Chapter Summaries

Qin Heng and the others interpreted the surviving murals as evidence that the Moon Core Realm’s ancestors oppressed Earth’s ancient humans, and resolved to treat the realm as an enemy. They followed a narrow fissure into the Moon Core’s outskirts, where they found thin air and a vast cave labyrinth but no residents in sight.

• Qin Heng and the others examined the remaining murals, which depicted flying craft attacking humans and a giant creature devouring them.
• Ice Flame Saint Child suggested outsiders might have erased the murals, and Qin Heng speculated that ancient Earth powerhouses had removed records of the Moon Core Realm’s oppression.
• Huo Wensong and Qin Heng connected the murals to ancient myths, while Xu Yichen said humanity’s defiance came from the unyielding faith of its ancestors.
• Qin Heng and the team declared the Moon Core Realm their enemy and proceeded cautiously, mindful that its people might include Martial God-level beings.
• Qin Heng’s team followed a narrow fissure downward for hours and emerged into the Moon Core’s outskirts, where they found thin air and a labyrinth of caves with no residents in sight.

Qin Heng and the Grandmasters ventured through the Moon Core World’s cave maze while a hidden enemy repeatedly monitored them. On the fourth day, they found the previous team’s battlefield and uncovered the bodies of Grandmasters killed in a one-sided ambush.

• Huo Wensong warned the team to stay together as they entered the vast cave maze in search of traces of the missing Grandmasters.
• A powerful hidden divine sense repeatedly observed the team, but Huo Wensong could not locate its owner, so Qin Heng urged everyone to keep advancing until the enemy felt safe enough to attack.
• The team traveled through the maze for three days, covering nearly 150 kilometers in a straight line while the hidden observer continued to probe them.
• On the fourth day, Huo Wensong led the team to collapsed ruins where they found the previous team’s bodies beneath the rubble.
• Qin Heng and the others determined that a powerful Moon Core World Martial God had ambushed the Grandmasters and killed them before they could send a distress signal.

Qin Heng and the Grandmasters searched for the missing Jiang Jiandong when a Moon Core Realm Martial God attacked them. Qin Heng discovered the attacker was weaker than Martial God Zhang and prepared to test his strength in a direct battle.

• Huo Wensong and the others gathered the twelve bodies they found, then realized Jiang Jiandong was missing and began searching for him.
• A divine sense swept over the group, and the Ice Flame Saint Child warned Qin Heng that it belonged to a different, slightly weaker Transcendent Realm expert.
• A brown-haired Martial God ambushed the Grandmasters, injuring Huo Wensong and several others before Qin Heng intercepted his attack.
• Qin Heng exchanged blows with the Martial God, blocked his secret technique with a Space Barrier, and judged that he could fight the opponent.
• Qin Heng asked the Grandmasters to clear the area, summoned a long spear from his storage space, and prepared to test his strength.

Qin Heng fought the Brown-Haired Martial God in the underground cavern, overcoming interference from a hidden powerful figure to land a fatal spear thrust. The Brown-Haired Martial God called for his ancestor as the stronger presence arrived.

• Qin Heng used teleportation to ambush the Brown-Haired Martial God and wound his right arm, but a hidden divine sense sealed Qin Heng's access to the Battle Domain.
• The Brown-Haired Martial God activated his qi-and-blood runes and overpowered Qin Heng in a direct clash, while Ice Flame Saint Child advised Qin Heng to avoid facing him head-on.
• Qin Heng and the Brown-Haired Martial God fought across the cavern, shaking the Ant Nest Area and the lunar base above.
• Qin Heng unleashed his strongest strike, Skyfall, and severely wounded the Brown-Haired Martial God, who claimed he was a heavenly god and raised a hand as if preparing to act.
• Ice Flame Saint Child warned Qin Heng that the Brown-Haired Martial God was trying to flee, then broke the seal on Qin Heng's teleportation.
• Qin Heng teleported behind the Brown-Haired Martial God and pierced his heart, prompting him to cry out for his ancestor as an even stronger aura descended.

Qin Heng and the Ice Flame Saint Child faced a First-Rank Mortal Shedding elder after the Brown-Haired Martial God retreated. The Ice Flame Saint Child took control of Qin Heng’s body and overwhelmed the elder, who summoned the Prison Slaughtering Spear as the fight continued.

• A white-haired First-Rank Mortal Shedding elder struck at Qin Heng with golden lightning, but the Ice Flame Saint Child blocked it with a frost wall.
• The elder shielded the wounded Brown-Haired Martial God and ordered him to return to Jade Pool to heal.
• The Ice Flame Saint Child took control of Qin Heng’s body and confronted the elder over the deaths of the people he had called sinful commoners.
• The Ice Flame Saint Child shattered the elder’s lightning attacks with frost and fire techniques, then blasted him away with Icefire Serpent Dragons.
• The enraged elder called for the Prison Slaughtering Spear.

