Chapter Summaries

The Eastern Emperor’s seven-day sermon ended when he sensed the Immortal Road Rift appear above the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land. As cultivators rushed to witness the opening, the rift killed those who tried to force it wider, while a strand of immortal light helped a Saint King break through to Great Saint.

• The Eastern Emperor’s incarnation preached outside Eastern Emperor Mountain, and his command dispersed the tribulation lightning caused by the crowd’s breakthroughs.
• On the seventh day, the Eastern Emperor sensed the Immortal Road Rift manifesting above the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land and told the women with him that the Road to Immortality was about to open.
• The rift appeared, and Supreme Existences in the Forbidden Zones opened their eyes to watch it.
• The Holy Light Body ended the sermon, sent the listeners far from Eastern Emperor Mountain, and announced that the Immortal Road Rift had appeared.
• Cultivators who attacked the rift to widen it were killed when their Saint Weapons shattered and the rift’s light swept over them.
• A Saint King at the peak seized a strand of immortal light from the rift, broke through to Great Saint, and went into the starry sky to face his tribulation.

The Eastern Emperor left the Road to Immortality to hunt down the Lord of Reincarnation, who had hidden in the chaos. He ambushed him with a killing formation and overwhelmed his defenses, leaving the battle still underway.

• The Eastern Emperor and Gai Jiuyou watched the Immortal Road fissure and discussed the awakened Forbidden Zone Supremes and the Lord of Reincarnation's absence.
• The Eastern Emperor revealed that the Lord of Reincarnation had fled into the chaos and that he had already divined his location.
• After returning briefly to Eastern Emperor Mountain, the Eastern Emperor secretly entered the chaos and trapped the Lord of Reincarnation in Lingbao Heavenly Venerable's Killing Formation.
• The Lord of Reincarnation attacked with his feathered green gold Battle Garment, but the Eastern Emperor's palm shattered his right arm and wounded him.
• The Lord of Reincarnation unleashed Three Realms of Reincarnation, and the Eastern Emperor destroyed the three ancient universes with a sweep of his hand.

The Eastern Emperor defeated and sealed the Lord of Reincarnation, then brought him to Eastern Emperor Mountain and added him to the three other Supremes he had secretly preserved. He considered the sealed Supremes preparations for his dangerous pursuit of immortality across multiple lifetimes.

• The Eastern Emperor overwhelmed the Lord of Reincarnation, destroyed his battle garment, and bound him with a chain forged from Feathered Green Gold.
• The Eastern Emperor sealed the Lord of Reincarnation inside Immortal Source and placed him in the Azure Divine Temple on Eastern Emperor Mountain.
• The Eastern Emperor revealed that Carefree Heavenly Venerate, Stone Emperor, and another Supreme were already sealed in the temple.
• The Eastern Emperor explained that he had secretly preserved the Supremes and planned to keep them as possible resources for perfecting his future lifetimes.
• The Eastern Emperor reflected that becoming a Red Dust Immortal in the Human Universe required surviving many lifetimes and remained perilous even for him.

The Eastern Emperor attacked the Underworld to avenge its crimes against the Sun God Sect and the Sacred Body Lineage. He called on Longevity Heavenly Venerable and the Corpse Emperor to emerge from their forbidden zones, leaving the Prison-Suppressing Emperor facing him as the Immortal Mausoleum and Primordial Ancient Mine stirred.

• The Eastern Emperor found the Underworld and descended upon it, purifying its Yin Soldiers and Yin Generals as he vowed to settle its debts.
• The Underworld’s Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven figures recognized the Eastern Emperor, while the Prison-Suppressing Emperor awakened as its lone remaining Supreme.
• The Eastern Emperor called out Longevity Heavenly Venerable in the Immortal Mausoleum and the Corpse Emperor in the Primordial Ancient Mine, and both forbidden zones released Supreme auras.
• Gai Jiuyou released his Great Emperor aura in the Big Dipper Star Domain to stabilize it and deter the forbidden zones.
• The Prison-Suppressing Emperor emerged wielding several Emperor Weapons and challenged the Eastern Emperor, knowing he could not withstand him even with Ultimate Sublimation.

