Chapter Summaries

Cui Yu learned that a mysterious Observer from Earth's first era had entered the Great Thousand Worlds and went to report it to the Ghost Clan Queen. She dismissed his concerns and told him to focus on cultivating and surviving the coming battlefield.

• Cui Yu received a report about a mysterious human from Earth's first era who called himself an Observer and was difficult to observe.
• Cui Yu suspended his trial and hurried to the Ghost Clan Queen's palace to report the matter.
• General Zhu told Cui Yu that the Queen had already anticipated his visit and said that beings connected to the First Era existed only as traces.
• General Zhu relayed the Queen's warning that Cui Yu should stop worrying about a Supreme's concerns, cultivate properly, and avoid dying on a future battlefield.

Jiang Yang reached Azure Cloud Realm after decades of travel, entering a world where cultivators had been unable to ascend to the Immortal Realm for thousands of years. As two sect leaders wondered why contact and ascension had ceased, a golden star began falling toward the world.

• Cui Yu left the Queen's Palace, and the red-robed beauty watched a golden figure rise through the River of Time.
• Jiang Yang flew through Deep Space toward the Immortal Realm, earning a reputation as he dealt with those he encountered.
• Jiang Yang reached Azure Cloud Realm, where no cultivator had ascended since the Mount Tai Sword Sect's eighty-ninth sect master rose eight thousand years earlier.
• The Star-Seizing Sect's ninety-second sect master and an old Daoist discussed the severed contact with the Immortal Realm and the broken ascension formation.
• A star blazing with golden light tore through the void and fell toward Azure Cloud Realm.

Jiang Yang reached the Azure Cloud Realm and headed toward a formation that might offer a shortcut to the Immortal Realm. In the Immortal Realm, Xuanming agreed to help Luofu Immortal Sect recruit disciples for the coming age of greatness, while on Earth Shennong sensed a sudden warmth and wondered if his parents were near.

• Jiang Yang entered the Azure Cloud Realm after decades of travel through Deep Space and flew toward its formation linked to the Immortal Realm.
• Gou Daoren told Xuanming that the Azure Cauldron Era would begin in five hundred years and urged Luofu Immortal Sect to recruit talented disciples.
• Xuanming agreed to descend to the Lower Realm and insisted that she choose the best recruits first.
• Xuanming lamented that Shennong was absent, and Gou Daoren reassured her that he had his own opportunities.
• On Mount Kongtong, Shennong woke from cultivation, sensed warmth in his heart, and wondered whether his father and mother were near.

Jiang Yang arrived at Azure Cloud Mountain and examined the Azure Cloud Stone and the realm’s connection to an Immortal Clan formation. When Liu Yunfeng confronted him, Jiang Yang’s presence overwhelmed the sword cultivators, drawing powerful figures from across the realm toward the mountain.

• Jiang Yang descended onto Azure Cloud Mountain and sensed the ancient Dao resonance in the Azure Cloud Stone.
• Jiang Yang surveyed the realm and detected energy nodes forming a faint Space-Time Channel.
• Liu Yunfeng and Cloud Sea Sword Sect disciples arrived, accused Jiang Yang of trespassing, and demanded that he come with them.
• Jiang Yang explained that he had stopped to admire the scenery, but Liu Yunfeng refused to let him remain on the sacred mountain.
• Jiang Yang’s golden gaze released immense pressure, and streaks of light from powerful locations across the realm headed toward Azure Cloud Mountain.

Jiang Yang studied the immortal formation at Azure Cloud Mountain after suppressing the disciples who had challenged him. As the Azure Cloud Realm’s foremost cultivators gathered nearby, they prepared to meet the powerful newcomer.

• Jiang Yang subdued Liu Yunfeng and the other disciples with his aura, then turned back to studying the immortal formation around the Azure Cloud Realm.
• Liu Yunfeng and his disciples decided to return to the Cloud Sea Sword Sect and report Jiang Yang to the sect master.
• Granduncle-Master Mingjian intercepted the disciples and learned from Liu Yunfeng that Jiang Yang was more powerful than the sect’s strongest cultivators.
• Mingjian chose to wait for the other powerful cultivators before approaching Jiang Yang.
• Several days later, Pang Temple Master, Jiang Lan, Lei Yun Dharma King, Autumn Frost Dragon Girl, and Peach Garden Female Sage gathered near Azure Cloud Mountain.

