Chapter Summaries

Qi Yu persuaded Chen Ning to help him make Yutian True God their backer, offering a Divine Spark Fruit in exchange. After Chen Ning agreed, he exposed Yuan Xifeng as Qi Yu’s ally, leaving Qi Yu wondering how he had figured it out.

• Qi Yu explained that he had chosen Chen Ning to help secure protection for Unknowing Island and escape their enemies’ control.
• Qi Yu argued that Chen Ning needed Yutian True God’s favor to obtain the Azure Lotus of Life and protect himself from his enemies.
• Chen Ning asked what Qi Yu himself could offer, and Qi Yu promised him a Divine Spark Fruit to help him enter the God Realm.
• Chen Ning agreed to Qi Yu’s plan and asked him to share the Divine Fruit formula before Xiaodie was overwhelmed.
• Chen Ning pointed out that Yuan Xifeng was Qi Yu’s ally, surprising Qi Yu, who asked how Chen Ning had seen through him.

Chen Ning received the Divine Spark Fruit formula from Qi Yu and tried to escape the brothel through a secret passage with A Lian and Zhao Xiuxiu. The Horse-Keeping God blocked their way to seize the formula, and Chen Ning summoned his Savage Bull Dharma Body to protect Zhao Xiuxiu from the god’s attack.

• Chen Ning deduced that Yuan Xifeng was secretly helping Qi Yu, and Qi Yu gave Chen Ning the Divine Spark Fruit formula.
• A Lian warned Chen Ning that a God Realm expert was approaching, so Chen Ning, A Lian, and Zhao Xiuxiu escaped through the brothel’s secret passage.
• The Horse-Keeping God and his two Demigod disciples waited at the passage exit and demanded that Chen Ning hand over the formula.
• Zhao Xiuxiu fought the Horse-Keeping God’s disciples, using his earth-core lava to break through their lightning and ice attacks.
• The Horse-Keeping God attacked Zhao Xiuxiu with divine might, and Chen Ning summoned his thirty-thousand-meter Savage Bull Dharma Body.

Chen Ning and Zhao Xiuxiu fought the Horse-Keeping God after he came for the Divine Fruit formula, but Chen Ning’s Savage Bull Dharma Body reached its limit before he could defeat the True God. Exhausted and with Zhao Xiuxiu injured, Chen Ning faced the Horse-Keeping God as he prepared to strike again.

• Zhao Xiuxiu engulfed the Horse-Keeping God's two disciples in magma and killed them as Chen Ning attacked with his Savage Bull Dharma Body.
• The Horse-Keeping God wounded his finger blocking Chen Ning's punch, then summoned his horse-faced True God Dharma Body and attacked.
• Chen Ning resisted the Horse-Keeping God's murderous pressure and struck back hard enough to make his opponent's Dharma Body stagger.
• Chen Ning unleashed the Savage Bull Dharma Body's hidden power, broke free of the Horse-Keeping God's suppression, and drove him back with a stomp.
• Chen Ning's Dharma Body vanished before his stomp landed, leaving him exhausted; the Horse-Keeping God knocked Zhao Xiuxiu aside and prepared to kill Chen Ning.

Mao Chunqiu arrived in the Southern Territory and saved Chen Ning from the Horse-Keeping God. After defeating and killing the Horse-Keeping God, Mao Chunqiu checked on Chen Ning, who had recovered to about half his strength.

• The Horse-Keeping God tried to kill Chen Ning, but Mao Chunqiu intervened and stopped his attack.
• Mao Chunqiu told Chen Ning he had come after learning of trouble on Unknowing Island and vowed to settle the score with the Horse-Keeping God.
• The Horse-Keeping God and Mao Chunqiu transformed into their True God Dharma Bodies and fought.
• The Horse-Keeping God burned his origin and launched a powerful attack, but Mao Chunqiu defeated him and shattered his Dharma Body.
• The Horse-Keeping God begged for mercy, but Mao Chunqiu killed him to prevent future retaliation against Chen Ning.
• Mao Chunqiu asked Chen Ning how he was, and Chen Ning said he had recovered to around fifty percent of his peak condition.

