Arc 18The Ruthless Emperor’s Reincarnation

Li Qingyue attained the Great Emperor realm, destroyed the Forbidden Zones’ forces, and pursued reincarnation to restore her older brother and fallen friends. After she disappeared into a black hole, the Supremes unleashed a Dark Turmoil, and Ling Muxi fought them before a faint image of her drifted toward the Southern Ridge.

  • Li Qingyue proved her Dao, refused the Immortal Gate’s attempt to erase her past, and began the Great Reckoning by destroying the Heaven-Breaking Mountain Range and attacking the Forbidden Zones.
  • After the Fire Emperor and twenty Supremes tried to kill her, Li Qingyue endured the immortal fire, reached the Red Dust Immortal Realm, and slaughtered the attackers.
  • Li Qingyue mourned her fallen friends, explored the Reincarnation Sea, drained the Forbidden Zones’ origins, and created a Reincarnation Divine Art that restored Ling Muxi.
  • Li Qingyue found her older brother’s messages on Earth and tried to revive him through a Gate of Reincarnation, but the Great Universe’s backlash collapsed the gate.
  • Li Qingyue traveled through time, saw her older brother sacrificed by the Feathered Divine Dynasty, and later destroyed the dynasty in one strike.
  • Li Qingyue entered seclusion to pursue reincarnation, then vanished with her divine mountain, leaving Ling Muxi and the Forbidden Zones unable to find her.
  • The Supremes concluded that Li Qingyue had died and launched a Dark Turmoil, slaughtering lives across the universe.
  • Ling Muxi took up the Undying Spear and fought six Supremes and Ancient Emperors, destroying two of their immortal platforms and primordial spirits before disappearing as a faint image drifted toward the Southern Ridge.
Chapters 459–486 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 459Ascend as an immortal, take command of the immortal palace!

Li Qingyue faced the final ordeal of her divine punishment as the forbidden-zone Supremes tried to stop her from proving the Dao. After she devastated them with a single strike, their ultimate sublimation gave her the chance to turn their attacks into the power she needed to ascend, and she landed in the Heavenly Palace as the universe trembled.

  • A descending Heavenly Palace appeared during Li Qingyue’s divine punishment, while the Supremes realized she was about to unite her Great Dao with the Heavenly Heart Imprint.
  • Seven Supremes and two Peak Great Emperors attacked Li Qingyue to sever her communion with heaven and earth, but she countered with a palm strike that shattered several Emperor Weapons and the Dao bodies of five Supremes.
  • The surviving Supremes restored themselves and underwent ultimate sublimation, forcing Li Qingyue to unleash One Thought Blooms, Ruling the World and fill the universe with black holes that devoured its essence.
  • The nine restored powerhouses destroyed the black holes, but Li Qingyue gathered the resulting immortal radiance and used their attacks to form a flying immortal divine fetus.
  • Li Qingyue ascended into the Heavenly Palace despite the Supremes’ efforts to stop her, and a Great Emperor pressure erupted as she approached proving her Dao.

Ch. 460Unwilling to Become an Immortal, Forever Fallen into the Mortal Dust!

Li Qingyue survived the combined attack of nine peak Supremes when the Immortal Palace absorbed their power, then fought phantoms of True Immortals and attained the Dao. Though the Immortal Gate opened before her, she rejected immortality to return to those waiting for her, shattered the gate, and turned toward the Great Reckoning.

  • Seven sublimated Supremes and two peak Great Emperors attacked Li Qingyue, but the Immortal Palace absorbed their combined strike without harming her.
  • The Immortal Palace formed from the Immortal Treasure Map’s gathered origins, and Li Qingyue fought nine True Immortal phantoms within it, shattering one with a palm strike.
  • Li Qingyue broke through the Great Dao and attained the Dao as visions of the Space-Time River and a battle between supreme figures appeared across the universe.
  • An Immortal Gate opened before Li Qingyue, and she stepped inside, where immortal Dao laws began to erase her Emperor’s Path imprints and reforge her foundation.
  • Remembering Desolate, her friends, her brother, and her former home, Li Qingyue withdrew from the gate and shattered it with one palm strike.
  • As the Immortal Gate’s energies spread through the universe, Li Qingyue turned toward the Supremes, and the Great Reckoning began.

