Chapter Summaries

Ji Ziyue and Lin Hao roasted a small crocodile on Yinghuo Ancient Star and shared a meal beside the Great Thunderclap Temple ruins. Ji Ziyue then told Lin Hao a Cybertron war story that he recognized as a joke he had once told Tantai Gu Yue.

• Ji Ziyue spotted a small crocodile near the Great Thunderclap Temple ruins and asked Lin Hao if they could roast it.
• Lin Hao agreed, and Ji Ziyue killed and prepared the crocodile while he made a stone stove.
• Ji Ziyue roasted the meat with spices and honey, offered Lin Hao the first bite, and enjoyed the meal with him.
• Ji Ziyue rested her head on Lin Hao's lap and began telling him a joke about Zhuge Kongming helping the Autobots defeat Megatron.
• Lin Hao recognized Ji Ziyue's story as the joke he had told Tantai Gu Yue after he first transmigrated.

The Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin arrived on Yinghuo Ancient Star and opened above a Five-Colored Altar, where Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Li Dan, and the other Mount Tai tourists emerged into a desolate red world. As observers in Douluo Continent feared the place was a dead world, Ye Fan spotted the silhouettes of ruined buildings nearby.

• The Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin descended toward the Five-Colored Altar on Yinghuo Ancient Star, and the altar lit up as the bronze coffin opened.
• Viewers at Shrek Academy and Spirit Hall reacted to the red desert, while Bibi Dong concluded the altar was a stop on the coffin's journey.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Li Dan, and the other tourists stumbled out of the coffin onto black gravel and found themselves in a barren, frightening landscape.
• Ye Fan surveyed the area and pointed out what looked like ruined buildings in the distance.

Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Li Dan, and the others spotted cooking smoke rising from a ruined temple on Mars and hurried toward it, while observers on the Douluo Continent worried it might be a trap. Lin Hao and Ji Ziyue awaited them at the temple, and Lin Hao emerged to pass the group on his way to the Three-Life Bronze Coffin.

• Ye Fan and Pang Bo spotted a ruined temple and a faint wisp of smoke, prompting their group to rush toward it in hopes of finding people.
• Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yuena watched the smoke and questioned whether it signaled danger or a trap.
• Ji Ziyue sensed Ye Fan’s group approaching and asked Lin Hao whether they should offer the newcomers some leftover roast meat.
• Lin Hao left Ji Ziyue to handle the guests and walked toward the Three-Life Bronze Coffin.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Li Dan, and the others reached the temple and stopped in surprise as Lin Hao emerged and passed among them without looking at them.

Lin Hao appeared at the ruined Great Thunderclap Temple on Mars, leaving Li Dan and the observers on Douluo Continent stunned and wondering what connected him to the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin. Ye Fan and his companions turned their attention back to the temple, where a girl appeared inside.

• Lin Hao walked out of the temple and vanished among the ruins, easing the pressure that had held Ye Fan and the others motionless.
• Li Dan identified Lin Hao as Heavenly Emperor Hao from Shrouding the Heavens, but his companions doubted his explanation.
• Ye Fan urged the group to investigate the temple, where cooking smoke still rose and someone moved near the entrance.
• Tang San proposed that Lin Hao either crossed the starry sky faster than the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin or had a connection to it and the Martian ruins.
• Gu Yuena sensed that space itself yielded to Lin Hao, while she and others suspected his arrival was no coincidence.
• Ye Fan and his companions cautiously approached the temple as a lively girl peered out from inside.

Ji Ziyue welcomed Ye Fan and the others to the ruined temple, teasing them before explaining that they had arrived on Mars and were being carried toward the Starry Sky Ancient Road. She warned that Yinghuo Ancient Star hid dangerous ancient residents, and Ye Fan asked whether the temple was safe.

• Ji Ziyue invited Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Li Dan, and the others into the temple and introduced herself as Great Immortal Ji.
• Ye Fan cautiously asked where they were, and Ji Ziyue joked that they looked tender and delicious before revealing they were on Mars.
• Ji Ziyue said the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin had brought them for a reason and was taking them toward the Starry Sky Ancient Road and the Other Shore.
• Ji Ziyue warned that Yinghuo Ancient Star held dangerous old residents, and faint scraping sounds came from inside the Great Thunderclap Temple.
• Ye Fan asked Ji Ziyue whether the temple and its cooking smoke were safe.

