Chapter Summaries

Song Zhong defeated and killed Song Dingfeng, then crippled the elder’s cultivation and set out for Xingyi Sect’s selection. Five days later, Song Zhong arrived at the sect’s mountain gate at the Qi Control Realm Layer 7.

• Song Dingfeng attacked Song Zhong with Seven Stars Volley, but Song Zhong shattered his Sword Qi and defeated him with one slash.
• Song Zhong drove his blade into Song Dingfeng’s qi sea and destroyed it, crippling his cultivation.
• Song Zhong stomped Song Dingfeng twice in revenge for his mother, then killed him with a final stomp.
• Song Zhong told his parents he had rebuilt his cultivation and left on a Thousand Mile Cloud Smoke Beast to take part in Xingyi Sect’s selection.
• Five days later, Song Zhong reached Xingyi Sect’s mountain gate, having advanced to the Qi Control Realm Layer 7.

Shadowfiend Demon failed to defeat Song Zhong with her attacks and tried to ensnare him with illusion arts, offering to become his Dao companion and help plunder a Half-Step True Monarch’s tombs. As more powerful cultivators awakened, Song Zhong remained confused by her persuasion and Shadowfiend Demon began to sweat from the effort.

• Duan Xue explained that her Half-Step True Monarch master would awaken only after cultivators of the Knocking Immortal Realm, Immortal Affinity Realm, and True Immortal Realm.
• Shadowfiend Demon decided she had to kill Song Zhong and Duan Xue before Duan Xue’s master awakened, and she turned to her strongest illusion arts.
• Shadowfiend Demon praised Song Zhong’s strength, compared him favorably to Xia Longwu, and tried to bewitch him with her words and domain projection.
• Duan Xue fell into Shadowfiend Demon’s illusion, but Song Zhong stayed clear-headed because he did not understand her references or the power of her sect.
• More cultivators awakened, and Shadowfiend Demon offered to become Song Zhong’s Dao companion and help plunder Duan Xue’s master’s tombs.
• Shadowfiend Demon saw that Song Zhong still had not fallen completely for her illusion and began sweating from the effort.

Song Zhong and Bao Dating discussed cheating on the Hundred Peaks Sect entrance examination, only to learn that Yan Yourong was an examiner. During the fishing trial, Song Zhong found himself in an illusion and talked a suicidal man out of killing himself, then tried to learn fishing from him.

• Bao Dating told Yan Yourong that he had obtained the exam questions, and Song Zhong helped him devise ways to cheat.
• Yan Yourong revealed that the multiple-choice exam they had discussed was for Dao Children, then flew up to join the examiners.
• Li Huaying announced that candidates had to catch a fish before dawn, with faster times earning better rankings, and Song Zhong hurried to the lake.
• Song Zhong encountered a man threatening suicide over a woman leaving him and argued that the woman's husband had more reason to be upset.
• The man lowered his sword, agreed to show Song Zhong how to fish, and caught a fish while Song Zhong cast his hook into the man's bucket.

The Myriad Life Immortal King ordered the cultivators inside the trial to kill those outside, then shattered the space and sent them into a chaotic battle. Song Zhong questioned whether the promised inheritance was real as Du Mo Kong and the Tentacle Clan targeted his group.

• Qiao Yingpei and Hou Qinzh noticed that experts from different passages, including Hu Lieyun and cultivators of the Spirit Race, had gathered together.
• The Myriad Life Immortal King offered the cultivators a chance to reach the final trial if they slaughtered everyone outside.
• The space shattered, and several cultivators immediately attacked those who had remained outside, triggering a widespread battle.
• Yu Rui raised a wind barrier to shield Song Zhong's group from the incoming spells.
• Dongfang Youzhi spotted more than a thousand tentacles attacking their group and identified Du Mo Kong behind them.

Song Zhong learned that the Array Clan’s world had been teleported to his world after its destruction, and he speculated that Instant Eternity came from a similarly powerful expert. Unable to safely leave the ruins, he returned to a grand array, hoping it would let him claim an inheritance and hide deeper inside.

• A voice revealed that the Array Clan had prepared a deadly Killing Array and a Teleportation Array, and that survivors could seek array inheritances among its one hundred and eight grand sects.
• Song Zhong realized the Array Clan’s Great Thousand World had been sent to his world after a catastrophic disaster, and he wondered what powers could destroy such an advanced civilization.
• Song Zhong speculated that Instant Eternity had been released by a dying world’s strongest expert, much like the Array Clan’s Great Thousand World had been sent away.
• Song Zhong decided to hide deeper in the ruins because True Lord Realm cultivators from other races could recognize or kill him.
• Song Zhong returned to the grand array where he had been teleported before and tried, unsuccessfully, to decipher it.

