Chapter Summaries

Song Zhong absorbed the inheritances of twenty Saints and the Void Sage, learning that the Void Hall had planned to attack the Myriad Laws Sage before a calamity destroyed their world. He found the Void Hall’s one-way passage to the Cosmos Ruler and entered it with Rain Peak Quasi-Saint and his clones.

• Song Zhong absorbed twenty Saint's Inheritances inside the pagoda, then received the Void Sage's inheritance from the central Divine Sense.
• The Void Sage explained that the Void Hall had sought to overthrow Myriad Laws and become ruler of their Universe, but an unprecedented calamity interrupted its plan.
• Song Zhong finished absorbing the Void Sage's inheritance and told Rain Peak Quasi-Saint that the Void Hall had built a passage to the Cosmos Ruler's palace.
• Song Zhong opened the top of the pagoda, collected several Universe Rings, and entered the Spatial Vortex with his clones and Rain Peak Quasi-Saint.
• The Spatial Vortex disappeared after they entered.

Song Zhong fought Zhao Shengwen, an Ice Peak disciple at the ninth level of Qi Transformation, and defeated him after Divine Elephant Prison Suppressing changed under the influence of Instant Eternity’s Lightning Power. He invited the next challenger, but Yufeng from Mystic Peak withdrew rather than face him.

• Song Zhong finished writing thirty promissory notes as challengers gathered, and Tang Qianzi arrived to watch the fights.
• Song Zhong chose Zhao Shengwen of Ice Peak, whose greater cultivation and Extreme Cold Profound Ice Qi made him confident he would win.
• Song Zhong and Zhao Shengwen clashed, and Song Zhong’s strength forced Zhao Shengwen back despite Zhao’s higher realm.
• Song Zhong’s Divine Elephant Prison Suppressing changed as Lightning Power fused with it, and his next strike overwhelmed Zhao Shengwen and sent him unconscious from the arena.
• Song Zhong called for Yufeng of Mystic Peak to fight, but Yufeng declined and said he had something else to do.

Song Zhong returned to Hundred Peaks Cliff and resonated with the Wind Sparrow Wings, a component of the Three-Colored Divine Wings and a powerful Divine Weapon. News of his second treasure spread through Hundred Peaks Sect, and the chapter ended with Jian Kong arriving at Prison Suppressing Peak to see him.

• Tang Qianzi brought Song Zhong back to Hundred Peaks Cliff, where he resonated with the Wind Sparrow Wings after half an hour.
• The Mountain Guardian Elder explained the Wind Sparrow Wings’ rank and their place among the Three-Colored Divine Wings, while Song Zhong compared them with his Wrathful Thunder Dragon Blade and Tang Qianzi’s hammer.
• Song Zhong put away the Wind Sparrow Wings and left with Tang Qianzi as other disciples arrived to seek treasures.
• Thirteen disciples later failed to obtain treasures, while news spread that Song Zhong had acquired two top-tier Divine Weapons in one day.
• Disciples across the sect flocked to ask about Song Zhong, and Pan Jiang grew furious that Song Zhong had used his Peak Cliff Token.
• Jian Kong, deputy peak master of Formless Peak, arrived at Prison Suppressing Peak and asked to see Song Zhong.

Song Zhong developed the idea of inscribing formations onto a cultivator’s body, then used the Myriad Beasts Tower’s witchcraft inheritance to deepen his research. Meanwhile, the Demon Clan Third Prince was startled when seven True Immortal Realm cultivators arrived in The Ruins.

• Song Zhong reasoned that the Array Clan’s weakness was its dependence on grand formations and proposed making the body itself a growing, portable formation.
• Song Zhong spent three months experimenting with lightning formations on his body but made little progress because he lacked knowledge of the body’s composition.
• Song Zhong brought out the Myriad Beasts Tower and absorbed its deeper Witchcraft Path inheritance to guide his research into the flesh.
• The Demon Clan Third Prince continued studying a grand formation and vowed to break it within half a year and kill the Human Race cultivator.
• The Demon Clan Third Prince saw at least seven powerful cultivators approach and realized they were True Immortal Realm cultivators.

