Chapter Summaries

After years of cultivation beneath the Bodhi Tree, Zhou Tong perfected his Thousand Mountain Seal and envisioned a series of transformations that could culminate in the taboo secret technique Primordial Desolation. The chapter left him contemplating how to develop the technique further.

• The ancient sects and divine dynasties yielded to Zhou Tong and delivered the sacred materials he had demanded.
• Zhou Tong received the Healer Character Secret and noted that the Number Secret was the only one of the Nine Secrets he still lacked.
• Four years passed as the Source Heaven Divine Array made the Valley of Sinners a sacred land and Zhou Tong cultivated beneath the Bodhi Tree.
• Zhou Tong unleashed the completed Thousand Mountain Seal, displaying its three thousand Great Dao runes and the phantom of three thousand divine mountains.
• Zhou Tong outlined how the Thousand Mountain Seal could evolve into the Sky Flipping Seal, Four Seas Seal, and Eight Desolations Seal before joining them as Primordial Desolation.

After Yin Tiande emerged from ten years of seclusion having achieved Dao Severing, Ziwei’s cultivators stirred up talk of a showdown with Zhou Tong. Zhou Tong prepared to pursue his unprecedented Non-Cutting Cut, aiming to remain permanently in Divine Prohibition before returning to the Big Dipper to cultivate Immortal Qi.

• The Human King died, the Peacock Great Bright King perished while attempting a breakthrough, and Yi Qingwu advanced to the ninth minor step of the Second Layer of Immortal Platform.
• Yin Tiande emerged from seclusion after succeeding in Dao Severing, and his rise shook the Ziwei Star Domain.
• Cultivators across Ziwei called for Yin Tiande to attack Zhou Tong and spread rumors to provoke a battle between them.
• Zhou Tong’s Divine Prohibition State ended, and he reflected on how Dao Severing could let a genius break past the Eight Restrictions.
• Zhou Tong resolved to deepen his Great Dao comprehension until its power overwhelmed the trial without cutting away his Dao, calling this his Non-Cutting Cut.
• Zhou Tong planned to finish gathering Dao Fire and Karma Fire, then return to the Big Dipper and use the Path to Immortality to cultivate Immortal Qi.

After accepting Zhou Tong’s challenge, Yin Tiande set their duel for the full moon at Eight Profound Mountains. Zhou Tong completed a rebirth that united his Secret Realms and formed a unique Divine Form, then eagerly prepared to fight Yin Tiande.

• Zhou Tong challenged Yin Tiande, who accepted and named Eight Profound Mountains as the meeting place seven days later.
• Zhou Tong exhausted his divine power and shattered his body, then used the Immortal Phoenix Treasure Art to regenerate it.
• Zhou Tong reassembled his body and linked the five great Secret Realms, resolving the conflict among the different scriptures he had cultivated.
• Zhou Tong fused six Divine Forms into a unique, still-imperfect Divine Form and entered a new, battle-focused Divine Prohibition State.
• Zhou Tong declared that he could barely wait to fight Yin Tiande at Eight Profound Mountains.

The cultivation world of Ziwei anticipated Zhou Tong’s decisive battle with Yin Tiande, while Ye Fan and his companions discussed Zhou Tong’s likely advancement to the King Realm. As Yin Tiande and Zhou Tong prepared in their respective retreats, Zhou Tong’s battle intent continued to build toward their confrontation.

• People across Ziwei debated whether Zhou Tong could match Yin Tiande, who had reached the third level of the King Realm after severing his Dao.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Zi Xia concluded that Zhou Tong had likely severed his Dao during years of secluded cultivation.
• Pang Bo teased Ye Fan and Zi Xia about having a child, and Ye Fan explained how rare an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo was.
• Yin Tiande sat outside the Eight Sceneries Palace reviewing his scriptures while Yin Tianzhi worried about the unknown Great Sage behind Zhou Tong.
• After linking his five great secret realms, Zhou Tong meditated on a mountaintop and steadily accumulated battle intent for his fight with Yin Tiande.

At Eight Profound Mountains, a vast crowd gathered to witness Zhou Tong and Yin Tiande fight for the Emperor’s Path. Yin Tiande arrived first and waited calmly, then Zhou Tong appeared at the appointed hour, revealing a mastery of the Great Dao that shook his rival as the battle was about to begin.

