Recaps

He Mu tested the Lingbao Lineage’s strength and defeated Golden Spirit Holy Mother, who realized he likely knew her master. After He Mu proved that Heavenly Venerable Lingbao had sent him, Golden Spirit welcomed him as her martial uncle and led him to the Jade Roaming Palace.

• He Mu’s casual palm strike sent Golden Spirit Holy Mother flying and astonished the Lingbao Lineage disciples.
• Golden Spirit concluded that He Mu’s restraint and lack of hostility meant he probably knew Heavenly Venerable Lingbao.
• He Mu confirmed that Fellow Daoist Lingbao had entrusted him with finding Golden Spirit and gave her a golden light of divine sense as proof.
• After reading the message, Golden Spirit knelt, apologized to He Mu, and called him Martial Uncle Wuliang.
• Golden Spirit withdrew the formation, gathered the other direct disciples, and led He Mu to the Jade Roaming Palace.

He Mu enlisted Lingbao's surviving disciples to secretly prepare formations across the universe while he spread immortal light among Wuliang Shrines for a decisive campaign against the black qi. After a thousand years, he returned to the Undying Mountain to prepare the bait that would begin the reckoning.

• He Mu met Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Wudang Holy Mother, Zhao Gongming, and Yunxiao in the Jade Roaming Palace and tasked them with laying formation patterns across the universe.
• He Mu told the disciples that Heavenly Venerable Lingbao had recovered fully, then entrusted Little Daoist Wenxin to Golden Spirit Holy Mother and left the small world.
• He Mu secretly visited Flying Immortal and numerous star domains and Life Source Lands, infusing each Wuliang Shrine he found with a speck of immortal light.
• The Lingbao Lineage's disciples quietly laid formations as He Mu spent a thousand years making preparations throughout the universe.
• He Mu returned to the Undying Mountain to make his final preparation and set out the bait for the coming battle against the black qi.

After five hundred years of gathering strength, He Mu entered the Universe and attempted to transcend the Heavenly Heart Imprint, provoking an unprecedented tribulation. As nine Thunder Shadows of former Dao attainers emerged to kill him, He Mu charged into battle.

• He Mu spent five hundred years seated on Enlightenment Cliff, gathering strength with aid from the White Tiger Immortal Medicine and the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree.
• He Mu stepped into the Universe, where his Extreme Dao aura shook the myriad Daos and laws.
• He Mu faced a vast heavenly tribulation and broke free of the Heavenly Heart Imprint, seeking to stand above the myriad Daos.
• Supremes in the Forbidden Zones, Great Sects, and Quasi-Venerables witnessed He Mu's attempt to attain a never-before-seen highest fruition position.
• Heaven sent down a greater tribulation, manifesting nine former Dao attainers, including a Thunder Shadow of He Mu.
• He Mu met the nine Supreme Thunder Shadows in battle as a world-shaking God War began.

He Mu fought through the nine Heavenly Venerable phantoms and then faced an even more devastating tribulation formed from Immortal Medicines and countless great thunders. He shattered the Heavenly Heart with a final strike, but his Dao Body also exploded, leaving the universe and its observers uncertain whether he had survived or broken through.

• He Mu repeatedly defeated the nine Heavenly Venerable phantoms until the lightning sea began to form a new wave of tribulation.
• A Forbidden Zone Supreme warned that the tribulation was not over, and terrifying Immortal Medicine phantoms appeared amid the lightning.
• He Mu charged against the Immortal Medicines and the many layers of thunder, suffering grievous injuries as he fought back.
• He Mu merged his Origin Great Dao with the Wuliang Dao Wheel to form a World-Opening Divine Axe and struck toward the tribulation's core.
• He Mu shattered the Heavenly Heart and destroyed the Immortal Medicine phantoms, but his Heavenly Venerable Dao Body exploded in the same instant.
• The tribulation receded, and the forbidden zones and Myriad Heavens and Worlds waited to learn whether He Mu had survived.

