Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong fought an Otherworld Ancestral God in the starry sky and overwhelmed him despite the foe's higher cultivation. After Hongjun intervened to save the wounded god, Zhou Tong turned his assault back on his opponent while Hongjun faced Ancestral God Shennong Shi nearby.

• Zhou Tong confronted the green-haired Otherworld Ancestral God, who threatened to kill the young Nine Provinces genius for becoming an Ancestral God.
• Zhou Tong and the Otherworld Ancestral God exchanged devastating strikes, and the foe recognized the resemblance between Zhou Tong's martial style and the Martial Ancestor's.
• Zhou Tong drew the Ancestral Dragon Sword and fought the Otherworld Ancestral God for three hundred exchanges, cracking his armor and leaving him wounded by sword qi.
• A giant hand descended on Zhou Tong, but a divine light cut it apart before he could retaliate.
• Zhou Tong saw Hongjun and Ancestral God Shennong Shi facing each other in the distance, then resumed his full-force attack on the Otherworld Ancestral God.

Zhou Tong turned the battle against Hongjun and the Otherworld Ancestral God, trapping both in Six Paths Reincarnation. He began refining them to absorb their power, techniques, and the mysterious force produced by the reversal of reality and illusion.

• Hongjun confronted Shennong Shi over his intervention and attacked the weakened Ancestral God, hoping to defeat him before Zhou Tong finished his fight.
• Zhou Tong left the Otherworld Ancestral God trapped in his Inner World and rushed to Shennong Shi’s aid.
• Zhou Tong struck Hongjun with the Reverse Dragon Seven Steps, crushing much of his illusory body.
• Shennong Shi froze Hongjun with Fleeting Bloom, allowing Zhou Tong to draw both Ancestral Gods into Six Paths Reincarnation.
• Zhou Tong sat before the six paths and began refining Hongjun and the Otherworld Ancestral God for their memories, divine power, and the mysterious force released by reality and illusion reversing.

Zhou Tong refined the Otherworld Ancestral God and Hongjun while Shennong Shi sacrificed himself to stop Death City from reaching the Nine Provinces. Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan ascended as an Ancestral God and joined Zhou Tong to study reality and illusion.

• Shennong Shi broke the Nine Provinces' seal and refused to sacrifice Xiao Chen and Qing Qing, instead sending the Yellow Mud Platform toward Death City.
• Shennong Shi died while using his power to confront Death City, and heaven and earth mourned his fall.
• Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan became an Ancestral God as Shennong Shi fell, and his sacred sword appeared in the skies.
• Xuanyuan joined Zhou Tong in the starry sky, where Zhou Tong continued refining Hongjun and the Otherworld Ancestral God.
• Xuanyuan poured his divine power into Zhou Tong's Six Paths and studied the transformations between reality and illusion.

Ten years after the False God Calamity, the Nine Provinces flourished as a new generation of powerful figures rose. In the starry sky, Zhou Tong erased the Otherworld Ancestral God and Hongjun, then learned from Hongjun’s memories about the perilous Stone Man Path.

• The Nine Lamps unsealed the Nine Provinces, and Ancestral Dragon Village vanished as the Nine Provinces and Four Directions World settled into a new era.
• Ten years passed as cultivation advanced rapidly, Xiao Chen became known as the War King, and Zhao Lin'er rose to power as an empress.
• Zhou Tong finished refining the Otherworld Ancestral God and erased his final remnant from the Six Paths Reincarnation.
• Zhou Tong revealed to Hongjun that he knew Hongjun was connected to the Purple Firmament Stone King and that King Pangu guarded the Nine Provinces, then erased Hongjun as well.
• Zhou Tong examined Hongjun’s memories and learned about the Stone Man Path, a dangerous cultivation road that could lead beyond the Ancestral God realm to become a Stone Man King.

