Recaps

Chen Du completed the thirteenfold perfection of his black hole and used it to break through to the Fourteenth Tier, the Universe Life Lord Realm. After stabilizing his cultivation, he quietly emanated the supreme Dao Resonance of a ruler over all life in the universe.

• Chen Du expanded his black hole through all thirteen stages until it reached the limit of its form.
• Chen Du began his Fourteenth Tier breakthrough, drawing his laws, physical origin, black hole, and two lightning Great Daos together to collapse the black hole.
• Chen Du refined the collapsing black hole into a Soul Heart, the foundation of the Universe Life Lord Realm.
• Chen Du explored the chaotic inner space of his Soul Heart and completed his transformation into a Fourteenth Tier expert.
• Chen Du stabilized his cultivation on Qingfeng Mountain, and a faint, transcendent gray Dao Resonance drifted from his body.

Chen Du’s breakthrough to the Fourteenth Tier sent his sovereign Dao aura across the Ancestral God Realm, silencing its laws and suppressing every living being. The masters and ancient experts of the ten great holy lands recognized that someone had reached the realm they had sought for ages and bowed, leaving the old order shattered.

• Chen Du’s sovereign Dao aura spread from Qingfeng Mountain across the entire Ancestral God Realm, stilling time, spiritual energy, and the myriad Daos.
• The Taiyuan Holy Land’s secluded ancestor felt the aura, opened his eyes, and realized that someone had reached the Fourteenth Tier.
• The masters of the Ten Thousand Dharma Holy Land and Divine Abyss Holy Land were shaken by the aura, as were the peak experts of the other great holy lands.
• The ten great holy lands’ highest authorities saw an indistinct image of Chen Du in their minds and understood the gulf between their power and a Fourteenth Tier Universe Life Lord.
• The Taiyuan ancestor, the holy land masters, and countless ancient experts bowed to the Fourteenth Tier sovereign, and the Ancestral God Realm’s long-standing order collapsed.

Chen Du returned to Blue Star, concealed his Fourteenth Tier Sovereign aura, and found the planet thriving after Spiritual Qi Revival. He discovered that the Tianyin Empire had issued an ultimatum demanding Blue Star submit to its rule within three months, unaware that Chen Du had already become a power beyond its knowledge.

• Chen Du used Myriad Worlds Traversal to return from the Ancestral God Realm to an underground cavern beneath Mount Tai.
• He sealed away his Sovereign aura and surveyed Blue Star, finding its land expanded, its spiritual life flourishing, and no remaining extraterrestrial threats.
• Chen Du saw the Spiritual Qi Revival Administration’s announcement that the Tianyin Empire had ordered Blue Star to accept imperial rule within three months.
• He read that the Tianyin Empire claimed authority over Blue Star as a registered third-class empire of the Cosmic Human Federation.
• Chen Du researched the ultimatum’s background and learned that the empire’s vast territory and cumbersome administration had delayed its discovery of Blue Star.
• The chapter ended with the Tianyin Empire unaware that Chen Du, a Fourteenth Tier Sovereign, lived on the frontier world it intended to govern.

The Heavenly Silver Empire's envoy arrived at Blue Star and threatened to conquer it, but Chen Du killed him instantly. The Empire's old ancestor then appeared, apologized, and offered Chen Du the Milky Way Galaxy and thirteen subordinate galaxies.

• The envoy discovered Blue Star's strength, imposed his interstellar pressure on the planet, and demanded that humanity submit to the Heavenly Silver Empire.
• After seeing Blue Star's preparations to resist, the envoy chose the Xia Kingdom as his first target for extermination.
• Dark-purple lightning obliterated the envoy, leaving only an ancient black token behind, while Chen Du watched from the street.
• The token projected the Heavenly Silver Empire's secluded old ancestor, who acknowledged the envoy's wrongdoing and accepted his death.
• The old ancestor offered Chen Du the Milky Way Galaxy and thirteen subordinate galaxies, promising to relinquish the Empire's sovereignty through the Human Federation.

