Chapter Summaries

He Mu revealed to Chongli that he was the Immeasurable Heaven Venerable and warned him to avoid Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, while Chongli mistakenly imagined his master was plotting against the Heavenly Court. He Mu then began teaching Chongli, whose cultivation and understanding advanced rapidly.

• Chongli mistook He Mu's secretive manner for evidence that they were undercover agents plotting to overthrow Emperor Venerable.
• He Mu revealed that he was the Immeasurable Heaven Venerable, but Chongli interpreted the revelation as proof of his master's grand designs.
• He Mu told Chongli to keep his identity secret, explained his connection to Emperor Venerable, and warned him to avoid Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi.
• He Mu passed the Wuliang Immortal Scripture to Chongli and began teaching him the Dao.
• Chongli's cultivation and comprehension surged under He Mu's guidance, and He Mu predicted he could reach alternative Dao attainment within eight hundred years.

Chongli became the Heavenly Court’s Divine Son, perfected his foundation, entered the Immortal Three King realm, and traveled the mortal world to temper himself while He Mu studied the Immortal Domain’s cultivation method. Six hundred years later, Chongli returned as a renowned Quasi-Venerable, and the five Heavenly Venerables prepared for the Heavenly Court’s future whole-sect ascension.

• Chongli resisted the attention brought by his new status, studied many Great Daos under He Mu, and severed his Dao by replacing the Heavenly Heart with his own heart.
• He Mu sent Chongli to travel the mortal world under his own name, and Chongli left the Immortal Domain cultivation method with his master.
• He Mu studied the Immortal Domain method and concluded that the universe’s laws and lack of suitable Immortal Seeds made it difficult to practice there.
• After six hundred years, Yuanshi, Xiaoyao, and Changsheng emerged from seclusion, and Chongli returned from his travels as a Quasi-Venerable known as the Undying Little Heavenly Venerable.
• The Heavenly Court held Chongli’s apprenticeship ceremony, Emperor Venerable took Di Huang as his disciple, and the five Heavenly Venerables calculated that whole-sect ascension would be best in three hundred years.
• The five Heavenly Venerables prepared to awaken Annihilation Heavenly Venerable, whom they had rescued from the Road to Immortality more than six hundred years earlier.

After six hundred years of work, Emperor Venerable and the other Heavenly Court Venerables revived Annihilation Heavenly Venerable, but he awakened with his mind in chaos and attacked them. They subdued and sealed him in the Myriad Things Origin Cauldron, then Emperor Venerable invited the others to meet at the Central Heavenly Palace.

• Emperor Venerable and He Mu spent six hundred years using the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, dao fire, and stellar power to restore Annihilation Heavenly Venerable.
• The five Heavenly Venerables completed the revival, and Emperor Venerable gave Annihilation Heavenly Venerable a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.
• He Mu recognized that Annihilation Heavenly Venerable was still mentally disordered, but Annihilation Heavenly Venerable attacked Longevity Heavenly Venerable before the warning was finished.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi struck Annihilation Heavenly Venerable with a powerful palm, and Emperor Venerable followed with the Myriad Things Origin Cauldron.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerate intercepted Annihilation Heavenly Venerable as he tried to flee, while He Mu used White Tiger God-Slaying to disrupt his primordial spirit and defeat him.
• Emperor Venerable sealed Annihilation Heavenly Venerable in the cauldron and led the other Venerables toward the Heavenly Court, inviting them to discuss the matter at the Central Heavenly Palace.

After Annihilation Heavenly Venerable awakened from his madness, He Mu explained that his unstable condition and failed attempt to advance had caused his collapse. Annihilation Heavenly Venerable recovered at a reduced level, joined Emperor Venerable’s Heavenly Court, and his return stirred the world as people wondered when the court would enter the Road to Immortality.

