Ch. 521Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi brought Lin Jia, Yao Xi, and An Miaoyi to the hidden Feathered Ancestral Temple, where he led them into its first level and had them fight the yin spirits inside. The women battled fiercely, but their exploration was still underway.

  • Pang Bo tricked Black Emperor by revealing that the Pang Bo he had been chasing was only an avatar, then escaped.
  • Taiyi traveled to the Central Plains and used his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye, Nine Secrets, and Sun Emperor Pagoda to find and breach the Feathered Ancestral Temple.
  • Taiyi summoned Lin Jia, Yao Xi, and An Miaoyi from the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda and told them about the temple and its hidden treasures.
  • Taiyi led the three women into the temple and purified most of the attacking yin spirits, leaving the survivors for them to fight.
  • An Miaoyi attacked the yin spirits with her Nine Tribulations Phoenix Melody, while Lin Jia froze three of them into black ice and shattered them.

Ch. 522Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi and the three women fought through the Feathered Divine Dynasty’s thirty-three levels of halls, collecting treasures and subduing God-Slaying Insects. At the final sacrificial platform, Taiyi claimed immortal tear green gold and uncovered a small stone palace containing two dead, Saint-level insects and a mysterious Stone Box.

  • Yao Xi, Lin Jia, and An Miaoyi cleared the halls’ defenders while Taiyi protected them and let them temper themselves in battle.
  • Taiyi found and sealed a chest full of God-Slaying Insects on the thirteenth level, then led the women onward as they gathered treasures and ancient insights.
  • The group reached the thirty-third level and discovered a sacrificial platform bearing immortal tear green gold and four stone spheres that released God-Slaying Insects.
  • Taiyi subdued the four insects and took them away, then shattered the sacrificial platform and exposed a small stone palace beneath it.
  • Lin Jia, Yao Xi, and An Miaoyi saw two dead God-Slaying Insects with Saint Might guarding a Stone Box, and Lin Jia wondered if it resembled a small coffin.

Ch. 523Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi and the three women entered the Thirty-Sixth Layer, where they found the remnants of the Central Plains' First Ancestral Vein and a stone fetus once nurtured there. Taiyi concluded that Yuhua Great Emperor had tried to transform himself into a Saint Spirit and begin a new life, but the chapter left the fate of that attempt unexplained.

  • Taiyi identified the stone fetus as the remains of a Saint Spirit that had already left, then split it open to reveal it was empty.
  • Lin Jia, Yao Xi, and An Miaoyi noticed imperial might lingering around the empty stone fetus.
  • Taiyi suggested that Yuhua Great Emperor had used a Longevity Method to become a Saint Spirit while preserving a wisp of his spiritual awareness.
  • Lin Jia, Yao Xi, and An Miaoyi reacted with shock to Taiyi's explanation.

Ch. 524Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi and the three women plundered the Feathered Ancestral Temple’s ancient halls, uncovering vast treasures and a miniature map of the stars. In the central hall, Taiyi found the Ascension Immortal Scripture and a beast-hide map he believed depicted Kunlun Immortal Mountain.

  • Taiyi explained that Yuhua Great Emperor might have transformed into a Saint Spirit and lived a third lifetime, then reassured the women that they had time before he could pose a threat.
  • Taiyi led the women through the ancient halls, collecting divine materials, immortal gold, scriptures, secret techniques, and sages’ insights.
  • Taiyi opened a hidden Stone Hall containing a miniature star domain map with physical models of Earth, Ziwei, and two other stars, then stored the map away.
  • Taiyi and the women reached the central hall and found a feathered green gold copy of the Ascension Immortal Scripture beside a beast-hide terrain map.
  • Taiyi put away both treasures and recognized the map as likely showing Kunlun Immortal Mountain.

Ch. 525Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi returned from the Feathered Ancestral Temple with vast treasures, including an ancient formation and pieces of its Five-Colored Altar, then studied the Ascension Immortal Scripture while the three women cultivated. After two months, the women survived their tribulations and advanced, while Taiyi prepared to leave Beidou.

