Recaps

The Eastern Emperor studied Kunpeng's Son's Primary and Secondary Self Cultivation Method, continued refining his own cultivation paths, and survived several perilous nirvanas. After beginning his ninth life, he remained untouched by time despite fierce cultivation and summoned an unprecedented Immortal Tribulation.

• The Eastern Emperor asked Desolate about the Primary and Secondary Self Cultivation Method, and Desolate shared the incomplete version created by Kunpeng's Son.
• The Eastern Emperor spent tens of thousands of years refining the Primordial Spirit Path and Physical Body Path while cultivating and battling intensely, then entered his seventh life by returning to the Sun Sacred Body.
• After his seventh life ended early, the Eastern Emperor nearly perished during nirvana but awakened from a decades-long struggle and began his eighth life.
• The Eastern Emperor spent another hundred thousand years strengthening his cultivation, while Desolate reached the height of his seventh life.
• The Eastern Emperor's eighth life ended, and he used his Primordial Spirit and physical body to nurture a new divine self and begin his ninth life.
• The Eastern Emperor remained youthful and ageless despite his fierce cultivation, then summoned an unprecedented Immortal Tribulation.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi underwent an unprecedented tribulation to become a Red Dust Immortal, proving that one could reach immortality by living nine successive lives against the natural order. Though he shattered the Immortal-Slaying Guillotine and overwhelmed the heavenly punishment, he concluded that he still fell short of the true immortal peak.

• Huang crossed the void and witnessed Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s immortal tribulation, recognizing that Taiyi had proved their theory about living nine successive lives.
• The Firmament unleashed a vast sea of lightning, Immortal Dao laws, and an Immortal-Slaying Guillotine to suppress and kill Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi broke free of the order chains and blasted apart the lightning sea, the guillotine, and even the River of Time with his fist.
• Shi Hao marveled at Taiyi’s strength, judging that he had approached the Immortal King domain, and resolved to rely on his own potential rather than take Immortality Medicine.
• After the tribulation ended, Eastern Emperor Taiyi absorbed the universe’s essence and admitted that he remained just short of the true immortal peak.

After reaching the red dust immortal realm, the Eastern Emperor discussed the Dao with Shi Hao for tens of thousands of years until Shi Hao returned to his own era. Left behind in the Emperor's Fall Era, the Eastern Emperor resolved to reach the immortal peak before attempting the Immortal King Realm.

• The Eastern Emperor congratulated Shi Hao on surviving into his seventh lifetime, and the two discussed their paths to immortality.
• Over tens of thousands of years, the Eastern Emperor studied the Dao and tempered himself while Shi Hao began his eighth lifetime with his help.
• After sensing a mysterious passage, Shi Hao used the He Transforms into Freedom Art to return to his own era and left the Eastern Emperor a farewell letter.
• The Eastern Emperor read Shi Hao's letter, wished him well, and vowed they would meet again at the summit.
• The Eastern Emperor resolved to reach the immortal peak and set out to study ancient ruins, Dao marks, scriptures, and techniques.

After spending hundreds of thousands of years cultivating in the Emperor's Fall Era, the Eastern Emperor reached the immortal peak and returned to his own era. He reunited with Yan Fei, Di Chu, and Dijun at Eastern Emperor Mountain and began telling them what had happened.

• The Eastern Emperor willingly began his tenth life and reached the immortal peak, gaining the strength to contend with Immortal Kings.
• The Eastern Emperor left his realm and reached the Boundary Sea, where the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin opened a space-time passage.
• The Eastern Emperor entered the Bronze Coffin and returned to his original era, confirming that his long cultivation in the Emperor's Fall Era had truly happened.
• The Eastern Emperor crossed the star domains to Beidou and reunited with Yan Fei, Di Chu, and Dijun at Eastern Emperor Mountain.
• Yan Fei, Di Chu, and Dijun noticed the Eastern Emperor's transformation, and he sat with them over tea to recount his experiences.

The Eastern Emperor told Yan Fei, Di Chu, and Dijun that he had become a Red Dust Immortal after traveling through time to the Emperor's Fall Era, and proved it with his immortal aura. He learned that the world had adopted the Eastern Emperor Calendar, then announced his return and his plan to refine Nine-Turn Immortal Pills for his family and companions.

