Recaps

The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord assembled the Five Dragons Guard and led it toward the Emperor Palace after revealing that he had advanced to Immortal Lord Fourth Heaven, with the Water Dragon Mountain Lord suspecting Kun Ling had helped him. At the Eternal Imperial Palace, Su Chen’s household continued cultivating, and he summoned the Source of All Spirits.

• The Earth Dragon Mountain Lord and Wood Dragon Mountain Lord joked about Kun Ling before the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord arrived with Kun Ling and the Water Dragon Mountain Lord.
• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord announced that he had reached Immortal Lord Fourth Heaven, and the Water Dragon Mountain Lord suspected Kun Ling’s pills had helped him break through.
• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord led nearly a thousand members of the Five Dragons Guard toward the Emperor Palace.
• Nearly five months after the Fire Dragon Mountain Lord’s death, Su Ting and the others continued cultivating while their traveling vanguard advanced through the Primordial Rock Peak Empire by rotating groups.
• Lian Ruyue and Lianxi emerged from the bamboo house with Su Chen, having both advanced to True Immortal Seventh Heaven.
• After Lian Ruyue and Lianxi went to wash, Su Chen summoned the Source of All Spirits.

The Source of All Spirits went out to face the forces approaching the Emperor Palace while Feng Chiyu secretly watched and reported their arrival. He discovered that Five Dragons Mountain had brought its remaining mountain lords and elite guards, along with Kun Ling of the Three Immortals Pavilion, and prepared to retreat if danger arose.

• Su Chen told the Source of All Spirits that their enemies had returned, and the Source of All Spirits waited outside the Emperor Palace.
• Feng Chiyu and Bai Taijun watched the palace from nearby hiding places as powerful Immortal Lord presences approached.
• The four remaining mountain lords of Five Dragons Mountain arrived with more than a thousand Five Dragons Guards.
• Feng Chiyu recorded the arrivals and sent the images to Divine Master Situ, who identified the golden-armored Kun Ling as a sixth-heaven Immortal Lord and warned Feng Chiyu to leave if necessary.
• Feng Chiyu stopped transmitting in real time and planned to move farther away as the group approached the palace.

Bai Taijun reported that the Emperor Palace had remained quiet until the Source of All Spirits emerged, and the Five Dragons Mountain army confronted him. The Earth Dragon Mountain Lord attacked the Source of All Spirits with his Mountain-Splitting Triple Slash, beginning their battle.

• Bai Taijun greeted the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord and reported that someone had just emerged from the Emperor Palace.
• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord led more than a thousand Five Dragons Mountain fighters to confront the Source of All Spirits outside the palace.
• Kun Ling recognized the Source of All Spirits, and the mountain lords concealed their greed while considering how to claim him.
• The Earth Dragon Mountain Lord stepped forward to capture the Source of All Spirits, and the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord agreed.
• The Earth Dragon Mountain Lord charged with his heavy broadsword and unleashed the first slash of Mountain-Splitting Triple Slash.

The Source of All Spirits used the Power of Origin to kill the Earth Dragon Mountain Lord with one sword strike, stunning the assembled fighters. The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord then stepped forward to challenge him, while Brother Kun warned him not to underestimate the strange power.

• The Earth Dragon Mountain Lord attacked the Source of All Spirits with three linked saber strikes, but the Source of All Spirits cut through them with a single sword strike and split him in two.
• The gold-armored man sensed the Power of Origin’s danger, while Bai Taijun recoiled in fear and slipped into the crowd.
• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord reacted furiously to the Earth Dragon Mountain Lord’s death, and the Water Dragon Mountain Lord offered to fight before being stopped.
• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord advanced with his Immortal Lord Fourth Heaven pressure and summoned the Source-Flow Gold Dragon Halberd.
• Brother Kun warned the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord that the Source of All Spirits’ power was abnormal, but the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord insisted he knew what he was doing and fixed his killing intent on his opponent.

