Chapter Summaries

Chen Xun rejected the immortals’ claim that the realm’s calamity was necessary to protect the Great Age and demanded that the human race disband the Immortal Alliance and release the Realm Lifeforms. After Tai Hao agreed to withdraw non-immortal cultivators and promised an explanation, Chen Xun sent the armies away and charged into battle against the Ten Thousand Clans’ immortals.

• Chen Xun threatened to kill his way through the Three Thousand Great Worlds and destroy a Heavenly Domain for every realm the World Openers sacrificed.
• Chen Xun declared that he was no longer human, recounted his past failures, and destroyed the white-haired Celestial Venerable’s corpse and the wreckage of three realm-destroying artifacts.
• Chen Xun proclaimed himself the Five Elements Dao Ancestor and challenged the immortals, while Tai Hao ordered cultivators below the immortal realm to leave the Human Race Heavenly River.
• Tai Hao promised Chen Xun an explanation, but said the Three Thousand Great Worlds would continue fighting for heaven and earth.
• Chen Xun opened a Chaos Ancient Road and forcibly sent his allies back to the Great World as both armies retreated from the battlefield.
• Chen Xun enlarged his body, charged the Ten Thousand Clans’ immortals with his giant axe, and began a battle that threatened to collapse the Human Race Heavenly River.

After a thirty-year battle in the Heavenly River, Chen Xun agreed to suppress countless Realm Sources with his body until the Immortal Realm came to fruition. His sacrifice ended the calamity against the human race's realms, and he began settling unfinished matters before withdrawing.

• Chen Xun fought the immortals in the Heavenly River for thirty years, defeating a hundred and holding back the allied armies of the Ten Thousand Clans.
• Three Peak Immortals offered Chen Xun the Nine Heavens Alliance Leader position and said the Sublimation Great World Plan could save the Living Beings Realm.
• Chen Xun declared that he would suppress the Realm Sources until the Immortal Realm came to fruition, and vowed to return if the Ten Thousand Clans deceived him.
• Chen Xun's declaration reached the Three Thousand Great Worlds, while Dai Xinqing and a woman who remembered Du Shi reacted to his sacrifice.
• The Ten Thousand Clans revoked warrants against Realm Lifeforms, erased their crimes, and the Human Emperor Hall severed ties with the realms.
• Chen Xun asked the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance leaders not to interfere in private grudges, then turned toward Shi Rong and Ye Qingyou.

Ye Qingyou condemned Chen Xun for compromising with the Ten Thousand Clans and sacrificing the future of Realm Lifeforms. Chen Xun attacked her with the Extinguishing Divine Storm and pierced her immortal body with a Destruction Spear.

• Ye Qingyou challenged Chen Xun's decision to end the war and urged him to destroy the Great World Source guarded by the Ten Thousand Clans.
• Ye Qingyou accused Chen Xun of abandoning Realm Lifeforms and warned that the Immortal Alliance would rebuild and the realms would still be destroyed.
• Chen Xun dismissed Ye Qingyou and accused her of causing Old Yin's disciple's death and the survivors' persecution.
• Chen Xun unleashed the Extinguishing Divine Storm and formed a Destruction Spear as Ye Qingyou's immortal essence began to corrode.
• Chen Xun's Destruction Spear shattered Ye Qingyou's ice abyss, pierced her body, and tore apart her immortal form.

Chen Xun defeated Ye Qingyou and confronted the forces behind the Heavenly River conflict, while the immortals demanded that he sacrifice his Dao. Shi Rong then challenged Chen Xun to fight in the Shi Rong Realm, and Chen Xun vowed to kill him and revealed that Ji Ruonan was connected to the matter.

• The three immortals assessed Chen Xun’s strength and reiterated that he must sacrifice his Dao or face them at the Heavenly River.
• Shi Rong and Ye Qingyou acknowledged their defeat, and Ye Qingyou closed her eyes as Shi Rong mourned their failed path.
• Ke Ding suspected Chen Xun was concealing a larger plan and decided to investigate the future changes tied to the Heavenly River battle.
• Gu Yuexi began to plead with Chen Xun, but Shi Rong interrupted and claimed responsibility for ordering the destruction of Chen Xun’s realm.
• Chen Xun accepted Shi Rong’s challenge and declared that he would kill him, adding that Ji Ruonan of the Boundless Ji Clan was involved.

