Chapter Summaries

Zhou Shan killed a Heaven Origin Realm white fox Demon Warrior and returned to the Eight Extremes Heavenly Sect with the corpses from his mission. After earning 905,000 Contribution Points, he agreed to join a Demon Slaying Squad and headed for the Demon Slaying Division in the Great Li Capital.

• Zhou Shan defeated the white fox Demon Warrior’s illusions, pursued him through his fox clones, and killed him with the Black Nightmare Saber.
• Zhou Shan returned to the Eight Extremes Heavenly Sect and submitted Feng Beimo’s corpse and the corpses of five Earth Origin Realm Demon Warriors and the white fox Demon Warrior.
• Elder Zheng Xuan confirmed the white fox Demon Warrior’s mid Heaven Origin Realm cultivation and awarded Zhou Shan 905,000 Contribution Points in total.
• Elder Zheng Xuan told Zhou Shan that Heaven Origin Realm Venerables could join Demon Slaying Squads, and Zhou Shan agreed to join one.
• Zhou Shan collected a permanent Purple Cloud Eagle mount from Beast Taming Peak and flew toward the Great Li Capital to report to the Demon Slaying Division.

Zhou Shan arrived at the Demon Slaying Division, defeated the other candidates with his two perfect True Intents, and became captain of a new Demon Slaying Squad. After receiving a mission, the squad traveled to North Mang City, where Prefectural Governor Cao Guohong welcomed them.

• Tu Guang introduced Zhou Shan to Lin Shou, Yan Yunfeng, Xia Yu, and Han Wenying, who agreed to choose their captain by strength and divide Contribution Points according to the usual shares.
• Zhou Shan defeated Lin Shou in a True Intent contest by combining his perfect Darkness True Intent and Heavenly Fire True Intent, and Yan Yunfeng, Xia Yu, and Han Wenying conceded.
• Lin Shou and the others accepted Zhou Shan as captain, and Zhou Shan named their group the Demon Slaying Squad.
• After several days of preparation, Zhou Shan and his squad received a mission to deal with Heaven Origin Realm Demon Warriors in North Mang Prefecture.
• Zhou Shan led the squad to North Mang City and headed for the Prefectural Governor's Manor, where Cao Guohong came out to welcome them.

Zhou Shan led the Demon Slaying Squad in destroying Myriad Demon Sect-affiliated forces, then earned enough Contribution Points to exchange for a Yin Yang Pill. He used the pill to condense an Origin Pill and broke through to the Core Origin Realm.

• Zhou Shan received his appointment and intelligence on the Myriad Demon Sect from Cao Guohong, then led the Demon Slaying Squad to attack its affiliated forces.
• The squad swept through several sects and plundered their headquarters, earning Spirit Stones and Contribution Points as Zhou Shan’s reputation grew.
• At Sky Cang Mountain, six Myriad Demon Sect experts ambushed the squad, but Zhou Shan killed them after defeating the short old man who led the attack.
• The corpses yielded enough Contribution Points for Zhou Shan to exceed ten million, and he exchanged them for a Yin Yang Pill.
• Zhou Shan swallowed the Yin Yang Pill and condensed his True Essence Mana into an Origin Pill, breaking through to the Core Origin Realm.

After Zhou Shan confirmed his breakthrough to the Core Origin Realm, the Eight Extremes Heavenly Sect tested his aptitude and discovered he possessed a Nine-Star Talent. The sect promised him the dynasty’s resources and urged him to prepare for the Heavenly Pride Battle, while Zhou Shan began cultivating a second technique using the Myriad Changes Guishui Fiend Qi.

• Zhou Shan returned to the Eight Extremes Heavenly Sect and told Sect Master He Yaonan and the four Grand Elders that he had broken through to the Core Origin Realm.
• He Yaonan tested Zhou Shan with the Heavenly Mandate Jade Tablet, which revealed nine heavenly mandate stars and confirmed his Nine-Star Talent.
• He Yaonan explained that Zhou Shan could compete in the Heavenly Pride Battle in five years and said the Great Li Dynasty would conceal his true aptitude by announcing that he had a Five-Star Talent.
• Zhou Shan visited the Technique Transmission Hall and memorized more than a dozen techniques capable of condensing Core Origin into a core.
• Zhou Shan chose the Thousand-Hand Vajra True Scripture as his next technique and rode a Purple Cloud Eagle toward the Myriad Changes Guishui Fiend Qi vein.