Mao Chunqiu and Chen Ning were trapped on Unknowing Island by the Four Heavenly Kings of the Southern Territory, who demanded Chen Ning’s formula and attacked them. As Mao Chunqiu’s defensive Dharma Body broke apart, his former War God Dharma Body was revealed, and the four gods faced the return of his full power.

• Zhu Taichong, the Azure-Robed Wanderer, the Mad God, and Yuan Xifeng surrounded Mao Chunqiu, Chen Ning, and Zhao Xiuxiu after Mao Chunqiu killed the Horse-Keeping God.
• Zhu Taichong demanded Chen Ning’s formula, while Duan Tianya warned the gods not to let Chen Ning escape.
• The four Southern Territory gods attacked together with their Supreme-Grade Divine Artifacts and suppressed Mao Chunqiu’s True God Dharma Body.
• As the Mad God and the others wounded Mao Chunqiu’s Dharma Body, Yuan Xifeng considered a risky plan to save them.
• Mao Chunqiu’s divine stone armor shattered, revealing battle-halberd Divine Marks and his War God Dharma Body, startling the Four Heavenly Kings.

Chen Ning used the Technique of Deception to make Mao Chunqiu appear powerful enough to frighten the Four Heavenly Kings, allowing the group to escape Unknowing Island with the formula. They set out to meet the Yutian True God, while Duan Tianya hurried to reach him first.

• Zhu Taichong and the other Southern Territory Heavenly Kings refused to risk fighting Mao Chunqiu, despite Duan Tianya urging them to stop the group.
• Mao Chunqiu, Chen Ning, and Zhao Xiuxiu left Unknowing Island, and Zhu Taichong warned Duan Tianya not to pursue the matter.
• Zhu Taichong advised Duan Tianya to return to the Western Territory and speak to the Yutian True God before Chen Ning arrived, and Duan Tianya hurried away.
• While crossing the sea on the Ruyi Turtle, Chen Ning admitted that he had created the display that intimidated the four gods.
• Mao Chunqiu and Chen Ning explained that Mao Chunqiu’s transformation had made the deception convincing, then continued toward their meeting with the Yutian True God.

Chen Ning offered Yutian True God the Divine Spark Fruit formula and asked for the Azure Lotus of Life to save his dying world and his own life. Yutian True God showed appreciation for Chen Ning, but Duan Tianya arrived and accused him of deception and conspiracy.

• Chen Ning entered Yutian True God's hall and explained that he had killed three talents and confronted Duan Tianya because of the Ancient God's scheme, offering to make amends.
• Chen Ning presented the Divine Spark Fruit formula, and Yutian True God recognized its potential but saw that its demanding requirements made production difficult.
• When Yutian True God asked what he wanted in return, Chen Ning requested the Azure Lotus of Life, saying he had less than a year to live after exhausting his life force to save his small world.
• Duan Tianya entered, knelt before Yutian True God, and accused Chen Ning of taking the formula first and conspiring with Qi Yu of Unknowing Island.

Chen Ning defended himself against Duan Tianya’s accusation by explaining how he had obtained the Divine Fruit formula and persuaded Qi Yu to cooperate. Yutian True God accepted Chen Ning’s plan and put him in charge of contacting Unknowing Island.

• Duan Tianya accused Chen Ning of colluding with Unknowing Island, and Yutian True God questioned him under pressure.
• Chen Ning said he had gone to Unknowing Island seeking a future, then explained that Qi Yu had promised him a Divine Spark Fruit before the island’s upheaval.
• Chen Ning revealed that he had persuaded Qi Yu to give him the Divine Fruit formula by promising Unknowing Island a chance to serve Yutian True God and take revenge on Crimson Refinement True God.
• Duan Tianya challenged Chen Ning’s account, but Chen Ning rebuked him and Yutian True God ordered him to reflect on his failure.
• Yutian True God praised Chen Ning and assigned him to contact Unknowing Island from then on.

