Recaps

He Mu defeated the Three Venerables after they restored their Dao Fruits through ultimate sublimation, then killed them and ended the Dark Turmoil. The Life Forbidden Zones fell silent as cheers rose from countless Life Source Lands.

• The Divine Flame Supreme urged the other Forbidden Zone Supremes to act and began ultimate sublimation, followed by the other two Venerables.
• He Mu let the Three Venerables restore their Dao Fruits and return to the pinnacle of the Dao before facing their combined attack.
• He Mu clashed with the Three Venerables at the Cosmic Frontier while the Wuliang Dao Wheel shielded the Life Source Lands from the battle’s aftershocks.
• The Divine Flame Supreme and the other two Venerables were gravely wounded, while He Mu remained nearly unharmed.
• He Mu struck down the Three Venerables, and cheers from the Life Source Lands marked the end of the Dark Turmoil.

After quelling the turmoil, He Mu confronted the Flying Immortal Forbidden Zone and demanded compensation for the Three Venerables’ crimes. He left the forbidden zones silent after requesting immortal gold and Immortal Medicine.

• He Mu arrived outside Feixian Ancient Star and demanded that the five forbidden zones explain their connection to the Three Venerables.
• A Supreme threatened He Mu, but another Supreme stopped him from fighting and asked what He Mu wanted.
• He Mu demanded compensation for the Three Venerables’ crimes, and the first Supreme angrily refused.
• He Mu destroyed the first Supreme’s immortal cavern with a palm strike, then the Supreme yielded after another voice warned him not to show disrespect.
• He Mu asked for immortal gold and several plants of Immortal Medicine, leaving all of Feixian Ancient Star silent.

He Mu forced the Flying Immortal Forbidden Zone to give him an Immortal Medicine and a block of feathered green gold, then returned to Ziwei and spent three hundred years reassuring the people and preaching the Great Dao. As his current lifetime neared its end, he headed to the Undying Mountain to study the treasures and prepare for a second lifetime.

• The Flying Immortal Forbidden Zone offered He Mu one Immortal Medicine, but he pressed them until they also surrendered a block of feathered green gold.
• He Mu took the treasures and left, traveling through the universe along a golden avenue as living beings cheered him.
• He Mu returned to Wuliang Dao in Ziwei, reassured those threatened by the Supremes, accepted the races’ homage, and expounded the Great Dao for three hundred years.
• He Mu decided to return to the Undying Mountain to study the treasures and prepare to live a second lifetime.
• He Mu unfurled a golden avenue toward the Undying Mountain beyond the Cosmic Frontier.

He Mu spent eight hundred years studying Feathered Green Gold and the White Tiger Immortal Medicine, gaining new abilities and preparing to transform into a second life. After another thousand years of preparation, his transformation drew near.

• He Mu studied Feathered Green Gold and developed insights into feathered ascension that could combine with his Wuliang Tribulation Light.
• He Mu studied the White Tiger Immortal Medicine and created the White Tiger World-Destroying Art and the White Tiger Dao-Evolving Scripture.
• He Mu forged a Quasi-Venerable-grade Soul-Cutting Blade to carry his new legacy and sent it into the universe for a future recipient.
• He Mu spent a thousand years absorbing origin qi, gathering immortal longevity essence, and reviewing his Dao path.
• He Mu's preparations for transforming and living a second life grew complete, and the transformation drew near.

He Mu underwent a three-hundred-year nirvanic rebirth within an immortal cocoon on the Undying Mountain. He emerged and returned to the universe as the Immeasurable Heaven Venerable, welcomed by the Heavenly Heart and the Wuliang Dao Wheel.

• He Mu gathered faith, innate essence, and immortal light from across the universe until they formed an enormous cocoon around him.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes concluded that Wuliang was attempting to live a second life, but chose not to investigate for fear of angering him.
• After three hundred years, the cocoon began to pulse with He Mu’s heartbeat and then burst open.
• He Mu emerged from the Undying Mountain, reunited with the Heavenly Heart imprint, and declared that he had returned.
• The Wuliang Dao Wheel flew from the Wuliang Dao on Ziwei to welcome He Mu, confirming his return from nirvanic rebirth.

