Chapter Summaries

The Demon Race patriarch manipulated Xinhuo Immortal King into believing the other races would help him become an Immortal Emperor, while secretly planning to use him as bait in a scheme to destroy the Human Race. As the Lord of Yin and Yang’s offering to the Godstone drew near, Xinhuo returned to the Human Great Thousand World, where ten Immortal Emperors gathered around a grand formation.

• The Demon Race patriarch told Xinhuo Immortal King that the other races wanted the Lord of Yin and Yang to die and offered to help Xinhuo become an Immortal Emperor so he could ambush Zhengyi Immortal Emperor.
• Xinhuo accepted the offer and followed the Demon Race patriarch into the Demon Clan Great Thousand World to refine its Power of Faith.
• The Demon Race patriarch revealed that Xinhuo was only a pawn in the five races’ plan to destroy the Human Race and lure Zhengyi Immortal Emperor into a trap.
• At Zhengyi Sect, Zhengyi Immortal Emperor saw Song Zhong break through to Half-Step True Monarch and said he was waiting for Xinhuo to return so he could wipe out the former dynasty’s remnants.
• After Xinhuo failed to become an Immortal Emperor, the Demon Race patriarch sent him back to the Human Great Thousand World to expose Zhengyi Immortal Emperor’s crimes and lead the Human Race after the Lord of Yin and Yang died.
• Ten Immortal Emperors gathered around a massive grand formation in the Demon Race’s territory within the Human Great Thousand World.

Song Zhong returned to Hundred Peaks Sect, where he learned Wu Qingqing had protected it during the alien invasion and announced their Dao Companion Ceremony. He promised to shield the sect from the coming Sect Tribulation, then returned to Piaomiao Sect as preparations for the ceremony drew great attention.

• Song Zhong learned that Wu Qingqing had stayed at Hundred Peaks Sect and slain the alien races that approached it.
• Song Zhong announced that he and Wu Qingqing would hold their Dao Companion Ceremony in thirty-three days, and promised to protect everyone at Hundred Peaks Sect from the Sect Tribulation.
• Song Zhong visited Prison Suppressing Peak and began setting up a grand formation while his family and the sect prepared for the ceremony.
• Piaomiao Sect announced the ceremony, and Song Zhong returned there with everyone thirty days later.
• Cultivators gathered at Piaomiao Sect to congratulate Song Zhong and seek advice about the alien threat expected in a hundred years, but he only said there was a way to face it.

The Lord of All Lightning revealed two Immortal Artifacts and unleashed their combined attack against Song Zhong, who recognized them as components of the Shattering Void Blade. Song Zhong emerged from the devastating lightning vortex unharmed and charged at the Lord of All Lightning.

• The Lord of All Lightning summoned the Violet Lightning Radiance Blade and the Black Abyss Lightning Devouring Blade, both Yellow-Rank Low Grade Immortal Artifacts.
• The Lord of All Lightning explained that the blades were components of a greater Immortal Artifact and that wielding them together nearly matched a Yellow-Rank Middle Grade Immortal Artifact.
• Song Zhong recognized the two blades as components of the Shattering Void Blade and charged at the Lord of All Lightning.
• The Lord of All Lightning combined the blades' attacks into a lightning vortex that destroyed the surroundings and killed Scale Touch Clan cultivators.
• Song Zhong burst from the vortex, rebuked the Lord of All Lightning for killing his own clansmen, and charged at him with the Space Severing Blade.

Song Zhong endured the statues’ lightning and used the Demon Sect disciples’ attacks to reach the room safely. He taunted them for helping him claim the inheritance as the statues returned to slumber.

• Song Zhong charged toward the room while the statues’ lightning battered him, forcing him to drop the Wind Sparrow Wings and rely on his shield.
• Song Zhong unleashed purple and black lightning to interrupt the statues’ attacks and inch closer to the room.
• The Demon Sect disciples stopped retreating, blamed Song Zhong for their losses, and attacked him with spells.
• The statues redirected their lightning to block the Demon Sect’s spells, giving Song Zhong a chance to run into the room.
• Song Zhong taunted the Demon Sect disciples for bringing him to the inheritance, and the statues fell dormant again.

