Chapter Summaries

After the Extreme Dao battle, Taiyi entered a divine fetus to begin a new life, while He Mu used a proxy body to oversee his transformation and travel the universe. After a century of wandering, He Mu set out for Big Dipper Ancient Star.

• Three thousand years after the battle, the Heavenly Heart Imprint became unstable, marking Taiyi's passing and the beginning of an age of Dao hardship.
• Taiyi bowed to the Netherworld Venerable and entered the divine fetus in the Chaos Dragon Nest, severing his past to start anew.
• He Mu's proxy body emerged from an immortal flower in Undying Mountain so it could guard his true body, watch over Taiyi, and prepare for future plans involving the Strange World.
• He Mu entered the universe, learned of Taiyi's early transformation and the Kunlun Lineage's attack, but left the resulting debts for Taiyi to settle.
• He Mu spent a hundred years traveling and gaining new insights, then headed for Big Dipper Ancient Star.

He Mu traveled across Big Dipper to inspect Wang Bo’s gestating chaos body, refine his understanding of bloodlines, and check on his Wuliang Holy Land. At Mount Tiandang, he unexpectedly found the Netherworld Venerable in a sealed state and secretly followed him to learn what he was planning.

• He Mu inspected Wang Bo’s chaos immortal fetus in the Western Desert and concluded that its gestation was progressing well.
• He Mu traveled among the Barbarian Tribe in the Southern Ridge and found inspiration for his research into bloodlines and innate nature.
• He Mu visited the Wuliang Holy Land, confirmed it had suffered no losses, and left an Immortal Medicine fruit as a reward for its former Holy Lord.
• He Mu completed his journey through the Northern Plains and entered the Eastern Wasteland to investigate the forbidden zones without alerting their Supremes.
• At Mount Tiandang, He Mu recognized the sealed Netherworld Venerable and followed him discreetly to discover his plans.

He Mu followed the self-sealed Netherworld Venerable into Mount Tiandang and discovered a hidden space containing a primordial power. After recognizing He Mu, the Netherworld Venerable explained that the space held the mountain’s finest essence and revealed how Mount Tiandang had been split apart.

• He Mu secretly followed the Netherworld Venerable through Mount Tiandang’s formations for half a month, then watched him enter a hidden spatial node in a cave.
• He Mu followed the Netherworld Venerable into an otherworldly space filled with a power that could nourish a Supreme.
• The Netherworld Venerable restored his cultivation, mistook He Mu for an impostor, and recognized him after He Mu revealed his Wuliang Great Dao.
• He Mu explained his transformation and proxy body, then asked the Netherworld Venerable about the space and its unusual power.
• The Netherworld Venerable explained that Mount Tiandang was an ancient immortal mountain formed from the origins of the nineteen prehistoric heavens.
• The Netherworld Venerable said He Mu’s Big Dipper Great Array and Road to Immortality had forced Mount Tiandang out of the void and split it, leaving its finest essence in their hidden space.

The Netherworld Venerable told He Mu about the three treasures hidden in Mount Tiandang’s secret realm and why he sought them. At the realm’s core, they divided the Fortune Source Eyes and collected the Myriad Things Soil and Three-Life Medicine, with the Netherworld Venerable reluctantly giving He Mu a small piece of the medicine.

• The Netherworld Venerable revealed that Mount Tiandang held three Fortune Source Eyes, Myriad Things Soil, and Three-Life Medicine, and asked He Mu not to compete for the soil.
• He Mu agreed not to take the Myriad Things Soil the Netherworld Venerable cherished, while inwardly recognizing the immense value of all three treasures.
• The Netherworld Venerable led He Mu to the realm’s core, where they found three Fortune Source Eyes and a rich accumulation of source essence.
• The Netherworld Venerable took one Fortune Source Eye, and He Mu collected the other two along with a small quantity of Myriad Things Soil.
• The Netherworld Venerable took the Three-Life Medicine and scraped off a small piece for He Mu to study, asking him to share any discoveries.