The Eastern Emperor faced pressure from several Life Forbidden Zones after the Underworld’s Supremes called for their intervention. He refused to make any promises and challenged them to emerge, while Gai Jiuyou stepped in to warn them against risking war so close to the Road to Immortality.

• Longevity Heavenly Venerable emerged from the Immortal Mausoleum and confronted the Eastern Emperor, while the Corpse Emperor emerged from the Primordial Ancient Mine and urged the other forbidden zones to recognize the threat.
• Supremes from the Primordial Ancient Mine, Divine Ruins, Firmament, and Immortal Mausoleum demanded that the Eastern Emperor state his position and promise not to target them.
• The Eastern Emperor refused to be intimidated and told any Supreme who emerged that he would have the chance to undergo ultimate sublimation.
• The forbidden-zone Supremes grew enraged and began reviving their auras as the starry sky fractured, while the Eastern Emperor remained unafraid.
• Gai Jiuyou arrived above the Eastern Wasteland, stabilized the Big Dipper Star Domain, and warned the Supremes that fighting before the Road to Immortality opened was not worth the cost.

The Eastern Emperor rejected the forbidden zones’ threats and forcibly uprooted the Divine Ruins, declaring that he would destroy it. As its Supremes emerged and joined the others against him, the Chaos Bell suddenly struck one of them.

• Several Forbidden Zone Supremes refused to get involved, but warned that they would settle accounts with the Eastern Emperor on the Immortal Road.
• The Eastern Emperor crossed the starry sky and uprooted the Divine Ruins, forcing it into the depths of space.
• The Eastern Emperor declared that he would destroy only the Divine Ruins, while Gai Jiuyou prepared to block the Primordial Ancient Mine and the other forbidden zones revived their auras.
• The Divine Ruins’ Supremes emerged and joined Corpse Emperor, Prison-Suppressing Emperor, and Longevity Heavenly Venerable in plotting to kill the Eastern Emperor.
• The Chaos Bell appeared without warning and rammed into a Supreme of the Divine Ruins, overpowering his attempt to defend himself with his Emperor Weapon.

The Eastern Emperor overwhelmed the Supremes who attacked him, stopping their combined techniques with the Great Primordial Origin Holy Light Technique. He used the Chaos Bell to annihilate a Supreme from the Divine Ruins, leaving the remaining Supremes shaken as the battle continued.

• The Eastern Emperor shattered a Supreme from the Divine Ruins with one palm, then the Supreme reassembled and retreated in terror.
• The Lord of the Divine Ruins, Beast God, Spirit Emperor, Longevity Heavenly Venerable, Corpse Emperor, and Prison-Suppressing Emperor attacked the Eastern Emperor together.
• The Eastern Emperor used the Great Primordial Origin Holy Light Technique to dissolve the Supremes’ killing attacks and laws.
• The Eastern Emperor stamped his foot and rang the Chaos Bell, causing the Supreme from the Divine Ruins to crumble and die in body and soul.
• The Chaos Bell gained another Supreme mark, and the remaining Supremes watched in fear as the Eastern Emperor declared that those who defied him had no path to survival.

The Eastern Emperor effortlessly killed Longevity Heavenly Venerable and another Supreme, terrifying the remaining forbidden-zone Supremes and those watching from afar. As the surviving Supremes began ultimate sublimation, he fired nine arrows at them, leaving their fate unresolved.

• The Eastern Emperor killed Longevity Heavenly Venerable before he could complete ultimate sublimation, obliterating his body and Primordial Spirit.
• The Forbidden Zone Supremes and Nine Nether Great Emperor were shaken by the Eastern Emperor's overwhelming strength, while his companions watched the battle from Eastern Emperor Mountain.
• The Spirit Emperor, Beast God, Corpse Emperor, Prison-Suppressing Emperor, and Lord of the Divine Ruins decided to undergo ultimate sublimation and fight him.
• The Eastern Emperor produced a chaos-wreathed Divine Bow and nocked nine arrows made from different immortal golds.
• The Eastern Emperor fired all nine arrows together, disrupting space and time as they surged toward the Supremes.

The Eastern Emperor overwhelmed the Supremes who had survived ultimate sublimation, killing the Lord of the Divine Ruins and forcing the Spirit Emperor into a desperate final attack. The Spirit Emperor turned his Primordial Spirit into a blade and struck at the Eastern Emperor’s Immortal Platform.

