Chapter Summaries

Song Zhong fused the Three-Colored Divine Wings and discovered that his Longevity Pagoda could withstand attacks from Shen Lichu and Tang Qianzi without moving. He suspected the pagoda was an Eleventh-Rank Divine Weapon, while a Daoxuan Sect Grand Elder arrived at the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect.

• Song Zhong fused the Demon Slaying Wings with the other two wings, forming the Three-Colored Divine Wings, but the weapon drained his spiritual energy, mind, and vitality.
• Song Zhong entered the Longevity Pagoda so Shen Lichu and Tang Qianzi could test its defenses, and their powerful attacks failed to shake it.
• Song Zhong emerged from the pagoda without having felt the attacks, and he speculated that it might be an Eleventh-Rank Divine Weapon.
• A golden-robed Daoxuan Sect Grand Elder arrived above the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect's blood river, where a blood-robed old man appeared to greet him.

Song Zhong fought Apex Root Immortal Emperor in the Flower Clan Great Thousand World, revealing a lightning spell strengthened with Spatial Power. Apex Root Immortal Emperor answered with immense root palms that enveloped Song Zhong, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Apex Root Immortal Emperor invited Song Zhong to attack, and Song Zhong activated the Human Formation to unleash lightning.
• Apex Root Immortal Emperor transformed his life force into countless roots that clashed with Song Zhong's lightning.
• Song Zhong compressed Lightning Power into a sphere and detonated it among the roots, causing space to collapse and forming a Black Vortex.
• Apex Root Immortal Emperor wielded a withered branch to summon enormous root palms that re-formed from the dust and pressed in on Song Zhong.

Song Zhong, Lord You Shui, and Lord of Cherished Flowers fought endless waves of World Beasts inside a sealed space but could not find a way out. After a hundred years of battle, Song Zhong broke through to the mid-stage Supreme Realm, while they remained trapped.

• Song Zhong joined Lord You Shui and Lord of Cherished Flowers in slaying waves of World Beasts as new ones continued entering the space.
• The three tried trapping surviving World Beasts to stop the waves, but the new arrivals kept coming regardless of how many or what kind they left alive.
• Lord You Shui noticed that the great bell automatically absorbed the souls of slain World Beasts, while Lord of the Afterlife fought at the front without seeming to weaken.
• After decades of unending battle, Lord You Shui stopped thinking about revenge, and Lord of Confinement remained missing and was presumed dead.
• After what Lord You Shui believed had been a hundred years, Lord of the Afterlife broke through to the mid-stage Supreme Realm, but the three still had no way out.

The Demonic Creature Battlefield opened across the Universe, and Song Zhong entered with his avatars, Lord Zhengyi, and Lord Wutian. Song Zhong annihilated the Demonic Beasts in his area and split his avatars up to hunt, while Lord of Myriad Seeds recognized his lightning and led the Flower Clan cultivators toward him for safety.

• Vortices appeared in every Great Thousand World, but Saint of Ceasing War ignored the Cosmos Ruler's command to enter the battlefield without consequence.
• Song Zhong entered the vortex with his avatars, Lord Zhengyi, and Lord Wutian, but emerged without the two Lords beside him.
• Forget Dao Realm Demonic Beasts attacked Song Zhong, who used violet lightning to kill them all and collected their claws.
• Song Zhong sent his avatars in different directions to slaughter Demonic Beasts and worried about whether Lord Zhengyi and Lord Wutian could survive.
• Lord of Myriad Seeds and two Flower Clan cultivators saw Song Zhong's lightning destroy a distant horde and recognized him.
• Lord of Myriad Seeds led the Flower Clan cultivators toward Song Zhong, hoping to survive by following him.

Wutian Immortal Emperor and Song Zhong sensed each other on the Slaughter Battlefield and flew to meet, unaware that nearby enemies had noticed them. Two allied Beast Race and Tentacle Clan cultivators tried to ambush the Humans, but Song Zhong killed both before they could react.

