Chapter Summaries

Shen Yun nearly killed Ling Jiuxiao, who survived with help from the red-robed Artifact Spirit and then attacked with his Blood Abyss spear. As Ling Jiuxiao and the Artifact Spirit moved to surround Shen Yun, the Xuming Candle Dragon intervened, and Ling Jiuxiao turned his assault toward it.

• Ling Jiuxiao used the Dao of Transcendence to erase Shen Yun's sword strike, but Shen Yun's Sword Qi of Creation pierced through the Immortal Ranking and trapped him.
• The red-robed Artifact Spirit used the power of destiny to help Ling Jiuxiao evade Shen Yun's fatal strike.
• Shen Yun recognized the Artifact Spirit's technique as derived from the Destiny Heavenly Book and identified her as a creation of Empress Siming.
• The red-robed Artifact Spirit refused Shen Yun's warning to step aside, and Ling Jiuxiao summoned his Blood Abyss spear and attacked Shen Yun.
• The red-robed Artifact Spirit joined Ling Jiuxiao in a pincer assault, but the Xuming Candle Dragon emerged to aid Shen Yun.
• Ling Jiuxiao charged at the Xuming Candle Dragon and aimed his spear at its brow.

Shen Yun faced Ling Jiuxiao while Destiny's Scales used the Scripture of the Sixty-Four Chapters to suppress the Dao of Fate. After Xuming Candle Dragon was driven back, Shen Yun caught Ling Jiuxiao's Blood Abyss Demon Spear barehanded, leaving Ling Jiuxiao stunned by his mastery of Return to Truth of the Great Dao.

• Destiny's Scales revived the Emperor Tomb's killing formation and used the Scripture of the Sixty-Four Chapters to seal karmic threads and suppress Shen Yun's Dao of Fate.
• Ling Jiuxiao exploited the weakened fate laws to overwhelm Xuming Candle Dragon with the Dao of Transcendence and wound it badly.
• Ling Jiuxiao unleashed ninety-nine thousand strands of the Heaven-Severing Law, revealing strength close to the Peering into Truth realm.
• Shen Yun fused his law manifestations into Creation Immortal Light and caught the Blood Abyss Demon Spear in his bare hand.
• Ling Jiuxiao recognized that Shen Yun had already reached Return to Truth of the Great Dao and lost his confidence.

Shen Yun exploited Ling Jiuxiao’s doubts and overwhelmed him with the Great Dao of Creation, shattering his defenses and weapons. He left Ling Jiuxiao on the brink of defeat and crushed the Undying Divine Phoenix’s rescue attempt, stunning everyone in the Emperor Tomb.

• Shen Yun exposed how Ling Jiuxiao’s Dao of Transcendence remained bound to the God Venerable, shaking Ling Jiuxiao’s Dao Heart.
• Shen Yun wounded Ling Jiuxiao with Sword Qi of Creation, severing thirty percent of his origin.
• Shen Yun pressed his attack with Creation-infused fists, forcing Ling Jiuxiao to retreat and shattering his trump cards and Blood Abyss Demon Spear.
• The Undying Divine Phoenix tried to save Ling Jiuxiao with a scarlet immortal tower, but Shen Yun slapped it into a flat iron pancake.
• The broken tower fell to the ground, leaving the Emperor Tomb in stunned silence.

The red-robed Artifact Spirit used Fate Judgment to pull Shen Yun’s future body onto the Causality Chessboard and drain his Fortune, while Ling Jiuxiao joined the attack. When the future figure finally appeared, everyone recognized it as Ling Jiuxiao, leaving the outcome of the clash uncertain.

• The red-robed Artifact Spirit unleashed Fate Judgment, seizing a figure from the River of Time and placing it on the Causality Chessboard.
• Shen Yun felt his Fortune drain as the Forbidden Secret Technique distorted time and fate around him.
• Ling Jiuxiao combined the Destiny Heavenly Book with the Artifact Spirit’s attack, sending fate-powered Flying Daggers toward Shen Yun’s future figure.
• The Undying Divine Phoenix blocked the Xuming Candle Dragon from reaching the battle and bound him with Great Sun Immortal Light.
• Ling Jiuxiao poured his origin into the attack, revealing the figure on the chessboard as Ling Jiuxiao himself.

