Chapter Summaries

Zhou Leng and Xu Qingjin became engaged and spent time together before traveling to Steel Dwarf World for the Ancient King's Treasure trial. Zhou Leng entered the treasure, escorted Xu Qingjin to its end, and resumed his Divine Script studies, where he began learning the higher-civilization curriculum.

• Zhao Lianshuo proposed that Zhou Leng and Xu Qingjin hold an engagement ceremony, and they agreed to do it that day.
• Zhou Leng taught Xu Qingjin to cultivate and later took her to Steel Dwarf World for the Ancient King's Treasure trial.
• The Steel Dwarf leaders allowed Xu Qingjin to enter the trial but made Zhou Leng's entry subject to a decision by the tribal chieftains.
• Zhou Leng and Xu Qingjin entered the treasure, and he carried her through its dangers to the trial's end before giving her Demon Spirit Devices and a trace of his power.
• Zhou Leng returned to the Divine Script Academy and studied intensively with the Sprite teacher, then asked how many years the higher-civilization Divine Script Kindergarten curriculum lasted.

Zhou Leng endured the Divine Script Academy’s brutal lessons, learning that mastering Divine Script required immense spiritual will and relentless hardship. He continued under the Sprite’s harsh instruction, advancing in the Martial Dao while following the Bitter Path toward godhood.

• The Sprite explained that Divine Script cultivated spiritual will, that its full curriculum took fifty Earth years, and that Zhou Leng had wasted his potential by taking the first exam early.
• Zhou Leng completed the first year’s basic Surface Characters course with a perfect score, then collapsed during the second year’s intense Divine Script lessons.
• The Sprite forced Zhou Leng to keep studying until he repeatedly fainted; after fifteen days, he woke with brain damage and dimmed Martial Will.
• Zhou Leng persisted through seventeen final examinations before earning a perfect score in the second-year course, then began studying amid Disorderly Spirit Sound.
• After a month of training, Zhou Leng advanced to the Mid Grandmaster Realm and improved his understanding of the Star-Gazing Formula and his Martial Will.
• The Sprite taught Zhou Leng that the Bitter Path was the only shortcut to godhood and that reaching Star Sovereign required Civilizational Ascension or Heaven-Opening Ascension; Zhou Leng continued enduring her lessons.

Zhou Leng completed six months of Divine Script study, learned about a possible Celestial Region assessment, and set out to prepare for the True King Trial. After reuniting with Xu Qingjin, he learned that Jade Wing and Shanhe Yuan wanted him to join their factions and compete for the True King throne.

• Xu Qingjin advanced to the Force-Generating Stage, received the Dwarf Trial, and gained part of the Giant Physical Extraordinary Body after failing the Giant Trial but receiving the Armor King's blessing.
• Zhou Leng completed forty years of Divine Script study with full marks, and the perverted Sprite explained Spirit-Body Assessments, advanced-civilization citizenship, and the upcoming True King Trial.
• Zhou Leng learned that three ingredients for Divine Origin Pills, including Fusion Stardust, could be found in the True King Trial, and received pill formulas and instructions to practice with Little Star Pills.
• Zhou Leng returned to the Dwarf city, reunited with Xu Qingjin, and spent the night with her while Jade Wing and Shanhe Yuan waited outside.
• Jade Wing and Shanhe Yuan argued over inviting Zhou Leng to their factions, and Molten Hammer explained that they wanted him to contend for the True King throne.

Zhou Leng negotiated with the Dragon and Giant factions for his help in the True King Trial, securing access to stellar treasures and other rewards. After both sides made their offers, Molten Hammer delivered Zhou Leng a fertility treasure from the Dwarf World.

• Molten Hammer explained the True King Trial and warned Zhou Leng that powerful extrastellar contenders would seek treasures and kill participants.
• Jade Wing asked Zhou Leng to join the Dragon Faction and help trigger the Dragon God's Gaze, offering access to stellar treasures and a Dragon-Transformation Egg in exchange.
• Zhou Leng agreed to retrieve Emerald Crown's corpse for Jade Wing in return for three more years with the Mountain-Slaughter Battle Body.
• Shanhe Yuan asked Zhou Leng to join the Giant Faction and help obtain the Primordial Call, and Zhou Leng negotiated access to Giant rewards including Ice God's Wing and medicinal ingredients.
• Molten Hammer gave Zhou Leng a string of Nest of Reds, a Dwarf World treasure said to cause its eater to give birth to a string of children.

