Chapter Summaries

After leaving Purple Mountain, Zhou Tong secluded himself to carve the Third Killing Array into his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, helping their inner world evolve and strengthening him. He sensed a chance to break through to King Eighth Heaven and turned his attention toward intervening against oppression of ordinary people.

• Zhou Tong persuaded Ye Fan that humanity could withstand the Ancient Races without his intervention and urged him to focus on having an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo inherit Wu Shi the Great’s legacy.
• Duan De used the Emperor Jade to transport Zhou Tong, Ye Fan, Zi Xia, and Little Nannan out of Purple Mountain.
• Zhou Tong warned Ye Fan to seek seclusion or go with Zi Xia to Purple Mansion Holy Land, then left to cultivate alone.
• Zhou Tong carved a corner of the Third Killing Array into his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, causing Chaos Qi and Chaos Sword Qi to form inside them.
• Zhou Tong received feedback from the divine rings that strengthened him and brought him close to King Eighth Heaven.
• Zhou Tong looked toward a certain direction and decided to act against the oppression of ordinary people, considering it a chance to test the Thunder Emperor Method.

Zhou Tong attacked the Blue Demon Clan, a powerful race that preyed on humans and refined their souls. He broke through the clan’s defenses and reached its underground city, where three leaders confronted him.

• The Blue Demon Clan Lord discussed the human race, dismissed Heavenly Emperor Son’s request for support, and considered targeting human cultivators for their souls.
• A quake shook the Blue Demon Clan’s underground world, and the clan’s leaders demanded to know who was attacking their ancestral land.
• Zhou Tong shattered the canyon and flooded the Blue Demon Clan’s lake, killing guards as he charged toward the cave entrance.
• Zhou Tong destroyed the cave’s ancient formations and entered the clan’s underground world, intent on striking a race that threatened humanity.
• Three Blue Demon Clan figures appeared atop the ancient city and confronted Zhou Tong for entering their ancestral land.

Zhou Tong attacked the Blue Demon Clan while undergoing a terrifying Dao Severing tribulation, and the Vajra Ring killed the clan’s Lord and wounded its Ancestor Kings. He pursued the survivors into the lightning and struck Mo He with Nine Heavens Tribulation Light, leaving him gravely injured.

• Zhou Tong triggered a chaotic lightning tribulation that forced Mo Yun and the Blue Demon Clan Lord to retreat.
• Zhou Tong used the Vajra Ring to break through Mo Yun’s armor, kill the Blue Demon Clan Lord, and wound Mo He.
• Zhou Tong sealed the Blue Demon Clan’s ancestral grounds, trapping its members in the lightning as they were struck down.
• Zhou Tong pursued the wounded Mo Yun and Mo He, intending to use them to temper his Dao and techniques.
• Zhou Tong unleashed Nine Heavens Tribulation Light, which pierced Mo He and left him drenched in blood.

Zhou Tong killed Mo Yun and Mo He during his heavenly tribulation, then wiped out the Blue Demon Clan of the Big Dipper. The clan was officially declared extinct.

• Mo Yun fled in fear after seeing Mo He grievously wounded, but Zhou Tong declared that the Blue Demon Clan would be destroyed.
• Zhou Tong pierced Mo Yun's chest and shattered his arm with lightning-infused attacks, while Mo Yun's will to fight collapsed.
• Zhou Tong struck down Mo Yun, burned his body away with chaotic lightning, and reflected on the weakness of his mentality.
• Zhou Tong killed Mo He with his Sacred Spirit Sword as his heavenly tribulation killed Blue Demon Clan cultivators across the area.
• The Blue Demon Clan of the Big Dipper was officially declared extinct.

Zhou Tong survived the lightning tribulation and reached King Eighth Heaven before stripping the Blue Demon Clan’s ancient city of its treasures. He purified the clan’s Evil Tree, took it into his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, and left the Blue Demon Abyss burning as a warning to the Ancient Races.

