Chapter Summaries

Song Zhong lured a massive horde of Strange Beasts to the valley where Ruan Zhicui and the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect had prepared to ambush him. The sect’s disciples attacked Song Zhong but hit the beasts instead, turning the horde against them as the chapter ended with the valley under assault.

• Song Zhong drew Strange Beasts out across the region and discovered that far more had gathered than he expected.
• Ruan Zhicui and the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect cultivators prepared to trap and kill Song Zhong, while discussing the Strange Beast corpses and missing Blood Crystals.
• A disciple warned Ruan Zhicui that a vast horde of Strange Beasts was approaching the valley.
• Song Zhong circled the valley with the horde following him, and the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect cultivators recognized him as they saw his green wings.
• The cultivators fired spells and Blood Fiend Immortal Binding Ropes at Song Zhong, striking and binding the pursuing Strange Beasts instead.
• The enraged Strange Beasts turned on the valley and attacked as the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect disciples rushed to defend themselves.

Song Zhong returned to the Hundred Peaks Sect and found the other Orthodox Sects helping rebuild it and seeking an alliance against the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect. He accepted returned Divine Weapons and declared that after destroying the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect, he would reclaim the Hundred Peaks Sect’s weapons from the Extraterritorial Battlefield.

• Song Zhong received a message from the Hundred Peaks Sect and flew back after destroying Daoxuan Sect.
• Song Zhong found cultivators from many sects helping rebuild the Hundred Peaks Sect and confirmed that Daoxuan Sect had been destroyed.
• Ouyang Yi explained that the sects wanted Song Zhong to lead an alliance against the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect, but Song Zhong said he could destroy it alone.
• A Five Elements Sect cultivator returned Divine Weapons to Song Zhong, prompting several other sects to realize they should return weapons too.
• Song Zhong said he would retrieve the Hundred Peaks Sect’s Divine Weapons from the Extraterritorial Battlefield and take revenge on the foreign races.

Song Zhong and Rain Peak Quasi-Saint fought the Blood Corpses but could not break through their shared spatial defense, so Song Zhong chose to keep attacking while the Blood Corpses were worn down. Outside the mountain gate, cultivators discovered the devastation and a Wild Dao Alliance Quasi-Saint urged them to kill Song Zhong for his two powerful Immortal Artifacts.

• Song Zhong and his avatars attacked the Blood Corpses, but their combined spatial defense deflected his lightning spells and their counterattacks struck back.
• Song Zhong called Rain Peak Quasi-Saint out of hiding, and Rain Peak Quasi-Saint joined the assault with his mountains, but they still could not break the Blood Corpses’ defenses.
• Rain Peak Quasi-Saint warned that they might exhaust themselves first, but Song Zhong insisted on continuing because he could sustain his attacks longer than most cultivators.
• Cultivators from several factions flew toward the ruined battlefield after sensing that the battle had stopped and Song Zhong’s aura had vanished.
• A Wild Dao Alliance Quasi-Saint pointed out that Song Zhong possessed two Earth Rank, Top Grade Immortal Artifacts and urged the gathered cultivators to kill him instead of searching for other treasures.

Forget-Thunder True Lord offered Song Zhong a Mortal-Rank sabre, but Song Zhong challenged him to provide a stronger weapon and proved he could wield the Yellow-Rank Exquisite Nine Dragons Lightning Cloud Sabre. He accepted the powerful weapon despite its enormous Immortal Qi consumption and prepared to test it.

• Forget-Thunder True Lord explained the magic treasure ranks and offered Song Zhong a Mortal-Rank high-grade sabre.
• Song Zhong argued that his master should give him a stronger treasure, and Forget-Thunder True Lord warned that higher-rank treasures would overwhelm him.
• Forget-Thunder True Lord brought out the Yellow-Rank Exquisite Nine Dragons Lightning Cloud Sabre and said Song Zhong could keep it if he could wield it.
• Song Zhong infused the sabre with his blood and Immortal Qi, awakened its power, and summoned dark clouds and lightning.
• Forget-Thunder True Lord warned that the sabre could exhaust Song Zhong after a few uses, but Song Zhong accepted it and slashed toward the distance.

