Chapter Summaries

Zhou Tong studied the Fire Source Chapter, deepening his understanding of the Path of Fire Element and learning why its creator had failed his Dao-merger. He strengthened his resolve to prioritize fire control and completed the five strongest flames he had planned.

• Zhou Tong studied the Fire Source Chapter and expanded his understanding of the Path of Fire Element, strengthening the Dao Tree in his Golden Core Chaos Space.
• The Spirit of the Magic Treasure of the Star Tower isolated Zhou Tong from nearby dangers while he cultivated, then left him to find his own way out afterward.
• Zhou Tong learned that the Fire Source Chapter's creator had failed his Dao-merger because his Path of Fire Control could not safely manage his increasingly powerful flames.
• Zhou Tong resolved to emphasize fire control and began fusing two new flames using methods from the Fire Source Chapter.
• Zhou Tong completed the golden Sky Burning Flame and the purple Heart Fire, bringing his planned set of five strongest flames to completion.

Zhou Tong combined his five strongest flames and refined his understanding of the Path of Fire Element, realizing that the true Ultimate Fire Dao required him to grasp its fundamental “one.” He spent a hundred years traveling and facing trials, then arrived at the dangerous Sea of Darkness on the route to Heavenly Cang Palace.

• Zhou Tong joined his five strongest flames into a Five-Colored Divine Sword and discovered how they connected through the fire Dao origin.
• Zhou Tong filled in missing branches of his Path of Fire Element and realized that mastering the Ultimate Fire Dao required reaching beyond the combined flames to their fundamental “one.”
• Zhou Tong left the Star Tower and began traveling toward the Heavenly Cang Eternal Realm, seeking trials that could advance his Dao.
• Over a hundred years, Zhou Tong survived dangers, gathered arts and inheritances, fought Life and Death Dao Lords, and advanced his Path of Fire Element.
• Zhou Tong arrived at the Sea of Darkness, the most difficult stretch of the route to Heavenly Cang Palace.

While traveling toward Heavenly Cang Palace, Zhou Tong attained enlightenment in the Ultimate Fire Dao and began breaking through to become a Dao Lord. His breakthrough transformed his Dao Tree and golden core chaos space, and he started rebuilding his divine body.

• At Three Springs Star, Zhou Tong comprehended the Ultimate Fire Dao and resonated with the Chaos Universe's Fire Dao source.
• Zhou Tong left the star, sealed himself inside his cave estate, and began forging his own Dao to break through to Dao Lord.
• The breakthrough sent immense fluctuations across the Chaos Void, drawing the attention of cultivators and Dao Lords on Three Springs Star.
• Zhou Tong's Dao Tree grew to fifty-two thousand zhang as his golden core chaos space expanded and stabilized.
• Zhou Tong burned away his old body and used the Ultimate Fire Dao to evolve a new divine body.

Zhou Tong became a First-step Dao Lord and used the breakthrough to gather 3,600 Azure Flower droplets. After eight years of cultivation, he reached the Second Step and set out across the Sea of Darkness, hoping to become a Three-step Dao Lord before finding Heavenly Cang Palace.

• Zhou Tong absorbed Chaos Power for three days during his breakthrough and accumulated 3,600 Azure Flower droplets.
• Zhou Tong sensed the path ahead along the Ultimate Fire Dao and decided to remain in seclusion until he advanced further.
• After eight years, Zhou Tong broke through to become a Second-step Dao Lord, and his Dao-tree reached the Second Step's limit of eighty-four thousand zhang.
• Life and Death Dao Lords across the Qianyun Domain were shocked by Zhou Tong's rapid breakthroughs and immense Chaos vortex.
• Zhou Tong emerged from seclusion and flew toward the Sea of Darkness, aiming to reach the Third Step before finding Heavenly Cang Palace.

Zhou Tong crossed the Sea of Darkness aboard a Flying Boat, using the journey to comprehend the Dao of Space while his followers piloted and faced attacks from Strange Bats. After two hundred years, he was ready to break through to the Three-step Dao Lord level once they passed through the sea, and he entered his estate to begin.

• Zhou Tong entered the Sea of Darkness and slowed down to study its spatial tides and comprehend the Dao of Space.
• Zhou Tong killed waves of Strange Bats, then summoned his World Realm followers to pilot his Flying Boat through the sea.
• Zhou Tong traveled aboard the Flying Boat for two hundred years, defeating Strange Bats and guiding his followers as his cultivation advanced.
• Zhou Tong decided to break through to the Three-step Dao Lord level after leaving the Sea of Darkness, then entered his estate to begin.

