Chapter Summaries

Chen Xun unleashed overwhelming Five Elements Power after the Black Robe Veiled Immortal provoked him, terrifying the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace and the surrounding powerhouses. As the crowd fled or watched from afar, the veiled immortal wondered if his words had given Chen Xun a Flawed Dao Heart and shattered his defenses.

• Chen Xun’s voice and killing intent tore open the heavens and formed a destructive immortal manifestation that swept across the Heavenly Domain.
• Celestial Venerables and other powerhouses sensed the Immortal War and fled, while Tai Xiao chose to watch from farther away despite Long Yuan’s protests.
• Cheng Yuanxian tried to address Chen Xun, but Chen Xun ordered him to be silent, leaving the immortal frightened and speechless.
• The Dao Palace Disciples watched their ancestor lose face, while Ke Ding privately welcomed the humiliation of the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace.
• The Black Robe Veiled Immortal examined the changes in heaven and earth and wondered whether his remark had given Chen Xun a Flawed Dao Heart.

Chen Xun confronted the Jiang Family Immortal at the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace, but his attack could not harm the immortal. As the visiting immortals prepared to leave, the Five Elements Sect’s formation summoned a mighty figure whose roar shook the Desolate Heaven Domain.

• Chen Xun challenged the black-robed immortal after he mocked the Five Elements Dao Ancestor, but his fireball dissolved before reaching him.
• The black-robed immortal warned Chen Xun not to interfere in the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace’s affairs, then apologized when Chen Xun confronted him.
• Chen Xun tore through the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace’s ancient formation and punched the black-robed immortal, but the immortal stopped the blow with two fingers.
• The three visiting immortals decided to withdraw as a strange force gathered and the Five Elements Sect’s formation began to activate.
• The Five Elements Sect’s dharma pillars and Eight Trigrams dharma disk gathered power, and a majestic figure roared, “Who dared insult my Big Brother?!”

Qi Xiao reflected on Shi Rongxian’s sacrifice and the scheme that had protected Chen Xun and those around him, then turned away from the affairs of the world. Meanwhile, Immortals discussed Ximen Black Ox’s approaching ascension and revealed that the Boundless Great World had produced genuine Immortal soil and Immortal Spirit Qi.

• Qi Xiao recalled how Shi Rongxian had drawn the Immortals’ attention to Chen Xun through Dao Sacrifice, shielding the people around him from their schemes.
• Qi Xiao remembered his friendship with Shi Rongxian, mourned the wedding and Immortal Dao pinnacle they had never shared, and chose not to concern himself with Chen Xun or Ximen Black Ox.
• Several Immortals observed the Desolate Heaven Domain’s ascension omen and speculated that Ximen Black Ox might be a true spirit or Primeval Species with Immortal power.
• An aged Immortal proposed that Ximen Black Ox take charge of the Immortal Ancient Forbidden Ground’s great-age foundation in exchange for aiding the Five Elements Sect and receiving a strand of Immortal Qi.
• The aged Immortal revealed that the ten strongest races and a Peak Immortal had helped create Immortal soil in the Extraterritorial Battlefield, where Immortal Spirit Qi had begun to form.

The immortals discussed the search for the Taiyi Great World's territory and agreed to let the Five Elements Dao Ancestor handle the conflict at Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace. Chen Xun’s enormous Five Elements hand struck down the black-robed immortal, leaving his opponent battered and terrified.

• The immortals discussed the hidden wreckage of the Tai Yi Ancient Immortal Court, the Ancient Crown Prince, and the human race’s declining standing among the strongest races.
• The immortals agreed to observe quietly and allow the Five Elements Dao Ancestor to intervene, then turned their attention to the Desolate Heaven Domain.
• At Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace, Chen Xun confronted the black-robed immortal, who questioned whether a casual remark warranted such a response.
• A giant hand filled with Five Elements Divine Light descended and sealed the Heaven Domain, while Ke Ding worried about the favor he would owe Chen Xun.
• The black-robed immortal fought back with a vast jade slip, but after half an hour he was hurled across mountains and rivers, his aura nearly gone.
• The onlookers realized the descending force had been a human hand, not a bull’s hoof.

