Chapter Summaries

Immortal Lord Huaxu recognized Li Rui as his junior brother and passed down the fragmentary Immortal Technique Mending Heaven's Defect, which Li Rui studied after waking from a seven-day faint. As Myriad Laws Palace targeted Great Yu's promising disciples and Li Rui retaliated, Crimson Pine True Monarch arrived at Eastern Regional Commander's Manor, where Li Rui prepared to answer his challenge.

• Immortal Lord Huaxu welcomed Li Rui as his junior brother and passed him the fragmentary Immortal Technique Mending Heaven's Defect, causing Li Rui to faint.
• Li Rui awoke seven days later, grasped the art's unusual approach to repairing flaws, and recognized how it could strengthen the Immortal Court.
• Liu Tong reported that Myriad Laws Palace was connected to the disappearances of elders and disciples, and Li Rui ordered him to retaliate without seeking evidence.
• Liu Tong arranged for talented disciples of Myriad Laws Palace's Lower Sects to disappear, making it appear that Demonic Cultivators were responsible.
• Crimson Pine True Monarch arrived at Eastern Regional Commander's Manor with his disciples, and Li Rui told Liu Tong to find young fighters before facing him.

Li Rui hosted a contest between Great Yu and Crimson Pine Peak, where Pei Yao won the opening match but Great Yu lost the rest. After Crimson Pine True Lord and Six Truths True Monarch tried to use the defeats to harm Li Rui through destiny, Six Truths discovered that Li Rui possessed Ten Thousand Evils Immunity.

• Li Rui welcomed Crimson Pine True Lord and his disciples to the Eastern Regional Commander's Manor for a series of contests.
• Pei Yao defeated Du Congshuang by knocking away his Magic Treasure and kicking him out of the hall.
• Crimson Pine Peak won the remaining matches, and Crimson Pine True Lord left with his disciples after the hour-long contest.
• Outside the city, Crimson Pine True Lord told Six Truths True Monarch that their plan to use the contest as a cause for destiny backlash had succeeded.
• Six Truths True Monarch attempted to unleash destiny backlash, but he realized Li Rui possessed Ten Thousand Evils Immunity.

Li Rui fought Crimson Pine True Monarch after the Myriad Laws Palace’s plot against him failed, defeating him with a single punch and forcing him and Six Truths True Monarch to flee. His victory established his authority in Taihua Province, and he received the reward for completing the Immortal Ranking storyline.

• Crimson Pine True Monarch asked Li Rui to let their dispute rest, but Li Rui refused and challenged him to battle.
• Crimson Pine True Monarch unleashed his Crimson Fire Pine flames, but Li Rui endured them and charged straight at him.
• Li Rui struck Crimson Pine True Monarch with Heaven-Opening, leveling the nearby mountain and driving him and Six Truths True Monarch away.
• Jiang Linxian praised Li Rui’s power, and Li Rui explained that he had used force to establish rules and deter future attacks.
• News of Li Rui’s victory spread through Taihua Province, and he received 30 Achievement Points for completing the Immortal Ranking storyline.

Lu Chuan left the Three Purities Sect after surviving his Spirit Severing Tribulation, while Li Rui advanced his cultivation in the Great Void Dao Field with help from his second senior brother’s Huaxu Palace. Li Rui discovered that the Six Paths Immortal Tree had appeared as a branch in his hand.

• Lu Chuan completed his Spirit Severing Tribulation on the Three Purities Sect’s Dao field and departed after inviting the witnesses to visit Xuanjing Mountain.
• Cui He praised Li Rui’s rise in the Heaven Rankings, and Li Rui listened as Cui He described the hardships of his past life.
• Li Rui crossed Moon Chasing Bridge and entered Huaxu Palace, where cultivating Mending Heaven's Defect proved twice as effective.
• Li Rui observed that the Immortal Court had grown heavier, gained buildings, and brought its third Immortal Fruit close to ripening.
• Li Rui made the Six Paths Immortal Tree vanish from the Immortal Court and found a person-tall ancient branch in his hand.