Shen Yun used a fate art to defeat Ling Jiuxiao’s future self, then overpowered the red-clad Artifact Spirit despite the Undying Divine Phoenix’s intervention. He brought down the Fate Scale and turned toward Ling Jiuxiao’s fleeing Remnant Soul, declaring that no one could save him.

• Shen Yun used a concealed art of fate to redirect the blades and leave Ling Jiuxiao’s future self riddled with wounds, shattering Ling Jiuxiao’s Spiritual Platform and body in reality.
• The red-clad Artifact Spirit recognized Shen Yun’s use of Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell and demanded to know where he had learned the art.
• Shen Yun retaliated with one punch, shattering the Emperor Tomb’s divine inscriptions and striking the Artifact Spirit’s true form, the Fate Scale.
• The Undying Divine Phoenix tried to stop Shen Yun’s next attack with yang immortal fire, but Shen Yun countered with Primordial Chaos sword qi and struck the Artifact Spirit down.
• Shen Yun intercepted Ling Jiuxiao’s fleeing Remnant Soul and declared that no one could save him.

Shen Yun fought Ling Jiuxiao as the defeated Remnant Soul burned itself to summon the Peering into Truth Tribulation and unleash the Heaven-Intercepting Dao. Shen Yun overcame the Tribulation Sea with Sword Nine, Sever Dao, killing Ling Jiuxiao and bringing their battle to an end.

• Shen Yun prepared to kill Ling Jiuxiao while the Undying Divine Phoenix stayed silent and the Xuming Candle Dragon taunted it.
• Ling Jiuxiao burned his remaining soul power to summon the Peering into Truth Tribulation and pushed the Heaven-Intercepting Dao to its peak.
• Shen Yun met Ling Jiuxiao's attack head-on as their Great Daos collided and forced the World-Destroying Thunder Sea back.
• Ling Jiuxiao's fading strength gave out while Shen Yun's power continued to rise.
• Shen Yun used Sword Nine, Sever Dao, to tear through the Tribulation Sea and vaporize Ling Jiuxiao's Remnant Soul.
• Ling Jiuxiao laughed without regret before his remains scattered as rain of light.

After honoring Ling Jiuxiao, Shen Yun killed the Fate Scale’s red-robed Artifact Spirit and broke through again, then collected the Great Yan Divine Venerable’s inheritance. He asked the Undying Divine Phoenix where to find the Transcendence Chapter of the Destiny Heavenly Book.

• Shen Yun buried Ling Jiuxiao’s black robes and carved “Though I die nine times, I shall have no regrets!” on the tombstone.
• Shen Yun attacked the Fate Scale and destroyed its red-robed Artifact Spirit despite her threats that the Empress would awaken.
• Shen Yun advanced another step, spared the Undying Divine Phoenix, and collected Ling Jiuxiao’s Great Sun Secret Key and Jiemie Ancient Token.
• The Fate Scale awakened and escaped Shen Yun’s grasp, while the Undying Divine Phoenix explained that the Empress’s power still protected it.
• Shen Yun asked about the Great Yan Divine Venerable’s trials, and the Undying Divine Phoenix brought him the inheritance treasures instead.
• Shen Yun asked the Undying Divine Phoenix where the Transcendence Chapter of the Destiny Heavenly Book was.

The Undying Divine Phoenix explained how Ling Jiuxiao’s fate and the Fate Divine Temple’s mission had led to the Transcendence Chapter, then guided Shen Yun and the Xuming Candle Dragon to Empress Siming’s resting place. There, Shen Yun’s Great Dao of Fate manifested, and the Undying Divine Phoenix recognized that he had reached the Dao Realm.

• The Undying Divine Phoenix revealed that God Venerable had created Ling Jiuxiao to awaken Empress Siming and that the temple’s guardians had continued the mission after God Venerable disappeared.
• Shen Yun explained that he only wanted to study the Transcendence Chapter, and the Undying Divine Phoenix agreed to take him to it.
• The Undying Divine Phoenix led Shen Yun and the Xuming Candle Dragon to Empress Siming’s crystal coffin and the divine flower she held.
• The Xuming Candle Dragon was injured after probing the coffin with its Spiritual Sense, and the Undying Divine Phoenix warned that Empress Siming’s aura could kill powerful beings.
• Shen Yun’s Great Dao of Fate appeared before Empress Siming’s coffin, displaying the Undying Divine Phoenix’s life, and the Undying Divine Phoenix identified Shen Yun’s realm as the Dao Realm.