• He Mu explained that Annihilation Heavenly Venerable’s weakened body and unstable foundations had caused his primordial spirit to lose control when he tried to advance.
• Emperor Venerable redirected a tense exchange between Longevity Heavenly Venerable and Carefree Heavenly Venerate, while Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi and He Mu exchanged compliments.
• Annihilation Heavenly Venerable awakened inside the Myriad Things Origin Cauldron, having lost his near-Heavenly-Emperor cultivation and returned to ordinary Heavenly Venerable strength.
• After Emperor Venerable explained the new era, Annihilation Heavenly Venerable thanked the five Heavenly Venerables and apologized to Longevity Heavenly Venerable.
• Annihilation Heavenly Venerable accepted Emperor Venerable’s invitation to join the Heavenly Court and help pursue immortality.
• Chuan Ying announced Annihilation Heavenly Venerable’s return and allegiance, prompting excitement across the world and renewed attention on the Heavenly Court’s plans for the Road to Immortality.

Chongli underwent a terrifying Dao attainment tribulation and emerged as an alternative Dao attainer, taking his place among the Heavenly Court’s strongest. Emperor Venerable then ordered the entire Heavenly Court to prepare for Whole-Sect Ascension to Immortality in three days.

• Nearly three hundred years after Annihilation Heavenly Venerable joined the Heavenly Court, its influence grew as its younger generation advanced in cultivation.
• Chongli began his Dao attainment tribulation before He Mu, Emperor Venerable, the other Heavenly Venerables, and the Heavenly Court’s assembled experts.
• Chongli transformed into a five-colored immortal phoenix and fought through a tribulation that became a universe of lightning and ancient star domains.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes recognized that Chongli was a true immortal phoenix but dared not interfere with his tribulation.
• Chongli survived the tribulation, attained alternative Dao, and returned to the Heavenly Court, where he bowed to He Mu and took his seat on the eighth Dao Platform.
• Emperor Venerable ordered Chuan Ying to prepare every division of the Heavenly Court for Whole-Sect Ascension to Immortality in three days.

Emperor Venerable began the Heavenly Court’s long-awaited whole-sect ascension, gathering its army and eight peerless powerhouses to march toward the Road to Immortality. As the Forbidden Zones watched with hope, greed, and hostility, the Heavenly Court set out for the Big Dipper Ancient Star Domain.

• The Heavenly Court’s War Horn sounded across the Myriad Heavens, announcing that the appointed hour for whole-sect ascension had arrived.
• He Mu considered the dangers ahead, including Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, the Big Dipper Forbidden Zones, and Kunlun’s missing Immortal Bell.
• Emperor Venerable and the other seven supreme powerhouses released their auras as the awakened Forbidden Zone Supremes observed and debated the Heavenly Court’s chances.
• Chuan Ying reported that the Heavenly Court Army was ready, and Emperor Venerable raised the Command Banner and ordered every division to march.
• Chuan Ying sounded the Taowu Horn as the Heavenly Court Army followed its eight supreme leaders toward the Big Dipper Ancient Star Domain and the Road to Immortality.

Emperor Venerable led the Heavenly Court army onto the Road to Immortality, where they overcame its dangers and shattered the Immortal Pass. Beyond it, they found only a chaos-wreathed stone cave and emptiness, leaving the army’s attempt to ascend to immortality at a dead end.

• Emperor Venerable opened the passage at Nine Dragons Pushing Up, and Chuan Ying led the Heavenly Court army into the Road to Immortality.
• Emperor Venerable’s preparations and the army’s power of faith helped the Heavenly Court advance through the Road to Immortality toward the Immortal Pass.
• Emperor Venerable used his empowered dharma form and a powerful punch to crack the Immortal Pass, then struck it with the Immortal Ascension Cauldron.
• Chuan Ying and Chongli protected the Heavenly Court army as the Immortal Pass collapsed and the Road to Immortality shook.
• Emperor Venerable and the Heavenly Court army found a chaos-wreathed stone cave and emptiness beyond the fallen pass.

Emperor Venerable used the Heavenly Court Starry Sky Grand Formation to reveal the Immortal Domain Portal and struck at it with the Immortal Ascension Cauldron. As he was left weakened, Longevity Heavenly Venerable attacked him with the Reincarnation Lake, while Annihilation Heavenly Venerable and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi turned against the Heavenly Court.

