, and his rise to the Extreme Dao domain.
• Yuangeng remembered being surrounded by five Foreign Realm attackers, killing two before he died on the battlefield.
• He recalled Heavenly Lord Mo and the Six-Eared Immortal Ape burying his body in the Primordial Ancient Mine, then drew his lunar Dao seed back into his chest and touched the stone door in his brow.

Yuangeng emerged from his ancient coffin in the age after the Desolate Heaven Emperor and learned that he had slept through the Chaotic Ancient Era. A dying sovereign in the Ancient Mine broke free of his immortal source and attacked Yuangeng to seize his body and study his cultivation system.

• Yuangeng restored his depleted body by drawing Lunar Essence from the stars, then asked the sovereign in the Ancient Mine what era it was.
• The sovereign told Yuangeng that the Desolate Heaven Emperor had become a landmark in history, and Yuangeng realized his slumber had lasted from the Immortal Ancient Era until the age of Shrouding the Heavens.
• The immortal source cracked as the sovereign revealed that his lifespan was exhausted and that he wanted Yuangeng's body and cultivation method to prolong his life and verify his path.
• The sovereign shattered the immortal source, devoured a mangled head for nourishment, and revealed his Strength Dao and platinum battle-axe.
• The watching saints recognized the weapon as Emperor Jun's, while Yuangeng and the sovereign prepared to clash using different cultivation systems.

Yuangeng watched Emperor Jun complete ultimate sublimation and recognized his body-as-a-seed cultivation method before following him to the Supreme Battlefield. Their battle began with Emperor Jun targeting Yuangeng’s Dao Seed, but Yuangeng’s accumulated strength and immortal methods let him withstand the attacks and overwhelm Emperor Jun’s axe.

• Emperor Jun emerged from the Primordial Mine District, restored his peak, and introduced himself to Yuangeng.
• Yuangeng recognized Emperor Jun’s body-as-a-seed method and followed him to the Supreme Battlefield.
• Emperor Jun attacked Yuangeng’s chest with his battle axe, and Yuangeng met the blow with his fist and a Lunar Essence Qilin manifestation.
• Emperor Jun drew on the Four Extremes and Dragon Transformation Secret Realms, but his axe could not damage Yuangeng’s Qilin manifestation.
• Yuangeng told Emperor Jun that his abilities still fell short, while reflecting on the vast cultivation experience behind his advantage.

Yuangeng defeated Emperor Jun in a devastating battle at the Cosmic Frontier, while the Qilin Emperor watched from afar. After Emperor Jun vanished, the Qilin Emperor set out for the battlefield to confront the surviving Supreme.

• The Qilin Emperor watched Yuangeng and Emperor Jun fight and worried over the monster Emperor Jun had unearthed.
• Emperor Jun fused his five secret realms into a humanoid universe and combined with it to renew his strength.
• Yuangeng unleashed Lunar Essence Finger, and Emperor Jun met it with his Platinum Battle Axe.
• Their clash devastated the supreme battlefield and shattered formations and treasures across the universe.
• Emperor Jun vanished in the collision, while Yuangeng remained standing with half the axe haft.
• The Qilin Emperor took up his Qilin Staff and crossed the starry sky toward the battlefield.

Yuangeng defeated Emperor Jun and studied the broken axe, then planned to pursue immortality and learn the cultivation methods of this era. He met the reigning emperor, recognized the presence of the Heavenly Heart Imprint, and exchanged greetings with him.

• Cultivators across the universe watched Yuangeng defeat Emperor Jun, while Supremes in the forbidden zones discussed the battle and its ancient cultivation methods.
• Yuangeng examined the Half-Broken Axe Haft and considered studying this era’s scriptures and the Red Dust Immortal Path.
• Yuangeng resolved to become an immortal, hoping to reunite with old friends and his Dao companion in the Immortal Domain or Burial Domain.
• A powerful old man approached Yuangeng, and they exchanged qilin manifestations before the old man greeted him.
• Yuangeng recognized the old man as the reigning emperor bearing the Heavenly Heart Imprint and introduced himself as Yuangeng of Lunar Essence.

Yuangeng visited the Qilin Ancestral Star and shared tea and knowledge with the Qilin Emperor, revealing that other realms and an immortal path existed beyond their world. He left the emperor contemplating what it would take to escape the limits of his era: becoming an immortal.