As the Forbidden Zones and Black Qi launched a universe-wide catastrophe, Pan and the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation fought to hold them back. Black Qi sensed a trap and found himself immobilized by the sudden arrival of Wuliang and Lingbao.

• After several thousand years, the Supremes restored their Dao Fruits and Black Qi led Yin Soldiers out of the Cosmic Frontier to devastate the universe.
• A vast formation linked across star domains appeared, and Pan stopped Taixu Supreme from attacking it before fighting him with the Green-Gold Longsword.
• Three other Supremes tried to flee toward living star domains, but Jinling and the other three used the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation to trap them.
• Black Qi moved to attack Pan, but two auras immobilized him, and he realized Wuliang and Lingbao had plotted against him.

He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao joined forces to battle Namo, the black-qi calamity, in a clash that would determine the universe’s fate. As their fight remained undecided, the other battles and defenses held, but Namo’s victory could still plunge the universe into ruin.

• He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao revealed themselves and challenged Namo, who vowed to destroy them and conquer the universe.
• He Mu attacked with his Heavenly Venerable Fists and Wuliang Dao Wheel while Lingbao wielded Qingping Sword and his World-Destroying Vision against Namo’s black qi and halberd.
• After three thousand exchanges, He Mu wounded Namo and sent him flying, while all three combatants suffered serious injuries.
• Pan relentlessly wounded Taixu Supreme, while Jinling and her companions kept three other venerables trapped in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• Lingbao Sect disciples and the universe’s Dao lineages fought the Yin Soldiers as the universe’s fate remained dependent on the battle against Namo.

He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao defeated Namo after he sacrificed himself and transformed into a monstrous creature, ending the devastating Dark Turmoil. The universe regained peace, though the ruined star domain contaminated by Namo’s Black Blood remained sealed and banished.

• Namo sacrificed his essence and transformed into a powerful, hideous monster that attacked He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao.
• He Mu and Lingbao fought Namo for three days and nights, suffering severe injuries while exhausting his power.
• He Mu and Lingbao joined forces to destroy Namo, then used their remaining Divine Power to seal and banish the contaminated star domain.
• Pan slew Taixu Supreme, took over the Lingbao Grand Formation, and killed the other three venerables.
• With Namo dead, the Yin Soldiers were nearly wiped out, and the universe’s Dark Turmoil came to an end.

After a thousand years, He Mu finished assimilating what he learned from the battle with Namo and decided to travel the Universe to reassure the myriad races and deal with lingering threats. Heavenly Venerable Lingbao had departed to enter seclusion and attempt to live a fourth lifetime.

• Five hundred years after the battle, He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao met on the Undying Mountain and drank tea together, though the world believed them gravely wounded and missing.
• Heavenly Venerable Lingbao told He Mu that his injuries had healed but his depleted essence left him only a few years to live, and he planned to enter seclusion to seek a fourth lifetime.
• He Mu wished Heavenly Venerable Lingbao success, and the two shared a final half-day of tea before Lingbao departed.
• Over the next five hundred years, He Mu assimilated his insights from the battle with Namo, repaired flaws in his cultivation, and advanced his Wuliang Great Dao.
• He Mu decided to leave seclusion and patrol the Universe, reassuring the myriad races, deterring the Forbidden Zones, and addressing the sealed star field.

He Mu toured the universe, reassuring its inhabitants while searching for any surviving traces of the Eerie Clan. At the banished Dead Silent Starfield, he sealed the lingering black Dao patterns in a Heaven-Refining Grand Formation, then returned to the Undying Mountain to pursue longevity and the Red Dust Immortal Path.

