Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong entered Demon Ice Valley to face its hundred-year trial, while the Heavenly Deities on Ten Thousand Peaks Island hesitated to follow him. After thirty years of fighting, his Sword Power and Blade Power advanced to the fourth realm.

• The Heavenly Deities explained that newcomers to Ten Thousand Peaks Island triggered a deadly demon calamity, and Zhou Tong asked what would happen if he left to clear the next trial before it began.
• Fei You Heavenly God described Demon Ice Valley’s hundred-year slaughter trial, and Zhou Tong invited the others to follow him before setting out alone when they hesitated.
• Zhou Tong entered Demon Ice Valley and fought the demons with his sword and blade, steadily improving his powers through battle.
• Thirty years into the trial, Zhou Tong’s Sword Power turned black as ink and his Blade Power became dazzling silver-white, marking their advance to the fourth realm.

Zhou Tong passed the Ice Canyon trial after killing nearly a hundred billion demons, then entered Thousand Star Island to organize the insights gained from a century of battle. After three years of reflection, his swordsmanship and saber techniques neared great completion.

• Zhou Tong spent a hundred years fighting demons in the Ice Canyon, killing nearly a hundred billion as his swordsmanship, saber techniques, and Path of Fire Element advanced.
• The Demon King ended the battle and confirmed that Zhou Tong had passed the trial by exceeding the ten-billion-kill requirement tenfold.
• Zhou Tong reflected on how slaughter had sharpened his techniques but left them needing new insights and careful refinement.
• Zhou Tong collected the limited treasures on the small island and entered Thousand Star Island.
• Zhou Tong spent three years organizing his battle insights and sensed that his Five Treasures Swordsmanship and saber techniques were nearing great completion.

Zhou Tong met Great Dream Heavenly God on Thousand Star Island, resisted his Heart Demon influence, and survived the god’s attempted ambush. He killed Great Dream Heavenly God and his Heavenly Deity subordinates, leaving the island’s power balance overturned.

• Dong E approached Zhou Tong and invited him to meet Great Dream Heavenly God, and Zhou Tong followed while remaining wary.
• Great Dream Heavenly God welcomed Zhou Tong and explained Thousand Star Island’s history, but Zhou Tong’s Heart Power cut through the goodwill Great Dream Heavenly God had induced.
• Great Dream Heavenly God stabbed Zhou Tong in the abdomen, but Zhou Tong’s body healed instantly and he killed Great Dream Heavenly God with a flaming sword strike.
• Zhou Tong declared that he had killed Great Dream Heavenly God and attacked the other Heavenly Deities in the palace.
• Zhou Tong used Golden Sun Rainbow to kill Great Dream Heavenly God’s subordinates before they could react.

Zhou Tong killed Great Dream Heavenly God and his subordinates, then challenged the Ten Thousand Blade Road. He cleared all ten passes after mastering his blade and sword arts, making history in the Moonlit Pool World.

• Zhou Tong told the Heavenly Deities on Thousand Star Island that Great Dream Heavenly God and his subordinates had fallen, but none agreed to leave with him.
• Zhou Tong entered the Ten Thousand Blade Road alone and defeated the guardians of its first eight passes with ease.
• Zhou Tong learned from the pass guardians’ blade and sword techniques and recognized that the challenge guided his powers toward the fifth realm.
• At the ninth pass, Zhou Tong saw the divine bearing in the guardian’s blade and sword and gained hope of mastering his own arts.
• At the tenth pass, Zhou Tong comprehended a higher level of divine bearing and brought his Five Treasures Swordsmanship and bladework to great mastery.
• Zhou Tong defeated the final guardian with a single move, and the guardian congratulated him for clearing the passes faster than anyone in history.

Zhou Tong reached Fallen Moon Island, where he obtained Moonlit Pool’s final treasures and opportunity. His Reincarnation Mirror Imprint devoured the Lifebound Oaths imposed on him, and he emerged with the Desolate World God body-refining technique and Nine Yuan Annihilation divine ability.