Jiang Yang met the seven strongest cultivators of the Azure Cloud Realm and agreed to repair the broken passage to the Immortal Realm. He made them promise to take him along when they used it, then began preparing to restore the formation.

• Mingjian gathered the seven great cultivators, and they traveled together to Azure Cloud Mountain to meet Jiang Yang.
• Jiang Yang welcomed them with wine and told them he could repair the broken Space-Time Channel to the Immortal Realm.
• Jiang Yang explained that he had been rejected by the Immortal Realm’s formation and wanted to enter through the restored passage with the cultivators.
• The seven hesitated, but Jiang Yang threatened them until they agreed to take him along.
• Jiang Yang told the cultivators to return home while he stayed to repair the formation, a task he expected to take a few hundred years.

Jiang Yang completed his preparations to repair the Ascension Formation and summoned the Azure Cloud Realm’s pinnacle cultivators to ascend with him. Three months later, they gathered at Azure Cloud Mountain as scheduled, ready to enter the Immortal Realm.

• Jiang Yang finished preparing the Ascension Formation but held back from completing its final step so the realm’s strongest cultivators would not ascend prematurely.
• Jiang Yang sent golden messages to Dragon Maiden Qiushuang and the other pinnacle cultivators, ordering them to meet him at Azure Cloud Mountain within three months.
• Dragon Maiden Qiushuang and the other cultivators were delighted to learn they could finally ascend.
• Three months later, the Qingyun Great Cultivators arrived at Azure Cloud Mountain and pledged to follow Jiang Yang’s plan.
• Jiang Yang told them to prepare while he completed the final step of repairing the Ascension Formation.

After Jiang Yang secretly followed seven ascenders from the Azure Cloud Realm through the immortal gate, they arrived at the Nanli Immortal Reception Platform in the Immortal Realm. A golden pillar and a vast new sun appeared, shocking immortals across the realm.

• Jiang Yang opened a gate between the Azure Cloud Realm and the Immortal Realm, allowing seven cultivators to ascend, then followed them while concealing his power.
• The seven ascenders arrived at the Nanli Immortal Reception Platform, where Buddha Immortal Sect disciples prepared to welcome them.
• The reception platform revealed that all seven ascenders came from the Azure Cloud Realm, surprising the red-robed disciples.
• An immense golden pillar of light rose from the platform and spread across the Immortal Realm.
• A radiant great sun appeared in the Immortal Realm’s firmament, eclipsing its own sun and startling countless immortals.

Jiang Yang entered the Immortal Realm, where his disguise was stripped away and his extraordinary aura drew the attention of powerful immortals across the Nine Heavens. As many viewed him as an intruder, Futuzi confronted him and moved to capture him.

• The appearance of the Great Sun drew the attention of powerful beings throughout the Nine Heavens, and Patriarch Primordial Sage ordered Jiang Yang removed from the Jade Register, saying he was no enemy of the Immortal Realm.
• Star Venerable wondered whether the Great Sun was the person someone had told her about, while a purple-robed female immortal recognized Jiang Yang's aura and called his name.
• Jiang Yang stepped through the Space-Time Channel onto Nanli's Immortal Reception Platform, where the Immortal Realm stripped away his disguise and exposed his imperial aura.
• Jiang Yang sensed countless hostile gazes and considered how to explain his entry, though he stayed calm despite the powerful beings watching him.
• Futuzi arrived, accused Jiang Yang of invading the Immortal Realm, and attacked to capture him.

Jiang Yang arrived in the Immortal Realm and was mistaken for a figure like the Devil Lord because of his blood-soaked aura. When Futuzi attacked him, Jiang Yang defeated him with one strike, leaving Futuzi's allies fearing for his life.

• Jiang Yang tried to explain to Futuzi that he had come to visit an old friend, but Futuzi accused him of resembling the Devil Lord.
• The Immortal Realm's powerful figures recalled the Devil Lord's rebellion and grew wary of Jiang Yang.
• Futuzi attacked Jiang Yang with a blood-colored river and a vast net of Sword Qi.
• Jiang Yang drew his Platinum Longsword and split Futuzi's attack before striking him across the chest.
• Futuzi's allies in the Nine Heavens Realm feared Jiang Yang would attack again and kill him.

