Chapter Summaries

The Hundred Peaks Sect’s elders sacrificed themselves to keep the mountain-protecting formation intact while Song Zhong released top-tier divine weapons from beneath Hundred Peaks Cliff. The formation eventually shattered, and the alien races stormed the sect as its disciples rushed to defend their home.

• The Hundred Peaks Sect’s elderly members burned through their lives to reinforce the formation as alien races continued attacking.
• Song Zhong drew top-tier divine weapons from beneath Hundred Peaks Cliff and told the disciples to take weapons suited to them.
• Hundred Peaks Sect disciples armed with divine weapons flew to the gate to relieve the elders and join the defense.
• The formation shattered, and the alien races’ spells devastated the sect gate and killed many cultivators.
• The alien races charged into the Hundred Peaks Sect, while Lu Bin urged them to kill Song Zhong before he could escape.
• The armed Hundred Peaks Sect disciples saw the ruined, blood-soaked gate and vowed to fight the invaders.

Song Zhong and Xia Kening discovered that the Spirit Evolution Sacred Tree had died and decided to preserve its power by boiling it in spirit water. After soaking in the mixture, Song Zhong sensed its dense energy entering his body, but seven days later he realized something was wrong.

• Xia Kening determined that the Spirit Evolution Sacred Tree had died when Evolve True Lord’s soul was destroyed during the Era of Cosmic Reversal.
• Song Zhong proposed soaking the dead tree in the spirit water, and Xia Kening agreed that they should use its remaining power.
• Song Zhong uprooted and chopped the Sacred Tree, then Xia Kening poured the pool’s spirit water into the Divine Cauldron and Song Zhong burned the tree in it for seven days and nights.
• Bai Ruorou declined to enter the cauldron and went to guard the cave while Xia Kening asked Song Zhong to tie her up before they entered the spirit water.
• Song Zhong and Xia Kening soaked in the mixture, and Song Zhong felt its dense energy entering his body before noticing something was wrong after seven days.

Song Zhong agreed to a future request from the Saint of Ceasing War in exchange for three Mulberry Field Fruits, and she showed him how one of her avatars confronted the Lord of Hidden Blades outside the Human Great Thousand World. The scene left the Lord of Hidden Blades wondering why the Saint had come for him and why she looked like a Human Race cultivator.

• Song Zhong was shocked to see the Saint of Ceasing War command ninety-nine avatars and learned she had only three Mulberry Field Fruits to trade.
• The Saint explained that powerful cultivators could break the Universe’s rules, warned Song Zhong to grow strong enough to protect his Great Thousand World, and asked him for a promise to help her later.
• Song Zhong agreed, and the Saint of Ceasing War accepted his request to deal with the cultivators blocking his doorstep.
• The Saint showed Song Zhong a mirror in which her hundredth avatar arrived outside the Human Great Thousand World and revealed the returning Lord of Hidden Blades.
• The Saint of Ceasing War identified herself to the Lord of Hidden Blades, who wondered why she had come and why she had taken a Human Race appearance.

Song Zhong arrived at Absolute Dust Peak to see Song Qingwei, prompting the peak’s leaders to suspect she was important to him and hope he would help them obtain a Divine Weapon. The Great Elder brought Song Qingwei down to meet him with an extraordinary reception, leaving Song Qingwei wondering what Song Zhong had done to deserve it.

• Song Zhong arrived at Absolute Dust Peak and asked to see Song Qingwei.
• After learning Song Zhong had asked about Song Qingwei before, Absolute Dust Peak’s leaders decided to use their connection to seek his help with a Divine Weapon.
• Chen Li punished Song Qingwei for wanting to see Song Zhong, but the Great Elder arrived and overruled her.
• The Great Elder brought Song Qingwei down the mountain to meet Song Zhong, while Song Qingwei wondered why he was being welcomed like the Sect Master.

Song Zhong reached the Longevity Pagoda, but it did not respond, and a crack appeared in the void above it. As Immortal Qi seemed close to descending, Qian Fuzhi and Immovable Immortal King joined forces to attack Song Zhong, who met Qian Fuzhi’s assault as Immovable Immortal King struck at his neck.

• Song Zhong escaped the Strange Beasts and touched the Longevity Pagoda, but the treasure did not react.
• A crack appeared in the void, and Qian Fuzhi and Immovable Immortal King guessed that Immortal Qi would soon descend.
• Qian Fuzhi and Immovable Immortal King agreed to kill Song Zhong before the Immortal Qi arrived and charged at him from opposite sides.
• Song Zhong accused Qian Fuzhi of betraying him, and Qian Fuzhi attacked with all six weapons.
• Song Zhong clashed with Qian Fuzhi’s spear as Immovable Immortal King slashed toward his neck.