The dragons and giants weighed competing offers to recruit Zhou Leng for the True King Trial, while Grandmasters gathered to plan a mission to obtain the Star-Destroying Bottle and hunt the Mother Tree. After the meeting, Light of Redemption asked Shen Jun to tell him about Zhou Leng, whose possible entry into the trial remained a concern.

• Jade Wing told Crimson Eye that Zhou Leng had asked for a place in the Dragon-Transformation Egg Ritual and might help the giants, so Crimson Eye planned to discuss the offer at Dragon Mountain.
• Shanhe Yuan reported Zhou Leng's interest in Ice God's Wing to the Giant Royal Court, where the Demigod giants agreed to offer him the Ice God Armor and raise his Attendant stipend while inviting him to walk the Boundless Ancient Road.
• Light of Redemption, Lady Xiyan, and the Scarlet King's envoy discussed sending Grandmasters into the True King Grounds to obtain the Star-Destroying Bottle and reviewed the trial's strongest contenders.
• Lady Xiyan defended Zhou Leng's strength when the Scarlet King's envoy dismissed his chances against veteran Upper Grandmasters.
• After the meeting, Light of Redemption asked Shen Jun about Zhou Leng, and Shen Jun described him in detail.

Shen Jun learned that Light of Redemption and the Eagle Alliance planned to kill Zhou Leng after the True King Trial, while Lady Xiyan prepared to recruit Zhou Leng and warn him later. Meanwhile, Zhou Leng received a rare privilege from the Treants, as conflicts and plans involving the Zhao family continued to develop.

• Shen Jun told Light of Redemption that Zhou Leng had grown far beyond him, and Light of Redemption vowed to join the Eagle Alliance and Scarlet King in hunting Zhou Leng after the trial.
• Shen Jun warned Lady Xiyan about the planned assassination, and she decided to recruit Zhou Leng before he advanced further.
• At the Old Capital Demon City mining site, Hu Yi blamed the Zhao family for his troubles, and the deputy captain flagged him as a promising recruit to monitor.
• Chen Shouhu considered Zhou Leng’s question about what he would do if humanity made a grave mistake while preparing for a likely deployment to West Sea Demon City.
• Wang Boxiong planned to send Zhou Leng abroad to keep him away from a coming move against the Zhao family, but Zhou Leng said he was going to the True King Trial.
• The Treant Grandmaster gave Zhou Leng a Mother Tree’s Leaf, granting him unrestricted access to the Mother Tree and permission to bring one other person.

Zhou Leng strengthened his Martial Will and body through the Purgatory Gate and the Ten Inverse Beast Fist, then joined the Mammoth clan's battles. After colliding with Little Eight in a contest of strength, he realized the elephant's immense weight gave it a staggering advantage.

• Zhou Leng gave Xu Qingjin the Mother Tree's Leaf to keep, then entered Beast World and passed the second and fourth levels of the Purgatory Gate.
• Zhou Leng practiced the Ten Inverse Beast Fist with Stellar Void True Energy and discovered he could expand and contract his flesh and bones.
• Zhou Leng trained with the Sprite through the World Instrument, then joined the Mammoth clan's battle as a Mid Grandmaster Realm fighter.
• Zhou Leng fought vicious beasts, struggled against those with Demigod Bloodlines, and failed to defeat a High Grandmaster Realm beast without Stellar Void True Energy.
• Big Yellow and Little Eight invited Zhou Leng to join the Eight-Tusked Mammoths' coming assault on the Ancestral Land, and Zhou Leng challenged Little Eight to test their strength.
• Zhou Leng and Little Eight collided at high speed, both flew backward, and Zhou Leng estimated that Little Eight weighed four or five thousand tons.

Zhou Leng tested his immense strength, learned about cultivation equipment and methods for resisting Divine Might, then entered the Void Realm and faced an illusion of his mother. The illusion vanished, leaving him alone as a disembodied consciousness in emptiness.

