Chapter Summaries

After Qingyue defeated Lingxian for the position of this age's Imperial Venerable, she sensed danger and tried to finish her off. Lingxian sacrificed her own followers to heal and empower herself, reaching peak quasi-ninth strength as the Sole True Path trembled.

• Qingyue defeated Lingxian, who refused to accept that Qingyue had won and resolved to kill her.
• Qingyue sensed danger in Lingxian's strange smile and attacked, but Lingxian's followers joined forces to block her sword strike.
• Qingyue broke through the followers' defenses, then prepared another attack as her ominous premonition intensified.
• Lingxian conjured blood-colored spears that pierced her followers and drained their blood essence to heal and strengthen her.
• Lingxian mocked her dying followers, then drained them completely and reached peak quasi-ninth strength.

Lingxian used the forbidden Return to the Source art to fight Qingyue, but the Sacred Body, Tyrant Body, and Heavenly Demon Physique joined the battle, forcing Lingxian to self-destruct. As Qingyue lost consciousness amid the blast, the Heavenly Palace released a familiar, transcendent light.

• Lingxian charged Qingyue with the strength of the Return to the Source art, and her bloody starlight overwhelmed Qingyue's sword defenses.
• The Sacred Body, Tyrant Body, and Heavenly Demon Physique attacked Lingxian to stop her from killing everyone in the Sole True Path.
• Qingyue recovered and joined the three fighters, and their combined assault gradually weakened Lingxian despite the severe injuries they suffered.
• Lingxian realized she was near defeat and began to self-destruct, engulfing more than half of the Sole True Path in blood-red flames.
• The Heavenly Palace beyond the Ninth-Level Pass released nine-colored light that calmed the upheaval, and Qingyue sensed a warm, familiar power before losing consciousness.

After the Nine-Colored Immortal Light drew the world’s attention, the Wuliang Holy Land mistook it for a legacy left by the Undying Heavenly Emperor. Qingyue recovered from Lingxian’s self-detonation, broke through her bottleneck, and prepared to pursue Dao attainment.

• News of the Nine-Colored Immortal Light spread, prompting powerful factions to investigate its origins.
• Quasi-Emperors wielding Ancient Supreme Weapons tried to enter the Heavenly Palace, but the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s power repelled them.
• The Wuliang Holy Land concluded that the Nine-Colored Immortal Light was a technique the Undying Heavenly Emperor had inherited from Patriarch Wuliang.
• Qingyue healed from her injuries and found that the battle had strengthened her Dao foundation and let her glimpse the Quasi-Ninth Level.
• Qingyue began cultivating in earnest so she could reach the Dao Attainment Heavenly Pass before her rivals.

After fifty years away, Qingyue returned at the peak of the ninth heaven and began the final battle to attain the Dao by defeating the Heavenly Demon Physique. She then challenged the Tyrant Body, who attacked her in fury and vowed to kill both her and the Indestructible Golden Body.

• The Sacred Body and the Tyrant Body returned at the ninth heaven, fought to a draw, and drew attention away from the Heavenly Demon Physique and his Demon Court.
• Quasi-Emperors learned that Qingyue had survived the Yin-Yang Annihilation Tribulation and reached the ninth heaven, while Qingyue prepared to face the three rivals standing between her and the Dao.
• Qingyue attacked the Heavenly Demon Physique at the Demon Court and defeated him in half a day, ending his claim to the imperial throne.
• Qingyue went straight to challenge the Tyrant Body, who attacked her and angrily vowed to kill her and the Indestructible Golden Body.

Qingyue defeated the Tyrant Body Supreme and the Indestructible Golden Body, then spent thirty-three years consolidating her gains before triggering the Path-Proving Tribulation. The Heavenly Heart of the age had found its master, and Qingyue was on the verge of becoming Emperor.

• The Tyrant Body Supreme revealed his Tyrant Body Ancestor Body, but Qingyue overpowered him with her sword and spared his life.
• Three months later, Qingyue challenged the Indestructible Golden Body and defeated him with her supreme sword strike.
• Qingyue vanished for thirty-three years to absorb her gains and strengthen her cultivation.
• Qingyue drew down the supreme Path-Proving Tribulation, and the world recognized that the age's Heavenly Heart had found its master.

Qingyue survived the Dao Attainment Tribulation and became the new Ancient Emperor, then used the aura in the Heavenly Palace to trace its source. She found He Mu in a hidden immortal cave, and he invited her to show how much she had improved.

