Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong traveled to Golden Seven Cities and used an ancient altar to enter the Mythological Ancient Road. The Holy Spirit Lineage and the Light and Golden Clans learned where he had gone and prepared to pursue him, while Zhou Tong was struck by a sudden sword attack upon arrival.

• Zhou Tong left the Human Ancient Road using the Divine Light Platform, enraging the Holy Spirit Lineage and frustrating its alliance with the Light and Golden Clans.
• After a month of searching, Great Might Sacred Spirit learned Zhou Tong was in Golden Seven Cities and ordered the Light and Golden Clans to join the hunt.
• Zhou Tong entered Golden Seven Cities, where a peak Great Sage old man recognized his extraordinary youth and showed him the Mythological Altar.
• Zhou Tong activated the altar with ten kinds of Ancient Blood and was transported to the Mythological Ancient Road.
• As Zhou Tong emerged from the passage, a dazzling sword light attacked him from above.

Zhou Tong fought and defeated a spiritually awakened Quasi-Emperor corpse on the Mythological Ancient Road, claiming its damaged Quasi-Emperor divine sword. He then searched for Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Wheel Sea and Other Shore, following traces through a dangerous region of the universe.

• A giant corpse ambushed Zhou Tong with a damaged Quasi-Emperor divine sword, but Zhou Tong evaded its first strike and fought back.
• Zhou Tong endured a sword wound, pierced the corpse’s heart, and destroyed its Immortal Platform with a punch.
• Zhou Tong collected the Quasi-Emperor divine sword, healed his wounds, and let nine dragon beasts refine the corpse’s blood as they underwent tribulations.
• Zhou Tong continued along the Mythological Ancient Road, following traces left by Lingbao Heavenly Venerate to search for the Wheel Sea and Other Shore.
• Zhou Tong wandered through ruins and fought strange beings, strengthening his cultivation and resolve along the way.

After three years on the Mythological Ancient Road, Zhou Tong found Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Wheel Sea and used the Group Character Secret to begin arranging its formations. The disturbance awakened an ancient Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body, which Zhou Tong defeated before claiming its treasures.

• Zhou Tong reached the boundary of the Mythological Ancient Hunting Zone after traveling the Mythological Ancient Road for three years.
• Zhou Tong found Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Dao Platform and used clues from the Lingbao Scripture to locate the hidden Wheel Sea.
• Zhou Tong entered the vast Sea of Bitterness and discovered that formations made with the Group Character Secret could withstand its restrictions.
• Zhou Tong used Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Array Patterns to build a formation, triggering a transformation throughout the Wheel Sea.
• An ancient Azure Heaven Hegemonic Body emerged from the sea, but Zhou Tong and his three Pure Qi clones quickly destroyed it.
• Zhou Tong’s clones returned with the Hegemonic Body’s treasures, including its Hegemonic Bell forged from Great Luo Silver Essence and Divine Mark Purple Gold.

Zhou Tong completed four corners of Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Great Emperor Array Patterns at the Sea of Bitterness, provoking a projection of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation but failing to draw out its swords. He forged his painstakingly created patterns into an array disk and set sail toward the center of the Heavenly Venerate’s Wheel Sea to seek the Four Immortal Slaying Swords.

• Zhou Tong defeated eight peak Great Sage corpses with his Three Pure Ones Incarnations and collected their valuable spoils.
• Zhou Tong used the Group Character Secret to deduce and complete the second and third corners of the Great Emperor Array Patterns.
• The third corner awakened the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, so Zhou Tong prepared several Imperial Weapons to guard against them.
• Zhou Tong spent a year completing the fourth corner, and his Martial Heavenly Eye briefly revealed an Array Diagram projection before it vanished.
• Zhou Tong refined the four corners into a dark-red array disk made from Crimson Dawn Divine Gold and Chaos Earth.
• Zhou Tong boarded an ancient ship and sailed toward the center of the Heavenly Venerate’s Wheel Sea.

Zhou Tong tempered his body and primordial spirit for five years in Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Life Spring, strengthening his scripture and laying the foundation for becoming a Supreme. He used a ghost lamp to reach the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and considered how to take them before his pursuers arrived.

