Chapter Summaries

Song Zhong challenged Ren Youzhi to a life-and-death arena match, then revealed that he had reached the third layer of the Star River Realm. Ren Youzhi realized Song Zhong’s cultivation exceeded his own but argued that his years of experience with spells would give him the advantage.

• Song Zhong told Ren Youzhi that he would stop holding back after Ren Youzhi said he wanted to kill him.
• Song Zhong proposed a life-and-death arena match, and Ren Youzhi accepted.
• Hundred Peaks Sect’s disciples worried that Song Zhong was risking his life, while Ouyang Xin called him foolish.
• After the referee began the match, Song Zhong released an aura that overwhelmed Ren Youzhi’s and revealed his third-layer Star River Realm cultivation.
• Ren Youzhi regained his confidence by claiming Song Zhong had advanced too quickly to master spells, which were crucial in the Star River Realm.

Song Zhong used overwhelming lightning to break Lord of Embersmoke’s Immortal Artifact and nearly kill her. Lord of Suspended Sky also fell from the sky, leaving both attackers gravely wounded.

• Lord of Embersmoke attacked Song Zhong with her silk Immortal Artifact, but he unleashed powerful lightning that forced her to defend and retreat.
• Song Zhong’s lightning tore open Lord of Embersmoke’s Immortal Artifact, restoring his senses and making her suffer backlash.
• Song Zhong dismissed Lord of Embersmoke’s claim that an Immortal Artifact was necessary and continued striking her with lightning.
• A single bolt split Lord of Embersmoke’s head and ravaged her body, leaving her near death.
• Lord of Suspended Sky fell from the sky in similarly severe condition, and Lord of Embersmoke realized their opponents were far stronger than expected.

Song Zhong captured the eighth-rank Myriad Guise Mask and, after a long accumulation of spiritual energy, broke through into the Star River Realm. Bai Qingrou then revealed that Song Zhong’s contribution had restored the Prison Suppressing True Thunder Method, allowing Tang Qianzi to prepare for her breakthrough into the Immortal Realm.

• Song Zhong captured the Myriad Guise Mask, and the Mountain Guardian Elder concealed its identity in the sect’s records to protect Song Zhong.
• Song Zhong continued cultivating and helping others capture Divine Weapons while he waited to break through from the Immortal Bridge Realm.
• After condensing his tenth Immortal Bridge, Song Zhong absorbed vast amounts of spiritual energy and entered the Star River Realm.
• Bai Qingrou told Song Zhong that his contribution had helped her comprehend the Prison Suppressing True Thunder Method and restore a missing part of Prison Suppressing Peak’s inheritance.
• Bai Qingrou explained that Tang Qianzi had delayed her breakthrough until the inheritance was complete, then prepared to teach them the method as Tang Qianzi readied herself for heavenly tribulation.

After Song Zhong’s tribulation ended, three Mysterious Clouds appeared and he, Lord You Shui, and Lord of Cherished Flowers escaped the sealed space. They discussed the possible rewards inside the clouds and left to report the dangerous place to Lord of Chaos Island.

• Song Zhong stabilized at the early Dao Seeking Realm, and three Mysterious Clouds flew into the space as its boundary dimmed.
• Lord You Shui, Song Zhong, and Lord of Cherished Flowers each took a Mysterious Cloud and passed through the boundary to escape.
• Lord You Shui concluded that a major realm breakthrough had enabled their escape and thanked Song Zhong for saving her.
• Lord You Shui proposed an alliance between the Armor Clan and the Human Race, and Song Zhong agreed if her Ancestor approved.
• Lord You Shui suggested they report the special place to Lord of Chaos Island, while Song Zhong said his long battle had improved his combat skills, Great Dao comprehension, and Funeral Bell.
• Lord You Shui explained that the dangerous place made it more likely their Mysterious Clouds contained precious treasures, though they might also hold greater dangers.