Zhou Tong and Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan finished discussing the Dao, and Xuanyuan returned to the Nine Provinces as Zhou Tong began unsealing Dragon Island. Zhou Tong removed the Heavenly Tablet and devoured the Sea of Taboo, restoring the Dragon Clan and ending the chapter with its return to the world.

• Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan praised Zhou Tong's martial arts and divine abilities inheritance, then returned to the Nine Provinces after advancing to the Third Layer of the Ancestral God realm.
• Zhou Tong revealed that he had advanced to the Sixth Layer of the Ancestral God realm and transformed most of the True Dragon Method into the Longevity World's cultivation system.
• Zhou Tong arrived at Dragon Island, transformed into an Azure Dragon, erased the character "Dragon" from the Heavenly Tablet, and cast it into Death City.
• Zhou Tong devoured the Sea of Taboo surrounding Dragon Island and absorbed the power of the Primeval Dragon's Dragon Pearl.
• Dragon Island was unsealed, restoring the Savage Dragons' divinity and bringing the Dragon Clan back into the world.

After Dragon Island was unsealed, Zhou Tong welcomed the returning Dragon Kings and faced the Winged Dragon King’s accusations about the Old Ancestral Dragon. The War God King revealed that the Old Ancestral Dragon had died to pave the way for Zhou Tong, and Zhou Tong began sharing Dragon Clan teachings with dragons and human guests.

• Zhou Tong noted that only seven of the eleven Dragon Kings who had left Dragon Island had returned, and he offered the others a chance to challenge him if they caught up to his strength.
• The old dragon of the Southern Wasteland accused Zhou Tong of killing the Old Ancestral Dragon.
• The War God King appeared and explained that the Old Ancestral Dragon had given his life to clear the path for the New Ancestral Dragon, convincing the old dragon to accept Zhou Tong.
• The War God King greeted Zhou Tong, and Keke recognized him as the uncle who had taught her Dragon Clan divine abilities.
• Zhou Tong invited the human cultivators to stay and listen, then summoned dragons from across Dragon Island to gather at the Sacred Mountain.
• Zhou Tong began imparting the Dragon Clan’s gathered inheritances, divine abilities, and battle techniques.

After preaching to the Dragon Clan, Zhou Tong reassured Xiao Chen about the vanished Ancestral Dragon Village and explained how to master the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method. He then explored Xiao Chen’s memories and discovered the Primordial Eight Sounds, sensing a vast power within them.

• Zhou Tong preached to the Dragon Clan for half a year, convincing the Dragon Kings and earning their admiration for his new inheritance.
• After the other cultivators left Dragon Island, Zhou Tong told Xiao Chen that the vanished Ancestral Dragon Village’s people had not died and might return unchanged.
• Xiao Chen offered Zhou Tong access to his memories to find the Primordial Eight Sounds, and Zhou Tong explained that mastering the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method required gathering all six Heavenly Marks.
• Zhou Tong explored Xiao Chen’s memories, found the imprint of the Primordial Eight Sounds, and heard ancient Heavenly Sounds that resonated with his soul.

After refining the Primeval Dragon’s power and studying the Primordial Eight Sounds for three years, Zhou Tong entered the Curse Realm to find an Ancestral Dragon corpse. The fallen dragon’s essence empowered him, and he broke through to the seventh heaven of the Ancestor God Realm.

• Zhou Tong spent three years in seclusion studying the Primordial Eight Sounds and refining the Primeval Dragon’s power, strengthening his body and soul.
• Zhou Tong entered the Curse Realm and searched for a location that affected Ancestor Gods, following the trembling dragon qi within him.
• Zhou Tong descended into an abyss, destroyed the creatures formed from the words on the Heavenly Tablet, and reached a black lake beneath it.
• Zhou Tong found the seventh Heavenly Tablet and the corpses of many Ancestor Gods, including a black Ancestral Dragon cut into several sections.
• The Ancestral Dragon’s corpse bestowed its remaining divine power, dragon qi, and essence upon Zhou Tong, helping him break through to the seventh heaven of the Ancestor God Realm.

