Chapter Summaries

Xiao Miao learned that Big Tree City belonged to the Jade Moon Holy Land, then boarded an Immortal Boat with Yu Yifan and Hu Kai. He discovered Hu Kai had brought along the Princess, who revealed he was a male candidate Holy Maiden seeking help concealing his identity, and Hu Kai proposed that Xiao Miao cultivate in a Holy Land.

• Xiao Miao learned that Big Tree City was under the Jade Moon Holy Land and that its Princess had once been a disciple there.
• Xiao Miao and Yu Yifan waited to board the Immortal Boat, but Hu Kai failed to return to the inn or appear at first.
• Hu Kai arrived with a veiled red-clothed woman and led her aboard just as Xiao Miao and Yu Yifan were about to leave.
• Hu Kai revealed that the Princess was a male candidate Holy Maiden who had been recruited by mistake and needed a woman with similar bones and talent to take his place.
• Hu Kai asked Xiao Miao whether he had ever considered cultivating in a Holy Land.

Xiao Miao and his companions joined the Jade Moon Holy Land after learning that Yao Peipei was a male candidate Holy Maiden with the Mystic Yin Body, and Xiao Miao received a technique from Chu Ke to conceal his cultivation. Chu Ke then entered the world of The Outcast, where he met Zhang Zhiwei, who offered to take him to Dragon Tiger Mountain.

• Yao Peipei revealed how his master had mistaken him for a girl and secretly brought him into the Jade Moon Holy Land as a Holy Maiden candidate.
• Xiao Miao, Hu Kai, and Yu Yifan agreed to join the Jade Moon Holy Land, and Xiao Miao told his father Xiao Cheng about his plans.
• Xiao Miao used Great Dragon Weaponization to remove Yao Peipei's male organ, then asked Chu Ke whether he himself had the Mystic Yin Body.
• Chu Ke told Xiao Miao that he had the Magical Girl Sacred Body and gave him a technique to create external meridians and a Dantian to conceal his true cultivation method.
• Chu Ke returned to the Cosmic Sea, then entered the world of The Outcast and descended a mountain toward a nearby village.
• Chu Ke met Zhang Zhiwei, identified him as a Celestial Master of Dragon Tiger Mountain, and asked whether Taoist priests received employee benefits; Zhang Zhiwei offered him food and a place on the mountain.

Chu Ke’s extraordinary Golden Light Spell led him to propose a new way to contain Qi, which the Old Celestial Master recognized could have consequences like the Jiashen Calamity. Chu Ke remained determined to pursue the method, and Zhang Zhiwei agreed to let him try after he traveled with Lingyu to see the world.

• Chu Ke cultivated the Golden Light Spell until its glow lit up the training yard, astonishing Zhang Zhiwei and Rong Shan.
• Chu Ke said he wanted to contain golden light within the body from the start and hoped to write a manual that others could use.
• Zhang Zhiwei warned that Chu Ke’s method could become a new Eight Wonder and invite another disaster like the Jiashen Calamity.
• Chu Ke argued that the Jiashen Calamity had failed to achieve its purpose and said he wanted to pursue the Dao despite those who obstructed the greater good.
• Zhang Zhiwei allowed Chu Ke to pursue his idea but told him to travel with Lingyu first.
• Zhang Zhiwei and Chu Ke noticed Rong Shan recording their conversation, then discussed sending the footage to the All Directions Company.

Chu Ke prepared to collect cultivation techniques across the Jianghu and gave Zhang Lingyu his improved Golden Light Spell before taking him down the mountain. They arrived at a Quansheng kidnapping, where Chu Ke incapacitated everyone except Xia He and let Zhang Lingyu face her.

• Zhang Zhiwei asked Chu Ke to keep Zhang Chulan away from the Celestial Master Mansion and gave him a list of families to invite to the Great Luo Heavenly Offering.
• Chu Ke gave Zhang Lingyu a booklet called “Even an Idiot Can Practice Divine Skill 1.0,” and Zhang Lingyu quickly improved his Golden Light Spell after reading it.
• Chu Ke drove Zhang Lingyu toward Nanbukai University in a Volkswagen protected by Golden Light, launching the car down the mountain by a direct route.
• At a factory, Zhang Chulan was bound by Lu Liang and Xia He while Liu Yanyan stood nearby with zombies.
• Chu Ke and Zhang Lingyu arrived through the factory wall; Chu Ke recognized Xia He and restored Zhang Lingyu with qi.
• Chu Ke pierced the limbs of the Quansheng members and zombies with Golden Light, then told Zhang Lingyu to face Xia He within the factory.

Chu Ke and Zhang Lingyu fought Xia He at the factory while Chu Ke studied Liu Yanyan and Lu Liang’s inherited techniques. After Chu Ke defeated Xia He and drove off Xu San and Feng Baobao, he began testing what he had learned from the techniques.

