Arc 19The Ninefold Tribulation

Taiyi left Ziwei with his family protected, reached Flying Immortal Star, and survived a ninefold Saint Tribulation that transformed his weapons. He killed Lu Xuan over the Human Emperor Seal, met the Qi Refiners, and began exploring a tomb for Yaoguang Holy Land.

  • Divine Resentment gave Taiyi the Sun Emperor Pagoda before dissolving into the Dao, and Taiyi escaped sinking Tang Valley with Zixia, the children, the Fusang Divine Tree, and the Human Demon.
  • Taiyi brought Zixia, Yan Fei, and Di Chu to the Taiqing Sacred Realm, found a possible route through the ancient altar, and strengthened his family as he advanced to Half-Saint.
  • Taiyi found the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable’s Daoist Temple, studied the Immeasurable Immortal Scripture, and saw a possible future in which the Underworld killed Yan Fei and Di Chu.
  • Taiyi left Zixia and the children in Ziwei with the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, then reached an unfamiliar pure land and took its medicine field and Ancient Apricot Tree into his pagoda.
  • Taiyi escaped the immortal land and endured a ninefold Saint Tribulation near Flying Immortal Star, defeating humanoid lightning and reaching the ninth heaven of sainthood as his weapons became Saint Weapons.
  • Taiyi killed Great Saint Lu Xuan in a battle over the Human Emperor Seal, then stood against the Kunlun Remnant Clan until Guiguzi and the Qi Refiners helped avert a wider fight.
  • Taiyi discussed the Dao with Zhuang Zhou, Guiguzi, and the Qi Refiners, learned the Primordial Ancient Star’s coordinates, and traveled west across Flying Immortal Star.
  • Taiyi spared Hong Luan after she submitted, entered the tomb she had guarded, and gathered a Quasi-Emperor’s scripture and cultivation insights for Yaoguang Holy Land.
Chapters 451–475 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 451Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi obtained the Sun Emperor Pagoda for three hundred years before Tang Valley sank beneath the sea, then shared a brief farewell with the Human Demon. He brought Zixia and their children to the Taiqing Sacred Realm while planning to investigate a route back to Beidou.

  • Divine Resentment gave Taiyi the Sun Emperor Pagoda, which would return to the Northern Sea after three hundred years.
  • Divine Resentment dissolved into the Dao as Tang Valley sank, and Taiyi took the Fusang Divine Tree and the two children before escaping with Zixia and the Human Demon.
  • Taiyi and the Human Demon shared a meal and discussed cultivation while the children played with the Human Demon.
  • Before departing, the Human Demon placed Great Saint cultivation imprints in Yan Fei and Di Chu's seas of consciousness.
  • The Human Demon left for the starry sky, and Taiyi took Zixia and the children to the Taiqing Sacred Realm to investigate a route back to Beidou.

Ch. 452Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi stayed in the Taiqing Sacred Realm with Zixia and their children, then advanced to the Severing the Dao Seventh Heaven after surviving a tremendous tribulation. He learned from the Old Human King that an ancient altar in Western Hezhou could lead to the Human Race’s Ancient Road, but reaching it required passing a formidable guardian’s test.

  • Taiyi introduced Yan Fei and Di Chu to Yao Qing and the Sun God Sect, who rejoiced at the Emperor’s children.
  • Taiyi spent a month with Zixia and the children, attuning himself to the Sun Emperor Pagoda and guiding the sect’s young disciples.
  • Taiyi survived a fearsome lightning tribulation and broke through to the Severing the Dao Seventh Heaven as cultivators from across Ziwei watched.
  • Taiyi left Zixia and the children cultivating in the Eight Sceneries Palace, placed protections on them, and visited the Human King Hall.
  • The Old Human King told Taiyi that an ancient altar in Western Hezhou led to the Outer Regions and that its Half-Saint guardian tested those seeking passage.

Ch. 453Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi traveled deep into the Desolate Mountain Range and reached an ancient Divine Temple, where he met its Saint guardian, Yuan Qing. Yuan Qing agreed that Taiyi was qualified to learn about the Ancient Road leading into the starry sky and invited him inside.