Chen Xun confronted the Jiang Family Immortal after blasting him across the Desolate Heaven Domain, while the Dao Ancestor’s power awakened across the world. In the transformed realm, the Jiang Family Immortal’s body and power began to melt as a terrifying phantom solidified before him.

• The Jiang Family Immortal’s defeat sent shock waves across the Desolate Heaven Domain, and cultivators declared the Jade Bamboo Mountain Range a forbidden ground.
• Ye Zhen Dao entered the Border Wasteland Dead Sea and witnessed the immense power rising from the Desolate Star Sea, where the Dao Ancestor had become immortal.
• A Ye Family elder begged the Dao Ancestor to spare Ye Zhen Dao, but the Dead Sea swept Ye Zhen Dao away, leaving his whereabouts unknown.
• Chen Xun confronted the Jiang Family Immortal and warned him not to disturb the Dao Ancestor again.
• Chen Xun’s phantom reappeared as the world around them transformed, melting the Jiang Family Immortal’s body, laws, and immortal power.
• The Jiang Family Immortal watched the phantom solidify and stared at him, while Chen Xun remained calm.

Chen Xun confronted the Jiang Family Immortal over the destruction of his homeland and revealed his Dao title, World Extinction, before killing her avatar. The other immortals were left stunned, and Cheng Yuan fled, vowing never to return to the Desolate Heaven Domain or Taiyi Great World.

• Chen Xun told the Jiang Family Immortal that the human race had destroyed his homeland and killed the people he loved, and revealed his Dao title as World Extinction.
• Chen Xun seized the Jiang Family Immortal and began draining her immortal blood as the immortals stationed in the Taiyi Great World arrived and begged him to spare her.
• Chen Xun killed the Jiang Family Immortal's avatar in front of the gathered immortals, leaving no immortal blood behind.
• The gathered immortals stood stunned as they realized Chen Xun had slain the Jiang Family Immortal's avatar.
• Cheng Yuan retreated in fear and fled, deciding never to return to the Desolate Heaven Domain or Taiyi Great World.

Chen Xun left with Ke Ding after the immortals backed down, while news of Jiang Xin Kui’s avatar falling spread across the Three Thousand Great Worlds. Zu Shou and Jiang Ji Xiu discussed the Human Race’s need to endure, the future of the Five Elements Sect, and the risks posed by newly discovered Immortal Spirit Qi.

• Chen Xun told the surrounding immortals to clear his path, then led Ke Ding to the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace as Yao Qin watched him depart.
• News that West Gate Immortal Friend had killed Jiang Xin Kui’s avatar spread rapidly through the Three Thousand Great Worlds, stirring unrest in the Heavenly Tier Star Pivot region.
• At the Great Sun Star, Zu Shou asked Jiang Ji Xiu why Jiang Xin Kui’s avatar had died and whether another Human Race immortal had taken her place suppressing the Great World Source.
• Jiang Ji Xiu said Chen Xun had lent West Gate Immortal Friend power, and Zu Shou told him the Human Race could not afford another immortal’s loss and should endure the consequences.
• Jiang Ji Xiu reported that the Extraterritorial Battlefield had produced immortal soil and Immortal Spirit Qi, which could aid cultivation but would devastate nearby spiritual soil.
• Zu Shou declined to use Immortal Spirit Qi to change his fate, warning that doing so could leave later realms vulnerable and undermine the Human Race’s plans to endure.

Zu Shou urged Jiang Ji Xiu to leave Chen Xun in peace, and Jiang Ji Xiu erased information about Chen Xun from the Jiang Clan’s records. Jiang Xin Kui recovered from her encounter with Chen Xun, while Chen Xun later discovered that his Three-Wheeled Cart was missing.

