Chapter Summaries

Song Changming and Cangzhe were nearly captured by Unwitting Creation Saint Buddha, but the Myriad Flowers Immortal and Nine Heavens Goddess intervened and drove him away. The Goddess brought Song Changming to safety and offered to take him as her disciple, leaving him wondering why she had chosen him.

• Unwitting Creation Saint Buddha offered to spare Cangzhe if he joined the Buddhist Sect, then tried to imprison him and Song Changming in his palm.
• Song Changming prepared to use Nirvana Rebirth to escape, but two immortal figures appeared and dispersed the Saint Buddha’s Great Hand Seal.
• The Saint Buddha withdrew with the wounded Jintan, while one immortal figure carried Song Changming away and Cangzhe returned to Venerable Abyss Palace to report what happened.
• Venerable Abyss told his disciples that Song Changming was safe, and Cangzhe resolved to pursue the Profound Immortal Dao Fruit after recalling his helplessness before the Saint Buddha.
• The two immortals revealed themselves as the Myriad Flowers Immortal and Nine Heavens Goddess, and the Myriad Flowers Immortal freed Song Changming from the Immortal Binding Rope.
• Nine Heavens Goddess warned Song Changming about the danger of the Immortal-Buddha Conflict and offered to accept him as her disciple, leaving him uncertain about her reasons.

Song Changming accepted the Nine Heavens Goddess as his master, received her protection and the Nine Heavens Divine Canon, and entered her Divine Pool to study it. By using his panel and gradually moving deeper into the pool, he began making progress toward mastering the Canon, while the Goddess and Myriad Flowers Immortal watched with interest.

• Song Changming decided to accept the Nine Heavens Goddess as his master and paid his respects to her.
• The Nine Heavens Goddess gave Song Changming a strand of her hair as a life-saving aid and implanted the Nine Heavens Divine Canon in his mind.
• Song Changming entered the Divine Pool and found Guai Li recovering there, then carefully began cultivating at its edge.
• Song Changming used his panel to record the Nine Heavens Divine Canon and discovered that the Divine Pool helped him comprehend it.
• After adapting to the pool, Song Changming moved toward its center and confirmed that the denser divine water accelerated his progress in the Canon.

Song Changming mastered the Nine Heavens Divine Canon in the Divine Pool, drawing in its immense power and prompting the Nine Heavens Goddess to give him a Heavenly Immortal Dao Fruit. His cultivation reached the peak of the True Immortal Realm, and a Heavenly Immortal Tribulation gathered over him as his master told him to remain in the pool.

• Song Changming continued comprehending the Dao in the Divine Pool while Qingquan and Jiu Xiao Commander searched for him after he vanished for three years.
• The Military Prefecture could not track Song Changming’s Immortal Token, so Jiu Xiao Commander ordered Qingquan to keep searching.
• Song Changming mastered the Nine Heavens Divine Canon, triggering a surge of power in the Divine Pool that the Nine Heavens Goddess and Myriad Flowers Immortal witnessed.
• The Nine Heavens Goddess realized Song Changming had become the second person to cultivate the divine canon and sent him a Heavenly Immortal Dao Fruit.
• Song Changming’s cultivation broke through to the peak of the True Immortal Realm, and Heavenly Immortal Tribulation clouds gathered over him.
• The Nine Heavens Goddess told Song Changming that she had given him the Dao Fruit and that he should remain in the Divine Pool during the tribulation.

Song Changming endured the Heavenly Immortal Tribulation inside the Divine Pool, where the Nine Heavens Goddess’s power shielded him from most of its force. He became a Heavenly Immortal, and the Nine Heavens Goddess gave him a Witch God Stone fragment.