Representatives from many peaks came to Prison Suppressing Peak, prompting Song Zhong to expose Jian Kong’s interest in his Wind Sparrow Wings. They soon revealed they wanted Song Zhong to catch Divine Weapons for them, and he set Thunder Crystals as payment before announcing he would only hold a woman’s hand.

• Song Zhong accused Jian Kong of coveting his Wind Sparrow Wings, and Jian Kong denied wanting the Divine Weapon.
• Chu Jingyao and representatives from other peaks testified that the Zen Cultivation Peaks would not bother Song Zhong about Divine Weapons again.
• Bai Ruorou defended Song Zhong and warned the visitors not to trouble her disciple.
• Chu Jingyao and the others explained that they wanted Song Zhong to help them catch Divine Weapons at Hundred Peaks Cliff.
• Song Zhong agreed to help in exchange for Thunder Crystals and said he would not hold a man's hand.

After Ren Youzhi died in a life-and-death match, the sect elders argued over Song Zhong’s ruthlessness while privately fearing his future strength. The competition continued with Ouyang Xin facing the Daoxuan Sect’s Xie Wenying, who revealed that she was at the fifth layer of the Star River Realm.

• Zhang Cheng'an blamed Song Zhong for killing Ren Youzhi, while Chen Lu defended him by pointing out that the match had been agreed to as a fight to the death.
• The other sect elders criticized Song Zhong’s brutality and worried that his inheritance, rapid cultivation, and ability to capture Divine Weapons could let the Hundred Peaks Sect surpass their own.
• Song Zhong returned from the arena and silently resolved to settle matters with the elders once he became a True Lord.
• Ouyang Xin entered the arena to face Xie Wenying, hoping to prove his strength after losing hope of taking first place.
• Xie Wenying unleashed spiritual energy at the fifth layer of the Star River Realm and told Ouyang Xin to attack before he lost his chance.

Song Zhong returned to Prison Suppressing Peak and went with Tang Qianzi to Hundred Peaks Cliff, where he resonated with a powerful demonic-path Divine Weapon. The Mountain Guardian Elder identified it as the Heavenly Fiend Thunder Blade and explained that its thirty-six blades made it especially suitable for Song Zhong’s current cultivation.

• Song Zhong learned that defeating Wu Zhi had already made him first on the Qi Guiding Realm Peak Ranking, then returned to Prison Suppressing Peak with Sun Elder.
• Tang Qianzi told Song Zhong that Master had emerged from seclusion after hearing about his achievements in two Sealed Ruins, but Master directed her to take him to Hundred Peaks Cliff first.
• Song Zhong released his spiritual energy at Hundred Peaks Cliff, causing a dark demonic aura and thunder to spread across the Hundred Peaks Sect.
• A disk made of thirty-six black blades rose before Song Zhong, stunning Tang Qianzi and drawing disciples toward the cliff.
• The Mountain Guardian Elder identified the Divine Weapon as the Heavenly Fiend Thunder Blade and explained that Song Zhong could wield its blades separately, making it suitable for him.
• Song Zhong asked the Mountain Guardian Elder what rank the Heavenly Fiend Thunder Blade was.

Song Zhong refused to give Absolute Dust Peak a free Divine Weapon capture, despite his close bond with Song Qingwei. The five great sects then arrived at the Hundred Peaks Sect to demand that Song Zhong answer for his actions, while the Hundred Peaks Sect fiercely defended him.

• Absolute Dust Peak's Great Elder questioned Song Zhong about his relationship with Song Qingwei, and Song Zhong said they were brother and sister.
• Song Zhong offered Absolute Dust Peak a fifty-percent discount on capturing Divine Weapons but still required Thunder Crystals, then left with Song Qingwei and Tang Qianzi.
• The Daoxuan Sect, Twin Absolute Sect, Five Elements Sect, Cloud Wave Sect, and Profound Sword Sect arrived at the Hundred Peaks Sect and announced their visit in a show of force.
• Song Zhong heard the visitors' voices and asked Tang Qianzi to take him to the sect gate.
• The Twin Absolute Sect, Cloud Wave Sect, and Five Elements Sect demanded that the Hundred Peaks Sect hand over Song Zhong for seizing or killing their disciples.
• Hundred Peaks Sect disciples and elders angrily defended Song Zhong, while Elder Chen noted that the Daoxuan Sect and Profound Sword Sect had come for a different reason.