• Zhou Tong absorbed the lightning tribulation and used it to deepen his Thunder Emperor Method, reaching King Eighth Heaven.
• Zhou Tong searched the Blue Demon Clan’s ancient city and took its Divine Source, treasures, and scriptures.
• Zhou Tong used the Vajra Ring and Phoenix Divine Fire to purify the Evil Tree, freeing it from the imprints and evil aura left by its victims.
• Zhou Tong planted the purified divine tree in his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings to cultivate it with Chaos Earth and North Pole Immortal Light.
• Zhou Tong set up the Source Heaven Divine Array in the Blue Demon Abyss and burned the clan’s ancestral land as a warning to the Ancient Races.

After Zhou Tong exterminated the Blue Demon Clan, his warning that anyone who invaded the human race would be executed spread throughout the Big Dipper. The Ancient Races’ Ancestor Kings arrived at Blue Demon Abyss, concluded that a human Great Sage was responsible, and sought help from the Imperial Clans.

• Ancient Races approaching Blue Demon Abyss discovered that the gorge had collapsed and the Blue Demon Clan had been wiped out.
• Zhou Tong’s recorded warning echoed from Blue Demon Abyss and spread news of the clan’s destruction across the Big Dipper.
• Human cultivators rallied around Zhou Tong’s warning while the Ancient Races grew fearful and uneasy.
• The Blue Demon Abyss gorge completely collapsed, and the Source Heaven Divine Array erased all traces of the clan’s ancestral land.
• Several Ancient Races’ Ancestor Kings gathered at Blue Demon Abyss, suspected a human Great Sage had killed Blue Demon Heavenly King, and decided to contact the Imperial Clans.

Human Race Saints investigated the destruction of the Blue Demon Clan, and Gai Jiuyou identified Zhou Tong as the cultivator responsible. As Zhou Tong studied the Heavenly Dao Will and refined his fusion of three treasure arts, someone triggered his Array Patterns.

• Gai Jiuyou and the Human Race Saints discussed who had destroyed the Blue Demon Clan and ruled out the other known Great Sages.
• Gai Jiuyou sensed that a Human Race cultivator had acted and decided the Human Race’s plan to negotiate with the Ancient Races should proceed unchanged.
• Gai Jiuyou recognized Zhou Tong as the culprit and set out with the Old Mansion Lord of the Mysterious Scholar Mansion to meet him.
• Zhou Tong concluded that Heavenly Dao Will had shattered the Blue Demon Clan Saints’ Dao Hearts and decided to focus on studying the Ten Evils Treasure Arts.
• Zhou Tong practiced combining the Thunder Emperor Treasure Technique, True Dragon Treasure Art, and Immortal Phoenix Treasure Art, then sensed that someone had triggered his Array Patterns.

Zhou Tong reunited with the Old Mansion Lord of Mysterious Scholar Mansion and met Gai Jiuyou, who questioned the consequences of Zhou Tong’s destruction of the Blue Demon Clan. Zhou Tong argued that the human race should answer the Ancient Races with force, then gave Gai Jiuyou thirty streams of North Pole Immortal Light.

• Gai Jiuyou brought the Old Mansion Lord of Mysterious Scholar Mansion to Zhou Tong’s hidden abode, where the Old Mansion Lord recognized Zhou Tong and confronted him for deceiving him.
• Zhou Tong reassured the Old Mansion Lord that Purple Haze Fairy was safe and revealed that she was with the Primordial Sacred Body.
• The Old Mansion Lord asked whether Zhou Tong had destroyed the Blue Demon Clan, and Zhou Tong confirmed that he had, astonishing both visitors.
• Gai Jiuyou warned that Zhou Tong’s actions might provoke war between the human race and the Ancient Races, while Zhou Tong argued that the human race should fight rather than compromise.
• Gai Jiuyou said he could not act many more times and warned of hidden Supremes among the Ancient Races, but his spirits revived when Zhou Tong offered him thirty streams of North Pole Immortal Light.

Zhou Tong gave Gai Jiuyou thirty strands of North Pole Immortal Light, strengthening him enough to revise the Human Race’s plans against the Ancient Races. Gai Jiuyou explained that their caution stemmed from the Ancient Emperor Tokens and their connection to the Forbidden Zones, while Wu Shi the Great remained their best name to invoke as a deterrent.

