Arc 17Return of the Heavenly Court

Qin Tian defeated the Hall Master of Yama, returned to Lingbao’s Immortal Platform to enter a second life, and rose to Quasi-Emperor. After returning to the Big Dipper and reuniting with the Jade Lake Saintess and Fairy Zixia, he fused his dao, body, spirit, and qi, reaching a strength close to the Great Emperor domain.

  • Qin Tian defeated Feathering Heaven, survived his lightning tribulation, and fought the Hall Master of Yama, ultimately killing him after using the law-creation tribulation against him.
  • Qin Tian sealed the Old Golden Crow, then cut away his Quasi-Emperor body and soul to begin a transformation at Lingbao’s Immortal Platform while Ye Fan defeated Di Tian and survived Qin Tian’s tribulation projection.
  • Qin Tian used longevity substance to cleanse his wheel of life, emerged in a second life, and endured a vast lightning tribulation that confirmed his Quasi-Emperor status.
  • Qin Tian traveled to the Big Dipper, learned that the Heavenly Court had been attacked, and returned to defend it alongside the Jade Lake Saintess.
  • Qin Tian refined a Divine Court Quasi-Emperor, reunited with Fairy Zixia, and used the Immortal Seed to help her innate Dao embryo evolve before retrieving the seed.
  • Qin Tian merged the innate Dao embryo with his origin, Dao seed, and Sacred Body origin, then endured a myriad-dao tribulation and emerged with his dao, flesh, spirit, and qi united.
Chapters 402–426 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 402Lingbao and Qin Tian Discuss the Immortal Dao; the Divine Court's Invitation and the Emperor Lord's Edict

Qin Tian restored Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, discussed the Battle Immortal and Red Dust Immortal paths with him, and left a Dao Imprint on the Five-Colored Continent. A Divine Court Quasi-Emperor then trapped Qin Tian and tried to recruit him for the Emperor Lord, but Qin Tian refused and revealed his strength had transformed over the past eight years as their fight began.

  • Qin Tian defeated Qing Yutian’s rebellion, killed the traitorous Divine Elders, and reorganized the Divine Domain’s leadership.
  • Qin Tian used the Rebirth Formation to awaken Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, who offered him the Battle Immortal inheritance and explained its path to overcoming death, time, and every weakness of life.
  • Qin Tian explained the Red Dust Immortal path to Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, then left a Five-Colored Dao Imprint before Lingbao faded and sought more fragments of his primordial spirit.
  • Feathering Heaven, a Divine Court Quasi-Emperor, trapped Qin Tian in a sealed space and invited him to serve the Emperor Lord, offering to make him the Divine Court’s Crown Prince.
  • Qin Tian rejected the invitation, scorned the Emperor Lord’s claim to greatness, and told Feathering Heaven that eight years of transformation had given him Quasi-Emperor-level combat strength.

Ch. 403The Battle Between an Emperor and an "Emperor," the Great Chaos Technique

Qin Tian used the God-Demon Burial Ground’s deceptive realm to break through to Great Saint without completing his tribulation, then trapped Feathering Heaven in the starry sky to fight him. He absorbed Feathering Heaven’s Vermilion Bird Divine Flame with the Great Chaos Technique, and the battle continued with Qin Tian challenging him to unleash his remaining moves.

  • After five years of consolidation, Qin Tian broke through from Saint King to Great Saint and gained power approaching a Quasi-Emperor’s.
  • Qin Tian wounded Feathering Heaven with the Yuhua Flying Immortal and escaped the primordial world by using the Grass Character Sword Art to break the array.
  • Qin Tian raised the Immortal Slaying Formation Diagram to prevent Feathering Heaven from fleeing, while concealing his impending tribulation with Deceiving Heaven Array Marks.
  • Qin Tian carried Feathering Heaven away from the Divine Other Shore and into the starry sky, where the two prepared to fight without endangering his followers.
  • Feathering Heaven unleashed the Vermilion Bird Divine Flame, but Qin Tian absorbed it and transformed it into his own power with the Great Chaos Technique.

Ch. 404A future ruling the destiny of all worlds, the Underworld Supreme awakens

Qin Tian killed Feathering Heaven with the Immortal Slaying Sword and absorbed the energy from his corpse after deepening his understanding of destiny. In the Underworld, the Prison-Suppressing Emperor confirmed the Netherworld Emperor had returned and ordered the realm mobilized to find him.

