Chapter Summaries

Xia Zhi completed his body's evolution to the ninth stage of the Cosmic level and discovered that his mastery of the Hong Meng Golden Body Art could let him advance through Black Hole Evolution's Strength Amplitude techniques. He turned his attention to the Cloud-Soaring Vine as its evolution neared completion.

• Babata supervised the Cloud-Soaring Vine as it consumed the delivered supplies to evolve toward the World Lord level.
• Xia Zhi reached 100 units of Strength Amplitude with the first level of Nine Refinements and earned 50,000 points on the Immortal Altar.
• Xia Zhi realized the acupoints revealed by the Hong Meng Golden Body Art could help him cultivate the higher levels of Black Hole Evolution.
• Xia Zhi's True Self and Chou Pu clone reached the ninth stage of the Cosmic level, while his eighty-one additional acupoints transformed into Acupoint Spaces.
• Xia Zhi tried to move the Taiyu Tower with his strengthened Mental Power but failed, then learned from Babata that the Cloud-Soaring Vine's evolution was nearly complete.

Xia Zhi’s Cloud-Soaring Vine evolved to the World Lord level, and he prepared to accept a Dangerous-level hunting trial on Alien Beast Star. A century after their last contact, his Second Nascent Soul sent him new insights, including a technique for creating energy clones, and Xia Zhi transmitted his own accumulated knowledge back to the Great Xia World.

• Xia Zhi watched the Cloud-Soaring Vine complete its evolution and form powerful dark crimson battle armor around him.
• Babata explained the vine’s strength, and Xia Zhi sent it back underground to absorb energy treasures until it reached the World Lord limit.
• Xia Zhi chose a Dangerous-level hunting mission on Alien Beast Star, aiming to kill ten thousand Domain Lord-level alien beasts and ten World Lord-level ones.
• Xia Zhi received a century’s worth of insights from the Second Nascent Soul, including a technique to create materialized energy clones.
• Xia Zhi used the Cosmic Pole Bell to transmit his own century of experiences and cultivation insights to the Second Nascent Soul in the Great Xia World.

After receiving his True Self’s memories and cultivation insights, Xia Zhi recognized the potential of the techniques he had learned and decided to leave Crimson Cloud Mountain to seek the resources needed to advance. Zhuo Yi found him and invited him to Zhang Peng’s breakthrough banquet, while Xia Zhi remained unmoved by her affection.

• Xia Zhi absorbed his True Self’s memories and concluded that The Way of Time and Space and Black Hole Evolution might be God King level secret techniques.
• Xia Zhi tested his Moon Wheel and reflected on how time and space, along with black hole theory, related to the cultivation paths of the Great Xia World.
• Xia Zhi realized that advancing his Hong Meng Golden Body Art would require far more Origin Stones than he could readily obtain, so he resolved to seek opportunities in the Transcendent worlds and build his own faction.
• Zhuo Yi arrived at Chongyun Peak and invited Xia Zhi to the banquet celebrating Zhang Peng’s breakthrough to the Saint level.
• Zhuo Yi continued to show Xia Zhi her affection, but he calmly changed the subject, leaving her to wonder whether he liked women.

Xia Zhi attended a banquet celebrating Zhang Peng’s advancement to the Saint level, where his fellow disciples praised Zhang Peng and teased one another. Watching the celebration, Xia Zhi resolved to prepare for his own advancement after integrating his True Self’s insights, so he could leave the Xinhuo Great World and seek three million Origin Stones.

• Zhuo Yi went to fetch Xia Zhi, who opened a Space Rift and took her to the banquet at Mountain Spring Cottage.
• Pu Yangbo decorated the cottage for Zhang Peng’s celebration, while Wen Yong'an exposed Pu Yangbo’s excitement over a female Transcendent and Situ Hong silently resented Zhang Peng’s success.
• Zhang Peng credited Xia Zhi’s exchanges about Space True Intent for helping him reach the Saint level, and Xia Zhi congratulated him.
• Gong Yu arrived at the banquet, and the disciples celebrated Zhang Peng’s new rank and his chance to travel beyond the Xinhuo Great World.
• Xia Zhi decided to integrate his True Self’s insights and prepare to enter the Saint level so he could seek three million Origin Stones.

