Chapter Summaries

Xu Kun recruited Ezreal as an archaeological consultant and invited his companions and allies to jointly develop the relics he had found. The major races agreed to contribute specialists and troops, and Xu Kun left them to establish rules for sharing the profits.

• Ezreal agreed to serve as a consultant but warned that relic development required security, and Xu Kun said he would handle it.
• Xu Kun gathered his companions and gave Daji a map showing more than thirty undeveloped relics, including a Seventh Realm secret realm.
• Daji eagerly committed her race to the project, explaining that developers could keep half of a relic’s output for their own people.
• Athena, Cynthia, Su Xin, and Yun Cheng Wanlipeng offered their races’ help with construction, transport, and securing relics.
• Xu Kun agreed to distribute profits according to contribution and invited the racial leaders to establish the rules for joint development.

The races organized a joint expedition to develop the ruins on Upside-Down Mountain while Xu Kun set off alone, protected by Xiao Huang. Xu Kun discovered ruins far faster than the expedition could excavate them, prompting the races to send more personnel and puzzling their rivals.

• The races assigned personnel to develop lower-realm ruins and sent elites to guard higher-realm secret realms, while Yang Yao took charge of the expedition and Shen-bao's safety.
• Xu Kun refused Hao Jian's offer to accompany him, summoned Xiao Huang, and rode Little Gold toward the ruins alone.
• Over nearly half a month, Xu Kun reported at least twenty-eight ruins above the fifth realm, including three seventh-realm ruins, while the expedition had only preliminarily developed one fifth-realm ruin.
• Daji persuaded the Nine-tailed Fox Clan's leaders to send more people by revealing the number of discovered ruins, and other races also began mobilizing personnel.
• Scouts reported the unusual movements to rival top races, whose leaders were confused when they learned even the Phoenix Race had mobilized.

Xu Kun coordinated the joint development of ruins and invited Qiongqi’s Tiger Fiend Race to participate. He also learned that Human Race fortune had awakened nine SSS-tier prodigies tied to the Big Dipper Star Officials, leaving the Human Race with a powerful new foundation.

• The races continued quietly developing ruins, whose inheritances offered paths to higher realms, while the Nine-tailed Fox Clan recognized the value of pursuing seventh-realm and higher ruins with Xu Kun.
• Qiongqi confronted Xu Kun about the races’ preparations in Upside-Down Mountain, and Xu Kun offered the Tiger Fiend Race ruin coordinates and told him to contact Yao Yao.
• Xu Kun encountered the heavily grown Xu Erpang in Upside-Down Mountain and found that he had reached the late stage of the second realm.
• Xu Kun explained that Bi Gan and Dou Rong had awakened as the Wenqu and Wu Qu Stars, triggering the other Big Dipper Star Officials’ inheritances and producing nine SSS-tier Human Race prodigies.
• Xu Kun realized that the nine Star Officials had been born through Human Race fortune rather than reincarnated memories, and that they had come to protect the Human Race and were closely connected to him.

Xu Kun used the Myriad Races Bestiary to unearth the lightning ruin beneath the Upside-Down Mountain, with Xu Erpang choosing to accompany him. After three days, rival race camps surrounded the emerged palace, and Xu Kun admitted he had triggered the ruin.

• Xu Erpang recognized the Devil Fruit Tree’s scent beneath the ground and joined Xu Kun, who revealed that the ruin was their destination.
• Xu Kun drew the surrounding landscape in the Myriad Races Bestiary and destroyed the image, triggering an earthquake that exposed a lightning gate.
• As the earthquake continued, Xu Kun disguised himself with Moon Dragon Visage while Xu Erpang pushed him in the form of Little Gold’s wheelchair.
• After three days, Dragon Race and Angel-Asura camps and other forces surrounded the emerged lightning palace, while the human race and allied forces stayed away after learning Xu Kun had opened it.
• A Dragon Race representative asked who had triggered the ruin, and Xu Kun gestured for Xu Erpang to push him forward before declaring, “Unworthy as I am, yours truly.”

Xu Kun confronted the factions gathered at Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable's ruin and revealed himself as the supposedly crippled Great Demon King. As Little Hei Zi and Xiao Huang slaughtered the attackers, the Angel and Asura factions withdrew.

• The Dragon Race representative demanded Xu Kun hand over items tied to the ruin, then attacked him alongside Angel and Asura fighters.
• Little Hei Zi emerged from the shadows, severed a Dragon Descendant's arm, and charged into the Dragon Race on Xu Kun's order.
• Xu Kun removed the Moon Dragon Visage and warned the factions that those who approached would die, but several groups charged toward the ruin or him anyway.
• Xiao Huang appeared and smashed through the advancing forces, while Xu Kun directed him to attack the arriving Black Tortoise Race.
• Little Hei Zi continued massacring the Dragon Race, and the Angel and Asura representatives chose to leave.

