Chapter Summaries

Inside the Bronze Coffin, Zhou Tong gave Ye Fan a cultivation scripture while investigating his classmates’ past lives. He discovered that Wang Ziwen had once been a Saint-level Golden Crow and obtained the Golden Crow Quasi-Emperor’s complete inheritance.

• As the classmates panicked inside the Bronze Coffin, Zhou Tong stayed calm, and Ye Fan approached him to ask what was happening.
• Zhou Tong told Ye Fan they were leaving Earth and passed him the Sea of Wheels Scroll of the Feather Transformation Scripture on a jade slip.
• Pang Bo appeared among the classmates, and Ye Fan happily recognized his close friend.
• Zhou Tong used the Reincarnation Mirror to learn that Zhou Yi had been a contemporary of Ye Fan who cultivated the Feather Transformation Scripture.
• Zhou Tong discovered that Wang Ziwen had been a Saint-level Golden Crow and used the mirror to memorize the Golden Crow Quasi-Emperor’s complete scripture and inherited secret arts.

The Bronze Coffin landed on Yinghuo, where Zhou Tong warned his classmates that they were no longer on Earth and went to Great Thunder Sound Temple to collect Buddhist relics. He returned with the relics, handed them to several classmates, and ordered everyone into the coffin as danger approached.

• The Bronze Coffin shook violently, struck the ground, and its passengers emerged onto the desolate surface of Yinghuo.
• Zhou Tong leaped onto a tall boulder, warned his classmates to stay near the coffin, and ran toward Great Thunder Sound Temple.
• Ye Fan told the others that Zhou Tong had spent the past three years cultivating immortality, prompting Liu Yunzhi to challenge him.
• A Buddhist chant sounded, and Zhou Tong returned carrying several damaged Buddhist objects and relics.
• Zhou Tong handed the relics to Pang Bo, Ye Fan, Wang Ziwen, and Zhou Yi, warned that people would die, and leaped back into the Bronze Coffin.

Zhou Tong brought Buddha Treasures into the Bronze Coffin and kept his classmates safe as demons gathered outside. His hidden traps detonated, the coffin closed, and the group began their journey to the Big Dipper.

• Zhou Tong entered the Bronze Coffin, and Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the rest of the classmates followed him inside.
• Ye Fan read the plaque as Great Thunder Sound Temple, and Zhou Tong explained that he had taken its treasures and released the demons it had suppressed to give Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin the energy to depart.
• Zhou Tong recovered Zhang Ziling's Prayer Bead from a classmate, learned Li Changqing had encouraged the theft, and warned Li Changqing not to cause trouble again.
• A terrifying roar sounded outside as the Crocodile Ancestor began breaking free, and Zhou Tong hoped the traps he had planted would work.
• Zhou Tong's jade traps detonated among the Little Crocodiles, the Bronze Coffin closed, and he realized the group had passed the greatest danger and was bound for the Big Dipper.

Inside the bronze coffin, Zhou Tong used the Reincarnation Mirror to uncover the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body’s secret arts and scriptures, then encountered a mysterious ancient scripture alongside Ye Fan. The chapter ended with both men having memorized it as Zhou Tong wondered whether the Ruthless Great Emperor had arranged for Ye Fan to hear its inheritance.

• Zhou Tong used the Purple Sun Lamp to spot the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body’s hidden Divine Thought inside the coffin.
• He used the Reincarnation Mirror to learn the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, several scriptures, and the Qian and Zu Secrets from the Divine Thought’s past life.
• Zhou Tong began studying the Hundred Character Ancient Scripture, whose Great Dao Heavenly Sound drew Ye Fan into the inheritance as well.
• Zhou Tong and Ye Fan memorized the mysterious scripture, and Zhou Tong wondered whether the Ruthless Great Emperor had foreseen or arranged Ye Fan’s encounter with it.

The Bronze Coffin reached the Big Dipper Star Domain and opened onto a lush mountain world, where Zhou Tong sensed that the Primordial Forbidden Land was rapidly draining their life force. After the coffin and dragon corpses fell into an abyss, the group explored their surroundings and learned more about cultivation, but they dismissed Zhou Tong’s warning when they saw a Golden Eagle carrying an elephant.

• The Bronze Coffin shook violently as it neared the Big Dipper Star Domain, and its lid was thrown open when it landed.
• Zhou Tong sensed that the Primordial Forbidden Land was draining life force faster according to a person's cultivation, and he warned Ye Fan and the others to leave quickly.
• The Nine Dragons and Bronze Coffin slid off a cliff, revealing a bottomless abyss encircled by nine mountains.
• Zhou Tong explained the five cultivation secret realms and said he had only just entered the Sea of Wheels Realm.
• The group spotted a Golden Eagle carrying an elephant and became distracted by the strange world, brushing off Zhou Tong’s warning.

