Recaps

The ancient battle-axe’s master intervened to mediate between He Mu and the two Forbidden Zone Immortal Kings, agreeing to He Mu’s terms for sparing them. The Golden-Haired Hou King and the holder of Wuzhong’s Bell refused, leaving He Mu’s anger rising again.

• The ancient battle-axe appeared on behalf of its master and asked He Mu to spare the two Immortal Kings because of an old bargain.
• He Mu demanded that the two Forbidden Zones be dissolved, Wuzhong’s Bell be returned, and the Golden-Haired Hou serve under him for ten thousand years.
• The ancient battle-axe’s master accepted He Mu’s conditions and said the Golden-Haired Hou might benefit from being disciplined.
• The Golden-Haired Hou and the holder of Wuzhong’s Bell objected, with the Golden-Haired Hou especially unwilling to surrender his freedom to He Mu.
• He Mu’s expression darkened as the two Immortal Kings refused his demands.

He Mu attacked the Golden-Haired Hou and the bell-wielding Immortal King, but the latter sacrificed his own blood to revive Wuzhong's Bell and evade the killing blow. He Mu then used Nine Secret: Bing to disrupt the bell, leaving both Kings in despair.

• Gu Yue asked He Mu to spare the two Forbidden Zone Rulers, then withdrew without waiting for a reply.
• He Mu unleashed Nine Secrets: Dou and struck the Golden-Haired Hou and the bell-wielding Immortal King with a World-Opening axe.
• The bell-wielding Immortal King revived Wuzhong's Bell, but He Mu's attack overwhelmed it, and the Golden-Haired Hou was gravely wounded.
• The bell-wielding Immortal King sacrificed his heart's essence blood to restore Wuzhong's Bell and send He Mu's axe light into unknown space and time.
• He Mu used Nine Secret: Bing to suppress the blood sacrifice and disrupt Wuzhong's Bell, plunging both Kings into despair.

He Mu defeated the Two Forbidden Zone Kings and reclaimed Wuzhong's Bell, then used the Deliverance Scripture to subdue them. The kings' resistance faded as He Mu's uncanny recitation continued.

• He Mu overwhelmed the Golden-Haired Hou King and the Bell-Wielding Immortal King despite their desperate attacks.
• He Mu reclaimed Wuzhong's Bell, which accepted him and offered no resistance.
• He Mu reflected on the losses of the Immortal Ancient Era before turning back to the two wounded kings.
• He Mu shook Wuzhong's Bell and recited the Deliverance Scripture, gradually calming and corrupting the two kings.

He Mu used his revised Deliverance Scripture to convert two Forbidden Zone Immortal Kings, enslaving their wills while repairing flaws in their Dao Fruits. He sent them back to gather their forces for war against the Foreign Domain and returned to cultivation, easing the danger over the Three Thousand Dao Provinces and bringing new hope to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

• He Mu chanted his revised Deliverance Scripture and immersed the Golden-Haired Hou King and the other Forbidden Zone Immortal King in its Dao Realm.
• After three recitations, He Mu completed the conversion, leaving both Immortal Kings with altered true spirits, erased former convictions, and improved Dao Fruits.
• He Mu realized the converted Immortal Kings could potentially perfect their Dao Fruits but had lost any chance of reaching the supreme peak or becoming Giants.
• He Mu ordered the two Immortal Kings to return to their Forbidden Zones, gather their followers, and prepare to fight the Foreign Domain.
• The two Immortal Kings obeyed and departed, while He Mu returned to the Heavenly Immortal Academy to cultivate in the Small Courtyard.
• The pall over the Three Thousand Dao Provinces lifted, and hope returned to part of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

He Mu secluded himself at the Heavenly Immortal Academy to complete a new cultivation system, while his return frightened the Nine Heavens and forced many powerful factions to withdraw. As his method neared maturity, a Law-Creation Tribulation gathered above Heavenly Immortal Province, leaving his new Dao on the verge of emergence.