  • Qin Tian used the Great Destiny Art to weaken Feathering Heaven, then reflected that destiny should include both fixed and unfixed outcomes.
  • Qin Tian drew the Immortal Slaying Sword and killed Feathering Heaven with one strike.
  • Qin Tian extracted the divine energy from Feathering Heaven's corpse and absorbed it to strengthen himself.
  • A Supreme in the Underworld divined that the Netherworld Emperor had returned, and the Prison-Suppressing Emperor ordered the Underworld to awaken ancient corpses and search for him.

Ch. 405The Desolate Heaven Emperor's Final Dao Shout

Qin Tian revealed his Great Saint Dao Fruit and endured a vast lightning tribulation, using its manifestations to refine the Quasi-Emperor power he had gained from Feathering Heaven. After nearly dying to eighty-one emperor shadows, he emerged with immense strength, still short of a Quasi-Emperor body but much closer to that realm.

  • Qin Tian released his Heaven-Deceiving Formation, triggering a lightning tribulation filled with living creatures, ancient Heavenly Court manifestations, and Shi Hao’s voice explaining the Immortal Platform secret realm.
  • Qin Tian attempted to form the sixth secret realm, Three Feet Above the Head, There Are Gods, but suffered backlash and healed himself with a branch of the Life Ancient Tree.
  • Qin Tian cut down the tribulation’s True Dragons and innate deities, devoured their remains, and refined their essence and Dao principles into his own Quasi-Emperor energy.
  • Qin Tian fought the tribulation’s Dao weapons and then faced eighty-one Great Emperor manifestations, surviving their repeated attacks only by using his strongest techniques and enduring the destruction of his body.
  • Qin Tian reconstructed his Dao Body from the bloody rain and sensed that his strength could challenge a genuine Quasi-Emperor, though he still needed to cultivate further to attain a Quasi-Emperor body.

Ch. 406The Goddess's Dance, the Underworld's Trap

Qin Tian enjoyed an extravagant respite in the Divine Domain while the Hall Master of Yama investigated the rumors surrounding the Netherworld Emperor’s return. Unable to locate Qin Tian and his companion, the Hall Master waited at the end of the Human Race Ancient Road, intending to kill them when they arrived.

  • Qin Tian let the Divine Domain’s former goddesses entertain him, telling them to keep the music playing and the dancing going as he relaxed on the Divine Throne.
  • The Hall Master of Yama entered the Cloud Dream Realm to investigate who had spread news of the Netherworld Emperor’s return and found that a bounty for information on Qin Tian had circulated beforehand.
  • The Hall Master of Yama decided to seek Qin Tian and his companion, considering recruiting Qin Tian for the Underworld if he was unrelated to the Netherworld Emperor.
  • The Hall Master of Yama learned that his forces had searched the Starry Sky Ancient Road without finding the pair, while other powers were also nearing the Heavenly Venerable Other Shore.
  • The Hall Master of Yama went to the end of the Human Race Ancient Road and waited there, declaring that he would kill the human prodigies when they arrived.

Ch. 407The Heavenly Venerable and the Banished Immortal, Ye Fan Sets Foot on the Ancient Road, Beginning and End

Qin Tian and his companions reached the final pass of the Human Race Ancient Road after three years, while Ye Fan began the road at the First Pass. There, Ye Fan faced the Overlord Qin Tian had sealed as a trial, and their battle escalated as the Overlord revealed his Saint King strength.

  • Qin Tian led his companions through the ruined latter half of the Human Race Ancient Road, reaching its final pass after three years.
  • Qin Tian anticipated enemies waiting near the Ultimate First Pass and decided to treat any ambush as his final examination.
  • Ye Fan arrived at the First Pass, where the Protector told him that Qin Tian had left him a formidable opponent to face.
  • Ye Fan recognized a stone statue as his trial and released the Overlord sealed inside it.
  • Ye Fan and the Overlord exchanged blows, and the Protector revealed that the Overlord had become a Saint King.
  • Ye Fan answered the Overlord's assault by summoning his Heavenly Emperor Dharma Manifestation.

