Chapter Summaries

Chu Qing brought the Lion Head God and Demon back to serve as a whetstone for Nangong, Madam Shi, and Cui Moyang as they practiced the Earth Mother Chapter. After female Outsiders proposed starting a lineage with him, Chu Qing promised to contact them in the future, while the three women continued honing their skills.

• Chu Qing left the Outsiders, then returned with the Lion Head God and Demon and ordered him to help Nangong, Madam Shi, and Cui Moyang test their martial arts.
• Nangong, Madam Shi, and Cui Moyang attacked the Lion Head God and Demon, studying his wounds as Chu Qing controlled his recovery and suppressed him when needed.
• A female Outsider proposed joining with Chu Qing to establish a Lineage of Outsiders, and other female Outsiders also offered to bear his descendants.
• Chu Qing promised the female Outsiders he would contact them if he established a Lineage, and they exchanged contact methods before leaving.
• The Lion Head God and Demon continued serving as a whetstone for Nangong, Madam Shi, and Cui Moyang, whose understanding of the Earth Mother Chapter deepened over ten hours.

The Blackwater King and rulers across the continent tried to curry favor with Chu Qing by sending him beauties, while the defeated Innate Gods and Demons debated how to change their methods to oppose him. The chapter ended with them considering whether to become Sons of God and Demon, reincarnate, or pursue another path.

• The Blackwater King decided to use the Empire’s resources to win Chu Qing’s favor and issued a decree to select beauties for him.
• Empires and factions across the continent began gathering and sending beauties to Stone Ridge Mountain, fearing Chu Qing’s followers might destroy them if they refused.
• The Innate Gods and Demons in the Law Net raged that Chu Qing had captured Lionhead and used him as a target and sparring partner.
• The Innate Gods and Demons argued over why Chu Qing could defeat them and concluded they needed to improve their combat methods and value their origin scriptures.
• An Innate God and Demon urged the others to abandon their current forms, prompting debate over becoming Sons of God and Demon, reincarnating, or taking another path.

The Innate Gods and Demons debated how to escape Chu Qing’s pressure and most chose to reincarnate, often as humans, while others insisted on keeping their original bodies. Lion Head God and Demon begged them to rescue him, but they expelled him from the Law Net, and Chu Qing continued beating him as he wept.

• The Innate Gods and Demons rejected most plans, including body seizure and parasitism, and considered reincarnating like Early Summer God and Demon.
• Several hundred Gods and Demons had already reincarnated, and most of the group chose human reincarnation for its secrecy and rapid growth.
• Some Gods and Demons refused to abandon their Innate bodies and vowed to challenge the Ancient God and Demon realm despite Chu Qing.
• Lion Head God and Demon asked the others to rescue him, but they voted to remove him from the Law Net.
• Chu Qing stomped and destroyed one of Lion Head and Demon’s heads, and Lion Head and Demon wept in despair.

After saturating the Liuli River, Chu Qing perfected the Great River Method and discovered a hidden treasure near the river’s source, leaving him determined to investigate the river’s depths. He told Madam Shi he needed to leave, while she said that she and Cui Moyang had reached a bottleneck and that Mingyue had called them back to eat Copper Coins.

• Chu Qing spent a year helping Nangong, Cui Moyang, and Madam Shi improve, while incorporating the Nine Chapters and Nine Questions into his Killing Path Secret Transmission and resolving to create a secret transmission worthy of the Martial Ancestors.
• Chu Qing declined Second Generation Bi Luo’s invitation to explore a secret realm because he was helping his friends and watching the Liuli River.
• The Liuli River became completely saturated, doubling the Great River Method’s power and letting Chu Qing perceive and control the entire river through his heart.
• Chu Qing saw the first sealed Innate God and Demon slowly turning to stone as the river washed away its Spirit and Energy.
• Chu Qing discovered a strange treasure disguised as a reef near the river’s source and wondered whether Liuli or Azure Netherworld had hidden it.
• Chu Qing told Madam Shi he needed to travel into the depths of the Liuli River, and she agreed to go with him and Cui Moyang back after Mingyue summoned them to eat Copper Coins.

