Arc 58The Black Tide War

Chu Qing uncovered an ancient sealed screen, then confronted the Forbidden Zones as the Black Tide and its Fallen Emissary of Heaven legions advanced on Qingzhou. He led Qingzhou’s defense and entered the Myriad Kill Formation to face Number Eighteen, where the formation’s fatal strikes began to disappear.

  • Phoenix Emperor and her mother investigated Bi Luo Mountain, where a crowned girl barred the Alliance and the one hundred and eight continents from entering.
  • Chu Qing helped Bi Luo conquer the continent, freed its imprisoned inhabitants by breaking the sea restriction, and received a map to the Extreme Evil Continent’s sovereign secret.
  • Chu Qing and Bi Luo uncovered Tian Buyu’s tomb and transformed its sealed stone wall into a folding screen before Chu Qing returned to Stone Ridge Mountain to study time and space.
  • As the Forbidden Zones expanded and the Black Tide threatened Qingzhou, Chu Qing entered the Forbidden Zone and killed its first Master before warning the replacement to restrain its forces.
  • Chu Qing learned that the giants had unleashed the Black Tide and organized Qingzhou and the Otherfolk Alliance to defend the continent against the Fallen Emissary of Heaven legions.
  • Chu Qing and his allies advanced through the Black Tide, while Number Eighteen gathered Sovereigns and planned to kill Chu Qing and find the forbidden zone’s supreme treasure.
  • Number Eighteen led the Sovereigns into battle with the Myriad Kill Diagram, trapping Chu Qing amid thousands of fatal strikes that they unleashed at the cost of their lives.
  • Chu Qing escaped the formation and dragged Number Eighteen inside, then attacked the fatal strikes until they dwindled without returning.
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Ch. 1426The Arrogance of the Future Era

Phoenix Emperor and her mother investigated Bi Luo’s self-sealing site, while Phoenix Emperor feared the Alliance’s arrogance would endanger Bi Luo and provoke the taboo Great Figure. The researchers reached Bi Luo Mountain with a Super Warship, where a crowned girl barred them from entering.

  • Phoenix Emperor told her mother she feared the era would mistreat Bi Luo, and her mother predicted Bi Luo might become a Great Figure’s forbidden possession or a bloodline breeding machine.
  • Phoenix Emperor and her mother arrived at the Extreme Joy Continent, where researchers uncovered records describing Bi Luo’s three-hundred-year self-sealing and the construction of an Underground Palace.
  • The research team found the record identifying Bi Luo Mountain as sealed by an Emperor and decided to search it despite the warning monument.
  • The Alliance sent a Super Warship, and Phoenix Emperor feared its main cannon could destroy Bi Luo’s self-sealing site.
  • At Bi Luo Mountain, marked inhabitants warned the researchers away, and a crowned young girl declared that not even the Alliance or the one hundred and eight continents could enter.

Ch. 1427A Win-Win Idea

Bi Luo expanded her control over the Extreme Evil Continent while Chu Qing protected her, prompting more than a hundred Top Experts to seek cooperation. The experts approached Chu Qing, but his overwhelming power forced them to lower their heads before they could discuss their proposal.

  • Bi Luo conquered the continent with Chu Qing's protection and ordered the construction of one hundred and eight great cities.
  • Top Experts complained that Bi Luo was destroying the continent's unspoken rules, until a female expert proposed helping Chu Qing control the continent in exchange for help escaping.
  • More than a hundred experts appeared before Chu Qing and Bi Luo, and Bi Luo realized she could not defeat them without the Reflection Method.
  • A female expert offered to ask Chu Qing for a favor, drawing disapproval from the others, while Chu Qing calmly asked what they wanted.
  • Chu Qing's unseen attack injured an expert who stared at him, and he explained that outsiders who stared at him would be attacked.
  • The injured expert apologized and retreated, then privately realized his behavior had made him Chu Qing's running dog.

Ch. 1428He Used Jewelry and Resources to Bury Me—What Should I Do?

