Chapter Summaries

Xinghai Kingdom launched a counterattack against Nanxi's occupation of the Crimson Wind Sea, with Wang Yu joining Old Man Baihe's forces. As thousands of Nanxi experts charged at No. 36 Island, the deep-sea behemoth Xiaohong attacked them from beneath the sea.

• Dongfang Yuanming led Nanxi forces through a Magnetic Separation Gate and seized No. 36 Island and nearby islands.
• Liu Xinjian ordered Xinghai Kingdom's fleets and legions to attack, and Wang Yu joined Old Man Baihe and the other Imperial experts.
• Old Man Baihe's fleet retook an occupied island town, then advanced toward No. 36 Island as fighting spread across the Crimson Wind Sea.
• At No. 36 Island, Dongfang Jingchen gathered thousands of Qi Circulation Realm experts against Old Man Baihe's smaller force, while Wang Yu was held back from charging in.
• Dongfang Jingxin led the Nanxi experts into an attack, but Xiaohong burst from the sea and began killing them with her flaming tentacles.

Wang Yu defeated and captured Dongfang Jingchen, breaking Nanxi's resistance and forcing its aristocratic families to accept political reforms. With Liu Xinjian set to lead the transition, Wang Yu's part in the campaign ended, while the others prepared for the difficult work of governing Nanxi.

• Xiaohong battled Dongfang Jingchen's forces until he severed her tentacles, and Wang Yu appeared to block his killing blow.
• Dongfang Jingchen unleashed a secret art to reach perfected Innate Realm strength, but Wang Yu severed his arm and overwhelmed him with Thunder Waves.
• Dongfang Jingchen sacrificed Dongfang Jingxin in an attempt to escape, but Wang Yu interrupted the spatial art, captured him, and sealed him.
• Wang Yu killed a Dongfang ancestor who urged the Nanxi families to resist, then Liu Xinjian offered the families a chance to coexist under institutional reform.
• The Liu Family and the other wavering families accepted Liu Xinjian's terms, ending the battle without further fighting.
• Old Man Baihe warned that taking control of Nanxi would require sustained effort, while Wang Yu prepared to return to the Martial Ancestor Sect with He Duo'er, Shouxu, and Song Qi.

Wang Yu helped expose Dongfang Jingchen’s crimes and learned that the Insect Gate threatened to bring an alien invasion, then received Earth Spirit Essence and resolved to reach the True Person Realm before the gate opened. The chapter ended with the Sect Master, Beichen Emperor Jiang Tianya, the Divine Shaman, and the Pope of the Dawn Sect gathering in Tianxing Tower.

• Wang Yu reported how he killed the Insect Harrier and presented the Heavenly Thunder Soul to Hongguang Tianren.
• Dongfang Jingchen confessed that he had aided the Insect Harrier for centuries, sacrificed people to open the Insect Gate, and caused the earth-beast eruption; True Person Hanyang killed him.
• Hongguang Tianren rewarded Wang Yu with Earth Spirit Essence, and Wang Yu decided to cultivate toward the True Person Realm before the Insect Gate fully formed.
• Jiang Tianya, the Divine Shaman, and the Pope of the Dawn Sect gathered at Tianxing Tower, where their contest of Dao rhythms ended when Hongguang Tianren arrived.

The human leaders learned that the Insect Gate would open in three years and agreed to train the younger generation through dangerous trials and annual competitions. Wang Yu completed his Earth Bridge, taught Heavenly Human Sense to True Person Purple Bamboo, and discovered he had been ranked nineteenth on the new Wind and Cloud Heavenly Ranking.

• The Divine Shaman divined that the Insect Gate would open in three years, and Jiang Tianya, the Old Sect Master, the Pope, and the Divine Shaman agreed to toughen young fighters with trials and rankings.
• Wang Yu used the Earth Spirit Essence to complete his Earth Bridge in less than a month.
• Wang Yu taught Heavenly Human Sense to True Person Purple Bamboo, who gained new insights and left to seek enlightenment in seclusion.
• Wang Yu found the Wind and Cloud Heavenly Ranking displayed on Purple Bamboo Peak and learned that he ranked nineteenth, while Miaotong ranked fifteenth and Bai Hao ranked third.
• The Martial Ancestor Sect disciples debated Bai Hao's placement, while Wang Yu dismissed the rankings as less important than the coming Insect Harrier calamity.