Zhou Tong reached Heavenly Cang Palace with Bei Xiu World God's Guiding Token and reported that the Three Wu Jiao Divine Beasts had killed Bei Xiu. After explaining how he obtained the token and astonishing the palace members with his rapid rise, Zhou Tong agreed to join Heavenly Cang Palace.

• Zhou Tong traveled from Zhehu Star to the Heavenly Cang Great World and flew to Heavenly Cang Palace.
• Zhou Tong showed Dao Lord Tianyi and the others Bei Xiu World God's Guiding Token and told them that the Three Wu Jiao Divine Beasts had killed Bei Xiu.
• Tianyi sent Si Ming, Nian Dao, Xu Liang, Yun Yu, Fu Yue, and Tian Gang to destroy the Three Wu Jiao Divine Beasts.
• Zhou Tong explained that he had obtained Bei Xiu's Guiding Token from a ruin near his homeland, and Tianyi recognized him as Tribulation Fire, whom Great Mo had mentioned.
• Zhou Tong accepted the invitation to join Heavenly Cang Palace, and its members welcomed him.

Zhou Tong joined Heavenly Cang Palace, became its fourth Palace Lord, and offered a powerful Dao Lord inheritance in exchange for access to the palace’s collection. The chapter ended with Tianyi shocked by Zhou Tong’s strength after learning he had killed a formidable Four-step Dao Lord.

• After the welcoming banquet, Tianyi led Zhou Tong to choose a cave estate and explained the costs and conditions for accessing Heavenly Cang Palace’s inheritances.
• Zhou Tong agreed to provide a Dao Lord-level inheritance so he could view the palace’s Divine Abilities and cultivation methods.
• Three days later, Zhou Tong completed the initiation ceremony and became Heavenly Cang Palace’s fourth Palace Lord.
• At the Scripture Pavilion, Zhou Tong gave Tianyi the inheritance of a Four-step Dao Lord he had killed.
• Tianyi examined the inheritance and asked Zhou Tong how strong he was, and Zhou Tong said few beings below Holy City Lord-level Eternal Emperor Lords could match him.

After studying Heavenly Cang Palace’s inheritances for a hundred years, Zhou Tong announced a discourse on the Path of Fire Element. His teaching drew the palace’s cultivators and Dao Lords into his profound understanding of fire.

• Zhou Tong memorized the Scripture Pavilion’s inheritances, claimed an unoccupied palace, and named it Flame Palace.
• Zhou Tong spent a hundred years studying the scriptures, finding few that could advance his Ultimate Fire Dao.
• Zhou Tong announced that he would expound upon the Dao of Fire at Flame Palace, exciting cultivators and drawing the interest of Tianyi Dao Lord, Yu Dou, and Yu Can.
• Three days later, Zhou Tong began his half-year discourse, and his account of the Path of Fire Element immersed everyone present, including Tianyi Dao Lord.

After his preaching at Heavenly Cang Palace, Zhou Tong traveled through the Great Mo Domain in search of Supreme Being Qi’s Azure Flower Cave Mansion, hoping to find a shortcut to the Fourth Step. He found the mansion’s isolated Void and entered its golden mist, using Illusion Flame to pass unseen by the golden lifeforms.

• Zhou Tong left Heavenly Cang Palace and used his mastery of space-time to travel toward the Azure Flower Cave Mansion.
• Zhou Tong reached the Great Mo Domain’s border and headed toward the Three Realms through uncharted territory.
• After fifty years, Zhou Tong sensed the Azure Flower resonance and arrived at the mansion’s isolated Pure Void.
• Zhou Tong endured the Void’s soul-sweeping force and entered the golden mist.
• Zhou Tong cloaked himself in Illusion Flame and walked past the golden lifeforms without being detected.

Zhou Tong seized the Myriad Treasures Golden Fiend, subdued the twenty-three golden beasts, and entered Supreme Being Qi's Azure Flower Cave Mansion. After passing its Dao Heart test and collecting one fruit from each of three treasure trees, he reached the first trial.

• Zhou Tong took the Myriad Treasures Golden Fiend, making the golden mist vanish and provoking the twenty-three golden beasts.
• Zhou Tong used his overwhelming aura to make the beasts submit, then stored them in his cave mansion with the golden fiend.
• Zhou Tong reached the Azure Flower Cave Mansion and opened its gate by resisting the Dao Heart test.
• Zhou Tong picked one fruit from each of the three treasure trees inside the cave mansion.
• Zhou Tong crossed a bridge over a frigid river toward two old men playing chess, approaching the first trial.

Zhou Tong crossed the bridge into the cave estate’s first trial and swiftly defeated its two Eternal Emperor Lord gatekeepers with his Path of Fire Element. He continued deeper into the estate, while the elders debated whether he would survive its later trials.