• The Eastern Emperor's children praised his longevity methods, and he revealed that his journey through the Bronze Ancient Coffin had led him to become a Red Dust Immortal.
• The Eastern Emperor released his immortal aura, convincing Yan Fei, Di Chu, and Dijun that he had truly entered the immortal Dao domain.
• Yan Fei explained that the ten thousand races had adopted the Eastern Emperor Calendar at the Myriad Races Assembly in the Jade Pool Holy Land.
• Little White Tiger greeted the Eastern Emperor, who confirmed that he had lived another lifetime.
• The Eastern Emperor told his children to summon their mothers and aunts from the Small Immortal Domain so he could refine Nine-Turn Immortal Pills to help them live another lifetime.

Taiyi reunited with his family and confidantes after becoming a Red Dust Immortal, then began forging a furnace to refine the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill. As the forging proceeded, the heavens sensed an Immortal Artifact taking shape and sent down tribulation lightning.

• Taiyi told Yan Fei and the others that he had gathered the materials needed to refine the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill.
• Yan Fei brought the women from the Small Immortal Domain to Eastern Emperor Mountain, where they reunited with Taiyi and learned he had become an immortal.
• Taiyi recounted his lives in the Emperor's Fall Era, including meeting the Desolate Heavenly Emperor and reaching the immortal peak through his own transformations.
• Taiyi began forging a pill furnace beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree, while his family watched and studied his techniques.
• The heavens sent down a vast sea of lightning as Taiyi's Immortal Artifact neared completion.

The Eastern Emperor forged an Immortal Artifact pill furnace and refined Nine-Turn Immortal Pills, then welcomed Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou and gave them pills. He revealed that he had become an immortal, leaving them astonished by his achievement.

• The Eastern Emperor commanded the tribulation lightning and visions to withdraw, then forged a phoenix blood red gold pill furnace that was a genuine Immortal Artifact.
• He used rare immortal treasures to refine Nine-Turn Immortal Pills and gave the first batch to those gathered at Eastern Emperor Mountain.
• Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou arrived, watched the Eastern Emperor refine more pills, and accepted two each from him.
• Ye Fan asked whether the Eastern Emperor had become an immortal, and the Eastern Emperor openly confirmed it.

The Eastern Emperor revealed that he had lived nine lives and become an immortal after traveling back in time, then announced that he would establish the Heavenly Court. Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou agreed to join, and the Eastern Emperor went to the Small Immortal Domain to gather support.

• The Eastern Emperor told Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou that he had returned to the past and lived nine lives to attain immortality.
• The Eastern Emperor showed Ye Fan a mass of genuine Immortal Blood, which Ye Fan examined in shock.
• The Eastern Emperor announced that he would establish the Heavenly Court and invited Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou to join.
• Ye Fan and Gai Jiuyou accepted, and the Eastern Emperor set a three-month timeline for the court's formal establishment.
• The Eastern Emperor traveled to Flying Immortal Star and entered the Small Immortal Domain, where Yaoguang Holy Land's disciples welcomed him.

The Eastern Emperor invited the Yaoguang Holy Land and powerful figures from across the world to join the Heavenly Court he planned to establish. After confirming that he had become an immortal, he explained how one could defy the harsh environment and become a Red Dust Immortal, leaving the assembled powerhouses stunned.

• The Eastern Emperor asked Weiwei and Danyangzi whether the Yaoguang Holy Land would merge into the Heavenly Court, and they agreed.
• The Eastern Emperor summoned powerhouses at alternative Dao attainment or above to the Yaoguang Holy Land, where they sensed his overwhelming immortal aura.
• The Eastern Emperor invited the gathered powerhouses to join the Heavenly Court, assuring them that joining was voluntary.
• Zhang Bairen asked whether the Eastern Emperor had become an immortal, and the Eastern Emperor confirmed it by releasing his aura.
• The Eastern Emperor explained that reversing life for nine lifetimes could make someone a Red Dust Immortal, citing the Desolate Heavenly Emperor as the first in history.