• The Eastern Emperor’s Nine Divine Arrows killed the Corpse Emperor, the Beast God, and the Prison-Suppressing Emperor, while the Spirit Emperor and the Lord of the Divine Ruins survived by detonating their formations and weapons.
• The Chaos Bell swallowed the fragments and surviving Emperor Weapons as the Spirit Emperor and the Lord of the Divine Ruins confronted the Eastern Emperor.
• The Eastern Emperor transformed his bow into a Chaos Heavenly Blade and gravely wounded both Supremes with one strike, cleaving the Lord of the Divine Ruins in two and nearly cutting the Spirit Emperor in half.
• The Eastern Emperor killed the Lord of the Divine Ruins with another slash, annihilating his body and Primordial Spirit.
• The Spirit Emperor burned his true blood and sent his Primordial Spirit forth as a Peerless Heavenly Blade aimed at the Eastern Emperor’s Immortal Platform.

The Eastern Emperor killed the Spirit Emperor and overwhelmed the remaining Supremes, leaving the forbidden zones wary of challenging him. He then entered the Divine Ruins, slaughtered its inhabitants, and claimed its treasures.

• The Eastern Emperor reversed time with the Chaos Bell, causing the Spirit Emperor's ultimate strike to hit himself and destroy his body.
• Supremes across the Life Forbidden Zones watched the Eastern Emperor defeat seven opponents and feared the strength of his Dao Body and true body.
• Gai Jiuyou admired the Eastern Emperor and wondered whether the Road to Immortality would open for him in this lifetime.
• The Eastern Emperor arrived above the Divine Ruins and put away the Chaos Heavenly Blade and the nine-colored Immortal Gold Arrow.
• The Eastern Emperor killed the Divine Ruins' powerful beings, including the Supremes' servants, relatives, and descendants.
• The Eastern Emperor gathered the Divine Ruins' Ancient Peach Tree, immortal medicines, Immortal Gold, divine materials, and Immortal Source as spoils.

After destroying the Underworld’s forces, the Eastern Emperor explored the Netherworld with Gai Jiuyou and uncovered evidence that it held the remains of multiple universes and epochs. They discovered an ancient Imperial Dao corpse whose Extreme Yang cultivation system offered them valuable insight, then watched the Netherworld conceal itself again.

• The Eastern Emperor sent the Divine Ruins beside the Yaoguang Holy Land, descended upon the Netherworld, and killed the fleeing Underworld leaders with beams of killing intent.
• The Eastern Emperor’s Dao Body dissipated, and the forbidden zones fell silent as Gai Jiuyou joined him in the Netherworld.
• The Eastern Emperor split open the Netherworld and revealed bones and ancient steles suggesting that entire universes had been buried there across multiple epochs.
• The Eastern Emperor unearthed an undying Imperial Dao corpse that had cultivated the Extreme Yang Dao, and he and Gai Jiuyou studied its unfamiliar cultivation system.
• After exploring for nearly half a month without finding anything else, the Eastern Emperor and Gai Jiuyou saw the Netherworld hide itself within the starry sky.

Laozi and Sakyamuni arrived on Beidou as the Immortal Road Rift drew powerful cultivators and Forbidden Zone Supremes to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land. The Eastern Emperor welcomed the two ancient sages to Eastern Emperor Mountain and repaid Laozi by sharing his perfected One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones technique.

• The Eastern Emperor sealed the Netherworld, parted from Gai Jiuyou, and returned to prepare for the coming battle on the Road to Immortality.
• As the Immortal Road Rift expanded, cultivators gathered outside the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, and Supremes sent incarnations to investigate disturbances in the Forbidden Zones.
• Laozi and Sakyamuni arrived on Beidou, and the watching Saints recognized them as powerful visitors from the Eastern Emperor's homeland.
• Laozi and Sakyamuni traveled to Eastern Emperor Mountain and received an invitation from the Eastern Emperor.
• The Eastern Emperor welcomed the visitors, thanked Laozi for the legacy that had aided him, and passed on his perfected One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and Three Pure Ones Return to One Qi techniques.