Song Zhong killed four Thousand Slaughter Demonic Sect disciples with one strike each as he traveled with Song Qingwei and Ma Jin toward a shining relic. At the whirlpool surrounding the Prayer Bead, Wu Zhi reached the center and touched it as his Golden Light shattered.

• Four Thousand Slaughter Demonic Sect members killed three Orthodox cultivators and set out to rob Song Zhong, Song Qingwei, and Ma Jin.
• Song Zhong killed all four attackers with a single saber strike each and took a Universe Ring and a Universe Bag.
• Song Zhong and his companions reached the vast ocean, where a violent whirlpool surrounded a radiant Prayer Bead.
• Wu Zhi accelerated past the other contenders, entered the whirlpool's center, and touched the Prayer Bead as his Golden Light shattered.

Song Zhong reunited with his elder sister Song Qingwei in the Qi Guiding Realm Sealed Ruins and astonished her and Ma Jin with his rapid cultivation and extraordinary connections. As they discussed the powerful cultivators they knew, a brilliant light and a water archway appeared, and the group hurried toward the phenomenon.

• Ma Jin doubted that Song Zhong and Song Qingwei were siblings, but Song Qingwei recognized Song Zhong as her younger brother.
• Song Zhong explained that he had taken the treasures in the Qi Transformation Realm Sealed Ruins, obtained two True Lord's Inheritances, and killed several Demon Sect geniuses.
• Song Zhong told Song Qingwei that their parents were well and that he would arrange for them to learn he had found her.
• Ma Jin learned that Song Zhong's master was the peak master of Prison Suppressing Peak and that he knew Tang Qianzi and Yan Yourong.
• Song Qingwei and Ma Jin revealed that Yan Yourong had attained Immortality the previous year.
• A dazzling beam appeared across the Sealed Ruins, and a river of water formed an archway in the sky; Song Zhong, Song Qingwei, and Ma Jin ran toward it.

After returning from The Ruins, Song Zhong learned that his killings and the two Sealed Relics had made him a target, so the Great Elder ordered him to stay inside the Hundred Peaks Sect until he reached the peak of the Star River Realm. He hurried back anyway and immediately asked Sun Elder to take him to challenge the top spot on the Qi Guiding Realm Peak Ranking.

• The Great Elder ordered Jian Ming to reflect on his mistakes and told Song Zhong to stop being glib.
• The Great Elder waited until the Hundred Peaks Sect disciples had returned, then took them home on the Flying Boat.
• On the flight back, Song Zhong told the Great Elder he had killed numerous Devil Dao cultivators, including Yin Daiqi and Huo Chuanxing, and the Great Elder warned that their sects would target him.
• The Great Elder told Song Zhong to remain inside the sect until he reached the peak of the Star River Realm, and he agreed while privately planning to cultivate even further before leaving.
• Song Zhong asked the Great Elder to speed up the Flying Boat, which reached the Hundred Peaks Sect in six days instead of ten.
• After landing, Song Zhong asked Sun Elder to take him to challenge the number one spot on the Qi Guiding Realm Peak Ranking, surprising the Great Elder.

Song Zhong recounted his disappointing gains from the Sealed Ruins while cultivators from several peaks began gathering at Prison Suppressing Peak over the Wind Sparrow Wings and his killing of Wu Zhi. The chapter ended as Chu Jingyao and more visitors arrived, increasing the pressure on Bai Ruorou’s peak.

• Song Zhong told Bai Ruorou and Tang Qianzi that the True Lord’s Inheritance had left him techniques and arts but no treasures, then described his experiences in the Sealed Ruins.
• Jian Kong gathered the deputy peak lords of four Zen Cultivation Peaks and proposed that their five peaks retrieve and share the Wind Sparrow Wings from Prison Suppressing Peak.
• A disciple told Chu Jingyao that Song Zhong had helped Tang Qianzi obtain a Seventh Grade Upper Tier Divine Weapon, and Chu Jingyao agreed to go to Prison Suppressing Peak with him.
• Jian Kong and the other Zen cultivators confronted Bai Ruorou and demanded Wu Zhi’s Universe Ring, while Song Zhong claimed it was lost.
• Chu Jingyao arrived at Prison Suppressing Peak, followed by figures descending from several directions.