The Eastern Emperor secured the allegiance of numerous Imperial Dao powerhouses and began preparing to establish the Heavenly Court. He rewarded his new followers with Nine-Turn Immortal Pills and promised to restore the severed Imperial Dao ranks of three Ancient Emperors, while declaring plans that reached beyond the Human Universe.

• The Eastern Emperor’s revelation that he had reversed life for nine lifetimes convinced Zhang Bairen and the gathered powerhouses, including the three Ancient Emperors, Laozi, Dao Yi, Taichu, and others, to join the Heavenly Court.
• The Eastern Emperor distributed Nine-Turn Immortal Pills as welcome gifts and told the Myriad Dragon Emperor, Golden Ancient Emperor, and Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor that he would restore their Imperial Dao ranks before they took their pills.
• The Eastern Emperor announced that he would establish the Heavenly Court in the Big Dipper Star Domain in three months and said its campaigns would extend beyond the Immortal Domain and the Human Universe.
• The powerhouses bowed to accept the Eastern Emperor’s decree, and he asked Danyangzi and Weiwei to gather the Yaoguang Holy Land’s disciples, reorganize its divisions, and train them into an army.
• After the other powerhouses departed, Danyangzi, Weiwei, and the Eastern Emperor’s fellow disciples arrived, and the Eastern Emperor received them.

The Eastern Emperor healed Myriad Dragon Emperor, Golden Ancient Emperor, and Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor, restoring them to their Imperial Dao peaks. He then began building the new Heavenly Court, completing its palace and a powerful Immortal Dao Formation before announcing that he would open an Immortal Divine Realm.

• The Eastern Emperor repaired Myriad Dragon Emperor’s immortal platform, restoring him to his peak and earning his renewed oath of loyalty.
• The Eastern Emperor healed Golden Ancient Emperor and Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor, returning both to the Imperial Dao Realm without defects.
• At Eastern Emperor Mountain, the Eastern Emperor assigned his followers to forge the Heavenly Court’s equipment while he made its palace and planned a Divine Realm.
• The Eastern Emperor and his Dao body forged the Heavenly Palace and the Heavenly Cycle Star Grand Formation from rare materials and three hundred and sixty-five formation flags.
• The completed formation’s power made the Firmament’s approaching tribulation lightning vanish, startling Ye Fan, Gai Jiuyou, and the others.
• The Eastern Emperor appeared outside the Big Dipper Star Domain and invited interested people to watch him open an Immortal Divine Realm within the Human Universe.

The Eastern Emperor opened a vast Heavenly Realm above the Nine Heavens, using the Chaos Bell to stabilize it and sealing in its longevity substance. He established the Heavenly Court’s headquarters there and said he would merge it with the Small Immortal Domain after advancing further.

• The Eastern Emperor summoned the gathered powerhouses to witness him open a Heavenly Realm above the Nine Heavens.
• He tore through the myriad Dao, suppressed the heavenly punishment, and opened a small universe with a punch.
• The Chaos Bell stabilized the newborn realm, where the onlookers discovered longevity substance and rare immortal materials.
• The Eastern Emperor formed thirty-three layers of heaven and sealed the realm to keep its longevity substance from dispersing.
• He placed a grand Heavenly Palace at the realm’s center, named the realm the Heavenly Realm, and declared it the Heavenly Court’s headquarters.
• The Eastern Emperor invited the powerhouses to cultivate there and promised to merge it with the Small Immortal Domain after advancing further.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi formally established the Heavenly Court, which expanded across the universe over the next thousand years. On the Primordial Ancient Star, he created a powerful Nine-Colored Immortal Metal Saint Spirit from a faith-filled statue and the essence of nine Supremes, astonishing the powerhouses who arrived.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi proclaimed the Heavenly Court's establishment before the gathered powerhouses, with Ye Fan, Taichu, Di Huang, Zhang Bairen, and others joining him.
• The Heavenly Court recruited cultivators and gained the submission of forces across the universe, bringing star domain after star domain under its rule over a thousand years.
• Taiyi gathered the universe's power of faith into a Nine-Colored Immortal Gold statue and declared that its nascent consciousness would become his incarnation.
• Taiyi drained the Imperial Dao laws and essence qi of nine suppressed Supremes into the statue, transforming it into a Nine-Colored Immortal Metal Saint Spirit with Heavenly Emperor-level strength.
• Ye Fan, Yan Fei, Di Chu, Gai Jiuyou, and other powerhouses rushed to the Primordial Ancient Star and were astonished to discover the Saint Spirit beside Taiyi.