Ch. 462Sword Destroys the Forbidden Zone

Li Qingyue united with the universe’s myriad daos and attacked the forbidden zones, killing three of nine supreme powerhouses with one palm. She then wielded the Bronze Immortal Palace as an Immortal Sword and destroyed the Heaven-Breaking Mountain Range, leaving the other forbidden zones facing her overwhelming power.

  • Li Qingyue’s Great Emperor aura spread across the universe, and her first step shattered the forbidden zone imprints.
  • A hundred Supremes awakened and warned Li Qingyue not to make enemies of the forbidden zones.
  • Li Qingyue struck the Seven Supremely Sublimated Supremes and two Flawless Great Emperors, killing three and wounding the other six.
  • A powerhouse from the Heaven-Breaking Mountain Range urged the forbidden zones to unite against Li Qingyue.
  • Li Qingyue summoned the Bronze Immortal Palace, transformed it into an Immortal Sword, and killed the speaker with a sword strike.
  • Li Qingyue’s sword severed the Heaven-Breaking Mountain Range and destroyed the forbidden zone.

Ch. 463Slaying the Demon Emperor?

Li Qingyue used the Bronze Immortal Palace and the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar to destroy the Heaven-Breaking Mountain Range and kill the remaining Supremes and two Great Emperors, cowing the Forbidden Zones. The surviving Supremes retreated, while the Forbidden Zones debated whether anyone could defeat or seal the Demon Emperor.

  • The Forbidden Zones reacted in terror after Li Qingyue annihilated the Heaven-Breaking Mountain Range and its Saint Spirits with the Immortal Sword.
  • The Forbidden Zones threatened Li Qingyue, but she hurled the Bronze Immortal Palace at the remaining four Supremes and two Great Emperors, killing the Supremes and gravely wounding the Great Emperors.
  • Li Qingyue revealed that her demon body had merged with the universe, forming the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, and swallowed the two Great Emperors.
  • The six Supremes held back by the Tianxuan Saintess, the Yaoguang Holy Son, Ling Muxi, and the great accomplishment sacred body fled into the Forbidden Zones.
  • The Forbidden Zones recognized that they could neither intimidate Li Qingyue nor challenge her without risking their own deaths, and asked who could kill or seal her.

Ch. 464A Reckoning with the Forbidden Zones

Li Qingyue forced the Forbidden Zone Supremes to remain in hiding, then crossed the battlefields to find her wounded friends and allies. After Yaoguang and the Tianxuan Saintess died and Ling Muxi and others were left gravely injured, Li Qingyue’s grief hardened into a renewed fury toward the Forbidden Zones.

  • The Forbidden Zone Supremes debated the cost of fighting Li Qingyue but chose not to emerge, leaving her to suppress the forbidden zones.
  • Li Qingyue found the dying Yaoguang Holy Son, who asked her to look after the Yaoguang Holy Land before scattering into light.
  • Li Qingyue bid farewell to the dying Tianxuan Saintess, whose Tianxuan Treasure Seal returned to the Tianxuan Holy Land.
  • Li Qingyue rescued Ling Muxi with Emperor Blood Treasure Medicine and sent more medicine to the wounded Yuan Qingfeng in the Land of Fallen Immortals.
  • Li Qingyue gave Emperor Blood to the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, who departed for the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
  • Li Qingyue grieved for her fallen friends and turned her killing intent toward the Forbidden Zones.

Ch. 465God in the Fire!

Li Qingyue unleashed her killing intent and advanced toward the Big Dipper to punish the forbidden zones for the deaths of her old friends. The forbidden-zone Supremes agreed to help the Fire Emperor trap her so he could use the Fire Domain’s immortal fire to destroy her, while Carefree Heavenly Venerate revealed he was alive and intended to absorb her power.