• He Mu toured the heavens, refused the power of faith offered by the myriad races, and directed it to Faith Divine Heaven.
• He Mu expounded the Dao at Wuliang Dao for seven days and searched the universe, finding no remaining eerie traces outside the Dead Silent Starfield.
• He Mu burned away the black blood in the Dead Silent Starfield but could not destroy the black Dao patterns fused with the void.
• He Mu created a Heaven-Refining Grand Formation to purify the black Dao patterns, strengthened the seal, and banished the starfield again.
• He Mu returned to the Undying Mountain in chaos to study longevity and seek the Red Dust Immortal Path.

He Mu completed a three-thousand-year seclusion in Undying Mountain, organizing his Dao Fruits but failing to clarify how to live a Third Life. After Lunzhuan Supreme invited him to Netherland for a talk, He Mu traveled to the Underworld to meet him.

• He Mu performed his Dao beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, combining his own paths with insights from Heaven Venerable Daode, Longevity Heavenly Venerable, and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao.
• Pan concealed the Great Dao fluctuations from He Mu’s enlightenment, preventing them from affecting the Universe.
• Three thousand years later, He Mu emerged from seclusion with his Dao Fruits in order but the path to living a Third Life still unclear.
• He Mu surveyed the Universe and sensed familiar auras in the Underworld, taking care not to intrude on its Supremes.
• Pan told He Mu that Lunzhuan Supreme had invited him to Netherland, and He Mu traveled to the Underworld.

He Mu traveled to the Underworld at Lunzhuan Supreme’s invitation, only to discover that the figure who welcomed him was actually Netherworld Venerable in disguise. Lunzhuan Supreme returned to the hall as He Mu and Netherworld Venerable faced each other.

• He Mu arrived in the Netherland, where Lunzhuan Supreme welcomed him and led him to the Wheel-Turning Hall.
• He Mu sensed that the figure on the throne was not Lunzhuan Supreme and attacked him, meeting an evenly matched defense.
• He Mu identified the figure as Netherworld Venerable, who dropped his disguise and asked how He Mu had recognized him.
• He Mu asked where Lunzhuan Supreme was, and Netherworld Venerable said he had sent him to handle Underworld affairs.
• Lunzhuan Supreme entered the hall and found He Mu and Netherworld Venerable staring at one another.

Lunzhuan Supreme discovered that the Netherworld Venerable had impersonated him to lure He Mu into the Underworld, but He Mu forgave the deception and explained how he had seen through the disguise. He Mu accepted an invitation to discuss the Dao and learn about an upcoming matter involving Lunzhuan Supreme.

• Lunzhuan Supreme used his divination method to learn that the Netherworld Venerable had impersonated him and brought He Mu to the Underworld.
• Lunzhuan Supreme apologized to He Mu, who said he held no grudge and praised the Netherworld Venerable's innocent nature.
• The Netherworld Venerable asked how He Mu had seen through his Heaven-Changing and Earth-Shifting Art, and He Mu explained the flaws he had noticed.
• The Netherworld Venerable began contemplating He Mu's explanation, while Lunzhuan Supreme apologized for his behavior.
• The Netherworld Venerable said he had invited He Mu to discuss the Dao and because of an upcoming matter involving Lunzhuan Supreme, and He Mu accepted the invitation.

Lunzhuan Supreme explained that his dwindling lifespan had driven him to bury himself and seek rebirth through the Reincarnation Great Dao. He Mu offered him White Tiger Divine Medicine essence and encouragement, and the chapter ended as He Mu, Lunzhuan Supreme, and Netherworld Venerable began discussing the Dao.

• Lunzhuan Supreme told He Mu that he planned to bury himself and prove reincarnation in hopes of returning with a perfected body.
• He Mu affirmed Lunzhuan Supreme’s choice and gave him White Tiger Divine Medicine essence to aid his preparations.
• Lunzhuan Supreme accepted the medicine and vowed to fight for a future on the Immortal Road.
• Lunzhuan Supreme invited He Mu and Netherworld Venerable to discuss the Dao as a send-off.
• He Mu, Lunzhuan Supreme, and Netherworld Venerable manifested their Dao Fruits and began their discussion.