• Zu Shou told Jiang Ji Xiu not to disturb Chen Xun and reminded him of humanity’s original aspirations and the dangers of relying on the myriad races.
• Jiang Ji Xiu erased the Jiang Clan’s information about Chen Xun and ordered the clan’s immortals to stop concerning themselves with the Five Elements Dao Ancestor.
• Jiang Xin Kui awoke in the Boundless Great World, accepted Dao pills from young Jiang Ji Xiu, and insisted she wanted to forget her encounter with Chen Xun.
• Jiang Xin Kui said she would stay in the Boundless Great World to suppress the source until her immortal art was complete.
• Chen Xun returned toward the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace with Ke Ding, then realized his Three-Wheeled Cart was missing from a barren hilltop.

Chen Xun accused Ke Ding and the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace of failing to protect his supposedly stolen immortal cart, then joined Ke Ding for a private discussion about the Tai Yi Ancient Immortal Court. The conversation left Chen Xun accepting a precious heavenly treasure but saving it rather than drinking it.

• Chen Xun insisted that his missing three-wheeled wooden cart was an immortal artifact and demanded an explanation from Ke Ding.
• Ke Ding used a technique to determine that the cart was likely with an immortal, but its karma was difficult to trace.
• Chen Xun reminded Ke Ding that he had defended the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace and demanded compensation for the cart's disappearance.
• Ke Ding offered to provide whatever Chen Xun needed, then summoned an immortal platform and formed a barrier around their meeting.
• Ke Ding asked whether Chen Xun had come to discuss the Tai Yi Ancient Immortal Court and offered him Glow Dew from the Heavenly Vault.
• Chen Xun accepted the Glow Dew but stored it, saying he preferred to drink Nourishing Life Tea.

Chen Xun asked Ke Ding about the secret drawing Immortals to the Tai Yi Ancient Immortal Court ruins, and Ke Ding revealed the history of the Tai Yi Heavenly Dao’s destruction and the surviving Eternal Fu Tian, Ouyang Boxiao. Chen Xun pretended he had no intention of investigating further, but remembered Ke Ding’s warnings as a strange white light appeared on the horizon.

• Chen Xun asked Ke Ding what secret of the Tai Yi Ancient Immortal Court had attracted Immortals and said he had promised Gu Li Sheng to help.
• Ke Ding warned Chen Xun that learning the truth would draw him into a dangerous game involving the Ancient Immortal Court ruins.
• Ke Ding revealed that Fu Tian, Ouyang Boxiao, was a strange spirit who had opened the path of the Heavenly Dao and was still alive.
• Ke Ding recounted how the Tai Yi Heavenly Dao was created and destroyed, and how the Immortal Spirit Clan used its fallen will to create the Chaos Immortal Spirit Board and trigger the Myriad Races Great Slaughter Era.
• Ke Ding warned that Peak Immortals were concealing ancient history and that Chen Xun could not help the Ancient Crown Prince without confronting the ruins, the board, and Fu Tian.
• Chen Xun claimed he only wanted to hear a story and would not investigate, while silently memorizing Ke Ding’s revelations as white light appeared in the distance.

Chen Xun and Ke Ding discussed the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace’s troubles before Chen Xun asked about Ke Ding’s origins. Ke Ding revealed that he belonged to the Purple Firmament Clan, a nearly vanished race from the Boundless Great World, then prepared to make his request.

• Chen Xun warned Ke Ding that an immortal had taken notice of him and kept the Heavenly Gate Rain Dew that Ke Ding had not drunk.
• Chen Xun told Ke Ding that he and Old Ox had killed the Jiang Family Immortal for their own reasons, not for the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace.
• Ke Ding considered the Dao Palace’s future and hoped his junior, Qi Xin, would become an immortal.
• Chen Xun asked Ke Ding what race he belonged to, and Ke Ding said he was from the Purple Firmament Clan, a race nearly exterminated during the Myriad Races Great Slaughter Era.
• Ke Ding revealed that he had come from the Boundless Great World and that surviving Purple Firmament Clan members had blended into other races.
• Chen Xun invited Ke Ding to make the request that had brought him there.

Ke Ding pressed Chen Xun for answers about the Heavenly River Battle and other hidden matters, but Chen Xun warned him to stop probing before promising to share the truth someday. As Chen Xun left with Ke Ding’s jade table, a mysterious expert arrived and destroyed the three-wheeled cart, leaving everyone stunned.