  • Li Qingyue shattered the Immortal Domain Rift and the Dao Venerable’s tomb, then continued toward the Big Dipper as her killing aura froze the universe.
  • The forbidden-zone Supremes realized that Li Qingyue’s assault was inevitable and debated how many of them would have to emerge to stop her.
  • The Fire Emperor appeared from the Divine Ruins and proposed using one drop of immortal blood and twenty Supremes to hold Li Qingyue while he drew upon the Fire Domain’s immortal fire.
  • The forbidden-zone lords agreed to support the Fire Emperor’s plan and provide the immortal blood and Supremes.
  • Carefree Heavenly Venerate, whom the Fire Emperor was believed to have slain, revealed that he was alive and planned to absorb Li Qingyue’s power to try to become an Immortal.

Ch. 466Blood Purge of the Forbidden Zones!

Carefree Heavenly Venerate revealed that he had survived through reincarnation and planned to use the Fire Emperor and the forbidden zones to kill the Demon Emperor. After the Fire Emperor absorbed immortal blood and joined forces with twenty Supremes and Ancient Emperors, Li Qingyue remained determined to slaughter her enemies, unmoved by the universe’s pleas for help.

  • Carefree Heavenly Venerate revealed that the Fire Emperor was his hidden vessel and resolved to use him and the forbidden zones to scheme against the Demon Emperor.
  • The Primordial Ancient Mine sent a drop of immortal blood to the Fire Emperor, who absorbed it and drew forth the fire Dao’s power, raising his combat strength close to immortality.
  • The Fire Emperor called on the forbidden zone lords to strike, and twenty Supremes and Ancient Emperors awakened across Big Dipper.
  • Living beings across the universe trembled and prayed for the Demon Emperor to stop the impending Dark Turmoil, while the Supremes dismissed their pleas.
  • Li Qingyue heard the prayers but stayed unmoved, vowing to slaughter the Ten Thousand Races and wash the Forbidden Zones in blood for her fallen loved ones.

Ch. 467An Immortal in the Mortal World

Li Qingyue faced twenty Supremes and Ancient Emperors, then endured the Fire Emperor’s Immortal Fire and Red Lotus Karmic Fire as they burned her body, spirit, and obsession. By accepting the flames instead of resisting them, she began to forge an immortal foundation and challenged the Fire Emperor.

  • Twenty Supremes and Ancient Emperors joined forces through Nine Secrets: Zu to trap Li Qingyue, but her flying immortal strike nearly shattered their formation.
  • The Fire Emperor entered the formation with the Immortal Fire and unleashed its flames, burning Li Qingyue’s body and primordial spirit with Karmic Fire.
  • Li Qingyue’s attempts to protect her obsession and sever her past, present, and future selves failed as the flames consumed them.
  • As memories of Older Brother, Yang Wuzheng, Yan Wushuang, and the others returned to her, Li Qingyue chose to accept the fire and sacrifice her past, present, and future for a life without regret.
  • Li Qingyue emerged wreathed in flame with an immortal quality forming within her, then declared that she would suppress and slay the Fire Emperor.

Ch. 468The Heavenly Art's Sixth Turn, a First Glimpse of the Red Dust Immortal Realm

Li Qingyue survived the karmic immortal flames by making her obsession endure, gaining an initial foothold in the Red Dust Immortal Realm and surpassing the human dao peak. After killing the Fire Emperor with one strike, she turned her killing intent toward the twenty Supremes and the Forbidden Zones.

  • Li Qingyue’s aura broke the divine formation laid by twenty Supremes, leaving them stunned by her apparent transcendence of the human dao peak.
  • The Fire Emperor unleashed ultimate sublimation, but Li Qingyue struck him down with an immortal hand seal, and the universe mourned his fall.
  • Karmic energy from the Fire Emperor’s death and Li Qingyue’s past slaughter gathered around her, burning away her flesh and Primordial Spirit until only her obsession remained.
  • Li Qingyue’s obsession endured and absorbed the karmic flames, allowing her phantom to solidify and enter the first stage of the Red Dust Immortal Realm and the Sixth Turn of the Indestructible Heavenly Art.
  • Li Qingyue realized that her obsession was the foundation of her cultivation and turned toward the twenty Supremes and the Forbidden Zones, ready to bring them to account.

Ch. 469Fight Until All Beneath Heaven Bow Their Heads!