After five years of seclusion, Zhou Shan reached the fourth transformation of the Core Origin Realm and traveled with Great Li’s delegates to the Heavenly Pride Battle. The Myriad Demon Sect ambushed their flying boat, and Zhou Shan identified its sect master as a third-transformation Demon King wielding six domains.

• Zhou Shan refined the Houtu Qilin Fiend Qi, accumulated twelve hundred years of mana, and used two Yin Yang Pills to reach the second Core Origin Realm transformation.
• Over the next five years, Zhou Shan advanced to the fourth transformation, surpassing every Martial King in the Great Li Dynasty.
• He Yaonan summoned Zhou Shan to prepare for the Heavenly Pride Battle, and Zhou Shan accompanied him to the Great Li Capital.
• At the Great Li Royal House, Zhou Shan met the other competitors, including Crown Prince Wang Yun, before the Great Li Royal Ancestor led them toward the Great Gan Dynasty.
• Cao Zhen and more than thirty Myriad Demon Sect Demon Kings set an ambush to kill Great Li’s geniuses, especially Zhou Shan.
• Cao Zhen attacked the arriving silver flying boat with a Heaven-Supporting Demon Palm, and Zhou Shan recognized the six domains as the power of a third-transformation Core Origin Realm Demon King.

Zhou Shan revealed his fourth-transformation Core Origin Realm strength and slaughtered thirty-five Core Origin Realm Demon Kings who ambushed the flying vessel. Afterward, he flew to join the Great Li Royal Ancestor against Cao Zhen, who had lured the ancestor away.

• Cao Zhen drew the Great Li Royal Ancestor away from the flying vessel, leaving Zhou Shan and the others to face the Myriad Demon Sect's Demon Kings.
• Thirty-five Demon Kings unleashed more than ninety domains against the defenders, and He Yaonan told Zhou Shan they could no longer hold them back.
• Zhou Shan summoned a Thousand-Hand Vajra and shattered all the attacking domains, revealing that he had reached the fourth transformation of the Core Origin Realm.
• Zhou Shan pursued the fleeing Demon Kings with the Thunderbolt Ghost God while the sect masters of the Six Great Heavenly Sects and Crown Prince Wang Yun restrained others.
• Zhou Shan killed all thirty-five Demon Kings in less than three minutes, then flew toward the distant battle between the Great Li Royal Ancestor and Cao Zhen.

Zhou Shan and the Great Li Royal Ancestor defeated Cao Zhen and reached the Great Gan Capital, where Zhou Shan prepared to attend a major auction ahead of the Heavenly Pride Battle. The chapter ended with Zhou Shan selling the thirty-six Monster Cores he had collected to the Four Seas Merchant Association.

• The Great Li Royal Ancestor held Cao Zhen back until Zhou Shan arrived, and Zhou Shan killed the Myriad Demon Sect Master after overcoming his demon dragon form.
• Zhou Shan collected thirty-six Monster Cores from the fallen Myriad Demon Sect forces and continued toward the Great Gan Dynasty with the Great Li Royal Ancestor.
• Zhou Shan and his companions reached the Great Gan Capital, passed its Demon-Illuminating Mirror, and settled at an inn while they awaited the Heavenly Pride Battle.
• Zhou Shan visited the Four Seas Merchant Association to prepare for its grand auction and sold all thirty-six Monster Cores for Spirit Stones.

Zhou Shan attended the Four Seas Auction in the Great Gan Imperial Capital and won a Nine Spirit Yuan Pill for 750 million Low-grade Spirit Stones. He bought Fiend Seeds and returned to the inn to enter seclusion and advance his cultivation.

• Zhou Shan and the Great Li delegation attended the elite Four Seas Auction, where the first item, Marrow Quenching Spirit Liquid, sold for twelve million Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• The auctioneer introduced the thirtieth item, a Nine Spirit Yuan Pill that could raise a Martial King below the Seventh Turn to cultivation completion.
• Zhou Shan competed against other bidders for the pill, raising his offer to 750 million Low-grade Spirit Stones and securing it after the other bidders withdrew.
• Zhou Shan left the auction, bought Fiend Seeds, and returned to the inn to prepare for his fifth Yin-Yang Harmonization.
• Zhou Shan entered seclusion and swallowed the Nine Spirit Yuan Pill.

