Recaps

He Mu reunited with Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, who had emerged after tens of thousands of years, and the two discussed their paths to immortality. After revealing their ambitions to become immortals through mortal-world transformations and the Formation Dao, they prepared to battle and discuss the Dao through combat.

• Heavenly Venerable Lingbao arrived at the Undying Mountain Daoist Grounds, and He Mu welcomed him onto Enlightenment Cliff.
• Wenxin greeted his grandmaster and explained how He Mu had helped him obtain the Dao Integration Flower and attain the Dao.
• He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao shared tea and discussed their cultivation, lifetimes, and respective paths to immortality.
• He Mu confirmed his path of becoming immortal through transformations across several lifetimes, while Heavenly Venerable Lingbao revealed his Formation Dao path.
• Heavenly Venerable Lingbao challenged He Mu to battle, and He Mu accepted.

Heavenly Venerable Lingbao and He Mu fought a fierce sparring match in the Chaos, matching each other’s attacks as Wenxin watched from Undying Mountain. As the battle reached its climax, Lingbao revealed his true Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and asked He Mu to appraise it.

• Heavenly Venerable Lingbao and He Mu exchanged opening strikes, and their sword light and axe light ended in a draw.
• Lingbao unleashed the full might of the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, while He Mu manifested the Divine Form of the Wuliang Dao Wheel to meet them.
• Wenxin watched from Undying Mountain and felt the gulf between himself and the two Heavenly Venerables.
• Lingbao fully manifested the Immortal-Slaying Array Diagram as a Slaughter Dao World, with the four swords forming its gates, and presented the true Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation to He Mu.

He Mu defeated Heavenly Venerable Lingbao in their clash of ultimate techniques, then invited him to move to the Undying Mountain. Lingbao accepted, choosing to become He Mu’s neighbor and share the mountain’s tea and Dao.

• Heavenly Venerable Lingbao unleashed the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation’s strongest strike, and He Mu answered with his World-Opening Dao Axe.
• He Mu’s axe light broke through the sword formation, forcing Lingbao to release the Four Swords and concede the match.
• He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao returned to the Undying Mountain and shared tea at Enlightenment Cliff.
• He Mu invited Lingbao to move to the Undying Mountain, arguing that they were close friends and that the mountain could aid their cultivation.
• Heavenly Venerable Lingbao accepted He Mu’s invitation and said he would move to the Undying Mountain as his neighbor.

Wenxin established himself as Heart Venerable, revived the Daoist School, and presided over a prosperous era before entering his second and then third lifetimes to pursue the Immortal Dao. After he secluded himself in the Undying Mountain to perfect his Dao Fruit, his era ended and a new one began.

• Heavenly Venerable Lingbao settled in the Undying Mountain, where he and He Mu spent centuries discussing the Dao and instructing Wenxin.
• After Wenxin met their requirements, he left the Undying Mountain, took the title Heart Venerable, and reestablished the Jade Roaming Palace lineage as a branch of the Daoist School.
• Heart Venerable's power and the Daoist School's influence ushered in a long, prosperous era across the universe.
• As his first lifetime neared its end, Wenxin used Immortal Medicine to begin a second lifetime and returned to the Undying Mountain for guidance from He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao.
• Wenxin studied the White Tiger Immortal Medicine and Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, then entered withered stillness and struggled into a third life near the heavenly emperor near-immortal threshold.
• Wenxin secluded himself in the Undying Mountain to perfect his Dao Fruit, and Heart Venerable's era ended as a new era began.

After Heart Venerable’s passing, Wenxin secluded himself in the Undying Mountain while He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao hoped he could advance toward immortality. Three thousand years later, He Mu’s fury erupted at Enlightenment Cliff, and he vanished from the mountain after roaring in anger.

• Heart Venerable’s passing marked the end of the era and the onset of a long age of Dao hardship.
• Wenxin withdrew into seclusion in the Undying Mountain, and He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao resolved to guide him toward living a fourth life.
• He Mu, Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, and Wenxin cultivated in seclusion for three thousand years.
• A terrifying aura surged from Enlightenment Cliff, and He Mu roared in fury, startling Heavenly Venerable Lingbao and Wenxin.
• He Mu tore through space and vanished from the Undying Mountain.

He Mu found the Dragon Cave Immortal Grotto devastated after an intruder tried to seize the foundation of Pan’s Saint Spirit Immortal Fetus, and he repaired it before failing to divine the attacker’s identity. After learning that the Netherworld Venerable had also been ambushed by the same foe, He Mu resolved to confront them.

