Chapter Summaries

Chu Qing and his companions traveled to the Sea of Death to rescue the Ancient God and Demon sealed there, and they launched an assault on its defenses. The battle began with the War Fortress firing on them as they pushed toward the sea.

• Heaven gave Chu Qing and the others the coordinates and explained the Sea of Death’s restrictions, sea monsters, Emissaries of Heaven, and War Fortress.
• The group set out at high speed, with each member taking responsibility for a different layer of the defenses.
• The five reached the Sea of Death, where the Emissaries of Heaven spotted them and the War Fortress emerged, preparing its cannons.
• A black-robed figure unleashed hundreds of thousands of flaming meteors against the Emissaries of Heaven and the War Fortress.
• The War Fortress fired a beam at the approaching Fire Dragons, but four of them broke through and continued across the sea amid a fierce exchange of attacks.

Chu Qing and God reached a vast stone house beneath the sea, where strange beings resembling Innate Gods and Demons resisted their powers and attacks. As Chu Qing fought the multiplying creatures, God rushed into the house to find the source of their abnormality.

• The High Priest, Chu Qing, and God fought through sea monsters and restraints while two black-robed men held off the War Fortress and cleared a path to the seabed.
• Chu Qing and God reached the stone house, where stone Innate Gods and Demons awakened and attacked them.
• Chu Qing discovered that his title power did not weaken the creatures, and his attacks could not stop them from healing or multiplying.
• God concluded that the creatures' strange powers came from the stone house and rushed inside to find their source.

Chu Qing slaughtered the Innate Gods and Demons while the High Priest and two black-robed men struggled against a descending War Fortress. After clearing the battlefield, he rushed into the stone house when the Heavenly God cried for help.

• Chu Qing discovered the Innate Gods and Demons turned to ash after being split apart repeatedly, then began killing them in earnest.
• The High Priest and two black-robed men repeatedly urged Chu Qing to finish quickly as they fought the War Fortress, but he kept slaughtering the Innate Gods and Demons.
• Chu Qing realized he had nearly wiped out the Innate Gods and Demons and saw the War Fortress descending under a barrage of powerful cannons.
• Chu Qing decided to reach the stone house and release the Ancient God and Demon rather than join the others against the fortress.
• The Heavenly God cried for help from inside the stone house, and Chu Qing charged in as the High Priest and a black-robed man questioned whether he could help.

Chu Qing and his allies searched for a way to break the stone house seal while a giant attacked the Heavenly God. Liuli Anomaly shattered the first restriction node in an instant, and Chu Qing asked where to find the next one.

• The High Priest and two black-robed figures entered the stone house after tearing through the War Fortress's defenses.
• They found the Heavenly God pinned beneath a giant and chose to search for the seal's restriction instead of rescuing him.
• An Angel Envoy transmitted the scene to Tianhai, who warned Heaven and prepared the War Fortress for a possible fight.
• A black-robed figure revealed a restriction node and explained how to break one of its lines without disturbing the layers above it.
• Liuli Anomaly appeared and shattered the restriction across a million layers with a One-Way Pass token.
• Chu Qing asked the black-robed figure where the second node was.

Chu Qing and the others escaped onto the body of a colossal Ancient God and Demon, where Chu Qing studied its patterns while it destroyed the War Fortress and twisted nearby creatures. He decided they should research the creature before Heaven reacted.

• Chu Qing broke the restriction node with his Liuli Phenomenon, which tapped the High Priest on the head with a One-Way Pass sign.
• The Ancient God and Demon broke its chains, and the god fled with Chu Qing and the others before an attack drove them back into the stone house.
• Chu Qing and the others climbed onto the Ancient God and Demon's body as it grew larger, seized the War Fortress, and shook off its pursuers.
• Chu Qing studied the Ancient God and Demon's three thousand patterns and memorized the fifteen hundred that matched the mechanical brain.
• The High Priest showed Chu Qing that worshippers below were changing into Innate Gods and Demons, while a black-robed man warned that the creature's influence was twisting living beings.
• Chu Qing proposed studying the Ancient God and Demon before Heaven reacted.

The Heavenly God led Chu Qing and the others through the forbidden zone to free a sealed body part of a Martial Ancestor. They found a beating heart inside an enormous Black Crystal, and Chu Qing stepped into the valley to test whether his title could weaken the Immortal Ones guarding it.