• Cultivators from across the region gathered at Eight Profound Mountains, including the North Sea Black Dragon King, the Lord of Human King Palace, Longevity View, and Guanghan Palace, whose supporters backed Yin Tiande.
• Ye Fan and his companions watched the crowd, while Pang Bo remarked that Zhou Tong’s extortion of sects and sacred lands had earned him widespread hatred.
• Yin Tiande arrived beneath a surge of Purple Qi Coming from the East and sat on a peak to regulate his breath as he waited for Zhou Tong.
• As the full moon reached its zenith, the spectators questioned whether Zhou Tong would appear, and some mocked him for delaying.
• Zhou Tong approached with Dao Sound and auspicious qi surrounding him, and Yin Tiande was shaken by his profound comprehension of the Great Dao and invincible bearing.

Zhou Tong appeared on Eight Profound Mountains and fought Yin Tiande, revealing battle strength that let him contend with an Eight Restrictions opponent across three minor realms. Ye Fan recognized that Zhou Tong had entered and was sustaining Divine Prohibition as the duel left the mountains in ruins.

• Zhou Tong appeared in Divine Prohibition and charged Yin Tiande with the All Character Secret.
• Zhou Tong and Yin Tiande exchanged devastating strikes, and their collision illuminated the night and forced spectators to defend themselves or retreat.
• Zhou Tong used the Grass Character Sword Art, while Yin Tiande answered with the Sun Emperor Fist; both were wounded when their fists collided.
• The duel destroyed eight Profound Mountains, and spectators realized Zhou Tong was fighting at the peak of the Second Layer of Immortal Platform against Yin Tiande across three realms.
• Ye Fan identified Zhou Tong's state as Divine Prohibition, and Pang Bo and the onlookers were shocked that Zhou Tong had maintained it throughout the battle.

Zhou Tong and Yin Tiande fought in earnest, and both suffered severe injuries before recovering with powerful healing arts. The battle became a potential war of attrition after Yin Tiande revealed the Healer Character Secret, leaving Zhou Tong wary that his unstable Divine Prohibition might fail.

• Yin Tiande recognized Zhou Tong's Divine Prohibition and attacked, determined to defeat him and learn how to maintain the state.
• Zhou Tong and Yin Tiande unleashed their full power in close combat, shaking the battlefield and injuring one another.
• Zhou Tong healed his cauterized abdomen with crimson flames, alarming the watching Kings.
• Yin Tiande revealed the Healer Character Secret and rapidly recovered, making Zhou Tong fear the fight would drag on beyond the limits of his unstable Divine Prohibition.
• Zhou Tong realized the Longevity View and Human King Palace had secretly combined their scriptures and passed the complete Healer Character Secret to Yin Tiande.

Zhou Tong and Yin Tiande fought a devastating battle through the night, with Zhou Tong relying on the Divine Forbidden State and the All Character Secret to contend with Yin Tiande. Yin Tiande revealed that he had secretly prepared One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones just as Zhou Tong fell out of the Divine Forbidden State, leaving Zhou Tong facing three additional opponents while weakened.

• Yin Tiande recovered and attacked Zhou Tong with his violet-gold sword and Celestial Venerable Treasure Seal, while Zhou Tong countered with the Sacred Spirit Sword and Nine Netherworld Fist.
• Both fighters suffered severe wounds in repeated clashes, and Yin Tiande used the Healer Character Secret before activating Phoenix Blood Boiling to strengthen his body.
• Zhou Tong and Yin Tiande fought thousands of exchanges until sunrise, with Zhou Tong using many secret arts and relying on the All Character Secret to bridge their gap in strength.
• Zhou Tong unleashed nine dragon-headed tails at Yin Tiande, but Yin Tiande revealed three hidden Dao Selves through One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, which shattered the attack.
• Zhou Tong realized he had fallen out of the Divine Forbidden State and could no longer trigger the All Character Secret.

After Zhou Tong fell out of Divine Prohibition, Yin Tiande attacked, but Zhou Tong revealed the Hegemon Body Ancestral Form, a further transformation of his Divine Forms that restored his overwhelming power. The battle continued with Yin Tiande facing an unprecedented transformation of the flesh.