Song Zhong defeated Silverlight Immortal Emperor and won the Slaughter Battlefield, then learned that Golden Light had secretly tied him to its universe. Golden Light gave Song Zhong a Treasure Pearl that merged with his Universe Ring, and the chapter ended as Golden Light began discussing his reward.

• Silverlight Immortal Emperor returned to his world injured and told ten powerful cultivators that Song Zhong had defeated him and the ten Supreme Realm cultivators who fought beside him.
• Silverlight Immortal Emperor revealed that Song Zhong came from the Ten Thousandth Great Thousand World and had also defeated Black Vortex Immortal King, prompting the others to vow to target cultivators from that world.
• Golden Light told Song Zhong that the Slaughter Battlefield had formed from a Great Thousand World in its universe and that a world in Song Zhong’s universe could become one in the future.
• Golden Light gave Song Zhong a Treasure Pearl and said it would let it contact him, while Song Zhong reluctantly placed it in his Universe Ring.
• The Treasure Pearl merged with Song Zhong’s Universe Ring, and Golden Light warned him to keep the ring on his person or its aura would reveal him to his universe’s ruler.
• Golden Light began discussing Song Zhong’s reward, and Song Zhong prepared to make demands.

Wu Qingqing protected Hundred Peaks Sect with the Piaomiao Banner, then decided to return to Piaomiao Sect with Song Zhong to address the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect and prepare for his assessment as her Dao companion. Before they left, Chu Jingyao revealed the location of the Nine Revolutions Pure Yang Lightning, and Wu Qingqing took it; Song Zhong then bade farewell to his family and departed with them for Piaomiao Sect.

• Cultivators from the Ancestral Land saw the Piaomiao Banner at Hundred Peaks Sect’s gate and turned back rather than risk challenging the great sect.
• Wu Qingqing told Song Zhong that they needed to return to Piaomiao Sect so they could handle the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect and prepare for his Dao companion assessment.
• Chu Jingyao told Song Zhong about the hidden location of the Nine Revolutions Pure Yang Lightning, and Wu Qingqing flew there and seized the powerful bolt.
• Song Zhong said farewell to his parents, Song Qingwei, and the others at Hundred Peaks Sect, then left with Wu Qingqing for Piaomiao Sect.

The Ancient Witch Clan cultivators Mo Ke and Gong Fei defeated two Southern Frontier poison cultivators and protected Song Zhong as he underwent tribulation. Xia Kening and Bai Ruorou realized the clan had mistaken Song Zhong for one of their own, and Gong Fei summoned reinforcements, leaving Xia worried about Song Zhong’s escape.

• Three Southern Frontier cultivators attacked Mo Ke and Gong Fei with poisonous gas, but the Ancient Witch Clan cultivators used their physical strength to repel it.
• Mo Ke and Gong Fei, both at the eighth layer of the Immortal Realm, killed two attackers, while the third fled.
• Xia Kening and Bai Ruorou discussed the Ancient Witch Clan’s witchcraft, history, and mistaken belief that Song Zhong was one of their clansmen.
• Mo Ke told Gong Fei they had to protect Song Zhong from other Southern Frontier cultivators drawn by his tribulation.
• Gong Fei sent a message summoning more clansmen, and Xia Kening worried that the reinforcements might prevent Song Zhong from escaping.

Song Zhong killed Carefree True Monarch and Phoenix Cry True Lord after they tried to seize his opportunities, then hid in a new cave to avoid the True Lord Realm cultivators searching for him. Later, investigators found the erased battlefield but doubted Song Zhong had fought there.

