Chapter Summaries

Lu Chenzhou explored the new ghostly powers and deeper worlds formed by his breakthrough, then spent a month improving his martial arts before preparing to leave for the battle corps trial. Mr. Turtle congratulated him on reaching the fifth realm, offered a way to trade for another rare cultivation treasure, and gave him a token that allowed him to return to the cave abode.

• Lu Chenzhou realized his Five-Viscera World had become a ghost domain and planned to reserve its five tiger-thrall slots for powerful spirits suited to the five viscera and elements.
• Lu Chenzhou explored Mount Tai and the Jade Emperor Hall in his Inner Landscape, then descended into a shadowy underworld beneath the World Tree as his qi and blood rose past twenty-one thousand.
• One month later, Phoenix Cry Across the Nine Heavens reached major mastery, and Lu Chenzhou ended his seclusion to prepare for the battle corps trial.
• Mr. Turtle learned Lu Chenzhou had reached the fifth realm and agreed to trade his remaining Nine-Aperture Exquisite Grass for the corpse of any Demon Emperor.
• Mr. Turtle urged Lu Chenzhou to cultivate the Nine Dukes Move Mountains Scripture, challenge the Star-Plucking Tower, and keep seeking lifespan-extending treasures, then gave him a golden token to return to the cave abode.

Lu Chenzhou explored the Shadow Realm and learned to travel through the world's darkness while demons and ghosts besieged the Battle Corps base. He emerged from seclusion as a Grandmaster and killed the Earthshaking Ancestor with a single Inch Force strike.

• Lu Chenzhou used the World Dao to enter the Shadow Realm, reflected on its layers and travel uses, and chose not to expose himself by killing the Demon Kings hiding in Drunken Immortal Lake.
• Mr. Turtle and the ape discussed Lu Chenzhou's age and rapid advancement, while the Blood Prison Ghost King prepared to attack the Battle Corps base after the Ape King was expelled from the world.
• The Blood Prison Ghost King used the Blood Sea Law to corrode the formation, and the defenders fought the invading Demon Kings and Ghost Kings as the Earthshaking Ancestor rampaged through the base searching for Lu Chenzhou.
• Lu Chenzhou emerged from the shadows as a fifth-realm Grandmaster when the Earthshaking Ancestor called for him.
• Lu Chenzhou pursued the fleeing Earthshaking Ancestor underground, stopped its escape with his Royal Domain, and killed it with Inch Force.

Lu Chenzhou emerged as a great grandmaster and returned to the battlefield, while the Azure Heaven Dragon King purged a blood-moon incarnation and sought enlightenment in the Moon-Cold Realm. The chapter ended as Lu Chenzhou struck at the Demon King Black Death after its lethal technique failed to harm him.

• Lu Chenzhou defeated Earthshaking Ancestor, devoured the Demon King's blood with the Tiger Soul Myriad Souls Spear, and revealed that he had become a great grandmaster.
• Yang Tian, Old Wang, and the Council of Ten Thousand Nations reacted to Lu Chenzhou's breakthrough, and the Council debated requiring Dao Heart oaths from experts seeking inheritance trials.
• The Azure Heaven Dragon King destroyed the Blood Ancient God's incarnation in the Moon-Cold Realm and spoke with the realm's Heavenly Dao, learning that the Sword Immortal Mo Li had once visited.
• The Dragon King asked the Moon-Cold Realm's Heavenly Dao to recreate its creation so he could pursue enlightenment in his Dao of transcendence.
• Lu Chenzhou returned to battle, and Black Death unleashed its Death-Announcing Qi, but Lu Chenzhou's aura vanished and a massive fist emerged from the shadows as Black Death tried to flee.

Lu Chenzhou killed the Black Death Demon King and then joined Wei Fenghua to destroy a clone of Six-Head, lord of the Demon King Palace. Six-Head’s true body remained hidden in the Black Marsh, waiting for humanity to attack.

