Chapter Summaries

The Star-Ruling, Wandering Dragon, and Dragon Elephant Immortal Kings discussed dividing the Heavenly Flame Immortal Dynasty’s assets despite Li Xian’s arrival. After learning Li Xian had slain the Nether Spring Nether Lord in enemy territory, the Southern Dipper Star Lord ordered his disciple to withdraw and leave the dynasty to Li Xian, whose reputation had risen to that of the Aurora Immortal Sovereign.

• The Star-Ruling, Wandering Dragon, and Dragon Elephant Immortal Kings debated how to divide the Heavenly Flame Immortal Dynasty’s assets and what share to offer Li Xian.
• The Southern Dipper Star Lord ordered the Star-Ruling Immortal King to withdraw and let Li Xian decide all affairs of the dynasty.
• The Southern Dipper Star Lord revealed that Li Xian had stormed a Nether Spring Nether Kingdom fortress and slain the Nether Spring Nether Lord in less than two breaths.
• The Star-Ruling Immortal King told the Wandering Dragon and Dragon Elephant Immortal Kings that Li Xian was now the Aurora Immortal Sovereign.
• The Wandering Dragon and Dragon Elephant Immortal Kings learned of Li Xian’s victory and realized their planned division of the dynasty’s assets was meaningless.

After Li Xian killed Nether Spring Nether Lord, the Great Dao Golden Immortal Ranking committee debated whether to restore him to first place and learned he would not soon leave for Heaven's Mandate Cult. Li Xian refused to rule the Heavenly Flame Immortal Dynasty, entered seclusion to refine a Secret Art, and the chapter ended with Gu Qingxian challenging him to a public duel.

• Northern River Star Lord brought the committee a report confirming that Li Xian had killed Youquan inside the Nether Spring Nether Kingdom, prompting the Star Lords to reconsider the ranking and seek Li Xian's and Gu Qingxian's views.
• Li Xian returned to the Heavenly Flame Immortal Dynasty, declined Yueyan Immortal King's offer to rule it, and left after learning Purple Flame Immortal King had escaped danger.
• Heavenly Pivot Star Lord and Three Enclosures Star Lord met Li Xian, who said he had no plans to go to Heaven's Mandate Cult soon, and they prepared to restore him to first place on the ranking.
• Li Xian told Immortal Sovereign Yao Xuan that he had killed Youquan, then entered seclusion to refine the Tianyuan Strike while Yao Xuan kept visitors away.
• News of Li Xian's victory spread, and Gu Qingxian publicly challenged him to a duel witnessed by the Human Race's Great Powers.

Gu Qingxian accepted the challenge to fight Li Xian, taking the Changxi Immortal Sword to counter his powerful will art and aiming to settle her complicated feelings toward him. After three hundred years of anticipation across the Human Race, Li Xian emerged from seclusion and connected to the Virtual Heaven Immortal Realm, where Deep Blue overwhelmed him with messages.

• Academy Master Lian Ran warned Gu Qingxian that Li Xian had displayed immense strength, but Gu Qingxian remained confident she could decide their battle quickly.
• Sword Master Wangshu gave Gu Qingxian the Changxi Immortal Sword, saying it could counter Li Xian's will art and help her defeat him.
• Gu Qingxian took the sword and ordered Shuyu to make Li Xian accept her challenge, intending to end the influence he had over her.
• News of the challenge spread widely, and the Human Race and many others waited for the battle while Li Xian remained in seclusion for three hundred years.
• Li Xian emerged from his guarded Cultivation Zone and connected to the Virtual Heaven Immortal Realm, where Deep Blue flooded him with messages.

Li Xian accepted Gu Qingxian’s challenge after learning she wielded the Changxi Sword, a treasure said to counter his abilities. When Shuyu revealed that Gu Qingxian had crushed Lingxu, Li Xian’s terrifying will frightened everyone present, and he resolved to face Gu Qingxian; the two finally met on the Purple Heavens Dao-Questioning Platform as the Lord of Creation began their duel.

