Chapter Summaries

Fu Yuan salvaged rare treasures from his defeated enemies, cooked and shared their meat with Fu Feng, then set off for the Heaven-Ascending Tower. Meanwhile, the Great Luo Dynasty launched a war across the Hengjie Star Domain, and Grand Elder Luo Jue confronted the Holy Lord of Fengling Sacred Land.

• Fu Yuan found a living-puppet refinement method, a phoenix feather, and a Buddhist scripture among the enemies' belongings.
• Fu Yuan prepared the Black-Feathered Eagle and Nine-Headed Lion as a meal, and Fu Feng eagerly ate with him.
• Fu Yuan finished eating, consolidated his Nirvana cultivation, and headed for the Heaven-Ascending Tower.
• The Great Luo Dynasty declared war on several nearby powers, drawing widespread attention across the Emperor Realm.
• The Holy Lord of Fengling Sacred Land challenged the Great Luo, and Grand Elder Luo Jue answered him.

The Holy Lords challenged Great Luo, but King Luo Qing revealed the tenth heaven of the Divine Fire Realm and fought off several powerful opponents. Great Luo’s hidden Venerable and Saint-level foundations emerged to protect him, until a white-armored being appeared and shocked even Great Qin’s imperial lord.

• The Holy Lord of Fengling and other Venerables refused Grand Elder Luo Jue’s demand to withdraw, and Luo Qing confronted them as King of Great Luo.
• Luo Qing fought the Silver-Backed Demon Tiger and its Holy Lord, beating the tiger apart and forcing the Holy Lord to cough blood.
• An imperial lord revealed that Luo Qing had reached the tenth heaven of the Divine Fire Realm, beyond the usual limit of nine heavens.
• The Holy Lord of Fengling joined the attack with a Saint weapon, but Luo Qing’s royal robe summoned a golden dragon that clashed with the silver staff.
• More than thirty Great Luo experts at or above the Venerable Realm emerged, including former kings Luo Sifu and Luo Sanxian.
• A white-armored being crossed through space, and Great Qin’s imperial lord was shaken to recognize that he was still alive.

The Eight-Winged Saint King attacked the Great Luo camp, seeking revenge against Luo Yu's descendants, but Fu Yangping intervened. The Great Luo Dao Bell awakened and fought back, leaving the Saint King wounded and his Great Dao suppressed.

• The Eight-Winged Saint King overwhelmed Great Luo's experts and seized Luo Qing, the King of Great Luo, while recalling his old rivalry with Luo Yu.
• Fu Yangping blocked the Eight-Winged Saint King's attack and revealed that Luo Yu had severed one of his wings and reduced his cultivation by two realms.
• The Eight-Winged Saint King declared that he would destroy the Great Luo lineage and unleash his white-winged art against Fu Yangping.
• The Great Luo Dao Bell crossed the cosmos from the Heavenly Luo Star and struck the Eight-Winged Saint King with the power of Luo Yu's Quasi-Emperor art.
• The Eight-Winged Saint King restored his incomplete wing and clashed with the bell, but its blow made him cough blood and suppressed his Great Dao.

The Qilin Saint Emperor arrived to protect Great Luo and confronted the Eight-Winged Saint King, revealing himself as a being from the Mythic Era and a follower of the Indestructible Heavenly Venerable. He overwhelmed the Saint King’s attacks, while the Three Thousand Worlds recognized that the Indestructible Lineage had entered the struggle among the great powers.

• The Eight-Winged Saint King battered the uncontrolled Great Luo Dao Bell and threatened Great Luo as Luo Sanxian prepared to burn his Saint Dao Fruit in its defense.
• Fu Yangping called on Brother Qilin, who arrived along a golden avenue and struck the Eight-Winged Saint King, matching his attack with a casual blow.
• The Qilin Saint Emperor identified himself as an ancient qilin from the Mythic Era, prompting the Fire Qilin to withdraw and observers to recognize the Indestructible Lineage’s return.
• The Eight-Winged Saint King challenged the Qilin Saint Emperor’s ancient Dao, but the Qilin Ancient Emperor declared that heaven and the myriad Daos would not suppress him.
• The Eight-Winged Saint King unleashed his inauspicious Dao Treasure and its white-winged attacks, but the Qilin Ancient Emperor endured them without harm.

The Qilin Saint Emperor defeated the Eight-Winged Saint King and declared that the Indestructible Forbidden Zone and the Great Luo Dynasty would settle their old grudges in this age. The Great Luo Dynasty reclaimed the Emperor Realm as its forces destroyed several holy lands.

• The Qilin Saint Emperor overwhelmed the Eight-Winged Saint King, who realized the Indestructible Forbidden Zone stood behind Great Luo and admitted he had been manipulated by emperors.
• The Eight-Winged Saint King offered a Saint weapon and sought to retreat, but the Qilin Saint Emperor demanded that he sever his eight wings and surrender his armor.
• The Qilin Saint Emperor announced that past grudges would be settled in this age, alarming observers across the Three Thousand Worlds.
• The Eight-Winged Saint King refused the demand, and the Qilin Saint Emperor revealed his true form and fought him with the Qilin Precious Technique.
• The Qilin Saint Emperor returned victorious, carrying two of the Eight-Winged Saint King's severed wings.
• Great Luo's Venerables and Saints attacked the forces that refused to withdraw, several holy lands were wiped out, and the Great Luo Dynasty reclaimed the Emperor Realm.