• The Lord of the Ancient Battle-Axe ordered his True Immortal subordinates to stay within their grounds and avoid the other forbidden zones, whose Kings had joined He Mu.
• Many forbidden zones sealed themselves off, while the Immortal Palace, Demon Dragon Daoist School, and Sword Valley hid their involvement in persecuting the Immortal Ancient remnants.
• He Mu cultivated in the Heavenly Immortal Academy courtyard as Shi Hao, Feng Wu, and the old headmaster gained insight from the Great Dao and suppressed their breakthroughs to avoid disturbing him.
• A Law-Creation Tribulation began gathering over Heavenly Immortal Province, and its lightning grew powerful enough to threaten Supremes and heavenly immortals.
• He Mu studied the Immortal Ancient Method, the Secret Realm Method, and other cultivation systems, then turned his attention to his own path as his new method neared completion.

He Mu established the Blood-Qi and Grotto-Heaven realms of his revised Chaotic Ancient Method, permanently changing cultivation across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and helping Shi Hao deepen his own attainment. He continued defining the later realms and began revising the Divine Fire Realm, leaving its future rules still unfolding.

• He Mu declared the Blood-Qi Realm, and his Twelve Regular Meridians became part of the Dao Seed, granting every living being them from birth and improving Shi Hao and the other two’s cultivation.
• He Mu formed a qi and blood divine heaven, then opened twelve vast grotto-heavens and a transcendent thirteenth, establishing the new Grotto-Heaven Realm and making nine grotto-heavens the normal goal.
• Shi Hao cultivated anew in response to the Dao resonance, cycling his unique grotto-heaven through collapse and rebirth until it grew stronger and closer to an embryonic world.
• He Mu declared the Spirit Transformation, Inscription, and Formation Arrangement realms, then used them to develop his Dao and summon twelve divine beings that united with his true body.
• He Mu revised the Venerable Realm as the transformation from mortal to divine and began defining the Divine Fire Realm, explaining how fire seeds served to plant a cultivator’s Dao.

He Mu planned to sublimate the Divine Dao system and create a Chaotic Ancient Era New Method that could advance cultivators toward the Immortal King and Dao Ancestor realms. He concluded that the method should unite God and Dao, taking the Dao itself as its foundation rather than relying on seeds or Dao fire.

• He Mu resolved to begin transforming the Chaotic Ancient Method from the Divine Fire Realm and to create a system capable of reaching the Immortal King Realm.
• He Mu identified the Immortal Dao's dependence on the state of heaven and earth as a weakness he wanted his new method to overcome.
• He Mu decided to base the new system firmly on the Divine Dao and its principle of God and Dao as One, rather than repeat the Chaotic Ancient Method's divided path.
• He Mu considered the Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit and concluded that faith and the Divine Dao could strengthen a cultivator without permanently binding them.
• He Mu concluded that seeds were not essential to the Chaotic Ancient Method and that practitioners could take the Dao itself as their seed, completing the core concept of his new method.

He Mu explained the stages of the World Path and its dependence on the Innate Dao Diagram he had created. As he ignited his divine flame and broke through toward the Immortal King Realm, both the Immortal King Tribulation and the Law-Creation Tribulation descended upon him.

• He Mu outlined how cultivators advanced through the stages of God and Dao as One, forming and refining their own worlds until they could attain immortality.
• He Mu explained that the Great Dao remained accessible even in declining eras, but the new system was bound to his Innate Dao Diagram and would collapse if he were erased.
• He Mu ignited his divine flame, manifesting a new world and unleashing the power of his accumulated cultivation.
• He Mu's cultivation surged toward the Immortal King Realm, stirring the myriad heavens and causing a massive tribulation to gather.
• The Immortal King Tribulation and the Law-Creation Tribulation descended on He Mu at the same time.

He Mu ascended into the ultimate realm of Immortal Kings and drew down the Immortal King Tribulation and Law-Creation Tribulation together. He moved the combined tribulation into the Chaos Sea, where he fought on as observers across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and other realms watched.