• Chu Ke moved the unconscious Liu Yanyan and Lu Liang outside while Zhang Lingyu challenged Xia He and used Yin Five Thunders: Northern Azure Pool against her.
• Xia He and Zhang Lingyu exchanged attacks, but Chu Ke ordered Zhang Lingyu to finish the fight quickly as a large group of qi approached.
• Xia He charged at Chu Ke, who struck her with one palm and sent her crashing through the factory wall; he told Zhang Lingyu she was alive and to take her back up the mountain.
• Chu Ke took Zhang Chulan and tossed him into a car, then knocked Feng Baobao unconscious after she attacked him and told Xu San to watch over her.
• Chu Ke summoned three zombies and used pale-blue qi on one until it melted, but he concluded that something was still missing.

Chu Ke handed Liu Yanyan over to Xu San, kept Lu Liang for his plans to study the Soul Understanding Art, and took Xia He back to Dragon Tiger Mountain. He then freed Zhang Chulan and revealed his grandfather’s identity and the choice facing him, leaving Zhang Chulan to consider whether to cut ties with Dragon Tiger Mountain.

• Xu San asked Chu Ke to hand over the captured targets, and Chu Ke gave him Liu Yanyan while keeping Lu Liang and taking Xia He to Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Chu Ke considered using Lu Liang’s Soul Understanding Art and the All-Encompassing Hands to develop his Myriad Corpse Transformations.
• Chu Ke freed Zhang Chulan from his bindings and told him that his grandfather, Zhang Xilin, had been Zhang Huaiyi, a junior martial brother of Zhang Zhiwei who triggered the Jiashen Calamity by comprehending the Origin of Qi.
• Chu Ke explained that Zhang Chulan could cut ties with Dragon Tiger Mountain to avoid being implicated in his plans, but would lose its protection and face rumors and danger as a possible bearer of the Origin of Qi.
• Chu Ke crushed the insect blocking Zhang Chulan’s qi and told him to leave without giving an answer yet.

Chu Ke used Origin of Qi to create and master the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown Technique, then taught it to Zhang Lingyu and Zhang Zhiwei. As the Great Luo Heavenly Offering approached and Zhang Chulan remained undecided, Zhang Zhiwei asked Chu Ke to protect ordinary people from the coming upheaval.

• Chu Ke analyzed Origin of Qi and combined it with his knowledge of cultivation to create the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown Technique.
• Chu Ke began cultivating the new technique and passed its knowledge to Zhang Lingyu, who entered enlightenment during their flight to Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Three days later, Chu Ke arrived at Dragon Tiger Mountain with Zhang Lingyu and Xia He, where Zhang Zhiwei welcomed them.
• Chu Ke taught the technique to Zhang Zhiwei, then learned that Zhang Chulan was still hesitant and that the Great Luo Heavenly Offering would proceed as planned.
• Zhang Zhiwei asked Chu Ke to keep Evolved Beings from harming ordinary people during the upheaval ahead.

The Old Celestial Master explained to Lu Jin that the Great Luo Heavenly Offering was also gathering the Evolved Being world's elites for one of his disciples to target. On Dragon Tiger Mountain, Zhang Chulan arrived seeking answers about his past, and the Old Celestial Master prepared to speak with him.

• Zhang Zhiwei told Lu Jin that a disciple, not Quansheng, was behind a plan targeting the Evolved Being world, then sent Lu Jin information about it.
• Shen Chong learned that Xia He had disappeared and Hu Jie had been killed by a streak of golden light, and he planned to raise another demon and pursue another target.
• Chu Ke accompanied Zhang Zhiwei to a promotional photo for the Great Luo Heavenly Offering, where Wang Ye and Zhang Chulan arrived.
• Zhang Chulan told Chu Ke he had come to Dragon Tiger Mountain to learn the truth about his background from Zhang Zhiwei.
• Zhang Zhiwei sent Chu Ke to oversee the proceedings and prepared to discuss Zhang Chulan's past with him.

Chu Ke attended the Great Luo Heavenly Offering, gave Zhuge Bai a cultivation manual, and demonstrated his overwhelming strength while the event’s new competition began. As contestants entered their assigned arenas to seize jade plaques from the men in black, Feng Shayan realized they might need to cooperate against their formidable opponent.

• Chu Ke met Zhang Lingyu and Zhuge Qing, then gave Zhuge Bai his self-created cultivation manual after Zhang Lingyu assured them it was safe to accept.
• Chu Ke stopped Deng Youcai from littering by dragging him back from a leap across the cliff, then told Zhang Chulan he would attend the offering but not compete as a contestant.
• The Old Celestial Master announced the Plunder the Plaques competition, in which contestants had to seize jade plaques from men in black to advance.
• Zhang Chulan realized Chu Ke might be one of the men in black, unaware that every one of them was Chu Ke using Myriad Corpse Transformations.
• Feng Shayan entered her assigned arena and recognized that the three other contestants might need to cooperate against the powerful black-robed figure waiting there.

