Undying Heavenly Emperor

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Arrival in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands

Feng Ge was a genius of the Immortal Phoenix Race who fell from the Immortal Domain onto Gou Chen Star. Gravely injured and unable to use his divine power under the unfamiliar world's Dao rules, he was pulled from the water by sailors. They treated his injuries but subsequently sold him to a Pleasure Grove, where a clan descendant purchased him as a gift for Great Saint Bei 49.

After recovering his Dragon Transformation strength, Feng Ge destroyed the Pleasure Grove. His captors' stronger allies nevertheless wounded and trapped him. Xiao Ping'an intervened, killed the attackers and the powerful Bei and Ye Clans behind them, and rescued the unconscious Phoenix. He supplied Feng Ge with four demon Supreme scriptures, sent him to the Big Dipper, and instructed him to return after becoming a Quasi-Emperor 49.

Possession by Xiao Ping'an's Demonic Seed

When Feng Ge returned as a Quasi-Emperor, Xiao Ping'an forcibly implanted a demonic seed within him. The seed had been refined from a trace of Xiao Ping'an's soul imprint; it ultimately seized Feng Ge's body and inherited his fate. The resulting Undying Heavenly Emperor retained an independent existence while sharing his source with Xiao Ping'an 58 136.

This arrangement also served as a safeguard against Xiao Ping'an's death. The Undying Heavenly Emperor explained that he and Hundun Heavenly Venerable preserved a possibility of resurrecting the main self. He could therefore describe himself as both the Undying Heavenly Emperor and the Overlord Heavenly Venerable 136.

Dao Attainment and the Divine Court

With Xiao Ping'an's preparations and protection, the Undying Heavenly Emperor challenged the suppression of the reigning Great Daos. His successful tribulation made him the second recorded cultivator, after Xiao Ping'an, to shatter the Heavenly Heart Imprint and stand above the myriad Daos 59 60 135.

He rejected Emperor Venerable's invitation to join the Heavenly Court, citing uncertainty and danger surrounding the Road to Immortality, but agreed to help open the road. At Emperor Venerable's request, he also shared his breakthrough insights with Chuan Ying. He subsequently moved the Phoenix Nest to Flying Immortal Star and established a restricted zone 60 61.

During the battle against Dark Emperor Venerable, he fought alongside Xiao Ping'an and the other Supremes. When the Immortal Ascension Cauldron attempted to flee, he intercepted and inspected it 69.

After the Heavenly Court collapsed, he founded the Divine Court. Numerous factions submitted to him, and his court reached the height of worldly prestige during the peak of his first lifetime. Ning Fei later became his foremost divine general 72 75.

Protector Across the Ages

Unlike a self-slashed Dark Supreme, the Undying Heavenly Emperor survived through successive transformations without cutting down his cultivation. His reign was remembered as a flourishing age in which no Dark Supreme dared unleash a Dark Turmoil 135.

On awakening in his fifth life, he killed a Dark Supreme who had survived the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body Yang Ye's sacrificial attack. He attempted to preserve Yang Ye's primordial spirit imprint and essence blood, but the imprint disintegrated. With the surviving blood, he formed a new body and buried it in a Saint Spirit transformation site at Undying Mountain, hoping Yang Ye could return 135.

He later helped Xiao Ping'an send Xiao Xingyao, Xiao Xuanyuan, and the little Phoenix into the Immortal Domain. To open the Heavenly Gate, he killed three Dark Supremes and used their essence blood; he and Xiao Ping'an escaped before the road collapsed 141.

Teacher and Guardian

As his strength grew, the Undying Heavenly Emperor became a destination for emperors seeking longevity teachings. He discussed transformation methods with Amitabha Great Emperor and agreed to help refine his proposed nirvana path 196.

He also rescued Longevity Heavenly Venerable after a failed sixth-life transformation, gathering his shattered body and primordial spirit and sending them into the Strange World to recover. Later, when Heavenly Emperor Xuanwu transformed into a human Divine Infant and lost his memories, the Undying Heavenly Emperor raised him as Xuanmingzi 179.

