Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong broke through the Gate of Creation and passed the seventh lightning tribulation by devouring its power and the wills of ancient gods and demons. He grasped the mystery of creation, made nine Ice Soul Cold Dragons, and recognized that creating beings capable of reproducing remained beyond him.

• Zhou Tong charged through the first six layers of the lightning tribulation and shattered the Gate of Creation.
• Zhou Tong entered the seventh tribulation, devoured its lightning and the wills of primordial gods and demons, and transformed all 129,600 thoughts into Small Thousand Worlds.
• Zhou Tong comprehended the mystery of creating life and adapted Meng Shenji's method to create nine Ice Soul Cold Dragons.
• The nine Ice Soul Cold Dragons gained intelligence, took the forms of burly, genderless men, and pledged themselves to Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong sent the dragons to his Dao Palace and reflected that he remained far from creating beings capable of reproduction.

Zhou Tong passed the eighth lightning tribulation and forged his unique Heaven Swallowing Divine Soul. As he prepared to leave, Meng Shenji appeared, revealed that the Book of Changes had helped him pass the ninth tribulation, and confronted Zhou Tong over the death of his Nine Fire Flame Dragon.

• Zhou Tong devoured the eighth lightning tribulation's power and refined his one yuan of thought-wills into his Heaven Swallowing Divine Soul.
• Zhou Tong compared the Yang God world's Divine Soul cultivation with the Dao Palace Deities and Divine Embryos of other cultivation methods, then decided not to risk the ninth tribulation.
• Meng Shenji descended through the ninth lightning tribulation and recognized Zhou Tong as the one who had killed his Nine Fire Flame Dragon.
• Zhou Tong recognized Meng Shenji and questioned how he had passed the ninth tribulation and found him.
• Meng Shenji said the Book of Changes had helped him, and Zhou Tong realized the Hundred Sages had arranged its appearance to strengthen the world's powerful figures.

Zhou Tong confronted Meng Shenji, who tried to use the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation to force him into a vulnerable Ninth Tribulation. Zhou Tong revealed his Human Immortal body at the Myriad Transformations realm and fought back, ending the chapter with a devastating punch against Meng Shenji.

• Zhou Tong challenged Meng Shenji and unleashed his Supreme Battle Intent.
• Meng Shenji used the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation to attack Zhou Tong and force him into the Ninth Tribulation.
• Zhou Tong's Human Immortal body and Dao Palace shattered the lightning and reunited with his divine soul, revealing his Myriad Transformations cultivation.
• Zhou Tong launched a torrent of true qi and fist intent at Meng Shenji, who countered with Supreme Forgetfulness and the Supreme Dao Three Moves, Twist Heaven and Earth.
• Zhou Tong broke through Meng Shenji's attack with a punch embodying the Heaven Swallowing Great Dao.

Zhou Tong defeated Meng Shenji in their clash, shattering the Supreme Dao Three Blades and driving Meng Shenji to flee. He devoured the broken blades and began comprehending the Supreme Dao’s understanding of heavenly will and the universe.

• Meng Shenji countered Zhou Tong’s opening punch with Turn the Tide, but retreated after Zhou Tong’s fist intent overwhelmed him.
• Meng Shenji attacked with the Time Blade, but Zhou Tong shattered it with a punch that distorted the River of Time.
• Meng Shenji summoned the Blade of Heavenly Will and the Universe Blade, and Zhou Tong broke both blades in their clash of wills.
• Meng Shenji fled, leaving his three shattered blades behind as Zhou Tong declared victory.
• Zhou Tong drew in and devoured the three broken blades, then began comprehending the Supreme Dao.

Zhou Tong used his gains from Meng Shenji’s Supreme Dao Three Blades to sense ninety-three Earth acupoints, but chose not to reclaim them yet. He forged the Heaven Swallowing Lightning Pool, used it to nourish the Dao Palace, planted Dragon Tooth Rice, and then set out to meet the Dragon Lord.

• Zhou Tong sensed that he had found six more Earth acupoints, bringing his total to ninety-three, and decided not to gather them back because doing so could alert Outer Heaven and create new Shattering the Void opponents.
• Zhou Tong combined Emperor Pan’s Life Sword hilt, materials from the Boat of Creation and Supreme Dao Three Blades, and his Primordial Chaos True Qi to forge the Heaven Swallowing Lightning Pool.
• Zhou Tong activated the Thunder Pool, which absorbed lightning from the sea and transformed it into vitality and primordial energy for his Dao Palace.
• Zhou Tong planted nine hundred grains of Dragon Tooth Rice in Five-Colored Soil and nourished them with lightning vitality and Jade Spring Water.
• Zhou Tong decided to reunite with the Dragon Lord, who was also entitled to a share of the Dragon Tooth Rice, and tore open the Void to travel to the Heavenly Dragon Sect’s base.