The Source of All Spirits used the Power of Origin to fight the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord, who wielded fragments of the Law of Metal. Their clash ended without either being injured, leaving Feng Chiyu wondering how powerful the Source of All Spirits’ master was.

• The Source of All Spirits judged that the Power of Origin could let him counter the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord’s laws, though using it consumed his supply.
• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord unleashed Supreme One Golden Resonance and channeled four Law of Metal fragments into his halberd.
• The Source of All Spirits countered the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord’s strike with Spirit Flow Returns to Origin, drawing energy from his opponent’s attack.
• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord and the Source of All Spirits collided in a blast that shattered the surrounding space, but neither was injured.
• Feng Chiyu watched in shock and wondered whether he and Five Dragons Mountain had underestimated the Source of All Spirits’ master.

The Source of All Spirits fought the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord outside the Emperor Palace, relying on a steady supply of Power of Origin. When the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord unleashed the dragon soul inside his halberd, the Source of All Spirits suddenly advanced to Heavenly Immortal Eighth Heaven and shattered the golden dragon, then struck at the Mountain Lord.

• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord repeatedly attacked the Source of All Spirits, hoping to exhaust his external Power of Origin, but could not gain the advantage.
• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord transformed the Source-Flow Gold Dragon Halberd into a colossal golden dragon and sent its destructive beams at the Source of All Spirits.
• Kun Ling watched the attack, ready to intervene because he wanted to take the Source of All Spirits alive and fuse with him.
• The Source of All Spirits advanced from Heavenly Immortal Fourth Heaven to Heavenly Immortal Eighth Heaven as his Power of Origin surged.
• The Source of All Spirits smashed the golden dragon with his heavy sword and followed with a stronger strike aimed at the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord, who feared he could not stop it.

The golden-armored man saved the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord from the Source of All Spirits’ attack, but his Immortal Weapon was badly damaged. Determined to capture his opponent, he summoned the Star Radiance Immortal and ordered the Five Dragons Guard to channel their power into him.

• The golden-armored man blocked the Source of All Spirits’ sword strike, saving the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord but ruining his Formless Heavenly Silkworm Glove.
• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord thanked the golden-armored man and retreated to his allies as the newcomer prepared to fight the Source of All Spirits himself.
• The Source of All Spirits revealed that he wielded the Power of Origin, and the golden-armored man questioned whether he had replaced a Mortal Realm’s Heavenly Dao.
• The golden-armored man threatened to capture and search the Source of All Spirits, then drew the Nine Heavens Wind Profound Blade.
• The golden-armored man summoned the Star Radiance Immortal and ordered Gusu Zhen to have the Five Dragons Guard form a battle formation and channel their power into him.

The man in golden armor absorbed the Five Dragons Battle Formation and the Star Radiance Immortal’s power, then fought the Source of All Spirits to a standstill. As the battle continued, he summoned the Vast Sun Immortal to strengthen his attack.

• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord formed the Five Dragons Battle Formation and channeled its power into the man in golden armor.
• The man in golden armor invoked the Star Radiance Immortal and gained star-covered armor and immense power.
• The Source of All Spirits recognized the Three Immortals Pavilion’s legacy and charged the man in golden armor with the Sword of Origin.
• The Source of All Spirits and the man in golden armor clashed evenly with their weapons and powers.
• The man in golden armor summoned the Vast Sun Immortal, whose fiery presence scorched the surrounding area.

The Source of All Spirits struggled against the Three Immortals Guard commander, who used the powers of Star Radiance Immortal and Vast Sun Immortal to overwhelm him. The Source revealed he was only the Emperor Palace master's subordinate, and the master appeared as the commander's borrowed powers faded before him.

• The golden-armored commander summoned the powers of Star Radiance Immortal and Vast Sun Immortal and forced the Source of All Spirits toward the ground.
• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord mocked the Source while Feng Chiyu realized the Emperor Palace master might be an Immortal King.
• The Source of All Spirits resisted the pressure and told the commander he was only a subordinate of the Emperor Palace master.
• A fissure opened above the Emperor Palace, and the master stepped out as the surrounding power fell silent and the commander's immortal projections faded.

