Chapter Summaries

Zhou Leng defeated the Dragon team, chose the Advanced Gate to keep fighting and improving, while Layered Flesh Mountain emerged from the trial with greatly increased power. Majestic Firmament ordered Layered Flesh Mountain to prepare for the Ten Realms War and bring back Zhou Leng's head.

• Zhou Leng defeated the Dragon God phantom, forced fifteen Dragons to surrender, and learned that Testers could leave by defeating enough opponents.
• The Dragons described the universe's strongest Testers, and Zhou Leng chose the Advanced Gate rather than fighting through the Heavenstar Dragon gate.
• Zhou Leng repeatedly fought and cultivated in the Advanced Gate while Layered Flesh Mountain surrendered in a beginner battlefield and awoke in Firmament Hall.
• Layered Flesh Mountain told Majestic Firmament how he had survived the trial, including how his actions led to his Demon teammates' deaths.
• Majestic Firmament ordered Layered Flesh Mountain to demonstrate his Giant Divine Spirit Inheritance, join the Nine Heavens trial, and serve as vanguard in the coming Ten Realms War.
• Layered Flesh Mountain promised to kill Zhou Leng and bring his head to Majestic Firmament.

Blood of Tyranny returned to Blue Star, searched for Zhou Leng, and found Big Yellow while waiting for him to come back from the Boundless Ancient Road. He encountered Heaven's Sword, who had also been looking for Zhou Leng, and overwhelmed him with his aura.

• Layered Flesh Mountain told Majestic Firmament about Shanhe Tianyue, Huang Jinli, and Heaven's Sword, then suggested sending Heaven's Sword to assassinate Zhou Leng.
• Blood of Tyranny visited his parents' grave and reflected on his achievements in the Nine Heavens and the Siren World.
• Blood of Tyranny messaged Zhou Leng about the God-Ascension Stairway, then went to Ru City to search for him.
• Blood of Tyranny met Big Yellow, confirmed the dog belonged to Zhou Leng, and asked it to pass along his Wuxin avatar if they met.
• Heaven's Sword appeared and recognized that Blood of Tyranny's power far surpassed his own.

Heaven's Sword assured Blood of Tyranny that he would not harm Zhou Leng's family or friends, while Zhou Leng reached the summit of Dragon-Slaying Mountain and earned second place in the trial. Unable to claim restricted cultivation techniques, Zhou Leng chose the Great Star Patrol divine ability and fainted as its power entered his body.

• Blood of Tyranny warned Heaven's Sword not to harm Zhou Leng's family or friends, then left Ru University with Big Yellow.
• Zhou Leng fought through successive battles on the Advanced Gate until a staircase appeared and led him to the summit of Dragon-Slaying Mountain.
• Zhou Leng saw that he ranked ninety-eighth among the tied second-place finishers and received the right to choose one first-class reward, two second-class rewards, or five third-class rewards.
• Zhou Leng rejected reward options that were restricted or unsuitable and chose the Great Star Patrol divine ability for its synergy with his stellar powers.
• A star descended and transformed into divine light that struck Zhou Leng, causing him to faint.

After completing the Stellar Ancient Bridge trial, Zhou Leng gained the Great Star Patrol divine ability and returned to Blue Star. He headed straight for the fourth level of the God-Ascension Stairway, where the Nine Heavens were nearing their end.

• Zhou Leng awoke on Dragon-Slaying Mountain, recovered his memories, and realized he had gained the Great Star Patrol divine ability.
• Wall of High Heaven and several other Giants added Zhou Leng as a friend while other Testers watched his powerful cultivation.
• Zhou Leng left the trial and returned to Giant World, where he learned the fourth level of the God-Ascension Stairway had opened.
• Zhou Leng flew from Giant World to Blue Star, assured Xu Qingjin he was safe, and rushed toward the God-Ascension Stairway.
• The Ten Realms learned Zhou Leng had returned, while the Demonic Beast Alliance expected him to arrive too late for the Nine Heavens and human Martial Saints sent him consoling messages.

Zhou Leng entered the Nine Heavens trials, expecting their comprehension and willpower tests to be difficult, but effortlessly earned Transcendent evaluations through the first six heavens. He appeared at the end of the God-Ascension Stairway’s fourth level.