Song Zhong broke through to the Immortal Bridge Realm and formed a Phenomenal Immortal Bridge made of lightning, astonishing Tang Qianzi and Bai Ruorou. After Bai Ruorou taught him, Song Zhong absorbed Thunder Crystals and broke through again, forming a second Phenomenal Immortal Bridge.

• Song Zhong's house exploded as he broke through to the Immortal Bridge Realm and formed a lightning-filled Phenomenal Immortal Bridge.
• Tang Qianzi and Bai Ruorou came out to witness Song Zhong's breakthrough, and Tang Qianzi marveled at the power of his first Immortal Bridge.
• Song Zhong struck Tang Qianzi with lightning, leaving a black mark on her palm and surprising her with its strength.
• Bai Ruorou called Song Zhong to her cave abode and taught him how to condense Immortal Bridges and use Prison Suppressing Peak spells.
• Song Zhong absorbed Thunder Crystals and, eleven days later, broke through again, forming another Phenomenal Immortal Bridge filled with hazy chaos.

The five major sects accused Song Zhong of killing and robbing their disciples, then proposed settling the dispute through a tournament tied to an early opening of the Myriad Phenomena Secret Realm. The Hundred Peaks Sect's Sect Master agreed to forcibly open the realm in two hundred days, leaving the assembled experts shocked by the Sect Master's sudden appearance.

• The three major sects demanded that the Hundred Peaks Sect answer for Song Zhong's actions, and Great Elder Chen Lu proposed that their disciples fight him on the grievance arena.
• Song Zhong challenged the other sects to send their disciples against him together, while Deputy Sect Master Huang Yu suggested resolving the grievances in a Six Sects tournament when the Myriad Phenomena Secret Realm was forcibly opened.
• The Twin Absolute Sect's Great Elder argued that Song Zhong could compete because he was under three hundred years old, and Tang Qianzi explained the secret realm and warned him about its powerful eligible entrants.
• Chen Lu refused the proposal, but the five sects pressed the Hundred Peaks Sect to agree or hand Song Zhong over, citing their old oath.
• The Hundred Peaks Sect's Sect Master declared that the sect agreed to open the Myriad Phenomena Secret Realm in two hundred days, startling the gathered experts.

Song Zhong and Xia Kening discovered that Xia Kening's bronze cauldron was the Evolve Divine Cauldron, which drew the Divine Water from a hidden pool. They both entered the cauldron to improve their aptitude, but became unable to move as the water began cleansing and healing them.

• Song Zhong and Xia Kening found a pool of Divine Water beneath the throne and watched Evolve True Lord explain that it could improve any cultivator's aptitude.
• Xia Kening's bronze cauldron appeared to be the Evolve Divine Cauldron and absorbed all the water from the pool.
• Xia Kening leaped into the cauldron, and Song Zhong bound her with a rope before jumping in after her.
• Song Zhong and Xia Kening found they could not move inside the Divine Water, though it continued to cleanse their bodies and heal Song Zhong's injuries.
• Xia Kening guessed that they would remain immobile until the Divine Water was used up and complained that Song Zhong had gained the benefits for free.

Song Zhong defeated Xie Wenying and won the right to enter the Myriad Phenomena Secret Realm. Inside, he chose to seek the Ten Directions Extinction Divine Lightning, then planned to obtain the Nine Yin Profound Poison Demon Lightning.

• Song Zhong gravely wounded Xie Wenying with one slash, securing victory and entry to the Myriad Phenomena Secret Realm.
• Grand Elder Chen Lu persuaded the assembled elders to let Song Zhong enter the secret realm, and six Great Elders opened its stone door.
• Song Zhong entered a hall filled with passageways and passed over options for cultivation methods, spells, weapons, and other disciplines.
• Song Zhong found passageways leading to the Nine Yin Profound Poison Demon Lightning and the Ten Directions Extinction Divine Lightning.
• Song Zhong chose the Ten Directions Extinction Divine Lightning passageway first and planned to seek the other lightning afterward.

