Chapter Summaries

Lu Ming fought the Dawn God King above the Dawn Kingdom’s imperial capital, overcoming his phantom bodies and soul attack before forcing him to rely on the Nation Protecting Grand Array. The chapter ended with Lu Ming and the Dawn God King clashing in a violent battle, their attacks repeatedly shattering and restoring space.

• The Dawn God King surrounded Lu Ming with countless phantom bodies, but Lu Ming used the Blood Fire Compass and Absolute Domain to burn them away and suppress his true body.
• The Dawn God King attacked Lu Ming with his Lotus of Light soul illusion, but Lu Ming’s Ice Soul Pearl blocked the soul attack and his Heart of Freedom resisted the will attack.
• Lu Ming struck the Dawn God King with his spear and sent him falling from the sky, prompting the God King to activate the Nation Protecting Grand Array.
• The Dawn God King trapped Lu Ming in golden light chains, but Lu Ming’s Source Light Undying Body endured the array’s bombardment without injury.
• Lu Ming stomped toward the Dawn God King, who gathered the array’s power into a Chaos-light attack, and their collision triggered a series of earth-shaking explosions.

Lu Ming killed Dawn God King and then defeated several more God Kings, becoming famous across Origin Continent. With many bounty-listed God Kings now hiding from him, he continued studying the Six Paths Light Fist and Thousand Shadows.

• Lu Ming killed Dawn God King by destroying his miniature universe and claiming his bounty at the Yanfeng Guild Hall.
• Qinghe Long verified Dawn God King's weapon and awarded Lu Ming Universe Sand and a Radiance of the Morning Glow.
• News spread that Lu Ming had killed Dawn God King, and reports later said he had also slain the Qing Kingdom Ancestor, the Qing Kingdom's ruler, Pulan God King, and Haoyue God King.
• The God Kings on the assassination bounty list began hiding, while Lu Ming was praised as the Number One Chaos Master of Origin Continent.
• Lu Ming focused on studying the Six Paths Light Fist and Thousand Shadows, a shadow art bestowed by the Thousand Shadows Tower Master.

Lu Ming mastered the Six Paths Light Fist and learned from the Thousand Shadows Tower Master that the Nirvana Heavenly Palace was about to emerge, prompting her to offer him a weapon from her treasury. Nine-colored lights then appeared over Bore State, confirming the palace’s arrival and spurring powerful cultivators across the Origin Continent to prepare for its trials.

• Lu Ming mastered the Six Paths Light Fist, tested its power, and resolved to develop it into the Six Paths Bright Spear.
• The Thousand Shadows Tower Master told Lu Ming about the imminent Nirvana Heavenly Palace and offered him a weapon from her private treasury.
• Nine-colored lights erupted from Bore State and spread across the Origin Continent, alerting its major factions to the palace’s emergence.
• Great Sage Jingliu told his green-robed teacher that the Nirvana Heavenly Palace was about to open, and the two discussed seeking whatever lesser benefits they could.
• The Desolate Blade King and renowned Chaos Realm cultivators in the Thunder Ancient Kingdom learned of the event and began preparing to compete.

After the Nirvana Heavenly Palace opened, Lu Ming entered alone and rescued four Chaos Realm cultivators from an endlessly regenerating plant. He destroyed it, claimed its Indestructible Origin Pearl, and recognized that it could grant its bearer near-immortality against physical attacks.

• Top factions across the Origin Continent sent their Chaos Realm geniuses to the Bore State as the Nirvana Heavenly Palace opened.
• Lu Ming entered the palace alone, chose the middle path at a fork, and continued through its shifting interior.
• Lu Ming found four Chaos Realm cultivators trapped by a plant whose branches rapidly regenerated after being cut.
• Lu Ming used his Six Paths Bright Spear technique to destroy the plant and free the four cultivators.
• Lu Ming claimed the green orb inside the plant and identified it as an Indestructible Origin Pearl that could rapidly regenerate its bearer's divine body.

Lu Ming fought Yun Xiazi over a newly emerged seven-colored Star Lantern, a Top-Tier God King Secret Treasure, and forced him to flee with the lantern abandoned. After claiming it, Lu Ming faced further challengers as the Nirvana Heavenly Palace’s rules restricted his movement until he could hold the treasure for a day.