• Zhou Leng reviewed the Martial Saints’ advice before entering the Nine Heavens trials, where the first challenge set him against a Mid Demigod Realm Metal Lion.
• Zhou Leng destroyed the Metal Lion with one punch and received a Transcendent evaluation in the First Heaven.
• Zhou Leng recognized the artistic conceptions in the Giant Playing with Stars Diagram from the Stellar Ancient Bridge and earned a Transcendent evaluation in the Second Heaven.
• Zhou Leng blinked away the hundred-armed octopus’s evil-god assault and received a Transcendent evaluation in the Third Heaven.
• Zhou Leng instantly defeated the mechanical Demigods in the Fourth Heaven, comprehended the Starry Sky Stone Engraving in five seconds in the Fifth Heaven, and endured the Star God’s pressure for ten minutes in the Sixth Heaven.
• Zhou Leng received Transcendent evaluations in all six heavens and appeared at the end of the fourth level of the God-Ascension Stairway.

Zhou Leng returned and cleared the God-Ascension Stairway’s Nine Heavens with astonishing speed, stunning Huang Xuange, Heaven’s Sword, and people across Blue Star. His achievement sparked worldwide celebration as the Ten Realms War approached.

• Huang Xuange learned that Zhou Leng had returned and watched him rapidly rise through the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Heavens.
• Huang Xuange relaxed as Zhou Leng’s progress shocked the Martial Saint group chat.
• Zhou Leng cleared the Nine Heavens before Huang Xuange had finished his second cigarette, and people across Blue Star celebrated.
• Xu Qingjin and her mother were stunned that Zhou Leng had completed the trial during their slow lunch.
• Heaven’s Sword watched Zhou Leng’s achievement and reconsidered the life plan he had already fulfilled.

After Zhou Leng reached the top of the God-Ascension Stairway, Heaven's Sword confronted him and was killed, while the Ten Realms prepared a powerful vanguard for the coming war. Zhou Leng ate lunch with Xu Qingjin and agreed they would marry after the war.

• Heaven's Sword decided to spare Zhou Leng's relatives and friends and wait for Zhou Leng on the road to the Ancient River Research Bureau.
• Zhou Leng killed Heaven's Sword in a single pass, then turned his corpse into a Headless God and took his Demon-Spirit Bag.
• Blood of Tyranny saw Zhou Leng ranked first on the fourth floor of the God-Ascension Stairway and entered a god-level trial.
• Demon Prison, the Siren World, and the Beastfolk World began assembling a vanguard of forty Upper Demigod Realm experts to fight Blue Star.
• Zhou Leng ate lunch with Xu Qingjin at the Ancient River Research Bureau and agreed to marry her after the Ten Realms War.

Zhou Leng gained the Evolution Ladder racial divine ability, trained beneath the Frost Giant Tree, and returned to the Ancient River Research Bureau as the Giants prepared to welcome him. After the Ancient River Sect launched a global recruitment ceremony, he entered the Giant World to transmit his teachings to the clan.

• Zhou Leng activated a Golden Light Crystal and gained the Evolution Ladder, a racial divine ability that could let humans break biological evolution’s shackles through Self-Directed Evolution.
• Martial Saints, scholars, and Demon Spirit World Spirit Mages discussed the ability, while the Giants focused on Zhou Leng’s Boundless Ancient Road experience and repeatedly invited him back.
• Zhou Leng trained beneath the Frost Giant Tree and used the later Purgatory Gates until his realm reached the peak of the Mid Demigod Realm, with stored power still slowly releasing inside him.
• Zhou Leng returned to the Ancient River Research Bureau, agreed to transmit his teachings to the Giant clan, and heard Li Yuanhe report that the Ancient River Sect was ready for global recruitment.
• The Ancient River Sect held a worldwide entrance ceremony, and Zhou Leng left for the Giant World with the Giants the next morning.
• Zhou Leng entered the Giant World and found countless Giants gathered to welcome him as the first member of their history to complete the Boundless Ancient Road.

Zhou Leng returned to the Giant Royal Court, shared his experiences and inheritances, and was honored as an ancestor of the Giants. When Jade Wing arrived with a summons from the Dragon Gods, Zhou Leng agreed to visit the Dragon Clan before returning to Blue Star for the approaching Ten Realms War.

