Chapter Summaries

Luo Jun defeated Meridia and Yan 026 by burning their minds with Black Fire, then helped defend the Arena from tracking missiles. The chapter ended with Dampes shouting a strange greeting to Taimu’s mother, leaving the onlookers bewildered.

• Meridia invaded Luo Jun’s vast Sea of Consciousness, where Black Fire burned her Mental Power and forced her to sever their connection.
• Luo Jun seized Meridia and flooded her Sea of Consciousness with Black Fire, then caught Yan 026 as he tried to flee; both woke with their intelligence and Vital Energy control badly damaged.
• Ling Yao explained that powerful Mecha were fighting the Ascended Experts outside Sky Island, while Luo Jun learned that the Mecha’s Gang Qi and weapons could threaten them.
• Bio-tracking missiles veered toward the Arena, and Luo Jun, Ling Yao, Adam, and Taimu helped stop them before anyone was hurt.
• Dampes shouted in an unfamiliar language while Ailongtan, Wu Feng, and Aishiliya guarded him, and Elder Zheng recognized that he was greeting Taimu’s mother.

Luo Jun learned that Demon King Dampes was urgently asking about Taimu’s mother, Heather, before leaving the barrier to check on the other battles. He watched Gordo Manni defeat a Mechanical Angel and redirect its self-destruct into Old Rex’s fight, then discovered that the Gold Emperor could see through the Midnight Mask’s ability to conceal Luo Jun’s appearance.

• Dampes asked whether Taimu’s mother was Heather, but Taimu said he had never seen or learned anything about his mother; Apacha confirmed that Heather had cursed Dampes as she died.
• Luo Jun ordered Ailongtan to help restore the barrier and Aishiliya to watch Dampes, then flew off to inspect the battles.
• Gordo Manni used his merchant abilities to disable a Mechanical Angel, turn its spear against it, and send its self-destructing body through distorted space.
• The exploding Mechanical Angel struck Old Rex and another Mechanical Angel, but Old Rex survived and destroyed the remaining machine before threatening to collect the debt from Gordo Manni.
• Gordo Manni greeted Luo Jun and noticed that he was wearing only underwear, revealing that he could resist the Midnight Mask’s perception-distorting effect.

Luo Jun joined the battle in Heaven and rescued Ling Ao from a giant angel Mecha, revealing strength that astonished the young Feather Transformation. He left Ling Ao stunned and teased him about his earlier offer to recruit Luo Jun into the Ling Family by marriage.

• Gold Emperor analyzed Luo Jun, then directed him to help Ling Ao and Wan Guiyuan while avoiding the other battles.
• Luo Jun found Ling Ao struggling against an angel Mecha whose teleportation let it block every attack.
• Ling Ao recognized Luo Jun, and the two discussed the Mecha before Luo Jun charged it alone.
• Luo Jun knocked the Mecha's giant sword away with his fist, smashed open its head, and defeated its alien pilot with Black Fire.
• Luo Jun returned to a stunned Ling Ao, who marveled at his strength, and Luo Jun teased him about his old offer to recruit him into the Ling Family through marriage.

Luo Jun defeated a Great Angel, discovered that Wan Guiyuan was actually Ji Wushuang in disguise, and learned that the Pope and Grand Nun were fighting two unusually powerful angel Mechas. He approached their battlefield invisibly and watched the combatants reach a stalemate.

• Ling Ao welcomed continued cooperation with Luo Jun after deciding against recruiting the now-powerful Night.
• Luo Jun joined Wan Guiyuan's battle against a Great Angel, knocked away its gun, broke its blade, and pulled its pilot from the cockpit.
• Luo Jun killed the pilot with Kai Ren Qi, revealing Ji Wushuang's disguise as Wan Guiyuan; she said the real Wan Guiyuan had more important matters to handle.
• Ji Wushuang warned Luo Jun not to interfere in the Pope and Grand Nun's battle, then returned to Sky Island to oversee the situation.
• Luo Jun concealed himself with the Assassin's Cloak and watched two skilled Great Angel Mechas fight the Pope's enormous Elemental Giant, whose regenerating body kept the battle at a stalemate.

