Chapter Summaries

Qin Tian learned that the Immortal Fire’s memories held no more of the battle between fourteen Quasi-Immortal Emperors, then absorbed its Immortal Dao insights and opened the Ancestral Aperture between his brows. As his Three Immortal auras gained immortal qualities, a fourth strand began to form, which he recognized as beginning qi.

• Qin Tian tried to make the Immortal Fire show him the battle’s outcome, but his future self’s voice explained that the recorded vision ended there and invited him to take part in the battle himself.
• Qin Tian deduced that Dao Illuminating the Years, Dao Transforms the Myriad Heavens created countless timelines and Dao Fruits that could ultimately merge into one.
• After returning to the Fire Domain, Qin Tian used the Supreme Forgetfulness Blade to slow the Immortal Dao feedback and sort through the runes flooding his consciousness.
• Qin Tian drew the Immortal Dao runes into the Ancestral Aperture between his brows, where his Inner World endured longer and hidden Primordial Spirit power began to emerge.
• Qin Tian realized that the body’s different cultivation systems all aimed to unearth potential and evolve, while his Three Immortal auras absorbed Immortal Dao rules and grew purer.
• Qin Tian saw a fourth strand of Immortal Qi begin to form and recognized it as beginning qi, the first strand.

Qin Tian reflected on nurturing Beginning Qi and developing his own cultivation system, then traveled to the Northern Plains to seek the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor’s inheritance. The immortal crane initially refused him entry, but Qin Tian’s knowledge of the Emperor Scripture and admiration for the Great Emperor softened the guardian’s attitude.

• Qin Tian concluded that he needed an environment rich in Immortal Dao laws to nurture Beginning Qi and identified the immortal road on Flying Immortal Star as a future opportunity.
• Qin Tian planned to develop a system beginning with the Glabella Ancestral Aperture, but stopped his Cloud Dream Realm experiment before opening it because his Great Dao remained unformed and the risks were unclear.
• Qin Tian spent three months tempering his body in the Fire Domain and sensed that erasing its last trace of gold could bring his physique to the level of a Young Heavenly Emperor.
• Qin Tian traveled across the Northern Plains and found the Divine Lake where the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor’s inheritance was hidden.
• The immortal crane denied Qin Tian entry because he was not the inheritor, but Qin Tian recited the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Scripture and threatened to harm Wang Teng.
• Qin Tian admitted he coveted the Chaotic Ancient Era Emperor Axe while praising the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor, and the immortal crane softened after sensing his sincerity.

Qin Tian entered the Chaotic Ancient Era Secret Realm to undergo its trials, and its first test sealed four of his five secret realms beneath an Innate Dao Diagram. He repaired and strengthened his foundations until he broke through the suppression and advanced into the Four Extremes Secret Realm.

• Qin Tian gave up pursuing the Chaotic Ancient Era Emperor Axe and asked Immortal Crane to let him experience the secret realm’s trials.
• Immortal Crane agreed to let Qin Tian enter once, citing his victory over Wang Teng, and opened the entrance to the Underground Palace.
• Qin Tian entered the Underground Palace, where Dao power sealed four of his five secret realms and left only his Sea of Bitterness functioning.
• Qin Tian withstood the Innate Dao Diagram’s pressure, repaired damaged gates of potential, and broke through the seal on his Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm.
• Qin Tian shattered the suppression on his Dao Palace Secret Realm and stepped into the Four Extremes Secret Realm.

Qin Tian quickly pushed his self-forged secret realms to their limits and reached the second trial of the Chaotic Ancient legacy at the First Pass of the Human Race. He recognized the Seven Heroes of Heaven-Rending and fought them, ending the chapter by deploying the Two Modes Dust-Mote Grand Formation.

• Qin Tian rapidly opened the potential gates in his Dragon Transformation and Immortal Platform Secret Realms, overcoming their Dao suppression.
• Qin Tian arrived at the First Pass of the Human Race and recognized the Seven Heroes of Heaven-Rending as the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor’s former enemies.
• Qin Tian realized the heroes were real people whose surviving primordial spirit fragments had been imprisoned by the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor to guard his legacy.
• The Seven Heroes attacked Qin Tian with coordinated weapons and a formation, but he met their assault head-on and judged their combat strength lower than expected.
• Qin Tian summoned the Divine Mark Purple Gold Diagram and formed the Two Modes Dust-Mote Grand Formation against the Seven Heroes.

