Recaps

After the Black Tide retreated deep into the Forbidden Zone, the marshals confirmed it had ended and credited Chu Qing with saving the continent. As celebrations spread, historians recorded increasingly embellished accounts of his victory, including one that described him negotiating peacefully with the Forbidden Zone creatures.

• The Black Tide weakened over three days and stopped appearing, so the marshals sent experts into the Forbidden Zone to investigate.
• The marshals learned that the Black Tide had retreated far into the Forbidden Zone and concluded that Chu Qing had ended it.
• The otherworlder representative urged the commanders to tell everyone that Chu Qing had ended the Black Tide, and the news spread across the front line.
• People across the continent celebrated after hearing that Chu Qing had defeated the Forbidden Zone overlords and ended the war.
• Historians recorded increasingly grand accounts of Chu Qing's deeds, with one history claiming he had negotiated amicably with the Forbidden Zone creatures.

After Chu Qing ended the Black Tide on his backwater continent, news inspired other embattled continents to fight back and unite, disrupting the powerful factions’ plans. Several leaders began attacking the Black Tide with their own powers, while Shi Tiezhu discovered he could create an army of his own.

• The top major powers learned Chu Qing had ended the Black Tide, suppressed the news, and later panicked as more backwater continents succeeded and joined forces to support those still fighting.
• News of Chu Qing’s victory spread to struggling continents, giving their people hope and prompting them to resist the Black Tide.
• A Princess completed her ritual and sent twelve colossal Golden Men into the restricted zone, where they crushed its creatures and engulfed the land in magma.
• Nangong Xiao led a million Top Experts into the restricted zone, unleashing troops from the Twelve Palaces to destroy its mastermind.
• Cui Moyang sent an expanding army of Sword Qi creatures against the Black Tide, while Shi Tiezhu resolved to match Chu Qing and discovered that he could create a race of fighters.

Princess, Nangong, and Cui Moyang fought the Black Tide in different ways, while the Golden Core Path spread and drew the attention of powerful factions. At Stone Ridge Mountain, Chu Qing prepared to permeate the Huai River, but Madam Jin and Mingyue urgently told him that something had gone wrong with the Golden Core Path.

• Princess used her twelve Golden Men to kill forbidden-zone Sovereigns until the Black Tide withdrew from her continent, then helped defend other continents alongside the Crimson Overlord.
• Nangong used the Twelve Palaces to repeatedly kill the Black Tide's forces until they retreated, while Cui Moyang slaughtered to strengthen herself and the Sword Pellet.
• The Sacred Fire Pit, Twisted Paths, and Golden Core Path spread from Chu Qing's continent, letting many Third Limit martial artists enter the New Realm and causing great powers to take interest in the Golden Core Path.
• Chu Qing cultivated at Stone Ridge Mountain, found that he could not substantially alter the Reflection Realm, and planned to permeate the Huai River before investigating the end of the Liuli River.
• Madam Jin rushed Mingyue to Chu Qing and revealed that something had gone wrong with the Golden Core Path.

After learning that the Mythology Organization had obtained the Golden Core Ancestor position, Chu Qing discovered that the new ancestor was accelerating Mingyue’s cultivation rather than harming it. He traveled to the Huai River to strengthen his Reflection Method and returned to Stone Ridge Mountain, where he asked the Princess Consort about Hongyi.

• Madam Jin investigated the Golden Core Ancestor’s identity and planned to have Madam Shi locate and kill the newcomer, but Mingyue said the ancestor’s appearance had increased her cultivation speed.
• Chu Qing wondered whether other path pioneers would benefit from their paths’ Realm Ancestors and decided to visit the source of the Huai River.
• Heavenly Court learned that the Mythology Organization had seized the Golden Core Ancestor position, while Heavenly Secrets failed to identify the creators of several other paths.
• Chu Qing used the Reflection Method at the Huai River source, found that his progress was much faster than at the Liuli River, and spent ten days suffusing its territory.
• The Princess Consort teleported Chu Qing back to Stone Ridge Mountain, and he asked whether she could bring Hongyi back.

The Princess Consort left Stone Ridge Mountain with Consort Mei Zuo Yan to find Hongyi, while Chu Qing considered seeking Hongyi’s support against Heaven. He later agreed to help Zhao Hongxiu and the Great Zhou Empress rebuild an empire near the forbidden zone.