• The silver-eyed elder warned Zhou Tong that the bridge and cave estate were dangerous, but the blood-eyed elder attacked him from afar.
• Zhou Tong burned away the blood-eyed elder’s first attack and crossed the bridge despite the silver-eyed elder’s warning.
• The blood-eyed elder struck again after Zhou Tong reached the lawn, but Zhou Tong’s fiery finger strike destroyed his sleeve and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Both elders yielded, and the blood-eyed elder recognized Zhou Tong as likely the strongest Life and Death Dao Lord in his realm.
• Zhou Tong entered the cave estate, and the elders speculated about whether he would survive before returning to their chess game.

Zhou Tong entered the cave mansion’s Second Pass, received and refined a Natal Dao Talisman that could revive him once, then faced ten Emperor Lords. He held his ground against their combined attack, leaving the watching Emperor Lords stunned.

• The Cave Mansion Spirit explained the three life-and-death trials and gave Zhou Tong a Natal Dao Talisman as the reward for passing the first trial.
• Zhou Tong put a drop of his Natal Essence Blood into the talisman, stored it in his cave mansion, and chose to continue the trials.
• The Cave Mansion Spirit told Zhou Tong that ten of the weakest Emperor Lords would oppose him in the Second Pass and warned him against using outside objects.
• The ten Emperor Lords attacked Zhou Tong together, eager to fight after their long imprisonment.
• Zhou Tong struck back with a flame-wreathed palm and drove all ten Emperor Lords back, stunning the onlookers.

Zhou Tong fought ten Emperor Lords at once, overwhelming them with his Phoenix form, fierce attacks, and extraordinary healing. He left the defeated opponents unable to rise and walked toward the grand hall.

• The ten Emperor Lords attacked Zhou Tong together after realizing he had driven them back in their first clash.
• Zhou Tong fought them evenly, then transformed into his Phoenix True Body as the Emperor Lords unleashed their strongest techniques.
• Zhou Tong blasted away a fire-path Emperor Lord and struck another with a scorching fist, leaving both too injured to continue.
• The remaining eight Emperor Lords attacked Zhou Tong, but he healed from a sword wound and traded a final barrage with them.
• Zhou Tong and the eight Emperor Lords crashed to the ground, and Zhou Tong quickly healed before walking toward the grand hall while the ten opponents remained seated, held back by their injuries and yin fire.

Zhou Tong passed the Second Pass of the Supreme Cave Mansion and received a jade slip containing the Ultimate Fire Dao of a predecessor. Studying it revealed that his own Dao had diverged from the Chaos Universe’s origin, so he resolved to rebuild it according to this world’s path.

• Zhou Tong opened the great hall, passed the Second Pass, and received a jade slip from the blue-robed, white-haired elder.
• The elder explained that the jade slip held the Ultimate Fire Dao of a Four-step Dao Lord who had failed Daomerge.
• Zhou Tong swore a Lifebound Oath and absorbed the predecessor’s teachings, sensing a path to the fourth level of the Ultimate Fire Dao.
• As he compared the predecessor’s long-range-focused Dao with his own close-combat-focused Dao, Zhou Tong’s understanding of fire advanced close to the fourth level.
• Zhou Tong recognized that insights from other worlds had made his Dao incompatible with the Chaos Universe’s origin and decided to reorganize it from the first level.

After a century of studying the Ultimate Fire Dao, Zhou Tong entered the final trial to test the disputed parts of his Dao in a life-risking battle. He fought the black-robed guardian with his own methods, seeking proof of which path was correct.

• Zhou Tong spent a hundred years comparing his Ultimate Fire Dao with the failed path of a Four-step Dao Lord and identified thirteen unresolved differences.
• Zhou Tong chose to challenge the final trial, entering the great hall where a Hegemon and his black-robed disciple awaited him.
• The Cave Mansion Spirit explained that Zhou Tong had to defeat the black-robed guardian, an Eternal Emperor Lord at the Holy City Lord level, to pass.
• The black-robed guardian attacked Zhou Tong with a saber, but Zhou Tong met him head-on with a flaming punch and endured the strike.
• Zhou Tong used his Phoenix regeneration to fight recklessly against the guardian, testing his Ultimate Fire Dao as their battle shook the hall.

Zhou Tong used a Hegemon-level self-destruction to kill the black-robed man, then recovered through the Natal Dao Talisman's remnant of his soul and true spirit. His experience of death propelled his Heart Power to the sixth level, World, making him a Heart Power cultivator.

