Chapter Summaries

Xia Zhi mastered the fifth level of the Purple Gold Annihilation Body and returned to the Destruction Grotto-Heaven, where he reunited with Dong Bo Xue Ying and learned why he had come. The chapter ended with Xia Zhi preparing to test his new strength against Meng Yi while the legion gathered to watch.

• Meng Yi gave Xia Zhi the Purple Gold Annihilation Body and enough materials to cultivate it through the fifth level.
• Xia Zhi cultivated the ultimate art under time acceleration, forming purple-gold armor and gaining immense physical strength.
• The Destruction Legion soldiers discussed whether Dong Bo Xue Ying could pass the test to join the legion.
• Xia Zhi discovered that Dong Bo Xue Ying had come to seek shelter and save his father-in-law, then warned him against acting recklessly.
• Xia Zhi reunited with Dong Bo Xue Ying and learned that he was undergoing the legion's joining test.
• Xia Zhi announced that he wanted to test his mastered ultimate art against Meng Yi, and Meng Yi arrived as the legion gathered to watch.

Xia Zhi tested his newly mastered Purple Gold Annihilation Body against Meng Yi, but Meng Yi’s perfected Dao of Strength overwhelmed him. Ancestor Mo stopped their destructive battle and advised Xia Zhi to refine his Dao, while Dong Bo Xue Ying returned to his trial with renewed resolve.

• Meng Yi invited Xia Zhi to attack first, and Xia Zhi unleashed a massive purple-gold palm strike that forced the Destruction Legion to raise its protective array.
• Meng Yi countered Xia Zhi’s palm with his own, then attacked with a punch that embodied his eternal Dao of Strength.
• Xia Zhi met Meng Yi’s punch with his own attack, and their clash devastated the Destruction Grotto-Heaven until Ancestor Mo appeared and ordered them to stop.
• Ancestor Mo warned Xia Zhi that his many Daos lacked refinement and urged him to pursue purity, while reprimanding Meng Yi for risking the grotto-heaven.
• Meng Yi ordered the Destruction Legion to repair the damage, and Dong Bo Xue Ying returned to the black stone pillar, determined to pass the trial.

Xia Zhi opened the Body Cultivation Dao, strengthened his body through decades of cultivation, and spent nearly ten thousand years studying the Myriad Scrolls Pavilion’s classics. After discovering records about the hostile Mother Ancestor Cult and informing the Blood Blade God Emperor, Xia Zhi set out for the Destruction Grotto-Heaven to confront them.

• Xia Zhi opened the Body Cultivation Dao and cultivated the sixth level of the Purple Gold Annihilation Body for nearly sixty years.
• Ancestor Mo told Xia Zhi that his strength qualified him to enter the Sword Realm, but Xia Zhi chose to study in the Myriad Scrolls Pavilion first.
• Xia Zhi studied the pavilion’s classics for nearly ten thousand years and learned from Ancestor Jue’s travel journal about the Mother Ancestor Universe and its cultivation system.
• Xia Zhi sent the Blood Blade God Emperor the information about the Mother Ancestor Cult, and his master ordered him to investigate them in the Lower Three Grotto-Heavens.
• Xia Zhi left Lake Heart Island and flew toward the Destruction Grotto-Heaven, where Dong Bo Xue Ying and Venerable Huo Cheng were waiting.

After ten thousand years in the Destruction Grotto-Heaven, Dong Bo Xue Ying became a Destruction Legion soldier and prepared to leave Lake Heart Island to reunite with Yu Jingqiu. Xia Zhi joined him, helped free Venerable Huo Cheng’s avatar, and sent Dong Bo Xue Ying ahead while the Nine Yang Palace Lord and four allies moved to intercept him.

• Dong Bo Xue Ying completed his training, gained powerful arts and a True God Artifact, and decided to leave the Destruction Grotto-Heaven to find Yu Jingqiu.
• Xia Zhi appeared and told Dong Bo Xue Ying to leave through Lake Heart Island, promising to deal with the Nine Yang Palace Lord if necessary.
• Xia Zhi and Dong Bo Xue Ying rescued Venerable Huo Cheng’s avatar from his cave prison, and Huo Cheng promised to repay Dong Bo Xue Ying and share his opportunity with them.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying left through a spatial vortex to reach Yu Jingqiu, while Xia Zhi and Venerable Huo Cheng stayed behind.
• The Nine Yang Palace Lord sensed Dong Bo Xue Ying’s location and ordered Withered Tree Old Mother and the other three to surround him.

