Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liuli reported the azure-clad man's feats to Immortal Saint Shenwu, while three new Great Dao manifestations from the Lower Realm suggested he had advanced even further. She revealed that her map fragment pointed to the ruins of Eight Desolations Immortal Saint, whose inheritance the palace elders feared would be deadly to an ordinary entrant.

• Jiang Liuli told Immortal Saint Shenwu and the elders how the man in azure had killed Netherworld Immortal Venerable and mastered three Great Daos, including a fused attack.
• Immortal Saint Shenwu praised the man's potential, predicting that he could one day reach the heights of an Advanced Immortal Saint.
• Metal, wind, and darkness Great Dao manifestations appeared in succession above the Giant God Heavenly Palace, all originating from the Lower Realm.
• Jiang Liuli suspected the new manifestations belonged to the same man, while Immortal Saint Shenwu dismissed the phenomena and asked about her map fragment.
• Jiang Liuli revealed that the fragment pointed to the resting place of Eight Desolations Immortal Saint, and Immortal Saint Shenwu warned that its inheritance would test entrants severely.
• A grand elder doubted that the Lower Realm man could survive Eight Desolations Immortal Saint's trials.

Dongfang Yueming completed his Great Dao of Water, bringing all nine of his Great Daos to perfection, then opened the Eight Desolations Immortal Saint’s ruins and entered ahead of the approaching factions. He easily endured the ruins’ first trial, a crushing pressure of Great Dao, and strolled deeper into the corridor.

• Dongfang Yueming absorbed the High-Level Law Crystal of Water, perfected Boundless Sea Eye, and completed his Great Dao of Water.
• The nine perfected Great Daos gathered, startling the experts of the Giant God Heavenly Palace and illuminating the realms.
• Dongfang Yueming used the Eight Desolations Token to open the bronze gate to the ruins and entered before the other factions arrived.
• Immortal Saint Shenwu told the Giant God Heavenly Palace elders that the ruins’ deadly trials would make entry difficult.
• Dongfang Yueming encountered the corridor’s crushing Great Dao pressure and effortlessly deflected it with his nine Dao seeds.
• Dongfang Yueming strolled deeper into the corridor, unharmed by the first trial.

The major powers gathered at the bronze gates, where Zhao Tianjiao entered and was returned gravely injured after only a breath. His warning that entry required an Immortal Venerable-level physique left Jiang Liuli fearing that Dongfang had died inside.

• The upper immortal dynasties and envoys from the Supreme Immortal Domain arrived at the bronze gates, while Jiang Liuli searched the crowd for Dongfang.
• Zhao Tianjiao rushed into the gates, determined to claim the prize before the other cultivators.
• After a single breath, Zhao Tianjiao was hurled back out with his body shattered and his aura nearly extinguished.
• Zhao Tianjiao warned that the pressure and rejection of the Great Dao required an Immortal Venerable-level physique to enter.
• Jiang Liuli feared Dongfang had died inside, and Immortal Saint Shenwu told her to give up because the place was certain death for someone at his level.

Ying Zhan entered the bronze-gate corridor and was nearly crushed by its Great Dao pressure, but saw a blue-robed figure strolling deeper inside with ease. He escaped in disgrace and concealed what he had seen, leaving the gathered factions to wonder who could pass the trial.

• Ying Zhan mocked Zhao Tianjiao and, after Ying Wudi urged him on, activated his Thunder God Tyrant Body and entered the corridor.
• Ying Zhan struggled against the Great Dao pressure and spat blood after taking only five steps.
• Ying Zhan saw a blue-robed figure walking calmly far deeper in the corridor, then fled when the figure disappeared around a bend.
• Ying Zhan crashed outside the gate, and Ying Wudi rushed to help him as the crowd reacted in shock.
• Ying Zhan explained the corridor’s crushing pressure but kept the blue-robed figure secret, convincing himself the sight had been an illusion.

After the Immortal Saints and Immortal Ancestors were barred from entering the collapsing Eight Desolations Immortal Abode, Half-Saints and Immortal Venerables rushed inside to compete for its treasures. Dongfang Yueming passed the first trial, gathered rare immortal metals, and suspected the strength-testing stone contained tier-eight metal as Eight Desolations’ remnant soul dismissed him as an ordinary Immortal Venerable.