Xia Zhi began the Mountain Climbing Path Life and Death Trial, aiming to complete it and the Sky Prison mission for a huge reward. He easily killed the first opponent in the mist and continued toward the mountain’s more dangerous sections.

• Xia Zhi left Bamboo House Mountain and arrived at the Mountain Climbing Path, determined to attempt the trial.
• Xia Zhi equipped the Cloudmist Blade and entered the path’s first dangerous zone, where the formation limited his vision and escape.
• An Extraordinary Native hid in the mist and prepared to ambush Xia Zhi in hopes of winning its freedom.
• The Extraordinary Native attacked Xia Zhi from behind, but the Sun Wheel blocked its strike and a curved blade killed it.
• Xia Zhi continued up the path without pausing, judging that his first opponent had been easy to defeat.

Xia Zhi passed the second stage of the Mountain Climbing Path and defeated the Saint-level native guarding the summit. After Sikong Yang learned that Xia Zhi had completed the special mission, he expected him to earn a place on the Saint Ranking.

• Xia Zhi endured the soul pressure on the mountainside and killed the two third-level Myriad Realms natives who attacked him.
• Xia Zhi reached the summit and confronted a thin native who attacked him with Water Wave True Meaning.
• The native transformed into a four-armed warrior and forced Xia Zhi back with powerful strikes, but Xia Zhi blocked them using his Nine Refinements secret technique.
• Xia Zhi used Nine Refinements Blade to sever the warrior's four arms and kill him.
• Sikong Yang received word that Xia Zhi had completed the Mountain Climbing Path mission and predicted that he would claim a spot on the Saint Ranking.

Xia Zhi accepted the Sky Prison Life and Death Trial and used his newly mastered second-grade True Meaning of Void Realm to kill all ten Saint-level opponents. The Xia Clan leaders discovered his extraordinary mastery of Void Realm, Time Slowdown, and space, then agreed to keep his strength secret and provide him with protection.

• Xia Zhi entered the Sky Prison, confirmed the trial, and was tasked with killing ten Saint-level opponents within three days.
• Xia Zhi discovered that he had mastered the second-grade True Meaning of Void Realm and used it to attack enemies from an unreachable hidden realm.
• Xia Zhi killed the horned Extraordinary Native brothers and continued eliminating the trial opponents from within the Void Realm.
• Palace Lord Chen, Sikong Yang, Gong Yu, and Bu Yueluo watched Xia Zhi's trial footage and identified his Void Realm mastery, Time Slowdown prototype, and developing Space True Intent.
• Xia Zhi killed the final Golden Light Demon Peacock and completed the trial, prompting the four leaders to conceal his achievement and arrange powerful protective treasures.

After completing the Sky Prison trial, Xia Zhi revealed that he had grasped the Second-grade True Meaning of Void Realm and received two rare protective treasures from the Xia Clan elders. He gathered 310,000 jin of Origin Stones, passed the Hundred Battles Secret Chamber, and began his breakthrough to Saint tier.

• Xia Zhi completed the Sky Prison trial by killing the Magic Light Golden Peacock and told Palace Lord Chen, Gong Yu, Sikong Yang, and Bu Yueluo that he had grasped the Second-grade True Meaning of Void Realm and condensed a prototype of True Intent.
• Palace Lord Chen gave Xia Zhi a Purple Lightning Protector Ring and a blue-gray bracelet, and warned him to keep his true achievement and Sky Prison mission secret.
• Xia Zhi exchanged his 110,000 contribution points for Origin Stones and said he would challenge the Hundred Battles Secret Chamber before breaking through to Saint tier.
• Xia Zhi passed the Hundred Battles Secret Chamber, exchanged another 100,000 contribution points for Origin Stones, and received another 100,000 jin from Bu Yueluo.
• Xia Zhi gathered 310,000 jin of Origin Stones and began transforming his Transcendence battle qi to break through to Saint tier.

Xia Zhi reached the Saint level and opened eighty-one more acupoint spaces, consuming nearly all of his Origin Stones. He left Xia Capital City to return home and reunite with his parents, but agreed to accompany Chi Qiubai to Water Source Daoist Temple first.

