Chapter Summaries

As Bai Ruorou underwent a Three Thunder Tribulation Array, Song Zhong flew into it and absorbed its lightning to temper his body. After enduring the tribulation for fifty-eight days, he broke through to the eighth layer of the Longevity Realm, leaving the Hundred Peaks Sect experts hopeful that he could reach the Immortal Realm before the Venerables fell asleep.

• Bai Ruorou began undergoing a Three Thunder Tribulation Array, and Song Zhong recognized that its concentrated lightning might strengthen him if he absorbed it.
• Song Zhong flew into the tribulation array despite the Hundred Peaks Sect experts’ warnings, and successive lightning bolts knocked him around.
• Song Zhong adapted to the lightning, absorbed it, and continued tempering his body while Bai Ruorou resisted her own tribulation.
• After fifty-eight days inside the array, Song Zhong broke through to the eighth layer of the Longevity Realm.
• The Hundred Peaks Sect experts celebrated Song Zhong’s breakthrough and expected him to reach the Immortal Realm before the Venerables fell asleep.

Prince Lie Xun ordered the Hyena Clan cultivators to pursue Song Zhong, but Wolf Bat Mutant Beasts trapped them in a massive hurricane. The hurricane burst under the pressure of the Hyenas’ spells, causing a devastating explosion that left both sides suffering heavy casualties.

• Prince Lie Xun ordered the Hyena Clan cultivators to attack Song Zhong, and Song Zhong fled to avoid being caught between them and the Wolf Bats.
• The Wolf Bats combined their strength to create enormous tornado hurricanes that engulfed Song Zhong, Lie Xun, and the pursuing Hyena Clan cultivators.
• Hyena Clan cultivators unleashed spells against the hurricane, but the rotating winds trapped and compressed their attacks inside it.
• Song Zhong used the Thunder Impervious Art to defend himself and realized the hurricane was about to burst.
• The hurricane exploded, releasing its sharp winds and the compressed spells in a destructive blast.
• The shockwaves killed Hyena Clan cultivators and Wolf Bats, filling the air with blood mist.

Song Zhong and Tang Qianzi brought Song Qingwei to reunite with their parents in the Hundred Peaks Sect’s outer mountains, where a dispute over a plot of land escalated into a fight. Tang Qianzi arrived just as Wu Hu tried to claim the land for Formless Peak.

• Tang Qianzi warned Song Zhong that the Little Fox’s ability to appear human made her suspicious, and Yan Yourong brought Song Qingwei to reunite with him.
• Song Zhong learned that his parents had gone to the outer mountains and went there with Song Qingwei and Tang Qianzi.
• Song Shilian and Mother Song chose an open riverside plot that Prison Suppressing Peak’s disciples said belonged to their peak.
• Wu Hu claimed that the plot had been selected for Wu Wei’s family and attacked when the Prison Suppressing Peak disciples refused to give it up.
• Wu Hu drove stakes into the ground and declared the plot Formless Peak’s land, but an unseen force blasted him away as Tang Qianzi and Song Zhong arrived with Song Qingwei.

Song Zhong chose Forget-Thunder True Lord as his master after the sect master secretly revealed that the unassuming elder could battle an Immortal King. Star-Thunder True Lord’s attempt to claim Song Zhong ended when the sect master declared the choice settled, leaving her puzzled by the sect master’s unusual intervention.

• Forget-Thunder True Lord overheard Song Zhong’s voice transmission and said that although he would lose in a spar, he could kill the other six Lightning Dao True Lords in a fight to the death.
• Star-Thunder True Lord dismissed Forget-Thunder’s claim and urged Song Zhong to choose her as the strongest Lightning Dao cultivator in the Piaomiao Sect.
• The sect master secretly told Song Zhong to choose Forget-Thunder, explaining that he could battle an Immortal King.
• Song Zhong declined Star-Thunder by saying his Dao companion might object to him taking a beautiful female master, then chose the male Forget-Thunder instead.
• The sect master confirmed Song Zhong had chosen Forget-Thunder and ordered everyone to disperse, leaving Star-Thunder surprised by her intervention.