Song Zhong fought the Qilin Beast Quasi-Saint with his true body and clone, trading devastating blows without concern for injury. The battle was interrupted by the arrival of another Song Zhong, leaving the Qilin Beast Quasi-Saint and Rain Peak Quasi-Saint stunned by how many clones Song Zhong had.

• Song Zhong and his clone coordinated their attacks against the Qilin Beast Quasi-Saint, who decided to trade wounds with Song Zhong's true body.
• Song Zhong and the Qilin Beast Quasi-Saint struck each other with their blades, suffering serious injuries and being knocked apart.
• Song Zhong charged back into the fight, confident that his many clones and Substitute Death Talisman made him willing to risk death.
• Cultivators sensed the battle's powerful auras and recognized that Song Zhong was fighting a Quasi-Saint, but most stayed back.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint followed Song Zhong and realized that another Supreme Path Realm aura belonged to a clone.
• A third Song Zhong arrived, and the Qilin Beast Quasi-Saint exclaimed in shock that Song Zhong had another clone.

Song Zhong and Lord of Cherished Flowers killed the eighteen cultivators who attacked them, then entered the next trial space. They found three other teams separated by light screens beneath a vast celestial river, and Song Zhong sensed that this level differed from the last.

• Song Zhong killed an armored cultivator with a single saber strike, and the cultivator's female companion died when his aura vanished.
• Lord of Cherished Flowers killed Lord Liekong, while Song Zhong and she defeated the remaining attackers as they tried to flee.
• Song Zhong collected half of the fallen cultivators' Immortal Artifacts and Universe Rings, then asked Lord of Cherished Flowers about a battlefield for cultivators above the Supreme Realm.
• Song Zhong and Lord of Cherished Flowers entered a golden passage into a new trial space, where they saw three other teams divided by light screens.
• Song Zhong noticed a vast celestial river in the sky and suspected the new level's trial was different.

Lord Chaofeng and other cultivators discovered that Song Zhong and his clones had killed Demonic Beasts across the Forget Dao Realm battlefield, leaving most cultivators with little to hunt. Song Zhong continued slaughtering Demonic Beasts and sent clones toward the battlefield's center and edges to find the entrance to the Quasi-Saint Realm battlefield.

• Lord Chaofeng met two groups of cultivators, and they compared reports of Demonic Beasts killed by lightning across their routes.
• The cultivators concluded that Song Zhong had many powerful clones and scattered to search elsewhere for Demonic Beasts.
• Cultivators across the battlefield spread legends of the lightning wielder, while most refused to believe anyone who claimed not to have seen his kills.
• Song Zhong continued killing Demonic Beasts, collected their corpses and several clusters of Mysterious Cloud, and delayed opening the clusters.
• Song Zhong sent some clones toward the center of the battlefield and others toward its edges to locate the entrance to the next battlefield.

Song Zhong followed Baihua Immortal King to her cultivation cave and asked her to study several rare resources he had obtained. After Baihua prepared a pool to help him absorb them, Lord of Cherished Flowers arrived and interrupted them.

• Song Zhong followed Lord of Cherished Flowers, Baihua Immortal King, and Lianhua Master back to their lineage’s residence, then went with Baihua to her cultivation cave.
• Song Zhong showed Baihua Immortal King the Barren Dragon Marrow Fluid, Nine Netherworld Spring, and Nirvana Blood Lotus, and she studied them for a year.
• Baihua Immortal King prepared a pool and advised Song Zhong on the order in which to use the resources, but he jumped in before she finished explaining.
• After watching the Nine Netherworld Spring flow around Song Zhong for a day, Baihua asked him to stand by the pool so she could examine it more closely.
• Lord of Cherished Flowers entered the cultivation cave to speak with Song Zhong, and Baihua froze in surprise.

Rain Peak Quasi-Saint recognized Lord of Cherished Flowers as Song Zhong’s Dao companion and rescued her and Lord You Shui from a flaming cultivator. He killed their attacker and claimed that he and Song Zhong had repeatedly faced danger together, leaving Lord You Shui startled when he called her “Sister-in-law.”

• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint blocked the flaming cultivator’s attack with a mountain and learned that Lord You Shui and Lord of Cherished Flowers were both Benevolence Dao Alliance cultivators.
• Lord You Shui told Rain Peak Quasi-Saint that the flaming cultivator had attacked them, while he tested Lord of Cherished Flowers by asking about Shattering Void Blade.
• Lord of Cherished Flowers confirmed that Shattering Void Blade belonged to her Dao companion, Song Zhong, and Rain Peak Quasi-Saint attacked their pursuer.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint smashed the flaming cultivator with his mountain and told Lord of Cherished Flowers that he was Song Zhong’s brother.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint said he had just parted from Song Zhong and called Lord You Shui “Sister-in-law,” leaving her surprised.

