Chapter Summaries

Song Zhong and his companions were dragged toward The Ruins, where the suction force forced cultivators and Strange Beasts into a chaotic battle. After Qiao Yingpei, Yu Rui, and Pang Meng revealed their strength, other races identified the group as Human Race Heavenly Prodigies and prepared to attack them.

• The suction force pulled Song Zhong, cultivators of many races, and Strange Beasts toward The Ruins, causing spells to fly as the crowded travelers clashed.
• Yu Rui scattered water pillars fired by toad Strange Beasts with a hurricane, and Qiao Yingpei shattered their attacks with her Sword Qi.
• Wang Yang worried that Yu Rui and Qiao Yingpei had exposed the group as Heavenly Prodigies.
• Wolf Beast Clan, green round-bodied, and straw-like cultivators recognized the group as Human Race Heavenly Prodigies and urged others to attack them.
• Pang Meng welcomed the threat and revealed her eagerness to fight, leaving Wang Yang alarmed that another Heavenly Prodigy had exposed herself.

A vast ruin appeared in the Extraterritorial Battlefield, revealing a powerful Lightning Divine Bell that drew the attention of cultivators across the races. Song Zhong delayed entering while attacking other clans, then arrived at the ruins as the gathered cultivators sensed his lightning and tribulation aura.

• A gigantic ruin appeared across the Extraterritorial Battlefield, with a Divine Bell surrounded by violent lightning visible above it.
• Cultivators recognized the bell as a peerless Lightning Divine Weapon and hurried to notify their clans and gather at the ruins.
• Hundred Flowers Sect cultivators debated whether to join other sects in pursuing the treasure, wary of the other races' hostility toward humans.
• Song Zhong saw the ruin, suspected the Way of Heaven and Earth had prepared its lightning treasure for him, and postponed entering while he attacked another clan.
• More than forty days later, cultivators gathered at the fissure, and the other races eyed the assembled humans with hostility.
• The gathered cultivators heard lightning and sensed heavenly tribulation approaching, realizing Song Zhong had arrived.

Song Zhong reached the third layer of the Venerable realm and flew toward a battle, where Duan Xue was being overwhelmed by three Sen'gu Sect cultivators. After Ji Qitian attacked him, Song Zhong's speed stunned the peak Venerables as he appeared before Ji Qitian and declared that they had brought death upon themselves.

• Song Zhong broke through to the third layer of the Venerable realm without triggering a heavenly tribulation.
• Song Zhong heard a fight and flew to Wu Family Village, where he recognized Duan Xue defending herself beneath her umbrella against Ji Qiheng, Ji Qitian, and their companion.
• Ji Qiheng taunted Duan Xue and ordered Ji Qitian to kill Song Zhong, while Duan Xue feared Song Zhong would die for coming to help.
• Ji Qitian sent a bone at Song Zhong, but Song Zhong flew past it and reached him in a breath, astonishing the three peak Venerables.
• Song Zhong told Ji Qitian that Duan Xue had once tried to save him and warned that the three cultivators had brought death upon themselves.

After killing Chang Xi, Song Zhong continued toward The Ruins to learn more about the world. Duan Xue searched the graves near Wu Family Village for her sleeping master, but the three Ji brothers confronted her and revealed they had used her junior sister to track her here.

• Song Zhong took the cultivators' Universe Rings, found them full of resources, and decided to visit The Ruins and meet other cultivators.
• Duan Xue arrived at the graves near Wu Family Village and searched for her master's hidden living tomb.
• Ji Qizong, Ji Qiheng, and Ji Qitian of the Sen'gu Sect surrounded Duan Xue and threatened to find her master.
• Ji Qiheng tossed out Duan Xue's junior sister's corpse and said they had learned of the master's location by following Duan Xue.

Song Zhong escaped a swarm of Strange Beasts by enduring their lightning attacks, then turned to defeat six pursuing Thunderous Beasts. He discovered that some of the beasts left behind Blood Crystals containing absorbable Lightning Power and wondered whether he was the only cultivator to survive.

• Song Zhong flew through the Thunderous Beasts’ lightning barrage while Lightning Essence neutralized the attacks, escaping as the other cultivators were overwhelmed.
• After flying beyond the swarm, Song Zhong stopped and fought the ten Thunderous Beasts pursuing him.
• Song Zhong killed six Thunderous Beasts with the Heavenly Fiend Thunder Blade, while the remaining four fled.
• Song Zhong found Blood Crystals among two of the six corpses and absorbed Lightning Power from one.
• Song Zhong wondered whether he was the only survivor and considered the Universe Rings and resources left behind by the dead cultivators.