  • Taiyi copied and removed an ancient formation and a corner of the Five-Colored Altar before leaving with the three women.
  • Taiyi returned to Yaoguang Holy Land and sorted the treasures, giving An Miaoyi, Yao Xi, and Lin Jia their choice of immortal gold.
  • Taiyi and the three women spent two months studying scriptures and sage records inside the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda.
  • Yao Xi, Lin Jia, and An Miaoyi drew down tribulations and successfully advanced through their respective breakthroughs.
  • Taiyi told the three women they would leave Beidou in two months, then continued studying the Ascension Immortal Scripture.

Ch. 526Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi prepared to leave Yaoguang with his companions, while Mu Yuan Great Saint and other allies remained to protect the holy lands. After Gai Jiuyou sent him a Divine Light Platform, Taiyi used it to lead his group into the starry sky, heading toward Earth.

  • Little White Tiger emerged from seclusion after advancing two levels and reaching the fifth minor step of the Second Heaven of the Immortal Platform.
  • Mu Yuan Great Saint arrived at Holy Son Peak, and Taiyi entrusted him and the other guardians with protecting Yaoguang, Purple Mansion, and Miaoyu while he traveled.
  • Xia Jiuyou visited Taiyi and gave him the Divine Light Platform that Gai Jiuyou had sent, which could carry its user across the stars.
  • An Miaoyi returned with the Jade Lake Holy Maiden, Yun Yao, and Yao Xi welcomed her warmly.
  • Pang Bo, Zhou Yi, Wang Ziwen, Zhang Ziling, Zhang Wenchang, Li Xiaoman, Liu Yiyi, and the others gathered at Yaoguang, and Taiyi departed with them and his companions using the Divine Light Platform.

Ch. 527Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi brought the surviving classmates back to Earth, where the planet’s sealed state and the Age of the End of Dharma suppressed their cultivation. He left them in City B to visit their families and arranged to meet again at Mount Tai in three months.

  • Taiyi sent a Dao Body to Yinghuo Ancient Star to kill the Crocodile Ancestor while he took the others onward to Earth.
  • The group arrived outside Earth, and satellites captured them before the images were classified as top secret.
  • Taiyi explained that Earth was the Primordial Ancient Star, sealed and now in the Age of the End of Dharma.
  • Taiyi brought the group to City B and told them to reunite at Mount Tai in three months.
  • Zhou Yi, Wang Ziwen, Zhang Ziling, Zhang Wenchang, Li Xiaoman, Liu Yiyi, and the others set off to visit their families.
  • Pang Bo told Taiyi he would visit Yezi’s parents first, and Taiyi gave him a Jade Talisman.

Ch. 528Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi and his companions prepared to return to Earth, while his Dao body hunted down the Crocodile Ancestor on Yinghuo Ancient Star. After killing him and collecting his body, the Dao body headed for Earth, where Pang Bo had already gone to meet Ye Fan.

  • Taiyi gave Pang Bo and Lin Jia jade talismans so they could contact him, and Pang Bo flew toward Ye Fan's home.
  • Lin Jia kissed Taiyi goodbye, then left for home; Taiyi invited the Jade Lake Holy Maiden to visit his home.
  • Taiyi's Dao body searched the ruins of the Great Thunderclap Temple on Yinghuo Ancient Star and took the Coffin-Suppressing Lamp.
  • Taiyi confronted the Crocodile Ancestor, revealed that he knew about the demon's plot involving Li Xiaoman, and killed him.
  • Taiyi collected the Crocodile Ancestor's body and left the ominous sea, heading toward Earth without exploring further.

Ch. 529Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi returned to his long-abandoned home on Earth with Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, and the Jade Lake Holy Maiden, then took them out to explore the city. Meanwhile, Pang Bo went to visit Ye Fan’s parents and discovered they remembered meeting him about half a year earlier, despite his belief that he had only just returned from Beidou.

