Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong killed Yaoguang, collected the remnants of his swallowed origins, and used the moment to refine his sealed lightning tribulation. After reaching Great Perfection in the King realm, he left the Central Plains Ancestral Temple, cursing the Big Black Dog for abandoning him.

• Yaoguang shattered and died after failing to stop Zhou Tong, leaving behind streams of Chaos Qi containing the origins he had devoured.
• Zhou Tong used the Lin Character Secret to draw Yaoguang's origins into his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, where they fused and vanished into a strand of Chaos Qi.
• The Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron, Primordial Gourd, Phoenix Wing Golden Halberd, and Golden Mace broke free from the formation platforms and flew back to their owners.
• Zhou Tong released his seal and refined the lightning tribulation he had kept suppressed, reaching Great Perfection in the King realm.
• Zhou Tong discovered that the Big Black Dog had fled with half the formation platforms, then broke through the Central Plains Ancestral Temple's thirty-six Small Worlds and departed.

After the battle at the Feathered Divine Dynasty Ancestral Temple, Zhou Tong returned to the Demon Clan's Small World as the Eastern Wasteland braced for his threatened attack on Yaoguang Holy Land. Yan Ruyu brought him before the Demon Clan's assembled elders, where their reception revealed divisions within the clan and left Zhou Tong ready to establish his authority.

• Rumors spread across the Big Dipper that Zhou Tong had three days to recover Li Xiaoman from Yaoguang Holy Land or he would sink it, raising fears of a clash between the Azure Emperor Weapon and the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron.
• Zhou Tong returned to the Demon Clan's Small World, where Yan Ruyu welcomed him and walked beside him hand in hand.
• Zhou Tong met Red Dragon King, Peacock King, Golden Peng King, and Golden-Winged Little Peng King, who had survived and was no longer as arrogant.
• Zhou Tong noticed that the Demon Clan elders gathered in the hall included unfamiliar Demon Kings and a Great Accomplishment King whose aura resembled Yan Ruyu's, suggesting division within the clan.
• Yan Ruyu reminded Zhou Tong of his words that the strong devour the weak, and they entered the hall together, prepared to assert their authority.

Zhou Tong and Yan Ruyu entered the demon kings’ hall, where Zhou Tong subdued the seven great demon kings through the force of his Mental Will. After they accepted his authority, he ordered them to join him in attacking Yaoguang Holy Land in two days.

• Zhou Tong and Yan Ruyu entered the hall as the seven demon kings joined their auras and divine senses to pressure them.
• Zhou Tong advanced with Yan Ruyu, and his first four steps overwhelmed the demon kings, making them bleed and leaving their bodies cracked.
• On Zhou Tong’s fifth step, the pressure eased, and all seven demon kings submitted and helped him reach the main seat.
• Zhou Tong sat in the main seat while Yan Ruyu stood beside him, and the Peacock King, Red Dragon King, and Golden Peng King praised his power outside the hall.
• Zhou Tong ordered the demon kings to follow him in attacking Yaoguang Holy Land in two days, and they agreed.

Zhou Tong and the demon race army arrived at Yaoguang Holy Land, whose leaders removed its protective formations and invited him inside. Rather than enter, Zhou Tong began sealing the area with a Source Heaven Divine Array, suspecting Yaoguang planned to flee or use the Ruthless Great Emperor’s hidden contingencies against him.

• Yaoguang Holy Land summoned its disciples as the long-awaited confrontation approached.
• Zhou Tong entered the Southern Region with the demon race’s ten great kings and threatened Yaoguang Holy Land.
• Yaoguang’s elders removed its formations and declared they would not surrender, inviting Zhou Tong to enter and take Li Xiaoman.
• Zhou Tong declined Red Dragon King’s offer to go in his place and began setting up a Source Heaven Divine Array around Yaoguang.
• Zhou Tong said he was sealing the area to prevent Yaoguang from fleeing and suspected it might use the Ruthless Great Emperor’s contingencies against him.

Zhou Tong led the Ten Great Demon Kings against Yaoguang Holy Land, unleashing the Azure Emperor Weapon while its sealed Saint wielded the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron. Their weapons clashed beyond the stars, leaving the confrontation unresolved and terrifying observers across the Big Dipper and distant star domains.