Li Qingyue overwhelmed twenty Supremes, stopping their ultimate sublimation and pursuing them to the Big Dipper Star Domain. She slaughtered them there, leaving the Forbidden Zones silent and the universe proclaiming her as the Ruthless Great Emperor.

  • Li Qingyue struck the twenty Supremes with a single palm, leaving them gravely wounded and astonishing beings throughout the universe.
  • As the Supremes began ultimate sublimation, Li Qingyue used the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art and Devouring Heaven Demon Jar to prevent them from gathering their strength.
  • The twenty Supremes fled toward the Forbidden Zones of Big Dipper, but Li Qingyue crossed the River of Time on an Immortal Bridge and blocked their escape.
  • Li Qingyue attacked the fleeing Supremes and slaughtered them, filling the Big Dipper Star Domain with Supreme blood.
  • The Forbidden Zones remained silent as living beings hailed Li Qingyue as the supreme Demon Emperor and the Ruthless Great Emperor.

Ch. 470Seeking to Create a Forbidden Art of Reincarnation!

After slaughtering the Supremes, Li Qingyue returned to Azure Mountain to mourn Older Brother and investigate whether his death could have been prevented. She created a small Daoist Grounds, learned that Duan Tiande had achieved Dao integration, and then went to the Reincarnation Sea seeking a way to restore her lost loved ones, provoking its awakened Supremes.

  • The Forbidden Zone Supremes mourned their losses as Li Qingyue appeared over the Big Dipper, then went to Older Brother’s grave on Azure Mountain.
  • Li Qingyue used the Space-Time River to review the events surrounding the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, but found no answer to whether Older Brother could have been saved.
  • Li Qingyue suppressed her urge to destroy the universe and created a small Daoist Grounds around Azure Mountain and Mountain Village.
  • Duan Tiande revealed that he had achieved Dao integration by awakening memories, gave Li Qingyue a scripture concerning the Reincarnation Art, and vanished.
  • Li Qingyue went to the Reincarnation Sea to explore reincarnation and seek a way to save Older Brother and her other fallen friends.
  • The Lord of Reincarnation and the other Supremes awakened as Li Qingyue arrived, and a voice demanded that she stop.

Ch. 471There's a prophet among us!

The narrator's Innate Leave-Taking Sacred Body suddenly awakened, so they expected to take leave again. They asked everyone to invent a reason for the absence and not make things difficult.

  • The narrator said someone had predicted the awakening of their Innate Leave-Taking Sacred Body.
  • The narrator said they would probably have to take leave again.
  • The narrator asked everyone to come up with a reason and make things easy for them.

Ch. 472The Greatest Divine Treasure in Heaven and Earth!

Li Qingyue entered the Life Forbidden Zones and forcibly took their Dao marks and treasures while their Supremes endured rather than fight her. At the Primordial Ancient Mine, she reached through time into the World Sea and pulled out the xuanhuang mother qi root.

  • Li Qingyue entered the Reincarnation Sea, threatened the Lord of Reincarnation, and drained its Dao marks of reincarnation and time while its Supremes stayed silent.
  • Li Qingyue extracted the humanoid Immortal Medicine's vitality and Dao marks despite Yun Gen's protests, then left the Reincarnation Sea.
  • Li Qingyue entered the Divine Ruins, gathered its time Dao marks, uprooted the Peach Tree, and departed as the Lord of Divine Ruins ordered the Supremes to endure.
  • Li Qingyue bypassed the Primordial Ancient Mine's formation and reached its core, where she used the Dao Integration Flower and the Desolate Heaven Emperor's immortal blood to reach into the World Sea.
  • Li Qingyue pulled a golden tree bearing xuanhuang mother qi from the Ancient Mine's core, and the Supremes recognized it as the xuanhuang mother qi root.

Ch. 473As long as Heaven and Earth endured, she would endure!

Li Qingyue unleashed the annihilating power of the Xuanhuang Mother Qi Root against the Primordial Ancient Mine’s Supremes, then devoured it and transformed into an immortal chaos body. She left with new confidence in her indestructibility, but remained consumed by grief and resolved to find reincarnation.