The Eastern Emperor created a Nine-Colored Immortal Metal Saint Spirit faith body, named it Hao Tian and appointed it Jade Emperor Great Heavenly Venerable to rule the Heavenly Court. After preaching the Dao, he revealed that he planned to seek Emperor Zun in the Strange World, then reached into chaos to deal with hidden enemies.

• The Eastern Emperor explained that his faith body had strength comparable to his seventh lifetime and could grow as it absorbed the faith of living beings.
• The Eastern Emperor named his incarnation Hao Tian, titled him Jade Emperor Great Heavenly Venerable, and sent him to preside over the Heavenly Court.
• The Eastern Emperor preached the Dao on Eastern Emperor Mountain for three months, then continued teaching his children and confidantes for another three months.
• The Eastern Emperor told his companions that he intended to visit the Strange World to find Emperor Zun, whom he believed had faked his death and might have become a Red Dust Immortal.
• The Eastern Emperor rose and reached into the depths of chaos to seize several hidden enemies.

The Eastern Emperor exterminated Source God and Source Ghost, seized the Heaven-Piercing Immortal Treasure, and gave the chaos monster to Hua Yunfei to strengthen his Chaos Body. He then entered a Strange World, where he encountered Great Emperor Wushi and a group of Imperial Dao experts.

• The Eastern Emperor found Source God, Source Ghost, and the chaos monster, killed Source God and Source Ghost, and sealed the Heaven-Piercing Immortal Treasure.
• The Eastern Emperor gave the chaos monster to Hua Yunfei and tossed the sealed immortal treasure to Yan Fei, who asked to fuse it into his Emperor Pagoda.
• Three days later, the Eastern Emperor opened a passage into the Strange World and urged the watching experts to cultivate until they could campaign in the Immortal Domain.
• Inside the Strange World, the Eastern Emperor suppressed an approaching Imperial Dao Powerhouse with his gaze and sensed the world's secrets through its Heavenly Heart Imprint.
• Great Emperor Wushi arrived with Imperial Dao experts, including the former Desolate Lord, Qilin Ancient Emperor, Huo Qizi, and Huo Lin'er.

The Eastern Emperor arrived in Great Emperor Wushi’s world as an immortal and easily captured the Undying Heavenly Emperor and Dijun. He planned to use the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s immortal phoenix essence blood and mark to help Lin Jia, Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, and the other women undergo nirvana transformations.

• Great Emperor Wushi and the other powerhouses were stunned when the Eastern Emperor confirmed he had become an immortal.
• The Eastern Emperor reached across space and trapped the Undying Heavenly Emperor in an indestructible cage of Immortal Dao laws.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor pleaded to join forces, but the Eastern Emperor rejected him and said he intended to make him prey for others’ transformations.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor tried to burn his essence blood and self-destruct, but the Eastern Emperor suppressed him completely.
• The Eastern Emperor sensed Dijun fleeing, seized him with his other hand, and easily suppressed him as well.

The Eastern Emperor suppressed Dijun and the Undying Heavenly Emperor, then accepted Great Emperor Wushi’s invitation to visit his Daoist Grounds. Emperor Zun learned of the Eastern Emperor’s arrival and argued with the opposing consciousness within himself, while the chapter ended as Great Emperor Wushi began speaking privately with the Eastern Emperor after three months of Dao preaching.

• Great Emperor Wushi praised the Eastern Emperor for suppressing Dijun and the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and the Eastern Emperor encouraged Wushi’s prospects of becoming a Battle Immortal.
• Great Emperor Wushi invited the Eastern Emperor to his Daoist Grounds, and the Eastern Emperor accepted while considering the search for Emperor Zun.
• News of Dijun and the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s suppression spread through the Strange World and shocked its inhabitants.
• Emperor Zun learned of the Eastern Emperor’s arrival and argued with the opposing consciousness within himself over his schemes and past failures.
• The Eastern Emperor preached the Dao at Great Emperor Wushi’s Daoist Grounds for three months, then Wushi began a private conversation with him.

