Chapter Summaries

After The Ruins collapsed, Song Zhong fled from cultivators who discovered he had obtained the magical treasure and realized he was only in the Immortal Qi Realm. He escaped underground and hid beneath a lake, deciding to cultivate rather than leave the True Immortal Battlefield.

• The Ruins shattered, and Song Zhong used the Phantom Lightning Body to flee as cultivators pursued him for the magical treasure.
• Cultivators and Feng Meier recognized Song Zhong as an Immortal Qi Realm cultivator whose strength and lightning technique far exceeded expectations.
• Song Zhong hid in a mountain cave while pursuers attacked the mountain, using their spells as cover to tunnel farther underground with lightning.
• Qian Fuzhi left for the border with the Immortal Affinity Battlefield, while other pursuers also began searching there for Song Zhong.
• Song Zhong emerged beneath a lake, found no Strange Beasts nearby, and chose to hide and cultivate.

Song Zhong defeated the Luminous Flower Immortal King, and Lord of Flourishing Life intervened to save her from his lightning. After collecting the agreed thousand God Crystals, Song Zhong invited the crowd to challenge him, including Immortal Emperors.

• Lord of Flourishing Life blocked Song Zhong's lightning with an Immortal Qi leaf that trembled under his attack.
• Song Zhong declared that the Luminous Flower Immortal King had lost, and she admitted defeat before asking which level of the Realm of the Heavens he had reached.
• Song Zhong demanded the thousand God Crystals they had agreed on, and Lord of Flourishing Life paid them to Lord of Cherished Flowers.
• Lord of Flourishing Life silently resolved to kill Song Zhong, while he ignored her and asked whether anyone else wanted to challenge him.
• Song Zhong said Immortal Emperors could challenge him too, at a price of one thousand God Crystals per match.

The Glacial Immortal King explained to Song Zhong that witchcraft had been outlawed since the fall of the Great Witch Dynasty and warned him to hide his practice. After learning that she had once cultivated both witchcraft and spells, Song Zhong left to meet Forget-Thunder, still wondering whether he would eventually have to choose a path.

• The Glacial Immortal King told Song Zhong that the Great Qian Dynasty had branded witchcraft heretical after destroying the Great Witch Dynasty, and warned him not to expose his practice.
• The Glacial Immortal King revealed that she had once cultivated witchcraft alongside spells but abandoned witchcraft after reaching the True Lord realm, when she had to choose a path.
• The Glacial Immortal King warned Song Zhong that he would be targeted if his witchcraft became known and sent him to meet Forget-Thunder.
• Song Zhong told Wu Qingqing that he had injured her master in their fight, and the Glacial Immortal King froze and shattered a distant mountain in warning.
• Wu Qingqing flew Song Zhong toward Forget-Thunder and said her master's warmer attitude showed that she had acknowledged him; Song Zhong suspected it was because she recognized his witchcraft.

Song Zhong drew alien Venerables toward him as his heavenly tribulation neared its end, then broke through to the second level of the Venerable Realm. Just as the Venerables prepared to attack, a new, even stronger heavenly tribulation began.

• Alien Venerables gathered near Song Zhong, planning to kill him and seize his resources when his tribulation ended.
• Song Zhong sensed the Venerables and flew toward them while his aura surged toward a breakthrough.
• Song Zhong broke through to the second level of the Venerable Realm, and the lightning killed several Venerables who were too slow to retreat.
• The remaining Venerables prepared to attack Song Zhong after his tribulation ended, but fresh tribulation clouds gathered and another powerful lightning tribulation began.

Song Zhong suppressed his cultivation and lightning to True Lord Realm levels to spar with Black Lotus True Lord. As their lightning and black flower qi clashed, Black Lotus revealed that his physical body was his greatest strength, and Song Zhong answered that his was stronger too.

• Song Zhong lowered his cultivation to the True Lord Realm and promised to suppress his lightning as well.
• Song Zhong attacked first with lightning, while Black Lotus True Lord summoned a black lotus and countered with corrosive flower qi.
• Black Lotus True Lord met Song Zhong's sudden approach with a slash and declared that his physical body was stronger than his spells.
• Song Zhong drew a black blade and said his physical body was stronger too.

Song Zhong questioned Ice Mirror Immortal King about the Tentacle Clan and learned that they were considered a weak race, though their neighbors might explain their influence. He then considered how to tackle the trial’s poisonous Plant World and chose to return to the volcano, where he used lightning to extinguish all its flames before moving on.