Chu Qing agreed to help 180 imprisoned experts leave the Extreme Evil Continent in exchange for their treasures, and promised he could take even 100,000 people at once. Bi Luo claimed the mountains of jewelry he gave her, while the Second Generation Moon God teased her about Chu Qing’s intentions.

  • The 180 experts abandoned their plan to cooperate with Chu Qing and asked him to help them leave the continent, offering their accumulated treasures.
  • After inspecting their treasure, Chu Qing agreed to send them away and told them to gather more people and bring everything within ten days.
  • Chu Qing gave Bi Luo the mountain-sized hoard, saying Stone Ridge Mountain already had enough resources.
  • Bi Luo wondered whether Chu Qing was trying to win her over with jewelry and secretly asked the Second Generation Moon God for advice.
  • The Second Generation Moon God teased Bi Luo about accepting Chu Qing’s gifts and admitted she wanted him to bury her in treasure too.

Ch. 1429Can He Do It?

Chu Qing gave Bi Luo an Inch of Time and led hundreds of thousands of continent powerhouses carrying coffins toward the shore to escape the Extreme Evil Continent. He stepped into the sea without being teleported back and began studying the restriction, leaving everyone hoping he could find a way out.

  • Bi Luo cultivated alongside Chu Qing and found that she could cultivate one path each day, while Chu Qing gave her an Inch of Time to use if she ever sealed herself away.
  • Chu Qing told the gathered powerhouses to rest before he took them out of the continent, then led them toward the shore with Bi Luo.
  • At the ocean, Chu Qing stepped into the seawater without being teleported back, while another powerhouse who tried the same was returned to land.
  • Chu Qing repeatedly crossed between the shore and the sea to study the restriction as the powerhouses watched and wondered how he had bypassed it.
  • An ancient voice recalled that billions had tried for a month to escape the restriction without success, leaving the powerhouses to hope Chu Qing could solve it.

Ch. 1430The Secret of the Extreme Evil Continent

Chu Qing and the Liuli Phenomenon shattered the restriction trapping the Extreme Evil Continent, freeing its inhabitants. After the survivors thanked Chu Qing and swore to repay him, a group of elders gave him a map to a secret said to reveal the continent’s sovereign.

  • Chu Qing warned everyone to retreat, and the Liuli Phenomenon struck the sky until the restriction and the exotic treasures guarding the continent shattered.
  • The Liuli Phenomenon opened the coffins, freeing ancient beings, then vanished after embracing Chu Qing.
  • The inhabitants rushed to the sea, celebrated their escape, and thanked Chu Qing, who reminded them that he had acted under a deal and credited the female warrior’s group.
  • The survivors swore to answer Chu Qing’s future requests, and the elders gave him a map to the Extreme Evil Continent’s sovereign secret.
  • The freed survivors departed in groups to seek revenge on the organizations and enemies that had imprisoned or betrayed them.

Ch. 1431The Sovereign's Secret?

After the Extreme Evil Continent’s restrictions were destroyed, Chu Qing and Bi Luo explored an ancient underground tomb at its center. They found a vast sealed stone wall and continued investigating the mystery buried beyond it.

  • Powerful organizations learned that Chu Qing had freed the Extreme Evil Continent and prepared plans to strike him with overwhelming force.
  • Chu Qing and Bi Luo examined the map they had received and traveled to the continent’s central mountain, where Bi Luo proposed making the whole continent the Bi Luo Sect’s territory.
  • Chu Qing opened the entrance to the underground tomb, and Bi Luo’s summoned Old Ancestor estimated that its crude excavation marks were over a hundred thousand years old.
  • As they explored the long passage, Chu Qing and Bi Luo discussed becoming Sovereigns acknowledged by the Four Directions.
  • They reached an enormous carved stone wall that Chu Qing recognized as a seal, and he concluded that generations of powerful experts had excavated the surrounding space.

Ch. 1432The Terrifying Stone Wall

Chu Qing and Bi Luo discovered an immensely durable stone wall and tried to uncover its secrets, but even tens of millions of maidservants could not solve it. After excavating the complete circular wall and studying it without success, Chu Qing activated the Future Daylight Scripture to seek help from his future self.