Zhou Tong advanced to the seventh heaven of the Ancestral God realm and used the life essence of the Ancestral God corpses to draw mysteries from the seventh Heavenly Tablet with six forged Heavenly Marks. He remained before the tablet, quietly comprehending the Great Dao as Old Turtle watched in shock.

• Zhou Tong absorbed the Ancestral Dragon corpse's essence and broke through to the seventh heaven of the Ancestral God realm.
• An evil spirit possessing an Ancestral God corpse attacked Zhou Tong, who smashed it and gathered the remaining corpses into a furnace.
• Zhou Tong sacrificed the refined life essence to the seventh Heavenly Tablet and used his Ancestral Dragon Body and six simulated Heavenly Tablets to draw out its mysteries.
• The abyss's radiance attracted cultivators, but none could see through the light as the tablet's characters revealed their meanings to Zhou Tong.
• Old Turtle emerged from the tablet's base and marveled at Zhou Tong's method of borrowing false Heavenly Marks to cultivate true mysteries.
• After the corpses were refined and the tablet's light faded, Zhou Tong returned to human form and sat before it to comprehend the Great Dao.

After ten years comprehending the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method, Zhou Tong reached the eighth celestial layer of the Ancestral God realm and transformed his shattered armor and Longevity Tree into a new Dragon Clan Sacred Tree. The tree became a reborn Azure-Scale Armor, while its seventh leaf held mysteries Zhou Tong had yet to fully master.

• Zhou Tong awakened after ten years of cultivation and said he could not fully integrate the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method.
• Zhou Tong manifested six Heavenly Tablet diagrams and imprinted their Dao Marks onto his Dragon Scale Armor.
• The armor shattered under the six Tablets’ Dao Rhyme, and the Longevity Tree transformed into an azure Dragon Clan Sacred Tree.
• Old Turtle recognized that Zhou Tong had created a sacred tree modeled on the Dragon Clan’s Sky-Connecting Divine Wood, with seven leaves bearing Tablet diagrams.
• Zhou Tong acknowledged that his altered diagrams still lacked the true Tablets’ Dao Rhyme and that the tree’s eighth and ninth leaves would depend on his further comprehension.
• Zhou Tong turned the sacred tree back into armor, completing the Azure-Scale Armor’s transformation.

After completing his training in the Curse Realm, Zhou Tong entered the Death World to explore its most dangerous depths and seek Slaughter Light to strengthen his Ancestral Dragon Sword. He refined one strand into the sword, greatly increasing its power, and continued toward the deeper regions.

• Zhou Tong left the Curse Realm after his armor and sacred tree completed nirvana, then opened a passage into the Death World.
• Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan sensed Zhou Tong's arrival in the Death World and wondered what he was seeking.
• Zhou Tong traveled into the Death World's dangerous depths, where Slaughter Light narrowly passed him and he encountered many sinister ruins and creatures.
• Zhou Tong trapped a later strand of Slaughter Light in a loop of space and spent several days refining it.
• Zhou Tong fused the Slaughter Light into his Ancestral Dragon Sword, causing its power to surge.

Zhou Tong discovered a Primordial Demon City in the Death World and destroyed its foundation to awaken the failed Stone Man within. After defeating the Ninth Heaven-level opponent, he refined the city and extracted its life essence and Stone Man Path, leaving with new insights from the failed path.

• Zhou Tong found a Primordial Demon City and determined that its Stone Men were nearly decayed and trapped in slumber.
• Zhou Tong tore apart the city's foundation, awakening a ruined Stone Man that attacked him with a stone axe.
• Zhou Tong fought the Stone Man for five hundred exchanges while powerful beings across the Death World watched.
• Zhou Tong split the Stone Man's unpetrified body with the Ancestral Dragon Sword, killing it and leaving its petrified remains in the city.
• Zhou Tong refined the Primordial Demon City for half a month, absorbed its life essence, and obtained the failed Stone Man Path from the Stone Man's memories.