• Yaoguang Holy Land revealed the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron and condemned Zhou Tong for threatening its plans.
• Zhou Tong and the Ten Great Demon Kings revived the Chaos Green Lotus, while Yaoguang Holy Land's foundation Saint emerged from his seal and declared the prohibition against Saints lifted.
• Zhou Tong struck Yaoguang Holy Land with the Vajra Ring, destroying a large section of its territory and drawing Gai Jiuyou's attention to Zhou Tong's possible grasp of Immortal Gold Profound Meaning.
• Zhou Tong advanced to Yaoguang Holy Land's gates as its Saint sent black dragons surging from the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron.
• Zhou Tong and the Saint clashed with the Chaos Green Lotus and Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron, driving their destructive collision into the cosmic starry sky.
• The clash shattered distant stars and horrified cultivators across the Big Dipper and Saints from other star domains.

Zhou Tong defeated Yaoguang Holy Land’s forces and forced its remaining Saint King to admit defeat. He accepted Li Xiaoman’s release and extorted a portion of Immortal Material before declaring their grievances settled.

• Zhou Tong used the Soldier Character Secret through his Vajra Ring to kill Yaoguang Holy Land’s Saint during the clash of Imperial Weapons.
• Zhou Tong confronted Yaoguang Holy Land over its repeated attacks and ordered his demon kings to crush it unless its remaining Saint King came forward.
• Yaoguang’s old Saint King emerged, released Li Xiaoman, and said Yaoguang admitted defeat.
• Zhou Tong demanded compensation and threatened to resume the attack unless Yaoguang handed over Immortal Material.
• The old Saint King gave Zhou Tong one portion of Immortal Material, and Zhou Tong declared all grievances with Yaoguang Holy Land settled.

After defeating Yaoguang Holy Land, Zhou Tong rewarded the Demon Kings and arranged for the crippled Li Xiaoman to return to Tai Xuan Sect. The Demon Clan’s display of strength promised a quieter period in the cultivation world, though Zhou Tong expected more battles before leaving the Big Dipper.

• Zhou Tong told Yan Ruyu and the Demon Kings that Yaoguang Holy Land would likely relocate because its foundations rested on the grave of the Ruthless Great Emperor, then gave ten Demon Kings Immortal Platform Scrolls.
• Yan Ruyu brought Li Xiaoman before Zhou Tong, who explained that he had saved her because of his promise to Ye Fan and offered her safety in the Demon Clan Small World or a return to Tai Xuan Sect.
• Li Xiaoman chose to go to Clumsy Peak, and Zhou Tong gave her a jade message for Li Ruoyu before sending her there with Chessboard Array Patterns.
• Yan Ruyu joked about Ye Fan’s other women, and Zhou Tong said he expected one or two more battles before leaving the Big Dipper.

Yaoguang Holy Land relocated after its sacred ground was damaged, while Zhou Tong brought Yan Ruyu to his hidden palace on the Sun Star and prepared for his journey on the Ancient Starry Road. He strengthened his Hegemonic Bell with Divine Mark Purple Gold and left himself with a new goal: to make it nine meters tall.

• Yaoguang Holy Land's old Saint King ordered the sect to relocate because the clash between the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron and the Azure Emperor Weapon had damaged its seals, and the news shook the Five Regions.
• Zhou Tong rejected the Demon Clan members' plan to seek treasures at Yaoguang's old site, knowing the Bronze Immortal Palace and the Ruthless Great Emperor made it deadly.
• Zhou Tong brought Yan Ruyu to his restored Sun Palace, gave her a token to control the Sun Star's array patterns, and promised her a grand wedding after he returned from the Ancient Starry Road.
• Yan Ruyu gave Zhou Tong an ancient scroll recording the Azure Emperor's experiences on the ancient roads, and Zhou Tong imparted the True Sun Scripture to her.
• Zhou Tong nourished two pieces of Divine Mark Purple Gold with Immortal Qi and refined them into his Hegemonic Bell, increasing it to three meters tall.
• Zhou Tong set a new goal of making his Hegemonic Bell nine meters tall.

After five years of cultivating with the Azure Emperor's Heart, Zhou Tong and Yan Ruyu grew stronger and prepared for the opening of the Strongest Trial Road. Zhou Tong planned to settle matters with Heavenly Emperor Son and Holy Imperial Son before leaving the Big Dipper, while Yan Ruyu stayed to guard the Sun Palace.

