Chapter Summaries

After Song Zhong defeated the Wild Dao Alliance’s forces, its surviving cultivators decided to recruit enemies from other Universes by exposing his two Earth Rank, Top Grade Immortal Artifacts. A Quasi-Saint from another Universe verified the claims by searching a wounded cultivator’s soul and set out to find allies.

• The Wild Dao Alliance cultivators agreed that they could not defeat Song Zhong alone and decided to spread news of his treasures to cultivators from other Universes.
• They planned to gather near the sect gate where Song Zhong had disappeared and moved out to recruit outsiders.
• A Wild Dao Alliance Quasi-Saint told a foreign cultivator about Song Zhong’s artifacts, his Substitute Death Talisman, and the plan to seize his hands and Universe Ring.
• The foreign cultivator recalled earlier rumors about Song Zhong, then searched the soul of a wounded cultivator from Song Zhong’s Universe and confirmed the claims.
• The foreign Quasi-Saint flew off to find cultivators from his own Universe.

Song Zhong revealed that he had killed nearly all the strongest cultivators of the other races and many Blood Fiend Demonic Sect disciples, then warned the Hundred Peaks Sect that the Era of Cosmic Reversal was near. After the group left the Sealed Ruins, their Blood Crystals vanished, leaving them unsure whether the cause was the ruins’ collapse or Song Zhong’s Sealed Relic.

• Chen Ze told Great Elder Chen Lu that Song Zhong had killed cultivators from many races, and Song Zhong clarified that he had killed nearly all their strongest cultivators, including most of their Heavenly Prodigies.
• Song Zhong told Chen Lu that the Era of Cosmic Reversal was approaching and that he had killed nearly all the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect’s Golden Body Realm disciples.
• The Mountain Guardian Elder said the Daoxuan Sect had secretly stockpiled resources for the coming era, and the Hundred Peaks Sect resolved to return and prepare.
• The cultivators discovered that their Blood Crystals had disappeared from their Universe Rings after leaving the Sealed Ruins, though the strength gained by absorbing them remained.
• The cultivators suspected Song Zhong’s Sealed Relic might be responsible, but Song Zhong said his Blood Crystals had vanished too and that he had not studied the relic.

Song Zhong and the injured Xia Kening escaped into an ancient underwater palace while three Immortal Realm cultivators attacked the river above. They explored its sealed halls and reached a throne surrounded by skeletons and sinister aura.

• Song Zhong dove into the river to escape the three pursuing cultivators and discovered an ancient palace on the riverbed.
• As the river churned under the cultivators' attack, Xia Kening urged Song Zhong to enter the palace, and he pushed open its gates.
• The palace gates shut behind Song Zhong and Xia Kening, and Xia Kening explained that the ruins were likely the work of a Venerable.
• Song Zhong questioned Xia Kening's promise not to kill him, then learned that her name was Xia Kening.
• Song Zhong carried Xia Kening deeper into the palace and found a coral throne surrounded by skeletons and sinister aura.

Hundred Nightmares Immortal King returned to the Insect Clan after Song Zhong defeated him and took his Universe Ring, prompting the clan’s higher-ups to worry about Song Zhong’s rapid rise. Meanwhile, Song Zhong absorbed bone segments until he reached his limit of nine hundred and ninety-nine, then kept the remaining segments for trade.

• Hundred Nightmares Immortal King told the Insect Clan’s higher-ups that Song Zhong had beaten him with a single slash and taken his Universe Ring.
• The Insect Clan’s higher-ups discussed Song Zhong’s new Spatial Power, his growing threat, and the need to locate the Human Race’s two Immortal Emperors.
• Song Zhong and Baihua Immortal King absorbed bone segments, strengthening his bones throughout his body.
• Song Zhong found that his body could absorb no more bone-segment power and concluded that his limit was nine hundred and ninety-nine.
• Song Zhong swept up the remaining bone segments to trade, and Baihua Immortal King offered to trade with him.

Song Zhong slaughtered the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect’s defenders, entered the sect to seize its resources, and burned it down. He then announced that Hundred Peaks Sect would recruit disciples across Human Race territories, warning Devil Dao Sects not to interfere.

• Song Zhong attacked the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect’s defenders at the sect gate, killing them so quickly that they collapsed and begged for mercy.
• Song Zhong rejected the surviving disciples’ pleas to join Hundred Peaks Sect and ordered allied cultivators to guard the gate while he searched the sect.
• Song Zhong spent ten days searching the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect, taking its resources and treasures before burning the sect and confirming no disciples remained.
• Song Zhong told the allied sects that Hundred Peaks Sect would recruit disciples throughout Human Race territories, including Devil Dao territories, and threatened to destroy any Devil Dao Sect that obstructed them.

