Eternal Emperor

Eternal Emperor is a long Eastern fantasy web novel by the author Muyu Shentian, serialized on Chuangshi Chinese Network and Qidian from 2016 and completed in February 2021, running about 7.66 million characters over more than 3,000 chapters, with an audiobook version from Lazy Audio. The story begins on the Battle God Continent: Ling Xiao, the Swallowing Heaven Sovereign, is the foremost of the continent's ten titled sovereigns, his cultivation already touching the realm of the gods, when he is betrayed and framed by a friend just as he is about to advance further, and falls. Ten thousand years later, his remnant soul is reborn with the help of the Wordless Heavenly Book and possesses an ordinary youth of mediocre talent. The former sovereign starts over from the lowest Meridian Opening realm, rising rapidly on the strength of his memories of his past life, the Swallowing Heaven Secret Art, and the Ancestral Dragon Secret Art, sweeping aside geniuses and powerful enemies alike on the road to revenge and to the summit once more. As the plot advances, the stage rises from the Battle God Continent all the way to the divine realm and to still vaster cosmic levels, and the cultivation system extends from the mortal realms of Meridian Opening, True Qi, Spirit Transformation, Dragon-Tiger, Grandmaster, Heaven-Man, Prince, Emperor, and Sovereign into the divine tiers of Divine Spirit, True God, Heavenly God, Divine King, Sage, Great Sage, Sage King, Emperor Lord, Great Emperor, and beyond to Transcendence, Immortal King, Immortal Emperor, and Chaos Controller. The female lead, Jinse, is the Longevity Sovereign among the ten titled sovereigns of ten thousand years ago; she lost her memory after being struck by the Seven-Po Soul-Scattering Light of the Demon God King Boxun, and reunites with Ling Xiao ten thousand years later. Revenge, protection, and ultimate transcendence form the main thread, and the protagonist ultimately becomes the Chaos Controller. The work is a typical "sovereign reborn plus face-slapping leveling" power fantasy, fast-paced and densely packed with satisfying moments, suited to readers of long Eastern fantasy.