Song Zhong distracted Myriad Life Immortal King with taunts while maintaining his attack, revealing his extraordinary stamina and forcing the weakened Immortal King to act. As Myriad Life Immortal King unleashed a devastating assault, Song Zhong began using witchcraft to survive it.

• Hou Qinzh warned Pang Meng that she could ask Moonrise True Monarch whether she approved, and revealed that she was Song Zhong's Dao companion.
• The others were shocked to learn that Song Zhong's Dao companion was Moonrise True Monarch, while Song Zhong tried to distract Myriad Life Immortal King by boasting and mocking him.
• Song Zhong continued swinging his blade for an hour without faltering, while Myriad Life Immortal King grew exhausted and decided he had to kill Song Zhong before choosing another shell.
• Myriad Life Immortal King gathered his remaining power and unleashed countless deadly vines at Song Zhong.
• Song Zhong sensed that the attack could kill him, circulated his Immortal Qi, and began using witchcraft as he brought his blade down.

Song Zhong and Wutian Immortal Emperor fought through the invading foreign Immortal Kings, astonishing Human cultivators with Song Zhong’s ability to kill Immortal Kings. Wutian Immortal Emperor then hurried with Song Zhong toward Zhengyi Immortal Emperor, who remained surrounded by ten enemy Immortal Emperors.

• Foreign Immortal Kings recognized Song Zhong and were horrified to learn he had become a Half-Step True Monarch as he and Wutian Immortal Emperor slaughtered them.
• Human Immortal Kings, including Piaomiao Immortal King and Glacial Immortal King, arrived and watched Song Zhong kill foreign Immortal Kings with overwhelming speed.
• Wutian Immortal Emperor ordered the Human Immortal Kings to hold back the invasion while he and Song Zhong rushed to aid Zhengyi Immortal Emperor.
• Wutian Immortal Emperor and Song Zhong left the foreign Immortal Kings behind, who renewed their assault and believed their Ancestors would defeat the Human Immortal Emperor.
• In Demon Race territory, Zhengyi Immortal Emperor remained surrounded by ten Immortal Emperors, wounded and with his clothes torn.

Lord of Confinement trapped Song Zhong with a group of World Beasts and tried to have them kill him, confident that his confinement power would stop any escape. Song Zhong revealed that he had already reached the Supreme Realm and destroyed the beasts, leaving only himself and Lord of Confinement in the sealed space.

• Exploding stones sent beams of light across the world, sealing Song Zhong, Lord of Confinement, and more than ten World Beasts together.
• Lord of Confinement used a token to create Forbidden Space and admitted that an expert had paid him to kill Song Zhong.
• Lord of Confinement explained that his power would prevent Song Zhong from escaping even if his Substitute Death Talisman activated, then sent the World Beasts to attack.
• Song Zhong unleashed overwhelming lightning that injured the Dao Seeking Realm World Beast and destroyed the Supreme Realm beasts.
• Lord of Confinement realized that Song Zhong had reached the Supreme Realm and identified him as Lord of the Afterlife.
• Song Zhong killed the remaining World Beast with lightning, while Lord of Confinement destroyed the beasts attacking him, leaving the two of them alone.

Song Zhong broke through to the Immortal Qi Realm and was struck by a heavenly tribulation bolt containing the Source of Lightning, which the Glacial Immortal King said would make his future tribulations far more dangerous. The lightning awakened profound insights in Song Zhong and left him unconscious as a Five Sect Decree ordered the sects to send more disciples to the Outer Battlefield.

• Song Zhong broke through to the Immortal Qi Realm and condensed a second strand of Immortal Qi.
• A seven-colored bolt containing the Source of Lightning struck Song Zhong, then the Tribulation Clouds dispersed.
• The Glacial Immortal King explained that Song Zhong had touched the Source of Lightning and warned that his future tribulations would include other kinds of tribulation.
• Song Zhong absorbed the lightning and fell unconscious as insights into lightning filled his mind and radiance transformed the area into a Lightning World.
• The Piaomiao Immortal King received a Five Sect Decree announcing that the Human Race would send more disciples to the Outer Battlefield for newly appeared treasures and resources.