  • Taiyi entered the Desolate Mountain Range and killed a Second Heaven Immortal Platform Fierce Beast that attacked him.
  • Taiyi suppressed a Dao-Slaying Golden-Winged Roc, then rode it through the mountain range toward the Divine Temple.
  • Taiyi arrived at the ancient Divine Temple after traveling three million li, and its guardian, Yuan Qing, sensed his approach.
  • Yuan Qing’s Saint Might frightened the Golden-Winged Roc, but Taiyi dissolved his attacks with Holy Light.
  • Taiyi greeted Yuan Qing and asked about the Ancient Road into the starry sky, and Yuan Qing invited him to speak further.

Ch. 454Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi learned that the temple’s Five-Colored Altar led one way onto the Starry Sky Ancient Road, but its guardian Yuan Qing did not know how to return him to the Big Dipper Star Domain. Flying near the Desolate Mountain Range, Taiyi rescued Yi Qingwu from a Silver-Horned Golden Lion and warned her to leave the area.

  • Yuan Qing explained that the ancient temple’s altar connected to the Starry Sky Ancient Road, but Taiyi confirmed it offered no known route back to Beidou.
  • Taiyi asked Yuan Qing for the Big Dipper Star Domain’s coordinates, but Yuan Qing did not know them.
  • Taiyi encountered Yi Qingwu, the Guanghan Palace Divine Maiden, fleeing a savage Silver-Horned Golden Lion.
  • Taiyi killed the Silver-Backed Golden Lion with a burst of holy light, and Yi Qingwu greeted him.
  • Taiyi praised Yi Qingwu’s beauty and warned her that the area was too dangerous for her.

Ch. 455Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi agreed to help Yi Qingwu find an Ancient Great Saint’s cave abode in the Desolate Mountain Range. They found its hidden small world, but its Great Saint formations barred entry, so Taiyi brought out the Sun Emperor Pagoda to seek another way in.

  • Yi Qingwu offered to share the fortune in an Ancient Great Saint’s cave abode if Taiyi accompanied her.
  • Taiyi suppressed a Severing the Dao beast king and followed Yi Qingwu’s map deep into the Desolate Mountain Range.
  • Taiyi calculated the cave’s location and revealed the hidden small world with a punch.
  • Taiyi determined that Great Saint formations protected the entrance and asked Yi Qingwu whether she had a token, but she had none.
  • Taiyi summoned the Sun Emperor Pagoda, and Yi Qingwu recognized the missing Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.

Ch. 456Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi and Yi Qingwu opened a Great Saint’s cave abode and claimed its treasures, including an Inherited Saint Weapon and fragments of the Dao Scripture. After they left the Desolate Mountain Range, Taiyi departed alone while Yi Qingwu watched him go.

  • Taiyi spent seven days breaking through the Small World’s formation with Yi Qingwu, and they found a medicine field filled with ancient medicines and medicine kings.
  • Taiyi and Yi Qingwu divided the medicines and explored the palace complex, where they found weathered stone steles and a Great Saint’s remains.
  • Taiyi subdued the golden Inherited Saint Weapon, while Yi Qingwu discovered fragments containing the Dao Scripture’s Dragon Transformation and Immortal Platform volumes.
  • Taiyi gave Yi Qingwu the Great Saint’s skull and scriptures, then the two searched the Ancient Realm and left after finding no other treasures.
  • Taiyi bid Yi Qingwu farewell and flew away, leaving her watching him with a complicated expression.

Ch. 457Shrouding the Heavens: I am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi returned to Eight Sceneries Palace to baptize Yan Fei and Di Chu, who had reached the Other Shore Realm, with rare treasures. He began preparing their medicinal bath with Undying Divine Phoenix Blood, ancient medicines, supreme divine marrow, and Earth Core Divine Milk.

  • Taiyi reunited with Zixia, Yan Fei, and Di Chu at Xuandu Cave after traveling across the Ziwei Star Domain.
  • Taiyi explained that Yan Fei and Di Chu had reached the Other Shore Realm and that he had gathered treasures for another baptism.
  • Yan Fei protested the medicinal bath, while Di Chu eagerly accepted it.
  • Taiyi prepared a great cauldron with immortal liquid, Undying Divine Phoenix Blood, ancient medicines, Immortal Treasures, supreme divine marrow, and Earth Core Divine Milk.
  • Zixia recognized the rare divine marrow and Earth Core Divine Milk as Taiyi explained that he had found them during his travels.

Ch. 458Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi used rare divine treasures to baptize Yan Fei and Di Chu, helping them undergo a dramatic transformation. He offered to take Zixia back to Beidou, but she decided the children should remain in the Ziwei Star Domain until they were stronger.

