Chapter Summaries

Lu Chenzhou secured the stranded Grandmasters with Dao Heart Oaths, then hid with Lin Xia and focused on cultivating while Wang Xian’s team investigated their new world. As the search for them continued, Shangguan set out through an ancient teleportation network toward the Kungu Realm.

• Lu Chenzhou required the Grandmasters to swear Dao Heart Oaths, then sent them to investigate or enter seclusion; he gave Lin Xia a Nine-Aperture Exquisite Grass to help her advance.
• Lu Chenzhou fortified his hidden cave and focused on raising his vital blood and acupoints, while Wang Xian’s scouting team learned that their world was ruled by women and threatened by three Demon Venerables.
• After learning that the world was the birthplace of the Aurora Empress, Lu Chenzhou sent the Northern Pacifying Heavenly King a clue to their location and continued cultivating in hiding.
• Six months later, rumors spread in Su City that the missing Grandmasters had died, while Wu ordered the Eye of Truth to keep searching before Lu Chenzhou reached the sixth level.
• At the Phoenix Spirit Realm’s Great Snow Mountain, a woman told Shangguan that the ancient teleportation route through the Profound Heaven Realm could lead her to the Kungu Realm.

The Divine Alliance prepared an expedition against the Xia Realm, while the Overseas Tyrant Royal Clan chose to wait and see. In Kungu Realm, Shituo Palace attacked Great Wu as it searched for Xia Realm visitors, and Wang Xian broke through to the Fifth Realm while Lin Xia remained in seclusion.

• Shangguan Xian departed through a teleportation array, and the phoenix-eyed woman hoped their alliance could help humanity withstand the Forbidden Zone.
• Fang Bifan reached the Fifth Realm and vowed to settle his grievances with the Water Mansion and defeat the human prodigies.
• Flamebright Realm Sovereign and three other Realm Sovereigns agreed to invade the Xia Realm and seek out Lu Chenzhou, while Ten Thousand Waters Realm Sovereign decided to watch and wait.
• Lightning Demon Sovereign ordered the demon emperors to search for the Xia Realm humans, and Shituo Palace's forces advanced into Great Wu.
• Three Suns Immortal Matron chose to fight Shituo Palace after Cold Moon Fairy warned that a Demon Saint could arrive, and the three Demon Sovereigns descended on Great Wu's capital.
• Wang Xian emerged from seclusion after reaching the Fifth Realm, while Lin Xia remained unreachable during his suspected breakthrough to the Sixth Realm.

While the Cold Moon Fairy negotiated protection for the visitors from beyond the world, Lu Chenzhou completed his breakthrough into the sixth realm during his seclusion in Kungu Realm. His emergence as a Heavenly King left the gathered masters in awe.

• The Cold Moon Fairy met the visitors, negotiated with the Northern Pacifying Heavenly King, and concealed their hideout behind a barrier.
• The Cold Moon Fairy told the Three Suns Immortal Matron that Lu Chenzhou might help them survive the Demon Saint’s assault if he entered the sixth realm.
• Black Mountain Demon Saint destroyed the Twisted Wood World after killing its strongest being, the Wood Ancestor.
• Lu Chenzhou transformed his body and inner landscape, entered the sixth realm, and reached vitality and spiritual power of 130,000.
• The masters sensed Lu Chenzhou’s breakthrough as natural forces gathered over the mountain and formed a martial arts dharma manifestation.

Lu Chenzhou completed his breakthrough to the Heavenly King realm, drawing the attention of the demon forces and leaving the Grandmasters surrounded by two Demon Emperors. He emerged in time to save them and faced the attackers with his Dharma Manifestation and spear.

• Lu Chenzhou's Dharma Manifestation absorbed the power of heaven and earth, while Three Suns Immortal Matron sent Cold Moon Fairy to protect him from approaching Demon Emperors.
• Lightning Demon Sovereign flew west to investigate the breakthrough, while two other Demon Emperors found the hidden mountain and attacked the group.
• Yu Cheng organized the Grandmasters to reinforce their formation, but the insect Demon Emperor lifted the mountain and the ram-horned Demon Emperor defeated Hong Tianxiang's sword attack.
• The insect Demon Emperor dropped the mountain, but Lu Chenzhou's golden Dharma Manifestation caught it and set it back on the ground.
• Lu Chenzhou emerged atop his thousand-zhang Dharma Manifestation, protected the Grandmasters with his spear-world Dharma Realm, and challenged the two Demon Emperors.

