Chapter Summaries

Song Changming fought the Evil Demons with the immortal army and discovered that a Ghost Clan shadow had swallowed Heavenly Soldiers. After Song Changming killed the shadow, its powerful father attacked him, leaving their battle raging inside the God Realm.

• Song Changming led the immortal army into battle against the Evil Demons and wondered what the demons sought by destroying spiritual lands.
• A Ghost Clan shadow swallowed more than a hundred Heavenly Soldiers, but Song Changming trapped and cut it apart inside his God Realm, freeing them.
• Song Changming met a black-crowned Ghost Clan man who revealed that the slain shadow had been his son.
• The black-crowned man unleashed a vast curtain of shadows that shook Song Changming's God Realm and pressed toward him.
• Song Changming sent a golden Azure Dragon of saber intent against the curtain, and the black-crowned man countered by summoning strange winged birds around him.

Song Changming defeated the black-crowned Ghost Clan demon with his God Realm, Death Sleep Wind, and Witch Emperor Seal, then imprisoned him in his Soul Banner. Afterward, he watched the ongoing battle as three Four-horned Giant Demons besieged Zi Rou'er, the Colorful Jade Palace Master, and the Thunderous Great Heavenly General.

• The black-crowned man escaped Song Changming's God Realm and unleashed his Yin Domain, sending Yin Soul Ghosts to attack.
• Song Changming summoned Death Sleep Wind to dissolve the Yin Soul Ghosts and pursued the black-crowned man in a fierce battle.
• When the black-crowned man transformed into a giant ghostly shadow, Song Changming summoned the Ancient God's Shadow with his Witch Emperor Seal and crushed him.
• Song Changming captured the barely living black-crowned man and imprisoned him in his Soul Banner after learning he knew about the Witch Clan.
• Three Four-horned Giant Demons continued to battle Zi Rou'er, the Colorful Jade Palace Master, and the Thunderous Great Heavenly General while Song Changming rested, and nearby Evil Demons fled from him.

Song Changming helped Lei Xiao and Zi Rou'er decapitate a Four-horned Giant Demon with a relentless barrage of saber energy, but the demon survived and sent him flying with a devastating counterattack. Badly injured in a distant crater, he called Old Chi to protect him from nearby Evil Demons.

• Lei Xiao and Zi Rou'er battled three Four-horned Giant Demons for days, eventually gaining a slight advantage with help from the Heavenly Immortal Battalion Commanders.
• Song Changming joined their attack and repeatedly slashed one restrained Four-horned Giant Demon's neck until its head was severed.
• The headless Four-horned Giant Demon broke free and struck Song Changming, shattering his God Realm and hurling him tens of thousands of miles away.
• A group of Evil Demons gathered around the incapacitated Song Changming, hoping to devour him.
• Song Changming called Old Chi, who rushed in and tore the Evil Demons apart.

After Song Changming beheaded a Four-horned Giant Demon, he recovered from his grave injuries while his army routed the remaining demons. He returned to find one demon captured alive, and Lei Xiao recognized his extraordinary battlefield strength.

• Song Changming assured Old Chi that he would recover, and Old Chi reported that Lei Xiao had suppressed the headless demon while the other two were retreating.
• Old Chi guarded Song Changming as he healed; the Evil Demons that approached were dealt with, and Song Changming’s soldiers later gathered around him.
• After his bones and flesh had recovered, Song Changming put on his Immortal Armor and led his soldiers back to the battlefield.
• Song Changming found the headless Four-horned Giant Demon bound in chains, while the other two demons had fled.
• Lei Xiao praised Song Changming’s performance and considered his possible future among the Great Heavenly Generals, then reflected on the value of capturing the demon alive with Zi Rou'er’s support.

Song Changming and the heavenly army captured the Four-horned Giant Demon and departed after saving the Extraordinary World. As they ascended to the Ninth Heaven, a Cloud Buddha ambushed them, and Lei Xiao challenged the hidden Buddhist Sect figure to reveal itself.

• The Four-horned Giant Demon recognized Song Changming's Ancient Witch Clan inheritance while the heavenly generals restrained it.
• Lei Xiao thanked Zi Rou'er for helping defeat the Evil Demon army, and Lou Leilei congratulated Song Changming on reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• The heavenly army departed with the captive demon as the people of the Extraordinary World gathered to praise their rescuers.
• Old Chi warned Song Changming that someone from the Buddhist Sect was approaching, and a Cloud Buddha appeared and struck at the army with a Buddhist Great Hand Seal.
• Lei Xiao shattered the attack with his Demon-Beating Whip, guarded the prisoner, and demanded that the Cloud Buddha's hidden master show its true face.