Zhou Tong harvested his first crop of Dragon Tooth Rice, shared it with Dragon Lord Ao Luan, and discovered its nourishing effects. Before Ao Luan returned to the Heavenly Dragon Sect, he asked her to keep the rice's existence secret for five years.

• Zhou Tong harvested the Dragon Tooth Rice and gave half the crop to Dragon Lord Ao Luan, while the withered trees enriched the Five-Colored Soil.
• Zhou Tong cooked Dragon Tooth Rice for himself and Ao Luan, and they tasted its fragrance and restorative vitality.
• Zhou Tong considered how he might bring his Dao Palace and other possessions back to his main body and the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Ao Luan said she needed to return to the Heavenly Dragon Sect, and Zhou Tong asked her to keep Dragon Tooth Rice secret for five years.
• Ao Luan agreed to protect the secret and transformed into clear light to return to the Heavenly Dragon Sect.

Zhou Tong studied the Instantaneous Maze and discovered three more of the earth’s Acupoints before learning how to navigate its shifting passages. He entered the Nine Abyss Divine Realm and headed for the passage to its second layer, aware that time there moved far more slowly than in the Great Thousand World.

• Zhou Tong reached the Instantaneous Maze, the shifting entrance to the Nine Abyss Divine Realm, and began comprehending its patterns.
• Zhou Tong’s connection to the earth helped him locate three more Acupoints, bringing his total to ninety-six.
• Zhou Tong aligned his thoughts with the maze’s transformations, improving the Heaven Swallowing Lightning Pool and finding the passage to the Nine Abyss Divine Realm.
• Zhou Tong entered the first layer, found it largely depleted, and set off for the abyss leading to the second layer.

Zhou Tong traversed the first four layers of the Nine Abyss Divine Realm and reached the Endless Ocean, a major battlefield of the ancient war between righteousness and evil. He found and defeated three old demons, took their treasures, and stored them in his Dao Palace to study their Dao Fruits.

• Zhou Tong gathered Sinking Sand Black Water and descended through the first four layers of the Nine Abyss Divine Realm.
• Zhou Tong crossed the Blood River Abyss and entered the fifth layer, the Endless Ocean, where righteous and evil experts had fought eight hundred years earlier.
• Zhou Tong located White Bone Scholar, Heavenly Evil Child, and Blood Shadow, then sent three of his thoughts to attack them.
• Zhou Tong's thoughts sealed the three six-lightning-tribulation demons and returned with their possessions.
• Zhou Tong stored the demons' eight Evil Soldiers in his Dao Palace to comprehend their Soul Devouring, Heavenly Evil, and Blood God Dao Fruits.

Zhou Tong reached the Despair Plain to find the Cracking Heaven Great Emperor and destroyed the Eternal Hatred Demonic Formation guarding his palace. The palace summoned an Original Sin Ancient Demon from nine evil-path Dao Fruits, which appeared before Zhou Tong.

• Zhou Tong collected Despair True Qi and traveled to the Despair Plain to seek the Cracking Heaven Great Emperor.
• Zhou Tong arrived at the Cracking Heaven Great Emperor’s cultivation ground, where the Eternal Hatred Demonic Formation activated and attacked him with the Eternal Hatred Demonic Sound.
• Zhou Tong shattered the formation and its thousand earthen hills with a single palm strike, revealing the Eternal Hatred Demonic Palace beneath them.
• The Eternal Hatred Demonic Palace absorbed the surrounding Earth Milk Essence, rose into the air, and fired Supreme Dao Evil Light at Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong dispelled the Supreme Dao Evil Light with a punch, and the palace formed nine evil-path Dao Fruits into the Original Sin Ancient Demon.

Zhou Tong destroyed the Original Sin Ancient Demon and the Eternal Hatred Demonic Palace, defeating the Cracking Heaven Great Emperor and claiming the nine great unorthodox Dao Fruits. He then headed toward the center of Despair Plain to seek a prototype King of Divine Artifacts that might help him locate the final three Acupoints.

• The Cracking Heaven Great Emperor used the Eternal Hatred Demonic Palace to empower the Original Sin Ancient Demon and attack Zhou Tong with the Sky Searching Claw and Ground Grasping Claw.
• Zhou Tong released his fist intent, shattering the Original Sin Ancient Demon and its techniques without moving.
• The Eternal Hatred Demonic Palace tried to flee, but Zhou Tong froze it with Annihilation Fist Intent and destroyed it along with the Cracking Heaven Great Emperor.
• The Dao Palace collected the remains, and Zhou Tong sealed and refined the nine great unorthodox Dao Fruits before putting them away.
• Zhou Tong decided to seek the prototype King of Divine Artifacts at the center of Despair Plain, hoping it would help him comprehend the locations of the final three Acupoints.