Xu Kun drove the rival races away from the relic entrance and entered a lightning-filled relic left by a peak Seventh Realm expert. He discovered that his Illusion-Shattering Divine Eyes let him inspect crystals at close range, giving him an advantage in crystal gambling, while the Nine-tailed Fox Clan’s crystal industry was introduced.

• Xu Kun ordered Little Hei Zi, Xiao Huang, and the other pets to drive the Dragon Descendants and rival races away from the relic entrance.
• Xu Erpang pushed Xu Kun through the Thunder Gate while Little Gold’s flame weakened it, and Xiao Huang stayed behind to guard the entrance.
• Xu Kun and Xu Erpang entered a lightning world filled with crystals containing spirit-stone shells and possible Thunder Crystals, Thunder Source Liquid, or rare objects.
• Xu Kun cut open a promising crystal, but its trace of Thunder Crystal Source Liquid vaporized, leaving only worthless spirit-stone debris.
• Xu Kun found that his Illusion-Shattering Divine Eyes could reveal crystal interiors at close range, and the chapter explained the Nine-tailed Fox Clan’s control of the crystal trade through the Jade Race.

Xu Kun and Xu Erpang traveled through a vast ruin, where Erpang explained the Wood Race’s Seed Soldiers and helped clear the way. At the ruin’s core, Xu Kun encountered the Energy Body of Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable, who welcomed him.

• Xu Erpang explained how the Wood Race used seed avatars and Seed Soldiers, then demonstrated how his seeds rapidly grew into second-realm plants.
• Xu Erpang revealed that he had learned to make Seed Soldiers from his bloodline after the Wood Race cast him out.
• Xu Kun used his techniques and Moonlit Night pouch to collect crystals as he and Xu Erpang advanced through the ruin.
• Xu Erpang wondered why the ruin held no dangers, and Xu Kun said its master recognized him as an old friend.
• A thunderous cavern opened to reveal a Thunder Pool, and Xu Kun sensed his Dao Thunder Fruit react to Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable’s corpse.
• Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable’s Energy Body appeared in the Thunder Crystal Source Liquid and greeted Xu Kun.

Xu Kun enlisted Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable and Erpang to remove the Dao Thunder Fruit so he could use it and the Nüwa Stone to revive Thor in the Celestial Venerable’s remains. The chapter ended with the fruit successfully removed and Xu Kun preparing to fuse it with Thor’s soul.

• Xu Kun showed Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable Thor’s nearly extinguished soul and explained his plan to revive him using the Celestial Venerable’s remains.
• Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable offered to devour Thor’s soul in exchange for Xu Kun reviving him, but Xu Kun refused and declared his loyalty to Thor.
• Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable agreed to help, though he warned that removing the Dao Thunder Fruit might damage or destroy it.
• Erpang offered to preserve the fruit with his Seed Soldier technique, and he and Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable successfully removed it from Xu Kun.
• Xu Kun lost his Dao Thunder talent but retained his other lightning abilities, and he prepared to fuse the fruit with Thor’s divine soul.

Xu Kun and Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable worked to free Thor from the Devil Fruit Tree’s control and restore his soul. Thor’s soul regained its form but remained unconscious, so Xu Kun used his mother’s phoenix blood to awaken the Nüwa Stone’s power.

• Xu Kun saw the Devil Fruit Tree’s karmic thread binding Thor through the Dao Thunder Fruit, and Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable warned that Thor could be controlled.
• Xu Kun returned Megingjörð, Járngreipr, and Mjolnir to Thor and had him refine the Thunder Seed: Sin Verdict.
• Mjolnir combined its thunder with Sin Verdict and Xu Kun’s Great Dao Thunder Sound, severing the Devil Fruit Tree’s connection to the Dao Thunder Fruit and wounding It.
• The Dao Thunder Fruit fused with Thor’s strengthened soul, and the Soul Fire from the Spirit Coffin Lamp flowed into him, but he did not awaken.
• Xu Kun brought out the Nüwa Stone and shed his inherited phoenix blood onto it, filling the ruin with five-colored light.

Xu Kun explained the powers and limitations of the ten ancient divine artifacts, including how the Kongtong Seal had made his body immortal and the Nüwa Stone could restore someone from even a trace of their existence. With the soul and body prepared, he used his mother's phoenix blood to activate the Nüwa Stone and began reviving Thor.

• Xu Kun reviewed the rankings and abilities of the ancient divine artifacts, from the Eastern Emperor Bell to the Nüwa Stone.
• Xu Kun recalled how the Ancient Sage of the Vast Sea had brought him the final Kongtong Seal fragment, making his body immortal and indestructible.
• Xu Kun concluded that the Nüwa Stone's resurrection power was passive and limited to its bound master, but it had reacted to his mother's phoenix blood.
• Xu Kun guided Thor's dormant soul into the remains of the Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable as five-colored light surrounded them.
• Xu Kun spread his arms and shouted, "Revive, my brother!"