• He Mu returned to the Dragon Cave Immortal Grotto and found its Dragon Veins, Immortal Spring Eye, and defenses severely damaged by an intruder.
• He Mu learned that the Wuliang Dao Wheel had driven off the attacker, whose strength appeared comparable to his own and Lingbao’s.
• He Mu restored the grotto’s laws and Dragon Veins, then used the Five-Colored Immortal Formation to stabilize Pan’s gestation.
• He Mu tried to divine the intruder’s whereabouts but found their karma concealed from his investigation.
• The Netherworld Venerable reported that he had been ambushed, and He Mu recognized the attacker’s aura as belonging to the same intruder.
• He Mu unleashed his killing intent and vowed to discover who had repeatedly opposed him.

He Mu joined forces with Heavenly Venerable Lingbao and the Netherworld Venerable to divine the identity of the hidden attacker using the Wuliang Dao Wheel. Their vision revealed that the attacker possessed the Bronze Immortal Palace and the Immortal Sword, and they recognized him as Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi.

• He Mu concluded that the hidden attacker likely possessed a prehistoric Immortal Artifact and invited the Netherworld Venerable to the Undying Mountain.
• At Enlightenment Cliff, He Mu explained the threat to Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, who agreed to help uncover the attacker.
• He Mu, Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, and the Netherworld Venerable used the Wuliang Dao Wheel to trace the attacker through a fragment of his aura.
• Their divination revealed the Bronze Immortal Palace and the Immortal Sword, both in the attacker's possession.
• The vision revealed a Daoist figure, whom Heavenly Venerable Lingbao and the Netherworld Venerable identified as Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi.

He Mu, Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, and Netherworld Venerable discovered that Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi had been behind the attacks on them and traced him to the Bronze Immortal Palace. When Yuanshi refused to justify his actions, He Mu attacked, beginning a battle between the three venerables and Yuanshi.

• He Mu and the two venerables identified their enemy as Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi and decided to confront him together over his schemes and the Evil Immortal’s legacy.
• The three venerables divined Yuanshi’s location, traveled into chaos, and launched a surprise attack on the Bronze Immortal Palace.
• Yuanshi raised the palace’s defenses, but the four Blood-Red Killing Swords surrounded it while He Mu, Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, and Netherworld Venerable encircled him.
• He Mu and Netherworld Venerable demanded answers, but Yuanshi defended his actions by claiming his virtue entitled him to whatever he sought.
• He Mu attacked Yuanshi with a Dao Seal, and Yuanshi countered with his Immortal Sword, beginning their battle in chaos.

He Mu, Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, and the Netherworld Venerable nearly defeated Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, but he escaped by detonating his Immortal Sword and badly injuring his pursuers. As Yuanshi began recovering in hiding, He Mu studied the broken sword at Undying Mountain and planned to obtain Nine Secrets: Bing from him at their next meeting.

• He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao joined the Netherworld Venerable in attacking Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, leaving him unable to counterattack.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi detonated the Immortal Sword, blasting open the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and injuring He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao as he escaped.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi collapsed on a depleted ancient star, swallowed a Blood Pill, and began repairing his grievous injuries.
• He Mu remained at Undying Mountain to suppress his injuries and study the broken Immortal Sword while Heavenly Venerable Lingbao and the Netherworld Venerable went into seclusion.
• He Mu concluded that Yuanshi had used a blood-sacrifice method to control his Immortal Artifacts and looked forward to obtaining Nine Secrets: Bing from him.

He Mu arranged to repair the broken Immortal Sword at Big Dipper’s Central Province, moving Wuliang Dao there to guard the hidden site and forging a new divine weapon for the sect. After a thousand years, the age of cultivation hardship began to fade, ushering in a new era of great contention.

• He Mu studied the broken Immortal Sword for ten thousand years, and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao joined him before returning to seclusion to pursue his fifth life.
• He Mu hid the sword at a protected node in Big Dipper’s Central Province and ordered Wuliang Dao to migrate there under Great Abyss’s leadership.
• Great Abyss moved most of Wuliang Dao to Big Dipper, where the sect became the Wuliang Holy Land and settled in the Central Province.
• He Mu forged the World-Opening Divine Axe, sent it and a fruit of the White Tiger Immortal Medicine to Big Dipper, and entrusted them to protect the sword’s hiding place and aid Great Abyss.
• After He Mu stopped monitoring the universe, a thousand years passed and the age of cultivation hardship gave way to a new era of great contention.

Annihilation rose from obscurity to defeat his rivals, attain the Dao, and establish the Annihilation Dao Palace. After reaching a second lifetime, he prepared to assault the Road to Immortality and lead his sect there; the author then explained a temporary chapter-posting schedule change.

