Chapter Summaries

Chu Qing returned from the calamity with Liuli’s Incense Burner and learned how he might use it to summon her to destroy the sky-falling tongue. While the group waited for the Princess Consort and Moyang, Consort Mei revealed an unorthodox strange art that turned her into a crimson horse.

• Liuli gave Chu Qing the Incense Burner and explained that lighting it might let her descend into his time and kill the tongue.
• Chu Qing returned to the restricted zone with the rusted Incense Burner and told Madam Jin and the others what it could do.
• Chu Qing decided to wait for the Princess Consort and Moyang before trying to light the Incense Burner.
• Chu Qing fed Lost Ones to the Bronze War Horses, then chose to condense Fire Seeds himself when Madam Jin explained how weak the Lost Ones were as fuel.
• Consort Mei took Chu Qing aside and transformed into a crimson horse, prompting Madam Shi to mock her strange art.

Chu Qing and his companions rescued the badly injured Early Summer God and Demon and bargained for her Divine Court authority and future body. As the group prepared to use an Incense Burner against the pursuing tongues and eyeballs, Early Summer insisted she could light it with her own power.

• Chu Qing brought the Princess Consort, Cui Moyang, Goddess King Bailu, and Early Summer aboard the war chariot, where its canopy and Madam Jin's magic fought off the tongues and regenerating eyeball.
• Chu Qing fed the Princess Consort secret medicine until her body regenerated, while the others recovered and Early Summer's chest wound remained unhealed.
• Early Summer offered two portions of Divine Court authority, and Chu Qing negotiated for her future Innate God and Demon body and a pair of kneecaps.
• The Princess Consort explained that Red Clothes was luring Big Mouth toward the sea eye, so Chu Qing told everyone to prepare their Spirit and Energy for the Incense Burner.
• Early Summer claimed her vast Spirit and Energy would be enough to light the Incense Burner, and Chu Qing tossed it to her to try.

Chu Qing and the others spent a day and night fueling the Incense Burner, which showed him Liuli reaching through the future with a bloodied hand before crumbling. A vast wounded hand then destroyed strange entities across the world, while its fallen owner strengthened the Forbidden Zone.

• Early Summer, Chu Qing, Madam Shi, Bai Lu, and the others poured Spirit and Energy into the Incense Burner for a day and a night until it ignited.
• Chu Qing saw Liuli in the smoke reach into the space before her and withdraw her hand bloodied, though the others saw only smoke.
• A massive wounded hand appeared in the darkness, destroyed an eyeball and a tongue, and struck into the dark sky as cries rang out.
• Black rain fell in the Forbidden Zone, strengthening its darkness and monsters, while the Bronze Chariot fled toward its outskirts.
• Red Clothes escaped the huge mouth's pursuit after it vanished, and otherworlders and Innate Gods and Demons found the eyes, tongues, and mouths above them had disappeared.
• Reports spread that a terrifying creature had fallen into a forbidden zone, alarming human strongholds and their defenders.

Black rain revealed that an unknown force had killed the Angel Envoy, but Heavenly Court failed to identify the killer and blamed Huangtian Dao to secure Heaven’s rewards. As powerful factions searched for the scattered remains, Shi Tiezhu found a strange hair-like fragment in the ruins of the Great Qian Imperial Capital, while Chu Qing read a diary with his companions near the front lines.

• Black blood fell across the forbidden zones, and powerful figures concluded that the Angel Envoy had died at the hands of an unknown being.
• Heavenly Court searched for ten days without finding the killer, then fabricated clues blaming Huangtian Dao and received a lavish reward from Heaven.
• Heavenly Court gave Huangtian Dao part of the resources, leading Huangtian Dao’s members to suspect that they had been framed for the Angel Envoy’s death.
• Top-tier organizations sent experts to search for the Angel Envoy’s scattered remains, while Shi Tiezhu found a hair-like fragment in the ruins that wrapped around him and made him stronger.
• Chu Qing lay in a carriage near the human front lines and read a diary-like book with Cui Moyang, Madam Shi, and the others.

