Chapter Summaries

After a Road to Immortality opened unexpectedly on the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Star, Xiao Ping'an and the Undying Heavenly Emperor confirmed it led to the real world before the Immortal Domain. Before the road collapsed, they sent Xiao Xingyao, Xiao Xuanyuan, and the little Phoenix through the Heavenly Gate, then escaped back to their world.

• More than ten thousand years after Guangming Zi was sealed, a Road to Immortality opened in a rift on the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Star, drawing the attention of Xiao Ping'an, the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and the Dark Supremes.
• Xiao Ping'an and the Undying Heavenly Emperor entered the road and reached the world before the Heavenly Gate, where Xiao Ping'an confirmed it was a genuine route to the Immortal Domain.
• The Undying Heavenly Emperor returned for the little Phoenix, Xiao Xingyao, and Xiao Xuanyuan, then killed three Dark Supremes and used their essence blood to open the Heavenly Gate.
• Xiao Ping'an sent Xiao Xingyao and her two younger brothers into the Immortal Domain, while he and the Undying Heavenly Emperor escaped as the Road to Immortality collapsed.

After a hundred thousand years, Xiao Ping'an gathered his family and allies in the Underworld to help them break the Heavenly Heart Imprint and prove their Dao as emperors together. As an unprecedented heavenly tribulation gathered, he charged into the lightning to begin.

• The Road to Immortality collapsed after two Dark Supremes rushed the Heavenly Gate and were burned to ash, while immortal spirits burst forth and scattered Longevity Substance across the world.
• News spread that Xiao Xingyao and Xiao Ping'an's two sons had entered the Immortal Domain, and people came to believe Xiao Ping'an had become immortal himself.
• A hundred thousand years passed, and the Undying Heavenly Emperor became a Hundun Phoenix and lived his sixth life.
• Xiao Ping'an summoned his sons Xiao Moling and Xiao Yungui, Xiao Tianshu, the Divine Race heavenly maiden, Yun'er, Weiwei, Cang Yuan, and Buddha Mother to help them prove their Dao and become emperors together.
• Buddha Mother warned Xiao Ping'an that bearing the heavenly tribulation's backlash could endanger his path, but he assured everyone that he had calculated the risks and was prepared.
• Xiao Ping'an told the others to enter the area he marked out when he broke the myriad Daos, then charged into the gathering heavenly tribulation as the Undying Heavenly Emperor guarded the Life Source Lands.

Xiao Ping'an shattered the Heavenly Heart Imprint and held back the world’s Great Daos, allowing his family and friends to undergo tribulation and attempt to attain the Dao and become emperors. Seeing the unprecedented opportunity, Forbidden Zone Heirs and other powerful geniuses joined them as the universe watched the tribulations rage.

• Xiao Ping'an endured the cosmic tribulation unharmed, then shattered the Heavenly Heart Imprint and the myriad Daos of heaven and earth.
• Xiao Ping'an repeatedly crushed the Heavenly Heart Imprint, keeping it from interfering while he invited his family and friends to undergo tribulation.
• Xiao Tianshu, Yun'er, Weiwei, Buddha Mother, and others faced their terrifying tribulations as Xiao Ping'an guarded them.
• Forbidden Zone Heirs and peerless geniuses emerged and triggered their own tribulations, hoping to seize the chance to attain the Dao and become emperors.
• The universe’s cultivators watched the linked tribulations shake heaven and earth and marveled at the miracle Xiao Ping'an had created.

Xiao Ping'an helped eight allies prove their Dao and become emperors, then withdrew and left the uninvited tribulation-seekers to face the deadly backlash alone. After more than a hundred thousand years without a new emperor, the story shifted to Long Aotu, a snow hare who became a demon prodigy and set out for the Starry Sky Ancient Road under the name Xue Yueqing.

• Xiao Ping'an protected the positions reserved for his family and friends, helped Xiao Tianshu, Xiao Yungui, Xiao Moling, the twin sisters, the Divine Race's heavenly maiden, the Buddha Mother, and Cang Yuan become emperors, and took them to the Undying Mountain.
• Xiao Ping'an stopped bearing the tribulations of the uninvited cultivators, and most of them died or abandoned their attempts as the heavenly lightning overwhelmed them.
• The universe was shaken by the eight new emperors, and the suppression of their combined Great Daos prevented anyone from proving their Dao for over a hundred thousand years.
• On a nameless white planet, Long Aotu passed his Severing the Dao tribulation with his Feathered Green Gold ruler and departed for the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
• At the First Divine City, Long Aotu took human form and introduced himself as Xue Yueqing while quietly looking for friends and followers.