Zhou Tong, Ye Fan, and Pang Bo found crimson fruits and a Divine Spring, which replenished their strength and helped Zhou Tong improve his Life Wheel and nourish the White Tiger Divine Medicine. After pouring the spring’s Life Essence into the Reincarnation Mirror, Zhou Tong summoned an image of the White Tiger Immortal King.

• Zhou Tong led Ye Fan and Pang Bo to a spring pool surrounded by thirteen fruit-bearing trees.
• Zhou Tong, Ye Fan, and Pang Bo ate all the crimson fruits, and the fruits erased marks from Zhou Tong’s Life Wheel.
• Zhou Tong secretly stored nearly one-fifth of the Divine Spring in his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, where the White Tiger Divine Medicine took root and began absorbing it.
• Pang Bo filled bottles with Divine Spring water to bring back to the others, while Zhou Tong drank some and refined its Life Essence.
• Zhou Tong poured the resulting divine power into the Reincarnation Mirror and brought forth an image of the White Tiger Immortal King.

Zhou Tong obtained the Grass Character Sword Art from the White Tiger Immortal King’s inheritance and shared the Divine Spring with his classmates. The group left the spring to seek a way out of the Primordial Forbidden Land.

• Zhou Tong used the Reincarnation Mirror to imprint a technique from the White Tiger Immortal King’s inheritance before the mirror ran out of divine power.
• Zhou Tong recognized the technique as the Grass Character Sword Art, one of the Ten Evils Treasure Arts, and considered using Ten Fiends as the foundation of his nine Divine Forms.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo urged Zhou Tong to return to their classmates after filling their bottles with Divine Spring.
• Zhou Tong proposed dividing the Divine Spring fairly, and he turned Li Changqing’s empty bottle into a measuring cup after Pang Bo stopped Li Changqing from taking a full bottle.
• The classmates shared the Divine Spring, and Zhou Tong urged them to leave the Primordial Forbidden Land as soon as possible.

Zhou Tong left the Primordial Forbidden Land ahead of his classmates, then chose Emperor Venerable’s scripture to cultivate the Dao Palace Realm. As he comprehended it in a secluded valley, his aura began to stir with signs of a breakthrough.

• Zhou Tong told his classmates how to leave the Primordial Forbidden Land and sprinted away alone, explaining that his cultivation made the land drain his life faster than theirs.
• Zhou Tong exited the forbidden land and discovered that its effects had cost him three years of lifespan despite the Divine Spring’s remaining medicinal power.
• Zhou Tong found a secluded valley, set up Array Patterns, and used the Purple Sun Lamp fueled by Divine Spring to protect his cultivation.
• Zhou Tong compared the Dao Palace scriptures he possessed and decided to cultivate Emperor Venerable’s scripture.
• Zhou Tong used the Bodhi Seed’s aid to comprehend the scripture, sensing the Five Elements within his heart as his aura showed signs of a breakthrough.

After seven days of study, Zhou Tong comprehended Emperor Venerable's scripture and broke through to the first layer of the Dao Palace Realm by opening his Spleen Divine Treasury. He discovered that his Azure Heaven Hegemonic Blood had begun turning purple, then set off for the Northern Region to obtain the Source his cultivation would require.

• Zhou Tong finished comprehending Emperor Venerable's Dao Palace Realm scripture after seven days.
• Zhou Tong used the Purple Sun Lamp to conceal his breakthrough and chose to cultivate the Spleen Divine Treasury first.
• Zhou Tong refined essence and qi until the Spleen Divine Treasury opened, advancing to the first layer of the Dao Palace Realm.
• Zhou Tong saw strands of purple emerging in his blood and realized that advancing his Azure Heaven Hegemonic Blood would consume vast resources.
• Zhou Tong calculated that he needed a great deal of Source and set off for the Northern Region.

Zhou Tong traveled to Spirit Lake City and explored its prosperous streets and free market before deciding to auction a scripture at Yaoguang Treasure Hall. The attendant led him to a private room, where he waited for the hall’s specialists to discuss the sale.

• Zhou Tong reached Spirit Lake City after traveling for three days and learned that cultivators gathered at Small Spirit Lake to draw in spiritual qi.
• Zhou Tong explored the free market, asked about Immortal Metal, and learned that Yaoguang Treasure Hall would hold a grand auction in five days featuring a King's Divine Weapon.
• Zhou Tong realized he had no money and headed to Yaoguang Treasure Hall, which floated above the city.
• Zhou Tong told an attendant that he wanted to auction a scroll of scripture, and she brought him to a private room while she summoned someone to discuss it.

Zhou Tong, posing as Zhao Hao, negotiated with Yaoguang Treasure Hall to sell a handwritten copy of the Di Lan Scripture for ten million jin of Source. After Zhou Tong revealed the saintly might of his Purple Sun Lamp, Sun Jian agreed to pay seventy percent upfront and authenticate the scripture before paying the rest.