He Mu, Netherworld Venerable, and Lunzhuan Supreme held a Dao Discussion that shook the Underworld as they revealed and tested their Great Daos. Lunzhuan Supreme gained insight into his path of destruction and reincarnation, and the story ended as he prepared to bury himself and attempt rebirth.

• He Mu, Netherworld Venerable, and Lunzhuan Supreme revealed their Dao Fruits in the Wheel-Turning Main Hall, unleashing phenomena that made beings throughout the Underworld kneel.
• He Mu manifested a World-Opening Dao, Netherworld Venerable revealed his Six Paths of Great Reincarnation, and Lunzhuan Supreme showed a distinct path combining destruction, return to the void, and reincarnation.
• The three began a martial Dao Discussion, with He Mu's divine axe attacking Netherworld Venerable's Reincarnation Seal and Lunzhuan Supreme's black lotus.
• Lunzhuan Supreme's black lotus steadily improved during the contest, while the divine axe held the advantage and the Reincarnation Seal remained largely unshaken.
• The three ended their Dao Discussion, the Underworld returned to peace, and Lunzhuan Supreme prepared to bury himself for his rebirth attempt.

After a Dao discussion with the Netherworld Venerable and He Mu, Lunzhuan Supreme restored his youthful condition and prepared to stake everything on a new path to immortality. He entered a Chaos Immortal Marrow coffin to begin the transformation.

• He Mu, the Netherworld Venerable, and Lunzhuan Supreme gained insights into reincarnation and methods of living another lifetime through their Dao discussion.
• Lunzhuan Supreme emerged from the discussion and absorbed Innate Source Essence, restoring his cultivation and youthful appearance.
• Lunzhuan Supreme declared that he was returning as Heaven of Ruins to stake everything against heaven and seek immortality.
• Lunzhuan Supreme summoned a Chaos Immortal Marrow coffin protected by Chaos Stone and an Extreme Dao formation.
• Lunzhuan Supreme bowed to the Netherworld Venerable and He Mu, then entered the coffin.

Lunzhuan Supreme entered the Chaos Stone coffin and vanished into the void to pursue a transformation, leaving He Mu with the Netherworld Venerable. The Netherworld Venerable hosted He Mu in the Netherworld Emperor Hall and asked him for a few drops of his origin blood essence.

• Lunzhuan Supreme entered the Chaos Stone coffin, which disappeared into the void amid the power of Guixu.
• The Netherworld Venerable invited He Mu to visit the Netherworld Emperor Hall, and He Mu accepted.
• The Netherworld Venerable served He Mu rare spiritual tea and tried to lead into his request, while He Mu answered with pointed remarks about the Underworld's wealth.
• The Netherworld Venerable asked He Mu to grant him a few drops of his origin blood essence.

He Mu refused the Netherworld Venerable’s request for his origin essence blood until the Venerable explained that he needed it to nurture an ancient Extreme Dao corpse. He Mu negotiated for valuable cultivation techniques and knowledge in return, and the Netherworld Venerable accepted his terms.

• He Mu considered the dangers of giving his origin essence blood to the Netherworld Venerable and initially refused.
• The Netherworld Venerable explained that he wanted to use the essence blood to nurture an ancient Extreme Dao corpse into a successor for the Underworld.
• The Netherworld Venerable offered He Mu the Tribulation-Transcending Heavenly Art and the chance to observe the corpse’s cultivation of reincarnation.
• He Mu countered by demanding the Nine Secrets: Lin and the Netherworld Venerable’s Source Heaven Great Dao as well.
• The Netherworld Venerable reluctantly accepted He Mu’s terms.

He Mu and the Netherworld Venerable entered an ancient burial pit to aid an Extreme Dao Ancient Corpse whose vitality was fading. He Mu gave the Netherworld Venerable his essence blood, and the ancient coffin absorbed it, filling the Netherland with Nine-Colored Immortal Light.