Chen Du accepted the Heavenly Silver Ancestor’s offer to take ownership of the Milky Way Galaxy and its thirteen satellite galaxies, securing Blue Star’s future as part of a recognized star domain. After the transfer was signed, Chen Du realized the Ancestor had negotiated through projections and remained wary of the empire’s power.

• Chen Du weighed the Ancestor’s motives and decided that gaining legal sovereignty over the Milky Way would protect Blue Star regardless of any hidden scheme.
• Chen Du formed a Thunder Dao law avatar and followed the Heavenly Silver Ancestor’s projection to a concealed warship near the moon.
• The Heavenly Silver Ancestor explained that the empire was relinquishing an unwieldy star domain in exchange for preserving three trade routes and their mining rights.
• Chen Du agreed to the condition and imprinted his True Spirit on a Federation-compliant document transferring the Milky Way Galaxy and its thirteen satellite galaxies to him.
• The Heavenly Silver Ancestor promised to help with future disputes, while Chen Du concluded that the empire was more formidable than it seemed.

Chen Du spread his Thunder Dao across the Milky Way and destroyed the Red Flame Empire and Shadow Council after discovering their plans to conquer Blue Star and provoke human civil war. With the galaxy purged of powers threatening Blue Star, he turned his gaze toward the planes beyond the heavens.

• Chen Du returned to the cavern beneath Mount Tai and sent thunderlight avatars throughout the Milky Way.
• The Red Flame Empire planned to invade Blue Star and exterminate the Xia Kingdom, so Chen Du destroyed its imperial capital and war infrastructure across three star domains.
• The Shadow Council prepared to infiltrate Blue Star and incite civil war, so Chen Du annihilated its leaders, spy network, and operational bases.
• Chen Du told the surviving Shadow Council members that their plot against Blue Star deserved death, leaving them stunned and despairing.
• Chen Du withdrew his thunderlight after purging the galaxy's threats to Blue Star and looked toward the planes beyond the heavens.

After the Red Flame Star Domain Empire and the Shadow Council were erased, the Heavenly Silver Empire announced that Chen Du had become the Milky Way Galaxy’s Fourteenth Tier lord. Chen Du then compelled the galaxy’s civilizations to submit and warned them that any threat to Blue Star would meet the same fate as the fallen powers.

• Survey fleets found the Red Flame Star Domain utterly erased, spreading terror among the Milky Way’s top-tier civilizations.
• The Heavenly Silver Empire announced that it had transferred the Milky Way Galaxy and thirteen affiliated galaxies to Chen Du of the Blue Star human race.
• Civilizations abandoned plans to colonize Blue Star, recalling spies and destroying records after learning Chen Du had reached the Fourteenth Tier.
• Chen Du unleashed his lightning Dao across the galaxy, forcing the leaders and peak powerhouses of its top-tier civilizations to kneel.
• Chen Du declared that civilizations could govern themselves if they maintained order, but warned that anyone who targeted Blue Star would share the fate of the Red Flame Empire and the Shadow Council.
• Galactic leaders issued strict orders against spying on or plotting against Blue Star, and the myriad races submitted to Chen Du’s authority.

As alien delegations arrived on Blue Star in deference to Chen Du, he studied humanity’s weak cultivation foundations and created an Inclusive Martial Canon that anyone could practice up to the Tenth Tier. The canon’s free release ignited a cultivation movement across Blue Star, beginning a golden age for its human race.

• Extraterrestrial races arrived on Blue Star with gifts and relocation plans, while the Milky Way’s civilizations blocked hostile forces from approaching the Solar System.
• Zhou Weiyong learned that Chen Du had destroyed two top Thirteenth Tier civilizations and decided the Administration could no longer meaningfully observe him.
• Chen Du spent a month examining Blue Star humans and concluded that the existing Martial Dao canon was too demanding for most of them.
• Chen Du created an Inclusive Martial Canon tailored to Blue Star’s people, with simple progressive steps and a cultivation ceiling of the Tenth Tier.
• The Spiritual Qi Revival Administration published the canon for free, and Chen Du’s preface announced that any Blue Star human could cultivate it.
• People across Blue Star began practicing the canon, and its early benefits sparked a mass cultivation movement.

Chen Du entered the Sixteenth-Tier Deification Realm and took over the body of Zhang Shun, a mistreated menial disciple of the Ancient Path Holy Land. After concealing his true power and beginning his assigned firewood work, he waited for disciples who had come to bully Zhang Shun.

• Chen Du met Xiaokui in Mount Tai, and Xiaokui led him through the caves while he searched for hidden secrets.
• Chen Du detected a spatial barrier and learned that it led to the Sixteenth-Tier Deification Realm, then entered alone.
• Chen Du awoke in Zhang Shun's body and learned of his abuse by his family and his escape to the Ancient Path Holy Land.
• Chen Du suppressed his cultivation to Third Tier, accepted the foreman's order to gather firewood, and went to the back mountain.
• Chen Du gathered two bundles of firewood and waited as several menial disciples approached, intending to bully Zhang Shun.

After entering the Deification Realm, Chen Du awakened Super Upgrade, Infinite Sign-In, and Deliberate Revenge while posing as the menial disciple Zhang Shun. Wang Toutou’s escalating abuse helped Chen Du accumulate enmity, and the chapter ended as Wang blamed him for the missing firewood and threatened to punish him.

• Chen Du examined his three new talents and considered using Infinite Sign-In at the Ancient Path Holy Land.
• Wang Toutou and his two lackeys ordered Chen Du to chop extra firewood and mistreated him, accumulating enmity through repeated provocations.
• Over three days, Wang Toutou made Chen Du massage his legs and stole his grain, raising the accumulated enmity to one hundred years.
• Chen Du considered how to humiliate Wang without revealing that his displayed cultivation was only Third Tier while Wang was Fourth Tier.
• Wang Toutou secretly took half the firewood, scattered the remainder, and accused Chen Du of slacking as he threatened to teach him a lesson.

Chen Du punished Wang Toutou and his two accomplices, then used the Hatred Qi he gained to obtain a Twelfth Tier palace treasure. Over the next three months he quietly advanced to the Sixth Tier, and the chapter ended as the menial disciples' assessment began.

• Chen Du broke Wang Toutou's arm and shattered the knees of the two men with him, then crippled all three and drove them from the menial disciples' courtyard.
• Chen Du received 1,000 years of sublimated Hatred Qi and used it to obtain a Twelfth Tier palace-type magical treasure through Heaven's Way's Gift.
• Chen Du kept up Zhang Shun's ordinary routine by day and cultivated at night, reaching the Sixth Tier while carefully consolidating his foundation.
• Chen Du arrived at the menial disciples' assessment, where the steward sat before a Force-Testing Divine Stone and a Law Sensing Formation.

Chen Du tested at Sixth Tier and was promoted to the outer sect, then used his new freedom to secretly visit the Thunder Abyss and gain a Fourteenth Tier cultivation technique and pill. He returned to his courtyard with plans to cultivate and explore the Holy Land’s hidden opportunities while keeping his strength concealed.

• Chen Du struck the strength-testing stone and registered at Sixth Tier, then confirmed his result in the Law Sensing Formation.
• The deacon promoted Chen Du to the outer sect as an exception, and he moved into a private courtyard the next morning.
• Chen Du traveled secretly to the Thunder Abyss and used his talents to condense the Fourteenth Tier technique Nine Heavens Thunder Abyss True Explanation.
• Chen Du signed in at the Thunder Abyss and received the Fourteenth Tier high-grade divine pill Nine-Turn Thunder Abyss Soul Tempering Pill.
• Chen Du returned to his courtyard and planned to cultivate at the Thunder Abyss at night while appearing to be an ordinary outer sect disciple by day.

Chen Du refined the Nine-Turn Thunder Abyss Soul Tempering Pill and studied the Nine Heavens Thunder Abyss True Explanation, strengthening the cultivation manifested through Zhang Shun's body. He then entered Fengxu, acquired a fire Dao technique and divine seal, and returned to his courtyard with both thunder and fire Daos at his disposal.