• The Heavenly God explained that the Ancient God and Demon was being used as cannon fodder to draw Heaven's attention, then led the group away under a treasure that concealed their heavenly secrets.
• The group passed through areas where countless Angel Envoy corpses fell, and the Heavenly God said the Ancient God and Demon had killed them but would soon be defeated or suppressed by Azure Heaven.
• The Heavenly God brought them to a valley where Immortal Ones collected Dark Crystals, explaining that part of a Martial Ancestor's body was sealed there.
• The group followed an Immortal One and saw Black Crystals gathering around a beating heart that slowly consumed its crystal prison.
• Chu Qing volunteered to clear the Immortal Ones and test his title's power, then appeared beside the central Black Crystal and heard it crack.

Chu Qing freed Qiu Wudi’s Heart from its Black Crystal prison, and it destroyed the captors before taking shelter in his arms. As Heaven God carried the group toward another prisoner, Qiu Wudi’s Heart explained that the current Heaven had sealed it after an ambush.

• The Black Crystal shattered, and Chu Qing tried to seize the heart, but it pried open his hand and called him by name.
• Qiu Wudi’s Heart vanished into the cave, killed the bronze-masked captors, and returned to Chu Qing.
• Chu Qing told the High Priest, Heaven God, and the two black-robed figures that the heart belonged to his friend Qiu Wudi, then carried it as it rested.
• Heaven God carried Chu Qing and the others toward the next prisoner while Qiu Wudi’s Heart admitted it was weak and warned Chu Qing to flee if danger arose.
• Qiu Wudi’s Heart told Chu Qing that the current Heaven and several Path Pioneers had ambushed and sealed it, and that Tongtian had also been killed.

Chu Qing questioned Qiu Wudi’s heart, which taught him a deeper version of the Nine Chapters but could not answer questions about Heaven’s sins or the Heavenly Calamities. As the mad Ancient God and Demon fought Heaven, Heaven realized it had trapped itself in endless work and decided to stop handling every problem personally.

• Chu Qing told Qiu Wudi’s heart about the ritual and asked it to share its secrets, and it agreed to be fused with its essence blood and teach him the Nine Chapters.
• Qiu Wudi’s heart explained the Nine Chapters in greater detail than Chu Qing’s version and said it had spent its long imprisonment deducing them to avoid going mad.
• Chu Qing asked Qiu Wudi’s heart about Heaven’s sins, the Heavenly Calamities, and her past love, but it said it could not reveal what the main body kept secret.
• Heaven learned that Qiu Wudi’s heart had escaped while the mad Ancient God and Demon attacked one of its avatars, and it lamented the many crises and rebels demanding its attention.
• The mad Ancient God and Demon declared that it would have freedom or die, and Heaven dispersed its clouds, abandoned its avatar, and withdrew its consciousness to take a break from official business.

Heaven God led Chu Qing and the others through the Restricted Areas to break seals and release ancient beings, hoping their rampages would wear Heaven down. After freeing a sphere-shaped Mythological Creature in the Vast Sea, the group continued onward, and the High Priest warned Chu Qing about an ancient race of speaking weapons that brought misfortune to their wielders.

• Heaven God admitted that even the rebels together could not defeat Heaven, while Chu Qing dismissed the hope of relying on others to weaken it.
• Heaven God led the group to the Vast Sea to release a sealed Mythological Creature, and he wondered why the dead Ancient God and Demon’s corpse had not appeared in a Restricted Area.
• Chu Qing and the others defeated the seal’s guards, and Chu Qing killed a Heavenly Army member without using his phenomenon.
• The group released a sphere-shaped Mythological Creature, which devoured black sand and rapidly regained its strength as Heaven God hoped it would provoke Heaven.
• Chu Qing and the others traveled through more Restricted Areas, where the High Priest warned him that ancient speaking weapons carried misfortune to their possessors.

Chu Qing and his companions spent ten years traveling the Forbidden Zone and gathering cultivation experiences from released ancient creatures. After the High Priest left the group, the Heavenly God invited her to travel the Human World with him.

• Chu Qing and his companions released imprisoned creatures, many of which were mad, while the few sane ones left behind their cultivation experiences.
• The group gathered around the Platinum Fire Pit and discussed the ancient creatures' cultivation methods, including one creature's practice of opening Minor Worlds within every drop of its blood.
• The Heavenly God celebrated his plan to make released creatures trouble Heaven, but Chu Qing knew from his contacts that they had caused no disturbances.
• The two black-robed Harvesters departed, and the High Priest asked Chu Qing to stay in frequent contact because of his interest in the Mantis Martial Ancestor.
• The High Priest prepared to leave, and the Heavenly God invited her to travel the Human World with him and watch the sunrise and sunset.

