Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan reunited with Zhou Tong in Human Race Tenth City amid growing reports of attacks against the human race. Zhou Tong explained that a major conflict would erupt across the human cities and asked Ye Fan what had happened to Earth and his family.

• Ye Fan heard troubling reports of Holy Spirit and Ancient Beast attacks as he traveled through Tenth City with the Dragon Horse.
• Ye Fan's golden blood stirred, leading him to a secluded tavern where he reunited with Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong learned that Zi Xia remained at Purple Mansion Holy Land and that the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo had not appeared, then resolved to rely on his own strength against the future Dark Turmoil.
• Zhou Tong told Ye Fan he had killed the Great Sage Cang Yan with a prepared formation and had returned to train for the coming conflict between the tenth and fortieth human cities.
• Zhou Tong asked Ye Fan whether the Feathered Divine Dynasty's formation had sent him back to Earth and what had happened to his family there.

Zhou Tong and Ye Fan caught up over drinks, and Ye Fan told him that his parents were healthy, had two talented younger children, and had received the cultivation knowledge Zhou Tong left behind. Ye Fan also recounted recent events across Mars, Big Dipper, and the Yongheng Star Domain, leaving the two to continue their conversation with the wider conflict unresolved.

• Ye Fan told Zhou Tong that his parents had used the White Tiger Divine Medicine's medicinal fluid and were still healthy at the age of one hundred and ten.
• Ye Fan explained that Zhou Tong's parents had twins, Zhou Qing and Zhou Ya, and showed him their photograph.
• Ye Fan said he had taught Zhou Tong's parents the True Sun Scripture and its basic cultivation knowledge, while they remained on Earth to benefit from its revival.
• Ye Fan recounted how he released Zhou Tong's old Human Demon on Mars, who defeated Crocodile Ancestor.
• Ye Fan said the Imperial Sons had left Big Dipper to train, while Big Dipper and Yongheng remained locked in a stalemate after Yongheng's attack.
• Zhou Tong and Ye Fan continued drinking and discussing their years apart.

Zhou Tong proposed ending the blood feud between the Hegemon Body and Saint Body lineages, and Ye Fan agreed after Zhou Tong gave him the complete Primordial Sacred Body inheritance. The two left the future to contests over the Great Dao rather than inherited hatred.

• Zhou Tong explained that the ancient feud began when a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body killed a Hegemon Body who had neared the Dao, and said he intended to end the feud in their generation.
• Ye Fan questioned whether Zhou Tong could speak for the Hegemon Body lineage, and Zhou Tong vowed to make its members accept the change.
• Ye Fan marveled at Zhou Tong's rapid cultivation, and Zhou Tong revealed that he entered the Divine Prohibition State several times each day because he had never severed the Dao conventionally.
• Zhou Tong told Ye Fan that his Primordial Sacred Body inheritance was incomplete and identified the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body in the Primordial Forbidden Land as its other keeper.
• Zhou Tong transmitted the complete Primordial Sacred Body secret art to Ye Fan and offered it as a symbol of reconciliation.
• Ye Fan thanked Zhou Tong and agreed that the lineages would have no more blood feud, only disputes over the Great Dao.

Zhou Tong waited for the Holy Spirit Lineage’s assault on Human Race Tenth City so he could temper himself in a great battle. When the attack began, he concealed his identity and killed several powerful Holy Spirits in a sudden massacre, leaving the invading forces afraid to approach him.

• Sacred Spirit Ao Mang attacked Human Race Tenth City, but Great Sage Qinghuang intervened and fought him in the universe.
• The allied foreign armies launched their assault, and Zhou Tong suspected the Holy Spirit Lineage expected him to interfere and might have brought an Imperial Weapon.
• Zhou Tong changed his appearance and aura, then confronted a ninth-level Saint King Holy Spirit and destroyed him with one punch.
• Zhou Tong killed two more perfected Saint Kings in quick succession, stunning the foreign forces and halting their advance toward him.

Zhou Tong returned to the Human Ancient Road and massacred the alien Saint Kings who had gathered there. After killing the Asura Clan Saint King and seizing his cauldron, he left the remaining cultivators fleeing in terror.

