Chapter Summaries

After Tyrant Immortal rejected Second City’s powerful factions seeking the Origin of Dao, tensions rose as trial-takers gathered to enter the Primordial Dojo. Lu Zhou entered the trial ground, where hostile visitors soon found him and his companions.

• Yan Yu, Yan Chifeng, and other influential figures grew furious after Tyrant Immortal refused to meet them or transfer the Origin of Dao.
• The guide’s attendant told the rejected visitors that Tyrant Immortal would not humor people who wore masks, while Emperor Tian’s underlings and Qing Shi and Ling’er reconsidered their plans to approach him.
• The Second City guide led Lu Zhou and the trial-takers to the twelve gateways, where Qing Shi concealed her identity and Lu Zhou saw through her disguise with his Nine-Colored Origin Heaven Divine Eye.
• Lu Zhou entered the Primordial Dojo with the Saint Spirit Dragon, became separated from Kane and the others, and sensed the Dao while traveling through the sky.
• After a few days, hostile visitors approached Lu Zhou, while Kane, the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, and Hong Luan also encountered enemies.

Hong Luan and Lu Zhou’s group defeated those who tried to seize the Origin of Dao, while Yu Han’s plans to steal it failed. Lu Zhou and his companions grew stronger in the Primordial Dojo, prepared three strange fruits for Ye Fan and his companions, and waited as the trial ended and the gates back to Second City opened.

• Hong Luan defeated and killed the noble-family scions who tried to kidnap her to force Tyrant Immortal to surrender the Origin of Dao.
• Yu Han watched Lu Zhou and his companions defeat their attackers, then sent soldiers into the Primordial Dojo with an ancient mirror to claim the Origin of Dao; none of them returned.
• Lu Zhou’s group explored and plundered the Primordial Dojo, broke through its heavenly curtain to enter a river of stars, and returned stronger.
• Lu Zhou and his companions underwent tribulations near the ancient star, with Lu Zhou rising from the Fourth Stage of Saint Realm to the Seventh Stage.
• At the Primordial Magnet Immortal Cave, Lu Zhou took the ancient vine’s fruits, left three for Ye Fan, the Dragon Horse, and Ji Ziyue, and set up an Origin Heaven Divine Formation.
• When the trial period ended, twelve gateways to the Primordial Dojo opened in Second City’s central square.

Tyrant Immortal and his companions forced their way out of the Primordial Dojo after Yu Han tried to seal them inside, and Kane attacked Yu Han in the plaza. Hong Luan exposed Yu Han’s crimes with the Primordial Dojo Mirror as Lu Zhou watched, leaving the crowd to face his group’s accusations and power.

• Yu Han ordered the Primordial Dojo closed despite demands to inspect it, but Kane smashed open a gate and led Lu Zhou, Hong Luan, and the others out.
• Kane attacked Yu Han, who countered with his star banner and fought him while accusing Tyrant Immortal’s group of treason.
• A captain allied with Yu Han urged the crowd to kill Tyrant Immortal’s group, and some onlookers prepared to attack.
• Hong Luan displayed the Primordial Dojo Mirror and accused Yu Han of colluding with foreign races and sending soldiers into the dojo to harm the trial participants.
• Hong Luan challenged the crowd’s definition of treason and the authority of Yu Han’s lawbreaking allies, while the Golden-Winged Little Peng King told her that Lu Zhou’s words became law.

Kane and Tyrant Immortal’s followers purged the Second City’s clans and forces that had attacked Lu Zhou’s group, killing Chief Commander Yu Han while the Guide remained absent. When they reached the Yan Clan, a supposed Enforcer intervened, but the Golden-Winged Little Peng King accused him of impersonating one; the Guide then appeared and moved to capture him.

• Kane killed Chief Commander Yu Han, and the Golden-Winged Little Peng King slaughtered Yu Han’s fleeing allies as the Guide failed to intervene.
• Kane, the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, and Hong Luan hunted down the Second City’s attackers, while the sealed city left them with nowhere to escape.
• The three gathered outside the Yan Clan, where Yan Yu confronted them and an armored figure claiming authority as an Enforcer emerged.
• Kane attacked the supposed Enforcer, and the Golden-Winged Little Peng King called him an impostor before joining Hong Luan in killing Yan Clan members.
• The supposed Enforcer used a command token to summon the Guide and city soldiers, and the Guide appeared and moved to capture him.

After Liu Ye, Yan Yu, Yan Chifeng, and the Yan Clan fell in Second City, Tyrant Immortal’s group became famous across the Human Race Ancient Road. Lu Zhou met Qing Shi in Azure Wave Immortal Forest and learned that she had once planned to obtain his Origin of Dao for Emperor Tian, though he wondered why she had initially denied it.