Wang Yu left the sect to avoid the challenge craze, searched unsuccessfully for Nature Spirits, and completed his Wind Bridge while cultivating in Nine Nether Valley. A sect summons brought him back to join a Celestial-protected Forbidden Land trial, where he gathered with Miaotong and the other peaks’ personal disciples.

• Wang Yu told Miaotong that True Person Purple Bamboo had left for secluded cultivation, while Ji Yulan and Lan Yanfeng arrived to challenge him and learned he had gone training.
• Wang Yu searched several rumored sites for Nature Spirits, then settled in Nine Nether Valley to cultivate the Wind Bridge and rescued Xu Lixing’s team from Nine Nether Birds.
• After more than a year in Nine Nether Valley, Wang Yu completed his fourth bridge and received Miaotong’s message summoning him to the Forbidden Land trial.
• Wang Yu returned to Purple Bamboo Peak, learned True Person Purple Bamboo had still not returned, and prepared to attend the trial with Miaotong.
• Wang Yu and Miaotong joined nearly a hundred personal disciples at the inner sect’s main peak, where Bai Hao drew attention as the ranking’s third-place disciple.

Wang Yu entered the Poisonous Fog Black Land for a year of individual training and explored it in search of a possible Wood Element Spirit. After reaching a dangerous, miasma-filled swamp, he sensed someone approaching and was asked whether he was Wang Yu, Purple Bamboo Peak's thirty-fifth-ranked direct disciple.

• Zhabu proposed a match with Wang Yu after the Forbidden Land training, while Lan Yanfeng continued to hold a grudge against him.
• The Old Sect Master led the gathered disciples to the Poisonous Fog Black Land and warned them to act cautiously and train alone.
• The Old Sect Master, Divine Shaman, Sect Master Hongguang, and Pope scattered the disciples across the Forbidden Land and formed a protective formation over it.
• Wang Yu landed alone in a black forest, took a poison-repelling pill, activated his Wind Bridge, and chose to explore rather than cultivate in seclusion.
• Wang Yu used Heavenly Human Sense to avoid threats and follow dense wood-element energy until he reached a poisonous swamp.
• As Wang Yu prepared to investigate the swamp, an approaching person asked if he was Wang Yu, Purple Bamboo Peak's direct disciple ranked thirty-fifth.

Wang Yu defeated Ji Chu in a wager duel and won a Heavenly Dew Flower, then explored the swamp in search of a Wood Element Spirit. He found a suspicious old tree beneath which he sensed an abnormal fluctuation, just as Gu Youying arrived and charged toward it.

• Ji Chu challenged Wang Yu to a wager duel, and Wang Yu defeated him with a slash combining four True Intents, winning the Heavenly Dew Flower.
• Wang Yu absorbed the Heavenly Dew Flower over five days and felt his cultivation advance substantially.
• Wang Yu killed a swamp beast that attacked him, then cautiously crossed the swamp while searching for a Wood Element Spirit.
• Wang Yu found a flourishing old tree in an area without beasts and sensed that something lay beneath it.
• Gu Youying arrived, observed the old tree, and charged toward it as it trembled and roared.

Gu Youying, Jiang Shenyi, and Bai Hao gathered to fight over the tree demon’s heart after Jiang Shenyi killed it. While they clashed, Wang Yu uprooted the demon’s remains and uncovered the Wood Spirit Essence he sought.

• Gu Youying battled a True Person level tree demon, and Wang Yu sensed that a Wood Spirit Essence lay beneath it.
• Bai Hao and Jiang Shenyi arrived, and Wang Yu persuaded Bai Hao to help him contend for the Wood Spirit Essence.
• The tree demon birthed blood-red creatures that grew stronger, but Gu Youying and Jiang Shenyi overwhelmed it; Jiang Shenyi severed the demon and claimed its tree heart.
• Gu Youying, Jiang Shenyi, and Bai Hao agreed to fight for the tree heart, while the Old Sect Master declared Wang Yu a fourth contender.
• As the three Heaven Ranking prodigies fought, Wang Yu uprooted the dead tree and revealed a glowing green Wood Spirit Essence among its roots.

Wang Yu fought Jiang Shenyi over the Wood Spirit Essence, revealing the power of his four natural true intents and Wind-Thunder Body before both men judged themselves defeated. After the tree heart emerged, Gu Youying claimed it, leaving the group to reckon with her strength.