Qin Tian defeated the Seven Heroes of Heaven-Rending and advanced to the third trial, where he faced the youthful Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor. Though Chaotic Ancient gravely wounded him with a space-erasing axe strike, Qin Tian recovered, studied the technique, and prepared to use his Temporal Eye to anticipate the emperor’s attacks.

• Qin Tian killed the leader of the Seven Heroes of Heaven-Rending, destroyed his mount, and used the Heaven-Opening Sound and Wushi Technique to defeat the remaining six.
• Qin Tian watched the defeated heroes dissolve into light and encountered the third trial’s opponent, the youthful Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor.
• Qin Tian drew the Seven-Star Sword and Divine Mark Purple Gold Diagram, then fought Chaotic Ancient at close range and endured attacks that disrupted his body and blood.
• Qin Tian realized his superior physical foundation and recovery could give him a chance to win, but Chaotic Ancient erased the space between them and nearly split him in two with an axe strike.
• Qin Tian used the Self-Slaying, Dao-Illuminating Art to rebuild his body, analyzed the axe technique, and resolved to prepare the Cloud Dream Realm to learn from other cultivators.
• Qin Tian activated his Temporal Eye to track future timelines and anticipate Chaotic Ancient’s techniques as the battle continued.

Qin Tian fought the Chaotic Ancient Dao Incarnation, adapting its techniques and refining his own Dao until he passed the trial. He learned that the incarnation had been limited to Great Saint-level combat, then appeared before another manifestation of Chaotic Ancient, who explained the trial’s conditions.

• Qin Tian battled the Chaotic Ancient Dao Incarnation and developed a secret art that countered its technique of making all spirits become Dao.
• Qin Tian entered the divine forbidden domain, escaped Eternal Banishment, and continued fighting as the incarnation raised its strength and combat skill.
• Qin Tian opened his ancestral aperture and unleashed world-opening Dao light, causing the incarnation to trigger its Quasi-Emperor-level consciousness and vanish under the trial’s rules.
• Qin Tian appeared in a dark space before an ancient talisman and another manifestation of Chaotic Ancient.
• Chaotic Ancient explained that Qin Tian had passed by injuring the incarnation and forcing it to use Quasi-Emperor-level consciousness, though its ordinary combat consciousness had been at the Great Saint level.
• Qin Tian assessed his combat proficiency and resolved to keep improving because his cultivation realm and understanding remained insufficient.

Qin Tian left the Chaotic Ancient Era Secret Realm with a Nine-Turn Emperor Talisman after agreeing to find opponents who could help Wang Teng grow through defeat. In the Northern Plains, he found a Dao-Slaying Demon King at a fortune-rich lake and prepared to test his combat strength against it without entering the Divine Forbidden Domain.

• The Chaotic Ancient Emperor Shadow lamented that Qin Tian had not cultivated the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Scripture, then gave him a Nine-Turn Emperor Talisman in exchange for Qin Tian arranging more defeats for Wang Teng.
• Qin Tian inspected the talisman, embedded his essence blood and Primordial Spirit imprint in it, and secured another means of surviving death.
• Qin Tian considered potential opponents for Wang Teng, including Qi Lin and Jue Youqing, but decided to wait for the protagonist to arrive before choosing someone.
• Qin Tian traveled through the Northern Plains seeking nourishment and learned of a Dao-Slaying Demon King that had claimed a marsh secret land.
• Qin Tian arrived at the lake, recognized its fortune-rich water veins, and identified the enormous turtle as a newly advanced Dao-Slaying Demon King.
• Qin Tian decided to fight the Demon King with his normal combat strength and roared for it to get up.

Qin Tian fought and defeated the Black Tortoise King, then spared his Primordial Spirit and cooked the king’s body to heal his injuries. After eating, Qin Tian’s power surged and he neared another breakthrough.