After ten thousand years of studying the Three-Life Medicine and Myriad Things Soil, He Mu and Netherworld Venerable sensed a new golden age approaching and waited for a powerful being to be born. When the Taiyi Divine Fetus emerged after draining an entire star domain, He Mu and Netherworld Venerable moved to protect Netherworld Venerable’s disciple from the Supremes and Kunlun’s Immortal Bell.

• He Mu returned to Undying Mountain to study the Three-Life Medicine and Myriad Things Soil while using the Fortune Source Eye to aid his transformation.
• Ten thousand years passed, and He Mu and Netherworld Venerable watched for a powerful being’s birth as the myriad daos began to revive.
• A divine infant was born in an ancient star domain, draining its life source qi and drawing the attention of Supremes across the universe.
• He Mu and Netherworld Venerable intervened as Supremes reached for the Taiyi Divine Fetus, with Netherworld Venerable declaring the infant his disciple.
• He Mu destroyed Kunlun’s attacking hand, then used his full power to block the Immortal Bell’s waves from reaching the Taiyi Divine Fetus.

He Mu concealed his identity as Divine Venerable White Tiger and fought Kunlun’s Four Venerables, while the Netherworld Venerable seized the newly born Taiyi and escaped. He Mu trapped Kunlun beneath the Immortal-Suppressing Stele and warned that its reckoning was near.

• He Mu blamed the Netherworld Venerable for concealing the danger of fighting Kunlun, while the Netherworld Venerable planned to evade paying him back.
• He Mu unleashed the White Tiger World-Destroying Art against Zhulong, forcing Zhulong to call Taowu and the other Kunlun Venerables to help defend with the Immortal Bell.
• Taiyi completed his gestation, and the Netherworld Venerable carried him away as the Big Dipper Supremes recoiled from the Venerable’s overwhelming aura.
• He Mu appeared before Kunlun as Divine Venerable White Tiger, taunted the Four Venerables, and declared that someone would settle the score with them later.
• He Mu used God-Slaying; Soul-Slaying to breach the Immortal Bell’s barrier and placed the Immortal-Suppressing Stele at Kunlun Mountain, imprisoning the Four Venerables and the Kunlun Remnant Clan.

He Mu confronted Netherworld Venerable in the Underworld and secured compensation for the schemes against him, while Taiyi chose to reincarnate and pursue his own Dao without their interference. After a new golden age began, Taiyi emerged as Emperor Venerable, completed his Dao, and attained the Dao.

• He Mu demanded medicinal treasures and divine materials from Netherworld Venerable, who agreed before asking about his disciple Taiyi.
• Taiyi apologized to He Mu and explained that he had abandoned his former Dao Fruit and memories to cultivate anew, asking He Mu and Netherworld Venerable not to interfere.
• Taiyi's phantom returned to the divine fetus, which left the Underworld after he promised to settle his karmic debts with Kunlun when he attained the Dao.
• As the myriad Daos revived, prodigies and awakened ancients competed for the Dao, and the undefeated powerhouse they named Emperor Venerable became the leading contender.
• At age seven hundred, Emperor Venerable completed his Dao in a ruined Star Domain, triggering his long-delayed tribulation and attaining the Dao.

Emperor Venerable survived his Heavenly Emperor Tribulation and announced that he would establish the Heavenly Court to unite the myriad heavens and seek a path to immortality. Thirty-three years later, the Heavenly Court was complete, and Emperor Venerable prepared to fulfill his agreement to campaign against the Kunlun Lineage.

• Emperor Venerable endured nine days and nights of tribulation, survived its final bolt, and attained the Heavenly Emperor Dao Fruit as the universe celebrated.
• Emperor Venerable announced plans to establish the Heavenly Court, and his followers recruited Heavenly Soldiers and Generals while the Taiyi Dao joined the court.
• Emperor Venerable told Netherworld Venerable that he intended to unite the myriad heavens and seek the Immortal Domain, then asked his master to help obtain Kunlun's Immortal Bell.
• Netherworld Venerable agreed to help Emperor Venerable campaign against the Kunlun Lineage, which remained trapped beneath He Mu's Immortal-Suppressing Stele.
• Emperor Venerable's forces began ruling and patrolling across the universe, and after thirty-three years the Heavenly Court was completed.
• Emperor Venerable became Lord of the Heavenly Court as the universe entered its new age, with his campaign against the Kunlun Lineage approaching.

