Chapter Summaries

Chu Qing read a diary revealing that the Harvesters were linked to Heaven and the Path Pioneers, then encountered a newly intelligent great white shark that called him its king. Nearing a continent, he taught the shark the Golden Altar Realm and paused to choose its name carefully.

• Chu Qing read a human-skin diary describing the Harvesters, the Emissaries of Heaven, and living Path Pioneers.
• Chu Qing wondered why the Path Pioneers avoided claiming Realm Ancestor seats and resolved to deal with them if they threatened Madam Shi.
• A great white shark called Chu Qing its king, and he rode it toward a nearby continent.
• Chu Qing learned the shark had recently awakened intelligence after he Destined the Demon Race and gave it the Golden Altar Realm cultivation method.
• Chu Qing realized that naming the shark could affect its descendants and the great white shark species, then began choosing its true name.

Chu Qing named the great white shark First White Jade Kun Peng, and the name strengthened its bloodline and its entire race. He then strode across a continent, unleashing overwhelming battle intent to provoke its mythic experts and overlords into accepting his Free Overlord challenge.

• Chu Qing named the great white shark First White Jade Kun Peng and left it to grow in the deep sea.
• Kun Peng's body and bloodline improved, strengthening other great white sharks and inspiring Kun Peng to fulfill its King's grace.
• Chu Qing crossed onto a continent and spread his battle intent as Black Clouds, Ten Cities, frightening Others and mythic martial artists.
• Overlords in an imperial palace recognized Chu Qing's Free Overlord challenge and debated whether to intercept him.
• Chu Qing intensified his battle intent, forming savage black dragons, and the overlords resolved to kill him.
• One overlord released his battle intent as a Great Peng and sent it diving toward Chu Qing's black dragons.

Chu Qing reached the Imperial Capital and took the free Overlord path after killing an Overlord with a single finger. The Angel Envoy learned that Chu Qing was responsible and immediately disavowed the Overlords.

• Chu Qing's black dragon battle intent overwhelmed an Overlord's Great Peng, and Chu Qing killed him with a finger despite claiming he only meant to teach him.
• Chu Qing arrived at the Imperial Capital, where the Overlords explained that he could gain the Overlord title by earning the continent's submission instead of fighting them.
• The Overlords submitted to Chu Qing, increasing his strength by one percent, while he sensed Heaven's hostility and rejected its demand for respect.
• The Overlords presented Chu Qing with a box, and he left; mythical experts and outsiders then emerged from hiding, relieved that he was gone.
• The Overlords contacted the Angel Envoy, which learned Chu Qing's identity and severed all ties with them.

Chu Qing continued across the continents, suppressing every opponent on his path toward becoming a Free Overlord. On a stormy continent, Xie Twelve revealed himself to a group of young martial artists and confronted Chu Qing, hoping to win his freedom by killing him.

• Chu Qing crossed continent after continent, suppressing their myths and overlords as he advanced along the Free Overlord Path.
• Young martial artists took shelter in a ruined temple during a storm, where a Headless Divine Statue awakened and drank their wine.
• The statue introduced himself as Xie Twelve, a former martial myth and overlord who had become an Emissary of Heaven, awakened in a second life, and been imprisoned for tens of thousands of years.
• Xie Twelve told the youths that Chu Qing was approaching and urged them to watch their coming battle for a chance to learn.
• Chu Qing arrived and rejected Xie Twelve's demand that he abandon his path, while Xie Twelve attacked him to earn freedom and the return of his head from Heaven.

Chu Qing fought the Headless Divine Statue, who revealed himself as the former myth and overlord Xie Twelve, and defeated him with his Reflection Method. After Chu Qing left to seek more masters, the survivors fled the temple and watched the mountain dissolve into ash.

• Chu Qing was shocked when the Headless Divine Statue’s sword shadows wounded him, then battled him inside the ruined temple without harming the young martial wanderers nearby.
• As the Headless Divine Statue’s techniques began to repeat, he burned his lifespan and summoned six divine swords for a final attack.
• Chu Qing unleashed his Reflection Method, crushing the Headless Divine Statue beneath mountains, seas, and Liuli Imperial City until his swords and body cracked apart.
• The Headless Divine Statue identified himself as Xie Twelve before scattering into ash, and Chu Qing left to search for more masters.
• The young men and women fled the mountain, and the woman surnamed Xie collected the rubies left by Chu Qing’s blood.
• At the mountain’s foot, the survivors watched the several-thousand-meter mountain turn into flying ash while they remained unharmed.

The Heavenly Court learned from Tianji and the Heavenly God that Heavenly Calamities bore Heaven’s mysterious sins and could be immortal unless their heads were destroyed. Heaven noticed Chu Qing had killed one, sent another to intercept him, and arranged for Angel Envoys to watch him.