  • Taiyi brought Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, the Jade Lake Holy Maiden, and Little White Tiger to his former duplex and used divine power to clean and restore it.
  • Taiyi played Journey to the West on his television, and the women and Little White Tiger marveled at the images on the screen.
  • A returning figure merged into Taiyi and left him with the Coffin-Suppressing Lamp, which he identified as a likely relic of Lingbao Heavenly Venerable.
  • Taiyi and the three women changed into casual clothes and went out into the city with Little White Tiger disguised as a white cat.
  • Pang Bo found Ye Fan’s parents at their new home, but they said he had visited them about half a year earlier.
  • Pang Bo told Ye Fan’s parents that he had left with Ye Fan and the others and had only just returned, leaving him bewildered by their memories.

Ch. 530Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Pang Bo returned to Earth and reunited with Ye Fan’s parents, telling them that Ye Fan was alive and would return someday. After caring for them, Pang Bo caught a tiger demon who had impersonated him, then told Taiyi why the demon had infiltrated his family.

  • Pang Bo proved his identity to Ye Fan’s frightened parents and explained that the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin had taken him and Ye Fan to the Big Dipper Star Domain.
  • Pang Bo told Ye Fan’s parents that Ye Fan was alive, showed them his image, and recounted his accomplishments and adventures.
  • Pang Bo urged Ye Fan’s parents to care for their health, treated them with spirit medicines, and returned to his family home.
  • Pang Bo discovered a tiger demon impersonating him and captured it after realizing it came from Ten Thousand Demons Valley.
  • Pang Bo contacted Taiyi and explained that the demon had been sent to investigate the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin and the Demon God’s bloodline in his family.

Ch. 531Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Pang Bo learned that Ten Thousand Demons Valley had secretly investigated his family, spared its demon envoy, and promised to visit the valley. Later, Lin Jia told the group about Zhang Wenchang’s painful return to Earth, and Pang Bo urged him to decide whether to reunite with his wife and child.

  • Pang Bo learned from the Tiger Demon's memories that Ten Thousand Demons Valley had investigated his family, then spared the demon and told the Valley Masters he would visit them.
  • Taiyi spent several days enjoying ordinary life with the women and Little White Tiger, while Pang Bo reported that Ten Thousand Demons Valley's three Valley Masters had apologized to him.
  • Lin Jia told Taiyi, Pang Bo, and the others that Zhang Wenchang had returned to find his parents dead and his wife remarried, though she still loved him and had raised their child.
  • Pang Bo called Zhang Wenchang and urged him to reunite with his wife if he still loved her, offering compensation to the man who had supported her family.
  • Taiyi agreed that Zhang Wenchang had to make his own choice and avoid future regrets.

Ch. 532Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi led Lin Jia, Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, the Jade Lake Holy Maiden, and Little White Tiger into the Kunlun Immortal Land using the complete Terrain Map from the Feathered Ancestral Temple. After uncovering the fate of the Feathered Divine Dynasty’s trapped descendants and nearing the land of becoming an immortal, they encountered a sentient ancient medicine that Taiyi stopped with a Source Heaven Great Array.

  • Taiyi revealed the Terrain Map of the Kunlun Immortal Land and told the group it was linked to becoming an immortal.
  • Taiyi brought the women and Little White Tiger into Kunlun, where his saint might subdued the ancient beasts that challenged them.
  • The group gathered ancient medicines and Little Medicine Kings, while Taiyi destroyed powerful corpse beasts emerging from stone coffins.
  • Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, the Jade Lake Holy Maiden, and Little White Tiger learned from the coffin records that Feathered Divine Dynasty descendants had become trapped in Kunlun while escorting the hope of becoming an immortal.
  • Taiyi followed the map toward the land of becoming an immortal, then used Source Arts to trap a fleeing, sentient ancient medicine.

Ch. 533Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi took the half-divine He Shou Wu into his pagoda, where the Jade Lake Holy Maiden and the others saw his extraordinary collection of medicines and the Divine Spring Eye. The group continued onward, and Taiyi subdued a pure-blooded Dragon Horse, leaving everyone stunned.