Song Zhong retrieved powerful Divine Weapons from beneath the cliff in exchange for Thunder Crystals, drawing a crowd eager to trade with him. After Chu Jingyao offered two rare Nine Revolutions Pure Yang Heavenly Thunder Crystals, Song Zhong produced the True Yang Blazing Sun Pearl, a Seventh Grade Upper Tier Divine Weapon, though it seemed suited to pure yang cultivators rather than Chu Jingyao’s pure yin path.

• Song Zhong retrieved the Ice Spear Thunder Severing Umbrella, a Seventh Grade Middle Tier Divine Weapon, for Yu Yingxiao in exchange for eighteen Thunder Crystals.
• Yu Yingxiao thanked Song Zhong, and other experts crowded around to offer Thunder Crystals for Divine Weapons.
• Chu Jingyao offered one Nine Revolutions Pure Yang Heavenly Thunder Crystal, and Bai Ruorou agreed on her disciple’s behalf to trade two for a Divine Weapon.
• Chu Jingyao explained that ten of the rare crystals could help someone condense Nine Revolutions Pure Yang Heavenly Thunder and hinted that a greater surprise might await Song Zhong.
• Song Zhong retrieved the True Yang Blazing Sun Pearl, a Seventh Grade Upper Tier Divine Weapon once wielded by Yin Yang Sect’s Great Elder.
• The crowd recognized the pearl as a pure yang weapon and questioned whether it suited Chu Jingyao, who cultivated the pure yin path.

Song Zhong charged the towering pagoda and touched it, triggering the Divine Weapon’s awakening and the collapse of the Sealed Ruins. As the ruins began to break apart, the experts waiting outside prepared for the cultivators to emerge.

• Chen Ze warned the Hundred Peaks Sect cultivators to regroup and return to the Great Elder when the ruins broke apart, since Song Zhong’s prize could make their sect a target.
• The cultivators fought through the Strange Beasts and advanced toward the ninety-nine-story pagoda, whose ancient aura filled them with fear.
• The Wing Race leader waited for Song Zhong to make his move, then joined the other cultivators in attacking when Song Zhong charged ahead.
• Song Zhong blasted through the Strange Beasts and placed his bloodied hand on the pagoda, causing a brilliant beam and a force that erased the incoming spells.
• The Sealed Ruins shook and split apart as the surrounding world fractured, while the experts outside sensed the disturbance and Chen Lu looked to the Mountain Guardian Elder.

Song Zhong killed Lie Xun and the remaining Hyena Clan cultivators, then joined the Human Race cultivators in driving off the Wolf Bats. When those cultivators tried to take more spoils than they had earned, Song Zhong attacked them for their greed and for siding with foreign races against their own people.

• Song Zhong charged into the battle after killing Lie Xun and slaughtered the weakened Hyena Clan cultivators.
• Song Zhong and nearby Human Race cultivators fought the wounded Wolf Bats until the beasts fled.
• Song Zhong collected the Blood Crystals and Universe Rings, then allowed the other cultivators to take the spoils from the beasts they had killed.
• The cultivators tried to take extra Blood Crystals and a Universe Ring, so Song Zhong stopped them and killed one of them.
• Song Zhong condemned the cultivators for submitting to foreign races and harming their fellow clansmen, then attacked again.

Song Zhong killed Jin Ranhuan with one punch and fought off cultivators from multiple races who attacked him over the Sealed Relic. He killed the Serpent Demon Clan’s Young Clan Leader and took his Universe Ring before continuing to slaughter the surrounding Serpent Demons.

• Song Zhong annihilated Jin Ranhuan with a single punch, shocking the Human Race and the other races.
• Cultivators from several races attacked Song Zhong, while the Human Race cultivators met the incoming spells with their own.
• Song Zhong charged through the Serpent Demon Clan cultivators, killing them as spells repeatedly struck his Golden Body.
• Song Zhong killed the Serpent Demon Clan’s Young Clan Leader with a punch and took his Universe Ring.
• The Serpent Demons attacked Song Zhong to avenge their Young Clan Leader, but he fought back and rapidly killed them.