Chapter Summaries

Zhou Leng killed Savage Star Axe after Savage Star Axe killed Azure Scales, then received the Treants’ healing gifts and returned to the human camp. As the Youth Battlefield neared its end, he traded the spoils from the two Demigod lineages with Azure-Crimson Flame for an appraisal of three hundred and thirty million.

• Savage Star Axe killed Azure Scales in one strike, but Zhou Leng caught up with him and killed him as Shen Jun and the others fled.
• The Treants gave Zhou Leng Water of Life and a Life Crystal, healing his injuries as he recovered from the battle.
• Miller and Shanhe Yuan saw Savage Star Axe’s death reflected on the Youth Ranking, while Shen Jun reported the battle to the Demonic Beasts.
• Zhou Leng reached the human camp and learned that Deep Dark Fury and Gray Steel Wind were capturing people to force a joint assault on Highest Mountain.
• Zhou Leng answered the Ancient River Sect disciples’ questions, then went to the Demon Spirit Masters’ camp to trade his excess treasures.
• Azure-Crimson Flame appraised Zhou Leng’s Siren and Orc treasures at three hundred and thirty million.

Zhou Leng traded Savage Star Axe’s weapon for medicinal fruits and Demon Gold, then disguised himself as Guan Canglong to gather information near Highest Mountain. After reuniting with Jade Wing and hearing Deep Dark Fury’s plans, he learned that Martial Stone People guarded the mountain and had repelled even powerful challengers.

• Zhou Leng traded Savage Star Axe’s axe to Azure-Crimson Flame, bought medicinal fruits, and asked him to watch for Innate Advancement-Replenishing Medicine.
• Zhou Leng disguised himself as Guan Canglong and killed Orcs near Highest Mountain while Gray Steel Wind watched from the sky.
• Gray Steel Wind discussed the Dragon alliance and the planned assault on Highest Mountain with the other Dragons before leading them out of camp.
• Deep Dark Fury captured Jade Wing and forced him back to camp, where Jade Wing recognized Zhou Leng’s disguise and spoke with him.
• Blasphemous Book Boy told Zhou Leng and Jade Wing that three hundred Small Martial Stone People guarded Highest Mountain’s outer layer and thirty-three larger ones guarded its inner layer.

Zhou Leng pursued Innate Advancement-Replenishing Medicine and gathered intelligence about White Lake Lotus Fruits and Mad Prince Aiden. After learning that Azure Gleam possessed a full set of Siren tonics, he disguised himself as a demon and went to intercept her.

• Zhou Leng demanded Innate Advancement-Replenishing Medicine from seven races, collected twelve kinds of medicinal fruits, and ordered Snow Mountain Rock to keep searching for tonics.
• Shen Jun told Zhou Leng that the Dragon Kingdom branch might obtain White Lake Lotus Fruits and that Mad Prince Aiden planned to search Treant World for Innate Treant Hearts.
• Zhou Leng added Shen Jun through his Wuxin account and promised to recommend him to Master Frost Hand after he advanced and rendered meritorious service.
• Snow Mountain Rock reported that a red dragon had a complete set of Giants' Innate Advancement-Replenishing Medicine, and Shen Jun revealed that Princess Azure Gleam had all seven Siren tonics.
• Zhou Leng went with Shen Jun and Snow Mountain Rock toward Square-Pillar Mountain, then waited while they tracked Azure Gleam's location in the Siren camp.
• After Azure Gleam left camp, Zhou Leng took the crystal ball and Demonic Transformation Ring, transformed into a Rust-Iron Demon Soldier, and quietly set out to find her.

Zhou Leng ambushed Azure Gleam and her Sirens, then joined the assault on the Martial Stone Persons guarding Highest Mountain’s summit. After learning their techniques and discovering the guardians returned to their posts after being knocked down, he and the others withdrew to rest without finding a way through.

• Zhou Leng lured Azure Gleam’s Sirens into an ambush, killed all twenty-three, and took their spoils before rejoining Shen Jun and Snow Mountain Rock.
• Deep Dark Fury and the other Dragons urged the group toward Highest Mountain, where Zhou Leng saw three hundred Innate Martial Stone Persons guarding two light barriers and an altar.
• Zhou Leng fought a Martial Stone Person using Space-Severing Finger, memorized its techniques, and gradually began using the Innate-level art himself.
• The Demonic Beasts and Dragons struggled against the guardians; Deep Dark Fury knocked one down, but it later returned to its original place after the group retreated.
• Jade Wing judged the guardians too strong to defeat, and Deep Dark Fury told everyone to rest.

