Vol. 23The Dao Ancestor’s Farewell

Chen Xun outlived generations of companions, left the Great Dao Ranking, and later answered the Earth Frontier’s plea with his radiance. As new wars reshaped the Immortal Realm, the Earth Frontier was sealed away and the Ancient Immortal Clan began another war in the Boundless Immortal Domain.

  • Shang Chen returned from Eternal Antiquity to find rebellion spreading across the Three Thousand Immortal Territories, while Chen Xun defended Ni Canghuan and proposed that the Eternal Immortal Frontier preside over the Great Dao Ranking.
  • Gai Sanqian restored the Human Ancestor Domain and revived the Defiled Lifespan race, while Tai Xiao sealed and ranked the Spirit Qi Immortal Path below the supreme Dao.
  • Chen Xun and Big Black Ox helped the beast race build cities and medicine fields, then mourned as friends and fellow Daoists died or departed.
  • Chen Xun vanished from the Great Dao Ranking, and the Three Thousand Immortal Territories held a grand funeral as the Demon Race learned he was believed to have transformed into the Dao.
  • Chen Xun reunited with Gu Li Sheng, gave him Longevity Spirits and a Star Demon, and took the Taiyi Heaven Gate for his Spiritual Herb Garden.
  • The Reincarnation Clan waged war across the Heavenly Frontier before fleeing, while Eternal Antiquity immortals set out to explore outer domains and the Ominous Old Ancestor welcomed Nanhua into the Five Elements Immortal Domain.
  • The Eternal Immortal Frontier launched the Annihilate the Dao War, while Lian Qingyue declared himself the reincarnated Reincarnation Dao Ancestor.
  • Chen Xun’s Five-Colored Immortal Radiance answered the Earth Frontier’s plea, but the frontier was later sealed away as the Ancient Immortal Clan began another war.
Chapters 2201–2301 Read from ch. 2201

Arc 89The Ranking-Sealing Cataclysm

The Eternal Immortal Frontier intervened in the Immortal Realm’s struggle over the Great Dao Ranking, and its sealing sparked a devastating war. As the ranking spread and old powers returned, Gai Sanqian began restoring the Human Ancestor Domain, while Tai Xiao sealed the Spirit Qi Immortal Path below the supreme Dao.

  • Shang Chen traveled with the Primordial Heavenly Court delegation to Eternal Antiquity, then returned to find rebellion spreading across the Three Thousand Immortal Territories and the Star Pivots badly damaged.
  • The Sky-Covering Dao Emperor and a young cultivator helped Ji Yan withstand the Nine Tribulations Dao Venerable’s attack, while Tian Li and Chao Lü intervened in the escalating conflict.
  • Chen Xun arrived at the Boundless Immortal Domain and defended Ni Canghuan when the assembled immortals attacked him, prompting the Eternal Immortal Frontier to crash into their forces.
  • Chen Xun rejected sacrificing Boundless immortals and proposed that the Eternal Immortal Frontier preside over the Great Dao Ranking, which was peacefully sealed before the Ancient Immortal Clan and Primordial Heavenly Court launched an attack.
  • The Ranking-Sealing Cataclysm spread across the Immortal Realm as factions fought over the ranking, while the Ominous Race stayed out of the war and waited to harvest Dao fruits.
  • Ji Kun met the nameless woman at the ruined Human Emperor Hall, and she later became A Miao and encountered the Great Dao Ranking, which helped her understand cultivation.
  • Gai Sanqian returned with the Human Dao Yellow Court to revive the Human Ancestor Domain, killed foreign cultivators who remained there, and erased Sang Feng after confronting him for enslaving humans.
  • Sheng Chang'an restored Zu Shou’s scattered bones and Gai Sanqian revived the Defiled Lifespan race, while Tai Xiao sealed and ranked the Spirit Qi Immortal Path below the supreme Dao.
Chapters 2201–2225 Summaries Read

Arc 90The Dao Ancestor’s Long Farewell

Chen Xun and the Eternal Immortal Frontier outlived generations of friends as the Immortal Realm fell into renewed conflict over humanity and the ancient domains. After helping others escape and retreating to a quiet life with his family, Chen Xun vanished from the Great Dao Ranking and was mourned as having transformed into the Dao.