Ch. 408A name on the Crystal Stele, Yama at the end of the road

Ye Fan defeated Overlord in the divine forbidden domain while Qin Tian reached the Ultimate Imperial Pass and inscribed his name on the Crystal Stele. The Hall Master of Yama then trapped Qin Tian and his companions inside an Emperor Formation and invited them to the Underworld.

  • Ye Fan used the divine forbidden domain and Emperor Fist to defeat Overlord, ending their Sacred Body-Tyrant Body battle.
  • Qin Tian reached the Ultimate Imperial Pass and saw the histories carved on its stone pillars.
  • Qin Tian inscribed his name as the ninth entry on the Crystal Stele, and his companions added their names as well.
  • The Hall Master of Yama appeared and used an Emperor Formation to isolate Qin Tian and his companions from the outside world.
  • The Hall Master of Yama invited Qin Tian and another Taboo One to the Underworld as the trapped group faced the Near-Dao Accomplisher's overwhelming threat.

Ch. 409The invincible Near-Dao Accomplisher, rising after destruction

Qin Tian and Su Yunxian were trapped by the Hall Master of Yama, who wanted to capture them for the Underworld. As Su Yunxian held off his attacks, Qin Tian used the danger as a trial and began a perilous transformation beyond the Saint realm.

  • Golden Cicada and the Divine Venerable tried to help Qin Tian and Su Yunxian escape the Emperor Formation, but the Hall Master of Yama blocked their attacks.
  • Qin Tian realized the Hall Master of Yama had been tracking him and believed he knew something about the Netherworld Emperor’s return.
  • Qin Tian and Su Yunxian entered the divine forbidden domain and attacked together, but the Hall Master of Yama suppressed them with the Netherworld Death Spear.
  • Qin Tian tried to awaken the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, but the Hall Master of Yama pinned it down and struck Qin Tian with deadly divine power.
  • Qin Tian used the Great Chaos Technique to absorb the Hall Master of Yama’s divine power and began rebuilding himself through destruction.
  • Su Yunxian shielded Qin Tian with the Immortal Ascension Cauldron as he pushed to break beyond the Saint realm and become an Emperor.

Ch. 410An immortal body, an eternal battle soul, a Quasi-Emperor body

Qin Tian used the Near-Dao Accomplisher’s power to forge a Quasi-Emperor body, but the violent transformation left him gravely injured and unable to advance his spirit or cultivation. He fought the Hall Master of Yama inside the Emperor Formation, ending the chapter locked in a destructive clash.

  • Qin Tian rebuilt his body amid the Near-Dao Accomplisher’s divine power, using his power of destiny and the Dao Portal Secret Realm to survive the transformation.
  • Qin Tian formed an Emperor Dao bloodline Dao Fruit and gained a Quasi-Emperor body, while the Hall Master of Yama mocked him and revealed the formation blocked heavenly tribulations.
  • Qin Tian struck the Hall Master of Yama with a powerful punch, but the Hall Master evaded his next blow and explained that Qin Tian remained a Great Saint despite his transformed body.
  • Qin Tian’s injuries reopened, and he recognized that the violent transformation had left his Dao Fruit damaged.
  • The Hall Master of Yama summoned spectral deathly power and a landscape of corpses and bones, while Qin Tian countered with a punch that shattered the formation of bones and blood.

Ch. 411Tribulation from the Myriad Worlds, the Third Secret Realm Opens!

Qin Tian fought the Hall Master of Yama while Su Yunxian urged him to use the power of her previous life, but he refused to protect her future path. Under pressure, Qin Tian created Escape One and opened the third secret realm, then redirected its law-creation tribulation onto the Hall Master of Yama; crimson lightning engulfed the cosmos as the battle’s outcome remained uncertain.

  • The Hall Master of Yama attacked Qin Tian with death aura, while Su Yunxian sheltered the Divine Venerable and the others in the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk.
  • Su Yunxian offered to draw on her true body’s power, but Qin Tian refused because it could divert her current life’s Dao and endanger her future.
  • The Hall Master of Yama overwhelmed Qin Tian, crushing him with a black hole and consuming his scattered sacred blood.
  • Qin Tian created the secret art Escape One under pressure and used it to evade the Hall Master of Yama’s attack.
  • Qin Tian opened the third secret realm and used the Great Destiny Art to transfer the law-creation tribulation’s target from himself to the Hall Master of Yama.
  • A powerful law-creation tribulation filled the cosmos with crimson lightning and engulfed the battlefield.