Shen Yun comprehended the Transcendence Chapter and achieved the Great Dao of Fate, while Empress Siming's consciousness awakened and briefly confronted him. As Shen Yun and the two Divine Beasts left the Emperor Tomb, he asked what had happened to the Empress in the past.

• Shen Yun returned from his journey along the River of Destiny having comprehended the Transcendence Chapter and achieved the Great Dao of Fate.
• The Undying Divine Phoenix realized Shen Yun might be able to awaken the Empress, but Shen Yun revealed that her consciousness had already awakened.
• Empress Siming emerged from the immortal coffin and asked Shen Yun whether he had destroyed the Fate Scale's Artifact Spirit.
• Shen Yun answered Empress Siming without fear, and she called him impressive before returning to the coffin.
• Shen Yun left the hall with the Undying Divine Phoenix and Xuming Candle Dragon, then asked the phoenix what had happened to the Empress that year.

Shen Yun revealed that the being in the Emperor Palace was not the returned Empress Siming, but the Empress’s remnant obsession and the embodiment of the Dao of Termination. He and the divine beasts escaped the Emperor Tomb, while Shen Yun warned that the being had once nearly broken the shackles of fate.

• The Undying Divine Phoenix recounted the Empress’s apparent death and the National Teacher’s cryptic mention of the Reverse-Slaughter Great Dao.
• Shen Yun warned that the figure in the Emperor Palace was not the former Empress and urged the divine beasts to leave the Emperor Tomb.
• Shen Yun explained that the figure lacked the Great Dao of Fate and deduced that the Empress had tried to sever her Immortal King's Dao Fruit and find another path.
• The Xuming Candle Dragon urged the group to retreat, and the Undying Divine Phoenix thanked Shen Yun before joining him and the dragon as they fled.
• After they left the Emperor Tomb, Shen Yun identified the being as the Empress’s remnant obsession and the embodiment of the Dao of Termination.

The Empress's Obsession abandoned her failed attempt to merge with the Empress's body and left the sealed Emperor Tomb to seek power elsewhere. At the trial arena, Luo Guyin reported that Shen Yun had likely killed the Nine Heavens Immortal Venerable with one sword, but the news was interrupted by the arrival of Wusheng Immortal Venerable and the Sin Battalion Cavalry.

• The Empress's Obsession failed to reach the Transcendence Chapter, blamed Shen Yun, and vowed to cripple him after cultivating the Great Dao of Ending.
• The Empress's Obsession sealed the Emperor Tomb and departed, planning to use the awakening Emperor of Calamity Beasts to open an Immortal King's God Tomb.
• Luo Guyin arrived at the Blue Sky Platform and told the Burial Ground Vice Sect Master that its disciples had survived and were returning victorious.
• Luo Guyin said Shen Yun's single sword strike had silenced the Emperor Tomb and likely executed the Nine Heavens Immortal Venerable, astonishing the assembled experts.
• Wusheng Immortal Venerable arrived at the arena leading the Sin Battalion Cavalry.

Wusheng Immortal Venerable and the Sin-Blood Iron Cavalry arrived to capture Shen Yun, but Turtle Elder refused to open the Domain Gate before the trial ended. Powerful sect leaders gathered and chose not to intervene, and the Sealing Formation began to open as a towering Xuanmen emerged.

• Wusheng Immortal Venerable led the Sin-Blood Iron Cavalry and the Four Venerables to apprehend Shen Yun after learning he had taken the Jiemie Ancient Token.
• Turtle Elder refused Venerable Yu's demand to open the Domain Gate before the trial ended, and Venerable Feng persuaded her to wait.
• The leaders of the great immortal sects arrived and learned why the Wusheng Realm had mobilized, but the Burial Ground Supreme Elder refused to help Shen Yun's side.
• The Sealing Formation rippled, a towering Xuanmen emerged from secluded spacetime, and Wusheng Immortal Venerable rose to face the opening gate.

