Chapter Summaries

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox left Qianqiong behind and headed for the Forbidden Dao Sea, promising to return and bring peace. Ten years later, they descended into the Burial Immortal Ancient Domain, where the blood clouds parted at their arrival.

• Chen Xun revealed that he knew where the missing ones were and said they had gone to the Forbidden Dao Sea.
• Chen Xun took up the Mountain-Splitting Axe and told Qianqiong to wait for him and Big Black Ox to return.
• Qianqiong performed the Eternal Antiquity Dao Rite and bade farewell to Chen Xun and Big Black Ox.
• Ten years later, Chen Xun and Big Black Ox descended into the Burial Immortal Ancient Domain, and its blood-colored clouds parted.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox declared that they had returned.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox returned to the ancient domain and walked through the ruins of the Azure Mysterious Immortal Domain. They left the ruined city gate behind and continued into a city where time seemed frozen.

• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox arrived in the ancient domain, where their return seemed to stir the silent land.
• They crossed the ruined Mystic Garden and saw that its immortal plants, ancient lake, Chaos Lotus Platform, and Nameless Ancient Tree had all perished.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox passed through the ruined city gate, where only faint traces of the Azure Mysterious Immortal Domain's name remained.
• They entered the city and found its ruins preserved in a stillness that seemed to have stopped time.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox wandered through the devastated Azure Mysterious Immortal Domain, confronting the losses of its past. In the ruins, they found a charred Little Girl scavenging stones, and Chen Xun asked if she lived there.

• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox stood silently at the crater that had once been the Pills Dao square.
• Chen Xun visited the hollow where the Scripture Pavilion had stood, remembering the lost collection and the letter from his disciple, Pill Lord.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox gazed at Alchemy Peak’s empty summit, where the pill-refining platform and Ancient Furnace had vanished.
• After traveling through the ruins for several days, Chen Xun and Big Black Ox encountered a Little Girl scavenging among the stones of a collapsed hall.
• The Little Girl startled at Big Black Ox’s sound, then smiled at Chen Xun and struggled to answer when he asked if she lived there.

Chen Xun spoke with a little girl living among the ruins and learned that she and her extremely old Grandpa were the only ones there. As she described the many people who had once lived in the bustling place, the ruins’ vanished past remained unresolved.

• Chen Xun recognized a charred fragment in the little girl’s carefully arranged rubble as moon pear wood from the Azure Mysterious Immortal Domain’s Scripture Pavilion.
• The little girl offered Chen Xun the wood, and he called it pretty before she returned it to its place of honor.
• Chen Xun learned that the little girl lived in the ruins with her Grandpa, who lay curled beneath broken stones and was too old to remember his age.
• The little girl confirmed that only she and Grandpa remained, then said Grandpa had told her many living beings and people had once lived there.
• The little girl recalled that someone had taught Grandpa to read and grow herbs, then trailed off as she searched her memory.

In the ruins of the ancient Immortal Domain, Chen Xun watched Ah Li care for her grandfather and search through rubble while the old man recalled his childhood beneath a vanished tree. Ah Li gave Chen Xun an ordinary broken tile, which he accepted and kept as they remained together in the desolate ruins.

• Ah Li told Chen Xun that her grandfather had loved hearing stories, and that later there were none left.
• Ah Li found a decorated fragment of a blue porcelain base and happily showed it to Chen Xun.
• When her grandfather stirred, Ah Li brought him moon pear wood and covered him with the animal hide.
• Her grandfather remembered a great tree and planting medicinal herbs with a senior brother, but fell asleep before finishing his story.
• Ah Li offered Chen Xun an ordinary broken tile, and he accepted it and slipped it into his sleeve.

A Weng recovered fragments of his ancient memories and told Chen Xun about the former splendor of the Azure Mysterious Immortal Domain. He recalled its immortal city, Mystic Garden, and Pill Meets, leaving the story with his memories of a revered Pills Dao cultivator whose furnace had once exploded.

• A Weng’s Dao resonance surfaced, and he told Chen Xun that seeing him had brought back uncertain memories from long ago.
• A Weng revealed that the ruins had once been the Azure Mysterious Immortal Domain, a vast city filled with powerful cultivators and immortal ships.
• A Weng recalled the Mystic Garden’s treasures and its ancient tree, noting that only a withered stump remained.
• A Weng described the grand Mystic Garden Pill Meets and remembered a respected Pills Dao cultivator whose furnace exploded after three thousand years of refinement.
• A Weng recounted the cultivator’s explanation that refining pills was refining qi and that changes in Heaven and Earth Qi changed the pills.