Yutian True God gave Chen Ning a Heaven Character Token and ordered him to take control of Unknowing Island and contact Qi Yu. Chen Ning returned to the island and insisted on seeing Qi Yu and his master despite Crimson Refinement True God’s attempts to delay him.

• Yutian True God recruited Chen Ning, gave him a Heaven Character Token, and assigned him to take over Unknowing Island and contact Qi Yu.
• Chen Ning left Yutian True God’s hall, reassured Mao Chunqiu that he could handle the trip alone, and ignored Duan Tianya’s threat.
• Chen Ning arrived at Unknowing Island, where Crimson Refinement True God and the Four Heavenly Kings were waiting.
• Crimson Refinement True God offered to host Chen Ning, but Chen Ning insisted on meeting Qi Yu and his master.
• Crimson Refinement True God initially tried to postpone the meeting, then let Chen Ning enter after Chen Ning threatened to report the obstruction to Yutian True God.
• Mad God criticized Chen Ning’s arrogance, while Crimson Refinement True God said he would let Chen Ning proceed and doubted he could keep his footing.

Chen Ning used Yutian True God’s Heaven Character Token to free Qi Yu from confinement on Unknowing Island and sought advice on what to do next. Master Geng warned him to deal with Zhu Taichong, while Zhu quietly prepared to obstruct Chen Ning’s mission.

• Chen Ning brought Qi Yu a roast leg of lamb and confirmed that he had obtained Yutian True God’s Heaven Character Token.
• Qi Yu advised Chen Ning to prove his ability to Yutian True God and said the token could grant them limited freedom on Unknowing Island.
• Master Geng advised Chen Ning to use Zhu Taichong’s own strength against him, then remained behind to study the Immortal Marrow.
• Mad God tried to stop Qi Yu from leaving, but Chen Ning invoked the Heaven Character Token and Zhu Taichong allowed them to pass.
• After Chen Ning and Qi Yu left, Mad God protested, and Zhu Taichong said the real show had only just begun.

Qi Yu and Chen Ning planned to reclaim control of Unknowing Island by proving they could help Yutian True God refine another Divine Spark Fruit. They settled on secretly building an altar from a valuable crystal ore deposit, leaving the story with a plan to deceive Zhu Taichong.

• Qi Yu finished a large meal while Chen Ning urged him to discuss taking back Unknowing Island.
• Qi Yu pledged that Unknowing Island would support Chen Ning and explained that the Four Heavenly Kings were too powerful to confront directly.
• Qi Yu said Yutian True God would give Chen Ning full control if he found a way to improve the chances of refining a Divine Spark Fruit.
• Qi Yu revealed that a crystal ore deposit on Unknowing Island could be used to build an altar that would help refine the fruit.
• Chen Ning and Qi Yu began planning to conceal the altar’s construction and deceive Zhu Taichong, with Yuan Xifeng as their hidden piece.

The Four Heavenly Kings investigated Hua Xiaodie after suspecting that Chen Ning and Qi Yu were distracting them while she made secret plans. In the temple, the Azure-Robed Wanderer exposed himself as an impostor and captured Hua Xiaodie’s hidden contact, leaving their efforts to seek help from the Eastern Territory compromised.

• A subordinate reported that Chen Ning and Qi Yu had spent their days carousing while Qi Yu’s followers showed no suspicious activity.
• Yuan Xifeng suggested investigating Hua Xiaodie, and the Four Heavenly Kings learned that she had repeatedly visited the temple.
• Hua Xiaodie met a hidden agent in a secret temple room and learned that Zhu Taichong’s formation prevented them from contacting Qilin True God in the Eastern Territory.
• Hua Xiaodie said she would return to tell Qi Yu and Chen Ning the news, but the man she had spoken with revealed himself as the Azure-Robed Wanderer.
• Xiao Dengzi brought in the captured hidden agent, one of Qi Yu’s arrangements, who was near death.