• Zhou Tong challenged the alien Saint Kings, then killed a Primordial Demon Clan Saint King with his Sacred Spirit Sword.
• Zhou Tong unleashed the Heaven Slaying Dao, killing a Winged Clan Saint King and the speaker who urged the others to attack him.
• Zhou Tong charged into the gathered Saints, slaughtering dozens and sensing that his Heaven Slaying Dao could advance further.
• The Asura Clan Saint King attacked Zhou Tong with a cauldron mixed with Feathered Green Gold, but Zhou Tong cracked the cauldron and pierced the Saint King through the brow.
• Zhou Tong used the Soldier Character Secret to seize the cauldron, and the surviving cultivators fled.

Zhou Tong drew out the Holy Spirit forces by attacking Great Moon Slope, then confronted Great Sage Sheng Duo and lured him into the starry sky. Their clash stunned the battlefield, while Ye Fan was shaken by how far Zhou Tong had surpassed him but resolved to keep striving.

• Zhou Tong concealed his identity and rushed toward the ancient well at Great Moon Slope, where he spotted a supreme Holy Spirit carrying an Immortal Tear Green Gold Ruler and a Great Sage guardian.
• Zhou Tong entered the Divine Prohibition State and struck Great Sage Sheng Duo with a Hegemon Fist, meeting his punch head-on.
• After Sheng Duo recognized Zhou Tong as the Hegemon Body who had killed Fire Spirit Cang Yan, Zhou Tong fled into the stars and Sheng Duo pursued him.
• Humans and foreign races across the battlefield were shocked that a Saint King Hegemon Body was drawing a Great Sage into battle.
• Ye Fan and the Dragon Horse sensed Zhou Tong's strength, and Ye Fan despaired at their widening gap before resolving to rely on his future completed Saint Body.

Zhou Tong fought Great Sage Sheng Duo in the starry sky, testing his Hegemon Body against the Holy Spirit’s strength. Their battle continued with neither yielding, shaking the starfield as the cultivators at the Human Race Tenth Pass felt its immense force.

• Great Sage Sheng Duo pursued Zhou Tong beyond the Human Race Tenth Pass and challenged him to fight.
• Great Sage Sheng Duo unleashed the Holy Spirit lineage’s power, and Zhou Tong met his attack with the All Character Secret and Heaven Slaying Dao.
• Zhou Tong admitted that Sheng Duo’s body was slightly stronger in their first clash, while Sheng Duo was shocked that a Saint King had blocked his strongest strike.
• Sheng Duo insisted on proving the Holy Spirit body’s superiority, and Zhou Tong answered with his re-derived Hegemon Fist.
• Zhou Tong and Sheng Duo fought at extreme speed, tearing through the starry sky as their clashes sent powerful shockwaves toward the Human Race Tenth Pass.

Zhou Tong battled Great Sage Sheng Duo and, under the pressure of their fight, began to form his Forbidden Domain by fusing the Heaven Slaying Dao with the Hegemon Fist. He left the clash eager to keep fighting, while Great Sage Sheng Duo reeled from the loss of his arm and the realization that he had become Zhou Tong’s whetstone.

• Zhou Tong fought Great Sage Sheng Duo despite being badly wounded, growing fiercer as the battle helped refine his Heaven Slaying Dao and Hegemon Fist.
• Zhou Tong struck Great Sage Sheng Duo with a fused punch that shattered his opponent’s palm and pulverized his stone arm.
• Great Sage Sheng Duo recognized that Zhou Tong had grasped the Forbidden Domain through battle and was shaken by his opponent’s rapid growth.
• Zhou Tong reflected that the fusion of the Ten Fiend Immortal Blades with the Hegemon Fist marked the unstable beginnings of his Forbidden Domain.
• Zhou Tong turned toward Great Sage Sheng Duo again, eager to continue the fight.

Zhou Tong killed Great Sage Sheng Duo while testing his newly comprehended Forbidden Domain, then faced Ao Mang as Great Sage Qinghuang was defeated. Zhou Tong lent Qinghuang the Azure Emperor Weapon and revealed a powerful figure at his side before preparing to fight Ao Mang.