Zhou Leng discovered that Highest Mountain’s Great Martial Stone Persons likely held a complete Body-Protecting Divine Technique and persuaded the realms to unite for an assault. After rallying the Humans, Demon Spirit Masters, and Treants, he reunited with Zhang Xinglie, Elder Song, and other Ancient River Sect disciples, who prepared to join the attempt.

• Zhou Leng failed to pass through the light barrier and concluded that the Great Martial Stone Persons bore the circulation patterns of a valuable Body-Protecting Divine Technique.
• Zhou Leng proposed that the realms stop fighting one another while they attacked Highest Mountain, and Deep Dark Fury and Gray Steel Wind issued joint orders supporting the truce.
• Deep Dark Fury told Zhou Leng that he was six years old, though he had spent fourteen years developing inside an egg, and explained his ambition to obtain the mountain’s greatest treasure.
• Zhou Leng informed Li Yuanhe and persuaded the Demon Spirit Masters and Treants to join the assault, while Li Yuanhe agreed to rally the Humans and other realms.
• Zhang Xinglie and Elder Song returned to the human camp, where the Ancient River Sect disciples discussed the Martial Stone Persons and resolved to assault Highest Mountain.

Zhou Leng led the Ancient River Sect disciples in a night raid on a Siren camp, where they tested their martial arts and killed more than three hundred Sirens. Back at camp, Rao Mingxian realized Rao Mingjun’s words had exposed the Rao family main branch’s collusion with the Demon-Worshiping Cult and its control over his family’s fate.

• Zhou Leng taught the Ancient River Sect disciples innate martial arts, then proposed raiding a nearby Siren camp to test their skills.
• Rao Mingxian told Rao Mingjun that the Ancient River Sect disciples would be away, while refusing to reveal their plans.
• Zhou Leng, Zhang Xinglie, Song Juesi, and the other disciples attacked the Siren camp and killed more than three hundred Sirens before returning with medicinal fruits and other spoils.
• Rao Mingjun noticed the disciples’ improved Youth Ranking positions and offered Rao Mingxian command of the Rao family’s forces in the Demon-Worshiping Cult.
• Rao Mingxian inferred that the Rao family main branch had long colluded with the Demon-Worshiping Cult and was threatening his family through its control over them.

Rao Mingxian dreamed of poisoning and killing Rao Mingjun and his teammates after Rao Mingjun forced him to betray Zhou Leng, revealing how deeply Zhou Leng’s kindness had affected him. Zhou Leng then entered the Demonic Beast camp and joined the assembled races in the assault on the Martial Stone People at Highest Mountain.

• Zhou Leng arranged for Zhang Xinglie to disguise himself as Guan Canglong, and they later returned to camp, where Zhou Leng learned Rao Mingxian was the sole survivor of his team and visited him with a healing medicinal fruit.
• In a dream, Rao Mingxian poisoned Rao Mingjun and six teammates, blamed Rao Mingjun for destroying his bond with Zhou Leng, and killed them all.
• Zhou Leng left the human camp disguised as Guan Canglong, and the various races gathered at Highest Mountain before signing a temporary agreement with Deep Dark Fury’s Demonic Beast forces.
• More than two thousand fighters climbed Highest Mountain and attacked three hundred newly strengthened Martial Stone People, with Zhou Leng, Zhang Xinglie, and Song Juesi each taking on a different opponent.
• Zhou Leng let Ancient River Sect disciples take turns studying the Space-Severing Finger Martial Stone Person, while Rao Mingxian joined its attackers; after ten minutes, the first Martial Stone Person fell.

Zhou Leng and the other 203 survivors entered the barrier’s inner layer, where they learned they could advance by defeating a Great Martial Stone Person or mastering one of its Body-Protecting Divine Techniques. As Deep Dark Fury failed to defeat a Great Martial Stone Person, Zhou Leng studied the seventh one’s circulation diagrams and began cultivating its technique.

• Blasphemous Book Boy gathered injured allies and planned to join other factions in attacking the humans after the trial, while Shen Jun watched the human martial artists uneasily.
• After the last Martial Stone Person fell, the barrier enclosed 204 survivors, including 41 humans; the Martial Stone People revived outside it, leaving the injured spectators unable to join.
• Zhou Leng translated the Divine Script message: the survivors could enter the next layer by defeating a Great Martial Stone Person alone or learning one of 33 Body-Protecting Divine Techniques.
• Zhang Xinglie warned everyone not to record the inheritance, and the survivors began memorizing the Great Martial Stone People’s circulation diagrams; Zhou Leng chose the seventh one and studied its technique.
• Deep Dark Fury challenged the first Great Martial Stone Person but retreated wounded, prompting Gray Steel Wind to suggest that they attack it together.