Ch. 412A sword stroke as sole arbiter of eternity

Qin Tian turned the Hall Master of Yama into the target of a law-creation tribulation, but Shi Hao appeared in the lightning and struck down the surrounding realm. Qin Tian crippled his third secret realm to end the tribulation and left injured, only for a furious presence to emerge from the Netherworld Blue Sea.

  • Qin Tian triggered a law-creation tribulation against the Hall Master of Yama, using a technique to transfer its target onto him.
  • Shi Hao emerged from the Lightning Sea, recognized that Qin Tian was using the tribulation against an enemy, and drew the Desolate Sword.
  • Shi Hao’s sword stroke shattered the surrounding heaven and earth, and Qin Tian crippled his third secret realm to make the tribulation vanish before the Forbidden Zone Supremes awoke.
  • Qin Tian suffered severe damage to his origin, reassured Su Yunxian that he had a way to recover, and prepared to leave.
  • A roar shook the three realms and six paths as the Netherworld Blue Sea reappeared, and Qin Tian realized the Hall Master of Yama had survived.

Ch. 413Another breakthrough on the brink of battle, slaying Yama at the end of the path!

Qin Tian battled the wounded Hall Master of Yama, using the pressure to advance his body, primordial spirit, and laws toward the Quasi-Emperor realm. He imitated the Desolate Heaven Emperor’s sword strike and overwhelmed Yama, who ignited his blood essence in a desperate attempt to take Qin Tian down with him.

  • The Hall Master of Yama emerged alive from the Nether Sea, badly wounded by the Desolate Heaven Emperor’s slash, and Qin Tian healed himself with a branch of the Life Ancient Tree.
  • The Hall Master of Yama’s cultivation fell to the fifth heaven of Quasi-Emperor as the sword wound drained his vitality, and he sealed the battlefield while Qin Tian reinforced the formation instead of fleeing.
  • Qin Tian fought the Hall Master of Yama with the Immortal Slaying Sword as his body and primordial spirit transformed, though an old wound of the great Dao prevented him from fully breaking through.
  • The Hall Master of Yama recognized Qin Tian’s breakthrough injury, but Qin Tian used the Twelve Heavenly Stems Gods and Demons Grand Formation to elevate his divine power and laws to the Quasi-Emperor realm.
  • Qin Tian imitated the Desolate Heaven Emperor’s Sole Arbiter of Eternity and struck the Hall Master of Yama, then used Reverse Life and Death to restore the stars Yama had destroyed.
  • The Hall Master of Yama’s body was repeatedly blasted apart, so he ignited his blood essence to regain his peak combat strength and try to drag Qin Tian into the grave with him.

Ch. 414The aftermath of battle, a fallen genius

Qin Tian killed the Hall Master of Yama, while a recording of the battle spread false news that Qin Tian had suffered a Dao wound and could never become a Quasi-Emperor. After leaving the Starry Sky Ancient Road, Qin Tian reached Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star and prepared to remove the Old Golden Crow, who threatened Heavenly Venerable Lingbao’s revival.

  • Qin Tian used the Immortal Slaying Sword and Devouring Heaven Demon Jar to overwhelm the Hall Master of Yama, destroy his body, and kill his primordial spirit.
  • Chuan Ying refused Old God’s suggestion to recruit Qin Tian and decided to search the Big Dipper for the Netherworld Emperor’s nirvana body.
  • A Cloud Dream Realm recording of the battle led people to believe Qin Tian had suffered an incurable Dao wound, stirring the Emperor Road’s prodigies to renewed competition.
  • Su Yunxian left her followers to pursue their own trials, and the Divine Venerable, Golden Cicada, and Six-Eared Macaque gained renown across other starfields.
  • Qin Tian departed the Starry Sky Ancient Road and, despite the supposed Dao wound, remained powerful enough to deter other Near-Dao Accomplishers.
  • Qin Tian arrived at Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, saw that Heavenly Venerable Lingbao’s revival had advanced, and planned to eliminate the Old Golden Crow before he could interfere.

Ch. 415Hunting the Golden Crow, the Place of Dao Attainment

Qin Tian found the Lingbao Immortal Platform and captured the Old Golden Crow, who had been incubating in the Heavenly Venerable’s immortal liquid. After suppressing him with the revived platform, the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, and the Human Emperor Nails, Qin Tian declared the platform his future place of Dao attainment.

