Chapter Summaries

Shen Qian learned that the final intact Sky-Mending Stone was hidden inside Myriad Peaks Mountain and refused Tafa’s offer to join forces. After uncovering the mountain’s restriction and breaking it with Tantai Qin’s sword, Shen Qian secured the stone.

• Tafa told Shen Qian that the Qing Shou Clan had hidden the last Sky-Mending Stone inside Myriad Peaks Mountain, and Shen Qian confirmed there was a restriction protecting it.
• Shen Qian rejected Tafa’s request for help and ordered him to leave, sparing his life for sharing the information.
• Shen Qian struck Myriad Peaks Mountain until its outer rocks fell away, revealing the translucent mountain body and the five-colored Sky-Mending Stone within.
• Shen Qian found that the mountain’s restriction quickly repaired damage and decided to use the short sword Tantai Qin had given him.
• Tantai Qin’s sword unleashed a thousand-zhang sword radiance that shattered Myriad Peaks Mountain, and Shen Qian intercepted and secured the escaping Sky-Mending Stone.

After defeating the divine-realm geniuses, Shen Qian gave the human leaders diagrams and knowledge of nine Great Perfection Bodies to help them develop an Aperture-Opening Method. He planned to keep hunting for materials and learned that the Ninth Heaven Battlefield might contain Destiny Bones, then heard a warning about the fearsome Nu Kan.

• Shen Qian stored the Sky-Mending Stone in a Space Crystal Stone and reflected on the gulf between his strength and Tantai Qin's.
• Ji Wen and the other human geniuses approached Shen Qian, who gave them the corpses of the divine-realm experts and drew diagrams of nine Great Perfection Bodies.
• Shen Qian explained that the humans could use the diagrams and corpses to develop an Aperture-Opening Method, then offered to let them follow him from a distance as he hunted more enemies.
• Ji Wen said Destiny Bones might be found in the Ninth Heaven Battlefield, an ancient battlefield where True God-level beings had fallen.
• Ji Wen warned Shen Qian to beware the top ten Divine Pillar experts, especially Nu Kan, and Shen Qian asked whether Nu Kan was strong.

After the gods exposed Shen Qian’s location and cut off the spiritual energy around him, he prepared to face the gathering bounty hunters with his Sun Shooter. He fired at a disguised Cangbei Clan expert, whose danger sense triggered a defensive barrier just as the shot arrived.

• Ji Wen and Jiang Ming told Shen Qian that Nu Kan was human, had survived the gods’ arena, and had reached the divine realm at twelve.
• The Myriad Races Token on Shen Qian’s arm blazed into the sky, and the gods’ interference drained spiritual energy from the area around him.
• Shen Qian sent Ji Wen and the others away, accepted their vital-energy pills, and assembled his Sun Shooter as bounty hunters approached.
• Shen Qian spotted two powerful Cangbei Clan experts disguised among ordinary martial artists and aimed at Cang Qing from two thousand meters away.
• Cang Qing sensed danger and raised a thick armor barrier as the other Cangbei Clan expert saw a colorless beam of light.

Shen Qian slaughtered the warriors who tried to ambush him as he crossed the Third Heaven, then followed You Ling’s jade talisman toward the Fourth Heaven Gate. There, he discovered a trap and found himself surrounded by eight Divine Realm Ninth Stage powerhouses, including several of the Divine Pillar’s highest-ranked warriors.

• Shen Qian killed Cang Qing and Cang He with the Sun Shooter, then cut down or drove off the other warriors who had come to encircle him.
• Shen Qian collected Space Crystal Stones and continued across the Third Heaven, fighting repeated waves of pursuers while conserving his origin force.
• A Hidden Clan Divine Realm Third Stage assassin nearly stabbed Shen Qian, but the system took control of his body and helped him survive.
• Shen Qian followed the heating jade talisman toward You Ling and discovered that the peak beneath him had been piled from corpses.
• Shen Qian entered the fog near the Fourth Heaven Gate, exposed Qi Ming’s weapon formation, and was surrounded by Wulan, Qi Ming, Zain, Ayixamu, Tian Meng, Poga, Duan Tianhong, and Ou Lin.