Song Zhong killed an eighth-layer Golden Body Realm Hyena Clan cultivator and attacked his companion, stunning the Human Race cultivators and prompting them to flee. As Song Zhong pursued the second Hyena Clan cultivator, three ninth-layer Hyena Clan cultivators arrived and threatened him.

• Song Zhong shattered all eight of the Hyena Clan cultivator’s Golden Bodies with his lightning and Heavenly Fiend Thunder Blade, then killed him with a lightning palm.
• The Human Race cultivators fled after seeing Song Zhong defeat an eighth-layer opponent, and they speculated that he was Song Zhong of the Hundred Peaks Sect.
• The remaining Hyena Clan cultivator tried to retreat, but Song Zhong’s transformed Heavenly Fiend Thunder Blade struck him with lightning and demonic qi.
• Song Zhong caught up to the wounded Hyena Clan cultivator as three ninth-layer Hyena Clan cultivators arrived and roared that he would pay for killing their clansman.

Song Zhong faced a host of alien cultivators who had rushed to kill him, then used the Three-Colored Divine Wings and his lightning powers to devastate them. After a barrage of spells struck his position, the attackers realized Song Zhong had disappeared.

• Alien cultivators charged at Song Zhong, hoping to kill him and claim his opportunities.
• Song Zhong unleashed the Three-Colored Divine Wings, whose lightning-charged feathers killed several Immortal Realm attackers and badly injured others.
• Song Zhong wielded the Wrathful Thunder Dragon Blade as the Heavenly Fiend Thunder Blade formed a spinning disk overhead and fired lightning spells in every direction.
• The alien cultivators bombarded Song Zhong's previous position with spells, blasting the area into dust.
• The surviving attackers looked for Song Zhong and realized he was no longer there.

Song Zhong’s group came under a relentless barrage of spells, while their fellow Human Race cultivators refused to help. As Dongfang Youzhi and Qiao Yingpei struggled to defend everyone, Wang Yang summoned a massive black shield to cover all six of them.

• Dongfang Youzhi shattered a lightning bolt aimed at Song Zhong, and Qiao Yingpei blocked another with her sword.
• Song Zhong split a descending spell with a plain slash of the Heavenly Fiend Thunder Blade, drawing Wang Yang’s attention to his technique and lack of lightning power.
• Pang Meng teased Qiao Yingpei while secretly causing foreign-race cultivators to attack their own side.
• Liu ZhengHao refused to help Song Zhong’s group, fearing that rescuing them would provoke the foreign races and leave rivals to compete for treasures in The Ruins.
• More spells overwhelmed Yu Rui’s defenses, forcing Dongfang Youzhi and Qiao Yingpei to struggle as Song Zhong prepared to act.
• Wang Yang summoned a huge demonic black shield that rose above the group and protected all six of them.

Song Zhong used his defensive wing and Boundary Thunder to survive the combined attacks of seven Toad Demon Clan Venerables, then killed all seven. He entered the Toad Demon Clan’s Great Thousand World and began exterminating the clan before its other powerful figures could awaken.

• Song Zhong’s Three-Colored Divine Wings and golden bodies weakened the five Venerables’ spells enough for him to keep fighting.
• Song Zhong killed the corrosive-power Venerable and then a Venerable whose domain took the form of a toad.
• The last three Venerables fled in different directions, but Song Zhong caught and killed them all.
• Song Zhong followed the seven cultivators’ route into the Toad Demon Clan’s Great Thousand World.
• The Toad Demon Clan’s Immortal Realm cultivators realized Song Zhong had arrived, and he announced that he would exterminate the clan before the other powerful figures awakened.