  • Qin Tian used the Profound Jade Platform to reach the underground Lingbao Immortal Platform, where he found the sleeping Fire Crow Great Saint guarding the Golden Divine Egg.
  • The Old Golden Crow tried to flee through a spatial gate, but Qin Tian closed it and activated the Reincarnation Array Formation to suppress him with the five treasured lands.
  • Qin Tian summoned a primordial spirit fragment of Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, frightening the Old Golden Crow before the fragment dissipated to rejoin Lingbao’s restoration.
  • Qin Tian pierced the Fire Crow Great Saint with Chains of Order and used the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar’s Deity-Deliverance Art to weaken and control the Old Golden Crow.
  • Qin Tian drove the Taiyin Human Emperor’s nine Human Emperor Nails into the Old Golden Crow, severed his origin, and sealed him inside the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid.
  • Qin Tian surveyed the Lingbao Immortal Platform and declared that it would be where he attained the Dao.

Ch. 416A self-slash to seek a second life; Ye Fan meets Qin Tian again

Qin Tian cut away his Quasi-Emperor body and primordial spirit, then began transforming into a second life on Lingbao's Immortal Platform. Ye Fan and the Twelve Sacred Beasts found him there and left after receiving gifts of sacred blood, while Qin Tian's aura continued to grow stronger.

  • Qin Tian used the Supreme Blade to slash away his Quasi-Emperor body and soul, returning to the Great Saint Realm so he could use his longevity substance to transform.
  • Qin Tian spread his will across the cosmos and the Human Race Ancient Road while tempering his spirit and body, expelling purple-gold sacred blood as his transformation progressed.
  • Ye Fan and the Twelve Sacred Beasts arrived at Lingbao's Immortal Platform and recognized Qin Tian as the source of its terrifying aura.
  • Ye Fan explained that Qin Tian was expelling sacred blood to force himself into a second life, and he stopped Dragon Horse and the others from disturbing him.
  • Qin Tian sent divine flames into the Twelve Sacred Beasts and a drop of crimson blood into Ye Fan, helping them transform and showing Ye Fan a path toward a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body.
  • Ye Fan and the Twelve Sacred Beasts bowed and departed as Qin Tian remained seated, growing stronger with every passing moment.

Ch. 417Ten years flew by, Ye Fan fought in his master's stead

At a gathering of young prodigies debating the Forbidden Path, Ye Fan defended his master Qin Tian and challenged Di Tian to fight. The chapter ended as Ye Fan revealed his power to cross the Eight Prohibitions and Di Tian accepted the duel.

  • Di Tian and his supporters disparaged Qin Tian at the gathering, prompting Dragon Horse and Ye Fan to rebuke them.
  • Ye Fan challenged Di Tian in Qin Tian’s stead and revealed that Qin Tian was the Patriarch Bodhi who had taught him the Indestructible Heavenly Art.
  • Di Tian initially urged Ye Fan to fight him another day, but Ye Fan insisted on battling him as a Saint against a Saint King.
  • Ye Fan manifested his Heavenly Emperor Dharma Manifestation and declared that he could cross the Eight Prohibitions.
  • Di Tian used the Self-Slaying, Dao-Illuminating Art to clear his mind, then charged at Ye Fan to begin the fight.

Ch. 418Heavenly Emperor Fist

Ye Fan defeated Di Tian with the Heavenly Emperor Fist after entering a level beyond the Eight Prohibitions, and the victory pushed his cultivation to its limit. As multiple lightning tribulations descended around him, the chapter ended with Ye Fan facing an extraordinary heavenly trial.

  • Ye Fan and Di Tian began their ultimate showdown as Fairy Qing Shi and others watched and discussed Di Tian’s hard-won reputation.
  • Ye Fan revealed a bodily universe of Manifestations and Divine Forms, entered a new level beyond the Eight Prohibitions, and overwhelmed Di Tian’s attacks.
  • Di Tian used Nine Secrets: Zhe to heal, ignited his origin, and charged again, but Ye Fan defeated him with the Heavenly Emperor Fist.
  • Golden Cicada explained that Ye Fan’s Forbidden Art had brought him close to the Forbidden Domain, while the onlookers recognized him as a potential Taboo One.
  • Ye Fan could no longer suppress his cultivation, and several kinds of lightning tribulation descended at once.