Li Rui learned that he could retrieve the Six-Sign Dao Tree’s physical form and welcomed Divine Void’s delegation, agreeing to take Yu Kingdom to the Human Emperor Trial. Meanwhile, Prince Xuan secured Yellow Dragon Dao Lord’s support as he prepared to contend for the aging Divine Void Human Emperor’s throne.

• Li Rui realized the remolded Six-Sign Dao Tree could serve as a devastating weapon against even a Dao Lord.
• Prince Xuan and True Monarch Yu Hai arrived in Yunze City with an elite Divine Void Guard and invited Yu Kingdom to the Human Emperor Trial.
• Li Rui accepted the invitation, and True Monarch Yu Hai explained that the trial could grant powerful immortal artifacts and treasures.
• Prince Xuan visited Yellow Dragon Dao Lord on Dao Lord Ganxin’s behalf and invited him to serve as Grand Advisor.
• Yellow Dragon Dao Lord agreed to head north in ten days, supporting Prince Xuan’s bid to become the next Human Emperor.

Li Rui, True Monarch Yu Hai, and Zhong Li arrived at the Human Emperor Hall for the trial that would select the next Divine Void Human Emperor. After the ceremony opened the hall, Li Rui entered and felt his Azure Profound Great Dao respond to the Azure Emperor's statue.

• Zhong Li explained that the Divine Void Imperial Family's bloodline and Full House of Colors ensured that its Human Emperor could attain Dao Lordhood, and said the current Human Emperor would soon abdicate.
• Li Rui, True Monarch Yu Hai, and Zhong Li reached the Human Emperor Hall, where Li Rui recognized Ji Fan and saw Xueqing True Monarch among the gathered observers and participants.
• Seven days later, the Divine Void Human Emperor recited the sacrificial prayer before the assembled crowd, and the sealed gates of the Human Emperor Hall opened.
• More than a hundred candidates entered the hall, and Li Rui joined them near the rear of the procession.
• Li Rui saw the Azure Emperor's statue, and his Azure Profound Great Dao began circulating in response.

Li Rui observed the Human Emperor Trial and learned how bloodline ties helped descendants of Super First Grade Immortal Dynasties gain the Human Emperors’ recognition. After Xueqing True Monarch earned Red Qi and the imperial descendants began participating, Purple Qi appeared, though the chapter did not reveal who had obtained it.

• Li Rui arrived beneath the Azure Emperor statue and discussed the trial with Ji Fang, who explained its Qi rankings and the advantage imperial descendants had through their bloodlines.
• Li Rui waited while cultivators from First Class Immortal Dynasties tried to connect with the Human Emperor spirits, and only a few gained Azure Qi.
• Xueqing True Monarch obtained Red Qi recognized by at least seventy Human Emperors, then sent her Primordial Spirit into the Human Emperor Realm to seek fortune.
• After a day with no further Red Qi, the imperial descendants of Super First Grade Immortal Dynasties joined in and produced seven Azure Qis and one Red Qi in a short time.
• Rosy light spread across the hall’s dome, signaling that Purple Qi had appeared.

Li Rui attained Purple Gold in the Human Emperor Hall, surpassing Prince Xuan and astonishing the gathered cultivators and Human Emperors. Chongyao Human Emperor revealed that Li Rui was Zhuge Ming’s treasured disciple, while Golden Edge Human Emperor abandoned his thoughts of recruiting him as a prince consort.

• Prince Xuan attained Purple, drawing congratulations and strengthening his prospects of becoming the next Human Emperor of the Divine Void Immortal Dynasty.
• Prince Ling attained Red after connecting his fortune to the ancestral stone statue, but Prince Xuan took this as confirmation that the contest was settled.
• Li Rui attained Purple, shocking Ji Fang and the other cultivators because he was not an imperial descendant of a super First Class Immortal Dynasty.
• The Divine Void Human Emperor identified Li Rui’s achievement as Purple Gold, meaning he had awakened the Azure Emperor’s Spirituality and gained the Azure Emperor’s recognition.
• Chongyao Human Emperor told Golden Edge Human Emperor that Li Rui was Zhuge Ming’s treasured disciple, and Golden Edge gave up on trying to recruit him.