Xu Kun and his allies completed Thor’s resurrection, then began refining Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable’s remains into a flawless body suited to Thor’s second-realm soul. The chapter ended with Xu Kun and Thor uniting their wills to compress the body even further.

• Xu Kun used his phoenix blood and the Nüwa Stone to revive Thor’s consciousness after the other resurrection steps succeeded.
• Xu Kun rejected Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable’s damaged remains as they were and used the Undying Source Dragon and Kongtong Seal to repair them.
• Xu Kun and Thor cut away the ruined flesh, replaced it with new flesh using the Fountain of Youth, and compressed the remains for half a day.
• Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable judged that the purified body had reached the equivalent of the fifth realm, but Xu Kun insisted it still needed further compression.
• Xu Kun summoned Starfall Nine Heavens as Thor’s lightning gathered around Mjolnir, and their wills became one.

Xu Kun and Thor forged Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable’s Five-Realm body into a Three-Realm body, then Thor carved it with Sin Judgment to complete his rebirth. Thor emerged from the lightning with his strength restored and declared that he was back.

• Thor and Xu Kun merged their consciousnesses and began forging the compressed Five-Realm body, while Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable warned them that failure could not be repaired.
• Xu Kun burned away excess flesh with Six Ding Divine Fire as Thor forged the organs and meridians, and they reshaped the body from the inside and outside.
• Xu Kun and Thor compressed the body into a single whole, reducing it from Five Realms to Three Realms, though Xu Kun regretted that he could not inscribe an array.
• Thor used Sin Judgment to carve the finished body and complete the final step of his return.
• Thor emerged from the lightning, wielded Mjolnir and the surrounding thunder without harm, and announced to Xu Kun that he was back.

Thor severed his own realm to remain in the Upside-Down Mountain and prepare to fight alongside Xu Kun. Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable revealed the Blood Race’s demonic origins and began explaining how the demons lost their former power.

• Thor smashed his third-realm body with Mjolnir, reducing himself to the second realm, while Er Pang devoured the energy-rich fragments.
• Thor told Xu Kun he had stayed to confront a troublesome enemy outside, and the two brothers vowed to grow stronger together.
• Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable warned Xu Kun that the Devil Fruit Tree would seek to control or kill the Dao Thunder Fruit, and Er Pang offered to share any news with the Wood Race.
• Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable explained that the Blood Race descended from demons who resisted the angels’ plan, and that God of Slaughter Casius was destroyed after sheltering them.
• Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable said the demons of the past had not been as humble as the modern Blood Race and began sketching an image with lightning.

Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable revealed how the demon ancestors became the bloodkin, how Casius forged Doomsday Yellow Springs, and how the sword helped wound the Lord and bring about the angels’ and demons’ revolt. The revelation connected Casius’s legacy to Bai Qi, the former Human Butcher who now wielded the sword.

• Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable explained that the demon ancestors drank human blood but usually restrained themselves, until angel blood drove some of them to lose control and prey on people.
• He told Xu Kun that the bloodkin ancestors broke off their demon wings and removed their fangs to hide among humans and awaken demons who had succumbed to bloodlust.
• The demon ancestors’ wings and fangs were collected by God of Slaughter Casius, who forged Doomsday Yellow Springs from their suffering.
• Casius used Doomsday Yellow Springs to fight the angels, wound the Lord, and help lay the groundwork for angels and demons to overthrow the Lord’s rule.
• Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable revealed that Casius’s final warning foretold the bloodkin’s awakening when an heir to his beliefs returned wielding the sword, which Bai Qi now carried.

Xu Kun learned how the Devil Fruit Tree exploited the Blood Race and later benefited the Asura Race. Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable revealed that the Asura Race had revived the Blood Race’s forbidden Evil Project, which created fruits by sacrificing tens of thousands of lives.

• Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable explained that the Blood Race had once abandoned its demonic bloodline abilities and later went astray after forgetting Ancestor Casius’s divine oracle.
• Xu Kun learned that the Devil Fruit Tree had helped the Blood Race defeat the Bone Spirit Race because Blood Race abilities could supply it with blood.
• Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable said the tree turned to the Asura Race because its warriors could provide far more blood through slaughter, leaving the Blood Race as their subordinate.
• Xu Kun learned that Evil Fruits came from offshoots watered with blood from a single race and replaced the consumer’s original bloodline or talent.
• Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable revealed that the Blood Race had archived the Evil Project because each fruit required tens of thousands of lives, but the Asura Race had restarted it.