• Zhou Tong and Yan Ruyu cultivated with the Azure Emperor's Heart, which transformed their bodies and strengthened their cultivation.
• Zhou Tong sensed that his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings could nurture more than ten spirits, and an azure lotus appeared as his eleventh spirit.
• Yan Ruyu's true-form azure lotus gained power from the heart, and she reached the Fifth Heaven of the King Realm.
• Zhou Tong told Yan Ruyu that the Azure Emperor was likely with the Desolate Pagoda and that the path at the Mysterious Scholar Mansion would open within half a year.
• Zhou Tong said he would force Heavenly Emperor Son into battle, handle another major matter, and leave Yan Ruyu to guard the Sun Palace.

Zhou Tong arrived in Blue Frost City and confronted Zi Tiandu and Xi Yue after they discussed the Heavenly Emperor Son and mocked him. He sent the Heavenly Emperor Son an ultimatum: fight him at Falling Phoenix Slope tomorrow night or see the Undying Heavenly Emperor's remnant soul humiliated.

• Zhou Tong entered Blue Frost City and went to Frost Moon Lake, where young prodigies discussed the Heavenly Emperor Son's power and influence.
• Zi Tiandu and Xi Yue arrived, and Xi Yue insulted the human race, Zhou Tong, and the Yaoguang Holy Land.
• Zhou Tong appeared above the lake, and his blood-energy pressure terrified Xi Yue and Zi Tiandu.
• Zhou Tong told Zi Tiandu and Xi Yue to deliver his challenge to the Heavenly Emperor Son, threatening to suppress his father's remnant soul in a latrine pit if he refused.
• Zhou Tong tossed them a metal fragment bearing the remnant soul's aura and set their fight for the following night at Falling Phoenix Slope.

Zhou Tong revealed that he possessed the Undying Heavenly Emperor's remnant soul and challenged Heavenly Emperor Son to fight at Falling Phoenix Slope. Enraged, Heavenly Emperor Son gathered the Eight Divisions Divine Generals' descendants and allied Ancient Races, then ordered them to march south that night.

• Zhou Tong showed Zi Tiandu and Xi Yue a piece of metal bearing the Undying Heavenly Emperor's aura, declared war on Heavenly Emperor Son, and vanished.
• Zi Tiandu and Xi Yue returned the metal to Heavenly Emperor Son's stronghold, while the news and Zhou Tong's challenge spread across the Eastern Wasteland.
• Heavenly Emperor Son recognized his father's aura on the metal, crushed it, and swore to kill Zhou Tong at Falling Phoenix Slope.
• The descendants of the Eight Divisions Divine Generals warned Heavenly Emperor Son about the Azure Emperor Weapon, but he claimed his father had left him a countermeasure.
• Heavenly Emperor Son ordered his allies from Blood Phoenix Mountain, Fire Qilin Cave, and Golden Cave to march south that night.

Heavenly Emperor Son led the Eight Divisions Divine Generals into the Southern Region and challenged Zhou Tong, while Zhou Tong prepared to face him with support from Holy Imperial Son and Divine Silkworm Daoist. The gathering of Great Sages around the coming battle raised fears that the agreement of No Saints Under Heaven might collapse.

• Heavenly Emperor Son arrived in the Southern Region with the Eight Divisions Divine Generals and declared that he would trample the region beneath his horses’ hooves.
• Heavenly Emperor Son’s forces reached Golden Sun City and demanded that Zhou Tong come out to face him.
• Big Black Dog saw that Heavenly Emperor Son had left his lair undefended, then secretly traveled to the Northern Region to raid it.
• Zhou Tong met Holy Imperial Son and Divine Silkworm Daoist near Golden Sun City, identified Heavenly Emperor Son’s allies, and gave them the first volume of the Emperor Zun Scripture.
• An Old Woman Great Sage appeared beside Zhou Tong, and Divine Silkworm Princess arrived soon afterward.
• Great Sages from the Golden Clan, Blood Phoenix Mountain, and Fire Qilin Cave learned of the gathering and suspected that Zhou Tong’s battle might threaten their imperial descendants or break the agreement of No Saints Under Heaven.

Great Sages and Victorious Fighting Buddha took notice as Heavenly Emperor Son arrived at Golden Sun City with the Eight Divisions Divine Generals and challenged Zhou Tong. After Zhou Tong studied the Radiant White Gold Undying Heavenly Blade and Duan De slipped away to investigate the ancient emperors, Heavenly Emperor Son threatened to slaughter the city, and Zhou Tong finally attacked his army.