• Zhou Tong reached Fallen Moon Island, chose three treasures, and followed the silver-haired man to the temple at the island’s summit.
• Zhou Tong released the Heavenly Deities he had brought, and they swore Lifebound Oaths on the golden stele before he did the same.
• Zhou Tong’s Reincarnation Mirror Imprint devoured the stele’s oath-binding power, leaving his Lifebound Oath without force.
• Inside the temple, Zhou Tong’s imprint also consumed the oath requiring him to become an Ancestor God, leave the Three Realms, and report Bei Xiu World God’s death to the Guiding Envoy.
• Zhou Tong absorbed Moonlit Pool’s final opportunity: the Desolate World God body-refining technique and the Nine Yuan Annihilation method for constructing divine abilities.

After receiving his trial rewards, Zhou Tong entered Bei Xiu World God's inheritance grounds by mastering Five Treasures Swordsmanship. He climbed a stairway lined with sword-art steles, deepened his understanding of the Origins behind several powers, and reached the divine temple containing Bei Xiu World God's supreme treasure.

• Zhou Tong received Desolate World God and Nine Yuan Annihilation, then left the divine temple and asked the silver-haired man about Heavenly Cang Palace.
• The silver-haired man sent Zhou Tong through a jade-green lake, and Zhou Tong entered the inheritance grounds after mastering Five Treasures Swordsmanship.
• Zhou Tong climbed the endless stairway and spent three months studying each of its ninety-eight sword-art steles, advancing his sword Dao and blade Dao.
• After twenty-five years, Zhou Tong understood that the fifth realm depended on comprehending an Origin and decided to bring his Power of Fire to that level first.
• Zhou Tong reached the end of the stairway and saw the jade-green divine temple where Bei Xiu World God's supreme treasure lay.

Zhou Tong met the sword spirit of Purple Light Jade and learned about Bei Xiu World God's inheritance. He stayed to refine the damaged divine sword and began working through three major cultivation problems, starting with the Thousand Body Sacred Canon.

• Zhou Tong entered the hall and met the golden-armored sword spirit of Purple Light Jade.
• The Sword Spirit explained how to enter the hall and described Bei Xiu World God's four inheritances: Purple Light Jade, the Nameless Swordsmanship, a Heavenly Cang Palace summoning token, and secret arts and methods.
• Zhou Tong decided to remain in the hall until he had refined enough of Purple Light Jade to take it outside.
• Zhou Tong considered creating a Phoenix-specific divine body method, overcoming the Heart of the World requirement for the Thousand Body Sacred Canon, and merging Blade Power and Sword Power into his Power of Fire.
• Zhou Tong chose to focus first on the Thousand Body Sacred Canon and began deducing how to bypass its Heart of the World requirement.

Zhou Tong reforged his divine body through a dangerous nirvana, breaking through to the True God realm and creating a new cultivation method. The rebirth also solved his questions about Blade Power and Sword Power, leaving him with only one of his three problems unresolved.

• After a century of contemplation, Zhou Tong began burning away his divine body to forge it anew and break through to the True God realm.
• The divine sword spirit feared Zhou Tong had died when only tribulation ash remained, but a phoenix cry heralded his rebirth as chaos poured into him.
• The sword spirit realized Zhou Tong’s nirvana method rebuilt his divine body from scratch at every breakthrough, avoiding conflicts between its guiding principles.
• After returning to human form, Zhou Tong understood that his experience of burning away had answered his third problem.
• Zhou Tong merged Blade Power and Sword Power with his fourth-stage Power of Fire, creating a restrained new flame, and recognized that only his final problem remained.

After four hundred years in the Moonlit Pool World, Zhou Tong completed his Nirvana Divine Body and improved the Thousand Body Sacred Canon while refining enough of the divine sword to leave. In the Three Realms, Ji Ning learned that Zhou Tong had been missing for four hundred years and was offered a chance to cultivate the Eight-Nine Arcane Art.