• Wutian Immortal Emperor concealed himself in the ruins, sensed Song Zhong’s aura, and flew toward him.
• Song Zhong sensed Wutian Immortal Emperor and flew to meet him while nearby cultivators detected their unconcealed auras.
• A Beast Race cultivator and a Tentacle Clan cultivator met, recognized the two Human auras, and decided to attack for the reward.
• Song Zhong recognized the approaching enemies and the Beast Race cultivator identified him, then fled in fear.
• Song Zhong used the Space Severing Blade to kill the Tentacle Clan and Beast Race cultivators instantly.

Song Zhong absorbed Thunder of Chaos after it flew toward him in The Ruins, drawing the attention of cultivators throughout the area. Liu Mu urged him to give it up before other races attacked, but Wolf Beast Clan cultivators arrived before he could decide.

• Liu Mu explained that Thunder of Chaos was a chaotic fusion of many lightning bolts that had grown to rank second on the Profound Ranking.
• Song Zhong realized Thunder of Chaos could strengthen his Thunder of Azure Nothingness and decided it was the lightning best suited to him.
• Thunder of Chaos flew toward Song Zhong and Liu Mu, disrupted the surrounding lightning and protective auras, then acknowledged Song Zhong as its master.
• Cultivators across The Ruins saw the signal and rushed toward Song Zhong as the lightning in the void grew stronger.
• Liu Mu warned Song Zhong to abandon Thunder of Chaos because cultivators of every race would come after him, but four Wolf Beast Clan cultivators arrived nearby.

Song Zhong defended Chen Jia and killed Ye Jing'ao, then tried to send both Chen Jia and Feng Meier away because following him was dangerous. He spotted Feng Meier’s waist ribbon and grabbed it, while Chen Jia mistook his action for undressing her.

• Feng Meier offered to kill Chen Jia, but Song Zhong objected and said Chen Jia was a victim and a disciple of Star-Thunder True Lord.
• Song Zhong killed Ye Jing'ao and collected the attackers' Universe Rings, realizing they could not be used or stored normally inside The Ruins.
• Song Zhong questioned why Feng Meier was following him, and she said she felt safer beside someone strong.
• Feng Meier urged Chen Jia to leave and hide, and Song Zhong agreed that Chen Jia would be safer away from him.
• Song Zhong noticed Feng Meier's waist ribbon, grabbed it, and tugged it, prompting Chen Jia to think he was taking off her clothes.

Lord of Cherished Flowers explained the Slaughter Battlefield’s rules and dangers to Song Zhong while he underwent his tribulation. After he completed the tribulation and remained in the Flower Clan Great Thousand World, the Slaughter Vortex appeared a year later, and Song Zhong entered it with the Flower Clan’s Immortal Emperors.

• Lord of Cherished Flowers told Song Zhong that the Slaughter Battlefield pitted invaders against the Natives of an unknown Great Thousand World and rewarded kills with bloodlight that could be exchanged for treasures.
• Lord of Cherished Flowers warned Song Zhong that all Immortal Emperor Realm cultivators would be forced to enter, and that the battlefield would end only after the Natives died and one invader remained or all invaders left.
• Song Zhong asked whether the battlefield would end within thirty years so he could still reach the Sage Ruins, and Lord of Cherished Flowers said its duration varied and could exceed a century.
• Song Zhong finished his heavenly tribulation and stayed in the Flower Clan Great Thousand World instead of returning to the Human Race.
• A year later, the Slaughter Vortex appeared above the Flower Clan Great Thousand World, and Song Zhong entered it alongside the Flower Clan’s Immortal Emperor Realm cultivators.

Song Zhong slaughtered the Goat Demon Clan, killed its sleeping experts, and went on to wipe out four more foreign races as he advanced to the sixth layer of the Immortal Realm. After news of his rampage spread, he arrived above a fortified city belonging to the Monkey Beast Clan, whose members had prepared for his attack.