• Ling'er revealed that Liu Ye had impersonated an enforcer and connected his scheme to Emperor Tian, while the Golden-Winged Little Peng King killed Liu Ye and Kane killed Yan Yu.
• Kane and the others killed Yan Chifeng and wiped out the Yan Clan and other hostile clans, and news of the purge spread across the Ancient Road.
• Lu Zhou checked in at Azure Wave Immortal Forest, received another Divine Light Platform, and met Qing Shi and Ling'er beside a stream.
• Lu Zhou asked whether Qing Shi had come to obtain the Origin of Dao for Emperor Tian, and she initially claimed she wanted it for herself.
• After Lu Zhou questioned her account, Qing Shi admitted she had once intended to obtain the Origin of Dao for Emperor Tian, leaving Lu Zhou wondering why she had changed her position.

Lu Zhou revealed that he had collected complete sets of the Dao Sutra, Taiyin and Taiyang Mother Sutras, and the Feathered Sutra, leaving Qing Shi and Ling'er stunned and ending their attempt to trade for the Origin of Dao. After they grew more familiar and discussed the ancient road, Qing Shi began probing Lu Zhou's views on the struggles along the Emperor Road.

• Qing Shi offered the Sea of Suffering Chapter of the Dao Sutra for Lu Zhou's Origin of Dao, then raised her offer to include the Taiyin Mother Scripture and four volumes of the Sun Mother Scripture.
• Lu Zhou demonstrated that he possessed the scriptures Qing Shi offered, then revealed techniques from the Forbidden Chapters of the Dao Sutra and the two Mother Sutras, shocking Qing Shi and Ling'er.
• Qing Shi offered to exchange insights on her Feathered Sutra Dao Palace Chapter and a complete Quasi-Emperor Scripture, but Lu Zhou's third Dao Body demonstrated that he already possessed the Feathered Sutra chapter.
• Ling'er guessed that Lu Zhou had collected ten Emperor Scriptures, and Lu Zhou's response left both women believing he possessed far more.
• Lu Zhou told Qing Shi and Ling'er that he came from Emperor Burial Star, while they said they were from Gouchen Ancient Star; the three grew more familiar as they talked.
• Qing Shi told Lu Zhou about events and famous figures beyond Second City, then asked how he viewed the struggles on the Emperor Road.

Lu Zhou explained that Qing Shi and Emperor Tian’s alliance had compromised her Dao heart and her pursuit of the Emperor Road. After Qing Shi suffered a crisis of faith, Lu Zhou helped her regain her focus, leaving her grateful and newly resolved to reconsider her path.

• Qing Shi questioned Lu Zhou’s casual approach to the Emperor Road, and he said he sought worthy figures, history, opportunities, and experiences rather than simply tempering his invincible heart.
• Lu Zhou told Qing Shi that he did not consider her or the other famous contenders his equals, though he regarded her as impressive compared with some others who had gone astray.
• After Qing Shi asked for his judgment, Lu Zhou argued that her alliance with Emperor Tian relied on external strength and had turned her away from forging her own invincible heart.
• Qing Shi doubted her path, saw cracks in her Dao heart, and coughed up blood as she sank into darkness.
• Lu Zhou urged Qing Shi to treat the crisis as a trial and a chance for transformation, and she regained her clarity and thanked him.

After Qing Shi thanked Lu Zhou for helping her recognize her flawed path, she shared valuable information about the Ancient Road and received a Divine Light Platform from him. She left with Ling'er, still flustered by their hand contact, while accepting the gift after Lu Zhou insisted she keep it as a friend.

• Kane, the Golden-Winged Little Peng King, and Hong Luan reported that they had cleared the Second City, and Qing Shi warned Lu Zhou that Liu Mingde might seek revenge for Liu Ye's death.
• Qing Shi gave Lu Zhou a detailed map of the Ancient Life Star beneath the Tenth City and a Jade Slip containing trial information through the Fifty-Fourth City.
• Lu Zhou offered Qing Shi a Divine Light Platform, then placed it in her hand; their skin-to-skin contact left her flustered, and she hurried away with Ling'er.
• Qing Shi told Ling'er to return the Divine Light Platform because Lu Zhou might need it against Sun Deming, but Lu Zhou sent back another platform and asked Qing Shi to accept it as a friend.
• Qing Shi accepted the Divine Light Platform, and she and Ling'er departed while Ling'er teased her about Lu Zhou.

