Chapter Summaries

Taiyi rejected severing his past memories and began his Dao-severing tribulation in the outer regions. His terrifying tribulation drew the attention of powerful figures across the Ziwei Star Domain, who watched as imperial visions appeared around him.

• Taiyi meditated beneath the Fusang Divine Tree and recultivated his secret realms while studying the Sun Saint Emperor's writings.
• After a long meditation, Taiyi realized that his past and present selves were one and that he had no need to sever his memories.
• Taiyi gave Zixia his treasures and used a formation platform to travel to the outer regions for his tribulation.
• Vast waves of lightning engulfed Taiyi as ancient imperial manifestations and auspicious visions appeared around him.
• Powerful figures across the Ziwei Star Domain observed the tribulation and recognized Taiyi, astonished by its scale and the visions surrounding him.

Taiyi endured the unprecedented tribulation of Severing the Dao, battling humanoid lightning figures of ancient emperors while his divine weapons and clones fought alongside him. Observers watched in awe as he fought nine opponents at once, and the clash between the Wushi Bell and Chaos Bell continued above the lightning sea.

• Taiyi endured tribulation lightning as it tempered his body, primordial spirit, Chaos Bell, Nine Divine Weapons, and four Immortal Gold Arrows.
• Lightning formed emperor weapons and then summoned humanoid figures including the Sun Saint Emperor, Taiyin Human Emperor, Void Emperor, Emperor Hengyu, and Great Emperor Wushi to attack him.
• Taiyi fought the humanoid figures with his weapons and the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones technique, creating three Dao bodies to join the battle.
• Great sects watched through formation platforms and resolved to keep their disciples from provoking the Sun God Sect if Taiyi survived.
• The Chaos Bell and Wushi Bell collided violently above the sea of lightning.

Taiyi and his three Dao bodies battled the humanoid lightning figures of ancient emperors during his tribulation, combining their powers into a Heavenly Cycle Star Grand Formation. He unleashed a final overwhelming assault, but the emperors counterattacked and left him severely wounded.

• Taiyi and his three Dao bodies fought the humanoid lightning figures while the divine weapons clashed with their opponents.
• Taiyi and his Dao bodies manifested the Sun Sacred Body’s ten great phenomena and formed the Heavenly Cycle Star Grand Formation, which trapped and wounded the lightning figures.
• Taiyi triggered the divine forbidden domain, absorbed his Dao bodies into a four-faced, eight-armed heavenly emperor dharma aspect, and unleashed numerous secret techniques against the emperors.
• The humanoid lightning figures also entered the divine forbidden domain and struck back, shattering the Chaos Pure Land and dharma aspect and leaving Taiyi flying, coughing blood, and split apart.

Taiyi fought successive waves of powerful humanoid lightning figures in his Heavenly Tribulation, using his healing arts, divine weapons, and every technique at his command. He refused to evade the battle and continued charging at the newly descended enemies as his weapons broke and the tribulation raged on.

• Taiyi healed his wounds, fused with his Heavenly Emperor Dharma Aspect, and used the Eastern Emperor Bow to destroy four humanoid lightning figures.
• Five more Ancient Great Emperor figures descended, and Taiyi fought them with his fists, secret arts, and Chaos Bell.
• Taihuang, Great Emperor Fuxi, Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor, and other figures joined the tribulation, while Taiyi’s Divine Forbidden Domain and Nine Secrets: Jie expired.
• Taiyi’s Dharma Aspect and defenses were destroyed, and his body was blasted apart, but he reconstructed himself and summoned three Dao Bodies with One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.
• Taiyi repeatedly healed and fought without retreating, even as the Chaos Bell, Chaos Halberd, and Immortal Gold Arrows became badly damaged.
• Taiyi charged at several newly descended lightning figures whose identities he did not recognize, and their fierce battle continued.

Taiyi survived an unprecedented Dao-severing tribulation, reforged his weapons in the Chaos Thunder Sea, and tempered his body and Primordial Spirit. He emerged at Severing the Dao Third Heaven, while the observers across the Ziwei Star Domain could only marvel at his strength.

• Taiyi fought the Humanoid Lightning manifestations of Ancient Great Emperors until they vanished, then admitted that he had not yet exhausted the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Taiyi recovered beneath the sea of lightning and entered its palaces, which exploded whenever he tried to cross inside.
• Taiyi reforged the Chaos Bell, Heavenly Dao Battle Box, and four Immortal Gold Arrows in the Chaos Thunder Sea, turning them into King Divine Weapons.
• Taiyi plunged into the lightning and endured the destruction and rebirth of his body and Primordial Spirit as he tempered them.
• Taiyi emerged at Severing the Dao Third Heaven, and the sea of lightning and its palaces disappeared before the watching sects.
• Taiyi returned the Chaos Bell, Heavenly Dao Battle Box, and four Immortal Gold Arrows to his body as the observers gazed on.

After returning to Tang Valley, Taiyi stayed with Zixia as she carried their twins, advancing to the Fifth Heaven of Dao-Slaying while waiting for their birth. The boys were born with extraordinary constitutions, and the mysterious Wushi Bell sent gifts for them and an apology for its past schemes against Taiyi.