At the Fourth Heaven Gate, Shen Qian was forced to endure the attacks of the top Divine Pillar-ranked geniuses while they held You Ling hostage. He survived five attacks by revealing his speed, fortune, and mental-power abilities, but three opponents remained ready to strike.

• Wulan told Shen Qian that the eight geniuses would each attack once, while Ayixamu revealed that You Ling was bound nearby and warned him not to flee.
• Qi Ming unleashed a storm of weapons, but Shen Qian evaded most of them with his speed and was injured before Qi Ming withdrew.
• Ou Lin attacked with a barrage of sword strikes, but Shen Qian endured them in his Calamity Buddha form, and Ou Lin left through the Fourth Heaven Gate.
• Tian Meng struck Shen Qian with overwhelming physical force and injured him before departing, then Pojia's falling stars battered the hill until Shen Qian used fortune to remain unharmed.
• Zain tried to crush Shen Qian with a giant hand, but Shen Qian repeatedly struck him with Shadow Spear attacks until Zain fled.
• Duan Tianhong sent black mist across the sky to obscure Shen Qian as Wulan and the remaining opponents prepared to continue.

Duan Tianhong's attempt to probe Shen Qian's mind collapsed when he encountered the system, and Wulan's deadly attack left Shen Qian apparently dead. Shen Qian revived under the system's control, killed Ayixamu after she attacked him, and discovered that her final Gu insect had entered You Ling.

• Duan Tianhong trapped Shen Qian in his Divine Cage, but screamed and fled after seeing the system in the deepest part of Shen Qian's mind.
• Wulan struck Shen Qian with the ancient seal "Extinguish" and left him apparently lifeless.
• Ayixamu approached Shen Qian to take his Space Crystal Stones, but Shen Qian revived and pursued her with the system in control.
• Ayixamu broke through the Divine Forbidden Lock and unleashed her Gu insects, but Shen Qian's Calamity Buddha destroyed them.
• Shen Qian killed Ayixamu after she summoned a nine-winged Gu insect, which flew into You Ling before he could stop it.
• You Ling appeared unharmed, and she asked Shen Qian if he had stayed to protect her.

After discovering Ayixamu’s detailed map and its marked Temple of the Fire God, Shen Qian hunted the myriad races’ geniuses to gather Myriad Races Tokens and gain a lead toward the Ninth Heaven. He entered the Fourth Heaven with You Ling, while Wulan learned that Shen Qian had survived and killed Ayixamu.

• Shen Qian recovered Ayixamu’s spatial ring and found Gu Clan techniques and a detailed map marking the Temple of the Fire God.
• You Ling explained that the Fire God was an ancient True God, and Shen Qian decided to seek the temple after collecting enough Myriad Races Tokens.
• Shen Qian hid near the Fourth Heaven Gate and used Sun Shooter to kill approaching geniuses while You Ling dealt with nearby enemies.
• Wulan heard the gods announce a reward for killing Shen Qian and realized Shen Qian had killed Ayixamu.
• Shen Qian and You Ling slaughtered thousands of geniuses at the Third Heaven Gate, including more than a hundred Divine Realm experts.
• After You Ling felt sick and staggered, Shen Qian led her through the Fourth Heaven Gate, intending to race toward the Ninth Heaven.

Shen Qian and You Ling were pursued across the Eighth Heaven until they found a contaminated Spiritual Energy Spring Eye that Shen Qian could absorb to replenish and strengthen his origin power. When Zain and more than a hundred Divine Realm powerhouses cornered him, Shen Qian revealed a mysterious Dao that overwhelmed the first attackers and filled the sky with his Dao Sea.