Long Aotu befriended Qingluan while waiting for the Divine City to open, then confronted the Dragon Prince, the Myriad Dragon Emperor’s son, after he arrived and mocked Long Aotu’s rabbit origins. Their battle escalated into a clash of divine weapons, and the Dragon Prince was shocked when Long Aotu proved his equal.

• Long Aotu defeated peerless geniuses while waiting for the Divine City gates to open, and Qingluan introduced herself and agreed to travel with him.
• Qingluan told Long Aotu that contenders had once waited over a hundred years for the gates to open, and he prepared to attack them himself.
• The Dragon Prince arrived, causing the Divine City gates to open, and killed several beings with impure dragon blood before noticing Long Aotu.
• The Dragon Prince mocked Long Aotu for being a snow rabbit who sought to become a True Dragon, and Long Aotu declared his ambition to create a safe haven for snow rabbits.
• Long Aotu and the Dragon Prince fought evenly with their dragon might, then clashed their Feathered Green Gold ruler and Dragon Marked Black Gold spear.
• Long Aotu’s weapon struck the Dragon Prince hard enough to split his hand, leaving the Dragon Prince unable to understand how a snow rabbit could rival him.

Long Aotu battled the Dragon Prince and, while gaining insight from the Dragon Fist, began forging a Great Dao and secret art of his own. He left the Dragon Prince battered and repeatedly tore away dragon flesh, demanding the Myriad Dragon Emperor’s scripture.

• The Dragon Prince boasted of his lineage and offered to spare Long Aotu if he became his mount, but Long Aotu refused and resolved to defeat him.
• Long Aotu and the Dragon Prince transformed into silver and purple dragons and fought fiercely; Long Aotu learned to use the nine Great Emperor runes from the Dao Scripture and gained the upper hand.
• The Dragon Prince healed with Nine Secrets: Zhe, then unleashed the Dragon Emperor’s Dragon Fist, while Long Aotu’s ordinary demon-race techniques began to rival it.
• Long Aotu grasped the Dragon Fist’s divine essence and used it to shape a path of his own, choosing to prolong the fight so he could keep learning.
• Long Aotu battered the Dragon Prince, collected pieces of his flesh, and demanded that he hand over the Ancient Emperor Scripture or die.

Long Aotu defeated the Dragon Prince, then spent centuries on the Starry Sky Ancient Road with Qingluan before returning home and discovering that Xiao Wu had died. After more than a thousand years beside her grave, Xue Yueqing appeared at the Cosmic Frontier amid the Heavenly Tribulation of Enlightenment.

• Long Aotu broke the Dragon Prince's Dragon Marked Black Gold spear, defeated him repeatedly, and extracted the Myriad Dragon Emperor's inheritance and other secret techniques from his memories.
• Long Aotu and Qingluan crossed the Starry Sky Ancient Road, became Great Saints and then Near-Dao Attainers, and developed complicated feelings for each other.
• Xue Yueqing returned home alone and learned that Xiao Wu had dissolved into the Dao and died; he made a jade rabbit cenotaph and stayed beside her grave for over a thousand years.
• The Dragon Prince and Qingluan became leading candidates to prove their Dao after Xue Yueqing withdrew from the struggle, but no one managed to become an emperor.
• The Heavenly Tribulation of Enlightenment appeared at the Cosmic Frontier, where a sacred silver dragon swam through the sea of lightning.

Xue Yueqing became the Demon Emperor after failing to shatter the Heavenly Heart Imprint, while Fairy Qingluan and the Dragon Prince later reached Alternative Dao Attainment. More than a hundred thousand years later, Di Huang attained the Dao as an emperor and visited Xiao Ping'an at Undying Mountain seeking guidance.

• Xue Yueqing shattered the Heavenly Heart Imprint but failed to tread upon the myriad Daos, then merged with the imprint and became the Demon Emperor.
• Fairy Qingluan and the Dragon Prince became experts of Alternative Dao Attainment, and Xue Yueqing later married Fairy Qingluan before they withdrew from the world.
• After Xue Yueqing passed away, Xiao Ping'an continued advancing along the Red Dust Immortal Path while more than a hundred thousand years passed.
• Di Huang defeated his rivals, attained the Dao as an emperor, and spent a thousand years cultivating in seclusion.
• Di Huang visited Xiao Ping'an at Undying Mountain, defended his choice of imperial title, and sought guidance about the Red Dust Immortal Path.