• Zhou Tong named his True God-level body-refining method the Nirvana Divine Body and devised a way to make the Thousand Body Sacred Canon cultivable only by its practitioners.
• Zhou Tong spent two hundred more years cultivating and refining Divine Sword Zi Guang Qiong, bringing his time in the Moonlit Pool World to four hundred years.
• Ji Ning trained at Five Treasures Peak as wars spread through the Three Realms, while Xia Mangxun told him Zhou Tong had been missing and had likely left the Three Realms.
• Xia Mangxun revealed that his master had secured Ji Ning an opportunity to cultivate the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, and Ji Ning agreed to go with him.

After four hundred years in Moonlit Pool World, Zhou Tong emerged on a Flame Star, comprehended the Three Realms’ Fire Element Heavenly Dao, and advanced to the fifth realm, the Fire God Realm. His return reassured Ji Ning and stunned the Three Realms’ great powers, while Zhou Tong began comparing his Fire Dao Seed with cultivation methods from another world.

• Zhou Tong emerged from Moonlit Pool World onto a Flame Star after four hundred years and immediately comprehended the Fire Element Heavenly Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao resonated, and great powers across the Three Realms wondered who Zhou Tong was until Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor identified him as Calamity Fire True God.
• Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor told Ji Ning that his master had returned safely, become a True God, and comprehended the Fire Element Heavenly Dao, leaving Ji Ning overjoyed.
• Zhou Tong deepened his understanding of the Fire Origin, formed a crimson Fire Dao Seed, and entered the fifth realm of the Power of Fire, the Fire God Realm.
• Zhou Tong examined his Fire Dao Seed and compared it with the Dao Merging Immortal Seed and the Seed of Oneself.

After comprehending the Fire Element Heavenly Dao, Zhou Tong began cultivating the qi-refining path in earnest, easily becoming a Celestial Immortal and then a Pure Yang True Immortal. He concluded that this world’s qi-refining system was essentially a method of cultivating inner worlds.

• Zhou Tong summoned and effortlessly passed the Celestial Immortal Tribulation, transforming his Zifu into a golden core.
• Watching True Gods and Dao Ancestors realized Zhou Tong had previously devoted himself to Divine Demon Body Refining rather than qi-refining.
• Zhou Tong studied the golden core and used Chaos Power to reach the peak of the Celestial Immortal Realm over a month.
• Zhou Tong drew on the Three Realms’ source power and transformed his golden core, becoming a Pure Yang True Immortal.
• Zhou Tong understood the stages of the qi-refining path and concluded that it was equivalent to cultivating inner worlds.

After reaching Pure Yang True Immortal, Zhou Tong gathered Golden Sun Flames and used them to cultivate the first layer of the Thousand Body Sacred Canon, dividing himself into a thousand independent incarnations. He began nurturing them toward the second layer, which would raise each incarnation to the strength of his original body.

• Zhou Tong traveled to the Sun Star and gathered one thousand Golden Sun Flames for cultivation, then collected more than two thousand additional flames as reserves.
• After Zhou Tong left the Three Realms, a hidden observer wondered whether he knew that the observer had merged with the Heavenly Dao while retaining some will of their own.
• Zhou Tong secluded himself in Star Picking Manor and used the Golden Sun Flames and Nirvana Divine Fire to divide his body, divine soul, true spirit, and Reincarnation Mirror imprint.
• Zhou Tong completed the first layer of the Thousand Body Sacred Canon, creating one thousand independent incarnations, each with a complete true spirit, divine soul, and Pure Yang Golden Core.
• Zhou Tong released his remaining Golden Sun Flames to nurture the incarnations, beginning the process of strengthening each one toward the original body's power.