Ye Fan and his classmates entered a ruined temple on Mars and found ancient Buddhist relics that seemed unusually well preserved. Ji Ziyue revealed that it was the legendary Great Thunderclap Temple, leaving Ye Fan to question what the relics meant.

• Ye Fan decided to lead the group into the temple and told everyone to stay close.
• Inside, Ye Fan and the others found Huaxia-style Buddhist murals and scattered objects, including a bronze lamp, prayer beads, and a mirror.
• A male student’s bronze mirror glowed faintly, and Ye Fan felt warmth from it when he took it.
• Ji Ziyue laughed at the group’s excitement and identified the objects as relics of the Great Thunderclap Temple.
• Ye Fan asked whether the bronze mirror and the other objects were Buddhist treasures.

Ji Ziyue warned Ye Fan and the others that an Earth Vein Storm was tearing through the area and directed them toward the Five-Colored Altar for safety. They reached Lin Hao, whose mysterious power held the storm at bay, while his exchange with Ji Ziyue hinted that an important moment had not yet arrived.

• Ji Ziyue explained that the Buddhist treasures were remnants or deliberately left seeds before she and Ye Fan sensed the space shaking.
• Ji Ziyue identified the disaster as an Earth Vein Storm and warned that the ruined temple could not protect them, so Ye Fan led the group toward the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin.
• Ye Fan and the others struggled through the stone-filled sandstorm while Ji Ziyue stayed behind, shielded herself with violet light, and raced toward the Five-Colored Altar.
• The group found Lin Hao sitting before the Bronze Coffin inside a calm domain that stopped the storm, and they collapsed there in relief.
• Ji Ziyue called Lin Hao her great-grandfather and complained that he had let the group nearly drag her to her death; Lin Hao said the time had not come and nodded when she guessed at what he meant.
• Ye Fan thanked Lin Hao for sheltering them.

Lin Hao comprehended the Heaven-Burying Technique, a time-accelerating art that could drain the life of his enemies, especially Ancient Supremes. After deciding Ye Fan and his companions had to follow their own path, he sent them into the Bronze Coffin, which then closed as the nine dragons stirred.

• Lin Hao silently sheltered Ye Fan and the exhausted group from the raging sandstorm while Ji Ziyue sat beside him.
• By sensing the Three-Life Bronze Coffin’s Dao resonance, Lin Hao comprehended the Heaven-Burying Technique, which accelerated time for targets and could consume an Ancient Supreme’s remaining lifespan.
• Lin Hao reflected that he had formed a benevolent bond by protecting Ye Fan and his companions, but they still had to walk their own road.
• Lin Hao told Ye Fan and the others it was time to leave, then used an irresistible force to lift them into the Bronze Coffin.
• After the last person entered, the bronze lid closed, and the nine dragon corpses trembled and raised their heads toward the starry sky.

After the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin departed Mars, Lin Hao took Ji Ziyue to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land. As he watched for interference from the future and put an arm around her waist, Ji Ziyue blushed and secretly hoped he had begun to see her as a woman.

• The Bronze Coffin left Mars with Ye Fan and the others inside, while Lin Hao chose not to remove the tiny things that had attached themselves to them.
• Ji Ziyue clung to Lin Hao's arm and called him Great-Grandpa despite his protests.
• Lin Hao announced that they were going to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, and Ji Ziyue eagerly imagined boasting about surviving it to her brother.
• Ji Ziyue kissed Lin Hao's cheek, and he put an arm around her waist while checking for any response from the future.
• Ji Ziyue blushed and leaned closer to Lin Hao, who let things take their natural course before they vanished from the Five-Colored Altar.

After the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin left Mars for an unknown destination, observers on the Douluo Continent speculated that Lin Hao stood above the laws of heaven and earth. Bibi Dong and Gu Yuena both resolved to find a way to the Shrouding the Heavens World.

• The Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin departed Mars along what Tang San and Yu Xiaogang believed was an ancient route through the stars.
• Gu Rong and Chen Xin concluded that Lin Hao’s presence had driven back the storm and its sinister figures, and Gu Rong said Lin Hao seemed to stand above the rules of heaven and earth.
• Bibi Dong yearned for the power of the Shrouding the Heavens World and vowed to find a way there.
• Gu Yuena explained to Tang Wulin that Lin Hao embodied higher-order rules, then resolved to seek the other world to change the Soul Beast Clan’s fate.

