Chapter Summaries

Mu Anqing and Fu Qianqiu awoke after Yi Xuan saved them, and Mu Anqing recalled how a Sea Clan Old Ancestor had possessed her body. Her memories revealed that the Tomb of the Sea God was designed for Sea Clan emperors to perform Heavenly Burial and repeatedly take new bodies to extend their lives.

• Mu Anqing and Fu Qianqiu woke beside Yi Xuan after the golden light repaired their souls and destroyed the invading soul.
• Yi Xuan revealed that he was the Azure Cloud Sect’s Sect Protector, and Fu Qianqiu thanked him for saving them.
• Mu Anqing recalled that a Sea Clan Old Ancestor had imprisoned her soul and controlled her body for years.
• Mu Anqing learned from the Old Ancestor’s memories that the Tomb of the Sea God was divided between the floating island’s top and underside, and that it was a trap.
• Mu Anqing discovered that the Sea Clan emperors entered the other tomb to perform Heavenly Burial, a technique that let them seize new bodies and potentially live forever.

Yi Xuan learned how Sea Clan emperors used Heavenly Burial to seize new bodies and Invoking the Gods to temporarily wield the strength of their preserved bodies. As he surveyed the Tomb of the Sea God, he discovered that the dazed participants were almost all Sea Clan members, while the failed attempt to bury him had spared an emperor from taking over a Rootless Person.

• Yi Xuan used No. 01 to organize the memories absorbed by his tower and learned the details of Heavenly Burial.
• Yi Xuan discovered that Sea Clan emperors preserved their original bodies, transferred cultivation into them, and repeatedly seized new bodies to continue growing stronger without ascending.
• Yi Xuan learned that Invoking the Gods summoned a preserved body to fight at power beyond Tribulation Transcendence Peak, but only for a limited time.
• Yi Xuan spread his Divine Sense through the Tomb of the Sea God and found that many participants had become dazed after Heavenly Burial.
• Yi Xuan realized that almost all the chosen participants were Sea Clan members, while the top-three non-Sea Clan geniuses had also been targeted.
• Yi Xuan concluded that the failed attempt to perform Heavenly Burial on him had saved the Sea Clan emperor from taking over a Rootless Person.

Yi Xuan kept watch as the Tomb of the Sea God neared its closure, wary of powerful Sea Clan souls and unable to safely help strangers. After completing Heavenly Burial in a prepared vessel, Emperor Lin mistook Yi Xuan’s amplified Divine Sense for that of a mighty Sea Clan senior and planned to thank him once the tomb closed.

• Yi Xuan used the Power Amplifier Tower to scan the tomb but avoided dispersing souls in distant people’s Seas of Consciousness because he might destroy their original souls.
• As Heavenly Burial ended, people recovered and powerful Divine Senses swept through the tomb while the Power of the Stars faded.
• Emperor Lin descended into a prepared young Sea Clan member after losing Hai Qing Song, his intended vessel, to Yi Xuan.
• Emperor Lin recognized Yi Xuan as the human who had injured him, but his Divine Sense convinced him that a powerful Sea Clan senior had performed Heavenly Burial on Yi Xuan.
• Emperor Lin and Emperor Qing decided to wait for the tomb to close before approaching Yi Xuan to offer thanks.

After the Tomb of the Sea God ended, the Sea Clan members used Invoking the Gods to reconnect with their original bodies and departed the island. Emperor Lin and Emperor Qing approached Yi Xuan, who introduced himself as Emperor Fu and asked what they wanted.

• The Tomb of the Sea God ended, and the floating island returned to its previous state as visitors began to leave.
• Yi Xuan used the amplifier tower to observe the Sea Clan members casting Law Seals to reconnect with their original bodies through Invoking the Gods.
• Powerful Sea Clan emperors appeared one after another, and their presences unsettled Fu Qianqiu and Mu Anqing as Yi Xuan shielded them.
• Yi Xuan decided to leave with Fu Qianqiu and Mu Anqing, but Emperor Lin arrived with Emperor Qing to meet him.
• Yi Xuan introduced himself as Emperor Fu, remained wary of the two emperors, and asked what business they had with him.

