A vast aura was spreading. A phantom was taking form — supremely imposing, looking down upon all living things beneath, standing before the immortal path at the center of the ancient ground. It was as though he awaited the prostration of all living beings, as though all emperors had come to pay homage.

What manner of person was this? The instant he appeared, he was already so impossibly powerful — a single phantom was nearly enough to drain half the vital essence of the nine heavens and ten earths. The goal was to forge a golden body there at the Immortal Ascension Star.

In this moment, all things in the cosmos withered. Everyone felt it — the Great Dao grew ever more distant and remote, and vital essence was drying up, with all divine traces, laws, and primal source energy rushing frantically toward the Immortal Ascension Star.

“How is this possible — the Sovereign Emperor is dead! Why would this happen?!” The Ten Thousand Dragons Emperor was shocked, yet he could not deny the evidence before his eyes.

The most terrifying person in the world — the last Celestial Sovereign of the Age of Mythology. It was later said he had cast aside all his divine arts, laws, and even his cultivation, then disappeared without a trace.

When he reappeared in the mortal world, it was as an infant — conceived by heaven and earth itself. The moment he was born, he swallowed the essence of all things in the cosmos, supremely exalted and beyond all comparison, unmatched across ten thousand ages.

What followed was known throughout the world. He was without equal above or below the heavens, walking the most glorious path ever walked — no one had ever been able to obstruct him by even half a step. All nine heavens and ten earths had submitted.

From then on, he bore the title of “Sovereign Emperor,” ending the rule of the Age of Mythology in which Celestial Sovereigns stood supreme. He became the most exalted being across ten thousand ages!

“A man who has already died — and yet still tries to cause trouble? There are no true reincarnations in this world. If you perished, then stay gone — stop causing chaos! Kill!” The Supreme Being from the Immortal Mausoleum shouted, charging forward.

“Correct — since you have already fallen and faded away, do not appear again! Kill!” the Beast God bellowed, also attacking with furious abandon.

All present were the most powerful figures of their age. They had never submitted to heaven or earth, and held only themselves supreme. Even the Sovereign Emperor’s legendary might reverberating through the ages could not truly subdue them — they chose to attack without mercy.

As for the Desolate Extinction Celestial Sovereign — he had gone completely mad, his gray hair flying loose, roaring ceaselessly, unleashing every forbidden technique he possessed in a frenzied killing charge.

“This is the supreme pure land sealed in the chaotic ancient age — and this is indeed the site of immortal ascension. When the Sovereign Emperor breached Kunlun, he did not kill me. He sealed me here to serve as the means of resurrection for himself,” the Transforming Serpent murmured to itself, no longer bewildered — the memories of the past had returned.

“Everyone from my era is dead. The master of the Desolate Tower suppressed and watched over the immortal path… and then that person — no weaker than the Desolate Sovereign Emperor — came and rearranged everything,” the prehistoric creature also murmured to itself, its mind turbulent and unstable.

Those words left everyone dumbstruck. How ancient must that age have been? And there had existed yet another person equal in strength to the Sovereign Emperor?

Of course — how could the master of the Desolate Tower have been anything but extraordinary!

All of this was staggering beyond measure. The Desolate Tower was an immortal artifact, and the prehistoric creature had been sealed by its master. These revelations laid bare too many secrets — people had never imagined they would witness such miracles.

That day’s events were far too fantastical and stunning.

The Sovereign Emperor had passed away, perishing in the final years of the Age of Mythology. How, after the immeasurable ages of the Primordial Era and the Ancient Era, could he still appear? This defied all logic.

Yet that blurred phantom could not be false. Who else would carry such supreme authority, daring to look down upon all emperors, waiting for them to submit?

Boom!

The Ten Thousand Dragons Bell flew through the air, sweeping forward. Purple-gold light blazed with blinding intensity, sending this place into a raging inferno.

The White Tiger let out a sky-shaking roar, and the white-haired Daoist man’s eyes erupted with cold, crackling electricity. Everyone unleashed their killing intent simultaneously, all surging forward in a combined assault.

Long ago, the Sovereign Emperor’s battle record had been no myth — posterity’s Imperial Dao experts had all heard of it, and none dared take it lightly. If the Sovereign Emperor’s resurrection were to steal away the immortal path, it would be insufferably vexing.

Heaven and earth cracked and collapsed. The sea of stars shattered, and most intense of all was the Desolate Extinction Celestial Sovereign — whose restored consciousness sent him into a frenzied rampage.