Chu Qing reached the bottom of the Liuli River and entered a hidden palace inside an indestructible reef-like treasure. After finding the Azure Netherworld Sect’s storehouse, he left its riches untouched and ventured into the dangerous corridor, hoping to find Liuli.

• Chu Qing appeared on the Liuli River’s surface, alarming passing ships, while dozens of Third Limit martial artists who dove into the river never resurfaced.
• Chu Qing found a reef-like strange treasure at the river’s bottom, but even his full-force punch could not damage it.
• Chu Qing used an incantation to open the treasure’s entrance and entered a vast Purple Gold palace filled with moving dragon and phoenix carvings.
• Following an Azure Netherworld Sect disciple’s records, Chu Qing found a warehouse containing weapons, armor, black gold, and large quantities of Golden Silk White Jade, but left everything untouched.
• Chu Qing entered the dangerous Purple Gold corridor, hoping Liuli was waiting deeper inside.

Chu Qing entered the Purple Gold Corridor despite warnings from Second Generation Moon God and Bi Luo, who were trapped in a palace and feared the corridor’s Strange Art would kill him. He decided to investigate Liuli’s residence and asked them to explain the corridor’s dangers before he moved.

• Second Generation Moon God and Bi Luo realized Chu Qing had entered the secret realm and watched him appear in the palace’s detection mirror.
• Moon God and Bi Luo contacted Chu Qing and warned him that Flying Sand and Stones could kill Martial Arts Myths, but he stayed still to test whether the scene was real.
• Chu Qing confirmed he was exploring the same secret realm and said he had to search Liuli’s residence rather than leave it for the sects to plunder.
• Chu Qing asked Moon God and Bi Luo to describe the corridor’s Strange Art, and they explained its purple gold sand, thunderfire Copper Balls, and dangerous soldiers.
• Moon God and Bi Luo began explaining what Chu Qing would encounter with each step forward.

Chu Qing forced his way through the Purple Gold Corridor’s deadly trials, overpowering its golden sand, thunderfire, and weapons with his strength and recovery. As he entered the Army Formation, the observers realized he faced thirty-six Martial Arts Myth Bronze Men—more than they had confronted—and feared he would not survive.

• Chu Qing stepped into the corridor’s first trial and smashed through waves of golden sand despite its crushing force and chains.
• After clearing the first step, Chu Qing endured the second trial’s thunderfire, seized Copper Balls, and used them to detonate the others.
• Chu Qing entered the third step and defeated the golden sand weapons by wielding them against one another.
• Thirty-six Bronze Men formed an Army Formation and charged Chu Qing, while Second Generation Bi Luo and Second Generation Moon God feared he would die.

Chu Qing fought through Liuli’s Army Formation of thirty-six Mythological Bronze Men and destroyed them repeatedly with his Killing Path Secret Transmission and title. The secret realm then returned him to the Purple Gold Corridor after only four steps, while the onlookers mistook him for an ancient Overlord and Bi Luo and the Moon God knew he was still a young man.

• Chu Qing charged into the Army Formation, discovered that only his Killing Path Secret Transmission could quickly destroy the Bronze Men, and shattered all thirty-six at once.
• Bi Luo, the Moon God, and the others marveled at Chu Qing’s strength as Martial Path mythological beings explained that the Bronze Men lacked human intelligence and could not react to his simultaneous attacks.
• The Bronze Men recovered with golden sand, but Chu Qing destroyed them again, and fewer returned each time because his title’s power prevented some from reviving.
• The Bronze Men retreated into the golden sand, and the secret realm returned Chu Qing to the Purple Gold Corridor after four steps instead of the expected five.
• The onlookers speculated that Chu Qing was an Overlord or an ancient sect’s hidden expert and resolved to treat him with respect, while Bi Luo and the Moon God recognized him as a young man from a backwater.