Su Chen emerged from the immortal palace and overwhelmed the Three Immortals Pavilion commander and the people of Five Dragons Mountain. After they begged for their lives, he killed them all, leaving the palace uncontested.

• Su Chen appeared and suppressed the golden-armored man, shattering his projections and causing the Five Dragons Battle Formation to collapse.
• The golden-armored man recognized Su Chen as the killer of Carefree Immortal Lord and begged to become his servant.
• Su Chen refused the golden-armored man's plea and reduced him to ash.
• The Gold Dragon Mountain Lord and the Five Dragons Mountain forces begged Su Chen for mercy.
• Su Chen blew gently toward them and erased the mountain lords and the Five Dragons Guard, including their souls.

Su Chen targeted Three Immortals Island with a golden finger of overwhelming force, destroying the island and the Three Immortals Pavilion. The chapter left the fate of Feng Chiyu uncertain as he waited to escape.

• Su Chen looked across space and pressed a finger toward the void, while Feng Chiyu watched in terror from hiding.
• Guards at Three Immortals Pavilion discussed the Carefree Immortal Lord's death and the loss of contact with the Profound Firmament Immortal Lord.
• A vast golden finger descended on Three Immortals Island, crushing the guards and causing weaker residents to burst into bloody mist.
• The golden finger shattered the island's protective barrier and destroyed the statues of the Vast Sun Immortal, the Immortal of the Hidden Moon, and the Star Radiance Immortal.
• The golden finger pressed Three Immortals Island into the sea, reducing it to ash and leaving the surrounding waters calm again.

Su Chen destroyed Three Immortals Island and the Three Immortals Pavilion, while Feng Chiyu escaped and reported nothing. At Heavenly Derivation Sect headquarters, the Divine Masters learned of the destruction and questioned whether the news was true.

• Su Chen sensed that someone had escaped beyond Three Immortals Island, then returned to the Emperor Palace after destroying the island.
• Feng Chiyu emerged from hiding an hour later and fled toward the Heavenly Derivation Sect branch.
• At Heavenly Derivation Sect headquarters, Elder Xiao played a game with Situ Jiansheng and received Profound Water Tobacco from Shaoqing.
• Elder Xiao asked Situ Jiansheng about the Source of All Spirits, and Situ said Feng Chiyu was monitoring it after the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord and Kun Ling appeared there.
• A Heavenly Derivation Sect messenger reported that the Three Immortals Pavilion and Three Immortals Island had disappeared, and Situ Jiansheng asked whether the report was certain.

The Heavenly Derivation Sect's Divine Masters learned that the Three Immortals Pavilion had vanished, apparently destroyed by an Immortal King-level expert. As they examined evidence of the disaster, Feng Chiyu reported that his lord and everyone with him were dead.

• The old woman told Elder Xiao and the others that the Carefree Immortal Lord had been killed years earlier, and Yuan Shaoqing revealed a portrait of the suspected culprit.
• The messenger showed recordings of Three Immortals Island's disappearance and the enormous pit left beneath it.
• Situ Jiansheng and the old woman concluded that only an Immortal King-level expert could have erased the Three Immortals Pavilion so completely.
• Situ Jiansheng received a communication from Feng Chiyu, who gasped that his lord and the others were all dead.

Feng Chiyu reported that an unknown immortal-palace master at Ten Thousand Mirrors Mountain had effortlessly killed Kun Ling and might be an Immortal King. After reviewing Feng Chiyu’s recording, the Heavenly Derivation Sect’s divine masters recognized the figure as the same person believed to have killed the Carefree Immortal Lord.

• Feng Chiyu told Situ Jiansheng that the five mountain lords of Five Dragons Mountain and Kun Ling had died, and that the immortal-palace master might be an Immortal King.
• The divine masters debated whether the immortal-palace master had destroyed the Three Immortals Pavilion and killed the Carefree Immortal Lord.
• Situ Jiansheng asked Feng Chiyu for his image-recording, and Feng Chiyu transmitted it.
• The divine masters watched the Source of All Spirits kill the Earth Dragon Mountain Lord and overpower the Gold Dragon Mountain Lord despite having only Heavenly Immortal cultivation.
• The divine masters saw the immortal-palace master’s face and recognized him as the same person shown in the portrait of the Carefree Immortal Lord’s killer.