Mad God, the Azure-Robed Wanderer, and Zhu Taichong uncovered Yuan Xifeng’s secret operation to mine special crystals for a sacred platform. Yuan revealed that he had sided with Qi Yu and Chen Ning because he believed they could defeat Crimson Refinement True God.

• Mad God and the Azure-Robed Wanderer celebrated Hua Xiaodie’s house arrest and said they would keep watch on Chen Ning and Qi Yu.
• Yuan Xifeng declined Mad God’s invitation to drink, claiming Crimson Refinement True God had given him a task.
• Mad God, the Azure-Robed Wanderer, and Zhu Taichong caught crystal miners completing a secret sacred platform and demanded that Yuan Xifeng appear.
• Yuan Xifeng admitted he had directed the miners, while Zhu Taichong explained that Hua Xiaodie had been a decoy and that Yuan’s suspicions about her had misled them.
• Yuan Xifeng said he had bet on Qi Yu and Chen Ning after Chen Ning joined Qi Yu, convinced they could bring down Crimson Refinement True God.

After Zhu Taichong exposed Yuan Xifeng and destroyed the crystal mine, Chen Ning and Qi Yu decided to call for reinforcements as their last chance to survive. Zhu Taichong suspected their plan and ordered the Southern Territory gods to block the reinforcements’ route.

• Zhu Taichong told Chen Ning and Qi Yu that Yuan Xifeng and Hua Xiaodie were safe, then urged Qi Yu to submit to his rule.
• Chen Ning asked Qi Yu about finding more crystals and proposed calling for reinforcements; Qi Yu agreed, and Chen Ning revealed that Xiao Dengzi had already contacted the outside.
• The Four Heavenly Kings of the Southern Territory celebrated their victory, but Zhu Taichong worried that Xiao Dengzi was missing.
• The Azure-Robed Wanderer warned that Xiao Dengzi might be carrying out Chen Ning and Qi Yu’s backup plan.
• Zhu Taichong concluded that Chen Ning and Qi Yu were calling for reinforcements and ordered the Southern Territory gods to attack them if they crossed the border.

Mao Chunqiu led Eastern Territory God Realm experts to retrieve Chen Ning, but the Southern Territory blocked their route at sea. On Unknowing Island, Zhu Taichong tried to persuade Yuan Xifeng to support Crimson Refinement True God, but Yuan Xifeng doubted he could defeat White Brows.

• Mao Chunqiu and more than a dozen Eastern Territory God Realm experts flew toward Unknowing Island with strange crystals for the altar.
• The Azure-Robed Wanderer and Mad God confronted Mao Chunqiu and warned him not to cross into the Southern Territory, while Mao Chunqiu said he had come to fetch Chen Ning.
• Zhu Taichong visited the confined Yuan Xifeng and urged him to reconsider his defiance, saying Crimson Refinement True God needed his help against White Brows.
• Yuan Xifeng drank with Zhu Taichong but clarified that he had not agreed to serve Crimson Refinement True God because he believed Crimson Refinement True God could not defeat White Brows.

Zhu Taichong revealed that he had blocked Chen Ning and Qi Yu’s reinforcements and their chance to inform the Yutian True God, leaving them apparently trapped. Meanwhile, gods from the Eastern and Southern Territories fought a free-for-all, where Mao Chunqiu faced the Mad God and the Azure-Robed Wanderer joined the battle against him.

• Zhu Taichong told Yuan Xifeng that he had ordered Duan Tianya to prevent Xiao Dengzi from reaching the Yutian True God with news of the Divine Spark Fruit crystal.
• Zhu Taichong surveyed the situation and saw that the Eastern and Southern Territory gods were fighting while no Western Territory forces had arrived.
• The Mad God attacked Mao Chunqiu with his True God Dharma Body, but Mao Chunqiu’s War God Dharma Body shattered the Mad God’s ancient beast attacks.
• The Azure-Robed Wanderer struck Mao Chunqiu’s weakened attack and offered to help the Mad God defeat him.
• Mao Chunqiu continued fighting because he felt indebted to Chen Ning for saving him and Great Peace Prefecture.