• Li Xian emerged from seclusion, named his Dao Wuxian, and accepted Gu Qingxian’s challenge after learning she had obtained a treasure that could counter his defenses.
• Shuyu, Yu Qiao Dao Lord, and Ling Qiankun visited Li Xian’s cave abode, where Li Xian warned them that Gu Qingxian might lose and offered to withdraw from the ranking for Lingxu’s sake.
• Shuyu said Gu Qingxian had crushed Lingxu, and Li Xian’s overwhelming will forced her to beg for mercy before he decided to see the challenge through.
• Li Xian went to the Purple Heavens Dao-Questioning Platform as news of the duel drew thousands of Immortal Kings and more than a thousand Golden Immortals.
• Gu Qingxian arrived with her supporters, and the Lord of Creation enclosed the pair within a formation before declaring the duel begun.

Li Xian faced Gu Qingxian on the Purple Heavens Dao-Questioning Platform and repeatedly blocked her elusive sword attacks before launching a precise counterattack. He shattered the protection of her Primordial Unity Precious Mirror and pressed his assault as Gu Qingxian realized she could not escape his strikes.

• Gu Qingxian declared that she would win, while Li Xian challenged her pride and asked whether she could endure defeat.
• Gu Qingxian vanished into the void and attacked with the Changxi Sword, but Li Xian stopped her strike with one finger.
• Gu Qingxian used Wanxiang Without Shadow to launch thousands of attacks, yet Li Xian blocked every strike without moving from his place.
• Li Xian rushed at Gu Qingxian, tracked her retreat through minute adjustments, and struck her through the Primordial Unity Precious Mirror’s protection.
• Li Xian pursued the recoiling Gu Qingxian and brought the Heavenly Extreme Sword down toward her head, demanding that she answer him.

Li Xian continued overwhelming Gu Qingxian, who then used the Changxi Sword and the Purple Firmament Dao Inquiry Platform’s power to form a world sword formation. Li Xian answered by revealing a ninety-thousand-li world and declaring that he possessed the Primordial Unity Great Luo Limitlessness Dao Fruit.

• Li Xian broke through Gu Qingxian’s defenses and struck her repeatedly, while onlookers recognized that his abilities countered her void concealment.
• Gu Qingxian accused Li Xian of using a supreme treasure to predict her movements, then unleashed the Changxi Sword to create a sixty-six-thousand-li world sword formation.
• Gu Qingxian drew on the Three Thousand Great Daos surrounding the Purple Firmament Dao Inquiry Platform, prompting Yao Xuan and Jueche to object that the advantage was unfair.
• Wangshu Sword Master defended Gu Qingxian’s use of the platform’s power, arguing that drawing upon the Three Thousand Great Daos was part of her strength.
• Li Xian revealed a world that expanded to ninety thousand li, with nine Great Daos within it, and declared that he possessed the Primordial Unity Great Luo Limitlessness Dao Fruit.

Li Xian revealed that he had cultivated the Primordial Unity Limitlessness Great Luo Dao Fruit and defeated Gu Qingxian with his Tianyuan Strike, establishing himself as one of the Human Race’s foremost Immortal Emperors. After the duel, he gained the attention of the Great Powers and Dao Masters, and news of his victory spread throughout the Immortal Realm.