Human forces overwhelmed the demon army while Tushan Old Ancestor chose to evade them and exploit the conflict between the humans. She sent the Shadow Envoy to lure the humans toward Immortal King Qiankun’s God Tomb using the Two Principles Origin Record as proof.

• Human sect leaders joined the battle and slaughtered the demon forces, sending the survivors fleeing toward Heavenly Pillar Mountain.
• At the Myriad Demons Grotto, the Eight-Armed Yaksha told Tushan Old Ancestor that the three grand commanders had fallen and the Wusheng Realm had mobilized.
• Tushan Old Ancestor ordered the demons to avoid the Wusheng Realm’s forces and head to Nirvana Valley while they fought.
• Tushan Old Ancestor identified the Shadow Envoy as a former subordinate of His Majesty and gave him an ancient scripture.
• Tushan Old Ancestor tasked the Shadow Envoy with telling the humans that Immortal King Qiankun’s God Tomb had opened, using the Two Principles Origin Record as proof.

Holy Lord Qiankun tried to refine the Two Principles Origin Record while concealing its discovery, but the Burial Ground Supreme Elder and others arrived and learned of the treasure. The Universe Saint Son exposed hidden spies nearby, leaving the Eight Great Immortal Sects at risk of discovery.

• Yixing True Lord led the Eight Great Immortal Sects toward Heavenly Pillar Mountain, where he sensed someone had arrived ahead of them.
• Holy Lord Qiankun confronted the Burial Ground Supreme Elder while holding the Two Principles Origin Record, which the elder identified as Immortal King Qiankun’s supreme cultivation method.
• Holy Lord Qiankun claimed his disciple had found the scripture and offered to share it with the Burial Ground Supreme Elder in exchange for help concealing the area.
• The Universe Saint Son emerged and warned that his qi-gazing technique had detected people spying from the demonic-tree forest.

Holy Lord Qiankun and the seven Sect Masters set out for Nirvana Valley, unaware that the Universe Saint Son was secretly pursuing his own plan. There, Tushan Old Ancestor prepared the Calamity Beasts to ambush the Human Race, and the human forces arrived in overwhelming numbers.

• The seven Sect Masters revealed themselves, and Holy Lord Qiankun agreed to lead them to Nirvana Valley while planning to use them to scout its dangers.
• Holy Lord Qiankun ordered the Universe Saint Son to leave the Immortal Ancient Battlefield, but the Saint Son stayed behind and vanished into the shadows with a sinister smile.
• Tushan Old Ancestor restored Nirvana Valley and revealed that its Starry Sky Ancient Road led to a projection of Immortal King Qiankun's God Tomb.
• Tushan Old Ancestor roused the Calamity Beasts by promising rewards from their supreme ruler, and they vowed to kill the incoming humans.
• Holy Lord Qiankun, the seven Sect Masters, the Burial Ground's Taishang giants, and the Wusheng Realm army arrived at the Shattering Void Demon Tomb.

The Sin Battalion planned to use the God Tomb’s emergence to draw in rivals and let the Burial-World Ba Snake clear them away, while Wusheng Immortal Venerable sent Venerable Yu to find Shen Yun. Venerable Yu hoped to capture Shen Yun and gain her freedom, but she found him waiting for her in the Spirit-Severing Abyss.

• Holy Lord Qiankun realized that someone had spread news of the God Tomb and cursed the unknown informant as overlords rushed toward Nirvana Valley.
• Venerable Yu and Venerable Lei explained that the Shadow Envoy had leaked the news, while the Universe Saint Son remained captive and Wusheng Immortal Venerable reasoned that the Burial-World Ba Snake was lying in wait.
• Venerable Feng offered to capture the Ba Snake, but Wusheng Immortal Venerable chose to let it attack the approaching crowd and approved Venerable Yu’s request to search for Shen Yun.
• Venerable Yu set out to capture Shen Yun, planning to use Mu Hanyu to make him submit and hoping her service would free her from the Slave Seal.
• Venerable Yu entered the Spirit-Severing Abyss and found Shen Yun standing before her, apparently waiting for her arrival.

Venerable Yu was ambushed by Shen Yun and the Undying Divine Phoenix while trying to flee into the Shattering Void Demon Tomb. After they captured her, the Undying Divine Phoenix revealed that Feng Cangming might be present in the Immortal Ancient Battlefield and could be a vanished primordial great fiend.