The Heavenly Derivation Sect's divine masters decided to stay out of the conflict involving the Immortal Palace, Five Dragons Mountain, and the Three Immortals Pavilion after learning that an unknown Immortal King had destroyed the pavilion. Elder Xiao was left alone until the long-missing sect master suddenly appeared before him.

• Yuan Shaoqing ordered Feng Chiyu to avoid further involvement and told the Heavenly Derivation Sect to treat the recent events as unrelated to them.
• The divine masters discussed the unknown Immortal King's power, origins, and possible use of the Law of Space, and worried that the Rock Peak Imperial Clan would intervene.
• The old woman ended the discussion and the divine masters departed, leaving Elder Xiao behind with his black water tobacco.
• An illusory figure appeared before Elder Xiao, who recognized it as the sect master and knelt, crying, "Ouyang Xiao greets the sect master!"

The Heavenly Derivation Sect Master appeared before Ouyang Xiao and revealed that he had established a new sect in the Eighteenth Heaven. After Ouyang Xiao named a young ascender with the Grand Void Time Physique as a candidate to accompany him, Ouyang Xiao hesitated over another matter he needed to report.

• The Heavenly Derivation Sect Master greeted Ouyang Xiao and remarked on his progress toward the Immortal King Realm.
• The Heavenly Derivation Sect Master told Ouyang Xiao that he had established another Heavenly Derivation Sect in the Eighteenth Heaven and wanted to bring an exceptional talent there to cultivate.
• Ouyang Xiao identified a young ascender who possessed the Grand Void Time Physique and had reached Loose Immortal Ninth Heaven in just over three thousand years.
• The Heavenly Derivation Sect Master agreed to invite the ascender to accompany him, and Ouyang Xiao said the man would gladly accept.
• Ouyang Xiao hesitated before telling the Heavenly Derivation Sect Master that there was one more matter he needed to report.

The Heavenly Derivation Sect Master discussed the destruction of Five Dragons Mountain and the Three Immortals Pavilion with Ouyang Xiao, then sent him to speak with the Grand Void Time Physique holder before his Spirit Physique departed. At Prince Yuan’s residence, Moonlight Immortal Lord reported the deaths of Carefree and Profound Firmament, but Prince Yuan questioned whether the Three Immortals Pavilion had provoked its killer.

• Ouyang Xiao told the Heavenly Derivation Sect Master that the Immortal Palace master had destroyed Five Dragons Mountain and the Three Immortals Pavilion and was a genuine Immortal King.
• The Heavenly Derivation Sect Master said his Spirit Physique could not fight the Rock Peak Imperial Clan, but he might seek help from Ji Changyan if the Immortal Palace master deserved it.
• The Heavenly Derivation Sect Master ordered Ouyang Xiao to speak with the Grand Void Time Physique holder and decide before he returned, then his Spirit Physique vanished.
• Ouyang Xiao realized Ji Changyan had likely become an Immortal King, gathered his Profound Water Tobacco, and left Ling Peak.
• Moonlight Immortal Lord told Prince Yuan that Carefree and Profound Firmament were dead and accused their killer of showing Prince Yuan no regard.
• Prince Yuan dismissed Moonlight Immortal Lord’s complaints and asked whether the Three Immortals Pavilion had provoked an expert.

Moonlight Immortal Lord begged Prince Yuan to avenge the Three Immortals Pavilion after an Immortal King killed two of its immortals. A communication revealed that Three Immortals Island had also been destroyed, leaving Moonlight Immortal Lord pleading for Prince Yuan’s help.