Song Zhong’s enemies debated joining forces against the Strange Beasts, and Su Xiangyi singled him out as a threat to rally the foreign races against him. Sang Liao explained that the approaching Era of Cosmic Reversal would force cultivators above the Immortal Realm into hiding, leaving Immortal Realm cultivators as the world’s strongest.

• The Human Race, Serpent Demons, and Ox Beast Clan argued over who should lead, then agreed to cooperate against nearby Strange Beasts and avoid fighting each other for now.
• Su Xiangyi named Song Zhong as an exception to their truce and described his rapid rise and extraordinary feats to the Serpent Demons.
• The Serpent Demons, including their leader Sang Liao, decided Song Zhong deserved to die before he became an even greater threat.
• Su Xiangyi asked Sang Liao what the Era of Cosmic Reversal was, and Sang Liao explained that the Heavenly Dao would force cultivators above the Immortal Realm to hide or have their auras erased.

Song Zhong held an injured eight-tailed Fox Clan cultivator captive in a cave, but a powerful wolf-faced cultivator found them. Before the wolf-faced cultivator could attack, an Immortal Realm winged cultivator struck him with lightning and claimed the Divine Cauldron.

• Song Zhong refused to untie the Fox Clan cultivator or give her medicine, then started to leave the cave.
• The fox demon offered to lead Song Zhong to the Ephemeral Phantom Lightning, but he rebuked and slapped her, wary that she was luring him into a trap.
• The fox demon’s eight tails burst out as a powerful wolf-faced cultivator appeared at the cave entrance and threatened them.
• Song Zhong untied the fox demon as the wolf-faced cultivator released a Longevity Realm aura.
• A bolt of lightning struck the wolf-faced cultivator and collapsed the cave, while a winged Immortal Realm cultivator appeared and claimed the Divine Cauldron.

Song Zhong tortured Sun Lifeng to learn why he had tried to kill him and discovered Carefree True Monarch was behind the threat. Sun Lifeng revealed that Carefree True Monarch had arranged for Piaomiao Sect Venerable Realm and True Lord Realm cultivators to kill Song Zhong.

• Liu Mu watched Song Zhong defeat Sun Lifeng and asked him not to kill Sun Lifeng until she could question him about her master's spell.
• Song Zhong tortured Sun Lifeng with his blade and Lightning Power until Sun Lifeng agreed to answer.
• Sun Lifeng said he had tried to kill Song Zhong because he knew Carefree True Monarch wanted him dead.
• Liu Mu explained that Carefree True Monarch had taken his title from a Demon Race cultivator and ranked among the Human Race's top ten True Lords.
• Sun Lifeng revealed that Carefree True Monarch had arranged for Piaomiao Sect Venerable Realm and True Lord Realm cultivators to kill Song Zhong.

Song Zhong encountered a valley full of Thunderous Beasts and absorbed their lightning as wave after wave attacked him. When he tried to leave, another group of Thunderous Beasts returned, and the beasts already at the valley stopped them with loud cries.

• Song Zhong flew into a scorching valley and charged toward thousands of Thunderous Beasts, hoping to gain Blood Crystals and absorb their lightning.
• The Thunderous Beasts overwhelmed Song Zhong with repeated lightning strikes, but he endured the impact and absorbed their Lightning Power.
• When the beasts exhausted their lightning and retreated, Song Zhong killed one with his Heavenly Fiend Thunder Blade and collected its Blood Crystal.
• More waves of Thunderous Beasts attacked Song Zhong, who absorbed their lightning until the beasts’ power was nearly spent.
• Song Zhong saw the Thunderous Beasts that had besieged him before return and tried to fly away, but the returning beasts attacked him.
• The Thunderous Beasts already in the valley cried out, causing the returning beasts to stop.

Silverlight Immortal Emperor persuaded twelve Immortal Emperors to invade the Human Great Thousand World while he prepared for the Sage Ruins, and Lord Yinmin agreed to help them cross its defenses. Lord Yinmin opened the way for ten cultivators, leaving two behind as they prepared to enter.

• Silverlight Immortal Emperor convinced twelve Immortal Emperors that the Human Great Thousand World was vulnerable and that Death-Sending Immortal Emperor would not return soon.
• Silverlight Immortal Emperor asked Lord Yinmin to help send the cultivators into the Human Great Thousand World, and Lord Yinmin agreed while urging him to have confidence in himself.
• Lord Yinmin led the twelve Immortal Emperors through the Universe to the Human Great Thousand World.
• Lord Yinmin found its defenses more sensitive than expected and said he could send only ten Immortal Emperors inside.
• Lord Yinmin selected the two weakest cultivators to stay behind and prepared to open a breach for the other ten.