• Zhou Tong used his Forbidden Domain to overwhelm Great Sage Sheng Duo, whose body he shattered before pursuing his fleeing head.
• Ao Mang defeated Great Sage Qinghuang and declared the Holy Spirits invincible, but Zhou Tong crushed Great Sage Sheng Duo's last head and erased him.
• Zhou Tong told Qinghuang that he had killed Fire Spirit Cang Yan and had come to temper himself against the Holy Spirits.
• Qinghuang blocked Ao Mang's Killing Intent and urged Zhou Tong to return to the Tenth City, but Zhou Tong identified the Holy Spirits' goal as the treasures sealed by the Dao Venerable.
• Zhou Tong gave Qinghuang the Azure Emperor Weapon, warning that the attackers might have an Imperial Weapon, and revealed a powerful figure beside him.
• Qinghuang acknowledged Zhou Tong's strength, left Ao Mang to him, and departed with the Azure Emperor Weapon.

Zhou Tong fought Sacred Spirit Ao Mang at the peak of his power, using the Divine Prohibition State, Forbidden Domain, and Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings to defeat him. After reflecting on the battle, Zhou Tong turned toward the Human Race Tenth Pass when two streams of azure immortal light erupted, revealing the presence of the Chaos Green Lotus and the Light Clan's Spirit Refining Pot.

• Zhou Tong blocked Sacred Spirit Ao Mang from pursuing Great Sage Qinghuang and challenged him to fight without restraint.
• Zhou Tong unleashed his peak combat power, and Ao Mang transformed his arm into flesh and blood to meet his attacks.
• Zhou Tong shattered Ao Mang's arm, then struck again and blew apart his body.
• Zhou Tong gathered Ao Mang's scattered Holy Spirit blood with the Vajra Ring and reflected on how the battle had improved his understanding of the Forbidden Domain.
• Zhou Tong fell out of the Divine Prohibition State and planned to recover before breaking through to Great Sage.
• Two streams of azure immortal light burst from the Human Race Tenth Pass, and Zhou Tong identified them as the Chaos Green Lotus and the Light Clan's Spirit Refining Pot.

After killing Ao Mang, Zhou Tong returned to the Tenth Pass as the Azure Emperor Weapon and Spirit Refining Pot confronted each other over a Holy Spirit sealed by Dao Venerable. The seal broke and revealed a blood-filled white lotus, while Zhou Tong learned the Holy Spirit lineage’s Heaven Mending Technique and concluded that advancing his unstable Forbidden Domain required creating a Dragon Transformation scripture.

• Zhou Tong recovered his divine power, returned to the Tenth Pass, and told Great Sage Qinghuang and the others that he had killed Ao Mang.
• Great Sage Qinghuang and the Guiding Envoy explained Dao Venerable’s attempt to refine a Holy Spirit, just before the sealed Holy Spirit burst from the ancient well as a blood-streaked white lotus.
• The Azure Emperor Weapon and Spirit Refining Pot shielded everyone from the lotus’s terrifying power, and the human and Holy Spirit factions withdrew from the ancient planet.
• Zhou Tong studied the Heaven Mending Technique that appeared on the Hegemonic Bell and recognized it as a scripture capable of correcting the Holy Spirit lineage’s flaws.
• Zhou Tong judged his Forbidden Domain incomplete and decided that creating the Dragon Transformation scripture was necessary to unify his cultivation and advance his combat technique.

Zhou Tong began his Great Sage tribulation on the ancient star, wiping out most of the invading alien army as the lightning engulfed the battlefield. He then fought the surviving Great Sages with his Vajra Ring and manifestations of ancient emperors and supreme beings.

• After the lotus’s fluctuations subsided, the alien armies launched their assault on the Demon Well, and Zhou Tong told the human forces to leave the ancient-star battle to him.
• Zhou Tong charged into the ancient star to undergo his Great Sage tribulation, and the oppressive aura made the fighting pause as the invaders realized what was happening.
• The tribulation’s lightning devastated the ancient star and annihilated countless alien cultivators, bringing the battle to an abrupt end.
• The leading Holy Spirit attacked Zhou Tong with silver flames, but Zhou Tong used his Vajra Ring to clash with the Holy Spirit’s Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• The Sun Emperor, the Demon Emperor, the Azure Emperor, Wu Shi the Great, Xue Yueqing, Dao De Tianzun, Hengyu the Great, and other figures manifested, and Zhou Tong charged at the surviving Great Sages with them.