  • Taiyi added Nine-Orifice Psychic Divine Liquid and Golden Crow essence blood to a cauldron of treasure liquid, then had Yan Fei and Di Chu refine it under his supervision.
  • After two months, Yan Fei and Di Chu emerged transformed, having reached Other Shore Perfection and gained the ability to enter the Dao Palace Realm.
  • Taiyi asked Zixia whether she wanted to return to Beidou and explained that he had found its coordinates and could repair the Five-Colored Altar.
  • Zixia chose to stay in the Ziwei Star Domain, fearing that Beidou's coming chaos and the children's unusual constitutions would bring them danger.

Ch. 459Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Zixia stayed in the Ziwei Star Domain to protect her children, then reached the Holy Lord realm after a dangerous tribulation. Taiyi took a Divine Elixir and underwent an extraordinary tribulation of his own, leaving observers stunned by his rapid cultivation.

  • Zixia asked Taiyi to tell the Purple Mansion Holy Land that she was safe when he returned to Beidou, and Taiyi agreed to help the sect if it faced trouble.
  • Taiyi and Zixia spent over three months traveling through the mortal world, and the journey gave Zixia an epiphany that let her enter the second heaven of the Immortal Platform.
  • After surviving her tribulation, Zixia returned to Xuandu Cave and secluded herself to consolidate her Holy Lord realm.
  • Taiyi went to the Sun Star, consumed the Divine Elixir Laozi had left for him, and spent half a month tempering his body and Primordial Spirit.
  • Taiyi emerged from the Sun Star and underwent a terrifying tribulation, using its lightning to refine himself and transform his weapons into Half-Saint artifacts.
  • Cultivators across the Ziwei Star Domain sensed Taiyi's tribulation and marveled at how quickly he was advancing.

Ch. 460Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

After enduring two tribulations, Taiyi became a Half-Saint and returned to the Ziwei Star Domain, where Zixia and their children welcomed him. He planned to leave in three days and travel somewhere other than Beidou using the coordinates of the Five-Colored Altar.

  • Cultivators across the Ziwei Star Domain watched Taiyi’s tribulations, while Yin Tiande and Saint Yuan Qing marveled at his rapid progress.
  • Taiyi suppressed the chance to use a Divine Elixir to become a Saint, completed his tribulations, and reached the Half-Saint realm.
  • Taiyi recovered from his injuries and returned to the Ziwei Star Domain through his Formation Platform.
  • Zixia, Yan Fei, and Di Chu welcomed Taiyi outside Xuandu Cave, and he encouraged his children to cultivate.
  • Taiyi told Zixia he would depart in three days and planned to follow the Five-Colored Altar’s coordinates somewhere other than Beidou.

Ch. 461Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi left the Ziwei Star Domain through a Five-Colored Altar, entrusting Zixia with the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to protect her and their children. He arrived at an unfamiliar pure land and found an ancient Daoist temple, a Divine Spring, and a remarkable apricot tree that spoke to him.

  • Taiyi gave Zixia the Immortal-Slaying Gourd and the coordinates of the Big Dipper Star Domain so she could protect their family and return to Beidou if needed.
  • Three days later, Taiyi said farewell to Zixia, their children, and the Sun God Sect before entering the Five-Colored Altar’s passage.
  • Taiyi traveled through the starry passage beneath the protection of the Sun Stone Pagoda and emerged on a Five-Colored Altar in an unfamiliar pure land.
  • Taiyi discovered an ancient Daoist temple and medicine fields containing Ancient Medicine Kings, a Divine Spring, and a fruit tree resembling the Immortal Apricot.
  • Taiyi recognized that the fruit tree was not a true Immortal Medicine and noticed traces that an Immortal Medicine had once grown beside the Divine Spring.
  • The apricot tree revealed that it was conscious and timidly begged Taiyi not to hurt it.

Ch. 462Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi acquired the Divine Spring Eye, the Ancient Apricot Tree, and the medicines growing around them, then explored the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable's Daoist Temple. He discovered the Immeasurable Immortal Scripture inscribed on golden pillars and began studying it.

  • Taiyi learned that the Ancient Apricot Tree had grown from an Immortal Apricot pit and persuaded it to leave with him by showing it a Qilin Immortal Medicine seed.
  • Taiyi used the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda to move the Divine Spring Eye, the Ancient Apricot Tree, and the entire Medicine Field into the pagoda's inner space.
  • Taiyi entered the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable's Daoist Temple, where he found its halls, bookshelves, and treasury largely emptied.
  • Taiyi reached the deepest hall and recognized the Immeasurable Immortal Scripture inscribed on its Gilded Divine Pillars.
  • Taiyi began studying the scripture's Sea of Bitterness Chapter.