• Zhou Tong entered the Life Spring at the center of the Sea of Bitterness and used Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s killing intent to temper himself instead of immediately taking out his treasures.
• Zhou Tong endured the killing intent for five years, advancing deeper step by step as the Immortal Sutra repaired and strengthened him and helped him find flaws in his scripture.
• Zhou Tong stopped when the killing intent exceeded what he could safely withstand and decided to take the Four Immortal Slaying Swords before his pursuers reached him.
• Zhou Tong used a bronze ghost lamp refined by Lingbao Heavenly Venerate to block the killing intent and enter the depths of the Life Spring.
• Zhou Tong found the four dark crimson swords, identified each by its patterns, and considered taking them before subduing the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.

Zhou Tong planned to sever the Four Immortal Slaying Swords from the Immortal Slaying Formation Diagram, but the Light Clan’s Spirit Refining Pot arrived before he could act. The swords repelled it, and the chapter ended with three Imperial Weapons joining forces against them.

• Zhou Tong decided to use the Holy Emperor Formation Diagram and the Vajra Ring to take the Four Immortal Slaying Swords without awakening them against him.
• The Spirit Refining Pot entered the Heavenly Venerate’s Life Spring, and Zhou Tong left the Life Spring using the Dragon Concealment secret art.
• Zhou Tong surveyed the gathered cultivators, including Golden King and Golden Heavenly Maiden, and judged that no one present could threaten him unless a Quasi-Emperor appeared.
• The Four Immortal Slaying Swords struck the Spirit Refining Pot and sent it flying, shocking the assembled cultivators.
• The Golden Clan’s Great Sage summoned the Golden Mace, Myriad Dragon Nest brought out the Myriad Dragon Bell, and the Spirit Refining Pot returned as the three Imperial Weapons confronted the swords together.

The Golden Mace, Myriad Dragon Bell, and Spirit Refining Pot battled the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, which were empowered by an imprint of Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Array Diagram. Zhou Tong watched from a distance while Dao Yi and his protector prepared to seize the swords if they weakened.

• The Life Spring split open, and the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and a phantom Array Diagram emerged to fight the three Imperial Weapons.
• The Great Sages recognized the Array Diagram as Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s and believed the three Imperial Weapons could overcome it.
• Zhou Tong stayed out of the battle, wary that Dao Yi might be nearby and waiting to seize the swords.
• Dao Yi and his protector watched from concealment, and Dao Yi stopped his protector from acting because he hoped the swords would summon the true Array Diagram.
• Dao Yi ordered his protector to prepare to seize the Four Immortal Slaying Swords once they could no longer hold out.

Dao Yi used the arrival of Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Array Diagram as a chance to rush toward God's Other Shore and seize the Life Ancient Tree. Zhou Tong realized Dao Yi’s plan, sent the Vajra Ring and Azure Emperor Weapon to aid the other Imperial Weapon wielders, and followed him through the void.

• Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s real Array Diagram arrived and merged with the four Killing Swords, trapping the Great Sages in a deadly formation.
• Dao Yi ordered his protector to take him to God's Other Shore, hoping to seize the Life Ancient Tree while the formation occupied everyone else.
• A golden Imperial Weapon appeared and vanished toward God's Other Shore, leading Zhou Tong to realize Dao Yi’s true target.
• Zhou Tong sent the Vajra Ring and Azure Emperor Weapon to hold back the formation, then used his calculations and the Gu Clan Treasure Art to pursue Dao Yi.
• The Vajra Ring’s nine-colored divine figure joined the four Imperial Weapon wielders, who attacked the four gates and began destabilizing the formation.

Zhou Tong followed Dao Yi to the Divine Domain, where Dao Yi killed God and claimed the Life Ancient Tree, but Zhou Tong and a hidden rival both tried to seize it. Zhou Tong took the tree and was trapped in Dao Yan the Great’s imperial array alongside Dao Yi and the rival, whom he recognized.

