Chapter Summaries

Taiyi remained in the Fifteenth Mining Area after sensing that a great opportunity was near. When a deadly gray mist emerged from a mine shaft, he entered it with Han Dong and Lin Qing to investigate, leaving Yao Xi outside.

• Yao Xi told Taiyi that the major powers had pressured the Yaoguang Holy Land about the Bronze Immortal Palace, but Taiyi said he did not care about their opinions.
• Taiyi explained that Nine Secrets: Shu had warned him an opportunity connected to him was about to appear in the mining area.
• A steward reported that an ominous gray mist had emerged from a neighboring shaft and killed several miners, including the Four Extremes cultivator Qin.
• Taiyi asked Han Dong and Lin Qing to investigate the mine with him while Yao Xi stayed behind with the others.
• Taiyi summoned the pitch-black Ancient Pagoda to shield himself, Han Dong, and Lin Qing as they entered the gray mist and swept into the ancient mine.

Taiyi discovered a Primordial Ancestral Artifact hidden beneath the mining area and was drawn inside when he tried to take it. After defeating its trials with ease, he faced nine Primordial Prodigies who attacked him together.

• Taiyi used the Ancient Pagoda to open a passage beneath the mining area, revealing a vast cavern and a green-gold pyramid.
• Taiyi identified the pyramid as a Primordial Ancestral Artifact and merged with the Saint Shell to try to claim it.
• The pyramid pulled Taiyi inside, while Han Dong and Lin Qing failed to suppress it with the black Ancient Pagoda.
• Taiyi was separated from the Saint Shell and fought through waves of Primordial creatures, reaching the Thirtieth Trial without finding a worthy opponent.
• Nine Primordial Prodigies from different races appeared and attacked Taiyi at once.

Taiyi fought through the trials of the Thirty-Three-Tier Ancient Pagoda and defeated its strongest ancient-race expert, who had mastered Nine Secrets: Qian. After the enemy was branded onto the Chaos Bell, Taiyi sat atop the pagoda and communicated with the Deity.

• Taiyi defeated the primordial prodigies in the earlier trials with the Chaos Bell and his Sun Sacred Body Phenomenon, branding them onto the bell.
• In the thirty-third trial, Taiyi clashed with an ancient-race expert whose Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda and Eight Prohibitions made him the strongest foe yet.
• The ancient-race expert used Nine Secrets: Qian to attack Taiyi's Divine Sense, but Taiyi countered with his own golden-bell manifestation and gained the advantage.
• Taiyi pursued the wounded expert with the Sun God Movement Technique, Sun God Fist, and Chaos Bell, breaking his bones and suppressing him.
• Taiyi branded the ancient-race expert onto the Chaos Bell, then sat cross-legged atop the Thirty-Three-Tier Ancient Pagoda and communicated with the Deity.

Taiyi claimed the damaged Green-Gold Tower after winning the recognition of its deity, then faced an ancient woman who arrived too late to take it. The chapter then shifted to Hao Tian, whose transformation into a nine-colored immortal metal saint spirit greatly extended his lifespan and left the forbidden-zone Supremes wary of him.

• Taiyi emerged from the Green-Gold Tower and summoned it into his forehead while Han Dong and Lin Qing watched.
• Taiyi warned an aged woman that she had arrived too late, and she departed without confronting them.
• Taiyi told Han Lin and his companion that the Green-Gold Tower was a damaged Primordial Ancestral Artifact whose deity had survived and that it could wield power comparable to an ordinary Quasi-Emperor Weapon.
• Hao Tian reflected on how becoming a nine-colored immortal metal saint spirit had transformed his body and raised his expected lifespan to more than fifty thousand years.
• Hao Tian looked toward the forbidden zones, causing the watching Supremes to withdraw their gazes.

Taiyi reunited with Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Yao Xi after escaping the Bronze Immortal Palace and treated them to a rare Eight-Treasure Chicken feast. The group eagerly ate the delicacy, while Taiyi had yet to explain what he had gained inside the palace.

• Taiyi told Ye Fan and Pang Bo that he had recently come out of the Bronze Immortal Palace, astonishing them and Yao Xi.
• Taiyi carried the group to a mountain so they could speak in private.
• Taiyi produced the Imitation Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron and an Eight-Treasure Chicken, which he said was one of the Primordial Eight Delicacies.
• Pang Bo prepared the chicken while Ye Fan added Divine Spring water, Ancient Medicine, and seasonings to the broth.
• Taiyi cooked the soup with dao fire, and the group eagerly feasted on the fragrant Eight-Treasure Chicken.