• Lu Chenzhou evaded the Black Death Demon King’s attack through the Shadow Realm, then struck it with Sole Supremacy of One Realm and forced it to flee as a swarm of crows.
• Lu Chenzhou killed the Black Death Demon King with a flying sword and collected its death qi to cultivate the Life-Death Unity Talisman.
• Six-Head watched from the Demon King Palace and anticipated that humanity would attack after winning the war, believing itself invincible within the Black Marsh.
• Wei Fenghua fought a Six-Head clone at Clear Waters when Lu Chenzhou arrived and joined her in suppressing it with sword and fist attacks.
• The Six-Head clone tried to escape through space, but Lu Chenzhou shattered its passage, allowing Wei Fenghua and Lu Chenzhou to destroy it with their strongest attacks.

Lu Chenzhou survived the Blood Prison Ghost King's suicidal attack and helped rout the demon-ghost army, then recovered and secured first place in the trial merit rankings. As the allied Grandmasters prepared to confront Six-Head, Lu Chenzhou chose to join the campaign despite the danger.

• Six-Head analyzed Lu Chenzhou's abilities in the Demon King Palace and resolved to kill him with its Law of Decay.
• Lu Chenzhou slew two more Demon Kings as Six-Head's avatar fell, breaking the demon-ghost army's morale and sending its forces fleeing.
• The Blood Prison Ghost King burned its origin power and engulfed Lu Chenzhou in its sea of blood, but Lu Chenzhou survived with the protection of his Immortal Saint Armor and Glazed Bone, then destroyed the Ghost King's soul with Taisui Life-Slaying.
• Daoist Zhongchong led the Grandmasters in pursuing the retreating enemies, while Wei Fenghua guarded Lu Chenzhou as he recovered for a month.
• Lu Chenzhou took first place with 13,000 merit points, ahead of Wan Tiankong and Dream Ring.
• Daoist Zhongchong warned Lu Chenzhou that Six-Head might target him in a desperate attack, but Lu Chenzhou firmly agreed to join the campaign.

Lu Chenzhou repaired his divine weapons, learned that the Mountain Ancestor believed his martial path carried Candle Dragon’s inheritance, and led a punitive force toward the Demon King Palace. Six-Head struck him with demon-emperor power, but Lu Chenzhou survived and escaped Black Marsh as the final battle began.

• Lu Chenzhou used Ingot Mountain to repair his weapons and armor, paying with spoils after he could not afford the full cost in origin stones.
• The Mountain Ancestor revealed that it sensed Candle Dragon’s inheritance in Lu Chenzhou’s martial path, giving Mr. Turtle and the spirit weapons hope.
• Over the following year, the battle corps grew stronger, and Lu Chenzhou joined eighteen young great grandmasters on an expedition against the Demon King Palace.
• A red-scaled lizard demon king at the earth’s core decided to strike before Lu Chenzhou became stronger, while White Phoenix advanced to the seventh realm.
• Six-Head drew on Black Marsh’s power, became a demon emperor, and unleashed a lethal strike at Lu Chenzhou before being transported beyond the Minor Realm.
• Lu Chenzhou used the Blood Prison servant ghost and Falling Stars Like Rain to withstand the residual strike, then escaped Black Marsh with his armor shattered and his life intact.

After Lu Chenzhou survived Six-Head’s strike, the Heavenly Kings planned to reopen the Heavenly Human Ranking while Wang Changming pursued Six-Head into the Million Mountains. White Phoenix revealed that he had reached the seventh realm, killed Six-Head and Demon Ridge Demon Emperor, and asked Wang Changming to look after his junior sister before leaving to explore the mountains.