• Wang Yu seized the Wood Spirit Essence despite Jiang Shenyi and Gu Youying trying to stop him, then fought Jiang Shenyi with his blade techniques and four true intents.
• Wang Yu used Wind-Thunder Body to withstand Jiang Shenyi's Star Repulsion Force and wounded him, but Jiang Shenyi countered with a devouring black sword.
• Wang Yu and Jiang Shenyi unleashed their strongest attacks, and each privately concluded that he had lost the duel.
• The Old Sect Master and the other Heavenly Humans praised Wang Yu's potential as Bai Hao and Gu Youying stopped fighting.
• The tree demon's remains revealed its tree heart, and Gu Youying used ghostly radiance and blue butterflies to drive back Bai Hao and Jiang Shenyi and claim it.

Wang Yu and the others uncovered an ancient temple containing Innate Purple Qi, but opening its coffin broke a seal and released a Screaming Dragon remnant soul. After the four supreme humans defeated it, Wang Yu stayed to examine the dragon’s bones and learned about the ancient threat.

• Wang Yu noticed the swamp sinking, and Jiang Shenyi cleared away the mud to reveal an ancient temple buried beneath it.
• Wang Yu and the others opened the temple’s coffin and found Innate Purple Qi, which split among all four of them and brought Jiang Shenyi, Gu Youying, and Bai Hao to the verge of breakthroughs.
• The opened coffin’s seal failed, releasing a Screaming Dragon remnant soul that the Old Sect Master, Jiang Tianya, the Pope, and the Divine Shaman attacked and subdued.
• Wang Yu took a green-jade hairpin from the coffin and stayed behind while the others left to prepare for their breakthroughs.
• Jiang Tianya drew the Screaming Dragon’s enormous skeleton from the swamp, and the Old Sect Master shielded Wang Yu from its Blood Fiend Qi.
• The Old Sect Master told Wang Yu that Screaming Dragons were powerful ancient beasts that had once brought disaster to humanity and might not be entirely extinct.

Wang Yu absorbed the Screaming Dragon Blood Qi and, after months of preparation, completed the Body Refining Method’s third and ultimate layer. He tested his transformed body in the Black Forest, where he killed powerful mutant beasts with ease.

• The Old Sect Master explained the danger of Screaming Dragon remnants, then allowed Wang Yu to refine the dragon bone’s Blood Qi after seeing him overcome its frenzied will.
• The Old Sect Master extracted the Screaming Dragon Blood Qi and gave it to Wang Yu, while Jiang Shenyi, Gu Youying, and Bai Hao each advanced into the True Person Realm.
• After more than four months of refining the Blood Qi, Wang Yu prepared spirit essences and Innate-level beast meat before beginning his breakthrough to the Body Refining Method’s ultimate realm.
• Wang Yu completed the body-forging breakthrough after ten days, transforming his blood and greatly increasing his physical strength.
• Wang Yu tested his new body by killing an Innate-level bear and a Great Vajra, then instantly smashed a True Person-level Black Ape in a head-on charge.

Wang Yu’s physical strength surged after completing the third layer of the Body Refining Method, and he rescued Lei Qingqing as True Person-level beasts roamed the Poisonous Fog Black Land. The year-long trial ended with Jiang Shenyi, Gu Youying, and Bai Hao entering the True Person Realm, while Wang Yu emerged as the strongest participant in secret and braced for the coming calamity.

• Jiang Shenyi, Gu Youying, and Bai Hao advanced to the True Person Realm after receiving the Innate Purple Qi, while Wang Yu’s cultivation rose and his physical strength reached a new peak.
• As the Shrieking Dragon’s remains faded, poisonous fog dispersed and dangerous beasts began roaming the Forbidden Land; Gu Youying saved Lei Qingqing from carrion birds, and the supreme figures agreed to let weaker trial-takers leave.
• A True Person-level giant worm trapped Lei Qingqing, but Wang Yu killed it with his bare hands and freed her before helping her and Gu Youying escape the Black Forest.
• Many trial-takers withdrew as the dangers grew, while Wang Yu stayed until the one-year trial ended and the four supreme figures watched him emerge with his strength still concealed from most people.
• Le Zhang learned that Jiang Shenyi, Gu Youying, and Bai Hao had reached the True Person Realm, and the Pope encouraged him to keep faith in his future.
• Wang Yu left the Forbidden Land, saw the four supreme figures waiting, and prepared for the coming calamity.