After the Great Martial Stone People killed or crippled seventeen Dragons, Zhou Leng mastered the Taiqing Sea Garment and entered the second light barrier with Zhang Xinglie and Song Juesi. The altar there granted Song Juesi and Zhang Xinglie mysterious treasures, while the remaining alliances prepared for conflict.

• Gray Steel Wind led the Dragons in attacking a Great Martial Stone Person, and the stone people struck down seventeen Dragons with one punch each.
• Zhou Leng studied the circulation diagrams, mastered all seventy-two secondary routes, and completed his first cultivation of the Taiqing Sea Garment, greatly strengthening his defense.
• Song Juesi entered the second light barrier, and Zhou Leng and Zhang Xinglie followed after successfully cultivating their Body-Protecting Divine Techniques.
• Blasphemous Book Boy ordered the Demonic Beast Alliance to prepare to attack the humans, while Deep Dark Fury charged at a Great Martial Stone Person again.
• Zhou Leng, Zhang Xinglie, and Song Juesi saluted the altar, which gave Song Juesi a starlit water droplet and Zhang Xinglie a tiny bronze furnace.

Zhou Leng and his companions claimed treasures and absorbed the altar’s life-filled power, while Deep Dark Fury grew stronger after enduring its reward. After leaving the barrier, Zhou Leng negotiated with Jade Wing to borrow a cultivation method in exchange for money and help retrieving Emerald Crown’s corpse.

• Song Juesi swallowed half a Tiger Tally and meditated, while Zhou Leng received it and Zhang Xinglie gave Zhou Leng the Star-Refining Furnace.
• Zhou Leng and Zhang Xinglie absorbed the white mist Song Juesi had released, with Zhou Leng taking in most of its vitality and Song Juesi gaining a youthful appearance.
• Deep Dark Fury defeated a Great Martial Stone Person, swallowed White Jade Marrow from the altar, and endured a painful transformation that healed and strengthened him.
• Shanhe Yuan and Myriad Mountain Armor each failed to defeat a Great Martial Stone Person, while Blasphemous Book Boy suspected Humans were rapidly improving their Youth Ranking through the trial.
• Zhou Leng left the second barrier and persuaded Jade Wing to lend him a Humans cultivation method for one year in exchange for payment and help retrieving Emerald Crown’s corpse; Jade Wing also requested an additional favor, and they agreed to write a contract.

Zhou Leng used the Tiger Tally to erase hostile races from Hundred Peaks Valley, then the trial ended and he had to choose one of three rewards. He chose the Golden Light Crystal, despite the greater personal value of the Dragon-Scale Vermilion Fruit and the Water-Warding Shield.

• Zhou Leng obtained the Mountain-Slaughter Battle Body Martial Shadow Wall from Jade Wing, recorded its contents, and planned to give it to Zhang Xinglie.
• Lush Root thanked Zhou Leng, gave him a scent leaf that marked him as a friend of the Lushroot Clan, and learned how to contact him.
• Zhou Leng joined the Tiger Tally's halves and discovered it let him control Hundred Peaks Valley; he used it to eliminate the Sirens, Orcs, and demons.
• Zhou Leng prepared to eliminate the Demon-Worshiping Cult followers, but a bell chime ended the trial and transported everyone to a dark void.
• Zhou Leng received a choice between a Dragon-Scale Vermilion Fruit, a Water-Warding Shield, and a Golden Light Crystal, and chose the Golden Light Crystal.

After winning the trial, Zhou Leng explored the Highest Mountain’s view of the cosmic starry sky and returned to the research institute, where he negotiated how the Ancient River Sect could cooperate with humanity and the Dragon Kingdom. The chapter ended with the Grandmaster envoys leaving the disciples to record the sect’s high-level Body-Protecting Divine Techniques.

• Zhou Leng stored the Golden Light Crystal, learned he had five years of access to Sky-Viewing Mountain, and observed the stars and strange cosmic creatures from the Highest Mountain.
• Zhou Leng returned to Pit No. 9, where Zhao Nandi checked on him and the Grandmaster envoys arrived to question the survivors.
• Zhou Leng told the envoys that the Ancient River Sect and humanity needed one another, called for confidentiality and careful study of the inheritance, and proposed recruiting Dragon Kingdom children as outer disciples.
• Zhou Leng explained that Hundred Peaks Valley was the repaired trial ground for the Ten Realms Youth War and described the deaths of the Sirens, Orcs, and demons, while keeping his identity as Guan Canglong secret.
• Chen Changyi and Wang Boxiong pledged to respect Zhou Leng’s freedom and warned that they would oppose anyone who tried to force him; the envoys then left so the disciples could record the sect’s high-level Body-Protecting Divine Techniques.

