Chapter Summaries

Bai Ze entered Tongyuan Divine Venerable’s nine-story inheritance tower and survived the first trial by seizing a Golden Token and defeating the experts who challenged him. He reached the second floor, where Tower Elder began a timed Divine Ability comprehension trial.

• The nine-story treasure tower appeared, and Bai Ze entered its first floor with the other experts seeking Tongyuan Divine Venerable’s inheritance.
• Tower Elder announced that only the first ninety-nine people to claim Golden Tokens and reach the next floor would pass the first trial.
• Bai Ze seized a Golden Token and killed three True God Realm experts who attacked him for it.
• Yellow Springs Ascetic challenged Bai Ze, but Bai Ze fought his way to the passage and entered the next floor with the token.
• The remaining token holders advanced, and Tower Elder expelled everyone who had failed the first trial.
• Tower Elder introduced the Destiny Stone Tablet and ordered the contestants to comprehend a Divine Ability within seven days, with only the first thirty-three advancing.

Bai Ze chose and mastered the basics of the Low-grade Divine Ability Heavenly Sword Style in three days, then advanced to the third layer. After seven days, only sixteen people passed the second-layer trial, while the eliminated contestants were allowed to keep comprehending their abilities for a month.

• Bai Ze ignored Yellow Springs Ascetic's hostile stare and searched the stone stele for a Divine Ability suited to his Sword Law.
• Bai Ze found Heavenly Sword Style and began cultivating it, while Tower Elder praised his talent and reflected on the qualities needed to inherit Tongyuan Divine Venerable's legacy.
• After three days, Bai Ze formed a Sword Seal, mastered the basics of Heavenly Sword Style, and passed the trial to proceed to the third layer.
• Tower Elder noted that Bai Ze was the fastest participant in countless years to comprehend a Divine Ability and said the inheritance would require its holder to avenge Tongyuan Divine Venerable.
• When the seven-day limit ended, sixteen people had passed, while the others were eliminated and allowed to continue comprehending their Divine Abilities for a month.

Bai Ze entered the third floor’s temperament trial, where illusions made him experience repeated deaths and more than a million years of loneliness. He emerged at the passage entrance with his martial conviction unshaken and a newly resolute understanding of the path of the strong.

• Tower Elder explained that the third floor tested temperament and gave each participant a token containing an early Divine Monarch Realm powerhouse’s full-force strike as a reward for passing the second floor.
• Tower Elder sent the participants into separate passages and gave them seven days to reach the end.
• Bai Ze entered a dark, narrow passage and saw countless visions of himself dying in battles across different points in his life.
• Bai Ze dismissed the visions, insisting that his actual achievement of the True God Realm could not be undone by imagined possibilities.
• The visions showed Bai Ze’s acquaintances dying as time passed, leaving him alone for what seemed like more than a million years, but he continued walking without losing his resolve.
• Bai Ze opened his eyes to find himself still at the entrance, with the exit only a few dozen meters away, and emerged with a firmer conviction about the loneliness of the strong.

Bai Ze passed the third-floor trial and received Tongyuan Divine Stones that let him cultivate within altered time. On the fourth floor, Tower Elder revealed that the inheritance required comprehending the Time Law within one hundred years, and Bai Ze continued his effort as decades passed and he visibly aged.

• Bai Ze escaped the River of Time and reached the fourth floor after only a day and a half.
• Tower Elder rewarded Bai Ze with three Tongyuan Divine Stones, which could alter the flow of time and accelerate cultivation.
• Bai Ze used a stone to cultivate, then saw several other experts arrive; Yellow Springs Ascetic did not appear.
• Tower Elder announced that the inheritance required comprehending the Time Law within one hundred years.
• Bai Ze and the other experts tried to comprehend the Time Law, but decades passed with little progress; Bai Ze remained the closest.
• Bai Ze's appearance gradually aged into that of a white-haired old man as he continued his comprehension.