Zhou Shan reached the Fifth Turn Core Origin Realm, perfected the Slaughter True Scripture, and began cultivating the Illusion Saber True Scripture. He entered the Great Gan Dynasty’s Heavenly Pride Battle and won his first match against a Second Turn Martial King.

• Zhou Shan used sixteen Yin Yang Pills to complete his fifth Yin-Yang Harmonization, break through to the Fifth Turn Core Origin Realm, and perfect the Slaughter True Scripture.
• Zhou Shan refined the Heavenly Mirage Illusion Sha and Taibai Gengjin Sha, gaining beginner-level Illusion Saber True Intent and Saber Dao True Intent.
• Four months later, Zhou Shan and the other Great Li contestants arrived in the Great Gan Imperial City as the Heavenly Pride Battle began.
• The Martial Dao Sacred Land judges opened the preliminary round, and Zhou Shan followed his token’s guidance into an independent arena space.
• Zhou Shan crushed the purple-robed Second Turn Martial King’s icy manifestation with his Darkness Domain, and the judges teleported his opponent away, declaring Zhou Shan the winner.

Zhou Shan swept through the preliminary round and entered the top hundred, then revealed Nine-Star Talent during testing in Qianqing Hall. The four Martial Dao Sacred Lands competed to recruit him, but agreed to let their Saints decide which one he would join.

• Zhou Shan defeated six opponents, passed the preliminary round, and saw that the other nine contestants from the Great Li Dynasty had been eliminated.
• The Great Gan Emperor summoned the hundred qualifiers to Qianqing Hall for talent testing, where several contestants displayed Five-Star or Six-Star Talent.
• Zhou Shan's test produced nine brilliant Heavenly Mandate stars that caused a sensation throughout the Great Gan Capital.
• The Emperors of Tianxuan, Wuxing, Jinxia, and Dayan Sacred Lands offered Zhou Shan lavish terms and argued over recruiting him.
• Zhou Shan asked the Sacred Land representatives to discuss the decision among themselves, and they agreed to let their Saints settle the matter before testing resumed.

After Xiao Yan revealed Seven-star Talent, the Heavenly Prides traveled to Eastern Desolate Holy City, while the Great Gan Emperor rewarded the Great Li Dynasty for Zhou Shan’s sake. A Martial Dao Saint arrived and took Zhou Shan to Dayan Sacred Land, leaving the other Heavenly Prides in the Holy City.

• Xiao Yan’s test revealed Seven-star Talent, and his ring-bound teacher explained that the Great Sun Heaven Mending Scripture could raise his aptitude further.
• The hundred Heavenly Prides who passed the preliminary round entered a Spatial Teleportation Array and traveled to Eastern Desolate Holy City.
• The Great Gan Emperor rewarded the Great Li Dynasty, whose leaders learned that Zhou Shan had Nine-Star Talent and heard He Yaonan explain why he had concealed it.
• A Martial Dao Saint arrived in Eastern Desolate Holy City and announced that Zhou Shan would join Dayan Sacred Land.
• Zhou Shan accepted the decision, entered the Saint’s war chariot, and was escorted toward Dayan Sacred Land.

Zhou Shan arrived at Dayan Sacred Land, completed his Holy Son induction, and received abundant cultivation resources. After a year of seclusion, he reached the complete Ninth Turn Core Origin Realm, leaving him ready to shatter his Golden Core and nurture his spirit.

• Cheng Cang escorted Zhou Shan through Dayan Sacred Land’s formation and welcomed him into the sacred land.
• Zhou Shan completed the Holy Son formalities and received law artifacts, a Life-Preserving Jade Talisman, and a tour of the sacred land’s cultivation grounds.
• Dayan Sacred Land’s upper echelons sent Zhou Shan valuable king-rank pills and heavenly treasures, and he began cultivating in seclusion.
• After a year, Zhou Shan’s mana reached six thousand years and his Golden Core completed its ninth Yin-Yang union.
• Zhou Shan realized his Golden Core had reached its limit and that his next step was to shatter the core and nurture the spirit.