• Xia Zhi transformed his Battle Qi, body, and soul to the Saint level, then opened eighty-one acupoint spaces with the Hong Meng Golden Body Art.
• Xia Zhi realized he would need at least 2.7 million Origin Stones to advance the art further and resolved to keep cultivating it.
• Wang Tian saw Xia Zhi off as he left his residence after nearly twenty-eight years in Xia Capital City.
• Xia Zhi paused outside Hou Xiage's residence and wondered where Hou Xiage was and whether he was close to becoming a Demigod.
• Chi Qiubai met Xia Zhi and invited him to Water Source Daoist Temple; Xia Zhi accepted a visit to Elder Chao but declined to visit the academy.
• Xia Zhi and Chi Qiubai flew together toward the World Gate.

Xia Zhi visited the Water Source Daoist Temple and met Elder Chao, then learned that the talented Dong Bo Xue Ying had fallen into Black Wind Abyss. Xia Zhi joined Chi Qiubai in hurrying there to investigate and see whether they could save him.

• Chi Qiubai brought Xia Zhi to the Water Source Daoist Temple headquarters, where the artifact spirits Senior Dragon and Senior Sparrow recognized Xia Zhi.
• Xia Zhi thanked Elder Chao for the spiritual medicine that had strengthened his injured soul, and Elder Chao warned him to beware of dangers in foreign Transcendent worlds.
• Chi Qiubai escorted Xia Zhi to An Yang Province, where Xia Zhi declined an invitation to visit Changfeng Academy so he could return to his family.
• Chi Qiubai told Xia Zhi that Dong Bo Xue Ying had reached the Myriad Realms Realm at twenty-two before falling into Black Wind Abyss during a battle with a Witch God Hall assassin.
• Xia Zhi agreed to accompany Chi Qiubai to Black Wind Abyss, hoping to investigate the forbidden place and rescue Dong Bo Xue Ying.

Xia Zhi used the Void Realm to descend into Black Wind Abyss, where he found evidence that Dong Bo Xue Ying might still be alive and reached the guarded palace. After forcing open its doors and revealing himself to the Black Dragon, he passed the first checkpoint and prepared to enter the palace.

• Si Lianghong worried that Extraordinary experts would blame her clan for Dong Bo Xue Ying's apparent death, then greeted Chi Qiubai and Xia Zhi at Black Wind Cliff.
• Chi Qiubai asked the Black Dragon whether Dong Bo Xue Ying had survived the fall, and the Black Dragon said it had not checked the valley floor.
• Xia Zhi secretly returned through the Void Realm, passed the Black Dragon and other Alchemical Lifeforms, and found no human corpse near the palace, leading him to suspect Dong Bo Xue Ying was alive.
• Xia Zhi found that the palace resisted the Void Realm, so he used extraordinary battle qi to force its doors open and drew the Black Dragon down to confront him.
• Xia Zhi explained that his True Meaning had let him bypass the guard, and the Black Dragon declared the first checkpoint passed while warning him that stronger beings waited inside.

Xia Zhi passed the Black Wind Divine Palace’s white-mist guardian using his time-based True Meaning, then was nearly killed by a powerful gray-robed Alchemical Life on the first underground level. Meanwhile, Dong Bo Xue Ying fought two Alchemical Beasts elsewhere in the palace, unaware Xia Zhi was searching for him; the chapter ended with Xia Zhi preparing to face the gray-robed attacker himself.

• Xia Zhi defeated the white-mist ape by using his time-based True Meaning to strike its duplicates, and the guardian let him pass.
• Xia Zhi asked the white-mist ape about the missing Xia Clan mortal, learned it knew nothing, and continued deeper into the palace.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying fought a Golden Ape and Golden Roc, retreated beyond their boundary to recover, then charged back into battle.
• Xia Zhi found a gray-robed man concealed in a wall on the first underground level, but the man shattered his Sun Wheel and wounded him with a series of attacks.
• The Green Armor Guard intervened and knocked the gray-robed man back, but Xia Zhi refused to abandon the trial and declared that the attacker was not strong enough to kill him.

Xia Zhi defeated the gray-robed God Realm Soldier with his Time True Meaning, then used his Void Realm True Meaning to slip past the Black Wind Divine Palace’s defenses. He discovered the other Five Shadows and followed their leader to a powerful Black Rat, hoping it could tell him where Dong Bo Xue Ying was.