• Carefree True Monarch and Phoenix Cry True Lord decided to kill Song Zhong and claim his opportunities, but Song Zhong killed Phoenix Cry True Lord before they could act.
• Song Zhong told Carefree True Monarch that he had killed Ice-Eyed True Lord, then seized him by the neck and killed him after he invoked Moonrise True Monarch.
• Song Zhong took the Universe Rings from Carefree True Monarch, Phoenix Cry True Lord, the Immovable Immortal King, and Ice-Eyed True Lord, then fled and hid in a new cave.
• Song Zhong considered himself unable to face groups of True Lord Realm cultivators and decided to keep a low profile until he reached the peak of the Immortal Affinity Realm.
• Several cultivators arrived at the erased battlefield, identified signs of Lightning Dao and Ice Dao combat, and questioned whether Song Zhong had fought there.

The Dao Xuan Sect confronted the Hundred Peaks Sect over the destruction of its branch, while Song Zhong accused it of betraying the Human Race. Moonrise True Monarch arrived to protect Song Zhong, leaving the assembled cultivators stunned by her power and his connection to her.

• Wang Feng arrived with Dao Xuan Sect cultivators and accused the Hundred Peaks Sect of destroying a branch established to spread cultivation arts.
• Song Zhong rejected Wang Feng’s explanation and accused the Daoxuan Sect of colluding with foreign races and betraying the Human Race.
• Former Daoxuan Sect disciples identified Song Zhong, and Wang Feng vowed that no one could save him despite his ties to the Piaomiao Sect.
• Moonrise True Monarch appeared beside Song Zhong, filling the area with soul-piercing cold.
• Wang Feng recognized Moonrise True Monarch, and Liu Tingchen realized she had given Song Zhong the Piaomiao Token.

Song Zhong defeated Blazing Flame Immortal King and Giant Force Immortal King with two swift strikes each, then questioned a flower-marked female cultivator about the Dragon Slayer Clan’s joints. She admitted she had nearly worked out how to use the power inside them, but had lost her only chance to test her theory.

• Song Zhong split Blazing Flame Immortal King’s flames, severed his Universe Ring, and destroyed his Substitute Death Talisman with a second slash.
• Giant Force Immortal King tried to flee, but Song Zhong caught him and eliminated him with two slashes.
• Song Zhong collected both Universe Rings and questioned the flower-marked female cultivator about her research into the Dragon Slayer Clan’s joints.
• The female cultivator explained that opening a joint released its power, which dissipated before she could absorb it or test her later theory.

Song Zhong massacred the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect disciples and Strange Beasts, then searched the Sealed Ruins for more cultivators. After thirty days, a blazing pillar revealed the emergence of a top-grade Ninth-Rank Divine Weapon, drawing cultivators from every race toward it as Strange Beasts roared across the ruins.

• Song Zhong slaughtered thousands of Blood Fiend Demonic Sect disciples and Strange Beasts, though more than a hundred sect cultivators escaped.
• Song Zhong collected over six thousand Blood Crystals and nearly three thousand Universe Rings, then searched the Sealed Ruins for more Blood Fiend Demonic Sect disciples.
• After more than thirty days of searching, Song Zhong saw a brilliant pillar of light containing the phantom of a Divine Weapon and flew toward it.
• Strange Beasts across the Sealed Ruins roared and shook the earth as cultivators of every race recognized the light as a top-grade Ninth-Rank Divine Weapon and raced toward it.

Cultivators across The Ruins spread warnings about Song Zhong and urged others to kill him for vast resources. A year later, Song Zhong learned from two fleeing cultivators that his reputation had reached other Universes, and he restrained them to question them further.

• Strange Demon Quasi-Saint ordered his followers to scatter, and they began telling other cultivators that killing Song Zhong would yield abundant resources.
• News of Song Zhong spread throughout The Ruins as cultivators from different Universes passed it along.
• Song Zhong encountered two peak Supreme Path Realm cultivators from another Universe, who recognized him and fled.
• Song Zhong used Spatial Power and lightning to block the pair, then demanded to know how they had learned about him.
• The two cultivators told Song Zhong that people from his Universe had warned them about his strength and reputation.