• Chen Du found a secluded valley and refined the Nine-Turn Thunder Abyss Soul Tempering Pill, strengthening his Fundamental Law of Thunder.
• Chen Du studied the Nine Heavens Thunder Abyss True Explanation for several months, raising the cultivation manifested through Zhang Shun's fleshly body from the Sixth Tier to the Twelfth Tier.
• Chen Du secretly reached Fengxu and used his talents to absorb the ancient fire Dao Resonance, forming the Record of the Great Void Burning Heaven in his sea of consciousness.
• Chen Du used Infinite Sign-In and Super Upgrade to obtain the Fourteenth Tier high-grade Great Void Burning Heaven Seal.
• Chen Du returned to his courtyard and contemplated how the Dao of thunder and the Dao of fire could complement each other.

Chen Du concealed the treasures and power he had gained in the Sealed Ruins from the Ruins Guardian Elder, who failed to identify him. The Ancient Path Holy Land’s elders dismissed the disturbance as a natural awakening of the fire seed, leaving Chen Du free to pursue more hidden opportunities.

• Chen Du hid his treasures and displayed only the cultivation of an ordinary disciple when the Ruins Guardian Elder searched his courtyard.
• The Ruins Guardian Elder searched the Sealed Ruins and the holy land’s residences but found no trace of anyone connected to the Burning Heaven Dao Resonance.
• The Ruins Guardian Elder reported the disturbance at the Soaring Firmament Hall, where the elders debated its cause.
• The sect master investigated the Sealed Ruins and ruled that the Dao Resonance had escaped naturally, ordering the elders not to add guards.
• Chen Du secretly listened to the assembly, confirmed that the sect master had not discovered him, and planned to seek out other ancient sites.

Chen Du passed the Ancient Path Holy Land’s outer disciple assessment with a verified seventh-tier cultivation, astonishing the disciples and earning the deacon’s praise. After returning to seclusion, he concealed his true strength, which had recovered to the fourteenth tier, and planned to secure an inner sect place before venturing further into the holy land.

• Chen Du struck the strength-testing stone and registered at the seventh tier, stunning the assembled outer disciples.
• A deacon verified the result with the Law Sensing Formation, praised Chen Du’s solid foundation, and encouraged him to seek an inner sect place.
• Former companions congratulated Chen Du, while jealous disciples and the expelled Wang Toutou and his companions brooded over his success.
• Chen Du returned to his courtyard and continued cultivating, keeping his outward realm at the seventh tier while his true cultivation had recovered to the fourteenth tier.
• Chen Du judged that he could attempt a further breakthrough but chose to stay concealed, first aiming to enter the inner sect and explore the holy land’s core.

Chen Du accepted Zhou Jingxuan’s challenge to spar in seven days after discovering Zhou had secretly planted meridian-sealing medicine in him. Chen gained ten thousand years of sublimated Hatred Qi Value and prepared for the match, while Zhou celebrated his scheme with his followers.

• Zhou Jingxuan confronted Chen Du and tried to dissuade him from competing for an inner sect place.
• Chen refused to back down, so Zhou challenged him to a public spar in seven days and secretly planted meridian-sealing medicine while patting his shoulder.
• Chen detected the medicine and realized it would weaken his cultivation during the match, but chose not to expose Zhou’s scheme.
• Chen’s system awarded him ten thousand years of sublimated Hatred Qi Value, and he returned to cultivate as he anticipated the fight.
• Zhou returned to his courtyard with his followers, who praised the secret medicine as they celebrated; Zhou said it would erupt on the day of the match.

Chen Du concealed that Zhou Jingxuan’s secret medicine had failed and let the arrogant outer sect chief believe he had the advantage in their duel. As Zhou Jingxuan tried to cripple him, Chen Du revealed his Seventh-Tier Peak Stage strength and struck back.

• Zhou Jingxuan plotted to cripple Zhang Shun to prevent the Zhang Family’s rising talent from threatening the Zhou Family’s influence.
• Chen Du’s Thunder resonance destroyed the secret medicine, and he hid the fact while waiting to confront Zhou Jingxuan publicly.
• A Sixteenth Tier powerhouse’s Divine Thought searched the outer sect, but Chen Du’s Beyond Cause and Effect talent concealed his abnormal aura.
• Seven days later, Zhou Jingxuan attacked Chen Du on the sparring ground, believing the medicine had weakened him, while Chen Du deliberately appeared to struggle and gained Hatred Qi.
• Zhou Jingxuan committed to a palm strike meant to cripple Chen Du’s arm and destroy his cultivation foundation, but Chen Du revealed his Seventh-Tier Peak Stage aura and met the attack with a palm strike.