Chu Qing entered Liuli's pavilion and learned that she had left him a message and two trials before he could claim her residence. He endured the Earth Fire, Wind Water millstones rather than flee, leaving those trapped in the palace baffled by his strength.

• Chu Qing ignored Second Generation Moon God and Bi Luo's warning about the pavilion and said he would reach its control core because the secret realm belonged to his friend.
• Inside the pavilion, Chu Qing saw Liuli's illusory figure tell him to challenge history's path, declare that she was giving him the residence, and warn that he had to pass two trials; her image then vanished.
• The Earth Fire, Wind Water millstones descended, and Chu Qing chose to withstand their crushing forces instead of using the escape route Moon God and Bi Luo had described.
• Chu Qing discovered a hidden vitality within the millstones but could not capture it, then struck them with the Killing Path Secret Transmission, Nine Questions, and Nine Chapters without stopping their descent.
• The people trapped in the palace felt the immense shockwaves and wondered how Chu Qing could endure the millstones for over a minute, speculating that a strange treasure was protecting him.

Chu Qing survived Liuli’s Earth Fire, Wind Water trial by using Qiu Wudi’s skin-and-hair cultivation method to absorb its vitality, astonishing the palace’s observers. After realizing how far the method could take him, he headed toward the estate’s final trial by leaping across the palace roofs.

• Chu Qing endured the Earth Fire, Wind Water millstone, and the observers watched in disbelief as its forces failed to harm his skin and hair.
• Chu Qing tore apart the millstones, then swallowed the four dragons formed from Solar True Fire, Icy Soul Divine Light, yin wind, and dust.
• Chu Qing explained that Qiu Wudi’s skin-and-hair cultivation method let him absorb the trial’s vitality, advancing his Pelt Realm to one-tenth of Qiu Wudi’s level.
• Chu Qing resolved to pursue Qiu Wudi’s heights and prepare to contend against Heaven.
• Chu Qing bypassed the small path and ran across the palace roofs toward the estate’s center, leaving the observers baffled that he avoided the lightning that had killed another prodigy.

Chu Qing crossed the vast secret-realm capital toward its final trial while the trapped survivors and a new rescue team struggled through the residence’s deadly trials. Second Generation Bi Luo and the Moon God could not reach Chu Qing, and the chapter ended as he approached the Imperial Palace walls guarded by countless Mythological Creature Golden Men.

• Second Generation Bi Luo and the Moon God wondered whether Chu Qing had gained the secret realm’s recognition and whether his claims about Liuli were true.
• Chu Qing raced through the enormous, unused residence, wondered whether Liuli had built it for him, and continued toward the central district and final trial.
• A newly arrived Martial Mythology stepped onto an eave and was killed by lightning, after which the rescue team followed Second Generation Bi Luo’s instructions through the corridor and pavilion trials.
• The rescuers failed to kill the corridor’s Bronze Men or smash the Earth Fire, Wind Water millstone, then accused Second Generation Bi Luo of misleading them before joining the trapped group and continuing onward.
• Second Generation Bi Luo and the Moon God repeatedly tried to contact Chu Qing and worried that he might be dead, while Chu Qing crossed the capital and approached the Imperial Palace guarded by countless Golden Men.

Chu Qing entered the palace Liuli had built for him and learned from her message how the forbidden zones formed and how she was gravely wounded. He discovered that Liuli was sleeping inside the Imperial Capital, but taking control of it would require an immense amount of time.

• Chu Qing followed a Golden Man into the hall marked Emperor Liuli and sat upon the Emperor's Seat.
• Chu Qing read Liuli's account of killing hundreds of heavens and learned their corpses had become black mist that formed forbidden zones linked to another world.
• Chu Qing learned that a creature in an endless ocean beyond a forbidden zone had gravely wounded Liuli, and that she later met Lian Hongchen.
• Chu Qing read Liuli's instructions not to wake her and learned how to control the Imperial Capital with his Spirit and Energy.
• Chu Qing began permeating the Emperor Seat, but after a minute had only reached one dragon relief and realized controlling the Imperial Capital could take thousands of years.