• Great Sages from Blood Phoenix Mountain, Fire Qilin Cave, and Golden Cave set out, while Victorious Fighting Buddha watched over the growing conflict from Mount Sumeru.
• Heavenly Emperor Son arrived near Golden Sun City with the Eight Divisions Divine Generals and challenged Zhou Tong, wielding an Undying Heavenly Blade made from Radiant White Gold.
• Zhou Tong observed the blade as Duan De took a Mysterious Jade Platform and vanished to investigate the origins of the ancient emperors.
• When Zhou Tong did not answer, Heavenly Emperor Son threatened to slaughter Golden Sun City, sending its cultivators and mortals fleeing.
• Zhou Tong charged into the Eight Divisions Divine Generals and cleaved through the Ancient Race troops with Sacred Spirit Sword.

Zhou Tong battled Heavenly Emperor Son while their allies faced off around them, and Zhou Tong gained the upper hand in their duel. After killing a Great Accomplishment King who tried to interfere, he warned everyone that anyone who disrupted the fight would die.

• Zhou Tong and Heavenly Emperor Son clashed, while Huo Qilinzi fought Holy Imperial Son and Huo Lin'er was blocked by the Divine Silkworm Daoist.
• Zhou Tong taunted Heavenly Emperor Son for bringing reinforcements and urged him to fight with his father's Dao.
• After three hundred exchanges, Zhou Tong wounded Heavenly Emperor Son and began to suppress him.
• A human Great Sage stopped the Eight Divisions Divine Generals from intervening, while an Ancient Races Great Sage confronted her.
• A Great Accomplishment King tried to pressure Zhou Tong into easing off, but Zhou Tong's Purple Kirin roared him to pieces.
• Zhou Tong declared that anyone who interfered in the battle would be slain, leaving the watching cultivators hesitant to act.

Zhou Tong overwhelmed the Heavenly Emperor Son in a clash of Heavenly Dao Will, then used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to confront Huang Xudao and the Golden Heavenly Maiden with separate Dao Bodies. The Heavenly Emperor Son and his allies ended the chapter surrounded by Zhou Tong.

• The Heavenly Emperor Son recovered from his injuries and fought Zhou Tong with the Undying Heavenly Blade, summoning meteors with his Heavenly Dao Will.
• Zhou Tong countered with the Thunder Emperor Method, destroyed the meteors, and battered the Heavenly Emperor Son with lightning until his will faltered.
• Huang Xudao arrived to save the Heavenly Emperor Son, but Zhou Tong's Dao Body blocked him and sent him flying with a punch.
• The Golden Heavenly Maiden rushed to rescue the Heavenly Emperor Son, but a third Zhou Tong emerged and struck her with his fist intent.
• Zhou Tong revealed One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and declared that the Heavenly Emperor Son, Huang Xudao, and the Golden Heavenly Maiden were surrounded.

Zhou Tong fought the Heavenly Emperor Son, Huang Xudao, and the Golden Heavenly Maiden while the surrounding Saints hesitated to break the No Saints Under Heaven agreement. By the end, Zhou Tong had gained the upper hand against all three, though the Heavenly Emperor Son’s Phoenix vitality made him difficult to kill.

• The Divine Silkworm Princess stopped a Saint King from joining the fight, invoking the No Saints Under Heaven agreement as the assembled Saints waited for a chance to overturn it.
• The Heavenly Emperor Son ordered the Eight Divisions Divine Generals to attack, and Zhou Tong met them with a devastating storm of multicolored lightning.
• Zhou Tong struck the Heavenly Emperor Son and forced him to use Immortal Phoenix Rebirth to heal, while recognizing that the Phoenix bloodline made him hard to kill.
• Zhou Tong fought Huang Xudao through more than three hundred exchanges, then used Yin Yang Reversal to break Huang Xudao’s Phoenix Feather Divine Light and suppress him with Chaos Power.
• Zhou Tong’s Three Pure Ones Incarnation battled the Golden Heavenly Maiden, whose body split under his attacks as she continued fighting without retreating.
• Zhou Tong held an absolute advantage over all three opponents, leaving the Heavenly Emperor Son barely able to resist and Huang Xudao and the Golden Heavenly Maiden close to defeat.

Big Black Dog tried to loot Heavenly Emperor Son’s lair, only to discover that someone had already taken everything. Accused by the Ancient Races of the robbery, he escaped and set his sights on Fire Qilin Cave.