A Saint Buddha used the Buddhist Sect’s great divine ability to force Lei Xiao’s army to surrender the Four-horned Giant Demon. Afterward, Song Changming met with the Nine Heavens Goddess, who warned him about the Immortal-Buddha Conflict and his slow cultivation progress.

• A hidden Saint Buddha trapped Lei Xiao, Song Changming, and the heavenly army with Palm-in-Buddha-Land and demanded the Four-horned Giant Demon.
• Song Changming protected the five thousand heavenly soldiers and generals under his command while Lei Xiao weighed the army’s chances against the Saint Buddha.
• Lei Xiao surrendered the Four-horned Giant Demon, and golden Buddha Light subdued it before the clouds carried it away.
• Jiuxiao questioned the Buddhist Sect’s boldness, and Song Changming predicted that the other escaped Four-horned Giant Demons might also be seized and converted.
• Lei Xiao went to report to Heavenly King Shenxiao while Song Changming returned to the Nine Heavens Star to meet the Nine Heavens Goddess.
• The Nine Heavens Goddess told Song Changming that no one could escape the Immortal-Buddha Conflict and criticized his recent lack of progress in cultivation.

Song Changming entered the Broken Ancient Land with Space-Time Sand to seek ancient remnants that could strengthen him and possibly reveal Witch God Stone fragments. After surviving a spatial gale, he encountered an enormous Abyssal mouth whose cry awakened a lurking terror in the darkness.

• The Nine Heavens Goddess gave Song Changming Space-Time Sand and explained that the Broken Ancient Land contained ancient souls, bodies, and possible Witch God Stone fragments that could strengthen him.
• Song Changming agreed to go, reflected on his weakness in the coming Immortal-Buddha Conflict, and instructed Old Chi and his companions to manage things while he was away.
• Song Changming used his Spatial Eye to activate the Space-Time Sand and traveled through a spatial tunnel into the Broken Ancient Land.
• Song Changming found a barren, dark world with unstable gravity, scarce air, no Immortal Spirit Qi, and dangerous spatial gales, then dodged one as he descended.
• An enormous Abyssal mouth appeared above Song Changming and swallowed toward him, but he split it with a blade strike.
• The Abyssal mouth cried out that Song Changming was an immortal, and a piercing cold spread as an immense terror stirred in the darkness.

Song Changming hid from the Ancient Remnant Spirits in the shattered Ancient Land, refining them to strengthen his Witch God Soul before finding an ancient beast corpse with potent residual life energy. After extracting and refining it, he greatly increased his Dragon Power and wondered how many more corpses remained.

• Song Changming concealed his immortal energy after learning that using it attracted swarms of Ancient Remnant Spirits.
• He refined the Ancient Remnant Spirits he had shattered, strengthening his sixth-rank Witch God Soul, and found no nearby Witch God Stone fragments.
• Song Changming recovered from his injuries and stealthily explored the Ancient Land, where he discovered a huge beast corpse that still held residual warmth.
• When the Sorcery Refining Method could not extract the corpse’s life energy, Song Changming used his Witch God Soul to draw it out and refine it.
• The corpse crumbled to ash as Song Changming’s Immortal Physique and Dragon Power grew, bringing his physical combat strength closer to the Profound Immortal realm.

Song Changming discovered a group of Evil Demons devouring a massive skeleton and learned that its energy field concealed their power from distant Ancient Remnant Spirits. After severing a Two-Headed Lion's paw, he faced the demon's desperate charge.

• A group of Evil Demons hid inside a drifting skeleton and slowly absorbed its life energy while avoiding Ancient Remnant Spirits.
• Song Changming arrived and questioned the demons about how they had reached the area, startling them into revealing their true forms.
• The Evil Demons attacked Song Changming, and the burly man shattered part of the skeleton with a lion's paw.
• Song Changming tested the skeleton's energy field and found that it concealed power and presence, though strong attacks could break through its restraint.
• Song Changming severed the burly man's paw with his blade, and the demon transformed into a Two-Headed Lion and charged to swallow him.

Song Changming slaughtered the Evil Demons in the Ancient Forbidden Land and questioned the surviving Furry Monkey about the place and its Black Sand. He bound the monkey to his service, leaving himself with an informant as he explored the dangerous land.

• Song Changming killed the lion and the other fleeing Evil Demons, then spared the Furry Monkey to question it.
• The Furry Monkey explained that Evil Demons used Black Sand to travel to the Ancient Forbidden Land and that the sand concealed intruders and was consumed over time.
• The Furry Monkey revealed that it came from a monkey clan whose cultivation descended from the Hun Tian Monkey King, one of the Seven Monkey Kings.
• Song Changming decided to keep the Furry Monkey alive as a servant and branded its Demon Soul with the God Binding Seal.
• The Furry Monkey accepted Song Changming as its master and vowed to obey him.