• Emperor Venerable rang the Immortal Ascension Cauldron and activated the Heavenly Court Starry Sky Grand Formation across the universe.
• Ancient Venerable Zhenyu blocked a Forbidden Zone Supreme from disrupting the formation, and the Supreme withdrew.
• The formation gathered the stars' power into an arrow that struck the Chaos Ancient Cave and revealed the Immortal Domain Portal.
• Emperor Venerable poured the formation's power into the Immortal Ascension Cauldron and hurled it at the portal with Nine Secrets Combined.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerable engulfed the weakened Emperor Venerable in the Reincarnation Lake, while Annihilation Heavenly Venerable attacked Carefree Heavenly Venerate and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi struck at the Heavenly Court's upper ranks.

At the Immortal Domain gateway, Longevity Heavenly Venerable used the Reincarnation Lake to incapacitate Emperor Venerable, whose Myriad Things Origin Cauldron then struck him. As the Heavenly Court forces fought across several battlefields, Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi brought out the Bronze Immortal Palace to attack He Mu, but two mysterious voices stopped it and offered He Mu help.

• Longevity Heavenly Venerable ambushed Emperor Venerable with Netherworld Venerable's Reincarnation Lake, leaving him disoriented as the Myriad Things Origin Cauldron turned back and shattered his body.
• He Mu struggled to hold off Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, while Carefree Heavenly Venerate fought the berserk Annihilation Heavenly Venerable and Chuan Ying recognized the Reincarnation Lake.
• Chuan Ying and Chongli tried to reach Emperor Venerable, but three Supremes from Mount Tiandang blocked them, prompting Chongli and Chuan Ying to attack.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi summoned the Bronze Immortal Palace and locked down the void to suppress He Mu.
• An aged voice halted the descending Bronze Immortal Palace, and a younger voice offered He Mu help against Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi.

Heaven Venerable Daode and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao arrived to support He Mu, and Lingbao immediately clashed with Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi over their old enmity. As the Road to Immortality began collapsing and the battle remained unresolved, He Mu prepared to use the Wuliang Great Dao, while the Chaos Ancient Cave released strange immortal light and Emperor Venerable awakened.

• Heaven Venerable Daode and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao arrived and stopped Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi's attack on He Mu.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi recognized Lingbao, charged at him, and exchanged devastating attacks with the Four Immortal-Slaying Weapons and the Bronze Immortal Palace.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerate, Heaven Venerable Daode, and He Mu stabilized the Divine Light Platforms and helped protect the Heavenly Court Forces as the Road to Immortality broke apart.
• Heaven Venerable Daode transferred the Heavenly Court Forces to the Big Dipper while Yuanshi and Lingbao continued fighting to a draw, both sustaining wounds.
• He Mu learned that Daode could not match Lingbao's strength and began channeling the Wuliang Great Dao into his strained proxy body.
• The Chaos Ancient Cave released powerful immortal light, and Emperor Venerable opened his eyes.

Emperor Venerable revived under Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi’s control and ambushed Carefree Heavenly Venerate before using Longevity Heavenly Venerable and Annihilation Heavenly Venerable to corrupt the gateway between the two worlds. He Mu unleashed his nine-colored Dao Fruit and joined Heavenly Venerable Lingbao against Yuanshi, while the gateway remained in danger.

• The Ultimate Trial began to open, and Emperor Venerable broke free of the Reincarnation Lake and recovered the Immortal Ascension Cauldron.
• Emperor Venerable attacked Carefree Heavenly Venerate by surprise, then hurled Longevity Heavenly Venerable and Annihilation Heavenly Venerable at the gateway.
• Black runes emerged from Longevity Heavenly Venerable and Annihilation Heavenly Venerable and began corrupting the gateway, revealing the strangeness that Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi had unleashed.
• Heavenly Venerable Lingbao confronted Yuanshi, and the two resumed their fierce battle as their Great Daos shook the Road to Immortality.
• He Mu summoned his nine-colored Dao Fruit, stabilized the void, and joined Heavenly Venerable Lingbao to confront Yuanshi.

He Mu revealed his restored strength and joined Heavenly Venerable Lingbao in nearly defeating Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, but Yuanshi ordered Emperor Venerable to sacrifice the universe. The Road to Immortality collapsed, and Yuanshi absorbed the universe’s Origin power, becoming a primordial heavenly demon who claimed victory over He Mu and Lingbao.