Old Rex, Gold Emperor, and Ling Ao arrived at the arena and learned that Night had defeated Meridia and Yan 026 and helped Ling Ao break his stalemate. Meanwhile, the Pope and Grand Nun unleashed their true forms as Chaos Creatures during their battle against the two Mecha.

• Old Rex returned to Sky Island, declared the battle nearly over, and demanded compensation from Gold Emperor for the bomb.
• Gold Emperor and Ling Ao sensed depleted vitality and unusual fluctuations, identified Meridia and Yan 026 as the cause, and learned that Night had also helped Ling Ao defeat his opponent.
• Ling Ao admitted he had needed Night's help, leaving Ling Yao briefly disappointed before he resolved to treat Night as someone to chase.
• Ji Wushuang told Gold Emperor that Night had gone to the Pope, making Gold Emperor worry about his safety.
• The two Mecha changed tactics and battered the Pope's Elemental Giant, but the Pope pierced one Mecha with Light Element magic and it sacrificed itself in an explosion.
• The Elemental Giant collapsed, revealing the Grand Nun and Pope Saint Nicholas in their monstrous Chaos Creature forms.

Luo Jun was trapped with the Pope and Grand Nun inside a mechanical flower’s domain, where Wu Yingjie’s power suppressed everyone’s abilities except those granted to Luan Fei. As Luan Fei’s dragon heads devoured the two Chaos Creatures, Luo Jun questioned his instinctive hostility toward their kind and thought of Midnight.

• The surviving angel Mecha transformed into a giant flower that enclosed Luo Jun, the Pope, and the Grand Nun, and the space prevented Luo Jun from using Vital Energy.
• Luan Fei emerged and revealed that Wu Yingjie’s domain prevented everyone but its master from using abilities, while Luan Fei had borrowed Wu Yingjie’s power.
• Dragon heads emerged from the vegetation and tore apart the Pope and Grand Nun as Luan Fei watched.
• Luo Jun felt unexpected pity for the Chaos Creatures and wondered whether humanity’s instinctive fear of them was innate, recalling Midnight.
• Two enormous white and black dragon heads appeared and swallowed the remaining bodies of the Pope and Grand Nun.

Luo Jun fought Luan Fei inside Wu Yingjie's domain, where Vital Energy was restricted, and crippled him before the spatial seal collapsed. Osman and the other Ascension-level fighters arrived, and the chapter ended with the Main World and Different World forces facing off over Luan Fei.

• Luo Jun sensed Wu Yingjie's joy after the black and white dragon heads devoured the Pope and the Grand Nun, then realized Wu Yingjie had detected him.
• Luo Jun tried to break the spatial seal with the Myriad Jun Hammer, but Luan Fei attacked him and the domain's restrictions made escape difficult.
• Luo Jun overwhelmed Luan Fei in close combat, breaking his limbs as Wu Yingjie remained hidden and did not intervene.
• As Wu Yingjie's domain weakened, Luo Jun used Black Fire to cripple Luan Fei before the spatial seal collapsed.
• Osman, Alemont, Destiny, Alfred, Gold Emperor, Ling Ao, Ji Wushuang, and Old Rex arrived, and Osman tried to take Luan Fei from Luo Jun.
• Luo Jun stopped Osman's greatsword with his bare hand and claimed Luan Fei as his prey, while the Main World and Different World forces faced off.

Luo Jun traded Luan Fei to Osman’s group for two valuable items, and the outsiders left [Heaven]. The chapter then revealed Wan Guiyuan’s true body in Tianluo City, where he confronted a woman who had failed to take Luan Fei and awaited someone’s arrival.

• Ling Ao offered Luo Jun a Sky-Soaring Pill to hand over Luan Fei, but Luo Jun criticized the gift while keeping it.
• Gold Emperor offered Luo Jun a Valuable Gold Coin, and Luo Jun accepted it before tossing Luan Fei to Osman.
• Osman wounded Luan Fei and carried him through the Space Rift, followed by Alemont, Alfred, and the Main World fighters.
• Destiny recognized Wu Feng in the crowd, murmured that their meeting was fate’s trick, and entered the Space Rift.
• In Tianluo City, Wan Guiyuan revealed himself as the real Wan Guiyuan and confronted a woman who accused him of orchestrating events around Luan Fei.
• The woman joined the partying crowd, while Wan Guiyuan raised his glass toward the Upper District and awaited someone’s arrival.

