Arc 9Across the River of Time

Xiao Ping'an became an Immortal King, explored the shattered Immortal Domain, reunited with his family, and pursued ways to confront the Weird Race. After witnessing Hua Feiyan and Hua Wuque rise to power, he entered the Perfect World era and intervened against Anlan and Yutuo.

  • Xiao Ping'an learned from the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, opened the Sixth Secret Realm, and became an Immortal King after surviving his tribulation.
  • Xiao Ping'an restored the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, then entered an Immortal Domain fragment and defeated its hostile inhabitants.
  • The Ascension Great Emperor’s Feathered Divine Dynasty sacrificed Xiao Nannan’s brother, leading Xiao Nannan to cultivate the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art and become the Ruthless Demon.
  • Flower Fairy became Hua Feiyan, destroyed the Feathered Divine Dynasty, killed the Ascension Great Emperor, and later learned that her brother Hua Wuque was alive.
  • Duan De attained the Dao as the Netherworld Venerable, while Xiao Ping'an traveled the River of Time and obtained the Ash Jar.
  • Xiao Ping'an reunited with his children in an Immortal Domain fragment, then captured a Dark Immortal King and studied the Weird Substance.
  • Hua Wuque overcame his tribulation and became Heavenly Emperor Hua, while Xiao Ping'an developed resistance to Dark Immortal King-level Weird Substance.
  • Xiao Ping'an entered the Perfect World era and fought Anlan and Yutuo, using the Ash Jar to shatter their bodies and discovering it could devour karma without temporal backlash.
Chapters 201–225 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 201The Desolate Heavenly Emperor's Astonishment

Xiao Ping'an opened the small coffin and entered a lifeless world created to mend the Immortal Domain, where he found an imprint of the Desolate Heavenly Emperor. The imprint praised Xiao Ping'an’s Red Dust Immortal path and recognized that his past and future were hidden from view.

  • Xiao Ping'an studied the scripture about mending the Immortal Domain, engraved it on his weapons, and opened the small coffin to enter the world inside.
  • The coffin flew across the universe as the Hundun Heavenly Venerable and the Undying Heavenly Emperor entered it, failed to open the small coffin, and studied the scripture.
  • Xiao Ping'an explored the lifeless world, found a place filled with divine essence and immortal-path runes, and awakened an imprint of the Desolate Heavenly Emperor.
  • The Desolate Heavenly Emperor praised Xiao Ping'an for surpassing his own progress on the Red Dust Immortal path, then concealed their presence from the outside world.
  • The Hundun Heavenly Venerable, the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and those pursuing the coffin felt Xiao Ping'an vanish from their awareness as the Desolate Heavenly Emperor told him that his past and future were shrouded in mystery.

Ch. 202Opening the Sixth Secret Realm

After receiving the Desolate Heavenly Emperor’s teachings, Xiao Ping'an opened the Sixth Secret Realm and gained the power to travel freely between worlds. He then opened a passage to the Strange World and prepared to enter it with the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, where his descendant Xiao Fuyun recognized his presence.

  • The Desolate Heavenly Emperor explained the threat posed by the Weird Race and the shattered Immortal Domain, then entrusted Xiao Ping'an with teachings and precious cultivation methods.
  • Xiao Ping'an shared copies of the inheritances with Hundun Heavenly Venerable and the Undying Heavenly Emperor, preserved them in the Kunlun Mirror on Earth, and decided to open the Sixth Secret Realm before entering the Immortal Domain.
  • Xiao Ping'an opened the Sixth Secret Realm, forming three supreme Dao Fruits tied to time, space, and reincarnation, and freed himself from the limits of this world.
  • Xiao Ping'an opened a passage from the Cosmic Frontier into the Strange World, planning to travel through it toward the Immortal Domain with the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin.
  • Xiao Fuyun, Xiao Ping'an’s thirty-seventh-generation descendant, sensed the passage and recognized his old ancestor’s presence.