• Annihilation defeated the era’s contenders, survived his Dao attainment tribulation, and became the new Heavenly Venerable.
• Annihilation established the Annihilation Dao Palace on Big Dipper, where he presided over a peaceful and prosperous age.
• After more than ten thousand years, Annihilation achieved a Second Lifetime through Primordial Spirit transformation and grew more powerful.
• Annihilation studied the Road to Immortality, sought clues in the Life Forbidden Zones, and prepared the Annihilation Dao Palace for an ascent to immortality.
• The author announced that the extra 4,000 Chinese characters would be split into two shorter chapters posted across two days, without changing the scheduled updates.

The Annihilation Heavenly Venerable led his army onto a newly opened Road to Immortality, but a solid world barrier, Chaos Divine Thunder, and a severed path blocked their advance. He redirected the army toward another route, and He Mu realized the road led to the longevity-giving world he and the Netherworld Venerable had sought.

• The Annihilation Heavenly Venerable summoned his followers and led the Annihilation army onto a Road to Immortality he had opened above the Northern Plains.
• The Annihilation Heavenly Venerable struggled against a solid world barrier, Chaos Divine Thunder, and chaos mist while protecting his army, then found the road severed ahead.
• The Annihilation Heavenly Venerable used the Big Dipper Road to Immortality Great Array to open a narrow path connecting to another stretch of the Road to Immortality.
• He Mu sensed the Five-Colored Immortal Formation activate and recognized that the severed road led to a world of longevity that he and the Netherworld Venerable had long sought.

Annihilation Heavenly Venerable negotiated with Big Dipper’s Forbidden Zones for support as he pushed into another Road to Immortality, but he could not overcome its mighty pass and fortified city. The Forbidden Zones withdrew their aid, trapping him on the collapsing road and ending his hope of attaining immortality.

• Annihilation Heavenly Venerable agreed to hand over his insights into the Road to Immortality in exchange for the Forbidden Zones stabilizing the Five-Colored Immortal Formation.
• With the formation’s support, Annihilation Heavenly Venerable and his army reached a mighty pass and fortified city deep on another Road to Immortality.
• Countless phantoms of Black-Armored Gods and Demons and Immortal Spirits overwhelmed Annihilation Heavenly Venerable’s forces, wounded him, and blocked his advance.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes judged that Annihilation Heavenly Venerable would fall and withdrew their power from the Five-Colored Immortal Formation.
• The Immortal Road passages collapsed, leaving Annihilation Heavenly Venerable trapped and ending his attempt to attain immortality.

After Annihilation Heavenly Venerable’s failure reshaped the balance of power, He Mu found the Strange World and sent his Fire Dao Body inside to investigate it. The chapter left He Mu waiting outside while his Heavenly Emperor-level incarnation began the reconnaissance.

• Annihilation Heavenly Venerable’s fall caused the Annihilation Dao Palace to collapse, and Big Dipper’s powers prepared to divide its remaining interests.
• He Mu arrived at the abandoned Road to Immortality in the Northern Plains and located the Strange World beyond its broken stretch.
• He Mu recalled that the Strange World offered longevity substance but was difficult to leave, and decided to investigate without risking his true self.
• He Mu manifested his Fire Dao Body and endowed it with nearly all the power of his Heart Dao Palace.
• He Mu’s Fire Dao Body entered the Strange World as the pathfinding vanguard.

He Mu explored the Strange World, learned about its longevity substance, heavenly heart imprint, and origins, and found that its Dao Attainers posed little threat to him. He then arrived openly in Eastern City, where the old Mansion Lord of the Eastern Immortal Mansion called out to meet him.

• He Mu sensed the Strange World's longevity substance and discovered that it benefited the inhabitants while remaining too thin to extend life without cultivation.
• He Mu contacted the world's heavenly heart imprint and learned that the vast land had nearly a hundred Dao Attainers, practiced the Secret Realm Method, and had been artificially evolved to help repair the Immortal Domain.
• He Mu concealed himself from the Supremes who sensed his contact with the heavenly heart and decided to approach one of them directly.
• He Mu stepped into Eastern City, and the old Mansion Lord sensed his arrival and invited him to meet.

News of Eastern Immortal City becoming Wuliang Immortal City and the Old Eastern Manor Lord serving He Mu stirred the Strange World, while He Mu calmly awaited the major powers’ response. He planned to use the rumors to judge how to establish his position in the Strange World without starting a major war.