The Heaven-Ascending Tower’s ancient rankings drew awe as prodigies gathered to test themselves, while stories emerged of Dugu Baitian’s battle with a mysterious black-robed youth. As renowned challengers entered the tower, new names crowded the red stele and pushed old legends from its list.

• Onlookers discussed the golden stele’s mysterious top-ranked figures and learned that the Ji Clan’s ancestor had supposedly dominated the Dao for eight million years.
• Dugu Baitian entered the Heaven-Ascending Tower, and Xuanyuzi told the crowd that he had fought a mysterious black-robed youth in a devastating battle.
• Su He greeted Xuanyuzi, confirming his identity as the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s representative, and Xuanyuzi said the youth had used self-created arts and laws.
• The Sun Holy Body, the Zhoutian Star Physique, the Heavenly Tyrant Body, and the beast Qiongqi entered the tower after reaching peak condition.
• Qinghua and Ying Xingyuan appeared on the red stele, followed by more challengers whose names displaced those of ancient sages.

The lists outside the Heaven-Ascending Tower revealed more of the present age’s prodigies, while Su He and Xuanyuzi heard the old monk Wufo predict an approaching Age of Dharma Decline. Wufo challenged the Buddha Realm’s devotion to offerings and entered the tower, leaving Miaokong shaken.

• Zhuge Yun, Qiong Feng, Lan Ye, Su He, Huo Lingxiao, and Lin Yu appeared on the lists, drawing attention to the age’s many powerful prodigies.
• The monk identified Miaoding as the name of an ancient Buddhist patriarch who had once approached the Quasi-Emperor Realm, and Xuanyuzi explained that the tower’s trials varied according to each entrant.
• Su He and Xuanyuzi spoke privately before Su He asked the eminent monk Wangfan why he had entered the World Road; Wangfan said he had come to witness the age and went toward the tower.
• Miaokong greeted Wangfan as her senior brother, but he rejected affiliation with Spirit Mountain and criticized the Western Heaven for accepting offerings while neglecting the suffering of living beings.
• Wangfan entered the Heaven-Ascending Tower, Miaokong recited scriptures to steady herself, and Xuanyuzi recalled that Wangfan was called the Second True Buddha.

Dugu Baitian confirmed that he had fought Luo Feng to a draw, and Luo Feng later placed third on the Golden Ranking after climbing the Heaven-Ascending Tower. As the crowd dispersed, Mo Tao, Zhu Xiaotian, and a familiar-feeling black-robed figure arrived and waited together.

• Dugu Baitian told Xuanyuzi that his battle with Luo Feng had ended without a winner, and that Luo Feng had forged multiple Daos and paths.
• A black-robed Luo Feng climbed the Heaven-Ascending Tower, and the Golden Ranking placed him third, behind Dugu Baitian and another figure ranked second.
• Luo Feng told Xuanyuzi that he came from the Great Luo Dynasty and reflected on Dao Shisan, the greatest genius of the Immortal Ancient era.
• Su He explained that the Tower’s restrictions made the rankings insufficient to determine who would win a fight, and the gathered beings gradually departed.
• Mo Tao arrived with Zhu Xiaotian and a concealed black-robed companion, then sat down with them as though waiting for someone.

Fu Yuan and Fu Feng confronted Mo Tao, Zhu Xiaotian, and the black-robed cultivator near the Heaven-Ascending Tower. Fu Yuan’s sword intent wounded Zhu Xiaotian and forced Mo Tao to defend himself, and the chapter ended as Fu Yuan launched a direct attack on the black-robed man.

• Mo Tao, Zhu Xiaotian, and the cultivator surnamed Chen waited for their approaching prey and vowed to devour Fu Yuan and Fu Feng.
• Fu Yuan and Fu Feng flew toward the group, while Fu Yuan recognized the black-robed man as an inheritor of Carefree Manor.
• Mo Tao attacked with a vast hand of Demonic Qi, but Fu Yuan cleaved it apart with golden Sword Qi.
• Zhu Xiaotian swallowed some of Fu Yuan’s sword strikes and writhed in pain, while the cultivator surnamed Chen used a blue talisman to disperse others with lightning.
• Onlookers recognized Fu Yuan as a scion of Great Luo, and Zhuge Lingfeng and Zhuge Yun connected his rise to the Indestructible Forbidden Zone.
• Fu Yuan summoned his Blood and Divine Spirits, sent sword rains against Mo Tao and Zhu Xiaotian, and reached for the black-robed man as Mo Tao countered at the peak of the sixth level of Nirvana.

Fu Yuan fought Zhu Xiaotian, Mo Tao, and the black-robed Chen Qiusheng, whose cultivation had reached the seventh layer of Nirvana. As Fu Yuan revealed his tenth-grade bloodline and the phenomenon of Chaos Splitting the Heavens, the battle turned decisively in his favor.

• Fu Yuan fought Zhu Xiaotian and Mo Tao while pursuing the black-robed man, who used spatial talismans to flee.
• The black-robed man joined Zhu Xiaotian and Mo Tao, revealed himself as Chen Qiusheng, and raised his cultivation to the peak of the seventh layer of Nirvana.
• Chen Qiusheng, Zhu Xiaotian, and Mo Tao attacked Fu Yuan together, while Chen Qiusheng summoned nine talisman-made flood dragons.
• Fu Yuan revealed his tenth-grade bloodline, shocking the spectators and causing the bloodlines of nearby beings to submit.
• Fu Yuan manifested Chaos Splitting the Heavens, terrifying his opponents, then crushed Chen Qiusheng's nine flood dragons with one move.