• Ke Ding eagerly asked Chen Xun about the Three-Eyed Ancient Immortal Race, Shi Rong, the Small Realm, the Immortal Mausoleum, and the Ominous Immortal.
• Chen Xun rebuked Ke Ding for prying into private secrets and warned that his questions could bring disaster upon the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace.
• Chen Xun promised to tell Ke Ding everything before his eventual passing, then took the jade table in exchange for his supposed three-wheeled cart artifact.
• Ke Ding realized Chen Xun had secretly kept the original cart and departed, while Chen Xun admired the jade table’s carved statue.
• A mysterious expert arrived with overwhelming pressure and shattered the wooden cart, leaving Chen Xun, Ke Ding, and the newcomer stunned.

Tai Xiao accidentally destroyed Chen Xun’s wooden cart with his roar and feared he had provoked the Five Elements Dao Ancestor. Chen Xun treated the mishap as trivial, while Ke Ding watched and recorded the humiliating scene.

• Tai Xiao and Long Yuan realized the cart had been destroyed and feared Chen Xun would punish them, while the Dao Master Immortal watched from afar.
• Ke Ding deduced that the cart had been an ordinary object and stayed to witness what happened outside the Dao Gate.
• Long Yuan crawled toward Chen Xun as Tai Xiao introduced himself and apologized for destroying the supposed immortal artifact.
• Chen Xun recognized Tai Xiao from the Mystic Heavenly Passage Tower and smiled at the frightened juniors.
• Chen Xun said the incident was a small matter, and Tai Xiao and Long Yuan raised their heads in surprise.

Tai Xiao impressed Chen Xun with his ambition to slay the Jiang Family Immortal and surpassed Chen Xun, earning an invitation to challenge the Five Elements Immortal Sect. After Tai Xiao and Long Yuan left, Chen Xun confronted Ke Ding over the damage to his three-wheeled immortal artifact and began calculating compensation.

• Tai Xiao vowed to bring Chen Xun the Jiang Family Immortal's head and said he would become an immortal slayer who surpassed Chen Xun, while Long Yuan warned him against provoking the Ancient Jiang Clan.
• Chen Xun accepted Tai Xiao's ambition and invited him to reach the summit of the Five Elements Immortal Sect's Ninety-Nine Ring Mountains for a battle.
• Tai Xiao pledged to visit the sect, then grabbed the unconscious Long Yuan and departed; afterward, Long Yuan awoke, and Tai Xiao said Chen Xun had spared them and told him to find Old Devil Meng and seize the Eight Great Emperor Clans' immortal object.
• Chen Xun stopped Ke Ding outside the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace and demanded compensation for the damage to his three-wheeled immortal artifact.

Chen Xun persuaded Ke Ding to pass on the Heavenly Secret Dao Arts, accepting the burden of the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace’s fortune. As Ke Ding began the transmission through the spirit of Heavenly Secrets Ancestor, Chen Xun paid his respects to the ancient sage.

• Chen Xun asked Ke Ding for the Heavenly Secret Dao Arts and access to the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace’s ancient inscriptions.
• Ke Ding warned that inheriting the Dao Arts would tie Chen Xun to the palace’s fortune and could bring calamity if it ran dry.
• Chen Xun assured Ke Ding that the palace’s fortune would not run dry while he lived, and Ke Ding agreed to transmit the arts using a strand of Five Elements Immortal Dao Source.
• Ke Ding invoked Heavenly Secrets Ancestor, whose spirit appeared and began revealing the origins and principles of the Heavenly Secret Dao Arts.
• Chen Xun rose and paid distant homage to Heavenly Secrets Ancestor.

Chen Xun received the Heavenly Secrets inheritance from Ke Ding and gave him Longevity Fruits from the Heaven Tomb Ancient Mausoleum. A month later, while traveling toward the Supreme Royal Heaven region and studying Senior Brother Ji’s ancient book, Chen Xun encountered a Peak Immortal who recognized him and Old Ox.