Chu Qing rendered the Imperial Palace and sealed it, awakening its Golden Men and blocking the sect experts from entering. As the experts turned back toward the warehouse, Chu Qing lingered among its treasures, unable to decide what to take.

• Chu Qing rendered key nodes throughout the Imperial Capital, then locked the warehouse so outsiders could not take its contents.
• After rendering the Imperial Palace, Chu Qing used its nodes to seal it and gained greater authority over the secret realm.
• The secret realm trembled, and the Golden Men became statues that would awaken to attack intruders.
• Bi Luo and Yellow Springs experts reached the Imperial Palace, saw its vast army of Myth-level Golden Men, and decided to retreat to the warehouse.
• Second Generation Moon God and Bi Luo tried to warn Chu Qing that the others might take the warehouse treasures, but he did not respond.
• Chu Qing entered the warehouse intending to take something before leaving, but the abundance of treasures left him dazzled by the choices.

Chu Qing carried Golden Silk White Jade out of a warehouse and was attacked by an otherworlder who mistook him for a thief. He shattered the attacker and left the gathered otherworlders and Martial Arts Myths too afraid to challenge him.

• Chu Qing took a block of Golden Silk White Jade and some gems from the warehouse, planning to use them for Madam Shi and the others.
• An otherworlder hurled a strange treasure seal at Chu Qing, but it broke against his body as he shut the warehouse doors.
• After Bi Luo and Moon God pointed out the attacker, Chu Qing struck him with the Killing Path Secret Transmission, shattering his Strange Arts and driving him backward.
• Chu Qing kicked apart the otherworlder's golden skeleton and crushed the remaining skull fragment.
• The otherworlders, Martial Arts Myths, and sect geniuses lowered their heads in silence, while Bi Luo and Moon God praised Chu Qing.

Chu Qing claimed the warehouse treasures and left the secret realm, prompting Bi Luo and Yellow Springs to send powerful sealed experts after him. Shangguan Shen and Dongfang Shuo arrived, destroyed the warehouse doors, and waited outside for Chu Qing.

• Chu Qing carried away the Golden Silk White Jade, declared the warehouse treasures his, and vanished from Liuli Imperial City.
• The outsiders and Martial Arts Myths decided not to touch the treasures, then departed the secret realm and reported Chu Qing to their sects.
• The ruins and secret realm exploration agency ordered Shangguan Shen awakened, while Second Generation Bi Luo warned Chu Qing that the former Overlord was dangerous.
• Yellow Springs chose Dongfang Shuo to confront Chu Qing, and both experts arrived at the warehouse entrance.
• Shangguan Shen and Dongfang Shuo destroyed the purple-gold doors, then sat outside and waited for Chu Qing.

Chu Qing enfeoffed Nangong, rapidly evolving her Heavenly Demon Bloodline and constitution, which gave her a powerful ability to ensnare hearts and souls. After Nangong went to practice controlling it, Chu Qing prepared to enfeoff Cui Moyang and learned that she possessed a Peerless Sword Body.

• Madam Shi asked Chu Qing for Golden Silk White Jade to revive her weak bloodline, and he promised to strengthen it with a secret method.
• After a night with Chu Qing, Madam Shi sensed her bloodline reviving and growing stronger.
• Chu Qing warned Nangong and Cui Moyang that enfeoffment could cause dangerous consequences, but Nangong agreed to proceed.
• Chu Qing enfeoffed Nangong, whose Heavenly Demon Bloodline evolved by nine thousand years and began affecting those around her.
• Chu Qing sent Nangong to practice controlling her bloodline, and he and Cui Moyang discussed using its power against enemies.
• Cui Moyang told Chu Qing that her constitution was the Peerless Sword Body, and he began preparing to enfeoff her.