Emperor Venerable led the Heavenly Court in an assault on Kunlun and defeated its Four Venerables, destroying the ancient clan’s power on the Primordial Ancient Star. Zhulong escaped with the Immortal Bell and some Kunlun clanspeople, while Emperor Venerable left determined to forge his own immortal weapon.

• Emperor Venerable ordered the Star Sea Tribes and the Heavenly Court’s armies to march on Kunlun after its Four Venerables defied his decree.
• Emperor Venerable removed the Immortal-Suppressing Stele and fought Zhulong and the other three Kunlun Venerables, overpowering them even as they used ultimate sublimation.
• Taowu and Qiongqi detonated their Dao bodies, Emperor Venerable captured Huashe, and Zhulong escaped with the Immortal Bell and some Kunlun clanspeople after Netherworld Venerable struck him from the void.
• The Heavenly Court occupied Kunlun Mountain, seized its treasures and inheritances, and left a division to garrison the Primordial Ancient Star.
• The Heavenly Court’s victory strengthened its standing across the realms, but Emperor Venerable regretted losing the Immortal Bell and resolved to forge his own immortal weapon.

Emperor Venerable forged an Immortal Cauldron embryo from mysterious green copper and hid it in Kunlun Mountain to be nourished into a true Immortal Artifact. After entrusting the Underworld to Emperor Venerable, Netherworld Venerable asked He Mu to watch over him before entering his next reincarnation.

• Emperor Venerable chose Kunlun Immortal Mountain as the site for forging an Immortal Artifact, using green copper he had discovered in his previous life.
• Emperor Venerable spent forty-nine days shaping the Immortal Cauldron embryo, then dispersed its heavenly tribulation with a single command.
• Emperor Venerable placed the embryo in Kunlun Mountain, gathered 108 dragon veins, and joined Netherworld Venerable in forming a grand formation to nourish it.
• Netherworld Venerable entrusted the Underworld to Emperor Venerable, uniting its forces with the Heavenly Court before preparing for his next reincarnation.
• Netherworld Venerable asked He Mu to watch over Emperor Venerable, then entered the coffin at Cuiping Mountain and began his transformation.

After the Underworld joined the Heavenly Court, He Mu met with Emperor Venerable and became the Court’s guest elder to watch over him and fulfill Netherworld Venerable’s request. He Mu then went to Flying Immortal Star, where a spatial rift was forming, and waited for the arrival of an extraordinary figure.

• Emperor Venerable visited the Underworld, reached a final agreement with its rulers, and then began establishing formations across the heavens while gathering herbs for an unknown immortal pill.
• He Mu told Emperor Venerable that Netherworld Venerable had entered reincarnation and was buried on Cuiping Mountain, then examined Emperor Venerable and found no trace of weird substance.
• He Mu agreed to serve as the Heavenly Court’s guest elder, and Emperor Venerable appointed him to a rank equal to a supreme elder, above Chuan Ying.
• A violent spatial storm arose on Flying Immortal Star, forcing explorers to evacuate and the Heavenly Court to seal off the Star Domain.
• He Mu went to Flying Immortal Star and watched a vast spatial rift, waiting for it to open and for a powerful figure to descend.

He Mu opened the void fissure on Feixian Ancient Star and rescued the wounded juvenile Immortal Phoenix, whom he recognized as the future Undying Heavenly Emperor. He left for the Heavenly Court with the Phoenix, intending to raise him as a disciple while his true body remained in seclusion.

• As the void storm intensified, He Mu struck the fissure's weakest point and forced a passage through to the Immortal Domain.
• A wounded, unconscious Immortal Phoenix fell from the fissure, and He Mu drew him to his side.
• The fissure collapsed, and He Mu left Feixian with the Phoenix before powerful divine senses arrived to investigate.
• After deciding to train the Phoenix, He Mu headed for the Heavenly Court, where resources and talented disciples could help him grow.

Chongli awakened in the Heavenly Court after being swept from the Immortal Domain into another universe, where He Mu offered him a place to stay. Later, Emperor Venerable invited He Mu to oversee the long-prepared refinement of a batch of Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, and He Mu asked what the elixir was for.