After Wu Qingqing explained the Orthodox Alliance and the danger facing the Hundred Peaks Sect for destroying a Dao Xuan Sect branch, the elders proposed that Song Zhong join her Piaomiao Sect. The chapter ended with Song Zhong discovering that Wu Qingqing and the others thought he would become her Dao companion, not merely join her sect.

• Song Zhong asked Wu Qingqing why she had come to the Forgotten Land, and she said she had entered the mortal world to overcome a cultivation bottleneck.
• The Mountain Guardian Elder asked everyone to keep Wu Qingqing’s actions secret and asked her what retaliation the Hundred Peaks Sect might face for destroying the Dao Xuan Sect branch.
• Wu Qingqing explained that the Orthodox Alliance could require compensation and the culprit’s surrender, but powerful sects could protect the culprit.
• The Mountain Guardian Elder suggested that Song Zhong join the Piaomiao Sect, and Wu Qingqing agreed after hesitating.
• Bai Ruorou approved the decision, while Wu Qingqing said Song Zhong’s master and family elders should accompany him to the Piaomiao Sect.
• Song Zhong protested that no one had asked his opinion, then learned Wu Qingqing meant for them to become Dao companions.

Zhengyi Immortal King discussed Song Zhong’s achievements and rapid cultivation, then ordered experts to bring him back from the True Immortal Battlefield before foreign races could target him. After the others left, Heavenless Immortal King confronted Zhengyi Immortal King and accused him of managing the Zhengyi Sect poorly, ending with an argument over whether unifying the sects would repeat the Great Qian Dynasty’s disastrous path.

• Zhengyi Immortal King told the four Immortal Kings that Song Zhong’s rapid breakthroughs were more remarkable than his battlefield achievements, and said he thought highly of him.
• Qing Miao Immortal King warned that Song Zhong was too conspicuous, but the woman criticized Qing Miao for growing complacent.
• Zhengyi Immortal King ordered Junior Sister Qingfeng to send Zhengyi Sect experts to the True Immortal Battlefield to find Song Zhong and bring him back to the Human Race’s Great Thousand World.
• Zhengyi Immortal King urged the Immortal Kings to cultivate harder, and they left Heaven Piercing Hall.
• Heavenless Immortal King entered the empty hall, mocked the Zhengyi Sect’s security, and argued with Zhengyi Immortal King about the two sects and the possibility of unifying them.

Song Zhong hid his identity as Dongfang Youzhi while exploring the ruins with Feng Meier, where Immortal Qi could not be used. They encountered Piaomiao Sect disciples, including Ye Jing'ao, who recognized Song Zhong and revealed his intent to kill him; the chapter left Song Zhong concealing his strength as the group gathered around him.

• Song Zhong introduced himself to Feng Meier as Dongfang Youzhi of the Sun Moon Sect and tried to part ways with her.
• Feng Meier spotted approaching cultivators, and she and Song Zhong met six disciples from the Piaomiao Sect.
• Ye Jing'ao recognized Song Zhong as Moonrise True Monarch's Dao companion and rushed over, identifying himself as the senior brother who intended to kill him.
• A blue-robed Piaomiao Sect disciple recognized Feng Meier, and the others reacted with surprise at finding her with Song Zhong.
• Song Zhong claimed he and Feng Meier had simply met and traveled together, and said she had saved him from danger.

Song Zhong defeated the Ice Mirror Immortal King and forced him to hand over his God Crystals before questioning him about other races. The Ice Mirror Immortal King recalled that four tentacled cultivators had come from four different Great Thousand Worlds, but he could not identify their worlds.

• Song Zhong kept attacking after the Ice Mirror Immortal King admitted defeat, and the Ice Mirror Immortal King offered his God Crystals to make him stop.
• The Ice Mirror Immortal King handed over his Universe Ring and three magic treasures, and Song Zhong found only thirteen God Crystals inside.
• Song Zhong ordered the Ice Mirror Immortal King to strip so he could check for hidden God Crystals, then asked whether he knew about several other races.
• The Ice Mirror Immortal King said he had heard Immortal Emperors mention the Tentacle Clan, and Song Zhong struck him with lightning as he began to explain.
• The Ice Mirror Immortal King told Song Zhong that an Immortal Emperor had encountered four tentacled cultivators from four different Great Thousand Worlds.