• The Princess Consort told Chu Qing that Hongyi had become a captain leading Free Overlords in the Endless Sea, and she wanted to visit her.
• Chu Qing asked the Princess Consort to invite Hongyi to ally with him against Heaven, and she secretly resolved to bring Hongyi and the others back.
• The Princess Consort departed with Consort Mei Zuo Yan, and she instructed Mingyue to develop Stone Ridge Mountain’s beasts and keep its maidservants under control.
• Zhao Hongxiu and the Great Zhou Empress asked to establish an empire near Stone Ridge Mountain and expand into the forbidden zone, relying on Madam Jin’s war chariot.
• Chu Qing approved their plan and offered Silver Coins and manpower from Stone Ridge Mountain.

Madam Jin reclaimed human territory while Chu Qing organized Stone Ridge Mountain and summoned Tang Wuming to answer for the Breeding Gods and Devils. Chu Qing ordered them sealed, and Tang Wuming asked what to do about the worshippers still offering them incense.

• Madam Jin used the Great Sun Chariot to clear forbidden zones and reclaim territory for humanity, while rival clans and empires fought over the recovered lands.
• Chu Qing assigned the new maidservants work and decreed that those who reached the Golden Altar Realm could leave after serving Stone Ridge Mountain for ten years.
• Tang Wuming arrived at Miracle Palace and saw its vast halls guarded and filled with cultivating maidservants.
• Chu Qing asked Tang Wuming about the Breeding Gods and Devils, whose offspring had caused destruction and killed awakened wild beasts.
• Tang Wuming reported that some Breeding Gods and Devils had died or been sealed and that the survivors had gathered outside the temple.
• Chu Qing ordered all the Breeding Gods and Devils sealed, and Tang Wuming asked what should happen to their remaining incense offerings.

Chu Qing ordered the continent to stop worshipping Gods and Devils and to curse Heaven, then prepared to travel to the end of the Liuli River. Before he could leave, he entered calamity again and reunited with Liuli, who explained why he could not visualize her body and refused to help him deduce the New Realm.

• Chu Qing forbade worship of Gods and Devils, ordered all living beings to curse Heaven, and instructed Tang Wuming to establish the Tribunal to suppress Heaven worshippers.
• Tang Wuming carried out Chu Qing's orders, and a smaller purge of Heaven's believers swept across the continent.
• As Chu Qing prepared to depart for the end of the Liuli River, calamity descended and returned him to the past, where he reunited with Liuli.
• Chu Qing recounted his future experiences to Liuli, including killing more than three hundred Heavens and being gravely wounded by a marine creature.
• Chu Qing tried to visualize Liuli's whole body, but his Profession Slot could not form a skill; Liuli said he was too weak and advised him to focus on strength.
• Chu Qing asked Liuli to help deduce the New Realm, but she refused.

Chu Qing learned from Liuli that his foundation and Reflection Realm needed further work, and she advised him to cultivate every path before attempting to open new realms. As his time with her ended, they shared a kiss that made his Profession Slot react violently.

• Liuli told Chu Qing that his foundation in several realms was inadequate and that outside wisdom had influenced his Reflection Realm.
• Liuli advised Chu Qing to cultivate every path to its limit so he could gradually build his foundation and open new realms.
• Chu Qing asked to learn Liuli's cultivation method, and she said he would first need to be able to kill a Heaven by himself.
• Liuli explained that she had destroyed the record of her future because knowing it would take away the novelty of what was to come.
• Chu Qing and Liuli caught fish beneath a waterfall and lingered together as he used sandalwood incense to delay his departure.
• Liuli kissed Chu Qing, and his Profession Slot began to writhe as he focused on the sensation.

Chu Qing investigated the Liuli River’s mysterious endpoint and discovered a man-made square barrier that swallowed only its water. He rerouted the river around it, and his Profession Slot began throbbing violently, leaving him wondering what the barrier contained.