The Eastern Emperor told Great Emperor Wushi that Emperor Zun had survived and planned to refine both worlds into a World Cauldron, then explained the Immortal Peak and his own cultivation. He tracked Emperor Zun to a hidden world and forced him out, whereupon Emperor Zun declared he would refine the Eastern Emperor.

• The Eastern Emperor confirmed that Emperor Zun had survived, become a Red Dust Immortal, and laid plans to refine both worlds into a World Cauldron.
• The Eastern Emperor explained to Great Emperor Wushi that he had reached the Immortal Peak and was continuing to accumulate strength rather than rush into the Immortal King Realm.
• The Eastern Emperor left Great Emperor Wushi's Daoist grounds and opened a passage into a hidden small world, alarming powerhouses across the Strange World.
• Emperor Zun emerged from the passage, and the Imperial Dao Powerhouses recognized the supposedly dead founder of the Ancient Heavenly Court.
• The Eastern Emperor confronted Emperor Zun, who admitted he had underestimated him and threatened to refine him; the Eastern Emperor then struck without replying.

The Eastern Emperor destroyed Emperor Zun’s attempt to refine the Human World and the Strange World, then defeated him and captured his primordial spirits. One spirit revealed that the violent Emperor Zun was not the real one, and the calmer spirit confirmed that it was.

• Emperor Zun activated his formation to fuse the Human World and the Strange World into a World Cauldron and refine their inhabitants and Dao Fruits.
• The Eastern Emperor tore apart the forming World Cauldron with one strike and confronted Emperor Zun’s true body.
• Emperor Zun attacked the Eastern Emperor, but the Eastern Emperor overwhelmed him and used the Chaos Bell to suppress his primordial spirit.
• Emperor Zun’s body exploded, and his primordial spirit’s own attack was turned against it, leaving it badly wounded.
• The Eastern Emperor captured a second, calmer primordial spirit that had separated from Emperor Zun’s body.
• The calmer spirit told the Eastern Emperor that it was the real Emperor Zun and that the hostile spirit was not.

The Eastern Emperor learned how Emperor Zun’s dark Primordial Spirit had taken control of him and destroyed it, then chose to spare the weakened Emperor Zun. After Great Emperor Wushi arrived, the Eastern Emperor offered to take him back to the Human World.

• Emperor Zun explained that strange black blood had created a dark Primordial Spirit, which seized his body and tried to refine the Dao Fruits of the Heavenly Court’s members.
• The Eastern Emperor confirmed Emperor Zun’s account, shattered Dark Emperor Zun with the Chaos Bell, and released Emperor Zun’s main Primordial Spirit.
• The Eastern Emperor spared Emperor Zun, saying that his potential would be needed for the dangers ahead.
• Emperor Zun suspected the black blood came from a being at the True Immortal or Immortal King level, and he and the Eastern Emperor agreed that becoming an Immortal King would bring answers.
• Great Emperor Wushi arrived, learned that Dark Emperor Zun had directed the attempt to refine both worlds, and accepted the Eastern Emperor’s offer to return to the Human World with him.

The Eastern Emperor returned from the Strange World with Great Emperor Wushi and revealed that Emperor Zun had survived as a Red Dust Immortal after being corrupted by mysterious black blood. A thousand years later, Ye Fan visited the Eastern Emperor on Eastern Emperor Mountain to ask for guidance on longevity methods.

• The Eastern Emperor returned from the Strange World with Great Emperor Wushi, who reunited with the Black Emperor and accepted Di Chu as his disciple, giving him light immortal gold.
• The Eastern Emperor told Di Huang that Emperor Zun was alive, explained how black blood had created a dark primordial spirit, and gave him Emperor Zun's letter.
• The Eastern Emperor dismissed the gathered cultivators, while Great Emperor Wushi took the Black Emperor to the Jade Pool Ruins.
• The Eastern Emperor returned to Eastern Emperor Mountain with Yan Fei, her siblings, and his confidantes, distributed treasures, and spent a thousand years cultivating and advising them.
• Ye Fan visited the Eastern Emperor to seek advice after encountering difficulties researching Immortal Medicine and longevity methods.