Song Zhong used his continuing heavenly tribulation to pursue and destroy the Myriad Races clans that had gathered against him, while the clans scrambled to blame one another and offer surrender. As Song Zhong continued wiping out clans, Hundred Peaks Sect’s elders sought to steady him and wait for their True Lords to awaken, and a barrier beyond the Human Great Thousand World began to tremble.

• Song Zhong’s breakthrough triggered a heavenly tribulation, and the gathered Venerables fled while accusing rival clans of provoking him.
• Song Zhong pursued the other clans, memorized their identities, and resolved to destroy them whether or not they had personally threatened him.
• At Hundred Peaks Sect, the awakened elders learned of the attacks and Song Zhong’s counterattack, while Bai Ruorou stayed in the city to gather news.
• The Transmission Elder found Bai Ruorou in the city, and she reported that Song Zhong was safe and the other clans’ Venerables had fled.
• The clans Song Zhong pursued offered resources and pleaded for mercy, but Song Zhong killed them and took their worlds.
• Beyond the endless sea at the edge of the Human Great Thousand World, the void trembled as though a barrier were about to break.

Song Zhong sold numbered tags to the assessment candidates in exchange for IOUs, ensuring they could qualify for the Xingyi Sect despite their debts. Outside Fengchi Mountain, Xingyi Sect members and powerful families condemned him, while Song Dingxiong expected Song Zhong to face retaliation.

• Song Zhong offered numbered tags for IOUs, and candidates rushed to buy them despite planning to default on their debts.
• Song Zhong set prices and late-payment interest, then sold protection packages and demanded that candidates line up and prove their identities.
• Yan Chenglin approached Song Zhong and received one thousand numbered tags after agreeing to write an IOU.
• Observers outside Fengchi Mountain recognized the sales and complained that Song Zhong was undermining the assessment.
• Xingyi Sect members argued over whether they could punish Song Zhong under their own rules, and one vowed that their branch would not accept him.
• Song Dingxiong sneered as the Song Family considered distancing itself from Song Zhong and possibly seeking shelter with his wife's family.

Song Zhong fought Lord of Confinement after the late Dao Seeking Realm cultivator attacked him, and his newly strengthened powers overcame the man’s defenses. The chapter ended with Lord of Confinement wounded and Song Zhong standing before him.

• Lord of Confinement attacked Song Zhong with a powerful storm of spikes and vowed to kill him.
• Song Zhong evaded the spikes at tremendous speed and struck Lord of Confinement with the Violet Lightning Radiance Blade.
• Lord of Confinement used his token to create a Forbidden Space that neutralized Song Zhong’s first strike, then fled.
• Song Zhong caught up and used Spatial Power to disrupt and break through the Forbidden Space.
• Song Zhong’s blade cleaved Lord of Confinement’s shoulder and sent him crashing through two boulders.
• Song Zhong explained that his deeper understanding of Spatial Power had allowed him to break through the confinement.

Song Zhong learned that a vast ruin had appeared in the Mysterious Realm after a continent crashed into it and shook the Universe. He set out to explore the ruin with Lord You Shui and awaited Lord of Cherished Flowers and his clones.

• Song Zhong learned that cultivators from the Five Great Other Clans favored the Jingyun Realm and chose it as his first destination.
• Lord You Shui met Song Zhong outside the Human Great Thousand World and told him that her Ancestor had agreed to ally with the Human Race.
• Song Zhong’s clone felt the Benevolence Dao Alliance Great Thousand World shake and saw a massive continent descend onto the Mysterious Realm.
• Song Zhong headed for the Mysterious Realm, and Lord You Shui agreed to accompany him into the ruins.
• Lord of Cherished Flowers and Song Zhong’s clones flew out to join them.