Jiang Yang challenged the Immortal Realm’s powerful beings after crippling Futuzi, but his strength overwhelmed their combined attacks. Great Venerable Ananda arrived to capture him and intended to use the battle to break through to the Dao Lord realm and establish the Fourth Church’s prominence.

• Jiang Yang confronted Futuzi above the Nanli Immortal Reception Platform, and several Seventh Step Immortals arrived after he crippled Futuzi.
• The Immortals attacked Jiang Yang together, but he destroyed their combined powers with a single sword strike.
• Jiang Yang asked the Immortals to introduce him to the Dao Ancestor, prompting them to mock his request.
• The gray-robed Immortal warned Redflame not to attack and called for Great Venerable Ananda.
• Ananda arrived, declared he would capture Jiang Yang, and attacked with his Precept Blade while seeking to break through to the Dao Lord realm.

Jiang Yang and Ananda fought an evenly matched battle of supreme wills, with Jiang Yang gradually injuring Ananda despite the escalating power of his thunder saber. As their duel continued to shatter space-time, the Dao Ancestor sent a decree to the Immortal Continent to be read to Jiang Yang after the fight.

• Jiang Yang met Ananda’s purple thunder saber with a full-force sword strike, and their golden and purple powers clashed without either gaining the upper hand.
• Immortal Kings and Dao Lords across the Immortal Realm watched the battle, while the Dao Lord on Spirit Mountain declared that Ananda was destined to suffer a defeat that day.
• The old Daoist in hemp robes returned briefly to the Ninth Heaven and ordered two boy attendants to deliver his decree to Jiang Yang after the battle.
• Jiang Yang continued to break through Ananda’s increasingly powerful attacks and wound him, while their battle shattered space-time and activated the Supreme Immortal Formation.

Ananda became the Dao Lord of Thunder, but Jiang Yang defeated him by summoning over a thousand copies of himself and unleashing a united sword strike. After Ananda conceded, two children arrived with the Dao Ancestor’s edict declaring Jiang Yang the Immortal Emperor, leaving his rise formally recognized across the Immortal Realm and All Heavens.

• Ananda realized he could not wound Jiang Yang, then broke through to become Dao Lord Ananda and command the Thunder Great Dao.
• Ananda challenged Jiang Yang as a Dao Lord, but Jiang Yang summoned over a thousand radiant copies of himself and struck alongside them.
• Their attacks collided in a clash that drained the color from heaven and earth, and Ananda recognized Jiang Yang’s connection to the Immortal Clan’s civilization trait.
• Tathagata ordered Ananda to end the battle, and Ananda conceded and directed Jiang Yang toward the Dao Ancestor.
• Two Sixth Step children arrived from the Nine Heavens, and the girl proclaimed the Dao Ancestor’s edict naming Jiang Yang the Immortal Emperor.

Jiang Yang accepted the Immortal Emperor title as authorization to enter the Immortal Realm without its Heavenly Dao rejecting him. The Dao Ancestor invited him to Yellow Mountain Immortal City and told him that Xuanming was on Luofu Immortal Mountain in the Fifth Heaven.

• A child attendant explained that the Immortal Emperor title functioned as an access pass to the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Dao.
• The attendant relayed the Dao Ancestor's declaration that Jiang Yang's rank equaled his own and that others should honor Jiang Yang accordingly.
• Jiang Yang accepted the title and asked to meet the Dao Ancestor.
• The Dao Ancestor told Jiang Yang to meet him in Yellow Mountain Immortal City and said Xuanming was on Luofu Immortal Mountain in the Fifth Heaven.

Gou Daoren watched Jiang Yang’s battles and the Dao Ancestor’s decree through a magical mirror, warning Xuanming to avoid getting involved with powerful outsiders. Xuanming recognized Jiang Yang and revealed that he had followed her to the Immortal Realm, leaving Gou Daoren furious and alarmed.

• Gou Daoren watched Jiang Yang fight Futuzi, the assembled immortals, and Ananda, and praised his formidable strength.
• Gou Daoren commented on Ananda’s breakthrough and cautioned Xuanming against provoking powerful figures after Jiang Yang received honors from the Dao Ancestor.
• Xuanming saw Jiang Yang in the mirror and watched him with delight and longing while Gou Daoren lectured her about keeping a low profile.
• Gou Daoren realized Xuanming was yearning for Jiang Yang and suspected that the man who had gotten her pregnant had followed her to the Immortal Realm.
• Xuanming confirmed that Jiang Yang had come, and Gou Daoren leaped up in fury.