• The Divine Pool’s chaotic energy dispersed the first five bolts of tribulation lightning before the final bolt struck Song Changming as a black demonic dragon.
• The Nine Heavens Goddess and Myriad Flowers Immortal discussed how Song Changming wielded the Witch Clan inheritance despite having no Witch Clan Bloodline.
• After the sixth bolt passed and the tribulation clouds cleared, Song Changming left the Divine Pool and absorbed the Heavenly Immortal qi circling outside it.
• Song Changming’s cultivation transformed into Heavenly Immortal power, and he bowed to thank the Nine Heavens Goddess for helping him ascend.
• The Nine Heavens Goddess urged Song Changming to cultivate the Nine Heavens Divine Canon and gave him a Witch God Stone fragment.

After a century of searching for immortality on the Primal Continent, Hua Chuyuan and Qin Beisheng fought for an Immortal Fruit guarded by a powerful water python. Just as they considered luring another spirit creature to help defeat it, the Sun God Fire descended and threatened to destroy the lake and everything around it.

• Hua Chuyuan and Qin Beisheng led the humans in defeating the Bull Spirits and claimed the spiritual lake, though many people died.
• Hua Chuyuan found an Immortal Fruit in the lake’s white lotus, but a water python emerged and attacked the group to protect it.
• The humans were scattered by the water python, and Hua Chuyuan proposed luring another powerful spirit creature to draw it away from the lake.
• A Golden Divine Flame descended, setting the surrounding mountains and forests ablaze.
• The water python recognized the fire as Sun God Fire and feared it would destroy the Immortal Fruit before it could ripen.

Song Changming appeared in time to absorb the Sun God Fire and save Hua Chuyuan and Qin Beisheng, then helped them secure a wild Immortal Dao Fruit. After Hua Chuyuan swallowed the matured fruit, Song Changming prepared to protect him as he faced the immortal tribulation.

• Song Changming arrived and absorbed the descending Sun God Fire, revealing himself to Hua Chuyuan and Qin Beisheng as an immortal.
• Song Changming lifted the water python from the lake lotus and sent it toward an Immortal Worship Hall to seek a path to immortality.
• Song Changming judged that the lotus pod Dao Fruit would mature soon, and seven days later its spreading Dao essence attracted many contenders.
• Qin Beisheng agreed that Hua Chuyuan should take the single Dao Fruit, and Hua Chuyuan promised to find another for him.
• Song Changming told Hua Chuyuan to swallow the matured Dao Fruit and prepare for the immortal tribulation, promising to block outside disturbances.

As Hua Chuyuan began his immortal tribulation, Song Changming protected him and confronted Yintan, a Buddha’s Son seeking revenge. Song Changming killed Yintan and challenged his senior brother Jintan to come after him.

• Song Changming drove away the strange creatures gathering around Hua Chuyuan and Qin Beisheng.
• As Hua Chuyuan’s immortal tribulation began, Song Changming set up a formation around the spirit lake and flew to confront a Buddhist attack.
• Yintan revealed himself as a Buddha’s Son under Unwitting Creation Saint Buddha and said he sought revenge for Song Changming killing his junior sister.
• Song Changming shattered Yintan’s Buddhist palm and Golden Body, overpowering him with his Heavenly Immortal strength.
• Song Changming refined Yintan’s body and destroyed his fleeing divine soul, then invited Jintan to come capture him.

Song Changming revealed the God Realm, a world formed from his elemental powers, and fought Jintan Buddha's Son within it. He unleashed the Witch Emperor Seal and shattered Jintan's Golden Body, while Unwitting Creation Saint Buddha opened his eyes in the Buddhist Sect.

• Song Changming summoned Jintan Buddha's Son and asked why his cultivation had advanced so greatly.
• Song Changming created the God Realm and struck Jintan's Golden Body with a kick.
• Jintan used his Buddha power and Saint Buddha-bestowed cassock to withstand Song Changming's blows.
• Song Changming invoked the Witch Emperor Seal, drawing power from a ten-thousand-zhang phantom.
• Song Changming's empowered kick shattered Jintan's Golden Body, and Jintan cried out to the Saint Buddha.
• Unwitting Creation Saint Buddha opened his eyes in the Buddha hall.