Qin Heng learned that the Prison Slaughtering Spear was a Transcendent Rank 4 weapon that suppressed his ancestors, and the White-Haired Old Man recounted his clan’s account of ancient rebellions. As the old man prepared to attack, Ice Flame Saint Child struck first with a Law Runes formation and severely wounded him.

• The White-Haired Old Man summoned the Prison Slaughtering Spear and explained that it was his clan’s sacred artifact, forged with the bloodlines and divine souls of Qin Heng’s ancestors.
• Ice Flame Saint Child explained the spear’s power and its suppressive effect on Qin Heng’s race, then switched to the Ninefold Calamity Spear.
• At Qin Heng’s request, the White-Haired Old Man described how his ancestors had punished Fu Xi, Nüwa, Gonggong, Gun, and Yu’s people with executions and calamities.
• Qin Heng suspected the Overseers’ descendants had captured ancient Transcendent beings and then blamed them for the resulting disasters.
• The White-Haired Old Man raised the Prison Slaughtering Spear to attack, but Ice Flame Saint Child activated his Law Runes formation and crushed him with a giant ice-and-fire palm.

The Ice Flame Saint Child defeated the White-Haired Old Man after knocking away the Prison Slaughtering Spear, then killed him at Qin Heng’s command. Afterward, Qin Heng asked how the Ice Flame Saint Child would fare against stronger opponents, and they discussed the Celestial Body Path’s potential.

• The Ice Flame Saint Child used Grasp of the Azure Sky to wound the White-Haired Old Man, then sent the Prison Slaughtering Spear flying beyond the old man’s control.
• The Ice Flame Saint Child fought the White-Haired Old Man bare-handed and defeated him after a fierce clash of lightning, ice, and fire.
• The Ice Flame Saint Child asked Qin Heng whether he should kill the captured old man, and Qin Heng ordered him to do so.
• The Ice Flame Saint Child froze and burned the White-Haired Old Man, then destroyed his escaping divine soul.
• Qin Heng asked whether the Ice Flame Saint Child could fight a Perfect Transcendent Mortal, and the two discussed their strength and the Celestial Body Path.

Qin Heng recovered the Prison Slaughtering Spear and learned that it could be reforged to remove its harmful effects on Earthlings. He joined his team at the entrance to the Moon Core Realm’s residential district, called the Celestial Court, and they entered as its artificial daylight began.

• Qin Heng sent Xu Yichen and the others ahead to find the residential district while he teleported to retrieve the Prison Slaughtering Spear.
• Qin Heng freed the spear from deep within the rock and learned from the Ice Flame Saint Child that it was made of Town God Copper Essence and could be safely reforged after nine days of intense heat.
• Qin Heng stored the Prison Slaughtering Spear and caught up with Xu Yichen, Huo Wensong, Zheng Tiande, and the others at the gateway engraved with the characters for Celestial Court.
• Qin Heng smashed open the stone doors, and the team entered the passageway as its light suddenly intensified.
• Qin Heng reassured the team that the light marked the arrival of daytime in the inner world.

Qin Heng and his team discovered the hidden world beneath the moon, where the Sun Stone shone over a landscape containing Buzhou Mountain and a palace. After learning its inhabitants spoke of Olympus, they flew to the mountain and confronted two Grandmasters, with Qin Heng declaring they had come to pay respects to their ancestors and kill their enemies.

• Qin Heng led the team through the revealed entrance into a small underground world lit by the Sun Stone.
• Huo Wensong detected Western-looking residents, and the group speculated that Overseer descendants might also have settled on Earth.
• A resident pointed toward Buzhou Mountain and spoke a word that sounded like "Olympus," reinforcing the team's suspicions about ancient myths and history.
• Qin Heng and the others flew to Buzhou Mountain, where two Grandmasters blocked their way.
• Qin Heng told the Grandmasters they had come to pay respects to their ancestors and kill a few enemies, then raised a finger.

Qin Heng and his companions climbed Buzhou Mountain, where they found the remains of ancient Martial Gods and confronted the Overseers’ descendants. After killing the Brown-Haired Martial God, Qin Heng declared that the Goddess of War had killed the Overseers’ leader.