Bai Ze comprehended the Time Law and received Tongyuan Divine Venerable’s inheritance, gaining a major increase in power and the Tongyuan Three Lives Divine Art. After Tongyuan Divine Venerable’s remnant vanished, Tower Elder accepted Bai Ze as the tower’s new master.

• Tower Elder gathered the Time Law around Bai Ze, helping him comprehend its first trace.
• Tower Elder brought Bai Ze to the ninth floor, where Tongyuan Divine Venerable’s remnant took him as a disciple and warned him that inheriting the legacy would bring pursuit by Divine Saint Realm experts.
• Bai Ze accepted the danger, and Tongyuan Divine Venerable passed on his inheritance, advancing Bai Ze to the middle True God Realm and raising his divine soul to the Half-step Divine Monarch Realm.
• Bai Ze’s Time Law reached its first layer, and he learned the Tongyuan Three Lives Divine Art along with Tongyuan Divine Venerable’s other techniques.
• Tongyuan Divine Venerable’s remnant dispersed, and Tower Elder pledged himself to Bai Ze as the new master of the Nine-layered Primordial Chaos Time-Space Tower.

Bai Ze refined the Nine-layered Primordial Chaos Time-Space Tower and spent thirty years inside cultivating a Past Body. He sent the Past Body toward the Myriad Sword Sect while his main body stayed behind to cultivate, and the Past Body escaped Yellow Springs Ancestor after their Divine Monarch Realm strikes collided.

• Bai Ze completely refined the Nine-layered Primordial Chaos Time-Space Tower and learned about its time-altering cultivation spaces and other abilities.
• Bai Ze cultivated inside the tower for thirty years and condensed a Past Body from his Divine Spirit Realm self.
• Bai Ze sent his Past Body to the Myriad Sword Sect with the Sword Gu Worm while his main body remained in the tower to cultivate.
• Yellow Springs Ancestor intercepted the Past Body, and both used tokens to unleash Divine Monarch Realm strikes.
• The Past Body used Shuttle Through Heaven to escape toward the Myriad Sword Sect, leaving Yellow Springs Ancestor furious.

Bai Ze returned to the Myriad Sword Sect, where he concealed his suspicions about Chen Tiannan and prepared to break through to the True God Realm while Qian Feitian plotted to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Bai Ze's main body emerged from seclusion with his Time Law at the Third Layer of Law Realm and greatly improved combat strength.

• Bai Ze returned to the Myriad Sword Sect, noticed a powerful divine sense, and reported his Peak Divine Spirit Realm cultivation to Chen Tiannan.
• Shangguan Xi told Bai Ze that Inner Disciples had visited to check whether he had returned, and Bai Ze suspected Qian Feitian was behind the inquiries.
• Bai Ze entered seclusion to prepare for his True God Realm breakthrough, while Qian Feitian vowed to reach the Divine Monarch Realm before the Heavenly Pride Battle.
• Bai Ze's main body emerged from fifty years of cultivation inside the Nine-layered Primordial Chaos Time-Space Tower, having advanced his Time Law to the Third Layer of Law Realm and cultivated Replace Heaven to Minor Accomplishment.
• Tower Elder congratulated Bai Ze on his progress, and Bai Ze thanked him for his guidance.

Bai Ze learned that the Nine-layered Primordial Chaos Time-Space Tower was nearly out of energy and left the Tongyuan Secret Realm in disguise to seek opportunities and Divine Stones. In Tongqing City, he became interested in a True Dragon Pill offered by the Wu Family, but the arena’s formidable fighters made winning it a serious challenge.