Song Changming drained an ancient skeleton of its life energy, then found another skeleton guarded by two Ancient Remnant Spirits. Inside it, he sensed a Witch God Stone fragment, and he unfolded his God Realm to neutralize the spirits.

• Song Changming finished extracting the first skeleton’s life energy, greatly increasing his physical strength, and left with Furry Monkey to seek another skeleton.
• Furry Monkey spotted a skeleton near two Ancient Remnant Spirits, and Song Changming approached despite the danger.
• Song Changming evaded the spirits and smashed through their black wall with a powerful palm strike, reaching the humanoid skeleton.
• Song Changming sensed a Witch God Stone fragment embedded in the skeleton’s ribs and recognized it as one he had been searching for.
• The Ancient Remnant Spirits entered the skeleton’s energy field, and Song Changming unfolded his God Realm, leaving them unable to threaten him.

Song Changming absorbed an Ancient Remnant Spirit, obtained a Witch God Stone shard, and learned the Divine Fetus Reversal Method. After refining the life energy in the ancient humanoid skeleton, he discovered it strengthened his body unusually quickly.

• Song Changming trapped an Ancient Remnant Spirit in his God Realm and destroyed it, allowing his Witch God Soul to refine its fragments.
• Song Changming pulled a Witch God Stone shard from the tough humanoid skeleton beneath him.
• Song Changming touched the shard with his Witch God Soul and witnessed visions of the ancient Witch Clan’s battles and power.
• Song Changming learned the Divine Fetus Reversal Method, which required a ninth-step Witch God Soul to unite with the Witch God Body.
• Song Changming suspected the skeleton belonged to an ancient witch, then used the Sorcery Refining Method to absorb its life energy and felt his fleshly body rapidly strengthen.

Song Changming refined a powerful humanoid skeleton, then escaped an attack by Ancient Remnant Spirits at the cost of the Furry Monkey’s life. After fifty years in the Ancient Forbidden Land without finding another Witch God Stone fragment, he received an annual evaluation reward that advanced his immortal cultivation.

• Song Changming refined the humanoid skeleton’s life energy, raised his Dragon Power to twenty-five thousand strands, and shattered the ground with a punch.
• Ancient Remnant Spirits attacked Song Changming and the Furry Monkey, but Song Changming broke through the darkness and fled with it.
• Song Changming hid in a skeleton ten thousand miles away and refined the Furry Monkey after its Demon Soul was torn apart.
• Song Changming recovered his injuries and continued searching for skeletons and solitary Ancient Remnant Spirits, but found no second Witch God Stone fragment by his fiftieth year in the Ancient Forbidden Land.
• Song Changming claimed an annual evaluation reward that transformed his Immortal Martial energy and advanced his immortal cultivation beyond the middle stage.

After fifty years in the Ancient Forbidden Land, Song Changming used his breakthrough strength to slaughter Ancient Remnant Spirits and escaped when their numbers and power overwhelmed him. Back in his General's Mansion, he resumed refining soul power, with his Witch God Soul nearing the Seventh Divine Step.

• Song Changming's aura attracted Ancient Remnant Spirits, which devoured the Evil Demons bound by his God Binding Seal.
• Song Changming's Saber Saint Physique protected him, and he destroyed several Ancient Remnant Spirits with Holy Saber Intent and a punch powered by fifty thousand Dragon Power.
• Song Changming attacked the surrounding spirits with Three Heads Six Arms and six Immortal Sabers, but fled after the spirits kept multiplying and growing stronger.
• Song Changming used Black Sand to open a spatial passage and returned to his General's Mansion in Outer Heaven.
• Song Changming's Soul Avatar refined the gathered soul power as the phantom of his Seventh Divine Step grew clearer.

Song Changming witnessed the Golden Sun Phenomenon and learned that Emperor Abyss had entered the Golden Immortal realm. After inspecting his army, Song Changming was ordered to show his abilities in the Four Directions Immortal Army Tournament, which would take place in five years.

• Song Changming emerged from seclusion and saw golden light across the Outer Heaven, recognizing it as a sign that someone had become a Golden Immortal.
• Hya told Song Changming that Emperor Abyss had entered the Golden Immortal realm three years earlier.
• Song Changming inspected the five thousand heavenly soldiers under his command and saw that Old Chi had trained them well.
• Lei Xiao told Song Changming to compete in the Four Directions Immortal Army Tournament and show his true strength against the other armies' commanders.
• Song Changming learned that the tournament would take place in five years.

Song Changming returned from the Ancient Forbidden Land with his cultivation at the late Heavenly Immortal stage, and the Goddess tested his strength before sending him to find Space-Time Black Sand in the Evil Demon Land. On Qingguang Star, he agreed to spar with Cangzhe, who escalated the fight by summoning nine divine mountains.