• Qingyue destroyed the final heavenly thunderbolt and attained the Dao, becoming the second emperor of the Primordial Era.
• Qingyue disappeared from public view instead of accepting homage or immediately pursuing further cultivation.
• Qingyue entered the Immortal Palace beyond the Sole True Path and used the nine-colored light's familiar aura to locate its owner.
• Qingyue traced the aura to a hidden Dragon Veins Immortal Cave in Qinling on Big Dipper Ancient Star.
• Qingyue found He Mu, asked what she should call him, and heard him invite her to demonstrate her progress.

He Mu tested Qingyue’s swordsmanship in the Vast Chaos, easily suppressing her attacks until she unleashed a powerful, unfinished strike that made him respond in earnest. After praising her and warning her to use the move cautiously, He Mu revealed that he had once been the village teacher she called Brother He.

• He Mu brought Qingyue into the Vast Chaos so they could fight without affecting the outside world.
• Qingyue attacked with her Supreme Sword Dao, but He Mu dispelled her strikes with ease.
• Qingyue revealed an unfinished sword technique that merged her with Heaven and Earth, and He Mu stopped it with a single finger.
• He Mu praised Qingyue’s swordsmanship and cautioned her that the technique could damage her Dao Heart.
• Qingyue asked He Mu who he was, and he revealed that he had once been called Brother He in a mountain village on Minglan Ancient Star.

He Mu explained to Qingyue how the Great Dream of Ten Thousand Ages had shaped their past and reassured her that he had always been himself. They married, had a son named He Yi, and Qingyue later relinquished the Heavenly Heart Imprint and entered the Undying Mountain as the golden age faded.

• He Mu told Qingyue that his dream cultivation had caused him to lose and later regain his memories, and he affirmed that the person she had known was always him.
• After Qingyue resumed her place in the world and passed down scriptures to the Sword Pavilion, she and He Mu returned to their old village, married, and traveled together for thirty years.
• Qingyue and He Mu had a son, He Yi, whose Saint Dao Fruit Qingyue severed to strengthen his potential; after he spent six years with them, He Mu sealed him within Immortal Source.
• Qingyue repeatedly defeated the Indestructible Golden Body and later challenged the Tyrant Body and Heavenly Demon Physique, while her cultivation advanced over more than thirty thousand years.
• As Qingyue approached the Heavenly Emperor level and reached a bottleneck, she relinquished the Heavenly Heart Imprint and entered the Undying Mountain.
• The Sacred Body and other powerful figures died over the following several thousand years, bringing the golden age to a close.

The Beast God became an emperor, failed to find a path to longevity, and eventually slept within Burial Heaven Island, after which the Spirit Emperor rose and founded a Saint Spirit Dynasty. Believing himself greater than the ancient emperors, the Spirit Emperor arrived at Undying Mountain to claim it as his race’s Ancestral Court, but a voice warned him to stop before entering.

• The Beast God attained the Dao, spent his reign seeking longevity, and entered a long slumber in Burial Heaven Island after choosing to die at the end of his second lifetime.
• After the Beast God's Dao traces faded, a fully perfected Saint Spirit attained the Dao as the Spirit Emperor and founded a Saint Spirit Dynasty.
• The Spirit Emperor decided to make Undying Mountain the Ancestral Court of his Saint Spirit Lineage, drawing the attention of the Forbidden Zones and the races of Big Dipper.
• The Spirit Emperor arrived at Undying Mountain with his Saint Spirit army and judged its divine energy and formation to be suitable for his lineage.
• As the Spirit Emperor began to step into Undying Mountain, a Dao voice warned the contemporary Dao Attainer to halt.

The Spirit Emperor tried to claim the Undying Mountain for the Saint Spirit Lineage, but He Mu struck him down and brought him inside. He Mu confronted the imprisoned emperor over the attack on Ning Fei and the loss of his accumulated momentum, demanding compensation.

• Ning Fei identified himself as the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s First Divine General and barred the Spirit Emperor from entering the Undying Mountain.
• The Spirit Emperor attacked Ning Fei, wounded him, and prepared to strike again when Ning Fei refused to yield.
• He Mu sent the Spirit Emperor flying with a single finger, then captured him and brought him into the Undying Mountain.
• He Mu sealed the Spirit Emperor’s Great Dao and told him that his actions had cost He Mu thirty thousand years of accumulated momentum.
• He Mu asked the Spirit Emperor what he would offer to compensate for the delay to He Mu’s path to immortality.

He Mu decided to spare the Spirit Emperor and force him to serve as an attendant boy after the Emperor apologized for disturbing his cultivation and pleaded for his followers. He Mu transformed him into a young boy and used a pain-inducing spell to discipline him, leaving the Spirit Emperor shaken and beginning to submit.