• He Mu completed the sublimation of his Dao Fruit and entered the ultimate realm of Immortal Kings, provoking the combined tribulations.
• He Mu drew the tribulation away from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and appeared in the Chaos Sea, where the full heavenly punishment erupted.
• He Mu fought through the lightning with the Wuliang Dao Wheel and the Battle Saint Method, but Great Dao marks wounded him and his aura began to weaken.
• The Lord of Gu Yue watched the tribulation and wondered whether Wuliang could glimpse the Emperor Realm by creating a method.
• The Remnant Immortal hid the Bronze Immortal Palace more deeply, while Meng Tianzheng, Wang Changsheng, and the Ancestor of the Feng Family observed from Immeasurable Heaven.
• The Border Wasteland, the Burial Domain, and the Immortal Domain also reacted to the tribulation.

The Fire King, the Burial Kings, and Immortal King Ao Sheng sensed He Mu’s return as he endured two fused tribulations in the Chaos Sea. He Mu completed the Chaotic Ancient Era’s New Method system and reached the emperor-light Immortal King domain, but the final tribulation struck with the force of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

• The Fire King awoke in the Primordial Imperial City, recognized He Mu as the returned Lord of Immeasurable Heaven, and vowed that he would settle accounts with the Foreign Domain.
• Burial King Hanzhuo recognized He Mu, and the Burial Kings chose to remain neutral as they feared a new war of slaughter.
• Immortal King Ao Sheng sensed a powerful figure in the Nine Heavens and ordered his True Immortals to investigate, allowing a junior of his clan to return as well.
• He Mu completed the True One, Heavenly God, Void Dao, Self-Slaying, Dunyi, and Supreme realms, forming the Chaotic Ancient Era’s New Method system and reaching the emperor-light Immortal King domain.
• He Mu faced the final strike of his fused tribulations as an Innate Dao Diagram bearing the power of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor descended upon him.

He Mu endured the Innate Dao Diagram, discovering that its Quasi-Immortal Emperor-level power was tempering him rather than simply destroying him. As he neared his limit after nine days and nights, a hidden spark within his Immortal Platform awakened, transforming his inner world and raising him toward the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm, while the shrinking diagram surged toward his sea of consciousness.

• He Mu charged at the Innate Dao Diagram but found his resistance could not stop its descent or prevent his body and primordial spirit from dissolving.
• He Mu realized the diagram was a trial that tempered his Dao Fruit, so he used healing and Nirvana arts to rebuild himself as its power ground him down.
• A faint spark on He Mu's immortal platform secretly helped him endure the diagram, while his struggle caused the Spirit Realm and Great Luo Heaven to vanish from the universe and confounded the Emperors within.
• After nine days and nights, He Mu approached his limit, and the spark released dazzling light that merged the Five Great Secret Realms into his inner world and drove it toward another evolution.
• He Mu's aura touched the Quasi-Immortal Emperor domain, and the Innate Dao Diagram shrank to palm size before rushing toward his sea of consciousness.

He Mu’s tribulation ended with the Innate Dao Diagram entering his body, and its Quasi-Immortal Emperor power stirred the Immortal Domain, Foreign Domain, Boundary Sea, and ancient beings beyond the Other Shore. While the Foreign Domain prepared to invade the Nine Heavens, He Mu reappeared in Immeasurable Heaven before the King-Suppressing Mound.

• The Immortal Domain’s Kings gathered at Qi Yu’s summons, stopped Ao Sheng from acting alone, and began preparing a joint delegation to the Nine Heavens.
• Kundi, Anlan, and Yutuo rallied the Foreign Domain’s Kings to send troops toward the Nine Heavens, reviving their hostility toward the Lord of Immeasurable Heaven.
• A dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor on the Boundary Sea’s Other Shore sensed He Mu’s tribulation and wondered whether a newcomer had appeared in this epoch.
• He Mu appeared in Immeasurable Heaven before the ancient mountain range known as the King-Suppressing Mound.

After surviving his tribulation, He Mu discovered that his Dao Fruit had neared the Quasi-Immortal Emperor domain, while the Innate Dao Diagram in his body kept its power in balance. Drawn by the diagram’s stirring to King-Suppressing Mound, he entered the forbidden zone to investigate what awaited him in its depths.