Ch. 203Entering the Strange World

Xiao Ping'an arrived in the Strange World and discovered that Emperor Venerable, now Heavenly Emperor Yu Feng, had been merged with a local Red Dust Immortal. Xiao Ping'an burned the intruding soul away and healed Yu Feng, who entered seclusion to repair his Dao, while Xiao Ping'an turned to studying the world’s Great Dao.

  • Xiao Fuyun and the other residents anticipated Xiao Ping'an’s arrival, while Ancient Emperor Xuanwu and Daughter of the Ruins waited in the Strange World.
  • Xiao Ping'an seized the Heavenly Heart Imprint, learned that the Strange World had been evolved to help repair the Immortal Domain, and arrived with power beyond everyone there.
  • Xiao Ping'an found Emperor Venerable and learned that a local Red Dust Immortal had merged with his primordial spirit, leaving him confused and trapped in a struggle for control.
  • Xiao Ping'an sent three figures embodying time, space, and reincarnation into Emperor Venerable and used the Sixth Secret Realm to burn away the invading Red Dust Immortal’s soul.
  • Xiao Ping'an healed Heavenly Emperor Yu Feng’s primordial spirit, and Yu Feng entered a cocoon of divine chains to rebuild his strength and pursue a flawless Red Dust Immortal state.
  • Xiao Ping'an decided to comprehend the Strange World’s Great Dao, believing it could let him become an Immortal King without entering the Immortal Domain.

Ch. 204Xiao Ping'an Becomes an Immortal King

After thirty thousand years of seclusion, Xiao Ping'an assimilated the Strange World's Great Dao, reached the Absolute Peak of Immortality, and underwent an Immortal King Great Tribulation beyond the world. He survived and became an Immortal King of overwhelming power, while the Immortal Domain's powerhouses watched with shock and complicated feelings.

  • Xiao Ping'an awoke after thirty thousand years, having opened the Sixth Secret Realm and reached the Absolute Peak of Immortality, and Xiao Fuyun recognized his impending breakthrough.
  • Xiao Ping'an left the Strange World to undergo his tribulation, and his departure and the surging Great Dao alerted cultivators across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the Strange World, and the Immortal Domain fragments.
  • Xiao Ping'an summoned the Immortal King Great Tribulation, whose divine lightning drew the attention of True Immortals and other beings across the distant worlds.
  • A bolt of lightning shattered Xiao Ping'an's body, but the Great Dao reconstituted him, and he used the tribulation's runes and lightning to transform his body and primordial spirit.
  • Xiao Ping'an survived the tribulation and became an Immortal King whose Great Dao light reached the surrounding worlds, astonishing their inhabitants and unsettling the Immortal Domain's powerhouses.

Ch. 205An Immortal King's Blessing, All Creation Bows to the Overlord Heavenly Venerable

After becoming an Immortal King Giant, Xiao Ping'an returned to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and used his power to restore and strengthen its cultivation environment. The world flourished under his blessing, and all living beings paid homage to the Overlord Heavenly Venerable.

  • The cultivators and sealed Supremes of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and the Strange World reacted to Xiao Ping'an becoming an Immortal King, and many resolved to follow his Red Dust Immortal path.
  • Xiao Ping'an reflected on his nearly five million years of cultivation and recognized that he still needed to grow stronger to face the Weird Race.
  • Xiao Ping'an returned to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and bestowed an Immortal King's blessing on the world.
  • Xiao Ping'an reinforced the world, restored its Great Dao rules and depleted Life Source Lands, and brought spiritual energy and life back to countless barren planets.
  • All living beings paid homage to Xiao Ping'an as the Overlord Heavenly Venerable.

Ch. 206Experiment to Create a Small Immortal Domain

After becoming an Immortal King, Xiao Ping'an created an experimental cultivation world for his clan and promised to guide others toward immortality. He returned to the Strange World, where he revealed his plans to repair the Immortal Domain and pursue realms beyond the Immortal King.

