Chapter Summaries

Mu Qing entered Transcendence and decided to join Cloudmist City, where he hoped to meet Xia Zhi, now ranked first among Saints. As Xia Zhi sensed Sikong Yang arrive at the Crimson Cloud Mountain World to assess the cultivators, he vanished from his fishing boat.

• Le Ling visited Mu Qing to congratulate him on entering Transcendence and explain the major factions seeking to recruit him.
• Mu Qing said he had already chosen Cloudmist City because he admired Xia Zhi and hoped to meet him.
• Le Ling showed Mu Qing the latest Saint and Demigod rankings, and Mu Qing learned of Xia Zhi’s first-place rank and formidable battle achievements.
• Xia Zhi sensed Sikong Yang arrive to assess the cultivators in the Crimson Cloud Mountain World and remarked that Xue Ying would likely be judged last again.
• Xia Zhi disappeared from his boat, leaving his bamboo fishing rod behind.

Dong Bo Xue Ying was ranked last by Sikong Yang and continued to pursue his own cultivation path despite the criticism. Xia Zhi visited him in the Xia History Pavilion and urged him to prove his choices through strength, leaving Dong Bo Xue Ying newly determined.

• Sikong Yang ranked Du Rourou first and Dong Bo Xue Ying last, then warned the Transcendents against reckless cultivation.
• Situ Hong mocked Dong Bo Xue Ying, while Pu Yangbo and Yuan Qing defended him and Yu Jingqiu showed concern.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying left Bamboo House Mountain and went to the Xia History Pavilion to read records of past Transcendents.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying reflected on his path combining water, fire, and wind profundities, rejecting the idea that he had to follow his predecessors.
• Xia Zhi appeared in the pavilion, dismissed Dong Bo Xue Ying's shame over his ranking, and urged him to prove his cultivation through achievements such as passing the Mountain Climbing Path and reaching the Saint or Demigod level.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying agreed with Xia Zhi and resolved to demonstrate that his path was right.

Xia Zhi encouraged Dong Bo Xue Ying to follow his own cultivation path and use his strength to prove himself. After learning that Chi Qiubai had become a Demigod, Xia Zhi returned to Crimson Cloud Mountain World, where insights from his other self brought his embryonic Time True Meaning to the verge of a breakthrough.

• Xia Zhi recalled how Shen Shaojun’s death had driven him to kill the Blood Demon King and earn the name Soaring Cloud Knight.
• Xia Zhi rebuked Dong Bo Xue Ying for refusing spiritual liquid fruits and urged him to pursue the cultivation path he believed in.
• The drums announced that Chi Qiubai had entered the Demigod realm with third-grade Space Cutting True Intent.
• Xia Zhi sensed a message from his True Self and vanished before Dong Bo Xue Ying could accompany him to congratulate Chi Qiubai.
• Xia Zhi returned to Chongyun Peak and absorbed insights from his other self, bringing his embryonic Time True Meaning close to breaking through.

Xia Zhi fused his mastery of time and space into First-grade Space-Time True Meaning and sensed the Great Xia World’s World Heart, while keeping his breakthrough secret. As he and Palace Lord Chen prepared a covert strike against the Demon God Society ten years later, their quiet preparations were interrupted on the final day of 9661.

• After absorbing his True Self’s insights, Xia Zhi comprehended First-grade Space-Time True Meaning and sensed the World Heart but could not yet refine it.
• Palace Lord Chen urged Xia Zhi to conceal his breakthrough, warning that the Great Demon God and Witch God might target him if they learned of it.
• Xia Zhi told Palace Lord Chen that he had found no new Demon God Society Demigods beyond Xi Yun and that the Great Demon God’s Divine Clone would need another ten years before its spiritual fluid was replaced.
• Palace Lord Chen and Xia Zhi agreed to continue secretly watching the Demon God Society headquarters and plan an attack ten years later.
• Palace Lord Chen arrived with Chi Qiubai, Sikong Yang Sect Master, and Master Gong Yu, and said Chi Qiubai would teach the Reserve Elder List after advancing to Demigod.
• The Xia Clan’s peaceful routine continued until it was shattered on the last day of the 9661st year of the Dragon Mountain Calendar.