• Chu Qing asked the Heavenly Court what a Heavenly Calamity was, and the Heavenly Court questioned Tianji.
• Tianji explained that Heavenly Calamities evolved from Angel Envoys, remembered their past, and bore Heaven’s sins.
• The Heavenly God told the Heavenly Court that no one knew what Heaven’s sins were and that destroying a Heavenly Calamity’s head prevented its revival.
• Heaven discovered that Chu Qing had killed a Heavenly Calamity and sent another to intercept him while big-eyed Angel Envoys watched.
• The Heavenly Court warned Chu Qing that Heavenly Calamities with heads could wield more of Heaven’s power, and Chu Qing blamed his troubles on taking the title of Free Overlord.

Chu Qing forced the overlords and mythological warriors of one continent to submit as he pursued the title of Free Overlord. Angel Envoys prepared an ambush on the next continent, but Chu Qing became trapped in a strange stretch of sea before reaching it.

• Chu Qing stomped outside an Underground Palace, forced its occupants out, and killed an overlord with a single finger before making them submit.
• The overlords discussed Chu Qing’s plans and concluded that he was trying to earn the title of Free Overlord through his own strength, without help or influence.
• Angel Envoys tracked Chu Qing and sent Heavenly Calamities to kill the next continent’s overlords and myths, then impersonate them while waiting for him.
• Chu Qing tried to enter a calamity while crossing the sea, but he could not enter one and continued running without reaching the next continent.
• The disguised Heavenly Calamities and the Angel Envoys wondered why Chu Qing appeared to be running in place and then reacted to something unexpected.

Chu Qing encountered First Marquis, a restricted-zone creature sent to stop him on the Overlord Path over a stolen skull, and the two began a battle. First Marquis revealed his mastery of the Karma Replication Path and attacked using copies of Chu Qing’s acquaintances.

• A pitch-black creature told Chu Qing that a restricted-zone giant had sent him to end Chu Qing’s hopes on the Overlord Path.
• The Emissaries of Heaven called the Heavenly Calamities to ambush both fighters, while Chu Qing transformed and introduced himself as Reflection Emperor Liuli—demon—Chu Qing.
• First Marquis identified himself as the First Marquis of Restricted Zone Area 10086 and attacked Chu Qing from his shadow with a Great Sun Chariot.
• Chu Qing recognized First Marquis’s Karma Replication Path, and the two exchanged attacks as First Marquis mocked Chu Qing for not being worthy of serious attention.
• First Marquis attacked with a black Golden Core and summoned pitch-black copies of Madam Shi, Nangong, Cui Moyang, and others to fight Chu Qing.

Chu Qing and First Marquis escalated their battle, unleashing their strongest techniques and clashing directly to test whose foundation was stronger. First Marquis began to weaken, while Chu Qing continued to endure, leaving First Marquis baffled by his resilience.

• Chu Qing crushed First Marquis's attacks with his mountain-and-sea power and the Imperial Capital warhammer, but First Marquis revealed a black banner formed through the Great Banner Sutra.
• Chu Qing transformed the warhammer into a miniature Imperial Capital, which came alive and attacked First Marquis as three figures emerged from the banner to assist him.
• Chu Qing and First Marquis met head-on with their strongest attacks, while Chu Qing's Golden Core, divine blades, and black-clad self fought First Marquis's three banner figures.
• Chu Qing and First Marquis traded thousands of full-strength blows, turning the battle into a contest of physical foundations.
• First Marquis's wounds stopped healing and his expression grew grave as Chu Qing kept fighting, leaving him demanding to know why Chu Qing would not die.

Chu Qing defeated First Marquis in a brutal battle, and First Marquis burned to ash before he could finish begging for mercy. After recovering, Chu Qing turned his attention to the watching shuttles, giant eyeballs, and Heavenly Calamities, who feared he had spotted them.

• First Marquis unleashed his hidden power and briefly suppressed Chu Qing, but Chu Qing declared that his own strength came from hardship and bitter cultivation.
• Chu Qing grew into a ten-meter-tall giant and crushed First Marquis with a final Reflection Method attack, shattering his body and power.
• First Marquis and the three pitch-black creatures burned into ash, and Chu Qing put away the Imperial Capital and recovered as his Exotic Treasure Realms reassembled.
• The watching shuttles, giant eyeballs, and Heavenly Calamities debated whether to attack Chu Qing, then decided they could not defeat him.
• Chu Qing crooked a finger toward the watchers, and the shuttles and eyeballs panicked while the Heavenly Calamities rebuked them.

Chu Qing forced the Heavenly Calamities and their shuttle and big-eyeball companions to join a rebellion against Heaven, then questioned them about Heaven’s sins. He learned they knew almost nothing and left them to begin rebelling under a name he chose.