Chu Qing opened the completed book and learned how Gong Qingtian rose to become a Martial Arts Myth and Overlord before turning to harvesting lives to extend his own. Gong Qingtian accepted Heaven’s offer to become a new Emissary, gaining limitless lifespan.

• Madam Jin drove the war chariot along the border while Chu Qing waited eleven days for the book to take shape.
• Chu Qing opened the book with Madam Shi, Cui Moyang, Consort Mei Zuo Yan, and the Early Summer God and Demon gathered around him.
• Madam Shi and Goddess King Bai Lu identified Gong Qingtian as a Great Emperor Era Martial Arts Myth who had killed thirteen Innate Gods and Demons.
• Chu Qing read how Gong Qingtian became a Martial Arts Myth at eight hundred and a Martial Arts Overlord at one thousand, and learned the difficult requirements for earning those titles.
• The book revealed that Gong Qingtian became a Harvester, eventually cleared out more than a hundred fellow Harvesters, and accepted Heaven’s offer to become its new Emissary for limitless lifespan.

Chu Qing investigated the Four Directions’ role in granting revered ranks, then agreed to accompany the Early Summer God and Demon to Stone Ridge Mountain so she could reincarnate safely. As his companions explored the mountain, warnings from the Eternal Night border suggested the forbidden zone was preparing to strike back.

• Chu Qing read Gong Qingtian’s biography and wondered why the Four Directions, rather than Heaven, bestowed revered ranks.
• The Bronze War Horses devoured a New Realm expert who blocked their chariot and scattered the group that came to avenge him.
• The Early Summer God and Demon asked Chu Qing to accompany her to reincarnate, and he invited her and Madam Jin to Stone Ridge Mountain.
• As the chariot left the Eternal Night border, a New Realm expert ordered the defensive lines to heighten their vigilance against a possible forbidden-zone attack.
• At Stone Ridge Mountain, Nangong carried Cui Moyang off to the sixth palace, while Mingyue took Consort Mei Zuo Yan sightseeing.
• Goddess King Bailu returned and told Chu Qing that Nangong was humiliating Cui Moyang, but Chu Qing was unsure how to intervene.

Chu Qing supported Early Summer God and Demon's reincarnation, then shared a quiet outing with Madam Jin, Madam Shi, and the Princess Consort. He declared that he would destroy the Divine Court and surpass the Overlords, leaving the others shaken by his ambition to become invincible above and below Heaven.

• Early Summer explained that her reincarnation would take one to three years and instructed Chu Qing to seal her body if a new consciousness appeared instead of a pattern on her forehead.
• Early Summer began her reincarnation, hoping to break past her Innate God and Demon limits and become an Ancient God and Demon.
• Chu Qing took Madam Jin, Madam Shi, and the Princess Consort to a cold pond where the Princess Consort recalled becoming friends with Hongyi, while Madam Shi briefly explored the connected ponds.
• As Chu Qing and Madam Jin prepared roasted venison, he said he planned to destroy the Divine Court and become a Martial Arts Myth and Overlord.
• Chu Qing declared that he would defeat one hundred Overlords if necessary and become invincible above and below Heaven.

Chu Qing and Madam Shi decided to pursue the Mythological Path, but learned that only one Martial Arts Myth could emerge on a continent every hundred years. Unwilling to separate, Chu Qing contacted Luo Tian to ask whether the Myth title was important.

• Madam Shi emerged from the Cold Pond, declared her support for Chu Qing, and proposed suppressing the Divine Court while pursuing the Mythological Path herself.
• Goddess King Bai Lu said that Martial Arts Myths became invincible across a continent and that a hundred years had to pass before another Myth could be born there.
• Chu Qing and Madam Shi disagreed over who should travel to another continent, so Chu Qing suggested waiting and asking the Square Inch Gathering for advice.
• Chu Qing used Square Inch Jade to contact Luo Tian and asked whether the Myth title mattered, since he and Madam Shi did not want to separate.

