Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong tested the Fire Domain’s flames to refine a piece of Eternal Blue Gold into a Vajra Ring, but the seventh level still worked too slowly. He continued deeper into the Fire Domain in search of stronger flames.

• Zhou Tong crossed the fifth level’s golden flames and judged them too weak to refine Eternal Blue Gold efficiently.
• Zhou Tong entered the sixth level, Purple Qi Coming from the East, and drew purple flames into his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.
• Zhou Tong spent half a month tempering the Eternal Blue Gold with sixth-level flames, but it barely changed.
• Zhou Tong moved to the seventh level and used its Five-Colored Divine Flame to shape the Eternal Blue Gold into a Vajra Ring.
• Zhou Tong decided the seventh-level flames were still too slow and continued deeper into the Fire Domain.

Zhou Tong forged a Vajra Ring from Eternal Blue Gold in the eighth level of the Fire Domain, imprinting it with the Thunder Emperor and Nine-Leaf Sword Grass runes. After testing its power, he stayed in the Fire Domain to begin forming his Hegemonic Bell with Divine Mark Purple Gold.

• Zhou Tong entered the eighth level of the Fire Domain and carefully gathered seven-colored flames to temper Eternal Blue Gold inside his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings.
• Zhou Tong forged the Eternal Blue Gold into a disk, while the Thunder Emperor and Nine-Leaf Sword Grass spirits imprinted their symbols into it.
• After three months of tempering, Zhou Tong completed the azure Vajra Ring, which resonated with his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings and opened a Small World.
• Zhou Tong tested the Vajra Ring by piercing a boulder and releasing sword qi, then decided to use it as the weapon others would associate with him.
• Zhou Tong remained in the Fire Domain to form his Hegemonic Bell and fuse it with Divine Mark Purple Gold.

Zhou Tong reforged his Hegemonic Bell from Divine Mark Purple Gold, advanced to the fourth level of the Dao Palace Realm, and used the Reincarnation Mirror to view the White Tiger Divine Medicine’s memories. He witnessed the Golden Ancient Emperor transmitting teachings to his son, but could not understand the Golden Clan’s language.

• Zhou Tong melted his Divine Scar Purple Gold Pagoda and fused its molten gold with his shattered Hegemonic Bell before reforging the bell over half a month.
• Zhou Tong tested the finished bell, stored it in his Dao Palace, and left the Fire Domain to cultivate in a secluded cave.
• Zhou Tong emerged from a month of seclusion after advancing to the fourth level of the Dao Palace Realm.
• Zhou Tong activated the Reincarnation Mirror to examine the White Tiger Divine Medicine’s memories and saw the Golden Ancient Emperor comprehending the Dao.
• Zhou Tong replenished his divine power and continued watching until the Golden Ancient Emperor transmitted teachings to his son in a language Zhou Tong could not understand.

Zhou Tong studied the Golden Ancient Emperor’s complete scripture and mastered the Golden Heavenly Void Steps, a movement art that could be cultivated without Golden Clan blood. His training ended when news spread that the Azure Emperor’s Tomb had opened.

• Zhou Tong learned the Golden Clan’s language by studying the Golden Ancient Emperor’s memories with the Reincarnation Mirror.
• The complete Golden Ancient Scripture appeared before Zhou Tong, who comprehended its Dao but found that its cultivation methods largely required Golden Clan blood.
• Zhou Tong chose to learn the Golden Heavenly Void Steps, one of the scripture’s secret arts that humans could cultivate.
• Zhou Tong practiced the Golden Heavenly Void Steps for a month until he could move with strange, near-teleporting speed.
• News spread that the Azure Emperor’s Tomb had opened, interrupting Zhou Tong’s training.

Zhou Tong used the Azure Emperor's Tomb opening to slip away from the Southern Region and reach the Eastern Wasteland Northern Region. He settled in a cave, completed his Heart Divine Treasury, and began considering how his Five Great Deities might advance beyond the limits of Fleshly Body Becoming Spirit.

• Zhou Tong took advantage of Yaoguang Holy Land shifting its attention to the Azure Emperor's Tomb and traveled through the Carefree Sect's domain gate to the Northern Region.
• Zhou Tong arrived in the barren Northern Region, learned about its Source-rich mines and widespread bloodshed, and set out alone.
• Zhou Tong chose to cultivate before going to Purple Mountain and hollowed out a nearby Stone Mountain for a temporary cave.
• Zhou Tong used a million jin of Source to complete the Heart Divine Treasury in half a month, finishing his Dao Palace Realm cultivation.
• Zhou Tong realized that completing the Dao Palace Realm might push his Chaotic Ancient Method beyond Fleshly Body Becoming Spirit toward Fleshly Body Becoming God.

Zhou Tong searched the Northern Region for the oasis containing Purple Mountain, using its sects and legends to confirm its location. After punishing a band of wolf riders and intervening in the region’s violence, he arrived at the oasis.