Feng Shayan and three other contestants attacked the black-robed Chu Ke to seize his plaque, but he effortlessly countered them and used Feng Shayan’s Shuttle Space against her. He left the others a chance to take one plaque, then struck Feng Shayan with three punches and revealed that he knew her Hundred Steps Fist.

• Feng Shayan tested the black-robed opponent in close combat, while the other contestants joined the fight with a rope dart, fire, and earth abilities.
• The black-robed man caught and flung back the rope dart, then broke free of the earth spikes and met the earth dragon head-on.
• The impact snapped the cord of one plaque, and the three contestants moved to claim it as Chu Ke deliberately let it fall.
• Feng Shayan reached through a spatial rift for the plaque at Chu Ke’s neck, but he covered her hand and stopped her from taking it.
• Chu Ke struck Feng Shayan with three punches, sending her flying, and she demanded to know how he knew her Hundred Steps Fist.

Chu Ke’s clones overwhelmed the contestants by learning their techniques, while Zhang Lingyu developed an elementalized form of Yin Five Thunders and defeated his opponent’s clone. In the stands, Chu Ke revealed that he wanted to borrow techniques for observation, provoking the Ten Elders’ fury.

• Feng Shayan was struck by Chu Ke’s kick as she prepared to use a powerful move of her own.
• Zhang Lingyu let Yin Five Thunders erode his body, then used his newly developed elementalization to fight back and defeat Chu Ke’s clone.
• Chu Ke revealed himself to Zhang Lingyu and praised his victory before the clone dispersed, leaving Zhang Lingyu shocked to learn it was not the real Chu Ke.
• Wang Ai asked how many clones Chu Ke could create, and the Ten Elders realized the black-robed fighters had learned every contestant’s techniques.
• The Old Celestial Master stepped aside, and Chu Ke announced that he wished to borrow techniques for observation.

Chu Ke revealed himself as a former disciple who had turned against Dragon Tiger Mountain, and the Old Celestial Master confronted him in a battle that destroyed the mountain. Chu Ke left victorious as darkness fell, while the Evolved Beings searched the ruins for the Old Celestial Master.

• Chu Ke announced himself to the Evolved Beings and challenged them to observe his techniques.
• The Old Celestial Master expelled Chu Ke and revealed that Zhang Zhiwei would cleanse the sect, while Rong Shan was told what to do if the Old Celestial Master died.
• Chu Ke and the Old Celestial Master recognized that they had to fight, then unleashed their full auras and clashed in the sky.
• Their battle shattered Dragon Tiger Mountain and devastated the surrounding land before Chu Ke stood victorious beneath the setting sun and departed.
• The Evolved Beings searched the ruins for the Old Celestial Master, while Zhang Chulan stared at the sky and realized the Evolved Being world had changed.

After the battle at Dragon Tiger Mountain, the authorities struggled to conceal its scale and searched for the Old Celestial Master and Chu Ke, whose power threatened the balance between Evolved Beings and the state. On the moon, Chu Ke synchronized with the dormant planetary Qi and discovered that it formed a seal created by someone.

• The battle’s aftermath left Dragon Tiger Mountain devastated, but the Old Celestial Master’s golden light protected the more than ten thousand people in the danger zone.
• The authorities ordered the Old Celestial Master found and mobilized satellites to search for Chu Ke while officials tried to pass the disaster off as an industrial accident.
• Chu Ke contemplated the power of his perfected Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown Technique from the moon and sensed Qi within the moon and Earth.
• After matching his Qi to the moon’s dormant Qi, Chu Ke perceived chains of Qi binding the planet’s surface and interior.
• Chu Ke realized that the chains were a seal someone had created.

Chu Ke examined the countless artificial seals covering the universe and failed to break one by force, so he developed a stronger cultivation method. He created the Five Qi Unification Art and concluded that combining it with the perfected Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown Technique could lead to Golden Immortal power.

• Chu Ke examined the chains sealing the universe and determined that someone had deliberately created them.
• Chu Ke tried to tear apart a Moon seal, broke only one link, and watched the chains repair themselves.
• Chu Ke used techniques gathered from the Great Luo Heavenly Offering to improve his cultivation, incorporating Triple Reversal and other abilities.
• Chu Ke discovered that Sage Thief could be used to eat qi and added its principles to his new technique.
• Chu Ke completed the Five Qi Unification Art and deduced that mastering it alongside the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown Technique could let him comprehend the True Dharma and become a Golden Immortal.

The Celestial Gods learned that a seal around the Ancestral Land had broken and discussed the worsening contamination and their plans to investigate. When the Faceless Scholar appeared before Chu Ke on the moon, Chu Ke revealed overwhelming strength, stopped his escape, and prepared to question him.