• Zhou Leng knocked Little Eight unconscious in a contest of strength, and the Vicious Apes and Vicious Monkeys celebrated him.
• Zhou Leng assessed his growing strength and discussed acquiring a Demigod Cultivation Hall, but learned that the Ice Snow Divine Cult lacked the Dense Star Core needed for suitable superheavy equipment.
• Zhou Leng studied the Inverted Ape Chapter and learned the False Faith Art and God-Worship Art for resisting Divine Might.
• Zhou Leng entered the fifth floor of the Purgatory Gate and found himself at home with an illusion of his mother, where they picked spinach and talked about his life.
• As Zhou Leng reached for the tomato beef stew his mother had made, the home and his mother vanished, and his body shattered until only his consciousness remained in the Void Realm.

Zhou Leng survived the Void Realm’s assault on his memories and consciousness, then discovered the Tree of Life’s potent water before leaving to help Xu Qingjin. At the Ancient River Research Institute, Zhao Cong arrived with military orders, and Shanhe Tianyue’s party appeared as the standoff intensified.

• In the Void Realm, Zhou Leng lost his memories and sense of purpose until his consciousness faded, but the Purgatory Gate expelled him and he gradually recovered.
• Zhou Leng told Big Yellow that he had seen his mother in the Purgatory Gate, then rested and decided he would not enter it again.
• Zhou Leng found unusually powerful Water of Life beneath the Tree of Life, warned Big Yellow to guard it, collected some with the Demonization Bottle, and set out to nourish Xu Qingjin’s body.
• Zhao Cong arrived at the Ancient River Research Institute with military orders and demanded that Li Yuanhe cooperate with the Two Rivers administration.
• Shanhe Tianyue arrived with Shanhe Yuan and Huang Jinli, questioned Zhao Cong’s presence, and prepared to ask Zhou Leng to help the Giants before the War of the Ten Worlds.

Zhao Cong arrived at the Ancient River Research Institute and fought Huang Jinli before withdrawing, while the Giants waited for Zhou Leng and tried to introduce him to her. When Zhou Leng met Huang Jinli, Jade Wing arrived with a flight of Dragons, escalating the confrontation between the two groups.

• Shanhe Tianyue sent Huang Jinli to fight Zhao Cong, and the two clashed before Zhao Cong retreated toward the city.
• The Two Rivers Team left as Shanhe Tianyue and the Giants waited outside the restricted institute for Zhou Leng.
• Huang Jinli watched videos of Zhou Leng fighting and prepared to meet him after Shanhe Yuan said he was coming.
• Zhou Leng arrived, and Shanhe Yuan introduced him to Huang Jinli, who excitedly shook his hand and said she loved his fight videos.
• Jade Wing roared at Zhou Leng from above as a flight of Dragons arrived, including Hell Demon Eye and the Platinum Dragon Clan's Radiant Gold King.

Zhou Leng negotiated with the Dragons and Giants, chose to enter the True King Grounds through the Dragon world, and gained the Frost Divine Armor before preparing with the Dragons. Meanwhile, Li Shenkong wrestled with doubts about Zhao Cong, who received an order to seize Li Shenkong’s divine sword and silently faced the choice.

• Zhou Leng heard offers from the Dragons and Giants, chose the Dragon God Skull and the Dragon route into the True King Grounds, and signed agreements with both sides.
• Zhou Leng offered a tribute to the Armor King, who bestowed the Frost Divine Armor, then trained with the Dragons in the Dragon God Combat Art.
• Li Shenkong received Dragon-Demon Blood and Giant Silver Marrow from Zhao Cong and questioned whether Zhao Cong was truly the kind older brother he remembered.
• Zhao Cong received the Calamity Envoy’s order to seize Li Shenkong’s divine sword and sat silently, recalling his grandfather’s plea to protect Li Shenkong.

Zhou Leng entered the True King's Trial as dragons and foreign factions gathered, while Lady Xiyan ordered the Demon-Worshiping Cult to protect him under an assumed identity. Inside the Divine Deathland, Zhou Leng discovered that its air was hazardous to most beings, but his body could breathe it without harm.

• A demigod dragon rallied young dragons with the tale of the Deathbound Star and Far-Reaching Mountain before sending them toward the Divine Deathland to compete for the True King’s position.
• Jade Wing warned Zhou Leng that extraterrestrial giants and dragons might appear at the trial, then advised him to prioritize survival and use the Divine Vein River as refuge.
• Shen Jun told Lady Xiyan that Zhou Leng was entering the trial, so she concealed her appearance and ordered the Demon-Worshiping Cult to protect him as Guan Canglong while pursuing the Star-Destroying Bottle.
• Zhou Leng met foreign grandmaster Mennard, who claimed his group sought treasures rather than the True King throne, and Zhou Leng remained cautious despite their friendly approach.
• Zhou Leng entered the True King’s Gate, and Jade Wing tried to divert the Crimson-Eyed Queen’s attention toward him by implying Zhou Leng was romantically interested in her.
• Inside the Divine Deathland, Zhou Leng felt the weight of the residual divine power and found that he could breathe the harmful, oxygen-poor atmosphere without ill effects.