Zhou Leng organized the Ancient River Sect’s martial inheritance and negotiated with the Grandmaster envoys as the Dragon Kingdom moved to protect and support the sect. The chapter ended with plans to establish the sect’s headquarters in Ru City and fund its disciples, while the envoys grappled with the inheritance’s immense importance.

• Chen Changyi and the Grandmasters agreed to classify Zhou Leng, Zhang Xinglie, and Song Juesi’s information at the highest level and restrict contact with the Ancient River Sect disciples.
• Zhou Leng gave Zhang Xinglie the Mountain-Slaughter Battle Body Martial Shadow Wall, which flowed into Zhang’s Will Space and revealed a cultivation method suited to his Innate Martial Body.
• Zhou Leng instructed the disciples to choose Body-Protecting Divine Techniques, warned them about the Demon-Worshiping Cult, and invited the Grandmaster envoys to discuss cooperation.
• Song Juesi defeated every Grandmaster who sparred with him, leaving the envoys stunned.
• Chen Changyi announced that Zhou Leng would be concealed under the codename Xinhe and that the envoys would remain at the site for at least a year with outside contact limited to dedicated lines.
• Chen Changyi proposed accepting selected Grandmasters and soldiers as registered disciples, establishing the Ancient River Sect’s headquarters in Ru City, and seeking special funding; Zhou Leng agreed to the plans and said he would leave related decisions to the nation.

Zhou Leng reached an agreement with the nation to establish the Ancient River Research Bureau and share the Ancient River Sect’s inheritance under military oversight. After the arrangements were completed, he prepared to activate his Golden Light Crystal with help from Chen Changyi and Earth Peak.

• Zhou Leng and Chen Changyi agreed to cooperate, established the Ancient River Research Bureau, and appointed military figures including Li Yuanhe and Zhang Feng to key posts.
• Madam Xi Yan forced Shen Jun to swear secrecy about Zhou Leng and Guan Canglong, ordered him to gather Blood Pearls, and planned attacks on Ancient River Sect disciples and Zhou Leng.
• The Sirens, Orcs, and demons discussed investigating the deaths of their trial participants, while the Dragons blamed Gray Steel Wind for the loss of seventeen Dragons.
• Miller celebrated obtaining a Wolf-Spirit Fruit and planned to conquer the martial universities of Ru City.
• Zhou Leng accepted Grandmaster envoys and officers as registered disciples, received positions in the Ancient River Research Bureau, and later contacted Chen Changyi about the Golden Light Crystal.
• Chen Changyi summoned Earth Peak, who emerged from a transmission gate in the backyard as Zhou Leng prepared to activate the crystal.

Zhou Leng obtained the National Divine Ability Tough Body, which strengthened his entire body, and discussed his safety and the Ancient River Sect’s recruitment rules with Chen Changyi. As he prepared to return to Ru City, he learned about the Headless God contest and discussed plans for a Divine Script Academy with Zhao Nandi.

• Earth Peak helped Zhou Leng activate the Golden Light Crystal, and he received the National Divine Ability Tough Body.
• Zhou Leng cultivated the moonlight’s power and discovered that Tough Body had strengthened his muscles, organs, eyes, blood, and bones.
• Zhou Leng told Chen Changyi that the Ancient River Sect would exclude the Zhao family, the Lou Clan, and their subordinate forces from recruitment, except for Lou Feiqiong.
• Chen Changyi told Zhou Leng that the Headless God contest would end with a final match in Ru City’s People’s Square, where Zhao Tong would award the prize.
• Zhao Nandi told Zhou Leng that the Divine Script General Administration planned to establish a Divine Script Academy and suggested asking the Mysterious Master to support locating it at Ru University.
• Zhou Leng and Zhao Nandi left the dormitory and joined the crowd gathered at the Ancient River Ruins’ main gate.

Zhou Leng and his companions traveled from the Ancient River Research Institute to Ru City, discussing their cultivation and the Ancient River Sect along the way. They reached People's Square to watch the Headless God Arena Tournament, where champion Sun Wanmin was about to receive his prize.