Dong Bo Xue Ying fought off the Withered Tree Old Mother and King Zeno while Nine Yang Palace Lord and Purple Robe Witch Emperor pursued Lord of Moxo Kingdom’s True God Artifact. Xia Zhi intervened to save his junior brother, then struck down Nine Yang’s avatar, drawing the anger of the Time-Space Island Master.

• Dong Bo Xue Ying burned the Withered Tree Old Mother’s avatar and overwhelmed King Zeno in a contest of strength, while Destruction Legion soldiers watched through a water mirror.
• The Withered Tree Old Mother revealed she had been invited by Purple Robe Witch Emperor, who claimed he wanted to help Dong Bo Xue Ying escape Nine Yang Palace Lord’s pursuit.
• Purple Robe Witch Emperor’s poison briefly affected Dong Bo Xue Ying, but he retreated as Nine Yang Palace Lord arrived and both Great Powers attacked him.
• Xia Zhi appeared and repelled their attacks with his palms; Purple Robe Witch Emperor withdrew, while Nine Yang Palace Lord refused to back down.
• Xia Zhi attacked Nine Yang Palace Lord with a powerful palm, and the Time-Space Island Master learned that Nine Yang’s avatar had fallen.

Xia Zhi killed Nine Yang Palace Lord’s avatar, reunited Yu Jingqiu with her father, and settled her grievance with Old Ancestor Jin Xiao by sharing the complete Heart Sword Diagram. After returning to the Blood Blade Divine Court, he prepared to head to the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel while the Blood Blade God Emperor and Master Yuanchu planned their expedition to the Ancient Cave Mansion.

• Xia Zhi killed Nine Yang Palace Lord’s avatar with a single palm strike, and Venerable Huo Cheng said the loss might teach Nine Yang not to rely on external power.
• Dong Bo Xue Ying reunited Yu Jingqiu with Lord of Moxo Kingdom after they had been separated for tens of thousands of years.
• Xia Zhi gave Yu Jingqiu and Old Ancestor Jin Xiao the original Heart Sword Diagram, settling their conflict over the supreme art.
• Xia Zhi took the group out of Lake Heart Island and returned with them to the Blood Blade Divine Court, where Dong Bo Xue Ying met his former guide, Master Yuanchu.
• The Blood Blade God Emperor and Master Yuanchu agreed to explore the Ancient Cave Mansion, while Xia Zhi prepared to travel to the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel to confront the Mother Ancestor Cult.

Xia Zhi and Dong Bo Xue Ying returned from Lake Heart Island, where Blood Blade God Emperor appointed Xue Ying a Blood Blade Tavern Master and prepared Xia Zhi for a mission in the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel. After receiving warnings about the Mother Ancestor Cult’s hidden Protectors, Xia Zhi went home to reunite with Bu Yueluo and Xia Yu.

• Xia Zhi gave Blood Blade God Emperor Void Spirit Fruits, and Blood Blade God Emperor praised his role in securing an opportunity for Gu Zang and Bamboo Mountain before scolding Xue Ying for risking his life at Lake Heart Island.
• Blood Blade God Emperor made Dong Bo Xue Ying a Blood Blade Tavern Master over the taverns in three prefectures and gave him crimson robes and an identity token.
• Xia Zhi explained his Heart Realm Dao to Blood Blade God Emperor, who shared intelligence about powerful Venerables, the Masters, and the Mother Ancestor Cult’s Protectors.
• Blood Blade God Emperor warned Xia Zhi to keep his journey to the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel secret and urged him to kill several Protectors if he could.
• Xia Zhi returned to Thunder Island, reunited with Bu Yueluo and his grown son Xia Yu, and agreed to spend time at home with his family.

After Xia Zhi’s strength alarmed the Mother Ancestor Cult, its Cult Leader decided to avoid confronting him while he remained under the Blood Blade God Emperor’s protection. Xia Zhi left Thunder Island for the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel to fulfill his master’s task, arriving in the Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven to search for the Cult’s Protectors.

• News spread that Xia Zhi had killed the Nine Yang Palace Lord with one palm and joined the Destruction Legion.
• Protector You reported Xia Zhi’s strength and background to the Tusked Giant, who ordered the Mother Ancestor Cult to leave him alone for now.
• Xia Zhi prepared to leave Thunder Island after training Bu Yueluo and Xia Yu in the Heart Sword Diagram and Nine Thunder Tribulation Body.
• Xia Zhi traveled to the Six Paths Heavenly Wheel and entered the Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven.
• Xia Zhi used his Heart World to locate sixteen places his Heart Power could not penetrate and set out to investigate them.