Song Zhong announced that he would challenge Formless Peak’s Immortal Bridge Realm disciples, drawing a huge crowd and the attention of deputy peak master Jian Kong. Wu Si accepted the challenge, and both he and Song Zhong revealed their Immortal Bridges as the fight began.

• Song Zhong learned the names and rankings of Formless Peak’s Immortal Bridge Realm disciples and said he intended to challenge them all, including the top-ranked disciple.
• News of Song Zhong’s challenges spread through the sect, and disciples—including Bao Dating, Fan Meier, Qi Xuan, and Hetu—gathered at the Martial Arts Arena.
• Jian Kong arrived with Formless Peak’s disciples, and Song Zhong taunted them by warning that he might kill them with one slash.
• Wu Si stepped onto the arena platform after Jian Kong stopped him from saying that his death would be Song Zhong’s responsibility.
• Wu Si revealed nine Immortal Bridges, including four Phenomenal Immortal Bridges, while Song Zhong displayed nine Phenomenal Immortal Bridges.

Song Zhong emerged from The Ruins after overcoming his heavenly tribulation and reached the Forget Dao Realm, while Rain Peak Quasi-Saint remained unable to break through despite leaving The Ruins. Song Zhong then reunited with Rain Peak Quasi-Saint, and Lord of Chaos Island arrived as they discussed killing the Saint of Chaos.

• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint left The Ruins to break through to Sainthood, but a suppressive power still prevented him from advancing.
• Song Zhong completed his tribulation in Myriad Laws Palace and emerged with the aura of the Forget Dao Realm.
• The cultivators in The Ruins recognized Song Zhong and his many avatars, then scattered rather than confront him.
• Song Zhong sent his main body and eight avatars toward the Human Great Thousand World and his remaining avatar toward the Benevolence Dao Alliance Great Thousand World.
• Song Zhong found Rain Peak Quasi-Saint still unable to break through and suggested using his Rage Method to provoke him.
• Lord of Chaos Island appeared and warned Song Zhong that the Saint of Chaos was exceptionally powerful.

Song Zhong activated the Human Formation and, alongside his nine clones, slaughtered the invading alien cultivators across the Human Great Thousand World. The survivors gathered together and realized that the ten identical attackers were all one cultivator, then attempted to bind him with spells.

• Song Zhong unleashed lightning and charged through the alien cultivators, killing them with his blade as they failed to match his speed.
• Song Zhong and his nine clones slaughtered cultivators across the battlefield, driving the aliens to flee and seek one another out.
• The fleeing aliens compared reports and realized they had all encountered the same lightning-wielding cultivator who could travel through space.
• Nearly all the alien cultivators gathered together and saw Song Zhong and his nine clones surrounding them.
• The aliens attacked with sealing and binding spells, but Song Zhong and his clones entered their ranks and shattered the spells that landed.

Lord Zhengyi and Lord Wutian rescued five Human Race cultivators from a horde of Demonic Beasts on the Supreme Realm Demonic Creature Battlefield. After the two newcomers unleashed overwhelming attacks, the survivors wondered who the unfamiliar Supreme Realm experts were.

• Lord Zhengyi and Lord Wutian continued through the battlefield, killing Demonic Beasts after Song Zhong had told them to hide.
• Lord Zhengyi spotted five Human Race cultivators surrounded by Demonic Beasts and decided to rescue them.
• Lord Zhengyi attacked with his Yin-Yang Way, destroying the beasts closest to the center of the horde and grievously injuring others.
• Lord Wutian followed with a wave of pure Yin Energy that formed skeletal hands and pulverized more Demonic Beasts.
• Lord Pure Light and the other four cultivators were grateful for the rescue but did not recognize Lord Zhengyi or Lord Wutian.