Wang Yu helped Old Man Baihe comprehend an Innate Method, then intimidated Floating Dust Ancestor into accepting Xinghai Kingdom’s protection and cooperating with humanity. A month later, the four Supremes gathered at the Insect Gate as it began to open.

• Wang Yu gave Old Man Baihe an Innate Method and a Xiao Qing fruit, guided him through his studies, and watched him enter enlightenment.
• Floating Dust Ancestor confronted Liu Xinjian over Xinghai Kingdom’s past actions, then met Wang Yu to test whether he was a Purple Bamboo Lineage direct disciple.
• Wang Yu defeated Floating Dust Ancestor with Ice Soul Slash and a lightning strike, warning him to protect Xinghai Kingdom and prevent conflict among humanity.
• Floating Dust Ancestor agreed to Wang Yu’s terms and left with Nan Li, while Wang Yu confirmed Old Man Baihe’s cultivation was stable before returning to Blue Star.
• One month later, the four Supremes gathered at the underground Insect Gate, which had begun opening as Divine Shaman ordered the teams to assemble.

Martial Ancestor Sect’s expeditionary forces crossed the Insect Gate to a barren planet, where Wang Yu reunited with Miaotong and learned that arrivals were scattered across time. After the main force gathered, the four human supremes returned with news that the Insect Harriers still existed and that another major upheaval had occurred.

• Over ten thousand Martial Ancestor Sect experts gathered at the opened Insect Gate, but found no Insect Harriers or human supremes nearby.
• The assembled human forces entered the Insect Gate, and Wang Yu arrived alone on a lifeless crimson planet.
• Wang Yu found the Old Sect Master’s message, flew to the camp, and learned from Miaotong that transmission delays had separated the arrivals by days or months.
• Wang Yu waited and cultivated in camp while the four human supremes explored the star system and the rest of the expeditionary army assembled.
• The four human supremes returned and announced that the Insect Harriers still existed and that another enormous upheaval had occurred.

The Old Sect Master revealed that the Insect Harriers had been weakened but still occupied a Hidden Star, before their massive army suddenly attacked the human camp. The battle began with the humans’ rune arrays, while Wang Yu and the four supreme experts confronted the enemy forces.

• The Old Sect Master told the Martial Ancestor Sect that the Insect Harriers had been driven from several dead stars, but another power now controlled their Hidden Star.
• The Divine Shaman warned that the humans had been exposed, and the Old Sect Master ordered everyone to prepare for battle.
• Wang Yu sensed hundreds of thousands of Insect Harriers approaching and was injured when their Heavenly Human-level commander disrupted his Heavenly Human Sense.
• The Insect Harrier army attacked, and human rune experts unleashed killing arrays before the battle descended into close combat.
• The Old Sect Master, the Pope, the Divine Shaman, and Human Emperor Jiang Tianya surrounded the enemy commander, while Wang Yu used the Heart Bamboo Wonderful Method to shoot down nearby Insect Harriers.

Wang Yu protected the Purple Bamboo Lineage and killed two True Person-level Insect Harriers, discovering their heart sacs could greatly accelerate his cultivation. Meanwhile, the human supremes subdued a Celestial Being-level Insect Harrier, but five figures from the unknown Cosmic Alien Race arrived.

• Wang Yu used the Heart Bamboo Wonderful Method to annihilate Insect Harriers and protect the Purple Bamboo Lineage disciples.
• Wang Yu defeated a True Person-level Insect Harrier with his physical strength, crushed its head, and took its energy-rich heart sac.
• Wang Yu killed another True Person-level Insect Harrier, took its heart sac, and continued drawing powerful enemies toward him.
• The Celestial Being-level Insect Harrier escaped the human supremes’ encirclement, but the Pope’s scepter bound it and the Old Sect Master’s pagoda swallowed it.
• The Divine Shaman saw five figures emerge in the distance and identified them as members of the unknown Cosmic Alien Race that enslaved Insect Harriers.