  • The Primordial Ancient Mine’s Supremes demanded that Li Qingyue leave them most of the Xuanhuang Mother Qi Root, but she refused and activated the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art.
  • Li Qingyue turned the root pitch-black and unleashed its annihilating power, destroying ten thousand li of the Ancient Mine and silencing the Supremes.
  • Li Qingyue devoured the root’s power and transformed her body, primordial spirit, and obsession into an immortal chaos body, astonishing the watching Supremes.
  • Li Qingyue fed the remaining root to the Bronze Immortal Palace and hurled it through a hole in the universe, leaving the Supremes unable to follow it.
  • Li Qingyue realized her obsession could take root in any universe and restore her even if her body and primordial spirit vanished, but she felt only grief for Older Brother and her old friends.
  • Li Qingyue wondered whether reincarnation existed and vowed to find it, even if it took her entire life.

Ch. 474Creating an Immortal Emperor Art?

Li Qingyue extracted the origins of Big Dipper’s forbidden zones and meditated on reincarnation, then created an Immortal Emperor-level art that restored Ling Muxi’s shattered spirit. She went to Earth, where her older brother had fallen, and stood on Kunlun, leaving the story at the site of his death.

  • Li Qingyue drained Firmament Above and the other forbidden zones of their origins, gathering their time, life-and-death, and reincarnation Dao marks into a sphere of light.
  • Li Qingyue meditated beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree for three months, then went to Flying Immortal Valley and planted the Peach Tree beside the Flying Immortal Pool.
  • Li Qingyue used the Desolate Heaven Emperor’s immortal blood and her obsession across the ages to evolve an art of reincarnation, creating a technique that reached the Immortal Emperor level.
  • Li Qingyue branded Ling Muxi with a Reincarnation Seal, restoring her shattered primordial spirit and reviving her vitality.
  • Li Qingyue traveled to Earth and arrived at Kunlun, where her older brother had fallen, as time across the planet stood still.

Ch. 475Shattering the Immortal Cauldron with a Palm, Slaying Ten Thousand Dragons with a Finger!

Li Qingyue entered the Kunlun Immortal Land to retrieve the essence blood of her dead older brother and bring him back to life. After shattering the Myriad Things Origin Cauldron and destroying the awakened wills of the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains, she found a drop of golden blood and began casting her Reincarnation Divine Art.

  • Li Qingyue suppressed the Kunlun Source Formation and found bloodstained messages showing that her older brother had worried about her before he died.
  • Li Qingyue preserved the messages by sealing them within a stone stele, then struck the Myriad Things Origin Cauldron and shattered it.
  • The damaged formation freed the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains, whose wills tried to escape and disrupted the valley where her older brother's essence blood lay.
  • Li Qingyue pierced and destroyed the wills of all ninety-nine Dragon Mountains, restoring the valley and revealing a drop of golden blood.
  • Li Qingyue calmed her killing intent, cast her Reincarnation Divine Art, and called for her older brother to come home.

Ch. 476I ask the heavens: where is reincarnation?

Li Qingyue created a Gate of Reincarnation and placed Ye Fan’s preserved essence blood and soul imprints inside, but the gate collapsed under the Great Universe’s backlash before he could fully revive. She then traveled both forward and backward along the Space-Time River, saw possible futures that included Ye Fan and Ling Muxi, and vowed to make Ye Fan’s return inevitable.

  • Li Qingyue gathered Older Brother’s traces from Desolate Antiquity and formed them into a Gate of Reincarnation using her Reincarnation Art.
  • Li Qingyue tested the gate with Ling Muxi’s essence blood, and Ling Muxi sensed another version of herself beyond her reach in space-time.
  • Li Qingyue placed Older Brother’s saint blood and soul imprints into the gate, and his figure began to revive before the gate collapsed under the Great Universe’s backlash.
  • Li Qingyue survived the backlash, demanded to know where reincarnation existed, and split herself to travel both ways along the Space-Time River.
  • Li Qingyue saw possible future figures resembling Ye Fan and Ling Muxi, then vowed to make Ye Fan’s return inevitable and wait for him in the mortal world.

Ch. 478Upending Space-Time, Foreordained!