  • Xiao Ping'an’s power of faith strengthened the world, and believers across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands celebrated his rise as its first Immortal King.
  • Xiao Ping'an promised to scout the Immortal Domain and eventually lead others there, then created a self-contained cultivation world in the Chaos Sea for his clan.
  • Xiao Ping'an left the new world with a teleportation array and lectured on the Great Dao for seven days before leaving the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
  • Xiao Ping'an returned to the Strange World, where Heavenly Emperor Xuanwu and the other powerhouses congratulated him on becoming an Immortal King.
  • Xiao Ping'an said he would visit and attempt to repair the shattered Immortal Domain, then bring everyone there to become immortals.
  • Xiao Ping'an explained the paths beyond Immortal Kings and urged the powerhouses to become Red Dust Immortals and open the Sixth Secret Realm.

Ch. 207Crushing a True Immortal with a Casual Squeeze and Taking Command of the Foreign Land

Xiao Ping'an entered the Immortal Domain and discovered that the world he reached was a fragment of the Foreign Land, whose rulers despised and attacked people from the lower realm. After killing its True Immortal and wiping out those hostile to him, he pacified the fragment and placed it under the temporary rule of a converted Great Emperor.

  • Xiao Ping'an prepared Xiao Fuyun for cultivation, then tore through the Strange World's barrier and opened the Heavenly Gate into the Immortal Domain.
  • The Supremes guarding the pass mocked Xiao Ping'an and attacked him with a dog collar-shaped immortal artifact, so he killed several of them and crushed the artifact's attackers.
  • Xiao Ping'an killed a golden-armored True Immortal, searched his soul, and learned that the world was a fragment of the Foreign Land.
  • Xiao Ping'an killed the fragment's hostile inhabitants and refined the True Immortal into a Human Emperor Banner that absorbed those filled with hatred.
  • Xiao Ping'an pacified the fragment, appointed a converted Great Emperor to govern it under an immortal artifact, and collected its heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

Ch. 208The Ascension Great Emperor Replicates the Immortal Ascension Cauldron

Ascension proved his Dao and became the Ascension Great Emperor, established the Feathered Divine Dynasty on the Big Dipper, and avoided conflict with the Xiao Clan after sensing the power of its Jade Ruyi. He later tried to forge an Immortal Artifact modeled on Emperor Venerable’s Immortal Ascension Cauldron and went to Mount Kunlun to investigate why his Feathered Cauldron had fallen short.

  • Ascension overcame the Dao Attainment Tribulation, left his mark on the Heavenly Heart Imprint, and became the Ascension Great Emperor.
  • The Ascension Great Emperor returned to his birthplace, strengthened the Feathered Ancestral Star, and brought the Feathered Divine Dynasty to the Big Dipper.
  • After examining the Xiao Clan’s Jade Ruyi and sensing its formidable weapon deity, the Ascension Great Emperor ordered his people to avoid conflict with the Xiao Clan.
  • The Ascension Great Emperor moved several great dragon veins to the Big Dipper and formed the Nine Dragon Mountains as the Feathered Divine Dynasty’s foundation.
  • The Ascension Great Emperor studied his Feathered Cauldron, which he had modeled on the Immortal Ascension Cauldron but could not turn into an Immortal Artifact.
  • The Ascension Great Emperor took the Feathered Cauldron to Mount Kunlun and silently sensed the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains.

Ch. 209Holy Lord, We Caught a Wild Desolate Ancient Sacred

The Ascension Great Emperor entered the Immortal Ascension Pool at Mount Kunlun, placed the Feathered Cauldron there to be nurtured, and transformed into a Saint Spirit Stone Embryo inside the Netherworld Venerable’s abandoned coffin. Twenty thousand years later, his arrogant descendants tried to hasten the cauldron’s transformation by gathering rare bloodlines, and they found a wild Desolate Ancient Sacred Body.