After Shi Rong’s death in the Great Age, Chen Xun confronted him in the ruined Shi Rong Realm and unleashed his fury over the devastation of his home. The chapter ends with Chen Xun continuing to pummel the powerless Shi Rong while naming those he seeks to avenge.

• Ke Ding suspected that the Ji Clan had been behind the darkness Shi Rong witnessed and lamented the Boundless Human Race’s failures.
• The three Peak Immortals reflected that Ji Ruonan had masterminded the turmoil linked to Shi Rong and that Chen Xun had killed him at great cost.
• Shi Rong’s body dissolved into seven-colored light, and Gu Yuexi mourned his passing.
• Ye Qingyou remained eternally suppressed beside the Human Race Heavenly River, where her immortal blood nourished the earth.
• Chen Xun brought Shi Rong to the barren Shi Rong Realm and struck him with a fist for the mountains and rivers of his realm.
• Chen Xun continued battering Shi Rong, shouting that each punch was for the myriad spirits, his master and Shimu, Sun Lao, and the sages of his realm.

Chen Xun defeated Shi Rong, then learned that the Old Mister had never plotted against him and had hoped to make the realm’s future free of the old cycle. As Shi Rong walked toward the end of his life, he revealed that his painting held the Realm Source and Life Imprint and asked Chen Xun to see the worlds and the True Immortal Realm of future generations.

• Chen Xun struck Shi Rong with a devastating punch, piercing his immortal body and leaving him fatally wounded.
• Shi Rong revealed that he had never intended to manipulate Chen Xun; he had wanted to draw attention away from the younger generation and open a broader path for them.
• Chen Xun recognized Shi Rong as the Old Mister who had sold paintings and remembered their shared past in Double Tree Alley.
• Shi Rong told Chen Xun that the realm’s vengeance had been fulfilled and urged him to live for himself.
• As rain fell, Shi Rong walked toward the alley and said he would fill in the painting’s blank spaces himself.
• Shi Rong revealed that the painting given to Chen Xun’s family contained the Realm Source and Life Imprint, then gave his true name as Ying Zhiyi and his honorific title as Shi Rongxian.

Shi Rong, crippled by the backlash from suppressing the Nine Great Worlds’ sources, spent his last moments with Gu Yuexi as the immortals of the Shi Rong Realm gathered to see him off. He died having received her forgiveness and the reverence of friends and former enemies.

• Shi Rong’s consciousness faded as he explained that suppressing the Nine Great Worlds’ sources had crippled him and left him with no lifespan to spare.
• Gu Yuexi found Shi Rong in the rain, held his arm, and told him not to hate Chen Xun, who had only come to see him off.
• Shi Rong and Gu Yuexi recalled their first meeting, his adventures, and the paintings he had once hoped to create.
• Gu Yuexi told Shi Rong that he had never failed anyone and asked him to marry her in another life; they walked together toward his death.
• Qi Xiao, Yao Qin, Ke Ding, and the other immortals gathered to pay Shi Rong their final respects.

After Shi Rong died, Chen Xun accepted the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance Token and confronted the Boundless immortals, who promised to support the Five Elements Dao Ancestor’s undertaking. Ji Yan arrived and claimed the Alliance leader’s seat, privately revealing that he knew of Chen Xun’s Sacrifice Dao and intended to begin a scheme against the Great Age’s myriad races.

• The Prison Suppressing Celestial Elephant defended Shi Rong and condemned the powerful beings who had allowed the Three Thousand Great Worlds’ calamities, then learned the Five Elements Immortal Path was considered too dangerous to exist in this Great Age.
• Shi Rong died peacefully in the Shi Rong Realm, and Chen Xun told him he would live on without clinging to hatred and pursue immortality in his stead.
• Chen Xun took Shi Rong’s blood-red Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance Token, displayed his overwhelming immortal aura, and ascended a blood-red staircase toward the Alliance leader’s seat.
• The Boundless immortals promised to prepare Space Channels for realm lifeforms, punish oppressive Immortal Hall cultivators, and avoid harming Chen Xun’s friends and descendants.
• Ji Yan arrived and presented an edict appointing him Lord of the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance, insisting the position mattered because Chen Xun did not need it.
• Ji Yan privately revealed that he knew about Chen Xun’s Sacrifice Dao and planned to use his new position to launch a scheme against the myriad races of the Great Age.