• Lu Chenzhou explained that his vital energy and blood had reached the middle stage after a year of cultivation, while he had opened 522 acupoints.
• Daoist Zhongchong and the others checked on Lu Chenzhou after Six-Head’s attack, and the group left Black Marsh for the Ore Vein Martial Tournament.
• A hidden figure in Black Marsh decided to wait until Lu Chenzhou separated from the main force before attacking him.
• The Northern Pacifying Heavenly King announced plans to reopen the Heavenly Human Ranking at the All-Nations Martial Arts Tournament and make the Xia Realm a fortress.
• Wang Changming pursued Six-Head into the Million Mountains, where Demon Ridge Demon Emperor appeared to defend it.
• White Phoenix revealed his seventh-realm strength, killed Six-Head and Demon Ridge Demon Emperor, then asked Wang Changming to look after his junior sister before leaving to explore the Million Mountains.

Lu Chenzhou survived an attack by Red Lotus Demon Venerable, using his Time Ages All Men spear technique in combination with Life and Death, Vast and Empty to destroy the Demon Emperor's projection. The projection warned that its true power would be far greater, leaving Lu Chenzhou trapped behind a sealing barrier as he reflected on how his understanding of time and life and death strengthened his world-based foundation.

• White Phoenix slew Six-Head Demon Emperor, while Lu Chenzhou's spear strike against a Demon Emperor stunned human experts.
• Lord Wu ordered the Fire Saint Lord to spare no cost in killing Lu Chenzhou, despite the Demon Emperor Palace's losses.
• Lu Chenzhou helped the Myriad Forms Dao win the mineral vein trial and later killed a Great Demon King in the Black Marsh Restricted Zone.
• Red Lotus Demon Venerable trapped Lu Chenzhou in the Karmic Fire Lotus Prison and battered him with attacks that damaged his armor and spear.
• Lu Chenzhou combined Time Ages All Men with Life and Death, Vast and Empty, causing Red Lotus Demon Venerable's projection to age, collapse, and turn to ash.
• Red Lotus Demon Venerable warned that its true power would be greater, while Lu Chenzhou remained trapped and considered how time and life and death completed his world.

Lu Chenzhou remained trapped in Red Lotus Demon Venerable’s Karmic Fire Lotus Prison as its heat intensified, while allies gathered outside and tried to break through. The chapter ended with the spirit weapons discussing the breadth and difficulty of Lu Chenzhou’s World Dao as he endured the prison’s flames.

• Lu Chenzhou was sealed inside a contracting crimson flame barrier, prompting Ling Susu and Qi Jingtian to report the threat and Daoist Zhongchong to request urgent support.
• White Phoenix sensed that the demons were targeting Lu Chenzhou and headed for the Minor Realm, while Grandmasters outside the barrier attacked it and learned that White Phoenix was approaching.
• Red Lotus Demon Venerable admitted his assassination attempt had failed but claimed Lu Chenzhou would die inside the Karmic Fire Lotus Prison within two hours.
• Lu Chenzhou’s spear attacks and his master’s Vermilion Bird Sword Qi failed to break the barrier, which absorbed the sword qi and continued growing hotter.
• At Mount Yuan Grotto-Heaven, Mr. Turtle and the spirit weapons praised Lu Chenzhou’s techniques and debated whether his pursuit of many aspects of the World Dao would hinder his future cultivation.

Lu Chenzhou endured the crimson barrier and used its Dao essence to trigger a transformation of the Martial Dao Tree, gaining insight into his World Dao and other Daos. He eventually broke through the barrier and escaped the illusion.

• Mr. Turtle refused to intervene while Lu Chenzhou was trapped, believing the trial could help him grow.
• Lu Chenzhou recognized that the crimson flames carried the Dao of Destruction and suspected the crimson-robed man was the Fire Saint Lord, acting for Wu.
• Lu Chenzhou sensed the Fire Saint Lord through a Dao essence illusion, then discovered the Martial Dao Tree had grown to 12,000 zhang and manifested his Dao levels.
• Lu Chenzhou concluded that he should continue following the World Dao while allowing his other Daos to develop naturally.
• As the barrier weakened, Lu Chenzhou struck it with a penetration-infused Water Drop Pierces Stone spear and shattered it.