• He Mu followed the Netherworld Venerable into a sacred pure land hidden inside an ancient burial pit and saw an Immortal Gold Ancient Coffin.
• He Mu sensed a faint trace of life in the coffin and wondered if its occupant was the Corpse Emperor who would attain the Dao in the primordial age.
• The Netherworld Venerable explained that the corpse’s preparations had partly succeeded, but its Primordial Spirit and true soul had perished.
• He Mu forced out a drop of golden origin essence blood, and the Netherworld Venerable compressed its life essence with the Reincarnation Great Dao.
• The ancient coffin swallowed He Mu’s essence blood, releasing Nine-Colored Immortal Light that illuminated the Netherland.

He Mu watched the Netherworld Venerable create a nascent Reincarnation Seal in an ancient supreme's corpse, gaining profound insights into reincarnation and an alternate cultivation system. After receiving the promised techniques, He Mu left the Underworld for his cultivation grounds on the Undying Mountain.

• The Netherworld Venerable used He Mu's blood essence and his own Reincarnation Great Dao to nourish the ancient corpse and form a Reincarnation Seal.
• He Mu observed the seal's formation, understood the method of attaining the Dao through a corpse, and glimpsed the ancient supreme's Dao Fruit.
• The Netherworld Venerable stopped chanting after exhausting most of his divine power and handed He Mu the Tribulation-Transcending Heavenly Art, Nine Secrets: Lin, and his rudimentary Source Heaven Great Dao.
• The Netherworld Venerable excused himself to recuperate, and He Mu departed the Underworld for his cultivation grounds on the Undying Mountain.

He Mu studied the Netherworld Venerable’s Nine Secrets: Lin, Source Heaven Great Dao, and Tribulation-Transcending Heavenly Art, tracing how they combined ancient cultivation methods with the secret realm system. He entered a deep seclusion beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, while a new age of cultivation began to stir across the Universe.

• He Mu examined Nine Secrets: Lin and considered how its imperishable-body principle might have supported the Netherworld Venerable’s reincarnations through tribulations.
• He Mu studied the Source Heaven Great Dao and the Tribulation-Transcending Heavenly Art, comparing their use of heaven-and-earth configurations, reincarnation, and cultivation through tribulation.
• He Mu concluded that Tribulation Transcendence Heavenly Venerable had integrated ideas from the Chaotic Ancient and Immortal Ancient methods into the secret realm system.
• He Mu spent a thousand years contemplating and assimilating the Netherworld Venerable’s teachings beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree.
• He Mu entered the deepest Enlightenment Realm in seclusion as the Universe’s stars surged with vitality and a great age of cultivation dawned.

Pan maintained the flourishing age while He Mu remained in seclusion, and the chapter introduced Wang Bo, a prodigy of the Chaos Body whose rise threatened Gou Chen’s established powers. Gu Dao united hostile lineages to destroy the Primordial Palace, leaving a storm about to erupt across Gou Chen Ancient Star.

• Pan continued regulating the myriad Daos and overseeing the universe on He Mu’s behalf as a new golden age began.
• Wang Bo emerged from Qingyun Province on Gou Chen, where the Primordial Palace had taken him in after powerful sects fought over his extraordinary birth.
• By sixteen, Wang Bo had reached the Immortal Platform Secret Realm and defeated Gou Chen’s younger-generation prodigies, provoking the great lineages.
• Hostile Saints debated attacking Wang Bo and the Primordial Palace, while Gu Dao revealed his old grievance against the Primordial Palace and vowed to wipe it out.
• Gu Dao assured the Saints that the Wuliang Dao would not interfere, and the lineages began gathering their forces against the Primordial Palace.

Great Sage Yuan Hui scolded Wang Bo for his exploits and sent him to face the wall at the Back Mountain Dao Cliff. Before Yuan Hui could deal with the powers demanding an accounting, their armies surrounded the Primordial Palace and prepared to destroy it, bringing the Dao Lineage to the brink of war.