Song Changming defeated two Buddhist Sect Buddha’s Sons, while Unwitting Creation Saint Buddha was forbidden from descending to the lower realm again. Hua Chuyuan survived his tribulation and became an immortal, and Song Changming returned to the Thirty-Three Heavens.

• Unwitting Creation Saint Buddha told the other Saint Buddhas that his disciple had met with calamity, but said the Buddha Ancestor had forbidden him from descending to the lower realm again.
• Song Changming withdrew his God Realm after killing Jintan and another Buddha’s Son, and reflected on how the Nine Heavens Divine Canon had accelerated his cultivation.
• Hua Chuyuan endured three thunder tribulations and became a genuine immortal after refining his first strand of immortal power.
• Song Changming congratulated Hua Chuyuan, gave him coordinates for the Immortal City, and flew back to the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Song Changming was recommended for the vacant Battalion Commander post after Jiu Xiao Commander praised his strength and Lei Xiao confirmed his outstanding demon-slaying record. Lei Xiao called the candidates to his Dao ground for a free-for-all, where Song Changming faced the threat of the other contenders joining forces against him.

• Jiu Xiao Commander recommended Song Changming for the vacant Battalion Commander position, claiming that Song had surpassed him in strength.
• Several Battalion Commanders doubted Song Changming's abilities, but a military official confirmed that he had slain more than one hundred thousand demons in a century.
• Lei Xiao decided that the candidates would compete for the post and summoned those recommended by the Battalion Commanders.
• The candidates gathered in Lei Xiao's private Dao ground, where he ordered them to defeat everyone else to win.
• Several Battalion Commanders discussed how the melee could leave Song Changming facing a group attack, while Jiuxiao confidently told them to watch.

Song Changming defeated the Auxiliary Army Generals competing for Battalion Commander, including the Ghost Monkey after he unleashed his dangerous transformed state. Great Heavenly General Lei Xiao appointed Song Changming the new Battalion Commander, and the defeated candidates accepted the result.

• The Ghost Monkey attacked Song Changming first, but Song repelled him with a single palm.
• The other Auxiliary Army Generals attacked together, and Song overwhelmed them with his Golden Divine Flame.
• The Ghost Monkey transformed and used ghostly darkness to attack Song, but Song suppressed his energy and struck him back into his original form.
• Lei Xiao declared Song Changming the new Battalion Commander, and the candidates and Battalion Commanders raised no objections.

Song Changming defeated the Ghost Monkey and was promoted by Lei Xiao to Battalion Commander, gaining command of five thousand heavenly soldiers and a path toward a Profound Immortal Dao Fruit. After celebrating and taking office, he continued studying divine abilities with the Nine Heavens Goddess, whose guidance had greatly advanced his cultivation.

• Song Changming reflected on the Ghost Monkey clan’s unusual abilities after defeating the Ghost Monkey, and its recommending Battalion Commander took it away.
• Lei Xiao appointed Song Changming Battalion Commander of the Tenth Battalion, gave him command of five thousand heavenly soldiers and one thousand high-grade Immortal Nurturing Pills, and promised to recommend him for a Profound Immortal Dao Fruit when he qualified.
• Jiuxiao hosted a seven-day banquet for Song Changming and the other Battalion Commanders, and Song Changming thanked Jiuxiao for supporting his promotion.
• Song Changming formally took office and, with Jiuxiao’s permission, made his original five hundred heavenly soldiers the backbone of his battalion.
• Song Changming discussed divine canon cultivation with the Nine Heavens Goddess and continued benefiting from her instruction.

Song Changming mastered the dangerous Treading the Nine Heavens divine ability, and the Goddess saved him from its cost before warning him not to use it again. After she gave him a Divine Tear Fruit to celebrate his promotion, he returned to the Immortal Court, where Chi sought to join him and revealed that he had witnessed Song Changming kill Jintan.