Luo Jun reviewed the aftermath of the attack on the Heavenly Origin Tournament, as tests exposed Chaos-infected contestants and members of the Holy See before Yulia took charge as Acting Pope. With the tournament set to resume, Luo Jun saw a viral video crediting Night with saving the venue and defeating powerful enemies.

• Luo Jun read reports that the Autumn Hair Mirror had found Chaos seeds in most tournament contestants below Peak Level, while he alone among the weaker contestants showed no infection.
• Yulia brought Holy See leaders to Heavenly Origin Island for testing, and Cardinal Gonzales and several of the Pope’s close confidants were exposed as Chaos Creatures and executed.
• Yulia became Acting Pope, and the organizers restored the Autumn Hair Mirror’s competition rules and scheduled Luo Jun against Leonardo in the first Semi-Final.
• Luo Jun opened Wei Zhentian’s popular video post and watched footage portraying Night as the tournament’s savior, defeating Meridia and Yan 026 and helping other Feather Transformations before capturing Luan Fei.

Luo Jun learned how Taimu came to inherit his Time Ability through Old Yuan’s account of Heather and Dampes. Old Yuan revealed that Dampes had learned Time Magic from Heather, while the circumstances behind that knowledge remained unclear.

• Luo Jun wondered what had happened to Dampes after handing him over to Yuan Shouzhen and the Yuan Cultivation Society.
• Old Yuan visited Luo Jun and explained that Apacha had adopted Heather, whose biological father had possessed an inheritable Time Ability.
• Old Yuan recounted that Heather disappeared during an expedition to [Hell] and was found three years later, contaminated but still mentally on humanity’s side.
• Heather told the investigators that Dampes had learned Time Magic from her and that she was carrying his child, Taimu.
• After giving birth to Taimu, Heather took her own life, and Luo Jun guessed that Old Yuan had been questioning Dampes about how he learned Time Magic.

Luo Jun learned how Dampes developed his Time Ability and why the Yuan Cultivation Society and other organizations were competing to recruit Taimu. Old Yuan then revealed an ancient warning that the true gods would return 120 years after the first Door opened, placing their arrival only a few years away.

• Old Yuan explained that Dampes had learned Time Magic by studying Heather, and that his ability combined a weaker time multiplier with a powerful defensive effect called Time Armor.
• Old Yuan told Luo Jun that Taimu had inherited both Heather's high time multiplier and Dampes' Time Armor, making his demonic lineage and exceptional talent the focus of negotiations between the Yuan Cultivation Society and the Explorer Alliance.
• Luo Jun reasoned that Apacha had revealed Taimu to the world to protect him from being secretly targeted, while Old Yuan said the Yuan Cultivation Society planned to use its resources to bring Taimu to the Peak within a year.
• Old Yuan explained that organizations across the Main World urgently sought powerful cultivators because signs pointed to an approaching upheaval.
• Old Yuan revealed that the first expedition through the Main World's first Door found a stone slab warning that the true gods would descend 120 years after the Door opened, and said Wan Guiyuan had read it while Old Yuan was present.

Old Yuan told Luo Jun how the first Otherworld Gate revealed a prophecy of a god’s descent and explained the Main World’s efforts to prepare for it. He also revealed that Luo Jun’s presumed-dead Senior Brother, Wu Yingjie, had become a powerful Polluter, and the chapter left Luo Jun facing the threat posed by Wu Yingjie’s protected stronghold, Tianluo City.