Zhou Tong reached the center of Despair Plain and learned that the Dao sects living there ruled a vast slave society. He found Ancestral God Mountain, the nearly complete prototype of a King of Divine Artifacts, and attacked it with a punch.

• Zhou Tong searched the souls of locals and learned that the ninety-nine Dao sects had settled in the sixth layer after the righteous and evil factions' battle eight hundred years earlier.
• Zhou Tong learned that the Three Ancestors of the Dao Sect ruled over more than ten million people and enforced slavery, forbidding slaves from practicing the Dao and crippling those who reached Martial Saint.
• Zhou Tong decided to ignore the Dao sects' affairs and set out to obtain the prototype of a King of Divine Artifacts.
• Zhou Tong reached the Cold Martial Abyss and identified the jade mountain suppressing it as Ancestral God Mountain.
• Zhou Tong unleashed his blood energy and punched Ancestral God Mountain.

Zhou Tong defeated and sealed the Three Ancestors of the Dao Sect, then ordered Melodious Fairy to gather the righteous forces and ordinary people at Ancestral God Mountain. He absorbed the mountain into his Dao Palace and descended toward the Cold Martial Abyss.

• Chen Xingzi, Jade Pool Dao Rhyme Yin Zi, and Lian Yun Son joined forces against Zhou Tong, but their combined attack only put him at a slight disadvantage.
• Zhou Tong revealed his strength, trapped the three Dao Ancestors in the Light and Dark Mandala Barrier, and ordered Ancestral God Mountain to stop moving.
• Melodious Fairy asked Zhou Tong to release the Three Ancestors, but he ordered her to gather the righteous forces and take them to the Great Thousand World.
• Melodious Fairy obeyed, and the sixth-level Dao sects gathered their cultivators and the people living on their lands inside Ancestral God Mountain.
• Zhou Tong used his Dao Palace to absorb Ancestral God Mountain, then descended toward the Cold Martial Abyss.

Zhou Tong traversed the Cold Martial Abyss, Nether Ancient Abyss, and Longevity Abyss to reach the ninth layer of the Nine Abyss Divine Realm. In the Longevity Secret Realm, he discovered that its strange power could freeze thoughts and consciousness, and decided to leave after finding the Shakya Treasure Tree.

• Zhou Tong absorbed spatial power in the Cold Martial Abyss, strengthening his Dao Palace and Acupoints before reaching the seventh layer.
• Zhou Tong crossed the time-filled Nether Ancient Abyss and entered the distorted Nether Ancient Cosmos Layer on the eighth layer.
• Zhou Tong found the Longevity Abyss at the center of the eighth layer and crossed it into the ninth layer, the Longevity Secret Realm.
• Zhou Tong tested the ninth layer's power and found that it immobilized his thoughts, while its Longevity True Qi seemed to turn thought into emptiness.
• Zhou Tong decided to find the Shakya Treasure Tree and leave the Longevity Secret Realm.

Zhou Tong found the Shakya Treasure Tree and the ancient demon Kong in the Longevity Secret Realm, then suppressed Kong and took the Longevity Dao Fruit. He left the realm with its greatest treasures in his possession.

• Zhou Tong followed the flow of Longevity True Qi to a hidden space where the Shakya Treasure Tree and Kong were located.
• Zhou Tong examined the tree and judged that it drained the world rather than supporting it.
• Zhou Tong attacked Kong with a giant palm, but Kong resisted with his strength and fist intent.
• Zhou Tong isolated Kong from the Shakya Treasure Tree and sealed him as his strength faded.
• Zhou Tong took the Shakya Treasure Tree and Longevity Dao Fruit into his Dao Palace, then left the hidden space.

Zhou Tong consumed the treasures he had seized and raised his cultivation to ninety-eight acupoints, then entered the Mad Thunder Forbidden Zone to undergo the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation. He understood the tribulation’s test of life and death, transcended its despair, and purified his soul to pure yang.

• Zhou Tong devoured the righteous path’s treasures and materials, strengthening his Primordial Chaos True Qi and manifesting ninety-eight spatial nodes.
• Zhou Tong considered refining the Longevity Dao Fruit to Shatter the Void, but chose to attempt the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation first.
• Zhou Tong traveled to the Mad Thunder Forbidden Zone, a storm-wracked region where great figures had tempered their souls.
• Zhou Tong entered the ninth lightning tribulation and witnessed visions of his life, death, and return to the universe.
• Zhou Tong understood the tribulation’s cycle of life and death, overcame its despair, and transformed his soul into pure yang.