• Zhou Tong left his temporary cave dwelling and traveled through the Northern Region for three days.
• A band of wolf riders attacked Zhou Tong, but he swiftly defeated them and questioned their leader about an oasis with several named sects.
• The leader described an ancient massacre by Ancient Clan Beings, confirming for Zhou Tong that the oasis was where Purple Mountain lay.
• After Zhou Tong left, he crippled the wolf riders’ Wheel Seas and continued toward Purple Mountain.
• Zhou Tong witnessed bandit clashes and attacks on ordinary people, killing bandits when he could no longer tolerate their violence.
• After traveling tens of thousands of li, Zhou Tong arrived at an oasis.

Zhou Tong sought Emperor Jade to enter Purple Mountain safely, raiding the Azure Cloud Sect and two other sects to collect three pieces. He returned to the oasis with Hengyu’s Blazing Fire Divine Furnace and planned to explore Purple Mountain before trying to draw out its Dao Rhyme.

• Zhou Tong identified Purple Mountain at the center of nine distant ridges and decided he needed Emperor Jade to enter safely.
• Zhou Tong raided Azure Cloud Sect outposts, used soul searching to locate the jade, and obtained his first piece of Emperor Jade.
• Zhou Tong acquired two more pieces from Mystic Moon Cave and the Blazing Fire Cult, bringing his total to three.
• Zhou Tong examined Hengyu’s Blazing Fire Divine Furnace but could not sense Hengyu’s Great Dao.
• Zhou Tong decided to explore Purple Mountain before testing the furnace again and considered using the Chaotic Ancient Method’s Blazing Flame Body Tempering technique.

Zhou Tong traveled through an ancient mine beneath a dragon vein and used the Purple Sun Lamp to overcome its dangers. He reached Purple Mountain and entered its magnificent interior.

• Zhou Tong descended through an ancient mine and used the Purple Sun Lamp to illuminate his path.
• Zhou Tong killed the Demon Bats that attacked him and passed murals depicting ancient creatures and a Great Emperor’s suppression of them.
• Zhou Tong used the Purple Sun Lamp’s saintly might to scatter the ghosts and breach the deadly Yin-Yang Eye.
• Zhou Tong inspected the Purple Sun Lamp and found that the strike had used only a small fraction of its stored power.
• Zhou Tong split through Purple Mountain’s rocks and entered a grand complex with cyan jade stairs and a white jade gateway.

Zhou Tong entered Wu Shi the Great’s cave residence in Purple Mountain and resisted its demonic summons with the Front Character Secret. He met the imprisoned Jiang Taixu, learned the Battle Secret, and mastered its core Battle Saint Method.

• Zhou Tong explored the jade palace and cave passages in Purple Mountain, using the Front Character Secret to withstand the demonic summons.
• Zhou Tong followed Jiang Taixu’s weak voice to an Ancient Mine and explained that he had entered with a Saint Weapon.
• Jiang Taixu imparted the Battle Secret’s opening instruction, and Zhou Tong began cultivating it while resisting the demonic power.
• After more than ten days, Zhou Tong demonstrated his progress, and Jiang Taixu showed him the complete Battle Secret.
• Zhou Tong used the Bodhi Seed and White Tiger Divine Medicine to comprehend Jiang Taixu’s movements and grasped the Battle Saint Method.

Zhou Tong used the Battle Saint Method to evolve the Grass Character Sword Art’s profound meaning, discovering a path to integrate the Ten Evils Treasure Arts into the Sky Shrouding Method. He began envisioning ten Divine Forms and resolved to surpass all previous bearers of Azure Heaven Hegemonic Blood.

• Zhou Tong found that the Nine Secrets could not transform the Ten Evils Treasure Arts themselves, but realized he could evolve their aura and profound meaning.
• Zhou Tong entered enlightenment and used the Battle Saint Method to manifest the Grass Character Sword Art’s sword intent, causing his combat power to surge.
• Jiang Taixu watched Zhou Tong’s body transform into sword astral energy and suspected he had begun developing a unique Divine Form.
• Zhou Tong concluded he could integrate the Ten Evils’ profound meanings into the Sky Shrouding Method through individual moves.
• Zhou Tong resolved to create Ten Style Dharma Seals corresponding to ten Divine Forms and surpass all previous Azure Heaven Hegemonic Blood bearers.

Zhou Tong used White Tiger Divine Medicine and Divine Spring to free and restore Jiang Taixu in Purple Mountain. The two entered the mountain’s depths, where Zhou Tong found the Source Heaven Book and buried the remains of a deceased Source Heaven Master.

