Chapter Summaries

Xie Changming won the deputy seal trial with a burst of golden light, earning the right to try the Heavenly Master Divine Seal. He revealed his Heavenly Master Realm cultivation to silence the mansion's objections, while Chen Du watched from outside and hinted that Xie Changming had not yet faced his greatest challenge.

• Zhao and Sun failed to stir the deputy seal, leaving the Celestial Masters' Mansion disciples disheartened.
• Xie Changming pressed his palm lightly to the deputy seal, causing it to blaze with steady golden light and making him the trial's victor.
• News of Xie Changming's victory spread across Longhu Mountain, alarming the mansion's disciples and grimly unsettling Zhou Xuanzhen and the other perfected masters.
• Xie Changming claimed the right to try the Heavenly Master Divine Seal, then revealed his Heavenly Master Realm aura when a disciple challenged him.
• Chen Du watched from outside the hall and noted that Xie Changming had run into him.

Xie Changming left the Patriarchs' Hall to confront Chen Du, whom he mistook for a low-ranking handyman, but the Deputy Seal revealed Chen Du's overwhelming Celestial Master status. Xie Changming apologized and renounced his claim to Longhu Mountain and the divine seal before leaving.

• Zhou Xuanzhen postponed the ceremony as Xie Changming demanded that the Celestial Masters' Mansion surrender Longhu Mountain and the divine seal.
• Xie Changming left the hall after sensing Chen Du's private voice transmission and went to Chen Du's courtyard.
• Chen Du revealed the Deputy Seal and awakened it with a burst of golden light that showed Xie Changming how far superior Chen Du's Celestial Master status was.
• Xie Changming knelt before Chen Du and begged forgiveness for his disrespect.
• Xie Changming returned to the afternoon ceremony, apologized to the Celestial Masters' Mansion, and renounced his branch's claim to Longhu Mountain and the divine seal before leaving.

Chen Du forged the Celestial Masters' Mansion’s lost arts into the Martial Canon: Heavenly Master Chapter and advanced to the Late Stage of the Heavenly Master Realm. When he touched the Heavenly Master Divine Seal, it awakened in a spectacular display, then vanished from its jade platform, leaving Zhou Xuanzhen and the Perfected Ones stunned.

• Chen Du fused the Mansion’s lost Daoist arts into the Martial Canon: Heavenly Master Chapter and advanced to the Late Stage of the Heavenly Master Realm.
• Chen Du returned to the Ancestral Masters' Hall and placed his hand on the Heavenly Master Divine Seal after his talents failed to move it.
• The Divine Seal unleashed golden light and Heavenly Master phenomena across Longhu Mountain, drawing Zhou Xuanzhen, Zhang Shouyi, and the Mansion’s disciples outside.
• The phenomena faded without escaping beyond Longhu Mountain, and Zhou Xuanzhen and the Perfected Ones rushed to inspect the seal.
• Zhou Xuanzhen and the Perfected Ones found the Divine Seal missing from the jade platform.

The Heavenly Master Divine Seal recognized Chen Du as its master and revealed the first Celestial Master’s ninth-realm inheritance, giving Chen Du a path toward standing actualization. Meanwhile, the seal’s disappearance weakened an ancient restraint in the Myriad Demon Forest, freeing the Blood Pagoda Demon Ancestor, who set his sights on the Celestial Masters’ Mansion.

• Zhou Xuanzhen reassured the panicked perfected masters that the Heavenly Master Divine Seal had left willingly to follow its chosen master.
• Chen Du examined the seal and discovered the Orthodox Unity Clear Source Celestial Master Position, a ninth-realm standing left by the first Celestial Master.
• Chen Du used [Become a God on the Spot] and [The World as a Book] to draw the seal’s Dao resonance into a book explaining how to advance a Celestial Master standing to the ninth realm.
• Chen Du studied the inheritance and learned that a Great Celestial Master achieved standing actualization by making the standing truly his own.
• The Blood Pagoda Demon Ancestor awakened in the Myriad Demon Forest as the Celestial Master Sword Seal shattered, freeing him from centuries of confinement.
• The Blood Pagoda Demon Ancestor vowed to take revenge on the Celestial Masters’ Mansion and chose it as his first target.

Chen Du discovered a divination scripture while searching Longhu Mountain, then learned that the eighth-realm Blood Pagoda Demon Ancestor was advancing toward the Celestial Masters' Mansion. With no allies coming to help, the mansion’s disciples and workers prepared to defend their home, and Chen Du joined them while concealing his abilities.