Lu Chenzhou overwhelmed the Insect Demon Emperor and endured Bato’s devastating domain attack. He then emerged above his shattered Dharma Avatar and killed Bato with his Heaven-and-Earth Penetration Strike.

• The Insect Demon Emperor attacked Lu Chenzhou, but his Black Tortoise Taiji Diagram absorbed its strikes and his White Tiger spirit crushed it.
• Lu Chenzhou’s Azure Dragon swallowed the Insect Demon Emperor’s divine soul, raising his Five Elements from Second Rank to Third Rank.
• Bato transformed into its Flame Demon true body and used Hell Breath, but Lu Chenzhou’s defenses stopped the attack from reaching him.
• Bato unleashed its Heaven Weeps, Earth Mourns domain, melting much of Lu Chenzhou’s Dharma Avatar and hiding him beneath the smoke.
• Wu Yun attacked Bato but was repelled and fled as Bato turned toward the Grandmasters.
• Lu Chenzhou appeared above his broken Dharma Avatar and killed Bato with the Heaven-and-Earth Penetration Strike.

Lu Chenzhou mastered a devastating new spear strike, killed Bato by finding and devouring his soul, and refused to retreat while the demon invasion continued. After sending the other Grandmasters to safety, he flew into battle and awakened to a godlike view of the Grand Void and the worlds beyond.

• Lu Chenzhou comprehended the thirteenth form of the Martial God Spear, raising his Martial Dao Tree and developing a powerful, energy-consuming strike.
• After seeing Lu Chenzhou kill Bato and the insect-race Demon Emperor, Wu Yun found him underground as he devoured Bato's soul and gained insight into the Dao of Penetration.
• Wu Yun offered to take Lu Chenzhou and the other Grandmasters to the Three Suns Secret Realm, but Lu Chenzhou sent the others there and chose to keep fighting.
• The demon leaders learned that Bato and the other Demon Emperor had died and suspected that a Heaven Realm powerhouse from the Xia Realm had arrived.
• Lu Chenzhou left the secret realm, flew freely for the first time, and perceived the hidden structure of the world and the Grand Void beyond it.

Lu Chenzhou reached Heron City as demons overwhelmed its defenders, then perfected Eight Dragon Sounds and gained insight into the Dao of Vibration. His battlefield enlightenment brought him into the legendary state of Man and Heaven Become One, leaving the Demon Emperors stunned as Shan Kang began seeking enlightenment too.

• Lu Chenzhou sensed a Demon Saint and another powerful presence approaching, then traveled toward the sixth-realm battle at Heron City.
• Wu Mei told Wu Yun that she was gravely wounded and Heron City could not be held against Shan Kang Demon Emperor and Golden Armor Demon Emperor.
• Shan Kang and Golden Armor broke the city's formation, and Shan Kang blasted Wu Mei apart while demons flooded the city.
• Lu Chenzhou perfected Eight Dragon Sounds, used its soundwaves to destroy most of the demon army, and gained insight into the Dao of Vibration.
• Lu Chenzhou entered Man and Heaven Become One, and Wu Mei felt the Dao resonance while Shan Kang halted Golden Armor and began seeking enlightenment.

Lu Chenzhou remained in unity of heaven and man as Shan Kang broke through to the middle realm and nearly killed Wu Mei. When Shan Kang attacked him, Lu Chenzhou opened his eyes, caught the meteor hammer, and blasted Shan Kang into the sky.

• Wu Mei regenerated her body, then attacked the Golden Armor Demon Emperor to disrupt its enlightenment, but was soon suppressed.
• Wu Yun and the Great Xia cultivators learned that Lu Chenzhou had entered unity of heaven and man again, while Fairy Cold Moon drove off the fleeing Lightning Demon Venerable and pursued it.
• Shan Kang absorbed the power of heaven and earth, broke through to the middle realm, and struck Wu Mei with his meteor hammer, leaving her barely alive.
• The Golden Armor Demon Emperor tested Lu Chenzhou with hidden weapons and blasts, but his protective barrier remained untouched.
• Shan Kang approached and swung his meteor hammer at Lu Chenzhou, who caught it with one hand and shattered the weapon and Shan Kang's hands before blasting him into the sky.

Lu Chenzhou revealed his newly comprehended Dao of Vibration and fought Demon Emperors Shan Kang and Golden Armor outside the city. After surviving their combined domain attack and striking both demons down, he gained a first step in the Dao of Sovereign Apex, while his spear pierced the Kungu Realm’s barrier and drew a surprised response from the Great Void.