• Purple Mountain’s awakened Ancient Creatures threatened Zhou Tong until the Emperor Bell rang and calmed the mountain.
• Zhou Tong gave Jiang Taixu three drops of White Tiger Divine Medicine, freeing him from the stone wall.
• Jiang Taixu drank Divine Spring and recovered enough to move, then agreed to explore Purple Mountain’s depths with Zhou Tong.
• Jiang Taixu asked how Zhou Tong knew of Wu Shi the Great, and Zhou Tong showed him the two pieces of Emperor Jade he had found.
• Zhou Tong found the Source Heaven Book beside a skeleton, buried the remains, and vowed to carry forward the Source Heaven Master lineage.

Zhou Tong and Jiang Taixu explored Wu Shi the Great’s domain in Purple Mountain, postponing their attempt to open the Wushi Scripture. At the Immortal Divine Phoenix Medicine, Zhou Tong used the Reincarnation Mirror and discovered it had once accompanied Hengyu the Great, beginning to witness his life and scripture.

• Zhou Tong stopped Jiang Taixu from trying to unlock the Wushi Scripture with the incomplete Emperor Jade and suggested they explore elsewhere first.
• Jiang Taixu led Zhou Tong through Purple Mountain, where Zhou Tong saw a huge piece of Divine Source and explained how much Source he needed to reach the Four Extremities Realm.
• Jiang Taixu invited Zhou Tong to join the Jiang Family and offered to teach him the Hengyu Scripture and provide Source, but Zhou Tong declined.
• Jiang Taixu and Zhou Tong reached Wu Shi the Great’s Dao Platform and saw the Immortal Divine Phoenix Medicine land there.
• Zhou Tong used the Reincarnation Mirror on the Immortal Divine Phoenix Medicine and saw Hengyu the Great, beginning to witness his life and the creation of the Hengyu Scripture.

Zhou Tong used the Reincarnation Mirror to trace the Immortal Divine Phoenix Medicine’s past and obtained the Immortal Phoenix Treasure Art. After the Wushi Scripture sent him and Jiang Taixu out of Purple Mountain, Zhou Tong suggested an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo might reveal it, and Jiang Taixu left to see the outside world.

• Zhou Tong traced the Immortal Divine Phoenix Medicine’s earlier lives and memorized the Blood Phoenix Scripture from the ancient emperor of Blood Phoenix Mountain.
• Zhou Tong followed the medicine’s history back to its origin and had the Reincarnation Mirror imprint the Immortal Phoenix Treasure Art onto his primordial spirit.
• Zhou Tong collected the abandoned Divine Source and returned with Jiang Taixu to the Wushi Scripture.
• Jiang Taixu inserted the two pieces of Emperor Jade, causing the Wushi Scripture to send them into a mine tunnel because the jade was incomplete.
• Zhou Tong told Jiang Taixu that an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo might allow them to see the Wushi Scripture, then Jiang Taixu gave him a Jiang Family token and departed.

Zhou Tong studied the Immortal Phoenix Treasure Art, then entered Hengyu the Great’s Blazing Fire Divine Furnace to temper his body. Inside, he struggled against the furnace’s Great Dao and Hengyu Scripture techniques, and the chapter left him badly injured as he tried to break free.

• Zhou Tong settled near Purple Mountain and began comprehending the Immortal Phoenix Treasure Art with help from the Bodhi Seed.
• Zhou Tong summoned Hengyu the Great’s Blazing Fire Divine Furnace, arranged Dao patterns around it, and sealed himself inside.
• A fire phoenix attacked Zhou Tong with flames that threatened his body and Immortal Platform, but the Front Character Secret and Chaotic Ancient Method helped him resist.
• Zhou Tong used the Immortal Phoenix Treasure Art to heal as the fire phoenix shifted to the Eight Divine Savage Strength technique.
• Zhou Tong fought against the phoenix’s binding attack with purple flames, but his body began to split and purple blood seeped out.

Zhou Tong battled the Blazing Fire Divine Furnace’s phoenix manifestations and discovered that the Hengyu Scripture could halt the furnace’s revival. He spent six months repeatedly fighting within the furnace, transforming his combat abilities and reaching the current limit of body tempering for his stage.

• Zhou Tong used the Immortal Phoenix Treasure Art to heal while fighting a phoenix formed by the Blazing Fire Divine Furnace, then battled nine phoenixes at once.
• Zhou Tong used the Four Desolations Divine Fist’s Heavenly Desolation Style, drawing on the Hengyu Scripture to stop the phoenixes and suppress the furnace’s revival.
• Zhou Tong realized he could restart the furnace’s trials and chose to use its flames and Hengyu the Great’s Dao to hone his combat arts.
• Over six months, Zhou Tong fought hundreds or thousands of battles, recovering between trials and integrating his scriptures, techniques, and combat experience.
• Zhou Tong deepened his understanding of the Hengyu Scripture, adapted incompatible Emperor Scriptures through the Battle Secret, and reached his current body-tempering limit.