• Zhou Tong met Yaoguang appraiser Sun Jian and offered to sell the five-volume Di Lan Scripture, a Great Sage's cultivation method copied by hand.
• Sun Jian estimated that the handwritten scripture's value was reduced by the risk of tampering and offered ten million jin of Source after authentication.
• Zhou Tong challenged Sun Jian's plan to inspect the scripture, suspecting the treasure hall might copy it and then claim it was flawed.
• Zhou Tong released saintly might from the Purple Sun Lamp, and Sun Jian concluded that he possessed an Heirloom Sacred Weapon.
• Sun Jian proposed paying seventy percent upfront and the rest after authentication, and Zhou Tong accepted.
• Sun Jian left to gather the Source while Zhou Tong waited in the VIP room.

Zhou Tong sold the Di Lan Scripture to Yaoguang Holy Land for ten million jin of Source and used the wait to develop the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass as a spirit in his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings. After completing the deal, he received a token to attend Yaoguang Treasure Hall’s upcoming auction.

• Sun Jian consulted a Supreme Elder, who ordered him to pay Zhou Tong ten million jin of Source but inspect the Di Lan Scripture before releasing the final payment.
• Sun Jian gave Zhou Tong a deposit of seven million jin of Source, and Zhou Tong handed over the Di Lan Scripture for verification.
• While waiting in the secret chamber, Zhou Tong transformed the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass into a spirit and considered cultivating the Sky Shrouding Method and Chaotic Ancient Method together.
• Sun Jian returned with the remaining three million jin of Source after Yaoguang Holy Land verified the scripture, completing the transaction.
• Zhou Tong asked for an auction token, and Sun Jian gave him one.

Zhou Tong attended Yaoguang Holy Land’s auction in Spirit Lake City, bought Jade Dragon Marrow, and watched major powers bid fiercely on rare treasures. The Crimson Cloud Divine Seal’s price reached thirteen and a half million jin of Source when an unexpected bidder from an ordinary private room outbid the holy lands.

• Zhou Tong used his token to obtain a private room at the Yaoguang Treasure Hall auction.
• A Taiyin Sword sold for five hundred thousand jin of Source to an elder from a holy land.
• Zhou Tong bought nine drops of Jade Dragon Marrow at an inflated price and put them away.
• The Desolate Ancient Jiang Family bought the Silver Moon Divine Jade for eight hundred and fifty jin of Source.
• The auctioneer presented the Crimson Cloud Divine Seal, and holy lands drove its bidding above thirteen million jin of Source.
• An occupant of an ordinary private room bid thirteen and a half million jin of Source, leaving Zhou Tong wondering who they were.

At Yaoguang Treasure Hall’s final auction, Zhou Tong bid three drops of White Tiger Divine Medicine essence for a piece of Eternal Blue Gold. The elderly owner accepted the offer after Zhou Tong said he could not reveal where he had found the divine medicine, leaving him with the rare material.

• The auctioneer revealed a palm-sized piece of Eternal Blue Gold and announced that its owner would accept only life-extending spirit pills and Spirit Herbs.
• Purple Mansion Holy Land, the Ji Family, and the Nine Li Divine Dynasty offered increasingly rare Spirit Herbs, but the elderly owner did not respond.
• Zhou Tong used the Front Character Secret and, sensing no Imperial Weapon nearby, offered three drops of White Tiger Divine Medicine essence.
• The elderly owner asked whether Zhou Tong possessed a complete divine medicine, and Zhou Tong claimed he had only captured a few drops before it escaped.
• The elderly owner accepted Zhou Tong’s offer after Zhou Tong said the divine medicine had been found through an Ancient Great Emperor’s method that could not be retraced.

Zhou Tong exchanged the White Tiger Divine Medicine for Eternal Blue Gold at the Yaoguang Treasure Hall, then fled Spirit Lake City to evade pursuers. He killed the Yaoguang Holy Land cultivators who ambushed him and escaped before their elders arrived, leaving them wondering how powerful he was.

• Zhou Tong paid for the Eternal Blue Gold with a jade bottle containing three tiny white tigers, which the Yaoguang Treasure Hall staff recognized as divine medicine.
• Zhou Tong changed his clothes and identity several times before leaving Spirit Lake City and heading into the distant mountains.
• Seven Yaoguang Holy Land cultivators surrounded Zhou Tong and revealed they wanted his Jade Dragon Marrow, Source, and clues to the White Tiger Divine Medicine.
• Zhou Tong killed one attacker with sword qi, then used his Hegemonic Bell and sword qi to annihilate the other six.
• Zhou Tong fled as several elders arrived and found the dead cultivators, then ordered an immediate retreat.