  • The Ascension Great Emperor entered the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains, placed the Feathered Cauldron in the Immortal Ascension Pool, and discovered the Netherworld Venerable’s empty yellow clay coffin.
  • The Ascension Great Emperor claimed the coffin and lay inside it, hoping to use it with the Saint Spirit Transformation Method; he died in meditation and became a Saint Spirit Stone Embryo.
  • Twenty thousand years later, the Feathered Divine Dynasty had grown powerful, and its Quasi-Emperors decided to speed up the Feathered Cauldron’s transformation by collecting rare true blood.
  • The Feathered Divine Dynasty’s Quasi-Emperors used the Immortal Treasure Map to reach the Immortal Ascension Pool and began gathering bloodlines to nourish the cauldron.
  • After searching for a thousand years, the Quasi-Emperors learned that they had found a wild Desolate Ancient Sacred Body.

Ch. 210Blood Sacrifice

The Feathered Divine Dynasty sacrificed countless geniuses to forge the Feathered Cauldron into an immortal artifact, but its newly awakened weapon spirit condemned their actions and fled with the Ascension Great Emperor’s coffin. On the Big Dipper, Xiao Nannan waited for her brother among the returning coffins, unaware that his body was missing.

  • Xiao Nannan’s brother was taken from their village for his cultivation talent, then grew into a powerful young genius before the Feathered Divine Dynasty sacrificed him and others for their origin essence blood.
  • The Feathered Divine Dynasty fused the gathered essence blood and the Immortal Ascension Pool’s accumulated power into the Feathered Cauldron, which survived its tribulation and became an immortal artifact.
  • The Feathered Cauldron awakened, denounced the dynasty’s blood sacrifice, and warned that their actions had endangered the Ascension Great Emperor and brought immense karmic consequences.
  • The Feathered Cauldron ordered the dynasty to bury the dead and care for their families, then left with the cracked Saint Spirit Stone Embryo of the Ascension Great Emperor inside a yellow mud coffin.
  • After the Feathered Cauldron departed, the Feathered Divine Dynasty’s leaders dismissed their fears and looted Mount Kunlun’s treasures before leaving.
  • On the Big Dipper, Xiao Nannan waited beside the Five-Colored Altar as coffins arrived from Earth, while her brother’s body was missing and she worried over the many dead.

Ch. 211Xiao Nannan Began Cultivating

Xiao Nannan mourned her brother, then received cultivation guidance from Hundun Heavenly Venerable and began following the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art. Years later, she cultivated in Central Province, where she faced a tribulation and prepared to enter the Severing the Dao realm while investigating her brother’s death.

  • The curly-bearded man lured Xiao Nannan to her hometown, where she found her brother in a coffin, but Hundun Heavenly Venerable and the Undying Heavenly Emperor killed the soldiers who threatened her.
  • After burying her brother, Xiao Nannan met Hundun Heavenly Venerable, who examined her poor physique and offered to teach her cultivation despite her weak aptitude.
  • Hundun Heavenly Venerable taught Xiao Nannan the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art and guided her until she opened her Bitter Sea and learned the complete method and other techniques.
  • Hundun Heavenly Venerable left Xiao Nannan, who vowed to become an emperor, avenge her brother, and eventually bring him back to life.
  • Years later in Central Province, Xiao Nannan cultivated the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art and endured a terrifying tribulation as her Great Dao Treasure Bottle formed.
  • Xiao Nannan investigated her brother’s death, cultivated with a fat Daoist grave robber, and pondered how to sever the Dao as she prepared for a breakthrough.

Ch. 212Xiao Nannan Earned the Lovely Name of Flower Fairy

Xiao Nannan mastered the Flying Immortal Art, transformed, and became famous in Central Province as the Flower Fairy. She entered Qinling’s Land of Ascension with a group of peerless prodigies, while Duan De appeared among the dangers and considered selling captured corpses to her.