After Laozi and Sakyamuni left Eastern Emperor Mountain, Taiyi considered how to gather more sealed Supremes while avoiding a confrontation with the powerful, hidden Emperor Zun. Ye Fan and his companions visited, and Taiyi revealed that the Yan Emperor and Yellow Emperor had arisen from the corpses of the Void Emperor and Emperor Hengyu.

• Laozi and Sakyamuni departed after benefiting from Taiyi's guidance, and Taiyi inspected the seven Supremes he had secretly sealed in Eastern Emperor Mountain.
• Taiyi weighed hunting Supremes on the Road to Immortality against going to Flying Immortal Star, then chose caution because Emperor Zun might be too powerful to challenge.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Xiao Nannan, Ji Ziyue, Zhang Ziling, and the others visited Taiyi, and Ye Fan recounted rescuing Xiao Nannan from sects in the Ziwei Star Domain that sought to seize her as a human-shaped Divine Medicine.
• Taiyi explained that Laozi was born from the Virtue Heavenly Venerable's Emperor Corpse and that Sakyamuni was Amitabha Buddha, though not entirely.
• Taiyi revealed that the Yan Emperor and Yellow Emperor had arisen when the Emperor Corpses of Emperor Hengyu and the Void Emperor gained sentience.

The Eastern Emperor explained how Emperor Hengyu and the Void Emperor’s corpses became the Yan Emperor and Yellow Emperor, then showed Ye Fan and the others the Immortal Road opening and Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing’s remains vanishing. As a Chaos Body underwent a terrifying tribulation in the distant starry sky, the Eastern Emperor recognized him and revealed the scene to the others.

• The Eastern Emperor explained that Earth had been transformed into a Corpse-Nurturing Ground, allowing Emperor Hengyu and the Void Emperor’s corpses to gain sentience and become the Yan Emperor and Yellow Emperor.
• The Immortal Road Rift opened, and the Eastern Emperor used a projection to show a bloodied corpse falling from it and identified it as Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing, who had failed to enter the Immortal Domain.
• Xue Yueqing’s remains underwent Self-Daoization, then burned away into Tribulation Ash as Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Ji Ziyue, and the others watched.
• The Eastern Emperor sensed a Chaos Body in the starry sky and projected the scene for Ye Fan and the others.
• The white-robed Chaos Body fought lightning-formed primordial beasts and shaped Chaos Qi into a Chaos Cauldron as he underwent a Quasi-Emperor Tribulation.

The Eastern Emperor confirmed that the Chaos Body Wang Bo had entered the Quasi-Emperor Domain and revealed that his son Di Chu was an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo. He sent Di Chu Wang Bo’s location, and Di Chu set out eagerly to challenge him.

• The Eastern Emperor watched Wang Bo undergo a Quasi-Emperor tribulation and told Ye Fan that Wang Bo could reach the Quasi-Emperor Third Heaven if he survived.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo discussed Wang Bo’s strength, and Ye Fan vowed to catch up despite his lower cultivation.
• Pang Bo asked the Eastern Emperor whether Di Chu was his son, and the Eastern Emperor confirmed that Di Chu was an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo.
• The Eastern Emperor sent Di Chu a message with Wang Bo’s location, and Di Chu decided to meet the Chaos Body.
• Di Chu told Black Emperor and Little White Tiger about Wang Bo, then used an Ancient Formation Platform to set the coordinates and depart with them.

Di Chu encountered Wang Bo, the Chaos Body, during his tribulation and challenged him to a fair fight after it ended. Wang Bo reached the Quasi-Emperor Third Heaven, learned that Di Chu was the Eastern Emperor’s son, and recognized him as a formidable rival.

• Di Chu, Black Emperor, and Little White Tiger arrived near Wang Bo’s tribulation, where Di Chu and Wang Bo exchanged a powerful clash across the starry sky.
• Di Chu withdrew and told Wang Bo to finish his tribulation so they could fight fairly, and Wang Bo focused on battling the tribulation’s humanoid lightning.
• Wang Bo survived the tribulation, advanced to the Quasi-Emperor Third Heaven, and spent half a month healing and consolidating his Dao Fruit.
• Wang Bo asked Di Chu about his unusual constitution and his connection to the Eastern Emperor.
• Di Chu revealed that he was the Eastern Emperor’s son, and Wang Bo recognized him as a second-generation Sun Sacred Body.