• Song Changming used Treading the Nine Heavens for the first time, nearly exhausting his immortal power and stopping his Martial Core.
• The Goddess infused Song Changming with divine power, restored him, and warned that he must not use the ability without a Profound Immortal Dao Fruit.
• Song Changming told the Goddess that her guidance had helped him master the ability, and she gave him a Divine Tear Fruit to congratulate him on becoming a Battalion Commander.
• Song Changming returned to his General's Mansion and refined the fruit, which increased his immortal cultivation.
• At the Northern Immortal Army's Five Divisions garrison, Chi asked to join Song Changming and said he had witnessed Song Changming kill Jintan with three kicks in the lower realm.

Chi explained that he had joined Song Changming to repay his benefactor and fight the Buddhist Sect, then proved his strength in a sparring match. Song Changming recognized Chi’s rare mastery of strength and asked about his true form.

• Song Changming learned that Chi had used Thousand-Mile Sight to discover the truth and that Chi had told no one else.
• Chi explained that the Buddhist Sect had slaughtered his people and that he had joined the Immortal Court to stand with Song Changming and oppose the sect.
• Song Changming tested Chi in combat, and Chi’s first punch revealed ten thousand Dragon Power and an affinity for the Great Dao of Strength.
• Chi transformed into a half-beast form and struck with more than fifteen thousand Dragon Power, but Song Changming stopped the spar after judging his strength.
• Song Changming praised Chi’s potential and asked what his true form was.

Song Changming appointed Chi, a Sky-Rolling Beast, as his deputy general and joined his fellow disciples in the lower realm to guard Cangzhe during his Profound Immortal Tribulation. He learned that the tribulation site held special significance for Cangzhe and that immortals usually prepared for years before attempting one.

• Chi revealed that he was a Sky-Rolling Beast, and Song Changming made him a deputy general and promised to protect him from the Buddhist Sect.
• Song Changming played cards with Lu Huang, Xiao Jiu, Old Stubborn Stone, and Chi in the lower realm while they discussed the Buddhist Sect.
• Song Changming asked why Cangzhe had not yet used his Profound Immortal Dao Fruit, and the others explained that tribulations required long preparation.
• Lu Huang explained that Cangzhe had returned to his birthplace to undergo the tribulation, and the group had gathered to guard him from interference.
• Song Changming recalled that Cangzhe had helped him before and stayed with the others to support him through the Profound Immortal Tribulation.

Cangzhe began his Profound Immortal Tribulation, drawing immense Heavenly Dao pressure and clouds across the surrounding region. The Buddhist Sect arrived to disrupt his breakthrough, claiming the mountain as their envoy Diguang’s former home, while Cangzhe’s fellow disciples moved to stop them.

• Lu Huang, Song Changming, and the others watched as Cangzhe revealed the Profound Immortal Dao Fruit and prepared to undergo his tribulation.
• Cangzhe swallowed the Dao Fruit, and the Heavenly Dao descended as tribulation clouds covered the sky for ten thousand miles.
• Song Changming and Old Chi spotted Buddha Light approaching, and the Buddhist Sect’s arrival alarmed Cangzhe’s companions.
• Lu Huang, Old Stubborn Stone, Ao Si, and Xiao Jiu blocked the Buddhas’ influence from reaching Cangzhe during his tribulation.
• Miaoshan Buddha’s Son claimed the mountain belonged to the Buddhist Sect because Diguang Envoy had once cultivated there, and Lu Huang challenged him about what he intended to do.

Song Changming and his allies fought the Buddhist Sect over Cangzhe’s Profound Immortal Tribulation, while Song Changming confronted the Miaoshan Buddha’s Son who had taken Guai Li. After Song Changming drove Miaoshan back, the Buddhist Sect’s envoy arhats unleashed a powerful formation against him.