• Xia Zhi used the Slowness mystery of his Time True Meaning to slow the gray-robed man and cut its body into nine pieces, forcing it to concede and let him pass.
• Xia Zhi entered the Void Realm and evaded the gray-robed man, though the technique drained much of his Battle Qi and Soul consciousness.
• Xia Zhi traveled deeper through the palace unseen while the gray-robed man alerted the other gatekeepers and they searched for him.
• Xia Zhi watched the five Demigod-level God Realm Soldiers gather, including the Golden Man, the indifferent child, the red-haired youth, the bewitching woman, and the gray-robed man.
• Xia Zhi followed the Golden Man to a courtyard and saw a half-meter-tall Black Rat that he suspected controlled the palace.

Xia Zhi passed the Black Wind Divine Palace’s trials and learned that its treasures lay in a sealed Extraordinary Large World. He then found Dong Bo Xue Ying in the underground palace and introduced himself, leaving Dong Bo Xue Ying resolved to become a Transcendence and rescue his parents from the Moyang Family.

• Xia Zhi revealed himself to the Black Rat and the Golden Man, and they confirmed that he had passed the palace’s trials.
• The Black Rat told Xia Zhi that the Black Wind Ancestor’s treasures were hidden in a sealed Extraordinary Large World, then gave him a map and a key.
• Xia Zhi chose to explore the world using his Battle Qi Clone and asked whether Dong Bo Xue Ying was inside the palace.
• The Black Rat took Xia Zhi to the underground great hall, where Dong Bo Xue Ying was battling the Golden Ape and Golden Roc.
• Xia Zhi introduced himself to Dong Bo Xue Ying, who recognized the famous prodigy and resolved to rescue his parents from the Moyang Family.

Xia Zhi explored the underground hall, identified the fallen expert as Elder Lei Zhen, and gave Dong Bo Xue Ying spiritual liquid and cultivation advice. After learning how Black Wind Ancestor died, Xia Zhi sent his Battle Qi Clone through the World Gate into the Extraordinary Large World.

• Xia Zhi restrained the Golden Ape and Golden Roc, inspected Elder Lei Zhen’s remains and belongings, and learned that Lei Zhen had died attempting to break through to Demigod.
• Xia Zhi filled a bronze flask with Ocean Realm Stone-infused spiritual liquid and gave it to Dong Bo Xue Ying, advising him to cultivate water and fire together.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying resumed sparring with the Golden Ape and Golden Roc while Xia Zhi and the Black Rat headed for the World Gate.
• The Black Rat explained that Black Wind Ancestor had died after battling and destroying a terrifying being he had created in the Extraordinary Large World.
• Xia Zhi activated the World Gate, created a Battle Qi Clone, and sent it into the Extraordinary Large World to investigate its native Demigods.

Xia Zhi cautiously explored an Extraordinary Large World, tested whether its demigod natives could detect him in the Void Realm, and began mining an Origin Stone deposit while preserving enough for the world to recover. Meanwhile, Dong Bo Xue Ying defeated the underground palace’s guardians, claimed its treasures, and began cultivating as he resolved to become a Transcendent and rescue his parents.

• Xia Zhi observed a powerful sleeping Thunder Marsh Demigod and concluded that the native could not detect him within the Void Realm.
• Xia Zhi tested his concealment against other demigod natives, then discovered an Origin Stone vein containing 2.9 million jin and instructed the Green Armor Guard to leave one million jin behind.
• Xia Zhi reflected on the Xia Clan’s limited Origin Stone reserves and the enormous cost of advancing his Hong Meng Golden Body Art.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying exhausted the Golden Ape and Golden Roc with the help of spiritual liquid, then entered the area they had guarded.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying took the Ocean Realm Stone and Lei Zhen’s Silver Bracelet, examined the Transcendent books inside, and learned about the path to demigod.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying resolved to enter the Transcendent realm, rescue his parents from the Moyang Family, and began cultivating with Skywater Record.