• Zhou Leng recounted his journey through the Boundless Ancient Road and Stellar Ancient Bridge to the gathered Giants, promising to share the Giant Deity inheritances he had obtained.
• Zhou Leng spent three days passing down teachings, carved thirty-four Giant Deity murals, and was honored with a statue and the divine name Zhou Tianjihan in the Giant Ancestor Hall.
• Jade Wing arrived at the Giant Royal Court and explained that the Dragon Gods wanted Zhou Leng to visit them.
• Zhou Leng agreed to go, warning that he needed to return to Blue Star quickly because the Demon Prison was preparing Upper Demigod Realm experts for the Ten Realms War.
• Zhou Leng flew to Dragon Mountain carrying Jade Wing, who vomited after the journey.

Dragon Hall debated Zhou Leng’s extraordinary achievements and worried that he would side with the Giants, while Crimson Eye urged the Dragons to learn what he wanted. When Zhou Leng met with the Dragon Demigods, he recounted his Boundless Ancient Road experiences and downplayed his strength.

• The Demigod Dragons discussed how Zhou Leng had completed the Boundless Ancient Road and Nine Heavens trials so quickly, and concluded his talent was extraordinary.
• The Dragons considered ways to win Zhou Leng’s loyalty, and Crimson Eye advised finding out what he needed most.
• Zhou Leng arrived at Dragon Hall with Jade Wing, where the Dragon Demigods greeted him and asked about his teachings to the Giants.
• Zhou Leng explained that the Boundless Ancient Road’s inheritance had to stay with the Giants and recounted events from his journey, including killing Dragons and a Giant Deity defeating a Dragon God phantom.
• When the Demigods asked how strong he was, Zhou Leng credited his achievements to luck and prior experience, saying the rumors exaggerated his ability.

Zhou Leng accepted the Dragon Clan’s Blood Dragon Fruit and began cultivating beneath the Blood Dragon Tree, revealing his Dragon Star and attracting a celestial miracle. The Dragons recognized his immense potential and debated investing him as the Dragon God’s Son, while he continued absorbing Stellar Dragonflame into his human body.

• The Dragon High Priest offered Zhou Leng the Blood Dragon Fruit, which had ripened early because of the Dragon God’s power he triggered during his Dragon-Transformation Egg Ritual.
• Zhou Leng consumed the Blood Dragon Fruit with other medicinal ingredients beneath the Blood Dragon Tree, and silver Stellar Dragonflame emerged from his body.
• The Dragon High Priest showed the Dragons Zhou Leng’s Dragon Star, prompting them to discuss his chances of reaching the Void God Realm and whether to invest him as the Dragon God’s Son.
• A starry sky appeared above the Blood Dragon Tree, and the Dragons gathered to absorb the celestial power that descended upon it.
• The Dragons saw Zhou Leng’s body develop and absorb dragon scales as he converted Stellar Dragonflame into human power, leaving them frustrated by the opportunity he was taking from their own kind.

After refining the Blood Dragon Fruit, Zhou Leng awakened the beginnings of the Blood of the Galaxy and advanced to the Upper Realm. The Dragons invested him as the Dragon God's Son, and he tested the Dragon God Armament by flying through space at speeds that alarmed the Giant Royal Court.

• Zhou Leng woke after three days, advanced to the Upper Realm, and discovered that his transformed blood could absorb and store additional Stellar Power.
• The Demigod Dragons brought Zhou Leng to the Dragon God Altar and completed a ceremony that he recognized as the investiture of the Dragon God's Son.
• The Dragon High Priest presented Zhou Leng with the Dragon God Armament, and Zhou Leng activated its full power despite being Human.
• The Dragons gave Zhou Leng three thousand chests of gifts, including a large territory, a Dragon God Guard, and a Miniature Dragon Pool that he planned to place at the Ancient River Research Institute.
• Zhou Leng left the gathering to test the Dragon God Armament, accelerated beyond Mach 120 in space, and astonished the Dragons watching below.
• The Demigod Giants sounded alarms over Zhou Leng's flight and discussed the Dragon race's decision to invest him as the Dragon God's Son.