Taiyi offered Ye Fan a Dao Palace scripture in exchange for a small amount of the black-and-yellow quintessence Ye Fan and Pang Bo had found. Ye Fan accepted and chose the Western Empress Scripture, leaving Yao Xi concerned that his cultivation methods might not connect across the Five Great Secret Realms.

• Taiyi told Ye Fan and Pang Bo that he understood why they had hidden the Source Root of Mother Qi of All Things, since he had also kept his Chaos Immortal Gold secret.
• Taiyi offered Ye Fan either the Dao Palace Scroll of the Dao Scripture or the Western Empress Scripture in exchange for a small amount of black-and-yellow quintessence.
• Ye Fan agreed to the exchange because he urgently needed a Dao Palace cultivation method and trusted Taiyi.
• Ye Fan chose the Dao Palace Scroll of the Western Empress Scripture instead of the Dao Scripture.
• Yao Xi warned Ye Fan that combining scriptures from different sources could prevent his Five Great Secret Realms from connecting.

Ye Fan chose the Western Empress Scripture’s Dao Palace Scroll and gave Taiyi a portion of Xuanhuang Essence in exchange for help and a possible future trade of True Scripture volumes. Taiyi brought Ye Fan and the others to the Fire Domain to forge an artifact, where he summoned An Miaoyi and Little White Tiger from the Lihuo Divine Furnace.

• Ye Fan chose to cultivate the strongest scripture available in each secret realm and received the Dao Palace Scroll of the Western Empress Scripture from Taiyi.
• Ye Fan used the Purple Gold Gourd to give Taiyi roughly one-tenth of the Xuanhuang Essence from the green copper fragment.
• Taiyi offered to trade Ye Fan the Immortal Platform Volume of the Sun True Scripture if Ye Fan obtained the corresponding volume of the Taiyin True Scripture.
• Taiyi invited Ye Fan to the Fire Domain to forge an artifact, and two days later brought him, Pang Bo, Yao Xi, and the others there by crossing space.
• Taiyi summoned An Miaoyi and Little White Tiger from the Lihuo Divine Furnace, and Ye Fan and Pang Bo reacted with surprise at An Miaoyi’s beauty.

Taiyi brought Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, and Little White Tiger into the Fire Domain, lending Ye Fan a cauldron and giving precious materials to the others to forge treasures. After leaving them in the sixth layer, Taiyi entered the deeper layers alone and reached the ninth layer to seek immortal fire for repairing a Supreme Artifact.

• Taiyi protected the group with his Ancient Pagoda as they entered the sixth layer of the Fire Domain.
• Taiyi lent Ye Fan the Imitation Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron so he and Pang Bo could refine an artifact and cultivate safely.
• Taiyi gave Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, and Little White Tiger rare divine materials, including immortal gold for the two women.
• Taiyi left the Ancient Pagoda with Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, and Little White Tiger before entering the seventh and eighth layers alone.
• Taiyi merged with the Saint Shell and entered the ninth layer to seek immortal fire.

Taiyi reforged the Chaos Bell with Xuanhuang materials, inscribed it with Emperor Characters and Dao Patterns, and stored nine-colored flames in the Purple Gold Gourd. In the Ninth Layer of the Fire Domain, he then discovered the rare Immortal Fire and recognized its deadly reputation.

• Taiyi melted and reforged the Chaos Bell with the essence of the Mother Qi of All Things and Xuanhuang Qi.
• Taiyi inscribed the new Chaos Bell with Emperor Characters and copied Dao Patterns, completing it after half a month.
• Taiyi placed the Chaos Bell in his secret realms to nurture it and collected a vast quantity of nine-colored flames in the Purple Gold Gourd.
• Taiyi spotted a flame shaped like a small tree in the Ninth Layer of the Fire Domain and identified it as the legendary Immortal Fire.
• Taiyi recalled that the Immortal Fire had killed a true immortal and brought misfortune to those who tried to claim it, but welcomed his discovery.

Taiyi placed the damaged Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda above the Immortal Fire, which began repairing it, and spent two months studying a Sage Manuscript. Outside the Fire Domain, the Little White Tiger underwent a stunning tribulation, leaving onlookers shocked by its potential and connection to the Eastern Emperor.

• Taiyi protected himself with the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar and set the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda above the Immortal Fire.
• Taiyi saw the Immortal Fire begin healing the pagoda’s cracks, then waited while studying a Sage Manuscript from Yaoguang Holy Lord Li Daoqing.
• The Little White Tiger fought a powerful Heavenly Tribulation outside the Fire Domain while its great seal underwent the lightning’s baptism.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Yao Xi learned that Xiaobai had the Heavenly Demon Physique and had been strengthened with the Demon Emperor’s essence blood and the Demon God Flower.
• Cultivators gathered to watch the tribulation, recognized the Little White Tiger as the Eastern Emperor’s mount, and marveled at its talent.