Lu Chenzhou escaped the Red Lotus Demon Venerable’s barrier and spoke with White Phoenix about the Demon Venerable’s hidden lair and the uncertain balance between demons and humanity. At Mount Yuan Grotto-Heaven, White Phoenix began an inheritance trial, while Lu Chenzhou learned about an ancient True Spirit Sect whose path resembled the Myriad Forms Dao.

• Lu Chenzhou told the gathered masters that he had defeated the demon expert, and White Phoenix arrived, ended the trial, and ordered everyone to regroup at the stronghold.
• The Northern Pacifying Heavenly King and Wang Changming realized Lu Chenzhou had likely broken the barrier himself, but chose not to expose his hidden trump cards.
• White Phoenix told Lu Chenzhou that the Red Lotus Demon Venerable was alive beneath the earth and explained why neither side dared disturb the balance of power.
• Mr. Turtle invited White Phoenix to attempt Ancestor Ape God’s inheritance trial, and White Phoenix agreed.
• White Phoenix fought an elderly ape in the battle space, while Mr. Turtle told Lu Chenzhou that the Myriad Forms Dao resembled the long-vanished Great Wilderness True Spirit Sect.

White Phoenix joined Ancestor Ape God's lineage and received the Limitless Sword Canon before leaving the human world to seek the Three Thousand Worlds. Lu Chenzhou stayed behind with advice to develop his own Dao and prepare carefully for his first divine ability, while White Phoenix departed with the eighth-rank spirit weapon Cry of the Wutong Phoenix.

• Mr. Turtle accepted White Phoenix as Ancestor Ape God's nineteenth true disciple and passed on the first eight layers of the Limitless Sword Canon.
• White Phoenix planned to travel to the Three Thousand Worlds through Red Extremity Hall, while Mr. Turtle advised him to seek a spirit weapon at Ingot Mountain.
• White Phoenix told Lu Chenzhou about upcoming events in the human world and urged him to follow his own Dao and choose his first divine ability carefully.
• White Phoenix demonstrated Heaven-Escaping Mystic Light by taking Lu Chenzhou into outer space and back, then left after asking him to look after his junior sister.
• Cry of the Wutong Phoenix chose White Phoenix, who departed the Grotto-Heaven with Granny Wutong to travel beyond the human world.

After five years away, Lu Chenzhou returned to Su City and reunited with his family and fellow disciples as they prepared for the New Year. He offered to take them to a secluded grotto-heaven, but they chose to remain in the human world, while a new group called Truth Sorcerers began recruiting ordinary people.

• Lu Chenzhou sensed Su City's many Grandmaster and Great Grandmaster auras before returning to the Myriad Forms Dao and reuniting with its members.
• Chen Xiaoyun and Panther Woman remembered Wang Hongdao, who had been killed by an Ancient God Church ambush a year earlier.
• Lu Chenzhou offered his family and friends refuge in a blessed grotto-heaven, but Old Ji, his parents, Ji Feiyan, Shi Ruyu, and others chose to stay in the human world.
• Lu Chenzhou warned his loved ones that the evil gods might target them because they were focusing on him, and they urged him not to worry about them.
• Mr. Liu promoted the Truth Sorcerers' supernatural cultivation method to ordinary people at a secret gathering in Jiangnan.
• Lu Chenzhou made a New Year wish as the city celebrated and the wilds beyond it remained ominous.

After returning from the Minor Realm, Lu Chenzhou reunited with Bai Miaomiao and Zhou Ruoxue, investigated the Ancient God Church’s killing of Wang Hongdao, and claimed a Dragon Blood Coral as his trial reward. The Northern Pacifying Heavenly King revealed that the Heavenly Human Ranking contained the Martial World, a realm sustained by humanity’s martial wills, and asked Lu Chenzhou to become its controller.