  • Xiao Nannan underwent a dramatic transformation through the Flying Immortal Art and declared that she could now Sever the Dao and become a king.
  • In Xiba City, the Flower Fairy rejected the Yuhua King’s request to join her group, drawing attention to the tensions surrounding the Feathered Divine Dynasty.
  • The Flower Fairy and other peerless prodigies entered the Land of Ascension and fought their way through its dangerous corpses toward the Eternal Dragon Lair.
  • Great Emperor formation patterns separated the group, killing some cultivators while others struggled to survive.
  • Duan De appeared and considered selling the captured geniuses’ corpses to the Flower Fairy, revealing that the two had secretly done business together.

Ch. 213Killing Yuhua King

Flower Fairy killed Yuhua King after a fierce battle, and the Feathered Divine Dynasty later produced a new Yuhua Emperor Physique. At the Undying Mountain’s Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree gathering, Flower Fairy reached profound enlightenment, revealed herself as a Saint, and received the tree’s fruit from the Black Tortoise Divine Medicine.

  • Duan De and Flower Fairy trapped a group of geniuses, took their treasures and corpses, and escaped before their protectors arrived.
  • Flower Fairy fought Yuhua King with her secret arts, overcame his defenses with the Flying Immortal Art, and devoured his origin and essence blood.
  • The Feathered Divine Dynasty searched for Yuhua King’s killer and later announced the birth of a powerful Yuhua Emperor Physique.
  • Peerless geniuses gathered at the Undying Mountain to cultivate beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree as its three thousand leaves matured.
  • Flower Fairy entered deep enlightenment beneath the tree, and the gathering discovered that she had become a Saint.
  • The Black Tortoise Divine Medicine gave Flower Fairy the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree’s fruit, provoking envy among the assembled geniuses.

Ch. 214The Flower Fairy Was No More; Only the Ruthless Demon Remained

Xiao Nannan left the Big Dipper for the Starry Sky Ancient Road, concealed her identity, and became the Ruthless Demon by devouring the origins of powerful cultivators. After she killed a First-Generation Heavenly Tyrant Body and other prodigies, fear spread among those with special physiques, while the demon disappeared for a long time.

  • The gathering ended, and Duan De escaped the hunters pursuing him before telling the Flower Fairy they should part ways and travel to the Starry Sky Ancient Road separately.
  • The Flower Fairy vowed to avenge her brother by destroying the Feathered Divine Dynasty, then set out on the Starry Sky Ancient Road wearing black robes and a Ghost Face Mask.
  • Xiao Nannan secretly devoured the origins of prodigies with special physiques, earning the name Ruthless Demon after Quasi-Emperors uncovered fragments of her attacks.
  • A proud First-Generation Heavenly Tyrant Body challenged the Ruthless Demon, but Xiao Nannan killed him and consumed his essence blood and origin.
  • A defeated bearer of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body also disappeared, prompting cultivators with special physiques and bloodlines to travel together as the Ruthless Demon vanished from sight.

Ch. 215Chaos Heavenly Emperor

Flower Fairy secretly became the Flawed Chaos Body, rose to Alternative Dao Attainment, and revealed her identity as the Chaos Body who had defeated the Feathered Divine Dynasty. At the Cosmic Frontier, she began a heavenly tribulation to attain the Dao without merging with the Heavenly Heart Imprint, aiming to become a Heavenly Emperor.

  • Flower Fairy refined the origins of the Heavenly Tyrant Blood and Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, transforming her Five-Colored Divine Blood into Chaotic Blood and beginning her evolution into a Chaos Body.
  • After decades away, Flower Fairy returned to the Starry Sky Ancient Road as a Quasi-Emperor and devoured the origins of countless special physiques and bloodlines.
  • The world believed the Ruthless Demon had died fighting more than a dozen Quasi-Emperors, while an undefeated Chaos Body appeared and defeated the Saint Spirits who tried to capture it.
  • The Chaos Body killed the Yuhua Divine Son and the Feathered Divine Dynasty's Quasi-Emperors, destroyed the Feathered Sword, and reached Alternative Dao Attainment.
  • A thousand years later, Flower Fairy revealed herself as the Chaos Body at the Cosmic Frontier and began a terrifying heavenly tribulation, refusing to merge with the Heavenly Heart Imprint.