Jiang Wanwan gave Zhu Zhuqing a magical pale blue dress and took her toward the Upper Heavenly Palace to train as a maidservant. Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing pass his cell and, left behind in prison labor, seethed with jealousy and resentment.

• Zhu Zhuqing admired the Cloudmist Brocade dress, and Jiang Wanwan explained that it contained spirit-gathering and defensive formations.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Jiang Wanwan to have a similar dress made for her older sister, and Jiang Wanwan agreed to arrange it for the next day.
• Jiang Wanwan led Zhu Zhuqing toward the Upper Heavenly Palace, saying Zhu Zhuqing needed to qualify as a maidservant before His Majesty returned.
• Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing in her new dress as she passed his cell, but Wang Lao'er’s threatening look stopped him from calling out.
• Zhu Zhuqing glanced at Dai Mubai without lingering and left with Jiang Wanwan, while Dai Mubai returned to his needlework, furious at their different fates.

Jiang Wanwan brought Zhu Zhuqing to the Upper Heavenly Palace, where Zhu Zhuqing was stunned by its splendor. Jiang Wanwan explained that it was only an outer institution and that the Heavenly Emperor lived in the White Jade Capital, in Great Luo Heaven.

• Jiang Wanwan used a jade talisman to transport herself and Zhu Zhuqing from the plaza to the Upper Heavenly Palace above a sea of clouds.
• Zhu Zhuqing gazed in awe at the magnificent palace complex, while people across the Douluo Continent reacted with shock to the Heavenly Screen's display.
• Dai Tianfeng, Shrek Academy students, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Chen Xin and Gu Rong marveled at the palace's grandeur and mysterious power.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Jiang Wanwan whether the Upper Heavenly Palace was where the Heavenly Emperor lived.
• Jiang Wanwan explained that the Upper Heavenly Palace was an outer institution for ceremonial affairs and maid training, while the Heavenly Emperor resided in the White Jade Capital in Great Luo Heaven.

Jiang Wanwan revealed that the Upper Heavenly Palace was only an outer training hall and that its secret realm made time pass seven times faster, then began Zhu Zhuqing’s maid training. The Heavenly Screen next showed Ye Fan and his classmates arriving in a desolate red land after the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin descended there.

• Jiang Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing that the Upper Heavenly Palace was a side hall and that one day outside equaled about seven days inside.
• Jiang Wanwan led Zhu Zhuqing through the palace and explained her training in etiquette, treasure identification, spells, and His Majesty’s preferences.
• Zhu Zhuqing resolved to work hard as she began her maid training in the Upper Heavenly Palace.
• The Heavenly Screen showed the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin descending onto a bleak, dark-red land.
• Ye Fan and his classmates climbed out of the bronze coffin and warily surveyed their desolate surroundings.

Ye Fan and his classmates explored a barren land that Tang San recognized as the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land. As the Shrek group dismissed the danger, the classmates rapidly aged while Ye Fan and Pang Bo became children.

• Ye Fan examined the strange red earth and led his frightened classmates in search of a way out.
• Tang San identified the landscape on the Heavenly Screen as the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, and the Shrek group speculated that it was safe.
• Ye Fan and his classmates walked out of the mountain range as Li Xiaoman and the others suddenly began aging.
• The classmates became white-haired elders within minutes, while Ye Fan and Pang Bo began growing younger until they looked like children.
• The Shrek group watched in shock as their assumptions about the forbidden land's safety were disproved.

The Heavenly Screen revealed that the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land drained the lives of most of Ye Fan and Pang Bo’s classmates while making the two men revert to childhood. As Douluo’s observers struggled to understand the forbidden land’s power over time, an ancient roar sounded and a man and young girl appeared.

• The observers saw Li Xiaoman, Wang Ziwen, and the others rapidly age, while Ye Fan and Pang Bo became boys of twelve or thirteen.
• Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Xiao Wu recognized that time was being manipulated, though they could not explain how.
• Bibi Dong and Hu Liena feared the forbidden land’s power, while Bibi Dong speculated that Ye Fan and Pang Bo’s unusual condition concealed a valuable secret.
• Di Tian identified the phenomenon as a manifestation of a law and wondered whether Ye Fan’s arrival was part of a larger arrangement.
• An ancient roar echoed from the forbidden land, but a man’s impatient voice interrupted it as he stood beside a young girl.