• Li Xian revealed his ninety-thousand-li world and Primordial Unity Limitlessness Great Luo Dao Fruit, then used the Tianyuan Strike to seize control of the three thousand Great Daos.
• Li Xian shattered Gu Qingxian’s world and forced her to her knees, while Sword Master Wangshu tried to intervene and the Great Truth Dao Master insisted the duel continue until Gu Qingxian conceded.
• Gu Qingxian refused to yield and attacked Li Xian in desperation, but Li Xian crushed her resistance; the Lord of Creation swept away her consciousness and ended the battle.
• The Great Powers and Dao Masters praised Li Xian’s foundation and potential, while the Great Truth Dao Master arranged for him to enter Heaven’s Mandate Cult and pursue the path to becoming a Dao Master.
• Yao Xuan and others congratulated Li Xian, and Academy Master Jueche showed him around the Purple Heavens Dao Palace headquarters.
• Accounts of Li Xian’s victory spread across the Human Race’s territory, and the Aurora Immortal Emperor became known throughout the Immortal Realm as the Aurora Immortal Sovereign.

The God Clan’s leaders discussed Li Xian’s rise and considered using the True Immortal Great World to lure him into danger, while the Undying Clan’s Six Paths Nether Emperor resolved to avoid provoking him. The God Clan decided to test the scheme cautiously and seek help from the Heaven's Mandate Cult, but Wuxian’s direct proposal was dismissed.

• Newborn God Lord and three Immortal Overlords learned that Li Xian had attained the Primordial Unity Limitlessness Great Luo Dao Fruit and feared he could become a Top-Tier Overlord after advancing.
• Prophecy God Lord and Gu Yuan God Lord proposed relying on the Heaven's Mandate Cult and alerting the Ultimate Dao Master to Li Xian’s threat.
• Wuxian told the God Lords that the True Immortal Great World could be used to draw Li Xian out, but Jieyuan God Lord rejected his suggestion to threaten the world directly and Newborn God Lord threw him out.
• Gu Yuan God Lord proposed stirring up a Void Tide as a test, and Newborn God Lord approved it as a secondary plan while the God Clan focused on the Heaven's Mandate Cult.
• Six Paths Nether Emperor read reports about Li Xian and Gu Qingxian, then decided to enter sealed seclusion so nobody could involve him.

After Li Xian’s victory made him an Immortal Sovereign, people across the Immortal Realm sought his favor, while Lan Yu regretted having once resented him. Li Xian returned to Nine Emperors City and revealed that his will had advanced to Annihilation, astonishing those around him.

• Li Xian’s battle record ended the debate over the Great Dao Golden Immortal Ranking, and people across the Human Race hailed him as Aurora Immortal Sovereign.
• Xuanjun Immortal King courted Zhuzhao and the others, Purple Luan Immortal King prepared to apologize to Li Xian, and Lan Yu despaired at the gulf between his prospects and Li Xian’s achievements.
• Immortal Lord of Ten Thousand Dharmas apologized to Li Xian for Nine Heavens Immortal King and presented evidence that he had eliminated Nine Heavens’s followers; Li Xian refused his gift and declared the matter settled.
• Li Xian left the Purple Heavens Dao Palace for Nine Emperors City, where crowds swarmed him and Immortal Sovereign Yao Xuan offered him a quieter residence.
• Li Xian offered to help Leng Qishuang transform her spiritual realm, then confirmed to Yao Xuan that his will had advanced from Dao Transformation to Annihilation.

Li Xian attained will annihilation and used his Enlightenment Art to help Leng Qishuang break through to an immortal spirit. After meeting Purple Vulture and learning what the Chaos Void meant for Dao Masters, he learned why the Heaven's Mandate Cult was the best place to pursue that path.

• Immortal Sovereign Yao Xuan and the others congratulated Li Xian on reaching will annihilation, and Li Xian began enlightening Leng Qishuang.
• Li Xian's Enlightenment Art and Leng Qishuang's newfound confidence helped her break through to an immortal spirit.
• Yao Xuan told Li Xian that Purple Vulture had brought a useful treasure, and Li Xian agreed to meet her.
• Purple Vulture apologized for Tianjiu's offense and gave Li Xian a Chaos Gold Token, which was useful for visiting the Heaven's Mandate Cult.
• Yao Xuan explained that Dao Masters explored the Chaos Void and that the Heaven's Mandate Cult offered the ideal conditions for pursuing the Dao Master path.