• He Mu awakened three days after his tribulation in the void beyond the Nine Heavens and found that he had survived and advanced greatly in cultivation.
• He Mu discovered that his sublimated Dao Fruit and the diminished Innate Dao Diagram balanced each other, though the diagram limited how much power he could unleash.
• He Mu sensed an unusual stirring from the Dao Diagram imprint and traced its source to Immeasurable Heaven.
• He Mu arrived at King-Suppressing Mound, where the diagram responded increasingly strongly to a summons.
• He Mu followed the summons and stepped into the deepest part of King-Suppressing Mound.

He Mu and the Kings of the Nine Heavens joined the World Tree in transforming nine damaged universes into the Nine Heavens, while immortals gathered to study their creation. The spectacle offered He Mu insights but no breakthrough, and it ended as Wuzhong triggered an Immortal King Tribulation.

• He Mu and more than twenty Immortal Kings worked with the World Tree to remake the nine universes into the Nine Heavens.
• He Mu gathered primordial light from the highest universe, while eight other Immortal Kings claimed their allotted shares.
• The universes’ laws and physical realms transformed, giving rise to stars, sacred cultivation grounds, and innate beings.
• He Mu and the gathered immortals studied the unfolding universes, but He Mu gained no breakthrough toward the Giant domain.
• Wuzhong triggered an Immortal King Tribulation, drawing He Mu’s attention.

He Mu entered the King-Suppressing Mound, recognized it as the former Jade Capital Mountain where the Immortal Ancient cultivation method had been created, and overcame a growing inner demon with the Nine Heavens Dao Ancestor mark. He transformed the forbidden zone and resumed teaching his divine Dao method across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, beginning with the Divine Flame realm.

• He Mu entered the depths of the King-Suppressing Mound and realized it had once been Jade Capital Mountain, the holy land where the Immortal Ancient method was created.
• The Innate Dao Diagram fell silent, and He Mu's doubts about attaining true freedom clouded his Dao heart and began to foster an inner demon.
• The Nine Heavens Dao Ancestor mark shone within He Mu and cleared the gloom from his mind.
• He Mu released his Dao Fruit, swept away the demonic miasma, and ended the King-Suppressing Mound Forbidden Zone.
• He Mu declared that he would reestablish the divine Dao and teach its method at Jade Capital Mountain, beginning with the Divine Flame realm.
• The myriad Daos answered He Mu's teaching, and the Changsheng Families and True Immortal lineages across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands erupted into an uproar.

He Mu preached the Dao again, revealed himself as the Lord of Immeasurable Heaven, and shocked powerful figures across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. As the world reacted to his return, Meng Tianzheng worried that a Foreign Domain King might be involved, while Shi Hao welcomed his master’s support but vowed to settle his own grudges.

• He Mu’s second lecture on the Dao sparked a wave of cultivators switching to the New Method, though many regretted that his first teachings had not covered the Divine Dao.
• After a month, He Mu revealed that he was the Lord of Immeasurable Heaven, stirring Supremes and powerful Dao Lineages across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
• Meng Tianzheng watched the King-Suppressing Mound with hope and worry, wondering whether He Mu had returned or a Foreign Domain King had taken over his body.
• Wang Changsheng sensed that the aura from the King-Suppressing Mound surpassed his former peak and wondered at the Lord of Immeasurable Heaven’s power.
• Supremes from the Changsheng Families and Border Wasteland families looked toward Immeasurable Heaven, hoping He Mu’s return could change the war and open the path to longevity.
• Shi Hao celebrated his master’s return but resolved to confront the Celestial Human Race and other enemies himself.

He Mu finished expounding the New Method’s Human Dao realms and announced that he would teach the methods of Immortal Ascension in three years. After rebuilding the Purple Heaven Palace on Jade Capital Mountain, he considered his next tasks and sent a message to the Heavenly Immortal Academy.