• Zhou Leng, Wang Boxiong, Zhang Xinglie, and Rao Mingxian left the Ancient River Research Institute for Ru City, while Chen Changyi and the other disciples watched them go.
• Wang Boxiong recalled that Rao Mingxian's blood had shown an abnormal reaction during the Martial Examination, and Zhou Leng identified him as having a Qi Extraordinary Body that had yet to fully awaken.
• Zhou Leng and Wang Boxiong discussed Blood of Tyranny, mixed-blood talent, and humanity's cultivation paths as the vehicle headed toward Ru City.
• Wang Boxiong got out at Ru University, ordered Zhou Leng and the others to protect themselves at the arena, then isolated himself in his office and drank sparkling wine.
• Zhou Leng, Zhang Xinglie, and Rao Mingxian reached People's Square and heard the host announce champion Sun Wanmin, a True-Liquid Innate Realm expert.

At the arena award ceremony, Tong Tianxia revealed himself, killed Zhao Tong, and escaped with the Headless God's Hand as the Demon-Worshiping Cult's city alarm sounded. Zhou Leng received Rao Mingxian's jade pendant before a sixth moon appeared in the sky.

• Zhao Tong examined Sun Wanmin's prize, the Headless God's Hand, and persuaded the injured champion to let him take it in exchange for money and access to the Zhao family's forces.
• Tong Tianxia transformed, killed four Innate bodyguards and Zhao Tong, took the Headless God's Hand, and marked the curtain with blood.
• Tong Tianxia blew a charge bugle and escaped while Duan Feiyu appeared on a rooftop and the Demon-Worshiping Cult attack alarm sounded.
• Rao Mingxian gave Zhou Leng a jade pendant that was a key to a cultivation site, then hurried away without answering Zhou Leng's call.
• Zhou Leng and Zhang Xinglie saw six moons in the sky as another small moon appeared.

Hu Yi struggled with the disappearance of his mother and sister, whom he believed the Demon-Worshiping Cult had abducted, and asked Zhou Leng for help. After returning from the Innate Battle Path, Zhou Leng began searching for them while learning about the violence and political fallout unfolding in Ru City.

• Hu Yi spent Dragon Boat Festival at the Dragon Roam River and told Feng Wenhao that his mother and sister had vanished from a mall ten days earlier.
• Hu Yi asked his Second Uncle to let him practice driving large vehicles, then learned Zhou Leng had returned to Ru City with the Ancient River Sect disciples.
• Xu Qingjin told Zhou Leng that Hu Yi’s mother and sister were missing, and Zhou Leng called Hu Yi to hear what had happened.
• Zhou Leng asked Hu Yi for photos and contacted Coach Deng Zhijue and Snow Mountain Wolf to search for the missing women.
• On the bus back to Ru City, Zhou Leng listened as the Ancient River Sect disciples discussed the Zhao family’s threat against Tong Tianxia and the bloody aftermath of the Huangmeng Sect’s attack.

After the Huangmeng Sect’s attack left Rao Mingxian’s family dead, Zhou Leng struggled with guilt but was taken away to prepare for his Innate Battle Path and planned to challenge West Sea Martial University. Meanwhile, officials arranged the Ancient River Sect’s initiation, and West Sea students rallied after Lucas Miller challenged their ten strongest students.

• The Huangmeng Sect escaped capture after its operation, while authorities arrested many Demon-Worshiping Cultists; Wang Boxiong and Deng Zhijue received demerits.
• Zhou Leng found Rao Mingxian’s family murdered at No. 59 Middle School and searched for Rao Mingxian before others pulled him away to protect his cultivation.
• Zhou Leng agreed to join Zhang Xinglie and Xu Qingjin’s family for a meal, then confirmed that he would challenge West Sea Martial University after completing the Natural Innate Battle Path.
• Chen Changyi and Wang Boxiong planned to expand the Ancient River Sect initiation slots for talented commoners and remove Zhao family and Lou Clan members except Lou Feiqiong.
• West Sea Martial University’s student council announced Lucas Miller’s challenge to its ten strongest students, and more than ninety percent of the gathered students stepped forward to defend the school’s honor.

Zhou Leng reunited with Big Yellow and Little Eight in Beast World, learned they had gained great strength and that the Eight-Tusked Mammoths hoped to return to the Ancestral Land. He agreed to help them after advancing to the Innate Realm and ended the chapter with his martial arts and strength at their peak.

• Zhou Leng found Big Yellow and Little Eight at Mammoth Lake, where they reunited and shared food.
• Zhou Leng tested Little Eight's strength and learned that both companions had benefited from a Beast Grave.
• Little Eight brought Zhou Leng medicine fruits and told him the Eight-Tusked Mammoths planned to fight their way back to the Ancestral Land and offer him an Ancient Beast Inheritance.
• Zhou Leng agreed to help the Eight-Tusked Mammoths after advancing to the Innate Realm and planned to get Big Yellow a spirit beast permit.
• Zhou Leng cultivated in Mammoth Lake and reached Divine Communion with six martial methods.