Quasi-Saint Bai Zhi speculated that the unfamiliar Song Zhong might be a Human Race cultivator from another Universe, while Changyi Quasi-Saint warned the group about the powerful cultivator killing Demonic Beasts. Song Zhong wiped out another horde in the Quasi-Saint battlefield, and the Human Race cultivators again saw him leave, debating whether he was following a stronger clansman before Feng Yu Quasi-Saint sent them to change routes.

• Quasi-Saint Bai Zhi suggested that the unfamiliar Forget Dao Realm cultivator might be a Human Race member from another Universe.
• Changyi Quasi-Saint urged the group to avoid the mysterious cultivator who had killed many Demonic Beasts, and the six changed direction.
• Song Zhong entered the Quasi-Saint Realm Demonic Creature Battlefield, sensed a horde of Demonic Beasts, and detected the six Human Race cultivators approaching.
• Song Zhong attacked with lightning and wiped out the Demonic Beasts before flying away as the group neared.
• Changyi Quasi-Saint and the others recognized Song Zhong and speculated that he was following a powerful fellow clansman who had killed the Demonic Beasts.
• Feng Yu Quasi-Saint stopped the discussion and led the group to change routes again.

Song Zhong's Instant Eternity disrupted the inheritance's Yin-Yang cultivation, absorbing the energies and driving them into Lord of Cherished Flowers. The chapter ended with her holding all the pool's Yin-Yang Energy while Song Zhong explained that the energies had failed to resist the special force in his body.

• Song Zhong's Instant Eternity suppressed the Jeweled Sage's cultivation art and began devouring the Yin Energy entering his body.
• The Yin Energy drew Yang Energy from Lord of Cherished Flowers's pool, mixing the two energies and sending both toward Song Zhong.
• Lord of Cherished Flowers was pulled to Song Zhong and involuntarily transferred Yang Energy through her hands, while Song Zhong received a Yang cultivation art that Instant Eternity also overwhelmed.
• The Yin-Yang Energy fled Song Zhong and rushed into Lord of Cherished Flowers as Instant Eternity absorbed the energy that remained in his body.
• Lord of Cherished Flowers asked what had happened, and Song Zhong explained that the energies had sought refuge in her but still would not fuse.

Song Zhong encountered Feng Meier, Qian Fuzhi, Shi Kuang, and other cultivators, who were shocked by his rapid rise to the seventh layer of the Knocking Immortal Realm. Qian Fuzhi attacked him, and Song Zhong unleashed the Human Formation and the Thunder of Chaos, leaving Qian Fuzhi engulfed in lightning.

• Song Zhong recognized Feng Meier, Qian Fuzhi, Chu Xiong, Shi Kuang, and other cultivators arriving at the great sect.
• The cultivators were shocked to see Song Zhong had reached the seventh layer of the Knocking Immortal Realm.
• Qian Fuzhi charged Song Zhong with his six arms and magic treasures, while Shi Kuang also moved to attack.
• Song Zhong revealed that he could use Immortal Qi and activated the Human Formation with the Thunder of Chaos.
• Song Zhong's lightning struck Qian Fuzhi's magic treasures and enveloped Qian Fuzhi in a blinding storm.

Song Zhong found two strands of Lightning Essence in The Ruins, while Rain Peak Quasi-Saint encountered a huge swarm of Thundercloud Realm Beasts and fled. Song Zhong spotted the beasts pursuing Rain Peak Quasi-Saint and rushed toward them for their Thunder Crystals, leaving Rain Peak Quasi-Saint terrified that Song Zhong would bring him more bad luck.

• Song Zhong collected two strands of Lightning Essence and hurried onward, while Rain Peak Quasi-Saint wondered whether he should follow him before flying the other way.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint was ambushed by more than a hundred World Beasts, including over ten Quasi-Saint-level beasts, and fled from their lightning barrage.
• Song Zhong turned back after finding no more treasures and flew toward the thunder he heard.
• Song Zhong recognized Rain Peak Quasi-Saint and the Thundercloud Realm Beasts chasing him, then sped toward them to obtain their Thunder Crystals.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint saw Song Zhong approaching and panicked, fearing he would be caught in Song Zhong's bad luck.