Yi Xuan’s attempt to pose as Emperor Fu fell apart when Emperor Qing discovered that Mu Anqing and Fu Qianqiu were human cultivators. Yi Xuan revealed himself to Emperor Lin and launched a Starlink attack, leaving the result uncertain.

• Yi Xuan mocked Emperor Lin for losing to a human and then pretended that Emperor Lin’s strange affliction was too advanced for him to treat.
• Emperor Qing recalled how the strange energy eroded True Essence and grew suspicious of Yi Xuan and his companions.
• Emperor Qing’s Divine Sense revealed that Mu Anqing and Fu Qianqiu were human cultivators who had not undergone Heavenly Burial.
• Yi Xuan summoned three Black Tortoises, sent Mu Anqing and Fu Qianqiu high into the sky, and revealed himself to Emperor Lin.
• Emperor Lin asked Emperor Qing to help capture Yi Xuan, but Yi Xuan ordered Starlink to fire its energy and kinetic space-based weapons at them.

Yi Xuan’s space-based laser weapons battered Emperor Qing and Emperor Lin, but Emperor Qing warned that an even more dangerous attack was coming. When space-based kinetic weapons struck, Emperor Qing used a Law Seal to switch places with his fleeing junior brother, leaving Emperor Lin dead.

• Yi Xuan’s space-based lasers struck Emperor Qing and Emperor Lin with power comparable to the Heavenly Tribulations of more than ten Tribulation Transcendence cultivators.
• Emperor Qing shielded Emperor Lin and warned him that the next attack might be beyond his ability to withstand, then identified Yi Xuan’s methods with the lost Artifact Sect of High Antiquity.
• Emperor Lin proposed informing their honored master, but Emperor Qing refused because he feared his father would make matters worse.
• Emperor Lin sensed more than a hundred steel rods descending from the sky and fled, while Emperor Qing raised a True Essence shield.
• Emperor Qing used a Law Seal to switch places with Emperor Lin as the kinetic weapons struck, and Emperor Lin was reduced to smoke and dust.

After Emperor Qing survived Yi Xuan’s orbital strike and launched a devastating counterattack, Yi Xuan sent Fu Qianqiu and Mu Anqing away aboard the Firmament. Left to face Emperor Qing above the Eternal Sea, Yi Xuan summoned Godzilla as the fight continued.

• Emperor Qing used a secret technique and Lin Huang to evade Yi Xuan’s orbital attack, while Yi Xuan realized Starlink’s weapons would take at least twenty minutes to become available again.
• Yi Xuan sent Fu Qianqiu and Mu Anqing aboard the Firmament, but Emperor Qing attacked; No. 01 sacrificed two Black Tortoises to shield Yi Xuan, whose remaining craft was badly damaged.
• Yi Xuan ordered the Firmament to take Fu Qianqiu and Mu Anqing back to the mainland, then stayed behind as Emperor Qing watched it depart.
• Emperor Qing called Yi Xuan a successor of the Artifact Sect of High Antiquity and rose into the air, where Yi Xuan used Starlink to observe his dwindling True Essence.
• Yi Xuan concluded that Emperor Qing was also weakened by the Eternal Sea’s restrictions and summoned Godzilla from the sea to confront him.

Emperor Qing defeated Godzilla after Godzilla’s Atomic Breath failed to keep him at bay and his attempt to take flight was stopped. Godzilla shattered and died, releasing intense radiation, while Emperor Qing turned his attention back to Yi Xuan.