• Chen Du found an abandoned site on Longhu Mountain and used Dao resonance to create the Heavenly Book of Supreme Firmament's Mysteries and Divination.
• News arrived that the Blood Pagoda Demon Ancestor was heading east, devouring the populations of cities along its route.
• Zhou Xuanzhen ordered the mansion to prepare for battle, and disciples and workers vowed to stand with the Celestial Masters' Mansion.
• Chen Du was moved by the workers’ resolve and decided not to stand aside as the demon approached.
• Zhou Xuanzhen organized the mansion to practice the Dragon-Tiger Demon-Suppressing Grand Formation, while other sects refused to send aid after the demon’s threat.
• Chen Du practiced in the formation’s last row, hiding his abilities as the bloody stench grew stronger from the southwest.

The Blood Pagoda Demon Ancestor attacked Longhu Mountain, and the Celestial Masters' Mansion struggled to hold its formation until Chen Du trapped and destroyed the demon with divine lightning. The mansion survived, while the outside world was left to assume it had defeated the Eighth Realm demon in secret.

• The Blood Pagoda Demon Ancestor attacked Longhu Mountain, and Zhou Xuanzhen and the disciples defended the mansion with the Dragon-Tiger Demon-Suppressing Grand Formation.
• The demon's attacks badly wounded the defenders, but Chen Du remained at the last formation position as the disciples vowed to hold their ground.
• The Blood Pagoda Demon Ancestor sensed a terrifying presence and fled, only to become trapped circling within Chen Du's palm.
• Chen Du rebuked the demon for threatening the mansion and destroyed it with divine lightning.
• The Celestial Masters' Mansion kept watch until nightfall, and the outside world learned that the Blood Pagoda Demon Ancestor had vanished.
• The Puppet Sect avoided the Celestial Masters' Mansion, while Xie Changming heard of the demon's death and continued wandering.

After the Blood Pagoda Demon Ancestor was slain by a hidden power on Longhu Mountain, Chen Du continued cultivating in secret and spent another ten years deepening his Celestial Master status. The world remained overrun by demons, while the threat to Blue Star from the Kema People still weighed on him.

• Zhou Xuanzhen concluded that a hidden senior on Longhu Mountain had killed the Blood Pagoda Demon Ancestor, and he announced the demon's death to the mansion's disciples.
• Chen Du studied the Divine Firmament Demon-Slaying and Devil-Breaking True Scripture at the ruined Demon-Slaying Platform.
• Over the next ten years, Chen Du found several cultivation manuals and elixir formulas across Longhu Mountain.
• Chen Du cultivated the Celestial Master Status: Nine Realms Returning to Truth, reaching between the Late Stage and Peak Stage of the Heavenly Master Realm as his status began to turn from illusory to real.
• Chen Du remained cautious as demonic forces spread across the world and the Kema People's starships continued to threaten Blue Star.

After decades of cultivation, Chen Du completed his transformation into a Great Celestial Master and reached the Ninth Realm. With his strength now enough to kill Eighth-Stage foes and challenge Ninth-Tier opponents, he prepared to face the approaching Kema People.

• Old Zhou and the other menial servants took Chen Du for a walk, shared old stories, and quietly showed that they knew he was the mysterious Longhu Mountain senior.
• Chen Du slept through the night and much of the next day, then awoke with golden light in his eyes as his Divine Status transformed into the Taiyi Xuanhuang Grand Celestial Master Position.
• Chen Du consolidated his Divine Status, unified his cultivation arts beneath it, and broke through to the Great Celestial Master Realm.
• Chen Du realized his Divine Status had completed his Cangming Abyss Divine Foundation and judged that he could kill an Eighth-Stage foe and fight a Ninth-Tier opponent.
• Chen Du considered the approaching Kema People's starships and resolved that he would be ready to strike back when he returned to Blue Star.

Demon Venerable Zhang Yanzhen manipulated Great Jin into ordering an alliance to destroy the Celestial Masters' Mansion, then led the assault on Longhu Mountain. As the armies prepared to attack, the humble sweeper Li Mo revealed the overwhelming pressure of the Great Celestial Master Realm, leaving both sides unable to stand.

• Zhang Yanzhen used his avatar as Chancellor Li Xuanji to persuade the young emperor to summon the sects and attack the Celestial Masters' Mansion.
• Zhang Yanzhen reached the Peak Stage of the Eighth Realm and vowed to destroy Longhu Mountain himself.
• Zhou Xuanzhen and the mansion's Perfected Ones ordered the disciples to fortify Longhu Mountain and prepare to defend it.
• The allied army and Zhang Yanzhen's demonic force surrounded Longhu Mountain, and the Demon Venerable's avatar ordered them to attack.
• Li Mo appeared in midair and revealed a trace of his Great Celestial Master Realm pressure, forcing the mansion's disciples, the invading army, and the demonic experts to their knees.