• Great Sage Yuan Hui reprimanded Wang Bo for plundering major powers and extorting holy lands, though he privately remained proud of his disciple's talent.
• Wang Bo flattered Great Sage Yuan Hui, who ordered him to face the wall at the Back Mountain Dao Cliff.
• Great Sage Yuan Hui began considering how to answer the holy lands and Great Sects demanding an accounting when forces attacked the Primordial Palace's Sect-Protecting Grand Formation.
• Great Sage Yuan Hui saw armies from the Divine Pavilion, the Heavenly Net Hall, the Purple Qilin Clan, the Heavenly Desolation Holy Land, and other major powers surrounding the Primordial Palace.
• A Saint from the Divine Pavilion accused the Primordial Palace of sheltering Wang Bo and declared that the assembled powers would destroy it, and Great Sage Yuan Hui defied them.

The allied sects launched a surprise attack on the Primordial Palace while Great Sage Gu Dao and Great Sage Yuan Hui fought beyond Gou Chen. Gu Dao defeated Yuan Hui, but Yuan Hui sacrificed the Primordial Palace's legacy weapon to escape back to Qingyun Province, leaving Gu Dao injured and pursuing him.

• Great Sage Gu Dao confronted Great Sage Yuan Hui with a Quasi-Venerable weapon, and the two Great Sages began a deadly battle beyond the planet.
• The allied armies charged the Primordial Palace as its war fortresses and sect-protecting formation defended against the assault, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.
• Great Sage Gu Dao gained the advantage over Great Sage Yuan Hui, wounding him as his nine Immortal Phoenixes tore through Yuan Hui's defenses.
• Great Sage Yuan Hui detonated the Primordial Palace's legacy weapon, injuring Great Sage Gu Dao and using the blast to flee back to the Primordial Palace.
• Great Sage Gu Dao vowed to destroy Yuan Hui and the Primordial Palace, then descended toward Qingyun Province.

Great Sage Yuan Hui died after the Primordial Palace’s defeat, and the sect sent Wang Bo away as its last hope before destroying its sacred land in a final attack on the allied army. The battle ended with heavy casualties, while its repercussions continued to spread across Gou Chen Ancient Star.

• Great Sage Yuan Hui returned to the Primordial Palace mortally wounded, and the allied army began bombarding the sect’s protective formation as other powers gathered to claim its spoils.
• Wang Bo arrived at the central hall, where Great Sage Yuan Hui urged him to cultivate, rebuild the Primordial Palace, and avoid seeking revenge before becoming a Quasi-Venerable.
• After Great Sage Yuan Hui died, the grand elder ordered the elders to send Wang Bo away from Qingyun Province on a Divine Light Platform.
• The grand elder and the elders gathered their Dao power to make the Primordial Palace’s protective formation self-destruct.
• Great Sage Gu Dao ordered the allied forces to retreat, but the explosion devastated the army and reduced the Primordial sacred land to scorched earth.

Ten years after the Primordial Palace’s destruction, Wang Bo had become the Chaos Demon, powerful enough to defeat Half-Saints as he hunted the sects responsible. Seeking a route into the starry sky to advance his cultivation and prepare for revenge, he chose to attack the weakened Divine Pavilion and seize its Star Gate and star chart.

• Wang Bo defeated three Half-Saints in Qingcheng, wounded one severely, and forced them to flee with the Heavenly Net Mirror.
• Wang Bo reached the fourth heaven of the Dao-Slaying realm, but his progress slowed as his obsession with revenge persisted.
• Wang Bo decided to enter the starry sky to seek further cultivation, but he needed a great sect’s Star Gate and star chart to travel safely.
• Wang Bo chose the weakened Divine Pavilion as his target because it had suffered heavy losses in the Primordial Palace battle and now had only a gravely wounded Saint remaining.
• Wang Bo prepared to attack the Divine Pavilion, intending to seize passage into the starry sky and begin taking revenge on Gou Chen’s sects.