• Emperor Qing abandoned his attack on Yi Xuan to confront Godzilla, whose Atomic Breath forced him to dodge through the sky.
• Yi Xuan ordered Godzilla to fly as Emperor Qing descended and regained strength, but Emperor Qing appeared above Godzilla and stopped his ascent by standing on his nose.
• Emperor Qing struck Godzilla’s nose with his fist, shutting down his thrusters and causing his body to crack apart.
• No. 01 told Yi Xuan that Godzilla was dead, and Godzilla’s fragments fell into the sea as powerful radiation spread.
• Emperor Qing kept away from the radiation, sneered at Yi Xuan, and vanished.

Yi Xuan used a revived, enlarged Godzilla to ambush Emperor Qing after luring him high above the Eternal Sea. Godzilla swallowed Emperor Qing and reunited with Yi Xuan, who scolded him for eating things at random.

• Emperor Qing climbed toward Yi Xuan's Black Tortoise, while No. 01 calculated that he would retain Tribulation Transcendence Peak strength even at ten thousand meters.
• Emperor Qing reached the Black Tortoise and struck it, but the darkness and his Divine Sense revealed that Godzilla had appeared in its place.
• Emperor Qing recognized the larger Godzilla and fled toward the sea, knowing he was outmatched in the sky.
• Godzilla caught Emperor Qing in a rush of sound, smell, and strange energy, then swallowed him in one bite.
• Yi Xuan piloted the Black Tortoise down to Godzilla and reprimanded him for eating things at random.

Yi Xuan was trapped in a sealed space by a black-robed elder who blamed him for killing his son. Just as the elder reached for him, a voice calling him Emperor Qing to show mercy shattered the space and returned Yi Xuan to Godzilla, where the white-robed elder who had given him the light-speed engine stood.

• Yi Xuan discovered that he had been separated from Godzilla and the Black Tortoise and trapped in a sealed space without Starlink access.
• No. 01 confirmed that Yi Xuan was alone in the enclosed space and could not reconnect to Starlink.
• A black-robed elder appeared beside Godzilla, accused it of eating his child, and left it motionless before confronting Yi Xuan.
• The black-robed elder accused Yi Xuan of killing his son and reached toward him.
• A voice called on Emperor Qing to show mercy, shattering the space and returning Yi Xuan to Godzilla beside the white-robed elder who had given him the light-speed engine.

Venerable Yuan stopped Emperor Qing from killing Yi Xuan after identifying him as the successor of the Artifact Sect from High Antiquity. He explained the Sea Clan’s Emperor title and gave Yi Xuan a token, promising to reveal the truth about ascension once Yi Xuan mastered the light-speed engine data.

• Venerable Yuan intervened as Emperor Qing attacked Yi Xuan and revealed that Yi Xuan was the successor of the Artifact Sect from High Antiquity.
• Emperor Qing examined the ring on Yi Xuan’s finger, spared him, and warned him never to appear again.
• Venerable Yuan explained that Sea Clan members earned the title of Emperor after enduring Heavenly Burial more than a hundred times.
• Yi Xuan asked Venerable Yuan about the danger on the path to ascension, but Venerable Yuan instead asked how much of the light-speed engine data Yi Xuan had mastered.
• Venerable Yuan gave Yi Xuan a token and promised to explain everything once Yi Xuan had mastered the engine data.

After Venerable Yuan left, Yi Xuan comforted Godzilla and reunited with Mu Anqing and Fu Qianqiu before returning to the Azure Cloud Sect. He arrived to find the sect and its neighboring city transformed, with his old courtyard preserved as a popular attraction.

• Yi Xuan resolved to focus on deciphering the High Antiquity Artifact Sect's light-speed engine so he could learn more from Venerable Yuan.
• Yi Xuan soothed Godzilla after its frightening encounter, then scolded it until it roared and fired an Atomic Breath into the sky.
• Yi Xuan reunited with Mu Anqing and Fu Qianqiu, and the three left the Eternal Sea aboard the Firmament.
• Fu Qianqiu thanked Yi Xuan, invited him to visit the Thousand Talisman Sect, and departed using a Greater Teleportation Talisman.
• Mu Anqing returned to the shore where she had once been controlled, and Yi Xuan welcomed her back.
• Yi Xuan and Mu Anqing returned to the Azure Cloud Sect and saw that the sect and nearby city had grown dramatically, with Yi Xuan's old courtyard at the center of a fenced visitor area.