• Jiang Liuli heard Ying Zhan’s account and felt relieved that the person she worried about had not entered the dangerous ruins.
• Ancestor Fire Cloud tried to force his way through the bronze gate, but Immortal Saint Shenwu stopped him, warning that an Immortal Saint’s entry could collapse the secret realm and destroy its treasures.
• Ying Wudi, Jiang Zhan, and other Half-Saints led hundreds of Immortal Venerables into the starry corridor, where the Great Dao pressure crushed one weaker Immortal Venerable to death.
• Dongfang Yueming reached the second trial and used his Law of Space to collect ninety-nine pieces of sixth-tier immortal metal from the hall.
• Dongfang Yueming struck the strength-testing stone, earned two pieces of seventh-tier Geng Metal mother, and realized the unbroken stone might be tier-eight immortal metal.
• Eight Desolations’ remnant soul sensed Dongfang Yueming’s results, mistook him for a weak Immortal Venerable who had relied on a defensive artifact, and returned to waiting for other challengers.

Dongfang Yueming refined the second trial’s force-measuring stone and other immortal metals to break through to Immortal Ancestor Perfection, gaining a Sixth-Tier Origin Immortal Physique and the Higher Law of Life. The Eight Desolations Immortal Saint’s remnant soul discovered the destruction and was shocked that Dongfang Yueming had consumed the stone.

• Dongfang Yueming recycled low-grade immortal stones and began refining the eighth-tier Primordial Chaos Mother Gold force-measuring stone along with his other immortal metals.
• Dongfang Yueming transformed his body and advanced to the Immortal Ancestor Realm, then sublimated the Law of Healing into the Higher Law of Life.
• Dongfang Yueming spent more Immortal Points to reach Immortal Ancestor Perfection, shattering the trial hall’s dome with his breakthrough.
• The Eight Desolations Immortal Saint’s remnant soul sensed the breakthrough and found the force-measuring stone missing, realizing Dongfang Yueming had consumed it.

After reaching Immortal Ancestor Perfection and stripping the second trial hall of its treasures, Dongfang Yueming waited for the Half-Saints to arrive. When Ying Wudi attacked him in fury, Dongfang Yueming stood unharmed after taking the full force of the blow with his body.

• Dongfang Yueming completed his breakthrough to Immortal Ancestor Perfection and reflected on having taken apart the second trial hall.
• Ying Wudi, Jiang Zhan, and the other Half-Saints entered the hall and found its immortal metal and strength-testing stone gone.
• Ying Wudi confronted Dongfang Yueming, who admitted taking the treasures and refused to return them.
• Ying Wudi attacked Dongfang Yueming with Imperial Dao Dragon Fist: World Suppression.
• Dongfang Yueming unleashed his Origin Immortal Physique and remained unharmed, while Ying Wudi's fist recoiled bloodied.

Dongfang Yueming gravely injured Ying Wudi with one punch, then faced a crowd gathered for the Eight Desolations Immortal Saint's ultimate trial. The remnant soul ordered everyone to attack Dongfang Yueming for one incense stick's duration, and the battle was about to begin.

• Dongfang Yueming shattered Ying Wudi's defenses with one punch and left the Half-Saint gravely injured.
• Dongfang Yueming challenged the remaining Half-Saints to attack him together, but the Eight Desolations Immortal Saint's remnant soul appeared and intervened.
• The Eight Desolations remnant soul declared the second stage ruined and transported the contestants and arriving experts to a vast void battlefield.
• The remnant soul announced the Great Dao Contention: everyone had to withstand Dongfang Yueming for one incense stick's duration to earn an Immortal Saint-level treasure.
• The crowd, driven by greed, targeted Dongfang Yueming, who questioned whether the remnant soul was testing him or sending everyone to their deaths.
• The Eight Desolations remnant soul ordered the trial to begin, and the battle was poised to erupt.