Gou Daoren agreed to meet Jiang Yang when he arrived at Luofu Immortal Mountain, while asking Xuanming to keep his old attempt to become the Dao Ancestor’s disciple secret. After leaving the newly ascended immortals under his protection, Jiang Yang headed for the Fifth Heaven.

• Gou Daoren agreed to receive Jiang Yang and called for his junior brother, while Xuanming teased him about wanting to attach himself to the Dao Ancestor.
• Jiang Yang asked the Dao Ancestor’s attendants where Luofu Immortal Sect was located in the Fifth Heaven and prepared to leave for it.
• Jiang Yang noticed Dragon Girl, Mingjian, and the other newly ascended immortals watching him after his battle with Futuzi and the Dao Ancestor’s conferral of the rank of Immortal Emperor.
• Jiang Yang told the group to leave the Buddha Immortal Domain before the major sects held recruitment ceremonies and placed a trace of his aura on each of them for protection.
• Dragon Girl, Mingjian, and the others thanked Jiang Yang, who then flew toward the Fifth Heaven.

Jiang Yang journeyed through the Nine Heavens to the Fifth Heaven, where he reunited with Xuanming at Luofu Immortal Mountain. The chapter ended with their joyful greeting after a long separation.

• The Qingyun cultivators discussed Jiang Yang’s departure and considered which immortal sects they might join.
• Jiang Yang flew through the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Heavens before reaching the Fifth Heaven.
• Jiang Yang sensed a gentle presence to the east and said, “Kangna, I'm here.”
• At Luofu Immortal Mountain, Xuanming watched Jiang Yang approach with delight.
• Jiang Yang and Xuanming greeted each other after their long separation.

Jiang Yang reunited with Xuanming on Luofu Immortal Mountain and met her master, Gou Daoren, and junior brother, Luo Yunzi. After spending time together beneath the Immortal Pine, Jiang Yang agreed to join Xuanming at the Luofu Immortal Sect’s recruitment in fifty-five years.

• Jiang Yang walked through the clouds to Luofu Immortal Mountain, where Xuanming rushed into his embrace.
• Xuanming introduced Jiang Yang to her master, Gou Daoren, and her junior brother, Luo Yunzi.
• Jiang Yang and the Luofu immortals shared tea and talked about their lives, the Dao, and the Immortal Realm.
• Luo Yunzi invited Jiang Yang to help at the Luofu Immortal Sect’s recruitment in fifty-five years, and Jiang Yang agreed.

Jiang Yang agreed to join the Luofu Immortal Sect and help with its recruitment, giving Luo Yunzi hope that the sect could compete with the other great sects. He settled on Luofu Immortal Mountain with Xuanming, and after several decades went to visit the Immortal Clan's Dao Ancestor as the recruitment ceremonies approached.

• Luo Yunzi welcomed Jiang Yang's agreement, hoping his strength would help the Luofu Immortal Sect recruit exceptional disciples during the golden age.
• Xuanming asked Jiang Yang about their son, Jiang Shennong, and Jiang Yang assured her that Shennong was well and hoped to ascend to the Immortal Realm to find her.
• Xuanming felt sorrowful that Shennong had been separated from her, and Jiang Yang understood the difficult choice she had made as a mother.
• Jiang Yang settled on Luofu Immortal Mountain, spending time with Gou Daoren and Xuanming while living there for several decades.
• As the sects' recruitment ceremonies drew near, Jiang Yang went to visit the Immortal Clan's Dao Ancestor.

Jiang Yang visited the mortal Central Continent City and met Tai Shang, the Immortal Clan’s Dao Ancestor, in a small temple. He asked Tai Shang what had happened during the First Era, which remained unknown to him.

• Jiang Yang entered Central Continent City and observed the ordinary lives of its mortal residents.
• Jiang Yang followed a quiet path to a small temple and found an old man resting inside.
• Tai Shang introduced himself as the Immortal Clan’s Dao Ancestor and greeted Jiang Yang.
• Jiang Yang returned Tai Shang’s greeting and took the prepared seat beside him.
• Jiang Yang told Tai Shang that he had learned about three of the four eras preceding the Divine Clan civilization, then asked about the First Era.