Recaps

He Mu nearly succumbed to the erosion of time while traveling upstream, but a mysterious sword strike severed the river and cast him into the King-Suppressing Mound in Immeasurable Heaven. He woke in the forbidden zone as the story entered the Perfect World arc.

• He Mu drifted upstream through the river of time, nearing Dao Dissolution as the Wuliang Dao Wheel failed to wake him.
• A mysterious sword light struck the river of time, severing it and restoring the Wuliang Dao Wheel's damaged spirit.
• The broken river split the five-colored light, sending the Wuliang Dao Wheel away while He Mu fell out of the river.
• He Mu appeared in the depths of the King-Suppressing Mound, where the remains and lingering resentment of two Foreign Domain kings lay.
• The last of He Mu's five-colored light dissipated, and he opened his eyes.

He Mu awakened in King-Suppressing Mound at the end of the Chaotic Ancient Era and discovered he had arrived in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s homeland. After his Immortal King aura alarmed powerful beings across the world, He Mu assessed his connection to this era and set out for the Three Thousand Dao Provinces to explore it and seek a way back to the future.

• He Mu recovered from his journey through the river of time and investigated King-Suppressing Mound, finding evidence of a brutal ancient battle and sensing the world’s resistance to his power.
• He Mu unleashed his Immortal King might to probe the Heavenly Heart, causing powerful beings and ancient lineages across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands to react with alarm.
• A youth from the Changsheng Wang Family and the old man at Changsheng Academy looked toward King-Suppressing Mound, while Supremes and ancient immortals elsewhere also sensed He Mu’s aura.
• He Mu learned that the era was the end of the Chaotic Ancient Era and that the realm was the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, where the Desolate Heavenly Emperor would rise.
• He Mu realized that his Nine Heavens Dao Ancestor Position anchored him to this era but that repeated displays of Immortal King power could provoke the world’s suppression.
• He Mu decided to seek the Wuliang Dao Wheel, continue cultivating, and investigate a way back to the future before leaving King-Suppressing Mound for the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

He Mu arrived in the fallen Three Thousand Dao Provinces and judged the land a poor but deeply powerful place with ancient reserves. He decided to make it his base for studying and rebuilding the Chaotic Ancient Method, then headed toward a populated area to begin gathering examples.

• He Mu set foot in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces and surveyed its sluggish Daos and meager cultivation resources.
• He Mu reflected on the province’s ancient glory, devastation in the Immortal Ancient Era, and surviving reserves of Supremes and Remnant Immortals.
• He Mu chose the Three Thousand Dao Provinces as a base to cultivate and transform the Chaotic Ancient Method into an independent path.
• He Mu concluded that he first needed examples to analyze and reconstruct the existing method, then headed toward a densely populated area.

He Mu walked across Fire Province, where strange underground flames and fierce struggles over rich mineral deposits defined the land. He sought the ancient fires buried beneath it and identified the legendary chaos flame, or Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Fire, as the treasure he wanted most.

• He Mu crossed Fire Province on foot to experience the Chaotic Ancient Era and study its laws.
• Bandits tried to rob and kill He Mu, but heaven’s backlash reduced them to ash without him intervening.
• He Mu connected with Fire Province’s earth veins and searched for the origins of its underground fires.
• He Mu recalled that fallen True Immortals’ intrinsic fires had nurtured the province’s flames and considered drawing out their Dao principles and divine substances.
• He Mu recognized the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Fire buried beneath Fire Province as its most precious treasure.

He Mu searched Fire Province’s grasslands for the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Fire while the Three-Life Bronze Coffin obscured his divinations. He encountered a wounded young man whose extraordinary abilities led He Mu to suspect his identity, and called for him to stay and talk.

• He Mu searched Fire Province’s earth veins for the underground palace containing the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Fire.
• He Mu noticed three outlaws attacking a wounded young man and recognized the strength of the young man’s foundations.
• The young man dissolved the attackers’ magic, killed their Divine Flame realm leader and a Venerable, and defeated the remaining outlaw.
• He Mu connected the young man’s nirvana-like constitution, injuries, and immunity to magical power with a figure he knew, then called out to him.

He Mu stopped the injured Shi Hao after he escaped the Celestial Human Race and killed three bandits in Fire Province. He Mu claimed he had come to resolve the bloody calamity awaiting Shi Hao, leaving Shi Hao wary and uncertain of his intentions.