Song Zhong broke through into the Golden Body Realm and drew the Sixth-Eighth Tribulation Lightning, astonishing the Hundred Peaks Sect. He chose to face the tribulation himself, and after the first bolt shattered his Thunderclap Impervious Art, he tried to absorb its power.

• Tribulation Clouds gathered over Prison Suppressing Peak as Song Zhong’s breakthrough attracted the attention of the Hundred Peaks Sect disciples.
• Bai Ruorou prepared tribulation treasures for Song Zhong, but he said he wanted to withstand the heavenly tribulation himself.
• Bai Ruorou and the gathered experts recognized the clouds as Sixth-Eighth Tribulation Lightning, far stronger than the lightning normally faced by someone entering the Golden Body Realm.
• Jian Kong secretly rejoiced as a blue bolt struck Song Zhong and shattered his Thunderclap Impervious Art.
• The lightning tore Song Zhong’s flesh and entered his body, and he tried to stop his internal lightning from destroying it so he could absorb its power.

Song Zhong used the Space Severing Divine Lightning to defeat the Immortal Kings confronting him on the tenth level of the Realm of the Heavens. After two were eliminated and the other three retreated, he entered the eleventh level with the Lord of Witchcraft Power’s Witchcraft Power.

• Song Zhong struck Illusion Path Immortal King with lightning and spatial power, then severed his hand and triggered his Substitute Death Talisman, eliminating him.
• The other four Immortal Kings attacked Song Zhong together, but he used the Space Severing Divine Lightning to absorb their attacks into a fused space.
• Song Zhong severed Black Vortex Immortal King’s hand and triggered his Substitute Death Talisman, eliminating him.
• The remaining three Immortal Kings detonated their Substitute Death Talismans and retreated, while Song Zhong collected several Universe Rings.
• Song Zhong reached the pillar of light and stepped into the eleventh level with the Lord of Witchcraft Power’s Witchcraft Power.

Song Zhong fled from a swarm of Sand Scorpions, then faced a Blood Fiend Demonic Sect cultivator who was searching for him. When the cultivator demanded to know whether Song Zhong had entered the Sealed Ruins, Song Zhong revealed himself and attacked with Divine Dragon Prison Suppressing, shattering his opponent’s blood-colored defense.

• Song Zhong and a Blood Fiend Demonic Sect cultivator fled as Sand Scorpions erupted from the sand and surrounded the Serpent Demon Clan and Bull Beast Clan cultivators.
• The Sand Scorpions unleashed a flood of poisonous gas, and the two foreign cultivators screamed as Song Zhong and the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect cultivator escaped.
• At an oasis, the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect cultivator blocked Song Zhong and demanded to know whether Song Zhong had entered the Sealed Ruins.
• Song Zhong disclosed his identity by attacking with Divine Dragon Prison Suppressing, and his purple lightning shattered the cultivator’s enormous blood-colored hand.

Song Zhong boarded a Flying Boat to Hundred Peaks Sect, where he reached the third layer of the Qi Transformation Realm during the five-day journey. After arriving just before the assessment, he watched Bao Dating approach a beautiful candidate and try to recruit her into an alliance.

• Song Zhong was pulled aboard a Flying Boat leaving Xingyi Sect and met Bao Dating, the only other candidate traveling alone from his dynasty.
• Song Zhong chatted with Bao Dating during the five-day flight while Instant Eternity helped him break through to the third layer of the Qi Transformation Realm.
• Xing Jingyi brought the candidates to a mountain valley and left after announcing their arrival at Hundred Peaks Sect.
• A voice announced that the assessment would begin in half an hour, and Bao Dating offered Song Zhong an alliance in exchange for information about the tests.
• A beautiful woman arrived, drawing candidates eager to form teams, and Bao Dating went to speak with her before she walked toward them.

Song Zhong helped disciples from other peaks capture Seventh-tier Divine Weapons while rapidly advancing to the ninth level of the Immortal Bridge Realm. He went to the Martial Arts Arena to officially challenge the Immortal Bridge Realm Peak Ranking and asked whether any Formless Peak disciples were ranked near the top.

• After the Great Elder protected Song Zhong from punishment, disciples from many peaks flocked to Prison Suppressing Peak and asked him to capture Divine Weapons.
• Song Zhong captured Seventh-tier Divine Weapons for disciples from various peaks, then returned to absorb Thunder Crystals.
• Yang Long of Yin Yang Peak criticized Song Zhong for neglecting cultivation and doubted he could qualify to compete in the secret realm.
• One hundred and eleven days after entering the Immortal Bridge Realm, Song Zhong reached its ninth level, astonishing Tang Qianzi.
• Song Zhong learned that the five highest-ranked disciples under three hundred years old would represent the sect in the secret realm competition.
• Song Zhong went to the Martial Arts Arena to officially challenge the Immortal Bridge Realm Peak Ranking and asked whether any Formless Peak disciples ranked near the top.