• Lu Ming absorbed the Indestructible Origin Pearl and spent ten thousand years gathering treasures while exploring the Nirvana Heavenly Palace.
• A pillar of light announced the appearance of a powerful secret treasure, and Lu Ming and Yun Xiazi raced to claim the seven-colored Star Lantern.
• Yun Xiazi attacked Lu Ming with White Cloud Smoke, but Lu Ming broke his techniques and countered with the Six Paths Bright Spear.
• Lu Ming unleashed the Golden Sky Wheel, prompting Yun Xiazi to abandon the Star Lantern and escape through the void.
• Lu Ming took the Star Lantern and discovered that its suppression prevented him from using his evasion technique or flying at full speed.
• Eight Chaos Realm experts approached the treasure, and Lu Ming’s Bloodfire World killed two while driving the others away.

Lu Ming fought his way through the Chaos Masters trying to intercept him as he escaped the encirclement, defeating Blazing Feather King and Rushing Thunder King in direct combat. After a day passed, the Rainbow Star Lantern’s restriction collapsed, leaving Lu Ming ready to claim the treasure.

• The six surviving Chaos Masters recognized how overwhelming Lu Ming’s Bloodfire World domain was after he broke through their encirclement.
• Blazing Feather King attacked Lu Ming, but Lu Ming endured his strikes and overwhelmed him until he conceded and withdrew.
• Lu Ming continued outward, killing more than ten Chaos Masters who obstructed him and breaking through a trapping formation set by Great Sage Zhenhai.
• Rushing Thunder King challenged Lu Ming, but Lu Ming shattered his arm with the Six Paths Light Fist and forced him to admit defeat.
• Lu Ming continued his escape until a full day passed and the Rainbow Star Lantern’s restriction dissipated, making it time to claim the treasure.

Lu Ming claimed the Wishful Seven Star Lamp and quickly obtained the second Top-Tier God King Secret Treasure, a nine-story pagoda. Yun Xiazi gathered seven powerful allies to stop him, but their assault failed to injure Lu Ming, and Sea King relied on her Azure Sea Divine Armor to withstand his spear strike.

• Lu Ming learned that the Wishful Seven Star Lamp was a Top-Tier God King Secret Treasure containing seven types of Light Origin.
• A nine-story pagoda appeared soon after the first treasure, and Lu Ming reached it before the other Chaos Masters and claimed it.
• Yun Xiazi gathered Myriad Poison King, Sea King, Sword Bearer, Wind Walker, and three other experts to attack Lu Ming and seize his treasures.
• Sea King trapped Lu Ming with her Star Binding Rope while Myriad Poison King and Wind Walker attacked, but Lu Ming's body and defensive arts withstood their assaults.
• Lu Ming counterattacked with the Six Paths Bright Spear, but Sea King's Azure Sea Divine Armor dissipated most of its power and left her only slightly shaken.

Lu Ming defeated Yun Xiazi and the other cultivators who tried to stop him, then bound several powerful secret treasures in Nirvana Heavenly Palace. He triggered the Nirvana Golden Bridge and arrived in a mysterious space where he learned that its many bridges offered trials and rewards tied to different Great Daos.

• Lu Ming used Three-Phase Power to unite his true body and five clones, then killed the Sword Bearer and Myriad Poison King with one attack.
• Yun Xiazi escaped with the surviving cultivators aboard a Winged Bird Flying Boat, and Lu Ming chose not to pursue them.
• Lu Ming bound the Nine Saints Pagoda and several other Top-Tier God King Secret Treasures, including the Heart Calming Mirror and Silver Moon Spear.
• Six pillars of light activated the Nirvana Golden Bridge, and Lu Ming was teleported from Nirvana Heavenly Palace into a mysterious pitch-black space.
• Lu Ming learned that each golden bridge represented a different Great Dao and that advancing along them would earn secret arts and a final reward based on his deepest progress.