• Moonlight Immortal Lord told Prince Yuan that an Immortal King had killed Carefree Immortal Lord and Profound Firmament Immortal Lord, and she asked him to stand up for the Three Immortals Pavilion.
• Prince Yuan questioned whether the pavilion had provoked anyone and weighed the cost of opposing an Immortal King to protect its last surviving immortal.
• Moonlight Immortal Lord answered a communication stone and learned that Three Immortals Island had been crushed into a bottomless pit.
• A young woman told Moonlight Immortal Lord that nearly everyone on the island had died when someone used a great divine ability to destroy it.
• Moonlight Immortal Lord ended the call, prostrated herself before Prince Yuan, and again begged him to stand up for the Three Immortals Pavilion.

Prince Yuan sent Kui Gang and the Moonlight Immortal Lord to confront the person who destroyed Three Immortals Pavilion, determined to defend his clan’s reputation. More than a year later, Su Chen emerged from seclusion as his clan’s cultivation advanced, while he kept Lian Ruyue and her companion from making a trip to claim Five Dragons Mountain’s resources.

• Prince Yuan rejected the Moonlight Immortal Lord’s offer to serve him but decided to deal with the destruction of Three Immortals Pavilion to protect his reputation.
• Prince Yuan ordered Kui Gang to accompany the Moonlight Immortal Lord and offer the culprit a chance to surrender, or kill him if he refused.
• After Kui Gang and the Moonlight Immortal Lord departed, Prince Yuan explained to his companion that he was defending the Tantai Lineage’s standing and agreed to bid on a beauty-preserving item for her.
• More than a year after Three Immortals Pavilion was destroyed, Su Chen emerged from the Little Bamboo Residence as hundreds of Su Imperial Clan members had become emperors and dozens had become immortals.
• Lian Ruyue and her companion had planned to recover Five Dragons Mountain’s resources, but Su Chen stopped them and told them to focus on cultivation.

Su Chen sent Su Ting and Su Shuang'er to the Myriad Daos Unsealing Empire while sensing that someone was watching the Emperor Palace. The Heavenly Derivation Sect’s sect master investigated the palace, then returned to his sect and appeared before Ouyang Xiao and Jing Xuan.

• Su Ting and Su Shuang'er departed for the Myriad Daos Unsealing Empire after Su Chen judged their cultivation progress barely acceptable.
• Su Chen scanned the Emperor Palace and noticed someone observing it from outside, but returned to the Little Bamboo Residence without confronting him.
• The Heavenly Derivation Sect’s sect master watched the Emperor Palace’s barrier and wondered whether it concealed power beyond the Immortal King realm.
• Ouyang Xiao urged Jing Xuan to seize the chance to cultivate under the sect master, and Jing Xuan thanked him for his recommendation.
• The sect master appeared in the main hall, causing Ouyang Xiao’s smile to freeze.

The Heavenly Derivation Sect master accepted Jing Xuan, a young cultivator with the Grand Void Time Physique, as someone who would cultivate by his side and arranged a teleportation array to bring him to the Eighteenth Heaven. He also ordered Ouyang Xiao to prepare materials and said the sect would help the owner of the Immortal Palace and its ascenders within its means.

• Ouyang Xiao introduced Jing Xuan to the Heavenly Derivation Sect master, who confirmed Jing Xuan had the Grand Void Time Physique and said he might surpass the Immortal King realm.
• The Heavenly Derivation Sect master asked Jing Xuan to cultivate with him, and Jing Xuan agreed and vowed to protect ascenders from the Mortal Realm.
• The Heavenly Derivation Sect master told Ouyang Xiao to gather materials for a long-distance teleportation array that would send Jing Xuan to the Eighteenth Heaven.
• The Heavenly Derivation Sect master said he would summon Ji Changyan and have Ouyang Xiao explain the situation involving the Rock Peak Imperial Clan.
• The Heavenly Derivation Sect master clarified that the sect would form a favorable connection with the owner of the Immortal Palace and help the ascenders on their side as much as it could.

The Heavenly Derivation Sect’s master decided to act on the matter in Rock Peak and summoned Ji Changyan, while Ouyang Xiao began arranging a one-use teleportation array to the Eighteenth Heaven. The divine masters also discovered that Feng Chiyu’s footage of the attack on the Immortal Palace had leaked, but they did not know who was responsible.