• Shi Hao stopped when He Mu called to him, while He Mu considered whether to influence the future Desolate Heavenly Emperor.
• Shi Hao recalled escaping the Celestial Human Race after they tortured him for the Supreme Technique within him.
• After bandits in Fire Province tried to sell him into slavery, Shi Hao killed them and remained wary of strangers.
• Shi Hao questioned He Mu, unable to discern his cultivation or determine whether he posed a threat.
• He Mu greeted Shi Hao and said a bloody calamity awaited him, claiming he had come to resolve it.

He Mu warned Shi Hao that the Celestial Human Race could hunt him down while he recovered, then revealed his supposed hostility was an act. He offered to take Shi Hao as his disciple, leaving Shi Hao to consider the proposal.

• He Mu told Shi Hao that his injuries and the Celestial Human Race’s power made him vulnerable to a bloody calamity.
• Shi Hao recognized that He Mu knew too much about his escape and asked how he planned to help.
• He Mu feigned murderous intent and claimed the Celestial Human Race had hired him to kill Shi Hao.
• Shi Hao saw through He Mu’s act and reasoned that the powerful Daoist was not allied with the Celestial Human Race.
• He Mu admitted his strength and invited Shi Hao to become his disciple so he could eventually seek justice in the City of Heaven.

Shi Hao weighed He Mu’s invitation and agreed to join the Purple Heaven Palace after hearing about its lineage and arts. He Mu accepted him as a disciple and warned that betrayal would bring the reclamation of every divine ability he learned.

• Shi Hao asked He Mu about his origins and cultivation grounds before deciding whether to join him.
• He Mu described the Purple Heaven Palace in Great Luo Heaven as an ancient Daoist lineage that had once reigned supreme across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
• Shi Hao asked whether the sect’s Heavenly Venerable was comparable to Qin Changsheng, and He Mu said Qin Changsheng was far weaker.
• He Mu promised that the sect possessed the Three Thousand Great Daos, many divine abilities, and the Battle Saint Method.
• Shi Hao agreed to enter the Purple Heaven Palace and inherit its teachings.
• He Mu declared Shi Hao a disciple and warned him never to betray the lineage.

Shi Hao joined the Purple Heaven Palace as He Mu’s disciple and heard a warning about a future upheaval across the myriad heavens. He Mu then took Shi Hao to search Fire Province for the Chaos Dao Fire so Shi Hao could prepare to advance from the Venerable Realm.

• He Mu formed the Purple Heaven Palace’s initiation oath, and Shi Hao swore upon his essence blood and formally joined the sect.
• He Mu warned Shi Hao that a future reckoning would bring blood and chaos across the myriad heavens, but said Shi Hao should not learn more yet.
• He Mu told Shi Hao to seek a Great Dao fire seed for his advancement to the divine flame realm.
• He Mu took Shi Hao with him to search Fire Province for the Chaos Dao Fire.

After Shi Hao recovered from his injuries in Fufeng City, He Mu discussed how he could cultivate immunity to magical power and considered seeking the Heavenly Immortal Academy’s Tribulation Transcendence Divine Lotus. Shi Hao tried to persuade He Mu that Purple Heaven Palace could provide an even rarer treasure, but a woman from the academy interrupted them with a challenge.

• Shi Hao and He Mu reached Fufeng City after three days of travel, during which Shi Hao fully recovered from his injuries inflicted by the Celestial Human Race.
• He Mu told Shi Hao that golden bodhi fruit could help him cultivate immunity to magical power, but warned that using it directly would be dangerous.
• Shi Hao proposed bathing in the Heavenly Immortal Academy’s divine pool, where the Tribulation Transcendence Divine Lotus grew, and asked He Mu to arrange access.
• He Mu considered the difficulties of obtaining the divine medicine and reflected that his Purple Heaven Palace had little standing or resources in this era.
• Shi Hao changed his request, suggesting Purple Heaven Palace must have treasures better than the lotus, when a woman’s voice challenged him to name one.

Feng Wu recognized Shi Hao as Haotian, the opponent who had defeated her on the Bronze Sparrow Platform, and demanded a rematch. He Mu transported them to a Void Battlefield so they could fight without damaging the teahouse.