• The Qilin Emperor welcomed Yuangeng to the Qilin Ancestral Star and served him Enlightenment Tea, whose Lunar Essence Dao resonance aided his enlightenment.
• Yuangeng told the Qilin Emperor that the Desolate Heaven Emperor had brought the Enlightenment Tea Tree from another realm, prompting the emperor to wonder about worlds beyond his own.
• Yuangeng revealed that he was human and that Heavenly Lord Mo of Qingwei Heaven had taught him the Qilin Method, then manifested a Four-Horned Black Qilin Dharma image.
• The Qilin Emperor asked Yuangeng about the path beyond the Extreme Dao, and Yuangeng warned that those who failed to leave their harsh era would be forgotten.
• Yuangeng told the Qilin Emperor that success meant becoming an immortal.

Yuangeng took the Qilin Emperor to the Supreme Battlefield and fought him to show him the gap between Extreme Dao experts. After the battle, Yuangeng offered him a place among companions on the path to immortality through the Immortal Ancient Pact.

• The Qilin Emperor reflected on his long struggle to become immortal and admitted he had found no way to live a third life.
• Yuangeng brought the Qilin Emperor to an Unknown World on the Supreme Battlefield and challenged him to show his strength.
• The Qilin Emperor fought Yuangeng’s Lunar Essence Immortal Crow and was eventually suppressed, though the battle clarified his cultivation path.
• Yuangeng explained that the battle had revealed the gap between Extreme Dao experts and forged a Star Stele bearing the Immortal Ancient Pact.
• Yuangeng asked the Qilin Emperor to swear upon his primordial spirit and seal the pact with blood to join their companions.

Yuangeng and the Qilin Emperor established an Immortal Ancient Pact, making Yuangeng the alliance leader and binding them to aid and protect each other. After Yuangeng nearly disturbed the Qilin Emperor’s Heavenly Heart Imprint, he explained that no such imprint had existed in his era.

• Yuangeng presented the Qilin Emperor with a Star Stele bearing a pact that bound them to cooperate, protect each other’s peoples, and recognize Yuangeng as Alliance Leader.
• The Qilin Emperor accepted the pact, and he and Yuangeng each offered a drop of blood that divided the Star Stele between them.
• The Qilin Emperor said he wanted to live longer and learn from Yuangeng, whom he regarded as a destined opportunity.
• Yuangeng sensed the Qilin Emperor’s Heavenly Heart Imprint and nearly disrupted it with his Dao before withdrawing his hand.
• The Qilin Emperor asked whether Yuangeng had merged with a Heavenly Heart Imprint in the Immortal Ancient Era, and Yuangeng said that era had none.

Yuangeng and the Qilin Emperor compared the human body secret realm method with the Immortal Ancient cultivation method. Yuangeng explained that his old path depended on Dao seeds that the changed world could no longer produce, leaving him to pursue it alone.

• After signing the Immortal Ancient Pact, Yuangeng and the Qilin Emperor shared Enlightenment Tea and discussed cultivation across their eras.
• The Qilin Emperor demonstrated the five human body secret realms and explained how their perfected powers completed a cultivator’s transformation.
• Yuangeng demonstrated the Immortal Ancient method, in which cultivators resonated with heaven and earth through a Dao seed.
• Yuangeng explained that an unsuitable Dao seed could keep even a prodigy from becoming immortal, while the modern universe no longer produced Dao seeds.
• Yuangeng reflected that his era, master, friends, and other old acquaintances had vanished, and he hoped to find them in the Immortal Domain or Burial Domain.

Yuangeng learned that his life force was rapidly declining in the Shrouding the Heavens era and sealed himself to slow the loss while accepting the Qilin Emperor’s Immortal Medicine fruit. He left to prepare for cultivating the human body secret realm method while preserving his Immortal Ancient cultivation in a Dao Seed artifact.

• Yuangeng told the Qilin Emperor he would cultivate the human body secret realm method and considered pursuing the red dust immortal path.
• Yuangeng discovered that his life essence, body, and Primordial Spirit were aging rapidly, and the Qilin Emperor explained that he knew no longevity methods.
• Yuangeng sealed himself with lunar essence formations to reduce his lifespan consumption, leaving him roughly one year to live.
• The Qilin Emperor gave Yuangeng a fruit from the Kirin Immortal Medicine, which Yuangeng stored in his Dao Seed.
• Yuangeng flew into the starry sky to resolve the conflict between his Lunar Dao Seed and the body-as-seed method, planning to forge an artifact from his preserved Immortal Ancient cultivation.