• Lingjun accepted blame for obstructing He Mu's chance to attain immortality and asked him to spare the Saint Spirit Lineage who accompanied him.
• He Mu decided the Spirit Emperor could be useful and declared that he would serve as his attendant boy.
• The Spirit Emperor refused to become He Mu's slave, so He Mu changed his appearance into that of a young boy.
• After the Spirit Emperor demanded to know what He Mu had done, He Mu inflicted intense pain on him with a spell and ordered him to mind his manners.
• He Mu introduced himself as Immeasurable Heaven Venerable and told the Spirit Emperor that he would learn the rules and benefits of serving him.

He Mu arranged for the Spirit Emperor to serve the Undying Mountain and sent him to the Cosmic Frontier with promises of rewards. He then began a new final transformation toward becoming a Mortal World Immortal, leaving a great power gathering within him beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree.

• He Mu subdued the Spirit Emperor, accepted him into the Undying Mountain lineage, and sent most of the Saint Spirit Race back to resettle.
• He Mu dispatched the Spirit Emperor to the Cosmic Frontier and promised him Immortal Medicine or a transformation method if he completed his labor well.
• He Mu entered seclusion to prepare for becoming a Mortal World Immortal and reflected that he stood only one transformation from immortality.
• He Mu abandoned his original breakthrough method after his accumulated momentum had been disrupted when he suppressed the Spirit Emperor.
• He Mu chose a new transformation path rooted in the Great Dao with which he had begun, and a mighty power gathered around him as he sat beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree.

After nearly twenty thousand years of transformation within the Undying Mountain, He Mu completed his Dao Body and perfected his Great Dao as he approached becoming an immortal in the mortal world. His declaration that his Dao was complete was followed by pure-white immortal light erupting from the mountain.

• The Spirit Emperor’s failed attempt to seize the Undying Mountain was followed by the Saint Spirit Lineage withdrawing from power and a long era of peace.
• Nearly ten thousand years into the Spirit Emperor’s second lifetime, the Undying Mountain drew cosmic energy and shone with Nine-Colored Immortal Light, alarming ancient Supremes across the Forbidden Zones.
• He Mu absorbed Heaven and Earth Source Essence and universe-origin power as he refined his Dao Body and laid the foundation for a sixth secret realm.
• After three more months, He Mu’s Dao Body finished transforming, and the scripture sounds from his Five Great Secret Realms echoed through the Undying Mountain.
• He Mu opened his eyes, declared, “Thus, my Dao is complete,” and released pure-white immortal light that appeared before all living beings.

He Mu’s emergence as a Red Dust Immortal stirred the Forbidden Zone Supremes, who mistook the immortal light from the Undying Mountain for a chance at immortality and moved to seize it. He Mu planned to use them as whetstones for his allies, but the Spirit Emperor arrived and declared that any Supreme who left a forbidden zone to cause havoc would be slain.

• Immortal light from the Undying Mountain led the Forbidden Zone Supremes to conclude that it held a legacy capable of granting immortality.
• He Mu sensed the Supremes emerging and, confident in his new Red Dust Immortal power, planned to use them to train Wenxin, Qingyue, the Spirit Emperor, and Ning Fei.
• Supremes from several forbidden zones emerged and headed for the Undying Mountain, trading taunts and threats as they competed for its supposed secret.
• The Spirit Emperor arrived under overwhelming imperial Dao pressure and warned the Forbidden Zone Supremes that he would slay those who left their zones to wreak havoc.

The Spirit Emperor summoned Heart Venerable Wenxin and Ancient Emperor Qingyue to help face six Forbidden Zone Supremes, and their confrontation ignited a God War. As the battle began, He Mu used the Big Dipper Great Array to protect the star and trap the Eastern Wasteland’s Life Forbidden Zones, then watched and waited to intervene.

• The Spirit Emperor declared that those who left the Forbidden Zones to wreak havoc would be slain, then called for two allies from the Undying Mountain.
• Heart Venerable Wenxin and Ancient Emperor Qingyue emerged and joined the Spirit Emperor against the six Forbidden Zone Supremes.
• After one Supreme mocked the Spirit Emperor, Wenxin retaliated verbally, prompting the Ancient Venerable to attack him with a Long Spear.
• Wenxin deflected the spear with his sleeve and sent its wielder stumbling back, triggering the God War.
• He Mu watched from Enlightenment Cliff and formed a Domain Field with the Big Dipper Great Array to contain the battle and protect the star.
• He Mu anchored the Eastern Wasteland’s Life Forbidden Zones in place and waited for the battle to end before acting.

Wenxin and Qingyue gained the advantage against the Forbidden Zone Supremes, while the Spirit Emperor struggled to hold his ground. After several Supremes underwent ultimate sublimation, the Demon Venerable discovered He Mu’s domain field trapping them, leaving the Forbidden Zone forces alarmed and despairing.