• Shen Qian fled the pursuing Divine Realm powerhouses through the crimson mist with You Ling, using the Five-Colored Giants’ attacks to escape.
• Shen Qian and You Ling found a contaminated Spiritual Energy Spring Eye, and Shen Qian absorbed its chaotic spiritual energy to restore and increase his power.
• Shen Qian saw Zain approaching with more than a hundred Divine Realm powerhouses and sent You Ling to hide while he faced them.
• When a dozen attackers charged, Shen Qian invoked his Dao, causing their Dao Projections and attacks to collapse as his Dao Sea spread across the sky.

Shen Qian revealed his Lord of Ten Thousand Daos and slaughtered the Divine Realm forces attacking him, then defeated Zain but let him escape after the Temple of the Fire God and the Ninth Heaven Gate appeared. He planned to follow Zain toward a key secret realm after refining pills and dealing with the remaining stragglers.

• Shen Qian manifested his towering Dao Projection, suppressing the attackers' Daos and killing the Divine Realm experts who had rushed him.
• Shen Qian transformed into a dark Buddha and slew dozens of the more than one hundred attackers, forcing the survivors to flee.
• Shen Qian pursued Zain and crushed his arm with a punch, but the Temple of the Fire God and the Ninth Heaven Gate appeared before he could finish him.
• Shen Qian secretly marked Zain and let him flee toward the Ninth Heaven so he could use him as a guide to the important secret realm.
• Shen Qian explained his plan to You Ling and said he would refine pills and hunt down the remaining stragglers before entering the Ninth Heaven.

Shen Qian and You Ling entered the Temple of the Fire God and discovered its Ten Fires Hall, where Shen Qian found a powerful Nirvana Black Flame. The Fire God’s lingering will repelled him when he tried to take it, leaving him unsure whether he could overcome the protection.

• Shen Qian followed his spiritual mark on Zain to the Temple of the Fire God, where he and You Ling passed through a scorching flame trap and entered its vast inner grounds.
• Shen Qian deduced that Wulan and the others had already cleared the temple’s outer defenses and searched its outer buildings.
• You Ling spotted the Ten Fires Hall, and Shen Qian realized it housed exotic flames collected by the Fire God.
• Shen Qian read the inscription identifying the Nirvana Black Flame and reached for it, but the Fire God’s lingering will blasted him away.
• Shen Qian tried repeatedly to take the flame and failed, then wondered whether he could wear down the residual will.

Shen Qian entered the Fire God’s dojo, where Wulan and the other Divine Pillar leaders battled a Flame Beast and Seven-Colored Giants. After stealing the Fire God Token, Shen Qian crushed Tian Meng with a single punch, leaving the other fighters stunned.

• Shen Qian left the Ten Fires Hall with You Ling and reached the dojo, where seven familiar rivals fought eighteen Seven-Colored Giants and a peak Mountains and Seas Flame Beast.
• Shen Qian sensed danger around the Fire God Statue while Wulan and the others stopped holding back and turned the battle in their favor.
• Wulan restrained the Flame Beast, and Tian Meng, Qi Ming, and Poga killed it and revealed a Fire God Token.
• Shen Qian used Old Liu’s Invisibility Talisman to steal the token before the seven could claim it.
• Tian Meng attacked Shen Qian, who summoned the Dark Buddha and the Dao of Mountains and shattered Tian Meng’s body with one punch.

Shen Qian’s system took control of his body and defeated three ninth-stage God Realm experts with overwhelming strength, speed, and Mental Power, then trapped the four survivors. As Wulan empowered the remaining fighters and they attacked together, the system gathered all of Shen Qian’s Origin Energy into a devastating punch, revealing King Zhenbei’s divine ability, Extreme Fist.

• The system used Shen Qian’s body to cripple Tian Meng with one punch, then intercepted and killed Zain’s ally Ou Lin with overwhelming speed.
• The system trapped Duan Tianhong in a Mental Power illusion and killed him after breaking his will with unbearable pain.
• Wulan and the remaining fighters fled, but Shen Qian’s formation blocked their escape, so they regrouped and attacked him.
• Wulan attached himself to Zain, Qi Ming, and Poga, doubling their combat power as they unleashed a coordinated assault that drove Shen Qian back.
• The system gathered all of Shen Qian’s Origin Energy and life force into his left hand, then announced its finishing move: Extreme Fist, King Zhenbei’s divine ability.