• Qin Heng killed two Grandmasters who attacked him beneath Buzhou Mountain after they invoked the God King’s command to kill outsiders.
• Qin Heng and his companions found dozens of ancient Martial God skeletons at the mountain’s base and mourned their ancestors.
• Qin Heng led the Grandmasters to the white palace at the summit and challenged the Overseers’ descendants.
• Qin Heng destroyed the Brown-Haired Martial God’s hall and evaded his desperate attack with his Battle Domain and Entered the Void.
• Qin Heng killed the Brown-Haired Martial God, saying the Goddess of War had already killed the Overseers’ leader.

Qin Heng and his companions killed the Overseers in the Heavenly Palace and found Jiang Jiandong imprisoned and near death. After rescuing and reviving him, they learned how he had endured months of torture without revealing Earth’s strength.

• Qin Heng decided the Overseer clansmen had to be killed, then used his Battle Domain to locate a hidden Grandmaster.
• Qin Heng and the others found Jiang Jiandong locked in a cage, and Huo Wensong broke him out.
• Qin Heng gave Jiang Jiandong rapid energy agents, and the rescued Grandmaster recognized his old friend Huo Wensong.
• Jiang Jiandong recounted how the enemy had killed his companions, tortured him for information, and threatened to invade Earth.
• Jiang Jiandong said he had misled his captors by claiming Earth had thousands of Martial Gods, keeping them from testing the threat.

After rescuing Jiang Jiandong, Qin Heng and the Grandmasters wiped out the Overseers' race in the Small World. Qin Heng found ancient books and learned a formation that might help Earthlings cultivate if energy became scarce again.

• Huo Wensong comforted Jiang Jiandong, who said his damaged meridians might keep him from fighting again, and promised to help him retire.
• Qin Heng led the Grandmasters to kill every member of the Overseers' race in the Small World.
• Jiang Jiandong told Qin Heng to search for ancient books, and Qin Heng found three parchment volumes that might be related to Earth.
• Qin Heng discovered the Nurturing Spirit Gathering Qi Formation and memorized its structure with the Ice Flame Saint Child's guidance.
• The nine Grandmasters returned and confirmed that no members of the Overseers' race remained alive.

Qin Heng approached the Sun Stone and worked with the Ice Flame Saint Child to dismantle its placement array and take it into the Origin Pool. He could not safely control its heat well enough to reforge the Prison Slaughtering Spear, so the Ice Flame Saint Child planned to refine it and forge the weapon later.

• Qin Heng sent the others to collect the ancestral sages’ remains while he flew toward the Sun Stone.
• Qin Heng used a Space Barrier to approach the Sun Stone, and the Ice Flame Saint Child warned that its heat could burn him to ashes without protection.
• The Ice Flame Saint Child used Qin Heng’s hand to dismantle the Sun Stone’s placement array and seal half its heat.
• Qin Heng tried to contain the Sun Stone’s heat with a Spatial Barrier, but the pressure forced him to release it, causing a fire dragon of heat to erupt.
• The Ice Flame Saint Child took the Sun Stone into his Origin Pool and said he would refine it and later use his origin true flame to forge the Prison Slaughtering Spear.

Qin Heng and the others gathered the human and beast remains in Moon Core World and brought them home so the ancestors could be buried and remembered. As Moon Core World fell dark and lifeless, eight Star Lords discussed conquering Eastern Ancient Holy Land and learned that Pangu had been exiled to its Realm Prison.

• Xu Yichen counted thirty-seven human skeletons and seven beast skeletons, and Shen Longxing inferred that the ancestors and their beast companions had died fighting the Overseers.
• Zheng Tiande urged the group to bring the remains home for burial and build shrines, and Qin Heng gave up some Moon Gold Crystal to make room in his storage space.
• Qin Heng stored the remains, and the group collected Huo Wensong and Jiang Jiandong before leaving Moon Core World.
• After the group departed, Moon Core World lost its light and heat, froze over, and became lifeless.
• Eight Star Lords discussed their plans to conquer Eastern Ancient Holy Land, and an elderly Star Lord warned them that Pangu had been exiled to its Realm Prison.

Qin Heng and the others returned safely to Earth, where Zhang Daoping welcomed them and arranged for the fallen heroes to be honored. As the twelve Grandmasters’ bodies were carried through Central Plains Base City, Qin Heng reflected on the generations who had defended their people.

• Qin Heng and the others reached Earth after three days, bringing the injured Jiang Jiandong and the remains of the twelve fallen Grandmasters.
• Zhang Daoping greeted the returning group, apologized to Jiang Jiandong, and said the preparations for the heroes’ final rites were ready.
• Qin Heng returned the twelve Grandmasters’ bodies to their families and successors, including Gong’s wife and grandson.
• The twelve military vehicles carried the heroes through Central Plains Base City as crowds gathered to mourn and bid them farewell.
• Qin Heng and Zhang Daoping reflected on how each generation had stepped forward to protect their people.