  • Chu Qing and Bi Luo tested the stone wall's strength, then enlisted Moon God, Madam Shi, Mingyue, and others to study its image.
  • The women found that visualizing the wall consumed enormous amounts of Spirit and Energy, while their strongest attacks barely disturbed its image.
  • Tens of millions of Golden Core Realm maidservants studied each new section Chu Qing sent, but they made no progress.
  • Chu Qing continued excavating beneath Bi Luo Mountain until he uncovered the complete circular stone wall, which spanned a hundred li and had a lid and sealed base.
  • Chu Qing studied the complete wall for days and split into dozens of selves, but still found no explanation for its strength.
  • Chu Qing declared that his future self could solve the mystery and activated the Future Daylight Scripture.

Ch. 1433Stone Wall, Future Chu Qing, Runes

Chu Qing discovered that the stone wall recorded his past deeds and those of other people, but every record stopped when its subject reached the wall. By studying its reliefs, he found thousands of runes and began wondering whether his future self had uncovered the wall’s secret.

  • Future Chu Qing appeared through a vortex, refused to reveal future events, and urged Chu Qing to cultivate instead of pursuing women.
  • After Future Chu Qing vanished, Chu Qing recognized that the stone wall’s patterns depicted events from his own life and asked Bi Luo to help sort out the figures.
  • Bi Luo, Madam Shi, Madam Jin, and millions of maidservants organized the wall’s depictions, which all stopped at the moment their subjects reached the stone wall.
  • Chu Qing magnified the reliefs and discovered three thousand runes, which he suspected were fundamental components of the world.
  • Bi Luo urged Chu Qing to smash the stone wall with his destructive phenomenon, but Chu Qing remained absorbed in investigating it.

Ch. 1434Tian Buyu's Letter

Chu Qing and Bi Luo crossed the stone wall and found another corpse of Tian Buyu, along with a letter describing his lost position as Third Limit Martial Ancestor and a mysterious box tied to humanity’s hope. The letter left Chu Qing angry at Tian Buyu’s death and intent on finding Liu Ruyan’s hidden lair and learning what the box contained.

  • Chu Qing used One-Party Dominance to take Bi Luo through the stone wall after realizing he could stop trying to understand its principles.
  • Chu Qing and Bi Luo found Tian Buyu’s corpse seated on an empty throne, and Chu Qing wondered why a second corpse of the same person had appeared.
  • Bi Luo asked Chu Qing to send her into the past so she could protect him, and Chu Qing promised to do so after studying time and space.
  • Chu Qing found Tian Buyu’s letter in a hidden compartment, where Tian Buyu said Heaven had stripped him of the Third Limit Martial Ancestor position and that Liu Ruyan would inherit it.
  • Tian Buyu’s letter described a stone screen taken from a forbidden zone, a box called humanity’s hope, and an organization named Morning Star that was later destroyed.
  • Chu Qing rejected Tian Buyu’s concern about changing history and vowed to find Liu Ruyan’s true lair.

Ch. 1435Moon God: I Don't Want to Live Off a Woman

Chu Qing retrieved a mysterious folding screen from beneath Bi Luo Mountain and gave it to Bi Luo before leaving to cultivate and study time and space. Bi Luo treasured the gift and told the Second Generation Moon God that she wanted to support Chu Qing as an equal.

  • Chu Qing used a passage of scripture to transform the stone wall into a folding screen, but he could not fully control it.
  • Chu Qing gave the folding screen to Bi Luo as a treasure for her new sect and asked her to help hold off enemies when needed.
  • Chu Qing and Bi Luo found no information about the Sovereign and discussed whether its secrets might be hidden in the screen.
  • Chu Qing refused Bi Luo's invitation to stay and returned with Madam Shi so he could enter seclusion and pursue the mysteries of time and space.
  • Bi Luo told the Second Generation Moon God about the folding screen and wondered whether it counted as betrothal gifts, then invited her to cultivate with her resources.
  • The Second Generation Moon God said she did not want to live off Bi Luo and would use the resources she had borrowed.