Zhou Tong entered Holy City in disguise and went to Dao Yi Stone Workshop to gather Source for his breakthrough to the Four Extremities Realm. In the Heaven-Class Garden, he bought a stone containing a humanoid divine medicine and shattered the Nine Aperture Stone Man, revealing a dark golden cocoon.

• Zhou Tong entered Holy City with a changed appearance and passed his wanted posters without drawing attention.
• Zhou Tong went to Dao Yi Stone Workshop and used Jiang Taixu’s token to enter the Heaven-Class Garden.
• Zhou Tong bought a person-high stone for three thousand jin of Source, knowing it contained a humanoid divine medicine.
• Zhou Tong bought the Nine Aperture Stone Man for ninety thousand jin of Source despite the crowd’s interest.
• Zhou Tong struck the stone man’s brow, shattered it, and caught a dark golden cocoon as onlookers urged him to open it.

Zhou Tong cut a Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword and a divine herb root from stones in the Dao Yi Stone Workshop, then left with both treasures. He changed his appearance and headed for the Ji Family Stone Workshop to recover his losses by cutting a valuable stone.

• Zhou Tong used the Blazing Fire Divine Furnace to subdue the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Sword and kept it for himself.
• Zhou Tong carefully cut another stone, revealing Ice Snow Source containing a human-foot-shaped divine herb root.
• Zhou Tong stored the divine herb in his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, where it took root beside the Divine Spring and caused mysterious changes.
• Zhou Tong refused to sell the sword and left the Dao Yi Stone Workshop after declining to buy more stones.
• Zhou Tong changed his appearance and went to the Ji Family Stone Workshop, planning to cut the Divine Moon stone.

Zhou Tong bought several rare stones at Yaoguang Stone Workshop and turned his purchases into a massive public betting spectacle. The chapter left him staking the Jiang Family token to cover the wagers against him.

• Zhou Tong bought the Divine Moon Stone at Jiang Family Stone Workshop and uncovered a piece of Divine Source worth five hundred thousand jin of pure Source.
• Zhou Tong entered Yaoguang Stone Workshop’s Heaven-Class Garden using the Jiang Family token and bought the Blazing Sun Stone, Wind Cave Stone, Demon Fetus, Immortal Tomb, and Blood Sacrifice Altar for eight hundred and thirty thousand jin of pure Source.
• Zhou Tong challenged the onlookers to bet on whether each stone would make a profit or loss, putting up one million five hundred thousand jin of pure Source as stakes.
• Cultivators flocked to Yaoguang Stone Workshop and wagered more than four million jin of pure Source across the five stones.
• When an old gentleman said Zhou Tong’s stakes were insufficient, Zhou Tong tossed down the Jiang Family token and asked whether it was worth two million five hundred thousand jin.

Zhou Tong cut three Mysterious Stones at Yaoguang Stone Workshop and won valuable treasures and the wagers against him. The Demon Fetus yielded a Kirin Divine Medicine seed, and the Ji Family and Great Xia immediately sought to buy it.

• A Jiang Family grand cultivator recognized Zhou Tong's token, acknowledged the 2.5 million jin of Source debt, and issued an IOU.
• Zhou Tong cut the Blazing Sun Stone and found a human-head-sized Divine Source, winning the first round and its wagers.
• Zhou Tong cut the Wind Cave Stone and uncovered Ancient Worm Divine Source containing more than forty ancient worm kings, winning the second round and its wagers.
• Zhou Tong cut the Demon Fetus and revealed a bowl-sized Divine Source containing a living Purple Kirin.
• A Ji Family grand cultivator identified the creature as a Kirin Divine Medicine seed, and representatives of the Ji Family and Great Xia offered to buy it.

Zhou Tong opened the remaining Mysterious Stones at the Yaoguang Stone Workshop, winning enormous wagers and uncovering a slain Purple-haired Maiden and the Battle Saint Ape. As the Battle Saint Ape fought the workshop’s great powers, Zhou Tong collected the Divine Source and slipped away with enough wealth to advance to the Four Extremities Realm.

• Zhou Tong refused to sell the Kirin Seed, won the third round, and moved on to the Blood Sacrifice Altar.
• Zhou Tong warned that a living creature was inside the Blood Sacrifice Altar, had the great powers lay protective Dao patterns, and opened it from a distance.
• Zhou Tong uncovered a slain Purple-haired Maiden pierced by a spear, collected the valuable strange Source, and won the fourth round’s wagers.
• Zhou Tong opened the Immortal Tomb, awakening the Battle Saint Ape, who emerged and began fighting the great powers at the Yaoguang Stone Workshop.
• Zhou Tong collected the Divine Source from the stone that had held the Holy Imperial Son and quietly fled amid the chaos, having earned nearly ten million jin of Source and gained the means to advance to the Four Extremities Realm.