Song Zhong slaughtered Insect Clan cultivators and continued fighting his way across the Immortal Qi Realm Battlefield, while the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect sent a group to kill him. The chapter ended with Li Fei recognizing Song Zhong as he flew toward them.

• Song Zhong collected the Insect Clan cultivators’ valuables after killing them, and four nearby cultivators watched in shock.
• The four cultivators found more charred foreign race corpses and suspected the lightning-wielding Song Zhong had killed them.
• Song Zhong flew through the battlefield, killing attackers as reports of the growing number of corpses began to spread among the races.
• Ten Blood Fiend Demonic Sect cultivators traveled toward the True Lord Realm Battlefield, discussing their order to kill Song Zhong.
• Li Fei recognized the lone Immortal Qi Realm first-layer cultivator flying toward them as Song Zhong.

Song Zhong fled to the True Lord Battlefield to evade the cultivators searching for him, but the place’s intense spiritual pressure brought him close to a breakthrough and a dangerous tribulation. The Ruins appeared across the battlefield, giving him hope that its arrival would draw the other cultivators away.

• Song Zhong decided to avoid the blocked routes to the Human Race’s city and instead run through the True Lord Battlefield.
• He crossed the True Immortal Battlefield without seeing other-race cultivators while search teams from many races and Human sects hunted for him.
• After a year and a half of searching, the cultivators had found no trace of Song Zhong and dismissed the idea that he would dare enter the True Lord Battlefield.
• Song Zhong entered the True Lord Battlefield, where Instant Eternity spun faster and brought him close to a breakthrough and heavenly tribulation.
• The Ruins appeared in the True Lord Battlefield as a vast, formation-like Great Thousand World, and Song Zhong hoped its arrival would draw cultivators inside and keep them from noticing his tribulation.

Song Zhong defeated Black Lotus True Lord in a saber duel, leaving the Flower Clan prodigy determined to surpass him. Song Zhong then collected the promised thousand God Crystals from the Lord of Flourishing Life.

• Song Zhong countered Black Lotus True Lord's first saber strike and sent him flying, prompting Black Lotus True Lord to use a secret art that strengthened his body.
• Song Zhong matched Black Lotus True Lord's secret art, overwhelmed him with relentless saber strikes, and held a saber to his throat.
• The Flower Clan cultivators tried to excuse Black Lotus True Lord's loss, but he accepted defeat and vowed to challenge Song Zhong again.
• Song Zhong praised Black Lotus True Lord's strength and privately predicted he could reach the eleventh level of the Realm of the Heavens.
• Song Zhong demanded the thousand God Crystals, and the Lord of Myriad Seeds told the Lord of Flourishing Life to hand them over.

Song Zhong went to help Wu Zhunjin capture a Divine Weapon, unaware that the Bloodtear Peak disciple was a Blood Fiend Demonic Sect spy ordered to kill him. When Wu Zhunjin attacked with a powerful blood palm, Song Zhong met the Longevity Realm expert head-on with his Thunder Fury Dragon Blade.

• Wu Zhunjin brought Song Zhong twenty Crimson Bloodfiend Thunder Crystals and asked him to capture a Divine Weapon.
• Wu Zhunjin revealed that he had infiltrated the Hundred Peaks Sect for thousands of years and had been ordered by his ancestor to kill Song Zhong under threat of the Five Decay Blood Curse.
• Song Zhong noticed Wu Zhunjin was following him instead of heading to Hundred Peaks Cliff and realized he was about to be attacked.
• Wu Zhunjin unleashed a blood-red palm strike against Song Zhong.
• Song Zhong summoned the Thunder Fury Dragon Blade and struck back with purple lightning.

Song Zhong killed Nie Kong by using the Imperishable Body of Heavenly Thunder to withstand his lightning and striking back with Starburst Heavenly Thunder. After looting Nie Kong, Song Zhong was confronted by a Blissful Demonic Sect woman and three Blood Fiend Demonic Sect disciples, who realized he was not one of their own.

• Song Zhong let Nie Kong's black lightning strike him and counterattacked with his Purple Light Blade.
• Song Zhong's blade and Starburst Heavenly Thunder tore through Nie Kong, killing him.
• Song Zhong searched Nie Kong's body and took his Universe Bag.
• A Blissful Demonic Sect woman arrived with three Blood Fiend Demonic Sect disciples and commented on the thunder.
• One Blood Fiend Demonic Sect disciple recognized that Song Zhong was not a member of their sect, and the group released their auras as Song Zhong considered fleeing.