After the ancient ancestors were buried in a grand ceremony, Qin Heng discussed the past and future with Zhang Daoping and Lu Xiao. He planned to return to Nansha for secluded cultivation, while Lu Xiao proposed establishing martial arts training grounds at Earth Lineage sites, and they began choosing locations.

• Qin Heng brought out the ancient ancestors’ remains, and the people of Central Plains Base City held a grand sacrificial ceremony for them.
• Qin Heng, Zhang Daoping, and Lu Xiao reflected on history and discussed Qin Heng’s potential future as a figure of great renown.
• Qin Heng said he might travel beyond Earth to pursue higher realms, but assured Zhang Daoping and Lu Xiao that he could return.
• Zhang Daoping warned that the Overseers and the Lord of All Beasts remained threats, and Qin Heng agreed that more battles lay ahead.
• Qin Heng said he would return to Nansha for secluded cultivation, while Lu Xiao proposed turning Earth Lineage treasure sites into martial arts training grounds.
• Lu Xiao showed Qin Heng and Zhang Daoping a map of potential training-ground locations, including Western Ba-Shu, Shennongjia, Cloud White Mountain, and Southern Ridge.

Qin Heng organized support for a cultivation zone at the South Ridge Dragon Vein, which became the Liangguang Special Training Camp for young martial warriors. As construction began alongside the migration to Qianzhou, he traveled south with Fang Lingxue and reassured her that home was wherever family was.

• Qin Heng inspected the South Ridge Dragon Vein and calculated that Cultivation Rooms there could provide a lasting cultivation resource for future martial warriors.
• Qin Heng gathered Nansha's major organizations, and their leaders agreed to support developing the dragon vein into a Special Training Camp.
• The organizations named the project the Liangguang Special Training Camp and began its first construction phase with more than a thousand personnel and military support.
• Qin Heng traveled south with the construction group and the migrants heading to Qianzhou while cultivating in his battle vehicle.
• Fang Lingxue wondered whether the migrants would be resettled properly and where their home would ultimately be, and Qin Heng reassured her.

Qin Heng traveled south with Fang Lingxue as part of a mass migration and spent the evening exploring the planned area with her. As they rested beneath the stars, Fang Lingxue considered her future as a martial artist and hoped they would remain together for thousands of years.

• Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue left the convoy to explore the planned area, where they examined the construction equipment and spoke with a worker.
• The worker was surprised to see that Martial God Qin acted like an ordinary young man with his wife.
• Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue ate dinner atop their armored vehicle and talked about her boredom with school and possible future as a martial artist.
• Qin Heng encouraged Fang Lingxue to take her time deciding whether the martial path suited her.
• Fang Lingxue said she hoped they would still be together eighteen years, one hundred and eighty years, and even eighteen thousand years later.

Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue explored the Southern Ridge wilderness together while a thousand-person team began building a camp at the ley line. After returning the next morning, they settled in to oversee the project and train, with Qin Heng aiming for the Grandmaster realm and Fang Lingxue working toward becoming an official martial artist.

• Qin Heng used Absolute Space to kill the nearby Monsters, then directed the team to establish a camp at the Southern Ridge ley line.
• Engineers, soldiers, and martial artists cleared the land and began building while Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue watched and reflected on what people could accomplish together.
• Qin Heng took Fang Lingxue into the forest for a carefree wilderness outing, where they gathered fruit, caught fish, and discussed his need to keep growing stronger.
• Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue spent the night together beneath the stars after teasing each other about having a child.
• The couple returned to the construction site, inspected the Iron Sheet Houses, and decided to stay for around two months while they trained.

Qin Heng oversaw the development of the South Ridge Dragon Vein while continuing to strengthen himself and train Fang Lingxue. After Lu Xiao shared reports of Sea Domain Beast Gods fleeing toward shore, Qin Heng suspected the Lord of All Beasts was hunting them and feared it might reach the Transcendent Realm before he did.

• Qin Heng watched construction transform the South Ridge Dragon Vein and continued cultivating until his body reached Martial God-level strength.
• Fang Lingxue said she was still struggling to exert force with her sword, and Qin Heng encouraged her progress before she took a break.
• Lu Xiao told Qin Heng that development at Cloud White Mountain was progressing slowly because of its difficult terrain, unlike the South Ridge Dragon Vein.
• Lu Xiao sent Qin Heng a satellite report documenting more than ten Sea Domain Beast Gods surfacing and moving toward the Pacific coast before disappearing from monitoring.
• Qin Heng and the Ice Flame Saint Child concluded that the Lord of All Beasts was likely driving the Beast Gods ashore, and Qin Heng worried it would enter the Transcendent Realm first.