The Bloodbone Demon Ape entered a short-lived berserk state and nearly killed the three cultivators who had attacked it before the others brought it down. Qu Fu and the demonic cultivators then revealed they had used the righteous sect disciples as scapegoats, and after Gao Linsong jumped off the cliff with the ape’s corpse, Qu Fu began slaughtering everyone in the valley.

• The berserk Bloodbone Demon Ape knocked one Daoxuan Sect disciple off the cliff and gravely wounded a Twin Absolute Sect disciple before attacking Gao Linsong.
• The Bloodbone Demon Ape’s strength rapidly declined, and the surrounding cultivators joined forces to bring it down.
• Qu Fu arrived with more than thirty demonic cultivators and revealed that he had poisoned the ape and used the righteous sect disciples as scapegoats.
• Qu Fu killed a Profound Sword Sect disciple with his halberd as Song Zhong tried to flee.
• Gao Linsong grabbed the Bloodbone Demon Ape’s corpse and jumped off the cliff, and Qu Fu ordered the remaining people killed.
• Qu Fu attacked the righteous sect disciples and Gale Wind Demon Apes, severing their heads with his halberd.

Song Zhong flew toward the pillar of light and discovered that the Strange Beasts were ignoring cultivators as they gathered there. He killed a group of Thunderous Beasts for their Blood Crystals, then continued onward while the other Strange Beasts kept flying toward the pillar.

• Song Zhong saw Strange Beasts and cultivators heading toward the pillar of light without fighting, then spotted a group of powerful Thunderous Beasts.
• Song Zhong struck the Thunderous Beasts with lightning, endured their icy attacks with his body, and charged in with his blade.
• Song Zhong killed all of the Thunderous Beasts, collected more than twenty Blood Crystals, and startled nearby cultivators, who recognized him and fled.
• Song Zhong continued toward the pillar of light, killing only Thunderous Beasts for their Thunder Blood Crystals as he neared the limit of what his body could absorb.

Song Zhong robbed Yan Chenglin and the others, then used Yan Chenglin’s information to track down Song Yichen. Song Yichen disguised himself as a woman to escape his pursuers, while Song Zhong reached the area where he was being hunted.

• Song Zhong demanded everyone’s numbered tokens and learned from Yan Chenglin that Song Yichen had been spotted about thirty li to the east.
• Song Zhong took Yan Chenglin’s tokens, promised her thirty tokens for a more precise location, and agreed to discuss an IOU after confirming her information.
• Song Yichen fled a growing crowd of people pursuing him for his two hundred numbered tokens and wondered why they were all targeting him.
• Song Yichen found a corpse in a cave, used her hair, clothes, and a bamboo hat to disguise himself as a woman, and hid his chin mole.
• Song Zhong confirmed Yan Chenglin had told the truth and left her and another woman waiting while he went to find Song Yichen.

Song Zhong qualified for the Xingyi Sect after the Fengchi Mountain assessment, where his trades of number plates for IOUs had helped decide the top thousand. When Xing Jingyi warned that the Hundred Peaks Sect assessment would kill anyone below Qi Transformation Realm, Song Zhong volunteered to go, but asked whether he could return home before leaving in a month.

• The assessment ended, and Song Zhong left Fengchi Mountain after selling his number plates for IOUs, only to discover that the events inside had been broadcast live.
• Shi Weiqing announced that Song Zhong and the other top thousand candidates could enter the Xingyi Sect, noting that Song Zhong's actions had effectively decided the results.
• Xing Jingyi of the Hundred Peaks Sect appeared and warned that Great Qian Dynasty cultivators without Qi Transformation Realm cultivation would likely die in his sect's assessment.
• Song Zhong declared that he wanted to take the Hundred Peaks Sect assessment, while the other candidates declined to join him.
• Song Dingxiong was pleased that Song Zhong might die in the assessment, recalling that Song Qingwei had disappeared after taking the same selection six years earlier.
• Xing Jingyi agreed to take Song Zhong to the Hundred Peaks Sect in one month, and Song Zhong asked whether he could go home before then.