• Venerable Yu spotted Shen Yun near the Demon Tomb and tried to alert Wusheng Immortal Venerable before retreating.
• The Undying Divine Phoenix blocked Venerable Yu with Great Sun True Fire, but she used Nether Blood Shadow Escape to flee.
• Shen Yun seized Venerable Yu’s divine sense message from the void and exposed its words to everyone.
• The Undying Divine Phoenix pinned Venerable Yu, while Xuming Candle Dragon nearly killed her with its roar before the phoenix stopped it.
• Shen Yun said a terrifying slave seal in Venerable Yu’s sea of consciousness would prevent them from questioning her.
• The Undying Divine Phoenix explained Feng Cangming’s history and said he might be a primordial great fiend thought to have vanished.

Shen Yun rejected the Undying Divine Phoenix’s advice to retreat and charged into the Shattering Void Demon Tomb, where he killed Venerable Lei in a flash. The Wusheng Immortal Venerable recognized Shen Yun and confronted him as the Divine Bridge appeared before the gathered forces.

• The Undying Divine Phoenix killed the dying Venerable Yu, and Shen Yun refused its suggestion to retreat and plan against Feng Cangming and the Wusheng Realm.
• Shen Yun rose into the sky on a five-colored Divine Bridge, with the Undying Divine Phoenix and another Primordial Era Divine Beast following him into the Shattering Void Demon Tomb.
• The Wusheng Immortal Venerable sensed that Venerable Yu had died and identified the Shattering Void Demon Tomb entrance as the source of her final aura.
• Venerable Lei led the charge toward the tomb, but Feng Cangming sensed danger and called for a retreat.
• A beam of Five-Colored Divine Light killed Venerable Lei before he could react, and the Wusheng Immortal Venerable recognized Shen Yun and called out his name.

Shen Yun killed Venerable Lei with one strike, while the sect leaders rushed into the Domain Gate to pursue the Immortal King’s inheritance. Tushan Old Ancestor prepared to trap them in the Secret Realm as Shen Yun faced Feng Cangming and Wusheng Immortal Venerable, leaving the latter shaken by Shen Yun’s mastery of the Time Dao.

• Shen Yun cut down Venerable Lei, silencing the Sin Battalion army and startling Wusheng Immortal Venerable.
• Holy Lord Qiankun entered the Domain Gate first, and leaders of the other sects followed in search of the Immortal King’s inheritance.
• Tushan Old Ancestor ordered the White Bone Giant Dragon to prepare the Eternal Killing Formation and sent the Eight-Armed Yaksha to stage obstacles for the incoming humans.
• Wusheng Immortal Venerable ordered his forces to withdraw and form the Ten Directions Nirvana Great Formation, which Shen Yun recognized.
• Feng Cangming attacked Shen Yun with the Space-Severing Dao Breaker, and Wusheng Immortal Venerable followed with Annihilation Power, but Shen Yun emerged unharmed.
• Wusheng Immortal Venerable realized Shen Yun had condensed the Time Dao and lost confidence.

Shen Yun fought Wusheng Immortal Venerable and Feng Mingcang, revealing mastery of several Sacred Laws and overpowering their combined attacks. Feng Mingcang realized Shen Yun was using the myriad Daos to nourish his source Dao and shouted for them to stop him.

• Feng Mingcang recognized Shen Yun's Transcendence Realm Time Law and urged Wusheng Immortal Venerable to retreat and wear him down.
• Shen Yun unleashed the Spatial Sacred Law, teleported to Wusheng Immortal Venerable, and battered him with a fierce barrage.
• Wusheng Immortal Venerable summoned the Return-to-Ruins Annihilation Wheel, whose Six Paths manifestations tore through Shen Yun's spatial torrent.
• Shen Yun transformed the Space Laws with Five Elements Reincarnation and Chaos Energy, clashing creation against nirvana and collapsing the Divine Mountains.
• Feng Mingcang charged through the battlefield with the Limitless Treasure Art, but Shen Yun met him with the Yin-Yang Sacred Law and held off both attackers.
• Feng Mingcang realized Shen Yun was using the myriad Daos to nourish his source Dao and shouted for Wusheng Immortal Venerable to stop him.