• A drop of Chen Xun’s Five-Colored Immortal Blood awakened the Heavenly Secrets Earth Vein and allowed him to receive the Heavenly Secrets inheritance, while Ke Ding suffered a backlash.
• Ke Ding gave Chen Xun three ancient books containing Sui Ancient Inscriptions, and Chen Xun gave Ke Ding a box of Longevity Fruits before riding away on his wooden cart.
• One month later, Chen Xun studied Senior Brother Ji’s ancient book and found its first page’s inscriptions had entered his pupils.
• A sword-bearing man asked Chen Xun for a ride, then revealed overwhelming power that shook the Desolate Heaven Domain.
• The man greeted Chen Xun and Old Ox as his junior brothers and asked whether they had been well over the years.

Chen Xun encountered a man claiming to be Ji Kun, his long-dead fellow disciple, but believed the meeting was a Heart Demon Illusion and attacked him. The punch failed to injure Ji Kun seriously, and Chen Xun demanded to know why he had appeared amid the realm’s great calamity.

• Chen Xun recognized the man’s words and presence from memories spanning twenty thousand years, then suspected someone had trapped him in an illusion.
• Ji Kun called Chen Xun junior brother and identified Nine Stars Valley, but Chen Xun rejected his claim and challenged him to prove who he was.
• Ji Kun said his name was Ji Kun, and Chen Xun struck him with a powerful punch that blasted a vast hole into the Desolate Heaven Domain.
• Ji Kun survived the punch with only a trace of blood, while Chen Xun realized he could not match him without reclaiming his immortal power.
• Chen Xun asked why Ji Kun had appeared during the realm’s great calamity, and Ji Kun said he did not understand the question.

Chen Xun confronted the man in the cavern, who revealed that he was a Ji Family Forefather and Human Emperor Changzun, the original self behind the ancient book. Chen Xun rejected his explanations and rode away, while Changzun turned toward the Boundless Great World.

• The man revealed that he was the Human Emperor Changzun and said he had never reincarnated, but had sent a Splitting Soul into the mortal world.
• Changzun explained that he had given Chen Xun the ancient book out of affection and fate, and questioned him about the realm’s calamity.
• Chen Xun accused Changzun’s account of being full of holes and said he did not believe him.
• Chen Xun spared Changzun, told him not to disturb him again, and rode away on his wooden cart.
• Changzun’s aura erupted, and he headed toward the Boundless Great World.

Ji Kun crossed the Three Thousand Great Worlds and learned how the Human Race had endured oppression and destroyed its own homeland. Furious at the state of the Human Race, he unleashed his peak immortal power toward the Boundless Great World, awakening powerful figures and causing bloodline suppression among humans.

• Ji Kun learned from the voices of all spirits about Chen Xun's life, the Human Race's history, and the destruction of the Small Realms.
• Ji Kun condemned the Human Race's descendants and questioned Zu Shou for allowing their continued subjugation, but Zu Shou did not respond.
• Ji Kun arrived before the Boundless Great World and saw that the Human Race's path was not flourishing.
• Ji Kun released a supreme human-path aura that alarmed the immortals and peak cultivators in the Boundless Great World.
• Human Race living beings across the lands felt bloodline suppression, while the Eight Great Ancient Clans emerged from seclusion amid widespread upheaval.

A mysterious Six Tribulation Peak Immortal arrived at Spine, stirring alarm among the myriad races as the Human Race’s bloody history and the city’s founding came to the fore. Fu Tian investigated the chaos in karmic threads but was driven off from NanGong HeLing by the Ominous Creature, while the stern stranger stood before Spine.

• Immortals across the realms sensed a powerful Human Race Immortal arrive with immense killing intent, prompting the Ancient Sacred Clan to gather and the Peak Immortals to take notice.
• Fu Tian wondered why the karmic threads had become chaotic after speaking with Zu Shou and worried that he could no longer foresee the Crown Prince’s fortune.
• Fu Tian tried to spy on NanGong HeLing, but the Ominous Creature warned him that karma had descended and threatened him with the Immortal Fall Phenomenon.
• The Ominous Creature vanished, and Fu Tian withdrew after failing to approach NanGong HeLing.
• A stern man appeared amid yellow sand before Spine, whose ruins recalled the Human Race’s sacrifice and the Human Emperor’s final stand that secured the city’s founding.