Chapter Summaries

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.

Netherworld Venerable brought Taiyi to Undying Mountain, where He Mu expounded the Dao and helped Taiyi deepen his cultivation. After they left, He Mu prepared to transform his life essence into a divine fetus and hid Undying Mountain to protect the long process.

• Netherworld Venerable and Taiyi entered Undying Mountain on the Other Shore Golden Bridge and met He Mu on Enlightenment Cliff.
• He Mu told Netherworld Venerable that he planned to forge a divine fetus from his life essence to approach the Immortal Dao.
• He Mu expounded the Dao for forty-nine years, and Taiyi gained profound insights before awakening with immortal light around him.
• He Mu acknowledged Taiyi as half his disciple, and Taiyi and Netherworld Venerable left to return to their duties and seek their own paths.
• He Mu began preparing for the divine fetus transformation and made Undying Mountain vanish into seclusion to prevent outside interference.

He Mu completed the initial stage of the Immortal Fetus Method and entered a 120,000-year gestation inside a stone embryo, while the Undying Mountain concealed itself again. More than three hundred years later, Taiyi left the Taiyi Dao and headed for the Underworld, seeking a way past the barrier that had stopped his cultivation.

• He Mu drew on the Undying Mountain's formations and origin power to reverse his aging and form a thirty-six-tier Azure Lotus Platform around his infant body.
• The Azure Lotus Platform petrified into a stone embryo, beginning He Mu's long gestation toward the Red Dust Immortal path.
• Grand formations concealed the Undying Mountain as it vanished into the chaos once more.
• Taiyi's rule ushered in an era of flourishing Daoist lineages, and people compiled a list of the Nine Heavenly Venerables.
• Taiyi recognized that contemplation and cultivation alone might not break the barrier before him, so he left the Taiyi Dao for the Underworld.

Heavenly Venerable Taiyi visited the Netherworld Venerable to seek help breaking through his cultivation bottleneck and explained his plan to abandon his current Dao Fruit and forge a new path. The Netherworld Venerable agreed to protect him for part of the journey but demanded that Taiyi first prove his Dao and method were sound.

• Heavenly Venerable Taiyi arrived at the Underworld, where a black-armored Quasi-Venerable initially challenged his purpose.
• The Netherworld Venerable sent word to the Quasi-Venerable, who stepped aside, and Taiyi went to the Netherworld Emperor Hall.
• Taiyi told the Netherworld Venerable that he had touched a higher realm but could not advance through cultivation alone.
• Taiyi described his plan to start anew, forge a Supreme Divine Fetus, and pursue a Red Dust Immortal Path by staking his current Heavenly Venerable Dao Fruit.
• The Netherworld Venerable agreed to protect Taiyi for part of the path and required him to prove that his Dao and method had no errors.

Taiyi faced the Netherworld Venerable in a trial to prove his resolve to pursue the Great Dao, while ancient powers watched their battle from afar. Their final collision began when Taiyi unleashed the Nine Secrets against the Netherworld Venerable’s World-Destroying Millstone.

• Taiyi asked the Netherworld Venerable to instruct him, and the Netherworld Venerable opened their trial by striking with his Reincarnation Great Dao.
• Taiyi used Jie and the power of the myriad daos to counter the Netherworld Venerable’s palm, shaking the Heavenly Venerable Ancient Battlefield and drawing the attention of forbidden-zone beings.
• Taiyi attacked relentlessly as the Netherworld Venerable stood behind the Reincarnation Seal, and his growing blows eventually forced his master back half a step.
• The Netherworld Venerable merged the Reincarnation Seal with his body and summoned a World-Destroying Millstone, challenging Taiyi to prove he would not abandon his ambitions.
• Taiyi called upon the universe and recited the nine supreme syllables, joining their Immortal Light into a strike that collided with the descending millstone.

Taiyi’s perfected Nine Secrets Combined pierced the Netherworld Venerable’s World-Destroying Millstone and wounded him, though Taiyi was also injured. Their battle ended with the Netherworld Venerable recognizing Taiyi’s path, while the Forbidden Zone Supremes began making moves across the universe.

• Taiyi unleashed Nine Secrets Combined, and its nine-colored immortal light pierced the Netherworld Venerable’s World-Destroying Millstone.
• The Netherworld Venerable caught Taiyi’s attack barehanded and was wounded, while Taiyi was blasted backward and injured by the millstone.
• The Netherworld Venerable recognized Taiyi’s strength and agreed to help him before the two departed together.
• The battle’s final strike stirred the Forbidden Zone Supremes, who discussed the Nine Heavenly Venerables and whether they had truly vanished.
• Several Supremes made arrangements, and figures emerged from Forbidden Zones across the Eastern Wasteland of the Big Dipper.

Thirteen envoys from the Life Forbidden Zones gathered on Big Dipper to investigate the Current Heavenly Venerable Taiyi and other ancient mysteries, while the great lineages prepared for the possibility that the Supremes would emerge. The envoys then confronted the Heavenly Venerable lineages with demands from their rulers, leaving the universe on the brink of conflict.