Yuangeng returned to the Primordial Ancient Mine, brushed off its resident Supremes, and searched for traces of its past. He found no sign of the bloodstained doorway he remembered, but uncovered dragon pattern black gold and phoenix blood red gold for his weapon.

• Yuangeng flew back to the Primordial Ancient Mine, where the watching sages recognized him as the Supreme who had slain Emperor Jun.
• Two Supremes warned Yuangeng to leave, but he entered the mine and told them he had come to pay respects and collect minerals.
• Yuangeng avoided the Supremes’ protected shafts and searched the mine for a bloodstained doorway, but found no trace of it.
• Yuangeng used six illusory ears to follow the mine’s Dao resonance and excavated a dragon-shaped stone.
• Yuangeng broke open the stone and its divine source, revealing dragon pattern black gold and phoenix blood red gold, which he took to forge a weapon.

Yuangeng collected immortal gold and Primordial Life Stones from the Primordial Ancient Mine while preparing to forge an Imperial Dao Weapon. After he left, a catastrophe erupted in the mine, and a Supreme called him a terrifying unforeseen variable.

• Yuangeng examined the Dragon Pattern Black Gold and Phoenix Blood Red Gold, sensing the Dao paths within them and considering how they might inform new techniques.
• Yuangeng asked the Primordial Ancient Mine's Supremes for Primordial Life Stone, and they gave him two while seeking to ease tensions and offer a possible trade.
• Yuangeng declined to cooperate with the Self-Slashed Supremes and left to organize the Immortal Ancient Artifact-Refining Method and consult the Qilin Emperor.
• After Yuangeng vanished, a tremendous suction from the Primordial Ancient Mine dragged in nearby sages and devoured the surrounding starlight and moonlight.
• A Supreme sighed from deep within the mine and called Yuangeng a terrifying unforeseen variable.

Yuangeng forged an immortal gold ruler on the Qilin Ancestral Star and fused it with his Lunar Dao Seed, creating an artifact that carried his Immortal Ancient Dao Fruit. After the ruler drew down a heavenly tribulation, Yuangeng erased it and named the weapon Eternal Antiquity.

• Yuangeng completed a crimson-black immortal gold ruler by engraving it with his lunar essence laws, while the Qilin Emperor and his descendants watched.
• Yuangeng tested the ruler at the Cosmic Frontier, where it drew in starlight from countless galaxies.
• Yuangeng poured his Immortal Ancient cultivation into the Lunar Dao Seed and transformed it to match the ruler.
• Yuangeng merged the Dao Seed ruler with the immortal gold ruler, triggering a heavenly tribulation.
• Yuangeng used a lunar essence universe to swallow the tribulation and named the artifact Eternal Antiquity.

After forging the Eternal Ancient Ruler, Yuangeng discussed his enduring strength and began assessing the scriptures gathered for his new cultivation path. He left the Qilin Emperor with a confident claim that he surpassed even the greatest figures in history.

• The Qilin Emperor congratulated Yuangeng on forging his weapon and examined him, but Yuangeng explained that years of Dao-tempering had left his body powerful despite losing his former cultivation.
• Yuangeng crushed a distant sun with his bare hand, then returned with the Qilin Emperor to the stone house on the Qilin Ancestral Star.
• The Qilin Emperor showed Yuangeng the scriptures he had gathered, and Yuangeng criticized the strengths and shortcomings of several emperors' paths.
• Yuangeng praised the profound scriptures of figures such as Carefree Heavenly Venerate and the Lunar Essence Human Emperor, and said he planned to visit the latter's former residence.
• When the Qilin Emperor asked whether Yuangeng or those ancient figures were stronger, Yuangeng calmly declared himself stronger.

Yuangeng visited the Lunar Essence Divine Church on Ziwei Ancient Star to study the Lunar Essence Human Emperor’s Dao at his former cultivation site. After witnessing the Emperor’s past, Yuangeng’s first lifetime ended, and he began a second by swallowing a qilin-shaped fruit.