Xia Zhi lured Protector Ching Yun into attacking him in Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven, then held off the protector’s binding technique long enough for the rest of his squad to come out. As the four reinforcements approached, Xia Zhi prepared to strike before they could return to their stronghold.

• Protector Ching Yun left the Mother Ancestor Cult’s stronghold to harvest Calamity Blood Lingzhi, and the cult master confirmed that his target was Xia Zhi.
• Xia Zhi contacted Emperor Qu Qu Wu, learned about Ching Yun’s void-binding abilities, and continued flying as bait.
• Protector Ching Yun trapped Xia Zhi in his Hair World Heavenly Net, but Xia Zhi’s Golden Sand God Power resisted the shrinking prison.
• The cult master ordered the other four protectors in Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven to assist Ching Yun and sent a squad toward Black Rain Grotto-Heaven in case Emperor Qu Qu Wu left.
• Xia Zhi sensed the four protectors, led by Huo Zhu, heading toward him and resolved to prevent them from returning to their stronghold.

Xia Zhi defeated Ching Yun Protector and captured him and two rescuers by exploiting his Heart Realm illusion. After learning that the three captives’ True Selves had been made to commit suicide, Blood Blade God Emperor praised Xia Zhi’s plan, while the Mother Ancestor Cult sent Qian Protector to pursue him.

• Xia Zhi overwhelmed Ching Yun Protector with Po Jun and Sand Realm, forcing him to flee while Xia Zhi drained his life force.
• The Mother Ancestor Cult’s leader sent Huo Zhu and three other Protectors to rescue Ching Yun, and summoned the powerful Qian Protector to hunt Xia Zhi.
• Xia Zhi used his Heart World illusion to capture Ching Yun, Gu She, and Grey Woman as they rushed to help, while Huo Zhu and the purple-robed Protector resisted the illusion.
• Xia Zhi refused Huo Zhu’s demand to release the captives and told Blood Blade God Emperor that he had taken three Protectors alive.
• Xia Zhi revealed that he had manipulated the captives’ True Selves in the other universe into committing suicide, leaving their captured bodies as their only remaining ones.

Xia Zhi killed three Mother Ancestor Cult Protectors and used their reactions to narrow the location of the Cult’s headquarters or universal passage to four star domains. While the Cultivator Universe’s Masters mobilized and discussed rewarding him, Xia Zhi faced the most powerful enemy of his life in the Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven.

• The Fanged Cult Master learned that three Protectors’ True Selves had committed suicide and ordered Huo Zhu Protector and Qian Protector to kill Xia Zhi, while Curse Elder used the Protectors’ stored blood to curse-kill the remaining captives.
• Xia Zhi tested the Protectors with sections of a universal star map, identified God Realm Map Number 7,136 as a possible clue to the Mother Ancestor Cult’s headquarters, and saw the captured Protectors die.
• Xia Zhi sent the narrowed star map to Blood Blade God Emperor and warned him that an unrecorded Golden Ape expert was approaching in the Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven.
• Blood Blade God Emperor told the Cultivator Universe’s Masters about Xia Zhi’s discovery, and they began heading toward the four star domains while agreeing to reward him.
• Xia Zhi remained in the Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven and encountered the fiercest and most powerful enemy of his life.

Xia Zhi killed the purple-robed Protector before confronting the Golden Ape, whose Ruler-level power overwhelmed him in a direct clash. Xia Zhi then used his Heart World to evade the Golden Ape and test its defenses, while the Cultivator Universe’s Rulers prepared to seal the surrounding starfield.

• Xia Zhi unleashed his full strength, drove Protector Huo Zhu back, and killed the purple-robed Protector with a sustained saber assault.
• The Golden Ape arrived and struck Xia Zhi with a palm of Ruler-level power; Xia Zhi met it head-on, was injured, and saw the Golden Ape emerge unharmed.
• The Blood Blade God Emperor urged Xia Zhi to preserve his life, and Xia Zhi entered his Heart World to evade the Golden Ape and gather intelligence.
• Xia Zhi’s saber and spacetime attacks failed to injure the Golden Ape, but his Heart Power sword pierced its throat slightly before it smashed the attack apart.
• The Rulers praised Xia Zhi’s strength and survival skills, then agreed to seal the area and organize their response to the Mother Ancestor Cult.