Li Rui entered the Azure Emperor Realm, where the Azure Emperor recognized the Immortal Court within him and bestowed a Destiny Seed. After returning to Human Emperor Hall as an achiever of Purple, Li Rui drew the attention of powerful figures and received an invitation to Chongyao Hall.

• Li Rui entered the Azure Emperor Realm after his purple-gold qi drew the Azure Emperor’s recognition.
• The Azure Emperor sensed the Immortal Court within Li Rui and gave him a Destiny Seed to aid his path of destiny.
• Li Rui returned to Human Emperor Hall after only a short time, surprising Ji Fang and confirming that he had attained Purple.
• Cultivators from several Immortal Dynasties gathered to congratulate Li Rui, while Prince Xuan reconsidered how to recruit him for the Divine Void Immortal Dynasty.
• An unnamed speaker asked Li Rui to remain after the trial and visit Chongyao Hall for a discussion.

After attaining purple in the Human Emperor Trial, Li Rui met the Chongyao Human Emperor, who revealed that Li Rui had attained Purple Gold and proposed that he marry Ji Mingyue. Li Rui declined the match but offered tribute and an enduring alliance between the Yu Kingdom and Chongyao, then returned with Ji Fan as the Immortal Dynasty rankings were about to be announced.

• Li Rui left the Human Emperor Hall and met the Chongyao Human Emperor and Ji Fan in a restricted side hall.
• The Chongyao Human Emperor told Li Rui that he had Attained Purple Gold, and assured him that the elders had concealed the news to protect his fortune.
• The Chongyao Human Emperor proposed that Li Rui become Dao companions with Ji Mingyue, but Li Rui declined because he cultivated the Dao of pure yang.
• Li Rui offered tribute on behalf of the Yu Kingdom and pledged a lasting friendship with Chongyao, pleasing the Chongyao Human Emperor.
• Ji Fan escorted Li Rui back to the square, where the rankings announcement began.

At the Human Emperor Hall, the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty rose to eighth place in the rankings, drawing the attention of the gathered dynasties. Li Rui received a system reward that let him fully restore the Immortal Court without becoming an immortal, and the chapter ended with other leaders congratulating him.

• The Human Emperors arrived, and Chongyao Human Emperor teased Divine Void Human Emperor about his promising successors.
• Divine Void Human Emperor began the ranking ceremony, and the True Lord announced the first seven Immortal Dynasties without surprise.
• The True Lord named the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty eighth, astonishing the crowd because it had become a First Class Immortal Dynasty less than a century earlier.
• Li Rui’s system announced the completion of his Immortal Dynasty mission and awarded him the complete Mending Heaven's Defect.
• The system doubled the reward, improving Mending Heaven's Defect so Li Rui could fully restore the Immortal Court without becoming an immortal.
• Ji Fan and the other Immortal Dynasty leaders congratulated Li Rui, who returned their greetings courteously.

Li Rui returned to Great Yu, directed the Holy Emperor to send a measured tribute to the Chongyao Immortal Dynasty, and cultivated until he formed the Shi Gu Wheel. At the Three Lives Altar gathering, he learned that Guan Xu had failed to reach Dao Lord and had Dispersed Dao and Reincarnated.

• The Yu Kingdom Holy Emperor welcomed Li Rui and credited him with Great Yu’s eighth-place ranking in the Human Emperor Trial.
• Li Rui instructed the Holy Emperor to send an appropriate tribute to the Chongyao Immortal Dynasty, then returned to cultivation.
• After a year of cultivating with Great Yu’s increased destiny, Li Rui formed the Shi Gu Wheel, leaving only the Xuan Pin Wheel before he could form a Dao Fruit.
• Li Rui traveled to Southern Zhengyang Province and met Ye Yuan, who said he had failed to condense the Shi Gu Wheel.
• Ji Fan arrived and told Li Rui and Ye Yuan that Guan Xu had failed to break through to Dao Lord and had Dispersed Dao and Reincarnated.