Lu Zhou and his companions reached the Tenth Pass after more than a year on the Ancient Road, where they learned about the unusual Saint-Becoming Star and encountered the furious Tyrant Dragon Lord. After the Dragon Lord withdrew, Lu Zhou suspected danger awaited him and left with Kane and the others for the Place of Enlightenment.

• Over more than a year, Lu Zhou and his companions cleared several passes, grew stronger, and used Qing Shi's Jade Slip to find opportunities, including a medicinal garden at the Ninth Pass.
• Lu Zhou's group arrived at the crowded Tenth Pass, where they learned that everyone in the city cultivated and that alien beasts sometimes attacked it.
• Lu Zhou checked in at the Tenth Pass and received another Divine Light Platform, then explored the city and gathered information about the Saint-Becoming Star.
• The Tyrant Dragon Lord attacked the city while demanding an explanation from the guide, then withdrew after the guide spoke with him.
• Lu Zhou heard that the Dragon Lord had attacked because a trial-taker entered his territory, and he suspected the Dragon Lord sensed a future threat to his wife and unborn child.
• Lu Zhou left for the Place of Enlightenment with Kane and the others.

Lu Zhou and his companions explored the Saint-Becoming Star, where he signed in at the Demon Emperor Cave and received three uses of Great Emperor-level comprehension. After studying Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing’s insights and breaking through, Lu Zhou began perfecting his own scripture, triggering Heaven and Earth Anomalies that astonished the Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon.

• Lu Zhou led Kane, Hong Luan, Golden-Winged Little Peng King, and the others onto the Saint-Becoming Star, where ancient beasts fled or were defeated by the group.
• Lu Zhou explored Great Moon Slope and found Moral Heavenly Venerate’s hidden residence, but left without signing in or opening the ancient well.
• The Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon abandoned its lair when Lu Zhou’s group approached, allowing them to discover the Demon Emperor Cave.
• Lu Zhou signed in at the Place of Enlightenment and received three uses of Great Emperor-level comprehension stored in his Chaos Pearl.
• Lu Zhou’s group copied the nine Jade Slips’ contents, left the cave’s treasures untouched, and settled by the lake near the Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon’s lair.
• After the group underwent tribulations and breakthroughs, Lu Zhou sat in meditation and triggered terrifying Heaven and Earth Anomalies.

Lu Zhou perfected the Wheel Sea and Dao Palace scrolls of his Limitless Scripture, creating a cultivation method tailored to his body as Heaven and Earth Anomalies gathered around him. After revealing his breakthrough to Hong Luan and the others, he recognized that his new scrolls could still be refined further, including the possibility of cultivating more than nine black holes.

• Lu Zhou used Great Emperor-level comprehension to complete the Wheel Sea scroll, reconstructing his Wheel Sea around seven black holes that absorbed and refined the essence of the universe.
• He rebuilt his Dao Palace from chaos according to the principle that Limitlessness gave birth to the Great Dao, completing the Dao Palace scroll while lacking enough five-element essence to reach its full cultivation.
• The Heaven and Earth Anomalies and thunder tides pressing toward Lu Zhou were swallowed and refined by his black holes, while Hong Luan, Kane, and the others watched from a distance.
• Lu Zhou restored the Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon's damaged lair with a wave of his hand and told Hong Luan and the others that he had created two scrolls suited to his cultivation.
• Lu Zhou considered whether he could exceed the nine-black-hole limit but concluded that he needed more accumulated foundation and broader horizons to make the idea possible.

Lu Zhou and his companions advanced from the Tenth Pass to the Eighteenth while news of Qing Shi’s discovery and Overlord’s victories spread across the Human Race Ancient Road. After Overlord challenged Tyrant Immortal to meet him at the Fifty-First Pass, Lu Zhou answered that the Saint Body of this era—not he—should fight Hun Zhan.

• Lu Zhou, Kane, Golden-Winged Little Peng King, and Hong Luan continued cultivating on Saint-Becoming Star, where Kane and the others reached the fifth minor level of the Saint Realm and Lu Zhou formed an eighth black hole.
• Lu Zhou’s group left the Tenth Pass and reached the Thirteenth Pass, where they learned that the Overlord Sovereign had passed away in meditation.
• Qing Shi found a Chaos Immortal Land and won a suspected twelve-tier ancient lotus and a Divine Light Platform, while Lu Zhou continued onward to the Eighteenth Pass.
• News spread that Overlord had defeated his besiegers and shattered part of the Ancient Road, after which he publicly challenged Tyrant Immortal to meet him at the Fifty-First Pass.
• Lu Zhou mocked Hun Zhan and the Hegemon Body lineage, then said the Saint Body of this era should fight Hun Zhan and claim the glory at the Fifty-First Pass.