Li Xian ended his seclusion plans after realizing he needed to witness more true Annihilation, then helped arrange funds for his allies and traveled to the Slaying Dragon Sea to investigate a lead connected to Gu Qingxian. There he found a broken immortal sword boasting to Xiao He about its former masters, and Li Xian recognized its familiar manner of speaking.

• Li Xian discussed the chaotic void and the Heaven's Mandate Cult with Yao Xuan, then decided to pursue Annihilation and eventually travel to the chaotic void.
• Li Xian entrusted Nangong Feixu with managing the Great Luo Immortal Sect's remaining supplies and a new fund of a thousand Chaos Crystals.
• Li Xian received a lead from Li Tiangui and traveled to the Slaying Dragon Sea in the Refining Mysterious Immortal Dynasty.
• Li Tiangui brought Li Xian to the Fire Cloud Sect, where they found Xiao He with a broken immortal sword that claimed to have followed two brilliant masters.

Li Xian found Lingxu, whose damaged spirituality could not be restored, and chose to let it remain with Tang Ziyan while protecting it from afar. After Xiao He was killed for his outburst, Li Xian left for the Black Heaven Chaos Grotto to cultivate.

• Li Tiangui told Li Xian that Lingxu’s spirituality was badly damaged and unlikely to recover, so Li Xian decided to give it time rather than restore it.
• Tang Ziyan offered Xiao He an Immortal-Forming Pill as compensation for ending their engagement, but he rejected it, repudiated her, and stormed out of the Fire Cloud Sect.
• Elder Chi pursued Xiao He to a secluded valley, killed him, and burned his body, leaving Li Xian surprised that the youth had no hidden strength or means of escape.
• Li Xian placed a protective strand of will in Lingxu as it traveled with Tang Ziyan, then parted from Li Tiangui at an All Heavens Hall.
• Li Xian traveled to the Black Heaven Chaos Grotto and entered its depths to cultivate.

After enduring the Black Heaven Chaos Grotto’s torment, Li Xian entered the Chaos Void and advanced his Wuxian Great Dao by resisting its overwhelming terror. Back in Nine Emperors City, he learned of the Great Luo Immortal Sect’s progress and Li Tiangui’s new instrument, then was asked to use his Dao Lord identity to help rescue a Pioneer in Foreign Races territory.

• Gu Qingxian told Wangshu Sword Master and Lian Ran that Li Xian had obtained the Lord of Kindling’s true inheritance, and Lian Ran proposed seeking Dao Lord Liaoyuan to reclaim its treasures.
• Gu Qingxian declined to join Wangshu and Lian Ran, choosing instead to retreat and pursue the Limitlessness Golden Immortal realm.
• Li Xian tempered his Liuli Limitless Body in the Black Heaven Chaos Grotto, entered the Chaos Void, and used Three Phases Beget Life to find inspiration in the Heaven-Opening True-Meaning Diagram.
• Li Xian’s Wuxian Great Dao advanced to the third step of the Dao Lord realm, gaining infinite evolution and rebirth as he returned through the Chaos Grotto.
• Li Xian learned that Lu Linyuan, Nangong Feixu, and Zhuzhao had reached the Mysterious Immortal realm, and saw Li Tiangui demonstrate a new instrument for measuring mental-power progress.
• Jueche Immortal Sovereign asked Li Xian to use the concealment of his Dao Lord identity to help an important Pioneer venture into Foreign Races territory for a rescue.

Li Xian accepted a mission to rescue Pioneer Liguang from the Mist Race after the Lord of Creation learned that Li Xian had achieved will annihilation. After reviewing the route and the Mist Race’s defenses, Li Xian decided to enter its territory directly and attempt the rescue without relying on the undercover agent.