After passing the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation, Zhou Tong reflected on how the Yang God and Shattering the Void paths would eventually reunite. He absorbed the Longevity Dao Fruit and used its power to bring his body close to Shattering the Void, leaving him to locate the final Acupoint.

• Zhou Tong passed the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation and sensed his primordial spirit approaching the Yang God realm.
• Zhou Tong derived how the soul’s path toward the Yang God realm contrasted with the body’s path toward Shattering the Void.
• Zhou Tong took the Longevity Dao Fruit from the Shakya Treasure Tree and cleansed it with his blood and vitality for three days.
• The Longevity Dao Fruit merged into Zhou Tong, transforming his blood and vitality and bringing his body close to Shattering the Void.
• Zhou Tong found ninety-eight Acupoints and sat down to determine the location of the final one through the Primordial Kun Great Dao.

Zhou Tong gathered the ninety-nine spatial acupoints into his body and successfully reached the realm of Shattering the Void, shaking the Great Thousand World and Outer Heaven. He appeared before Hong Xuanji, who had hoped to follow his example, and challenged his ambition.

• After three days of study, Zhou Tong identified the locations of the final ninety-nine acupoints and awakened a devouring aura that alerted powerful figures across the worlds.
• The ninety-nine spatial nodes left the Great Thousand World and entered Zhou Tong, completing the 129,600 acupoints in his body.
• Zhou Tong shattered all true qi and primordial energy as his acupoints circulated, fully attaining Shattering the Void and causing heaven and earth to resonate.
• Meng Shenji, Hong Xuanji, Yang Pan, Great Emperor Longevity, Creator Daoist, and others recognized the arrival of a Shattering the Void expert.
• Hong Xuanji began sensing the spatial nodes and resolved to reach the same realm, but Zhou Tong appeared before him and dismissed his ambition.

Zhou Tong confronted Hong Xuanji, recognized that the Hundred Sages had shaped him into a potential body for Hong Yi, and killed him. Zhou Tong then sensed that Hong Yi was close to becoming a Yang God and considered him a threat, while Hong Yi detected the killing intent and prepared to face the Shattering the Void expert.

• Zhou Tong confronted Hong Xuanji and realized his martial path had been altered to make him a reserve body for Hong Yi.
• Hong Xuanji revealed through his reaction that he had once been intended as Yang Pan's reserve body before the Book of Changes redirected his fate toward Hong Yi.
• Zhou Tong struck Hong Xuanji with one punch, destroying his body and every particle of his being.
• Zhou Tong discovered that Hong Yi had reached the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation and achieved Unity of the Hundred Sages, leaving him one Shattering the Void body short of becoming a Yang God.
• Hong Yi sensed Zhou Tong's nearby killing intent and resolved to face the Shattering the Void expert without fear.

Zhou Tong confronted Hong Yi, who had merged with the Masters, and challenged the purpose and limits of his Other Shore Dao. Zhou Tong claimed he had found his own route to the Other Shore, but Hong Yi took comfort in learning that it still awaited verification.

• Great Emperor Longevity read the Bridge of the Other Shore’s trembling as a sign that the Masters were in danger and left the bridge behind.
• Hong Yi recognized Zhou Tong as the man he had met in West Mountain Secluded Valley and declared that he and the Masters were one.
• Zhou Tong accused Hong Yi of tolerating others only if they submitted to his path, while Hong Yi defended his Dao and his wish for Everyone Like a Dragon.
• Zhou Tong said he had found a way to the Other Shore, shocking Hong Yi and nearly shaking his dao heart.
• Hong Yi learned that Zhou Tong’s route still had one final step and had not yet been verified, and he regained some composure.

Zhou Tong stopped the Bridge of the Other Shore from joining Hong Yi, destroyed part of it, and absorbed the Hundred Sages' accumulated power. He resisted Hong Yi's Great Liberation Technique, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zhou Tong attacked Hong Yi as the Bridge of the Other Shore descended, but grabbed and imprisoned the bridge before it could merge with Hong Yi.
• The Bridge of the Other Shore's struggle shattered Imperial Capital City, and Hong Yi invoked the people's reverence for the Hundred Sages to denounce Zhou Tong as a demon.
• Zhou Tong bit off a corner of the bridge and swallowed it, absorbing the Hundred Sages' Dao arts and moving closer to the Yang God realm.
• Hong Yi unleashed the Great Liberation Technique, but Zhou Tong resisted it because he felt no yearning for the Other Shore.