• Zhou Tong reached God's Other Shore and sensed the god of the Divine Domain’s Power of Faith as Dao Yi made his move.
• Dao Yi used Dao Yan the Great’s Imperial Weapon to kill God, then went to Life Ancient Mountain and found the Life Ancient Tree.
• Zhou Tong and an unknown rival simultaneously ambushed Dao Yi and reached for the tree.
• Zhou Tong froze the surrounding space-time with the Gu Clan Treasure Art, uprooted the Life Ancient Tree, and stored it in his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.
• Dao Yi activated Dao Yan the Great’s imperial array, which broke Zhou Tong’s technique and revealed him; Zhou Tong mocked Dao Yi for helping him obtain the tree.
• The imperial array forced the unknown rival into view, and Zhou Tong recognized the person.

Zhou Tong reunited with Ji Zi on Life Ancient Mountain and used the Sun Sacred Emperor Formation Diagram and a stone token to detain him and Dao Yi. Meanwhile, the Azure Emperor Weapon suddenly withdrew from Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Array Diagram and blocked the other Imperial Weapons from retreating, leaving the Great Sages stunned.

• Zhou Tong and Ji Zi recognized each other, and Dao Yi learned that Zhou Tong had followed him into the Divine Domain by calculating the coordinates from the Celestial Venerable Wheel Sea.
• Dao Yi’s protector arrived with an Imperial Weapon, but Zhou Tong revealed the Sun Sacred Emperor Formation Diagram and deterred them from attacking.
• Zhou Tong blocked Dao Yi and his protector from leaving, then used his stone token to keep Ji Zi in place while three of his clones vanished into the void.
• Inside the Celestial Venerable Wheel Sea, the four Imperial Weapons and the Great Sages nearly broke through Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Array Diagram.
• The figure wielding the Azure Emperor Weapon abruptly left the formation and used the weapon to block the other three Imperial Weapons from retreating.

Zhou Tong turned the Azure Emperor Weapon against the other cultivators, causing the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to kill the Great Sages wielding the Golden Mace, Myriad Dragon Bell, and Spirit Refining Pot. He then trapped the Spirit Refining Pot beneath the Azure Emperor Lotus and a stone book before disappearing, leaving the survivors to flee the Celestial Venerable Wheel Sea.

• Zhou Tong withdrew the Azure Emperor Weapon, allowing Lingbao Heavenly Venerate's Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to overwhelm the remaining cultivators and kill the Great Sages wielding the three Ancient Emperor Weapons.
• The Golden Mace and Myriad Dragon Bell escaped into the ancient starfields, but Zhou Tong intercepted the Spirit Refining Pot with the Azure Emperor Lotus.
• Zhou Tong placed a stone book over the Spirit Refining Pot and used the Azure Emperor Lotus to suppress it until its Deity fell asleep.
• Zhou Tong revealed himself, warned the Great Sages that he would retaliate against the Light Clan, and vanished from the area.
• The survivors realized Zhou Tong had left the space and hurried to escape the Celestial Venerable Wheel Sea.

Zhou Tong escaped Dao Yi’s formation and used the Divine Domain’s Power of Faith to claim its godhood. Dao Yi and his protector fled, then waited outside God’s Other Shore for the challengers Zhou Tong was expected to face.

• Zhou Tong used the Sacred Spirit Stone Token and his deductions to break through Dao Yi’s formation and escape with Ji Zi.
• Dao Yi planned to seize Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Array Diagram and Killing Swords, but the Divine Diagram returned, forcing him and his protector to flee in the Dao Tribulation Gold Armor.
• Outside God’s Other Shore, Dao Yi learned that Zhou Tong had claimed the Divine Domain’s godhood by usurping its Power of Faith.
• Dao Yi and his protector decided to wait for the Divine Domain’s challengers, believing the Power of Faith’s hidden dangers might give them another way to deal with Zhou Tong.

Zhou Tong gained the Lingbao Array Diagram’s preliminary recognition and declared himself the Divine Domain’s new god. His authority was challenged by the Divine Domain’s natives, and rumors and unrest spread as the chapter ended with clans replacing his statues with those of a rival deity.