Lin Hao entered the depths of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land without being affected by its power over time, leaving observers across the Douluo Continent to wonder who he intended to meet. Ji Ziyue stayed with Ye Fan and the others, whose bodies had aged rapidly, and told them they probably would not die yet.

• Lin Hao told Ji Ziyue to wait while he went to see someone, then stepped through space into the depths of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo warned Lin Hao about the danger, but he continued without stopping.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang reacted to Lin Hao's disappearance and questioned why the forbidden land's power had not affected him.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders and Spirit Hall leaders speculated about Lin Hao's ability to ignore the forbidden land's rules and about whom he might meet there.
• Ji Ziyue circled Ye Fan and the others, teased them about their aged appearance, then reassured them that they probably would not die for now.

Ji Ziyue explained that the Nine Marvels Immortal Medicine protected Ye Fan and Pang Bo from the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, while the others had aged rapidly. She told the elderly classmates that cultivation could restore some vitality and extend their lives, leaving viewers across the Douluo Continent stunned by the prospect of living for centuries or millennia.

• Ji Ziyue explained that the fruit Ye Fan and Pang Bo ate had protected their life essence and made their bodies return to childhood, while the other classmates had aged.
• Zhou Yi and the other classmates asked Ji Ziyue whether they could escape their aged state, and she said restoring their youth would be difficult.
• Ji Ziyue said the classmates could attract sects and great families because the forbidden land had stimulated their life essence, and cultivation could restore their vigor and extend their lives by hundreds or even a thousand years.
• Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Oscar, Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong, and the other viewers reacted with shock and longing at the possibility of extraordinary longevity through cultivation.
• Ji Ziyue clapped her hands as the viewers on the Douluo Continent continued reeling from her revelation.

Ji Ziyue led Ye Fan and the others out of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, where they encountered flying cultivators. Watching them, people across the Douluo Continent realized that cultivation offered powers and longevity far beyond their own world’s limits.

• Ji Ziyue guided Ye Fan and the others through the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, weakening the force draining their vitality as they followed her.
• After the group crossed the forbidden land’s edge, powerful men and women arrived on streaks of rainbow light and hovered in the air.
• Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and others on the Douluo Continent reacted with shock to the cultivators’ effortless flight.
• Ning Fengzhi, Bibi Dong, Ghost Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo recognized that the cultivators’ abilities and longevity surpassed the limits of Soul Masters.
• People across the Douluo Continent abandoned their earlier ridicule and began yearning to understand cultivation.

Ji Ziyue left Ye Fan and his companions with cultivators who revealed that she was a cherished princess of the Ji Family and that her great-grandfather, Lin Hao, ruled the Heavenly Court. Their account of the Heavenly Court’s overwhelming power stunned Ye Fan’s group and shook the Douluo Continent, especially the Star Luo Emperor and the Zhu Family, who had condemned Zhu Zhuqing for joining it.

• Twenty or thirty cultivators bowed to Ji Ziyue, who told them to take charge of Ye Fan’s group before leaving for the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
• The cultivators reacted with amazement to the group’s survival and the forbidden land’s lingering power of time, then explained Ji Ziyue’s status and her connection to Lin Hao.
• The cultivators described Lin Hao as the Heavenly Emperor and the Heavenly Court as the supreme power of the age, leaving Ye Fan and Pang Bo astonished.
• Viewers on the Douluo Continent were shocked by the cultivators’ reverence for Ji Ziyue and the Heavenly Court, while Tang San felt insignificant.
• The Star Luo Emperor and the Zhu Family reconsidered their contempt for Zhu Zhuqing after learning the scale of the Heavenly Court’s power.

Ye Fan and his classmates escaped the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land with cultivators, and Ye Fan asked them to explain cultivation. The cultivator surnamed Liu outlined the Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm, leaving Oscar wondering what came after it.

• The cultivator surnamed Liu warned Ye Fan and the others that they were still near the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land and took them away on a flying boat.
• Ye Fan introduced himself, Pang Bo, and their classmates to Liu and asked what cultivation was.
• Liu explained the Wheel of Life, the Bitter Sea, and how opening the Bitter Sea began cultivation.
• Liu described the Life Spring, Divine Bridge, and Other Shore as the four realms of the Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm.
• Yu Xiaogang compared the cultivation system with Soul Master practices, while Oscar asked what came after the Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm.