Chapter Summaries

After killing the Tree Demon, Chen Du was confronted by a powerful Red Flame Clan giant who offered him a chance to become the clan’s vassal. Chen Du refused and declared war on the races from beyond the Domain, and the giant attacked him, ending with Chen Du dodging its first punch.

• Chen Du left the forest with the golden fruit and headed north to find a secluded place to advance to the Seventh Tier.
• A crimson giant from the Red Flame Clan intercepted Chen Du and offered him the chance to become its clan’s vassal.
• Chen Du refused and argued that Blue Star’s restrictions forced the races from beyond the Domain to seek its opportunities rather than conquer it outright.
• The giant warned that every race from beyond the Domain would target Chen Du, and Chen Du vowed to kill every enemy that came for him.
• The giant unleashed its flames and hurled a punch at Chen Du, who dodged as the blow destroyed a hill behind him.

Chen Du used his full Immortal Dao cultivation and Divine Status to kill the Red Flame Clan's Fire-Refining General. The Extraterrestrial Races began plotting against him while human evolvers watched in awe, and Chen Du left determined to resist their plans to enslave humanity.

• Chen Du unleashed his full power, shattered the giant's arm, broke off its horn, and battered it until it could no longer fight.
• Chen Du killed the Red Flame Clan giant with a pillar of light that disintegrated its body.
• Extraterrestrial Races who witnessed the battle feared Chen Du but decided to wait for stronger experts and Blue Star's restrictions to ease before attacking him.
• Human evolvers watching from afar recognized Chen Du and marveled that he had defeated a foe stronger than the Tree Demon.
• Chen Du ignored the onlookers and walked away, resolving to fight the Extraterrestrial Races seeking to enslave humanity.

After Chen Du killed two Pseudo-Eighth Tier extraterrestrials, he resolved to keep fighting and recognized that stronger invaders could arrive as Blue Star’s rules weakened. The Spiritual Qi Revival Administration revealed information about the extraterrestrial races, while their leaders agreed to prepare a coordinated attempt to kill Chen Du.

• Chen Du concluded that the extraterrestrial races’ offer had been a trap and decided to grow stronger for the war he believed had begun.
• The Spiritual Qi Revival Administration released information about the extraterrestrial races, prompting people online to argue over whether humanity was doomed or could fight back.
• Representatives of several extraterrestrial races gathered in a cave and debated whether to kill Chen Du, wait, or claim his Immortal Dao Divine Status.
• The tall, slender black figure warned that attacking Chen Du alone would be suicidal and announced plans for a coordinated strike.
• The assembled races agreed to join the operation, and the tall, slender black figure told them to prepare while Chen Du lived a few more days.

After consuming the golden fruit, Chen Du advanced to the seventh-order Unfettered Realm and tested his ability to survive and move through space. He headed to Mount Tai to seize its opportunities, unaware that a pseudo-eighth-order Shadow Clan assassin was tracking him.

• Chen Du ate the golden fruit in a concealed cavern and broke through to the seventh-order Unfettered Realm.
• Chen Du flew into space, confirmed his new strength, and returned safely to Blue Star.
• Chen Du resolved to seize resources before stronger beings arrived and set out for Mount Tai.
• Chen Du reached Mount Tai, where rumors surrounded its ancient treasures and awakening status, and began climbing past the gathered factions.
• A pseudo-eighth-order Shadow Clan stealth killer followed Chen Du toward the mountain, mistaking him for prey.

Chen Du ventured deeper into Mount Tai, where he freed a four-tailed Cat Demon trapped in divine light in exchange for the Eighth Stage technique Taixu World Fist. The Cat Demon followed him into the mountain and warned that something had been tracking him.

• Chen Du entered a strange valley protected by divine light and found a black, four-tailed cat stuck in its boundary.
• The Cat Demon offered Chen Du Taixu World Fist in exchange for help, and Chen Du accepted the scroll.
• Chen Du struck the divine light with his Divine Status, freeing the Cat Demon and sensing a faint resonance with the world's rules.
• The Cat Demon followed Chen Du, admitting it hoped to share in any fortuitous opportunity he found.
• The Cat Demon warned Chen Du that something had been following him.

Chen Du detected and drove off a Shadow Clan scout, then mastered the Taixu World Fist in one night by using his Divine Status to unleash the Spirit Martial Realm’s power. Shortly afterward, the Cat Demon sensed more than a dozen enemies arriving to surround and kill him.

• The Cat Demon detected a Shadow Clan member hiding among the shadows, and Chen Du struck at it, but it escaped into the forest and threatened him.
• The Cat Demon warned Chen Du that the Shadow Clan was gathering forces against him and promised to watch for approaching enemies.
• Chen Du comprehended the Taixu World Fist beneath a cliff on Mount Tai and discovered how to channel his Divine Status through a punch, reaching the threshold of the Eighth Stage.
• The Cat Demon was astonished that Chen Du had mastered the Eighth-Stage technique in one night and regretted not demanding more for it.
• A little over ten minutes later, the Cat Demon sensed more than a dozen enemies arriving to surround and kill Chen Du.

Chen Du used the strength granted by the cat demon to slaughter the outsider races that had come after him, then defeated and killed their Demon Race noble leader. As the battle ended, the long, thin black shadow appeared beside him.

• Chen Du confronted more than a dozen Pseudo-Eighth Tier outsiders led by a silver-haired Demon Race noble, who threatened him and his family.
• Chen Du struck the Demon Race noble with the Taixu World Fist, then killed the other outsiders in a swift massacre.
• The Demon Race noble transformed into a colossal silver wolf and attacked Chen Du with silver flames and claws.
• Chen Du overpowered the silver wolf with his fists and stomped it until its body disintegrated.
• The Demon Race noble died, and the long, thin black shadow appeared beside Chen Du.

Chen Du learned that the Kema People were human and, with the Cat Demon’s help, lured a new group of extraterrestrial pursuers to a rocky slope. As the group attacked, Chen Du unleashed the Taixu World Fist.

• The Cat Demon told Chen Du that the Kema People were humans, while Blue Star’s humans remained unrecognized as members of the Human Alliance.
• At the Cat Demon’s urging, Chen Du used a communicator to help it trick a Kema contact into sending reinforcements to false coordinates.
• Chen Du and the Cat Demon went to the rocky slope, where Chen Du waited alone while the Cat Demon hid nearby.
• More than a dozen beings from beyond the Domain arrived, surrounded Chen Du, and demanded to know where their missing companions were.
• The attackers launched their abilities at Chen Du, and he stepped forward and punched with the Taixu World Fist.

Chen Du slaughtered the Kema People’s squad on Mount Tai and taunted their commander through a communicator, declaring he would reach the Eighth Stage before their experts arrived. He then headed deeper into Mount Tai to seek an opportunity, sensing something ancient awakening beneath the mountain.

• Chen Du killed the extraterrestrials on the rocky slope, leaving only one survivor before finishing him off.
• A projection of the Kema commander appeared, and Chen Du answered the communicator while the cat demon watched.
• Chen Du told the commander that he had killed Kelong, Sebas, and the others, then mocked the threat of incoming Eighth Stage experts by saying he would break through first.
• The Kema commander threatened Chen Du with the Demon Race and claimed an Eighth Stage opportunity would not appear for at least a month, so Chen Du destroyed the communicator.
• Chen Du and the cat demon headed deeper into Mount Tai, where Chen Du felt something far underground awakening with each step.

Chen Du entered the Red Sun Immortal Realm, a world above the Twelfth Stage, by descending into the body of Wang Dong, a Motian Sect reserve disciple. He gained two new talents that protected his identity and improved his fortune, then examined his new circumstances and his existing powers.

• Chen Du left the black cat behind and entered a hidden world entrance deep in Mount Tai, hoping to grow strong enough to protect humanity from the Kema People.
• The panel identified the destination as the Red Sun Immortal Realm, a world above the Twelfth Stage, and Chen Du entered despite the danger.
• Chen Du awoke in Wang Dong's body and learned that Wang Dong had died after nine failed reincarnations using the Ten-Life Bottle.
• Chen Du discovered that the Motian Sect's cultivation system required secret arts to reach the Seventh Stage and that Wang Dong had never achieved Foundation Establishment.
• The panel awakened Beyond Cause and Effect and Child of Fortune, granting Chen Du protection from divination for a hundred years and an advantage in conflicts with peers or weaker opponents.
• Chen Du inspected his status and confirmed that he retained his Pseudo-Eighth-Order Evolver realms and his existing talents.

Chen Du joined the Motian Sect as a nominal disciple at Butterfly Dragon Peak and discovered that the sect turned dead disciples into pills, materials, and spiritual resources. He recognized that his new life placed him in danger of suffering the same fate, and resolved to survive and make use of his exceptional talents.

• Chen Du reviewed his talents and decided he could rise through the Red Sun Immortal Realm after joining the Motian Sect.
• Chen Du completed the Spirit-Testing Platform ceremony, joined the Motian Sect, and was assigned to Butterfly Dragon Peak.
• Chen Du collected his identity token, disciple robes, Gathering Qi Pills, cultivation manual, and an Earthscale Lizard.
• Chen Du smelled the Gathering Qi Pill and recalled that the Motian Sect refined its own outer-sect disciples into pills, Soul Fluid, and other materials.
• Chen Du realized his previous bodies may also have been processed by the sect and recognized that he could become its next ingredient.

Chen Du comprehended the Blood Origin Sublimation Scripture and entered the Qi Refining Realm, then discovered Zhao Yuan planned to sacrifice him to improve his own aptitude. Chen Du killed Zhao Yuan, raised his aptitude to grade C, and continued cultivating as the deadly struggle on Butterfly Dragon Peak carried on.

• Chen Du used his talent to master and improve the Blood Origin Sublimation Scripture, then refined true qi and entered the Qi Refining Realm.
• Zhao Yuan visited Chen Du and revealed that he had sacrificed the other 119 grade D disciples, leaving Wang Dong as the last target in their batch.
• Zhao Yuan tried to sacrifice Chen Du, but Chen Du revealed he had already cultivated true qi and altered the method.
• Chen Du overwhelmed Zhao Yuan with Blood Origin True Qi and drained his blood essence, killing him.
• Chen Du absorbed the sacrificial power, raised his aptitude to grade C, and returned to cultivation.

Chen Du killed Zhao Yuan, advanced to Qi Refining, and received the treatment and complete cultivation art of an outer-sect disciple. When Song Qian, Han Zhong, and Wang Jian tried to refine him for medicine, Chen Du revealed that he had reached Qi Refining Great Perfection and killed all three, leaving him with their resources.

• Chen Du recalled how Wang Dong had ambushed and killed Zhao Yuan in his second life, and recognized that Wang Dong's ruthlessness and resilience could help him survive in the Motian Sect.
• A young man watched Chen Du kill Zhao Yuan through a magic mirror and wondered how far Chen Du could progress.
• Chen Du registered as an outer-sect disciple, collected the second through sixth layers of the Blood Origin Sublimation Scripture, and received pills and equipment from the sect's halls.
• After Chen Du returned to his cave abode and began studying the cultivation art, Song Qian broke in and revealed his Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivation and plan to refine Chen Du into medicine.
• Han Zhong and Wang Jian joined Song Qian, but Chen Du revealed his own Qi Refining Great Perfection realm and killed Han Zhong and Wang Jian with his techniques.
• Chen Du killed Song Qian, absorbed the three men's blood-origin true qi, and took their storage bags, resolving to devour others before they could devour him.

Chen Du was drained by three Motian Sect elders who revealed that newly advanced disciples were being used as bait, so he triggered a rebirth and carried their true qi and souls into his next life. Back in Wang Dong’s body, he avoided registering until the elders left the outer sect, then went to register.

• Shen Wujiu, Ye Jiuxiao, and Yin Hui appeared in Chen Du’s cave and revealed that he had become their new bait after killing Song Qian and the others.
• Chen Du blew himself up and used a rebirth chance, choosing to carry the three elders’ true qi and souls into his next life.
• Chen Du woke in Wang Dong’s body before being assigned to Butterfly Dragon Peak and realized that newly registered Qi Refining disciples were being harvested.
• Chen Du copied Wang Dong’s cautious approach, drained Zhao Yuan to raise his aptitude, and hid his cultivation instead of registering.
• After confirming that the three elders had left the outer sect, Chen Du took his black iron token and went to register.

After eighty years of secluded cultivation, Chen Du mastered the Nether River Blood Fiend Return-to-Void Heavenly Book and attracted the attention of the Motian Sect’s true disciples. Five of them visited his cave abode, and one offered him a chance to obtain a Foundation Establishment divine object.

• Chen Du restored his Martial Dao and Immortal Dao cultivation to Pseudo-Eighth Tier peak and decided to master another great secret art.
• Over eighty years, Chen Du used Blood Origin Unity True Qi and Divine Revelation Reading to cultivate the Nether River Blood Fiend Return-to-Void Heavenly Book to major completion.
• Chen Du released his aura, and the resulting blood fiend presence spread across the outer sect, revealing that he had mastered a great secret art.
• Five true disciples, including Qi Shen and Zhao Xuanming, visited Chen Du and congratulated him on his achievement.
• A silent true disciple told Chen Du that a Foundation Establishment divine object was available and asked whether he wanted it.

Chen Du joined Lu Chen and three other true disciples on an expedition to the Wild Goose Flock Small World, where they sought a Foundation Establishment divine treasure. After Lu Chen revealed that he was Fallen Swallow True Person reincarnated and killed the others, Chen Du confronted him rather than show fear.

• Lu Chen invited Chen Du to explore a Foundation Establishment inheritance world, and Chen Du agreed to go with him.
• Chen Du, Lu Chen, and three true disciples entered the Wild Goose Flock Small World and broke through the outer restriction protecting Fallen Swallow True Person’s cave abode.
• When a disciple discovered a second restriction, Lu Chen killed him and the other two disciples, then revealed that he was Fallen Swallow True Person reincarnated.
• Lu Chen said he would take Chen Du’s divine soul, true Qi, and treasures before claiming the divine treasure, but Chen Du declared that he coveted it too.
• Lu Chen tightened his grip on his sword as he realized Chen Du had never truly feared him.

Chen Du revealed his hidden strength, killed Lu Chen, and seized the Foundation Establishment Divine Object from the cave abode. When a powerful Lu Family elder attacked, Chen Du triggered reincarnation and carried the Divine Object into his next life.

• Chen Du unleashed his concealed powers and defeated Lu Chen's Cyan Yang Ten Thousand Ghosts Returning to the Sect True Art with the Taixu World Fist.
• Chen Du drained Lu Chen's soul and True Qi, used his soul to open the cave restrictions, and searched his memories.
• Chen Du found the Foundation Establishment Divine Object in a jade box and took it.
• A powerful presence descended and accused Chen Du of killing Chen'er, so Chen Du self-destructed to escape.
• Hundred-Lifetime Reincarnation triggered, and Chen Du chose to carry the Foundation Establishment Divine Object into his next life.

After dying twice, Chen Du returned to the days before Butterfly Dragon Peak and used his knowledge of the past to secure the Foundation Establishment divine treasure and advance cautiously. After forty years of preparation, his breakthrough failed, and he concluded that he needed stronger true Qi and the complete treasure to succeed in a future life.

• Chen Du awoke in his old courtyard with the Foundation Establishment divine treasure he had taken from the Wild Goose Flock Small World.
• He repeated his previous encounter with Zhao Yuan, killed him with his true Qi, and raised his aptitude from Grade D to Grade C.
• Chen Du kept his cultivation hidden until the three senior brothers who were fishing left, then registered with his black iron token.
• After forty years of cultivating, Chen Du attempted Foundation Establishment but failed despite refining his true Qi to great perfection.
• Chen Du identified his low-grade Yellow Rank true Qi and the missing half of the Taiyi Golden Flower Jade Nectar as the main obstacles to success.

Chen Du mastered the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths God-Slaying True Method and revealed that he had completed three great secret arts, prompting True Person Chi Yun to accept him as a true disciple. Chi Yun urged him to compete for one of the Motian Sect’s ten great true disciple places, and Chen Du agreed while secretly aiming to gain the power to slay an Eighth Stage alien.

• Chen Du cultivated the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths God-Slaying True Method to major accomplishment over forty years.
• Chen Du revealed his Qi Refining Great Perfection, Martial Dao true essence, and three completed great secret arts, startling the disciples on Butterfly Dragon Peak.
• True Person Chi Yun offered to make Chen Du his true disciple, and Chen Du accepted before other Foundation Establishment True Persons could recruit him.
• True Person Chi Yun explained that the ten great true disciples received exceptional resources and could enter the Blood-Colored Secret Realm, then asked Chen Du to compete for a place.
• Chen Du agreed to stake everything on the contest, intending to obtain the means to reach Foundation Establishment Eighth Stage and slay an Eighth Stage alien.

Chen Du defeated Yan Jinghan and became the ninth true disciple, then spent twenty years preparing for Foundation Establishment before ending his life to trigger another reincarnation. He returned to his earlier life carrying a Foundation Establishment Pill and two divine treasures, and began deliberately dispersing his cultivation.

• Chen Du challenged and defeated Yan Jinghan, taking his place as the ninth true disciple.
• Chen Du received a Foundation Establishment Pill and the Nine-Turn Resurrection Grass from the sect.
• Over twenty years, Chen Du served True Person Chi Yun and gathered what he needed for Foundation Establishment.
• As his body neared its end, Chen Du ended his life and triggered his reincarnation inheritance.
• Chen Du awoke in his shabby courtyard with a Foundation Establishment Pill, the Nine-Turn Resurrection Grass, and the Taiyi Golden Flower Jade Nectar, then retraced his path into the outer sect.
• After settling in his cave abode, Chen Du began painfully dispersing his cultivation.