Chapter Summaries

Qin Heng interrogated the Red-skinned Strongman and Giant Panther about the Demoness and the upheaval in the Eastern Ancient Holy Land. He realized the Demoness was the Goddess of War and that the slave killed by Overseer Nuo Eh had been Xu Tianlin.

• The Red-skinned Strongman and Giant Panther begged Qin Heng for mercy, then described the Demoness’s attacks on the Guardian Army and the looming arrival of the Heaven Marquis Dynasty’s army.
• Qin Heng asked the pair to explain the Eastern Ancient Holy Land’s Void Ember Chronology and learned how its days, seasons, years, and eras compared with Earth time.
• The Giant Panther reported that more than 5.42 million Star Lords were stationed in the Eastern Ancient Holy Land, while the Red-skinned Strongman estimated the Demoness could rival a Star Lord Fourth Order.
• The pair explained that Overseer Nuo Eh had captured an escaped human, sold him as a slave, and later had him flayed alive after he was returned.
• Qin Heng concluded that the Demoness was the Goddess of War and that the murdered slave was Xu Tianlin, Earth’s second Martial God and founder of the Martial Warrior Alliance.

Qin Heng sent the Goddess of War’s Ninefold Calamity Spear and a letter back to her through two frightened outsiders, returning the weapon to its true owner. He then planned to grow stronger and reforge the Prison Slaughtering Spear before the turmoil in the Eastern Ancient Holy Land reached Earth.

• Qin Heng watched the Goddess of War from across the Void Passage and wondered why she would not return home.
• Qin Heng asked the Red-skinned Strongman and the giant leopard to carry the Ninefold Calamity Spear and his letter to the Goddess of War.
• The two outsiders introduced themselves as Chi Kui and Huang Miao, then reluctantly crossed the Void Bridge with the weapon and letter.
• Qin Heng told the Ice Flame Saint Child to reforge the Prison Slaughtering Spear once the Sun Stone was ready, and the Ice Flame Saint Child asked for two Earth years.
• Qin Heng estimated that he had several years to reach the Transcendent Realm before the Heaven Marquis Dynasty’s army arrived.

The Goddess of War received a weapon and letter from Earth, learned how Qin Heng had helped her homeland prosper, and revealed that her true body was imprisoned. She sent Qin Heng a message asking for his future aid, and he learned that she had powerful enemies.

• The Goddess of War recognized the Ninefold Calamity Spear and heard from it about Qin Heng’s strength and contributions to Earth.
• The Goddess of War read her clansmen’s letter, learned how Earth had developed, and said she wanted to meet Qin Heng.
• The Goddess of War revealed that her true body had been suppressed and that she had escaped only as an external incarnation.
• The Goddess of War spared Chi Kui and Huang Miao, then sent Qin Heng a carved message through the Void Passage.
• Qin Heng caught the message, which told him to become a Star Lord, leave the Realm Prison, and prepare to aid the Goddess of War against her powerful enemies.

Qin Heng learned that the Goddess of War faced powerful enemies in the Eastern Ancient Holy Land and resolved to grow strong enough to aid her. He warned the Moon Base crew that the Heaven Marquis Dynasty might reach Earth in four or five years, then prepared to report the threat and evacuate the base.

• Qin Heng interpreted the Goddess of War’s message as a plea for help and resolved to become a Star Lord as soon as possible.
• Qin Heng brought four enemy corpses and spaceship wreckage to the Moon Base, where Chen Yao and Gao Ye learned that the Goddess of War had fought in the Eastern Ancient Holy Land.
• Qin Heng warned the group that the Realm Prison had lost its Overseer and could soon fall under the Heaven Marquis Dynasty’s control, putting Earth at risk within four or five years.
• Qin Heng said he would report the danger to the Supreme Council and proposed dismantling the Moon Base within the year, while Chen Yao chose to stay and continue training.
• Chen Yao challenged Qin Heng to see who would enter the Martial God Realm first.