Shen Qian used King Zhenbei’s Extreme Fist to kill Zain, Poga, and Qi Ming, then faced Wulan, who had secretly survived. As Wulan revealed the female corpse he carried on his back, the system took control of Shen Qian’s body in response to the danger.

• Shen Qian unleashed Extreme Fist, draining the energy around him and pulverizing Zain, Poga, Qi Ming, and the weapon dragon.
• Shen Qian began recovering from the punch’s backlash and revealed that he knew Wulan had survived by abandoning the others.
• Wulan said he had once been defeated and scarred by Nu Kan, and admitted he wanted to fight Shen Qian as a test before facing him again.
• Wulan removed his robe, revealing a talisman-covered female corpse attached to his back, and said he planned to feed her Shen Qian’s blood.
• The system took control of Shen Qian’s body as the female corpse’s dangerous aura filled the air.

Shen Qian faced Wulan’s Mother Corpse, a dead Witch Clan Marquis whose domain trapped and nearly killed him. After the system went offline, he crushed the Time River Snail, freezing the world as its power began to carry him a thousand years into the future.

• You Ling warned Shen Qian that Wulan was a Corpse Carrier, and Wulan revealed that the Mother Corpse absorbed seventy percent of his Spirit Origin.
• The Mother Corpse attacked Shen Qian, and her Marquis domain filled the area with bones and deadly blood rain.
• The Mother Corpse froze Shen Qian and formed a gigantic crimson needle to kill him, while You Ling struggled to reach him.
• The system briefly helped Shen Qian break free, then went offline as the needle closed in.
• Shen Qian remembered the Time River Snail and crushed it, freezing the world and beginning a thousand-year leap forward.

Shen Qian used the Time Sand to reach Wang Hou-level strength and destroyed the Female Corpse and Wulan. He confronted the presence hidden inside the Fire God Statue, discovered the Destiny Bone he needed, and ended the chapter reaching to seize the Fire God's illusory figure.

• The Time Sand's effects stalled before Shen Qian's transformation finished, but he emerged with a vast domain and Wang Hou-level strength.
• Shen Qian erased the Female Corpse's weapon, trapped her escape, and destroyed her with a sword forged from a spatial rift.
• Wulan regained consciousness after the Female Corpse's defeat, but Shen Qian killed him before he could speak.
• Shen Qian sensed a hidden presence in the Fire God Statue and demanded that it reveal itself.
• The statue's shell fell away to reveal a complete true god's skeleton bearing a Destiny Bone, and a powerful illusory figure appeared to order Shen Qian to leave.
• Shen Qian rejected the figure's warning and reached out to seize it.

Shen Qian defeated the Fire God's lingering remnant, repelled the Witch God, and claimed treasures and two strange flames from the Temple of the Fire God. After his borrowed power faded, he learned that You Ling had been infected with an incurable Gu poison, and he promised they would meet again.

• Shen Qian crushed the Fire God's lingering remnant after learning it could not explain how the ancient battlefield had begun.
• The Witch God attacked from a rift, but Shen Qian shattered his talisman with Extreme Fist and sent a final punch through the closing rift.
• Shen Qian harvested the Fire God's Destiny Bone, subdued the Nirvana Black Flame and Twin Life Fire, and selected several treasures from a hidden palace.
• Shen Qian's borrowed power faded, and he checked that using the Time River Snail had cost him only a dozen or so years of lifespan.
• Shen Qian noticed the gray patterns spreading across You Ling's face and learned that Ayixamu's Chaos Gu Worm had no cure.
• You Ling admitted she had considered transferring the poison to Shen Qian, and he embraced her and promised they would meet again.

You Ling vanished in Shen Qian’s arms after telling him about the Three Lives Curse, and Shen Qian memorialized her before leaving the Ninth Heaven to seek a way home. At the Nine Kings Secret Realm palace, he met Nu Kan, who challenged him for the imitation Chaos Bell, and their fight began with Nu Kan revealing that he possessed Chaos Origin Energy.