• Song Zhong killed Sixth Prince Yang Yanjiong with one slash, then massacred the Goat Demon Clan as its cultivators fled.
• Song Zhong hunted down the Goat Demon Clan's sleeping experts and had the Heavenly Dao kill them before leaving after searching for two days.
• Song Zhong wiped out four more races and broke through to the sixth layer of the Immortal Realm.
• Foreign races learned of Song Zhong's rampage and began discussing ways to prepare for or defeat him.
• Song Zhong flew above a fortified city of the Monkey Beast Clan and challenged its preparations.

Song Zhong accompanied the Lord of Cherished Flowers into the Flower Clan’s Great Thousand World, where her feud with the Lord of Flourishing Life nearly sparked a fight before the Lord of Myriad Seeds intervened. As the chapter ended, Song Zhong learned more about the realms beyond Supreme and wondered which Saint he had encountered in the Realm of the Heavens.

• The Lord of Cherished Flowers brought Song Zhong before several Flower Clan cultivators, who asked why she had brought an outsider into their Great Thousand World.
• The Lord of Flourishing Life confronted Xi Hua for violating clan rules, and the two women’s auras clashed as their argument escalated.
• The Lord of Myriad Seeds appeared and stopped Xi Hua and the Lord of Flourishing Life from fighting.
• Xi Hua told Song Zhong that the realms progressed from Dao Seeking to Supreme Path, Forget Dao, Quasi-Saint, and Saint.
• Song Zhong learned that Xi Hua had encountered Quasi-Eleven after passing the tenth level, while he had encountered a Saint, and heard that someone who passed the eleventh level had seen Saint Nine.

Song Zhong and Lord of Cherished Flowers tested how far apart paired cultivators could travel before one died, then followed the Shattering Void Blade’s power to Twin Birth Hall. They entered the hall and chose a passageway, leaving its dangers unexplored.

• Lord of Cherished Flowers defeated Lord of Embersmoke, while Song Zhong told her he had beaten his opponent faster.
• Song Zhong carried Lord of Embersmoke away from Lord of Cherished Flowers and discovered that paired cultivators suffered after five miles and died beyond seven.
• Song Zhong took Lord of Embersmoke’s Universe Ring and Immortal Artifact, then returned to Lord of Cherished Flowers and found Lord of Suspended Sky dead.
• Song Zhong awakened the Shattering Void Blade, whose spatial power revealed the phantom of Twin Birth Hall.
• Song Zhong and Lord of Cherished Flowers entered Twin Birth Hall and chose one of the passageways inside.

Song Zhong entered the Trial Tower with Fearsome Claw Demon Minks and advanced through its floors at a deliberately slow pace, practicing and eating as he went. He broke through twice inside, reaching the fifth level of the Qi Transformation Realm, while the waiting assessors and families grew increasingly frustrated and anxious.

• Yan Yourong told Song Zhong that the Trial Tower would close the next day, so he agreed to enter after eating and brought two living Fearsome Claw Demon Minks inside.
• Song Zhong cleared the first floor quickly but stopped to practice his saber technique, then spent another day on the second floor protecting his minks from Demon Wolf Strange Beasts.
• The Hundred Peaks Sect representatives grew impatient as Song Zhong took days to clear each floor, while other assessment participants and their families waited for news.
• On the fifth day, Song Zhong broke through to the fourth level of the Qi Transformation Realm, and seventeen days after entering, he broke through again to the fifth level after eating one of his minks.
• The assessors realized Song Zhong was using the slow pace to make progress before clearing the stages, while the dynasties and great families worried that no assessment participant had sent word home.

Song Zhong learned that his first-place ranking combined results from two trials, then asked Bao Dating about the Upper Ten Peaks and their cultivation paths. After hearing that Absolute Dust Peak accepted only women and cut off contact with their families, Song Zhong wondered whether his sworn elder sister was still alive there.