Song Zhong and his clone whittled down the Blood Corpses until only thirty-six Quasi-Saint Blood Corpses remained, then drew Rain Peak Quasi-Saint into the fight. Song Zhong rescued Rain Peak Quasi-Saint from their assault and urged him to close his mountains so they could defeat the corpses one by one.

• Song Zhong and his clone avoided the Quasi-Saint Blood Corpses while slaughtering the weaker ones, until only thirty-six remained.
• Song Zhong appeared beside Rain Peak Quasi-Saint and called on him to help fight the remaining Blood Corpses.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint opened his mountains, drawing the Quasi-Saint Blood Corpses toward him, and struggled to withstand their attacks.
• Song Zhong returned to draw the Blood Corpses away, then intervened when two attacked Rain Peak Quasi-Saint at close range.
• Song Zhong blocked the two corpses' blades and told Rain Peak Quasi-Saint to close his mountains so they could trap and kill the Blood Corpses one by one.

Song Zhong and his clones repeatedly killed Quasi-Saint Blood Corpses while Rain Peak Quasi-Saint held the mountains apart, hoping a Saint's Tomb would appear. Rain Peak Quasi-Saint began to tire, and Song Zhong urged him to keep holding on until five more of his clones arrived, though Rain Peak Quasi-Saint worried other cultivators might get there first.

• Song Zhong regrew his severed arm and teamed up with a clone to kill two Quasi-Saint Blood Corpses, then demanded that Rain Peak Quasi-Saint let in more.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint repeatedly opened the mountains so Song Zhong and his clones could fight the Blood Corpses, while the tombs outside revealed only Quasi-Saints.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint gradually narrowed the gap and managed to admit one Blood Corpse at a time, which Song Zhong and his clones quickly killed.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint said he could no longer maintain the mountains, but Song Zhong urged him to endure until five more of his clones arrived.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint was astonished by Song Zhong's many clones and asked what they would do if other cultivators arrived before them.

Song Zhong annihilated Daoxuan Sect, killing its disciples, awakened Venerables, and Grand Elder before looting its treasures and setting the sect ablaze. Three fleeing Daoxuan Sect cultivators warned people from Vast Righteous Sect that Song Zhong had destroyed their sect, and the newcomers saw the distant flames.

• Song Zhong pursued the fleeing Daoxuan Sect disciples, killing those he caught before returning to the sect’s tombs.
• He opened twenty tombs, killed the awakened Daoxuan Sect Venerables with Tribulation Lightning, and then killed the sect’s Grand Elder.
• Song Zhong destroyed the remaining tombs, collected the dead cultivators’ belongings and the sect’s resources, and set Daoxuan Sect on fire.
• Three Daoxuan Sect cultivators fled and told three Vast Righteous Sect cultivators that Song Zhong had massacred their sect.
• The Vast Righteous Sect cultivators questioned the fleeing men, then spotted flames rising in the direction of Daoxuan Sect.

Song Zhong underwent tribulation in Ten Thousand Poison Valley as three Southern Frontier cultivators recognized him as a promising Ancient Witch Clan cultivator and decided to kill him. Before Xia Kening and Bai Ruorou could intervene, two Ancient Witch Clan cultivators arrived and confronted the attackers, leaving Song Zhong stunned by their sudden aid.

• Three Southern Frontier cultivators spotted Song Zhong enduring Seventh-Ninth Tribulation Lightning with his body alone and identified him as an Ancient Witch Clan cultivator.
• The bronze-skinned cultivator declared that they should kill Song Zhong, and Bai Ruorou instructed Xia Kening to hold off the female attacker while she dealt with the two men.
• A burly Ancient Witch Clan cultivator and a woman arrived, and the man demanded that the three Southern Frontier cultivators leave Song Zhong alone.
• The Southern Frontier female cultivator refused, and the Ancient Witch Clan man struck at her with his palm.
• The bronze-skinned cultivator blocked the palm with his poisonous-miasma whip, but the impact dispersed the miasma and sent the whip flying as Song Zhong watched in confusion.

Human Race sects arrived to reinforce Hundred Peaks Sect, forcing the invading foreign races to retreat. Song Zhong pursued them in a killing frenzy, leaving the allied cultivators stunned by his strength.

• Five Elements Sect, Cloud Wave Sect, Wind Clarity Sect, Five Sound Sect, and other Human Race sects arrived to aid Hundred Peaks Sect.
• The Rat Demon Clan began retreating, and the Shrimp Beast Clan and other foreign races followed as the battlefield turned against them.
• Lu Bin fled when more Human Race reinforcements arrived.
• Song Zhong pursued the retreating foreign races, killing cultivators with his lightning techniques as they fled from him.
• The rescuing Human Race cultivators watched Song Zhong slaughter even eighth- and ninth-layer Immortal Realm foes and feared his killing intent.