• Zhou Tong used the Hegemonic Bell and Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s scriptures to make the Lingbao Array Diagram recognize him, though he could not take it away.
• Zhou Tong returned to the altar and ordered the Divine Domain’s faith statues replaced with statues of himself.
• Seven days later, an aged voice denounced Zhou Tong as an outsider, stirring fear and turmoil across the Divine Domain.
• Dao Yi worried that Zhou Tong’s unstable position might lead him to use force, while Ji Zi wondered whether Zhou Tong sought the Quasi-Emperor realm.
• Over the following half month, rumors spread that Zhou Tong had seized the divine seat illegitimately, and some clans tore down his statues and erected statues of a rival Deity.

Zhou Tong faced Qing Yu Tian’s rebellion over the Divine Domain and killed him during the heavenly tribulation Zhou Tong had long suppressed. He stabilized his cultivation at the peak of the Great Sage realm, leaving the Lingbao Array Diagram’s neutrality as the remaining obstacle to fully controlling it.

• Qing Yu Tian’s divine name spread through the Divine Domain, and clans began preparing to worship him before he openly declared his intent to take control of God's Other Shore.
• The Lingbao Array Diagram left the divine altar and returned to Life Ancient Mountain, declaring its neutrality, while Zhou Tong resolved to sever its connection to Qing Yu Tian.
• Qing Yu Tian appeared before Zhou Tong on the divine altar and attacked to reclaim the Divine Domain’s godhood.
• Zhou Tong’s suppressed heavenly tribulation descended, grievously wounding Qing Yu Tian, and Zhou Tong killed him with a punch.
• Zhou Tong devoured the remaining tribulation lightning, stabilized his Ninth Heaven Great Sage cultivation, and reached the peak of the Great Sage realm.

Zhou Tong suppressed the Divine Domain with his Azure Heaven True Blood, gathered its Power of Faith into the Hegemonic Bell, and explored the region’s ancient records. He discovered that many Great Emperors and Ancient Emperors had visited the Divine Domain, and began examining its vast collection of scriptures and treasures.

• Zhou Tong unleashed his Azure Heaven True Blood, suppressing Dao Yi and Ji Zi, and Dao Yi hurried to leave the Divine Domain.
• Ji Zi used the imperial coffin to shield himself from Zhou Tong’s blood and vitality, then began cultivating in seclusion.
• Terrified former supporters of Qing Yu Tian and countless other cultivators knelt before Zhou Tong’s statues, and their Power of Faith flowed into his Hegemonic Bell.
• Zhou Tong searched the Divine Domain’s records and learned that Great Empress Nuwa, the Void Great Emperor, Hengyu the Great, Dao Yan the Great, and other rulers had visited and left legacies there.
• Zhou Tong found thousands of scriptures in the Scripture Cave, including more than three hundred created by Great Sages and over a dozen Quasi-Emperor scriptures.

Zhou Tong uncovered the Divine Domain’s connection to Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s longevity method by examining the Life Ancient Tree’s memories. He then explored the Divine Domain’s vast treasury and found abundant Immortal Material, though he could not yet extract it from the Quasi-Emperor Artifacts.

• Zhou Tong used the Reincarnation Mirror to examine the Life Ancient Tree and watched the previous God’s memories and generations of Gods speculate about the Divine Domain.
• Zhou Tong saw Dao Yan the Great’s theory that Lingbao Heavenly Venerate had guided the Divine Domain’s development to revive and become immortal.
• Zhou Tong viewed Nuwa’s memory, in which she described Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s method of turning secret realms into deities and all living beings into one thought.
• Zhou Tong deduced that the Divine Domain’s lifeforms were divine thoughts from Lingbao Heavenly Venerate’s Dao Palace and judged their eventual unification too slow and uncertain to be a useful longevity method.
• Zhou Tong left the Scripture Cave and entered the treasury, finding three Quasi-Emperor Artifacts and more than two hundred thousand jin of Immortal Material that he could not yet extract from the weapons.