After returning to the Wuliang Dao, He Mu received the universe’s visitors and expounded on the Dao, then considered using faith to forge a Divine Self Body. He also resolved to investigate the black mist through the Lingbao Ruins and Longevity Heavenly Venerable, confident he could defeat it if it appeared.

• He Mu returned to the Wuliang Dao, met its members and disciples, and stationed the Wuliang Dao Wheel to protect the sect.
• He Mu received visitors and expounded on the Dao for forty-nine days.
• He Mu considered using faith to begin his third life and decided to explore forging a Divine Self Body to govern the universe in his stead.
• He Mu recalled the black mist’s connection to the Spiritually Awakened Immortal Corpse and its possible ties to the Eerie Clan.
• He Mu decided to investigate the Lingbao Ruins and speak with Longevity Heavenly Venerable about the black mist and the Dao.

After centuries of spreading his faith, He Mu created Pan, a powerful Divine Self Body, to rule the universe in his place. He Mu then left the Faith Divine Heaven to visit the Longevity Heavenly Venerable.

• For three years, a faith ocean above Ziwei nourished the world, and He Mu ordered Wuliang Dao disciples to spread his faith throughout the universe.
• Over the next three hundred years, Wuliang Dao disciples built shrines and performed miracles as He Mu’s Heavenly Emperor image grew stronger through the power of faith.
• The Heavenly Emperor image collapsed into a singularity, from which He Mu’s Divine Self Body emerged.
• He Mu named the Divine Self Body Pan and commanded him to patrol the heavens and quell upheaval in his stead.
• Pan took He Mu’s place in the Faith Divine Heaven, while He Mu departed for the Ziwei Northern Sea to see the Longevity Heavenly Venerable.

He Mu visited Longevity Heavenly Venerable in the North Sea Immortal Grotto to discuss the Dao and seek clues about the Lingbao Ruins. Longevity agreed to discuss the Dao first, and the two began expounding their Great Daos.

• He Mu arrived at the North Sea Eye, where an immortal bridge formed and carried him into the North Sea Immortal Grotto.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerable manifested an incarnation and greeted He Mu, who praised Longevity's cultivation and said he had come to discuss the Dao.
• He Mu asked Longevity for clues about the Lingbao Ruins, and Longevity agreed to speak about them after their Dao discussion.
• He Mu sat on a lotus dais and began expounding his Wuliang Great Dao as Longevity listened in the grotto.

He Mu and Longevity Heavenly Venerable exchanged their understandings of the Dao, each gaining insight into the other's ultimate path. After their discussion ended, they sent matching avatars to the Cosmic Frontier to battle.

• He Mu expounded his Wuliang Great Dao, and Longevity Heavenly Venerable recognized both its immense scope and its reliance on faith to connect it to the human domain.
• He Mu reflected that his studies of faith, the mortal world, and a third life were helping him resolve flaws in his Dao Fruit, but he kept these thoughts from Longevity Heavenly Venerable.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerable expounded his Great Dao of longevity, centering it on life, death, nirvana, and the full potential of the human body.
• He Mu and Longevity Heavenly Venerable gained valuable insights from each other's Dao and developed a mutual desire to test themselves against one another.
• He Mu summoned an external avatar matching the cultivation of Longevity Heavenly Venerable's avatar, and both avatars flew toward the Cosmic Frontier.

He Mu and Longevity Heavenly Venerable tested their Daos in a battle between avatars, then escalated to a clash of supreme techniques. He Mu won by a narrow margin and thanked Longevity Heavenly Venerable for yielding.

• He Mu and Longevity Heavenly Venerable suppressed their avatars to comparable levels and launched simultaneous attacks with Feathered Tribulation Light and Life-Devouring Dao Fire.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerable used Nine Secrets: Zhe to overcome the Dao-dissolving force in the tribulation light, while He Mu extinguished the life-devouring flames; He Mu gained a narrow advantage.
• He Mu summoned his Heavenly Emperor Dharma Aspect as Longevity Heavenly Venerable drew the Changsheng Dao Sword, and their supreme Daos collided across the Cosmic Frontier.
• He Mu's true body intercepted the battle's shock waves, and the final clash decided He Mu's victory.
• In the Sea-Eye Immortal Grotto, He Mu thanked Longevity Heavenly Venerable for yielding.