• He Mu revealed his former Dao Fruit, interrupted Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi’s attempt to recruit him and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, and joined Lingbao in attacking Yuanshi.
• He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao overwhelmed Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, damaged his weapons, and grievously wounded him.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi ordered Emperor Venerable to sacrifice the realm, and Emperor Venerable used the Myriad Things Origin Cauldron to begin the rite.
• The sacrifice shattered the Road to Immortality and drained Emperor Venerable as Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi absorbed the universe’s Origin power.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi fell completely into demonic corruption, devastated the universe with his power, and taunted He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao that he had won.

Emperor Venerable shattered the Immortal Ascension Cauldron and interrupted Yuanshi’s great sacrifice, allowing the universe’s backlash and a mysterious sword strike to end the Primordial Heavenly Demon’s threat. He Mu and Heavenly Venerable Lingbao intervened as Emperor Venerable lay dying, while the Immortal Road’s destruction and the ruined sacrifice set the stage for a prolonged era of Dao hardship.

• Emperor Venerable broke free of Yuanshi’s control and waited for the great sacrifice to reach its crucial moment.
• Emperor Venerable unleashed the Nine Dao fruits and destroyed the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, interrupting the sacrifice.
• The universe’s backlash struck Yuanshi, and a mysterious sword light erased the remaining eerie presence from the universe.
• He Mu caught the dying Emperor Venerable while Heavenly Venerable Lingbao attacked Yuanshi and erased their long-standing karma.
• He Mu saw that the Immortal Road had broken, Yuanshi had fallen, and a long period of Dao hardship was beginning.

After the Primordial Heavenly Demon’s defeat, the Great Sacrifice left the universe gravely damaged and ushered in a long Age of Declining Dharma. He Mu arranged for Emperor Venerable and Chuan Ying to recuperate in the Strange World, then let his Proxy Body dissolve into the Dao as the Mythological Era ended and High Antiquity began.

• He Mu foresaw that the universe’s wounds would bring an exceptionally long Age of Declining Dharma that even the Heavenly Emperors could not prevent.
• He Mu learned that Emperor Venerable had no recovery plan and arranged for Chuan Ying to escort him to the Strange World, where he could recuperate safely.
• He Mu opened a path through the Big Dipper Great Array, and Emperor Venerable and Chuan Ying departed without interference from the Forbidden Zones.
• He Mu entrusted Chongli to Heavenly Venerable Lingbao and decided to let his Proxy Body return its remaining power to heaven and earth.
• He Mu’s Proxy Body dissolved into the Dao in a blaze that briefly illuminated the cosmos, marking the end of the Mythological Era and the beginning of High Antiquity.

The chapter recounts Chongli’s rise as the Undying Emperor Lord and his founding of the Undying Divine Dynasty after he defeated the era’s Heaven’s Pride. When two Divine Ruins Supremes awaken and threaten a Dark Turmoil, Chongli confronts them, bringing an Extreme Dao battle to the brink.

• After three hundred years of waiting, Chongli confirmed that no one could challenge him and prepared to attain the Dao.
• Two transcendent auras emerged from the Divine Ruins on Big Dipper, and ancient figures recognized the signs of Dark Turmoil.
• Chongli stood outside the Divine Ruins with his Three-Colored Heavenly Blade and demanded that the Supremes explain their awakening.
• A Divine Ruins Supreme ordered Chongli to kneel, surrender his blade, and step aside, but Chongli invoked his master He Mu and vowed to suppress the Divine Ruins.
• The Divine Ruins’ auras surged, leaving an Extreme Dao battle on the verge of erupting.

Chongli defeated the three Venerables of the Divine Ruins, then recovered, attained the Dao, and became the Undying Heavenly Emperor, ushering in the Primordial Era. Fifty thousand years later, a young teacher in a mountain village told children the Emperor’s legend before walking away from the schoolhouse.