• After three days of fighting, Zhou Tong gathered his flames and self-destructed to overwhelm the black-robed man.
• The hall's golden gates swept the black-robed man away, destroying him and reducing his soul and true spirit to Obliteration.
• Zhou Tong's soul and true spirit slowly recovered inside the Heavenly Cave treasure through the Natal Dao Talisman.
• Experiencing death gave Zhou Tong a sense of smallness and awakened his Heart Power, advancing it to the fourth level, Mortal Realm.
• Zhou Tong's Heart Power surged through the fifth level, True Return Realm, and reached the sixth level, World, allowing it to affect reality.

Zhou Tong broke through the Heart Power realms to form a Heart World, then fully revived and advanced his Ultimate Fire Dao to the fourth layer. His breakthrough shocked the Second Pass observers, who realized he was an Ultimate Dao Lord and understood why he had self-destructed.

• Zhou Tong passed the Mortal Realm trial, broke through three Heart Power realms, and formed a Heart World.
• Zhou Tong decided to revive completely before advancing his Ultimate Fire Dao, then activated the cave mansion formations to absorb its energy.
• The Cave Mansion Spirit loosened the restrictions, allowing Zhou Tong to absorb enough origin energy to restore himself to peak condition.
• Zhou Tong raised his Ultimate Fire Dao to the fourth layer, growing his Dao Tree to its limit of one hundred and eight thousand zhang.
• The Cave Mansion Spirit and the Eternal Emperor Lords sensed Zhou Tong's stronger aura and concluded that he was still a Dao Lord, not an Eternal Emperor Lord.
• The Cave Mansion Spirit recognized Zhou Tong as an Ultimate Dao Lord and realized he had self-destructed to protect his hidden true spirit while comprehending the Dao.

Zhou Tong reached the fourth level of the Ultimate Dao and used all four levels of the Ultimate Fire Dao to create an immense Heart World, becoming both the strongest Daolord and the strongest Heart Power cultivator. The Cave Mansion Spirit confirmed that he had passed the third trial and led him to a vast library of techniques, where Zhou Tong was told to read them all.

• Zhou Tong reached the fourth level of the Ultimate Dao and began creating his Heart World by absorbing Chaos Power.
• Zhou Tong expanded his Heart World with each level of the Ultimate Fire Dao, drawing in Chaos Power for days, half a month, and finally three years.
• Zhou Tong transformed his Heart World into a fire-filled world and declared that his Heart Power had reached its ultimate limit.
• The Cave Mansion Spirit confirmed Zhou Tong had passed the third trial and led him to a palace containing more than one hundred billion jade slips.
• The Cave Mansion Spirit explained that the collection held techniques from the cultivator and Xis Race civilizations, then told Zhou Tong to read every technique.

Zhou Tong spent ten billion years reading the Supreme Being’s vast collection of techniques, deepening his foundation and Dao Heart before studying twelve Ultimate Dao volumes and the Supreme Being’s own Dao. He remained immersed in the Supreme’s teaching as only one day passed outside.

• Zhou Tong swore an oath and accelerated time around himself while reading the Supreme’s countless jade slips.
• Zhou Tong spent a hundred thousand years reading every technique and gained profound insights into the Myriad Daos and two civilizations.
• The Cave Mansion Spirit revealed eleven more Ultimate Dao volumes and the Supreme Being’s Dao to Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong read the eleven Ultimate Dao volumes, considered their shortcomings, and then immersed himself in the Supreme Being’s teaching.
• The Supreme Being demonstrated his path to Zhou Tong over what felt like hundreds of millions of years, while only one day passed outside.

Zhou Tong learned that the cave mansion’s master had left a treasure to help perfect the Nine Heavens Space technique and aid Dao Merger, but he had to create ten great techniques to earn its use. He chose to derive ten new arts from the Ten Fiends and began studying how their powers could become this world’s Dao.

• The Cave Mansion Spirit led Zhou Tong into the smaller final hall and told him to meditate on a stone platform that greatly accelerated thought and brought cultivators close to enlightenment.
• The Cave Mansion Spirit explained that his master wanted later generations to extend the Nine Heavens Space technique from nine layers to twelve, making it capable of transforming the power of Eternal Emperor Lords and Supremes.
• The Cave Mansion Spirit set Zhou Tong the task of comprehending ten great techniques at the level of a Holy City Lord before he could use the master’s supreme treasure, which could also aid Dao Merger.
• Zhou Tong agreed to create ten techniques and decided to base them on the Ten Fiends, intending to turn each fiend’s strongest attribute into a distinct art.
• Zhou Tong closed his eyes and began deriving new Ten Evils Treasure Arts from the Ten Fiends’ powers, starting with the Phoenix’s vitality.