Zhou Tong emptied the Divine Domain treasury, harvested the Life Ancient Tree’s essence, and used the Divine Emperor Scripture to experience the God-Striking Stone’s life as his tenth Divine Form. He fell just short of breaking through to Quasi-Emperor and identified the incomplete Immortal Platform scripture and unexplored bloodline mysteries as obstacles.

• Zhou Tong took all the divine materials and Saint Weapons from the treasury, noting that they could help him refine artifacts and use the Reversed Soldier Character Secret.
• Zhou Tong harvested the Life Ancient Tree’s essence while allowing the tree to undergo nirvana and grow again.
• Zhou Tong began his seventh Divine Emperor Scripture transformation with the Reincarnation Mirror and experienced the God-Striking Stone devouring Mysterious Stones and growing stronger.
• Zhou Tong completed his experience of the God-Striking Stone’s life, strengthening his divine consciousness but failing to break through to Quasi-Emperor.
• Zhou Tong concluded that he needed to complete the Immortal Platform scripture and further investigate his body and bloodline before attempting the breakthrough again.

Zhou Tong used the Divine Domain’s accumulated Power of Faith to ignite Karma Fire and temper his body into a Quasi-Emperor physique. As the flames burned him, he endured them without relying on scriptures to resist and activated his heart-refining method.

• Zhou Tong decided to imitate Shakyamuni’s Karma Fire body-tempering method to strengthen his physical body.
• Zhou Tong activated the Divine Domain’s secret method to draw on the Power of Faith, then redirected it to attack himself.
• The immense Power of Faith crushed Zhou Tong and ignited him in terrifying Karma Fire.
• Zhou Tong endured the flames with his body, primordial spirit, and conviction while using magic power only to draw in Life Essence for recovery.
• Zhou Tong used the Karma Fire’s thoughts and emotions to activate his heart-refining method, and a wisdom-like halo arose within him.

Zhou Tong used the Divine Domain’s Power of Faith as Karma Fire to temper his body and uncover secrets hidden in his bloodline. After twenty years of cultivation, he spent the remaining faith in one final attempt to forge a Quasi-Emperor body, awakening the runes and Order Divine Chains of the Ten Fiends within him.

• Zhou Tong discovered ancient bloodline symbols after recovering from Karma Fire tempering and formed them into powerful Order Divine Chains.
• Over twenty years, Zhou Tong increased his Azure Heaven True Blood to nearly sixty percent, strengthened his primordial spirit, and completed the scripture linking his five secret realms.
• Zhou Tong realized his cultivation had consumed nearly half the Divine Domain’s Power of Faith and had weakened the Lingbao Array Diagram.
• Zhou Tong entered the Divine Forbidden Realm and ignited the Divine Domain’s remaining Power of Faith into Karma Fire for an all-out attempt to forge a Quasi-Emperor body.
• As Karma Fire transformed his body into forms of the Ten Fiends, their runes and Order Divine Chains awakened, though the God-Striking Stone’s remained dim.

Zhou Tong refined Quasi-Emperor Blood and remade his body until it reached the Quasi-Emperor standard, though his primordial spirit and Great Dao remained unchanged. He discovered that his tenth Divine Form, the God-Striking Stone, had appeared as a phantom and would manifest fully when he entered the Quasi-Emperor realm.

• Zhou Tong used Karma Fire, Power of Faith, and his God Striking Stone Treasure Art insights to refine Quasi-Emperor Blood, completing enough for two bodies over a month.
• Zhou Tong expelled his old blood and replaced it with Quasi-Emperor Blood, beginning a painful transformation that broke down and rebuilt his flesh, bones, and organs.
• After half a month, Zhou Tong's body reached the Quasi-Emperor standard and radiated genuine Quasi-Emperor might, although his primordial spirit and Great Dao had not transformed.
• Zhou Tong assessed his Azure Heaven True Blood and concluded that it would reach one hundred percent only after he advanced through the Quasi-Emperor stages.
• Zhou Tong saw the phantom of the God-Striking Stone within his body and realized it was his tenth Divine Form, which he could manifest upon entering the Quasi-Emperor realm.