Chapter Summaries

Gai Jiuyou completed his tribulation and became the new Great Emperor of the Human Race while the Eastern Emperor’s Dao Body fought Carefree Heavenly Venerate to a standstill. The chapter ended with the world reacting to Gai Jiuyou’s ascension and questioning whether the Eastern Emperor had let his own path to the Dao be severed.

• Carefree Heavenly Venerate and the Eastern Emperor’s Dao Body fought at peak speed, repeatedly injuring and reforming their bodies as their autonomous imperial weapons clashed nearby.
• The Eastern Emperor’s Dao Body blocked Carefree Heavenly Venerate from reaching Gai Jiuyou, and their battle unleashed time-altering power that killed living beings on a nearby ancient star.
• Gai Jiuyou endured his emperor tribulation as his five secret realms united and his physical body, Primordial Spirit, and Heavenly Heart Imprint completed their transformations.
• Gai Jiuyou’s emperor might swept across the universe, proclaiming him the new Great Emperor of the Human Race and suppressing the myriad Daos.
• The universe’s powerful figures, including Taichu, Di Huang, Divine Venerable, Yin Tiande, and Huo Qizi, reacted to Gai Jiuyou’s ascension, while observers wondered whether the Eastern Emperor had sacrificed his chance to attain the Dao.

At the Cosmic Frontier, the Eastern Emperor unleashed his full strength against the Nine Heavenly Venerables’ lightning forms, revealing that his Dao was nearing its birth. He trapped and swallowed the Carefree Heavenly Venerate to refine him, while the remaining Heavenly Venerables attacked.

• The Eastern Emperor cast aside his restraint and unleashed his full combat power against the Nine Heavenly Venerables.
• He combined his secret techniques and Dao principles, manifesting an embryonic form of his own Dao as he fought.
• The Eastern Emperor used the Nine Secrets: Xing and space-time power to trap the Carefree Heavenly Venerate with the Chaos Bell.
• He bound and swallowed the Carefree Heavenly Venerate, intending to refine him with Dao fire.
• The other Ancient Heavenly Venerables attacked the Eastern Emperor together.

The Eastern Emperor fought through his tribulation while the Forbidden Zone Supremes tried to stop him from refining the Nine Heavenly Venerables’ Humanoid Lightning. He subdued all nine, growing more powerful as the Supremes held back and watched for a chance to strike.

• The Eastern Emperor evaded the Supremes’ attacks and trapped Carefree Heavenly Venerate’s Humanoid Lightning in his Great Dao Furnace, refining it.
• He severely wounded Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate, Virtue Heavenly Venerate, and Tribulation Heavenly Venerate, then swallowed the wounded Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate into the furnace.
• The Eastern Emperor fired a Nine-Colored Immortal Gold Arrow toward the Primordial Ancient Mine and threatened to bring his Great Emperor Tribulation into the Forbidden Zones if the Supremes interfered.
• The Supremes stopped attacking after the Eastern Emperor’s threat and the activation of the Lingbao Killing Formation, Wushi Bell, and Investiture of the Gods, but continued watching for an opening.
• The Eastern Emperor endured devastating injuries and, relying on the Nine Secrets: Zhe and the Sun Rebirth Art, defeated and refined all Nine Heavenly Venerables’ Humanoid Lightning.