Luo Tian told Chu Qing about Mythical and Overlord titles and warned him to seek an exalted title soon, while her attempt to calculate Chu Qing’s friend left her badly injured. Chu Qing relayed Luo Tian’s advice to his companions, who argued over pursuing titles and ended the chapter preparing to fight.

• Luo Tian explained that Mythical titles were powerful but that many titled figures existed, and she warned Chu Qing not to mention Gong Qingtian in the Square Inch Gathering.
• Luo Tian inferred that Chu Qing had killed Gong Qingtian, then suffered severe backlash when she used the Luo Tian Method to calculate the friend who had killed the Emissary of Heaven.
• Luo Tian urged Chu Qing and his friends to obtain Mythical titles as soon as possible, suggesting they travel to different continents.
• Chu Qing told Madam Shi, Nangong, and Cui Moyang what Luo Tian had said, and Madam Shi volunteered to seek a title while dealing with the Divine Court.
• Nangong and Cui Moyang insisted they were strong enough to pursue titles, and the women challenged Madam Shi to fight before Nangong proposed that they first exhaust Chu Qing.

Chu Qing sparred with Madam Shi, Nangong, and Cui Moyang at Stone Ridge Mountain, while his followers and Divine Court observers watched. The Ancient and Modern Empress learned of the battle, assessed Chu Qing’s growing strength, and decided she should speak with him.

• Chu Qing fought Madam Shi, Nangong, and Cui Moyang for hours, enduring their attacks and striking back without using his full strength.
• Tang Wuming, the Daughter of Stonemason Xu, Sima Zhao, and Chu Qing’s followers watched the battle, and a gaunt old man urged the others to study the fighters’ secret techniques.
• Enfeoffment Gods and Devils observing the fight argued over their loyalty to the Divine Court, and some sent news of Chu Qing’s internal conflict through the Divine Court Law Net.
• Some Enfeoffment Gods and Devils passed the news to the Demon Prison Law Net instead of disturbing the sleeping Innate Gods and Demons.
• The Ancient and Modern Empress used the Demon Prison Law Net to observe Chu Qing, judged that his strength could soon let him contend with an Innate Outsider, and resolved to speak with him.

Chu Qing defeated Nangong, Cui Moyang, and Madam Shi, then advised them on ways to grow stronger. At the Square Inch Gathering, he learned that powerful beings sometimes entered the Forbidden Zone willingly and became terrifying creatures, leaving him wondering why they embraced its corruption.

• Chu Qing fought Nangong, Cui Moyang, and Madam Shi for three days and nights, then told them they were not yet strong enough to pursue the Mythological Path.
• Nangong urged Cui Moyang to hunt evil in the Forbidden Zone instead of slaughtering cities, while Chu Qing suggested Madam Shi incorporate wild Gods and Devils into her path.
• Nangong tried to persuade Chu Qing to collapse through another method, but he left for the Square Inch Gathering.
• At the gathering, Chu Qing learned that black rain had fallen in the Forbidden Zone after Angel Envoy Gong Qingtian died, and that powerful corpses could be drawn there.
• The gathering explained that some beings willingly entered the Forbidden Zone and became Fallen Ones; Chu Qing asked why they embraced its darkness.

Chu Qing prepared to answer Bi Luo’s summons while his companions left Stone Ridge Mountain to pursue cultivation and other goals. Before departing, he entrusted Mingyue to the Princess Consort and received a strange pearl containing a lethal Strange Arts technique.