Lu Ming studied the vast collection of cultivation techniques in the Mysterious Land, deepening his understanding of countless paths and especially the Path of Light. After comprehending its source branch, he broke through to the God King Realm, and his inner and external miniature universes began transforming and expanding.

• Lu Ming sent a clone to study the Path of Light while his true body entered the Great Dao of Shadow’s Nirvana Golden Bridge, where he found techniques spanning its five veins.
• Lu Ming explored the Nirvana Golden Bridges and read the collected methods of countless paths, gaining new insights into the Path of Life, Path of Destruction, and other Daos.
• After finishing his survey, Lu Ming began studying the Path of Light techniques in earnest and fully comprehended its source branch.
• Lu Ming’s soul transformed, advancing him into the God King Realm, and his inner universe evolved into a living world as his divine body absorbed origin power.
• Lu Ming’s miniature universe in the Original Universe region expanded beyond one trillion light-years, astonishing the humans and other races living there.

After a hundred thousand years of cultivation, Lu Ming reached the God King Realm, perfected his divine body, and cultivated the first volume of the Profound Bright True Body. He passed the second level of the Nirvana Golden Bridge and claimed a powerful armor, then prepared to face the more difficult third level.

• Lu Ming grew his divine body to 10.8 trillion kilometers and successfully cultivated the upper volume of the Profound Bright True Body.
• The Nirvana Golden Bridge began its final trial, and Lu Ming arrived at the end of its first level as a mysterious observer wondered how far he would advance.
• Lu Ming fought through the second level’s increasingly powerful puppet guardians with ease, using his Silver Moon Spear and a massive golden palm.
• Lu Ming defeated the final puppet and discovered the Nine Radiance Bright Light Armor, a Peak Secret Treasure at the God King level.
• Lu Ming collected the armor and turned toward the third level, expecting its guardians to possess peak God King Third Level strength.

Lu Ming fought his way up the third level of the Nirvana Golden Bridge, reaching the seven-hundred-and-second step before the puppets broke his battle array and sent him away. The Nirvana Heavenly Palace administrator revealed that Lu Ming had qualified to choose three of the highest-tier treasures left by Origin Source Lord "Yuan," and that the bridge’s greatest opportunity rivaled the Origin Divine Palace.

• Lu Ming used the Wishful Seven Star Lamp and his growing Infinite Divine Body to fight through increasingly powerful puppets, breaking the bridge’s previous record at the four-hundred-and-ninety-ninth step.
• When the puppets became too strong for his domain and six-body formation, Lu Ming summoned thirty more avatars and formed a battle array with thirty-six divine bodies.
• Lu Ming advanced past the seven-hundredth step, but his battle array eventually collapsed under the puppets’ attacks at the seven-hundred-and-second step, and he vanished from the bridge.
• The Nirvana Heavenly Palace administrator told Lu Ming that the bridge’s opportunity rivaled the Origin Divine Palace and that reaching the five-hundredth, six-hundredth, and seven-hundredth steps qualified him for one, two, and three highest-tier treasures, respectively.
• The administrator presented three indistinct treasures and explained that Lu Ming could choose at most three at a time.

The Nirvana Heavenly Palace administrator gave Lu Ming three rewards: a light-path Supreme Secret Treasure spear, an Origin Source Life’s eye, and the Myriad Touch Dragon Mother’s Heart Blood, which transformed his soul and conveyed the Origin Source True Explanation. After Lu Ming awakened and shared the changes with his incarnations, the administrator teleported him away.

• The Nirvana Heavenly Palace administrator gave Lu Ming a Supreme Secret Treasure spear suited to the Path of Light and an eyeball from a powerful Origin Source Life, which Lu Ming endured without succumbing to its illusions.
• The administrator sent Lu Ming a drop of the Myriad Touch Dragon Mother’s Heart Blood, causing his true body to collapse as Origin Source Lord Yuan and two other Origin Source Lords watched and discussed the reward.
• Lu Ming’s true body remained unconscious for more than half a year while the Heart Blood transformed his soul and the Origin Source True Explanation entered the memories of his incarnations.
• Lu Ming awakened, found that his soul and his incarnations’ souls had become stronger, and began studying the Supreme Secret Transmission with them.
• The Nirvana Heavenly Palace administrator teleported Lu Ming away.