• Jueche Immortal Sovereign explained that Pioneer Liguang was being held by the Mist Race and that the Lord of Creation wanted Li Xian to bring him back.
• Li Xian confirmed that his will had reached annihilation, and Li Tiangui and Jueche Immortal Sovereign reacted with surprise before explaining how rare such Dao Lords were.
• Li Xian accepted the mission and learned that he could choose an inheritance or treasure from the Purple Heavens Dao Palace treasury if he rescued Pioneer Liguang.
• Jueche Immortal Sovereign shared information about the Mist Race and introduced Mist Shadow, an undercover agent who provided Li Xian with an entry route and contact points.
• After reaching the border, Li Xian judged that crossing the Red Rock Race would take years and chose instead to teleport directly into Mist Race territory and rush to Pioneer Liguang’s location alone.

Li Xian broke into the Mist Race’s Yearsand Sea Research Base and rescued Pioneer Liguang, who revealed that his research could allow the Human Race to open the River of Time. As they fled with the research, Li Xian fought off Wu Jing, but the Mist Race and Spirit Race prepared to block their escape.

• Bai Chen learned that Li Xian had forced his way into Mist Race territory, and the Mist Race traced his route to the Yearsand Sea Research Base.
• Li Xian reached the base, freed Pioneer Liguang, and helped him retrieve his research from the eastern courtyard despite Elder Han Ying’s attempt to stop them.
• Li Xian and Liguang escaped aboard the Immortal Feather Boat after the Mist Race destroyed the teleportation arrays along their route.
• Liguang revealed that his research might let the Human Race open the River of Time once, potentially bringing back fallen Golden Immortals and greater powers.
• Wu Jing trapped them with a spatial blockade and attacked, but Li Xian broke through his green crystal storm and dragon-claw strike before fleeing aboard the Immortal Feather Boat.
• Wu Jing warned that Elder Mi Shi, Elder Wu Kong, the Lord of Mist Profundity, and the Spirit Race’s Myriad Spirits Dao Master were moving to intercept Li Xian.

Li Xian was ambushed at the border by Mist Race elders Mi Shi and Wu Kong, but used his foresight, powerful defenses, and counterattacks to survive their combined assault. He escaped aboard the Immortal Feather Boat, leaving the battle unresolved as he continued toward the Human Race border.

• The Heaven-Deriving Sect learned that Mist Profundity and Myriad Spirits were heading toward the Human Race border and ordered preparations to intercept them.
• Mi Shi ambushed Li Xian, but Li Xian anticipated the attack and struck back with the Heavenly Extreme Sword and Tianyuan Strike, collapsing the space around Mi Shi.
• Wu Kong intervened with a space-time attack that crossed the past, present, and future, but Li Xian weakened it with his sword, Hunyuan Pearl, and Liuli Limitless Body.
• Li Xian used Beyond Reincarnation to evade further attacks and countered Wu Kong with Infinite Void and Tianyuan Strike, forcing him to escape the collapsing space-time.
• Li Xian praised Wu Kong's abilities, declared that they should end the battle, and fled aboard the Immortal Feather Boat.

Li Xian, piloting the Immortal Feather Boat toward human territory, was intercepted by the Myriad Spirits Dao Master, who used his Great Dao to animate and turn Li Xian’s inner-world powers against him. Li Xian survived the assault and escaped through a Void Space node as the Lord of Mist Profundity approached, carrying Pioneer Liguang and crucial information toward human territory.

• Elders Mi Shi and Wu Kong failed to catch Li Xian and recognized that his Immortal Feather Boat and secret arts made him exceptionally difficult to stop.
• The Myriad Spirits Dao Master blocked Li Xian at a miniature Void Space node and declared that he would capture him for ransom.
• The Myriad Spirits Dao Master animated the Great Daos in Li Xian’s world, forcing Li Xian to damage his own world and Great Daos to escape the attacks.
• Li Xian evaded the Myriad Spirits Dao Master’s composite sword strikes, while Pioneer Liguang recognized the attacker’s Great Dao of Myriad Spirits.
• When the Lord of Mist Profundity approached, Li Xian abandoned the fight and headed for the Void Space node.
• Li Xian activated the Immortal Feather Boat and vanished through the node.