• Lu Chenzhou awakened from his state of union with heaven and man, comprehended the Dao of Vibration, and perfected the Dragon Chanting Tiger Roar Art.
• Demon Emperor Shan Kang returned to attack Lu Chenzhou, who used vibrational techniques to repel his punches and disrupt the demons’ defenses.
• Lu Chenzhou wounded Demon Emperor Golden Armor and held off both demons as Golden Armor attacked with layered shields.
• Demon Emperor Shan Kang used his gravity domain to help the two demons land a combined strike, but Lu Chenzhou emerged behind them and pierced them both with his spear.
• Lu Chenzhou’s spear struck the barrier separating the Kungu Realm from the Great Void, and the Martial Dao Tree recorded Sovereign Apex at Tier 1 (1%).

Lu Chenzhou killed Shan Kang and the Golden Armor Demon Emperor, then escaped the approaching Lightning Demon Sovereign as Heron City hailed him as Ten-Thousand-Mile Spear. As the Demon Saint’s arrival threatened the Kungu Realm, Lu continued hunting Demon Emperors and killed the Dragon-Subduing Demon Emperor, his sixth target.

• Lu Chenzhou pulled Shan Kang and the Golden Armor Demon Emperor’s souls from the void, killed them, and absorbed their Dao essence into the Martial Dao Tree.
• Lu Chenzhou sensed the Lightning Demon Sovereign approaching and vanished, while Heron City’s survivors named him Ten-Thousand-Mile Spear.
• The Lightning Demon Sovereign attacked Heron City, but a snow-mountain phantom blocked its lightning; Cold Moon Fairy arrived, thanked the hidden protector, and pursued the demon.
• The Nation-Devouring Demon Sovereign and Mountain Forest Demon Sovereign discussed the dead Demon Emperors, Lu Chenzhou’s escape, and the coming Demon Saint.
• Three days later, Lu Chenzhou tore apart the Dragon-Subduing Demon Emperor’s two clones with his fists and poison, bringing his tally to six before fleeing the Lightning Demon Sovereign’s strike.

Lu Chenzhou used Lightning Demon Sovereign’s pursuit to comprehend the lightning path, while the fox woman protected him from the demon. When Nation-Devouring Demon Sovereign joined the attack, a mysterious woman shattered its domain and let Lu Chenzhou escape; he recognized her as Yaochi Fairy.

• Lu Chenzhou hid in Taixu and observed the Kungu Realm’s giant golden-winged bird, which radiated light and heat and bore blood-red feathers linked to the power of Blood Moon.
• For three days, Lu Chenzhou evaded Lightning Demon Sovereign across the realm, aided by Cold Moon Fairy, while the Ten-Thousand-Mile Spear became famous.
• Lu Chenzhou decided to face Lightning Demon Sovereign so he could study the lightning path, and the fox woman blocked the Demon Sovereign’s attack while he comprehended its principles.
• Nation-Devouring Demon Sovereign joined the fight and trapped Lu Chenzhou in its Land of Gluttony domain, but the fox woman and Second Lady Spear prepared to unleash their full strength.
• A blue-clad woman struck apart Nation-Devouring Demon Sovereign’s domain and blasted it away, allowing Lu Chenzhou to flee into Taixu and identify her as Yaochi Fairy.

Yaochi Fairy defeated Lightning Demon Sovereign, forcing the demon army to withdraw while Lu Chenzhou reunited with her in the Three Suns Secret Realm. With the Demon Saint approaching, Three Suns Immortal Matron asked Lu Chenzhou for help obtaining a treasure that could oppose him.

• Yaochi Fairy shattered Nation-Devouring Demon Sovereign's domain and defeated Lightning Demon Sovereign, who escaped only as a divine soul after self-destructing.
• Nation-Devouring Demon Sovereign and Mountain Forest Demon Sovereign called off the offensive and ordered the Demon Emperors to withdraw to Shituo Palace.
• Lu Chenzhou met Yaochi Fairy outside the Imperial Capital after learning the demon race had retreated, and she invited him and the others into the Three Suns Secret Realm.
• Yaochi Fairy told Lu Chenzhou that the Kungu Realm was their safest option and that the Council planned to ambush the Demon Saint.
• Three Suns Immortal Matron asked Lu Chenzhou to help obtain a treasure that might be able to deal with the approaching Demon Saint.