Wang Yu cultivated recklessly while the human supremes confronted five Lion-Eagle Heavenly Humans, who had arrived to conquer humanity. True Person Purple Bamboo returned as a Heavenly Human, bringing the human side to five against five, and the battle began with the Lion-Eagles attacking Jiang Tianya.

• The five Lion-Eagle aliens appeared after the Old Sect Master sealed the Insect Harrier leader, and Wang Yu realized humanity faced a powerful new enemy.
• Wang Yu asked Miaotong and the Purple Bamboo Lineage disciples to protect him, then swallowed Innate Pills by the handful and absorbed energy from an Insect Harrier heart sac to cultivate.
• The Old Sect Master explained that an ancient mural had depicted the Lion-Eagles, and the human supremes recognized that the aliens intended to invade and conquer humanity.
• Jiang Tianya volunteered to face the five Lion-Eagles, but the Old Sect Master revealed that True Person Purple Bamboo had returned and ascended to the Heavenly tier.
• The Lion-Eagles attacked Jiang Tianya, who used gravity and repulsive force to resist their assault as the Divine Shaman, Old Sect Master, and Purple Bamboo Heavenly Being joined the battle.

Wang Yu broke through to the True Person Realm during the battle against the Insect Harriers, then saw Purple Bamboo Heavenly Being on the verge of defeat in the Heavenly Human battle. After boosting his strength with a divine pill, Wang Yu struck the Lion-Condor away and reached his master in time to stop him from giving up.

• Miaotong fought off a True Person level Insect Harrier, but Wang Yu killed it almost instantly and took its heart sac to replenish his energy.
• Wang Yu completed the Fire Bridge and advanced into the True Person Realm as Miaotong and the others guarded him.
• Wang Yu watched the Heavenly Human battle and saw Purple Bamboo Heavenly Being suffer heavy injuries against a Lion-Condor.
• Wang Yu entered the battle zone, activated Wind-Thunder Body, and swallowed a divine pill that increased his physical strength by fifty percent.
• As Purple Bamboo Heavenly Being began to self-destruct, Wang Yu struck the Lion-Condor away and told his master it was not time to give up yet.

Wang Yu and Purple Bamboo Heavenly Being fought the Lion-Eagle experts, and Wang Yu killed one at great cost before Purple Bamboo joined the other battles. As humanity’s remaining supreme fighters pursued the last three Lion-Eagles, Wang Yu’s cultivation path became clearer, while the danger of reinforcements remained unresolved.

• Wang Yu used the Primordial Dragon Pill to rescue Purple Bamboo Heavenly Being and joined him in fighting their Lion-Eagle opponent.
• Wang Yu held the Lion-Eagle at bay while Purple Bamboo Heavenly Being unleashed the Six Elemental Swords, and Wang Yu swallowed a second Primordial Dragon Pill as the fight continued.
• The Lion-Eagles sent a signal for reinforcements, so Wang Yu pinned his opponent down and helped Purple Bamboo Heavenly Being kill it with lightning and fire.
• After Purple Bamboo Heavenly Being confirmed the Lion-Eagle was dead and left to aid the others, Wang Yu watched as he and Old Sect Master helped capture another Lion-Eagle.
• Wang Yu reflected that his strength came from combining physical cultivation and combat arts, while the human experts pursued the three remaining Lion-Eagles.

After the humans defeated five God-level Lion-Eagles, the Lion-Eagle rulers learned of the deaths and prepared to retaliate. The Human Emperor revealed that energy depletion threatened the entire Tailless Bird Star System, leaving humanity to face both the Lion-Eagles and a looming cosmic catastrophe.

• The Heavenly Beings killed the remaining Insect Harriers while Rune Peak prepared wards and Wang Yu recovered from the battle.
• At the Lion-Eagles’ Divine Nest, several platforms collapsed as their occupants learned that Hupoluo, Lechir, and others had died in the Sixth Star System, prompting a group to fly out and investigate.
• The Human Emperor, the Old Sect Master, the Pope, the Divine Shaman, and Purple Bamboo reviewed Wang Yu’s battle and discussed how his body let him wield the Primordial Dragon Pill’s power.
• The Human Emperor reported that the Lion-Eagles ruled the Tailless Bird Greater Star System and that energy depletion was driving the entire system toward extinction.
• The Human Emperor urged the group to focus on crippling the Lion-Eagle rulers before the spreading catastrophe reached humanity’s Seventh Minor Star System.