Song Zhong learned that passages to the Forgotten Lands had opened and hurried back to The Ruins, where cultivators were already entering the newly revealed passage. In the Extraterritorial Battlefield, newly awakened True Lords from various races entered another passage and began hunting Human Race cultivators to prevent Song Zhong from escaping.

• When the sky cleared, Song Zhong and Wu Qingqing saw passages to the Forgotten Lands opening across the worlds, and Wu Qingqing said powerful cultivators were unlikely to enter them.
• Song Zhong released Wu Qingqing’s hand, said he had to return to attend to matters, and flew toward the place where The Ruins had been.
• Wu Qingqing told Duan Xue that she might need time to consolidate before becoming a True Lord and reflected on a path she had glimpsed while sleeping.
• Song Zhong reached The Ruins and saw cultivators from various sects and Rogue Cultivators charging into the passage revealed by the vanished fog.
• In the Extraterritorial Battlefield, cultivators of various races entered a passage, resolved to kill Human Race cultivators and hunt Song Zhong, and left experts to guard the exit.

Song Zhong learned the Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Method immediately, then sent a letter home announcing that he and Song Qingwei had joined the Hundred Peaks Sect. In Chuanze City, the Ge Family attacked the Song Family over Ge Zhi's death, but an unknown figure killed Ge Liang before he could strike Song Shilian.

• Song Zhong mastered the Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Method at once, astonishing Tang Qianzi and the other new disciples.
• Song Zhong wrote home to tell his family that he had joined the Hundred Peaks Sect and that Song Qingwei was there too.
• The National Preceptor received Song Zhong's letter and ordered Tian Yu to notify the Song Family in Chuanze City.
• Yang Bingxian tried to seize the Song Family's shop and called on Ge Hong and Ge Liang to help him.
• Ge Liang attacked Song Shilian and the Song Family, but a finger force shattered his flames and turned him to dust.
• An unknown figure descended after killing Ge Liang.

Song Zhong confirmed that Yuan Mingqing was connected to Absolute Dust Peak and joined Prison Suppressing Peak with the other recruits. After Tang Qianzi taught them the Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Method, Song Zhong mastered its foundation instantly and unleashed a powerful bolt of lightning.

• Song Zhong tested Yan Yourong by asking about Yuan Mingqing, and an Absolute Dust Peak disciple's response confirmed that his sworn sister was there.
• Tang Qianzi and the Prison Suppressing Peak disciples recruited twenty new disciples, outcompeting Thunderclap Peak for most contested recruits.
• Tang Qianzi brought the recruits to Prison Suppressing Peak and explained their training, the Heaven-Piercing Pagoda, and the chance to enter the Hidden Dragon Institute.
• Tang Qianzi transmitted the foundational Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Method to the recruits and said she had learned it in two days.
• Song Zhong's lightning resonated with the method, and he immediately summoned a gigantic elephant phantom and struck down a massive bolt of lightning.

After defeating Hu Bo, Song Zhong invited challenges from anyone in the Qi Transformation Realm and required spirit-stone wagers, drawing disciples from across the Hundred Peaks Sect. As crowds hurried to find ninth-layer challengers, Song Zhong signed agreements with numerous eager opponents, leaving himself committed to a growing series of fights.

• Song Zhong challenged Qi Transformation Realm disciples to wager at least one hundred spirit stones per match and agreed to face challengers at the ninth layer after the crowd pressed him.
• Pan Jiang and other disciples rushed to recruit ninth-layer cultivators, while news of Song Zhong's victory spread across the sect.
• Pan Jiang found Zhao Shengwen and offered him a share of a five-hundred-spirit-stone wager to defeat Song Zhong and restore Ice Peak's reputation.
• When many challengers gathered, Song Zhong pretended he could not fight them all and suggested signing agreements before each match.
• The challengers insisted on signing, and Song Zhong agreed to wager with them one after another.

Tang Qianzi explained the cultivation realms and took Song Zhong to Hundred Peaks Cliff to seek a treasure as the Qi Transformation Realm Peak Ranking champion. After releasing his aura for half an hour, Song Zhong drew a dazzling golden treasure from the Abyss, accompanied by a furious dragon’s roar.