After ten years of nurturing, Zhou Tong completed most of the second level of the Thousand Body Sacred Canon and sent one clone to check on the Three Realms. At Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor’s grounds, he discovered that Ji Ning had become a Heavenly Deity and Pure Yang True Immortal, and suspected Ji Ning had acquired a clone technique from a hidden treasure.

• A thousand of Zhou Tong’s clones emerged from their Golden Sun Flame cocoons after ten years of nurturing, with their divine bodies, Golden Cores, and divine souls reaching the level of his true body.
• Zhou Tong sent one clone from Star Picking Manor to visit Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor while the other 999 remained behind to comprehend the Heavenly Dao and Great Daos.
• On his way to Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor’s grounds, Zhou Tong completely comprehended the Great Daos of Space and Time and grasped several others, aided by his clones and solid foundation.
• Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor personally welcomed Zhou Tong, who had reached the True God level, and Zhou Tong recognized Xia Mangxun and Ji Ning among the Dao Ancestor’s disciples.
• Zhou Tong realized Ji Ning had become a Heavenly Deity and Pure Yang True Immortal, and noticed that the body before him was not Ji Ning’s original body.
• Zhou Tong suspected Ji Ning had obtained a clone technique from a stone stele connected to Youngflame Ugly, likely after a Dao Ancestor helped locate Youngflame Ugly’s hidden clones.

Zhou Tong returned after comprehending the Fire Element Heavenly Dao and learned that the Abyss Gate had conquered Great Xia. He declared that he would reclaim it after becoming an Ancestral Immortal, then exchanged powerful cultivation techniques with Ji Ning.

• Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor congratulated Zhou Tong on comprehending the Fire Element Heavenly Dao and explained that Great Xia had fallen to the Abyss Gate.
• Zhou Tong vowed to reclaim Great Xia, while Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor warned that doing so could trigger an early all-out war.
• Zhou Tong told Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor he would act after becoming an Ancestral Immortal and would face any Abyss Gate forces himself.
• Zhou Tong recognized that Ji Ning was using a clone, and Ji Ning presented the seven techniques he had obtained from the Nine Directions Chaos Nation stone stele.
• Zhou Tong gave Ji Ning the Thousand Body Sacred Canon and his improved version of it, along with the Nirvana Divine Body.

Zhou Tong taught Ji Ning the Sole True Body method and supplied materials for improving his Golden Core, then returned to Star Picking Manor to temper the Golden Cores of all one thousand clones. After a month, they reached second grade, and Zhou Tong began preparing to fuse his clones.

• Zhou Tong gave Ji Ning the Nirvana Divine Body method and the Sole True Body secret art, explaining how fused clones could greatly increase his power.
• Ji Ning told Zhou Tong about the Ice-Fire Golden Core Tempering Art and suggested that combining it with the Sole True Body might let him achieve a first-grade Golden Core.
• Zhou Tong supplied Ji Ning with Ice Heart Marrow and Nine Flame Paste, then left to cultivate in seclusion.
• At Star Picking Manor, Zhou Tong set up the tempering array and used the materials to temper the Golden Cores of all one thousand clones.
• After a month, Zhou Tong's Golden Cores advanced to second grade, and he estimated they would reach their limit in about half a month before he fused his clones with the Sole True Body.

Zhou Tong used the Unique True Body Method to fuse his thousand clones, transforming his body, soul, golden core, and Heart Power. The process led him to define his true body's path to Immortal Emperor as the Return to One Path of the Sixth Secret Realm, and he ended the chapter having completed the fusion and reached immense strength.

• Zhou Tong fused one clone into his true body and felt every part of himself transform and grow stronger.
• Zhou Tong considered whether his true body in the Shrouding the Heavens World could unite its Sixth Secret Realm and concluded that his path was the Return to One Path of the Sixth Secret Realm.
• Zhou Tong spent several months contemplating the path before resuming the fusion of his clones.
• Zhou Tong continued absorbing clones, pausing between fusions to sense the changes in his power.
• Zhou Tong completed the fusion of all one thousand clones after five years and found his strength close to that of a World God.