• Luo Tian explained that some people accepted forbidden-zone contamination for a chance to live a second life, and Bi Luo told Chu Qing she would summon him in three to five days.
• Nangong and Cui Moyang left for the border to improve their cultivation, while Madam Shi departed to study wild Gods and Devils and Madam Jin set out to gather materials for the Bronze Chariot.
• After everyone left, Chu Qing remained with Mingyue, whose golden core grew stronger despite her spending her time playing; he told her to use it against anyone who bullied her and seek the Princess Consort if necessary.
• Chu Qing told the Princess Consort he was leaving on a long journey, and she gave him a strange pearl containing a Strange Arts technique that could kill ordinary Otherworlders.
• Chu Qing flew to the sacrificial altar, burned incense, prayed to the Four Directions, and activated the ritual to be drawn to Bi Luo.

Chu Qing met Bi Luo and received the Innate God and Demon kneecaps that advanced his Emperor Seat to Great Accomplishment. Bi Luo then explained that she needed his help killing people, while she and Moon God revealed the dangers and vast scale of the top sects; they left Chu Qing facing a world far larger and harsher than he had imagined.

• Bi Luo gave Chu Qing the kneecaps of an Innate God and Demon, fulfilling his Emperor Seat promotion condition and advancing it to Great Accomplishment.
• Chu Qing learned that his next Emperor Seat advancement required a complete Innate God and Demon corpse and the suppression of one hundred empire-level forces.
• Bi Luo asked Chu Qing to help her kill people, and he followed her to meet Second Generation Moon God.
• Second Generation Bi Luo revealed that Previous Generation Bi Luo had died in a Dao Lineage Dispute and that rivals were trying to suppress and kill her.
• Second Generation Bi Luo described the Bi Luo Sect's reach across more than three thousand continents and its tens of millions of Outer Disciples, while Moon God noted that humanity had not explored the world's limits.

Chu Qing learned how fiercely top-tier sects and organizations competed for advancement, then told Second Generation Moon God and Second Generation Bi Luo about his humble beginnings and hard-won progress. They ended the conversation feeling that his life had been even harsher than theirs, though Chu Qing insisted they had suffered more.

• Second Generation Bi Luo explained that top-tier powers controlled entire continents and described how brutal Bi Luo's advancement competitions had been.
• Second Generation Moon God said even elite children from imperial families became insignificant among the countless talents in a great organization.
• Second Generation Moon God and Second Generation Bi Luo asked Chu Qing about his past, then struggled to understand his references to County Towns, hemp clothes, and silver.
• Chu Qing recounted his rise from a poor gang lackey through the Martial Academy, battles, seized cultivation opportunities, and fighting in the Square Inch Land.
• Second Generation Moon God and Second Generation Bi Luo were astonished by Chu Qing's hardships, while Chu Qing said they had had less freedom to choose their paths.

Second Generation Bi Luo recruited Chu Qing and Second Generation Moon God to help her seize an ancient ship that had belonged to an Otherworlder, despite facing nine rival core members and their followers. As they traveled toward the ship, Second Generation Moon God began nurturing her killing intent for the coming battle.

• Second Generation Bi Luo explained her mission to take control of the Otherworlder's ship and asked Chu Qing and Second Generation Moon God to help her.
• Chu Qing reviewed the nine core members and their followers, then said he would kill the rivals without concern for the sect's losses.
• Second Generation Bi Luo and Second Generation Moon God prepared for the mission with food, secret medicines, and Second Generation Bi Luo's spear.
• Sixteen Inner Disciples carried the three in a sedan, and Second Generation Bi Luo warned that the bearers would likely betray her at the ship.
• Second Generation Bi Luo revealed that the ship was on land and about an hour away, while Second Generation Moon God asked for the time so she could nurture her killing intent.

Chu Qing, Second Generation Bi Luo, and Second Generation Moon God arrived at the stone ship, where rare treasures would decide the assessment. As the teams rushed aboard, Liu Qing prepared to block Bi Luo with his Iron Wall Imperial Guard.