Chen Du revealed his strength, defeated Zhou Jingxuan, and crippled his cultivation, earning thirty thousand years of Sublimated Enmity Qi. The fight brought him fame and drew the attention of the Zhou Family and inner sect elders as he prepared for the selection a year later.

• Chen Du stopped pretending to be weakened, overwhelmed Zhou Jingxuan in three clashes, and crippled his cultivation down to the Third Tier.
• Chen Du gained thirty thousand years of Sublimated Enmity Qi and left the arena while the disciples watched in shock.
• The law-enforcement deacon declared Chen Du the winner, ruling Zhou Jingxuan's injuries a sparring accident under sect rules.
• News of the fight spread through the outer and inner sects, prompting some elders to watch Chen Du and others tied to the Zhou Family to plan obstacles for him.
• A Sixteenth-Tier old monster sensed traces of the fight but failed to detect Chen Du's special aura, while Chen Du settled his cultivation in his courtyard.
• Chen Du recognized that the Zhou Family and inner sect were turning their attention toward him and looked ahead to the inner sect selection a year later.

After Zhou Jingxuan was defeated, the Zhou Family secretly poisoned Zhang Shun, believing he would die within a month. Chen Du’s Fundamental Law of Thunder destroyed the poison, and he waited for the deadline to expose the family’s schemes; when the month passed, Zhang Shun’s courtyard remained peaceful.

• The Zhou Family patriarch blamed Zhou Jingxuan’s defeat on carelessness and ordered a shadow guard to kill Zhang Shun.
• The shadow guard infiltrated Chen Du’s courtyard and sent Bone-Eroding Essence-Withering Poison into his cultivation chamber.
• Chen Du’s Fundamental Law of Thunder destroyed the poison, and the system awarded him 20,000 years of sublimated enmity against the Zhou Family.
• Chen Du decided to wait until the Zhou Family believed the poison had killed him, then shatter their confidence.
• After thirty days, Zhang Shun’s courtyard remained peaceful, despite the Zhou Family expecting his death.

Chen Du’s composure and survival drove the Zhou Family’s hatred to its peak, earning him fifty thousand years of sublimated Enmity Qi and seventeen epochs of enlightenment in the Fundamental Law of Thunder. After reaching third-level recognition of the law, he learned the Zhou Family had abducted Lin He to lure him out of the Ancient Path Holy Land, and chose to enter their trap to settle accounts.

• The Zhou Family learned that Chen Du had survived their poison unharmed and lost their composure in rage and humiliation.
• Chen Du received twenty thousand years of sublimated Enmity Qi from the Zhou Family, bringing his total to fifty thousand, and sacrificed it to Heavenly Dao Bestowal.
• Chen Du gained seventeen epochs of divine enlightenment in the Fundamental Law of Thunder, broke through to third-level recognition, and stabilized his Seventh-Tier Peak Stage cultivation.
• The Zhou Family abducted Lin He and planted clues leading to a remote mountain on the Heavenly Gift Dynasty’s border to lure Chen Du from the Holy Land.
• Chen Du saw through the Zhou Family’s scheme and decided to go along with it so he could attack their hidden forces.

Chen Du lured the Zhou Family’s death soldiers into a trap and slaughtered all twenty-five, earning enough Enmity Qi to reach fourth-tier recognition of the Fundamental Law of Thunder and create the Ji Yuan Godslaying Sword. The Zhou Family planned to use its sect connections to kill Zhang Shun at the coming inner sect selection, unaware of how much Chen Du had grown.