He Mu defeated Longevity Heavenly Venerable and negotiated with him for information about the Lingbao Ruins. After He Mu agreed to provide essence from the White Tiger Divine Medicine, Longevity Heavenly Venerable began revealing what he had learned.

• He Mu defeated Longevity Heavenly Venerable, breaking the Longevity Dao Sword and exhausting his manifestation.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerable admitted defeat and praised He Mu’s mastery and potential.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerable asked He Mu for essence from the White Tiger Divine Medicine in exchange for clues about the Lingbao Ruins.
• He Mu agreed to provide the essence, provided Longevity Heavenly Venerable shared every clue he knew.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerable began recounting his discoveries about Lingbao Heavenly Venerable and the Lingbao Ruins.

Longevity Heavenly Venerable revealed Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s plan to use his corpse dissolution to absorb an Immortal Corpse’s origin and explained that Lingbao had survived his failure. After giving Longevity the White Tiger Divine Medicine, He Mu left to investigate the Lingbao Immortal Platform.

• Longevity Heavenly Venerable told He Mu that Lingbao Heavenly Venerable had fought a complete Immortal Corpse and devised a plan to use its power in his ascent to immortality.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerable explained that Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s corpse-dissolution plan had failed after an accident, but Lingbao had not died.
• He Mu gave Longevity Heavenly Venerable nine drops of the White Tiger Divine Medicine essence.
• He Mu left the North Sea Immortal Grotto and traveled toward the ancient star later known as Heavenly Soldier to visit the Lingbao Immortal Platform.

He Mu reached Heavenly Soldier, the star formed from Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s skull and Immortal Platform, and found the cocoon meant to hold the Heavenly Venerable’s primordial spirit empty. He began studying Lingbao’s failed attempt to become an immortal, while the mystery of who disrupted it remained unresolved.

• He Mu arrived at Heavenly Soldier and sensed Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s Great Dao and the dormant array patterns surrounding the star.
• He Mu entered the hollow underground world and found Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s Immortal Platform Divine Liquid and a crimson Immortal Cocoon.
• He Mu discovered that the Immortal Cocoon had a small opening and contained no primordial spirit, only a trace of life source essence.
• He Mu suspected someone had secretly disrupted Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s transformation but set the question aside.
• He Mu sat down to study Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s failed method of shedding his mortal body.

He Mu resonated with the Lingbao Immortal Platform and faced the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s phantom in a clash of their supreme Dao Fruits, then exchanged scriptures with him. He obtained the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s origin immortal light and information that could lead him to the Heavenly Venerable’s true body, then left the planet’s core.

• He Mu awakened the Immortal Cocoon by resonating with the Lingbao Immortal Platform, summoning the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s phantom.
• The Lingbao Heavenly Venerable attacked He Mu with the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, and He Mu countered with the Wuliang Dao Wheel as their opposing Dao Fruits collided and merged.
• He Mu and the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable recited their scriptures in a second discourse on the Dao, and He Mu gained the Sea of Bitterness and Immortal Platform volumes of the Lingbao Immortal Scripture and most of the true essence of Nine Secrets: Zu.
• He Mu collected the origin immortal light left by the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable and learned it could help him find the Heavenly Venerable’s true body.
• He Mu merged the Divine Spring pool into the platform, left its precious liquid behind, and departed along the Golden Light Avenue.

He Mu followed Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s golden origin light through the chaos and found him in the Chaos Dragon Nest, where he had been slowly recovering inside an immortal source coffin. He returned the origin light to Lingbao Heavenly Venerable, whose Dao surged and who opened his eyes.

• He Mu used the golden origin light to guide him through the chaos toward Lingbao Heavenly Venerable.
• He Mu cleared away the chaos qi and discovered the Chaos Dragon Nest, an ancient treasure land that Lingbao Heavenly Venerable had made his refuge.
• He Mu entered the nest and found Lingbao Heavenly Venerable lying in an immortal source coffin at the convergence of nine dragon veins.
• He Mu released the golden origin light, which entered Lingbao Heavenly Venerable and reunited with his life origin.
• Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s Great Dao stirred, golden light burst from the nest, and he opened his eyes.

Lingbao Heavenly Venerable awoke from his long slumber but nearly exhausted himself, leaving He Mu to restore his strength. After fully reviving, Lingbao met He Mu, who introduced himself as Wuliang.