Qin Heng convened the Supreme Council and explained Earth’s vulnerable place in the universe and the possibility of a powerful invasion within five years. He revealed that the Goddess of War was in the Eastern Ancient Holy Land and had grown to at least Star Lord Third Order, leaving the council facing the need to prepare for survival.

• Qin Heng returned from the Moon and called an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council, where all the Hundred Great Councilors and Seven Martial Gods attended.
• Qin Heng described Earth’s position in the universe, the cosmic conflicts beyond it, and the risk that hostile forces could reach Earth in five years.
• Qin Heng warned that humanity could be enslaved or exterminated if it could not defend itself, and urged the council to prepare for the worst.
• Qin Heng told the council that the Goddess of War was in the Eastern Ancient Holy Land and had become at least a Star Lord Third Order powerhouse.
• Qin Heng revealed that Xu Tianlin had been mutilated by the Overseers and that the Goddess of War had killed them in revenge.

Qin Heng urged the Martial Warrior Alliance to prepare for the powerful enemies beyond the domain and offered to unite humanity with the beast race. He then went to meet Xuan Nie, where a weapon taken from Chi Kui drew the dragon’s alarmed recognition.

• Qin Heng told the council that the enemy beyond the domain would arrive in five years, and the Martial Gods discussed training fighters and negotiating with the beast race.
• Qin Heng said he would seek the Lord of All Beasts’ help and described him as trustworthy, while the council agreed to focus on preparing humanity.
• Qin Heng left the meeting and flew to the former Britain, where Xuan Nie was waiting for the Cosmic Energy Shards.
• Qin Heng delayed handing over the shards to ask Xuan Nie about Chi Kui’s firearm, and Xuan Nie identified it as a Disintegration Gun.

Qin Heng and Xuan Nie discussed the threat of the Heaven Marquis Dynasty and agreed to unite humans and Beast Gods against outside invaders. They became brothers, with Qin Heng claiming the big-brother role, while the Ice Flame Saint Child asked to join them.

• Xuan Nie explained that Qin Heng's Disintegration Gun was powerful but useless without Fission Bombs, and he did not know how to make them.
• Qin Heng told Xuan Nie about the Heaven Marquis Dynasty's planned invasion and the unrest in the Eastern Ancient Holy Land, but Xuan Nie refused to believe that the Guardian Army's governor-general had surrendered.
• Xuan Nie decided to remain in the world and cultivate rather than rush out to fight, and he agreed to help unite the Beast Gods while Qin Heng warned the human leaders and sought an alliance.
• Qin Heng and Xuan Nie agreed that humans and Beast Gods would stop attacking each other and cooperate against lifeforms from beyond the domain.
• Xuan Nie suggested they become brothers, and after arguing over who would be the big brother, he yielded to Qin Heng's claim.
• The Ice Flame Saint Child asked to join them as their big brother, but Qin Heng called him the youngest little brother because he had not been born yet.

Qin Heng and Xuan Nie began secluded cultivation after forging an alliance, while humanity evacuated the Moon Base and rebuilt and researched on Earth. Four months later, Qin Heng emerged from seclusion and encountered Xuan Nie, who had completed his transformation and grown into a massive dragon.

• Qin Heng gave Xuan Nie Moon Gold Crystals and wood core to support his breakthrough, then set off for the moon before beginning his own cultivation.
• Qin Heng brought extraterrestrial corpses and spacecraft wreckage from the Moon Base to the Research Institute, while Chen Yao stayed behind on the moon to pursue deathly seclusion.
• Humanity rebuilt its cities and homeland as researchers studied alien technology and martial arts instructors taught cultivation methods from extraterrestrial civilization.
• After absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Willow Tree heartwood for four months, Qin Heng reached about 32% of the way to the Transcendent Realm.
• Xuan Nie subdued the Beast Gods and became Lord of All Beasts while Qin Heng cultivated; after four months, Xuan Nie arrived near Qin Heng's secluded cultivation site in his enormous dragon form.