Chen Xun sacrificed his Five Elements Immortal Dao to suppress the sources of the realms and preserve the homeworlds of countless Realm Lifeforms. He gave Ji Yan the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance Token, leaving Ji Yan to lead the alliance as the worlds witnessed Chen Xun’s act.

• Ji Yan urged Chen Xun to hand over the Immortal Alliance Token and offered to take control of the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance, while Chen Xun explained that sacrificing his Dao would end his ability to pursue further realms.
• Ji Yan reminded Chen Xun to live according to his own wishes and promised to protect the Five Elements Sect and Chen Xun’s old friends; Chen Xun loosened his grip on the token and gave it to Ji Yan.
• Ji Yan accepted the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance Token, and Chen Xun announced his decision to sacrifice his Dao as Five Elements phenomena spread across the Great Worlds.
• Chen Xun used his immortal power to suppress the sources of Heaven-opening realms, preserve their connection to the Great Age, and allow Realm Lifeforms to return to their homeworlds.
• The Ten Thousand Clans proclaimed Chen Xun’s sacrifice as the Dao Ancestor’s Great Righteousness, and Immortal Historians recorded his deed in immortal history.

The Human Emperor Hall mourned the Five Elements Dao Ancestor and vowed to remember the Realm Lifeforms’ sacrifices, quietly planning for the Human Race’s future revenge and resurgence. A year later, Chen Xun’s cultivation fell to Qi Condensation Stage and he vanished into Heaven and Earth Five Elements Qi, while the worlds entered a peaceful flourishing era.

• The Human Emperor Hall lamented the Human Race’s failure to protect the Realm Lifeforms and swore that the Human Race would settle its debts with the Ten Thousand Clans in the True Immortal Realm.
• The Human Race’s immortals agreed to endure in silence, bring back more humans from the realms without drawing suspicion, and leave the Baili Clan with Chen Xun.
• The Human Emperor Hall planned to use the World Opener unrest to lower the Human Race’s standing on the Chaos Immortal Spirit Board and secretly prepare for later conflict.
• One year later in Shi Rong Realm, Chen Xun’s cultivation fell to Qi Condensation Stage, and he dispersed into Heaven and Earth Five Elements Qi before the watching Immortals.
• The Immortals resumed maintaining order across the Three Thousand Great Worlds, and peace ushered in a flourishing era of the Immortal Dao.

The Three-Eyed Ancient Immortal Race reflected on its gains from the war and honored the Dao Ancestor in its ancestral shrine. The Three-Eyed Emperor decided to join the Sublimation Plan, focus on strengthening the race, and find a way to free Chen Xun.

• Three-Eyed Ancient Immortal Race members acknowledged that their clan had benefited from the war and praised Di Tian for bringing back the Five Elements Sect Disciple.
• The Three-Eyed Ancient Immortal Race placed the Dao Ancestor’s name first in its genealogy and erected his statue in the ancestral shrine.
• The Three-Eyed Emperor announced that the Slaying Immortal Ancient Domain would join the Sublimation Plan and become a foundation of the Primordial Great World.
• Three-Eyed experts discussed the human race’s failure to defend the Dao Ancestor, while the Emperor cautioned them against jumping to conclusions about the Immortal Alliance decree.
• The Emperor urged his people to develop their race and secure a position among the great clans so they could free Chen Xun before his lifespan ran out.
• The Three-Eyed Ancient Immortal Race faced restrictions as a listed rebel, and the Emperor abandoned his plan to sell Extinguishing Divine Stones after seeing the state of Extinguishing Divine Ridge.

Chen Xun arrived at the Mo Clan with Ximen Black Ox, NanGong HeLing, and Little Crimson, where he reunited with Yu Xuan and learned about Ye Han and Ling Qiuchu’s long-delayed wedding. As Ye Han rushed to greet him, the story stood poised to begin a new chapter of the Immortal Dao era.

• Chen Xun and his companions approached the Mo Clan gates, where Little Crimson’s outburst earned it a swat from Ximen Black Ox.
• Yu Xuan appeared and shattered the Mo Clan gates; she scolded Chen Xun for pretending to be a senior while at Qi Condensation Stage and thanked him for acknowledging her protection of the Mo Clan.
• Yu Xuan told Chen Xun that Ye Han had broken through to the Great Ascension Stage and was returning with his fiancée, Ling Qiuchu, after years of wedding delays.
• Chen Xun promised to visit Yu Xuan at the Jade Terrace Immortal Palace and offered to support Ye Han and Ling Qiuchu against those who questioned their match.
• Ye Han called out to Chen Xun from the horizon.