Ch. 216The Ruthless Great Emperor's Brother Was Actually Still Alive?!

Flower Fairy broke the Heavenly Heart Imprint, became Heavenly Emperor Hua, and destroyed the Feathered Divine Dynasty before killing the Ascension Great Emperor. After tracing her brother’s final moments and making him a cenotaph, she learned that the Hundun Heavenly Venerable and the Undying Heavenly Emperor had found him alive, though barely clinging to life.

  • Flower Fairy shattered the Heavenly Heart Imprint, overcame her tribulation, and became the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, known as Hua Feiyan.
  • Flower Fairy destroyed the Feathered Divine Dynasty and killed its surviving members across Big Dipper.
  • Flower Fairy confronted the Ascension Great Emperor on the Feathered Ancestral Star, took the Nine Wonders Immortal Medicine and divine metals, then killed the Ascension Great Emperor and destroyed the Feathered Cauldron.
  • Flower Fairy traced her brother’s final moments at Mount Kunlun, built him a cenotaph, and began cultivating in the Immortal Ascension Pool.
  • The Hundun Heavenly Venerable and the Undying Heavenly Emperor revealed that they had found Hua Feiyan’s brother sealed in Immortal Source, alive but near death.

Ch. 217Forging the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar and Claiming the Desolate Forbidden Zone

Duan De attained the Dao as the Netherworld Venerable, while the Ruthless Empress transformed into a flawless Chaos Body and forged the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar from her former body. After gathering immense treasures and claiming a Saint Spirit forbidden zone, she witnessed nine sacred mountains rise at the Big Dipper’s legendary Road to Immortality site, forming the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.

  • Duan De endured the Dao Attainment Tribulation, shattered the Heavenly Heart Imprint, and attained the Dao, revealing himself as the Netherworld Venerable.
  • The Ruthless Empress transformed into a flawless Chaos Body in her second lifetime and forged the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar from her old body and the Nine Great Divine Metals.
  • The Ruthless Empress gathered rare treasures, divided the Nine Wonders Immortal Medicine into nine plants, and discovered a vast source of Xuanhuang Mother Qi in chaos immortal soil, which she took away.
  • The Ruthless Empress wiped out a Saint Spirit Forbidden Zone on the Big Dipper and intended to claim it for herself.
  • Nine sacred mountains rose in the Big Dipper’s Eastern Wasteland, and the Undying Heavenly Emperor recognized the formation of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.

Ch. 218Xiao Ping'an: Could This Be Heavenly Emperor Chu's Ash Jar?

Xiao Ping'an traveled upstream on the River of Time in the Bronze Coffin and discovered an ancient stone box at the site where an Immortal Emperor had fallen. The box transformed into the Ash Jar, which Xiao Ping'an recognized as a relic made by the supreme being, and he kept it closed while studying its Great Dao.

  • Xiao Ping'an took the Bronze Coffin onto the River of Time and traveled upstream, concealed from other powerful beings.
  • Xiao Ping'an crossed into an unknown era and found a deadly terrain where the Bronze Coffin revealed an Immortal Emperor's final battle against the Weird Race.
  • The stone box absorbed and imprinted the terrain's Great Dao, then entered the Bronze Coffin after resonating with it.
  • The stone box transformed into an ancient pottery jar, and Xiao Ping'an recognized it as the Ash Jar Heavenly Emperor Chu obtained in the era of The Sacred Ruins.
  • Xiao Ping'an chose not to open the Ash Jar, fearing the Weird Primordial Substance might remain inside, and began studying its Great Dao.

Ch. 219Oh, My Daughter Has Become the Immortal Domain's Heavenly Empress!

Xiao Ping'an retrieved the Ash Jar from the River of Time, returned to the real world, and traveled to an Immortal Domain fragment to find his children. He reunited with Xiao Xuanyuan and met two young descendants as he learned that his children had become the fragment’s strongest Great Emperors.