Ch. 463Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi experienced a possible future in which he rose to Quasi-Emperor alongside the Chaos Body, then lost his children during the Dark Turmoil and died fighting the supreme beings. Awakened in the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable’s Daoist Grounds, he resolved to change that future and protect those he loved.

  • Taiyi absorbed the Immeasurable Immortal Scripture and the Dao marks left by the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, greatly advancing his mastery of the Nine Secrets.
  • Taiyi saw a future in which he became a Quasi-Emperor, fought beside the Chaos Body, and joined the battle against the supreme beings during the Dark Turmoil.
  • Taiyi watched an Underworld supreme being kill Di Chu and Yan Fei, then charged into battle and died after failing to defeat his opponent.
  • The Chaos Bell and two pagodas awakened Taiyi in the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable’s Daoist Grounds, where he realized the vision had shown him a possible future.
  • Taiyi vowed to seize control of his fate, prevent the tragedy, and become invincible.

Ch. 464Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi emerged from the immortal land and faced the Ninefold Saint Tribulation outside Flying Immortal Star, driven by his resolve to prevent the future in which his loved ones were killed. As he endured the lightning and tempered his treasures, he remained determined to survive and change that future.

  • Taiyi recalled the deaths of Yan Fei, An Miaoyi's unborn child, his companions, his master, and the people of the Yaoguang Holy Land and Sun God Sect, and resolved to protect them.
  • Taiyi used the Sun Ancient Pagoda to take the Large Five-Colored Altar and its underlying earth veins, then broke through the damaged formation and escaped the immortal land.
  • Taiyi reached the space outside Flying Immortal Star, released his aura, and triggered the Ninefold Saint Tribulation, alarming countless experts on the ancient star.
  • Taiyi endured the destructive lightning, using it to temper his body and primordial spirit while keeping his other treasures hidden in the Sun Ancient Pagoda.
  • Taiyi released the Primal Chaos Ancient Bell, the Nine Divine Weapons, and the Five Immortal Gold Divine Arrows into the tribulation to receive its baptism and become Saint Weapons.
  • Taiyi faced the overlapping tribulation without fear, insisting that he would survive and prevent the tragic future from coming to pass.

Ch. 465Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi survived nine successive Saint Tribulations and battled a Humanoid Lightning figure bearing his own weapons and techniques. The clash between the two Sun Sacred Bodies shook the starry sky as observers on Flying Immortal Star watched in disbelief.

  • Cultivators on Flying Immortal Star marveled at Taiyi's nine Saint Tribulations and coveted his immortal-gold weapons from afar.
  • Taiyi endured the lightning, while his Chaos Bell, Nine Divine Weapons, and Five Immortal Gold Arrows absorbed the Great Dao marks and transformed.
  • A Humanoid Lightning figure appeared with Taiyi's Chaos Bell, weapons, and techniques, then attacked him with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist.
  • Taiyi recognized the figure as his counterfeit and countered with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist.
  • Taiyi and the Humanoid Lightning figure clashed with their weapons and exchanged Sun Emperor Fist strikes, shattering celestial bodies and shocking the watching cultivators.

Ch. 466Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi defeated his golden humanoid lightning after a brutal battle, using the Chaos Bell to immobilize it before destroying it with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist. As the lightning dispersed, new figures descended from the sea of lightning and charged at him.

  • Taiyi and his humanoid lightning fought across the starry sky, trading secret techniques and devastating planets as Taiyi’s strength and resolve grew.
  • Taiyi gradually overwhelmed the humanoid lightning and used the Chaos Bell to freeze it and its lightning weapons in place.
  • Taiyi struck the immobilized opponent with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist and shattered it, astonishing the watching powerhouses.
  • The humanoid lightning and its weapons dispersed into streaks of lightning instead of recovering.
  • Imposing figures descended from the sea of lightning and charged at Taiyi with killing intent.

Ch. 467Shrouding the Heavens: I am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi fought through successive waves of humanoid lightning resembling ancient emperors, adapting his combat awareness until he turned the battle in his favor. After the lightning figures vanished, he entered the palace above the sea of lightning, where an unseen battle continued for nine days and nights.