• Chu Qing traveled to the Liuli River’s endpoint and found its water disappearing at an invisible barrier, which also swallowed evils carried by the current.
• Chu Qing dug and redirected the river in several directions, discovering that the barrier formed a square roughly a hundred thousand li across.
• Chu Qing infused the earth veins within the barrier but found no explanation, and suspected it contained a folded space, a vessel, or a prison.
• Chu Qing carved a new riverbed around the barrier, altered the soil beneath it, and stopped the Liuli River’s water from entering.
• Chu Qing noticed his Profession Slot throbbing violently after the river bypassed the barrier and questioned what the barrier was.

Chu Qing cultivated dozens of paths on Stone Ridge Mountain, strengthening his foundations as the moon reappeared, scarred by resentment that was eroding Heaven’s eye. After Heavenly Court spread the news through the Square Inch Gathering, Myth asked everyone what they planned to do about the New Realm.

• Chu Qing returned to Stone Ridge Mountain and began cultivating the Golden Altar path, reaching its end in ten days and slightly improving his foundations.
• Chu Qing cultivated more paths, with his Inverse Dragon bloodline accelerating his progress and his Profession Slot gathering his foundation.
• The moon reappeared wrapped in scarlet, magma-like thorns, and people across the human continents were shocked by its changed appearance.
• The Heavenly God explained that resentment from dozens of melted continents was eroding the moon and told Heavenly Court to spread the news that the moon was Heaven’s eye.
• Heavenly Court shared the information in the Square Inch Gathering, where Myth asked everyone about their next step in the New Realm.

Mythology proposed opening a New Realm beyond the Mythology Realm, and Chu Qing advised everyone to cultivate other paths to strengthen their foundations. Before leaving the Square Inch Gathering, Chu Qing learned of the Great Tomb of Lie Wudi, the Flesh and Blood Martial Ancestor, and asked for its coordinates when it opened.

• Mythology said he wanted to deduce a realm beyond Mythology, prompting the group to discuss what they could cultivate next.
• Chu Qing shared his friend's advice to cultivate other paths and listed the order of more than a hundred paths he planned to pursue.
• Luo Tian and the others decided to follow Chu Qing's cultivation order after he explained that cultivating more paths could speed up later progress.
• Heavenly Court asked why Chu Qing helped them, and Chu Qing said he considered them friends and wanted them all to rise together.
• Second Generation Yin Tianzi revealed that the Underworld had found the Great Tomb of Lie Wudi, the Flesh and Blood Martial Ancestor, and Chu Qing asked him to send the coordinates when it opened.
• Other members shared secrets before Chu Qing left, including news of White Jade Capital.

White Jade Capital warned that the Harvesters had secretly replaced people around him and others, prompting the group to investigate the connection between the Harvesters and the Skin-Swapping Path. Chu Qing and Myth agreed to search for records about the organizations that had once used human skins, leaving the group’s hopes of identifying the replacements resting on their investigation.

• White Jade Capital told the group that a junior sister had been replaced by a Harvester, though the impostor had copied nearly all her traits and habits.
• White Jade Capital said he and his friends had found that people around all of them had likely been replaced, and he urged everyone to look for differences in private gestures.
• Heavenly Court raised the possibility that the replacements were connected to the newly emerged Skin-Swapping Path, and Chu Qing recalled fighting people who wore the skins of geniuses.
• Chu Qing linked the Skin-Swapping Path to the Human World Organization and In the Red Dust, while Myth recalled that In the Red Dust had been connected to Moon God's death.
• Myth asked Chu Qing to investigate the two organizations and find records of their skin-swapping methods, and Chu Qing agreed.

White Jade Capital investigated the Harvesters after learning his junior sister had been replaced, but his current counterpart explained how the Skin-Swapping Path infiltrated major organizations and why they tolerated it. White Jade Capital was left reeling when the current White Jade Capital said he, too, was a spy.

• Chu Qing and the others agreed to search for the Skin-Swapping Path and the Harvesters, but their investigations met resistance across major organizations.
• White Jade Capital defied warnings, fought a group of overlords, killed three, and fled back to White Jade Capital.
• The current White Jade Capital explained that the Skin-Swapping Path could infiltrate organizations by reincarnating as a fetus and gradually seizing authority.
• The current White Jade Capital described how corruption, hidden agents, and the Harvesters' power made it nearly impossible to investigate them safely.
• The current White Jade Capital advised White Jade Capital to keep working with his replaced junior sister and revealed that he, too, was a spy.