A massive Abyss Demon invasion erupted near Mu Family Castle, and Xia Zhi arrived to destroy tens of thousands of demons and collapse the Space Rift. After learning that at least a hundred thousand demons had entered the Great Xia World, the Demigods split up to hunt them while Xia Zhi took Mu Qing toward Cloudmist City.

• Mu Qing saw a Space Rift open near Mu Family Castle and watched Abyss Demons pour into the Great Xia World.
• Bu Yueluo arrived and fought the demons, but the tall ice-blue demon resisted her as hordes escaped the rift.
• Xia Zhi appeared, unleashed his space-time power to destroy tens of thousands of demons, and helped close the Space Rift, though the ice-blue demon escaped.
• Bu Yueluo told Mountain Lord He and Sikong Yang that at least a hundred thousand demons, including several dozen Demigod-level demons, had entered the world.
• Mountain Lord He and Sikong Yang organized a hunt for the demons, and Xia Zhi agreed to join them.
• Xia Zhi offered to take Mu Qing to Cloudmist City, then flew toward the Mu Family Castle as Bu Yueluo set off to hunt demons.

As Abyss Demons invaded the Xia Clan World, Xia Zhi killed demons across the territory while Dong Bo Xue Ying and Yu Jingqiu anxiously awaited news in the sealed Spark World. Xia Zhi held back from advancing to Demigod and then sensed powerful battle energy fluctuations that drew him away.

• Xia Zhi and the Xia Clan Demigods fought across the Dragon Mountain Empire, killing twelve Demigod-level demons in one day, three of them by Xia Zhi.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying and Yu Jingqiu heard that Xia Zhi had saved Cangan Prefecture City and killed its attacking demons, lifting the spirits of the Transcendents in the tavern.
• Yu Jingqiu wondered whether Xia Zhi had become a Demigod, but Xia Zhi told Palace Lord Chen that he had not advanced and would wait until the demons were eliminated.
• Palace Lord Chen warned Xia Zhi that fifth-stage demons might hide in small Transcendent worlds and urged him to watch the Demon God Society; Xia Zhi agreed.
• Xia Zhi sensed that his Space Divine Heart was close to forming, then detected powerful battle energy fluctuations and traversed the void toward them.

Abyss Demons launched a surprise attack on Huan Yang Commandery City, slaughtering its people until Hou Xiage revealed himself as a newly ascended demigod and fought their commander, Tuluwu. Xia Zhi arrived and killed Tuluwu, ending the immediate threat while Hou Xiage survived.

• Tuluwu led three thousand Abyss Demons toward Huan Yang Commandery City and ordered them to devour every human soul and leave no survivors.
• The demons entered the city, killed tens of thousands of people, and destroyed the intelligence department before the guards could raise an alarm.
• Hou Xiage emerged from among the beggars, killed three fifth-rank demons with his Fourteenth Sword, and revealed that he had become a demigod.
• Tuluwu ambushed Hou Xiage and wounded him, but Xia Zhi arrived and struck Tuluwu with the Cloudmist Blade.
• Xia Zhi used his Second-grade Space True Intent to prevent Tuluwu from escaping and destroyed his body and life force.

Xia Zhi and Mountain Lord He helped Hou Xiage destroy a demon legion, then Xia Zhi continued hunting demons as the invasion spread and the Xia Clan sent Transcendents into the mortal world to search for them. While monitoring the Demon God Society headquarters, Xia Zhi saw a new Demigod arrive and tried to identify him.

• Mountain Lord He, Xia Zhi, and Hou Xiage killed all three thousand demons attacking a prefectural city, though more than a hundred thousand humans had already died.
• Xia Zhi continued hunting demons over the following months, and after Grey Swan Knight Pang Bai died, Xia Zhi pursued and killed the demon responsible, earning fame as the strongest under heaven.
• By September of Dragon Mountain Calendar Year 9662, the Xia Clan sent Transcendents from Spark World across the mortal world to search for demons and report their locations to the Demigods.
• Xia Zhi returned to Tianfeng Territory, kept watch for demonic auras, and continued cultivating while his Battle Qi Clone monitored the Demon God Society headquarters.
• A Demigod in dark crimson armor emerged from a World Gate at the headquarters, and Xia Zhi watched closely, wondering who he was.