Zhou Tong merged his incarnations and broke through to the Ancestral Immortal realm, transforming his Golden Core and drawing an unprecedented surge of Chaos Power. After the Three Realms’ factions recognized the breakthrough’s significance, Zhou Tong set out for Great Xia to begin the final battle against the Abyss Gate.

• Zhou Tong emerged into the chaos, where a vast vortex of Chaos Power formed around him as his cultivation advanced.
• The great powers of the Three Realms witnessed the breakthrough and judged Zhou Tong to be a leader-level powerhouse, while the Abyss Gate feared its opponents had gained a formidable ally.
• Old Man Yuan realized Zhou Tong had formed a super-grade Grand Luo Golden Core capable of rivaling a Chaos Immortal.
• Zhou Tong examined his transformed cultivation and decided to improve his Calamity Fire Divine Bow and advance his Dao of the Arrow.
• Zhou Tong declared that he would start the final great battle against the Abyss Gate and headed toward Great Xia.

After breaking through to the Ancestral Immortal Realm, Zhou Tong returned to the Great Xia World and found it under the Abyss Gate’s rule, where demons and monsters slaughtered mortals without restraint. He destroyed Black Dragon Divine Mountain and everyone on it with a single arrow, leaving a colossal crater.

• Zhou Tong concealed himself, reached the Great Xia World, and used his divine sense to inspect its formations and powerful defenders.
• He entered the world, saw the sinister Black Dragon Divine Mountain, and prepared the Calamity Fire Divine Bow without using the Power of Fire.
• On Black Dragon Divine Mountain, three old demons celebrated the Abyss Gate’s rule while feasting on human heads and boasting about killing mortals.
• Zhou Tong gathered the power of heaven and earth into an arrow as the True God protecting Black Dragon Divine Mountain raised a golden barrier.
• Zhou Tong’s arrow pierced the barrier and destroyed Black Dragon Divine Mountain, the True God, and every demon and monster there.

Zhou Tong used the baleful aura from the Abyss Gate stronghold to upgrade his Calamity Fire Divine Bow, then the Abyss Gate’s Divine King tried to recruit him. Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor and Bodhi arrived to claim Zhou Tong for the Nuwa Faction and invite him to meet its great powers.

• Zhou Tong refined the Calamity Fire Divine Bow with baleful aura, sin, and rare materials, raising it far beyond its former grade.
• Zhou Tong asked the Black Robe Divine King to reveal the Abyss Gate’s other strongholds, and the Divine King appeared as an incarnation.
• The Black Robe Divine King offered Zhou Tong and Ji Ning resources and scriptures if Zhou Tong joined the Abyss Gate.
• Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor and Bodhi arrived, rejected the Abyss Gate’s recruitment attempt, and invited Zhou Tong to visit Bodhi’s retreat.

Zhou Tong faced pressure from the Nuwa faction and the Abyss Gate to choose a side in their destined war, but challenged their faith in fate by demonstrating his extraordinary mastery of the Heavenly Dao. The Three Realms were left stunned as he comprehended four great Heavenly Daos in a single day.

• The Black Robe Divine King urged Zhou Tong to join the Abyss Gate, while Bodhi Dao Ancestor and Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor pressed him to join the Nuwa faction.
• Zhou Tong asked why the two factions fought, and Bodhi, Crimson Bright, and the Black Robe Divine King said fate had decreed that only one side could survive.
• Zhou Tong manifested the Yang Heavenly Dao and asked whether his comprehension was deep enough.
• Zhou Tong manifested the Yin Heavenly Dao as well, shocking the Dao Ancestors with his ability to comprehend opposing Heavenly Daos without reincarnating.
• Zhou Tong manifested the Life Heavenly Dao and Destruction Heavenly Dao, leaving the Three Realms stunned by his mastery of four great Heavenly Daos in one day.