After the Black Tide, Chu Qing and the other leaders discussed spies and the search for the Harvester and Skin-Swapping Path, while Chu Qing continued rapidly cultivating. The chapter ended with major developments across the New Realm, including Nangong’s return.

• At the Square Inch Gathering, White Jade Capital revealed that the current White Jade Capital was a spy who had become the organization’s leader, and the others discussed the spies within their own organizations.
• Chu Qing explained that the investigation into the Harvester and Skin-Swapping Path was meant to warn hidden enemies and protect people by making them more cautious.
• At Stone Ridge Mountain, Chu Qing cultivated many paths with abundant resources and forged an Ice Fire Primordial Spirit.
• After the Black Tide ended, the world rebuilt, thirty Realm Ancestors emerged within a month, and White Jade Capital’s young namesake took control of the organization after half a year.
• One year after the Black Tide, every popular path had a Realm Ancestor, Chu Qing mastered more than seventy realms, Mingyue’s Golden Core grew to seven or eight meters, Stone Ridge Mountain’s second palace foundation was completed, and Cui Moyang fell into demonic deviation.
• As wind and snow swept across the land, Nangong returned.

Nangong returned with the Ancient Mythology title Eternal Ancient Mythology Under the Stars, and she told Chu Qing how it strengthened her Twelve Palaces. She worried about Cui Moyang, who was lost in a restricted zone, while Cui Moyang continued slaughtering its inhabitants; Nangong then focused on cultivating her Starry Sky Realm alongside Chu Qing.

• Nangong returned and revealed that she had gained the title Eternal Ancient Mythology Under the Stars, whose power greatly enhanced her Twelve Palaces and grew beneath the starry sky.
• Nangong told Chu Qing that she had helped other continents resist the Black Tide and spent a year settling the people who had followed her before returning.
• Nangong asked about Cui Moyang, but Chu Qing said they could not locate her and urged Nangong to trust that she could withstand the killing in the restricted zone.
• Cui Moyang cut down Immortals and evils with her sword, reducing them to ashes as she traveled deeper into the restricted zone.
• Nangong chose to cultivate her Starry Sky Realm rather than seek to become a Realm Ancestor, and she and Chu Qing spent peaceful days cultivating together.

Over several years, Chu Qing continued cultivating while the Princess Consort and Hong Yi fought the Reincarnation organization, and Second Generation Yin Tianzi prepared to explore the Great Tomb. Bai Yu Jing warned that the tomb was a forbidden-zone creature’s residence and that the explorers were cannon fodder, but Yin Tianzi’s team teleported there anyway, relying on Chu Qing’s reflection as a trump card.

• The Princess Consort told Chu Qing that Reincarnation was hunting her and Hong Yi because Hong Yi had stolen a treasure important to all Otherfolk, and Chu Qing offered to help.
• As the years passed, Chu Qing cultivated more realms, the Princess Consort and Hong Yi counter-hunted Reincarnation, and Second Generation Yin Tianzi reported that the Great Tomb’s defenses were nearly breached.
• Bai Yu Jing warned the Square Inch Gathering that the Great Tomb held no inheritance and was the residence of a terrifying forbidden-zone creature, with the explorers serving as elite cannon fodder.
• Second Generation Yin Tianzi said he would rely on his ability to summon Chu Qing’s reflections, and Chu Qing authorized him to summon a reflection of his true body if necessary.
• In the seventh year, Second Generation Yin Tianzi and his team joined the Otherfolk’s teleportation ritual and set off for the Great Tomb.

The Innate Gods and Devils fled Shi Tiezhu’s pursuing monsters and tried to reach Chu Qing, while Princess used the Scarlet God-Demon to forge treasures and the heavenly gods dismissed warnings about Heaven’s weakness. Chu Qing continued cultivating at Stone Ridge Mountain until Second Generation Yin Tianzi urgently called for rescue.