  • Nine humanoid lightning figures resembling Ancient Great Emperors attacked Taiyi, who fought them with the Chaos Bell, divine weapons, and his fists.
  • Taiyi’s battle awareness adapted to his present body, and he gradually overcame the nine attackers despite suffering terrible wounds.
  • Taiyi killed more than ten lightning figures as new opponents appeared, while the Chaos Bell, Nine Divine Weapons, and Immortal Gold Arrows were badly damaged.
  • The humanoid lightning figures suddenly vanished, and Taiyi replenished his strength by drawing in the essence qi of the star domain.
  • Taiyi ascended above the sea of lightning into an ancient palace complex, where an unseen battle raged for nine days and nights.

Ch. 468Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

After surviving nine successive saint tribulations, Taiyi reached the saint ninth heaven and reforged his divine weapons. He arrived outside Flying Immortal Star, where powerful observers restrained their greed and weighed whether to approach him.

  • Taiyi emerged from the unprecedented ninefold tribulation as a saint ninth heaven expert, stunning the witnesses on Flying Immortal Star.
  • Taiyi considered the profound insights he had gained from experiencing a stretch of the future and chose not to advance further yet.
  • The Chaos Bell, Heavenly Dao Battle Box, and five Immortal Gold Divine Arrows were reforged by the tribulation into saint weapons.
  • The watching experts coveted Taiyi's Extreme Dao Rough Embryo but held back, fearing his overwhelming strength and potential.
  • Taiyi used Nine Secrets: Xing to cross the starry sky and arrive outside Flying Immortal Star.

Ch. 469Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

After Taiyi completed nine successive saint tribulations, Great Saint Lu Xuan of the Feiniao Clan attacked him with the Human Emperor Seal. Taiyi revealed the Sun Emperor Pagoda and his Sun Saint Emperor lineage, then declared he would take back the Human Emperor Seal for the Human Race.

  • Taiyi sensed danger when Great Saint Lu Xuan approached him and dodged as Lu Xuan launched an attack with the Human Emperor Seal.
  • Taiyi blocked the Emperor Weapon’s strike with the Sun Emperor Pagoda, while the watching experts realized the Feiniao Clan had tried to seize his fortune.
  • Lu Xuan demanded to know why Taiyi possessed the Sun Emperor Pagoda, and Taiyi identified himself as a descendant of the Sun Saint Emperor.
  • Taiyi condemned Lu Xuan for holding the Human Emperor Seal and vowed to retrieve it for the Human Emperor’s descendants.

Ch. 470Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi fought the Feiniao Clan’s Great Saint in a supreme Dao battle, each wielding an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon. Taiyi overwhelmed his opponent with the Sun Emperor Pagoda and Nine Secrets, aiming to defeat him quickly and seize the Human Emperor Seal before the Feiniao Clan’s allies intervened.

  • Taiyi and the Feiniao Clan’s Great Saint rejected attempts to calm them and activated the Sun Emperor Pagoda and Human Emperor Seal, beginning a supreme Dao battle.
  • The two fighters clashed in the starry sky as Flying Immortal Star’s Ancestral Formation shielded the continent from the battle’s devastation.
  • The Feiniao Clan’s Great Saint absorbed the Human Emperor Seal into his body and attacked Taiyi with its power.
  • Taiyi used Nine Secrets: Xing and the Sun Emperor Fist to contend with the Great Saint, annihilating vast stretches of stars in their clash.
  • Taiyi activated Nine Secrets: Jie to multiply his combat strength and pressed his opponent with relentless attacks, seeking to end the battle before the Great Saint’s allies could intervene.

Ch. 471Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi used the Divine Forbidden Domain, Nine Secrets: Jie, and the Sun Emperor Pagoda to overwhelm Great Saint Lu Xuan in battle. He revealed the Hengyu Furnace and moved to suppress Lu Xuan, who was forced to defend himself with the Human Emperor Seal.

  • Taiyi unleashed Nine Secrets: Jie and drove Great Saint Lu Xuan into the depths of the universe.
  • Taiyi pressed Lu Xuan with the Sun Emperor Fist and Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist, leaving him battered and unable to fight back directly.
  • Lu Xuan opened his vertical eye and fired a destructive beam at Taiyi.
  • Taiyi summoned the Hengyu Furnace to destroy the beam and descend upon Lu Xuan.
  • Lu Xuan used the Human Emperor Seal to block the Hengyu Furnace as Taiyi sent the Sun Emperor Pagoda sweeping toward him.

