Chapter Summaries

Chen Xun subdued the Void Sea, arranged for Ni Canghuan to lead its inhabitants into cultivation under the Five Elements Immortal Sect, and wrote letters to old friends before preparing to depart. Half a year later, he and his family stood before their ancient vessel as the three Venerables and Ni Canghuan watched.

• Chen Xun assigned Ni Canghuan to cultivate in the Void Sea and tasked him with keeping its inhabitants from causing unrest, while warning the three Venerables against objecting.
• The next day, Ni Canghuan ordered the Void Sea to submit to the Five Elements Immortal Sect, and Little Mu Feng told its people to stop slaughtering living beings and immortal beasts.
• Chen Xun wrote letters to Liu Han, Ji Zhao, Shi Wujun, Wu Hen, Xing Jun, Xing Yao, Tai Shan, and Di Yang, asking Big Black Ox to sort them for Ni Canghuan to deliver.
• Little Crimson asked Chen Xun whether its Dao Fruit was ripe, but Chen Xun insisted that it was not.
• Half a year later, Chen Xun and his family prepared to board their colossal vessel at the Void Coast as the three Venerables admired it and Ni Canghuan mocked their narrow outlook.

Chen Xun and his companions departed the Immortal Soil Beyond the Domains aboard the World Breaking Ship, setting out across the Void Sea toward the Three Thousand Immortal Territories. Three years later, they were lost and had entered the Immortal Tree Realm again.

• Ni Canghuan warned the Void Sea lifeforms to guard their territory and settle in the Immortal Domain, then promised Chen Xun he would keep growing until the Dao Ancestor returned.
• Chen Xun told Ni Canghuan to read his books carefully and urged the Void Sea lifeforms to pursue the Immortal Dao.
• Gu Qingyan watched from the Universe Immortal Navigation encampment and silently saw Chen Xun and his companions off as they prepared to cross the sea.
• Chen Xun launched the World Breaking Ship into the Void Sea, where its Five Elements wings and formations carried it away from shore.
• Three years later, Little Crimson cried out that the group had taken the wrong route and entered the Immortal Tree Realm again.

Chen Xun and his companions crossed the Void Sea, where a rain of strange ores formed an Ages Great Array and swallowed their ship. A hundred years later, they had escaped with many ores but lost their bearings, and Chen Xun recorded the Embedded Sea Stars while searching for a way toward Jade Bamboo Continent.

• Chen Xun steered the World Breaking Ship through the realm walls of immense immortal trees and sensed the Void Sea as a place of enlightenment.
• A rain of strange ores struck the sea and formed an Ages Great Array, whose surging tides swallowed the World Breaking Ship and its crew.
• After a hundred years, Chen Xun and his companions drifted among Embedded Sea Stars, with Big Black Ox exhausted and Little Crimson trembling under a blanket.
• Little Crimson told Chen Xun they had gathered many ores from the thirty-year downpour, but Chen Xun said they had fled to avoid being drained and trapped.
• Chen Xun recorded the Embedded Sea Stars and explained to Mu Feng that moving them would disturb the sea region’s foundation.

Chen Xun and his companions crossed the Void Sea after battling a colossal mountain that blocked their route. Thirty thousand years later, the Five Elements Immortal Domain had expanded across the Void Sea, while Ni Canghuan prepared to return to the Jade Bamboo Continent after receiving a message from the Heavenly Secrets Dao Lord.

• Chen Xun marked an Embedded Sea Star with Metal Essence, then continued across the Void Sea with Big Black Ox and the others.
• Chen Xun fought and split a colossal mountain that performed the Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, allowing the World Breaking Ship to pass through.
• Thirty thousand years later, Jade Deer Celestial Venerable guided Void Sea creatures into the Immortal Domain to serve a thousand-year mining term.
• A fleet carrying Void Sea Storage Mines received permission from the Void Ancient Beast and Divine Wood to pass through Cold Frontier's space-time structure.
• Ni Canghuan learned that the Heavenly Secrets Dao Lord wanted to discuss an important matter and set out to see how the Five Elements Immortal Domain had changed.