Zhou Shan refined the Heavenly Soul Nurturing God Fruit, broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and discovered a golden book deep in his sea of consciousness. He gained the Upright Shadowless talent and left the Holy Son’s residence to test it around Dayan Sacred Land.

• Zhou Shan refined the Heavenly Soul Nurturing God Fruit for half a year, nurturing his soul within his Origin Core until the core cracked and released his Primordial Spirit.
• Zhou Shan recognized that he had reached the Nascent Soul Realm but remained a half-step Martial Emperor until he comprehended the Power of Law.
• Zhou Shan used his Primordial Spirit to find a golden book labeled Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Arts deep in his sea of consciousness.
• Zhou Shan touched the book, which fled deeper into his sea of consciousness, but a page broke away and granted him the Upright Shadowless talent.
• Zhou Shan tested Upright Shadowless in the courtyard, then wandered through Dayan Sacred Land unseen by its disciples and elders.

After breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, Zhou Shan received Dayan Sacred Land’s Myriad Thoughts Emperor Art and used it to rapidly multiply his thoughts and improve his comprehension. He then discovered that using Nine Breaths Assimilation through his Primordial Spirit let him merge with heaven and earth and see its laws with astonishing clarity.

• Zhou Shan tested his Upright Shadowless Talent and found that even Martial Dao Emperors struggled to detect or harm him while he was intangible.
• A white-haired Martial Dao Saint visited Zhou Shan, gave him the Myriad Thoughts Emperor Art, and explained the protective restriction placed on its secrets.
• Zhou Shan began cultivating the Myriad Thoughts Emperor Art, divided one thought into ten, and controlled ten Dharma forms at once.
• By the next day, Zhou Shan had advanced to one thought into a hundred and began comprehending the Powers of Law in heaven and earth.
• Zhou Shan activated Nine Breaths Assimilation with his Primordial Spirit and merged with heaven and earth, making the Powers of Law appear clear and within reach.

Zhou Shan condensed all eighteen Law Seeds and nearly perfected their Laws before Dayan Sacred Land’s Saint prepared him to enter the Land of Returning Ruins. After receiving a treasure that could resurrect him, Zhou Shan set out for the myriad races’ Heavenly Pride competition.

• Zhou Shan harmonized with heaven and earth to comprehend all eighteen Laws, but stopped after three months when half of his divided thoughts had been assimilated.
• After restoring his thoughts, Zhou Shan focused on one Law at a time and, nine years later, had nearly perfected all eighteen Powers of Law.
• A white-haired Saint explained the Land of Returning Ruins’ realm-restricted regions, dangerous contests, and importance to Dayan Sacred Land’s share of Eastern Domain resources.
• Zhou Shan pledged to win benefits for Dayan Sacred Land and accepted the Life and Death Creation Lotus, leaving a thought inside it as a means of resurrection.
• The white-haired Saint brought Zhou Shan to Dayan Sacred Land’s teleportation formation leading directly to the Land of Returning Ruins.

Zhou Shan entered the Land of Returning Ruins as a Holy Son of Dayan Sacred Land and arrived at Dayan City, where the prodigies learned of his arrival. After gathering the city’s disciples, he told them to keep affairs as they had been.

• A white-haired Saint explained the Land of Returning Ruins’ alliances and rules to Zhou Shan, then sent him through a teleportation formation.
• Zhou Shan arrived in Dayan City and learned that the region’s grand dao laws restricted powerful treasures and that prodigies could not return by the normal route until reaching the Ninth Layer of Nascent Soul.
• Zhou Shan received a white Qi Luck Token, which could absorb other prodigies’ qi luck and gain higher grades through victory or killing.
• The prodigies guarding Dayan City’s formation recognized Zhou Shan as a Holy Son and bowed to him.
• Zhou Shan summoned Dayan Sacred Land’s prodigies to the City Lord’s Manor and told them he did not want to manage affairs, so they should maintain the city as before.

Zhou Shan completed his cultivation of all eighteen Powers of Law and gained the Dragon Subduing Tiger Taming talent, then learned that Demon Race Holy Sons were coming to attack Dayan City. The chapter ended as their powerful presence descended over the city.