Li Qingyue anchored an obsession in the River of Time to steer the future toward finding her older brother, then traveled into the past and witnessed him being sacrificed by the Feathered Divine Dynasty. Unable to save him, she realized her rage had helped provoke further blood sacrifices and left the river vowing vengeance.

  • Li Qingyue severed an immortal obsession and planted it in the River of Time to guide the future toward her older brother’s return.
  • She traveled upstream through space-time and saw her older brother plead for someone to care for his little sister before the Feathered Divine Dynasty sacrificed him to the Immortal Ascension Cauldron.
  • Li Qingyue attacked the sacrificers, but the power of space-time destroyed her body and prevented her from changing the past.
  • Her rage and obsession influenced the Immortal Ascension Ground, creating a blood-stained vision that persuaded the Yuhua Venerable Lord to order more people with special constitutions sacrificed.
  • Li Qingyue recognized that her fury had contributed to the sacrifices, watched her older brother die, and vanished after declaring, “The Feathered Divine Dynasty!”

Ch. 479Destroy the Divine Dynasty!

Li Qingyue emerged as a Great Emperor, ignored the Ginseng Fruit Tree’s offer to serve her, and crossed the universe to Big Dipper. There, she annihilated the Feathered Divine Dynasty with one palm, leaving the Forbidden Zone Supremes terrified.

  • Li Qingyue appeared at the Immortal Ascension Ground, and the gathered cultivators and the Ginseng Fruit Tree recognized her as a Great Emperor.
  • The Ginseng Fruit Tree begged Li Qingyue for protection, but she ignored it and departed on a bridge of immortal radiance.
  • Li Qingyue crossed the universe to Big Dipper, and the Forbidden Zone Supremes sensed her overwhelming power and feared her intentions.
  • Li Qingyue summoned a colossal hand seal and brought it down on Central Province.
  • Li Qingyue destroyed the Feathered Divine Dynasty in one strike, reducing it and its inhabitants to ruins.

Ch. 480Plucking Every Great Medicine of the Human World

Li Qingyue reflected on her losses and planned to enter seclusion to pursue a path toward immortality and the resurrection of her loved ones, but first agreed to spend time with Ling Muxi. More than a thousand years later, the Supremes waited for her power to fade so they could unleash Dark Turmoil and harvest the human world.

  • Li Qingyue and Ling Muxi discussed the century since the Feathered Divine Dynasty’s destruction and the arrangements Li Qingyue had made for her lost friends.
  • Li Qingyue explained that she intended to enter seclusion and pursue reincarnation through her obsession, hoping to gain the longevity needed to resurrect Older Brother and her other loved ones.
  • Li Qingyue agreed to spend time with Ling Muxi before beginning her seclusion, and the two descended the mountain together.
  • More than a thousand years passed, and Li Qingyue continued cultivating her obsession while the Supremes remained afraid to provoke her.
  • The Supremes plotted to wait until Li Qingyue’s immortal platform and primordial spirit decayed before emerging to unleash Dark Turmoil and harvest the human world.

Ch. 482The Ruthless One Passed Away?

Ling Muxi waited through the centuries for Li Qingyue to emerge from seclusion, but Li Qingyue vanished while cultivating a mysterious art, leaving no trace in the universe or the river of time. The forbidden-zone Supremes believed the Ruthless Great Emperor had died and considered emerging to harvest the living, but a warning from the Forbidden Zone of Absolute Beginning made them hesitate.

  • Ling Muxi watched over Li Qingyue's wooden houses as the centuries passed, aged, and used the Peach of Immortality to restore her youth.
  • Li Qingyue divided into nine avatars and entered a motionless black hole, after which she and her divine mountain disappeared from the universe.
  • Ling Muxi searched the river of time and living beings' memories but found no trace of Li Qingyue, then concluded that her sister had entered reincarnation.
  • The forbidden-zone Supremes sensed Li Qingyue's aura and Great Dao vanish and debated whether she had truly died.
  • The Supremes considered emerging to harvest the flourishing living beings until a voice from the Forbidden Zone of Absolute Beginning warned them, leaving them silent.