Mao Chunqiu fought the Mad God and the Azure-Robed Wanderer to protect Chen Ning, but their desperate assault threatened to overwhelm him. The Thunder God then arrived with Northern Territory reinforcements, answering Chen Ning’s risky appeal and forcing Zhu Taichong’s forces to defend the northern waters.

• Mao Chunqiu held off the Mad God and the Azure-Robed Wanderer while the other Eastern Territory gods began to lose ground.
• The Mad God and the Azure-Robed Wanderer burned their divine sources and Qi and Blood, driving Mao Chunqiu toward defeat.
• Zhu Taichong urgently ordered his forces to defend the northern waters after the Northern Territory gods approached.
• The Thunder God led Northern Territory reinforcements toward Unknowing Island, while the Southern Territory gods offered little resistance.
• Chen Ning and Qi Yu sensed the reinforcements, and Chen Ning revealed that Xiao Dengzi had secured the Thunder God’s help by promising him Unknowing Island’s future resources.

Zhu Taichong attacked Chen Ning in a last attempt to eliminate him, but Qi Yu took the blows with the Taihua Ancient Mirror. Yuan Xifeng arrived in time to stop Zhu Taichong’s third punch, leaving Chen Ning safe and Zhu Taichong defeated.

• Zhu Taichong told Chen Ning he feared his future power and attacked him.
• Qi Yu blocked Zhu Taichong’s first punch with the Taihua Ancient Mirror and urged Chen Ning to escape.
• Qi Yu endured Zhu Taichong’s second punch, damaging the mirror and leaving himself badly injured.
• Chen Ning began to retreat, but Yuan Xifeng shattered Zhu Taichong’s third punch and appeared to protect them.
• Yuan Xifeng explained that he had been acting to mislead Zhu Taichong, and Chen Ning realized the fight was over.

After Chen Ning and Qi Yu brought Unknowing Island under control, Yutian True God summoned Chen Ning to the Western Territory and offered him a Divine Spark Fruit as a reward. Chen Ning declined the offer and asked instead for the Azure Lotus of Life, leaving Yutian True God’s response uncertain.

• Qi Yu took charge after Northern Territory reinforcements arrived, and the altar was completed, producing an embryonic Divine Spark Fruit that night.
• Yutian True God ordered Chen Ning to take over Unknowing Island and cooperate with Qi Yu, while Crimson Refinement True God blamed Zhu Taichong and claimed Mad God and Azure-Robed Wanderer had gone after him.
• Qi Yu and Yuan Xifeng restored control of Unknowing Island, removed Zhu Taichong’s hidden agents, and lifted the blockade.
• Qi Yu warned Chen Ning that Duan Tianya and Great God White Brows would become his enemies, and Chen Ning left for the Western Territory.
• Yutian True God praised Chen Ning and offered him a Divine Spark Fruit, making Duan Tianya jealous and unsettling Great God White Brows.
• Chen Ning asked Yutian True God for the Azure Lotus of Life instead, and Yutian True God’s smile disappeared.

Chen Ning accepted Yutian True God’s Divine Spark Fruit and agreed to investigate the organization stealing cultivators’ innate foundations in exchange for the Azure Lotus of Life. He returned to the Spirit Rhinoceros Continent with Zhao Xiuxiu to investigate the vanished Nine Yang Palace, then decided to visit Spirit Rhinoceros True God.

• Yutian True God gave Chen Ning a Divine Spark Fruit and promised the Azure Lotus of Life if he investigated the sinister organization operating in the Western and Northern Territories.
• Chen Ning identified the organization with the Kidney-Harvesting Supergroup and proposed starting his investigation at the Nine Yang Palace’s former base on the Spirit Rhinoceros Continent.
• Yutian True God ordered Great God White Brows to provide Chen Ning with Western Territory resources and promised to support his investigation.
• Chen Ning returned to the Spirit Rhinoceros Continent with Zhao Xiuxiu, having reached and stabilized at the Half-God Realm.
• Chen Ning found the Nine Yang Palace’s former site deserted and decided to seek out Spirit Rhinoceros True God.