Song Zhong charged through the Strange Beasts toward the other half of the Myriad Beasts Tower, but the deeper he went, the stronger the beasts became. He and the Immovable Immortal King were both injured, while Qian Fuzhi continued to defend himself with his six arms.

• Song Zhong watched the Immovable Immortal King and Qian Fuzhi fight through the Strange Beasts and judged them formidable rivals.
• Song Zhong told Chen Jia to stay back, then charged ahead; Feng Meier followed him, and Chen Jia later advanced with the other cultivators.
• The cultivators realized that the Strange Beasts attacked those in their own paths, while the leaders moved far ahead and left the rest behind.
• Song Zhong surged into third place and drew closer to Qian Fuzhi as the Strange Beasts grew stronger deeper in the ruins.
• A horned Strange Beast struck Song Zhong from the flank and pierced his body, while the Immovable Immortal King was also wounded and Qian Fuzhi remained able to block attacks from all directions.

Lord Tuhuo confirmed that Song Zhong, despite being an early Forget Dao Realm cultivator, could annihilate peak cultivators and had nearly wiped out the Demonic Beasts in the battlefield. Lord Biqing accepted that Song Zhong was invincible within the Forget Dao Realm but still doubted that he could surpass every Quasi-Saint.

• Lord Biqing dismissed claims about Song Zhong’s strength until Lord Tuhuo confirmed that he had seen Song Zhong unleash devastating lightning.
• Lord Tuhuo described how Song Zhong annihilated more than twenty Forget Dao Realm cultivators with a single attack.
• Lord Wuxun recognized Song Zhong as the terrifying lightning cultivator who had nearly wiped out the Demonic Beasts in their battlefield, aided by several clones.
• Lord Tuhuo explained how Song Zhong’s lightning and clones let him kill Demonic Beasts without slowing down, convincing Lord Biqing that he could protect an entire Universe.
• Lord Biqing still objected that being invincible within the Forget Dao Realm did not mean Song Zhong was stronger than every Quasi-Saint.

Song Zhong and Wang Yang reunited with the other survivors after escaping their first deadly trial, while cultivators questioned the strange ruins and its supposed Immortal King inheritance. When another set of passageways appeared, Du Mo Kong and other cultivators entered despite the danger, leaving the next round of slaughter about to begin.

• Song Zhong and Wang Yang met Dongfang Youzhi, Qiao Yingpei, and the other survivors, and Wang Yang claimed that he and Song Zhong had slaughtered their opponents.
• The cultivators noticed that Du Mo Kong was the only survivor from one space and that another space had released only Insect Clan cultivators.
• A Wolf Demon Clan cultivator questioned why the ruins held no treasures besides the inheritance, and several cultivators suspected the ruins were a trap.
• Some cultivators tried to leave while others continued onward, and Song Zhong and the others flew with the group.
• After half a day, the cultivators reached another screen of light with passageways and hesitated at the prospect of fighting again.
• Du Mo Kong entered a passageway, and several other cultivators followed through different passageways.

Qilin Beast Quasi-Saint discovered a Mystic Rank, High Grade defensive Immortal Artifact in the ruins, but Song Zhong and his clone arrived before he could claim it. Recognizing Song Zhong as a threat, Qilin Beast Quasi-Saint attacked, intending to take Song Zhong’s Immortal Artifacts.

• Qilin Beast Quasi-Saint found a Mystic Rank, High Grade shield in the ruins and reached out to claim it.
• Song Zhong and his clone followed the shield’s light and confronted Qilin Beast Quasi-Saint.
• Qilin Beast Quasi-Saint recognized Song Zhong and learned that one of the two figures was his clone.
• Song Zhong and his clone surrounded Qilin Beast Quasi-Saint, who dismissed their threat and charged Song Zhong’s true body with black flames.
• Song Zhong and his clone revealed their Immortal Artifacts, and Qilin Beast Quasi-Saint decided to seize them.