Ni Canghuan traveled through the transformed Five Elements Immortal Domain, seeing how reclamation, mining, and cultivation had reshaped its cities and frontier. He reached the Primeval Forest, the domain’s true final gate, amid its bustling settlements and mining culture.

• Ni Canghuan crossed the Cold Frontier, where Void Sea creatures mined and new Space-Time Teleportation Arrays connected the region to Giant Spirit City.
• In Giant Spirit City, Ni Canghuan saw Bai Xinghan, Qian Wuhen, and Lightning Arrow recruiting disciples for the Celestial Wheel Immortal Sect, while the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace remained highly revered.
• Ni Canghuan left the city and saw Giant Spirit Clan members serving in reclamation under the Heavenly Palace, while the Heavenly Peak Sect guarded the Skypillar Mountain Range.
• Ni Canghuan heard that some considered the Sky-Pillaring Immortal Sect the Five Elements Immortal Domain’s strongest force, then headed for the Primeval Forest.
• Ni Canghuan found the Primeval Forest transformed into a lively hub of cultivation, trade, mines, and immortal fields, where mining had become a mark of contribution to the Immortal Domain.

Ni Canghuan reached Jade Bamboo Continent and learned that the Dao Ancestor and the others' immortal essence and Primordial Spirits had dissipated, then argued with the gathered experts over the news. Meanwhile, the story shifted to the Three Thousand Immortal Territories, where an ancient skiff crashed onto a Void Coast.

• Ni Canghuan arrived at Jade Bamboo Continent and was greeted by the Featherless Bird, which displayed a banner bearing his name.
• Ni Canghuan asked whether the Dao Ancestor's feathers had grown back, then left without rewarding the Featherless Bird.
• At the Five Elements Immortal Platform, Ni Canghuan demanded an explanation after Heavenly Secrets Dao Lord said the Dao Ancestor and the others' immortal essence and Primordial Spirits had dissipated.
• Ni Canghuan clashed verbally with Heavenly Wheel Immortal, and the gathered experts intervened to separate them.
• An ancient skiff crashed onto a Void Coast in the Three Thousand Immortal Territories.

Chen Xun and his companions reached Void Abyss Immortal City after crossing the Void Sea and began learning about the Boundless Immortal Domain. After three days exploring the city, they tried a teahouse, found its prices outrageous, and decided to brew tea by the roadside instead.

• A tremendous disturbance at the Void Sea coast drew cultivators’ attention as Chen Xun rode into Void Abyss Immortal City with Big Black Ox, Mu Feng, He Ling, and Little Crimson.
• Little Crimson explained that the city belonged to the Boundless Immortal Domain and marveled that a frontier city had a Tribulation Transcendence Heavenly Lord stationed there.
• Chen Xun and his companions spent three days exploring the city and learning about its cultivation resources, powerful clans, and peaceful relations among the races.
• Chen Xun spotted a teahouse and brought the group inside, but he emerged gloomy after finding its prices exorbitant.
• Little Crimson spread a carpet by the roadside and suggested that they brew their own tea, and Chen Xun agreed.

After forty thousand years of travel, Chen Xun and his family continued their journey toward the Boundless Immortal Domain. At the Immortal Domain’s borders, Xiao Sheng stopped foreign cultivators from entering the Timeless Forbidden Ground and revealed himself as the Embracing Origin Old Ancestor.

• Chen Xun discovered that his Heaven-tier Star Pivot could not reach the Boundless Immortal Domain or contact Ji Yan.
• Chen Xun and his family spent half a month gathering information before continuing their slow journey across Immortal Domains.
• Forty thousand years later, a group of fleeing cultivators reached the outskirts of the Timeless Forbidden Ground, pursued by Heng Ye and his forces.
• Xiao Sheng warned Heng Ye to leave and recalled that the Heng Race ancestor had been hooked away a thousand years earlier.
• When a man mocked Heng Ye, Xiao Sheng slammed him beneath a colossal sword and ordered the outsiders to leave.
• Xiao Sheng identified himself as the Embracing Origin Old Ancestor of the Holding Origin Sect.