Hundred Peaks Sect gathered for the Six Sects Tournament, where Song Zhong and Ouyang Xin were both revealed to be at the third layer of the Star River Realm. The sects arrived at the Myriad Phenomena Secret Realm, and the Great Elders prepared to begin the drawing of lots.

• The major sects learned that Song Zhong had entered the Star River Realm, while they expected him to remain an easy target because they believed he was still in the Immortal Bridge Realm.
• Ouyang Xin introduced himself as a third-layer Star River Realm disciple of Solitary Peak and said he would secure the secret realm for Hundred Peaks Sect.
• The Great Elder sensed that Song Zhong had also reached the third layer of the Star River Realm and quietly judged him more promising than Ouyang Xin.
• The Great Elder explained the tournament rules aboard the Flying Boat, including drawing lots, the possibility of conceding, and the likely presence of Star River Realm disciples from the other sects.
• After traveling for a week, Hundred Peaks Sect arrived at the Ten Thousand Mountains, where the other five sects were waiting, and their Great Elders prepared to draw lots.

Song Zhong fought the nine Five Elements Sect disciples who came to seize the Starburst Sky Thunder Crystal and killed them with his overwhelming strength and lightning-infused saber. Bao Dating and Fan Meier chased down the last two fleeing disciples as Song Zhong finished off Fang Jingting, leaving the crystal’s power surging within him.

• A Five Elements Sect disciple accused Song Zhong, Bao Dating, and Fan Meier of killing righteous-path disciples, and Fang Jingting ordered his group to attack.
• Song Zhong killed the first attacker with one strike, then split Zhang Chu’s shield and crushed his head with another.
• Song Zhong charged the remaining disciples, killed three in quick succession, and forced Fang Jingting and Yang Tao back despite their sword and spear techniques.
• Two Formless Sect disciples fled, and Bao Dating and Fan Meier pursued them while Song Zhong fought Yang Tao and Fang Jingting.
• Song Zhong killed Yang Tao after his strength and lightning overwhelmed him, then split Fang Jingting’s head with his final strike.

Liu ZhengHao allied with the Tentacle Clan and attacked Wang Yang and Song Zhong to eliminate a Human Race Heavenly Prodigy. Wang Yang’s tortoise-shell treasure blocked the strike, and Song Zhong declared that he would target Liu ZhengHao.

• Liu ZhengHao offered to help the leading Tentacle Clan cultivator in exchange for a chance to survive.
• The Tentacle Clan cultivator agreed to ally with Liu ZhengHao, provided the Human Race had only one Heavenly Prodigy.
• Liu ZhengHao attacked Wang Yang and Song Zhong with a barrage of golden Sword Qi.
• Wang Yang’s tortoise-shell treasure blocked most of the attack, leaving the surrounding cultivators shocked by Liu ZhengHao’s betrayal.
• Liu ZhengHao claimed Wang Yang had to die, and Song Zhong said he would target Liu ZhengHao.

Song Zhong forced Chen Zhidong and Chen Zhiliang to surrender their Universe Rings, then crossed the river by using his Starburst Heavenly Thunder to defeat the Thunder Serpents. He obtained the Divine Sense hidden in the Prayer Beads, and the chapter ended as another world opened behind the Island: the Qi Guiding Realm Sealed Ruins.

• Song Zhong beat Chen Zhidong and Chen Zhiliang until they unlocked their Universe Rings, then took both rings.
• Song Zhong entered the river and used Starburst Heavenly Thunder to kill the Thunder Serpents that attacked him.
• Song Zhong swam to the opposite bank and touched the Prayer Beads, which shattered and sent Divine Sense into his body.
• The space behind the Island burst open, revealing the Qi Guiding Realm Sealed Ruins.

Song Zhong broke through to the Qi Guiding Realm in the Sealed Ruins and received the True Lord of Thunderclap’s inheritance, including the Imperishable Body of Heavenly Thunder. He entered a hidden space, encountered Qi Guiding Realm cultivators pursuing a Bloodbone Demon Ape, and the cultivators left behind prepared to cross the river in search of him.

• Song Zhong absorbed spiritual qi and broke through to the first layer of the Qi Guiding Realm inside the Sealed Ruins.
• Song Zhong received the True Lord of Thunderclap’s inheritance and learned about the Imperishable Body of Heavenly Thunder.
• Song Zhong entered the newly appeared space and found himself in a place where a blood-red monkey called a Bloodbone Demon Ape fled past him.
• Song Zhong hid his Universe Ring, pointed the pursuing cultivators toward the ape, and followed the righteous-path group to learn what was happening.
• The cultivators remaining in the Sealed Ruins decided to cross the river together after concluding Song Zhong had entered hidden ruins within The Ruins.