At a border fortress, Dao Lord Liaoyuan, Wangshu Sword Master, and Lian Ran plotted to confront Li Xian and reclaim the Lord of Kindling’s inheritance. When Li Xian arrived in the Immortal Feather Boat warning of an attacking Spirit Race Dao Master, Liaoyuan attacked him and was killed instantly.

• Dao Lord Liaoyuan agreed to demand that Li Xian return the Lord of Kindling’s inheritance, with Wangshu Sword Master and Lian Ran backing him.
• Wangshu Sword Master learned that Li Xian had gone to the Mist Race, and the three headed for the All Heavens Hall to pursue him.
• Li Xian burst into the fortress aboard the Immortal Feather Boat and warned a stationed Taiyi Golden Immortal that a Spirit Race Dao Master was attacking.
• Li Xian ordered the All Heavens Hall to activate its teleportation array, but Wangshu Sword Master, Lian Ran, and Liaoyuan intercepted him.
• Liaoyuan attacked Li Xian to reclaim his inheritance, but Li Xian’s Immortal Feather Boat struck him and annihilated his Great Dao, killing him on the spot.

Li Xian returned to the Purple Heavens Dao Palace with his inner world on the verge of collapse after escaping the Myriad Spirits Dao Master and rescuing Pioneer Liguang. In seclusion, he used the destruction of his world to awaken the Heaven-Opening Art, opening a new world and stirring the nine Great Daos across the Purple Heavens Dao Palace.

• Li Xian killed Dao Lord Liaoyuan, left the fortress, and Wangshu Sword Master and Lian Ran learned that he had escaped the Myriad Spirits Dao Master.
• The Lord of Gold and the Profound Void Dao Master returned to the fortress and told Wangshu Sword Master that Li Xian had escaped two foreign Great Powers pursuing him.
• Li Xian reached the Purple Heavens Dao Palace, released Pioneer Liguang, and entered seclusion as his inner world collapsed.
• Pioneer Liguang told the Lord of Creation and Jueche Immortal Sovereign that Li Xian's sacrifice had been worthwhile and urged them to contact the Purple Heavens Dao Ancestor and the Half-Saints.
• Li Xian recognized the Heaven-Opening Art within the destruction of his inner world and opened a new world through the Wuxian Great Dao.
• Golden Immortals and powerful beings across the Purple Heavens Dao Palace heard the cry of “Open heaven,” and the Purple Heavens Dao Ancestor recognized the Heaven-Opening Art.

Li Xian mastered the Heaven-Opening Art, drawing the attention of three Dao Ancestors, who explained that it gave him the qualifications to pursue the pinnacle of Overlord. He chose to strengthen his foundations and restore his world rather than immediately break through to Dao Master.

• The Heaven-Opening Art’s golden light stirred the Purple Empyrean Dao Academy, and the Purple Heavens Dao Ancestor calmed its inhabitants while concealing the phenomena from Li Xian’s Cave Abode.
• The Purple Heavens Dao Ancestor, Void Heaven Dao Ancestor, and Miaoyan Dao Ancestor discussed Li Xian’s mastery, his reincarnation, and the Heaven-Opening Art’s potential as a path to Overlord.
• Li Xian realized that using the Heaven-Opening Art destroyed his world and Great Dao, but that the art could turn an invading Great Dao into nourishment and unleash overwhelming power.
• Li Xian decided not to break through to Dao Master because his will and wuxian great dao remained unrefined, and he prepared to order resources to restore his world.
• The three Dao Ancestors visited Li Xian, and the Purple Heavens Dao Ancestor told him that mastering the Heaven-Opening Art qualified him to aspire to the pinnacle of Overlord.