Cultivators from two other universes joined forces to enter Void Hall and pursue Song Zhong, drawn by rumors of his Immortal Artifact. They found the central mountain range devastated by Lightning Power, and the Deer-kin Cultivator concluded that Song Zhong had inherited a Cosmos Ruler’s power.

• The Deer-kin Cultivator agreed to enter Void Hall with his group after sensing another force approaching.
• A faction led by two Half-Step Saints arrived, and its male leader demanded a share of Song Zhong’s spoils.
• The Deer-kin Cultivator and the newcomers agreed to enter first and compete for Song Zhong’s Immortal Artifact by their own abilities.
• The cultivators entered the mountain gate and flew toward the central range after smelling the thick stench of blood.
• They found the land nearly destroyed and recognized traces of immense Lightning Power.
• The Deer-kin Cultivator explained that Song Zhong had likely obtained the inheritance of a Cosmos Ruler from a previous ruin.

Song Zhong used the Funeral Bell to kill Silverlight Immortal Emperor after learning that he had sent Horned Race Immortal Emperors to attack the Human Race Great Thousand World. Lord Fengming also fell, and two figures arrived through a split in space.

• Silverlight Immortal Emperor mocked Song Zhong by claiming that Horned Race Immortal Emperors had invaded and destroyed the Human Race Great Thousand World.
• Song Zhong summoned the Funeral Bell and gathered the lingering souls of the dead cultivators.
• Song Zhong unleashed Vengeful Soul Invasion, and the Vengeful Souls devoured Silverlight Immortal Emperor's body and soul.
• Silverlight Immortal Emperor died, and Lord Fengming fell after being suppressed by Lord of Cherished Flowers.
• Two figures flew through a split in space at the edge of the area.

After the Human Race ordered major sects to send reinforcements to the Outer Battlefield, Song Zhong was set to go as a newly joined Venerable. Ye Jing'ao and Carefree True Monarch discussed how the dangerous assignment could leave Moonrise True Monarch without her Dao companion, and Ye Jing'ao departed to prepare.

• Piaomiao Immortal King told Extreme Ice Immortal King to prepare the sect’s disciples for the Outer Battlefield and went to find Forget-Thunder.
• Carefree True Monarch told Ye Jing'ao that he regretted not confessing his feelings to Moonrise True Monarch before she became Song Zhong’s Dao companion.
• Carefree True Monarch explained that newly joined cultivators had to go to the Outer Battlefield and suggested Song Zhong would be unlikely to survive.
• Ye Jing'ao said he would be going to the Outer Battlefield and left with killing intent, considering how his connections might reach Song Zhong.
• Carefree True Monarch watched Ye Jing'ao leave and remarked that he should know what to do.

Song Zhong and the Lord of Cherished Flowers met the Cloud Flame Clan cultivators, the Lord of Ink Flames and the Lord of Blazing Flames, in the Twin Birth Hall’s second trial. After they agreed to work together, Strange Beasts appeared, and Song Zhong rushed toward the flames released by the Lord of Blazing Flames.

• Song Zhong and the Lord of Cherished Flowers entered a new world and encountered two cultivators from the Cloud Flame Clan.
• The Lord of Ink Flames recognized Song Zhong as the Death-Sending Immortal Emperor and warned her companion that the newcomers might be stronger than they seemed.
• A voice announced that attacking other cultivators was forbidden in the second trial, and the Lord of Ink Flames proposed that the two groups pass together.
• Song Zhong accepted, and pangolin-like Strange Beasts and giant Poisonous Bee Beasts appeared around them.
• Song Zhong and the Lord of Blazing Flames attacked a Strange Beast, and the Lord of Ink Flames reacted with alarm as Song Zhong darted toward the flames.

Song Zhong examined the nine Sage Steles and chose the Sage Stele of the Flesh for his seven-day contemplation. As the other steles sank underground and the Lord of Chaos Island left, Song Zhong used two sacred fruits to accelerate time and became immersed in the stele’s patterns.

• Song Zhong sensed the Great Daos contained in the nine Sage Steles and noticed there were none for metal or earth.
• The Lord of Chaos Island said Song Zhong could contemplate only one Sage Stele at a time for seven days, though he could choose another on a later occasion.
• Song Zhong chose the Sage Stele of the Flesh to improve his physical cultivation and Witchcraft Power.
• The Lord of Chaos Island sent the other eight steles underground and left Song Zhong alone with the Sage Stele of the Flesh.
• Song Zhong took out a Bodhi Sacred Fruit and a Mulberry Field Fruit, then entered a peculiar space-time flow and became absorbed in the stele’s patterns.