After leaving Nirvana Heavenly Palace, Lu Ming studied the Supreme Secret Transmission “Origin Source True Explanation” and learned about Origin Source Life and Primal Chaos Force. He returned to the Myriad Mountains Alliance as a God King, but decided to keep his breakthrough quiet while he consolidated his foundation.

• Lu Ming entered the Nine Saints Pagoda and studied “Origin Source True Explanation,” learning about the levels of Origin Source Life and the nature of Primal Chaos Force.
• Lu Ming considered using his Origin World Stones to study Primal Chaos Force, then teleported back to the Myriad Mountains Alliance.
• Lu Ming visited Thousand Shadows Tower Master, who discovered he had become a God King and asked whether he would seek a Mountain Master Token.
• Lu Ming told Thousand Shadows Tower Master he would conceal his breakthrough for now to avoid drawing attention to the Peak and Supreme Secret Treasures he had obtained.
• Lu Ming returned quietly to his residence, where Wu greeted him, and Lu Ming told Wu that he had finally surpassed him in realm.

After nearly a hundred billion years of seclusion, Lu Ming fused two branches of the Path of Light, advanced his Profound Bright True Body, and revealed that he had become a God King. Following his celebratory banquet, Mountain Lord sought his help against the growing Food Kingdom.

• Lu Ming gave Wu cultivation resources and resumed training, planning to reveal his God King identity after advancing further.
• Lu Ming completed the fusion of two branches of the Path of Light, bringing the Profound Bright True Body into its middle volume.
• Lu Ming revealed his God King status and accepted the Myriad Mountains Alliance's Mountain Master Token, choosing to use his true name as his title.
• The Myriad Mountains Alliance held a grand celebration for Lu Ming, attended by alliance members, outside powers, and his senior siblings.
• After the celebration, Mountain Lord met Lu Ming and Luo Feng, explaining that the Food Kingdom had grown stronger and asking for help pursuing revenge.

Lu Ming and Mountain Lord attacked the Food Kingdom to fulfill their old agreement, discovering that its kings had been carrying out blood sacrifices for the reincarnated Tian Shang Demon Emperor. Lu Ming struck the Tian Kun King with a devastating spear attack and a will-based technique, leaving the king near death.

• Lu Ming agreed to help Mountain Lord destroy the Food Kingdom and took him there, while Luo Feng stayed behind.
• Lu Ming sensed the Food Kingdom’s kings discussing blood sacrifices requested by the Tian Shang Demon Emperor.
• Lu Ming and Mountain Lord entered the kings’ Underground Palace, while Lu Ming sent other avatars after the remaining two kings.
• Mountain Lord confronted Tian Kun, and Lu Ming pierced the king with his Silver Moon Spear.
• Lu Ming’s will-based attack made Tian Kun believe he had attained great freedom until the spear’s power nearly annihilated him.

Lu Ming killed the Tian Kun King and two other Food Kingdom monarchs, trapping their true spirits in Spirit Locking Jades for Mountain Lord. After the Tian Shang Demon Emperor sent Demon Venerable Qian Shan to investigate, Qian Shan confronted Mountain Lord, and Lu Ming appeared to face him.

• Lu Ming used the Wishful Seven Star Lamp to destroy the Tian Kun King's divine body and the Spirit Locking Technique to imprison his escaping true spirit in Spirit Locking Jade.
• Lu Ming captured the true spirits of the other two God Kings and handed the jades to Mountain Lord, who began tormenting the three Food Kingdom monarchs.
• The Tian Shang Demon Emperor learned of the monarchs' deaths and ordered Demon Venerable Qian Shan to investigate how their true spirits had been trapped.
• Lu Ming told Teacher Thousand Shadows that he would avoid the Tian Shang Demon Emperor unless provoked, while the monarchs suffered soul-burning torture in a Myriad Mountains Alliance prison.
• Demon Venerable Qian Shan tracked the soul marks to Mountain Lord, demanded to know who had killed the monarchs, and Lu Ming appeared to answer him.