Ch. 483Dark Turmoil

As the Ruthless Great Emperor’s Dao began to disperse, the Forbidden Zone Supremes searched for proof of her death while ancient forebears warned the world that Dark Turmoil was coming. Three thousand years later, Ling Muxi still could not find her sister, and the Emperor’s Path finally vanished, ushering in a new age and convincing the Supremes that the Great Emperor had died.

  • The Forbidden Zone Supremes searched the Myriad Worlds for traces of the Ruthless Great Emperor but found none and chose to wait before emerging.
  • Ancient forebears emerged across Big Dipper, warned that the Great Emperor’s dispersing Dao would leave the world vulnerable to Dark Turmoil, and urged their factions to hide or flee.
  • The Tianxuan Holy Land, the Yaoguang Holy Land, Qishi Mansion, and other ancient factions withdrew from the world as fear of upheaval spread.
  • Three thousand years after the Ruthless One’s Emperor’s Path fell silent, Ling Muxi continued searching for her sister and vowed to use her remaining years to find her.
  • The Emperor’s Path completely dissipated, enriching Heaven and Earth and easing cultivation, while the Forbidden Zone Supremes concluded that the Great Emperor had passed away in meditation.

Ch. 484When Supremes Emerged, Heaven and Earth Fell into Chaos

The Forbidden Zones awakened after Ruthless One’s presence vanished, and Supremes and Ancient Emperors launched a devastating Dark Turmoil across the universe. As several of them headed toward the Southern Ridge of the Big Dipper to investigate her apparent death, others chose to harvest life essence and wait for the Road to Immortality.

  • The Forbidden Zones erupted with auras after Ruthless One’s suppression disappeared, and cultivators recognized the signs of a Dark Turmoil.
  • Ling Muxi realized the Supremes had begun moving and feared the retaliation her sister’s disappearance would bring.
  • A Supreme in black armor descended, slaughtered living beings across Ancient Life Stars, and absorbed their life origin.
  • Supremes and Ancient Emperors emerged from the Forbidden Zones, killing nearly half the universe’s inhabitants in the turmoil.
  • Several Supremes concluded that Ruthless One had passed away and headed toward the Southern Ridge of the Big Dipper to pay their respects.
  • Other Supremes refused to join them, saying the golden age offered enough to harvest.

Ch. 485An age of despair

During the dark turmoil, Ling Muxi rose to defend Big Dipper and confronted six Supremes and Ancient Emperors. She wounded them with a desperate strike, but as her strength faded, they launched a combined attack against her.

  • Supremes and Ancient Emperors harvested lives across the universe, while one Supreme discovered Hangu Pass and sensed the lingering aura of the Ruthless One on a nearby planet.
  • As the turmoil devastated Big Dipper, Ling Muxi took up the Undying Spear and used her remaining lifespan to reach alternative Dao attainment.
  • Ling Muxi charged six Supremes and Ancient Emperors, fighting to protect the living and lamenting that she would never see her elder sister again.
  • Ling Muxi wounded the six attackers and held her ground, but her aura rapidly weakened.
  • The six Supremes and Ancient Emperors launched a combined attack against Ling Muxi.

Ch. 486Who Was Calling Me?

Ling Muxi fought six Supremes with the faith of the universe, killing Brahma Supreme and Netherworld Ancient Emperor with a final strike before she and the Undying Spear vanished. In a realm of darkness, a Radiant Cocoon stirred and a voice asked who was calling.

  • Ling Muxi struck the six Supremes with the Undying Spear, wounding them and forcing them to unleash their weapons and full strength.
  • As Ling Muxi weakened, the prayers and faith of living beings flowed to her, and she poured everything into a final spear strike.
  • Ling Muxi’s strike shattered the immortal platforms and primordial spirits of Brahma Supreme and Netherworld Ancient Emperor, while gravely injuring the other four Supremes.
  • Ling Muxi disappeared, and the damaged Undying Spear remained as the universe mourned her apparent death.
  • Brahma Supreme and Netherworld Ancient Emperor failed to undergo ultimate sublimation, dissolved into the Dao, and their blow shattered the Undying Spear.
  • A faint image of Ling Muxi drifted toward the Southern Ridge Mountains with half the spearhead, while a Radiant Cocoon trembled in a realm of darkness and asked, “Who... is calling me?”
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