• Old Yuan told Luo Jun that he and Wan Guiyuan had entered the first Otherworld Gate with Nicholas and Gordo, who later became the Pope and Gold Emperor, and that the four had learned of a god’s descent in 120 years.
• Old Yuan explained that Nicholas, the Grand Nun, and other Holy See leaders had deliberately embraced Chaos power, so Wan Guiyuan exposed them and arranged for the Polluter to kill them when Nicholas became unstable.
• Old Yuan clarified that Osman was a Main World Feather Transformation rather than a Polluter, and that he had joined [Empire] while keeping its Polluters under control.
• Old Yuan revealed that Luo Jun’s Senior Brother Wu Yingjie had become a Polluter after using a method of devouring others’ Life Energy to strengthen Innate Potential, and that he and former Body Tempering Art students had massacred people and Cultivators for it.
• Old Yuan warned that Wu Yingjie’s group had grown powerful, possessed God Relics, and developed Pseudo-Ascended, while Tianluo Company had nearly wiped out [Metropolis]’s Cultivators for use as cultivation materials.
• Old Yuan said repeated Main World operations against Wu Yingjie had failed because he never left Tianluo City and no one could defeat him there.

Luo Jun used the Breath of Divinity to evolve the Sky-Soaring Pill into the Mythic Moon-Treading Pill, gaining permanent flight and a powerful stepping ability. After examining its effects, he swallowed it and began undergoing a bodily transformation.

• Old Yuan explained that Wu Yingjie's God Relic domain sealed Vital Energy across Tianluo City and warned Luo Jun not to challenge him.
• Old Yuan received a call about work, left Luo Jun's room, and reminded him to prepare for the competition and collect the Universal Charger from Man Chen.
• Luo Jun used the Dice of Heavenly Secrets and the Breath of Divinity to evolve the Sky-Soaring Pill into the Moon-Treading Pill.
• Luo Jun read that the Moon-Treading Pill granted permanent flight at up to Mach 10 and the Moonlit Step ability, which created an unlimited-strength foothold.
• Luo Jun swallowed the golden pill, and its energy spread through his body as he began transforming.

Luo Jun tested his new flying ability and Moonstep, accidentally wrecking a reinforced training room with a supersonic burst. At the Heavenly Origin Tournament, Leonardo withdrew from the Semi-Finals, sending Luo Jun straight to the finals without a fight.

• Luo Jun learned to control his new flight ability after crashing into his hotel ceiling and practiced in an underground Training Ground.
• Luo Jun used Moonstep to launch himself across the training room, destroying the mannequin, equipment, and parts of the room with the resulting wind pressure.
• Ottos arrived to train, saw the damage in Room 59, and wondered whether Luo Jun’s strength explained his own elimination.
• Qiao Fei and Li Na introduced the final four contestants at the tournament venue, but Leonardo failed to appear.
• The hosts announced that Leonardo had withdrawn, giving Luo Jun a walkover into the finals before Ling Yao and Wu Feng’s Semi-Finals match.

Ling Yao and Wu Feng fought in the Heavenly Origin Tournament semi-finals, where Wu Feng revealed an apparently invulnerable wind-like form. Ling Yao realized the clash could help him advance his Demon-Breaking Golden Edge, and he eagerly began testing it against Wu Feng.

• Ling Yao and Wu Feng drank Rebirth Potions and began their semi-final match.
• Wu Feng charged through Ling Yao's attacks, then merged with his Elemental Avatar and turned their clash into a massive tornado.
• Ling Yao used his Demon-Breaking Golden Edge to split the tornado, but Wu Feng recovered from every strike and the fighters reached a deadlock.
• Ling Yao recalled his father Ling Jue's explanation that the Golden Edge could eventually reach a conceptual level and cut through the origin of life.
• Ling Yao concluded that Wu Feng's wind-like transformation might let him pursue that killing Golden Edge, then repeatedly adjusted his attacks to study their effects.

Ling Yao broke through to Ascension during his match against Wu Feng, using his evolved Demon-Breaking Golden Edge to destroy Wu Feng’s Primal Wind and win. Gold Emperor confirmed Ling Yao’s victory and announced that he was the youngest Ascension expert in Main World history.

• Ling Yao realized that Demon-Breaking Golden Edge reached its true power through unstoppable attack, then used it to break Wu Feng’s Protective Qi.
• Ling Yao intensified his Saint Technique and fused the Golden Edge’s properties into his Gang Qi as Wu Feng launched a concentrated Wind Blade attack.
• Ling Yao’s body returned to normal as his aura rose beyond Peak level, and Luo Jun realized that Ling Yao had ascended.
• Ling Yao’s golden attack annihilated Wu Feng’s Primal Wind and broke through the arena barrier, while Wu Feng revived with a Rebirth Potion.
• Gold Emperor declared Ling Yao the winner and announced his historic achievement as the youngest Ascension expert in Main World history.