Ch. 1436Forbidden Zone and Heaven's Coordinated Move?

After returning to Stone Ridge Mountain, Chu Qing cultivated in seclusion while the others grew uneasy over the spreading Millennial Calamities and the Forbidden Zones’ growing activity. Learning that Heaven’s fallen Emissaries had revived as vast armies within the Forbidden Zones, Chu Qing said he would defend his territory but agreed not to go there alone.

  • Chu Qing returned to Stone Ridge Mountain and entered seclusion, while Mingyue and the others disposed of Tian Buyu’s second corpse and then cultivated in turns.
  • Nangong reported that the new Heavenly Court had fallen, Yellow Heaven temples were spreading, the Forbidden Zones were eroding Zhao Hongxiu and the others’ empire, and Millennial Calamities were covering much of Qingzhou.
  • Chu Qing dismissed those threats as manageable and said he would visit the Forbidden Zones to speak with their masters, but Nangong warned that her Twelve Palaces had begun sensing great danger there.
  • Chu Qing learned from the Square Inch Gathering that the Forbidden Zones were expanding, their masters and armies were moving openly, and Heaven’s fallen Emissaries had revived there in enormous numbers.
  • Luo Tian warned that Heaven was supplying corpses to the Forbidden Zones and that even a living Martial Ancestor kept a low profile there; Chu Qing agreed not to go alone and said the Forbidden Zones must not threaten his territory.

Ch. 1437Boil It Into Soup

Chu Qing entered the Forbidden Zone after its darkness surged and threatened Qingzhou, using the Enlightenment Star Scripture to carve a blazing path through it. As he raced toward the Forbidden Zone’s depths, the newly appointed Forbidden Zone Master vowed to stop him and boil his Platinum Dragon into soup.

  • Zhao Hongxiu told Chu Qing that the darkness was thickening like it had before the last Black Tide, and Chu Qing assured her he would handle the threat.
  • Chu Qing entered the Forbidden Zone, but its darkness and curses pressed against him despite his alliance with it.
  • Chu Qing recited the Enlightenment Star Scripture, summoning candle flames that drove back the darkness and let him advance through the Forbidden Zone.
  • Chu Qing accelerated into a Platinum Dragon that burned a broad white path through Forbidden Zone creatures, Immortals, and Emissaries of Heaven.
  • The Forbidden Zone Master learned of the Platinum Dragon’s advance and ordered his forces to locate it, declaring that he would destroy it and boil it into soup.

Ch. 1438Death of the Forbidden Zone Master

The newly appointed Forbidden Zone Master ambushed Chu Qing, confident he could kill him and stew him in an iron pot. Chu Qing passed through as a Platinum Dragon, killing the Sovereign, while the immortals planned to conceal what had happened from the higher-ups.

  • The Forbidden Zone Master dismissed the immortals’ warnings and prepared an iron pot to stew Chu Qing.
  • The immortals retreated as Chu Qing approached atop a Platinum Dragon, and the Forbidden Zone Master activated his secret arts and the Forbidden Zone’s blessing.
  • The Forbidden Zone Master attacked Chu Qing, but the Platinum Dragon swallowed him and left him fatally burned.
  • The Forbidden Zone Master realized the immortals had used him as a scapegoat before he crumbled into ashes and fell into the pot.
  • The immortals decided to request a replacement Sovereign and reported that the previous one had died from a cultivation deviation, briefly mentioning a Qingzhou expert in the Forbidden Zone.

Ch. 1439He Ravaged the Forbidden Zone

A new Master arrived in the Qingzhou Forbidden Zone and learned that Forbidden Qing was devastating it, but every envoy he sent was killed. Terrified, he abandoned his post and fled, leaving the Immortal Ones behind.

  • A heavily wounded expert bought the vacant Master position and arrived in the Qingzhou Forbidden Zone seeking a place to retire.
  • The Immortal Ones told the new Master that Forbidden Qing was ravaging the Forbidden Zone, and he was struck when he tried to think of the name.
  • The new Master learned that his predecessor had been reduced to ash by Forbidden Qing and sent an envoy to ask what he wanted.
  • Forbidden Qing killed each envoy the new Master sent, including one burned to ash and another stomped apart.
  • The new Master abandoned his authority, ordered the Immortal Ones to report that he had died from cultivation deviation, and fled.