Xiao Ping'an guided Di Huang toward the Red Dust Immortal path, while a new golden age eventually brought the Fighting Saint Ape and Di Que into conflict. After Di Que attained the Dao and the Fighting Saint Ape repeatedly challenged him, both shattered the Heavenly Heart Imprint and became Heavenly Emperors.

• Xiao Ping'an explained the Red Dust Immortal path to Di Huang, who chose to begin the Saint Spirit Transformation Method in the Underworld at the end of his life.
• After a golden age produced many powerful contenders, the Fighting Saint Ape and Di Que fought across the Starry Sky Ancient Road and remained evenly matched.
• The Fighting Saint Ape defeated Di Que in the Mythic Battlefield, but later failed to attain the Dao and was left gravely wounded.
• Di Que used Xiao Ping'an's Red Dust Immortal theory to live a second life, then merged with the Heavenly Heart Imprint and became an emperor.
• The Fighting Saint Ape consumed a Peach of Immortality, lived a second life, reached Alternative Dao Attainment, and repeatedly challenged Di Que.
• When the Fighting Saint Ape summoned another Dao Attainment Tribulation, he and Di Que shattered the Heavenly Heart Imprint together and became Heavenly Emperors.

The Netherworld Venerable successfully attained the Dao and became the fourth emperor, then withdrew into the Underworld to cultivate. Later, the Fighting Saint Emperor attempted to become a Battle Immortal but was overwhelmed by the Immortal Ascension Tribulation and began dissolving into the Dao.

• Xiao Ping'an watched the Netherworld Venerable endure the Dao Attainment Tribulation and explained to the other emperors that he was the reincarnated founder of the Underworld, pursuing Red Dust Immortality through repeated lifetimes.
• The Netherworld Venerable passed the tribulation, and his three Reincarnation Seals reappeared; he then returned to the Underworld and devoted himself to cultivation.
• The Fighting Saint Emperor later began an Immortal Ascension Tribulation at the Cosmic Frontier, attempting to follow the Battle Immortal Path.
• The Fighting Saint Emperor fought the powerful immortal spirits formed by the tribulation while burning his lifespan and origin, but Xiao Ping'an judged that his strength and accumulated foundation were insufficient.
• The Fighting Saint Emperor's body burst apart amid the lightning, and his failed attempt to become a Battle Immortal left him dissolving into the Dao.

After the Fighting Saint Emperor failed to become a Battle Immortal, Xiao Ping'an delayed the Heaven and Earth Great Tribulation before it devastated the world at the end of the Primordial Era. Xiao Ping'an survived, used the Heavenly Blade to begin his eighth lifetime, and decided to forge a weapon from its fragments.

• Xiao Ping'an stabilized the world and held back the Heaven and Earth Great Tribulation for a little over 30,000 years.
• Xiao Ping'an sent the dying Fighting Saint Emperor, Dongfang Taiyi, and Di Que to the Strange World, while the Fighting Saint Emperor's son and brother were sealed in the Undying Mountain.
• The Netherworld Venerable completed his cultivation, entered his coffin, and died, ending the age of four emperors standing side by side.
• Xiao Ping'an released his suppression of the Great Tribulation, and Heaven's Will Blade struck the world with successive slashes that killed nine-tenths of all living beings.
• Xiao Ping'an caught the manifested Heavenly Blade, used it to begin his eighth lifetime, and shattered it into fragments.
• Xiao Ping'an gathered the Heavenly Blade fragments and resolved to forge a new weapon to strengthen his offensive power.

Xiao Ping'an forged Heaven's Will Blade into the Immortal Artifact Great Red Heaven Blade as the Heaven and Earth Great Tribulation devastated the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. In the ensuing Dharma-ending age, he spread and developed Qi Refining until it became an immortal scripture.

• Xiao Ping'an combined rare immortal materials, divine fire, and fragments of Heaven's Will Blade to forge the Great Red Heaven Blade, which devoured the tribulation's destructive presence.
• After the tribulation killed more than ninety percent of living beings and drained the world's spiritual Qi, Xiao Ping'an traveled among the ruins and settled in a small city on Earth.
• Xiao Ping'an fed and adopted a group of little beggars, taught them his Qi Refining Technique, and spread it across Earth and beyond despite their inability to advance far in the Dharma-ending age.
• Over tens of thousands of years, Xiao Ping'an studied the Dao within nature and created a method that established Dao laws through his own body, allowing cultivation amid the ruined world.
• After nearly a hundred thousand years of exploration, Xiao Ping'an developed the Qi Refining Technique into an immortal scripture.