Qin Heng emerged from seclusion and agreed to spar with Xuan Nie in space to avoid damaging the Earth. As they traveled toward the moon to collect Moon Gold Crystal, Xuan Nie explained why ranking among the top hundred thousand in the Juegu Dynasty was an impressive feat.

• Xuan Nie told Qin Heng that he had subdued the sea and land Beast Gods and established the Ten Thousand Beasts Kingdom after completing his breakthrough.
• Xuan Nie challenged Qin Heng to a rematch, but Qin Heng declined to use dangerous techniques and proposed a physical fight beyond the atmosphere.
• Qin Heng and Xuan Nie set off for the moon, with Qin Heng riding on Xuan Nie's head.
• Xuan Nie told Qin Heng that his new body ranked among the strongest in the Juegu Dynasty and explained that exceptional cultivators could surpass natural limits.
• Xuan Nie cited the Genius Battle's immense field of competitors and Dong Huaiyue's top-million ranking to explain why his own top-hundred-thousand potential was remarkable.

Qin Heng and Xuan Nie discussed the Great Universe’s geniuses and the upcoming Genius Competition of the Void Ash God Kingdom. Xuan Nie’s account of Eastern Ancient Holy Land’s history led Qin Heng to realize that Earth held a secret art bestowed on Pangu Lord, and he resolved to keep it secret.

• Qin Heng reflected on how difficult it would be to rise above the Great Universe’s countless geniuses, while Xuan Nie encouraged him and suggested he enter the next Genius Competition.
• Xuan Nie explained that Star Lord Level cultivators could enter the Soul Dimension to compete and that top contestants might receive secret arts from the Void Ember True God.
• Xuan Nie told Qin Heng that Eastern Ancient Holy Land had once been named after a fallen lord who placed fourth in the Genius Competition.
• Qin Heng guessed that the former holy land had been Pangu Holy Land, and Xuan Nie confirmed it.
• Qin Heng connected Pangu Lord’s history to the Universe Origin Secret Canon on Earth and decided not to reveal its existence until he had Lord Class power.

Qin Heng and Xuan Nie discussed the origins of Earth's lineage, the Pangu Clan, and the requirements for the Void Ash God Kingdom Genius Competition. They reached the moon to mine Moon Gold Crystal and found Chen Yao cultivating there, where Xuan Nie's arrival startled him.

• Xuan Nie suggested Qin Heng's exceptional talent might come from Bloodline Reversion, and Qin Heng discussed the Pangu Clan's decline and the indifference of Void Ember True God.
• Xuan Nie explained the Genius Competition's eligibility rules and that participants would fight with their soul cultivation suppressed to Star Lord First Order.
• The Ice Flame Saint Child revealed he had competed in the Truth God Nation's competition and considered entering the upcoming one with Qin Heng and Xuan Nie.
• Qin Heng and Xuan Nie reached the moon so Qin Heng could mine Moon Gold Crystal before they sparred elsewhere.
• Qin Heng and Xuan Nie found Chen Yao cultivating amid Moon Gold Crystal, and Qin Heng reassured the startled Chen Yao that the enormous dragon was one of them.

Qin Heng and Xuan Nie collected Moon Gold Crystals from the Moon, then traveled into deep space to test Xuan Nie’s Perfect Transcendent Mortal body against Qin Heng. Their fight left Qin Heng injured but showed that his newly comprehended Muddy Swamp Domain could weaken Xuan Nie’s attacks, and Xuan Nie prepared to unleash his full strength.

• Xuan Nie gave Chen Yao a secret art, while Qin Heng and Xuan Nie collected Moon Gold Crystals from the Moon.
• Qin Heng and Xuan Nie traveled far from the Moon to fight without endangering Earth, and Xuan Nie described the many life-supporting planets in the Cosmic Prosperity Zone.
• Xuan Nie struck Qin Heng hard enough to crack open his right arm, revealing the power of his Perfect Transcendent Mortal dragon body.
• Qin Heng used his Muddy Swamp Domain to slow Xuan Nie’s claw and wounded it with his Blazing Fire thrust.
• Xuan Nie announced that he would stop holding back and use his full strength.