• Song Zhong explained that his first-place result came from combining both trials, while Qi Xuan declined to challenge him.
• Bao Dating told Song Zhong he had ranked tenth and explained that Solitary Peak was first and practiced the Sword Dao.
• Song Zhong asked about the second-ranked peak, and Bao Dating explained that Yin Yang Peak cultivated the Yin-Yang Way and encouraged Dao companions to practice together.
• Bao Dating described Absolute Dust Peak's severance from the mortal world and said its disciples were all women, making Song Zhong suspect his sworn elder sister might be there.

Xia Kening came to the Hundred Peaks Sect to find Song Zhong and urged him to pursue the treasure map’s destination soon, arguing that both of them needed to advance quickly. Song Zhong remained wary of the danger, while Xia Kening explained that the coming slumber of the True Lords would limit the threat they faced.

• Shen Lichu confronted Song Zhong after learning Xia Kening had come to the sect, and Song Zhong revealed that Xia Kening might have been looking for him instead.
• Song Zhong pointed out that Xia Kening could conceal her fox tail, and the Mountain Guardian Elder recognized her as a fox demon.
• Xia Kening arrived with a disciple and showed fear of the Mountain Guardian Elder, whom she sensed was a True Lord.
• Song Zhong asked why Xia Kening had claimed to seek Shen Lichu, and Xia Kening explained she had used the name she knew to avoid revealing her real purpose.
• Xia Kening told Song Zhong she had gathered resources but needed his treasure map to reach a dangerous place, and said both of them needed to break through quickly.
• Song Zhong warned that the destination might hold True Lord-level dangers, and Xia Kening replied that the True Lords would soon fall asleep, after which the Heavenly Dao would annihilate power at their level.

Song Zhong faced Ren Youzhi in the tournament’s first Star River Realm battle and killed him with a single lightning-charged slash. The shocked spectators realized Song Zhong’s lightning was powerful enough to overwhelm Star River Realm spells without him using one.

• The sect disciples and Cloud Wave Sect’s Great Elder weighed Song Zhong and Ren Youzhi’s strengths before their battle began.
• Ren Youzhi summoned his sword and challenged Song Zhong to face the Cloud Wave Sect’s spells.
• Song Zhong struck with the Purple Light Blade, and his Thunder of Azure Nothingness overwhelmed Ren Youzhi’s Phantom Cloud Triple Wave.
• Song Zhong’s slash cut Ren Youzhi in two, leaving the arena silent.
• The spectators from the Six Great Sects were stunned, while Hundred Peaks Sect’s disciples celebrated Song Zhong’s strength and speculated that he had held back against Formless Peak.

Song Zhong broke Strange Demon Quasi-Saint’s illusion and, with his two clones, killed him despite the Quasi-Saint’s desperate defenses. After slaying the other-clan cultivators who blocked his path, Song Zhong’s waiting clone entered the Demon Clan Great Thousand World to attack the Demon Race.

• Strange Demon Quasi-Saint suffered backlash when Song Zhong broke his illusion, and Song Zhong and his two clones attacked him with lightning and their long blades.
• Song Zhong and his clones pierced Strange Demon Quasi-Saint with four blades, severely damaging his body and sending him flying.
• Song Zhong killed the other-clan cultivators who blocked his path, forcing their remaining Quasi-Saints to flee.
• Song Zhong repeatedly slashed Strange Demon Quasi-Saint until he destroyed his head and body, killing him.
• Song Zhong’s clone charged into the Demon Clan Great Thousand World.

Song Zhong and his avatars entered The Ruins, where they were scattered across different locations. Song Zhong’s avatar killed a Forget Dao Realm Tentacle Clan cultivator, while his true body killed a Supreme Path Realm Beast Race cultivator and pursued an Insect Clan cultivator.