Song Zhong struggled to understand the ruins’ grand formation, then broke through to the tenth level of the Immortal Qi Realm and triggered a heavenly tribulation. The formation shielded him from the tribulation, giving him a chance to study how it worked.

• Cultivators from many races entered the ruins, believing younger and weaker cultivators had better chances of obtaining the inheritance, while Human cultivators also set out for the ruins.
• Song Zhong failed to make sense of the damaged grand formation and doubted its inheritance would be useful to him.
• Song Zhong broke through to the tenth level of the Immortal Qi Realm, and immense Tribulation Clouds gathered over his mountain gate.
• Song Zhong’s heavenly tribulation unleashed fire, ice, wind, and lightning, but the grand formation formed a curtain of light that blocked them.
• Song Zhong realized the formation was easier to understand while it operated and began studying its flowing light and Array Stones.

The Saint of Ceasing War killed the Lord of Hidden Blades for blockading the Human Great Thousand World and gave Song Zhong the Bodhi Sacred Fruit, the Mulberry Field Fruit, and a Ceasing War Token. Song Zhong resumed his journey with Lord of Cherished Flowers, while the Tentacle Clan Ancestor and Beast Ancestor arrived at the Insect Clan Great Thousand World, confident Song Zhong would die.

• The Saint of Ceasing War killed the Lord of Hidden Blades and collected his Universe Ring.
• The Saint of Ceasing War gave Song Zhong the Bodhi Sacred Fruit, the Mulberry Field Fruit, and a Ceasing War Token.
• Song Zhong crushed the token, returned to Lord of Cherished Flowers' Flying Boat, and told her he had already asked the Saint of Ceasing War to act.
• Lord of Cherished Flowers continued guiding the Flying Boat toward the Great Thousand World of the Benevolence Dao Alliance.
• The Tentacle Clan Ancestor and Beast Ancestor joined the other three clans' Ancestors outside the Insect Clan Great Thousand World and declared that Song Zhong would surely die.

Song Zhong learned about the Qi Transformation Sealed Ruins and prepared to enter them with the Hundred Peaks Sect disciples. During the journey, he broke through to the eighth layer of the Qi Transformation Realm and worried that he would advance too far before reaching the ruins.

• The ruins appeared as Qi Transformation Sealed Ruins, and Tang Qianzi explained their dangers, restrictions, and Sealed Relics to the new disciples.
• Tang Qianzi prepared supplies for Song Zhong while the new disciples decided whether to enter the ruins.
• The Hundred Peaks Sect gathered its willing disciples and departed by Flying Boat with Martial Aunt Sun escorting Prison Suppressing Peak.
• After six days of travel, Song Zhong asked how much longer the journey would take because he feared breaking through into the Qi Guiding Realm.
• Song Zhong broke through to the eighth layer of the Qi Transformation Realm, and Martial Aunt Sun smiled while he remained frustrated.

After the final space opened into a gathering point, Song Zhong and Lord of Cherished Flowers were surrounded by cultivators who Silverlight Immortal Emperor urged to kill Song Zhong. The pair fought back with hidden movement abilities, but the battle continued as Song Zhong relied on his overwhelming physical strength.

• Song Zhong and Lord of Cherished Flowers entered a newly opened crack and found the remaining cultivators gathering there.
• Silverlight Immortal Emperor recognized Song Zhong, warned the crowd about his strength, and persuaded them to attack him first.
• The cultivators unleashed a combined assault, but Song Zhong used a lightning cultivator's attack to move through the lightning and kill another cultivator with one strike.
• Lord of Cherished Flowers traveled through a blade of grass and tore apart a female cultivator with her whip, revealing that she could move through plants.
• The crowd called for ways to restrain the pair's movement, while Song Zhong rushed at another cultivator and declared that he would defeat them with physical strength.

Song Zhong endured a 6-8 Heavenly Tribulation by absorbing its lightning and forging his Golden Body, then broke through to the second layer of the Golden Body Realm during the trial. He survived when the tribulation ended, while Jian Kong feared the consequences of Song Zhong’s breakthrough.