• The Heavenly Derivation Sect’s master summoned Ji Changyan to Rock Peak and told Ouyang Xiao that Ji Changyan would handle the matter there.
• Ouyang Xiao told Jing Xuan to wait for the teleportation array and assured him that the sect’s investment in his cultivation was meant for the future.
• Ouyang Xiao met the other divine masters and gave them the materials list for the temporary array, saying they would retrieve the remaining supplies from the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
• Yuan Shaoqing revealed that Feng Chiyu’s footage of the Five Dragons Mountain master and the Three Immortals Pavilion commander attacking the Immortal Palace had leaked.
• Ouyang Xiao proposed having Situ Jiansheng tell Feng Chiyu to warn the Immortal Palace, while the divine masters focused on gathering the array materials.

Moonlight Immortal Lord returned to the ruins of Three Immortals Island with Immortal King Kui, who searched for traces of the attacker but found none. Two surviving Moonlight Pavilion aides revealed that they might know who destroyed the island, leaving Moonlight Immortal Lord eager to hear the culprit’s identity.

• Immortal King Kui brought Moonlight Immortal Lord back to the site of Three Immortals Island and found only a vast pit and a trace of the Immortal King who had destroyed it.
• Moonlight Immortal Lord worried that the unknown attacker might be too powerful, but Immortal King Kui rebuked her and explained why an Immortal King could not easily be killed.
• Immortal King Kui found Chunhua and Qiushi hiding nearby and brought them before Moonlight Immortal Lord.
• Chunhua and Qiushi told Moonlight Immortal Lord that they had waited near the ruins and might know who had destroyed Three Immortals Island.

Moonlight Immortal Lord watched a recording of the destruction of the Three Immortals Pavilion and learned that Kun Ling’s actions had reignited the grudge against the Immortal King in azure. Immortal King Kui then revealed that the Heavenly Derivation Sect’s master was an Immortal King who had fought Prince Yuan to a draw, leaving Moonlight Immortal Lord stunned.

• Chunhua showed Moonlight Immortal Lord and Immortal King Kui a recording of the battle at Ten Thousand Mirrors Mountain.
• Moonlight Immortal Lord recognized the Immortal King in azure as the killer of Carefree Immortal Lord and realized Kun Ling had provoked him into destroying the Three Immortals Pavilion.
• Chunhua explained that the recording had spread widely and recounted how Five Dragons Mountain’s attempt to capture ascenders led to the conflict involving the Heavenly Derivation Sect.
• Moonlight Immortal Lord wondered about the Heavenly Derivation Sect’s role and said she should have destroyed it, prompting Immortal King Kui to scoff.
• Immortal King Kui revealed that the Heavenly Derivation Sect’s master was an Immortal King who had fought Prince Yuan evenly, shocking Moonlight Immortal Lord.

Immortal King Kui learned that the Heavenly Derivation Sect’s master was powerful enough to deter even Prince Yuan, then led Chunhua and Qiushi toward the Immortal Palace at Ten Thousand Mirrors Mountain. At the Heavenly Derivation Sect, Ji Changyan arrived to handle the matter alone, leaving Ouyang Xiao and the others behind to avoid putting them at risk.

• Immortal King Kui questioned Chunhua and Qiushi about the Immortal Palace and ordered them to lead him to it.
• Ouyang Xiao and the other divine masters reflected on Jing Xuan’s departure with the sect master before an Immortal King’s presence briefly pressed down on the Heavenly Derivation Sect.
• Ouyang Xiao explained that the arriving Immortal King was from the Heavenly Derivation Sect in the Sea of Forgetfulness and had come to connect with the Immortal Palace’s owner.
• Ouyang Xiao gave Ji Changyan the Immortal Palace’s coordinates and pointed him toward it.
• Ji Changyan told Yuan Shaoqing and the others to stay behind because they were weak and might be targeted by the imperial clan, then departed alone.