After Ling Yao’s breakthrough made him the overwhelming favorite to win the tournament, Ling Xin warned Luo Jun that her brother’s evolved ability might kill him beyond the reach of a Rebirth Potion. Ling Yao arrived at Luo Jun’s room and found Ling Xin there, teasing her about her reputation and demanding that Luo Jun take responsibility for her.

• Ling Ao helped Ling Yao stabilize his newly awakened Ascension Realm power, and Gold Emperor postponed the final for three days.
• Luo Jun read forum debates that favored Ling Yao over him and wondered how powerful the Demon-Breaking Golden Edge had become.
• Ling Xin visited Luo Jun, admired Aishiliya, and urged him to withdraw from the final because Ling Yao could sever an opponent’s Death Line and possibly prevent rebirth.
• Luo Jun told Ling Xin that withdrawing depended on whether his opponent agreed, then revealed that Ling Yao had arrived at the door.
• Ling Yao entered the room, teased Ling Xin about visiting a boy, and told Luo Jun to take responsibility for her.

Ling Yao confronted Luo Jun, uncovered that he was Night, and challenged him to a private duel because their Ascension Realm powers could endanger ordinary spectators. They met in [Heaven] to fight, where five veteran Ascension Realm experts appeared as their audience.

• Ling Yao sent Ling Xin outside and questioned Luo Jun about his unusual composure, then recognized him as Night from his outfit and corrected memories.
• Luo Jun confirmed his identity and explained that the cultivation method Ling Yao had taught him gave him his current power, though he was not strictly Ascension Realm.
• Ling Yao challenged Luo Jun to a private match in [Heaven], explaining that their powers could harm spectators even through livestreams and promising to forfeit the tournament final.
• Luo Jun used Soul Snatching to send Ling Xin away, and he and Ling Yao entered [Heaven] to arrange their duel.
• Gold Emperor, Wan Guiyuan, Ling Ao, Old Rex, and Yulia appeared in the empty arena and took seats to watch the fight.

Luo Jun fought Ling Yao, shattered his Demon-Breaking Golden Edges and withstood a powerful strike that only cut his hand. Ling Yao then formed Golden Edge Armor and resumed the battle, leaving the spectators uncertain which fighter would prevail.

• Ling Yao fired a stream of Demon-Breaking Golden Edges, and Luo Jun smashed them apart with his bare fists.
• Ling Yao used a dark-gold Golden Edge aimed at Luo Jun’s Killing Line, but it shattered against the pillar-like line and left only a shallow wound on Luo Jun’s hand.
• Luo Jun charged Ling Yao, broke through his Golden Protective Qi, and sent him crashing through the spectator stands.
• Luo Jun caught and shattered another dark-gold Golden Edge between his palms, prompting Ling Yao to compress his Gang Qi into Golden Edge Armor, wings, and a greatsword.
• Luo Jun and Ling Yao clashed again as the spectators debated whether Ling Yao’s armor or Luo Jun’s unknown abilities would decide the fight.

Luo Jun and Ling Yao fought across Sky Island before shifting from destructive clashes to a careful contest of technique. In their final head-on strike, Luo Jun revealed overwhelming speed and defeated Ling Yao, leaving the Ascension-level experts stunned.

• Luo Jun and Ling Yao battled across Sky Island, devastating the terrain before continuing their fight in the Arena.
• Luo Jun and Ling Yao adapted to each other’s movements and fought with greater control, though Ling Yao’s Demon-Breaking Golden Edge wounded Luo Jun.
• Luo Jun refused treatment and challenged Ling Yao to settle the duel with one final strike.
• Ling Yao flew high above the Arena and positioned himself to give Luo Jun a favorable upward attack.
• Luo Jun launched from the ground and collided with Ling Yao near his starting altitude, displaying far greater speed than the watching experts expected.
• Luo Jun descended with unconscious Ling Yao slung over his shoulder, while the experts realized Luo Jun had won and appeared able to fly.