After sharing the Dragon God Combat Art with the Dragons, Zhou Leng returned to Dragon Nation and translated advanced materials to prepare humanity for the Ten Realms War. As the Two-World Barrier weakened and the Demons mobilized, Layered Flesh Mountain declared that their sole objective was to kill Zhou Leng.

• Zhou Leng told the Dragons he hoped they could coexist peacefully and urged them to target the wider worlds beyond their own, then publicly demonstrated the 108 moves of the Dragon God Combat Art.
• Zhou Leng met with the Supreme Court and Martial Saints in Xiong City, explained that he would carefully translate ancient cosmic data, and distributed a vast trove of technical and martial materials.
• On January 1, 2051, the Two-World Barrier began weakening, allowing Demigods of progressively higher ranks to cross while the Ten Realms awaited the war.
• The Calamity God surveyed his conquest in the Demon Spirit World, saw Zhou Leng’s phantom image, and dismissed the possibility that Zhou Leng could reach Godson Rank.
• Demons gathered in Water Continent Demon City as Upper Demigods began crossing the barrier, and fifty-one Upper Demigods assembled under Layered Flesh Mountain’s command.
• Layered Flesh Mountain announced that the Demon force’s sole objective was to kill Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng ambushed the Demonic Beast Alliance’s leaders and army with three devastating waves of Advance and Blast Ten Thousand Nations, then declared the Ten Realms War had begun. He flew to West Sea Demon City and led Dragon Nation’s Martial Saints and allied Demigods toward the Siren World’s Sea Emperor Temple.

• Layered Flesh Mountain and the Demigods planned to attack human cities and force Zhou Leng to confront them, while the Orc Demigods sought permission to destroy Ru City.
• Zhou Leng appeared in the spell tent and unleashed three waves of Advance and Blast Ten Thousand Nations, killing the Demigods and devastating the Demonic Beast army.
• Zhou Leng told the newly arrived Demons to inform their Demon Lords that the Ten Realms War had begun, then returned toward Blue Star and checked for a reply from Blood of Tyranny.
• At West Sea Demon City, Zhou Leng remembered his comrades and read the Martial Dao Diary as Sirens fought the Demon City Army.
• Zhou Leng gathered Dragon Nation’s Martial Saints and allied Demigods, confirmed that the Demonic Beast vanguard had been dealt with, and led them into the Siren World toward the Sea Emperor Temple.

The Giants and Dragons debated how to support Zhou Leng, then learned he had already wiped out the demon army at Water Continent Demon City. Their forces raced to reinforce him and destroyed Four-Faced King’s ambush near the Ancient River Research Bureau, leaving the Dragons and Giants arguing over who deserved credit.

• The Demon-Worshiping Cult planned to ambush Zhou Leng near the Ancient River Research Bureau, while the Giants debated whether to aid him and how to handle the Dragons.
• A Giant messenger reported that Zhou Leng had slaughtered ten thousand demons with three moves of Advance and Blast Ten Thousand Nations, prompting the Giants to send an army led by one hundred Demigods.
• The Giants and Dragons each claimed they were heading to protect Zhou Leng, then raced through Water Continent Demon City and squeezed through the Two-World Barrier.
• Jade Wing spotted Four-Faced King and the Demon-Worshiping Cult waiting near the Ancient River Research Bureau and urged the allied forces to attack.
• The Demigod Dragons and Giants annihilated Four-Faced King, the cult’s upper ranks, and the building, then argued over who had earned the credit.

Demigod Giants and Dragons rushed to the Siren World to find Zhou Leng, only to discover him facing the Siren forces at Sea Emperor City. Zhou Leng invoked his authority as True King to summon the dragons, while a massive battle gathered in the True King Grounds.

• Li Yuanhe told the arriving Giants and Dragons that Zhou Leng had gone to the Siren World, so they hurried after him.
• The Giants and Dragons charged through West Sea Demon City, scattering Sirens as they searched for Zhou Leng.
• The reinforcements reached Sea Emperor City, where over three thousand Siren Demigods and a human party faced one another.
• A dragon roar and Zhou Leng’s Divine Script summons caused the dragons to recognize his True King authority.
• In the True King Grounds, Giant Divine Death Spirits and Giant Dragon Divine Death Spirits assembled thousands of Demigods and prepared for a decisive battle.