Song Zhong entered The Ruins with eight of his clones, hoping to confront the foreign races’ Ancestors after they were separated. There, he met Rain Peak Quasi-Saint, who tried to avoid traveling with him because Song Zhong’s great fortune had repeatedly brought disaster to Rain Peak; as Song Zhong flew away, he found Lightning Essence, confirming Rain Peak’s fears.

• Song Zhong told Lord of Cherished Flowers and Lord You Shui that Quasi-Saints could enter The Ruins, and explained that his eight clones would let him track the separated foreign Ancestors.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint recognized Song Zhong and insisted they travel in opposite directions, fearing that Song Zhong’s fortune would draw danger onto him.
• Song Zhong asked Rain Peak Quasi-Saint to choose a direction first, then flew the opposite way after Rain Peak pointed one out.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint stayed behind to ensure Song Zhong was gone before leaving, but saw azure light and Lightning Essence appear beneath Song Zhong.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint realized that if Song Zhong had chosen the route he originally wanted, Rain Peak would have been the one to find the Lightning Essence.

Song Zhong and Feng Meier teamed up to escape a horde of Strange Beasts, then traded barbs as they learned each other’s names. Song Zhong recognized Feng Meier as the Joyous Union Sect’s peerless Heavenly Prodigy and wondered about her true strength.

• Song Zhong accepted Feng Meier’s offer to join forces, and they fought their way through the Strange Beasts with her swordsmanship covering his advance.
• Song Zhong and Feng Meier ran until the beasts stopped pursuing them, and he teased her about her dirty bare feet.
• Feng Meier washed her feet in a nearby stream and explained that she had not known Immortal Qi could not be used there.
• Song Zhong and Feng Meier realized they did not recognize each other, then introduced themselves and named their sects.
• Song Zhong recognized Feng Meier as the Joyous Union Sect’s peerless Heavenly Prodigy and questioned how she had wielded such powerful swordsmanship.

Song Zhong used two identical incarnations to deceive and hunt the Demon Race cultivators, then continued his massacre until none remained in the Demon Clan Great Thousand World. One incarnation returned to the Godstone while the other kept killing, and the world was left without any Demon Race cultivators.

• Song Zhong’s second incarnation entered the Demon Clan Great Thousand World, and two hiding Demon Race Supreme Realm cultivators mistook the identical auras for a trick.
• The Wolf Demon Clan cultivator persuaded the Lion Demon Clan cultivator that the Godstone was unguarded, so they waited until Song Zhong’s aura had moved far away.
• The two cultivators slowly set out for the Godstone, but they saw Song Zhong there and realized their assumptions were wrong.
• One of Song Zhong’s incarnations attacked and blasted the Wolf Demon Clan cultivator into dust, killing both Supreme Realm cultivators.
• One incarnation returned to the Godstone while the other continued slaughtering Demon Race cultivators until none remained a year later.

Song Zhong uncovered a living tomb while Duan Xue tried to protect her master’s resting place, but she realized the tomb was not her master’s. A True Lord awakened from it, stirring sleeping True Lords across the Human Great Thousand World.

• Duan Xue offered Song Zhong her Mystic Ice Demon-Sealing Umbrella to make him stop searching the tombs.
• Song Zhong noticed the tombs were empty and used spiritual energy to uncover a living tomb.
• Duan Xue pleaded with Song Zhong not to break open the tomb, believing it held her master, but then realized it belonged to a True Lord.
• The True Lord awakened, blasting apart the tomb and releasing a terrifying aura.
• True Lords across the Human Great Thousand World awakened, and the Mountain Guardian Elder emerged from the largest tomb at the Hundred Peaks Sect.