• Song Changming, Xiao Jiu, Lu Huang, and Old Stubborn Stone claimed the mountain as an Immortal Mountain and refused to let the Diguang Envoy interfere with Cangzhe’s tribulation.
• The Profound Immortal Tribulation began, and the Buddha attacked to disrupt it while Xiao Jiu, Lu Huang, and Ao Si fought him and his Buddha images.
• Song Changming told Old Stubborn Stone to guard Cangzhe and charged the Miaoshan Buddha’s Son, whom he recognized as the one who had taken Guai Li.
• Song Changming shattered the Golden Bodies of the envoy arhats with a single palm and resisted the Buddha’s soul-shaking voice.
• Ao Si, Lu Huang, and Old Chi stopped the Buddha’s flower-petal beasts, allowing Song Changming to kick Miaoshan more than a hundred miles away.
• The Buddhist Sect’s envoy arhats formed a powerful formation and sent a torrent of chants against Song Changming.

Song Changming broke the Buddhist Sect’s formation, killed Miaoshan Buddha’s Son, and drove off most of the invading forces. He then turned his attention to Cangzhe, who had endured thirty-three of the thirty-six bolts in his Profound Immortal Tribulation, with the final three still to come.

• Song Changming unfolded his God Realm and crushed the Buddhist Sect formation, killing many Arhat envoys and suppressing the survivors.
• Miaoshan Buddha’s Son attacked Song Changming with the Golden Pestle, but Song Changming caught it and crushed it to powder.
• Miaoshan fled, but Song Changming caught up with him and trampled him and his Buddhist bone relics into nothingness.
• Song Changming seized Miaoshan’s escaping soul and annihilated it despite its appeal to Wandering Earth Free Saint Buddha.
• Song Changming saw that only a few Buddhist Sect envoys had escaped and found that most of the attackers had fallen to him, Lu Huang, and the others.
• Song Changming checked on Cangzhe and learned from Old Stubborn Stone that Cangzhe had endured thirty-three of the thirty-six tribulation bolts.

Cangzhe survived the final bolt of his Profound Immortal Tribulation, became a Profound Immortal, and received the title of Sky Venerable. Song Changming returned to the Military Prefecture to cultivate, but Lei Xiao summoned the Battalion Commanders.

• Cangzhe endured the final tribulation bolt and restored his Immortal Physique, ascending to the Profound Immortal realm as Heaven and Earth Profound Qi descended.
• Song Changming, Lu Huang, Ao Si, and the others congratulated Cangzhe and shared a banquet, while resolving to grow stronger against the Buddhist Sect.
• Cangzhe received the title of Sky Venerable and a star in Outer Heaven for his immortal venerable dojo.
• Song Changming returned to the Military Prefecture with Old Chi and resumed drilling the new army and cultivating, determined to strengthen himself against the Buddhist Sect.
• Lei Xiao summoned every Battalion Commander under his command for an audience.

The Colorful Jade Palace Master, Zi Rou'er, fought off one Four-horned Giant Demon as Evil Demons invaded the Extraordinary World, but two more arrived and threatened to overwhelm her. Lei Xiao's Northern Immortal Army came to face the invasion, and Zi Rou'er and Lou Leilei were astonished to find that Song Changming had risen to become a Heavenly Immortal Battalion Commander.

• Evil Demons invaded the Extraordinary World, and a Giant Demon trampled its inhabitants and destroyed sacred sites.
• Zi Rou'er struck down a Four-horned Giant Demon with Lou Leilei transformed into a jade treasure.
• Two more Four-horned Giant Demons appeared, leaving Zi Rou'er facing grave danger as the invasion intensified.
• Lei Xiao arrived with Song Changming, his commanders, and a host of heavenly soldiers to confront the Evil Demons.
• Zi Rou'er and Lou Leilei recognized Song Changming and marveled at his rise to Battalion Commander and Heavenly Immortal in little over a century.