The Eastern Emperor's Dao Body fought Carefree Heavenly Venerate until Gai Jiuyou attained the Dao, then returned to aid the Eastern Emperor's own attempt to enter the Imperial Dao Realm. The universe's furious tribulation shattered his transformation, but he survived, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Gai Jiuyou completed his Great Emperor Tribulation and merged with the Heavenly Heart Imprint while Carefree Heavenly Venerate remained locked in battle with the Eastern Emperor's Dao Body.
• The Eastern Emperor's Dao Body warned Carefree Heavenly Venerate that an even stronger Eastern Emperor was coming, then returned to the Eastern Emperor during his tribulation.
• The Eastern Emperor refined the Nine Heavenly Venerables' Great Dao principles and began forcing his way into the Imperial Dao Realm, alarming the Forbidden Zone Supremes.
• The universe unleashed a devastating tribulation against the Eastern Emperor, breaking through his weapons and defenses and disintegrating his Dao embryo.
• The Eastern Emperor endured the world-destroying tribulation through sheer strength, though his transformation was forcibly interrupted.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi weathered the ninth heaven tribulation while repelling Carefree Heavenly Venerate, revealing power that rivaled or surpassed a Flawless Great Emperor. He taunted the forbidden-zone Supremes into challenging him, and the enraged Lord of Reincarnation threatened to emerge and kill him.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi used a forbidden secret technique to sever the heavens' connection and continued enduring the ninth heaven tribulation.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerate abandoned his plan to attack Gai Jiuyou and ambushed Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who blocked the tribulation lightning and forced him back.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi declared that Carefree Heavenly Venerate had missed his chance and challenged the Supremes to fight him together.
• The forbidden-zone Supremes roused their domains and threatened Eastern Emperor Taiyi, but he dared them to emerge and said he would face them all.
• The Lord of Reincarnation, enraged by Eastern Emperor Taiyi's provocation, threatened to emerge and kill him, hoping to devour his powerful life essence.

The Eastern Emperor taunted the Lord of Reincarnation for refusing to emerge and then faced Carefree Heavenly Venerate while enduring his tribulation. As the Eastern Emperor prepared to break through the myriad Daos, Carefree Heavenly Venerate attacked with a divine art involving the light of time.

• The Lord of Reincarnation stayed within the Reincarnation Sea and threatened to settle matters with the Eastern Emperor on the Road to Immortality.
• The Eastern Emperor promised to kill the Lord of Reincarnation when the Road to Immortality opened.
• Gai Jiuyou rushed to help the Eastern Emperor, but the Eastern Emperor told him to recover and stabilize his Great Dao instead.
• The Eastern Emperor endured the tribulation, sent the Chaos Bell, Heavenly Dao Battle Box, and Nine-Colored Immortal Arrow to be tempered by lightning, and provoked Carefree Heavenly Venerate.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerate used a technique based on Nine Secrets: Xing to send rays of the light of time at the Eastern Emperor.

The Eastern Emperor overwhelmed Carefree Heavenly Venerate, surpassing him in speed and blasting his body apart. Carefree Heavenly Venerate then summoned a manifestation of the River of Time and launched a final attack to erase the Eastern Emperor.

• The Eastern Emperor used his mastery of space-time to outpace and severely wound Carefree Heavenly Venerate.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerate unleashed beams of the light of time, but the Eastern Emperor's divine realm disrupted space-time and his fists shattered Carefree Heavenly Venerate's body.
• The Supremes in the Life Forbidden Zones watched in horror, and the Lord of Reincarnation regretted not emerging to fight.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerate reconstructed his body, declared that he had underestimated the Eastern Emperor, and summoned the River of Time.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerate staked his life on a final attack, using the River of Time to try to erase the Eastern Emperor.

The Eastern Emperor defeated Carefree Heavenly Venerate and reforged three shattered divine weapons into true Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons. The forbidden-zone Supremes marveled at his unprecedented power and fortune as the weapons’ creation shook the heavens.

• The Eastern Emperor shattered Carefree Heavenly Venerate’s River of Time attack and blasted him into ash, leaving the Eastern Emperor standing in the starry sky.
• The forbidden-zone Supremes feared the Eastern Emperor’s strength, while Gai Jiuyou recovered and gained confidence in his claim that he would become an emperor.
• The Eastern Emperor gathered the fragments of the Immortal Tear Green Gold Treasure Vase and lamented that too little essence remained to forge a complete Emperor Weapon.
• The Eastern Emperor cast the Chaos Bell, Heavenly Dao Battle Box, and nine Immortal Gold Arrows into a Void Furnace and reforged them with supreme Dao fire.
• The Chaos Bell, Heavenly Dao Battle Box, and fused nine-colored Immortal Gold Arrow emerged as true Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons, astonishing powerful beings across the heavens.