• Three Divine Ruins Venerables emerged, and Chongli fought them in the starry sky, initially suppressing all three.
• The Venerables underwent ultimate sublimation, but power of faith from living beings strengthened Chongli, who killed them after a fierce battle.
• Chongli recovered during three hundred years of seclusion, then survived his Dao Attainment Tribulation and became the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
• Chongli subdued Big Dipper’s Forbidden Zones, secured the Divine Ruins’ oath to remain within its borders for a hundred thousand years, and established Heavenly Emperor Mountain.
• Fifty thousand years later, a young teacher in a mountain village told his pupils about the Undying Heavenly Emperor before dismissing them and leaving the schoolhouse.

After Chongli attained the Dao, he led the Eight Divine Generals to confront the Divine Ruins for its past crimes. Faced with a coalition of Forbidden Zone Supremes, he sealed the Divine Ruins for a hundred thousand years rather than risk widespread slaughter, then left for Undying Mountain as Ning Fei withdrew the army.

• Chongli attained the Dao, and Ning Fei reported that the Eight Divine Generals were ready to march.
• Chongli ordered the Eight Divine Generals to surround the Divine Ruins and punish its Supremes, and the army assembled outside the Forbidden Zone.
• The Divine Ruins offered the Divine Phoenix Immortal Medicine and two blocks of Immortal Gold while more than ten Forbidden Zone Supremes threatened Chongli from afar.
• Chongli chose not to begin a battle that could endanger the Eight Divine Generals and living beings, and sealed the Divine Ruins for a hundred thousand years.
• Chongli warned the other Forbidden Zones not to attack living beings, then departed for Undying Mountain as Ning Fei ordered the army back to Heavenly Emperor Mountain.

After completing his transformation inside Undying Mountain, He Mu emerged with an immortal body and immense longevity, then traveled to the ruins of the Ancient Heavenly Court. He left a strand of power in the Central Heavenly Palace and looked ahead to the coming contest on the Sole True Path, wondering whether a certain young woman could reach its final step.

• After three hundred years inside the Stone Lotus Immortal Fetus, He Mu awakened as the fetus bloomed and his flesh transformed into an immortal body.
• He Mu reflected on the young woman he had left behind, resolved not to wait for her, and departed from Undying Mountain.
• He Mu arrived at the former Heavenly Court's Central Heavenly Palace, surveyed its remains, and left a strand of power containing his divine sense.
• He Mu sensed that the Immortal Pass would soon open and that the Heaven's Pride would begin competing on the Sole True Path for the imperial Dao Fruit.
• Before departing, He Mu wondered whether the young woman from long ago could overcome the trials and reach the final step.

After centuries of battles on the Starry Sky Ancient Road, the qualified prodigies entered the Sole True Path to contend for the imperial throne. Lingxian and the Sword Dao Saintess emerged as the leading contenders, and the remaining challengers reached the final Heavenly Pass on the verge of a decisive battle.

• The Starry Sky Ancient Road drew prodigies from across the universe, where fierce battles produced rising stars and many defeated challengers.
• After several hundred years, the strongest prodigies reached the Immortal Pass, inscribed their names on the Crystal Stele, and awaited the Sole True Path.
• The Immortal Pass opened, and the qualified prodigies entered the Sole True Path to fight for the imperial throne.
• Over the following decades, challengers fell as the nine passes were breached, leaving Lingxian and the Sword Dao Saintess as the leading contenders.
• The Saint, the Tyrant, and a celestial demon also advanced to the last Heavenly Pass, where the finalists had reached the late Quasi-Emperor stage and the final battle drew near.

Qingyue and Lingxian fought a fierce battle beneath the ninth Imperial Pass while the wider melee raged around them. Qingyue ultimately wounded Lingxian and declared victory, leaving Lingxian guarded by her followers.

• The Sacred Body and the Tyrant Body clashed, disrupting the standoff and triggering a battle among high-level Quasi-Emperors.
• Lingxian attacked Qingyue with her Jade Ruyi, and Qingyue met her with her sword as they fought over the imperial Dao and their old grievances.
• Qingyue resisted Lingxian’s bewitching influence and insulted her, provoking Lingxian into unleashing her full strength.
• The two women’s collision shook the Sole True Path, and they fought across the Imperial Passes as the other combatants paused in astonishment.
• Qingyue steadily wore Lingxian down and grievously wounded her with a final sword strike.
• Lingxian’s followers guarded her as Qingyue stood above her and declared that Lingxian had lost.