Weng Feiyang recounted the ancient war against Zhetian and the destruction of the Immortal City, then recognized Chen Xun as the returning Dao Ancestor. Chen Xun promised to bring the others back and set out for the Star Domain frontier, where Marshal Baili was stationed.

• Weng Feiyang described how the war against Zhetian destroyed the Immortal City, the Nameless Ancient Tree, and the cultivators he had known.
• Weng Feiyang mourned A Li's life among the ruins and said she did not know her bloodline.
• Weng Feiyang recognized Chen Xun as the Dao Ancestor and performed the Eternal Antiquity Ancient Rite, honoring Chen Xun and the Ox Ancestor.
• Chen Xun learned that Marshal Baili was at the Star Domain frontier and asked Big Black Ox to stabilize Weng Feiyang's immortal soul remnant.
• Chen Xun set out to bring the others back and recalled how Bai Li Zhong Hu had refused his invitations in the past.

Qi Ming flew through the Tribulation Sea to tell the Skin-and-Bone Man and the Divine Soul that dozens of True Immortals had perished near the Nine Heavenly Pillars and the Great Dao had shattered. The two ancient beings asked whether the news concerned their Eternal Antiquity, and Qi Ming confirmed that it did.

• Qi Ming changed course toward the abyss at the center of the Tribulation Sea, where the Skin-and-Bone Man and the Divine Soul rested.
• The Skin-and-Bone Man and the Divine Soul opened their eyes as Qi Ming descended and met their gazes.
• The Skin-and-Bone Man asked why Qi Ming had come, and the Divine Soul remarked that he never brought good news.
• Qi Ming reported that dozens of True Immortals had perished near the Nine Heavenly Pillars and that the Great Dao had shattered, making attainment through that path impossible.
• The Skin-and-Bone Man asked whether the news concerned their Eternal Antiquity, and Qi Ming confirmed that it did.

Qi Ming urged Ming Yu to find and bring back the imprisoned Yu Family as the seals on heaven and earth loosened and ancient figures began returning. Ming Yu departed for the mission, while the Longevity Immortal Ancestor sensed that the Dao Ancestor had returned.

• Qi Ming told Ming Yu and Xu Mang that the loosening seals might bring back ancient figures who would face danger.
• Qi Ming ordered Ming Yu to bring back the Yu Family, recalling their strength and the old search that had exposed a conspiracy against the Eternal Immortal Frontier.
• Ming Yu accepted the mission and asked Xu Mang to remember their years fighting together in case he did not return.
• Ming Yu departed, the Abyss closed, and Qi Ming flew away alone.
• The Longevity Immortal Ancestor sensed that the Dao Ancestor had returned and reacted with shock.

The Longevity Immortal Ancestor recalled how disputes over stabilizing the Cosmic Realm helped usher in the Eternal Immortal Frontier’s age of glory and the roots of its calamity. The story then shifted to the ruined Star Gate, where ancient immortal blood still pulsed in the silence.

• The Longevity Immortal Ancestor recalled how the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace and Immortal Venerable Nangong disagreed over stabilizing the realm and waiting for the Dao Ancestor’s return.
• The Immortal Dao’s grand era swept through the Cosmic Realm as the laws of immortality shattered and countless powers rose amid conflicts orchestrated by mighty hands.
• The Eternal Immortal Frontier reached unprecedented glory, but its triumph marked the end of the Dao Ancestor’s era and the beginning of calamity.
• The Longevity Immortal Ancestor mourned the Dao Ancestor and recalled his grievances against other Dao lineages.
• At the ruined Star Gate, ancient immortal blood continued to pulse across the desolate frontier.

Chen Xun reunited with Bai Li Zhong Hu beneath the East Heaven Star Gate, where the marshal had kept watch for hundreds of millions of years. They discussed the Eternal Immortal Frontier’s fall and the scattered survivors, and Chen Xun asked who had sundered the land and where Little Crimson was.

• Bai Li Zhong Hu opened his eyes when Chen Xun entered the forbidden region beneath the star gate.
• Bai Li Zhong Hu welcomed Chen Xun back and said he could finally rest after guarding the gate for ages.
• Chen Xun said the Eternal Immortal Frontier’s fate was worse than he had expected and recalled his promise to spare its clans if they did not rebel.
• Bai Li Zhong Hu told Chen Xun that the world’s fate had arisen from the choices of its Dao lineages and that their fellow Daoists had vanished after the war.
• Chen Xun asked who had sundered the Eternal Immortal Frontier and where his Fourth Brother, Little Crimson, was.