After returning to Stone Ridge Mountain, Chu Qing reunited with his companions and prepared to recount his ten years away. Second Generation Bi Luo then asked him for urgent help from a distant location, and Chu Qing agreed to go.

• The Heavenly God left the forbidden zone and found the world peaceful, while Heaven enjoyed freedom from its official duties.
• Chu Qing returned to Stone Ridge Mountain and learned from Madam Shi that Mechanical Path experts had helped build its thirteen palaces while waiting for him to make mechanical brains.
• Chu Qing reunited with Nangong, Cui Moyang, Mingyue, Madam Jin, and others, then appointed an eager maid to record his experiences.
• As Chu Qing prepared to share his travels and cultivation insights, Second Generation Bi Luo contacted him and said she was in serious trouble.
• Chu Qing agreed to travel to Second Generation Bi Luo's distant coordinates and began his account for the scribes while his companions waited.

A hundred eras after a dream, Phoenix Emperor recorded thirty-six crude cultivation experiences taught by an unnamed figure, and Phoenix Emperor's Mother discovered they could dramatically advance New Realms. The chapter ended with Phoenix Emperor trying to reveal the figure's name, which her mother could neither hear nor understand.

• Phoenix Emperor woke from her dream and filled Golden Silk White Jade books with the cultivation experiences she had learned from the unnamed figure.
• Phoenix Emperor's parents came to the study, where Phoenix Emperor's Mother read the records and recognized their profound value.
• After reading one cultivation experience, Phoenix Emperor's Mother found that her New Realm had grown by roughly two percent of its total length.
• Phoenix Emperor recorded that the unnamed figure had received the cultivation experiences as payment from ancient prisoners he had freed, then prepared to write his name.
• Phoenix Emperor's Mother took the pen, but when Phoenix Emperor tried to say the name, she could neither hear it nor make out her daughter's lip movements.

Phoenix Emperor and Phoenix Emperor's Mother entered a dream through Chu Qing's Essence Blood Gemstone and observed a strange ancient world from inside a maid's body. Phoenix Emperor's Mother marveled at the world and argued that Chu Qing would not stand out in her own era, while Phoenix Emperor insisted he would reach its peak.

• Phoenix Emperor explained that Chu Qing's title and name could not be heard or written down, then told her mother how she had learned of him.
• Phoenix Emperor's Mother persuaded Phoenix Emperor to enter a dream together using Chu Qing's Essence Blood Gemstone, and they both fell asleep.
• Phoenix Emperor's Mother awoke inside a maid's body in a dream world filled with speaking birds, demonized plants and stones, palaces, and ancient beings.
• Phoenix Emperor showed her mother the Miracle Palace and described Chu Qing's rise from humble beginnings, arguing that he would become a major figure in any era.
• Phoenix Emperor's Mother warned that their era's law would suppress Chu Qing and said her bloodline might advance in the dream world, while Phoenix Emperor joked that her true body would only become a maid.

Chu Qing accelerated the recovery of Qiu Wudi's Heart with Golden Cores, reducing its recovery time from hundreds of thousands of years to around a thousand. After making arrangements with Madam Jin, Nangong, and the others, he departed to help Second Generation Bi Luo.

• Phoenix Emperor's Mother admired Stone Ridge Mountain through a maid's eyes, while Phoenix Emperor resolved to bring Chu Qing to the future era.
• Chu Qing fused Qiu Wudi's Heart with its essence blood, and the heart estimated that it would take three to five hundred thousand years to recover.
• Chu Qing gathered a million Golden Cores to cleanse the heart's restrictions and injuries, cutting the recovery estimate to ten thousand years before sending the maids back to their duties.
• Qiu Wudi's Heart discovered that passing Golden Cores continued to shine on it and estimated that it would recover within a thousand years, then vowed to reassemble her original body.
• Chu Qing made arrangements with Madam Jin, Nangong, and the others, then Madam Shi transformed into a primordial Space God Demon and teleported him away to help Second Generation Bi Luo.

Second Generation Bi Luo and several hunted women prepared to turn the tables on the elite teams pursuing them across the Extreme Evil Continent. As the teams followed their tracks, Bi Luo led the women toward a fight, while Chu Qing and Second Generation Moon God discussed rescuing her.