Yi Xuan returned to the Azure Cloud Sect with Mu Anqing and found that the sect had changed greatly during his absence. Mu Anqing reunited with her master, Elder Huang, while Cui Yan’s authority as sect master was shown to have grown.

• Mu Anqing realized that Yi Xuan had caused the changes in the Azure Cloud Sect and arrived with him aboard the Firmament.
• The disciples welcomed Yi Xuan as the Sect Protector, and he led Mu Anqing past Cui Yan into the sect hall.
• Elder Huang recognized Mu Anqing, and the reunited master and disciple embraced and wept after years apart.
• Cui Yan took Yi Xuan and the elders to a side hall so Mu Anqing and Elder Huang could be alone.
• Yi Xuan observed that Cui Yan had gained the bearing of a true leader after the grand elders handed him authority.

Yi Xuan returned to the Azure Cloud Sect, reassured its leaders that his body had recovered, and reunited with his master and the supreme elders. After learning about the sect’s rapid growth, he found his old courtyard alien and went to Xiao Anhe, whose words hinted at why Senior Brother Chu had left the sect.

• Cui Yan and the elders bowed to Yi Xuan, who pulled Cui Yan upright and let them believe his body had recovered.
• The three supreme elders arrived, and Yi Xuan knelt before Xiao Anhe, who helped him up.
• Yi Xuan told the supreme elders how he had found Junior Sister Mu in the Eternal Sea, then heard Cui Yan describe the Azure Cloud Sect’s growth and doubled membership.
• Yi Xuan found his old courtyard unfamiliar and left for Xiao Anhe’s residence without Cui Yan.
• Xiao Anhe said he finally understood why Senior Brother Chu had left the Azure Cloud Sect, causing Yi Xuan to freeze as he lifted his teacup.

Yi Xuan left the Azure Cloud Sect and returned to the space center, where he brought his three corpses together to advance weapons research and work on the light-speed engine. After realizing the engine was too complex for his current computer, he spent the year developing a quantum computer instead, leaving the engine project stalled.

• Yi Xuan said goodbye to Xiao Anhe and quietly left the Azure Cloud Sect aboard the Firmament.
• Yi Xuan returned to the space center and summoned the Evil Corpse, reuniting his three corpses.
• Yi Xuan assigned his original body to the light-speed engine and the Good and Evil Corpses to developing Dark Matter weapons.
• The Good and Evil Corpses achieved an initial breakthrough with a Dark Matter engine, while the light-speed engine made no progress.
• Yi Xuan redirected his efforts to building a quantum computer after finding that his existing computer was too slow to unravel the light-speed engine.

Yi Xuan completed a prototype quantum computer, which accelerated the effort to crack the light-speed engine and allowed No. 01 to develop independent consciousness and self-optimization. His brief respite ended when Uncle Lin arrived injured and begged him to save Zhuo Ning, leaving Yi Xuan demanding to hear the full story.

• Yi Xuan completed and tested a quantum computer that vastly outperformed the original supercomputer and sped up the work on the light-speed engine.
• No. 01 developed independent consciousness and began optimizing its own programming.
• Yi Xuan found himself idle at the aerospace center and planned to rest while No. 01 oversaw the work.
• Uncle Lin arrived injured and begged Yi Xuan to save Zhuo Ning.
• Uncle Lin tried to take Yi Xuan to the Central Continent, but Yi Xuan restrained him with his Divine Sense and made him return to the ground.
• Yi Xuan ordered Uncle Lin to explain what had happened to Zhuo Ning, and Uncle Lin began recounting the full story.