But ahead, a nameless, immense force made itself known. Swaths of formation platforms were terrifyingly powerful, dissecting the attacks of all assembled and converting them into divine power that flowed into the phantom’s body.

“You dare absorb our vital essence to resurrect yourself?!”

“You are nothing but a dead ghost — still dreaming of borrowing a corpse to revive your soul? Forget it!”

Boom!

An even more terrifying attack was unleashed. The formation platforms ahead finally shattered, dissolving into ash — and that phantom also faded considerably. But the vital essence converging here showed no sign of diminishing.

“Ahh…!”

Suddenly, the Transforming Serpent let out a shriek — blood seeping from its brow, its divine soul burning, and great waves of radiant light flying from its body to sink into the ruins.

“No!” The prehistoric creature cried out, overcome with horror. Its expression froze; its entire body cracked open in a spider’s web of fractures, continuously draining blood, vital essence escaping, its divine soul rapidly splitting apart.

“Sovereign Emperor — how ruthless you are!” The Desolate Extinction Celestial Sovereign sat cross-legged where it stood. Its body bloomed with blossoms of blood. At its brow appeared a terrible bleeding cavity. Its divine soul was shattering, and a lifetime’s worth of Imperial Dao vital essence poured outward into the ruined ground.

The three shared one thing in common: the immortal iron chains binding them blazed and melted, transformed into some unknown forbidden law that dismantled them, sending them to the end of their lives.

Everyone felt the hair on their bodies stand on end. Even the ancient Supreme Beings were deeply shaken. The Sovereign Emperor was too powerful — he had sealed away three beings, and across ten thousand ages, they still could not escape their deaths.

At the height of his power, the Sovereign Emperor had already laid this contingency. Should something unexpected befall him one day, he intended to use this site for resurrection!

“Kill!”

Everyone roared. They had to prevent this from continuing. They could not allow the Sovereign Emperor to perform such a bizarre resurrection through borrowed means — the terrifying capabilities he had displayed left everyone deeply uneasy.

“Kill!”

Six Supreme Beings unleashed their Imperial Dao laws, wielding weapons in a suppressive assault. Nothing in this world could withstand such combined might. All before them was obliterated.

The chaotic ground became ruins. The formation runes wore away and dispersed into nothing — yet one kind of imprint remained inextinguishable, still lingering in coils.

Simultaneously, the Transforming Serpent, the Desolate Extinction Celestial Sovereign, and the prehistoric creature all exploded to pieces. Within their bodies were hidden restrictions — this fate had long since been determined and came as no surprise.

A tremendous boom rang out. The three surging tides of vital essence merged together, rushing toward an immortal well in the ruined ground — instantly fusing into a single force, forming a storm that reassembled the phantom.

“The Undying Immortal Formation!”

“This place has terrible formation runes embedded within it — they never go out. Does he truly intend to revive himself?”

“Kill!”

All six Supreme Beings moved simultaneously, fighting until this entire star system was reduced to ash. The Immortal Ascension Star itself shattered — only this sealed ground remained, eternally inextinguishable.

“Within this place are the Dao-traces of that Sovereign Emperor from the chaotic ancient age, and also the divine laws laid by the Sovereign Emperor — the two great forces merged to form an undying and imperishable body of law. Truly astonishing.”

They fought with all their strength, refusing to believe six Supreme Beings could not destroy everything here.

Boom!

That phantom shattered once more — yet moments later it reappeared, reassembled again. Undying and undestroyed.

“Refine him!” someone proposed.

When they considered that the one to be refined was the Sovereign Emperor, a nameless emotion stirred in all their hearts — that the most terrifying person in all existence could be subjected to this kind of trampling at their hands.

Six streams of immortal fire converged, transforming into the most terrifying of smelting furnaces, engulfing that phantom, burning it fiercely, with supreme laws blazing in wave after wave.

“Wrong — he wants our Dao-fire! Pull back quickly!”

“A brilliant scheme, Sovereign Emperor — he requires five or more Imperial Dao experts to ignite the divine fire, to create the hope of resurrection!”

All of them were extraordinary — overturning heaven and earth in their comprehension. The moment they entered the trap, they swiftly came to their senses and retreated rapidly.

But that fire could not be extinguished — because the Transforming Serpent, the Desolate Extinction Celestial Sovereign, and the prehistoric creature had all exploded, and their flesh and vital essence had been poured into the flames. Now it was lit, fueling the Sovereign Emperor’s needs.

“He… has achieved his goal!”

“Impossible — with us here, he should not dream of resurrection!”