Xiao Ping'an spread Qi refinement across the world, aided cultivation and disaster relief, and guided Hundun Heavenly Venerable toward a possible seventh life to revive the Heavenly Heart Imprint. In the Eternal Kingdom, Xia Qiu confronted his unruly disciple Dao Yan and was shocked by the power of Dao Yan’s golden-armored construct.

• An old farmer preserved Xiao Ping'an’s Qi refinement scripture, and his grandson You Chao cultivated its techniques, later receiving deeper instruction and a star-forged mirror from Xiao Ping'an.
• You Chao traveled in search of the Dao with guidance from the weapon deity inside the mirror, eventually becoming a Dao-Slaying King and spreading cultivation methods.
• Xiao Ping'an established pure lands, rescued people from disasters, and guided Hundun Heavenly Venerable’s transformation in hopes of restoring the Heavenly Heart Imprint.
• In the Eternal Kingdom, Saint King Yu Mu emerged from seclusion to preach, while his disciple Dao Yan stayed away to refine pills and pursue unorthodox paths.
• Xia Qiu broke through Dao Yan’s formations and was struck by a golden-armored giant with the presence of a Great Accomplishment King, then recognized Dao Yan within it.

Dao Yan returned to the sect with a Golden-Armored Giant God and Primordial Life Stone, then entered a month-long state of Dao comprehension that astonished the sect. Ancient Saint Yu Mu recognized Dao Yan’s talent in developing the Super Evolution Fluid and encouraged him to pursue his unconventional path.

• Dao Yan emerged from his Golden-Armored Giant God and told Xia Qiu that he had created it through his research into formations and weapon refinement.
• Dao Yan revealed that he had obtained Primordial Life Stone and showed Xia Qiu the piece after explaining that he had put some of it into his pill furnace.
• Xia Qiu brought Dao Yan to hear Ancient Saint Yu Mu’s discourse, where Dao Yan entered deep Dao comprehension and remained absorbed for more than thirty days.
• Ancient Saint Yu Mu and the sect elders discussed Dao Yan’s talent and unconventional pursuits, and Yu Mu decided to support him in forging his own path.
• After Dao Yan awakened, Ancient Saint Yu Mu examined his Super Evolution Fluid and urged him to continue his research and follow his chosen Dao.

Dao Yan gained the Saint patriarch’s support, received the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill formula, and successfully refined Super Evolution Fluid. He began using it to transform his body and primordial spirit, sensing the Gates of All Wonders opening within him.

• Dao Yan explained his belief that paths involving pills and divine weapons could also lead to the Great Dao, and the Saint patriarch praised his ideas.
• The Saint patriarch gave Dao Yan the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill formula and a treasured pill furnace, and told him of the coming Starry Sky Ancient Road trials.
• With the sect’s support, Dao Yan refined Super Evolution Fluid over the course of a year, using available materials and insights from the immortal pill formula.
• Dao Yan successfully produced the Super Evolution Fluid, which the sect’s elders guarded before distributing portions to him, the Saint patriarch, and other grand elders.
• Dao Yan entered a jade pool with the Super Evolution Fluid and began refining it, experiencing visions of cosmic evolution and sensing the Gates of All Wonders opening within his body.

Dao Yan used the Super Evolution Fluid to transform his body, improve the Primordial Spirit Treasured Wheel technique, and break through to become a king before setting out on the Starry Sky Ancient Road. After enduring deadly trials and rising to Saint and then Quasi-Emperor-level battles, he reached the final passage and faced the Divine Venerable and Six-Eared Macaque with his Golden-Armored Giant God.

• Dao Yan absorbed the Super Evolution Fluid, deduced a higher resurrection technique, and severed his connection to the starry universe while drawing on its starlight.
• Dao Yan survived the Severing the Dao tribulation, became a king, shared his Super Evolution Fluid refining method, and later reached Great Accomplishment King.
• The Saint patriarch sent Dao Yan onto the Starry Sky Ancient Road, and Dao Yan promised to seek treasures that could heal the patriarch's Great Dao injury.
• Dao Yan survived the road's trials, reached the First City of the Human Race as a seeded contender, and broke through to the Saint Realm before arriving.
• In the Chaos Thunder Sea, Dao Yan used his Golden-Armored Giant God to defeat the Gold-Devouring Beast and then blasted apart the Divine Venerable and Six-Eared Macaque.

Dao Yan fought off a host of Quasi-Emperor geniuses in the Chaos Thunder Sea before reaching the Overlord Heavenly Venerable’s imprint and meeting Xiao Ping'an’s true body. Xiao Ping'an explained the path to Red Dust Immortality, guided Dao Yan’s cultivation, and examined the Great Dao laws in his mecha and evolution fluid.