• Qin Tian ambushed the Black Tortoise King, sealed the battlefield, and fought him while analyzing his demonic power.
• Qin Tian’s Five-Colored Canopy adapted to the king’s attacks, and his Innate Grand Void Astral Energy cut through the Black Tortoise King’s armor and body.
• Qin Tian used the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art to capture the king’s Primordial Spirit, then released him to flee.
• Qin Tian put the Black Tortoise King’s body in the Xuanhuang Ancient Cauldron and recorded him in his Big Dipper Classic of Mountains and Seas.
• Qin Tian ate the clear-simmered meat, recovered his injuries, and felt his cultivation rise toward a breakthrough.

Qin Tian found Primordial Essence Divine Water in the lake formed from the Chaos Body’s Divine Treasury, used it to heal his Primordial Spirit, and passed his tribulation to become a Peerless Saint Lord. He returned to the Yan Kingdom’s capital and began considering how he would Sever the Dao.

• Qin Tian searched the Northern Plains for Severing the Dao Kings to spar with but found none, though he collected a Little Medicine King and other treasures.
• Qin Tian descended into the lake’s depths inside the Xuanhuang Ancient Cauldron and discovered a store of Primordial Essence Divine Water.
• Qin Tian collected most of the divine water and salvaged treasures, including a piece of Eternal Blue Gold, from the lakebed.
• Qin Tian used the Primordial Essence Divine Water and chaos power to repair and strengthen his Primordial Spirit, then endured a Lightning Tribulation and became a Peerless Saint Lord.
• Qin Tian returned to the Yan Kingdom’s capital and considered his options for Severing the Dao, including asking Jiang Taixu or Xiao Nannan for guidance.

After two years of cultivating in seclusion, Qin Tian went to the Desolate Forbidden Zone with Xiao Nannan to intercept the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin and obtain the Immortal Domain Repair Scripture. The coffin arrived, and Qin Tian spotted Ye Fan among the young people nearby, but Ye Fan’s face shocked him.

• Qin Tian spent two years studying Severing the Dao and developing the Innate Heavenly Dao Array while news of other prodigies spread across the Big Dipper.
• Qin Tian brought Xiao Nannan to the Desolate Forbidden Zone, where the Devouring Heaven Demon Lid repelled the Desolate Power and caused the Tianxuan Saintess to withdraw.
• Qin Tian explored the forbidden zone and waited for the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, hoping to obtain the Immortal Domain Repair Scripture.
• The Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin arrived and slid down a cliff, while a group of young people watched from nearby.
• Qin Tian recognized Pang Bo and the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body beside him as Ye Fan, then stared at Ye Fan’s face in disbelief.

Qin Tian was shaken by how closely he resembled Ye Fan and other powerful figures, but he cut away his doubts and resolved to keep advancing. In the Desolate Forbidden Zone, the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body warned him that his Sacred Body Origin carried a dangerous demonic nature and offered him the Dao Integration Flower, which Qin Tian declined for now.

• Qin Tian realized his resemblance to Ye Fan explained Xiao Nannan’s closeness and his earlier sense of familiarity with Huang, then speculated that Ye Fan would eventually come to look exactly like him.
• Huang’s power afflicted the Big Dipper Tour Group, leaving its members screaming as some aged into old people and others became children; Qin Tian steadied his Dao heart and resolved to grow stronger rather than dwell on the mysteries surrounding his face.
• Qin Tian and Xiao Nannan entered the depths of the Desolate Forbidden Zone, where the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body appeared and offered Qin Tian the Dao Integration Flower.
• The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body warned Qin Tian that demonic nature was growing within his Sacred Body Origin and could obstruct his path to attaining the Dao.
• Qin Tian thanked him but declined the Dao Integration Flower for now, while the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body decided to place it inside the Nine Dragons Coffin for Qin Tian to use if he later became stuck on the verge of attaining the Dao.

Qin Tian watched Ye Fan and his classmates wake in the Desolate Forbidden Zone, then used Huang’s wooden token to cut into the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin and comprehend the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm. He gained insight into his Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo and gave the recovered Dragon Qi to the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, who planned to pass it to the Ruthless Great Emperor.