Chen Xun vowed to settle the Eternal Immortal Frontier’s past calamities himself, then the ruins of Eternal Antiquity began to awaken. The Heaven-Mandated Black Tortoises emerged from their long slumber and answered Chen Xun’s call.

• Chen Xun told Bai Li Zhong Hu that he would personally settle the karma of those who had devastated the Eternal Immortal Frontier and that no one else needed to bear the burden.
• A tremendous force shook Eternal Antiquity’s ruins, while A Weng and the Big Black Ox felt their dormant bloodlines stir.
• Blood-colored immortal light surged from the shattered Immortal Continents and threw the Zhou Tian Star Orbit into disarray.
• Bai Li Zhong Hu sensed countless ancient beings awakening beneath the ruined lands.
• The Heaven-Mandated Black Tortoises opened their eyes and cried out in response to Chen Xun.

Chen Xun returned to the Eternal Antiquity ruins, awakening the Black Tortoises and causing the shattered continent to reconnect. At the Western Frontier, a black-robed figure appeared beside a Black Lotus as its ancient killing intent spread across the Primordial Wilderness Forest.

• The awakened Black Tortoises welcomed Chen Xun as the Dao Ancestor while the broken Eternal Continent began to reconnect.
• Bai Li Zhong Hu dropped his saber onto his homeland as he watched the mountains and rivers awaken.
• A Black Lotus appeared at the Western Frontier, alarming the patrolling Immortals and prompting the commander to order a search.
• A black-robed figure appeared beside the Black Lotus without any detectable sign of arrival.
• The Black Lotus released killing intent from its petals, changing the heavens and earth of the Western Frontier.

Black Robed Chen Xun devastated the Western Frontier and continued his slaughter across the Primordial Wilderness Forest, bringing the Longevity Immortal Clan to the brink of ruin. As the Longevity Immortal Ancestor watched the heavens and earth collapse, ancient true immortals fell before an overwhelming, unknowable force.

• The Western Frontier commander ordered the Longevity clan to summon its Longevity Ancestors, while Senior Dao Crane died and its bloodstained feather revealed the first signs of an immortal calamity.
• Black Robed Chen Xun annihilated the Western Frontier commander and its inhabitants, then continued deeper into the Primordial Wilderness Forest.
• News of the slaughter spread, and disasters quickly engulfed the Primordial Wilderness Forest as the Longevity Immortal Clan's experts gathered and the Longevity Immortal Ancestor despaired over the Dao Ancestor's absence.
• A vast Dharma manifestation overwhelmed the clan's defenders, killing peerless true immortals and shattering the rules of heaven and earth.
• Half a day later, the Primordial Wilderness Forest lay in ruin, the Longevity Immortal Ancestor's Immortal Hall was shattered, and ancient true immortals fell in terror.

Black Robed Chen Xun condemned the Longevity Immortal Clan for betraying its Eternal Era comrades, and Changjing accepted death and dispersed his Great Dao. Ten years later, Chen Xun and Big Black Ox discovered that their Divine Mountain Continent had been stolen, and Big Black Ox knew where it had gone.

• The Longevity Immortal Clan elders pleaded with Black Robed Chen Xun, while Changjing bowed and acknowledged his clan's past.
• Black Robed Chen Xun declared the clan's immortal path over, and Changjing accepted death and began dispersing his Great Dao.
• The next day, Black Robed Chen Xun read Changjing's book of records and learned that powerful figures had acted unchecked while the Dao Ancestor was absent.
• Ten years later, Chen Xun and Big Black Ox found the Divine Mountain Continent gone and realized someone had stolen their home.
• Chen Xun admitted he could not divine the continent's location, while Big Black Ox nodded to show that he knew where it was.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox returned to a desolate land and began restoring it by hand, while Black Tortoise explained how Eternal Antiquity’s divisions and upheavals had shattered the Eternal Immortal Frontier. Chen Xun refused to rebuild the frontier or launch a campaign, choosing instead to tend the land and deal personally with the rebels.

• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox decided to stay in the desolate land and wait for the others, including Third Sister, to return.
• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox began planting trees without using magical power, and Black Tortoise arrived to meet them.
• Black Tortoise told Chen Xun that the Eternal Immortal Frontier was gone and that its cultivators had ignored his warnings, but Chen Xun said the past did not matter and refused to rebuild it.
• Chen Xun told Black Tortoise to help restore the land, while Black Tortoise revealed that the Five Elements Immortal Sect had taken the Ancient Divine Mountain Continent and fractured into rival factions.
• Black Tortoise described how Eternal Antiquity’s conflicts and divisions left the Eternal Immortal Frontier shattered, with few returning after the war against heaven.

Chen Xun began restoring the Eternal Immortal Frontier by planting trees, and ten years later its returning vitality stirred the long-dead Primordial Chaos Immortal River. Beyond the heavens, the Eternal Imperial City stood in the primordial chaos, still suppressing a peerless True Immortal from the Eternal Immortal Frontier.

• Black Tortoise told Chen Xun that traitors and the remnants of the Heavenly Dao had helped bring about the Eternal Immortal Frontier’s destruction, and Chen Xun told him to help plant trees.
• Ten years later, the Eternal Immortal Frontier’s vitality returned, and A Li saw A Weng regain his strength and heard that she might someday cultivate immortality.
• The Primordial Chaos Immortal River stirred, called out to the Dao Ancestor, and surged eastward, alarming cultivators and ancient powerhouses throughout the heavens.
• The chapter revealed that the primordial chaos void held the Eternal Imperial City, which existed to suppress a True Immortal who had once belonged to the Eternal Immortal Frontier.

The city lord of the Eternal Imperial City sensed a disturbance in the Primordial Chaos Immortal River and stood above the city, where he had once sealed Old Five, the Immortal Ancestor of the Immortal Puppet Clan. The chapter recounted how the city lord lost everything during the attack and left the Eternal Immortal Frontier’s Heavenly Court after being denied the chance to inherit its Dao lineage.

• The city lord sensed a disturbance at the source of the Primordial Chaos Immortal River while standing atop the Eternal Imperial City.
• He recalled that Old Five had followed the river into the city and slaughtered its inhabitants before the city lord suppressed him.
• The city lord remembered ending the Immortal Puppet era in the Cosmic Realm and severing the clan’s lineage in the Eternal Immortal Frontier.
• He recalled being rejected as a successor to the Heavenly Emperor because he lacked the eternal race’s bloodline.
• After trying to prove himself among the champions of the Eternal All Heavens, the city lord left the Heavenly Court and discovered how harsh life beyond it was.

Di Zhao confronted the stirring Primordial Chaos Immortal River and learned from Ke Zixiao that the Dao Ancestor had returned, severed the River of Time, and threatened the world’s future. Suspecting that Ke Zixiao had used him and others as pieces in a larger plan, Di Zhao warned him to hide before turning his attention elsewhere.

• Di Zhao reflected on the surviving Eternal Antiquity bloodlines and suppressed Old Five of the Immortal Puppets beneath the Eternal Imperial City.
• Old Five taunted Di Zhao, claiming Eternal Antiquity’s powerful figures would eventually find the hidden city and that Di Zhao could not suppress him forever.
• Ke Zixiao told Di Zhao that the Nine Provinces Heavenly Continent was drenched in blood, the Longevity Immortal Clan had been exterminated, and the Dao Ancestor had returned.
• Ke Zixiao explained that the Dao Ancestor had severed the River of Time, leaving him with little chance of survival.
• Di Zhao realized Ke Zixiao might have manipulated him and others, then urged Ke Zixiao to hide deeper and not perish too soon.

Ke Zixiao and Yu Huaqian discussed the Dao Ancestor’s return and the Creation Longevity Cauldron, whose power had helped drive the Eternal Immortal Frontier into upheaval. Ke Zixiao argued that the Eternal Immortal Frontier should not exist in the Boundless Immortal Realm and that their opposition to it was justified.

• Ke Zixiao told Yu Huaqian that the Dao Ancestor had returned more powerful than before and would not spare them.
• Ke Zixiao and Yu Huaqian observed the Creation Longevity Cauldron, whose vapor created and destroyed a world in a fruit.
• Yu Huaqian considered how the Nine Longevity Cauldrons’ powers had caused the collapse of Eternal Antiquity and how the cauldrons had since been erased from history.
• Ke Zixiao explained that the Eternal Heavenly Dao embodied the Dao Ancestor’s will, not the will of living beings.
• Ke Zixiao blamed the Dao Ancestor for harvesting lower-realm beings and said the Eternal Immortal Frontier should not exist in the Boundless Immortal Realm.