Lu Ming battled Demon Venerable Qian Shan, using his armor, will technique, clones, and formation to gain the upper hand. With Qian Shan trapped in the Boundless Tribulation Light Realm, Lu Ming prepared to test his Supreme Secret Treasure and Supreme Secret Transmission.

• Demon Venerable Qian Shan recognized Lu Ming and attacked him with powerful sword strikes, while Lu Ming blocked them with his Nine Radiance Bright Light Armor.
• Lu Ming used the Six Paths Samsara Spear to catch Qian Shan off guard with a will attack, but Qian Shan quickly recovered and continued fighting.
• After Qian Shan’s heavy sword sent him flying, Lu Ming summoned thirty-six divine bodies and used the Concentric Unity battle formation to wound Qian Shan.
• Demon Venerable Qian Shan unleashed black energy that strengthened his divine body, but Lu Ming’s thirty-six clones formed the Boundless Tribulation Light Realm and trapped him.
• Lu Ming held Qian Shan inside the formation and took out a Supreme Secret Treasure spear to test his stronger abilities.

Lu Ming killed Demon Venerable Qian Shan with his new Primal Chaos Light Spear technique, making his name resound across the Origin Continent and drawing the attention of powerful leaders. He later sparred with Great Venerable Gand Light, whose strongest palm attack could not seriously harm him.

• Lu Ming used the Primal Chaos Light Spear to annihilate Demon Venerable Qian Shan and recovered the Qian Shan Sword and a mysterious pearl.
• Mountain Lord witnessed Qian Shan's death, while Tian Shang Demon Emperor learned of it and vowed that his plans would soon make others submit to his will.
• News of Qian Shan's death spread across the Origin Continent, and leaders from the Myriad Mountains Alliance and the ancient kingdoms considered Lu Ming's strength and likely gains from the Nirvana Golden Bridge.
• The Myriad Mountains Alliance's deputy alliance leaders tried to recruit Lu Ming, whose escape skills and combat power made him a feared opponent.
• In Gan Guang Valley, Great Venerable Gand Light struck Lu Ming with his most powerful palm technique, but Lu Ming endured the attack with his spear and Nine Radiance Bright Light Armor.

Lu Ming exchanged Path of Light Peak Secret Treasures with Great Venerable Gand Light, sparred with him after two billion years of cultivation, and continued seeking experts to deepen his understanding. While visiting Great Venerable Nine Suns, Lu Ming sensed a continent-wide ripple that suggested the Origin Divine Palace’s inner city was opening.

• Lu Ming and Great Venerable Gand Light exchanged the Nine Radiance Bright Light Armor and Gand Light Hand to study each other’s supreme arts.
• After two billion years, Lu Ming attacked Great Venerable Gand Light with the Gand Light Great Hand Seal and Incarnation of Light, while Gand Light defended with the Nine Radiance Bright Light Shield.
• Lu Ming and Great Venerable Gand Light ended their sparring match, exchanged their treasures back, and discussed the Dao for a million years.
• Lu Ming continued visiting Path of Light experts and met Great Venerable Nine Suns in Nine Suns City.
• A ripple swept across the Origin Continent, and Great Venerable Nine Suns told Lu Ming it might signal the opening of the Origin Divine Palace’s inner city.

Lu Ming learned that Origin Divine Palace's inner city would open and attended the Myriad Mountains Alliance's meeting to confirm the news and learn how its entry slots would be contested. He intended to secure a slot himself, while powerful figures across the Origin Continent began preparing to enter.

• Great Venerable Nine Suns told Lu Ming that Origin Divine Palace's inner city might be opening, then hurried to the imperial capital to investigate.
• Lu Ming returned to the Myriad Mountains Alliance with the Thousand Shadows Tower Master and attended a meeting at Myriad Mountains Hall.
• The Myriad Mountains Alliance Leader confirmed the inner city would open and explained that only thirty-nine people could enter, with many powerful outsiders competing for slots.
• Lord Hailan Mountain and Chiyue volunteered for the Alliance Leader's companion slot, which would go to whoever earned more contribution points over the next hundred thousand years.
• Lu Ming resolved to compete for an entry slot himself as Ultimate Realm experts and other factions across the Origin Continent began preparing for the opening.