• Ice Mirror Immortal King described four tentacled races and said the Tentacle Clan’s Great Thousand World ranked around eight-thousandth.
• Song Zhong considered why the Tentacle Clan dominated nearby worlds and asked whether Ice Mirror Immortal King’s world was close to theirs.
• Ice Mirror Immortal King said no Tentacle Clan lived near his Great Thousand World, and Song Zhong let him leave.
• Song Zhong considered using his Phantom Lightning Body to bypass the Plant World but decided the trial was meant to test his ability to contend with different Great Daos.
• Song Zhong returned to the volcano and bombarded it with lightning until the eruption’s flames and magma were extinguished, then headed onward.

Song Zhong fought Wu Si after revealing his nine Phenomenal Immortal Bridges and defeated him with one saber strike. He insisted he had held back and challenged Formless Peak to see what his full-strength slash could do.

• Song Zhong revealed nine Phenomenal Immortal Bridges, while Wu Si had only four and grew grave about facing him.
• A Formless Peak disciple warned Song Zhong not to use his full strength, and Wu Si chose to proceed rather than surrender.
• Song Zhong struck Wu Si with one lightning-wreathed slash, leaving him unconscious with severe injuries.
• Formless Peak disciples accused Song Zhong of viciousness as they treated Wu Si, who would need months to recover.
• Song Zhong claimed he had held back and challenged the bald Formless Peak disciple to face his full-strength slash.

Song Zhong used his seemingly inexhaustible lightning to defeat Xiao Jing, but the Subduing Tiger Sect claimed Song Zhong was a True Lord and declared the spar invalid. Liu Tingchen demanded a new nine-on-nine contest, with the Hundred Peaks Sect’s resources and Song Zhong at stake.

• Song Zhong’s lightning barrage stopped Xiao Jing from reaching him, while the Subduing Tiger Sect cultivators waited for Song Zhong’s spiritual qi to run out.
• Xiao Jing weakened under the relentless lightning, and his companions began discussing robbing the Hundred Peaks Sect; Liu Tingchen told them to act according to his signal.
• Song Zhong’s lightning blasted Xiao Jing to the ground, and a Subduing Tiger Sect True Lord shattered the remaining bolts before the group rushed to Xiao Jing’s aid.
• Song Zhong said the Subduing Tiger Sect had lost by intervening, but its cultivators accused him of striking too hard and breaking the rules.
• Liu Tingchen claimed Song Zhong was a third-layer True Lord rather than a Venerable and demanded a nine-on-nine contest, with the Hundred Peaks Sect’s resources and Song Zhong as the stakes.

Rain Peak Quasi-Saint entered enlightenment during the fight and became a Half-Step Saint, defeating six Wild Dao Alliance Quasi-Saints. He and Song Zhong waited outside the mountain sect, while another Wild Dao Alliance group discovered Song Zhong’s approaching true body and clones and set out to kill him.

• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint used his newly increased power to restrain Jian Kong Quasi-Saint and five other Wild Dao Alliance Quasi-Saints, then crushed them beneath a mountain.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint told Song Zhong that he had grown stronger after entering enlightenment, and Song Zhong tried to provoke him into doing it again.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint refused to enter the mountain sect without Song Zhong’s true body and clones, so the two continued waiting.
• Flying Spirit Quasi-Saint sensed the auras of Jian Kong Quasi-Saint and the other Quasi-Saints disappear near the mountain sect, then detected Song Zhong and six identical-aura cultivators approaching.
• The Wild Dao Alliance Quasi-Saints recognized the approaching cultivators as Song Zhong’s true body and clones and moved to kill him.

Song Zhong and Rain Peak Quasi-Saint explored the mountain gate, discovered patterns that let them comprehend multiple Grand Paths together, and Song Zhong took the tower for later study. After they returned to the exit, Song Zhong’s avatar sensed that his main body and another avatar had encountered the Ancestor of the Beast Race.

• Song Zhong and Rain Peak Quasi-Saint found two Saint corpses at the tower entrance, and Song Zhong collected their Universe Rings and Immortal Artifacts.
• Song Zhong and Rain Peak Quasi-Saint studied the tower’s patterns for fourteen days each and realized they could reveal how different Grand Paths merged.
• Song Zhong removed the tower and stored it in his Universe Ring, promising Rain Peak Quasi-Saint that he could study it later.
• Song Zhong and Rain Peak Quasi-Saint retraced their route and reached the exit in about half a year.
• Song Zhong’s avatar sensed that his main body and another avatar had encountered the Ancestor of the Beast Race and flew toward them.

Song Zhong destroyed Song Wu, True Lord’s soul when it invaded his mind, then killed him by severing his neck. After searching the Tower and finding nothing, Song Zhong took the corpse and planned to leave openly with Xia Kening and Bai Ruorou.