His protection extended to Xiao Ping'an's descendants. When Xiao Dong's reckless tribulation threatened the Tyrant Body Ancestral Star, he severed its connection to the planet and then thoroughly beat Xiao Dong for endangering it. He acted as an ancestor without revealing their shared connection through Xiao Ping'an 183.

Travels Beyond His Home World

After reaching the Absolute Peak of Immortality, he departed aboard Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin. Several thousand years of travel brought him to a vast world initially identified as an Immortal Domain fragment, but subsequently revealed to be a fragment of the ancient Foreign Land 238 239 240.

There he met the Blood Phoenixes Huang Jiudao and Huang Xian, who offered to acknowledge him as their master when a Gu Race expert threatened their clan. He destroyed the families descended from Anlan and Yutuo, took Mole Cricket Immortal Venerable captive, and acquired substantial stores of Immortal Gold. He also reforged the Blood Phoenixes' Phoenix Furnace and strengthened his own blade 239 240 241.

His explorations included a Burial Domain fragment, where a Burial King's scripture offered new insights despite his existing cultivation foundation. He also examined Immortal King remains and discovered the bones of an Immortal Phoenix associated with contamination by the Weird Substance 240 242.

Immortal King Ascension and Return

After more than a hundred thousand years of tempering beyond his original world, he naturally entered the Immortal King realm. He deliberately moved into the boundless void before undergoing tribulation so that its lightning would not destroy nearby world fragments. Having consumed the entire tribulation, he immediately began opening his Sixth Secret Realm 256 257.

He returned to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands to bestow an Immortal King's blessing, sitting upon the Heavenly Heart Imprint as the world's rulers paid their respects. He praised Great Emperor Wushi's potential and urged him to become strong enough to confront the powerful enemies beyond their world 257 258.

Appearance

• Human form: An exceptionally handsome, graceful young man whose beauty is repeatedly described as surpassing that of beautiful women 49 135.
• Apparent age: Around twenty, retaining a youthful appearance across the ages 198 238 256.
• Body and blood: Jade-like, lustrous flesh, five-colored divine blood, and five-colored radiance 49 59.
• Phoenix form: A five-colored immortal Phoenix capable of changing into human form 135 238.
• Immortal King manifestation: Universes appear to be born and destroyed within his eyes, while his figure is reflected across the heavens 256.

Personality

The Undying Heavenly Emperor is proud and openly defiant of limitations. His early humiliation provokes a furious retaliation, while his Dao attainment culminates in a declaration that the title “Heavenly Venerable” should give way to “Heavenly Emperor.” He confronts tribulations aggressively rather than merely enduring them 49 59 60.

His confidence coexists with caution. He declines formal membership in Emperor Venerable's Heavenly Court because the Road to Immortality appears dangerous, later refuses public worship after his fifth-life revival, and chooses an isolated site for his Immortal King tribulation to avoid harming other worlds 60 135 256.

He is generous toward promising juniors but does not grant every advancement indiscriminately. He gives Xuan Ming and his companions Enlightenment Tea and additional leaves, yet leaves Xuan Ming to remain sealed rather than helping him break the Heavenly Heart Imprint. As Xuanmingzi's guardian, he deliberately restrains the child's extraordinary cultivation speed 178 179.

Abilities & Skills

Phoenix Nirvana and Regeneration

His Immortal Phoenix heritage supports repeated rebirth and recovery from devastating injuries 60 136.

• Combines the Phoenix Nirvana Secret Technique with Nine Secrets: Zhe to repair his flesh, primordial spirit, and Dao wounds 60.
• Repeatedly reconstructs himself after destruction during his Dao-attainment tribulation, growing stronger with successive revivals 60.
• Uses the racial talent of the possessed body to complete his fifth-life nirvana 136.
• Cannot invariably save another person's primordial spirit: Yang Ye's final imprint disintegrates despite his intervention 135.