Qin Heng and Xuan Nie ended their spar without either finding a satisfying way to overcome the other, then discovered a meteorite concealing an ancient spaceship. They found its crew dead and its cargo of unusual red stones, which Qin Heng planned to bring back for study.

• Qin Heng used teleportation and the Void to evade Xuan Nie, but stopped the spar after ten minutes because he could not seriously injure Xuan Nie.
• Qin Heng and Xuan Nie disagreed over whether survival or defending one's race mattered more, then began flying back toward Earth.
• Qin Heng spotted a flash from a nearby meteorite and asked Xuan Nie to investigate it.
• Xuan Nie discovered that the meteorite concealed a small cargo spaceship whose three crew members had been killed by a powerful divine consciousness.
• Qin Heng opened the ship and found its cargo of long-abandoned, fiery red stones, then decided to take some back for experts to study.

Qin Heng investigated a red ore from the Meteorite Spaceships and sent more than two hundred students into Pangu Temple Small World to study its inheritances. Before entering, Lin Ke told him that Ji Lingyun had died, prompting Qin Heng to reflect on how far he had left his old opponents behind.

• Qin Heng gave Zhang Daoping a red stone and suggested the Meteorite Spaceships had been thieves mining ore beyond Earth, so Zhang restarted the investigation with experts.
• Qin Heng released Jiang Wenjue and the other trainees from Pangu Temple Small World, then gathered more than two hundred students and teachers to enter it for further study.
• Qin Heng led the group into the protected cave and opened the passageway to Pangu Temple Small World.
• Lin Ke told Qin Heng that Ji Lingyun had died three months earlier after a High-level Beast King attacked him on a mission.
• Lin Ke asked whether Qin Heng quickly forgot the opponents he defeated, and Qin Heng replied that the end of the sky was merely another great mountain.

Qin Heng returned to Nansha and reunited with Fang Lingxue, who reflected on her fading reaction to Ji Lingyun’s death and her goal of becoming a Martial God. He later visited the Heavenly Dao Martial Hall, where his old classmates welcomed him and Zhao Chong urged him to see Vice Hall Master Zhang, who had recently adopted a baby girl and wanted to teach her martial arts.

• Qin Heng returned home and told Fang Lingxue that Ji Lingyun had died; she said her hatred remained but the news brought little satisfaction.
• Fang Lingxue told Qin Heng she hoped to become a Martial God and someday travel with him through the starry sky.
• Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue returned to the Heavenly Dao Martial Hall, where Old Lin was surprised to see Qin Heng back at the dormitory.
• Qin Heng found Han Liang sparring with a new student and reunited with Han Liang, Ding Baishan, Zhao Chong, and the other students.
• Han Liang thanked Qin Heng for bringing back Moon Gold Crystals, which had increased students’ Energy Points and helped him advance.
• Zhao Chong told Qin Heng that Vice Hall Master Zhang had adopted a baby girl named Chen Yu and already wanted to teach her martial arts.

Qin Heng visited Zhang Zhenwei and met the infant reincarnation of Chen Yu, whose parents were uneasy about Zhang’s intense attachment to her. Qin Heng arranged for Zhang to leave the Martial Hall and guide young people elsewhere until the child was older.

• Qin Heng watched Fang Lingxue spar with Han Liang, who complained that she beat him up regularly.
• Qin Heng went to the Emerald Bamboo Forest and found Zhang Zhenwei carrying the infant Chen Yu with her father nearby.
• Zhang Zhenwei introduced the sleeping child to Qin Heng as his senior sister Xiao Yu.
• Qin Heng advised Zhang Zhenwei not to expose the infant to martial arts so early and suggested he live elsewhere for a few years.
• Zhang Zhenwei agreed to leave with Qin Heng’s help, and Xiao Yu’s father looked relieved.