Chu Qing invested Madam Shi, awakening her unusual bloodline and causing her to draw power from the Golden Silk White Jade. He left for the Liuli River to fetch more jade, while Nangong and Cui Moyang adjusted to their newly strengthened bloodlines and considered how to repay him.

• Cui Moyang's Sword Qi wounded Nangong after Cui Moyang's physique evolved, and Chu Qing invested Madam Shi with a ten-thousand-year bloodline evolution.
• Madam Shi released seven-colored mist and fell asleep as the Golden Silk White Jade beneath her shrank, prompting Chu Qing to decide she needed more jade.
• Chu Qing told Nangong and Cui Moyang to protect Madam Shi, then departed alone for the Liuli River after Nangong offered to accompany him.
• Nangong and Cui Moyang practiced controlling their improved bloodline powers and worried that they had little left to offer Chu Qing.
• Nangong remembered a heaven-born treasure in a forbidden zone and resolved to retrieve it with Cui Moyang after receiving a Mythological title.

Chu Qing confronted Shangguan Shen of Bi Luo and Dongfang Shuo of Yellow Springs, who had been waiting for him at Liuli’s Imperial Capital. He learned that Overlords were required to pay homage to an Emissary of Heaven, and the chapter ended with Dongfang Shuo challenging Shangguan Shen’s account of how Overlords were made.

• Chu Qing failed to corrode the exotic-treasure reef, entered it, and arrived at Liuli’s Imperial Capital.
• Chu Qing found Shangguan Shen and Dongfang Shuo guarding the warehouse and learned they had come to confront him over Yellow Springs’ resources.
• Shangguan Shen explained that Overlords bore an Emissary of Heaven’s mark and had to pay homage to an Emissary of Heaven.
• Chu Qing said he had killed Gong Qingtian and another Martial Arts Myth, rejecting the idea that an Overlord should bow to an Emissary of Heaven.
• Shangguan Shen said defeating Mythologies from a hundred continents earned the Overlord honor, but Dongfang Shuo insisted that was not how it worked.

Chu Qing confronted Shangguan Shen and Dongfang Shuo over the warehouse resources, then proved strong enough to injure Shangguan Shen despite being a Martial Arts Myth. When Shangguan Shen drew his saber, Chu Qing summoned two divine sabers and attacked, determined to establish control over the overlords.

• Chu Qing dismissed Shangguan Shen and Dongfang Shuo's recruitment pitch and demanded they let him reach the warehouse.
• Shangguan Shen blocked Chu Qing, so Chu Qing struck him with the Killing Path Secret Transmission and injured his hand while emerging unscathed.
• Shangguan Shen attacked with the Overlord God Fist, but Chu Qing again remained unharmed and slowed Shangguan Shen's recovery.
• Shangguan Shen drew his divine saber as Dongfang Shuo urged him to recruit Chu Qing and help him become a free overlord.
• Chu Qing summoned two divine sabers with the Emperor Seat and charged Shangguan Shen, intent on killing one of the overlords to prevent them from controlling him.

Chu Qing defeated Shangguan Shen by destroying his Black Sun attack with the help of a mysterious little hand, and Shangguan Shen vanished from existence and memory. As Dongfang Shuo struggled to understand what had happened, Chu Qing continued hauling Golden Silk White Jade from the warehouse.

• Chu Qing shattered Shangguan Shen's divine saber and overcame his Overlord God Fist, though the clash badly injured Chu Qing's hands and cost Shangguan Shen both arms.
• Shangguan Shen sacrificed ten years of his maximum lifespan to unleash his Black Sun phenomenon in a full-force attack.
• A mysterious little hand copied Chu Qing's gesture and popped the Black Sun, making Shangguan Shen disappear along with traces of his presence.
• Dongfang Shuo's memories of Shangguan Shen and their shared past were erased, leaving him unable to recall who had accompanied him.
• Chu Qing carried Golden Silk White Jade from the warehouse and fused it into larger blocks as Dongfang Shuo feared he had encountered a Great Terror.