• Qin Tian avoided the Bronze Immortal Palace because he was not ready to face the Ruthless Great Emperor, while the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body threw the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin from the abyss.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo woke younger than before, while their classmates had aged into old men and women; Ye Fan noticed Qin Tian but left without approaching him.
• Qin Tian failed to damage the dragon corpses with his fist, then used Huang’s wooden token to slice them open and extract their Dragon Qi.
• Qin Tian absorbed the Dragon Qi, comprehended the transformations behind the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm, and deepened his understanding of the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo.
• Qin Tian gave the nine streams of Dragon Qi to the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, who accepted them for the Ruthless Great Emperor, then allowed Qin Tian to pick fruit from the Sacred Mountains.
• Qin Tian approached the bronze coffin and considered its origins as the former tomb of the Lord of the Plateau.

Qin Tian comprehended the ancient scripture from the Small Coffin and created the foundations of flourishing, prosperity, and decline, but realized he still needed to unite them into the true Way of Existence. He concluded the scripture could repair either the Immortal Domain or the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, leaving the choice to later generations.

• Qin Tian entered the Bronze Coffin and studied its ancient engravings and the heavy Small Coffin at its center.
• Qin Tian meditated with the Bodhi Seed Prayer Beads and heard a few hundred characters of an ancient scripture that inspired him to understand the Great Dao.
• Qin Tian witnessed the flourishing, prosperity, and decline of worlds, while the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands' declining state accelerated his comprehension and began to harm him.
• Xiao Nannan called out to Qin Tian, pulling him back from his vision of the universe's extinction.
• Qin Tian realized he had created three foundations but still needed to unite them, and he recognized the scripture as a repair method for both the Immortal Domain and the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

Qin Tian recovered from a dangerous Dao wound and reflected on the prodigies rising in this life, especially the reincarnated Immortal King of the Reincarnation Sea. The story then shifted to a three-year-old girl with extraordinary aptitude, who intercepted a heavenly blessing and began undergoing a lightning tribulation.

• Qin Tian emerged from the Bronze Ancient Coffin with white hair after drawing too close to the Dao, and Xiao Nannan praised his changed appearance.
• Qin Tian considered the rising prodigies of this era and wondered how the reincarnated Immortal King of the Reincarnation Sea was progressing.
• On a star near the Human Race Ancient Road, elders worried that they had nothing left to teach a three-year-old girl who was approaching the Dragon Transformation secret realm.
• The girl used the Fortune Immortal Pool to gather the heavenly blessing intended for her.
• The girl faced a lightning tribulation and drew the lightning into herself to temper her body.

Lingling completed her Dragon Transformation breakthrough, survived the Heavenly Tribulation, and revealed the Eight Prohibitions, giving the elders of Losers' Star hope that their world could produce a Great Emperor. Remembering Qin Tian and the people who cared for her, she resolved to enter the Emperor Road and become this lifetime's Great Emperor.

• Lingling absorbed the imprints of eighty-one Heavenly Dragons and fought Young Great Emperors inside the Ancient Heavenly Court during her tribulation.
• The world's fortune gathered around Lingling after her breakthrough, and the elders confirmed that her power had reached the Eight Prohibitions.
• The white-haired elders celebrated Lingling's talent and saw her as hope for Losers' Star to shed its reputation as a home for failures.
• Lingling recalled her past life, her gratitude to Qin Tian, and her promise to make her next life meaningful.
• Lingling vowed to become this lifetime's Great Emperor and wash away the stain on Losers' Star.

Qin Tian took Xiao Nannan through the Desolate Forbidden Zone to gather the Nine Marvels divine fruits and heal the Dao Wound caused by the principle of decline. After restoring himself, he left for the Primordial Ruins to prepare for the Azure Emperor's tomb.

• Qin Tian explained that the aura of decline had destabilized his five secret realms and threatened his lifespan, then took Xiao Nannan to the Nine Sacred Mountains for divine medicine.
• Qin Tian ate fruits from the first sacred mountain, restoring some lifespan, and stored another fruit while studying its immortal law fragments.
• Qin Tian consumed a fruit from the second mountain and processed branches, leaves, and roots from the third, but the aura of decline still clung to his origin.
• Qin Tian ate a fruit from the fourth sacred mountain, whose power uprooted the remaining aura of decline.
• Qin Tian gathered fruits from the remaining sacred mountains, transformed his five-colored qi, and fully healed his Dao Wound.
• Qin Tian left the Desolate Forbidden Zone with Xiao Nannan and decided to prepare in advance for the Azure Emperor's tomb in the Primordial Ruins.

