Arc 21The Eastern Emperor’s Rising
Taiyi defeated the Golden King and forced the Ancient Emperor Clans into negotiations, then gathered old companions and prepared for a return to Earth. After exploring the Feathered Ancestral Temple and claiming its treasures, he helped Lin Jia, Yao Xi, and An Miaoyi advance before setting their departure from Beidou.
- Taiyi challenged the Golden King, killed him in battle, and faced a coalition of Ancient Emperor Clans until Human Race Great Saints and Emperor Weapons arrived to support him.
- Taiyi negotiated with the Ancient Emperor Clans, claimed compensation, and agreed to attend the Myriad Races Assembly at Jade Pool Holy Land, where Great Emperor Wushi’s edict declared, “No Saints Under Heaven.”
- Taiyi reunited with Lin Jia, Yao Xi, and An Miaoyi, shared scriptures and medicines with his companions, and learned that he had found Earth’s coordinates and could take them home.
- Taiyi visited Taixuan Sect, Great Evolution Holy Land, and Jade Lake, reunited with former classmates, and invited Yun Yao to join the journey to Earth.
- Taiyi enlisted Gai Jiuyou to guard his path against the Supremes and gave him a Half-Divine Medicine and the Nirvana Healing Saintly Art.
- Taiyi captured the Black Emperor and made a dog-meat hot pot with Pang Bo, Zhou Yi, Wang Ziwen, and Liu Yiyi before traveling to the Central Plains with the three women.
- Taiyi and the women explored the Feathered Ancestral Temple, subdued its God-Slaying Insects, uncovered its treasures, and found a star-domain map, the Ascension Immortal Scripture, and a map likely showing Kunlun Immortal Mountain.
- Taiyi returned to Yaoguang Holy Land, and after two months of study Lin Jia, Yao Xi, and An Miaoyi completed breakthroughs, and he told them they would leave Beidou in two months.