Zhou Leng followed three Dragon Carp People to their tribe and learned that their underground Divine Lake held the power needed to advance to Demigod. Recognized as a messenger of Deathbound Star, he entered the lake for its baptism and began absorbing its power while protecting himself from its poisons and destructive force.

• Zhou Leng sensed a nearby force he believed was the Divine Vein River, but encountered three Dragon Carp People instead.
• The Dragon Carp People mistook Zhou Leng’s use of Divine Script and reverence for Deathbound Star as signs that he was a divine messenger, and led him to their tribe.
• Zhou Leng learned that the tribe’s three Demigods guarded an underground Divine Lake that was more valuable than the Divine Vein River.
• After sharing food with the tribe and speaking with its Demigod leader, Zhou Leng was invited to enter the Divine Lake as a messenger of Deathbound Star.
• Zhou Leng stepped into the lake and circulated the Great Sun Divine Technique and Immortal Star Body to absorb its Stellar Void True Energy while resisting its poison and Destructive Stellar Power.
• The Star Spiral Shells in Zhou Leng’s spatial wooden box began to glow faintly.

Zhou Leng absorbed the Divine Lake’s power, advanced into the Upper Realm, and discovered he could project martial force beyond his body. After testing his new abilities and reaching the Divine Vein River to cultivate, the chapter left him training as visitors gathered for the True King Trial and a Colored Crystal Human arrived carrying a Star-Destroying Bottle.

• Zhou Leng completed his Second Star-Body Transformation in the Divine Lake, advanced into the Upper Realm, and began the Third Star-Body Transformation.
• The three Demigod Dragon Carp People escorted Zhou Leng out and gave him a map marking a Dense Stellar Core; afterward, they revealed that he had nearly drained the Divine Lake.
• Zhou Leng discovered that his martial force could pierce the void and be released outward, then tested his fist arts and Sword Qi.
• Zhou Leng increased his speed with the Heavenly Dragon Flash and Great Sun Divine Technique before reaching the Divine Vein River and cultivating on its riverbed.
• A Colored Crystal Human arrived for the True King Trial and examined a Star-Destroying Bottle filled with storms, lightning, and thunder.

Zhou Leng traveled toward Myriad Cloud Mountain while avoiding battles, but intervened when four Alien Star Dragons attacked Mennard and two other humans. He killed all four with overwhelming speed and strength, then discovered their meat was rich in energy.

• Crystal Dust announced his plan to gather resources and earn full marks on the Divine Script exam so he could open his own plane trade route.
• Zhou Leng absorbed power from the Divine Vein River, then headed toward Myriad Cloud Mountain while keeping clear of the other contestants.
• Zhou Leng found Mennard, Light of Redemption, and an Elephant Nation Grandmaster under attack by four Alien Star Dragons, and tried to get the dragons to stop fighting.
• After the Alien Star Dragons killed Mennard, Zhou Leng killed three of them with his speed and martial techniques while the last fled.
• Zhou Leng caught the final Alien Star Dragon and smashed him to death, then tasted the dragon's meat and found it full of energy.

Zhou Leng met A Qiong and Light of Redemption after defeating the Alien Star Dragon, and both men gave him valuable treasures while seeking his favor. After Zhou Leng left, they feared his strength could disrupt the War of the Ten Realms and make him a fifth among humanity’s greatest Martial Saints.

• Zhou Leng accepted A Qiong and Light of Redemption as Wuxin friends, and Light of Redemption revealed his identity by mistake.
• Light of Redemption offered Zhou Leng the Demigod Artifact Demon Monarch and pledged to serve him as the Demon-Worshiping Cult’s contact in Dragon Nation.
• A Qiong gave Zhou Leng a Bodhi Fruit and a Ganges Sage Relic, and Zhou Leng said he might visit Elephant Nation.
• Zhou Leng directed A Qiong and Light of Redemption toward the Divine Vein River, then left them behind.
• A Qiong and Light of Redemption discussed Zhou Leng’s strength and feared that his Force-Piercing-the-Void ability could disrupt the War of the Ten Realms.