Qin Tian mistook himself for an unaffiliated cultivator seeking to join Jade Cauldron Grotto-Heaven and accepted its invitation while preparing to wait for news from Qing Emperor's Tomb. He settled in after impressing the sect leader, while the real applicant, Long Aotian, arrived too late with Liu Bo.

• Qin Tian agreed to join Jade Cauldron Grotto-Heaven after Ma Tenghua mistook him for the cultivator who had arranged to meet them.
• Qin Tian claimed to be Great Virtue Daoist, a disciple of Daoist Cao De, and Ma Tenghua welcomed him as a useful addition for the coming exploration of the Primordial Ruins.
• Elder Ma showed Qin Tian Cauldron Mountain, and Qin Tian amused himself by claiming to be a Divine Bridge Immortal Venerable before the old woman challenged his title.
• Qin Tian used his new “Fellow Daoist, please wait” Secret Art to curse the old woman with ill fortune, then met the sect leader and agreed to stay at Jade Cauldron Grotto-Heaven.
• Long Aotian arrived with Liu Bo after Qin Tian had already left, waited in vain for the grotto-heaven’s representatives, and vowed to protect Liu Bo while seeking another faction.

Qin Tian watched the Azure Emperor's tomb open and the scattered treasures draw Ye Fan and Duan De together. As Qin Tian prepared to use Duan De to scout the Yin Tomb, he changed his appearance and approached under an old alias.

• Qin Tian sent a Divine Bridge clone with Jade Cauldron Grotto-Heaven's cultivators toward the Primordial Ruins while his true body watched the Azure Emperor's tomb open.
• The Yang Tomb rose and released spiritually attuned treasures, and an azure dagger landed near Ye Fan, who pulled it from the rock.
• Duan De arrived, snatched the dagger from Ye Fan, and mistakenly thought the young man might be Qin Tian before deciding he was not his disciple.
• Qin Tian concluded that the Yin Tomb would be weakest as it sank, then changed his appearance so he could recruit Duan De to help explore it.
• As Duan De prepared to leave, a voice called for him to stay, and he recognized the newcomer as Cao Yusheng.

Qin Tian, disguised as Cao Yusheng, encountered Duan De and took the Spiritually Attuned Treasure Duan De had seized. Duan De later stole another treasure from Ye Fan, but Qin Tian arrived again and made him hand it over, leaving Ye Fan smiling and Duan De scowling.

• Qin Tian appeared as Cao Yusheng, and Duan De tried to hide behind Ye Fan before handing Qin Tian his Spiritually Attuned Treasure.
• Qin Tian accepted the treasure, adopted the title Great Virtue Daoist, and rode away as Duan De cursed Cao Yusheng.
• Duan De told Ye Fan about Cao Yusheng's investment scheme, then crashed into another cultivator while riding his Divine Rainbow.
• Ye Fan dug a blood-colored bead from a rock wall, but Duan De took it and invited Ye Fan to become his disciple.
• Qin Tian caught up with Duan De and made him hand over the bead, repeating Duan De's promise to bring Ye Fan good luck.

Qin Tian recruited Duan De to help investigate the Qing Emperor’s Yin-Yang Tombs, and they worked out how to enter the dangerous Yin Tomb. The Yang Tomb opened and released countless treasures, culminating in a weapon radiating Extreme Dao aura.

• Ye Fan laughed at Duan De, who threatened Qin Tian by invoking Cao Yusheng’s identity before backing down and returning the stolen treasures.
• Qin Tian asked Duan De to join him in exploring the Qing Emperor’s Tomb, and Duan De eagerly agreed after recognizing the Yin-Yang arrangement.
• Qin Tian reforged Ye Fan’s three Spiritually Attuned Treasures into Great Power weapons and urged him to leave.
• Duan De inspected the black pool and surrounding terrain, concluding that the Yin Tomb held the Emperor Corpse and could be entered when the Yang Tomb opened.
• Qin Tian and Duan De waited as the Yang Tomb opened and unleashed a flood of weapons, including one radiating Extreme Dao aura.