Ch. 1440I Came Bearing Death, Despair, and Fear

Chu Qing confronted the newly appointed Master of a Qingzhou Forbidden Zone corner and demanded that the Forbidden Zone honor its covenant and stop expanding. He left after warning that his next visit would bring death and destruction, as his Platinum Dragon continued burning the land into white earth.

  • The newly appointed Master sent ten Immortals carrying white flags to approach Chu Qing, but the Fire Dragon burned them to ashes before Chu Qing could speak with them.
  • The newly appointed Master greeted Chu Qing, who asked whether the Forbidden Zone planned to violate their covenant by expanding into Qingzhou and deploying fallen Emissary of Heaven legions.
  • The newly appointed Master claimed he knew nothing of the covenant or the legions and promised to restrain the Forbidden Zone’s forces.
  • Chu Qing warned the newly appointed Master to obey him and demanded that he tell his superiors Black Tide must retreat rather than expand across the continent.
  • Chu Qing departed on the Platinum Dragon, warning that his next visit would bring death and destruction as the land burned into white earth behind him.

Ch. 1441The New Sovereign's Thoughts

The new Sovereign fled after warning Chu Qing that the forbidden zone’s giants planned to attack the human continent and seize a supreme treasure. As the Black Tide began, Chu Qing prepared the alien alliance to face one hundred Fallen Emissary of Heaven legions and vowed to destroy them himself.

  • The new Sovereign received orders from the giants to attack the continent, find their ancient enemy, and recover the forbidden zone’s supreme treasure, but they told him to die when he reported Chu Qing’s threat.
  • The new Sovereign sent Chu Qing a letter explaining the giants’ plans, delivered resources, unleashed the Black Tide, and fled overnight.
  • Chu Qing merged the Platinum Dragon into Madam Jin’s Great Sun Chariot and strengthened it with candle flame as it burned a path through the forbidden zone.
  • After receiving the letter, Chu Qing told the Immortal to leave and warn the forbidden zone that he would burn it, then contacted the alien alliance about the more dangerous Black Tide.
  • Chu Qing told the frightened alien alliance to prepare for war against one hundred Fallen Emissary of Heaven legions and declared that he would face them himself.

Ch. 1442A Series of Reactions

Chu Qing's announcement prompted humanity to prepare for another Black Tide as the forbidden zones mobilized Fallen Emissaries of Heaven. Heaven discovered that the Old Heavens had subverted its plans, and the chapter ended with the full-scale offensive imminent and powerful humans confronting or evading the advancing legions.

  • The Otherfolk Alliance stayed in place after Chu Qing warned that the Black Tide would strike other continents, while Twisted Path martial artists celebrated the chance to fight forbidden zone creatures.
  • A Mechanical Emperor built with Chu Qing's help spread its Mechanical Realm, transforming creatures and causing some forbidden zone evils to question their identities.
  • At Chu Qing's orders, the empires and otherfolk built vast platinum-fire defenses along the borders, and experts fused with the Fire Pits and assembled into gun emplacements.
  • Top-tier organizations realized the Black Tide targeted the whole human world after the Old Heavens took control of the Fallen Emissaries of Heaven.
  • Heaven learned that its hidden measures had been cleared despite Sky Eye's repeated reports, but decided to follow its normal process and trust the continents to withstand the attack.
  • Forbidden zone giants moved their plans forward after one corner of Qingzhou launched the Black Tide, while ancient beings awoke and powerful humans encountered the advancing legions.

Ch. 1443Sword Pointing at the Forbidden Zone—Titan

Chu Qing organized the defense against the approaching Black Tide, sending allies and war forces to the front while preparing to hunt the forbidden zone’s titans. He joined the battle with Nangong Xiao and Cui Moyang, slaughtering enemies as he searched for the Fallen Emissary of Heaven legions.