Lu Chenzhou entered Aurora Palace to seek the Aurora Empress’s inheritance and help Three Suns Palace prepare for the coming Demon Saint. He passed the early trials but could not catch the Chaser of Light, leaving the ultimate inheritance unclaimed as the people outside waited for his return.

• Three Suns Immortal Matron asked Lu Chenzhou to enter Aurora Palace, explaining its age, cultivation, and Speed Extremity Dao requirements.
• Lu Chenzhou agreed to attempt the inheritance trial and flew into Aurora Palace while Yaochi Fairy rested and Three Suns Palace prepared to gather survivors in the capital.
• Aurora Palace admitted Lu Chenzhou despite warning that only females could enter, then he caught the Lightning Sparrow and passed the first trial.
• Lu Chenzhou passed the subsequent trials and reached the final stage, where he had to capture the Chaser of Light without using a spirit weapon.
• Lu Chenzhou failed to keep pace with the Chaser of Light, found he could not enter the Great Void, and gave up the trial.
• Outside Aurora Palace, Lin Xia praised Lu Chenzhou’s chances while Three Suns Palace disciples doubted anyone could complete the inheritance.

Lu Chenzhou failed the Aurora Palace trial’s final speed test, so Yaochi Fairy took him to Shituo Palace to capture the Lightning Demon Sovereign and help him learn the Lightning Dao. Yaochi Fairy battled the three Demon Sovereigns, while a fox-maiden phantom seized the Lightning Demon Sovereign; Mountain Forest Demon Sovereign unleashed his Mountain God power as a blue spear struck at him.

• Lu Chenzhou returned from the Aurora Palace trial and told the others he had failed its final stage.
• Lu Chenzhou said he wanted a Lightning Dao teacher, and Yaochi Fairy offered to take him to Shituo Palace.
• The three Demon Sovereigns discussed the Aurora Palace and dismissed the possibility that Lu Chenzhou could master a speed Dao in time.
• Yaochi Fairy attacked Shituo Palace and fought Mountain Forest Demon Sovereign, Nation-Devouring Demon Sovereign, and Lightning Demon Sovereign.
• A fox-maiden phantom captured Lightning Demon Sovereign, and Mountain Forest Demon Sovereign invoked Mountain God Descends as a blue spear struck toward him.

Lu Chenzhou killed Lightning Demon Sovereign and absorbed its soul, rapidly advancing his Lightning Dao to the fourth rank. He returned to Aurora Palace to challenge the Chaser of Light again, but its successive speed boosts forced him to unveil a new pursuit technique.

• Lu Chenzhou captured Lightning Demon Sovereign while Yaochi Fairy restrained the other Demon Sovereigns, then had Xuanqiu destroy its soul and preserve its soul origin.
• Yaochi Fairy and Lu Chenzhou withdrew from Shituo Palace, and she considered her earlier favor repaid.
• Lu Chenzhou entered seclusion at Three Suns Palace and absorbed Lightning Demon Sovereign's Dao essence, raising his Lightning Dao to the fourth rank in a week.
• Lu Chenzhou transformed into lightning, reached Aurora Palace, and began another trial against the Chaser of Light.
• The Chaser of Light accelerated through multiple phases, so Lu Chenzhou used Kun Transforms into Peng and then transformed into a scarlet divine bird to keep chasing it.

Lu Chenzhou passed Aurora Palace’s final trial and received the first chapter of the ninth-rank art Chasing Light, which he had to master within a hundred years to fully control the palace. He brought Aurora Palace back to the others so they could evacuate the Kungu Civilization, as a powerful presence raced toward them through the Great Void.

• Lu Chenzhou used his unfinished Phoenix Form Fist and lightning-powered speed to catch and imprison the Chaser of Light, completing the trial.
• Aurora Empress’s phantom named Lu Chenzhou master of Limitless Palace and gave him the Heavenly Escape chapter of Chasing Light, explaining that he must complete it within a hundred years.
• Aurora Empress told Lu Chenzhou that he would need to reach Sun-Chasing Palace in the Heavenly Abyss Great World to pursue Chasing Light’s Aurora chapter.
• Lu Chenzhou shrank Aurora Palace and revealed it to the others, then offered it as shelter for the Kungu Civilization’s evacuation.
• Three Suns Immortal Matron announced that Three Suns Palace would lead the civilization’s strategic retreat before the Demon Saint arrived.
• A powerful aura tore through the Void Sea and sped toward them.

After Black Mountain Demon Saint arrived in Kungu Realm, Lu Chenzhou learned from the world's will that the realm was doomed and evacuated the survivors in Aurora Palace. He headed for the Ancient Plain Realm with the Demon Saint in pursuit, as the Council of Ten Thousand Nations prepared to confront him.