Song Zhong traded cultivation resources for Thunder Crystals, then went to Hundred Peaks Cliff to claim Divine Weapons. He fused the Indestructible Wings with his Wind Sparrow Wings and began drawing out another wing.

• Tang Qianzi and Shen Lichu helped Song Zhong sort his resources, and he offered Immortal Realm materials in exchange for Thunder Crystals.
• Song Zhong went to challenge the Golden Body Realm Peak Ranking, but the person in charge told him no challenge was needed, so he flew to Hundred Peaks Cliff.
• Song Zhong used one of his chances to capture a Divine Weapon and drew out the Indestructible Wings.
• At the Mountain Guardian Elder’s urging, Song Zhong first bound the Indestructible Wings, which then fused with his Wind Sparrow Wings into one pair.
• Song Zhong tried again, and a black wing emerged from beneath Hundred Peaks Cliff amid dense killing intent.

Song Zhong entered the Extraterritorial Battlefield and followed a mysterious pull toward the Ten Directions Extinction Divine Lightning. After avoiding several cultivators from other races, he found a cave behind a waterfall and went inside.

• Song Zhong learned that the Extraterritorial Battlefield was a dangerous region where many races fought over resources and opportunities.
• After entering the battlefield, Song Zhong found no passage back and sensed something drawing him toward the Ten Directions Extinction Divine Lightning.
• Song Zhong hid from a Rabbit Demon Clan woman and an Ox Beast Clan cultivator, then continued on foot to avoid becoming a target in the sky.
• Song Zhong encountered cultivators from several more races and realized the area was unusually busy.
• Song Zhong reached a waterfall, found a small opening behind it, and entered.

Song Zhong provoked the Flower Clan’s Immortal Kings into challenging him, offering a wager while claiming he would not move his hands or feet. The Lord of Flourishing Life accepted on behalf of her disciple, the Luminous Flower Immortal King.

• The Lord of Flourishing Life mocked Song Zhong and questioned whether he could be considered a Heavenly Prodigy.
• Song Zhong challenged the Flower Clan’s Immortal Kings to fight him and proposed a wager of one thousand God Crystals, even if he lost by moving his hands or feet.
• The Lord of Cherished Flowers objected to Song Zhong earning God Crystals from her clan, but Song Zhong argued that he would use his winnings to repay what he owed her.
• The Lord of Myriad Seeds intervened and agreed to a spar while forbidding the wager.
• The Lord of Flourishing Life chose her peak Immortal King disciple, the Luminous Flower Immortal King, to duel Song Zhong.

Song Zhong absorbed Blood Crystals and Thunder Crystals for forty-eight days, breaking through to the fourth layer of the Golden Body Realm. He then entered the valley’s crater and reached for a crimson lightning bolt that might be one of the Ten Great Thunderbolts.

• Su Xiangyi returned to find the Universe Rings and Blood Crystals gone, then led the surviving Blood Fiend Demonic Sect cultivators away from the dangerous region.
• Song Zhong returned to the Thunderous Beasts, absorbed Blood Crystals, and searched the Universe Rings, finding nearly a thousand more Blood Crystals and many other resources.
• Song Zhong spent more than forty days absorbing Blood Crystals and Thunder Crystals, then broke through to the fourth layer of the Golden Body Realm.
• Song Zhong flew into the valley’s depths and discovered a crimson lightning bolt hanging above a crater, whose aura reminded him of the Ten Directions Extinction Divine Lightning.
• Song Zhong cut through the Thunderous Beasts blocking his path, reached the crater’s edge, and grabbed for the crimson lightning.

Song Zhong joined Wutian Immortal Emperor as they headed toward the alien races, refusing to retreat despite being only a Half-Step True Monarch. When the alien forces ambushed them, Song Zhong unleashed his lightning and Witchcraft Power, killing several Immortal Kings and proving he could threaten even the strongest enemies.

• Wutian Immortal Emperor warned Song Zhong that an Immortal Emperor could not be challenged by someone at his cultivation level, but Song Zhong insisted on fighting alongside him.
• Wutian Immortal Emperor and Song Zhong reached the edge of the Outer Battlefield and found the alien races massed there in overwhelming numbers.
• The alien races recognized the Human cultivators and launched a torrent of spells at Song Zhong and Wutian Immortal Emperor.
• Song Zhong emerged among the Beast Race cultivators and swept his Violet Sky Thunderous Blade through them, killing several Immortal Kings with lightning.
• Song Zhong followed with a slash infused with Witchcraft Power, splitting four Beast Race cultivators apart and stunning the surrounding forces.