• Yin Tiande sensed Zhou Tong had fallen out of Divine Prohibition and declared the battle effectively over.
• The onlookers expected Zhou Tong to lose and watched to see whether the Great Sage behind the Valley of Sinners would intervene.
• Yin Tiande sent his three Dao Bodies to attack Zhou Tong, who fought on despite his body being shattered.
• Zhou Tong unleashed Ancestral Return, transforming into the Hegemon Body Ancestral Form by fusing the powers of six Ten Fiends.
• Zhou Tong's new form restored his strength beyond Divine Prohibition and devastated Eight Profound Mountains, leaving Yin Tiande stunned by this transformation of the flesh.

Zhou Tong overwhelmed Yin Tiande with the Hegemon Body Ancestral Form, but the form’s incompleteness left him badly wounded. Yin Tiande summoned a powerful Azure Ox to stop Zhou Tong’s killing strike, and their clash remained unresolved.

• Zhou Tong used six Ten Evils Treasure Arts together to shatter Yin Tiande’s Three Pure Ones Dao Bodies with one punch.
• Zhou Tong pierced Yin Tiande repeatedly with sword strikes, cutting open his Immortal Platform and nearly defeating him.
• Zhou Tong’s incomplete Hegemon Body Ancestral Form split open his chest, giving Yin Tiande a chance to unleash Laozi’s Vast Purple Qi.
• Zhou Tong’s sword Qi cleaved through the Purple Qi, but Yin Tiande opened an earthen jar and summoned a gigantic Azure Ox whose roar dispersed the attack.
• Zhou Tong blocked the Azure Ox’s sonic assault with the Vajra Ring and accused Yin Tiande of relying on outside power despite their clash upon the Emperor’s Path.

After Zhou Tong defeated Yin Tiande, the Bull God King appeared and asked Zhou Tong to spare Yin Tiande, but Zhou Tong demanded compensation. Zhou Tong suppressed Yin Tiande with Great Sage power, prompting Yin Tiande to reveal a forbidden weapon with Imperial might.

• Yin Tiande blamed his defeat on failing to enter the Divine Forbidden Realm, but Zhou Tong dismissed his excuses and challenged him to try again.
• The Bull God King appeared, recognized Zhou Tong as a fellow townsman, and asked him to let Yin Tiande go.
• Zhou Tong agreed to spare Yin Tiande only if he received something in return, while Yin Tiande angrily demanded that the Bull God King kill Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong unleashed Great Sage holy might and trapped Yin Tiande in a seven-colored cage, badly injuring him.
• Yin Tiande revealed a forbidden weapon forged by a Quasi-Emperor, releasing Imperial might that shocked the Sect Masters.

Zhou Tong and Yin Tiande unleashed the Quasi-Emperor Forbidden Artifacts left by Shakyamuni and Laozi, triggering a devastating clash across Ziwei. Shakyamuni’s artifact collapsed first, leaving Laozi’s final strand of power bearing down on Zhou Tong.

• Zhou Tong recognized Yin Tiande’s artifact as the Quasi-Emperor Forbidden Artifact Laozi had left behind, and Yin Tiande challenged him with it.
• Zhou Tong revealed and activated Shakyamuni’s Quasi-Emperor Forbidden Artifact, shocking the onlookers and prompting Pang Bo to call the clash “Dao Ancestor versus Buddha Ancestor.”
• The two artifacts’ power shook the Ziwei Star Domain, revived the Sun Sacred Emperor’s Imperial Weapon to protect the Sun God Cult, and manifested Laozi and Shakyamuni confronting each other above the Eight Profound Mountains.
• Zhou Tong and Yin Tiande both coughed up blood as the artifacts clashed, and the phantoms began to fade with Zhou Tong’s buddha image weakening faster.
• Shakyamuni’s phantom collapsed first, while Laozi’s artifact released its remaining Purple Qi toward Zhou Tong; Ye Fan and Purple Haze Fairy realized Zhou Tong had already expended some of his artifact’s power in the Fire Domain.

Zhou Tong revealed the Blazing Fire Divine Furnace, a powerful imitation of Hengyu the Great’s artifact, and defeated Yin Tiande. After capturing Yin Tiande, Zhou Tong extracted his memories and learned about his extraordinary opportunities and Laozi’s inheritance.