• He Mu completed his discourse on the Supreme Realm and withheld the Immortal Dao methods because the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands remained afflicted by a curse and could not safely receive them.
• He Mu declared that he would reestablish the Purple Heaven Palace Dao Lineage and teach the methods of Immortal Ascension to those with destined affinity in three years.
• He Mu used his creation methods to build the Purple Heaven Palace on Jade Capital Mountain and made its plaque powerful enough to repel a Quasi-Immortal King.
• He Mu considered visiting the Immortal Domain, contacting the Burial Domain, settling matters with the Foreign Domain, and aiding the last surviving member of the Seven Kings at the Border Wasteland.
• He Mu decided to guide Shi Hao at the Heavenly Immortal Academy and sent a streak of spiritual light toward the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

Shi Hao received He Mu’s message and learned that the sealed legacy in its Dharma Form would unlock as he advanced in cultivation. He Mu challenged him to win first place in Immortal Ancient in exchange for his methods, and Shi Hao accepted as He Mu offered to answer the group’s cultivation questions.

• A spiritual light entered the academy’s protected courtyard, and Shi Hao absorbed its immense message from He Mu.
• Inside Shi Hao’s Sea of Consciousness, He Mu’s Dharma Form explained that its legacy was sealed until Shi Hao achieved greater cultivation.
• He Mu advised Shi Hao to focus on Foundation Refinement and promised him a Divine Ability after he entered Immortal Ancient and ignited his Divine Flame.
• He Mu offered to pass on his methods if Shi Hao won first place in Immortal Ancient, and Shi Hao eagerly accepted.
• He Mu ordered Shi Hao not to reveal their relationship or use his name in Immortal Ancient, then invited the group to visit Jade Capital Mountain after the event and offered to answer their cultivation questions.

After guiding Shi Hao, He Mu resolved to travel to the Primordial Imperial City and prevent the last surviving Borderlands King from dying alone. He set out for the Border Wasteland, determined to avenge the Seven Kings’ unjust treatment and clear their clans’ name.

• He Mu finished advising Shi Hao and decided to let him forge his own cultivation path while providing him with hidden legacies and safeguards.
• He Mu reflected that the last of the Seven Kings of the Borderlands still guarded the Primordial Imperial City, near death after the other six had fallen.
• He Mu resolved to save the surviving King and redress the injustice done to the Seven Great Heart Immortal King Clans, whose descendants were branded as Sin Blood.
• He Mu rose from the Dao Platform and headed toward the Border Wasteland.

He Mu reached the Primordial Imperial City and met Fire King, whose body and primordial spirit had been devastated by injuries from the Immortal Ancient Era. He Mu began treating him and ordered him to live and fight again as the Nine Heavens’ vanguard.

• He Mu arrived outside the Primordial Imperial City, where Fire King had fused with the city and the Heavenly Abyss to defend the Nine Heavens.
• Fire King sensed He Mu’s arrival and had the city’s descendants welcome him inside.
• He Mu saw that Fire King’s body and primordial spirit were riddled with injuries and eroded by the power of Undying Kings.
• He Mu thanked Fire King for holding the frontier alone and told him he could finally rest now that He Mu had returned.
• Fire King asked He Mu to avenge their fallen comrades by killing Kundi, but his excitement worsened his injuries.
• He Mu suppressed Fire King’s wounds with his Great Dao power, rebuked him for giving up, and commanded him to live and serve as the Nine Heavens’ vanguard.

He Mu stabilized the Fire King's injuries and taught him a modified Nine Secrets: Zhe, then explained the coming crisis and the surviving Immortal Kings who could help defend the Nine Heavens. He left the Fire King in the Primordial Imperial City to recover while he prepared to visit the Immortal Domain and pursue his own plans.

• He Mu spent three days removing the Foreign Domain Kings' hidden measures from the Fire King's injuries and taught him a modified Nine Secrets: Zhe to support his recovery.
• The Fire King thanked He Mu and learned that He Mu planned to attempt a breakthrough beyond the King Realm, while other Immortal Kings would help protect the Nine Heavens if he were absent.
• He Mu told the Fire King that the Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit had returned and that the Golden-Haired Hou and Cheng Zhou had submitted to him.
• He Mu revealed that the Immortal Gold Daoist and Second Under Heaven were alive nearby, and discussed finding other surviving experts to strengthen the Nine Heavens.
• He Mu explained the state of the Nine Heavens and the approaching great reckoning, then instructed the Fire King to remain in the Primordial Imperial City while he visited the Immortal Domain.
• The Fire King stayed to recover and train the descendants of the seven Kings, while He Mu departed.