• Song Wu, True Lord probed Song Zhong’s mind, but Instant Eternity overwhelmed and shattered his soul, leaving Song Zhong with his witchcraft knowledge.
• Song Zhong explained to Xia Kening and Bai Ruorou that he had killed Song Wu, True Lord, and joked that he was a reincarnated great power.
• Song Zhong repeatedly hacked at Song Wu, True Lord’s tough body until he severed its neck, then took his Universe Ring.
• Song Zhong, Xia Kening, and Bai Ruorou searched the Tower but found no resources or treasures.
• Song Zhong decided they should leave openly and stored Song Wu, True Lord’s corpse in a Universe Ring to avoid trouble.

After the Hundred Peaks Sect relocated, the Glacial Immortal King set Song Zhong’s Dao Companion Ceremony with Moonrise for thirty-three years later and ordered him to keep cultivating. Song Zhong awakened the Myriad Beasts Tower’s inheritance and discovered that the Myriad Beasts Immortal King had been a witch cultivator.

• The Glacial Immortal King searched the Hundred Peaks Sect and its surroundings, then took its disciples to the Thousand Peaks Sect to establish a new mountain gate.
• The Glacial Immortal King told Song Zhong that his Dao Companion Ceremony with Moonrise would take place in thirty-three years and insisted he cultivate until he reached the Immortal Qi Realm.
• Song Zhong returned to the Piaomiao Sect and decided to challenge the Longevity Pagoda before using his blood and Immortal Qi to bind the Myriad Beasts Tower.
• The Myriad Beasts Immortal King’s Divine Sense appeared, recognized Song Zhong, and passed down his inheritance up to the Knocking Immortal Realm, explaining that the tower was only its lower half.
• Song Zhong received the inheritance and realized that it consisted entirely of witchcraft, then decided to cultivate it.

Song Zhong broke through two layers of the formation guarding the Primordial Chaos Qi before Great Horn Immortal Emperor arrived and challenged him. Song Zhong discovered that Great Horn Immortal Emperor’s attacks wielded Lightning and Spatial Power, and grew more eager to fight him than to claim the treasure.

• Song Zhong used his knowledge of formations to bypass two layers of the grand formation, alarming the native cultivators watching him.
• Lord of Mad Sands told the native cultivators to wait for more Heavenly Prodigies to arrive and weaken one another before they attacked.
• Great Horn Immortal Emperor flew down to confront Song Zhong, boasting that killing him would bring blood light and Primordial Chaos Qi.
• Song Zhong attacked Great Horn Immortal Emperor with bolts of lightning after accusing him of stealing his kills.
• Great Horn Immortal Emperor countered with soundwaves infused with Lightning Power and Spatial Power, and Song Zhong recognized those powers as a valuable tonic.

Wutian Immortal Emperor killed the surviving foreign-race Immortal Emperors, while Thunderblast Immortal Emperor warned that Zhengyi Immortal Emperor’s injuries could doom the Human Race. After absorbing the Ancient Heavenly Lightning, Song Zhong flew off to hunt other foreign cultivators despite his grievous wounds.

• Wutian Immortal Emperor used extremely yin energy to kill the surviving foreign-race Immortal Emperors and crushed Thunderblast Immortal Emperor after stopping him from taking his own life.
• Thunderblast Immortal Emperor warned that Zhengyi Immortal Emperor might no longer be able to reach the Supreme Realm and that the Human Race would still fall to stronger invaders.
• Song Zhong absorbed the Ancient Heavenly Lightning and other lightning bolts from the fallen Immortal Emperors.
• Zhengyi Immortal Emperor told Wutian Immortal Emperor to go help the Human Race Immortal Kings, and Wutian Immortal Emperor flew away.
• Song Zhong told Zhengyi Immortal Emperor he was going to kill the remaining foreign cultivators, then flew off while Zhengyi Immortal Emperor stared in disbelief.

Lord Biqing and the other Human Race cultivators doubted the Armor Clan’s claims about Song Zhong’s strength, while Lord Zhengyi and Lord Wutian declined their offer to hunt Demonic Beasts together. The groups parted, leaving the other cultivators convinced that the visitors had been boasting.

• The Armor Clan cultivator explained that Song Zhong had entered the Forget Dao Realm and would be invincible there, shocking Lord Biqing, Lord Pure Light, and the others.
• The Armor Clan cultivators claimed Song Zhong had already killed Quasi-Saints and defeated cultivators from other universes, but the Human Race cultivators dismissed the stories as lies.
• The Armor Clan leader said his group needed to hunt Demonic Beasts and left with the other Armor Clan cultivators.
• Lord Zhengyi and Lord Wutian thanked the Human Race cultivators but declined their offer, then flew away.
• Lord Biqing and the others decided the visitors had been boasting and went off to hunt Demonic Beasts, aiming for a top-ten finish for their Great Thousand World.