• Zhou Tong gave Gai Jiuyou thirty strands of North Pole Immortal Light to help the Human Race stand firm against the Ancient Races.
• Gai Jiuyou absorbed the immortal light, regained some vitality, and told the Old Mansion Lord of Mysterious Scholar Mansion to notify the other Saints that their plans could become more aggressive.
• Zhou Tong identified the Forbidden Zone Supremes as the source of the Ancient Races’ confidence, and Gai Jiuyou explained that each Imperial Clan held an Ancient Emperor Token that granted passage through the Forbidden Zones.
• Zhou Tong realized Gai Jiuyou had planned to intimidate the Ancient Races by invoking a Great Emperor’s name, and Gai Jiuyou confirmed that Wu Shi the Great was their best choice.
• Zhou Tong asked what Gai Jiuyou would do next now that the North Pole Immortal Light had strengthened him.

Gai Jiuyou told Zhou Tong that humanity would destroy the Ten Great Fierce Clans before holding the Myriad Races Assembly at Jade Pool, while keeping the wider conflict contained. Zhou Tong declined to join the campaign, traveled to the Sun Star, and gained new insights from the Sun Sacred Emperor’s legacy.

• Gai Jiuyou explained that humanity would attack the Ten Great Fierce Clans before convening peace negotiations, and Zhou Tong warned that the Golden Clan and other Imperial Clans might intervene.
• Zhou Tong refused Gai Jiuyou’s request for help, and Gai Jiuyou left him an invitation to the Jade Pool Myriad Races Assembly in three months.
• Zhou Tong traveled through a domain gate to the Sun Star to change his cultivation site and restore part of the Sun Sacred Emperor’s backup plan.
• Nine Fusang Divine Leaves emerged after sensing the Great Emperor Formation Diagram within Zhou Tong and revealed the Sun Sacred Emperor’s cultivation insights.
• The Fusang Divine Leaves shattered into Great Dao imprints that entered Zhou Tong, helping him reach the Divine Prohibition State and glimpse the path toward creating his own scripture.

Zhou Tong restored and linked five shrines on the Sun Star, intending to finish turning it into a fortress later. He then arrived at Jade Pool for the Myriad Races Assembly, where the Queen Mother of the West received him as an honored guest despite his status as a wanted man.

• Zhou Tong found the Sun Sacred Emperor's ruined palace and decided to restore the Array Patterns controlling the Sun Star.
• Zhou Tong located the scattered shrines and spent a month mapping them before beginning his repairs.
• Zhou Tong restored the first shrine's Array Patterns, then repaired more shrines and linked five together before the assembly approached.
• Zhou Tong left the unfinished Sun Star formation and traveled directly to Jade Pool instead of entering Holy City.
• Zhou Tong's invitation resonated with the Empress West Pagoda, and Jade Pool rang its guest bell as the Queen Mother of the West came to receive him.

Zhou Tong learned how the Human Race and Ancient Races had been brought to a tense standoff before Wu Shi the Great’s Investiture of the Gods helped secure a peaceful Myriad Races Assembly at Jade Pool. He accepted the title Overlord but refused to give Jade Pool his blood for its Holy Spirit Stone Fetus without ten million jin of Immortal Material, then left to wander until the assembly approached.

• Queen Mother of the West told Zhou Tong how the Ancient Races’ attacks, the destruction of several fierce clans, and the Investiture of the Gods had led to an agreement to hold the Myriad Races Assembly peacefully.
• Zhou Tong recognized that Gai Jiuyou and the others had engineered the crisis and used Wu Shi the Great’s name to suppress the Ancient Races.
• The Jade Pool Saintess called Zhou Tong the Overlord, and he welcomed the title as one his friends had given him before he began cultivating.
• Queen Mother of the West asked Zhou Tong to provide Hegemonic Blood for Jade Pool’s Holy Spirit Stone Fetus, and he demanded at least ten million jin of Immortal Material in return.
• Zhou Tong suspected the Holy Spirit might become a threat and refused to give Jade Pool his blood cheaply, then left to wander before the assembly.