He Mu traveled to the Cross Yin and Yang Land to reach the Eight Lower Realms and recruit the Lord of the Forbidden Zone. After revealing that he was Wuliang, the Lord welcomed him into his forbidden zone, where they shared tea and began their meeting on cordial terms.

• He Mu left the Primordial Imperial City and headed for the Cross Yin and Yang Land, the passage to the Eight Lower Realms.
• He Mu opened the Chaos Ancient Road and entered, releasing his aura so the Lord of the Forbidden Zone would recognize him.
• The Lord of the Forbidden Zone stopped the road’s chaotic laws, transformed the surroundings, and greeted He Mu.
• He Mu identified himself as Wuliang, Lord of Immeasurable Heaven, and the Lord of the Forbidden Zone welcomed him into his home.
• The Lord of the Forbidden Zone served He Mu a bitter, astringent tea, and He Mu praised its quality as they sat beside a lake of stars.

He Mu met Immortal King Dihong in the Life Forbidden Zone and urged him to emerge from seclusion, revealing that he wanted Dihong to teach and protect the Nine Heavens while He Mu faced the Boundary Sea. Dihong showed He Mu the desolate truth behind his forbidden zone but doubted that He Mu could accomplish what he promised.

• He Mu praised Dihong’s tea, then challenged him for hiding in the Life Forbidden Zone and clinging to past regrets.
• Dihong controlled his anger, questioned how He Mu knew about his past, and considered why the powerful visitor had come.
• He Mu praised Dihong’s disciples, including Aogu and Qingyue, and asked why he had imprisoned himself in a forbidden zone.
• Dihong revealed that his paradise was an illusion and admitted he was only an obsession left after death, too fragile to emerge and fight.
• He Mu explained that he wanted Dihong to serve as teacher and guardian of the Nine Heavens while He Mu pacified the Foreign Domain and ventured into the Boundary Sea.
• Dihong doubted He Mu’s claims, remembering the dangers of the Boundary Sea and questioning whether He Mu could truly quell its darkness.

He Mu answered the Lord of the Forbidden Zone’s doubts by revealing that he had reached the end of the Immortal King path and possessed Emperor Light. The Lord of the Forbidden Zone recognized that He Mu was nearing the Emperor realm, and his resolve to join him began to waver toward agreement.

• The Lord of the Forbidden Zone argued that one person, even someone as strong as Butcher, could not quell the Dark Source, and asked what He Mu could rely on.
• He Mu asked the Lord of the Forbidden Zone to assess Butcher, Chicken Farmer, and He Mu himself.
• He Mu explained that supreme Giants had approached the limits of the Immortal King domain, but had not reached the true end of the Kings’ path.
• He Mu revealed brilliant Emperor Light, showing that he had advanced to the Immortal King domain’s utmost limit.
• The Lord of the Forbidden Zone recognized He Mu’s Emperor Light and understood that he might soon attain the Emperor position.
• The Lord of the Forbidden Zone’s stance shifted toward believing He Mu and joining his effort.

He Mu revealed that he was nearing the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm and warned Dihong that even an Emperor might not overcome the dangers beyond the Boundary Sea. He Mu asked Dihong to emerge from seclusion and guard the Nine Heavens, and Dihong agreed after He Mu offered hope of restoring his life.

• He Mu told Dihong that he had found the path to becoming an Emperor but still needed to build his foundations before breaking free of the King Realm.
• He Mu warned that the Dark Source might contain multiple dark Emperors and that the Other Shore of the Boundary Sea could defeat even an Emperor.
• He Mu said he would journey to the Other Shore to quell the source of turmoil and asked Dihong to emerge from seclusion to oversee the Nine Heavens.
• He Mu offered to stabilize Dihong's remnant thought and potentially help him be born anew after reaching the Emperor realm.
• Dihong accepted He Mu's invitation and expressed hope that he might one day return to the Boundary Sea.