Chen Du destroyed the demonic and yao forces attacking Longhu Mountain, killed Demon Lord Zhang Yanzhen, and uncovered an ancient demonic presence behind Zhang's power. The world learned of Li Mo's strength, and Chen Du returned to his courtyard, where Old Zhou asked about him and he asked whether the meal was ready.

• Chen Du used the Taiyi Xuanhuang Grand Celestial Master Position to burn away more than ten thousand demonic and yao cultivators, scattering the allied army.
• Demon Lord Zhang Yanzhen fled, but Chen Du intercepted him and annihilated him with a torrent of divine lightning.
• Chen Du drew a deep, ancient wisp of demonic thought from the void and sealed it within the Heavenly Master Divine Seal.
• Survivors spread word of the battle, and the name Li Mo became known as sects changed their allegiance and sent envoys to Longhu Mountain.
• Zhou Xuanzhen bowed to Chen Du as the Celestial Master, and Chen Du returned to his courtyard while the mansion's disciples watched in awe.
• Old Zhou, Old Zhao, and Old Sun greeted Chen Du at the courtyard gate, and Chen Du asked whether the meal was ready.

Over sixty years, Chen Du mastered the Heavenly Master Divine Seal and combined its inheritance with his own cultivation. He destroyed the sealed demon and restored peace to the Celestial Master Realm, while a Kema People starship appeared above Blue Star five days earlier.

• The Celestial Masters' Mansion flourished over sixty years as lost scriptures reappeared and three disciples reached the heavenly master realm.
• Chen Du refined the Heavenly Master Divine Seal, unified the two Celestial Master Positions, and reached the heights of the ninth level.
• Chen Du followed a wisp of demonic thought to a sealed valley and shattered the nine stone gates.
• The demon tried to tempt Chen Du, but he used the Heavenly Master Divine Seal to destroy its remaining consciousness and collapse the seal.
• A giant starship emerged from a fissure above Blue Star, and the Kema People laughed inside its command cabin.

The Kema forces arrived at Blue Star and, unable to find Chen Du, unleashed an Eighth Stage War Behemoth to force him out. As the creature devastated a city, world leaders learned that the alien starship carried multiple Ninth Tier fighters and began considering nuclear weapons as humanity’s only option.

• The Kema captain discovered that Chen Du was no longer on Blue Star and ordered the War Behemoth deployed to destroy cities until Chen Du emerged.
• The Eighth Stage War Behemoth landed, destroyed a small city, and began smashing its way toward a major city.
• Zhou Weiyong joined an emergency global conference where leaders watched footage of the behemoth defeating human weapons.
• The United Nations commissioner revealed that the Kema starship held more than one Ninth Tier fighter and that the aliens were displaying their strength to intimidate humanity.
• The representatives realized Chen Du had not appeared and that humanity might have to defend itself without him.
• The Lighthouse Nation's representative proposed using nuclear bombs against the War Behemoth.

Humanity detonated a 500-million-ton nuclear bomb against the Kema People’s War Behemoth, but it survived and left world leaders in despair. The Kema People then broadcast an ultimatum demanding Chen Du’s surrender while threatening to unleash their stronger forces.

• Representatives from several nations debated the fallout from a nuclear bomb powerful enough to kill an Eighth Stage life-form, and Zhou Weiyong concluded humanity had no other choice.
• Humanity raised the bomb’s yield to 500 million tons and prepared an elaborate ambush along the behemoth’s route.
• The bomb engulfed the behemoth in a colossal blast, but it survived with charred wounds and broken spikes, then flew out of the embers.
• The Kema People mocked humanity’s failed attack and ordered the behemoth to continue its destruction to draw out the hidden god.
• The Kema People projected a giant image across the sky and demanded that Blue Star surrender Chen Du, claiming their fleet held beings far stronger than the behemoth.

Chen Du returned to Blue Star and destroyed the Kema People’s rampaging war beast with divine lightning, reviving humanity’s hope. The Kema captain welcomed his appearance, intent on killing him.

• The Kema People threatened to destroy a city each day unless humanity surrendered and handed over Chen Du, while the Xia Kingdom and Lighthouse Nation urged resistance.
• The Kema captain revealed that the invasion was designed to draw Chen Du out, and that the Kema People planned to exterminate Blue Star’s humans regardless of surrender.
• Chen Du returned to Mount Tai after retrieving the Heavenly Master Divine Seal and learned from Xiaokui about the invasion, the war beast’s destruction, and the demand for his surrender.
• Chen Du reached the war beast and killed it with a barrage of violet-gold divine lightning, which people around the world witnessed.
• Humanity celebrated Chen Du’s return, while the Kema captain declared that he had finally appeared and became their target.

Chen Du faced the Kema People’s threat as the world watched and pleaded for him to retreat. The Koma Starship sent a Ninth Tier warrior and ten Eighth Stage warriors to surround him, leaving humanity convinced he could not win.