Qin Heng gave Chen Yu's second-life parents a vial of his healing blood, then learned that mysterious red rocks might have come from Venus. He postponed investigating until he reached the Transcendent Realm and began an intense secluded cultivation with Xuan Nie planning to join him later.

• Qin Heng examined Chen Yu's second-life body, offered her parents cultivation methods for when she turned seven, and gave them three drops of his blood to keep for emergencies.
• Qin Heng learned that his blood was Pangu Blood, whose effects could grow stronger as he advanced, though losing too much of it would weaken him.
• Zhang Daoping told Qin Heng that research suggested the red rocks had come from Venus, where a powerful expert might have destroyed the ore-stealing fleet.
• Qin Heng decided to delay investigating Venus until he reached the Transcendent Realm, and Xuan Nie agreed to accompany him then.
• Qin Heng returned to Southern Ridge and began secluded cultivation among his Moon Gold Crystals, driving his strength upward.

After years of seclusion, Qin Heng checked on Earth’s progress and visited the newly advanced Martial God Sun Ye, while nearing his own breakthrough into the Mortal Shedding Realm. Sun Ye’s breakthrough had inspired other aging Grandmasters, though he had reached only Third-Rank Mortal Shedding.

• By midsummer of 2092, Qin Heng had refined the Moon Gold Crystal from his third trip to the Moon, bringing his Grandmaster progress past 92%.
• Qin Heng read messages about Earth’s expanding martial arts world, a new Martial God, merged martial arts education, and Ancient Civilization ruins in North America.
• Qin Heng sensed Zhang Daoping and Sun Ye in Central Plains Base City and went to meet them at the Heavenly Dao Martial Hall.
• Zhang Daoping told Qin Heng that Sun Ye had broken through after studying Qin Heng’s extraterrestrial cultivation technique.
• Sun Ye thanked Qin Heng for the technique, and Qin Heng found that Sun Ye had reached only Third-Rank Mortal Shedding but could still live for six hundred years.

Qin Heng returned to Nansha, reunited with Fang Lingxue, and learned how she and their friends had progressed while he was away. After explaining that their differing life force made having a child difficult for now, he reassured Fang Lingxue before preparing to enter seclusion on the moon.

• Qin Heng discussed Transcendent breakthroughs with Zhang Daoping and Sun Ye, who said more Grandmasters might become Martial Gods in the next five years.
• Qin Heng returned to Nansha and watched Fang Lingxue defeat an Advanced Ferocious Beast during training at Heavenly Dao Martial Hall.
• Xu Yichen credited the White Eye Netherwind Ghost Canon with his progress and said he might reach the Transcendent Realm in about ten years.
• Qin Heng told Fang Lingxue that he would head to the moon in a few days and remain in seclusion until he broke through.
• Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue discussed why they had not conceived a child, and he explained that their great difference in vitality made conception difficult for now.
• Qin Heng comforted Fang Lingxue and reminded her that she had helped him find his path.

Qin Heng traveled to the moon to cultivate and have the Ice Flame Saint Child reforge the Prison Slaughtering Spear. After handing over the weapon, Qin Heng settled at another Moon Gold Crystal site to prepare for his breakthrough.

• Qin Heng left Earth alone and learned that the Ice Flame Saint Child could reforge the Prison Slaughtering Spear in two months.
• Qin Heng visited Chen Yao, who said he was nearing a breakthrough to Perfect Transcendent Mortal.
• Qin Heng gathered Moon Gold Crystal at a second mining site to avoid disturbing Chen Yao with his breakthrough.
• The Ice Flame Saint Child manifested a temporary body of ice and fire and explained that he was a God Spirit Race being.
• Qin Heng handed the Prison Slaughtering Spear to the Ice Flame Saint Child, then sat down to cultivate near the Void Bridge.