• The Blazing Fire Divine Furnace appeared and shattered the remaining power of the Quasi-Emperor Forbidden Artifact, leading observers to mistake it for Hengyu the Great’s Imperial Weapon.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo suspected Zhou Tong had obtained the Jiang Family’s Hengyu Furnace, but Ye Fan concluded that the furnace was an imitation.
• Zhou Tong crushed Yin Tiande, captured his body and primordial spirit with the Vajra Ring, and rejected Yin Tiande’s threat to self-destruct.
• Zhou Tong used the Vajra Ring to expose and suppress Yin Tiande’s hidden Saint Weapon, then extracted and examined his memories.
• Zhou Tong learned that Yin Tiande had gained several scriptures and secret arts through extraordinary luck, including Laozi’s Tao Te Ching, and noticed it differed from the Dao Scripture.

Zhou Tong questioned whether he should abandon the proven path of Reincarnation Seals for the untested Battle Immortal path, then reaffirmed his choice and transformed his wavering resolve into true confidence and momentum. His overwhelming battle intent shook the powers near Eight Profound Mountains, and rival leaders began considering how to win him over rather than oppose him.

• Zhou Tong pondered the dangers of using Reincarnation Seals and doubted whether choosing the Battle Immortal path had been a mistake.
• Zhou Tong recalled that many of his past achievements relied on paths proven by others, while the Battle Immortal path had failed for every known predecessor.
• Zhou Tong resolved to become the world's first Battle Immortal, and his Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body's battle intent erupted.
• The Sect Masters and Divine Kings near Eight Profound Mountains were shaken by Zhou Tong's aura, and a Great Accomplishment King realized his invincible momentum had been established.
• The Supreme Sect Master of Guanghan Palace and the Imperial Lord of the Ziwei Divine Dynasty considered helping Zhou Tong, hoping not to miss the chance to ally with him.

After defeating Yin Tiande, Zhou Tong returned to Valley of Sinners and treated his severe injuries, only to discover a Dao injury that made returning to the Big Dipper urgent. He decided to leave Ziwei and explained to Ye Fan and his companions how they could travel back, while warning Ye Fan and Zi Xia about the danger of facing Purple Mansion Holy Land.

• Zhou Tong sealed Valley of Sinners against visitors and used several divine medicines to heal the injuries he suffered fighting Yin Tiande.
• Zhou Tong suddenly spat blood from a Dao injury caused by using his incomplete Hegemon Body Ancestral Form, and concluded that he needed to return to the Big Dipper to cultivate a second strand of Immortal Qi.
• Zhou Tong opened the valley’s arrays to let Ye Fan and his companions enter, and told them that its inhabitants had turned from evil after he passed down Shakyamuni’s scripture.
• Zhou Tong announced that he planned to leave Ziwei and said a surviving Ancestor King and a Five-Colored Altar could guide them back to the Big Dipper.
• Ye Fan suggested that he and Zi Xia return with Zhou Tong, but Zhou Tong warned that Purple Mansion Holy Land would target Ye Fan unless he had severed his Dao.

Zhou Tong explained that Wu Shi the Great had left the Wushi Scripture as a weapon against the Dark Turmoil and discussed the Dao Severing bottleneck with Ye Fan and the others. After receiving an invitation from the Sun God Cult, he prepared to visit it and offered Ye Fan and Pang Bo a choice between returning to the Big Dipper with him or taking over the Valley of Sinners.

• Zhou Tong told Ye Fan and Zi Xia that an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo could activate the Wushi Scripture’s sealed strikes, though he doubted it would be a reliable defense against the Dark Turmoil.
• Zhou Tong explained that Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Zi Xia could not break through to the Ninth Heaven of the Second Layer of Immortal Platform until they understood Dao Severing for themselves.
• Ye Fan gave Zhou Tong an invitation from the Sun God Cult, and Zhou Tong sensed an ultimate Dao aura from the stone pagoda imprint on it.
• Ye Fan recounted how the Sun Sacred Emperor had displayed his imperial might at the Sun God Cult before its Imperial Weapon returned and underwent nirvanic rebirth.
• Zhou Tong began inscribing Chessboard Array Patterns and said he would visit the Sun God Cult after making a detour to the Eight Sceneries Palace to return to the Big Dipper.
• Zhou Tong offered Ye Fan and Pang Bo a choice between traveling with him to the Big Dipper or staying in Ziwei and taking control of the Valley of Sinners.