• Second Generation Moon God offered to join Chu Qing in rescuing Second Generation Bi Luo, but Chu Qing insisted he could take Bi Luo away alone.
• Second Generation Bi Luo escaped from more than thirty elite teams hunting her and was slowed when she stopped to help several fleeing women.
• Bi Luo used her Golden Core to help the women recover and said they would hunt their pursuers, killing whichever team they encountered first.
• Bi Luo led the women through the forest without hiding their tracks, inviting the capture teams to pursue them.
• A capture team found their tracks, realized the women might be planning to fight back, and ordered everyone to chase them and capture Bi Luo.

Second Generation Bi Luo fought through pursuit squads while protecting her badly wounded companions, relying on the Golden Core to heal them. Surrounded by hundreds of captors, she prepared for Chu Qing’s arrival and told the women to destroy their eardrums and ignore every sound.

• Second Generation Bi Luo used the Path of Qi and the Golden Core’s light to defeat successive pursuit teams while her companions suffered severe injuries.
• A group of realm experts confronted Bi Luo and demanded that she submit to powerful figures, but she rejected them and killed them.
• Bi Luo stayed behind to restore her companions instead of fleeing, even though they urged her to escape.
• Hundreds of capture-squad members surrounded Bi Luo and charged, and she told the women to destroy their eardrums and listen to no sound.

Second Generation Bi Luo used Chu Qing’s name and his reflection to injure the gathered experts, while one expert’s hatred triggered his title and sent him falling into the abyss. He landed in darkness and was seized by a savage monster.

• Second Generation Bi Luo spoke Chu Qing’s name, causing nearby experts who heard it to suffer repeated spiritual blows and vomit blood.
• Reflection of Chu Qing appeared and killed a Great Genius with a finger, then struck those who watched him every three seconds.
• An expert’s intense hatred for Chu Qing activated his title and enveloped him in an abyss entrance.
• The expert fell through darkness, mistook the abyss for an escape to another continent, and walked onward for hours.
• The expert encountered a savage monster, which seized him and stared at him as if he were a rare treasure.

Second Generation Bi Luo used her reflection of Chu Qing to terrify and defeat the experts pursuing her, and Chu Qing arrived to finish them off. He told Bi Luo that they were not leaving the Extreme Evil Continent, despite her asking when they would go.

• Second Generation Bi Luo named Chu Qing, causing the pursuing experts to panic and flee from his reflected image.
• Chu Qing appeared and swiftly collapsed the realms of several hundred experts, then ordered the survivors to be killed.
• The women who had witnessed the fight discussed whether Chu Qing could escape the continent without a pass.
• Second Generation Bi Luo told Chu Qing she might have used his name and reflected techniques to gain power and obtain a pass.
• Chu Qing warned Bi Luo about the continent’s dangers, then said they were not leaving.

Chu Qing refused to leave the Extreme Evil Continent and insisted its people had to pay for Bi Luo’s persecution. After defeating and questioning Sun Moon Twin Harmony, he told Bi Luo to kill them.

• Chu Qing told Second Generation Bi Luo that the continent’s people and the masterminds behind her persecution deserved punishment, arguing that killing would help her survive the chaos ahead.
• A Fire Dragon brought Sun Moon Twin Harmony to Chu Qing and Bi Luo, and the pair threatened to capture them and mocked the women with them.
• Chu Qing repeatedly made Sun Moon Twin Harmony cough blood, then stopped their escape and twisted their heads around.
• Sun Moon Twin Harmony surrendered and gave Chu Qing and Bi Luo information about the continent, pleading for their lives.
• Chu Qing silenced the pair and told Bi Luo to kill them.

Second Generation Bi Luo used an ancient sacrificial ritual to annihilate Yin-Yang Dual Union and everyone connected to them, but the ritual provoked a powerful being through a vortex. Chu Qing protected her, dragged the being through the vortex, and ordered him to kneel and call him Lord Forbidden.

• Chu Qing refused Second Generation Bi Luo's request to spare Yin-Yang Dual Union and urged her to establish her authority through ruthless violence.
• Chu Qing told Second Generation Bi Luo to use a bloodline-tracing ritual, but she chose a more ancient sacrificial ritual taught by her Old Ancestors.
• Second Generation Bi Luo performed the ritual, burning Yin-Yang Dual Union and summoning figures that slaughtered their connected bloodlines, relatives, friends, and associates.
• A powerful being appeared through a vortex and reached for Second Generation Bi Luo, but Chu Qing took the blow and crushed the being's hand.
• Chu Qing seized the being's arms, dragged him through the vortex, and commanded him to kneel and address him as Lord Forbidden.