Chen Xun reunited with Mo Yehan, his old friend, outside the Mo Clan gates after many years apart. They welcomed each other warmly, and Mo Yehan introduced Chen Xun to his fiancée, Ling Qiuchu.

• Mo Yehan and Ling Qiuchu arrived at the Mo Clan gates, where Ling Qiuchu recognized Chen Xun as the famed Dao Ancestor.
• Mo Yehan greeted Chen Xun as his brother, and the two recalled their long separation and renewed their friendship.
• Yu Xuan withdrew after Chen Xun asked whether her lifespan was secure, saying she would wait for him at the Jade Terrace Immortal Palace.
• Mo Yehan introduced Ling Qiuchu to Chen Xun as his Dao companion.
• Chen Xun praised Ling Qiuchu's prospects, and Mo Yehan declared that Chen Xun's words must be heavenly truth.

Chen Xun reunited with Mo Yehan and introduced Ling Qiuchu to his family, easing their formality with his warmth. The gathering ended with Chen Xun asking when Mo Yehan and Ling Qiuchu would hold their grand wedding and offering to host it with Big Black Ox.

• Mo Yehan worried over Chen Xun's weakened cultivation, and Chen Xun reassured him that his immortal body, essence, and lifespan remained intact.
• Chen Xun urged Ling Qiuchu to call him Big Brother and promised to stand up for her if Mo Yehan bullied her, making her more comfortable with him.
• Chen Xun introduced Ximen Black Ox, NanGong HeLing, and Northern Darkness Red Lion to Ling Qiuchu, and they greeted one another warmly.
• Ling Qiuchu and He Ling began chatting while Mo Yehan and Big Black Ox renewed their friendly acquaintance.
• Chen Xun asked when Mo Yehan and Ling Qiuchu would hold their grand wedding and offered to host it with Big Black Ox.

Chen Xun visited the Mo Clan, promised to officiate Mo Yehan and Ling Qiuchu’s wedding, and bestowed gifts and blessings on the clan. He summoned powerful allies to resolve the Mo Clan’s difficulties, then left them to meet with the elders while he reminisced with Mo Yehan.

• Chen Xun promised to officiate Mo Yehan and Ling Qiuchu’s wedding and gave Ling Qiuchu ten Longevity Precious Medicines.
• Mo Yehan welcomed Chen Xun, Big Black Ox, Brother Chi, and Little HeLing into the Mo Clan, where the clan members paid homage to the Dao Ancestor.
• Big Black Ox blessed the Mo Clan, strengthening its spirit veins, formations, and the younger children’s souls.
• Chen Xun contacted a World Crossing Great One and asked him to look after the Mo Clan’s Immortal Dao business.
• Immortal warships from the Mystic Micro Immortal Hall and the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance arrived, and Chen Xun welcomed Qian Shan.
• Chen Xun entrusted the Mo Clan to his allies and went with Mo Yehan to reminisce while the elders discussed the clan’s difficulties elsewhere.

Chen Xun and his family left the Mo Clan after the clan commemorated his visit, while Mo Yehan and Ling Qiuchu set out to pursue immortality and prepare protective artifacts. Near the Mengmu Great Sea Region, Chen Xun’s companions discussed investigating the Peak Immortals who had threatened him, and Little Crimson demanded compensation from the Strongest Myriad Races of Boundless.

• The Profound Cave Dao Academy publicized Mo Yehan’s friendship with Chen Xun and NanGong HeLing’s studies there, drawing prodigies from across the region.
• The Mo Clan used a Heaven Rank Image Recording Stone to capture Chen Xun and his family, then displayed it in their ancestral hall as a lasting source of pride.
• Mo Yehan told Ling Qiuchu how he had met Chen Xun and declared his ambition to become immortal; Ling Qiuchu agreed to accompany him.
• Mo Yehan and Ling Qiuchu left for the Mystic Micro Heaven Capital to prepare protective artifacts, while Chen Xun and his family departed in another direction.
• Near the Mengmu Great Sea Region, NanGong HeLing said they would investigate the Peak Immortals’ backgrounds, and Little Crimson demanded that the Strongest Myriad Races of Boundless pay them hundreds of millions of Top-Grade Spirit Stones.