Ji Fan discussed the Three Lives Altar’s future with Ye Yuan and Li Rui before planning to seek immortals overseas, while Li Rui’s cultivation and repairs to the Immortal Court advanced. Xueqing True Monarch visited Li Rui and told him that Prince Xuan had confirmed he would inherit the position of Divine Void Human Emperor.

• Ji Fan told Ye Yuan and Li Rui that Void Gazing True Monarch had dispersed his Dao and reincarnated, and asked them to oversee the Three Lives Altar if he fell.
• Ji Fan said he planned to search the Eastern Sea for immortals, and Ye Yuan wished him an early attainment of the Dao.
• The Yu Kingdom’s fortune surged, its Spirit Severing Realm cultivators exceeded ten, and Li Rui increasingly withdrew from public affairs to cultivate.
• Li Rui found that the improved Mending Heaven's Defect allowed him to repair the Immortal Court and activate the Six-Sign Dao Tree without paying its usual lifespan cost.
• Xueqing True Monarch came to Li Rui’s manor and told him that Prince Xuan had confirmed he would inherit the position of Divine Void Human Emperor.

Li Rui accepted Xueqing True Monarch’s proposal to become allies after learning that the Divine Void Immortal Dynasty had been stealing Dao Fruits from Small Grotto-heavens. Meanwhile, Yellow Dragon Dao Lord secured Prince Xuan’s help and revealed that Golden Court Small Grotto-heaven was the foundation of his Great Dao.

• Xueqing True Monarch told Li Rui that the Divine Void Immortal Dynasty had targeted Small Grotto-heaven prodigies, including Zhu Yuanlong, to steal their chance at attaining the Dao.
• Xueqing True Monarch asked Li Rui to ally with her against the threat posed by Prince Xuan’s rise, and Li Rui agreed to a Dao Oath.
• Li Rui realized Xueqing True Monarch’s secret disclosure meant they might have become enemies if he had refused, and he considered the value of her intelligence and potential.
• Dao Lord Ganxin thanked Yellow Dragon Dao Lord for helping Prince Xuan obtain Purple, and Prince Xuan promised to help Yellow Dragon return to the Jiedao Sect and capture people from Golden Court Small Grotto-heaven.
• Yellow Dragon Dao Lord returned to a hidden mountain furnace containing a Small Grotto-heaven he had refined, revealing that Golden Court Grotto-heaven was where his Great Dao lay.

Pei Yao learned that a True Lord from the Divine Void Immortal Dynasty was behind the disappearances of officials in the Eastern Regional Commander's Manor. As the two True Lords prepared to target Li Rui for his fate, Li Rui moved to handle the threat himself.

• Pei Yao grew furious over the repeated disappearances of officials and promising cultivators from the Eastern Regional Commander's Manor.
• Li Rui appeared and told Pei Yao and Cui He that a True Lord of the Divine Void Immortal Dynasty was responsible, then said he would handle the matter himself.
• Two True Lords discussed collecting Living Souls for Yellow Dragon Dao Lord and acknowledged that Evergreen True Monarch Li Rui was a formidable opponent.
• The middle-aged True Lord recalled Dao Lord Ganxin's order to kill Li Rui and bring his soul to Divine Void City.
• A voice outside the room challenged the two True Lords for arriving uninvited.

Li Rui discovered two Divine Void Immortal Dynasty True Monarchs spying on him and erased them with an Immortal Tree after they attacked. Dao Lord Ganxin learned of their deaths and treated them as a declaration of war, while Li Rui prepared for the dynasty’s retaliation.

• Li Rui confronted the old scholar and Prince Fu in Yunze City after finding them despite their concealment.
• Prince Fu recognized Li Rui’s extraordinary fate and decided to seize it, then attacked with a Dao Lord Magic Tool as the old scholar joined in.
• Li Rui activated the Nine Dragon Sealing Heaven Grand Array and used an Immortal Tree to erase both True Monarchs.
• Dao Lord Ganxin sensed their deaths in the Divine Void Imperial Palace and vanished, declaring that White Jade Capital had challenged the dynasty.
• Li Rui returned to the Eastern Regional Commander's Manor and concluded that Dao Lord Ganxin, Prince Xuan, and other Dao Lords would move against him.