• Eastern Immortal City became Wuliang Immortal City, and rumors spread about He Mu’s origins and how he had won the Old Eastern Manor Lord’s allegiance.
• The Old Eastern Manor Lord asked He Mu whether he should suppress the rumors, but He Mu told him to leave them alone.
• The Old Eastern Manor Lord explained that He Mu’s immense power and fortune-reading had led him to suspect He Mu was a future Immortal King, so he chose to serve him.
• He Mu told the Old Eastern Manor Lord that he was not a True Immortal, but the old manor lord grew more eager to follow him, hoping to gain access to He Mu’s transformation methods.
• He Mu decided to let the rumors test the Strange World’s major powers and his new subordinate before making further plans.

He Mu let the accusations against Wuliang City draw seven Immortal Dao Lineages and nine Supremes into an invasion, then revealed himself and effortlessly stopped their attacks. The battle began with the Eastern Prefecture Lord fighting Purple Sun Dao Lord and He Mu confronting the remaining Supremes.

• Purple Sun Dao Lord, the Yin-Yang Ancestor, and the White Lotus Saintess accused Wuliang City of seizing the Eastern Lineage and harming Fellow Daoist Eastern.
• Seven Immortal Dao Lineages announced an expedition led by nine Extreme Daoists, and Wuliang City threatened to kill every invader.
• The allied armies assembled outside Wuliang City, where Purple Sun Dao Lord attacked the city and was wounded by a sword strike from within.
• The Eastern Prefecture Lord emerged, warned the nine Supremes to surrender, and charged Purple Sun Dao Lord as the others attacked him.
• He Mu released Dao Fire that swallowed the Supremes' attacks, identified himself as the evil demon they sought, and challenged them to fight.

He Mu’s Dao Palace incarnation killed the Nine Supreme Beings and helped Wuliang City seize control of the eastern lands in the Strange World. He Mu then returned to the Undying Mountain to cultivate in seclusion, and twenty thousand years passed as the Human World flourished again.

• He Mu trapped eight Supreme Beings in Dao Fire while the Eastern Prefecture Lord fought the Purple Sun Dao Lord, and the two sides killed all nine Supreme Beings.
• He Mu ordered the Eastern Prefecture Lord to gather the spoils, and Wuliang City took over the Seven Great Sects’ legacies.
• The Eastern Prefecture Lord adopted the title Supreme and declared Wuliang City’s authority over the eastern lands, while rival powers allied with it, sealed their mountains, or departed.
• He Mu left the Road to Immortality and returned to the Undying Mountain, leaving his incarnation to manage affairs in the Strange World.
• He Mu began a long period of secluded cultivation, and twenty thousand years passed as the Human World flourished.

After twenty thousand years of seclusion, He Mu completed the Immortal Fetus Method, a transformation intended to give him an immortal lifespan and advance his Red Dust Immortal path. As a new golden age of cultivation began, a dying diviner foretold the rise of a Heavenly Venerable who would attain immortality, heralding the start of the Ultimate Battle.

• After Annihilation Heavenly Venerable's Great Dao collapsed, the myriad daos remained sealed for twenty thousand years before beginning to revive and usher in a new era.
• He Mu awoke from his twenty-thousand-year seclusion and rejected the Saint Spirit transformation after identifying limitations in its complete nature.
• He Mu created the Immortal Fetus Method, which would transform him into a chaos immortal spirit body and might give him an endless lifespan after a long gestation.
• He Mu began preparing safeguards at the Undying Mountain against Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, Emperor Venerable, the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and other potential threats during his transformation.
• As prodigies and Quasi-Venerables contended across the universe, a dying diviner foretold that a supreme Heavenly Venerable would attain immortality, and the Ultimate Battle began drawing near.

Taiyi revealed his hidden strength by defeating the three leading young Supremes and catching a Supreme Dao Weapon barehanded, then vanished to recover. Thirty-three years later, his Path-Proving Tribulation began, drawing the universe’s attention as it summoned three past Heavenly Venerables to oppose him.

• At the Heavenly Venerable Ancient Battlefield, Taiyi challenged the three remaining contenders to fight him together.
• Taiyi wounded the Yuhua divine maiden, Heavenly Passage’s prodigy, and Wuliang’s heir in three moves, then left them alive and departed to prepare for his Dao Attainment Tribulation.
• A Supreme Dao Weapon struck at Taiyi, but he caught it with one hand before both he and the weapon disappeared; the attack’s source was identified as the Kunlun Immortal Clan.
• Thirty-three years later, Taiyi’s Path-Proving Tribulation descended at the Cosmic Frontier, forming thirty-five layers of heaven and overwhelming lightning forces.
• Three phantoms appeared in the tribulation, and observers identified them as the past Heavenly Venerables Daode, Yuanshi, and Lingbao.