Zhou Tong, Ye Fan, Zi Xia, and Pang Bo traveled to the Sun God Cult, where they met its Sect Master and his gifted children. Zhou Tong recognized the boy as a Sun Body and realized that the Sun Sacred Emperor had changed the family’s fate; he then asked why the Sect Master had invited him.

• Ye Fan decided to return to the Big Dipper with Zi Xia, while Pang Bo chose to remain in the Ziwei Star Domain and declined Zhou Tong’s Valley of Sinners token.
• Pang Bo joined Zhou Tong’s group to visit the Sun God Cult, and they traveled there using the Chessboard Array Patterns.
• The group entered the Sun God Cult and was welcomed by its Sect Master, who praised Zhou Tong’s formidable presence.
• Zhou Tong saw that the Sect Master’s young daughter had reached the Four Extremities Realm and recognized his young son as a Sun Body.
• Zhou Tong realized the Sun Sacred Emperor’s intervention had changed the children’s family fate, then asked the Sect Master why he had invited him.

Zhou Tong entered a hidden world inside a stone pagoda and awakened the Sun Sacred Emperor’s Divine Thought. The emperor warned him that a great Dark Turmoil was coming and hoped Zhou Tong’s mysterious power might let him awaken again, while Zhou Tong kept the Reincarnation Mirror’s true secret concealed.

• The Sun Sect Master told Zhou Tong that the Sun Sacred Emperor had ordered him to come, then led him to a stone pagoda and sent him inside alone.
• Zhou Tong discovered a world within the pagoda filled with Sun Sacred Power, the Sun Sacred Emperor’s coffin, and a stone Imperial pagoda.
• The Sun Sacred Emperor’s Divine Thought awakened from the coffin and appeared before Zhou Tong.
• The Sun Sacred Emperor praised Zhou Tong’s progress toward Dao Severing and warned that a terrifying Dark Turmoil would soon arrive.
• The Sun Sacred Emperor revealed that he hoped Zhou Tong’s unknown power could help him awaken temporarily during the coming calamity.
• Zhou Tong admitted that the power existed but concealed that it was the Reincarnation Mirror, fearing the Sun Sacred Emperor might sacrifice him to save others.

Zhou Tong received the Sun Sacred Emperor’s preparations for the coming Dark Turmoil and learned that the Emperor had left a possible path to revival. After the Sun Sacred Emperor vanished, Zhou Tong examined the gifts and resolved to try to bring him back.

• The Sun Sacred Emperor gave Zhou Tong a Great Emperor Formation Diagram, limiting him to three uses before the Dark Turmoil.
• Zhou Tong explained the coming conflict between the human race and the awakening Ancient Races, and the Sun Sacred Emperor entrusted him with the Sun Palace and instructions for repairing it.
• After the Sun Sacred Emperor vanished, Zhou Tong discovered the Formation Diagram had been made from the Emperor’s remaining corpse.
• Zhou Tong found three drops of the Sun Sacred Emperor’s Essence Blood in the diagram and realized they might preserve a trace of the Emperor’s Divine Thought for revival.
• Zhou Tong resolved to preserve the diagram and Essence Blood and bring the Sun Sacred Emperor back if he could.

Zhou Tong gave the Sun Ancient Sect’s children the Xing Character Secret before leading Ye Fan and the others to the Taiqing Realm to search for the Five-Colored Altar. He lifted the Eight Sceneries Palace with his physical strength, revealing the altar beneath it.

• Zhou Tong gave Little Tongtong and his sister the Xing Character Secret as a protective art, then left the Sun Ancient Sect with Ye Fan and the others.
• Zhou Tong used Yin Tiande’s memories to enter the Taiqing Realm and open the Eight Sceneries Palace, where the group found its scriptures and other contents had been destroyed.
• Zhou Tong explained that the Five-Colored Altar lay beneath the palace and that they needed to lift it to reveal the altar.
• Pang Bo tried to lift the Eight Sceneries Palace but could not raise it for long.
• Zhou Tong lifted the palace above his head with brute strength, exposing the Five-Colored Altar beneath it.