Golden Ape withdrew from Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven after the Mother Ancestor Cult decided not to risk a fight with Xia Zhi, who then visited Emperor Qu Qu Wu in Black Rain Grotto-Heaven. Master Yuanchu’s revised Universe God-Demon Ranking placed Xia Zhi fifteenth, and the universe’s top Venerables acknowledged his rise.

• The Fanged Cult Master ordered Golden Ape to leave Blood Demon Grotto-Heaven and defend Ice Snow Grotto-Heaven rather than fight Xia Zhi.
• Xia Zhi warned Emperor Qu Qu Wu that Golden Ape had departed, then searched the Mother Ancestor Cult’s abandoned base and found a True God Artifact saber containing an Eternal-level Slaying Dao.
• Xia Zhi traveled to Black Rain Grotto-Heaven and met Emperor Qu Qu Wu, who praised his achievements and strength.
• Master Yuanchu sent an updated Universe God-Demon Ranking that placed Xia Zhi fifteenth, seventh among the Venerables.
• The new ranking sparked debate across the God Realm Abyss, but the Ascetic and other top Venerables acknowledged that Xia Zhi deserved his position.

Xia Zhi received a Universe Stone Heart and an avatar technique from Blood Blade God Emperor, then discovered that a piece of cloth from Qing Chi’s corpse contained the initiation method for ancient cultivation. He began awakening his innate talent through the Spirit Awakening Altar, and a thousand years passed as the process continued.

• Xia Zhi entered Ice Snow Grotto-Heaven, found the seven Mother Ancestor Cult Protectors, and settled there to disrupt their operations while studying the Slaying Dao.
• Blood Blade God Emperor rewarded Xia Zhi for his service with a Universe Stone Heart and taught him an avatar technique that could evade the Universe Operation Rules during cultivation.
• Xia Zhi brought the Protectors’ belongings to Blood Blade God Emperor, who identified several items and explained their uses; Xia Zhi then discovered a black cloth from Qing Chi’s corpse among them.
• Ancestor Mo explained that Qing Chi had been a powerful cultivator who used an ancient system, and Xia Zhi brought the cloth to the Eternal Divine Palace to investigate it.
• Xia Zhi learned that the cloth contained ancient cultivation’s Spirit Awakening Technique and began drawing in the power of heaven and earth to awaken his strongest talent.
• A thousand years passed while Xia Zhi’s awakening process continued.

After awakening his Ancient Cultivator talent, Xia Zhi gained powerful time-space wings and scales, then tested them against Ancestor Mo’s Blood Beast. He later completed his third incarnation with help from Senior Brother Qing Jun and Pang Yi.

• Xia Zhi awakened his Ancient Cultivator talent, transforming his body with dark gold wings, protective scales, and sharp claws that greatly strengthened his control over time and space.
• Xia Zhi demonstrated his new abilities to Ancestor Mo, who summoned a Blood Beast for him to fight in the martial arena.
• Xia Zhi evaded the Blood Beast, endured its attacks, and destroyed it with his wing-blade techniques.
• Ancestor Mo advised Xia Zhi to explore the Sword Realm, and Xia Zhi decided to go after completing his third incarnation while he considered developing his own Ancient Cultivator method.
• Xia Zhi gathered resources for his cultivation with help from Pang Yi, Senior Brother Qing Jun, and other friends, then used a Universe Stone Heart to isolate himself and split his Divine Heart and soul.
• Xia Zhi successfully created his third incarnation, becoming the third person in the universe to master the special technique that allowed three bodies simultaneously.

Xia Zhi entered the Sword Realm and discovered the Sword Tomb, where the Sword Master’s legacy awaited a worthy inheritor. After learning about the trials and failing to defeat a version of himself at the mountain’s foot, he began studying the Sword Dao arts throughout the tomb to strengthen his foundation.

• Xia Zhi entered the Sword Realm and was drawn to a star, where he met the topknotted child, the artifact spirit of the Sword Tomb.
• The topknotted child led Xia Zhi to a bamboo hut, where the Sword Master’s phantom revealed the tomb’s inheritance, the wider cultivation world, and his own struggle against powerful enemies.
• The topknotted child explained that the Sword Tomb Peak trials pitted Xia Zhi against opponents with his body and rule profundities, but with mastery of increasingly advanced Sword Dao arts.
• Xia Zhi repeatedly failed to defeat his Opening Realm counterpart at the mountain’s foot and realized that his swordsmanship and accumulated knowledge were insufficient.
• Xia Zhi decided to study the many Sword Dao secret arts in the Sword Tomb to improve his foundation and prepare for another attempt.