Six figures attacked once more, suppressing and killing the phantom ahead.

Hum!

From within the ruined ground, countless beams of light erupted skyward — these were strands of immortal Dao order, divine chains of principle. Now they intertwined together, transforming into a great net, tracing out a supreme law that enveloped that cluster of divine fire.

“Such powerful laws — is this the merged force of the chaotic ancient Sovereign Emperor’s formation array and the later Sovereign Emperor’s imprinted divine laws?”

Everyone attacked ferociously. That phantom could never clearly take shape within the net — yet in this moment, the cosmos itself changed. In all directions, a nameless aura flowed.

“What is that?” Across the cosmos, powerful clans trembled. They saw streaks of green light cleaving through the river of stars and rushing into the distance.

“Heavens — those are weapon fragments! What kind of power could generate such fluctuations — this is too terrifying, these are immortal artifacts!”

Rays of aurora soared to the sky. The cosmos shook greatly. In many places, green light swept across the expanse, illuminating eternity. That aura caused all to tremble and quake from head to toe — it was so overwhelmingly powerful.

“These are shards of the Immortal Ascension Cauldron!”

“It is truly that — all the fragments are converging toward the Immortal Ascension Star!”

At last, someone had recognized what the green radiance was. It was the green cauldron of old — this time, it was reassembling and returning to wholeness.

On the Immortal Ascension Star, six Supreme Beings naturally sensed this as well, and all were astonished. One by one, ancient and weathered fragments came flying in. Now they were all burning with immortal radiance, dazzling and brilliant — making hearts tremble with trepidation.

Clang… clang…

The green fragments fused together, reforged into a cauldron at that location — ancient and mysterious, with three legs and two ears, green as aged bronze, taking shape gradually.

In the void beyond, Ye Fan was stunned. He could sense it — the portion of the cauldron he had once wielded was among them, now truly fused into one unified whole!

Within the ruined ground, the Sovereign Emperor’s divine fire was undying. Merging with the laws woven into the net, they entered the cauldron together — to be forged, tempered, and reborn — the Immortal Ascension Cauldron was renewed.

The Sovereign Emperor had not managed to resurrect himself — but his cauldron had reappeared, given a new life!

Whooo…

Across the cosmos, yet more mysterious laws came flowing — resembling divine spirits, sinking into the cauldron as well. Those were the laws and divine spirits within the cauldron, reappearing!

“Splendid — the best possible outcome is for this cauldron to emerge into the world. We will use it to pierce through the barrier of the immortal path and help us all become immortal. Sovereign Emperor — rest in peace. We will enter the immortal realm in your stead!” the Beast God said callously.

Amid the ringing clangs, the Immortal Ascension Cauldron was reborn, truly whole at last. All fractures had healed, reforged to completion by divine fire.

Suddenly, the green cauldron trembled. Its mouth pointed in a certain direction of the cosmos and swallowed frantically. Not only did the cosmos’ vital essence come flooding in — a mysterious resonance was also generated.

Within one of the chaotic pure lands Ye Fan had opened, the Divine Child suddenly let out a miserable cry. The immortal source sealing him shattered and exploded.

Everyone was startled, and then stared at him with astonishment.

“Little fatty — what’s wrong?” Li Tian called out. Despite often bullying him in ordinary times, everyone truly cared deeply about the little chubby fellow. Over time, they had long since come to regard him as family.

“I’m in pain — I’m being pulled away against my will, about to fly off, about to leave this place,” the Divine Child cried out in terror.

“Hold him!” Everyone rushed forward together, trying to restrain him. Yet from somewhere in the unseen world, an immense force manifested, sending everyone flying — it tugged at him, trying to pull him away from this place.

Everyone was anxious. Whether the Black Emperor, Hua Hua, or all the others — though they constantly teased the little fatty in their daily lives, they had long since come to regard him as one of their own family. How could they allow anything to happen to him?

“Sister Nannan — save me!” At the critical moment, the Divine Child called out to Xiao Nannan.

The little girl had already run forward, straining with all her effort to grab hold of the Divine Child. But it was ultimately one step too late — she watched helplessly as he flew away.

“Wuuu… I don’t want to die — save me!” These were the last words the little fatty cried out in a sob.

“Divine Child — don’t despair! In the future, my big brother and I will definitely save you and bring you back!” Xiao Nannan shouted through tears.

In the ruins of the Immortal Ascension Star’s sealed ground, a flash of light appeared — the Divine Child manifested, falling into the mouth of the cauldron!