• Song Zhong absorbed his tribulation lightning and forged his Golden Body as the lightning blasted him into a crater.
• Hundred Peaks Sect cultivators doubted Song Zhong could survive, while Jian Kong stayed to watch him die and Great Elder Chen Lu sensed that his aura had not weakened much.
• As the lightning intensified over more than forty-five days, Song Zhong continued absorbing it and used the Thunderclap Impervious Art when its impact became too much.
• Song Zhong broke through to the second layer of the Golden Body Realm during the tribulation, astonishing the cultivators and terrifying Jian Kong.
• When the lightning finally dispersed, Song Zhong flew from the crater and regretted that the tribulation had ended before he could absorb more.

After reaching the True Immortal Battlefield, Song Zhong hid in a mountain cave to refine the Thunder of Chaos and cultivate, eventually advancing to the ninth level of the Immortal Qi Realm. When The Ruins appeared nearby, he resolved to stay away, but something made him change his mind.

• News spread across the Immortal Affinity Realm that Song Zhong had defeated a coalition of rival cultivators in the Seven Paths Ruins, and some planned to ambush him near the Human Race's exit.
• After more than a year of travel, Song Zhong reached the True Immortal Battlefield and cautiously entered on foot, believing he was the first Immortal Qi Realm cultivator to get there.
• Song Zhong found a cave and spent four years refining the Thunder of Chaos, studying his spells, and comprehending the Lightning Dao.
• Song Zhong broke through to the ninth level of the Immortal Qi Realm and completely absorbed the Thunder of Chaos.
• The Ruins appeared in the void nearby, and Song Zhong began to dismiss the idea of entering before suddenly widening his eyes.

Song Zhong agreed to fight Black Lotus True Lord with his cultivation suppressed to the True Lord Realm, after the Lord of Myriad Seeds revealed that Song Zhong had passed the eleventh level of the Realm of the Heavens. Black Lotus accepted the challenge, and Song Zhong secured another wager of one thousand God Crystals.

• Song Zhong challenged the Flower Clan’s Immortal Emperors, but the Lord of Flourishing Life proposed that Black Lotus True Lord fight him instead.
• Song Zhong agreed to suppress his cultivation to the True Lord Realm, provided they wagered one thousand God Crystals.
• Black Lotus True Lord initially said he would challenge Song Zhong after reaching the Immortal King Realm, but Song Zhong refused to wait.
• The Lord of Myriad Seeds told Black Lotus that Song Zhong had passed the eleventh level of the Realm of the Heavens and urged him to spar with Song Zhong before breaking through.
• Black Lotus accepted the challenge and vowed to fight Song Zhong again as an Immortal King, while Song Zhong looked forward to winning the wager.

Song Zhong battled the Myriad Life Immortal King’s vines and realized the enemy’s limited attention could let him win a contest of endurance. He tried to unsettle the enemy with flirtatious banter, which revealed that Song Zhong was the Dao companion of Meng Lejiao and Hou Qinzh’s master, while Pang Meng openly offered to become another partner.

• Song Zhong repeatedly attacked the Myriad Life Immortal King’s vines with his blade, but the vines stayed connected and stopped his advance.
• Dongfang Youzhi wanted to help Song Zhong, but the others warned that they could not assist without distracting him, and Yu Rui doubted her own abilities.
• Song Zhong taunted the Myriad Life Immortal King and explained that its attention was limited and that its power depended on energy supplied through tubes.
• The Myriad Life Immortal King challenged Song Zhong to keep wielding his Yellow-Rank Exquisite magic treasure, and Song Zhong declared that he could outlast it.
• Song Zhong and Pang Meng exchanged suggestive remarks, prompting Meng Lejiao to reveal that Song Zhong was her master’s Dao companion.
• Pang Meng said she did not mind becoming Song Zhong’s lesser Dao companion.