• Chen Du left the Ancient Path Holy Land and let the Zhou Family’s twenty-five Eighth Stage death soldiers ambush him in the Desolate Ancient Mountain, where he killed them all without being harmed.
• A scout reported the failure to the Zhou Family, whose leaders realized Chen Du had used their belief in his attachment to a fellow disciple to trick them.
• Chen Du spent the 100,000 Sublimated Enmity Qi he gained on Heaven’s Way’s Gift and received thirty-six epochs of insight into the Fundamental Law of Thunder, advancing to fourth-tier recognition and gaining an intermediate core.
• Chen Du forged the Ji Yuan Godslaying Sword, a new Thunder Dao sword move surpassing the Primordial Tribulation-Extinguishing Sword, and returned to the Ancient Path Holy Land.
• The Zhou Family decided to use its connections within the sect to arrange Chen Du’s death at the coming inner sect selection.

Chen Du passed the outer sect assessment with Eighth Stage cultivation and was admitted to the inner sect, where he killed the Zhou Family’s assassin, Deacon Wu. The Zhou Family patriarch, alarmed by their repeated failures, decided to seek help from the clan ancestor to stop Zhang Shun.

• Chen Du struck the testing stone and reached the Eighth Stage mark, earning immediate admission to the inner sect.
• Deacon Wu escorted Chen Du to a remote cliff and revealed that the Zhou Family had hired him to kill Zhang Shun.
• Chen Du killed Deacon Wu with a strike of fundamental lightning and gained ninety thousand years of Enmity Qi.
• The Zhou Family patriarch learned that Deacon Wu had died and that the family’s schemes against Chen Du had failed.
• The Zhou Family patriarch ordered a messenger to report Zhang Shun’s growth to the clan ancestor and ask for the threat to be suppressed.

Chen Du left the Ancient Path Holy Land to settle affairs in the Heavenly Gift Dynasty, and the Zhou Family seized the chance to ambush him. The Zhou Family ancestor emerged from seclusion and led the clan’s strongest fighters toward Chen Du, who detected their killing intent and calmly awaited them.

• Chen Du completed his inner-sect assessment, secured leave from the Ancient Path Holy Land, and set out alone for the Heavenly Gift Dynasty.
• A Zhou Family spy reported Chen Du’s departure to the Zhou Family head, who decided it was the family’s chance to kill him.
• The Zhou Family head awakened the Zhou Family ancestor from more than a decade of death seclusion and urged him to act against Chen Du.
• The Twelfth Tier ancestor agreed, and the Zhou Family assembled dozens of its strongest experts for the ambush.
• Chen Du sensed the approaching killing intent with his sea-of-consciousness talent, received system notifications, and kept walking as he waited for the Zhou Family force.

Chen Du faced the Zhou Family’s patriarch, head, and dozens of experts as they tried to avenge their clan, but he annihilated them with a sea of Ji Yuan lightning. The Zhou Family was erased, leaving Chen Du standing alone on the cleared imperial road.

• The Zhou Family patriarch and head confronted Chen Du, blamed him for the clan’s losses, and declared that he would die.
• The Zhou Family members’ contempt and hostility triggered millions of years of sublimated Enmity Qi for Chen Du.
• Chen Du flicked his finger and unleashed a sea of lightning imbued with the Fundamental Law of Thunder and Ji Yuan Godslaying.
• Chen Du’s lightning shattered Zhou Xu antong’s strongest defense and swallowed the patriarch and Zhou Family head.
• The lightning dissolved every Zhou Family expert, and Chen Du remained unharmed as the wind and sand settled.

Chen Du used the Enmity Qi from destroying the Zhou Family to awaken his talent and gain seventh-level recognition of the Fundamental Law of Thunder, transforming his Soul Heart, body, and Dao foundation. After refining a new sword technique, he concealed his power and stood ready to pursue the path ahead.

• Chen Du spent 1.4 million points of sublimated Enmity Qi and absorbed the understanding of the thunder Dao accumulated over three thousand eras, reaching seventh-level recognition.
• Chen Du's thunder Dao control, Soul Heart, physical foundation, and state of mind underwent a profound transformation.
• Chen Du used his new understanding to refine the second form of the Ji Yuan Godslaying Sword, Thunder Era Collapse, over several days.
• Chen Du mastered the move until he could unleash it with a thought, then concealed his thunder Dao presence.
• Chen Du reflected on his newfound strength and the road ahead as the bell from Qingfeng Temple rang through the mountains.