After Gai Jiuyou attained the Dao, the Eastern Emperor replenished his strength and began defying heaven to become an emperor under the reigning Great Emperor’s suppression. He blasted through the tribulation and shattered the Heavenly Heart Imprint, leaving the universe unable to sense the Great Dao.

• The Eastern Emperor sublimated his three Extreme Dao Rough Embryos into true Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons, then absorbed Life Spring Liquid and universal origin essence qi to recover.
• After the Eastern Emperor opened his eyes, his aura stirred the heart of heaven, and beings across the universe realized he was preparing to defy heaven and attain the Dao.
• The Eastern Emperor told Gai Jiuyou to stabilize his own Great Dao, while Forbidden Zone Supremes, his family, and his allies watched anxiously.
• A vast Sea of Lightning engulfed star domains as the Eastern Emperor unleashed his full aura and declared that he needed no heavenly mandate to attain the Dao.
• The Eastern Emperor struck with his Emperor Fist, destroyed the Sea of Lightning, and blasted open the Heavenly Heart Imprint, causing the universe to lose its sense of the Great Dao.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi endured a world-shaking Great Emperor Tribulation, broke above the myriad Daos, and continued refining the tribulation’s marks as his cultivation transformed. The chapter left him facing an even more violent assault as his five great secret realms connected and approached their final transformation.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi shattered the Heavenly Heart Imprint and fought through a sea of lightning filled with terrifying Immortal Medicines and human-faced figures.
• He used his three Great Emperor weapons and the Heaven-Fusing Divine Art to battle the tribulation, devouring its lightning, spirits, and Immortal Medicines.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi broke through his shackles and stood above the myriad Daos, prompting Gai Jiuyou to marvel at his unprecedented feat.
• He continued fighting and refining Great Dao marks while his body and Primordial Spirit nurtured a supreme immortal fetus.
• His Golden Great Dragon pierced through the final obstruction and connected his five great secret realms into a whole.
• The tribulation unleashed lightning weapons and transformed Immortal Medicines to suppress him, leaving his body cracked and bloodied as his immortal fetus shone.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi survived the unprecedented tribulation and attained the Dao despite Gai Jiuyou already ruling as Great Emperor. His achievement shook the universe, while the Supremes and cultivators across the stars witnessed the rise of a second emperor in the same age.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi's body was destroyed by the tribulation, but his Immortal Fetus emerged and absorbed his blood and flesh to withstand the attacks.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi fought the Immortal Spirits and transformed Immortal Medicines until his perfected Great Dao let him endure the tribulation.
• Victorious Fighting Buddha compared Eastern Emperor Taiyi's aura to his elder brother's Battle Immortal transformation and said it was even stronger.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi attained the Dao, and his image appeared throughout the universe as heaven and earth filled with auspicious visions.
• Cultivators, Heavenly Prides, and the Supremes in the Life Forbidden Zones were astonished that Eastern Emperor Taiyi had become emperor while Gai Jiuyou's Great Dao still suppressed the myriad Daos.
• The Yaoguang Holy Land celebrated Eastern Emperor Taiyi's attainment of the Dao.

After proving his Dao, the Eastern Emperor arrived at the Undying Mountain and demanded that its Supremes leave so he could make it his Daoist grounds. The Supremes angrily rejected his demand and challenged his ability to sweep through the forbidden zones.

• Gai Jiuyou congratulated the Eastern Emperor, acknowledged that he had yielded the Heavenly Heart Imprint, and offered to help with the Eastern Emperor's next campaign.
• The Eastern Emperor refused Gai Jiuyou's help and traveled to Beidou on a Golden Light Great Dao.
• Instead of attacking the Reincarnation Sea, the Eastern Emperor descended upon the Undying Mountain and inspected its ancient treasures and terrain.
• The Eastern Emperor told the Undying Mountain's Supremes to move out because he wanted the mountain for his Daoist grounds.
• The Supremes denounced the Eastern Emperor as arrogant and questioned whether he could truly pacify the forbidden zones.