Ch. 472Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi killed the Feiniao Clan Great Saint and suppressed the Human Emperor Seal, then faced down the Kunlun Remnant Clan’s Great Saints as they challenged his claim to the weapon. When human Qi Refiners arrived, Taiyi recognized their leader as a pinnacle Great Saint, and the Kunlun experts identified him as Guiguzi.

  • Taiyi used the Lihuo Divine Furnace and Sun Emperor Pagoda to kill the Feiniao Clan Great Saint and used Nine Secret: Bing to suppress the fleeing Human Emperor Seal.
  • The Kunlun Remnant Clan’s Great Saints confronted Taiyi and threatened him over his attempt to take their Emperor Weapon.
  • Taiyi claimed the Human Emperor Seal as a human and summoned three Dao Bodies with One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, revealing additional Supreme Artifacts.
  • Human experts recognized Taiyi’s technique as Laozi’s secret art and rushed to support him.
  • A white-haired Qi Refiner confronted the Kunlun experts, who identified him as Guiguzi and reacted with wariness.

Ch. 473Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi joined forces with Guiguzi and the Qi Refiners to make the Kunlun Remnant Clans withdraw after Lu Xuan’s death and the Human Emperor Seal’s capture. He then revealed that he came from Earth, the Primordial Ancient Star, and had begun as a mortal before being transported to the Big Dipper Star Domain.

  • The other Kunlun Remnant Clan chiefs urged both sides to avoid a fight, while the Torch Dragon and Qiongqi Great Saints warned Taiyi that the Human Emperor Seal would return to the Feiniao Clan.
  • Guiguzi and the Qi Refiners stood with Taiyi, and the clan experts withdrew rather than risk a clash.
  • Taiyi thanked the Qi Refiners, put away his treasures and Three Pure Qi Incarnations, and introduced himself to Zhuang Zhou and Guiguzi.
  • Guiguzi asked whether Taiyi came from the Ziwei Star Domain, and Taiyi said he had visited it and received Laozi’s legacy but came from the same place as the Qi Refiners.
  • Taiyi revealed Earth as his home and explained that he and his classmates had been transported to the Big Dipper Star Domain, where he began cultivating.

Ch. 474Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi discussed the Dao with Zhuang Zhou, Guiguzi, and the Pre-Qin Qi Refiners, learned Flying Immortal Star’s coordinates and dangers, then traveled west toward an ancient tomb he remembered from a glimpse of the future. After defeating a Saint King-level Fierce Bird, he left it bloodied and pleading for its life.

  • Taiyi spent seven days and nights discussing the Dao with Zhuang Zhou, Guiguzi, and the other Qi Refiners, learning that Ge Hong possessed the Nine Secrets: Zu but had left Flying Immortal Star.
  • Taiyi obtained the Primordial Ancient Star’s coordinates and learned of secret realms, ruins, and dangerous ghost domains on Flying Immortal Star.
  • Taiyi departed the Guigu Daoist Grounds after Guiguzi warned him that returning to the Primordial Ancient Star would require a safe route through the starry sky.
  • Taiyi traveled to western Flying Immortal Star, where he remembered finding a Great Tomb and obtaining Dao Tribulation Gold during a glimpse of the future.
  • Taiyi blasted away a Saint-level Elephant Dragon, then defeated a Vermilion Bird-blooded Saint King Fierce Bird and tore off its wings.
  • The wounded Fierce Bird sent Taiyi a divine thought, pleading for its life and submitting.

Ch. 475Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi subdued Hong Luan and brought her to a Quasi-Emperor’s tomb, where they broke into the underground palace and fought through its defenses. He defeated three Great Saint-level Yin Spirits with his own strength, leaving Hong Luan both awed and uneasy about her dependence on him.

  • Taiyi spared the Vermilion Bird-blooded Saint King Hong Luan after she offered up her main Primordial Spirit, then took her toward the tomb she had guarded for over a thousand years.
  • Taiyi used the Sun Emperor Pagoda to find and breach the tomb’s ancient formation, and Hong Luan realized he possessed an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
  • Taiyi and Hong Luan entered the underground palace, where Hong Luan slew the Yin Soldiers and the pair fought through the tomb’s levels.
  • Taiyi collected the ancient steles containing the Quasi-Emperor’s scripture and cultivation insights for Yaoguang Holy Land.
  • Taiyi evaporated the Yellow Springs Water and defeated three Great Saint-level Yin Spirits in direct combat, astonishing Hong Luan and making her reconsider her resistance.
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