Lu Zhou rejected Hun Zhan’s challenge, revealed that Ye Fan was the Saint Body of this generation, and said one of his companions could fight Hun Zhan at the Fifty-First Pass. After Lu Zhou killed the provocateurs in Twentieth City, the city’s Guide backed his claim that they were hostile foreign race members.

• Lu Zhou confirmed that Ye Fan was this generation’s Saint Body and said he had also embarked on the ancient road.
• Lu Zhou told the crowd that Hun Zhan was too weak and shameless to interest him, and said Kane or another companion could fight Hun Zhan if he still waited at the Fifty-First Pass.
• Lu Zhou killed the death warriors in the street, openly violating Twentieth City’s rules.
• The city commander confronted Lu Zhou, who claimed the dead men were hostile foreign race members and asked the Guide to confirm it.
• The Guide declared that the dead men were foreign race members who deserved to die, then dispersed.

Lu Zhou ignored the Overlord’s threats and continued along the Ancient Road, focused on finding the last of the Nine Secrets. At the Thirtieth Pass, he obtained and mastered the Shuzi Secret, then resumed his journey and eventually heard news of Ye Fan at the Forty-Ninth Pass.

• Fairy Qing Shi defended Lu Zhou’s refusal to answer the Overlord’s challenge, angering Emperor Tian as he wondered whether her support for Lu Zhou was connected to their broken alliance.
• The Overlord was stopped from returning to the Twentieth Pass, threatened to kill Lu Zhou and his companions at the Fifty-First Pass, and then continued his trial; Lu Zhou ignored the threat.
• Lu Zhou led Kane and the others to the Thirtieth Pass and checked in at Heavenly Venerate Star, where he obtained the Shuzi Secret.
• Lu Zhou learned that the Shuzi Secret could create up to nine powerful incarnations and mastered it well enough to produce six Dao Bodies at once.
• After staying at the Thirtieth Pass for several months, Lu Zhou and his companions continued along the Ancient Road, and at the Forty-Ninth Pass Lu Zhou heard news of Ye Fan again.

Lu Zhou learned that Ye Fan had reached Second City after seizing another Origin of Dao, where Qing Shi gathered the city’s powers and openly admitted she had come for it. Ye Fan revealed privately that he was the Sacred Body and Lu Zhou’s sworn brother, leaving Qing Shi to realize their connection and Ye Fan to tease her about her feelings for Lu Zhou.

• Ye Fan arrived in Second City with Dragon Horse after seizing the Origin of Dao at the Bloody Trial Ground, and rumors spread that he was a Dao Defier like Lu Zhou.
• Qing Shi returned to Second City through the Divine Light Platform and invited Ye Fan and other notable figures to a gathering in the Azure Wave Immortal Forest.
• Ling’er questioned Ye Fan about whether he was the Sacred Body and whether he knew Tyrant Immortal, while Ye Fan cautiously sought information from her.
• Qing Shi told Ye Fan that she had returned for the Origin of Dao, and his calm response reminded her of Lu Zhou.
• Qing Shi privately asked Ye Fan about his relationship with Lu Zhou, and Ye Fan revealed that he was the Sacred Body and Lu Zhou’s brother.
• Ye Fan teased Qing Shi about her feelings for Lu Zhou, and she said that Lu Zhou had shown her kindness and that they were good friends.

Qing Shi returned to Second City hoping to obtain Ye Fan’s Origin of Dao for Lu Zhou, only to learn that Ye Fan and Dragon Horse had used it to soak their feet. Later, Qing Shi joined Lu Zhou’s group as they arrived at the Fifty-First Pass, where Hun Zhan awaited Tyrant Immortal’s challenge.

• Ye Fan realized Qing Shi had sought the Origin of Dao to give it to Lu Zhou, then explained that he and Dragon Horse had already used it to soak their feet.
• Ye Fan and Qing Shi exchanged stories about Lu Zhou’s past, and Ye Fan praised his brother while dodging Qing Shi’s questions about Lu Zhou’s admirers.
• Lu Zhou received Ye Fan’s sealed message from Qing Shi and gave her another portion of the Origin of Dao, which she accepted.
• Qing Shi asked whether Lu Zhou would personally fight Hun Zhan at the Fifty-First Pass, and Lu Zhou said he trusted Kane and Saint Peng King.
• After completing their trial at the Forty-Ninth Pass, Lu Zhou’s group, joined by Qing Shi and Ling'er, took the teleportation platform to the Fifty-First Pass.

Lu Zhou and his companions arrived at the Fifty-First Pass, where the Cang Family delivered Overlord’s challenge and Lu Zhou redirected the challenge to Saint Peng King. As the group headed toward the City Lord’s Manor, they met the bearded man at the Donkey Meat Restaurant, whom Lu Zhou recognized as the guide.