• Chongli woke in Perching Phoenix Hall, learned that He Mu had rescued him, and realized he might be trapped outside the Immortal Domain.
• He Mu recognized Chongli as a pure-blooded phoenix from the Immortal Domain but said he had no way to send him home, so Chongli stayed in the Heavenly Court to cultivate.
• He Mu watched over Chongli and studied the Immortal Phoenix Race while Chongli settled into his new surroundings.
• Emperor Venerable summoned He Mu to the Central Heavenly Palace after completing preparations to refine the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.
• Emperor Venerable asked He Mu to safeguard the refinement, and He Mu asked what the elixir was and what it would be used for.

Emperor Venerable refined the Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs, crushed attempts to steal them, and announced that Supremes could come claim them. He Mu then traveled to the universe’s frontier to recruit Xiaoyao as a counterweight to Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi.

• He Mu learned that Emperor Venerable had invited Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi to join the plan and offered to recommend another ancient Heavenly Venerable after the pills were refined.
• Emperor Venerable began refining the Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs before a crowd of spectators, with Chuan Ying and He Mu guarding him.
• After forty-nine days, Emperor Venerable opened the furnace, crushed the Yin-Yang Divine Thunder, and gathered the completed golden elixirs.
• Attackers emerged from the void to seize the pills, but Chuan Ying, He Mu, and Emperor Venerable repelled them before Emperor Venerable challenged the Supremes to take the elixirs openly.
• He Mu crossed the star domains to meet Xiaoyao, who recognized his Wuliang identity and welcomed him into his hidden refuge.

He Mu recruited Carefree Heavenly Venerate to join the Heavenly Court and waited as Emperor Venerable’s Myriad Things Origin Cauldron completed its tribulation. The cauldron survived the assault of lightning and immortal-weapon phantoms, setting the stage for the Heavenly Court’s whole-sect ascension plan.

• He Mu explained his incarnation and the threat posed by Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, and Carefree Heavenly Venerate agreed to leave seclusion and assist the Heavenly Court.
• He Mu reported Carefree Heavenly Venerate’s agreement to Emperor Venerable, who met with him and arranged for him to enter a self-sealed state.
• A thousand years later, Emperor Venerable watched as the Myriad Things Origin Cauldron emerged from Kunlun and faced its immortal-weapon tribulation.
• The tribulation summoned phantoms of five immortal weapons, including He Mu’s Wuliang Dao Wheel, but the cauldron endured their assault.
• The cauldron’s divine spirit used the Nine Secrets Combined to destroy the tribulation, and Emperor Venerable’s whole-sect ascension plan moved toward its next stage.

The Emperor Venerable summoned three ancient Heavenly Venerables to the Heavenly Court and gave them the Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs. After taking the elixirs, Yuanshi, Carefree, and Longevity restored their peak strength and returned as flawless Dao attainers.

• The Emperor Venerable's Horn sounded, and Yuanshi, Carefree, and Longevity set out for the Heavenly Court while Zhenyu chose to remain behind.
• Chuan Ying welcomed the three Heavenly Venerables and escorted them to the Central Heavenly Palace, where the Emperor Venerable and White Tiger Divine Venerable awaited them.
• Longevity asked for the promised Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs, and the Emperor Venerable gave one to each of the three visitors.
• Longevity requested a chamber to take his elixir, and Yuanshi and Carefree also withdrew to chambers with their pills.
• Three surges of supreme power rose from the Heavenly Court as Yuanshi, Carefree, and Longevity restored their peak strength and returned as flawless Heavenly Venerables.

After restoring three ancient Heavenly Venerables with golden elixirs, Emperor Venerable planned for the Heavenly Court to survey and secure Big Dipper’s Road to Immortality. The Heavenly Court confronted Big Dipper’s Forbidden Zones, and He Mu’s attack on Mount Tiandang left both sides in a tense stalemate.