Xia Zhi learned that the Third Priest was delivering supplies to the Abyss Demons near Red Moon Lake and found their hidden lair beneath the region. He alerted Palace Lord Chen, who began organizing an attack to wipe out the demons.

• Xia Zhi watched the Third Priest collect supplies from the Demon God Society’s Second Priest while High Priest Xi Yun concealed his identity.
• After the Third Priest left, Xi Yun revealed himself as the Xia Clan’s Xi Yun Demigod and cursed him, mentioning that he hoped the Third Priest would die at Red Moon Lake.
• Xia Zhi realized Red Moon Lake might be the Abyss Demons’ meeting place and rushed there through the Void Realm.
• Xia Zhi discovered an underground palace containing tens of thousands of Abyss Demons, including five peak demigods, protected by defensive arrays.
• Xia Zhi sent the lair’s coordinates and details to Palace Lord Chen, who began preparing an operation against the demons.

While monitoring the Abyss Demons, Xia Zhi received an invitation from the Time-Space Temple but refused because he opposed its control over Reincarnators. Blood Blade God Emperor then personally accepted him as a disciple, offered guidance on Space-Time Divine Heart, and promised protection for the Xia Clan World.

• Xia Zhi discovered two powerful, previously unrecorded demigod demons in the demon palace and relayed his findings to Palace Lord Chen.
• The Time-Space Temple invited Xia Zhi to join as a Golden Order Divine Envoy, but he refused twice because he disliked its mission system and soul control.
• The Time-Space Temple warned Xia Zhi that the Xia Clan faced two Boundary God-level enemies and gave him a Black Token in case he changed his mind.
• Blood Blade God Emperor learned of Xia Zhi's Bronze Bell phantom and decided to accept him as a disciple.
• Xia Zhi accepted Blood Blade God Emperor's offer, received guidance on Time-Space Divine Heart and the method of avatars, and learned that the Blood Blade Divine Court would protect his world.

Blood Blade God Emperor arranged protection for Xia Zhi and sent Gong Feng to meet him in the Xia Clan World. Gong Feng learned that Xia Zhi was beneath Red Moon Lake, where he was observing a newly appeared Dark Red Armored Demigod.

• Blood Blade God Emperor ordered Gong Feng to protect the Xia Clan World and keep others from disturbing Xia Zhi.
• Blood Blade God Emperor predicted Xia Zhi could grasp a First-grade Divine Heart within two hundred years and potentially break Qing Jun’s record for becoming a First Heaven World God.
• Gong Feng used a Space Marker to project herself into the Xia Clan World and questioned Ye Mei about Xia Zhi.
• Gong Feng ordered Ye Mei to contact Xia Zhi and tell him that Senior Sister Gong Feng wished to see him.
• Xia Zhi remained beneath Red Moon Lake, observing the Dark Red Armored Demigod through the Virtual World's reflection of reality.

Xia Zhi comprehended the Way of Time and Space, became a God level Peak god, and destroyed the Abyss Demons at Red Moon Lake. He captured the Demon God Society’s Third Priest alive, only to discover that the masked traitor was Chi Qiubai, who confessed his crimes and asked to be killed.

• Xia Zhi absorbed the Blood Blade God Emperor’s teachings and awakened the Space Divine Heart and Time Divine Heart, transforming his soul and body as his battle qi became divine power.
• Xia Zhi broke through to godhood, creating a Divine Sea whose manifestation spread across the Xia Clan World and alerted the demons in the Demon Palace.
• The demons tried to flee, but Xia Zhi froze the Demon Palace and killed them with his Order Chains, leaving the Dark Red Armored Demigod alive.
• Palace Lord Chen and the other Xia Clan Demigods arrived aboard the Ding Jiu Warship, and Xia Zhi told them he had captured the Demon God Society’s Third Priest.
• The Third Priest removed his mask and revealed himself as Chi Qiubai, who admitted using an avatar and asked Xia Zhi to kill him for betraying the Xia Clan.