The little white tiger completed its Four Extremes tribulation outside the Fire Domain, but a hidden powerhouse attacked it as it recovered. Yao Xi and An Miaoyi intervened, and several Dragon Transformation powerhouses charged toward them.

• Cultivators watching the little white tiger's tribulation recognized its great Luo silver essence seal and coveted the rare treasure.
• The little white tiger endured the final nine lightning bolts, and its silver seal shattered as the tribulation ended.
• A hidden powerhouse attacked the wounded tiger, but Yao Xi struck back with the Inherited Saint Weapon Taiyi had left behind.
• An Miaoyi also confronted the attackers, using Taiyin sacred power to meet a second hand head-on.
• Several aged Dragon Transformation powerhouses charged forward with murderous intent.

Yao Xi and An Miaoyi fought puppet avatars of Dragon Transformation experts without falling behind, while Little White Tiger killed another puppet with its overwhelming strength. The onlookers marveled at the trio’s power, and Ye Fan and Pang Bo resolved to grow stronger.

• Yao Xi and An Miaoyi recognized their attackers as puppet avatars and battled several Dragon Transformation experts, drawing astonished reactions from the watching cultivators.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo watched from afar and resolved to reach the Four Extremes Realm as soon as possible.
• A Dragon Transformation puppet attacked the bloodied Little White Tiger, but the tiger blocked its halberd with a claw and counterattacked with the Heavenly Demon Eight Forms.
• Little White Tiger tore apart the puppet’s weapons and killed it with a beam from the vertical eye between its brows, while the puppeteer severed its connection to avoid being traced.
• The cultivators marveled at Little White Tiger’s ability to defeat a Dragon Transformation opponent, and Ye Fan praised its astonishing strength.

Yao Xi and An Miaoyi demonstrated their formidable strength while fighting Dragon Transformation experts, revealing rare divine weapons and an ancient musical inheritance. Their opponents were killed, while Ye Fan reaffirmed his resolve to break through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm and return to Earth.

• Pang Bo encouraged Ye Fan to break the curse and reach the Four Extremes Secret Realm, though Jin Tailang's talent made him doubt Ye Fan could dominate the age.
• Ye Fan vowed that he would break through to Four Extremes and return to Earth to see his parents, no matter the cost.
• Yao Xi wielded a sword forged from black jade king and dragon-patterned black gold, killing two Dragon Transformation experts with her Holy Light Technique.
• An Miaoyi used her red jade king zither to fend off two Dragon Transformation experts and revealed the Nine Tribulations Phoenix Melody Taiyi had obtained for her from Hua Yunfei.
• An Miaoyi's nine divine phoenixes destroyed her opponents' weapons and tore both Dragon Transformation experts apart.

Taiyi finished restoring the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda in the Ninth Layer of the Fire Domain and emerged, ready to break through to the Immortal Platform. Outside, Hell assassins attacked Yao Xi, but she crushed them with the Inherited Saint Weapon.

• Cultivators outside the Fire Domain marveled at An Miaoyi's prowess and the rare materials in her zither, speculating that Taiyi had given it to her.
• Taiyi completed the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda's restoration, and the Immortal Fire carrying it disappeared into an ancient cave.
• Taiyi left the Ninth Layer of the Fire Domain and headed outside, intending to break through to the Immortal Platform.
• Seven Hell assassins emerged from the void and attacked Yao Xi, but she and the others drove them back.
• Yao Xi activated the Inherited Saint Weapon and crushed the assassins, then killed them with its black light.

Taiyi fought off a coordinated ambush by assassins from Hell and Human World in the Fifth Layer of the Fire Domain, but their Inherited Saint Weapon forced him to reveal his own hidden trump card. He merged with the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body Remains as the battle escalated.

• Taiyi detected four Half-Step Great Powers and blocked their assassination strikes with his body, Chaos Bell, and a Primordial Spirit sword.
• Five more Half-Step Great Powers from Human World joined the attack, and Taiyi fought back with his Holy Light Technique and divine abilities while suffering injuries.
• Taiyi called out Hell and Human World and revealed the aura of a Saint Weapon.
• The assassins combined their strength to deploy an Inherited Saint Weapon and withstand Taiyi's pressure.
• Taiyi stopped hiding his trump card and merged with the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body Remains stored in his Bitter Sea.

Taiyi used the Green-Gold Tower and Nine Secret: Bing to destroy the Hell and Human World assassins and suppress their Holy Sword. He escaped with Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, Little White Tiger, Ye Fan, and Pang Bo toward Yaoguang Holy Land as Hell vowed revenge.