The Eastern Emperor declared that he would take the Undying Mountain and attacked its Supremes despite threats from the other Forbidden Zones. He blasted apart the Stone Emperor and used the Chaos Bell to overpower another Supreme, whose counterattack was still underway.

• The Eastern Emperor challenged the Supremes of the Forbidden Zones, and Gai Jiuyou stabilized Beidou as their killing intent shook the world.
• The Eastern Emperor refused to back down and gave the Undying Mountain's Supremes three breaths to leave.
• The Eastern Emperor deployed the Four Killing Swords and Killing Formation Diagram from Yaoguang Holy Land, sealed the Undying Mountain, and charged inside.
• The Stone Emperor attacked with a black great halberd, but the Eastern Emperor shattered it and blasted the Stone Emperor apart with a punch.
• The Chaos Bell blocked another Supreme's spear strike, broke his spear, and suppressed him as he launched a final killing attack.

The Eastern Emperor swiftly defeated the Undying Mountain’s Supremes, suppressing one and overpowering the Stone Emperor even after he completed ultimate sublimation. He declared the conquered forbidden zone renamed Eastern Emperor Mountain, while the world and Gai Jiuyou reeled at how quickly the battle ended.

• The Eastern Emperor used the Chaos Bell and his golden hand to suppress one Supreme, preventing him from achieving ultimate sublimation.
• The Stone Emperor completed ultimate sublimation and returned to the imperial dao realm, but the Eastern Emperor shattered his arms and blasted him apart with successive attacks.
• The Stone Emperor unleashed his ultimate divine art, Firmament, but the Eastern Emperor reversed its killing power and turned it back on him.
• The Eastern Emperor declared that the Undying Mountain would henceforth be Eastern Emperor Mountain and serve as his daoist grounds.
• Gai Jiuyou and others were shocked that the Eastern Emperor had swept through the forbidden zone in less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea.

The Eastern Emperor swiftly destroyed the Undying Mountain, renamed it Eastern Emperor Mountain, and made it his Daoist Grounds, shocking the Forbidden Zones and the universe. Black Tortoise Emperor then offered his treasures and collection in exchange for the safety of his descendants.

• The Supremes in the other Forbidden Zones watched the Eastern Emperor's swift victory and grew wary of his strength.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerable compared the Eastern Emperor to Emperor Zun, while people across the universe celebrated the fall of the Undying Mountain.
• The Ji Family rejoiced that the Undying Mountain's destruction had ended its threat, and Ye Fan was stunned by Taiyi's achievement.
• Black Tortoise Emperor praised the Eastern Emperor as Taiyi Heavenly Emperor and revealed that he had never unleashed Dark Turmoil.
• Black Tortoise Emperor surrendered his Emperor Weapon, Ancient Scripture, Ten-Thousand-Year Divine Medicine, and other possessions, asking the Eastern Emperor to spare his descendants.

The Eastern Emperor pacified the Undying Mountain, spared the Black Tortoise Emperor and his descendants, and claimed the forbidden zone as Eastern Emperor Mountain. He then traveled to the Purple Mansion Holy Land, where he reassured Zixia that he remained her beloved and husband.

• The Eastern Emperor took the Black Tortoise Emperor’s Divine Diagram and allowed him to leave with his descendants, but destroyed the other protected figures and refused to spare the Immortal Tears Green Gold Saint Spirit.
• The Black Tortoise Emperor gathered his descendants and departed the Undying Mountain through the void.
• News spread that the Eastern Emperor had pacified the Undying Mountain and renamed it Eastern Emperor Mountain, while people remembered the generations of Great Emperors and Great Accomplishment Sacred Bodies who had made it possible.
• The Purple Mansion Holy Land celebrated the Eastern Emperor’s achievement, and Fairy Zixia was astonished that he had attained the Dao and claimed the forbidden zone.
• The Eastern Emperor crossed a Golden Light Great Dao to the Purple Mansion Holy Land, where he reassured Zixia that he was still her beloved and husband.

The Eastern Emperor rewarded the Purple Mansion Holy Land and Miaoyu Nunnery with supreme scriptures and Emperor Weapons, then returned to Yaoguang Holy Land. There, he reassured his teacher and former companions that attaining the Dao had not changed their relationship.