Phoenix Combat Techniques

His combat methods combine racial abilities with techniques taught by Xiao Ping'an 238.

• Eight Prohibitions: Enters this state immediately after recovering Dragon Transformation strength 49.
• Phoenix Fist: Repeatedly shatters the Heavenly Heart Imprint during his breakthrough 60.
• Five-colored divine light: Incinerates the Pleasure Grove and later destroys a Dark Supreme with a beam from his eyes 49 135.
• Immortal Phoenix Treasure Technique: Helps fully awaken his bloodline, eventually making him stronger than the original Immortal Phoenix of the Ancient Ten Fiends 238.

Red Dust Transformation Methods

He pursues longevity through successive lives rather than self-slashing and feeding on ordinary beings 135.

• Some transformations require substantial quantities of Supreme essence blood 164.
• Becomes a Hundun Phoenix in his sixth life and devours the Immortal Tears Green Gold Saint Spirit to attain his seventh 142 163.
• Completes the Great Dream of Ten Thousand Ages to enter his eighth lifetime 176.
• Studies other cultivators' approaches and helps refine Amitabha Great Emperor's nirvana method 196.

Heavenly Heart Imprint and Great Dao Control

He can act above the world's normal restrictions on Dao attainment 60 178.

• Shatters the Heavenly Heart Imprint rather than relying on ordinary fusion with it 60.
• Suppresses a reigning emperor's Great Dao or forcibly manifests the imprint, allowing later cultivators to become emperors before the usual suppression has faded 178 179.
• Produces what the narration calls “counterfeit” Great Emperors; these assisted emperors do not gain lifespans beyond ordinary Great Emperors 176 178.
• Seizes another world's Heavenly Heart Imprint to learn about that world 239.
• Severs the connection between a tribulation and the Tyrant Body Ancestral Star to protect the planet 183.

Immortal Cultivation and Law Assimilation

His foundation combines the Desolate Heavenly Emperor's cultivation method with a fully awakened Immortal Phoenix bloodline 238.

• Possesses Ancient Ten Fiends' Precious Techniques, Immortal King-level scriptures, and the Primordial True Record 242.
• Walks in the River of Time and unleashes Immortal King-level attacks while still at the Absolute Peak of Immortality 238.
• Devours tribulation lightning and the laws contained in illusory Immortal Kings, turning them into nourishment for his body and primordial spirit 256.
• Uses foreign Great Dao laws for insight and tempering without allowing unsuitable laws to replace his perfected foundation 239.

Sixth Secret Realm

After his Immortal King tribulation, he opens a unique Sixth Secret Realm beyond the Five Great Secret Realms 256 257.

• The process appears to burn him away before a five-colored flame restores him 257.
• A mysterious world takes shape amid divine light and auspicious colors 257.
• Observing the process provides cultivation insights to True Immortals and Hundun Heavenly Venerable 256 257.

Artifact Refining

He repeatedly improves both his own weapon and others' artifacts 60 241.

• Fuses the mysteries of different Immortal Golds into his Heavenly Blade 60.
• Can forge genuine Immortal King weapons at the Absolute Peak of Immortality 239.
• Reforges the Blood Phoenix clan's Phoenix Furnace and returns it to Huang Jiudao 241.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Undying Heavenly Blade / Nine-Colored Heavenly Blade — Originally forged from five kinds of Immortal Gold. Xiao Ping'an adds materials to expand it to nine colors; its perfected form also contains Mother Qi of All Things and Chaos Divine Marrow. It evolves into an Immortal King weapon before its wielder formally enters that realm 58 60 239.
• Phoenix Nest — Site of his Quasi-Emperor transformation on the Tyrant Body Ancestral Star; later relocated to Flying Immortal Star 58 61.
• Four demon Supreme scriptures — Cultivation inheritances supplied by Xiao Ping'an after rescuing Feng Ge 49.
• Immortal Gold reserves — Obtained from the treasuries of Mole Cricket and the An and Yu Families, including Five Elements, seven-colored, Daluo, dark, and void Immortal Gold 240.
• Burial King's scripture — Recorded during his exploration of the Burial Domain fragment and studied for further insight 242.
• Kunlun Immortal Bell — An allied Immortal Artifact, rather than merely a weapon under his ownership 91.