• Taiyi summoned the Green-Gold Tower and used Nine Secret: Bing to disrupt the assassins’ Saint Weapon, killing the Hell and Human World attackers with its pressure.
• Taiyi pursued and suppressed the escaping Holy Sword, sealing it inside the Green-Gold Tower.
• Cultivators outside the Fire Domain sensed the clash, and Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, Ye Fan, and Pang Bo went inside to check on Taiyi.
• Taiyi reunited with his companions, then used a Profound Jade Platform to take them through the void toward Yaoguang Holy Land.
• A furious figure arrived in the Fire Domain after Taiyi had left and swore that Hell would remember the loss of its Saint Weapon.

Taiyi returned Ye Fan and Pang Bo to the Northern Region, then began his tribulation to break through from Dragon Transformation to the Immortal Platform. Yaoguang’s leaders arrived and watched as the terrifying lightning filled the wilderness.

• Taiyi congratulated Ye Fan on reaching Dao Palace, reclaimed his replica Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, and sent Ye Fan and Pang Bo back through a Domain Gate.
• Taiyi told Yao Xi to keep Yaoguang’s disciples from provoking Ye Fan and Pang Bo, then went into the wilderness to undergo his tribulation.
• Taiyi stopped suppressing his aura, drawing down a vast black lightning tribulation as he advanced from Dragon Transformation toward the Immortal Platform.
• Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, Little White Tiger, and the others watched as lightning devastated the wilderness and Taiyi’s golden blood qi surged through the heavens.
• Yaoguang Holy Lord Li Daoqing and Supreme Elders Han Dong and Lin Qing arrived at the Fifteenth Mining Area, learned Taiyi was undergoing another tribulation, and rushed out to watch.

Taiyi endured an extraordinary lightning tribulation as he broke through from Dragon Transformation into the Immortal Platform Secret Realm. His breakthrough triggered a terrifying deluge of lightning, with visions of vast ancient palaces appearing in the storm as he continued tempering his body and consciousness.

• The Yaoguang Holy Lord Li Daoqing and nearby cultivators watched in shock as Taiyi withstood the lightning tribulation without resisting.
• Li Daoqing identified the storm as a rare, heaven-defying tribulation for ascending from Dragon Transformation to the Immortal Platform.
• Ancient halls appeared within the sea of lightning, startling Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, Li Daoqing, and the other onlookers.
• Taiyi opened the Immortal Platform Secret Realm as his primordial spirit sat upon the platform formed by his rising great dragon.
• The Great Dao triggered the full heavenly punishment, and Taiyi endured its many kinds of lightning despite his body being torn and his bones fractured.

Taiyi endured the heavenly lightning, recovered with the Sun Rebirth Art, and faced Humanoid Lightning wielding weapons resembling legendary imperial treasures. The chapter ended with observers realizing the figures might be imprints of Ancient Great Emperors preserved in the laws of heaven and earth.

• Taiyi's Golden Little Man absorbed the lightning as the Chaos Bell emerged to shield him with Chaos Qi and Xuanhuang Qi.
• Taiyi used the Sun Rebirth Art to heal his battered flesh and Divine Sense, then reached his peak strength.
• A Humanoid Lightning figure carrying a crimson furnace attacked Taiyi, and observers recognized the weapon's resemblance to the Jiang Family's Hengyu Furnace.
• Taiyi fought the figure with his Sun God Fist and Chaos Bell while the furnace clashed against the bell.
• A second Humanoid Lightning appeared carrying a mirror resembling the Ji Family's Void Mirror, and observers concluded the figures could be imprints of Ancient Great Emperors.

Taiyi faced nine humanoid lightning manifestations of Ancient Great Emperors during his tribulation, revealing that he wielded the Battle Saint Method and multiple powerful techniques. After the emperors overwhelmed him and left him badly wounded, he prepared to face them all.

• Taiyi used the Chaos Bell and the Battle Saint Method to summon manifestations of the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron and Hengyu Furnace, astonishing the watching experts.
• Taiyi used his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye and Sun divine art to counter Emperor Hengyu, then confronted the lightning manifestation of Taihuang and the Western Emperor Pagoda alongside the Queen Mother of the West.
• Great Emperor Wushi's bell struck Taiyi and sent him flying, leaving him coughing blood and nearly split apart.
• Four more humanoid lightning bolts appeared, identified as Great Emperor Fuxi, Jiuli Great Emperor, Shenzhou Great Emperor, and Amitabha Great Emperor, bringing the total to nine.
• Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, Little White Tiger, Yaoguang Holy Lord Li Daoqing, and the others worried as Taiyi told the nine emperors to come at him.