Li Rui received White Jade Capital’s support after killing two True Lords, and he cultivated beneath the Immortal Tree to advance toward becoming a Dao Lord. After three months, a Dao Lord’s fall shook heaven and earth, and Dao Lord Feiyu mourned the death of Senior Brother Zhuge.

• Dao Lord Feiyu and Jiang Linxian approved of Li Rui’s killing of the two True Lords and welcomed him back into White Jade Capital’s protection.
• Jiang Linxian arranged for Li Rui to cultivate beneath the Immortal Tree, while Dao Lord Feiyu explained that White Jade Capital needed him to become a Dao Lord.
• Yellow Dragon Dao Lord returned to the Jiedao Sect and wondered about the secrets of Golden Court Grotto-heaven and whether he should wait for Li Rui to prove the Dao before striking.
• After three months of cultivating beneath the Immortal Tree, Li Rui reached the threshold of condensing the Xuan Pin Wheel.
• A Dao Lord’s Dao Fruit fell, and Dao Lord Feiyu returned to White Jade Capital and bade farewell to Senior Brother Zhuge.

After Zhuge Ming dispersed his Dao, White Jade Capital braced for attacks while Li Rui cultivated and met the Three Lives Altar companions in Taihua Province. The gathering revealed signs of immortal activity overseas, and the chapter ended as Li Rui awoke from a year of cultivation and the third fruit fell in the Purple Palace Immortal Court.

• Jiang Linxian and Dao Lord Feiyu mourned Zhuge Ming's departure and prepared to defend White Jade Capital from forces gathering against it.
• Three years later, Li Rui met Ye Yuan, Ji Fan, and Purple Lightning Fairy for the Three Lives Altar gathering in Taihua Province.
• Purple Lightning Fairy told them she had found a likely immortal cave abode overseas and that the Ascension Platform had appeared several times in the Eastern Sea.
• Ji Fan and Ye Yuan accompanied Purple Lightning Fairy to the Eastern Sea, while Li Rui returned to White Jade Capital to focus on cultivation.
• After a year beneath the tree, Li Rui opened his eyes as the third fruit fell from the old tree in the Purple Palace Immortal Court.

Li Rui consumed the Six-Sign Dao Tree’s third fruit and fully formed his third six-wheeled Dao Derivation Wheel. Meanwhile, his avatar Lu Chuan left the Outer Heavens and set out across the Eastern Sea to seek immortals.

• Li Rui absorbed the third Immortal Fruit’s power as Jiang Linxian and Dao Lord Feiyu guarded his breakthrough.
• After three days and nights, Li Rui completed his third Dao Derivation Wheel and thanked the two seniors.
• Jiang Linxian told Dao Lord Feiyu about Lu Chuan, a Three Purities Sect prodigy who had reached Spirit Severing in a century.
• Li Rui’s avatar Lu Chuan bid farewell to the Old Daoist after years of slaying Outer Realm Demonic Fiends and refining Immortal Dao Origin.
• Lu Chuan returned to Three Purities Sect territory, then flew east over the sea to seek immortals.

Li Rui reached Penglai City overseas and discovered remnants of the Juxiang Cult, while Zhu Yuanlong told him that Dao Lord Juxiang had overseas roots and a clan that once produced an immortal. In Penglai, Wu De arranged to free a captured young man and revealed his concern over Purple Lightning’s Dao Seed and someone from the Ji Clan.

• Li Rui entered Penglai City and learned that its sole resident True Lord was nearing the end of his life.
• After constables captured a young man connected to the Juxiang Cult, Li Rui asked Zhu Yuanlong whether the cult had an overseas lineage.
• Zhu Yuanlong said Dao Lord Juxiang had come from overseas and that his clan had once produced an immortal.
• A young man begged Wu De to rescue his captured younger brother and agreed to pay one Fragrance Cake.
• Wu De promised the brother would be released the next day and warned the pair to stay away from Penglai for a hundred years.
• Wu De lamented that Purple Lightning had planted a Dao Seed and brought someone from the Ji Clan.