• Lu Chenzhou welcomed Bai Miaomiao and Zhou Ruoxue, learned they were outer disciples at Mount Yuan Grotto-Heaven, and vowed to investigate the Ancient God Church for killing Wang Hongdao.
• Mr. Turtle welcomed Wang Changming as Mount Yuan Grotto-Heaven’s twentieth inner disciple, gave him a Nine-Aperture Exquisite Grass, and taught him three seventh-rank combat arts.
• Wang Changming told Lu Chenzhou he planned to enter closed-door cultivation and revealed that Mr. Turtle had already given him a Nine-Aperture Exquisite Grass.
• Lu Chenzhou chose Dragon Blood Coral as his frontier-expansion trial reward, while Wan Tiankong, Dream Ring, and Blade-Hugging Tiger selected the other treasures.
• The Northern Pacifying Heavenly King explained that the Heavenly Human Ranking contained the Martial World, where the wills of past Xia Realm sages endured, and asked Lu Chenzhou to try becoming its controller.

The Northern Pacifying Heavenly King explained the Heavenly Human Ranking and took Lu Chenzhou into the Martial World, where he encountered the imprints of Great Xia’s sages and spoke with Zhang Zu. A year later, Lu Chenzhou emerged from seclusion at Mount Yuan Grotto-Heaven with a True Dragon Physique.

• The Northern Pacifying Heavenly King told Lu Chenzhou that his Dao of Worlds made him suited to help nurture the Martial World and challenged him to climb the Heavenly Human Ranking.
• Lu Chenzhou imprinted his spiritual power on the ranking and entered the Martial World, where the Northern Pacifying Heavenly King showed him Profound Lord, the Azure Dragon, the Phoenix, Taiji Palace, and Spirit Mountain.
• Lu Chenzhou visited Taiji Palace and spoke with Zhang Zu, who said they had met before, surprising the Northern Pacifying Heavenly King.
• A year later, Lu Chenzhou ended his secluded cultivation at Mount Yuan Grotto-Heaven with more than forty thousand units of vital blood and a True Dragon Physique.

After a year of seclusion, Lu Chenzhou advanced his strength and mastered the first layer of the Moving Mountains Scripture. The new Heavenly Human Ranking stirred martial artists across the world, and Lu Chenzhou began a coordinated operation against the Ancient God Church in Jiangnan, where its leaders planned to abandon their established branches.

• Lu Chenzhou emerged from seclusion with forty-eight thousand vital energy and blood, mid-stage acupoints, and the first layer of the Moving Mountains Scripture mastered.
• Mr. Turtle explained how the Moving Mountains Scripture could help Lu Chenzhou fight stronger enemies, while spirit weapons at Ingot Mountain considered whether to follow or recognize him.
• The organizing committee announced the Heavenly Human Ranking and new Divine Weapon Catalog and Demon Catalog, prompting martial artists throughout the world to prepare for competition.
• Lin Xia identified twenty-three Ancient God Church branches in Jiangnan, and Lu Chenzhou ordered the Master Lamplighters to strike them simultaneously while he and Lin Xia went to Jinling.
• In Jinling's old city, Gu Qianqian questioned Cult Master Ming about abandoning the Jiangnan foundation, and he said the church would feign death and continue its work under new faces.

Lu Chenzhou wiped out the Ancient God Church’s Jiangnan branches and foiled an assassination plot, then learned that evil gods were spreading corrupt cultivation methods among civilians. The Northern Pacifying Heavenly King assigned him to guard Jiangnan and explained why developing the Heavenly Human Martial Arena Realm mattered.