Dongfang Yueming slaughtered the Immortal Venerables and Half-Saints who attacked him by unleashing his perfected Great Dao of the Five Elements. After the Eight Desolations Immortal Saint’s remnant soul offered him a Dao Seed and war halberd, Dongfang revealed that he had mastered nine perfected Great Daos and asked instead for the immortal gold and the remnant soul’s private stash.

• More than a hundred Immortal Venerables and a dozen Half-Saints charged Dongfang Yueming to seize the treasure.
• Dongfang Yueming unleashed his Five Elements Domain, which broke down the attackers’ powers and let his five dragons annihilate them.
• The Eight Desolations Immortal Saint’s remnant soul praised Dongfang Yueming and offered him the Eight Desolations Dao Seed and Eight Desolations War Halberd.
• Dongfang Yueming revealed nine perfected Great Daos, stunning the remnant soul and refusing its Dao insights.
• Dongfang Yueming said he wanted the immortal gold and the remnant soul’s private stash instead.

Dongfang Yueming collected the Eight Desolations Remnant Soul’s immortal metals and Time Law crystal, then escaped the collapsing ruins through a hidden exit. The Void God Hall’s Xukong Walker intercepted them, and Dongfang Yueming broke his spatial confinement by unleashing nine Great Daos.

• The Eight Desolations Remnant Soul gave Dongfang Yueming his stores of immortal metal, including three pieces of Chaos Mother Gold, and a Higher Law Crystal of Time.
• The four great factions surrounded the Eight Desolations Ruins and waited for Dongfang Yueming to emerge, while Jiang Liuli worried about his whereabouts.
• Dongfang Yueming gathered storage rings from the fallen and learned of the dangerous Ancient God Ruins, where a tenth-tier divine object might lie.
• The Eight Desolations Remnant Soul used a hidden spatial vortex to escape with Dongfang Yueming as the ruins collapsed.
• Xukong Walker intercepted them far from the ruins and demanded the inheritance, but Dongfang Yueming broke his spatial confinement and revealed his nine Great Daos.

Dongfang Yueming killed Xukong Walker with one punch, collected his spoils, and perfected the law of time. He left with more than 239.6 billion Immortal Points as the four supreme factions began searching for him.

• Dongfang Yueming fused nine Daos and instantly killed Xukong Walker, then absorbed his insights and took his storage ring.
• The Void God Hall Master learned Xukong Walker had died, and the leaders of the four great factions ordered a search for Dongfang Yueming.
• Dongfang Yueming declined the Eight Desolations Remnant Soul’s offer to protect him, and the remnant soul warned him against entering the Ancient God Ruins lightly before departing.
• Dongfang Yueming opened more than a hundred storage rings, collected vast amounts of immortal metal and treasure, and recycled his low- and mid-grade immortal stones for 230 billion Immortal Points.
• Dongfang Yueming absorbed the Higher Law Crystal of Time and used Immortal Points to perfect his mastery of time.

Dongfang Yueming used divine metals to forge the Origin Immortal Physique and advanced to the Immortal Venerable Realm, then perfected the Great Dao of Time. As the Shadow Hall and Void God Hall hunted for the inheritance holder, their leaders located him and dispatched two Intermediate Immortal Saints to compete for him.

• Dongfang Yueming consumed 2.7 billion Immortal Points, absorbed the divine metals, and reached the Immortal Venerable Realm with the Origin Immortal Physique.
• Dongfang Yueming elevated the Higher Law of Time into the Great Dao of Time and perfected it, gaining the ability to reverse time.
• The Shadow Hall and Void God Hall searched the immortal domains for the inheritance holder, using soul searches and a soul-searching grand formation.
• The Eight Desolations Remnant Soul hid in a desolate ruin and worried that Dongfang Yueming would be caught.
• The masters of the Void God Hall and Shadow Hall used the Heavenly Secrets Instrument to locate Dongfang Yueming, then each sent an Intermediate Immortal Saint to claim him.

Dongfang Yueming spent his Immortal Points to reach Perfected Immortal Venerable, then learned that Shadow Hall had captured Eight Desolations Remnant Soul. He raced to rescue his benefactor and killed the two Intermediate Immortal Saints guarding him, leaving Eight Desolations stunned by his inheritor’s power.