Taiyi endured a twelve-day Path-Proving Tribulation, battling the phantoms of Heaven Venerable Daode, Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, and Immeasurable Heaven Venerable before uniting with the Heavenly Heart and becoming a Heavenly Venerable. After his ascension, a mysterious voice told him to visit his master and come meet the speaker within three thousand years.

• Taiyi fought Heaven Venerable Daode's phantom for three days, then battled Heavenly Venerable Lingbao and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi for three days each, growing stronger through the tribulation.
• As Taiyi prepared to unite with the Heavenly Heart, the thirty-sixth heaven appeared and Immeasurable Heaven Venerable's phantom emerged as his final opponent.
• Taiyi fought Immeasurable Heaven Venerable, while He Mu secretly guided the phantom and restricted it to counterattacks so Taiyi could temper himself.
• He Mu ended his restraint during the tribulation's final quarter hour, and Immeasurable Heaven Venerable's phantom overwhelmed Taiyi with the Battle Saint Method.
• Taiyi endured the final assault until the tribulation dispersed, then united with the Heavenly Heart and became a supreme Heavenly Venerable.
• A voice told Taiyi to see his master and have him bring Taiyi to the speaker's Daoist grounds within three thousand years.

After attaining the Dao, Taiyi went to Kunlun to settle the score for its attempt to obstruct his path and kill him. He demanded immense compensation from Kunlun, but negotiations stalled until an unknown voice interrupted.

• Taiyi approached the Primordial Ancient Star and Kunlun, intent on avenging the Kunlun Lineage's attack against him before his Dao-attainment.
• Kunlun's elders gathered in alarm, and four ancient Supremes awakened to confront Taiyi.
• Dao Venerable Zhulong calculated the cause of Taiyi's anger, admitted Kunlun was at fault, and asked what he wanted.
• Taiyi demanded immortal materials, Immortal Medicine, the execution of the ringleaders, and the Supreme Artifact used against him.
• Zhulong rejected Taiyi's terms on behalf of Kunlun's four Supremes, and Taiyi refused to change his demands.
• An unknown voice spoke from the horizon, changing the expressions of Taiyi and Kunlun's four Supremes and breaking the stalemate.

The Netherworld Venerable arrived to defend his disciple Taiyi as Kunlun confronted them, turning the balance of power against the four Venerables. When Kunlun revealed the Immortal Bell, the Netherworld Venerable proposed a Gambling Match to settle the dispute.

• The Netherworld Venerable appeared and revealed that Taiyi was his disciple, surprising Taiyi and Zhulong.
• Taiyi greeted his master, and the Netherworld Venerable unleashed his aura against the four Venerables of Kunlun.
• Zhulong summoned Kunlun's Immortal Bell, which blocked the Netherworld Venerable's aura and protected Kunlun Immortal Mountain.
• Zhulong proposed making peace, but the Netherworld Venerable, unwilling to abandon his disciple's cause, suggested a Gambling Match to decide the outcome.

The Netherworld Venerable and Kunlun agreed to settle their conflict with a contest of Great Daos, with Taowu and Huashe facing Taiyi together. Taiyi shattered Kunlun’s Immortal Bell phantom and won the wager, concluding the affairs of his first lifetime.

• Zhulong accepted the Netherworld Venerable’s wager, and the sides agreed on terms that included Taowu and Huashe fighting Taiyi together.
• Taowu, Huashe, and Taiyi manifested Dao Bodies in a desolate death zone to contest their Great Daos.
• Taiyi used Nine Secrets: Jie and fused eight Heavenly Venerable Secret Arts to break through Kunlun’s defenses.
• Taiyi shattered the Immortal Bell phantom, establishing his victory and settling the wager.

Taiyi learned from Netherworld Venerable about the powerful Immeasurable Heaven Venerable and the path beyond the Extreme Dao, then spent two thousand years deepening his cultivation and creating a new secret art. With the appointed visit approaching, Taiyi reunited with his master and set out for the Wuliang Dao Grounds.

• Netherworld Venerable told Taiyi that Immeasurable Heaven Venerable was near the threshold of immortality and far stronger than Kunlun's Venerables.
• Netherworld Venerable explained the differences in strength within the Extreme Dao and advised Taiyi to contemplate the Heavenly Heart and the myriad Daos.
• Taiyi established the Taiyi Dao, then spent two thousand years studying the Heavenly Heart Imprint, the Transforming Snake Dao Soldier Mystique, and other Daos.
• Taiyi developed the unfinished supreme art Nine Secrets Combined and decided to visit Immeasurable Heaven Venerable with Netherworld Venerable.
• Taiyi met Netherworld Venerable on Cuiping Mountain, and the two departed through the void for the Wuliang Dao Grounds.