Ch. 419Qin Tian in the Heavenly Que of the Lightning Tribulation

Ye Fan broke through to Saint King and endured a Lightning Tribulation in which he fought nine Young Great Emperors, while the gathered prodigies watched. As the ordeal continued into a Heavenly Que, a projection of Qin Tian appeared, and the chapter ended with Qin Tian opening his Double Pupils within the tribulation.

  • After defeating Di Tian, Ye Fan's will surged and his cultivation broke through to Saint King.
  • Ye Fan battled the nine Young Great Emperors in the Lightning Tribulation, repeatedly reconstructing his Sacred Body as he advanced.
  • The Lightning Tribulation intensified after the nine Young Great Emperors fell, and a vast Heavenly Que formed within the Lightning Sea.
  • A powerful figure emerged from the Heavenly Que, and the gathered onlookers recognized him as a projection of Heavenly Venerable Qin Tian.
  • Dragon Horse taunted the Azure Dragon Divine Envoy and Di Tian for having challenged Qin Tian, and Qin Tian opened his Double Pupils within the tribulation.

Ch. 420Ye Fan Battles the Heavenly Venerable, His Master's Crucial Rescue

Ye Fan and the other young Supremes challenged Qin Tian’s Heavenly Tribulation projection, but it overwhelmed them as Ye Fan endured the fight alone. After the Lightning Tribulation faded and Ye Fan was reduced to a drop of essence blood, an attacker struck with a Quasi-Emperor Forbidden Artifact, prompting Qin Tian’s incarnation to reappear and defend his disciple.

  • Qin Tian watched as Ye Fan and the young Supremes entered the Lightning Tribulation to challenge his projection.
  • Qin Tian’s incarnation defeated Di Tian and battered the Divine Venerable and the other challengers, while Ye Fan bore the fiercest attacks.
  • Ye Fan continued fighting with Nine Secrets: Zhe after the others could no longer return to battle, and the Lightning Tribulation eventually dispersed with Ye Fan reduced to a drop of essence blood.
  • An unseen attacker launched a Quasi-Emperor Forbidden Artifact strike at Ye Fan’s recovering essence blood.
  • Qin Tian’s fading incarnation reappeared as the Heavenly Tribulation surged and shouted at the attacker for targeting his disciple.

Ch. 421Beginning a second life

Qin Tian used his will and the longevity substance he had cultivated to attempt a dangerous transformation into a second life. He emerged on the Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star as a youthful, peerlessly powerful being whose emperor aura could be felt across the universe.

  • During Ye Fan's tribulation, Qin Tian's manifested body used the lightning to shatter a Quasi-Emperor Forbidden Artifact and remained until Ye Fan returned through nirvana.
  • At the Lingbao Immortal Platform, Qin Tian explained that his flawless red blood was temporary and that producing it had consumed nearly all his remaining lifespan.
  • Qin Tian tempered his body and will to cultivate longevity substance, then chose to use it directly to cleanse his wheel of life rather than spend years forming a divine embryo.
  • Qin Tian wielded the Supreme Heavenly Blade to drive the longevity substance through his wheel of life and began transforming into a second life.
  • Qin Tian emerged as a youth with surging qi and blood and an emperor's aura, and Quasi-Emperors throughout the universe sensed his arrival.

Ch. 422Three Origins Achieve Emperorship, Finally Entering the Quasi-Emperor Realm

Qin Tian transformed his physique, divine power, and primordial spirit into the quasi-emperor realm, then faced a vast lightning tribulation that tested his newly achieved strength. The tribulation ended without defeating him, leaving him standing in the universe with immense power and a solid foundation.

  • Qin Tian naturally sublimated his physique, primordial spirit, and divine power to the quasi-emperor level using his three origins.
  • Qin Tian revealed his full aura and sought recognition from heaven and earth, causing the Great Dao and quasi-emperors throughout the universe to sense his emergence.
  • A colossal lightning tribulation descended, and Qin Tian moved to the Cosmic Frontier as its lightning-built Immortal Realm followed him.
  • Qin Tian endured the tribulation, which could injure him but could not break through the divine light protecting his body.
  • The lightning tribulation ended, and Qin Tian replenished his strength with the vital essence of space.