• Six Innate Gods and Devils and Chief Subordinate fled Shi Tiezhu’s monsters, then aimed for Chu Qing’s continent and summoned reinforcements that were quickly destroyed.
• Princess had twelve Golden Men extract the Scarlet God-Demon’s flesh and blood to refine treasures while the Crimson Overlord kept it imprisoned.
• Heavenly Rule, Heavenly Law, and Heavenly Discipline urged the heavenly gods to prepare for Heaven’s weakened state, but the gods insisted their indulgence was a plan and trusted the Rebels of Heaven.
• Heavenly Discipline stayed silent about Rebels of Heaven secretly meeting with the Heavenly Court.
• Chu Qing continued cultivating at Stone Ridge Mountain until Second Generation Yin Tianzi sent an urgent plea for help.

Second Generation Yin Tianzi refused to lead the expedition deeper into the Great Tomb of the Flesh and Blood Martial Ancestor, then fled when its terrifying guardians awakened. His Reflection of Chu Qing could not stop the female creature, and he called on Chu Qing for help.

• Second Generation Yin Tianzi confronted the faction leaders, accused them of abandoning him, and refused to continue clearing the way.
• A group of fleeing experts reported that a stolen egg had awakened creatures more terrifying than Immortal Ones, while some escapees began transforming into them.
• Second Generation Yin Tianzi fled and ordered his followers to hold back the attackers, but their Army Formation was shattered and they began transforming.
• A female terrifying creature pursued Second Generation Yin Tianzi, whose secret arts failed to stop her massive hand.
• Second Generation Yin Tianzi summoned the Reflection of Chu Qing to break the woman's attack, but she destroyed it with a stronger blow.
• As repeated Reflections of Chu Qing were crushed, Second Generation Yin Tianzi panicked and called on Chu Qing to save him.

Chu Qing used the Reflection Method to reach the Second Generation Yin Tianzi and fought the woman pursuing him, combining dozens of realms to withstand her attacks. The woman transformed into a gigantic face, and Chu Qing realized she was an Emissary of Heaven.

• Chu Qing tore through layers of air barriers with the Reflection Method, appearing repeatedly to block the woman from seizing the Second Generation Yin Tianzi.
• The woman recognized Chu Qing and attacked him with black flames, but he revived each time and continued advancing through the barriers.
• Chu Qing said he could remain for three minutes and kept the woman occupied while the Second Generation Yin Tianzi fled.
• Chu Qing manifested seventy or eighty realms at once and attacked the woman with their combined powers, adapting until he stopped being injured.
• The woman was wounded and condemned the Four Directions for granting Chu Qing his honorary title, then transformed into a gigantic face.
• Chu Qing recognized the transformed woman as an Emissary of Heaven.

Chu Qing returned to the battlefield and used King Quan's Hand of God to destroy two terrifying humanoid creatures, erasing them from memory. With three enemies left, he transformed into a grotesque form and prepared to fight.

• The Second Generation Yin Tianzi begged Chu Qing to arrange offerings for him as the woman's face and the other creatures mocked them.
• Chu Qing's projection vanished, then his true body appeared and struck the woman's face with King Quan's Hand of God, shattering it.
• Chu Qing used the Hand of God to destroy another creature, and the others realized that two of their companions had been erased from existence and memory.
• The Second Generation Yin Tianzi warned Chu Qing about the three remaining creatures, while they debated whether to attack or flee.
• Chu Qing transformed his body into a monstrous form and declared that he would show the three creatures what arrogance meant.

Chu Qing battled three Terror Ancient Gods, using their attacks to test combinations of the many realms he had mastered. After killing one and driving off the others, he returned to find the Second Generation Yin Tianzi had recovered a Crystal Skull that seemed to have drawn the creatures to them.

• Chu Qing launched a fierce assault on one Terror Ancient God while the Second Generation Yin Tianzi killed contaminated Evil Creatures nearby.
• The Second Generation Yin Tianzi watched Chu Qing switch among hundreds of realms and realized Chu Qing was using the three Terror Ancient Gods to test their combinations.
• One Terror Ancient God tried to flee, but Chu Qing pursued it and killed it by destroying its brain matter and sealing it against recovery.
• The other two Terror Ancient Gods fled, and Chu Qing chased one of them while the Second Generation Yin Tianzi cleaned up the battlefield.
• Chu Qing returned with a shattered face and asked the Second Generation Yin Tianzi how he had provoked the creatures; Yin Tianzi said a Crystal Skull seemed to have attracted them.