Song Zhong defeated Lord of Confinement, who refused to reveal who had ordered the ambush, and reunited with Lord of Cherished Flowers and Lord You Shui. When a swarm of Storm Swift-hawk World Beasts attacked, Song Zhong revealed his Supreme Realm power and unleashed devastating lightning, leaving Lord You Shui shocked by his strength.

• Song Zhong slashed Lord of Confinement until he was badly wounded, then demanded to know who had sent him to kill Song Zhong.
• Lord of Confinement refused to answer even as Song Zhong used Yin-Yang Energy to interrogate him, and Song Zhong decided Lord of Chaos Island could question him later.
• The space boundary disappeared, and Song Zhong joined Lord of Cherished Flowers and Lord You Shui, telling them Lord of Confinement had ambushed him on someone else's orders.
• Lord of Cherished Flowers shielded the group from a swarm of Storm Swift-hawk World Beasts while Lord You Shui charged forward to fight them.
• Song Zhong activated the Human Formation and filled the world with lightning, shattering the scales of a Supreme Realm World Beast and shocking Lord You Shui with his revealed Supreme Realm aura.

The Five Great Other Clans plotted to kill Song Zhong, but the Saint of Ceasing War’s intervention forced them to reconsider their plans. Song Zhong then discovered that the Saint had given him three Mulberry Field Fruits instead of one, leaving him wondering what she wanted from him.

• The Beast Ancestor reported that the Wild Dao Alliance and the Nether Scale Sage had agreed to target Song Zhong, despite his Substitute Death Talisman.
• The Insect Clan Old Ancestor revealed that the Saint of Ceasing War had killed Lord of Hidden Blades and warned the clans not to block the Human Race’s entrance.
• The clan ancestors decided to obey the Saint’s warning while still plotting to kill Song Zhong and recover the Abyssal Blade afterward.
• Song Zhong opened the Universe Ring from the Saint of Ceasing War and found a Ceasing War Token and four fruits, including all three of her Mulberry Field Fruits.
• Song Zhong wondered why the Saint had been so generous and what she wanted him to do.

Zhengyi Immortal Emperor reshaped his Yin-Yang Energy, broke through to the Supreme Realm, and protected the Human Race while completing his tribulation. Two years later, he declared himself Lord Zhengyi and vowed to keep the Other Clans from invading the Human Great Thousand World.

• Zhengyi Immortal Emperor transformed his Yin-Yang Energy, became a Supreme Realm cultivator, and withstood a powerful heavenly tribulation.
• Ten Other Clan Immortal Emperors tried to exploit Zhengyi’s tribulation by targeting Human Race cultivators, but he trapped them in its range and they were killed by the tribulations.
• Lord Yinmin saw the Human Great Thousand World’s new Supreme Realm cultivator from outside, then left with the two Immortal Emperors who had stayed behind.
• After two years, the Tribulation Clouds dispersed and Lord Zhengyi announced that he would protect the Human Race from Other Clan invaders.
• Human Race cultivators across the Great Thousand World celebrated Lord Zhengyi’s breakthrough and their new protection.

Song Zhong attacked the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect after Lu Sha ordered him away, killing Lu Sha and two other disciples with the Heavenly Fiend Earthly Fiend Blade. As the sect members unleashed their blood-based spells, Song Zhong charged deeper into their ranks, declaring that he had been searching for them.

• Song Zhong approached the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect members despite Lu Sha's warning and revealed his Heavenly Fiend Earthly Fiend Blade.
• Song Zhong shattered Lu Sha's nine Golden Bodies with lightning and killed him with a second strike.
• Song Zhong killed two fifth-layer Golden Body Realm disciples with one slash as they attacked him.
• Song Zhong charged at a seventh-layer disciple while the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect members released crimson, blood-shaped spells around him.

Song Zhong defeated Zhou Chaoyang with one slash, while Xie Wenying won her own match and the sect elders postponed the next round until tomorrow. Deng Yuanfang warned Xie that Song Zhong’s foundation, lightning, and hidden spell mastery made him far more dangerous than she believed, then said there was only one way for her to defeat him.

• Song Zhong gravely wounded Zhou Chaoyang with a single slash, astonishing the gathered disciples.
• Xie Wenying defeated Wu Qingshan with one sword strike, and the elders agreed to resume the matches the next day.
• Song Zhong returned to his cave to absorb Thunder Crystals while disciples from other sects sparred.
• Deng Yuanfang told Xie Wenying that Song Zhong’s undefeated record across earlier realms and powerful lightning gave her less than a ten percent chance of winning.
• Deng Yuanfang revealed that Song Zhong had used Prison Suppressing Peak’s Divine Elephant Prison Suppressing and possessed a stronger Seventh Grade Upper Tier Divine Weapon, then said there was one way Xie could defeat him.