Ch. 423Return to Big Dipper, the Shattered Heavenly Court

Qin Tian completed a breakthrough and returned to Big Dipper, where he discovered that the Heavenly Court had been damaged and the star domain was engulfed in conflict over the Road to Immortality. After a Great Saint mistook him for Ye Fan, Qin Tian left without incident, and the Great Saint realized that the legendary Lord of the Heavenly Court had returned as a Quasi-Emperor.

  • Qin Tian reflected on his limited progress in the Quasi-Emperor realm and planned to use his sealed Reincarnation Dao Fruit to reach high-rank quasi-emperor.
  • Qin Tian observed Su Yunxian cultivating, Ye Fan and his allies contesting the Demon Emperor Ruler, and Purple Qilin defeating Overlord.
  • Qin Tian traveled through the inner void to Big Dipper and discovered its interwoven Emperor Formations and the destruction of the Heavenly Court's ninefold heavens.
  • Qin Tian saw that Big Dipper had become a battlefield as outsiders fought over the Road to Immortality.
  • A Great Saint's group stopped Qin Tian, but the Great Saint recognized his Quasi-Emperor aura and let him pass; afterward, he concluded Qin Tian was the returned Lord of the Heavenly Court.

Ch. 424The Heavenly Emperor Returns

Qin Tian returned to Big Dipper, found the Heavenly Court facing a renewed assault at Fire Demon Ridge, and reunited with the Jade Lake Saintess. After revealing that he had healed and reached Quasi-Emperor, he confronted the enemy Quasi-Emperor and stopped him from fleeing.

  • Qin Tian sensed Big Dipper’s revival and vowed to settle accounts with those who had wronged him.
  • At Fire Demon Ridge, Qin Tian learned from a girl that the Heavenly Court had faced attacks from forces beyond the star while its lord was away.
  • A hostile young man mocked the Heavenly Court, and the Jade Lake Saintess arrived with the Heavenly Soldiers to face the gathered enemies.
  • An enemy Quasi-Emperor threatened the Jade Lake Saintess, but she recognized Qin Tian and embraced him when he returned.
  • Qin Tian revealed that his Dao Wound had healed and that he had advanced to Quasi-Emperor, then froze the space as the enemy tried to escape.

Ch. 425The turmoil around Qin Tian, a reunion with the Jade Lake Saintess, and Zixia's devotion

Qin Tian returned to the Big Dipper as a Quasi-Emperor, rewarded the Heavenly Court’s soldiers, and reunited with the Jade Lake Saintess. Fairy Zixia confessed her love, and Qin Tian helped her innate Dao embryo evolve before reclaiming the Immortal Seed, which he called the final piece of his puzzle.

  • Qin Tian used the Saint Sacrifice Technique to refine the Divine Court’s Quasi-Emperor, share his origin with the Heavenly Court’s soldiers, and give Golden Horn a glimpse of the Quasi-Emperor realm.
  • News of Qin Tian’s return as a Quasi-Emperor spread across the Big Dipper, alarming his enemies and delighting the Purple Mansion Holy Land.
  • Qin Tian reunited with the Jade Lake Saintess, who reassured him and then sent Fairy Zixia to see him.
  • Fairy Zixia confessed that she had loved Qin Tian since he defeated her, and the two became lovers.
  • Qin Tian used dual cultivation and the Immortal Seed to help Fairy Zixia’s innate Dao embryo evolve, then retrieved the Immortal Seed and declared it the final piece of his puzzle.

Ch. 426At last, the acquired sacred body dao embryo

Qin Tian transformed the immortal seed and sacred body into an acquired sacred body dao embryo, overcoming a devastating heavenly tribulation. He emerged with power approaching the Great Emperor domain and a faint imperial aura.

  • Qin Tian began transforming himself, separating the innate dao embryo from his origin and merging it with the dao seed and sacred body origin.
  • Qin Tian's body developed purple-gold divine blood and innate dao patterns as the transformation affected the Big Dipper.
  • Qin Tian completed the acquired sacred body dao embryo, provoking a tribulation of myriad dao laws.
  • Qin Tian endured and absorbed lightning, time-law attacks, and karmic fire, using them to temper and reshape his body.
  • Qin Tian emerged with his dao, flesh, spirit, and qi united, his strength approaching the Great Emperor domain and an imperial aura felt across the universe.
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