• Song Changming returned to Nine Heavens Star, where the Goddess tested him with a powerful palm strike and acknowledged that he could now protect himself somewhat in the coming tribulation.
• The Goddess told Song Changming to reach the Profound Immortal realm before the Immortal-Buddha Conflict and directed him to find Space-Time Black Sand in the Evil Demon Land.
• Song Changming visited Qingguang Star and learned from Cangzhe that Venerable Abyss had passed the Golden Immortal tribulation and was certain to attain the realm.
• Cangzhe asked Song Changming to spar, and Song Changming accepted after Xiao Jiu and Old Stubborn Stone encouraged him.
• Song Changming shattered Cangzhe's Profound Immortal palm strike with his own, prompting Cangzhe to use the Divine Mountain Suppression Technique and summon nine mountains.

Song Changming broke free of Cangzhe’s ancient divine art and gained the upper hand in their duel before a surge of power from Venerable Abyss Palace interrupted them. Venerable Abyss emerged from seclusion as a newly attained Golden Immortal, drawing congratulations from Immortal Gods across Outer Heaven.

• Cangzhe used nine divine mountains to suppress Song Changming, preventing him from using his immortal arts and divine techniques.
• Song Changming summoned his Ancient God's Shadow to lift the mountains, restored his ability to cast spells, and trapped Cangzhe in his God Realm.
• Song Changming’s shadow struck Cangzhe, who struggled to withstand the attack until a powerful energy fluctuation swept across Qingguang Star.
• Venerable Abyss emerged from seclusion as a Golden Immortal, and Immortal Gods across Outer Heaven offered their congratulations.
• Cangzhe, Song Changming, and the other disciples bowed to Venerable Abyss as the heavenly omens faded.

After becoming a Golden Immortal, Daoist Heavenly Abyss bestowed Golden Immortal aura on those present and began a five-year sermon across the Primal Continent. As his teachings drew monsters and spirits to him, the Buddhist Sect prepared for the possibility that he might return and spark an Immortal-Buddha Conflict.

• Daoist Heavenly Abyss announced his new title, shared Golden Immortal aura with the gathered disciples, and promised to answer calls for help.
• Daoist Heavenly Abyss established incarnations across the Primal Continent and began expounding the Dao for five years, while Song Changming listened at Venerable Abyss Palace.
• Monsters, spirits, and even unintelligent beasts gathered at the incarnations, and some gained wisdom or transformed into human form before kowtowing to Daoist Heavenly Abyss.
• Wandering Earth Free Saint Buddha learned that Venerable Abyss had become Daoist Heavenly Abyss, and a Buddha's Son asked what they should do if he returned.
• Wandering Earth Free Saint Buddha said another visit would begin the Immortal-Buddha Conflict, then accepted that the tribulation might be fated to begin.

After five years of listening to Daoist Heavenly Abyss preach, Song Changming reached the Perfected Heavenly Immortal stage and sought the Profound Immortal Dao Fruit promised by his Goddess master. She opened a passage to a Buddhist Sect territory and told him to seize the fruit himself, and Song Changming agreed.

• Daoist Heavenly Abyss finished preaching after five years, and Song Changming advanced to the Perfected Heavenly Immortal stage.
• An Immortal Court messenger summoned Daoist Heavenly Abyss to meet the Immortal King, while Song Changming went to find his Goddess master.
• After waiting more than a decade, Song Changming found the Nine Heavens Goddess beside the Divine Pool and asked for a Profound Immortal Dao Fruit.
• The Nine Heavens Goddess opened a passage to a Buddhist Sect land, explaining that Song Changming would have to claim the fruit himself and that no Saint Buddha would interfere.
• Song Changming chose to enter the passage and seize the Profound Immortal Dao Fruit.

Song Changming entered the Buddhist Sect’s holy land and reached the Colorful Cloud Divine Tree, whose fruits were all Profound Immortal-level Dao Fruits. The Buddha allowed him to approach after learning that the Nine Heavens Goddess was his master, and Song Changming found the tree bore multiple such fruits.

• Song Changming used a spatial passage opened by the Nine Heavens Goddess to reach the Colorful Cloud and faced trials along its staircase.
• Song Changming defeated the colorful figures that tested him and stepped onto the Colorful Cloud.
• The elderly Buddha asked who stood behind Song Changming, and Song Changming identified the Nine Heavens Goddess as his master.
• The Buddha agreed not to stop Song Changming from seeking a Dao Fruit if he could obtain one through his own abilities.
• Song Changming passed the Buddha, approached the Divine Tree, and discovered that it bore multiple Profound Immortal-level Dao Fruits.