• Zhou Shan learned that the Overlord Heaven Secret Realm would open in one month and that its Overlord Blood Grass could strengthen his body.
• Zhou Shan perfected the Star Law, seized a page from the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Arts, and gained the Dragon Subduing Tiger Taming talent.
• Zhou Shan emerged from seclusion and prepared to wait fifteen days for the secret realm to open.
• A Dayan Sacred Land heavenly pride reported that Holy Son Ziyang had died in an ambush by the Nine-Headed Lion Clan and Silver Moon Wolf Clan, while Holy Son Guanglu had escaped wounded.
• Zhou Shan learned that the Nine-Headed Lion Clan's Holy Son had perfected twelve Powers of Law, then sensed the Demon Race heavenly prides arrive over Dayan City.

Zhou Shan subdued the Nine-Headed Golden Lion with eighteen Law Chains and demanded that it become his mount. The lion unleashed a saint’s life-preserving talisman, breaking most of the chains and striking at Zhou Shan with a golden seal, and Zhou Shan activated Upright Shadowless to face the attack.

• The Nine-Headed Golden Lion arrived at Dayan City, terrifying the gathered heavenly prides and prompting Zhou Shan to act.
• Zhou Shan summoned the Primordial Spirit Heavenly Eye and used eighteen Law Chains to overpower and bind the lion.
• The heavenly prides recognized Zhou Shan’s strength as he appeared before the captive lion and declared it qualified to be his mount.
• The Nine-Headed Golden Lion rejected Zhou Shan’s demand and activated a saint’s life-preserving jade talisman, breaking most of its restraints.
• The lion formed an ancient golden seal and sent it crashing toward Zhou Shan, who activated Upright Shadowless.

Zhou Shan survived the Nine-Headed Golden Lion's devastating attack, used the Spirit Control Seal to subdue it as his mount, and rode it toward the Demon Race city. When more Nine-Headed Lions arrived, he killed them and absorbed their qi luck.

• Zhou Shan used Upright Shadowless Talent to evade the golden ancient seal, then restrained the fleeing Nine-Headed Golden Lion with Law Chains.
• Zhou Shan overwhelmed the Nine-Headed Golden Lion's Primordial Spirit with the Spirit Control Seal and Soul-Seizing Technique, branding it with his imprint despite its resistance.
• Zhou Shan ordered the Nine-Headed Golden Lion to lie down, and the prodigies of Dayan City watched in shock as he claimed it as his mount.
• Zhou Shan rode the Nine-Headed Golden Lion toward the Demon Race city to answer the attack on Dayan City and pursue the merit of capturing a city.
• More than a dozen Nine-Headed Lions arrived and were stunned to see Zhou Shan riding His Highness Shi Kuang; Zhou Shan attacked them with the mount's roar and a palm strike formed from eighteen types of Power of Law.
• Zhou Shan killed the arriving Nine-Headed Lions, and their Qi Luck Tokens transferred their qi luck into his own token.

Zhou Shan destroyed Nine-Headed City with the Nine-Headed Golden Lion, absorbing the qi luck of its demon prodigies and advancing his Qi Luck Token to red. He then infiltrated Silver Moon City to destroy its Spatial Teleportation Array, and as the demon prodigies fled, he tracked them with the Primordial Spirit Heavenly Eye.

• After the Nine-Headed Lion Clan prodigies died, Zhou Shan absorbed their qi luck and ordered the Nine-Headed Golden Lion to lead him to Nine-Headed City.
• The Nine-Headed Golden Lion destroyed Nine-Headed City's Spatial Teleportation Array, then fought alongside Zhou Shan as Zhou Shan slaughtered the city's demon prodigies.
• Zhou Shan's Qi Luck Token advanced from white to red, and he rode toward Silver Moon City as the news of Nine-Headed City's destruction spread.
• Zhou Shan used Upright Shadowless to bypass Silver Moon City's formations and destroy its Spatial Teleportation Array from within.
• The Nine-Headed Golden Lion attacked Silver Moon City's protective barrier, prompting its demon prodigies to flee, but Zhou Shan used the Primordial Spirit Heavenly Eye to track them.