Song Zhong and cultivators from across the Universe headed for the newly appeared ruins, where Saints discovered they could not enter but Quasi-Saints and other cultivators could. After Song Zhong crossed the barrier, he found himself separated from the others and standing beside Rain Peak Quasi-Saint.

• The Five Great Other Clans' Ancestors agreed to send cultivators above the Supreme Path Realm into the Mysterious Realm, while the Insect Clan's ancient cocoon split open and lay lifeless.
• Sage Xudu and Lord Xuan Zhen tried to enter the ruins but were stopped by the light curtain, leading them to conclude that Saints could not enter.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint passed through the barrier, and cultivators rushed in after learning that Quasi-Saints could enter.
• Song Zhong entered the ruins and found that he had been transported to a random location with only Rain Peak Quasi-Saint beside him.

Feng Kai returned from the Realm of the Heavens after a cultivator from the ten-thousandth-ranked Great Thousand World defeated him and took his Universe Ring and God Crystals. You Shui suspected the opponent had inherited Witchcraft Power and another source of lightning, then vanished after promising to recover the crystals.

• Feng Kai told his master and Martial Uncle that a cultivator from the Great Thousand World ranked ten thousandth had defeated him, shattered his Substitute Death Talisman, and taken his Universe Ring.
• Feng Kai explained that his opponent’s saber was impossibly fast and that lightning had broken through his armor and defenses.
• You Shui recalled a powerful cultivator from the same Great Thousand World, the Lord of Witchcraft Power, and suggested Feng Kai’s opponent might have been connected to him.
• You Shui concluded that the opponent also had another inheritance because the Lord of Witchcraft Power had not possessed Lightning Power.
• You Shui told Feng Kai to focus on cultivating and said she would handle the God Crystals, then vanished.

Lord of Seeking Phoenix and an Insect Clan cultivator both tried to use each other as a distraction from Song Zhong, but his true body and avatar killed them. Nearly a year later, Song Zhong and Lord of Rain Peak found a ruined mountain gate still surrounded by a formation.

• Lord of Seeking Phoenix and an Insect Clan cultivator each accelerated toward the other without warning him that Song Zhong was pursuing them.
• The two cultivators discovered Song Zhong’s true body and avatar had blocked both directions of their escape.
• Song Zhong and his avatar killed the two Forget Dao Realm cultivators, and Song Zhong collected their belongings.
• Song Zhong and his avatar continued through the formation, hunting for treasures and cultivators of the Five Great Other Clans.
• After nearly a year, Song Zhong and Lord of Rain Peak reached a damaged mountain gate and wondered why its formation remained around the ruined sect.

Song Zhong helped Wutian Immortal Emperor kill cultivators so he could escape the Slaughter Battlefield while they searched for Zhengyi Immortal Emperor. Their search led them to a damaged altar holding a rich source of Primordial Chaos Qi, where cultivators from many races were fighting over it.

• Song Zhong told Wutian Immortal Emperor that killing a hundred cultivators would let him leave the Slaughter Battlefield, then had him kill two wounded opponents.
• Wutian Immortal Emperor urged Song Zhong to find Zhengyi Immortal Emperor first, but Song Zhong proposed using Wutian Immortal Emperor as bait while he protected him from the ground.
• Song Zhong and Wutian Immortal Emperor traveled together, killing attackers, until a clash among dozens of cultivators drew them toward a damaged altar.
• Song Zhong recognized the Primordial Chaos Qi pouring from the altar as richer than the strand he had seen before.
• Cultivators from many races fought around the altar, arguing over whether to break its formation or eliminate their rivals first.

Silverlight Immortal Emperor and the Rabbit Demon Clan spread warnings about Song Zhong, hoping to make other cultivators target him in the Sage Ruins. Their rumors convinced a number of prospective entrants that Song Zhong’s strength and fortune made him a threat to eliminate.

• Silverlight Immortal Emperor told Lord Fengming that Song Zhong had defeated him and would be a formidable rival in the Sage Ruins.
• Lord Fengming dismissed Silverlight Immortal Emperor’s concerns and claimed she could defeat Song Zhong’s companion, while he urged her to prepare nonetheless.
• Silverlight Immortal Emperor spread news about Song Zhong through the Land of Ceasing Strife, hoping other cultivators would attack him in the ruins.
• A Rabbit Demon Clan cultivator told Lord Liekong that Song Zhong’s strength and extraordinary fortune made him a growing danger.
• The Rabbit Demon Clan cultivator spread more rumors about Song Zhong, and other cultivators began considering killing him before he could claim the Sage Ruins’ inheritance.