• Feng Wu arrived at the teahouse and recognized Shi Hao as Haotian after he denied using that name.
• Feng Wu challenged Shi Hao to settle the score from their past battle, insisting that a fight in the Venerable Realm would be fair.
• Shi Hao looked to He Mu to judge whether he should accept Feng Wu's challenge.
• He Mu moved Shi Hao and Feng Wu to a Void Battlefield and told them to settle their contest there.

He Mu froze time in the teahouse to let Feng Wu and Shi Hao settle their old rivalry on the void arena. Shi Hao defeated Feng Wu with his Reincarnation technique, while He Mu used the battle to deepen his understanding of the Time Great Dao.

• He Mu halted time around the teahouse and arranged for Feng Wu and Shi Hao to fight on the void arena.
• Feng Wu and Shi Hao exchanged boasts before attacking with the Heavenly Immortal Light and Kunpeng Method.
• Shi Hao gained a slight advantage with the Thunder Emperor Method and resisted Feng Wu's Divine Arrow Technique, leaving them at a stalemate.
• Feng Wu unleashed her First-Generation Precious Technique, Limitless Life-Extinguishing Light, hoping to secure a draw.
• Shi Hao used Supreme Technique, Reincarnation, to suppress Feng Wu's attack and claim victory.
• He Mu watched Shi Hao's Reincarnation technique and further comprehended the Time Great Dao.

After defeating Feng Wu, Shi Hao accepted He Mu’s guidance to improve his cultivation methods. He Mu then revealed a connection to Heavenly Immortal Light and asked Feng Wu to study under him.

• Shi Hao defeated Feng Wu, who accepted her loss and vowed to challenge him again.
• He Mu called Shi Hao and Feng Wu to join him for tea, and both paid their respects.
• He Mu told Shi Hao that his foundations were solid but his methods needed improvement, and Shi Hao prepared to cultivate under him.
• He Mu praised Feng Wu’s mastery of Heavenly Immortal Light and said the art shared a karmic connection with him.
• He Mu asked Feng Wu whether she was willing to cultivate under him, leaving both her and Shi Hao astonished.

Feng Wu and Shi Hao worried over He Mu’s offer to guide Feng Wu, uncertain of his intentions. He Mu revealed that Feng Wu’s academy elder had been spying outside, then asked the elder for permission to take Feng Wu traveling and teach her.

• Feng Wu feared He Mu might covet the Heavenly Immortal Academy’s secret technique, while Shi Hao weighed whether to speak up for her.
• He Mu disturbed the space inside the teahouse and pulled a battered white-haired Heavenly God into the room.
• Feng Wu recognized the newcomer as Taiyuan, an elder of the Heavenly Immortal Academy.
• Taiyuan apologized to He Mu for watching the teahouse and explained that he had been protecting Feng Wu.
• He Mu forgave Taiyuan and asked to take Feng Wu traveling so he could guide her cultivation.

He Mu explained his connection to the Heavenly Immortal Academy by displaying Wuliang Immortal Light, earning Taiyuan Celestial God's trust. Taiyuan agreed to let Feng Wu cultivate with He Mu and asked to accompany them, leaving the group set to travel together.

• Taiyuan Celestial God feared He Mu intended to abduct Feng Wu, while He Mu recognized his suspicions and asked Feng Wu to explain what had happened.
• Feng Wu recounted her earlier battle with Shi Hao, and Taiyuan relaxed after learning the circumstances.
• He Mu displayed Wuliang Immortal Light, which Feng Wu mistook for Heavenly Immortal Light and Taiyuan recognized as a related, even broader art.
• He Mu said he had ties to the Heavenly Immortal Academy and would visit it after staying in Fire Province.
• Taiyuan accepted He Mu's offer to take Feng Wu to cultivate and asked to accompany them; He Mu agreed.

The Heavenly Immortal Academy faced a crisis as the True Immortal Remnant Inscription grew unstable, prompting its old dean, Zheng Xuan, to emerge and restore confidence. Meanwhile, He Mu and his companions reached the great rift in Fire Province and began descending toward the Chaos Flame and the Three-Life Bronze Coffin.