• The Bright Church Master ordered Gu Qianqian to lure Lu Chenzhou into an ambush, while Chen Yongjing prepared to help restrain him.
• Lu Chenzhou infiltrated the former site of Jinling, killed Gu Qianqian and Chen Yongjing, and used the Blood Prison Ghost King to destroy the branch’s cultists.
• The White-Faced Lord arrived after the battle, failed to catch Lu Chenzhou, and retreated rather than risk an ambush.
• Lu Chenzhou’s forces destroyed more than twenty Ancient God Church branches in Jiangnan, earning him over a thousand Candlelights and a Star-Bloodweeping Divine Iron.
• The Northern Pacifying Heavenly King told Lu Chenzhou that evil gods were spreading cultivation methods among civilians and stressed the importance of evolving the Heavenly Human Martial Arena Realm.

Half a year after becoming a senior Lamplighter, Lu Chenzhou learned that the Heavenly Human Martial Arena Realm had begun and studied the new rankings. He defeated Wan Tiankong in the Fighting Realm, gained insight into Chaos, and awakened the Dao of Order on his Martial Dao Tree.

• The Northern Pacifying Heavenly King and Yellow River Old Ghost began a private battle, while rankings appeared at Great Xia’s Martial Dao Peaks.
• Lu Chenzhou examined the Heavenly Human Ranking, noted the strength of the Myriad Forms Dao, and found himself ranked 888th.
• The ranking announced that Yellow River Old Ghost had challenged the Northern Pacifying Heavenly King and lost.
• Wan Tiankong challenged Lu Chenzhou in the Fighting Realm and unleashed his self-created Stellar Chaos Saber.
• Lu Chenzhou defeated Wan Tiankong with one spear strike, prompting Wan Tiankong to recognize the principles of Order within it.
• Lu Chenzhou gained a first insight into Chaos and formed a new Dao of Order bubble on his Martial Dao Tree.

Lu Chenzhou entered Unity of Heaven and Man at Stone Lake and confronted the despairing truth that the universe was destined for destruction, while Wu’s inner demon tried to lure him toward the Stellar Law. As allies and enemies converged on Su City to exploit his vulnerable state, Wu’s secret Eye of Truth continued spreading its alternative path of cultivation through humanity.

• Lu Chenzhou comprehended the Dao at Stone Lake, entered Unity of Heaven and Man, and saw the universe’s inevitable destruction before Wu’s inner demon urged him to abandon the World Dao.
• Wu Zun, Bai Miaomiao, Zhou Ruoxue, Chen Jiu, and other experts guarded Lu as Old Man Hanshan recognized his state and called for reinforcements.
• The Northern Pacifying Heavenly King summoned Ye Xiaoyao to protect Lu, while Shangguan Xue prepared to send an incarnation of will toward Jiangnan.
• The Spirit-Eyed Demon Emperor ordered forces of the Demon Emperor Palace, Heavenly Ghosts, and Eye of Truth to attack Su City and kill Lu, while White-Faced Lord also set out to hunt him.
• Wu’s representative described how the Eye of Truth had spread Truth Sorcery through humanity and planned to keep drawing people away from Martial Dao.

The forbidden-zone gods and church leaders decided that Lu Chenzhou had to be killed before he could comprehend the Dao, while he resisted a god’s challenge to his World Dao at Stone Lake. As Su City’s defenders fought off an assault by several powerful enemies, the Holy Lord broke through their defenses and raced toward Lu Chenzhou.

• Wu warned the church leaders that Lu Chenzhou’s growth threatened their plans, and they agreed to target him in Jiangnan.
• At Stone Lake, Lu Chenzhou debated a god within his mind and upheld his resolve to reverse the universe’s increasing entropy.
• Spirit-Eyed Demon Emperor attacked Su City, but Ye Xiaoyao joined Old Man Hanshan to defend the city against him and the Sky Serpent Holy Lord.
• White-Faced Lord and the Star-Eating Demon Fish also attacked, while Shangguan Xue protected Su City with a magnetic barrier.
• Su City’s martial artists gathered around Stone Lake to protect Lu Chenzhou as he comprehended the Dao.
• The Holy Lord exhausted his divine power, broke through Ye Xiaoyao’s sword techniques and the magnetic barrier, and charged toward Lu Chenzhou.