Heng Race refugees carrying the Nine Evolutions Star Tower reached the Primeval Forest, where Xiao Sheng discovered their situation and contacted Shen Dong. Shen Dong confirmed the treasure was known to the Immortal Sect and told Xiao Sheng that forces from Jade Bamboo Continent had helped the refugees escape.

• Heng Ye left the Primeval Forest’s border after vowing to remember the place and return one day.
• Ruan Shouchen told Xiao Sheng that the Nine Evolutions Star Tower had appeared outside their city and annihilated a million Heng Race clansmen.
• Xiao Sheng and the Heng Race refugees were watched by powerful beings, and the immortal crane told Xiao Sheng to take them away while it searched elsewhere.
• Xiao Sheng led the Heng Race group into the Primeval Forest and contacted Shen Dong through a communication array plaque.
• Shen Dong identified the Nine Evolutions Star Tower as an Immortal Realm Supreme Treasure and said Jade Bamboo Continent forces had helped the refugees escape.

Ke Ding and the Heavenly Wheel Immortal discussed the Nine Evolutions Star Tower, the southern continent, and Frog Daoist’s growing influence over the ferocious beasts. Their conversation was interrupted when the Heavenly Origin Star awakened and began expanding, leaving Gu Li Sheng wondering what had caused the change.

• Ke Ding told the Heavenly Wheel Immortal that the Nine Evolutions Star Tower could establish star transmission passages throughout the immortal firmament.
• The Heavenly Wheel Immortal described sending disciples to recruit in the unsettled south, and Ke Ding warned him about its dangerous mountains, medicines, and powerful inhabitants.
• Frog Daoist arrived with a host of ferocious beasts and ordered them to prepare a petition to become Five Elements Mountain Guardian Immortal Beasts when Chen Xun returned.
• The Heavenly Origin Star began trembling, pouring out immense Heavenly Origin Immortal Radiance and expanding across the sky.
• Gu Li Sheng sensed the upheaval and wondered whether the Fishing Emperor or someone in their family was becoming immortal.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox waited in a mortal teahouse while Little Crimson’s foundation pushed it toward immortality in Ghost River. A mortal couple’s ordinary quarrel left Chen Xun quietly contemplating the difference between immortals and mortals.

• Si Kong Yi admired the Immortal Nectar and remained unaware that Heavenly Origin Star’s radiance was spreading across the Immortal Realm.
• Chen Xun reassured Big Black Ox that he had prepared Ghost River for Little Crimson’s attempt to attain immortality, while He Ling and the others guarded Little Crimson’s Dao.
• Chen Xun discussed mortal life and the declining popularity of teahouses with the teahouse boss.
• The boss’s wife called him downstairs to move a jar, and the couple bickered as he strained his back.
• Chen Xun paused with his teacup when he heard the words “Immortals and mortals” and fell into a tranquil state.

Chen Xun met teahouse owner Yu Xianfan, who had given up a chance to cultivate so he could remain with his wife, Su Zhi'an. After Chen Xun explained why cultivators seemed to outlive mortals, Yu Xianfan chose his family life with renewed conviction, and a year later he and Chen Xun met again as Su Zhi'an awaited their child.

• Chen Xun offered Yu Xianfan wine, but Yu refused because his drinking had once caused Su Zhi'an to suffer an incurable illness.
• Yu Xianfan told Chen Xun about their past, and Chen Xun explained that cultivation and seclusion made time seem to pass differently for mortals and cultivators.
• Yu Xianfan realized he preferred staying with Su Zhi'an over pursuing cultivation, and his injured waist unexpectedly stopped hurting.
• A year later, Chen Xun returned to the teahouse and learned that Su Zhi'an was pregnant.
• Chen Xun congratulated Yu Xianfan and gave him oranges, while Yu presented Chen Xun with a sealed jar of wine.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox enjoyed a peaceful life in the Human Race’s mortal realm before visiting Great Chan Sound Temple to learn that Baili Fengyao had attained the Dao and ascended. Chen Xun mourned his old friend and prepared to hold a funeral feast at the temple.

• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox explored the prosperous mortal realm and reminisced about the past as they wandered its streets.
• Five years later, Chen Xun and Big Black Ox stole food from Yu Xian'en and fled, while Yu Xianfan later found Chen Xun’s farewell letter.
• Ten years later, an old monk at Great Chan Sound Temple told Chen Xun that Baili Fengyao had attained the Dao and ascended, leaving only the Double Buddha Pill behind.
• Chen Xun offered the temple precious relics, then sat with Big Black Ox and grieved that Baili Fengyao had left without saying goodbye.
• Chen Xun told Big Black Ox to invite all the Arhats and Bodhisattvas of Great Chan Sound Temple to Baili Fengyao’s funeral feast.

Chen Xun and Big Black Ox heard that the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance was dissolving and met Ji Yan in an immortal city. Ji Yan reunited with them, though Chen Xun greeted him with a punch before they exchanged words.

• Chen Xun and Big Black Ox held a send-off banquet for Baili Fengyao at the Great Chan Sound Temple, then left a month later.
• News spread that the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance was dissolving, and its subordinate forces began closing and handing over their operations.
• Chen Xun praised Ji Yan for managing the alliance, while Big Black Ox focused on its Merit Ledger.
• Ji Yan arrived with Baili Junhao, and Chen Xun and Big Black Ox greeted their old friend with delight.
• Chen Xun punched Ji Yan despite his offer to repay old debts, then laughed with him and Big Black Ox after Ji Yan complained about nearly being beaten to death.

Chen Xun discovered that Ji Yan had taken possession of the Star Pivot and survived without a life origin, though the act had severed his immortal path. Ji Yan agreed to leave for the Immortal Soil Beyond the Domains, where Chen Xun promised to protect him and his Star Pivot.

• Ji Yan welcomed Chen Xun and Big Black Ox and explained that he had agreed to relocate because the Immortal Soil Beyond the Domains offered greater prospects.
• Chen Xun examined Ji Yan with his Five Elements Immortal Eyes and found that he no longer had a life origin.
• Ji Yan revealed that he had used the Chaos Immortal Spirit Board to take possession of the Star Pivot, making its Thirty-Eighth Star Palace his continued existence.
• Chen Xun asked whether Ji Yan could remove the Thirty-Eighth Star Palace and rebuild the Star Pivot in the Immortal Soil Beyond the Domains, and Ji Yan said he had extracted it and had a plan.
• Ji Yan explained that backlash from the Chaos Immortal Spirit Board had lowered his realm and severed his immortal path, leaving him a One Tribulation Immortal who was Undying and Unextinguished.
• Chen Xun promised that the Five Elements Sect would guard Ji Yan and the Star Pivot, and the three joked together before Chen Xun looked out over the land below.

Chen Xun and Ji Yan discussed the changing Immortal Realm and agreed to move Ji Yan’s forces into the Profound Yellow World. Half a year later, more than thirty billion cultivators gathered to pay homage to Chen Xun, as Ghost River erupted in turmoil.

• Chen Xun and Ji Yan reminisced about their past and discussed how the Three Thousand Immortal Territories were entering an era of contention over Dao.
• Ji Yan told Chen Xun that news of lower-realm ascenders was limited and described the different ascension rules of Boundless Immortal Domain and the Five Elements Sect.
• Ji Yan announced that more than thirty billion people from the Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance and Baili Clan were ready to migrate, and Chen Xun allowed all non-Immortals to enter his Profound Yellow World.
• Chen Xun, Ji Yan, and Big Black Ox declared their starry-night departure, and the migration began.
• Half a year later, more than thirty billion cultivators gathered in a mysterious Realm Cave Heaven and paid homage to Chen Xun, with Yuan Ming, Shao Ting, Qi Xin, Hidden Ant, and Mo You at the front.
• Ghost River of Taiyi Immortal Domain erupted into turmoil as an enormous lion phantom swept through the immortal heavens.