• You Ling kissed Shen Qian, told him about the Three Lives Curse, and vanished, leaving him with no trace of her but lingering warmth.
• Shen Qian built a stone statue of You Ling, restored the Temple of the Fire God’s defenses, and lured more than a hundred Seven-Colored Giants inside to protect it.
• Following a mysterious calling connected to the Time River Snail, Shen Qian found a ruined palace resembling the Nine Kings Secret Realm and discovered a message about waiting at the end and a door that had not closed.
• Nu Kan appeared with an imitation Chaos Bell and offered it to Shen Qian if he won their fight.
• Shen Qian attacked Nu Kan, who blocked his saber with his bare hand and blasted him back with Chaos Origin Energy.

Shen Qian fought Nu Kan, who possessed Chaos Origin Energy and could enter the Extreme Realm, and struggled to match his control over their equal strength. After discovering Nu Kan could split and combine his Origin Energy with even greater precision, Shen Qian tried to imitate him mid-battle and left himself exposed.

• Shen Qian realized Nu Kan also possessed Chaos Origin Energy and asked if he had guided Shen Qian to the polluted spring in the Eighth Heaven, but Nu Kan refused to answer and attacked.
• Nu Kan overwhelmed Shen Qian in close combat while limiting himself to Mountain Sea First Stage strength, then entered the Extreme Realm and struck Shen Qian repeatedly.
• Shen Qian refused to rely on the system and entered the Extreme Realm himself, allowing him to dodge Nu Kan's punch and land a kick.
• As the two fought at extreme speed, Shen Qian discovered Nu Kan split and fused different aspects of his Chaos Origin Energy to wield more power than Shen Qian could.
• Shen Qian tried to split his own Origin Energy, lost control, and took a heavy blow from Nu Kan, who realized Shen Qian was trying to comprehend what lay above the Extreme Realm during their life-or-death battle.

Shen Qian briefly reached the realm Above Extreme State and defeated Nu Kan, who left him the imitation Chaos Bell. On his journey home through the River of Time, Shen Qian narrowly escaped a terrifying aura by reaching King of Jiangling’s anchor.

• Shen Qian controlled five kinds of Primal Origin Energy for an instant and struck Nu Kan with enough force to shatter his defenses.
• Nu Kan rose, retrieved his spear, and left, while Shen Qian collapsed from the backlash until the system gathered his disordered energy.
• Shen Qian claimed the imitation Chaos Bell, learned that it could open a path into the River of Time, and used it to return there.
• As Shen Qian struggled through the River of Time, a mysterious, terrifying aura pursued him and seemed to suppress the river.
• Shen Qian reached the vortex King of Jiangling had left as an anchor, grabbed a Time River Snail, and escaped just before a palm-like shadow could seize him.

After returning from the River of Time, Shen Qian found himself in the Spirit Witch World and reunited with Bai Fei, Sha Bi, Mu Ziyan, Cao Yi, Lin Sanmo, and Qu Bai. He explained that Fang Fan had disguised himself and that the Spirit Witch Clan had lured them into an ambush, then realized the clan’s formation might serve as a furnace for refining his clone materials.

• Shen Qian recovered his memories, confirmed he had traveled through the River of Time, and recognized his surroundings as the Spirit Witch World.
• Shen Qian found Bai Fei and Sha Bi supporting the gravely injured Mu Ziyan, then effortlessly suppressed their attacks and used his Mental Power to preserve her life.
• Shen Qian told Bai Fei, Sha Bi, and Cao Yi that the attacker who had nearly killed Mu Ziyan was not him, and Lin Sanmo arrived carrying the injured Qu Bai.
• Shen Qian explained that the Seventh Heaven Gate had been tampered with, the Spirit Witch Clan had staged its apparent extinction, and Fang Fan was disguised as the attacker.
• Shen Qian recalled the Spirit Witch Clan Great Elder’s world-refining formation and considered using it to refine the materials for his clone.