Chu Qing and the Second Generation Yin Tianzi looted a ruined palace, where they discussed how Free Overlords forge their phenomena and why earlier attempts to create Exotic Treasure Realms had failed. Chu Qing resolved to pursue the idea himself to strengthen his foundation, but stayed to search the palace for more treasures.

• Chu Qing kept the Crystal Skull after he and the Second Generation Yin Tianzi failed to destroy it, then led them into the palace.
• The Second Generation Yin Tianzi collected gemstones and damaged exotic treasures while explaining that Free Overlords forged their phenomena with precious materials.
• The Second Generation Yin Tianzi explained that forging Exotic Treasure Realms had failed because it required vast resources, centuries of work, and a strong foundation beneath each realm.
• Chu Qing proposed that a Lineage could forge an Exotic Treasure Realm over generations, but the Second Generation Yin Tianzi argued that inheritance disputes and the immense cost made it impossible.
• Chu Qing decided he could use his godmother's methods and the continent's Gifted to forge his realms, hoping to strengthen his foundation and visualize a complete Liuli.
• Chu Qing postponed returning to begin the plan and continued searching the palace for more treasures.

Chu Qing found ancient records and Crystal Skull research notes in the palace, then fled with the Second Generation Yin Tianzi before its master returned. At Miracle Palace, Chu Qing showed his companion a book whose author left him stunned.

• Chu Qing read records about Cangshen's rebellion against Heaven and ancient battles involving Stone Ridge Mountain, then packed the books away.
• Chu Qing found books about the Crystal Skull and its researchers, sensed danger, and urged the Second Generation Yin Tianzi to flee with him.
• The Second Generation Yin Tianzi agreed, and Chu Qing used his title's power to take them away from the palace.
• An old man returned to the emptied palace, realized the Crystal Skull and his research records were gone, and left without pursuing the thieves.
• Evil beings poured into the abandoned palace, devoured its remains, and scattered after stripping the ground bare.
• At Miracle Palace, Chu Qing handed the Second Generation Yin Tianzi a book; after seeing its author, the Second Generation Yin Tianzi dropped it in shock.

Second Generation Yin Tianzi learned that the restricted zone site was connected to the long-dead Shackle Martial Ancestor Shangguan Sheng, then toured Chu Qing’s flourishing Stone Ridge Mountain. After several days, he returned to the Yin Manor, jealous of Chu Qing’s riches and vowing to build a palace larger than the Miracle Palace, only to learn that Chu Qing’s main palace had not even been built.

• Second Generation Yin Tianzi read the notes’ title, Shackle Martial Ancestor: Notes of Shangguan Sheng, and feared the supposedly long-dead Martial Ancestor might be alive.
• Chu Qing destroyed a mountain peak with a finger and told Second Generation Yin Tianzi not to worry about Shangguan Sheng.
• Chu Qing guided Second Generation Yin Tianzi around Stone Ridge Mountain, where he saw Golden Cores, strange beasts, rare plants, and beautiful women.
• Maidservants placed a flower crown on Chu Qing and made Second Generation Yin Tianzi a leafy hat, leaving him pleased and then envious.
• After two or three days, Second Generation Yin Tianzi left with the Yin Manor people and vowed to build a palace larger than the Miracle Palace.
• Chu Qing told Second Generation Yin Tianzi that the Miracle Palace was only a side palace and that his future main palace would be much larger.

Second Generation Yin Tianzi returned to headquarters, grew furious at the Yin Palace's demands, and declared that he would enter seclusion to strengthen himself. At Stone Ridge Mountain, Chu Qing studied Shangguan Sheng's notes on the Crystal Skull, tested its powers, placed it on an altar, and contacted someone through a mirror.

• Second Generation Yin Tianzi announced his seclusion and beat higher-ups who tried to assign him duties, demanding resources and warning them not to disturb him.
• The Yin Palace's higher-ups wondered whether Second Generation Yin Tianzi had been replaced, but concluded that he was still himself.
• Chu Qing read Shangguan Sheng's notes and learned that the Crystal Skull could grow flesh, extend lifespan, aid cultivation, and produce other benefits.
• Chu Qing poured Spirit and Energy into the Crystal Skull for more than a day, producing only a tiny streak of blood.
• Chu Qing had maidservants place the Crystal Skull on the altar, then used a bright mirror to contact someone.