• Song Zhong learned that Tang Qianzi had reached the peak of the Longevity Realm and ranked first in that realm.
• Tang Qianzi pressured Song Zhong into accepting her as his master and brought him to Hundred Peaks Cliff.
• Tang Qianzi explained that champions on certain Peak Rankings could seek treasures left beneath the cliff after an ancient battle.
• The Mountain Guardian Elder protected Song Zhong from the cliff’s killing intent and told him to release his aura for an hour.
• After half an hour, a golden light and a dragon’s roar erupted from the Abyss, and people across Hundred Peaks Sect suspected Song Zhong had obtained a top-tier treasure.

Song Zhong became Bai Ruorou’s third disciple after she emerged from seclusion and claimed him from the elders competing to teach him. Bai Ruorou borrowed his Wrathful Thunder Dragon Blade to study its inherited technique, gave him her old saber Purple Light, and sent him to learn from Tang Qianzi, who was also told to provide him with a Universe Ring.

• The elders of Prison Suppressing Peak competed to take Song Zhong as their disciple until Bai Ruorou emerged from seclusion and invited him to become hers.
• Song Zhong immediately accepted Bai Ruorou as his master, and Tang Qianzi fetched the tea set for his disciple-taking ceremony.
• Bai Ruorou made Song Zhong the third disciple of her line and explained that she had emerged after sensing the golden light of a treasure belonging to Prison Suppressing Peak.
• Bai Ruorou asked to borrow Song Zhong’s Wrathful Thunder Dragon Blade to study the Prison Suppressing True Thunder Method, and Song Zhong willingly handed it over.
• Bai Ruorou gave Song Zhong her old saber, Purple Light, and told him to ask Tang Qianzi for a Universe Ring and guidance.
• Tang Qianzi saw Song Zhong with Purple Light and learned that she had to give him a Universe Ring, leaving her furious.

Song Zhong refused to lend the Wind Sparrow Wings to Formless Peak without a clear borrowing period and suitable collateral, turning Wu Ming’s appeal to sect unity against him. Their argument ended when the Sealed Ruins appeared in the sky, leaving everyone wondering which cultivation realm’s ruins had emerged.

• Jian Kong asked Song Zhong to lend the Wind Sparrow Wings to Formless Peak, but Song Zhong demanded a loan duration and a usable Seventh-tier Divine Weapon as collateral.
• Wu Ming appealed to Song Zhong to help the sect, but Song Zhong argued that Formless Peak should give him its strongest Divine Weapon, the One Thought Rebirth Pearl.
• Song Zhong claimed the One Thought Rebirth Pearl contained insights into the Lightning Dao and challenged Wu Ming and Jian Kong to specify how long they would need to study the Wind Sparrow Wings.
• A thunderous boom shook the Hundred Peaks Sect, and the sky darkened before a vast palace phantom appeared in the light.
• The disciples recognized the appearance of the Sealed Ruins and wondered which cultivation realm’s ruins had appeared.

Song Zhong received the Myriad Laws Cosmos Ruler’s inheritance and learned how the ruler’s bond with the Void Sage shaped their past. He entered the ruler’s cultivation ground to study how to fuse his Great Daos.

• The Myriad Laws Cosmos Ruler explained that he and the Void Sage had been fellow disciples, and that he had wanted his junior brother to inherit a universe’s rulership.
• The Cosmos Ruler passed Song Zhong his Myriad Laws Return to One inheritance, which could fuse the Great Daos he cultivated.
• Song Zhong realized that his Spatial, Yin-Yang, and Lightning Daos had been weakening one another and that the inheritance could help him combine their power.
• Song Zhong told Rain Peak Quasi-Saint about the cultivation ground and led him to the minor world inside the Cosmos Ruler’s palace.
• Song Zhong found the ruler’s resources and four Earth Grade Peak Quality Immortal Artifacts, then began comprehending the Yin-Yang Way as his avatars studied their own paths.