  • Madam Jin, the Princess Consort, Consort Mei Zuo Yan, and others headed to aid the woman in red, while Madam Shi stayed to patrol the front lines and kill dangerous experts.
  • Chu Qing ordered Tang Wuming and Sima Zhao to create controllable breeding Gods and Devils, sent Mingyue and the maids with Giant Beasts to the front, and told Zhao Hongxiu to command the emperors to direct worship and curses.
  • Chu Qing asked Nangong Xiao and Cui Moyang to guard his flanks and rear as he moved upstream to destroy the Fallen Emissary of Heaven legions and slay the titans.
  • Nangong Xiao and Cui Moyang agreed to accompany Chu Qing, and the three charged toward the front lines.
  • Red clouds swept across the battlefield, countless troops and horses charged into the Black Tide, and Chu Qing walked through the slaughter while searching for the Fallen Emissary of Heaven legions.

Ch. 1444This Time, Cripple the Forbidden Zone

Chu Qing led a vast army deep into the Forbidden Zone while Qingzhou Continent mobilized its people and resources for a prolonged war. He encountered the ten-million-strong Emissary of Heaven legion and began tearing through its ranks.

  • Chu Qing advanced into the Forbidden Zone as Mechanical Emperors, Giant Beasts, and the White Gold Fire Pit followed his army.
  • Zhao Hongxiu and the Empress organized empires to train new martial artists, while Stone Ridge Mountain expanded secret medicine production to supply the front lines.
  • Mingyue and the others declared their goal was to cripple one corner of the Forbidden Zone, and Qingzhou Continent put its population and resources on a war footing.
  • Madam Shi spread thousands of Innate God and Demon avatars across the front lines and hunted Immortals and powerful enemies with her allies.
  • Chu Qing found the ten million Emissaries of Heaven advancing behind the Black Tide, and both sides charged without speaking.
  • Chu Qing transformed and destroyed Emissaries of Heaven by the thousands as Nangong and Cui Moyang guarded his flanks.

Ch. 1445Number Eighteen's Terror

Chu Qing crushed wave after wave of Fallen Angel Envoy legions while a forbidden zone giant ordered forces into Qingzhou to recover a stolen treasure. The giant summoned the feared Number Eighteen, who was transported to Qingzhou to confront the threat.

  • Chu Qing destroyed the Fallen Angel Envoy legions as Cui Moyang and Nangong absorbed the wounded and his army advanced.
  • A forbidden zone giant learned that the Black Tide order and the hundred legions sent into Qingzhou had failed to stop the new ruler.
  • The giant explained that the forces were searching for an important treasure stolen from the forbidden zone and ordered more Black Tides sent into Qingzhou.
  • After hearing that Forbidden Qing could destroy legions and War Platforms, the giant dismissed the threat and called for Number Eighteen.
  • Those ordered to contact Number Eighteen passed the task down to an unintelligent Evil Creature, which delivered a stone tablet to him.
  • Number Eighteen emerged from seclusion and used a ritual track to teleport to a corner of Qingzhou.

Ch. 1446Number Eighteen: Let the Music Play, Let the Dancing Continue

After the Sovereign fled and Chu Qing destroyed the Emissary of Heaven legions, Number Eighteen arrived to take temporary command but spent days feasting instead of acting. When Chu Qing advanced toward their position, Number Eighteen trusted that reinforcements and hundreds of legions would stop him.

  • The restricted-zone immortals celebrated the Sovereign’s flight and the Emissary of Heaven legions’ losses rather than join the fighting.
  • Number Eighteen arrived, forced the immortals to serve one of their own as his feast, and announced he would be temporary Sovereign.
  • Number Eighteen dismissed the Emissary of Heaven legions as trash and continued feasting as Chu Qing destroyed the last one.
  • When news came that Chu Qing was advancing, Number Eighteen said Black Tide reinforcements from other corners would arrive first.
  • The immortals celebrated reports that several hundred Emissary of Heaven legions were surrounding Chu Qing, while Number Eighteen laughed that Chu Qing could not defeat them all.