• Wenxin suppressed the two Forbidden Zone Supremes facing him, while Qingyue steadily gained ground against her own opponents and the Spirit Emperor fought to maintain a stalemate.
• The Long Spear Ancient Venerable and the Supreme from the Divine Ruins underwent ultimate sublimation and attacked Wenxin together, drawing blood for the first time.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes fighting Qingyue also underwent ultimate sublimation when their allies failed to defeat Wenxin quickly.
• The Demon Venerable sensed He Mu’s domain field around the battlefield and warned the other Supremes that Undying Mountain had lured them into a trap.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes discovered the domain field and felt alarm and despair.

He Mu intervened in the battle between Undying Mountain and the Forbidden Zone Supremes, ensuring the Spirit Emperor survived as the Forbidden Zones’ fighters were killed. He then revealed himself as Wuliang and declared that he would eliminate every Forbidden Zone.

• Two Ancient Venerables burned their Life Essence, completed Ultimate Sublimation, wounded the Spirit Emperor, and tried to flee toward Big Dipper.
• He Mu struck the fleeing Venerables, badly wounded them, and left them to face the Spirit Emperor again.
• Wenxin and Qingyue helped defeat the Forbidden Zone Supremes, while the Spirit Emperor killed the two who had fought him; all six Forbidden Zone Supremes fell.
• The remaining Forbidden Zone Supremes tried to leave Big Dipper, but an inexplicable power prevented them from escaping into the void.
• A vast figure bearing He Mu’s appearance rose above Undying Mountain, and the Ancient Venerable in the Divine Ruins recognized him as Wuliang.
• He Mu proclaimed that he would uphold the Heavenly Heart, quell disorder, and leave the world with no more Forbidden Zones.

He Mu destroyed the Life Forbidden Zones, judged the Forbidden Zone Supremes according to their deeds, and sealed some survivors for future use. With the Supreme Origins he had gathered, he began opening the Virtual God Realm, a spiritual world he considered essential to his cultivation and the universe’s future.

• He Mu’s Chains of Order pierced the Forbidden Zone Supremes, dissolving the bodies and origins of those he judged most guilty and leaving them powerless to resist.
• He Mu spared some Supremes with lesser offenses by preserving their spirits, while he left the innocent ancients and Beast God unharmed.
• He Mu sealed the surviving whetstones deep within the Undying Mountain and infused them with Wuliang Immortal Light to preserve their remnant spirits.
• Wenxin, the Spirit Emperor, and their companion returned to the Undying Mountain to digest their gains and pursue their next cultivation goals.
• He Mu gathered the Supreme Origins and traveled to where the myriad daos converged, deciding that the time had come to open the Virtual God Realm.

He Mu gathered the faith of the universe and used it to create the Spirit Realm, shaping it into a new world and integrating it with the universe. The Spirit Realm became accessible to all living beings, and He Mu watched its completion with satisfaction.

• He Mu’s immense manifestation drew faith from temples and living beings throughout the universe as he prepared to create a new mental world.
• The Little Immortal Phoenix, Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, and Heaven Venerable Daode witnessed He Mu’s immortal aura and reflected on how far he had advanced.
• He Mu used three axe strikes to disperse the sea of faith, transform its power and his spiritual light, and open a new world with thirty-two heavens and a Threefold Earth Realm.
• He Mu filled the embryonic world with the origins of slain Forbidden Zone Supremes, faith, and his Wuliang Great Dao, then issued a decree that made the Heavenly Dao accept it.
• He Mu named the completed world the Spirit Realm, and Heaven’s lightning merged it with the universe until all living beings could sense and touch it.

As the Spirit Realm’s spirituality stirred the universe into a slow evolution, He Mu explained his boundless inner-world Dao and the realms beyond Mortal World Immortal to the gathered powerhouses. He left them eager to pursue the Great Dao and asked for their help with matters concerning the Spirit Realm and their future cultivation.

• The Spirit Realm’s influence spread across the universe, activating its myriad Daos and restoring vitality to ruined star domains and other worlds.
• After the gathered cultivators spent three months contemplating He Mu’s Immortal Dao Resonance, He Mu explained that his boundless Dao would evolve into an inner world and might first be completed when he became an Immortal King.
• He Mu described the path from True Immortal through Quasi-King to Immortal King, and explained how the Ten Fiends’ bloodlines could let them contend with Kings.
• He Mu told the group that Immortal Kings embodied great universes and could destroy worlds, while transcendence lay beyond them.
• He Mu urged everyone to build firm foundations in the Spirit Realm and asked them to help with matters affecting the Spirit Realm and their paths in the Dao.