• Si Yanning welcomed Yuangeng to the Lunar Essence Divine Church after he presented her with a Primordial life stone.
• Si Yanning led Yuangeng to the stone platform where the Lunar Essence Human Emperor had cultivated in his final years.
• Yuangeng used the Eternal Ancient Ruler to reveal the Human Emperor’s past image, and Si Yanning knelt before her ancestor.
• Yuangeng studied the Human Emperor’s Lunar Essence Great Dao for a day and night as Si Yanning cultivated nearby.
• Yuangeng’s lifespan reached its end, and he swallowed a qilin-shaped fruit to begin his second lifetime.

After the Kirin Immortal Medicine gave Yuangeng a second life, he began cultivating the Sea of Bitterness method at the Lunar Essence Divine Church. He reached the Other Shore realm and planned to refine his scripture further.

• Yuangeng consumed the Kirin Immortal Medicine and regained the vigorous body of a young man.
• Si Yanning witnessed Yuangeng's transformation, and a lunar essence Quasi-Emperor arrived and greeted him respectfully.
• Yuangeng cultivated on the Human Emperor's stone platform, manifesting a vast bitter sea that covered the sky above Ziwei Ancient Star.
• Yuangeng transformed parts of the bitter sea into life springs and a divine bridge, advancing through the Sea of Bitterness secret realm.
• Yuangeng reached the Other Shore realm, drew the manifestations back into his body, and resolved to perfect his scripture.

After completing the first human body secret realm, Yuangeng agreed to help the Lunar Essence Divine Church recover the lost Human Emperor Seal. He revealed his kinship with the human race and announced that he would expound the scriptures at the Lunar Essence Dao Ground in ten days.

• Yuangeng completed his first human body secret realm, released the seals on his life force, and drew the Eternal Ancient Ruler into his Sea of Bitterness.
• Yuangeng reassured the Lunar Essence Quasi-Emperor and Saint King Si Yanning that he bore the Church no ill will and regretted the Human Emperor's early death.
• Yuangeng offered to act once on the Church's behalf, and the Lunar Essence Quasi-Emperor asked him to recover the lost Human Emperor Seal.
• Yuangeng accepted the request, declared that he would help the two Divine Churches, and told them to announce his scripture lecture at the Lunar Essence Dao Ground in ten days.

The Lunar Essence Divine Church announced that Supreme Sovereign Yuangeng would expound the scriptures, drawing cultivators from across Ziwei Ancient Star. Si Qi and the Solar Essence Quasi-Emperor discussed Yuangeng’s aid in recovering the lost Human Emperor Seal as the two churches’ younger disciples gathered.

• The Lunar Essence Divine Church announced that a supreme sovereign would expound the scriptures in ten days.
• The Solar Essence Quasi-Emperor visited Si Qi and learned that Yuangeng, who had lived a second life in the church, was a human forebear.
• The Solar Essence Quasi-Emperor offered to gather resources to help recover the Human Emperor Seal, and Si Qi said Yuangeng had already agreed to assist.
• The two Quasi-Emperors hoped Ziwei’s young cultivators would seize the opportunity and produce another Dao Prover.
• The Solar Essence Quasi-Emperor praised her tradition’s foremost divine son, while Si Qi countered that Lunar Essence’s divine maiden was equally promising.
• Cultivators from the Sun God Sect and other human traditions arrived on Ziwei for Yuangeng’s scripture exposition.

Yuangeng expounded the Daos of yin and yang for a year before cultivators from across Ziwei Ancient Star. He left behind the Nine Yin and Nine Yang characters, while the Lunar Essence Divine Church and Sun God Sect Quasi-Emperors went to seek him about recovering the Human Emperor Seal.

• The Lunar Essence Quasi-Emperor announced that a human Supreme would expound the scriptures in ten days, drawing cultivators from across Ziwei Ancient Star.
• Yuangeng appeared before the gathered cultivators, and everyone, including the two Quasi-Emperors, bowed to him.
• Yuangeng expounded the Daos of Lunar Essence and Solar Essence for a year, using an Immortal Ancient Method to guide the listeners' comprehension.
• Yuangeng left behind nine Yin characters and nine Yang characters, declaring that they would disperse in a hundred years, then vanished.
• The cultivators struggled to memorize and copy the profound characters, while the Lunar Essence Divine Church and Sun God Sect Quasi-Emperors went to the Human Emperor's former residence, hoping Yuangeng could help recover the Human Emperor Seal.