Di Chu, an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, battled Wang Bo, the Chaos Body, in a devastating clash that left both of them wounded. As the fight continued, the Eastern Emperor and others watched from afar, and the duel remained unresolved.

• Wang Bo challenged Di Chu, who revealed that he had inherited his father's Sacred Body bloodline but was not a Sun Sacred Body.
• Wang Bo and Di Chu exchanged blows, each injuring the other and discovering that Di Chu was an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo.
• The two fighters unleashed their full strength, and Wang Bo commanded countless immortal spirits formed from the myriad Daos.
• Di Chu used the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist to destroy Wang Bo's immortal spirits, but Wang Bo's attacks continued to shake him.
• The Eastern Emperor projected the battle to Big Dipper, where Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Ji Ziyue, Zixia, and others watched the two continue fighting.

Di Chu and Wang Bo fought for three days and nights without a victor, destroying their bodies and nearly killing each other before the Eastern Emperor intervened. With the Road to Immortality about to open, the Eastern Emperor brought his children back to Eastern Emperor Mountain, where Di Chu reflected on needing his father’s help.

• Di Chu and Wang Bo fought evenly, their Path-Proving Weapons shattering as their bodies became mangled.
• Di Chu struck Wang Bo with the Wushi Technique, and Wang Bo countered with Eternal Emptiness, destroying both their bodies.
• Di Chu and Wang Bo burned their divine power to continue fighting, but the Eastern Emperor separated them with a waterfall of chaos.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Ji Ziyue, Zhang Ziling, and the others departed with Xiao Nannan after the battle ended in a draw.
• The Eastern Emperor brought Di Chu, Black Emperor, Little White Tiger, and Yan Fei back to Eastern Emperor Mountain ahead of the Road to Immortality.

Di Chu recovered after his near-fatal draw with the Chaos Body, and Taiyi explained Wang Bo’s origins and encouraged his son to treat him as a worthy rival. The Immortal Road Rift continued to widen, and the chapter ended as imperial blood fell from it toward the mountain peaks.

• Di Chu apologized for worrying his family, and Taiyi, Zixia, and the others praised him while urging him not to fight recklessly again.
• Yan Fei learned about Di Chu’s battle with Wang Bo and scolded her younger brother before encouraging him to defeat the Chaos Body in the future.
• Taiyi revealed that Wang Bo had survived his ancient defeat through his primordial spirit and had been reborn after severing his cultivation.
• Taiyi explained Wang Bo’s strength and urged Di Chu to see him as a rival who could help him grow.
• The Immortal Road Rift expanded as powerful figures arrived and some sects began moving to the Outer Regions.
• Imperial blood fell from the Immortal Road Rift, frightening the saints gathered below.

The Eastern Emperor brought Di Chu and Yan Fei to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, where he recovered the Taiyin Human Emperor’s half-body from a fissure and suppressed its Self-Daoization. He planned to use the body, the Sun Saint Emperor’s remains, and the faith of living beings to seek a chance to revive both Human Emperors.

• The Eastern Emperor appeared outside the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land with Di Chu and Yan Fei, and onlookers recognized Yan Fei while speculating that the pair were his children.
• Di Chu asked about the Taiyin Human Emperor’s blood, and the Eastern Emperor privately wondered whether the Undying Heavenly Emperor had caused the Human Emperor’s death.
• The fissure widened and released the Taiyin Human Emperor’s half-body, which began undergoing Self-Daoization.
• The Eastern Emperor reached into the fissure, suppressed the Self-Daoization, and took the half-body away with Di Chu and Yan Fei.
• At Eastern Emperor Mountain, the Eastern Emperor sealed the half-body in Immortal Source and explained that he hoped faith could nurture a chance to revive the Taiyin Human Emperor and the Sun Saint Emperor.
• The Eastern Emperor showed Di Chu and Yan Fei the Blood Stupa containing the Taiyin Human Emperor’s Divine Resentment and explained that Amitabha Buddha had used it to study Divine Resentments and longevity.