Zhou Tong reunited with Li Ruoyu and his former classmates on Clumsy Peak, then taught them a Buddhist method for resisting Divine Thought. He left foundational scriptures behind before remaining at Taixuan Sect.

• Zhou Tong visited Li Ruoyu on Clumsy Peak, and they discussed Taixuan Sect’s past failure to protect him.
• Zhang Wenchang, Lin Jia, and Liu Yiyi told Zhou Tong how Li Ruoyu had taken them in as disciples, and Zhou Tong reassured them that Ye Fan and Pang Bo were safe.
• Lin Jia showed Zhou Tong a photograph of the Divine Thought from the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin, and he explained that he had known about it since Mars.
• Zhou Tong forged a seven-tiered Jade Pagoda and taught Zhang Wenchang, Lin Jia, and Liu Yiyi Amitabha Great Emperor’s method for suppressing and resisting Divine Thought.
• Zhou Tong left foundational scriptures from the Taiyin True Scripture and True Sun Scripture on Clumsy Peak, then stayed there.

The Myriad Races Assembly drew powerful Ancient Race guests to Jade Pool while humanity’s lack of a King caused growing embarrassment. The divine bell finally announced a human King, and Zhou Tong arrived, stunning the crowd and drawing the Heavenly Emperor Son’s attention.

• Ancient Race cultivators arrived at Jade Pool, including high-ranking guests from Fire Qilin Cave and Blood Phoenix Mountain.
• Over two days, no human King appeared, and Ancient Race beings mocked humanity’s weakness.
• The Heavenly Emperor Son arrived and received the devout respect of the gathered Ancient Races.
• Jade Pool’s divine bell rang again as Zhou Tong arrived, confirming that he had become a King.
• The crowd recognized Zhou Tong, and former Holy Sons and Saintesses realized that he had surpassed them and the older generation.

Zhou Tong entered Jade Pool for the Myriad Races Assembly and clashed with Heavenly Emperor Son’s faction after an Ancient Races cultivator provoked him. He crushed Heavenly Emperor Son’s servant, left him kneeling at the entrance, and walked into Jade Pool while Heavenly Emperor Son watched in fury.

• Zhou Tong made an Ancient Races cultivator cough blood with his aura after the man challenged his title as Overlord.
• The Ancient Races cultivators appealed to Heavenly Emperor Son, but his old servant stepped in and tried to defuse the confrontation.
• Heavenly Emperor Son challenged Zhou Tong, who struck at him and forced the old servant to his knees with a palm strike.
• Zhou Tong sealed the old servant with nine Emperor Scripts and placed him at Jade Pool’s entrance to welcome the assembly’s guests.
• Zhou Tong told the arriving Imperial Clan representatives that he had not yet crossed Jade Pool’s gates, then taunted Heavenly Emperor Son and entered as Heavenly Emperor Son watched furiously.

Zhou Tong entered Jade Pool as the Overlord, subdued Heavenly Emperor Son’s protector, and reunited with Tu Fei, Li Heishui, and the other little bandits. The gathering shifted its attention to Yuan Gu’s arrival, while Zhou Tong wondered about the human Imperial Sons and Ji Zi’s absence.

• Zhou Tong entered Jade Pool, declared himself the Overlord, and forced one of Heavenly Emperor Son’s protectors to kneel.
• Ancient Clan Beings discussed Zhou Tong’s reputation and Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body as he sat alone beneath a snow orchid tree.
• Tu Fei, Li Heishui, and the other little bandits reunited with Zhou Tong after more than ten years and asked about Ye Fan and Pang Bo.
• Zhou Tong told the bandits that Ye Fan was in hiding and Pang Bo had gone to the Ziwei Star Domain, prompting Tu Fei to guess that Ye Fan had married Purple Haze Fairy.
• Yuan Gu arrived with Heavenly Emperor Son, and Zhou Tong explained how two Holy Spirits had nearly destroyed Primordial Lake after Emperor Yuan’s sons died fighting them.
• Zhou Tong noted that the Ji Family’s Imperial Son, Ji Zi, was absent and considered whether his earlier battle might help him cultivate free of Void Great Emperor’s influence.