• Dao Yan used the Golden-Armored Giant God and Nine Secrets: Zu to defeat and kill many peerless geniuses who tried to seize its Dao Tribulation Gold.
• Dao Yan entered the deepest reaches of the Chaos Thunder Sea and found the Overlord Heavenly Venerable seated on a divine mountain.
• The Overlord Heavenly Venerable revealed that Xiao Ping'an was his true body, discussed the Heavenly Heart Imprint and Red Dust Immortal cultivation, and explained Alternative Dao Attainment to Dao Yan.
• Xiao Ping'an advised Dao Yan to strengthen his physical body and primordial spirit before further tempering his golden mecha, then gave him scriptures and cultivation guidance.
• Dao Yan shared his Great Dao, mecha, and Super Evolution Fluid research with Xiao Ping'an, who examined the laws contained in the God-Level Evolution Fluid.

Dao Yan received Xiao Ping'an’s guidance on his unorthodox cultivation and alchemy, then found a withered Immortal Divine Medicine and returned to the Eternal Kingdom as a Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven powerhouse. His grandmaster and the Eternal Star Domain’s cultivators welcomed his return.

• Xiao Ping'an praised Dao Yan’s Super Evolution Fluid, gave him the complete Nine-Turn Immortal Pill formula and Nine Secrets: Zu, and advised him to seek the great Dao rather than merely pursue the fluid’s effects.
• Dao Yan learned that his ancestor had extended his life, returned to the Starry Sky Ancient Road, and eventually reached the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven.
• While traveling through a ruined stretch of space, Dao Yan found a sealed small world containing a withered Immortal Divine Medicine and discovered a surviving spark of spiritual light in its roots.
• Dao Yan preserved the root in divine fluid, refined the dead Life Ancient Tree into a coffin, and continued traveling before heading home.
• Dao Yan returned to the Eternal Star Domain and released his Quasi-Emperor presence, prompting its inhabitants, including Saint Yumu and Xia Qiu, to welcome him.

Dao Yan returned to Yu Mu Holy Land as a Near-Dao Attainer, shared gifts and stories with Xia Qiu and Great Saint Yu Mu, and refined the Hundun Evolution Fluid. After reviving the Life Ancient Tree and surviving his Enlightenment tribulation, he reached Alternative Dao Attainment and prepared to work with Overlord Heavenly Venerable to repair the Heavenly Heart Imprint and become the first Great Emperor of Desolate Antiquity.

• Dao Yan returned to Yu Mu Holy Land, where Xia Qiu, Great Saint Yu Mu, and the people welcomed him as a powerful Quasi-Emperor.
• Dao Yan gave Xia Qiu and Great Saint Yu Mu Super Evolution Fluid that could extend their lifespans and improve their cultivation.
• Dao Yan traveled with the person he loved, defeated challengers with ease, and refined the strongest Hundun Evolution Fluid.
• Dao Yan immersed the Life Ancient Tree's rootstock in the fluid, revived it, and studied the laws revealed by its return to life.
• Dao Yan used the Hundun Evolution Fluid and survived a terrifying Enlightenment tribulation, reaching Alternative Dao Attainment.
• Dao Yan prepared to join Overlord Heavenly Venerable in activating and repairing the Heavenly Heart Imprint so he could become the first Great Emperor of Desolate Antiquity.

Xiao Ping'an used the Great Red Heaven Blade to replenish the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, gather the scattered myriad Daos, and reforge the Heavenly Heart Imprint, ending the Age of Dharma Decline. Dao Yan survived the Dao Attainment Tribulation and became a Great Emperor as Xiao Ping'an watched over the restored imprint.

• Xiao Ping'an wielded the Great Red Heaven Blade to cleave the Hundun, restore heaven and earth's essence Qi, and erode the tribulation Qi left by the Primordial Era calamity.
• Xiao Ping'an deduced how to restore the Heavenly Heart Imprint, then gathered the Great Dao patterns hidden throughout all things and merged them into the imprint.
• Xiao Ping'an revived the myriad Daos and reforged the Heavenly Heart Imprint, bringing the Age of Dharma Decline to an end and triggering Dao Yan's Dao Attainment Tribulation.
• Xiao Ping'an held up the Heavenly Heart Imprint and promised to protect it while Dao Yan faced the tribulation.
• Dao Yan endured the lightning, refined the myriad Daos into his Extreme Dao Weapon, and placed his Dao imprint on the Heavenly Heart Imprint to become a Great Emperor.