Zhou Tong used his Great Sage tribulation to kill the Holy Spirit and annihilate the alien cultivators trapped on the ancient planet. He survived the tribulation’s Great Emperor phantoms and emerged in the starry sky, tempering himself and his Dao Proving Artifact into a Great Sage.

• The Human Race cultivators ambushed and killed alien cultivators who escaped Zhou Tong’s lightning sea, while Old Madman blocked the Light Clan Great Sage from intervening.
• Zhou Tong fought the Holy Spirit wielding the Immortal Tear Green Gold Ruler, cracked its weapon, and shattered its arm with a powerful strike.
• Zhou Tong killed the Ninth Heaven Great Sage Holy Spirit and turned his attention to completing his tribulation.
• Zhou Tong fought the Great Emperor phantoms and destroyed the Heavenly Court scene, enduring repeated injuries as his body and Hegemonic Bell were tempered.
• Zhou Tong pierced through the Star River with a final strike, then absorbed the universe’s divine power to forge his Great Sage body and artifact.

Zhou Tong completed his Great Sage tribulation and gained permanent strands of Azure Heaven True Blood, alarming Ye Fan and a human Great Sage with the implications for his future strength. He emerged at the third level of the Great Sage realm, determined to refine his methods further and strengthen his cultivation scripture.

• Zhou Tong absorbed the starfield’s essence and refined his body and soul, producing crimson Azure Heaven True Blood.
• A human Great Sage explained to Ye Fan that Hegemon Bodies could normally produce Azure Heaven True Blood only briefly, and warned that Zhou Tong might combine the strengths of both lineages.
• Ye Fan recognized the importance of Zhou Tong’s effort to end the feud between the Saint Body and Hegemon Body lineages and wondered what preparations he had made for the Dark Turmoil.
• Zhou Tong completed his tribulation and reached the third level of the Great Sage realm, with power he believed could defeat anyone below the Quasi-Emperor realm in three moves.
• Zhou Tong resolved to keep refining his Saint Body-derived methods and improve the Dragon Transformation Realm scripture he had created.

After passing his Great Sage tribulation, Zhou Tong seized the Sacred Spirit Stone Token during a chaotic clash between the Spirit Refining Pot and a Holy Spirit ancestor’s arm. He left the battle holding the token and the Azure Emperor Weapon, while Great Might Sacred Spirit could only watch.

• Zhou Tong completed his Great Sage tribulation as the ancient star began to collapse.
• A giant white lotus bloomed at Great Moon Slope, revealing a Holy Spirit ancestor’s arm gripping the Sacred Spirit Stone Token.
• Zhou Tong struck down the Light Clan Great Sage and used the Soldier Character Secret to set the Spirit Refining Pot against the Holy Spirit arm.
• The arm exploded, and the uncontrolled Spirit Refining Pot was knocked away after the stone token struck it.
• Zhou Tong drew the Sacred Spirit Stone Token to himself, and the Azure Emperor Weapon flew into his hand and subdued the token.
• Great Might Sacred Spirit gave up his attempt to reclaim the token, and Zhou Tong emerged with the battle’s greatest prize.

After driving back the Holy Spirit Lineage and alien races, Zhou Tong remained at Human Race Tenth City and asked the Ancient Road for Immortal Material. He recovered Five-Colored Immortal Liquid, and Great Sage Qinghuang agreed to seek support for giving him Destiny Orange Gold.

• Great Might Sacred Spirit and a Light Clan Great Sage agreed to plan for more Imperial Weapons and eventually kill Zhou Tong, then ordered the alien forces to retreat.
• Zhou Tong told Great Sage Qinghuang he would stay to recover and master the Sacred Spirit Stone Token, and asked for Immortal Material as his reward.
• Great Sage Qinghuang revealed that the Ancient Road's treasury held Destiny Orange Gold and said he would try to obtain some for Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong used the Soldier Character Secret to recover more than a thousand drops of Five-Colored Immortal Liquid from the Demon Well's remains and gave half to Great Sage Qinghuang.
• Zhou Tong assured Great Sage Qinghuang that his friendship with Ye Fan would end the blood feud between the Hegemon Body and Saint Body lineages in their generation.