Xu Erpang explained that the Devil Fruit Tree’s offshoot fruits turned their users into plant-based puppets, allowing the tree to create avatars and harvest them. Xu Kun connected the Asura Race’s experiments and postponed auction to a possibly successful Evil Project that could mass-produce even SSS-tier Evil Fruits, leaving him envisioning the tree ruling over countless beings.

• Xu Erpang explained that the Devil Fruit Tree’s supposed fruits were seeds that implanted abilities in hosts and turned them into puppets and future nourishment.
• Xu Kun asked whether the implanted hosts could be restored, and Xu Erpang said the transformation into plants was irreversible.
• Xu Erpang said the Evil Project depended on extracting and purifying compatible powers from blood, and Xu Kun recalled Kuzan and the others being used in experiments.
• Xu Kun reasoned that the Asura Race’s slaughter and auctions might support the Devil Fruit Tree’s plan, and wondered whether the postponed Supreme Auction marked the project’s success.
• Xu Kun suspected the Asura Race had cultivated SSS-tier Evil Fruits from the tree’s offshoots and imagined countless beings worshipping the tree.

Xu Kun explained how the Devil Fruit Tree’s Evil Project could spread its hosts across all races and decided to keep the secret for leverage rather than expose it immediately. He planned to negotiate with the Asura Race to stop the project, with the blood race offering support and asking him to bring them the holder of Doomsday Yellow Springs.

• Xu Kun warned that the Evil Project could create an uncontrollable cycle of hosts who would spread throughout the world and serve the Devil Fruit Tree.
• Thor suggested revealing the plan to unite the races against Evil Fruits and expose the Asura Race, but Xu Kun argued that this could bring danger without destroying the threat.
• Xu Kun said he knew the holder of Doomsday Yellow Springs and identified him as the person he had freed in Guanjiang Ghost Manor.
• Xu Kun explained that his ties to Princess Iron Fan made a secret deal with the Asura Race preferable, though he would still stop the Evil Project.
• Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable offered his incarnation’s remaining power and the blood race’s support, asking Xu Kun to bring the Lord of Doomsday Yellow Springs to them.

Xu Kun and Thor discussed the vampire race, Thor’s choice to remain with the Human Race, and his plans to take revenge on the Titan gods responsible for his past. After Erpang’s Seed Soldiers cleared most of the Seventh Realm powerhouse’s ruins, Xu Kun prepared to meet some old friends.

• Thor explained that Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable had left three powerful clones, including one hidden in the vampire core territory that Xu Kun could activate.
• Xu Kun said he would consider an alliance with the vampires rather than trying to integrate them into the Human Race.
• Thor chose to stay with the Human Race and said he would seek revenge on the gods who had wronged him, while asking Xu Kun to stay neutral if their conflict became a dilemma.
• Xu Kun promised to support Thor and protect him, and Thor vowed to grow stronger before confronting Zeus and the Titan gods.
• Erpang’s Seed Soldiers collected more than ninety percent of the ruins’ resources, which Erpang handed over to Xu Kun before asking to try his Fountain of Youth.
• Xu Kun agreed to leave the ruins and said it was time to meet some old friends.

Xu Kun emerged from Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable’s collapsing burial ground with Thor and Xu Erpang, then faced Zhu Jiu, who demanded that he kneel and apologize. Xu Kun refused and sent Little Gold to fight, but after Zhu Jiu overwhelmed the beast, Thor stepped forward to confront him.

• Xu Kun demolished Dao Thunder Celestial Venerable’s burial ground, then emerged from the ruins with Xu Erpang and Thor as the onlookers feared he had died.
• Zhu Jiu confronted Xu Kun and demanded that he kneel and kowtow, but Xu Kun refused and mocked him.
• Xu Kun summoned Little Gold to face Zhu Jiu, who pinned the Crimson Flame Golden Lion Beast down with his dragon power.
• Xu Kun and Thor discussed making Zhu Jiu kowtow and apologize, and Thor answered Zhu Jiu’s challenge by calling himself his grandpa.

Thor confronted Zhu Jiu after Zhu Jiu attacked him, then revealed himself as Thor Odinson, son of Odin, and challenged Zhu Jiu to a separate battle. As Thor led Zhu Jiu away, Zhu Jiu ordered Annabella and the Dragon Race to restrain Xu Kun.

• Zhu Jiu attacked Thor, but Thor transformed into lightning, seized Zhu Jiu, and hurled him into the ground.
• Zhu Jiu rose in his Candle Dragon form with Xu Kun's fused Primordial Dragon Claw and threatened Thor for protecting Xu Kun.
• Thor gave his full name, Thor Odinson, and acknowledged his connection to Odin and the ancient conflict with Zeus.
• Thor and Zhu Jiu left the others to fight elsewhere after Xu Kun told Thor to be careful.
• Zhu Jiu ordered Annabella to lead the Dragon Race in restraining Xu Kun while he fought Thor.