Song Zhong defeated a Heavenly Prodigy from the Ninth Great Thousand World and took his Universe Ring, prompting the five remaining cultivators to join forces against him. He activated his Human Formation and unleashed the Space Severing Divine Lightning as the battle began.

• Song Zhong shattered the Ninth Great Thousand World cultivator’s sword aura, struck his forehead, and eliminated him with a Substitute Death Talisman.
• Song Zhong took the defeated cultivator’s Universe Ring, shocking the nearby fighters.
• Black Vortex Immortal King called on the others to eliminate Song Zhong together, and Snowdrift Immortal King and the remaining fighters agreed.
• The five remaining cultivators surrounded Song Zhong, who warned them to detonate their Substitute Death Talismans and leave with their Universe Rings.
• Song Zhong activated his Human Formation and unleashed lightning infused with the power of the Space Severing Divine Lightning.

The Demon Clan Old Ancestor ordered Demon Race cultivators to enter the mysterious ruin, which covered the Immortal Affinity, True Immortal, and True Lord Battlefields. After learning that Song Zhong was inside, he offered a prince’s title and resources to whoever killed him.

• Demon Race Immortal Kings discussed the ruin and learned that no cultivator who had entered it had returned.
• The Demon Clan Old Ancestor appeared, ordered eligible Demon Race cultivators to enter, and barred Immortal Kings from exploring it.
• The Old Ancestor explained that the ruin was a Great Thousand World whose race had been exterminated, and said younger, lower-realm cultivators were more likely to receive its inheritance.
• The Demon Race cultivators realized that the Third Prince and the hidden Human Race cultivator Song Zhong were inside the ruin.
• The Old Ancestor offered the Tenth Prince’s title and resources to whoever killed Song Zhong, while a current prince who did so would become the Second Prince.

The Immortal Emperor Realm Slaughter Battlefield was announced to open in one year, forcing all Immortal Emperors to enter. Zhengyi Immortal Emperor and the Human Race faced a grave threat, while Lord of Cherished Flowers realized that newly promoted Immortal Emperor Song Zhong would also be drawn into the battlefield.

• A voice announced across the universe that the Immortal Emperor Realm Slaughter Battlefield would open in one year, interrupting Zhengyi Immortal Emperor’s seclusion.
• Wutian Immortal Emperor warned Zhengyi Immortal Emperor that every eligible cultivator had to enter, and Zhengyi resolved to survive so he could protect the Human Race.
• Insect Clan higher-ups ordered their Immortal Emperors and allied races to kill Human Race cultivators in the battlefield, especially Zhengyi and Wutian, to prevent the Human Race from gaining a Supreme Realm cultivator.
• Lord of Cherished Flowers heard that Song Zhong had been selected for the battlefield and worried that he might die or miss their planned journey to the Sage Ruins.
• Song Zhong asked Lord of Cherished Flowers what the battlefield was and how to enter while he was still undergoing tribulation.

Song Zhong massacred cultivators from the Five Great Other Clans in the Chaotic Lands, but the Saint of Chaos appeared and demanded compensation for the destruction. The Saint ordered Song Zhong to leave behind four Immortal Artifacts before he could leave.

• Song Zhong's lightning, spatial power, and Yin-Yang energy overwhelmed the Five Great Other Clans' defenses, killing nearly all their cultivators and flattening the mountain range.
• The laws of the world turned chaotic, disrupting Song Zhong's cage and causing the powers and spells around him to dissipate.
• The Saint of Chaos appeared and accused Song Zhong of killing cultivators and damaging the Chaotic Lands without permission.
• Song Zhong explained that he had come because he believed fighting was permitted, then apologized for any offense.
• The Saint of Chaos demanded that Song Zhong leave behind four Immortal Artifacts as compensation.

Song Zhong used himself as the Hundred Peaks Sect’s formation core to resist its Sect Tribulation, then broke through into the True Lord Realm and faced his own heavenly tribulation at the same time. After enduring days of escalating attacks, he was engulfed by a final tribulation that targeted his soul.

• Song Zhong anchored a Thunderbolt Formation with his own power, protecting the Hundred Peaks Sect disciples as heavenly tribulations devastated the sect.
• Human Race experts watched Song Zhong resist the Sect Tribulation alone and marveled at his strength.
• As more Tribulation Clouds gathered, Song Zhong broke through into the True Lord Realm and began facing his own heavenly tribulation alongside the Sect Tribulation.
• The two tribulations intensified over several days, injuring Song Zhong as their clouds merged into a single mass.
• A pitch-black ray from the merged Tribulation Clouds enveloped Song Zhong, and the final tribulation attacked his soul.