Xia Zhi’s family gathered at Xia God Castle for Xia Tian and Luo Hai’s upcoming marriage while Xia Wu brought home his girlfriend, Xing Lan. Xia Zhi then received his clone’s cultivation insights from another universe, but still had not reached the final step toward becoming a Universe Master.

• Xia Zhi continued studying the sword arts in the Sword Tomb World while his other clones cultivated and supported his family.
• Earthlings visited Xia God Castle, where Ganwu Country Lord brought Xia Wu and Xing Lan to meet the Xia Family.
• The Xia and Luo families gathered as Xia Tian and Luo Hai prepared to marry, and Xia Zhi reassured Luo Hongguo that Luo Feng was completing a trial in the Wuhua Secret Realm.
• Xia Zhi left a Divine Power Clone with his family and teleported away to receive the insights transmitted by his clone from another universe.
• Xia Zhi absorbed the new insights but remained one step short of mastering the Origin Laws of time and space and becoming a Universe Master.

Xia Zhi mastered the Blade of Darkness and discussed Luo Feng’s escape from Ice Prison after Luo Feng obtained a Beast God Inheritance Token from Heavenly Wolf. Xia Zhi left for the Wuhua Secret Realm to retrieve Luo Feng as Heavenly Wolf used the Virtual Universe Sensor to contact the Monster Race.

• Xia Zhi unleashed the Star Sand River while practicing, then had Thunderous and Beiming calm the startled legion soldiers.
• Xia Zhi mastered the Blade of Darkness and judged that his material and soul attacks could now reach fourth-tier power among Universe Masters.
• Luo Feng told Xia Zhi that Heavenly Wolf had traded him the Beast God Inheritance Token for a Virtual Universe Sensor, and asked Xia Zhi to help him leave Ice Prison.
• Xia Zhi agreed to retrieve Luo Feng and warned that Monster Race forces might target him once they learned about the token.
• Xia Zhi left the Solar System for the Wuhua Secret Realm, while Heavenly Wolf used Luo Feng’s sensor to contact the Monster Race.

Luo Feng left the Heavenly Wolf Palace after helping Sibuwa contact the Monster Race, while the Heavenly Wolf prepared to escape Ice Prison. Sibuwa’s former master reported his survival to the Lord of Heavenly Wolf, who decided to personally enter the Wuhua Secret Realm and rescue him as Xia Zhi also headed there.

• The Heavenly Wolf confirmed that Sibuwa had contacted the Monster Race through its intelligence network, and Luo Feng departed with the Beast God Inheritance Token.
• The Heavenly Wolf ordered his servants to hide in his World Ring and wait for the Monster Race’s rescue party.
• Sibuwa’s former master learned that his disciple was alive in Ice Prison and had reached the Invincible King level, so he asked the Lord of Heavenly Wolf for help.
• The Lord of Heavenly Wolf chose to rescue Sibuwa personally and set out in the Heavenly Wolf Hall.
• Xia Zhi entered his divine kingdom from the Solar System, took the Hong Meng Tree’s Tree Body Clone, and headed toward the Wuhua Secret Realm.

Lord of Heavenly Wolf forced the Kaokou Venerables to release Heavenly Wolf Sibuwa, then demanded that they free Luo Feng because he carried a Beast God Inheritance Token. After Zuo Shan Ke told the Venerables to release Luo Feng without revealing their connection, Luo Feng emerged into Lord of Heavenly Wolf’s fiery domain.

• Lord of Heavenly Wolf arrived at the Ice Prison Star Belt and ordered Purple Kaokou Venerable and Qing Kou Venerable to release Heavenly Wolf Sibuwa.
• Qing Kou Venerable brought out Sibuwa, and Lord of Heavenly Wolf struck Qing Kou Venerable with his newly acquired Flame Heart Ring.
• Sibuwa told Lord of Heavenly Wolf that a human carrying a Beast God Inheritance Token remained imprisoned, but the Kaokou Venerables denied that the human was still alive.
• Lord of Heavenly Wolf threatened the Venerables with his domain, while Purple Kaokou Venerable secretly contacted Zuo Shan Ke for guidance.
• Zuo Shan Ke instructed the Venerables to release Luo Feng without revealing their relationship, and Qing Kou Venerable teleported him out of the Ice Prison.
• Luo Feng appeared in the fiery domain, recognized Lord of Heavenly Wolf, and wondered how Sibuwa had summoned such a powerful being.