• The shuttles and big eyeballs confessed that the Heavenly Calamities had come under orders to intercept Chu Qing.
• Chu Qing seized a Heavenly Calamity with his Reflection Realm power and crushed its head, prompting the others to offer to rebel against Heaven.
• Chu Qing named their rebel group Headless, and the Heavenly Calamities forced the shuttles and big eyeballs to swear rebellion as well.
• Chu Qing questioned the group about Heaven’s sins, but the Heavenly Calamities said they did not know what the sins were or how they affected them.
• Chu Qing told the rebels to keep his banner and go rebel, and the Heavenly Calamities asked him to teach them how.

Chu Qing continued conquering continents on his path to becoming a Free Overlord while Heaven and the world increasingly sabotaged him. Madam Shi secured the Overlord title and returned to Stone Ridge Mountain, while Chu Qing pressed on with more than thirty continents still to conquer.

• Thirteen Heavenly Calamities copied Chu Qing’s teachings into separate rebel factions, then sealed the original scroll in an undersea volcano.
• Heaven learned of the Heavenly Calamities’ betrayal and intensified its efforts to make the world hate and hinder Chu Qing.
• Chu Qing told Madam Shi about the growing anomalies and misfortune he faced, while she said she had encountered little trouble and was close to finishing her path.
• Madam Shi obtained the Overlord title and returned to Stone Ridge Mountain as Chu Qing continued conquering continents.
• Chu Qing kept advancing despite disasters and enemies, and threatened to destroy the world if it prevented him from becoming a Free Overlord.

Chu Qing endured the world's escalating attacks and reached the ninety-ninth continent, where Tian Buyu confronted him. Tian Buyu sought Chu Qing's help in pressuring the Heavenly Court and offered him a share of its resources, while Chu Qing also agreed to help Tian Buyu attend a future gathering in exchange for a crystal arm bone.

• Chu Qing crossed continents through increasingly brutal disasters, using his ruby gemstones and winged Golden Cores to destroy threats as his Overlord enhancement reached ninety-eight percent.
• On the ninety-ninth continent, Tian Buyu's voice forced Chu Qing's Ice Fire Primordial Spirit and Sun Moon Soul from his body, but Chu Qing restored them and challenged Tian Buyu's strength.
• Tian Buyu introduced himself as a foundation of the Heavenly Court and explained that, despite being ordered to kill Chu Qing, he wanted to cooperate because he hoped Chu Qing would pressure the Heavenly Court after earning the Free Overlord title.
• Chu Qing agreed to go to the front lines, partly because he wanted his role in the Heavenly Court's destruction recorded in history, and Tian Buyu promised him one-third of the Heavenly Court's resources.
• Tian Buyu asked Chu Qing to stand guard for him at a gathering after the Heavenly Court fell, offering a crystal arm bone in return, and Chu Qing accepted.

Chu Qing headed for the Heavenly Court’s front lines after agreeing to help Tian Buyu, while the Heavenly Court’s leaders refused to awaken enough reserves to stop him. On the ninety-ninth continent, Chu Qing gained strength from the locals’ submission and broke through the world’s calamities as he pursued the Free Overlord title.

• Chu Qing set out for the continent to continue securing the Free Overlord title and vowed to leave a record of his deeds against the Heavenly Court.
• Tian Buyu reported to the Heavenly Court’s leaders that Chu Qing had defeated him and possessed an Exotic Treasure Realm made from one thousand and one exotic treasures.
• The Heavenly Court’s leaders refused to awaken most of their reserves, confident that the front-line battlefield could overwhelm Chu Qing.
• The Overlords and Myth martial artists on the ninety-ninth continent submitted to Chu Qing, and Four Directions increased his strength by one percent.
• Chu Qing endured the world’s chains, lightning, poison, cold, and other calamities, breaking through them as he advanced toward the Overlord title.

Chu Qing approached a fleet while seeking a way into the future, but its passengers mistook the calamities pursuing him for a Great Terror. After Chu Qing left, the anomalies identified him and learned that Heaven was targeting him because he walked the Free Overlord's Path, leaving them wondering whether he could complete it.

• Chu Qing spotted a fleet and approached it, while the ships' crews mistook the storm of calamities around him for a Great Terror and prepared to fight.
• An anomaly recognized that the approaching Great Terror was a person, and Chu Qing realized the people aboard were human rather than abnormalities and turned away.
• The fleet's anomalies watched Chu Qing depart and concluded that Heaven's lightning, calamities, and chains were attacking him.
• The anomalies circulated Chu Qing's image and learned about his identity and reputation as the Terror Ancient God of the Emperor's Seat, Reflection Emperor Liuli, and demon.
• An aged anomaly explained that Chu Qing was walking the Free Overlord's Path and that Heaven sought to destroy him for offending it.
• The anomalies wondered whether Chu Qing could finish the Overlord's Path and what title he would earn.