Xia Zhi opened Black Wind Ancestor’s hidden treasure and learned that Red Stone Mountain threatened the Xia Clan World. Black Wind’s projection revealed its history and danger, while his bracelet left Xia Zhi with Origin Stones, God Realm Soldiers, and three mysterious corpses.

• Xia Zhi found an ordinary cloth sack beneath a lake after discovering that the virtual world could not reflect it, then carried it to a sealed room in the Black Wind Divine Palace.
• Xia Zhi used the dark-green talisman key to open the sack, revealing a dark gold bracelet and a crystal sphere whose projection showed Black Wind Ancestor.
• Black Wind Ancestor explained that Red Stone Mountain had fallen into the Xia Clan World in the year 56005 of the Donghou Calendar and attracted powerful visitors from the God Realm, Dark Abyss, and Time-Space Temple.
• Black Wind Ancestor described Red Stone Mountain as a threat capable of destroying the Xia Clan World and revealed that his dispute with the Bonfire Palace Lord concerned access to a divine artifact.
• Xia Zhi inspected Black Wind’s bracelet and found 1.6 million catties of Origin Stones, tokens for seven God Realm Soldiers, and three powerful corpses he decided to keep hidden.
• Xia Zhi began refining the talisman tokens left in the bracelet.

Xia Zhi claimed the Black Wind Ancestor’s seven God Realm Soldiers and flew with Dong Bo Xue Ying back to Snow Eagle Territory. Zong Ling and Dong Bo Qingshi learned that Xue Ying was safe, and he arrived at the castle as they waited for him.

• The seven God Realm Soldiers introduced their names and abilities to Xia Zhi after accepting him as their master.
• Xia Zhi ordered the soldiers to clear out the Black Wind Divine Palace while he went to collect Dong Bo Xue Ying.
• Si An told Zong Ling that a Xia Clan Transcendent had rescued Xue Ying from Black Wind Cliff and that he would soon return.
• Zong Ling reassured Dong Bo Qingshi, who then ran to the city wall to wait for his brother.
• Xia Zhi and Dong Bo Xue Ying flew to Snow Eagle Territory on Bi Mo, and Xue Ying recognized the castle and his loved ones waiting below.

Dong Bo Xue Ying returned to Snowstone Fort and reunited with Dong Bo Qingshi while Xia Zhi uncovered a Chasm Beast spying on the territory. Xia Zhi left Saint-level Alchemical Lifeforms to protect Xue Ying, then confronted the beast and sent it crashing into a mountain.

• Dong Bo Xue Ying reunited with Dong Bo Qingshi and introduced Xia Zhi to his family friends and Si An.
• Xia Zhi detected a Chasm Beast hiding in a nearby mountain, and it fled underground after realizing it had been discovered.
• Xia Zhi told Xue Ying that the Chasm Beast had likely been sent by the Witch God Hall, left two Saint-level Alchemical Lifeforms to protect him, and departed through a Space Rift.
• Si An explained the Chasm Beast's strength and abilities, while Xue Ying resolved to grow strong enough to reunite with his parents.
• Xia Zhi tracked the Chasm Beast to the Destruction Mountain Range and appeared before it underground.
• The Chasm Beast attacked Xia Zhi, but his red-haired subordinate struck it into a thousand-meter peak and broke the mountain in half.

Xia Zhi defeated a Chasm Beast with War General’s help, then told Palace Lord Chen about the Black Wind Divine Palace’s discoveries and the newly found Extraordinary Large World. After returning to the Xia Clan’s territory, Xia Zhi flew back to Red Rock County, where he had been born.

• War General killed the Chasm Beast, and Xia Zhi explained that he had asked the Bonfire Palace for help in case the Magical Beast Race sent Demigods.
• Palace Lord Chen arrived in a Battle Qi Clone and warned Xia Zhi that Red Stone Mountain was deadly, urging him to wait until he reached the peak of the Demigod realm before exploring it.
• Xia Zhi told Palace Lord Chen about an undiscovered Extraordinary Large World and the Demigod-level Alchemical Life he had left to guard it.
• Palace Lord Chen praised Xia Zhi for sharing the world with the Xia Clan and rewarded him with one hundred thousand contribution points.
• Xia Zhi flew south across the Great Xia World and returned to Red Rock County after twenty-eight years away.