The Eastern Emperor taught Ye Fan, Yan Fei, Di Chu, and Dijun about the immortal realms and the arduous path to the immortal peak, then spent three thousand years preparing before leaving the Human Universe for the Boundary Sea. He arrived at its embankment, ready to temper himself and pursue the Immortal King Realm.

• The Eastern Emperor explained the True Immortal and Immortal King realms and urged Ye Fan and the others to rely on their own transformations rather than Immortal Medicine or Nine-Turn Immortal Pills.
• The Eastern Emperor revealed that he had lived ten lifetimes to reach the immortal peak and said establishing a sixth secret realm could give them hope of reaching it.
• Three thousand years passed, and the Eastern Emperor prepared to leave after making Substitute Death Talismans for his companions and arranging for Hao Tian and his Holy Light Dao Body to protect and guide them.
• The Eastern Emperor bade farewell to Yan Fei, Di Chu, Dijun, and the women, then pierced the human world's realm barrier and departed.
• The Eastern Emperor crossed the chaotic passage and reached the Boundary Sea, where he saw its vast waves, floating ancient realms, and distant divine islands.

The Eastern Emperor spent tens of thousands of years refining his Physical Body Method and Primordial Spirit Method while crossing the Boundary Sea, then fought a Dark Immortal King who attacked him. As the Eastern Emperor gained the upper hand, another powerful dark figure arrived, turning the battle into a confrontation with multiple enemies.

• The Eastern Emperor traveled for three hundred years to reach an ancient Island Ship and continued cultivating as it sailed through the Boundary Sea.
• After tens of thousands of years, the Eastern Emperor perfected his methods to the limits of his realm and sensed a black-misted figure approaching.
• The black-misted figure attacked with a blue-gold War Spear, and the Eastern Emperor countered with the Chaos Bell and Vajra Bracelet.
• The Eastern Emperor fought the Dark Immortal King Wugu, holding his own and gradually gaining the advantage.
• Wugu dismembered himself and used his dark Immortal King blood to force the Eastern Emperor to retreat.
• Another black-misted figure arrived after sensing the disturbance and mocked Wugu for his poor performance.

Eastern Emperor fought two dark Immortal Kings, using his three equally powerful Dao bodies to gain the advantage and destroy their physical bodies. He purified the dark matter that had stained him, but the Kings’ primordial spirits remained, and his Dao bodies began suppressing one within a vast furnace.

• Chikun joined Wugu and attacked Eastern Emperor from the other side with a dark-gold battle saber.
• Eastern Emperor evaded their combined assault with space-time powers and created three Dao bodies equal in strength to his true body.
• Eastern Emperor used the Chaos Bell to briefly restrain Wugu and Chikun, then struck them with his Dao bodies and sent them flying with severe injuries.
• Eastern Emperor and his Dao bodies relentlessly attacked the two dark Immortal Kings, eventually destroying their physical bodies despite suffering injuries himself.
• Eastern Emperor forced the dark matter out of his body, while his three Dao bodies formed a vast furnace to suppress one of the Kings’ surviving primordial spirits.

The Eastern Emperor refined the dark Immortal Kings Wugu and Chikun, gaining treasures and deepening his Dao before roaming the Boundary Sea for a hundred thousand years. He discovered a realm that seemed to be a fragment of the broken Immortal Domain, where an unknown Immortal King confronted him.

• The Eastern Emperor suppressed the primordial spirits of Wugu and Chikun and left the battlefield with them and their shattered weapons.
• He spent over ten thousand years refining Wugu, then five thousand years refining Chikun, extracting secrets and valuable materials including a genuine World Stone.
• The Eastern Emperor used the Immortal Kings' Daos to improve his own cultivation and planned to fuse the World Stone and weapon fragments into his treasures after reaching the Immortal King realm.
• He roamed the Boundary Sea for a hundred thousand years, battling dark Immortal Dao beings and finding no uncorrupted Immortal Kings.
• The Eastern Emperor sensed a realm resembling a fragment of the Immortal Domain and approached it aboard an ancient Island Ship.
• An unknown Immortal King attacked as the Eastern Emperor entered the realm, and the two clashed across its boundary.