• Tower Elder told Bai Ze that the tower could be sustained with Divine Stones, costing a thousand Mid-grade Divine Stones for one year of use, and Bai Ze decided he needed to gather wealth and seek opportunities.
• Bai Ze cultivated the Heaven Avoiding Art, then left the Tongyuan Secret Realm more than a month later and arrived in Tongqing City with a changed appearance and aura.
• Bai Ze learned that the Wu Family was offering a True Dragon Pill to anyone who defeated Wu Yunyan, and he hurried to the family’s arena because the pill could strengthen his Prison Suppressing Divine Dragon Body.
• Wu Yunyan defeated challengers with ease, while Wu Leiting and the other elders hoped the contest would attract powerful geniuses for an important matter involving a divine herb needed by the Wu Family Ancestor.
• Zhang Cheng, a Heavenly Pride List genius ranked 336th, challenged Wu Yunyan, and the two began a fierce battle with their Law Power and signature techniques.
• Bai Ze judged that his middle-stage True God Realm cultivation put him at a disadvantage against the two geniuses, but he decided he was not ready to give up on the True Dragon Pill.

Wu Yunyan and Zhang Cheng fought fiercely for their Heavenly Pride List rankings, each unleashing their full strength. They ended with a clash of Divine Abilities that cracked the arena, leaving the winner undecided.

• Wu Yunyan intensified her Wind Law and attacked Zhang Cheng from within a gale, but he countered by cleaving the tornadoes apart with his Blade Law.
• Wu Yunyan unleashed her Wind Divine Body and both fighters exchanged powerful techniques as the arena shook.
• Great Elder Wu Leiting praised Zhang Cheng and offered him a Grade Six Divine Pill, while the elders judged that Wu Yunyan would narrowly win if the battle continued.
• Wu Yunyan proposed deciding the match with one final strike, and Zhang Cheng agreed, merging his twin blades and gathering Lightning Power.
• Wu Yunyan unleashed Wind Corrosion as Zhang Cheng used Heavenly Blade Absolute Annihilation Slash, and their collision left faint cracks in the arena.

Bai Ze, using the name Bai Yu, challenged Wu Yunyan for a chance to obtain the True Dragon Pill after she defeated Zhang Cheng. He revealed formidable Sword Law and his Prison Suppressing Divine Dragon Body, then unleashed Replace Heaven as the fight continued.

• Wu Yunyan narrowly defeated Zhang Cheng and invited him to join her in exchange for a Grade Six Divine Pill.
• Wu Yunyan challenged the crowd to fight for pills, and Bai Ze took the stage under the name Bai Yu to seek the True Dragon Pill.
• Bai Ze attacked with the Seven Emotions Sword Art and impressed the crowd, while Wu Yunyan defended herself and kept the upper hand.
• Bai Ze pointed out Wu Yunyan's injuries and reduced strength from her battle with Zhang Cheng.
• Bai Ze unleashed his Prison Suppressing Divine Dragon Body and activated the Divine Ability Replace Heaven.

Bai Ze used the High-grade Divine Ability Substitute for Heaven to fight Wu Yunyan, whose Wind abilities let her withstand his sword attacks despite being suppressed. As his power-up began to fade, Bai Ze unleashed successive Unity Divine Finger techniques, and Wu Yunyan was left facing an even stronger strike after barely blocking the first.

• Bai Ze activated Substitute for Heaven, prompting spectators and Wu Leiting to marvel at his talent and strength.
• Wu Yunyan restored herself to peak condition with Wind's Ultimate Sublimation and fought back against Bai Ze's sword techniques, though his power of heaven and earth suppressed her strength.
• Bai Ze and Wu Yunyan exchanged dozens of moves without either defeating the other, while Bai Ze's power-up neared its limit.
• Bai Ze unleashed One Finger Breaks Mountains and Rivers, forcing Wu Yunyan to use Wind Flower Snow Moon to block it and cough up blood.
• Bai Ze formed Two Fingers Separate Heaven and Earth above Wu Yunyan as she faced his more powerful attack.

Bai Ze defeated Wu Yunyan, claimed the True Dragon Pill, and appeared at rank 167 on the Heavenly Pride List under his real name. The Wu family invited him to help find the Purple Moon Sacred Heart Grass in the Ancient Battlefield, offering True Dragon Pills and three unconditional promises in return.