• The Equilibrium Lord called a Celestial God Meeting after learning that an Ancestral Land seal had broken, and Xu Yi left to investigate.
• The Celestial Gods discussed the spreading contamination in the Border Wilderness and the Supreme God's long silence.
• The Equilibrium Lord explained that the Ancestral Land's seals required first-tier strength to break, and the group agreed to begin a plan if the threat was confirmed.
• The Faceless Scholar appeared before Chu Ke and called him the strongest being in the Ancestral Land while dismissing him as an ant.
• Chu Ke's aura surged beyond the Faceless Scholar's understanding, and Chu Ke patted his face and mocked him.
• The Faceless Scholar collapsed inward to escape, but Chu Ke pulled him back by the neck and offered to talk.

Chu Ke learned from Faceless Scholar that the chains sealed the Source, which had spawned a contamination that destroyed an ancient civilization. Despite Faceless Scholar’s warnings that unsealing the chains could drive him mad, Chu Ke broke one, and the rest began to vanish.

• Chu Ke studied Faceless Scholar’s mirror-based escape technique, tried it himself, and reassembled his body after it exploded.
• Faceless Scholar explained that his Mystic Mirror Chaotic Body let him use the inherited Immortal Art: Mirror Image Transfer.
• Faceless Scholar told Chu Ke that the Ancestral Land’s ancient civilization had collapsed after contamination arose from the Source, and that the chains sealed and filtered the Source.
• Faceless Scholar warned Chu Ke that breaking the seal could unleash severe contamination and madness, but Chu Ke snapped a chain anyway.
• The remaining chains exploded link by link and vanished.

After the source chains shattered, the Solar System expanded as sealed matter and energy were released, and the Faceless Scholar fled from the pollution that would follow. Chu Ke investigated the revived source near Enceladus, extracted its wild Fundamental Forces, and discovered that its impurities contained enough Pain and Madness to fill a world like Konosuba.

• The chains shattered into starlight, and the Moon, Earth, and the rest of the Solar System expanded as the source seal lifted.
• The Faceless Scholar warned Chu Ke that source and pollution would revive around the Solar System, then escaped when Chu Ke released his suppression.
• Chu Ke sensed a wisp of source near Enceladus and recognized that it contained impure, wild Fundamental Forces.
• Chu Ke drew the Fundamental Forces out of the source and absorbed them, strengthening his avatar's understanding of them.
• Chu Ke analyzed the remaining impurities and found a mixture of low-level energy and Pain and Madness powerful enough to fill a world like Konosuba.

Chu Ke traced the Source to a strange realm and confronted an Explorer inside a crimson classroom. After Chu Ke destroyed and triggered the Explorer’s respawn, the Explorer panicked and called for support.

• Chu Ke opened a rift where the Source had emerged, startled an eye on the other side, then reopened the rift and entered.
• Chu Ke found himself in a crimson, timeless space and confronted a humanoid labeled Explorer.
• Chu Ke’s first attack erased the time where the Explorer had stood, but the Explorer dodged it.
• Chu Ke used the Fundamental Forces to disintegrate the Explorer, who respawned at Level 0.
• The Explorer called for support, announcing that the classroom had been invaded and the Fourth Calamity’s trait had been cracked.

Li Yuanhao awoke in his high school classroom, confirmed that he had returned to the past, and recalled his previous life fighting to save humanity. As he vowed to reclaim what he had lost and save humanity, a Super Stat Allocation System bound itself to him.

• Li Yuanhao caught a piece of chalk while asleep, then failed to name all three elements of awakening and received a stroke from Lao Xue.
• The principal announced that Qiang Sheng Group had developed Qi and Blood Pills and would distribute them to students that afternoon.
• Li Yuanhao confirmed that he had been reborn when the principal arrived with the same announcement he remembered.
• Li Yuanhao recalled his previous life as humanity's last survivor, his search for mystical objects to overcome a paradox, and his defeat by an unknown enemy.
• Li Yuanhao vowed to reclaim everything and save humanity, triggering the Super Stat Allocation System's binding.

Li Yuanhao activated the Super Stat Allocation System, but his complaint caused it to be replaced by the Super Return System. He tested its effects by cultivating, and his vitality increased as a strange sensation hit him.

• Li Yuanhao activated the system interface and contacted Customer Service Xiao Chu.
• Li Yuanhao complained that he had no stat points, and the system replaced itself with the Super Return System.
• Li Yuanhao learned that the new system could return acquired things at a chance-based multiplier.
• Li Yuanhao began cultivating with a foundational technique from his previous life, and his vitality rose from 0.03 to 0.04.
• Li Yuanhao praised the system’s power, then felt a sudden urge to pee.