Zhou Tong secluded himself to stabilize his Dao Palace cultivation, opening the Lung Divine Treasury after completing the Spleen Divine Treasury. He then studied the Front Character Secret and Group Character Secret, mastering their foundations and discovering their potential for strengthening his primordial spirit and comprehending Dao patterns.

• Zhou Tong spent half a month cultivating until his Spleen Divine Treasury stabilized and produced Earth Essence.
• Zhou Tong opened the Lung Divine Treasury, reached the second layer of the Dao Palace, and emerged to consolidate his foundation.
• Zhou Tong began studying the Front Character Secret, whose power strengthened his primordial spirit and affected the Deities within his Dao Palace.
• Zhou Tong cultivated the Group Character Secret by studying inherited Dao patterns and eventually grasped its core method for evolving them.
• Zhou Tong mastered the foundation for comprehending Great Emperor Array Patterns, though he could not yet casually arrange them.

Zhou Tong decided to forge his Eternal Blue Gold into a Vajra Ring to protect his Dao while keeping the Hegemonic Bell as his Dao-carrying artifact. After advancing his cultivation and reaching Qingxia City, he learned that Yaoguang Holy Land was organizing a gathering to hunt for him, and he resolved to disrupt it.

• Zhou Tong chose to forge the Eternal Blue Gold into a Vajra Ring and nurture it within his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, while reserving the Hegemonic Bell as his Dao-proving artifact.
• Zhou Tong advanced to the third level of the Dao Palace by opening his Kidney Divine Treasury, then spent another half month stabilizing his cultivation.
• Zhou Tong reached Qingxia City and found a Yaoguang Holy Land wanted poster offering one hundred thousand jin of Source for Zhao Hao, the false name he had used before.
• Zhou Tong heard that Yaoguang Holy Land was organizing a gathering of Chu Kingdom’s outstanding talents to help find him.
• Zhou Tong stayed calm as he listened, then decided that the gathering was an invitation for him to attack Yaoguang Holy Land.

At Yangming Cave Heaven, Zhou Tong was targeted by Yaoguang Holy Land's disciples as they tried to assert their authority over the young cultivators of Chu Kingdom. He overwhelmed their challenger with his Unrivaled Tyrant Blood, leaving the other Yaoguang disciples alarmed.

• Zhou Tong arrived at the gathering at Yangming Cave Heaven and watched Yaoguang Holy Land's talents arrive without joining the crowd.
• Sun Yuanliang provoked Zhou Tong, and a Yaoguang disciple accused him of disrupting the gathering.
• Zhou Tong admitted he had come to cause trouble and fought the Yaoguang disciple, whose cultivation had reached the fourth layer of the Four Extremes Realm.
• Zhou Tong's purple fist overpowered the disciple's physical strength, and the disciple attacked again using Yaoguang's Saint Light Technique.
• Zhou Tong unleashed his Unrivaled Tyrant Blood, shattered the Saint Light Technique, and further suppressed the Yaoguang disciple as the other cultivators and three Yaoguang disciples grew alarmed.

Zhou Tong fought Ouyang Xuan and the Yaoguang Holy Land disciples at Yangming Cave Heaven, revealing his power and killing them. He exposed his disguise as Zhao Hao and destroyed Ouyang Xuan with the Hegemonic Bell.

• Ouyang Xuan attacked Zhou Tong with his Bronze Square Cauldron while a female disciple tried to ambush him with the Absolute Shadow Nail, but Zhou Tong blocked her strike with the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.
• Zhou Tong sent the Hegemonic Bell against Ouyang Xuan's cauldron and used Array Patterns to begin refining it.
• Zhou Tong struck the female disciple with a divine consciousness attack, seized the Absolute Shadow Nail, and killed the other Yaoguang disciples with a single punch.
• Zhou Tong revealed that he was Zhao Hao, shocking Ouyang Xuan and the young cultivators gathered at Yangming Cave Heaven.
• Zhou Tong unleashed the Hegemonic Bell's waves and destroyed Ouyang Xuan's body and soul.

After killing four Yaoguang Holy Land disciples, Zhou Tong escaped the pursuers and reached the Fire Domain in Jin Kingdom. Protected by his Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body, he entered the deeper layers and arrived at the region of black flames.

• Zhou Tong took the Five-Colored Jade Boat and left after warning off the other cultivators.
• Cultivators pursuing the bounty attacked Zhou Tong, and he killed them with a sea of golden lightning threaded with Purple Qi.
• Zhou Tong concealed his aura from a Yaoguang Holy Land warship, then followed his intuition through Chu Kingdom and onward to Jin Kingdom.
• Zhou Tong entered the Fire Domain and walked through its outer layers, passing scarlet, blue, and white flames before reaching the fourth layer of black flames.