• Dongfang Yueming advanced to Perfected Immortal Venerable by spending Immortal Points and resolved to settle his old and new debts.
• Saint Venerable Anying and Saint Venerable Xukong defeated Eight Desolations Remnant Soul, imprisoned him, and planned to refine him.
• Dongfang Yueming killed two Shadow Hall deacons who tried to rob him and forced the surviving one to lead him toward Shadow Hall headquarters.
• Saint Venerable Anying and Saint Venerable Xukong transported Eight Desolations Remnant Soul toward Shadow Hall headquarters while discussing the missing inheritor.
• Dongfang Yueming blocked the Ghost warship and demanded that the two Saints release Eight Desolations Remnant Soul.
• Dongfang Yueming destroyed Saint Venerable Anying with one punch and killed Saint Venerable Xukong with his time powers, leaving Eight Desolations Remnant Soul astonished.

After completing the Immortal Saint chapter of the Origin Immortal Art, Dongfang Yueming decided to raid the Supreme Immortal Domain for resources and stormed through its Southern Heavenly Gate. His assault drew the attention of an Advanced Immortal Saint, who awakened to confront him.

• Dongfang Yueming searched the souls of Saint Venerable Anying and Saint Venerable Xukong, completing the Immortal Saint chapter and beginning to deduce the Immortal Emperor chapter.
• Dongfang Yueming decided to break into the Supreme Immortal Domain and seize its resources, and the Eight Desolations Remnant Soul agreed to join him.
• The masters of the Shadow Hall and Void God Hall blamed the Giant God Heavenly Palace and Thunderfire Heavenly Mansion for the two Saints’ deaths, while the rival factions feared the Eight Desolations inheritance would upset the balance of power.
• Dongfang Yueming killed the two gatekeeping heavenly generals and destroyed the Southern Heavenly Gate as he entered the Supreme Immortal Domain.
• Dongfang Yueming dispersed a Junior Immortal Saint’s attack and sent him crashing into a divine mountain, then smashed aside the forces that tried to stop him.
• An Advanced Immortal Saint awakened deep within the Supreme Immortal Domain, with seven Great Dao laws rising around him.

Dongfang Yueming defeated the Supreme Immortal Domain’s Advanced Immortal Saint and claimed the domain’s treasures. After discovering two Life Law crystals, he formed the Great Dao of Life, leaving him with eleven Great Daos and near-immortal regenerative power.

• Dongfang Yueming revealed that he had obtained the Eight Desolations Inheritance, then used ten Great Daos to destroy the Myriad Heavens Star Chart and obliterate the Advanced Immortal Saint with one punch.
• The Supreme Immortal Domain’s experts knelt and hailed Dongfang Yueming as the Heavenly Emperor.
• Dongfang Yueming absorbed the Advanced Immortal Saint’s memories, advancing his Immortal Emperor Chapter deduction progress to 50%.
• Dongfang Yueming broke into the Heavenly Palace Treasury and collected its rare divine materials.
• Dongfang Yueming absorbed two Higher Law crystals, perfected the Laws of Life Revival and Creation Vitality, and formed the Great Dao of Life as his eleventh Great Dao.

Dongfang Yueming stormed Nether Heaven alone and killed Holy Venerable Youye and Holy Venerable Taixu, then looted the Shadow Hall and mastered the Great Dao of Death. With twelve great Daos and still lacking materials for a perfect Immortal Saint body, he set out to search elsewhere.

• Holy Venerable Youye and Holy Venerable Taixu agreed to unite against the Giant God Heavenly Palace and the Thunderfire Heavenly Mansion after hearing the Void God Hall had been overrun.
• Dongfang Yueming blasted through Nether Heaven's gates alone, and the two Holy Venerables attacked him.
• Dongfang Yueming revealed eleven great Daos and crushed Holy Venerable Youye and Holy Venerable Taixu with Myriad Dao... Millstone.
• Dongfang Yueming searched the remnants of their souls, looted the Shadow Hall's treasury, and found three Higher Law Crystals of Death.
• Dongfang Yueming perfected three death-attribute higher laws, formed the Great Dao of Death, and decided to seek more immortal metal elsewhere.