  • Xiao Ping'an sensed residual Weird Primordial Substance inside the Ash Jar, withdrew his divine sense, and resolved to study the jar after returning to the real world.
  • Xiao Ping'an used the Bronze Coffin to cross the River of Time and return safely, then kept the Ash Jar even after the Bronze Coffin flew away.
  • Xiao Ping'an entered an Immortal Domain fragment, captured a fleeing Immortal Divine Medicine, and discovered that its people cultivated lazily despite their abundant immortal spiritual Qi and Longevity Substance.
  • Xiao Ping'an searched the fragment and learned that his children were its strongest figures, with Xiao Xingyao ruling as Empress and Xiao Xuanyuan and his brother founding Xiao divine dynasties.
  • Xiao Ping'an appeared before Xiao Xuanyuan, who recognized his father after a separation of more than a million years and introduced two young descendants bearing Heavenly Tyrant Blood.

Ch. 220Where Did the Boundary Sea Dam Go?

Xiao Ping'an reunited with his descendants in an Immortal Domain fragment, shared his experiences and Immortal King blood, then traveled among the fragments and found them peaceful and stagnant. At the chapter’s end, he reached the Boundary Sea’s coordinates and discovered that the sea and its embankment had vanished.

  • Xiao Ping'an reunited with Xiao Xingyao, Xiao Xuanyuan, Little Phoenix, and his younger descendants, then gave Xiao Yu and Xiao Xue rough Extreme Dao Weapons.
  • Xiao Ping'an told his three children that he had become an Immortal King, answered their cultivation questions, and explained what he knew about the Desolate Heavenly Emperor and the dark enemy.
  • Xiao Ping'an gave each of his three children a drop of his Immortal King source essence blood and stayed with his family for more than a decade before leaving.
  • Xiao Ping'an traveled through about eighteen Immortal Domain fragments, met Gu Tuo and members of the Undying Heavenly Emperor's family, and observed how their long peace had weakened their fighting spirit.
  • Xiao Ping'an used legends to locate the Boundary Sea, but found only chaos and void where the Boundary Sea and its embankment should have been.

Ch. 221Little Sister, Are You Still Alive?

Xiao Ping'an found and defeated a peak Dark Immortal King in the Boundary Sea, then experimented with the dark Weird Substance to learn how to resist it. On the Big Dipper, a youth arrived at the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land and asked whether his little sister was still alive, stirring the Ruthless Great Emperor from her slumber.

  • Xiao Ping'an found the Boundary Sea embankment and attacked a Dark Immortal King trapped in the sea.
  • Xiao Ping'an defeated the Dark Immortal King with the Great Red Heaven Blade and Overlord Heaven Bell, then suppressed its primordial spirit.
  • Xiao Ping'an expelled the Dark Immortal King's Weird Substance from his body and kept the captive to study its use in refining a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill.
  • Xiao Ping'an built a fortified world in the chaos, made an avatar, and corrupted it with the dark Weird Substance to observe its effects.
  • On the Big Dipper, the Ruthless Great Emperor's power killed those trying to seize the Nine Wonders Immortal Medicine in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
  • A delicate-featured youth came to the forbidden land and asked, "Little sister, are you still alive?"; the nine sacred mountains shook, and a tearful figure appeared.

Ch. 222Sacred Body Heavenly Emperor Hua Wuque

Hua Wuque faced an unprecedented tribulation at the Cosmic Frontier and shattered the Heavenly Heart Imprint instead of merging with it. He survived the ordeal and became a Sacred Body Heavenly Emperor.

  • The Ruthless Great Emperor sensed her brother Hua Wuque’s return and learned that Hundun Heavenly Venerable had saved him.
  • Hua Wuque began a Dao Attainment Tribulation at the Cosmic Frontier, alarming cultivators across the world.
  • Hua Wuque revealed himself as a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body who had achieved Alternative Dao Attainment and shattered the Heavenly Heart Imprint.
  • Hua Wuque fought through repeated tribulations with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist and endured wounds that nearly destroyed his body.
  • Hua Wuque succeeded in proving the Dao, stood above the Heavenly Heart Imprint, and was hailed as Heavenly Emperor Hua.