After ten years of battling and refining Stone Men in the Death World, Zhou Tong reached the Ninth Heaven of the Ancestral God realm and discovered a route to the Most Sinister Land. He entered the Chaotic Space-Time that blocked the way after defeating a White Bone Ancestral Lord and searching his memories.

• Zhou Tong spent ten years breaking through more than twenty Primordial Demon Cities, fighting Stone Men and Ancestral Lords, and collecting over ten Stone Man Paths.
• Zhou Tong broke through to the Ninth Heaven and used the Eye of Shattering Illusions to trace the Most Sinister Land through the River of Time.
• Zhou Tong found that the route to the Most Sinister Land passed through a region of Chaotic Space-Time and traveled there in an instant.
• A White Bone Ancestral Lord and eight skeletal Kings confronted Zhou Tong at the entrance to the Chaotic Space-Time.
• Zhou Tong shattered the White Bone Ancestral Lord with his dragon claw, searched his divine soul for knowledge of the region, and entered the Chaotic Space-Time.

Zhou Tong crossed the Chaotic Space-Time, collected ancient weapons and resources, and received the White Bone Ancestral Dragon’s power. Near the Eternal Light in the Death World, he sensed pursuers and turned to confront them.

• Zhou Tong crossed the Chaotic Space-Time, defeating a metal humanoid and collecting its Antimatter Weapon while transplanting a Pure Land’s treasures into his Inner World.
• Zhou Tong encountered the White Bone Ancestral Dragon, which recognized him as a descendant and willingly gave its remaining power to him before crumbling away.
• Zhou Tong resolved to protect the Dragon Clan by opposing the Otherworld’s Ancestral Gods and destroying Void Heaven.
• Zhou Tong approached the Most Sinister Land and saw intact Primordial Demon Cities guarded by Ancestral God Killing Intents, while sensing that the Eternal Light lay ahead.
• Zhou Tong stopped advancing, turned around, and called on those who had followed him to reveal themselves.

Zhou Tong confronted the Otherworld Ancestral Gods in the Most Sinister Land and effortlessly defeated them, leaving him to turn his attention toward Eternal Light.

• Li Huiyou revealed that he was a manifestation and spoke with Zhou Tong about the Ancestral Dragon and Eternal Light.
• Zhou Tong killed the nine Half-Ancestors accompanying Li Huiyou with his divine consciousness.
• Zhou Tong crushed Li Huiyou's manifestation, extracted its memories and Ancestral God essence, and absorbed the Doomsday Sky Halberd's essence into his Ancestral Dragon Sword.
• The last Otherworld Ancestral God attacked Zhou Tong with the Sky Universe Star Sword, but his sword rays shattered against Zhou Tong's armor.
• Zhou Tong seized the last Ancestral God, refined his body into Life Essence, sealed his primordial spirit, and looked toward Eternal Light.

Zhou Tong reached the Eternal Light in the Most Sinister Land and used it to transform his weapons while strengthening himself. After bathing in its source, he neared the Ancestral God realm’s limit and faced a choice between the Stone Man path and the Supreme Ancestral God path.

• Zhou Tong passed the Iron Man guarding the Eternal Light and broke through the source’s defenses.
• The conscious Eternal Light Source recognized Zhou Tong as an Ancestral Dragon and granted him nine streams of Eternal Light.
• Zhou Tong infused six streams into his battle armor and three into the Ancestral Dragon Sword, awakening signs of life in both weapons.
• Zhou Tong bathed in the Eternal Light, strengthening his body, divine soul, and cultivation while deepening his understanding of the Heavenly Tablet Profound Method.
• Zhou Tong reached the limit of the Ancestral God realm and considered whether to follow the Stone Man path or the Supreme Ancestral God path.