Little Crimson absorbed its ancestors’ souls and endured its Becoming Immortal Tribulation while He Ling and a familiar Ominous Creature watched. A year later, a Heavenly Origin River descended from the immortal firmament.

• Little Crimson drew countless ancestral souls from the Ghost River into its divine soul, strengthening its body, bloodline, and Great Dao.
• Little Crimson’s divine sense formed an immense immortal lion phantom that tore through the tribulation clouds as Heaven and Earth took notice.
• An ethereal voice asked Heaven and Earth to give Little Crimson face, and the Ominous Creature beneath the immortal gate recognized Little Crimson and He Ling.
• He Ling warned the Ominous Creature not to return to the Immortal Realm and agreed to speak with its Patriarch about the Ending Immortal Sect’s path.
• Little Crimson’s tribulation continued for a year, growing stronger with each lightning strike, until a Heavenly Origin River poured down from the immortal firmament.

Little Crimson absorbed the Heavenly Origin Qi Chen Xun had saved for its ascension and became immortal in the Ghost River. Its million-li immortal body astonished Wang Qianye and Wang Chuan, who began revising their understanding of immortal cultivation.

• Chen Xun’s prepared river of pure Heavenly Origin Qi submerged Little Crimson as it underwent its ascension.
• Wang Qianye and Wang Chuan watched the tribulation and reflected on the blessing and significance of witnessing another become immortal.
• Three years later, Little Crimson formed a million-li immortal body, shocking Wang Qianye and Wang Chuan with its immense foundation.
• Wang Chuan deduced new limits for the stages of a One Tribulation Immortal’s immortal body, and Wang Qianye considered how the Ghost River could reshape its immortal system.
• Little Crimson displayed its immense immortal power and auspicious phenomena as cultivators across the Ghost River witnessed its ascension.
• The Northern Darkness Red Lion passed its tribulation and became immortal, adding another immortal to Jade Bamboo Continent.

Little Crimson became immortal, and Chen Xun seized the fading immortal gate before taking his companions home. Years later, Ni Canghuan pursued Chen Xun’s teachings in the Void Sea while preparing to remake his Dao Foundation.

• Little Crimson discovered that his immortal body contained an Exclusive World, then joyfully reunited with Chen Xun and the others after becoming immortal.
• Chen Xun used his Five-Colored Hands to seize the retreating immortal gate and brought the Ominous Creature with him.
• Chen Xun and his companions departed Ghost River aboard the World Breaking Ship, leaving the region’s auspicious aura to draw cultivators and beasts.
• In the Immortal Realm Calendar year 45,000, Ni Canghuan built a traveling palace in the Void Sea modeled on the Jade Clarity Palace.
• Ni Canghuan resolved to remake his Dao Foundation despite Heavenly Wheel Immortal’s opposition, recalling Chen Xun’s teaching that immortals should be carefree.

Ni Canghuan welcomed Chen Xun’s return as the Dao Ancestor, whose five-colored immortal path drew awe across the Immortal Realm. In Giant Spirit City, Di Yang recognized the returning shopkeeper after years of secretly protecting the Hundred-Year-Old Shop and his clan.

• Void Sea lifeforms established the Wild Clan and pledged to follow the Timeless Forbidden Ground, while Ni Canghuan approved and Ke Ding angrily recorded the clan’s founding.
• A five-colored rainbow crossed the heavens, and Ni Canghuan recognized Chen Xun’s return and welcomed him back to the ancestral land.
• The immortals at Universe Immortal Navigation headquarters and the immortal beasts of Cold Frontier celebrated the Dao Ancestor’s return.
• Big Black Ox introduced its immortal domain to Ji Yan and the others as the group traveled across the immortal vault.
• Di Yang recognized Chen Xun passing over Giant Spirit City and remembered how he had secretly destroyed threats to the Hundred-Year-Old Shop and his clan before settling at the shop.