Ch. 223Xiao Ping'an Refines the Dark Weird Substance

Hua Wuque attained the Dao as Heavenly Emperor, visited the Sacred Body Ancestral Star and other realms, and helped refine a cultivation method for Desolate Ancient Sacred Bodies. In the Immortal Domain, Xiao Ping'an developed a way to counter Dark Immortal King-level Weird Substance, then traveled through the River of Time and arrived at the ancient battlefield between the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and the Foreign Land.

  • Hua Wuque became Heavenly Emperor Hua, reunited with the Ruthless Empress, and preached the Great Dao for a month to those who came to worship him.
  • Hua Wuque visited the Sacred Body Ancestral Star, shared his insights with the Great Accomplishment Sacred Bodies, and helped them devise a cultivation method suited to the Indestructible Golden Body.
  • Hua Wuque visited the Tyrant Body Ancestral Star and the Underworld before meeting Xiao Tianshu at the Spirit Mountain Forbidden Zone.
  • Xiao Ping'an fought and destroyed his three hundred and eightieth Cthulhu monster, exhausted the Dark Weird Substance, and became immune to Dark Immortal King-level Weird Substance.
  • Xiao Ping'an worked out a method to eradicate Dark Immortal King-level Weird Substance and decided to pass it down to his descendants.
  • Xiao Ping'an entered the River of Time with the Ash Jar and arrived at the blood-red Yellow Springs River on the ancient battlefield between the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and the Foreign Land.

Ch. 224The Mists of Time

Xiao Ping'an traveled through the River of Time into the Perfect World era and watched the war between the Foreign Land and the Immortal Domain before emerging from the mists of time. As Anlan attacked Emperor Pass, Xiao Ping'an appeared to stop his advance, leaving his identity and power unclear to those present.

  • Xiao Ping'an arrived in the Perfect World era and spent ages observing its history while dense power of time kept him from interfering.
  • Xiao Ping'an realized Brother Emperor Bone was influencing the River of Time to set events in motion against the young Desolate Heavenly Emperor, and he became able to move freely.
  • Anlan approached Emperor Pass in his war chariot, while the people there learned that the Foreign Land intended to break its blood oath and attack.
  • Anlan held up the Primordial Imperial City and the Heavenly Abyss as their defenders fought desperately to stop him.
  • The Golden-Backed Barbarian Ox mocked Emperor Pass until a blood-red Heavenly Blade severed its legs, and a mysterious Immortal King presence blocked Anlan's advance.

Ch. 225One Strike Gravely Wounds Anlan and Yutuo

Xiao Ping'an arrived from another era, killed Anlan's golden-backed wild bull, and challenged Anlan and Yutuo despite their warnings about disrupting time. He used a bronze sphere concealing the Ash Jar to shatter both Immortal Kings, discovering that the jar could kill without triggering temporal karma.

  • Xiao Ping'an appeared before Anlan and killed the golden-backed wild bull with the Great Red Heaven Blade.
  • Anlan warned Xiao Ping'an that attacking an Immortal King could destroy his era, but Xiao Ping'an advanced and Yutuo arrived to help.
  • Xiao Ping'an revealed three supreme laws, prompting Anlan and Yutuo to retreat and order the Foreign Land armies to withdraw.
  • Xiao Ping'an threw a bronze sphere enclosing the Ash Jar at Yutuo, shattering his arm and body before Yutuo restored himself.
  • Xiao Ping'an struck Anlan with the sphere, shattering Anlan's body, Golden War Spear, and five decrees while the Primordial Imperial City fell.
  • Xiao Ping'an realized the Ash Jar could devour karma and kill across time without provoking a backlash.
Arc 9 of 11
Arc 9 of 11