  • Chen Xun left the Great Dao Ranking struggle with Ke Ding and his companions, while the Immortal Realm entered an age of peace and the Eternal Immortal Frontier wandered beyond the reach of the Three Thousand Immortal Territories.
  • Chen Xun and Big Black Ox helped the beast race build cities and medicine fields, then spent long eras traveling as companions and fellow Daoists gradually died or departed.
  • After Tun Shi died defending Ni Canghuan and Xian Jue’s corpses, Chen Xun arrived with the Heaven-Opening Axe, destroyed the invading immortals, and carried the three bodies home.
  • Chen Xun mourned Chong Que, Old Immortal Crane, Yu Xuan, and other companions, while the remaining Eternal Immortal Frontier members eventually parted ways to pursue their own paths.
  • As the Human Dao Yellow Court’s defiled lifespan appeared, Gai Sanqian and Mu Hua Jue fought to protect humanity, while Chen Xun traveled through forbidden lands and took a Dao Fruit from an immortal corpse.
  • The Three Realms attacked the Human Race and Tai Feng Immortal Domain, but the Five Elements Dao Ancestor threatened their forces and Chen Xun opened escape routes for Tai Feng’s spirit beasts.
  • While Ke Ding attended the Myriad Dao Assembly, Chen Xun lived quietly with He Ling, Big Black Ox, and Little Crimson, bought land in the Three Thousand Immortal Territories, and returned to his old foothill home.
  • Chen Xun vanished from the Great Dao Ranking in Immortal Realm Calendar year nine million, and the Three Thousand Immortal Territories held a grand funeral as the Demon Race learned he was believed to have transformed into the Dao.
Chapters 2226–2250 Summaries Read

Arc 91Departures and New Frontiers

Chen Xun said farewell to old friends, visited Gu Li Sheng, and left with the Taiyi Heaven Gate as the Immortal Realm entered a new age of upheaval. Meanwhile, the Reincarnation Clan’s war, Mu Yuanzhi’s rise, and expeditions beyond familiar territories reshaped the worlds, while the Five Elements Immortal Frontier awaited the Dao Ancestor’s return.

  • Chen Xun kept planting Kunqiu trees despite the memorials held for him, then mourned Ke Ding and Ji Kun as both old friends passed away.
  • Chen Xun reforged his pill furnace, and the Grand Thousand Sect attracted visitors and danger after spreading the Longevity Spirit teachings.
  • Chen Xun and Song Heng traveled to Tai Yi Heavenly Court, where Chen Xun reunited with Gu Li Sheng and visited the Fu Shi Religion’s tombs.
  • Chen Xun gave Gu Li Sheng Longevity Spirits and a Star Demon, then dismantled the Taiyi Heaven Gate and took it for his Spiritual Herb Garden.
  • As Chen Xun’s family began breaking Dao tribulations in the Heavenly Tomb, the Eternal Immortal Frontier launched a second Great Reclaiming and the lower realms’ ascension passages were destroyed.
  • Mu Yuanzhi survived in the Progenitor Immortal Realm with Second Sister’s help, while the Reincarnation Clan waged war across the Heavenly Frontier and eventually fled.
  • The Ominous Old Ancestor stayed to watch over the Five Elements Sect as news arrived that Tai Yi Heavenly Court had fallen, and the Star Manifestation Clan revealed vast outer regions.
  • Eternal Antiquity immortals set out to explore the outer domains, while the Ominous Old Ancestor welcomed Nanhua into the Five Elements Immortal Domain.
Chapters 2251–2275 Summaries Read

Arc 92The Dao Ancestor’s Radiance

The Eternal Immortal Frontier waged war on the Three Thousand Immortal Territories, while Lian Qingyue began his life as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor. Later, Chen Xun’s radiance answered the Earth Frontier’s plea, but its people were still sealed away as new wars began.

  • Ji Yan learned from Ming Yu that the Heavenly Emperor had died, while Song Heng wandered the Immortal Realm as the Old Madman.
  • The Three Thousand Immortal Territories outlawed the Five Elements Immortal Scripture and destroyed the Ancient Phoenix Nest, forcing Mu Yuanzhi and the survivors to flee.
  • The Eternal Immortal Frontier arrived and launched the Annihilate the Dao War, with Liu Qi Sha using the Great Dao Ranking to erase Great Daos and destroy their clans and domains.
  • Lian Tianyi and Ji Qinyu’s son, Lian Qingyue, declared that he had reincarnated as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor and set out to cultivate in the Eternal Immortal Frontier.
  • Mu Yuanzhi met Ye Ran and Gai Sanqian, who fought the Ye Family before reaching a settlement that divided influence over the Three Thousand Universes and changed ascension rules.
  • Chen Xun and Big Black Ox settled in Huangyuan, then left their home when Primordial Cultivators built an Immortal Pavilion there.
  • Pu Xuan and Hou Zai pleaded for the Earth Frontier before Chen Xun’s statue, and his Five-Colored Immortal Radiance spread across the Immortal Realm as his Transformed Ancient Dao Avatar appeared.
  • The Earth Frontier’s survivors withdrew and thanked the Dao Ancestor, but the frontier was later sealed away as the Ancient Immortal Clan descended on the Boundless Immortal Domain and began another war.
Chapters 2276–2301 Summaries Read
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