• The Eastern Emperor gave the Purple Mansion Holy Land the complete Dao Scripture and a refined Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, and Zixia and the Holy Land gratefully accepted them.
• The Eastern Emperor left a Holy Light Body at the Undying Mountain to replace its formations and arrangements while he continued his visits.
• The Eastern Emperor bestowed a complete Emperor Scripture and the Daoyan Immortal Robe upon Miaoyu Nunnery, whose members thanked him with gratitude.
• The Eastern Emperor returned to Yaoguang Holy Land, where Mu Yuan Great Saint and the senior members welcomed him with new formality.
• The Eastern Emperor approached Danyangzi and affirmed that he was still his disciple, regardless of his status or accomplishments.

After becoming a Great Emperor and taking the Undying Mountain as his Daoist Grounds, Taiyi returned to the transformed Eastern Emperor Mountain. As pilgrims gathered outside, the chapter ended with the Jade Lake Holy Maiden, Yan Ruyu, and An Miaoyi making music and dancing within the mountain.

• Taiyi rearranged the Yaoguang Holy Land’s grand formation, bestowed treasures, and preached the Dao, helping many disciples break through.
• Gai Jiuyou attained the Dao and became a Great Emperor, while Taiyi slew Carefree Heavenly Venerate during his own tribulation and attained the Dao against heaven’s will.
• Taiyi swept through the Undying Mountain, subdued its Supremes, and made it his Daoist Grounds, renaming it Eastern Emperor Mountain.
• Cultivators from across the Eastern Wasteland and beyond gathered outside Eastern Emperor Mountain, hoping to meet Taiyi.
• Taiyi transformed Eastern Emperor Mountain into a peaceful pure land filled with rare medicines, divine springs, and treasures.
• The Jade Lake Holy Maiden played the guzheng, Yan Ruyu accompanied her on the xiao flute, and An Miaoyi sang and danced beside the immortal lake.

Taiyi reunited with the women at the transformed Undying Mountain, where they shared music, dance, and tea. He enriched their Enlightenment Tea with the Origin of the Dao, and they entered a rare state of enlightenment, leaving their cultivation poised for possible breakthroughs.

• Taiyi brought Lin Jia, Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, Yan Ruyu, the Jade Lake Holy Maiden, and the others back to the Undying Mountain after taking it over and transforming it.
• Yan Ruyu and the Jade Lake Holy Maiden performed a qin and flute duet while An Miaoyi sang and danced for the assembled women and Taiyi.
• The Jade Lake Holy Maiden brewed Enlightenment Tea with Divine Spring water, and Taiyi praised it before saying it needed another ingredient.
• Taiyi reached through the void and retrieved a strand of the Origin of the Dao, then refined it into pure Dao principles and added them to everyone's tea.
• The women drank the Enlightenment Source Tea and entered deep states of Dao enlightenment as they refined its laws.

After the women used Taiyi’s Enlightenment Source Tea to advance their cultivation, they gathered at Immortal Lake to discuss the Dao and learned that Jade Lake’s Stone Embryo could not emerge while two Great Emperors ruled the age. Taiyi then appeared outside Eastern Emperor Mountain and began preaching the Dao to the pilgrims gathered there.

• Jiang Tingting and the other women awakened from their enlightenment, and Taiyi sent them into the starry sky to undergo tribulations.
• Lin Jia, Yao Xi, An Miaoyi, and others became Great Saints, while Zixia, Jiang Tingting, Yan Ruyu, and the Jade Lake Holy Maiden advanced in the Saint King realm.
• For more than half a month, the women gathered at Immortal Lake to drink tea, discuss cultivation, and receive Taiyi’s guidance.
• Jiang Tingting asked when Jade Lake’s Stone Embryo would emerge, and the Jade Lake Holy Maiden said it would likely have to avoid this age unless the Road to Immortality opened.
• Taiyi sent an incarnation outside Eastern Emperor Mountain and announced that he would preach the Dao for several days to those with the requisite fate.