• Wu Leiting stopped Bai Ze's attack, declared him the winner, and gave him the True Dragon Pill.
• The Heavenly Pride List revealed Bai Ze's true name at rank 167, pushing Wu Yunyan to 168th.
• Wu Yunyan accepted her defeat and learned from Wu Leiting that Bai Ze was likely younger than she was.
• Wu Leiting invited Bai Ze to the Wu family estate and offered him stored True Dragon Pills.
• Wu Long gave Bai Ze several True Dragon Pills and asked him to search the Ancient Battlefield for the Purple Moon Sacred Heart Grass, promising generous payment and three unconditional acts of assistance.

Bai Ze accepted the Wu family's True Dragon Pills in exchange for searching for the Purple Moon Sacred Heart Grass in the Ancient Battlefield and agreed to help the family if he could. He entered seclusion to strengthen his Prison Suppressing Divine Dragon Body, and after several months outside, his cultivation showed signs of a breakthrough.

• Wu Long offered Bai Ze three unconditional favors if he found the Purple Moon Sacred Heart Grass, and Bai Ze accepted the True Dragon Pills and agreed to search for it.
• Wu Long and Wu Leiting discussed how Bai Ze's help could improve their chances of finding the grass and aiding their ancestor's breakthrough to Divine Saint Realm.
• Wu Yunyan brought Bai Ze to a courtyard in the Wu family's Core Area and told him the Ancient Battlefield would open in six months.
• Bai Ze entered seclusion with the True Dragon Pills to cultivate his Prison Suppressing Divine Dragon Body.
• After nearly three years inside the Primordial Time-Space Tower, Bai Ze released a powerful aura as a third Dragon Claw began to form behind him.

Bai Ze reached the Great Accomplishment realm of the Prison Suppressing Divine Dragon Body and advanced to the late True God Realm. With the Ancient Battlefield opening in half a month, he joined Wu Yunyan and more than a thousand True God Realm experts preparing to depart.

• Bai Ze completed his breakthrough, gained the Divine Dragon Battle Body, and reached the late True God Realm.
• Bai Ze stopped cultivating after exhausting his divine stones and concealed the Nine-layered Primordial Chaos Time-Space Tower.
• Wu Yunyan visited Bai Ze, questioned his rapid progress, and told him they needed to set off for the Ancient Battlefield.
• Wu Yunyan led Bai Ze to a gathering of more than a thousand Wu family members and invited experts preparing to enter the Ancient Battlefield.
• The assembled experts recognized Bai Ze, discussed his advancement and ranking, and some considered testing him.

Bai Ze traveled with Wu Yunyan and the Wu family toward the Ancient Battlefield, where Jin Yang mocked him over his Heavenly Pride List ranking. Meanwhile, Bai Ze’s Past Body remained in the Myriad Sword Sect, unaware to Chen Tiannan that it was only a clone, while Bai Ze prepared to foil the elder’s planned body snatching.

• Wu Leiting summoned the Wu family’s Flood Dragon Warship, and Bai Ze and Wu Yunyan boarded for the journey to the Ancient Battlefield.
• Jin Yang introduced himself to Bai Ze and sarcastically offered to protect him, prompting Wu Yunyan to rebuke him before Bai Ze left to cultivate.
• Bai Ze’s Past Body learned that the Myriad Sword Sect was heading to the Ancient Battlefield, but Supreme Elder Chen Tiannan refused to let him go.
• Chen Tiannan revealed that he intended to seize Bai Ze’s body after he reached the Divine Monarch Realm and considered acting early because his condition was worsening.
• Bai Ze’s main body realized Chen Tiannan was keeping his Past Body at the sect and resolved to destroy it if necessary to make the body snatching fail.

Bai Ze entered the Ancient Battlefield after the immense gate opened and spent months surviving its deadly forces while searching for a Safe City. After collecting treasures from several ruins, he sensed an overwhelming attack and vanished just before the space around him collapsed.