• Taiyi returned to Tang Valley, reunited with Zixia, and decided to stay until their children were born.
• Over the following year, Taiyi advanced to the Fifth Heaven of Dao-Slaying while Zixia suppressed her cultivation to protect the unborn twins.
• After a three-year pregnancy, Zixia gave birth amid world-shaking visions and an enormous surge of essence qi, while the Wushi Bell concealed Tang Valley from arriving cultivators.
• The twin boys were born able to speak and run, one an innate Sun Dao embryo and the other an innate sacred body Dao embryo, and they immediately tried to climb the Fusang Divine Tree.
• The Wushi Bell sent three jade bottles containing imperial blood, a Divine Medicine, and two pieces of immortal gold; Taiyi suspected the Black Emperor had encouraged the gesture.

Taiyi and Zixia named their extraordinary newborns Yan Fei and Di Chu, then prepared the treasures that would strengthen their foundations. After forging her own Dao Weapon and merging with her sealed primordial spirit, Zixia triggered a powerful tribulation outside Tang Valley and fought back with the Nine Secrets.

• Taiyi explained that the Wushi Bell had sent them to the Ziwei Star Domain, likely at the Black Emperor's urging, and that the immortal treasures they received could help their children.
• Taiyi and Zixia named their daughter Yan Fei and their son Di Chu, then watched the Fusang Divine Tree's radiance nourish them.
• Taiyi gave Zixia divine mark purple gold and taught her the Nine Secret: Bing so she could forge her own Dao Weapon.
• Over the next month, Zixia forged a Vajra Bracelet, merged with the primordial spirit sealed in her Purple Gold Gourd, and reached the point where she could no longer suppress her cultivation.
• Zixia faced the tribulation outside Tang Valley, enduring its lightning and using the Nine Secrets: Zhe to heal her wounds as she resisted the Great Dao's power.

After Zixia survived her Immortal Platform Tribulation, Taiyi remained in Tang Valley and subjected himself to brutal battles against his Dao body to temper his strength. Meanwhile, the Human Demon discovered an old man building a Five-Colored Altar on a desolate star and recognized him as the legendary Divine Resentment; Taiyi’s fight continued as the chapter ended.

• Zixia survived three successive tribulations and advanced to the third minor step of the first heaven of the immortal platform.
• The Human Demon awoke on a desolate ancient star, found an old man building a Five-Colored Altar, and recognized him as the legendary Divine Resentment.
• Taiyi used a precious pill left by Laozi to break through to the severing the Dao sixth heaven, then stayed in Tang Valley to cultivate.
• Taiyi repeatedly fought his Dao body to the death, using his divine forbidden domain to study the Dao and recover before resuming their battles.
• Taiyi and his Dao body clashed in the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda, exchanging powerful techniques including the Chaotic Heaven Secret Technique and the Undying Immortal Phoenix Seal.

After emerging from the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda, Taiyi reunited with the Human Demon, who had returned carrying the Sun Saint Emperor’s Divine Resentment and stone coffin. The coffin resonated with Taiyi, his children, and the Fusang Divine Tree, while the Human Demon asked why the old man had not awakened.

• Taiyi healed his injuries after triggering the Divine Forbidden Domain and reflected on the limits of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.
• Taiyi emerged from the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda and played with Yan Fei and Di Chu beneath the Fusang Divine Tree.
• The Human Demon arrived with a one-armed old man carrying a stone coffin, and Taiyi recognized the old man as the Sun Saint Emperor’s Divine Spirit Thought.
• The Human Demon explained that the old man was the Saint Emperor’s lingering Divine Resentment, born from his wish to return to his homeland.
• The stone coffin reacted with the Fusang Divine Tree and Taiyi’s bloodline, causing Taiyi and the children to glow; Taiyi used holy light to put the children to sleep.
• The Human Demon asked the muddled old man why he had not awakened after returning to his homeland.

Taiyi and the others discovered that the Sun Saint Emperor’s coffin held only his golden human skin, apparently left behind after a failed attempt at transformation. The Divine Resentment gave the Human Demon the Sun True Scripture and offered Taiyi the Fusang Divine Tree, while Taiyi asked to borrow the Sun Emperor Pagoda for three hundred years as the Road to Immortality approached.

• The Divine Resentment briefly turned into a black sun before the Fusang Tree cleansed him and restored his clarity.
• The Divine Resentment recognized Taiyi and Zixia’s exceptional bloodlines and praised their sleeping children as worthy successors to the Saint Emperor.
• The Divine Resentment opened the coffin and found the Saint Emperor’s golden human skin, with his flesh and blood gone.
• Taiyi concluded that the Saint Emperor had attempted and failed to transform into a new life, and the Divine Resentment agreed.
• The Divine Resentment transmitted the complete Sun True Scripture, including its Taboo Chapter, to the Human Demon.
• The Divine Resentment offered Taiyi the Fusang Divine Tree and said the Sun Emperor Pagoda must remain at Tang Valley, but Taiyi asked to borrow it for three hundred years.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.