• Big Black Dog reached Heavenly Emperor Son’s lair in the Northern Region and carefully set up a Heaven-Deceiving Grand Array despite nearby Primordial Ancestor Kings.
• Big Black Dog entered the lair and discovered that its treasures, medicinal fields, and palace were illusions hiding an already emptied site.
• Big Black Dog searched the grounds for anything left behind but found nothing and blamed the robbery on Fatty Duan and the Heaven Swallowing Devil Pot.
• Big Black Dog decided to target Fire Qilin Cave next, but members of the Ancient Races arrived and accused him of looting the lair.
• Big Black Dog fled through a domain gate, leaving the Ancient Races to believe he had robbed Heavenly Emperor Son’s lair.

Duan De mistook the theft of treasures from Golden Cave and Blood Phoenix Mountain for the work of a black dog and fled after Nine Phoenix Ancestor King attacked him. Near Golden Sun City, Zhou Tong overwhelmed the three Imperial heirs, prompting the Ancient Races' Great Sages to consider breaking the rules to kill him.

• Duan De spotted signs that someone had raided Golden Cave, blamed a black dog, and escaped before investigating further.
• Duan De arrived at Blood Phoenix Mountain, where Nine Phoenix Ancestor King accused him of stealing its treasures and attacked him.
• Duan De escaped with the Heaven Swallowing Devil Pot and array platforms, while Nine Phoenix Ancestor King raged and destroyed distant mountains.
• Near Golden Sun City, Zhou Tong struck the Heavenly Emperor Son, pierced Huang Xudao, and split apart the Golden Heavenly Maiden while fighting all three Imperial heirs.
• The Great Sages of the Ancient Races discussed secretly killing Zhou Tong, even if doing so meant breaking the rules and triggering a clash of ultimate weapons.

Zhou Tong secretly raided Fire Qilin Cave’s First Cave, taking its treasures and five million jin of Eternal Blue Gold, then assessed the riches he had gathered from several imperial strongholds. He discovered jars of blood from the Undying Heavenly Emperor and the Blood Phoenix Mountain Ancient Emperor and set out for Golden Sun City while his Three Pure Ones Incarnation continued fighting.

• Zhou Tong used the Vajra Ring’s Dragon Concealment to evade Fire Qilin Cave’s defenses and enter its First Cave without alerting its inhabitants.
• Zhou Tong took the Enlightenment Tea Tree bedboards, the Qilin Ancient Emperor’s stone tablets, seventeen Medicine Kings, and five million jin of Eternal Blue Gold.
• Zhou Tong stripped the First Cave of its remaining treasures, including the Divine Source illuminating its walls, and left Fire Qilin Cave.
• Zhou Tong inventoried his gains from the Heavenly Emperor Son’s lair, Golden Cave, Fire Qilin Cave, and Blood Phoenix Mountain, including Immortal Materials, Medicine Kings, and three billion jin of Divine Source.
• Zhou Tong found jars of refined blood from the Undying Heavenly Emperor and the Blood Phoenix Mountain Ancient Emperor, recognizing that they could strengthen his Chaotic Ancient Method.
• Zhou Tong concealed himself with the Vajra Ring and Azure Emperor Weapon and headed toward Golden Sun City while his Three Pure Ones Incarnation continued fighting.

Zhou Tong’s three Dao Bodies battled the Imperial Sons while the Ancient Races’ Great Sages intervened to kill him. His true body then emerged from the Void, revealing that he had watched the fight from safety and leaving the Great Sages facing his calm defiance.

• Zhou Tong battered Heavenly Emperor Son until the Ancient Races’ Great Sages moved to intervene, allowing Huang Xudao and Golden Heavenly Maiden to escape.
• Golden King confronted the Old Woman Great Sage, while Yan Qi and Divine Silkworm Princess clashed and the Great Sage of Blood Phoenix Mountain joined the attack.
• The Great Sage of Blood Phoenix Mountain sealed the Void and struck at Zhou Tong, but the three Zhou Tongs vanished into streams of Pure Qi.
• The onlookers realized the three fighters had all been Dao Bodies, while Zhou Tong’s true body had used the Void Great Emperor’s Array Patterns to enter unnoticed.
• Zhou Tong emerged from the Void and calmly confirmed to the Great Sage of Blood Phoenix Mountain that the three fighters had been his Dao Bodies.