Ch. 1447Time to End This Farce

Number Eighteen gathered thousands of Sovereigns around Qingzhou while Black Tides failed to break its advancing defenses. He used a secret inheritance to suppress the Sovereigns and grow stronger, then prepared to confront Chu Qing.

  • Number Eighteen welcomed the arriving Allied Army and learned the giant masters had sent forces from across the sector to destroy Qingzhou.
  • As Sovereigns arrived over the next three years, Qingzhou continued advancing against the Black Tides, and Number Eighteen worried that Chu Qing was difficult to defeat.
  • Number Eighteen urged the newly arrived Sovereigns to enter seclusion, then had his followers capture them when they tried to leave.
  • Number Eighteen used the captured Sovereigns to cultivate his secret inheritance, becoming several times stronger and planning to kill Chu Qing and eventually the giant masters.
  • Number Eighteen rose to face Chu Qing, convinced that Qingzhou had weakened and declaring that it was time to end the farce.

Ch. 1448Where Is Chu Qing? Myriad Kill Diagram

Number Eighteen received an Imperial Decree to lead the Sovereigns and use the Myriad Kill Diagram against Chu Qing. As Chu Qing held back the Black Tide, Number Eighteen’s force arrived above the battlefield and asked where he was.

  • Number Eighteen learned that the Imperial Decree ordered him to lead ten thousand Sovereigns to kill Chu Qing and search for the supreme treasure.
  • Number Eighteen told the arriving Sovereigns that the more than three thousand Sovereigns who had come before them were fighting Chu Qing, concealing that they had merged with him.
  • The Sovereigns decided to march to the front line with the Myriad Kill Diagram rather than request reinforcements.
  • Chu Qing and his allies struggled to hold back the mountain-like Black Tide, while Chu Qing continued breaking its waves with punches and sustaining the Platinum Dragon with candle flames.
  • The Black Tide stopped and swelled into eighteen towering mountains, and Number Eighteen appeared with the Sovereigns atop them and asked, “Where is Chu Qing?”

Ch. 1449Let You Raise Your Head, and You Really Raised It?

Number Eighteen and the forbidden-zone rulers confronted Chu Qing, but the Myriad Kill Formation let the rulers revive even after his effortless attacks. As hundreds of them burned their strength to unleash sure-kill strikes, Chu Qing kept destroying one ruler, leaving the battle unresolved.

  • Number Eighteen shouted for Chu Qing until the Black Tide creatures and nearby rulers suffered from the power of his name.
  • Chu Qing discussed with Madam Shi selecting gifted Qingzhou fighters who could hear his name as a trump card against the Black Tide.
  • The rulers activated the Myriad Kill Diagram, formed an army formation, and charged Chu Qing under the Twilight Overlord's decree.
  • Chu Qing killed a ruler with a tap of his toe, then repeatedly destroyed him whenever the formation revived him.
  • Number Eighteen urged the rulers to use their formation's endless revivals, and they unleashed sure-kill strikes by burning their flesh, realms, and inheritances.
  • Chu Qing continued attacking the ruler as the sure-kill strikes curved toward him and more rulers burned themselves to attack.

Ch. 1450Chu Qing, What Have You Done?

Chu Qing escaped the incomplete Myriad Kill Formation and dragged Number Eighteen inside, where he began destroying its fatal strikes. Number Eighteen realized the strikes were vanishing without being reborn and demanded to know what Chu Qing had done.

  • More than six thousand fatal strikes trapped Chu Qing in the incomplete Myriad Kill Formation, and he discovered they were formed from the abilities of dead Sovereigns.
  • Chu Qing escaped the formation and appeared behind Number Eighteen, then dragged him inside.
  • Number Eighteen fought the fatal strikes and advanced toward Chu Qing, confident that he could kill him.
  • Chu Qing attacked the fatal strikes while ignoring Number Eighteen, and the number of strikes steadily dwindled without any being reborn.
  • Number Eighteen noticed the formation losing fatal strikes and shouted at Chu Qing to explain what he had done.
Arc 58 of 85
Arc 58 of 85