• Longevity Heavenly Venerable, Yuanshi, and Carefree Heavenly Venerate praised the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir after returning to their former peaks and pledged to help with whole-sect ascension to immortality.
• Emperor Venerable asked the restored Venerables and He Mu to survey and secure Big Dipper’s Road to Immortality, and explained that Chuan Ying would guard them outside with the Immortal Cauldron.
• Emperor Venerable and the Heavenly Court’s Venerables arrived at Big Dipper, where the Forbidden Zone Supremes demanded to know their purpose and blocked his attempt to activate the Five-Colored Great Array.
• He Mu condemned the Forbidden Zones’ claim over the Road to Immortality and struck Mount Tiandang, destroying a Supreme’s Dharma form and several peaks.
• Emperor Venerable warned the Forbidden Zones that the Heavenly Court would use force if they continued to monopolize the Immortal Road, leaving both sides facing off without a resolution.

Emperor Venerable reached an agreement with Big Dipper’s Forbidden Zones and opened a new Road to Immortality, while He Mu secretly ensured he would avoid the old, ruined route. Emperor Venerable and four other Venerables entered the new passage, leaving Chuan Ying to guard its entrance.

• The Divine Ruins Supreme offered to let the Heavenly Court open the Immortal Road as long as it left Big Dipper’s accumulated resources and arrangements untouched, and Emperor Venerable accepted.
• The Forbidden Zones withdrew their obstruction, though Mount Tiandang’s Supreme threatened He Mu, who dismissed the threat and struck Mount Tiandang’s phantom again.
• He Mu revealed that he had provoked the confrontation to keep Emperor Venerable and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi from taking the old Road to Immortality, which concealed He Mu’s plans and led to a dead end.
• Emperor Venerable reshaped the Eastern Wasteland’s terrain and used the Myriad Things Origin Cauldron and the Nine Secrets Combined to break through the world barrier and open a new Road to Immortality.
• Emperor Venerable, He Mu, Yuanshi, and the other two Venerables entered the passage, while Chuan Ying caught the returning cauldron and guarded the entrance.

Emperor Venerable and four other Heavenly Venerables explored the newly opened Road to Immortality, reaching an ancient Immortal Pass and discovering Annihilation Heavenly Venerable sealed in a crystal coffin. They brought him along as they returned, and the five emerged safely before the Forbidden Zones on Big Dipper.

• Chuan Ying guarded the Road to Immortality with the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, deterring the Forbidden Zone Supremes from intervening.
• Emperor Venerable, Longevity Heavenly Venerable, Carefree Heavenly Venerate, Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, and He Mu fought their way along the road while studying its laws and leaving markers for a future expedition.
• The five reached an ancient Immortal Pass, where Emperor Venerable’s strike revealed a crystal coffin hidden in the chaos.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerable and Emperor Venerable identified the sleeper as Annihilation Heavenly Venerable, and He Mu deduced that the shifting Immortal Road had carried him there after his failed attempt at ascension.
• Emperor Venerable decided to take Annihilation Heavenly Venerable to the Heavenly Court, and the five gathered Immortal Road resources as they retraced their path.
• The five Heavenly Venerables returned through the entrance, forcing Chuan Ying to retreat briefly as immortal light and their powerful auras flooded Big Dipper.

After the Five Heavenly Venerables returned from the Road to Immortality, Emperor Venerable began preparing the Heavenly Court for its eventual whole-sect ascension. He Mu accepted Chongli as his disciple and, while deciding how to teach him without exposing his assumed identity, prepared to reveal who he truly was.

• The Five Heavenly Venerables returned to Big Dipper, and Chuan Ying returned the Immortal Ascension Cauldron to Emperor Venerable before departing with orders to prepare the Heavenly Court.
• Emperor Venerable and the other four Venerables returned to the Heavenly Court, where all but He Mu entered seclusion to digest their gains.
• Chongli asked He Mu to accept him as a disciple, offering the Immortal Domain Cultivation Method and explaining that he admired He Mu's strength and kindness.
• He Mu accepted Chongli and said they would hold a formal Disciple-Acceptance Ceremony after Emperor Venerable and the other Venerables emerged from seclusion.
• He Mu struggled to choose between the Wuliang Immortal Scripture and the White Tiger Dao-Evolving Scripture, then decided to disguise the former with the latter's Dao.
• He Mu sealed the hall from outside scrutiny and told Chongli that he had another identity besides being a Heavenly Court Divine Venerable.