  • Taiyi showed the He Shou Wu his small world and persuaded it to stay there in exchange for contributing medicinal liquid when needed.
  • The Jade Lake Holy Maiden and the others saw Taiyi's Divine Spring Eye, Immortal Medicines, and many ancient medicine kings.
  • Little White Tiger recognized the human-shaped Immortal Medicine as the one Taiyi had obtained at the Dao Yi Stone Workshop.
  • Taiyi subdued a Golden Lion and an Old Flood Dragon with his saint might as the group crossed the wild ridge.
  • A fiery beast charged at Taiyi, but his saint might pinned it to the ground, and the group recognized it as a pure-blooded Dragon Horse.

Ch. 534Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi subdued a Dao-Slaying Dragon Horse, claimed the black spear and fire god source, and led his companions into the Immortal Ascension Ground. After witnessing the deadly Great Emperor Killing Formation, the group reached a shattered corpse radiating immense killing intent.

  • Taiyi forced the Dragon Horse to submit, then stopped it and Little White Tiger from arguing and planned to leave both beasts to Yan Fei and Di Chu.
  • Taiyi used Nine Secret: Bing to seize a black spear from a Beast King, and the Dragon Horse explained the spear and fire god source’s origins.
  • Taiyi retrieved the fire god source and divided it among Lin Jia, Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, Little White Tiger, and the Jade Lake Holy Maiden.
  • Taiyi led the group through the Immortal Ascension Ground using the Ancient Beast-Skin Scroll and Sun Emperor Pagoda, while an incarnation’s attempt to reach forbidden corpses was destroyed by the killing formation.
  • Taiyi sensed intense killing intent among rocky mountains and spotted a shattered corpse whose flesh and white bone fragments were its source.

Ch. 535Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi led the group into the Immortal Ascension Ground, where they found a Divine Mark Purple Gold Pagoda and gathered ancient medicine kings along the safe path. At the Immortal Pool, they discovered a grave bearing the Ruthless Great Emperor’s mark, and the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar reacted before settling down and returning to Yao Xi.

  • Taiyi used Nine Secret: Bing to remove Quasi-Emperor blood from the Divine Mark Purple Gold Pagoda and claimed the rough embryo for his eldest daughter, Yan Fei.
  • Taiyi collected the drops of Quasi-Emperor blood and led everyone toward the Dragon Head Peaks.
  • Taiyi guided the group along the safe path through the peaks, where they gathered ancient medicine kings and other precious medicines.
  • The group reached the Immortal Pool and saw a grave beside the road within the Immortal Valley.
  • Taiyi recognized the Ghost Face Mask fragments and bloodstained garment as bearing the Ruthless Great Emperor’s mark, while the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar circled the grave in distress.
  • Taiyi communicated with the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar using Nine Secret: Bing, and it quieted and returned to Yao Xi.

Ch. 536Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi failed to cross the chaos waterfall blocking the Immortal Ascension Pool, but persuaded the White Tiger Divine Medicine to leave with him. He asked it to gather ancient medicine kings along safe routes, and it agreed.

  • Taiyi and his companions heard the Ruthless Great Emperor's lingering words and saw a vision of the young Xiao Nannan beside her grave.
  • A chaos waterfall blocked their only route to the Immortal Ascension Pool, and it destroyed the Saint Weapon Taiyi offered.
  • Taiyi redirected the group toward safe routes where they could gather ancient medicine kings.
  • The White Tiger Divine Medicine appeared, and Taiyi offered it shelter with his other Immortal Medicines.
  • The White Tiger Divine Medicine agreed to leave with Taiyi, and he asked it to help gather medicines in the valley.

Ch. 537Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Taiyi had the White Tiger Divine Medicine gather hundreds of ancient medicine kings from Kunlun Immortal Mountain, then led his companions away. After half a year exploring Earth’s ruins and strengthening their cultivation, the group chose to return to Beidou, and Taiyi prepared to depart.