• Chu Qing and the two women reached the enormous stone ship and learned that teams could board only after everyone arrived.
• Second Generation Moon God identified Zheng Sanbao’s reinforcements as Nian Nu Jiao, a faction feared for poisoning men.
• The examiners announced that whoever obtained the most rare treasures would pass, then departed as members of the other teams charged at Bi Luo.
• Second Generation Bi Luo, Second Generation Moon God, and Chu Qing took their supplies and raced toward the ship instead of fighting the attackers.
• Liu Qing stayed on deck with the Iron Wall Imperial Guard, intending to hold off Bi Luo and secure rewards for his former empire.

Chu Qing destroyed the Iron Wall Imperial Guard formation and killed Liu Qing after the guards blocked his path to the ship. The assessment was left in chaos, with Second Generation Moon God and Bi Luo’s situation unresolved.

• Chu Qing told Second Generation Moon God and Second Generation Bi Luo to kill Liu Qing while he broke through Iron Wall.
• The Iron Wall Imperial Guard surrounded Chu Qing, but he discovered that concentrated attacks could overwhelm the formation’s shared defenses.
• Chu Qing repeatedly lifted Iron Wall members into the air and shattered their armor, killing ten and causing the rest to flee.
• Chu Qing charged Liu Qing, broke through his summoned army and defenses, and killed him with a blow to the back.
• Liu Qing’s visualized army collapsed, and Chu Qing left the ship’s deck strewn with shattered remains.

Chu Qing, Second Generation Bi Luo, and Second Generation Moon God explored the petrified ship and discovered that its fourth level held a dangerous object that could petrify anyone who touched it. Chu Qing accidentally awakened a woman disguised as a stone statue, who introduced herself as the First Illumination Person.

• Chu Qing defeated the Iron Wall Imperial Guard, and Second Generation Bi Luo urged him to protect himself during the mission.
• Second Generation Moon God and Second Generation Bi Luo killed seven or eight ambushers, who sounded whistles before dying.
• Chu Qing tested the ship's stone walls and found that even his divine-weapon saber barely scratched them.
• The group explored the first hold level, where Chu Qing searched rooms filled with petrified books, belongings, and people.
• Chu Qing found a warning that the dangerous object was on the fourth level and that special beads protected against petrification.
• The stone woman beneath Chu Qing's hands turned her head and announced that her name was the First Illumination Person.

Chu Qing met a memory fragment of the First Illumination Person, learned that Second Generation Bi Luo and Moon God were trapped in a replay of the past, and was sent to rescue them and claim a treasure. He returned to the ship’s gray-white corridors, where he killed several people before two women identified as Nian Nu Jiao blocked his attack.

• The First Illumination Person’s memory fragment explained that she had sent Second Generation Bi Luo and Moon God into the ship’s replay of a past treasure battle, while Chu Qing stayed with her.
• She told Chu Qing she was only a fragment of her main body’s memories and said a pearl he carried resembled the treasure he could use.
• After three days, the memory fragment said Chu Qing’s friends were still alive but fleeing, and warned that anyone remaining aboard the ship after an hour would be unable to leave.
• Chu Qing returned to the next level and killed several people after learning the other disciples were fighting over an exotic treasure.
• Two raggedly dressed women stopped Chu Qing’s attack, and he recognized them as Nian Nu Jiao.

Chu Qing defeated Nian Nu Jiao’s women, whose seductive illusions failed to affect him, and killed the drained Zhao Qingyun. He continued through the ship after eliminating the attackers, leaving Zhao Qingyun dead and the surviving women fleeing.

• Two women transformed and tried to seduce Chu Qing, but he killed them with his divine spear.
• Chu Qing found Zhao Qingyun surrounded by Nian Nu Jiao women and attacked them with hair arrows from a divine longbow.
• The women trapped Chu Qing in an illusion of a garden and maidservants, but he saw through it and killed them one by one.
• The last woman fled after Chu Qing resisted her drug, while the other women’s heads exploded into Blood Peacocks.
• Zhao Qingyun offered to become Chu Qing’s servant, but Chu Qing stepped on his head and killed him.