Chapter Summaries

He Mu continued cultivating in the Undying Mountain, drawing near to a transformation that could make him a Heavenly Emperor. After another three thousand years, signs that his thirteen-thousand-year reign was ending spread fear and grief throughout the universe.

• He Mu gathered his Dao Fruits and strengthened himself beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree in preparation for a dangerous transformation.
• As millennia passed, He Mu remained absent from the mortal world while nearly all the prodigies of his era faded away.
• Three thousand years later, the heavenly heart imprint trembled, and powerful cultivators divined that He Mu was nearing the end of his life.
• Forbidden Zone Supremes awakened and some grew greedy after concluding that He Mu would soon pass away.
• News of He Mu's approaching death spread across the starry heavens and the mundane world, leaving all living beings mourning the end of the great age.

He Mu’s attempt to rise above the myriad Daos nearly destabilized the Heavenly Dao, forcing him to spend time restoring its laws while the Wuliang Dao mistakenly believed he was dying. He then deliberately spread the illusion that his life was ending to lure hidden enemies into the open, and an upheaval began as the universe mourned him.

• The Wuliang Dao recalled its disciples and reduced its reach after the Heavenly Heart Imprint trembled, unaware that He Mu’s whereabouts were unknown.
• While comprehending the Dao in the Undying Mountain, He Mu tried to rise above the Heavenly Heart but failed and lost at least fifteen hundred years of lifespan.
• He Mu worked to calm the myriad Daos and reorganize the universe’s laws, leaving the Wuliang Dao without a decree to reassure its followers.
• After learning that Forbidden Zones and other enemies were watching for his apparent weakness, He Mu decided to use the situation to draw them out.
• He Mu loosened his hold over the Heavenly Heart and shook the myriad Daos, making the universe believe he was about to dissolve into the Dao.
• All races mourned He Mu, but an upheaval erupted immediately afterward.

Three Ancient Supremes emerged from the forbidden zones on Feixian Ancient Star as He Mu neared death, then attacked Ziwei to lure him out and seize his blood. Ziwei's formation and the Wuliang Dao Wheel defended the star for now, but the three Supremes threatened to overwhelm them.

• As He Mu faced dissolution into the Dao, three Ancient Supremes broke free of their immortal sources and restored their former Dao Fruits.
• The three Supremes traveled to Ziwei and decided to threaten its people to draw He Mu out, while one coveted his true blood.
• A terrifying devouring force struck Ziwei, but immortal radiance formed a grand formation that shielded the star's living beings.
• He Mu's Wuliang Dao Wheel rose from the Wuliang Dao to confront the Supremes, though Ziwei's defenses seemed unable to hold for long.

The Three Venerables beyond their world overwhelmed the Wuliang Grand Array and nearly destroyed Ziwei Star, but a sudden force from the heavenly heart imprint stopped them. A middle-aged Daoist arrived and faced the Three Venerables, declaring that he had come.

• The living beings of Ziwei empowered the Wuliang Dao Wheel with their faith, and it staggered the Divine Flame Supreme with a counterattack.
• The Divine Flame Supreme burned through the Wuliang Grand Array, which finally shattered as Ziwei’s living beings faced imminent destruction.
• A fluctuation from the heavenly heart imprint dissolved the Supreme’s destructive Dao power and sent a divine mountain crashing toward the Three Venerables.
• The Three Venerables repelled the divine mountain, while the Wuliang Dao Wheel raised a barrier to protect Ziwei Star.
• A middle-aged Daoist approached the Three Venerables, and he told them he had come.

He Mu revealed that his apparent impending death had been a ruse to lure out the Forbidden Zone Supremes, then condemned their plan to slaughter living beings and began fighting them. The first clash ended with the three Supremes wounded and driven back while He Mu remained unmoved.

• He Mu stabilized the Heavenly Heart Imprint and revealed that he had deceived the three Forbidden Zone Supremes into leaving their Forbidden Zones.
• He Mu publicly denounced the Supremes for planning to harvest living beings and sentenced them to death, earning the praise and faith of the myriad races.
• Demon Sound Supreme attacked He Mu, and Divine Flame Supreme and Chaos Supreme joined in as He Mu carried them toward the Cosmic Frontier.
• The Supremes unleashed their powers against He Mu’s Heaven-Opening Divine Being, but their combined strike failed and left them wounded and hurled back.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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