  • Taiyi had the White Tiger Divine Medicine collect nearly all the ancient medicine kings in Kunlun and transplanted it into his Small World, while the others shared medicines found along safe routes.
  • Taiyi led the group out of Kunlun, where Pang Bo learned he had subdued a pureblood Dragon Horse and told Lin Jia that Zhang Wenchang had reunited with his wife and child.
  • Over the next half year, Taiyi took the women through Earth’s ruins, where they found ancient inheritances and scriptures and advanced their cultivation despite Earth’s suppression.
  • Taiyi asked Lin Jia, Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, the Jade Lake Holy Maiden, and the others whether they wanted to remain on Earth or return to Beidou, and they chose Beidou.
  • Taiyi agreed to leave within a few days with Zhou Yi, Pang Bo, Wang Ziwen, Zhang Ziling, and the others; Zhang Wenchang alone chose to stay on Earth.

Ch. 538Shrouding the Heavens: I Am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

After returning to Beidou, Taiyi parted ways with his classmates and companions, who had fulfilled their wish to revisit Earth. He then traveled alone to the Sun Star to cultivate, where nine golden leaves bearing an Ancient Great Emperor’s imprint appeared before him.

  • Taiyi brought Pang Bo, Zhou Yi, Wang Ziwen, Li Xiaoman, Zhang Ziling, and the others back to Beidou and told them to follow their own paths.
  • Pang Bo and Zhang Ziling left to visit Taixuan Sect, while the others departed after thanking Taiyi; Zhang Wenchang chose to remain on Earth with his family.
  • Yun Yao took her leave, grateful for the gains she had made during the journey to Earth.
  • Taiyi told Lin Jia, Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, and the others that he would cultivate on the Sun Star, then set off alone using Nine Secrets: Xing.
  • Taiyi entered the Sun Star unharmed and absorbed its essence as nine golden leaves bearing an Ancient Great Emperor’s imprint flew toward him.

Ch. 539Shrouding the Heavens: I am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

The Eastern Emperor explored the Sun Star’s ancient temples and comprehended the Sun Saint Emperor’s early teachings and Dao marks. After half a year of cultivation, he began forging his own method by blending the scriptures and Sacred Body techniques he had studied, leaving the new scripture’s creation underway.

  • The Eastern Emperor absorbed the imprints of the nine Fusang Divine Leaves and searched the Sun Star, finding ancient ruins that recorded the Sun Saint Emperor’s early insights.
  • He followed the scattered temple ruins and studied the origins of the Solar Ancient Scripture, drawing lessons from the Sun Saint Emperor without committing himself to his path.
  • At the Sun Ancient Temple, the Eastern Emperor opened a Domain Gate and entered a hidden site deep within the Sun Star, where he meditated on the Sun Saint Emperor’s Dao marks.
  • The Eastern Emperor spent half a year cultivating on the Dao Platform and drawing together ancient scriptures and the Sacred Body Specialized Cultivation Method.
  • He resolved to forge his own Dao by melding the methods he had learned, then used himself as a furnace, the Solar Immortal Scripture as Dao fire, and summoned the Chaos Bell above his head.

Ch. 540Shrouding the Heavens: I am Eastern Emperor Taiyi

After ten years of refining the meanings of many scriptures, the Eastern Emperor completed the Eastern Emperor Scripture, a fierce, utmost-yang path suited to his constitution. His cultivation broke through its limits, and he began a Saint King Tribulation in the starry sky as powerful cultivators and Ancient Race Ancestor Kings gathered to watch.

  • The Eastern Emperor spent ten years in seclusion on the Sun Star, refining scripture meanings into his Great Dao and transforming his cultivation realms.
  • The Eastern Emperor completed the Eastern Emperor Scripture, a tyrannical utmost-yang scripture that required an exceptionally powerful constitution to cultivate safely.
  • Unable to suppress his cultivation any longer, the Eastern Emperor left the Sun Star and triggered a Saint King Tribulation in the outer regions.
  • Cultivators across the Big Dipper Star Domain used Formation Platforms to identify the Eastern Emperor and were astonished by his tribulation and young age.
  • Wei Yi, Gu Tianshu, Jiang Divine King, and Ancient Race Ancestor Kings entered the starry sky to watch as the Eastern Emperor released his full aura beneath the Sea of Lightning.
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