Chen Xun explained that he had used the Heavenly River Battle and the Realm Myriad Spirits as leverage to secure peaceful cultivation for his companions and descendants. He left them understanding that his apparent rush for immortality and revenge had served a broader plan to protect their future and advance the Three Thousand Great Worlds.

• Chen Xun said the Boundless Myriad Races owed him a debt and that he planned to let the Five Elements Sect Disciples cultivate quietly before demanding compensation from the Strongest Myriad Races.
• He Ling realized Chen Xun’s urgency to become immortal had been driven by the opportunity to turn the chaos and his standing against the Ten Thousand Clans.
• Chen Xun confessed that he had not fought in the Heavenly River Battle for righteousness, but had used the battle, the Realm Myriad Spirits, and the threat of turmoil as bargaining chips.
• Chen Xun explained that the immortals were delaying matters because they wanted stability and that his leverage could help protect his companions, descendants, and the future formation of the Heavenly Dao.
• He Ling, Big Black Ox, and Little Crimson were stunned by Chen Xun’s ruthless strategy, and Little Crimson understood why Chen Xun had withdrawn from the Heavenly River rather than fighting to the death.

Chen Xun reassured Big Black Ox, He Ling, and Little Crimson that they could cultivate at their own pace and eventually travel to the Boundless Great World together. When he tried to reclaim his share of the Garbage Recycling Plant’s profits from Ji Yan, he learned the spirit stones had all been invested and the business owed a mountain of debt.

• Chen Xun urged Big Black Ox and the others to cultivate steadily, saying they would wait until their paths were complete before ascending and collecting their debts in the Boundless Great World.
• Chen Xun discussed Little Crimson’s bloodline, its physical limits, and the risks of relying on his Essence Qi Flowers to maintain its bloodline origin.
• He Ling told Chen Xun that her immortal Dao origin had awakened and that she cultivated by devouring origins, so Chen Xun proposed buying mined-out mineral vein realms for her.
• Chen Xun proudly told the others that their eighty-twenty share of the Garbage Recycling Plant’s proceeds could buy hundreds of realms, then contacted Ji Yan to claim their spirit stones.
• Ji Yan told Chen Xun that the spirit stones, including the High-Grade Spirit Stones, had all been invested and that the business owed substantial debt, leaving Chen Xun furious and threatening to crush the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance.

Chen Xun learned that Ji Yan had taken on heavy debts while rebuilding the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance, leaving Chen Xun’s family short on Spirit Stones. The family set aside their worries to rest together by the Mengmu Great Sea Region, while He Ling reflected on how Chen Xun had spent his life bearing hardships for others.

• Chen Xun questioned Ji Yan about the costs of expanding the Garbage Recycling Plant, and Ji Yan explained that the Alliance was taking over waste from the Nine Great Worlds and had borrowed from the Nine Heavens Shadowless Race.
• Chen Xun told Ji Yan that his family had run out of Spirit Stones, and Ji Yan reassured him that the plant remained profitable and promised they would pursue territory and immortal resources together when the True Immortal Realm opened.
• Chen Xun admitted to Big Black Ox, He Ling, and Little Crimson that the family’s Spirit Stone assets would take time to recover, but they comforted him and joked about finding unowned mineral veins.
• Chen Xun and his family relaxed on the grassy slope overlooking the Mengmu Great Sea Region, and Chen Xun and Big Black Ox fell asleep while He Ling watched over them.
• He Ling reflected that Chen Xun had repeatedly endured hardships to protect his family and others, and wondered how important Ancestor Ning was to him.

He Ling watched over Chen Xun and Big Black Ox as they rested, while Chen Xun contemplated how to rebuild his cultivation after sacrificing his Five Elements Dao. As he plotted to confront the Immortals, a dark rift opened in the sky and a strange figure emerged.

• He Ling comforted herself that her family would stand by Chen Xun no matter what, and Chen Xun woke briefly to reassure her before falling asleep again.
• Little Crimson accidentally crashed onto Big Black Ox and was kicked a thousand zhang into the air, making He Ling laugh.
• Chen Xun secretly reviewed his cultivation, considered his remaining laws and the Reverse Five Elements Power, and resolved to explore the Immortal Dao while confronting the Immortals on his own terms.
• Little Crimson and Big Black Ox noticed Chen Xun's crooked smile as he slept, while He Ling recorded the scene with an Image Recording Stone.
• A dark rift appeared overhead, and a strange figure emerged, alarming He Ling and Little Crimson.