• The Kema warrior taunted Chen Du and claimed that stronger Kema fighters aboard the starship had reached the Ninth Tier.
• World leaders and civilians urged Chen Du to escape, while Xiaokui warned him that humanity’s hope depended on his survival.
• Chen Du refused to retreat and told Xiaokui to move farther away.
• The Koma Starship captain ordered a Ninth Tier warrior and ten Eighth Stage warriors to attack Chen Du.
• The eleven Kema warriors descended and surrounded Chen Du, and their strength was broadcast around the world.
• People watching the confrontation fell silent and despaired as Chen Du stood alone against the eleven warriors.

Chen Du annihilated eleven Kema fighters, including a ninth-tier leader, revealing his overwhelming power to the world. The Kema captain ordered the starship’s weapons to target Chen Du as its main cannon charged.

• Chen Du ignored worldwide pleas to evacuate as the ninth-tier Kema ordered ten eighth-tier fighters to attack him.
• Chen Du used his divine status and Celestial Masters' Mansion arts to crush the Kema attack formation and destroy all eleven fighters.
• People around the world reacted with shock and celebration as Chen Du remained unharmed.
• The Kema captain realized Chen Du had reached the ninth tier and lost nearly a third of the starship’s fighting strength.
• The captain ordered the main cannon and secondary cannons to lock onto Chen Du as the starship charged its weapons.

Chen Du survived the starship’s main cannon and used the Heavenly Master Divine Seal to block its full barrage, leaving the Kema People desperate to escape. Their ship needed three minutes to restart its thrusters, while Zhou Weiyong realized Chen Du’s strength had surpassed what their instruments could measure.

• The Kema captain believed Chen Du had been killed by a direct hit from the starship’s main cannon, but Chen Du emerged from the crater unharmed.
• The captain ordered every weapon fired at Chen Du, who combined his divine foundations with the Heavenly Master Divine Seal to block the barrage.
• The Kema captain ordered an immediate retreat, but a crew member told him the ship’s thrusters needed three minutes to restart.
• Zhou Weiyong watched the seal block the attacks and heard an analyst explain that Chen Du’s strength exceeded their instruments’ limits.

Chen Du destroyed the Kema starship and killed its captain and vice captain, securing a victory for Blue Star’s humanity. The Kema council then ordered a hundred warships and three Tenth Tier experts to invade Blue Star and kill Chen Du.

• Chen Du blasted the Kema starship apart and killed the Eighth Stage warriors who attacked him.
• Chen Du pursued and killed the vice captain and captain as they tried to escape, while people around the world celebrated the victory.
• The Kema council watched the battle and recognized Chen Du as a rapidly rising threat.
• Imhotep and the other Kema leaders agreed to send a stronger force against Blue Star.
• The Kema council ordered a hundred warships under three Tenth Tier experts to exterminate Blue Star’s humans and kill Chen Du on sight.

After destroying a Kema People starship, Chen Du learned that a much larger force could arrive within days and vowed to face it. He purged malicious extraterrestrial beings across the Xia Kingdom and returned with Xiaokui to Mount Tai, which had grown even larger.

• Xiaokui warned Chen Du that the Kema People could return with a fleet and a Tenth Tier powerhouse, and Chen Du said he would wipe out the Kema Clan if necessary.
• Chen Du declined to explain his rapid advancement and the sixty years he had experienced in the Celestial Master Realm, which had lasted only a day on Blue Star.
• Chen Du used his Divine Statuses and the Heavenly Master Divine Seal to detect and kill malicious extraterrestrial beings throughout Magic City and other cities across the Xia Kingdom.
• Friendly and neutral extraterrestrial beings survived the purge, while humans celebrated Chen Du's return and the surviving aliens kept their distance from cities.
• Chen Du and Xiaokui returned to Mount Tai and found that the mountain had grown even larger since his previous visit.

Chen Du and Xiaokui discovered a powerful Xuan Abyss-class starship hidden in an abyss beneath Mount Tai, then discussed using it to explore the universe. Chen Du decided to investigate whether the ship could still start before creating an avatar to pilot it.

• Chen Du descended into the abyss beneath Mount Tai and found a colossal starship resting on its floor.
• Xiaokui identified the ship as the Xuan Abyss-class main battle ship AZ-007, equipped with a cannon capable of killing peak ninth-tier experts.
• Xiaokui explained the power of ninth-tier Universe Light Realm cultivators and remarked on Chen Du's ease in killing them.
• Chen Du considered creating an avatar to explore the universe while his original body remained on Blue Star to protect it from the Kema People.
• Chen Du found the True Explanation of Supreme Clarity Spirit Division and Form Creation in the Heavenly Master Divine Seal, but decided to first see whether the starship could be started.