• The forbidden zones sent thirteen powerful beings to the Eastern Wasteland, where envoys from Burial Heaven Island and the Divine Ruins revealed their shared missions to investigate the battle between the Underworld and Taiyi, the current Dao attainer, and figures vanished from history.
• Holy Lord Wuliang asked Taiyuanzi and Wuliang Holy Land's elders how to respond to the forbidden zones' movements, and Taiyuanzi judged that their envoys posed less danger than a Supreme emerging in person.
• The leaders of Wuliang Holy Land and other ancient lineages prepared to defend their legacies, recognizing that even their strongest reserves might not withstand a true Extreme Daoist.
• The thirteen envoys split into groups and arrived at the Taiyi Dao, Wuliang Holy Land, Changsheng Temple, Jade Roaming Palace, and Xiaoyao Daoist Sect, demanding audiences or that the lineages receive their rulers' decrees.
• The forbidden zone envoys stood in confrontation with the Heavenly Venerable lineages as the universe awaited a possible outbreak of conflict.

The Forbidden Zones attacked the Heavenly Venerable lineages while Heavenly Venerable Taiyi remained missing, leaving the Taiyi Dao especially vulnerable. After learning of the assault from the Chaos Dragon Nest, Taiyi set out to confront the Forbidden Zones as their Supremes emerged to begin a harvest.

• The Wuliang Holy Lord and Taiyuanzi repelled the Divine Ruins visitors’ attack, and the Holy Lord followed one of them into the starry sky to fight with their Extreme Dao Weapons.
• The Taiyi Dao struggled to withstand three Forbidden Zone beings and one weapon because Heavenly Venerable Taiyi was absent and had left no Extreme Dao Weapon.
• Believing Taiyi unable to interfere, the Forbidden Zone Supremes prepared to emerge and harvest the mortal world.
• At the Chaos Dragon Nest, Taiyi received news of the turmoil and saw the attacks on the Heavenly Venerable lineages through his heavenly eyes.
• The Netherworld Venerable urged Taiyi to use the Forbidden Zone Supremes as kindling for his transformation, and Taiyi departed for the universe.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes emerged from the Big Dipper Life Forbidden Zones, and one white-haired Supreme declared that the feeding had begun.

The Forbidden Zone Supremes emerged and brought the Universe to the brink of despair. The World-Opening Divine Axe wounded the Divine Ruins Supreme, and Heavenly Venerable Taiyi appeared at the Cosmic Frontier to face the Supremes.

• The Forbidden Zone Supremes emerged, and the Wuliang Holy Lord and the Universe's other surviving experts felt powerless before them.
• The Divine Ruins Supreme attacked the Wuliang Holy Lord and the World-Opening Divine Axe, but the axe's awakened Divine Spirit struck back and blasted apart his hand.
• The furious Divine Ruins Supreme threatened to destroy the Universe, while the Divine Spirit challenged him.
• A voice from the Cosmic Frontier declared that Heavenly Venerable Taiyi would deal with the emerged Supremes.
• Heavenly Venerable Taiyi appeared upon golden light, and the Divine Ruins Supreme recognized him.

Taiyi confronted five Forbidden Zone Supremes and fought them alone across the starry sky, gaining the upper hand despite their combined attacks. After a day and night of battle, the Mount Tiandang Supreme chose Ultimate Sublimation and resolved to kill Taiyi and devour living beings to prolong his life, while Taiyi prepared to end him.

• Taiyi arrived outside the Big Dipper and warned the five Forbidden Zone Supremes that they would pay for emerging and harming living beings.
• The five Supremes attacked Taiyi, who blocked the Burial Heaven Island Supreme’s Guixu Divine Light and drove the battle to the remote starry sky.
• The Supremes unleashed their Emperor Seal, halberd, and other attacks, but Taiyi broke through their combined strike and began to gain the upper hand.
• Taiyi and the five Supremes fought across the cosmic frontier and chaos for a day and night, while Taiyi felt his bottleneck loosening.
• The Mount Tiandang Supreme reached his limit and chose Ultimate Sublimation, then resolved to devour Taiyi and slaughter living beings to preserve his chance of survival.
• Taiyi told the sublimated Mount Tiandang Supreme that his end would come at Taiyi’s hands.

Taiyi defeated and killed all five Forbidden Zone Supremes after they underwent ultimate sublimation, but Zhulong ambushed him while he was gravely wounded. The Netherworld Venerable rescued Taiyi and brought him to the Chaos Dragon Nest, where Taiyi decided to use its power to destroy and rebuild himself.

• Taiyi fought five sublimated Supremes alone, killed the Tiandang Mountain Supreme, and then slew the remaining three as they fell from their sublimated states.
• Taiyi survived the battle gravely wounded but opened the door to the Heavenly Emperor level.
• Zhulong attacked Taiyi with the Immortal Bell, but the Netherworld Venerable drove him back and carried Taiyi into the Depths of Chaos.
• The Netherworld Venerable brought Taiyi to the Chaos Dragon Nest, where Taiyi chose to use its power to cast aside the past and start anew.
• The Netherworld Venerable warned Taiyi that he would need to settle his karma with Kunlun, and Taiyi agreed.