Wu Qingqing offered to become Song Zhong’s Dao Companion so he could join the Piaomiao Sect and avoid future retaliation, then visited the Hundred Peaks Sect with him. Meanwhile, cultivators from across the Human Race headed for the Hundred Peaks Sect to seize the resources Song Zhong had plundered, as the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect vowed to destroy him and his sect.

• Wu Qingqing explained that male cultivators could join the Piaomiao Sect only by becoming Dao Companions with its disciples, and offered to become Song Zhong’s Dao Companion to protect him.
• The Mountain Guardian Elder urged Song Zhong to show Wu Qingqing around the Hundred Peaks Sect, while Bai Ruorou and Shen Lichu reacted to the news.
• Song Zhong took Wu Qingqing to Prison Suppressing Peak, where his parents and sworn elder sister eagerly welcomed them.
• Human Race cultivators returning from other clans learned that Song Zhong had plundered many of their worlds and decided to go to the Hundred Peaks Sect to rob him.
• The Blood Fiend Demonic Sect vowed that Song Zhong and the Hundred Peaks Sect would soon be destroyed.

Song Zhong fought through the Insect Clan cultivators before Pang Meng warned him that an unknown force was driving everyone toward slaughter. She suspected the Myriad Life Immortal King was still alive, and Song Zhong gathered Yu Rui and the others to protect them as the battle grew more chaotic.

• Song Zhong used his Phantom Lightning Body to evade the Insect Clan’s corpse-born poisonous net and killed several Insect Clan cultivators.
• Pang Meng warned Song Zhong that a heavy baleful aura was making cultivators crave slaughter, and she suspected the Myriad Life Immortal King was responsible.
• Song Zhong realized the other cultivators were fighting more viciously and hurried to Yu Rui, Dongfang Youzhi, and their companions.
• Song Zhong killed the foreign-race cultivator attacking the group and told them to retreat and stop killing for now.
• Song Zhong called Pang Meng back to help protect them, while the affected cultivators continued to fight and more bodies fell.

Song Zhong defeated Zhou Shuning with a single palm, stunning the Piaomiao Sect experts with his strength as a third-layer Venerable. The Glacial Immortal King began the second trial, while Star-Thunder True Lord decided to recruit Song Zhong and make him Liu Mu’s Dao companion.

• Song Zhong defeated Zhou Shuning with a palm strike, and she realized he had held back.
• The onlookers praised Song Zhong as an unparalleled Heavenly Prodigy who could rival Xia Longwu, while the Glacial Immortal King remained dissatisfied.
• Star-Thunder True Lord asked Liu Mu what she thought of Song Zhong, then decided to take him as her disciple and pair him with Liu Mu.
• Zhou Shuning recalled Song Zhong’s remarks about her being too skinny and flushed with shame and anger.
• The Glacial Immortal King announced the second trial and said its challenges would remain within the Venerable Realm.
• Wu Qingqing noticed that her master’s words seemed unusual.

Song Zhong killed the Lord of All Lightning, absorbed his vast Lightning Essence, and exterminated the remaining Scale Touch Clan from their Great Thousand World. After claiming the world with a Territory Stone, he entered its Lightning Pool and discovered a great formation beneath it.

• Song Zhong killed the Lord of All Lightning, and streams of Lightning Essence poured from the corpse.
• Song Zhong absorbed the Lightning Essence, took the Lord of All Lightning's two Immortal Artifacts and Universe Ring, and pursued the Scale Touch Clan.
• Song Zhong spent nearly a year exterminating every remaining Scale Touch Clan cultivator.
• Song Zhong placed a Territory Stone where the Godstone had stood, claiming the Scale Touch Clan Great Thousand World.
• Song Zhong entered the central Lightning Pool and discovered a great formation beneath it.