Zhou Leng fought and killed two Extraterrestrial Giants on his way toward Myriad Cloud Mountain, using the battle to sharpen his East Wind Fist. Elsewhere, the Giants abandoned their plan to visit the Divine Vein River and headed for the Ancient Altar, while Su Fenghe's faction pursued the Star-Destroying Bottle and Zhou Leng.

• Light of Redemption decided to train at the Divine Vein River and refused to let Zhou Leng's strength frighten him as Zhao Dongjun once had.
• Li Shenkong refused to join Su Fenghe's suspicious coalition and traveled toward Myriad Cloud Mountain with the Stellar Void Divine Sword.
• Shanhe Tianyue canceled the Giants' trip to the Divine Vein River and led them toward the Ancient Altar to prepare for Ancient Summoning.
• Su Fenghe led a mixed party toward the Star-Destroying Bottle and ordered them to capture Zhou Leng alive if possible, or kill him if he resisted.
• Zhou Leng encountered two Extraterrestrial Giants, killed both with East Wind Fist, and continued toward Myriad Cloud Mountain.

Zhou Leng entered Myriad Cloud Mountain’s Disaster Grounds, where he collected hundreds of Dense Stellar Cores and other Stellar Crystals while strengthening his Immortal Star Body. After thanking the unseen presence in Divine Script, he turned back rather than risk venturing deeper.

• Zhou Leng used the Deathbound Star’s name to pass a hostile herd of Spiked Dragon Horses and reached Myriad Cloud Mountain.
• He entered the Disaster Grounds, endured its Destructive Stellar Power, and found Stellar Crystals, including Dense Stellar Core Fragments.
• Zhou Leng spent two days and nights gathering treasures, then cultivated for a day and night to improve his resistance to Destructive Stellar Power.
• He amassed over a thousand Stellar Crystals, including more than three hundred Dense Stellar Cores, and found that the Ice God Armor could not withstand the Disaster Grounds for long.
• Zhou Leng thanked the unseen presence in Divine Script and retraced his path, choosing not to search deeper.

Zhou Leng sought medicinal ingredients for the Divine Origin Pill and was tasked with delivering a thousand fresh Upper Grandmaster Realm Divine Death Spirits to the Disaster Grounds. In Myriad Cloud Mountain, he infiltrated a battle between Divine Death Spirits and a mixed grandmaster force, slaughtering both sides through disguises before leaving them to realize his plan.

• Zhou Leng learned that a senior would gather four ingredients for his Divine Origin Pill if he killed a thousand Upper Grandmaster Realm Divine Death Spirits and sent them to the Disaster Grounds.
• Zhou Leng reached the northern side of Myriad Cloud Mountain and found Su Fenghe leading grandmasters pursued by more than a hundred Divine Death Spirits.
• Disguised as A Qiong, Zhou Leng infiltrated the grandmaster group, captured a Demon-Worshiping Cult grandmaster and an Eagle Alliance grandmaster, and interrogated them before killing them.
• Zhou Leng repeatedly disguised himself as an ally and drew groups of Divine Death Spirits away to kill them, reducing their force to fifty-four survivors.
• Zhou Leng appeared as a Dragon Carp Person and killed demon and orc grandmasters, leading the Ten Realms grandmasters to realize he intended to eliminate them all.

Zhou Leng revealed himself, killed Su Fenghe, and discovered that the Demons carried devices pointing toward their destination. He headed for the Giants' altar, where three Extraterrestrial Giants attacked him.

• The Divine Death Spirits continued fighting alongside Zhou Leng, and an illusion-breaking spell exposed him as he rallied them against Su Fenghe and the remaining Grandmasters.
• Zhou Leng explained to Su Fenghe why he had joined the Demon-Worshiping Cult, then fought him using the Wave-Stacking Palm and East Wind Fist; Su Fenghe fell and urged him to kill more.
• The Divine Death Spirits fled after Zhou Leng killed the final three Demons, and he collected the fallen Grandmasters' smart brains and searched the Demon-Spirit Bags.
• Zhou Leng found positioning Demon devices that all pointed in the same direction, put them away, and headed for the Giants' altar while sorting through the spoils.
• Three Extraterrestrial Giants attacked Zhou Leng, who used the fight to practice his East Wind Fist and study their combat techniques.