Yi Xuan learned that Zhuo Ning had been kidnapped by a Loose Immortal from the Clear Wind Pavilion to keep him from receiving a small nation's emperor and princess, an event that could greatly increase his chances of winning the throne. After Lin Li revealed where Zhuo Ning was being held, Yi Xuan prepared to travel with him to the Central Continent.

• Lin Li told Yi Xuan that Zhuo Ning had been kidnapped but was expected to be returned safely after a certain time.
• Lin Li explained that Zhuo Ning's reception of a small nation's emperor and princess could boost the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom's national fortune and Zhuo Ning's claim to the throne.
• Lin Li revealed that Zhuo Ning's three Tribulation Transcendence Realm guards had died fighting a Loose Immortal, while Lin Li had escaped.
• Lin Li said Zhuo Ning had instructed him to seek Yi Xuan's help if anything happened to him.
• Lin Li identified the Clear Wind Pavilion, a High Antiquity Sect, as the place holding Zhuo Ning, and Yi Xuan set out with him for the Central Continent.

Yi Xuan reviewed the powers and regions of the Cultivation Realm while flying with Lin Li toward the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom. After a day and night in the Firmament, he asked Lin Li about the Clear Wind Pavilion and its experts.

• Yi Xuan recalled that the Central Continent's five great immortal kingdoms ruled over its sects, and that the Liang Empire was seeking to join the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom.
• Yi Xuan considered the other regions of the Cultivation Realm, including the Eternal Night Forest, the Golden Kingdom, the Barbarian Domain, the Southern Frontier, and the Eternal Sea.
• Yi Xuan and Lin Li flew into the Central Continent aboard the Firmament, but after a day and night they still had not reached the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom.
• Yi Xuan asked Lin Li about the High Antiquity sect called the Clear Wind Pavilion and what experts it had.

Lin Li explained that the Clear Wind Pavilion had abducted Zhuo Ning as part of the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom’s contest for the throne, since it backed the fourteenth prince. Zhuo Ning’s chance to become a seeded contender after earning merit for the kingdom had made him a target, and the fourteenth prince had struck first.

• Lin Li told Yi Xuan that a High Antiquity sect needed more than five Loose Immortals and revealed that the Clear Wind Pavilion had eight, including a Three-Tribulation Loose Immortal.
• Yi Xuan asked why the imperial family had not intervened after Zhuo Ning was abducted, and Lin Li explained that the abduction was a normal tactic in the throne contest.
• Lin Li said the Clear Wind Pavilion supported the fourteenth prince, one of eight contenders competing as the old emperor entered the Five Decays of a Celestial Person.
• Lin Li described how the first, fourth, and twenty-seventh princes became seeded contenders through their strength, influence, and backing from another immortal kingdom.
• The old emperor’s decision to give Zhuo Ning the chance to bring the Liang Kingdom into the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom elevated him to a fourth seeded contender.
• The fourteenth prince moved against Zhuo Ning first, while the other princes weighed the threat his sudden rise posed.

Yi Xuan learned why Zhuo Ning had returned to the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom to compete for the throne, then arrived with Lin Li at the immortal capital. After discovering he could not fly there by ordinary means, Yi Xuan used No. 01 to propel him toward Zhuo Ning’s immortal manor.

• Yi Xuan realized that Zhuo Ning had chosen to face the throne contest because the rival contenders and their backers would not let him simply withdraw.
• The Firmament arrived at the Blazing Sun Immortal Kingdom’s vast immortal capital, where Lin Li pointed out Zhuo Ning’s residence and warned Yi Xuan not to point at the Heavenly Palace.
• Lin Li explained the capital’s strict entry and flight rules, so he and Yi Xuan entered through a passage reserved for the imperial family and put away the Firmament.
• Unable to fly under his own power, Yi Xuan gave No. 01 an instruction and rose into the air, then sped toward Zhuo Ning’s immortal manor.