• Black Mountain Demon Saint entered Kungu Realm and learned from Mountain Forest Demon Sovereign and Nation-Devouring Demon Sovereign that Lightning Demon Sovereign had been killed by Yaochi Fairy and Lu Chenzhou.
• Lu Chenzhou communicated with Kungu Realm's will through the World Tree, learned the realm could not be saved, and received the locations of its treasures.
• Lu Chenzhou announced the evacuation and used Aurora Palace to gather those in the Three Suns Secret Realm, then departed for the Ancient Plain Realm despite pleas from people left behind in the capital.
• Black Mountain Demon Saint failed to break Aurora Palace's protective barrier and pursued it through the world barrier into the Void Sea.
• Wu concluded that Lu Chenzhou could absorb Dao comprehension, but ordered the forbidden-zone operation to continue while seeking to release demigod-level beings.
• The Council of Ten Thousand Nations confirmed that Lu Chenzhou would reach the Ancient Plain Realm in about three months and prepared to receive him and Yaochi Fairy.

Lu Chenzhou perfected the Southern Dipper Phoenix Fist, gaining a costly ability to summon an ancient Phoenix projection and greatly improving his escape speed. As Aurora Palace fled the Black Mountain Demon Saint, he learned about its immense energy needs and discovered the Empress’s formation for turning captured experts into black slaves.

• Lu Chenzhou created the Southern Dipper Phoenix Fist, prompting a phoenix apparition that impressed the Xia Realm Grandmasters and Three Suns Palace elders.
• He learned that summoning the ancient Phoenix projection would consume a hundred years of lifespan and enormous amounts of vitality, spiritual foundation, and energy.
• Lu Chenzhou confirmed Aurora Palace could withstand the Black Mountain Demon Saint but learned its stored energy would last at most a year under frequent attacks.
• Aurora Palace explained that its Heavenly Circumference Star-Acupoint Formation could imprison captured experts as black slaves and use their energy to sustain the palace.
• Lu Chenzhou questioned whether the Empress had been corrupted by an evil god after learning she had once enslaved an enemy civilization’s entire upper echelon.

Lu Chenzhou showed Yaochi Fairy his Southern Dipper Phoenix Fist, and she recognized its potential to summon true spirit projections before sharing an origin stone with him. As Aurora Palace prepared to hunt Black Mountain Demon Saint, it detoured around the Raging Wind Great World, where Raging Wind Realm Sovereign sensed demon aura near an ancient giant bird skull.

• Lu Chenzhou demonstrated the Southern Dipper Phoenix Fist, and Yaochi Fairy judged that its lofty conception might invoke the power of a heavenly phoenix.
• Yaochi Fairy gave Lu Chenzhou a high-grade origin stone and called Three Suns Immortal Matron and Cold Moon Fairy to discuss the coming battle.
• Black Mountain Demon Saint pursued Aurora Palace through the Void Sea while a white-robed figure secretly followed it.
• Lu Chenzhou advanced to the sixth layer of the Heavenly Escape Chapter and caught Chaser of Light in his private training ground.
• Lu Chenzhou and Yaochi Fairy chose to detour around the Raging Wind Great World, while Black Mountain Demon Saint also avoided it.
• Raging Wind Realm Sovereign emerged from the giant bird skull in the baleful wind vortex and sensed demon aura.

After decades of cleansing demons, Lu Chenzhou reached the sixth realm and went to Sakya Peak to challenge the Demon Emperor imprisoned there. He crushed the Blood Fang Emperor with the Demon-Prisoning Hand, leaving Sakya Patriarch and the monks stunned by his strength.

• Lu Chenzhou killed the Blood-Barking King and decided to challenge the sixth-realm Demon Emperors at Sakya Temple and Divine Armament Pavilion.
• At Sakya Peak, the monks learned that the Blood-Barking King had died and watched the Faceless Monk arrive with sixth-realm power.
• The Faceless Monk demanded that Sakya Patriarch release the Blood Fang Emperor, and Sakya emerged from the statue to warn him of the demon's strength.
• Lu Chenzhou lifted and destroyed one of the snow mountains forming the prison, freeing the Blood Fang Emperor despite Sakya's alarm.
• The Blood Fang Emperor attacked Sakya, but Lu Chenzhou trapped it in a Buddhist realm with the Demon-Prisoning Hand and crushed it.