• Lu Zhou, Qing Shi, and their companions entered the bustling Fifty-First City, where onlookers discussed Lu Zhou and Qing Shi’s rumored relationship.
• The Cang Family confronted Lu Zhou, and Hong Luan slapped their gray-robed elder for addressing her master by name.
• The black-robed elder revealed that Overlord had left Lu Zhou a challenge letter and would return to fight if Lu Zhou claimed it from the Cang Family.
• Lu Zhou said Saint Peng King would inspect the letter and fight Overlord first, and Saint Peng King promised to spare Overlord after defeating him.
• Lu Zhou and his companions continued toward the City Lord’s Manor, where Lu Zhou accepted the bearded man’s invitation to eat at the Donkey Meat Restaurant.

Lu Zhou and his companions visited the Fifty-First City's guide, Zhao Gongyi, and learned about the Saint Body lineage's blood and history before paying respects at a Saint Body patriarch's grave. When they found Hun Zhan's challenge carved beside the grave, Lu Zhou added an inscription commemorating the patriarch and belittling the challenge, leaving the group ready to face the Tyrant Body.

• Lu Zhou and his companions ate Zhao Gongyi's donkey-meat dishes and shared Red Dust Drunk with him, after which Zhao asked about Lu Zhou's connection to the Saint Body.
• Zhao Gongyi brought the group into the sealed City Lord's Manor, where they found pools of Saint Body blood and heard about the lineage's struggle against the Tyrant Body.
• Saint Peng King declared that he was confident he could kill Hun Zhan, despite having lost twice to Ye Fan.
• Lu Zhou and his companions signed in at the manor, receiving another Divine Light Platform, then traveled to the dim star where the Saint Body lineage lived.
• Lu Zhou and the others paid respects at the Saint Body patriarch's grave with offerings from Big Dipper and discovered Hun Zhan's words, “Dominate Heaven and Earth,” carved into a nearby mountain.
• Lu Zhou added the inscription “Tyrant Immortal Lu Zhou came here to commemorate the Sacred Body!” beside Hun Zhan's challenge, leaving the original words for Ye Fan to answer.

Lu Zhou signed in at the Sacred Body and Tyrant Body burial grounds, meeting Yang Yunteng and Yang Xunzhu before traveling to the Tyrant Body’s grave. He obtained the Hegemon Fist inheritance and promised to teach it to his companions, including Saint Peng King before his fight with Overlord.

• Lu Zhou signed in at the Sacred Body Burial Grounds and received a Combat Power Experience Card for Great Accomplishment Sacred Body Yang Xi.
• Lu Zhou met Yang Yunteng and his son, Yang Xunzhu, and told them that Yang Xunzhu would have a son named Yang Xi whose bloodline would return to its ancestors and whom Ye Fan would take as a disciple.
• Lu Zhou secretly left divine sense in Yang Yunteng and Yang Xunzhu to protect Yang Xi’s future and later save his parents.
• Lu Zhou’s group reached the Tyrant Body’s grave, where the Saint Spirit Dragon sent away the Cang Ape and Hong Luan and Ling'er gathered spirit herbs as the others studied the Tyrant Body’s Dao.
• Lu Zhou signed in at the Tyrant Body Burial Grounds and received the Hegemon Fist inheritance.
• Lu Zhou promised to pass the Hegemon Fist on to his companions, and Saint Peng King welcomed the chance to learn it before fighting Overlord.

Lu Zhou's group attacked the Cang Family, where the Golden-Winged Saint Peng King destroyed its clan-protecting formation and defeated its strongest fighters. After Lu Zhou recovered fragments of the Hegemon Bell, the Saint Peng King answered Hun Zhan's challenge by carving a mocking retort beside Hun Zhan's inscription, and news of the Cang Family's defeat spread across the Human Race Ancient Road.

• Hong Luan and Ling'er rebuked the Cang Family elders, and the Golden-Winged Saint Peng King killed them as they fled toward the family stronghold.
• The Saint Peng King fought his way into the Cang Family, then used a Great Saint-level Peng feather to shatter its clan-protecting formation and defeat its Saints.
• Lu Zhou collected fragments of the Hegemon Bell, while the Saint Peng King spared the Cang Family members below the second Immortal stage.
• The group found Hun Zhan's challenge inscription, and the Saint Peng King carved "Viewing the sky from a well!" on the opposite peak.
• The Cang Family traitor and witnesses carried news of the defeat across the Human Race Ancient Road as Lu Zhou studied the Origin Heaven Divine Formation.