• Lingbao Heavenly Venerable awoke and unleashed a burst of sword qi, then weakened until he was trapped inside the Immortal Coffin.
• He Mu drew in chaos qi, refined it into the origin power of the Great Dao, and replenished Lingbao Heavenly Venerable.
• Lingbao Heavenly Venerable recovered, absorbed the life essence of the Immortal Coffin, and swallowed eight colossal dragons of chaos to restore his strength.
• Lingbao Heavenly Venerable returned to the Chaos Dragon Nest and thanked He Mu, who introduced himself as Wuliang.

Lingbao Heavenly Venerable told He Mu how a disciple’s betrayal and the black qi left him gravely wounded and sealed away. He Mu left him White Tiger Divine Medicine, expecting Lingbao’s recovery to bring a reckoning soon.

• Lingbao Heavenly Venerable thanked He Mu for saving his life, and He Mu asked how he had fallen into such a desperate state.
• Lingbao Heavenly Venerable recounted how he slew the Spiritually Awakened Immortal Corpse, suffered a great dao wound, and sealed the black qi he could not extract.
• A thousand years later, Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s disciple was beguiled by the black qi and joined a Forbidden Zone Supreme in sabotaging the Immortal Platform Grand Formation and attacking him.
• Lingbao Heavenly Venerable defeated the attackers, protected his surviving disciples, hid his secret realms, and sealed himself inside the Chaos Dragon Nest.
• He Mu left Lingbao Heavenly Venerable some essence of the White Tiger Divine Medicine and departed, anticipating a reckoning once Lingbao restored his Dao Fruit.

After a thousand years of secluded cultivation, He Mu prepared to join forces with the recovered Lingbao Heavenly Venerable against Black Qi and the Forbidden Zones, while keeping Lingbao’s return secret. He went to find Longevity Heavenly Venerable, but discovered that Longevity and his immortal source had vanished from the Northern Sea.

• He Mu spent a thousand years cultivating in the Undying Mountain while his Divine Self Body managed affairs in Faith Divine Heaven.
• Lingbao Heavenly Venerable repaired his Dao Fruit in hiding, and he and He Mu planned to conceal his return so they could lure Black Qi into a trap.
• He Mu decided Longevity Heavenly Venerable had to choose a side before the coming battle.
• He Mu traveled to the Northern Sea on Ziwei Ancient Star and found that the region’s life-giving Dao power had nearly disappeared.
• He Mu discovered that Longevity Heavenly Venerable and the immortal source where he had sealed himself were gone, then headed toward Faith Divine Heaven.

He Mu used Faith Divine Heaven to trace Longevity Heavenly Venerable's movements and discovered that Changsheng had entered the Underworld and become one of its rulers. He decided to visit the Underworld later, but first began guiding Pan's cultivation.

• He Mu arrived at Faith Divine Heaven, where Pan welcomed him, and said he would investigate Changsheng and guide Pan's cultivation.
• He Mu merged with Faith Divine Heaven and used its power of faith to examine Longevity Heavenly Venerable's movements over the past thousand years.
• He Mu saw that Longevity Heavenly Venerable prepared for three hundred years after He Mu's departure, then traveled to the Underworld without causing turmoil elsewhere.
• He Mu concluded that Changsheng had become one of the Underworld's rulers and decided to visit him later to assess his intentions.
• He Mu summoned Pan and began expounding the Dao to guide his cultivation.

He Mu spent 108 days teaching Pan the Great Dao and arranged for him to cultivate in seclusion until a future age. He then set out for the Underworld to assess Longevity Heavenly Venerable’s condition and decide what to do next.

• He Mu explained the Great Dao to Pan, whose immense strength and independent Dao Fruit were constrained by the Wuliang Great Dao and the power of faith.
• He Mu planned for Pan to build his foundations, be sealed until a later age, and eventually pursue the Red Dust Immortal Path.
• After teaching Pan for 108 days, He Mu sealed Faith Divine Heaven and left instructions for Pan to find after emerging from seclusion.
• He Mu traveled openly to the Underworld on a golden Divine Bridge to inspect Longevity Heavenly Venerable’s true condition.