• Five elders struggled to suppress the manifestations of the True Immortal Remnant Inscription inside the Heavenly Immortal Academy.
• The sect master told Zheng Xuan that the inscription was stirring, while Feng Wu and Taiyuan had gone missing from contact.
• Zheng Xuan agreed to protect the academy one final time, revived his aura, and drew wary attention from neighboring traditions.
• He Mu, Shi Hao, Feng Wu, and Heavenly God Taiyuan arrived at the great rift and sensed danger from the depths where the Three-Life Bronze Coffin and Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Fire lay.
• He Mu warned his companions to stay close, shielded all four with Wuliang Immortal Light, and led them into the rift.

He Mu led Shi Hao and two others to an underground city, where they found the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin and the emperor flame. Chaos mist separated the group, and He Mu reached for the flame while the others searched the ruins.

• He Mu illuminated the underground ruins and split open the ground, revealing an ancient city and the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin.
• Chaos mist spread from the smaller coffin and separated He Mu, Shi Hao, and the other two companions without their initially realizing it.
• Shi Hao and the other two went on alert and began exploring the ruins, gradually drawing closer to the dao platform.
• He Mu found the emperor flame, recognized it as the essence of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor's dao fruit, and unleashed his full power to seize it.

He Mu seized the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Fire, whose runes pulled his consciousness into a vision of a universe ravaged by war. He recognized the vision as the Immortal Ancient Era Destruction War, the beginning of the Chaotic Ancient Era.

• He Mu grasped the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Fire, and golden runes emerged from it and entered his body despite his protective immortal light.
• He Mu lost consciousness and awoke within a blood-red universe where armies and monstrous beings slaughtered its inhabitants.
• He Mu sensed that the scene was an untouchable reflection of the past and watched nearly ten Immortal Kings battle across the ruined universe.
• He Mu recognized the scene as the Immortal Ancient Era Destruction War and the beginning of the Chaotic Ancient Era.

He Mu witnessed the Immortal Ancient Era’s desperate war and discovered that a King who looked and resonated exactly like him had arrived to aid the Nine Heavens. Meanwhile, Shi Hao heard ancient voices from the Bronze Coffin, including his own, and withdrew without opening it, leaving both men confronting mysteries linking the past and present.

• He Mu watched the Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King and Immortal King Wuzhong struggle against overwhelming Foreign Domain forces as the battlefield neared collapse.
• He Mu sensed that the Emperor Flame had influenced his emotions and searched the time fragment, where he saw a divine King in Daoist robes arrive with reinforcements.
• He Mu recognized the divine King as himself from another time and identified the Wuliang Dao Wheel he had lost in the Time Long River.
• Shi Hao heard visions of an ancient world-ending battle from the Bronze Coffin and thought he recognized Willow Deity and his master among its figures.
• Shi Hao withdrew from the coffin, then heard ancient voices again while testing it and found himself whispering, "I will fight a path open for you!"
• He Mu pondered how his lost Dao Wheel and other version of himself had appeared in the Immortal Ancient Era as the time fragment’s hidden currents stirred.

After the Wuliang Dao Wheel was cast into an earlier era by the Sole Ruler of Eternity’s sword strike, it revived alongside He Mu’s Primordial Spirit Clone, who discovered he had arrived in the Immortal Ancient Era. The clone, calling himself Wuliang, met Wuzhong and asked for help obtaining immortal gold.

• The Wuliang Dao Wheel endured the River of Time, then fell into an unknown era with its divine spirit weakened and asleep.
• A hidden rune activated, drawing in the world’s origin energy and restoring He Mu’s Primordial Spirit Clone.
• The revived clone examined the Dao Wheel’s memories, learned of the events that had separated him from his original body, and decided to investigate his surroundings and restore the weapon.
• Wuzhong arrived on behalf of the Primordial Ancient Realm, and the clone introduced himself as Wuliang.
• Wuliang realized he was in the Immortal Ancient Era, told Wuzhong he had come from the Boundary Sea to spread his Daoist lineage and settle, then asked him to help trade for immortal gold.

He Mu watched as Wushang, a legendary Undying King, challenged Heavenly Lord Wuliang beyond the heavens. Wuliang met Wushang’s strongest strike with the World-Opening Seal, cracking his halberd and forcing him back, renewing the Nine Heavens’ hope.