Lord Zhengyi and Lord Wutian joined forces with Lord Pure Light’s group to defeat a horde of Demonic Beasts, then learned about each other’s Great Thousand Worlds. After discovering that their world had only two Supreme Realm cultivators and one Forget Dao Realm cultivator, Lord Pure Light’s companions doubted it could survive, while Lord Zhengyi insisted its strongest cultivator was very powerful.

• Lord Zhengyi and Lord Wutian helped Lord Pure Light and four other cultivators kill the Demonic Beasts, and the groups introduced themselves while traveling together.
• Lord Pure Light described her Great Thousand World as a powerful realm ruled by an imperial dynasty and led by three peak Saints.
• Lord Zhengyi revealed that his Great Thousand World had only two Supreme Realm cultivators, prompting the others to worry it was in danger.
• Lord Pure Light offered to help Lord Zhengyi and Lord Wutian kill more Demonic Beasts, but Lord Zhengyi refused and said their Great Thousand World was safe.
• Lord Zhengyi explained that their Forget Dao Realm cultivator was very strong, but the red-robed cultivator dismissed his strength and urged the pair to rely on their group instead.

Song Zhong hid beneath a lake while news spread that he had claimed treasures from ruins in the Immortal Affinity and True Immortal Battlefields and was being hunted. In the Immortal Affinity Battlefield, Pang Meng and Yu Rui learned that lower-realm cultivators were now targets and realized Song Zhong had also taken the Knocking Immortal Battlefield’s final treasure.

• Song Zhong concealed himself underwater and contemplated the Lightning Dao while reports of his exploits spread across the Outer Battlefield.
• Pang Meng and Yu Rui met cultivators from the Joyous Union Sect and the Limitless Sect, who warned them that lower-realm cultivators faced increased danger in the Immortal Affinity Battlefield.
• A Joyous Union Sect cultivator told Pang Meng and Yu Rui that Song Zhong had obtained the Thunder of Chaos in the Immortal Affinity Battlefield’s Lightning Ruins.
• The cultivator revealed that Song Zhong had also won the sole treasure in a True Immortal Battlefield ruin and severed both arms of a ninth-layer True Immortal Realm cultivator.
• Pang Meng and Yu Rui realized Song Zhong had claimed the final treasures in three battlefields, including the Knocking Immortal Battlefield.

Song Zhong interrogated Beast Race cultivators from the Eighty-First Universes and learned how its races and rankings differed from those in his own Universe. After killing the cultivators, he continued onward and spotted two familiar mountain ranges, while one of his incarnations reached the boundary between the Forget Dao Realm and Quasi-Saint Realm battlefields.

• Song Zhong killed the Beast Race cultivator who challenged him and demanded that the others answer his questions.
• The Fox Beast Race female cultivator told Song Zhong that the Human Race ranked ninth, the Beast Race eleventh, and the Tentacle Clan fourth in the Eighty-First Universes.
• The Fox Beast Race female cultivator explained the rivalries among the Human Race, Beast Race, Tentacle Clan, and Demon Race, and said her Universe had neither a Spirit Race nor an Insect Clan.
• Song Zhong questioned the other Beast Race cultivators, then killed all six with lightning.
• Song Zhong flew onward and saw two enormous mountain ranges that looked familiar, while one of his incarnations reached the boundary between the Forget Dao Realm and Quasi-Saint Realm battlefields.

Song Zhong encountered Tentacle Clan and Demon Race cultivators tormenting a Flower Clan cultivator, who offered her knowledge of the bone joints in exchange for her safety. After learning the attackers belonged to clans ruling his Great Thousand World, Song Zhong charged at the Tentacle Clan cultivator.

• Song Zhong flew toward the familiar auras of the Tentacle Clan and Demon Race.
• Blazing Flame Immortal King and Giant Force Immortal King defeated a feelered cultivator and threatened a Flower Clan woman.
• The Flower Clan cultivator offered her Universe Ring and knowledge of the bone joints to bargain for her freedom.
• Song Zhong arrived, and Blazing Flame Immortal King recognized his Great Thousand World as one ruled by their alliance.
• Song Zhong identified the cultivators’ world rankings and attacked Blazing Flame Immortal King.

Song Zhong entered a hidden grand formation to help Rain Peak Quasi-Saint escape, demanding payment despite Rain Peak's poverty. After investigating, Song Zhong found that watching for changes and changing their route helped them avoid returning to the starting point, though they remained trapped; his true body then arrived in the region.

• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint asked Song Zhong to break the formation, and Song Zhong agreed in exchange for future payment after learning Rain Peak had almost nothing.
• Song Zhong entered the formation and investigated it with his avatars, but found no Array Stones, formation patterns, or obvious clues.
• Song Zhong and Rain Peak walked across the plain and returned to their starting point, so Song Zhong told Rain Peak to watch for unusual changes and changed their route.
• After nearly a year of walking, they had stayed inside the formation, but they had avoided returning to the starting point for three months.
• Song Zhong's true body flew into the region of The Ruins.

The five race Ancestors agreed to use the Abyssal Blade to unleash Abyssal Demonic Beasts inside the Human Great Thousand World and kill Song Zhong. They selected the Tentacle Clan's Inextinguishable Immortal Emperor to carry out the plan, then sent him to the world’s boundary with instructions to open the passage repeatedly.

• The Demon Clan Old Ancestor and Tentacle Clan Ancestor warned that Song Zhong would become an existential threat if he continued to grow.
• The Beast Ancestor objected that using the Abyssal Blade risked losing the treasure, but the Demon Clan Old Ancestor proposed guarding outside while a descendant opened a passage into the Abyss.
• The Insect Clan Old Ancestor and Spirit Ancestor agreed to use the blade, and the Beast Ancestor finally consented.
• The five Ancestors combined their components and chose the Tentacle Clan's Inextinguishable Immortal Emperor to wield the Abyssal Blade.
• The Inextinguishable Immortal Emperor arrived outside the Human Great Thousand World and was told to keep opening passages so Abyssal Demonic Beasts could enter.

Song Zhong waited for the Immortal King Ruins to open, drawn by the other half of the Myriad Beasts Tower inside. After entering, he discovered that no one could use aura, leaving him confident that his powerful physical body would give him an advantage.

• The Myriad Beasts Tower’s other half appeared above the Ruins, and seven-colored light marked them as Immortal King Ruins.
• Song Zhong recognized the tower and decided to wait in his cave rather than risk being exposed among the cultivators gathering outside.
• After more than two hundred days, the Ruins opened, and Song Zhong flew inside once most cultivators had entered.
• Song Zhong found that he could not sense Immortal Qi or Primordial Chaos Qi, while cultivators around him confirmed they had become unable to use aura.
• Song Zhong realized that everyone would have to rely on physical strength and laughed, believing his strong body would make him nearly invincible.

Song Zhong arrived on the Saint Realm Battlefield and effortlessly withstood Ice Soul Saint’s attacks with his lightning. Ice Soul Saint and Lihuo Saint decided to join forces to kill him and divide his lightning between them.

• Ice Soul Saint attacked Song Zhong with frigid qi, but Song Zhong’s lightning dispersed it.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint sensed Song Zhong’s arrival and opened the two mountains.
• Ice Soul Saint unleashed an ice serpent, but Song Zhong destroyed it without moving.
• Lihuo Saint proposed that he and Ice Soul Saint kill Song Zhong and split his lightning, and Ice Soul Saint agreed.

Song Zhong studied the Celestial Array Grand Sect’s formations while enduring his tribulation, advancing to the third layer of the Knocking Immortal Realm and entering a ruined hall. There, the sect’s creator challenged him to build a satisfactory grand array within three years or be sent to another sect.

• Song Zhong left the formation’s protection to temper his body with heavenly tribulation while studying how the array worked.
• Song Zhong became so absorbed in the formations that he missed the end of the tribulation and advanced to the second layer of the Knocking Immortal Realm.
• Song Zhong repeatedly struck the damaged formations with lightning, studied their aura, advanced to the third layer, and entered a ruined hall.
• A voice told Song Zhong that he had earned half its approval but must create a grand array that satisfied it within three years to obtain the Celestial Array Grand Sect’s legacy.
• Song Zhong realized the voice belonged to the creator of the sect’s strongest legacy and worried that failure would send him into another sect, where he might face a True Lord Realm expert.

Song Zhong sorted through the treasures he had taken from slain Heavenly Prodigies and arranged for Spirit Fields to be cultivated on Prison Suppressing Peak. He offered his parents pills to raise their cultivation, and after Shen Lichu brought pills for them, he shared his vast stock of resources with his Senior Sisters.

• Song Zhong sorted through the Universe Rings he had collected, finding Spirit Fields, Thunder Crystals, spirit herbs, and countless other treasures.
• Song Zhong arranged for people to cultivate Spirit Fields on Prison Suppressing Peak as Tang Qianzi brought his parents up the mountain.
• Song Zhong asked his parents whether they wanted pills to raise their cultivation, and Shen Lichu offered to provide pills that could help them reach the Immortal Bridge Realm.
• Shen Lichu returned three days later with a pile of pills, while Song Zhong offered his Senior Sisters resources from his Universe Rings.
• Song Zhong poured out his treasures, and Tang Qianzi and Shen Lichu realized how wealthy he was and accepted that they could use some of his resources.