Chi Qiubai defied the Great Demon God, who seized his soul and threatened the Xia Clan before Xia Zhi destroyed the Demon God Society headquarters. After the Xia Clan leaders discussed how to reward the newly ascended god, Gong Feng arrived as Xia Zhi’s senior sister and left with him to talk privately.

• Chi Qiubai admitted that guilt had driven him to defy the Great Demon God, who seized his soul and vowed to torment him and his wife forever.
• Xia Zhi threatened the Great Demon God and sent his Battle Qi Clone and the Five Shadows to destroy the Demon God Society headquarters.
• Xia Zhi’s forces killed High Priest Xi Yun, destroyed the headquarters, and seized its treasures while the Great Demon God’s clone was destroyed.
• Mountain Lord He and the Xia Clan Demigods arrived, and Palace Lord Chen asked how the Xia Clan could reward Xia Zhi for his deeds.
• Gong Feng appeared through a World Projection, introduced herself as Xia Zhi’s senior sister, and invited him to speak privately.
• Xia Zhi opened a Time-Space passage to Tianfeng Territory and departed with Gong Feng.

After Xia Zhi became a deity, the Xia Clan celebrated his future protection of their world while the Magical Beast Race feared his rise. The Witch God and Great Demon God renewed their oath and planned to invade the Xia Clan World in one year, aiming to drive Xia Zhi out and seize Red Stone Mountain.

• The Xia Clan Demigods speculated that Xia Zhi’s Master was a powerful World God or Great Power and prepared a celebration as Xia Zhi was expected to refine the World Heart.
• Great Elder Oran’s Magical Beast Race learned that Xia Zhi had become a deity and destroyed the Demon God Society, leaving them frightened and waiting for the Witch God’s instructions.
• The Witch God blamed the Great Demon God for the failed plan, but the Great Demon God persuaded him to sign a new oath by promising access to Red Stone Mountain’s God King level secret techniques.
• The Great Demon God proposed recruiting Abyss Demigods with second-grade Divine Hearts to become deities and hold Xia Zhi back while the invaders established a stable space channel.
• The Great Demon God agreed to seek Wo Hai World God’s neutrality, and the Witch God and Great Demon God set the invasion plan to begin in one year.

Xia Zhi met Senior Sister Gong Feng, learned how clones could help him cultivate multiple Divine Hearts, and refined the Xia Clan World's World Heart. With control over the world, he chose to preserve Red Stone Mountain and the Magical Beast Race and to interfere less in the Xia Clan's future.

• Gong Feng introduced herself to Xia Zhi and explained that the Witch Gods wanted the God King secret techniques hidden in Red Stone Mountain.
• Gong Feng described the Blood Blade God Emperor's resources and advised Xia Zhi to use a clone to cultivate a different Divine Heart.
• Xia Zhi entered the Xia Clan World's special space and imprinted his soul on the World Heart, gaining control of the world and insight into its rules.
• Xia Zhi chose to leave Red Stone Mountain for future Xia Clan Transcendents and decided against exterminating the Magical Beast Race.
• Xia Zhi resolved to interfere less in factional struggles and let the Xia Clan develop so long as its inheritance endured.

After refining the World Heart, Xia Zhi secured the Xia Clan World and spent a century cultivating until he became its first World God. Blood Blade God Emperor summoned him to the Blood Blade Divine Court, setting his sights on the God Realm.

• The Xia Clan celebrated Xia Zhi becoming lord of their world, but he declined a proposal to become emperor and said he would pursue the God Realm.
• Over the following years, Xia Zhi completed a second avatar, became a deity, and watched the Xia Clan eliminate evil organizations while Dong Bo Xue Ying rose to Saint level.
• A hundred years after becoming world lord, Xia Zhi comprehended the Time-Space Divine Heart and opened his Internal World, using nearly ten million Divine Crystals.
• Xia Zhi returned to Chongyun Peak as the first World God in Xia Clan history, and Palace Lord Chen, Mountain Lord He, Sikong Yang Sect Master, and Bu Yueluo congratulated him.
• Blood Blade God Emperor contacted Xia Zhi and ordered him to visit the Blood Blade Divine Court, while Xia Zhi looked toward the God Realm.

Xia Zhi’s second avatar comprehended World True Meaning, and he entered the God Realm as a First Heaven World God. He arrived in Anhai Prefecture City and contacted Gong Feng, who promised to meet him.