• Wushang arrived beyond the heavens and challenged Wuliang, while He Mu recognized both giants and recalled their place in the Immortal Ancient Era’s history.
• Wushang attacked first with his bronze halberd, and Wuliang answered with a World-Opening axe before they exchanged more than a hundred blows.
• Wushang unleashed his innate art, declaring divine abilities and Dao arts useless as he brought down his strongest strike.
• Wuliang used the World-Opening Seal to break the halberd’s light, crack the weapon, and force Wushang back half a step.
• The Foreign Domain’s Kings were stunned, and the Nine Heavens’ forces saw renewed hope in Wushang’s retreat.

“He Mu” fought Wushang and then faced Wushang, Pumo King, and the Heaven-Swallowing King together, gravely injuring all three with Immeasurable Tribulation Light while suffering serious wounds himself. As the battlefield fell quiet, Kundi attacked him with a Divine Pot, leaving Wuliang in peril under the Four Kings’ Siege.

• Wushang charged “He Mu” again, but “He Mu” wounded him severely and broke his bronze halberd with the Indestructible Scripture and the World-Opening Axe.
• The Heaven-Swallowing King and Pumo King joined Wushang, and the three Giants attacked “He Mu” together.
• “He Mu” used Immeasurable Tribulation Light to devastate all three attackers, though Wushang also inflicted a grave wound on him.
• The battlefield fell silent as both sides saw that “He Mu” and the three Giants had been badly injured.
• Kundi sent a Divine Pot flying toward “He Mu,” putting Wuliang in peril.

He Mu fought the Three Kings of Wushang to a standstill, but the Immortal Refining Pot struck him while he was weakened, leaving him gravely injured. Kundi appeared and urged him to join the Foreign Domain, while both sides objected and He Mu’s response remained unknown.

• He Mu wounded the Three Kings of Wushang, shocking both armies and briefly raising the Nine Heavens’ hopes.
• The Immortal Refining Pot descended and blasted He Mu apart, forcing him to reconstruct himself with the Wuliang Dao Wheel’s protection.
• He Mu recognized the weapon as the Immortal Refining Pot, and Kundi appeared as its master and the Foreign Domain’s strongest figure.
• Kundi offered to spare He Mu and let him join the Foreign Domain, promising him a chance to pursue the Emperor Realm.
• Immortal King Wuzhong, Pumo King, and Anlan urged Kundi to abandon the offer and kill He Mu, but Kundi ignored them and waited for He Mu’s answer.

“He Mu” battled Kundi and three other Foreign Domain Kings across the Boundary Sea, then ignited his origin to gain overwhelming power and trap them. He chased the four as they fled, while his own destruction became inevitable.

• “He Mu” cursed Kundi and resumed their battle, denting the Immortal Refining Pot with his axe.
• Kundi, Wushang, Pumo King, and Heaven-Swallowing King fought “He Mu” across the Boundary Sea, devastating ruined Great Realms with their clashes.
• “He Mu” ignited his Immortal King Giant body’s origin, unleashing Origin Dao Fire despite knowing it would destroy him.
• “He Mu” cleaved the Boundary Sea apart to trap Kundi and the other three, then drove them into retreat with his burning power.
• “He Mu” laughed as he relentlessly chased the fleeing Kings across the Boundary Sea.

He Mu’s burning manifestation pursued Kundi and the other Foreign Domain Kings from the Boundary Sea into the Primordial Ancient Realm, where he fought them to protect the Nine Heavens. Though the battle left the realm collapsing, He Mu killed Pumo King before the other Kings could stop him.

• He Mu watched from another time as his manifestation chased Kundi, Wushang, Pumo King, and Heaven-Swallowing King across the Boundary Sea, and vowed to settle accounts with them himself.
• Pumo King, Heaven-Swallowing King, and Wushang persuaded Kundi to stop fleeing and attack He Mu, then the four hurried toward the Nine Heavens to force him to follow.
• He Mu pursued the four into the Primordial Ancient Realm, where the Nine Heavens’ forces were already struggling against the Foreign Domain’s Kings.
• He Mu fused the Wuliang Dao Wheel with his Dao Body and charged the four Kings, focusing his world-destroying flames on Pumo King.
• Pumo King staked his life and unleashed dandelion seeds to drain He Mu’s remaining power, but He Mu burned through the attack and shattered Pumo King’s true body.