At the Myriad Races Assembly in Jade Pool, Yuan Gu taunted the human race and challenged Zhou Tong to fight. Zhou Tong accepted and headed outside to battle the newly Dao-Severed descendant of Emperor Yuan.

• Zhou Tong reflected on the strength of Imperial Sons at the Dao Severing stage and considered how his rapid cultivation might limit fair battles with them.
• Yuan Gu mocked the human race for sending only one King to the assembly and questioned whether it was qualified to host.
• Zhou Tong noticed Yuan Gu had already severed his Dao, surprising the gathered Ancient Race cultivators and the Heavenly Emperor Son.
• Yuan Gu challenged Zhou Tong to fight outside Jade Pool, claiming his Ancient Emperor bloodline would let him win.
• Zhou Tong accepted, saying he would kill Emperor Yuan's eighth-generation descendant, and walked toward the exit with Yuan Gu following.

Yuan Gu’s challenge to Zhou Tong drew the Ancient Races and humanity to Jade Pool, where their duel became a contest over both sides’ fortunes. Before they could fight, an Ancient Race saint attacked Zhou Tong, but Wei Yi appeared and killed her with one punch.

• Yuan Gu’s challenge spread, drawing observers from across the Big Dipper to Jade Pool.
• Queen Mother of the West tasked the Jade Pool Saintess with overseeing the assembly while she focused on the Empress West Pagoda, and Gai Jiuyou sent Wei Yi to Jade Pool.
• Gai Jiuyou judged that Zhou Tong had at least a ninety percent chance of beating Yuan Gu if he sealed his cultivation.
• Human and Ancient Race cultivators argued over whether Zhou Tong or Yuan Gu would prevail, while Heavenly Emperor Son refused his servant’s plan to attack Zhou Tong.
• Three Ancient Race saint-level Ancestor Kings arrived, and their leader attacked Zhou Tong for insulting the Son of God.
• Wei Yi struck the female saint with a single punch, causing her body to explode.

Wei Yi and the resurrected Divine Silkworm Princess stopped the Ancient Races from interfering in Zhou Tong and Yuan Gu’s duel, with the Princess revealing that she had become a Great Sage. Zhou Tong and Yuan Gu began their fight on the Emperor’s Path, meeting each other’s opening attacks with a punch and a palm strike.

• Wei Yi revealed himself as a human Saint, killed an Ancient Race female Saint, and forced two silver-armored Ancestor Kings back with a single step.
• The Divine Silkworm Princess appeared, thanked Zhou Tong for helping her break and rebuild, and promised that no one would interfere with his fight.
• The Divine Silkworm Princess revealed her Great Sage aura and declared that Zhou Tong and Yuan Gu could fight freely.
• Yuan Gu charged Zhou Tong with a powerful punch, and Zhou Tong met it with a thunderous palm strike.

Zhou Tong overwhelmed Yuan Gu in a battle that challenged the Ancient Races’ belief in the invincibility of ancient emperor bloodlines. After Yuan Gu revived with the Yuan Guang Reincarnation Wheel, Zhou Tong broke it, wounded him again, and left the Ancient Races’ younger cultivators shaken.

• Zhou Tong blew apart Yuan Gu after a hundred exchanges, stunning the human and Ancient Races.
• Yuan Gu used the Yuan Guang Reincarnation Wheel to restore his body and trapped Zhou Tong in a sea of blood.
• Zhou Tong scattered the blood sea with his roar and charged Yuan Gu with a Thunder Divine Sword.
• Zhou Tong shattered the Yuan Guang Reincarnation Wheel, cleaved Yuan Gu apart, and waited while he revived.
• Zhou Tong promised to kill Yuan Gu as many times as he revived and walked toward him, shaking the confidence of the Ancient Races’ young cultivators.