• Xia Zhi’s second avatar comprehended First-grade World True Meaning after his experiences as a Material World Lord.
• Xia Zhi told the Xia Clan ancestor deities that he was entering the God Realm and invited them to meet him in Anhai Prefecture City.
• Xia Zhi left the Xia Clan World and traveled through the God Realm toward Anhai Prefecture City.
• Xia Zhi reached Nanting City, paid three hundred Divine Crystals for a direct transfer, and learned about the God Realm’s Star Domains.
• Xia Zhi arrived at Anhai Prefecture City and contacted Gong Feng, who said she would come receive him.

Xia Zhi arrived in Anhai Prefecture City and reunited with the Xia Clan deities, then received a formal welcome from the Anhai Prefecture Lord and local World Gods. Gong Feng gathered Xia Zhi and his clansmen to travel to the Blood Blade Divine Court, where Xia Zhi was to meet the Blood Blade God Emperor.

• Gong Feng and the Anhai Prefecture Lord discussed Xia Zhi's impending arrival with Commanders Qin and Mo.
• Xia Zhi met Purple Lightning Emperor Lord and more than thirty Xia Clan deities outside the city gates.
• The Anhai Prefecture Lord's procession left the city, and Gong Feng recognized Xia Zhi and welcomed him as her junior brother.
• The Anhai Prefecture Lord hosted Xia Zhi at a banquet, while the Xia Clan deities celebrated safely inside the Blood Blade Domain.
• Gong Feng told Xia Zhi to go pay his respects to the Blood Blade God Emperor and offered to bring his clansmen to the Divine Court as future personal guards.
• Xia Zhi agreed, and Gong Feng led him and the Xia Clan deities away aboard an azure warship.

Xia Zhi arrived at the Blood Blade Divine Court and formally became the Blood Blade God Emperor’s third Direct Disciple. The God Emperor gave him cultivation guidance, two Locking World Tower Tokens, and promised to forge him a Blood Refined Divine Weapon before Xia Zhi left with Gong Feng for his new residence.

• Gong Feng brought Xia Zhi and the Xia Clan deities aboard a Star Domain Flying Ship to the Blood Blade Divine Court and took Xia Zhi to meet the Blood Blade God Emperor.
• Xia Zhi formally bowed to the Blood Blade God Emperor, who praised his talent and learned that he had comprehended a second First-grade True Meaning.
• The Blood Blade God Emperor named Xia Zhi his third Direct Disciple and instructed him to cultivate steadily rather than become complacent.
• The Blood Blade God Emperor taught Xia Zhi about the World Divine Heart and Chaos Divine Heart, gave him two Locking World Tower Tokens, and promised to forge a Blood Refined Divine Weapon in the form of a long blade.
• After Xia Zhi left, the Blood Blade God Emperor declined to discuss the phantom of a great bell until Xia Zhi was strong enough to protect himself.
• Gong Feng met Xia Zhi outside the garden and led him toward his newly arranged residence.

After joining Blood Blade God Emperor’s Divine Court, Xia Zhi received rare treasures and began cultivating the Chaos and World Divine Hearts in the Locking World Tower. He made progress through repeated battles in its secret-art worlds, while his clone studied the World Divine Heart and sent his insights to his True Self in Devouring the Starry Sky.

• Xia Zhi received Blood Blade God Emperor’s treasures and Gong Feng’s cultivation gifts, then shared them with the Xia Clan gods at a celebratory banquet.
• Xia Zhi learned about the Divine Court’s disciples and spent the night contemplating how to cultivate the World and Chaos Divine Hearts.
• Xia Zhi entered the Sixty-Seventh Layer World and fought Black Armored Soldiers while memorizing a secret art that deepened his understanding of Chaos True Intent.
• Xia Zhi repeatedly entered the One Hundred and Seventy-Second Layer World, learned its World Divine Heart secret art, and eventually killed more than a dozen Sculpture Warriors before being defeated.
• Xia Zhi’s clone studied the World Divine Heart in Xia Imperial City, while Xia Zhi sent his recent insights through space-time to his True Self in Devouring the Starry Sky.