• Song Zhong warned Lord of Cherished Flowers about The Ruins’ dangers before she, Lord You Shui, and his avatars entered.
• Song Zhong found that his avatars had been scattered throughout The Ruins and flew onward to explore.
• Cultivators from the Five Great Other Clans entered The Ruins and were also separated; Lord Xun Feng, Lord Suo Hun, and Daoist Zhen Feng encountered one another.
• Song Zhong’s avatar spotted the three Other Clan cultivators, prompting Lord Xun Feng to flee; Song Zhong caught Lord Suo Hun and killed him with a lightning saber.
• Song Zhong’s true body encountered an Insect Clan cultivator and a Beast Race cultivator, killed the Beast Race cultivator with one slash, and chased the Insect Clan cultivator.

After reaching the tenth level of the Golden Body Realm and manifesting ten Golden Bodies, Song Zhong arrived at the battlefield and overwhelmed the Strange Beasts with his lightning. He then attacked the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect, appearing before one of its disciples as his lightning spells overwhelmed their defenses.

• Song Zhong discovered that breaking through to the tenth level had greatly increased his capacity to absorb Blood Crystals, and he absorbed them rapidly as he flew toward the battle.
• Song Zhong slaughtered Thunderous Beasts with his lightning, drawing attention from the cultivators and earning recognition from Chu Yue and the others.
• Cultivators at the front lines saw Song Zhong kill a ninth-level Golden Body Realm Strange Beast with one strike and realized he had ten Golden Bodies.
• Jin Ranhuan became threatened by Song Zhong's strength and decided that Song Zhong had to die.
• Song Zhong spotted the gathered Blood Fiend Demonic Sect cultivators and unleashed purplish-red lightning against them.
• After the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect cultivators joined their spells to block the lightning, Song Zhong appeared before one of them and struck with his lightning-wrapped fist.

Song Zhong learned that the Era of Cosmic Reversal could let him become a threat to the major races, and he resolved to destroy the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect if he reached the Immortal Realm. When the cultivators ordered him to lead them toward a supposed treasure, he planned to guide them into the Thunderous Beasts’ territory.

• Sang Liao explained that previous appearances of the Sealed Ruins had been followed by eras when powerful Immortal Realm cultivators dominated, prompting Human Race and other races to agree that Song Zhong should be killed.
• Sang Liao described when the Era of Cosmic Reversal had begun and how long it had taken Venerables and True Lords to awaken during previous cycles.
• After Song Zhong was identified as someone who had explored the area, he claimed his group had encountered thousands of Strange Beasts near a place where golden light shone.
• Song Zhong pretended to let slip that a great treasure might be at that place, stirring the cultivators’ greed despite Su Xiangyi’s suspicions.
• Su Xiangyi ordered Song Zhong to lead the group there, and Song Zhong accepted, intending to guide them toward the Thunderous Beasts.

Zhengyi Immortal Emperor explained how five foreign races had exploited the Human Race after killing its protector and warned Song Zhong that they might target him for his potential. He urged Song Zhong to grow stronger and notify him before becoming an Immortal King, when Song Zhong might qualify to enter a place offering a major opportunity.

• Zhengyi Immortal Emperor told Song Zhong that five races had killed the Human Race's protector, forced the Human Race to accept their protection, and demanded God Crystals and access to its resources.
• Zhengyi Immortal Emperor said the races had repeatedly raised their price and killed Human Race prodigies, and feared Song Zhong might become a Supreme Realm being.
• Zhengyi Immortal Emperor warned that the protection agreement had seventy years left, though the Human Race had other trump cards, and told Song Zhong to alert him before reaching Immortal King.
• Zhengyi Immortal Emperor revealed that entry to a special place depended on one's power upon becoming an Immortal King, and that only four Human Race cultivators had entered.
• Wutian Immortal Emperor explained that Lord Qiankun had reached the Supreme Realm through early access to resources and a shortcut involving the Power of Faith, prompting Song Zhong to recognize something.