Dongfang Yueming confronted the allied armies of the Giant God Heavenly Palace and Thunderfire Heavenly Mansion, revealing overwhelming power as he demanded to trade for immortal gold. After the Void God Hall surrounded the armies, the Thunderfire Mansion master submitted to his terms.

• Immortal Saint Shenwu and the Thunderfire Mansion master demanded that Youye and Taixu explain themselves, but Dongfang Yueming emerged from Nether Heaven instead.
• Dongfang Yueming offered storage rings of treasures in exchange for tier-8 or tier-9 immortal gold, and Divine Venerable Juling attacked him.
• Dongfang Yueming stopped Juling's punch with one hand, then killed Holy Venerable Leiyan with a casual strike and crushed Juling's fist to death.
• The Void God Hall's elites emerged, surrounded the allied armies, and declared their loyalty to Dongfang Yueming.
• The Thunderfire Mansion master surrendered his authority-bearing storage ring and agreed to trade on Dongfang Yueming's terms.

Dongfang Yueming forged an Origin Immortal Physique from divine metals, perfected the Great Dao of Space, and rose to Immortal Saint Perfection. He found that reaching the Immortal Emperor realm required a tier 10 divine object and a mysterious understanding, so he ordered his newly sworn followers to gather Law Crystals.

• Dongfang Yueming spent Immortal Points and refined tier 8 and tier 9 immortal metals to forge an Origin Immortal Physique and reach the Immortal Saint First Layer.
• Dongfang Yueming sublimated the perfected High-Level Law of Space into the Great Dao of Space and brought it to perfection.
• Dongfang Yueming spent Immortal Points to advance through the Immortal Saint realms and reached Immortal Saint Perfection.
• Dongfang Yueming examined the Immortal Emperor breakthrough conditions and concluded that he needed a tier 10 divine object and to comprehend what it meant to be unique among all worlds and possess an eternal true self.
• Dongfang Yueming summoned the stewards of the Shadow Hall, Void God Hall, and Giant God Heavenly Palace and ordered them to collect Law Crystals.

Dongfang Yueming perfected the Great Daos of Light, Yin, Yang, and Reincarnation, then learned that the Ancient God Ruins held the corpse of an evil god from beyond the realm. He entered the ruins seeking a tenth-tier divine object, while Zixiao and Ling Yun encountered a disguised ancient god variant.

• The four supreme factions presented Dongfang Yueming with Law Crystals, including crystals of Reincarnation.
• Dongfang Yueming fused the crystals and perfected the Great Daos of Light, Yin, Yang, and Reincarnation, bringing his total to seventeen Great Daos.
• Dongfang Yueming read that the Ancient God Ruins had formed from a battlefield where the Immortal Emperors sealed a fallen evil god from beyond the realm.
• The Eight Desolations Immortal Saint wished Dongfang Yueming good fortune as he departed Nether Heaven through a teleportation array.
• Zixiao and Ling Yun spotted a Great Dao Vermilion Fruit in the ruins and flew toward it despite their Dao protector's warning.
• The supposed fruit and ancient tree transformed into an ancient god variant, which ensnared Zixiao and Ling Yun with corrosive tentacles.

Dongfang Yueming entered the Ancient God Ruins, destroyed a pack of powerful Xukong Rift Hounds, and found valuable immortal metals in their nest. Meanwhile, Zixiao and Ling Yun fled a deadly monster, only to encounter an Immortal Emperor-level corpse puppet that had killed their Dao protector.

• Dongfang Yueming arrived in the Ancient God Ruins and was surrounded by more than a hundred seventh-tier Xukong Rift Hounds and their Junior Immortal Saint leader.
• Dongfang Yueming combined the Great Daos of Lightning, Fire, and Wind to destroy the pack instantly, then found and took immortal metals from their nest.
• Zixiao and Ling Yun struggled against a tentacled monster that weakened their Great Daos and corroded their protective immortal light.
• Their Intermediate Immortal Saint Dao protector severed several tentacles, but the monster released poisonous mist, forcing the three to flee.
• After they escaped, a corpse puppet pierced the Dao protector's chest and emerged with his heart in its hand.
• Zixiao and Ling Yun recognized the attacker as an Immortal Emperor-level corpse puppet.