Chu Qing headed toward the hundredth continent as a Nest Master sent seven regional First Marquis to kill him with Black Flag Great Spears and the As It Is Sutra. The Nest Master revealed that the spears belonged to the First Illumination Person and had been sent away to fulfill an old agreement, leaving Chu Qing on a collision course with the seven attackers.

• Chu Qing crossed the sea toward the hundredth continent, breaking through the growing obstruction with the power of his Four Great Realms and Three Great Limits.
• The Nest Master's servants gave seven regional First Marquis Black Flag Great Spears and the As It Is Sutra, then sent them to kill Chu Qing.
• The seven First Marquis secretly planned to kill one another after defeating Chu Qing, each believing the others were easy prey.
• A servant told the Nest Master that Chu Qing carried the First Illumination Person's aura and had received one of her spears.
• The Nest Master explained that sending the spears to someone with the First Illumination Person's aura fulfilled their agreement, whether Chu Qing survived or not.
• The Nest Master repeatedly called A'yiqian by the name A'da, and A'yiqian reminded him that A'da had been dead for a very, very long time.

Chu Qing reached the Hundredth Continent and faced seven First Marquises while lightning struck him, discovering that the calamities had changed and his treasures were evolving. He quickly killed the first group of First Marquises, then confronted the one who had retreated and watched him summon three versions of himself with the [As It Is Sutra].

• Chu Qing endured the final stretch of resistance and stepped onto the Hundredth Continent, where violent lightning replaced the chains and other calamities surrounding him.
• Chu Qing approached seven First Marquises while wielding the Black Flag Great Spear, and they hesitated after witnessing him endure the lightning without changing expression.
• One First Marquis repeatedly retreated, trying to leave his companions between himself and Chu Qing, but Chu Qing killed the other First Marquises before he could prepare.
• The retreating First Marquis charged Chu Qing with his Black Flag Great Spear and activated the [As It Is Sutra], summoning three versions of himself.

Chu Qing fought a First Marquis while his black-clad counterpart held off three other opponents, then two more First Marquises arrived to join the battle. A weary third Chu Qing appeared and rapidly turned several First Marquises to ash, while the other two continued fighting Chu Qing and his black-clad counterpart.

• Chu Qing and his black-clad counterpart battled the First Marquis and his three companions, with Chu Qing gaining the upper hand by inflicting wounds that would not heal.
• Two First Marquises approached and threatened to join forces against Chu Qing, who abandoned his opponent and charged at them with his black-clad counterpart.
• A third Chu Qing appeared, killed the injured First Marquis by turning him to ash, and took his Black Flag Great Spear.
• The two arriving First Marquises called for reinforcements as Chu Qing and his black-clad counterpart attacked them, while the third Chu Qing raced toward their companions.
• The weary third Chu Qing picked up another fallen spear and turned two more First Marquises to ash before they could react.

Chu Qing defeated two First Marquis with brute force, then learned from his future self that creating a new realm after obtaining the Overlord title could improve his condition. He continued toward the continent’s depths and was greeted by its Overlords and people, who submitted and celebrated his title as Free Overlord.

• The Third Chu Qing returned to the battlefield and urged Chu Qing to finish fighting before his time ran out.
• Chu Qing fused two Black Flag Great Spears into his spine and killed both First Marquis in a brutal, direct battle.
• The Third Chu Qing told Chu Qing to create a new realm and hinted that he should do so after obtaining the Overlord title before vanishing.
• Chu Qing fused all eight Black Flag Great Spears into his spine and walked through lightning toward the continent’s depths.
• The continent’s Overlords organized a mass submission and celebration for Chu Qing, whose people praised him for obtaining the title of Free Overlord.

Chu Qing received the Overlord Title Heaven-Stepping Pass but rejected it and condensed One-Party Dominance himself, stunning people across more than a hundred continents. After the title was announced, the black clouds dispersed and a crowd swarmed around him.

• A bell-like voice announced that Chu Qing had obtained the Overlord Title, then praised him for rejecting the Heaven-Stepping Pass phenomenon and condensing one himself.
• Chu Qing checked his Profession Slot and saw it form the title One-Party Dominance, which was announced thirty-three times across the continents he had visited.
• People across the world reacted with astonishment, while the Square Inch Gathering members and Tian Buyu praised Chu Qing and wondered about his title's power and phenomenon.
• The black clouds above Chu Qing roared and vanished, and a crowd surrounded him, placing flower wreaths on him and brushing dust from his clothes.