Relationships

• Xiao Ping'an / Overlord Heavenly Venerable — Rescuer, teacher, and main self. Xiao Ping'an's demonic seed possesses Feng Ge, making the later emperor an independent incarnation and potential means of resurrection 49 58 136.
• Hundun Heavenly Venerable — Fellow longevity cultivator and close ally. He checks on her transformations; she later observes his Immortal King breakthrough while considering her own Sixth Secret Realm 135 163 256.
• Bai Feng'er / Undying Heavenly Empress — Bears two stone-egg sons conceived using Xiao Ping'an's essence blood through the Undying Heavenly Emperor's arrangement. She later becomes Xiao Ping'an's companion 90 91.
• Ning Fei — Foremost divine general of his Divine Court 75.
• Emperor Venerable — Invites him to join the Heavenly Court. He declines membership but agrees to assist with the Road to Immortality; later fights Dark Emperor Venerable 60 69.
• Chuan Ying — Receives his insights into defying Great Dao suppression, but initially reaches only Alternative Dao Attainment 60.
• Yang Ye — Great Accomplishment Sacred Body whose essence blood he preserves after a sacrificial battle, creating and burying a replacement body in hopes of his return 135.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerable — Dao-discussion companion whom he saves after a failed transformation by sending him into the Strange World 177 178 179.
• Heavenly Emperor Xuanwu / Xuanmingzi — Fellow cultivator reborn as a memoryless Divine Infant. The Undying Heavenly Emperor names, raises, protects, and teaches him 176 179.
• Xuan Ming — Young First-Generation Tyrant Body who receives Enlightenment Tea and leaves from him; distinct from Xuanmingzi 178 179.
• Xiao Dong — Xiao Ping'an's descendant, whom he protects and disciplines after a reckless tribulation threatens the ancestral star 183.
• Hun Tuo — Former recipient of his guidance; visits him after becoming a Great Emperor 190.
• Amitabha Great Emperor — Seeks his help developing a nirvana-based longevity method 196.
• Xiao Nannan — Protected by him and Hundun Heavenly Venerable when soldiers threaten her after her brother's death 211.
• Huang Jiudao and Huang Xian — Blood Phoenixes who offer to acknowledge him as master. He protects their clan and reforges its Phoenix Furnace 239 241.
• Great Emperor Wushi — Junior whose potential he praises and whom he urges to prepare for enemies beyond their world 257 258.
• Wan Qing — Receives encouragement to attain the Dao, pursue Red Dust Immortality, and potentially recover his lost memories 262.

Notable Quotes

“My honorific is the Undying Heavenly Emperor. After me, the name Heavenly Venerable will no longer be used. I shall be the first emperor after the Mythological Era.” 60

“Heh, to be precise, I'm also the Overlord Heavenly Venerable.” 136

“As long as you keep living one Lifetime after another, you too will eventually reach this stage.” 178

Trivia

• Although he declares himself the first emperor after the Mythological Era, the narration identifies him as the twelfth Heavenly Venerable born at that era's end 60.
• Xiao Ping'an initially intends to oppose him because, in the original story known to the transmigrator, his rise coincides with humanity's decline. The altered emperor instead becomes a protector whose reign prevents Dark Turmoil 5 135.
• His early alias Undying Daoist should not be confused with the separate faith-born Undying Daoist described in Xiao Ping'an's knowledge of the original story 16 59.
• By his return, Xiao Ping'an and the Undying Heavenly Emperor are the only cultivators with clear historical records confirming true Immortal King attainment in their world 257.