After the battle, Zhou Tong spent three years restoring the ruined ancient star and consolidating his cultivation. He formed the Dragon Transformation Realm scripture, then faced a lightning tribulation and advanced to the sixth level of the Great Sage realm.

• Zhou Tong stayed behind after the armies withdrew and sent his three Pure Ones avatars to help restore the ancient star, accepting responsibility for the damage caused by his tribulation.
• Over three years, Zhou Tong and his avatars used Source Heavenly Divine Runes to revive the planet, while he cultivated nine dragon beasts and refined his techniques through quiet contemplation.
• Zhou Tong used Five-Colored Immortal Liquid as support and completed his Dragon Transformation Realm scripture, drawing power from his three great secret realms into a purple Great Dragon.
• Zhou Tong flew into the starry sky to undergo a tribulation as the heavenly geniuses on the ancient star recognized his presence.
• Zhou Tong endured a day of lightning tribulation by circulating the Thunder Emperor Method and advanced to the sixth level of the Great Sage realm.

After three years of secluded cultivation, Zhou Tong reached the sixth level of the Great Sage Realm and subdued the Sacred Spirit Stone Token. He sensed that two of his true lives might be in the past, then prepared to leave the ancient star as Great Sage Qinghuang arrived with the Destiny Orange Gold.

• Zhou Tong perfected his Dragon Transformation Realm scripture, endured three heavenly tribulations, advanced to the sixth level of the Great Sage Realm, and took control of the Sacred Spirit Stone Token.
• Zhou Tong sensed that his Nine-Leaf Sword Grass and Thunder Emperor true lives might be in the past and decided to wait until he reached the ninth level before attempting to send another true life back.
• Zhou Tong assessed his need for stronger opponents and concluded that he should continue onward rather than remain in seclusion.
• Great Sage Qinghuang's divine sense arrived, and Zhou Tong realized that the matter of the Destiny Orange Gold had been settled.

Zhou Tong and Great Sage Qinghuang discussed Destiny Orange Gold and the future it revealed as the ancient star recovered. Great Sage Qinghuang transformed into the Dao after Zhou Tong showed him that immortals and eternal life existed, and Ye Fan honored him with a cenotaph.

• Zhou Tong explained that he had reinforced the ancient star with Great Emperor Array Patterns and reorganized its earth veins.
• Great Sage Qinghuang showed Zhou Tong Destiny Orange Gold and described seeing a bloodstained starry sky and a silent universe.
• Zhou Tong rejected the vision, declared that destiny was with him, and put away the Destiny Orange Gold.
• Great Sage Qinghuang began transforming into the Dao, alarming Zhou Tong and drawing Ye Fan to the scene.
• Zhou Tong revealed his three strands of Immortal Qi and told Great Sage Qinghuang that immortals and eternal life existed.
• Great Sage Qinghuang transformed into light, and Ye Fan erected a cenotaph for him.

Zhou Tong forcibly opened the six remaining Demon Wells on the Human Ancient Road, defeating the gods and ghosts within and claiming a stone book of a perfected Holy Spirit’s Dao and techniques. After reaching the seventh level of the Great Sage realm and collecting thousands of drops of Five-Colored Immortal Liquid, he prepared to continue onward but concluded he still needed a Quasi-Emperor-level combatant to safely break Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Immortal Slaying Formation.

• Zhou Tong told Ye Fan he planned to force open Dao Venerable’s seals with the Azure Emperor Weapon rather than wait for the Holy Spirit Lineage to return.
• Ye Fan lent Zhou Tong the Immortal Cauldron to study its Dao patterns and accepted the Sacred Spirit Stone Token in exchange.
• Zhou Tong used the Azure Emperor Weapon and his arrays over the following year to open the other six Demon Wells and fought the gods and ghosts released from them.
• Zhou Tong survived a brutal battle against the Holy Spirit’s head, advanced to the seventh level of the Great Sage realm, and claimed the stone book from the final Demon Well.
• Zhou Tong harvested more than three thousand drops of Five-Colored Immortal Liquid, gave some to the Human Ancient Road’s administrators, and kept over two thousand for himself.
• After returning their Imperial Weapons to Ye Fan, Zhou Tong considered using his collected artifacts against Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Immortal Slaying Formation and decided he needed a Quasi-Emperor-level combatant to preside over the formation.