Deathbound Winter answered Zhou Tianjihan’s call and joined Zhou Leng at Sea Emperor City, where the Sirens tested the Human forces. Zhou Leng defeated Azure Qilin with a single punch as Giant and Dragon reinforcements arrived, leaving the Sirens facing a growing coalition.

• Deathbound Winter flew through True King's Gate after Zhou Tianjihan called the Dragons to battle, and the Giant Dragon and Giant Divine Death Spirits followed with their forces.
• Deathbound Winter reunited with Zhou Leng before Sea Emperor City while the Sirens mocked the Humans’ apparent lack of reinforcements.
• The Siren Demigod Kings chose to test the approaching Giants and Dragons by sending Azure Qilin to challenge Zhou Leng, but Chen Shaohuang intercepted him.
• Azure Qilin overwhelmed Chen Shaohuang and attacked Zhou Leng with ten Deep Abyss Dragons, but Zhou Leng destroyed them and struck Azure Qilin down with one punch.
• Azure Tianyuan moved to avenge Azure Qilin, then stopped as Giant Dragon and Giant Divine Death Spirits and their Demigod Kings emerged from True King's Gate.
• Zhou Leng declared that he had come from Dragon Nation to shatter ten thousand miles of sea.

Zhou Leng and the Divine Death Spirits destroyed Sea Emperor City in a clash of three Void God-level powers, devastating the Siren World. After searching for survivors, Zhou Leng and the other Demigods headed for West Sea Demon City, learning that the Siren World had already collapsed.

• Zhou Leng led the Giant and Giant Dragon Divine Death Spirits in an assault on Sea Emperor City, where Azure Tianyuan and the Siren Demigods summoned the Sea God.
• The Giant and Giant Dragon deities joined the Sea God in a collision of Void God-level powers that obliterated Sea Emperor City and unleashed catastrophic waves across the Siren World.
• Zhou Leng woke amid the destruction, found no one responding, and began searching for the other Demigods while killing Siren Demigods who attacked him.
• Zhou Leng found Shanhe Yuanlin on the third day, and together they searched for ten days before regrouping with the surviving Demigods.
• The Demigods traveled toward West Sea Demon City, looting abandoned Siren settlements and learning from prisoners that the Siren World had collapsed.

Zhou Leng returned to Blue Star after the Sirens were destroyed and announced humanity’s victory, prompting celebrations and diplomatic overtures across the Ten Realms. In Demon Prison, the Demigods concluded that only a coordinated assassination could stop him before the Calamity Envoy returned.

• Zhou Leng led the surviving Demigods back through the Two-World Barrier and told Huang Xuange that they had wiped out the Sirens.
• Zhou Leng said they would wait until stronger Demigods could cross the barrier before gathering forces to attack the Orcs.
• The Dragons and Giants confirmed the Sirens’ destruction, and Zhou Leng announced humanity’s victory over the Sirens to the world.
• The Orcs sent a submissive envoy delegation to Xiong City, while Spirit Mage and Iron Dwarf envoys visited the Ancient River Research Bureau.
• Demon Prison’s Demigods watched Zhou Leng’s announcement and recognized him as a threat greater than they had realized.
• The Demon Demigods decided to wait until Peak Demigods could cross the Two-World Barrier and then join forces to assassinate Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng stormed the Demigod Hall at the Fortress of Ten Thousand Demons, destroyed the stronghold, and killed its Peak Demigod guardian. He escaped after warning the Demon Prison’s Demigod Kings that he and the Divine Death Spirits would await them on Blue Star.

• The Demon Demigods debated how many Peak Demigods to send to assassinate Zhou Leng before an alarm announced an intruder approaching the hall.
• Zhou Leng charged into the Demigod Hall and attacked the gathered Demigods with four punches, then dropped a Demigod Artifact-grade Demon Spirit Bomb and fled upward.
• The explosion destroyed the Demigod Hall and devastated the Fortress of Ten Thousand Demons, prompting its Peak Demigod Flesh Lord to pursue Zhou Leng.
• Zhou Leng and the Flesh Lord clashed in the sky, and Zhou Leng vaporized the guardian with a final punch of silver-flamed Great Suns.
• Zhou Leng warned the surviving Demons that he would attack cities across the Demon Prison if they plotted against him again, then disappeared.