• Li Tianhui ordered the Li Family disciples to kill every Wu Family member in the Ancient Battlefield, while the other great Lineages also feared the Wu Family Ancestor's possible breakthrough.
• A vast gate formed and opened at the Ancient Battlefield entrance, and Bai Ze entered alongside Wu Yunyan and the others.
• Bai Ze killed a corrupted Demonic Beast and realized the Battlefield's deathly forces could erode a person's mind and turn them into a killer.
• Bai Ze traveled for months, fought deranged Demonic Beasts and martial artists, and gathered treasures from the ruins he found.
• After leaving a ruin, Bai Ze sensed danger and vanished as overwhelming power shattered the space where he had stood.

Bai Ze killed the three Heavenly Wolf brothers after they ambushed and underestimated him, then continued toward an ancient city. After entering the city, he found that its protective formation kept out deathly aura but did not stop the brutal killing within.

• The three Heavenly Wolf brothers surrounded Bai Ze and threatened to kill and devour him for his treasures.
• Bai Ze struck first and killed Wolf Two with a single sword strike.
• Wolf One and Wolf Three attacked Bai Ze, but he overpowered them and shattered their divine souls with the Nine Heavens Sword Art.
• Bai Ze collected the brothers’ Divine Weapons and Storage Bags before continuing on his way.
• After more than a month, Bai Ze reached an ancient city protected by a great formation.
• Bai Ze entered the city and discovered that its gathered martial cultivators still killed one another freely.

Bai Ze seized a courtyard in the Ancient City and set up an array to alert him to intruders before preparing to cultivate in seclusion. Meanwhile, Lü Ruoxue hunted for opportunities in the Ancient Battlefield, vowing revenge and earning the name “Bloodthirsty Female Demon” for killing anyone who challenged her.

• Bai Ze broke the array guarding a secluded courtyard, killed its occupant, and claimed the courtyard after the man refused to leave.
• Bai Ze set up the Nine Resounding Holy Light Array to sense anyone entering the courtyard, then prepared to digest his recent gains in seclusion.
• Lü Ruoxue killed several True God Realm experts and revealed that she had reached the peak of the True God Realm by using resources from secret realms she had left behind.
• Lü Ruoxue vowed revenge against the Arrogant World Divine Emperor and her former disciple, then set out to find more opportunities in the Ancient Battlefield.
• Lü Ruoxue attacked experts gathered near some ruins and killed those who opposed her, earning the title “Bloodthirsty Female Demon.”

Lü Ruoxue defeated the experts who surrounded her and continued to roam the Ancient Battlefield without fear of retaliation. Months later, Chen Qiang confronted her to avenge his younger brother, and she unleashed her Nine Nether Phoenix as their battle escalated.

• Lü Ruoxue used her Nine Nether Phoenix Divine Ability to slaughter the experts surrounding her, then stripped the ruins of their resources and left.
• Onlookers discussed Lü Ruoxue’s strength and the many enemies she had made, including Chen Qiang, who sought revenge for his younger brother.
• Several months later, Chen Qiang blocked Lü Ruoxue and vowed to kill her, but she dismissed his threat and mocked his strength.
• Chen Qiang attacked Lü Ruoxue with his Law of Poison, and she countered with the Fire Law and her Phoenix Overwhelming Slash.
• As Chen Qiang pressed his attack, Lü Ruoxue transformed into a Nine Nether Phoenix, leaving him shocked and wondering how she could be connected to the vanished Phoenix Clan.

Lü Ruoxue used the Nine Nether Phoenix divine ability to battle Chen Qiang for three days, severely injuring him before he escaped. She healed in seclusion, while Bai Ze continued defending the courtyard in the Ancient City from intruders.

• Lü Ruoxue transformed into a Nine Nether Phoenix and fought Chen Qiang through his poison mist, burning it away with black flames.
• Powerful cultivators sensed the battle and fled rather than risk the shockwaves.
• After three days and nights, Lü Ruoxue wounded Chen Qiang so badly that he tore through space and escaped.
• Lü Ruoxue assessed her injuries, vowed to kill Chen Qiang when they next met, and entered a Cave Mansion to heal.
• Bai Ze sensed an intruder entering the courtyard and killed them with a single strike of his divine sword.