He Mu entered the Underworld to learn whether Changsheng was truly in seclusion and met Zhuanlun, the supreme in charge. Zhuanlun said Changsheng could not receive visitors, but He Mu accepted his invitation to the hall and followed him deeper into the Netherland.

• He Mu descended into the Underworld and used his Heavenly Venerable might to awaken one of its supremes.
• Zhuanlun appeared and asked why He Mu had disturbed the Netherland.
• He Mu introduced himself as Wuliang, the Contemporary Dao Attainer, and asked to speak with Changsheng.
• Zhuanlun said Changsheng had entered seclusion three hundred years earlier and could not receive visitors.
• He Mu accepted Zhuanlun's invitation to the hall, and the two traveled together into the Netherland.

He Mu visited the Underworld and learned that Longevity Heavenly Venerable was in deep seclusion in Changsheng Hall, leaving him with no immediate reason for concern. After speaking with Lunzhuan Supreme and learning more about ancient history, He Mu left to carry out plans he and Lingbao Heavenly Venerable had made.

• Lunzhuan Supreme told He Mu that Longevity Heavenly Venerable had been secluded in Changsheng Hall for three hundred years and might not awaken for tens of thousands of years.
• He Mu examined Changsheng Hall and concluded that Longevity Heavenly Venerable had settled in the Underworld for the long term.
• He Mu learned about Lunzhuan Supreme's history, his reverence for Netherworld Venerable, and his quiet rule over the Underworld.
• He Mu and Lunzhuan Supreme exchanged stories and historical secrets before He Mu bade him farewell.
• Lunzhuan Supreme returned to slumber, and He Mu left the Underworld, sent information to Chaos, concealed his traces, and headed into the Universe to enact his plans with Lingbao Heavenly Venerable.

On Heavenly Passage Ancient Star, the weakened Jade Roaming Palace faced unpaid tribute and threats from rivals after its old leader died, leaving its young leader alone. As the young Daoist mourned and searched for a way to save the sect, He Mu arrived at the palace gates.

• The chapter described Heavenly Passage Ancient Star’s decline from a once-glorious cultivation world and outlined the competing accounts of how its power had vanished.
• The Jade Roaming Palace was revealed to be a small sect on Golden Tortoise Island whose remaining disciples had dwindled to an old Daoist and a young Daoist.
• The old Daoist died after failing to break through from the other shore realm into dao palace, leaving the young Daoist to inherit the sect’s leadership.
• The young Daoist faced tribute obligations without resources and pressure from other lineages seeking the Jade Roaming Palace’s inheritance.
• While the young Daoist sat before the old Daoist’s memorial tablet, He Mu announced himself outside the gates and said he had come to visit.

He Mu visited the Jade Roaming Palace and discovered that Wenxin was its sole surviving disciple. After searching Heavenly Passage Ancient Star, He Mu found the hidden small world where Lingbao Heavenly Venerable’s disciples had been sealed and took Wenxin there.

• Wenxin opened the Jade Roaming Palace’s gates and greeted He Mu, who claimed an old friendship with one of the palace’s former masters.
• Wenxin told He Mu that his master had died two months earlier and that he was the palace’s only remaining member.
• He Mu revealed that he had come for Wenxin’s lineage, then released his immense aura and shielded the young Daoist with immortal light.
• He Mu swept Heavenly Passage Ancient Star with his divine sense and located a small world marked by traces of Nine Secrets: Zu.
• He Mu gathered Wenxin and stepped through the broken void barrier into the small world.

He Mu entered Lingbao’s small world with Wenxin and faced Golden Spirit Holy Mother, who led the formation protecting the Jade Roaming Palace. After He Mu identified himself as Wuliang and tested her with a strike, he sent her flying and left the grand formation close to collapse.

• He Mu and Wenxin entered the small world, activating its grand formation and awakening Lingbao’s disciples and Quasi-Venerables.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother emerged and challenged He Mu, asking whether he came from a Forbidden Zone and what business he had at the Jade Roaming Palace.
• He Mu introduced himself as the contemporary Dao Attainer Wuliang and said he had come to observe the small world and learn Lingbao’s Dao.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother refused to receive He Mu and told him to leave, so he threatened to punish the Lingbao Lineage and pressed down on its formation.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother drew power from the fused sun and moon and attacked He Mu’s palm, but he sent her flying and nearly broke the grand formation.