Zhou Tong spent more than a century studying the Eternal Light Source and the many cultivation paths he had encountered, gradually forming his own King's Path. He mastered a way to erase an Ancestral God's consciousness without damaging its divine soul, then left the Eternal Light Source as Martial Ancestor arrived.

• Zhou Tong questioned the Eternal Light Source about its creation and learned that Nuwa had made it.
• Zhou Tong entered seclusion beside the Eternal Light Source and spent more than a century comprehending its mysteries and organizing the Daos and methods he knew.
• Zhou Tong combined insights from the Stone Man Path, Supreme Ancestral God Path, Sky Shrouding Method, and Yang God World's Cultivation System to outline his own King's Path.
• Zhou Tong erased the consciousness from an Otherworld Ancestral God's divine soul without harming it and gave the soul to the Eternal Light Source.
• Zhou Tong noted that much time had passed and saw Martial Ancestor approaching like a dried corpse.

Zhou Tong left the Most Sinister Land with Xiao Chen and the others after the Martial Ancestor repaired his body and Keke’s Father opened a gate to the Soul Realm. There, Otherworld Ancestral God Li Huiyou descended, and Zhou Tong immediately defeated and sealed him.

• The Martial Ancestor entered the Eternal Light to restore his body, accepted Zhou Tong’s Ancestral God energy, and gave him the remaining half of the Martial Scripture before heading deeper into the Death World.
• Keke’s Father distributed strands of Eternal Light to Xiao Chen and the others, then opened a star gate that brought them to the Soul Realm.
• Zhou Tong told Keke and Xiao Chen that Keke’s Father’s Myriad Worlds in Eternity was a supreme escape and assassination ability, prompting Xiao Chen to wonder whether Keke’s father was still alive.
• Otherworld Ancestral God Li Huiyou descended into the Soul Realm and unleashed his killing intent upon its cultivators.
• Zhou Tong crushed Li Huiyou’s divine ability, battered him with a palm strike, and sealed his body and soul.

Zhou Tong guarded the passage between the Otherworld and the Nine Provinces, sealing the Ancestral Gods who crossed through with ease. He sent Xiao Chen to Dragon Island with Li Huiyou’s body and weapon, then ordered Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan to evacuate promising people while he stayed behind to face the coming threat.

• Zhou Tong gave Xiao Chen Li Huiyou’s body for a Saint Sacrifice and the Great Annihilation War Spear for the War God King, then Xiao Chen and his companions returned to Dragon Island.
• Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan arrived at the passage and learned that Zhou Tong had sealed Li Huiyou and advanced half a step beyond the Ancestral God Ninth Heaven.
• A second Otherworld Ancestral God emerged, and Zhou Tong destroyed his body, seized his divine soul, and sealed it while asking Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan to evacuate the common people.
• Zhou Tong told Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan to take promising people out of the Nine Provinces, but refused to leave the passage himself.
• A third Otherworld Ancestral God descended and was swiftly subdued by Zhou Tong, after which Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan departed and Zhou Tong remained to guard the passage.

Zhou Tong crossed into the Otherworld and attacked its gathered Ancestral Gods, revealing himself as a Supreme Ancestral God. He froze the group with his dragon roar and began sealing and suppressing them.

• Zhou Tong defeated Ancestral God Chou Tian in the Soul Realm and sealed his soul after the Otherworld questioned the disappearance of its forces.
• Zhou Tong entered the Otherworld through the Space Passage and killed the red-haired Ancestral God Chi Yun with one punch.
• More than a dozen Otherworld Ancestral Gods surrounded Zhou Tong, and he killed one with sword intent after they threatened the Nine Provinces.
• An Otherworld Ancestral God recognized Zhou Tong as a Supreme Ancestral God and tried to report the news, but Zhou Tong's dragon roar froze the surrounding Ancestral Gods.
• Zhou Tong cried, "Seal! Suppress!" as the battle site returned to calm.