Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan uncovered higher-level Profound Gold Patterns inside Gongye Chang Geng’s statue just as the Great Outbreak began and the Mist Demon King led a flood of demons onto the Nine Provinces Continent. Meanwhile, Yuwen Wuji returned to the Great Yu throne, killed Yuwen Shuo, and began gathering Dragon Vein Jade Pendants to restart the dragon vein; he watched as Zhang Lingshan confronted the Mist Demon King.

• Zhang Lingshan discovered hidden Profound Gold Patterns in the Profound Gold Statue and put it away when the Heaven and Earth Rules weakened and the Great Outbreak began.
• The Mist Demon King opened a breach in the sky and unleashed a waterfall of Mist Demons across the Nine Provinces Continent.
• The Saint Elder awakened Yuwen Wuji, whose body was a shell, and Yuwen Wuji returned to the Imperial Palace.
• Yuwen Wuji killed Yuwen Shuo and ordered the officials to hand over their Dragon Vein Jade Pendants so he could restart the dragon vein.
• Yuwen Wuji spotted Zhang Lingshan confronting the Mist Demon King and returned to Saint Gazing Tower to watch, expecting Zhang Lingshan to die.

Zhang Lingshan confronted the Mist Demon King alone while experts across the Nine Provinces watched, convinced the weakened world’s rules left him little chance. The Mist Demon King’s attacks failed to harm Zhang Lingshan, whose effortless recovery left the king surprised.

• Qi Tan, Dao Wannian, Jian Wumei, Wu Chengxian, Ming Feng'er, Chen Youming, and others watched Zhang Lingshan face the Mist Demon King, believing no one could defeat the king at his current strength.
• The Mist Demon King offered to make Zhang Lingshan one of his Mist Demon Generals, but Zhang Lingshan mocked him and asked whether he would assist his cultivation instead.
• The Mist Demon King sent a mass of Mist Demons to swallow Zhang Lingshan, but Zhang Lingshan emerged unharmed and taunted him.
• The Mist Demon King sent tiny Mist Demons into Zhang Lingshan’s body to explode, blasting him into a bloody mess.
• Zhang Lingshan instantly returned to being completely unharmed, leaving the Mist Demon King’s laughter abruptly cut short.

Zhang Lingshan devoured the Mist Demon King’s Absolute Mist Shadow and turned the demon king’s attack into a source of Energy Points. The Mist Demon King sent a swarm of Mist Demons to overwhelm him, but Zhang Lingshan remained safe and reached 1000 quadrillion Energy Points.

• The Mist Demon King attacked Zhang Lingshan with a red beam and Absolute Mist Shadow, sealing away his senses.
• Dao Wannian and Qi Tan regretted failing to warn Zhang Lingshan about the Absolute Consciousness Method, while Yuwen Wuji believed Zhang Lingshan was doomed.
• Zhang Lingshan devoured the Absolute Mist Shadow and converted it into Life Essence, shocking the Mist Demon King and the onlookers.
• Zhang Lingshan introduced himself as the Mountain Master of Spirit Mountain, and the Mist Demon King sent countless Mist Demons to bury him in mist.
• Zhang Lingshan safely devoured the Mist Demons, accumulated 1000 quadrillion Energy Points, and examined his Panel to decide what to upgrade.

Zhang Lingshan used the Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent to devastate the Mist Demons and overwhelm the Mist Demon King, but the Flower Sea Butterfly Queen arrived and threatened to turn the fight against him. As the Nine Provinces experts debated whether to intervene, Yuwen Wuji discovered that the Demon Sect held a Dragon Vein Jade Pendant and set out to retrieve it.

• Zhang Lingshan raised the Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent to Entry Level, then used it to devour Mist Demons and repeatedly destroy the Mist Demon King's eyes.
• Yuwen Wuji and the Nine Provinces experts watched Zhang Lingshan suppress the Mist Demon King, while the Eight Ancient Sects hesitated to help him.
• The Flower Sea Butterfly Queen's laughter spread across the Nine Provinces Continent, hurting weaker people and alarming Dao Wannian and the others.
• Dao Wannian's allies urged him to stay behind their Formation, and the Eight Ancient Sects argued that Spirit Mountain should act before they joined the fight.
• Yuwen Wuji counted the Dragon Vein Jade Pendants and learned that the missing pendant was in the Demon Sect, so he went there to retrieve it.

Yuwen Wuji seized the Dragon Vein Jade Pendant from Pu Niu and began a ritual to awaken the dragon vein while Zhang Lingshan fought the Mist Demon King, the Flower Sea Butterfly Queen, and the Heavenly Chasm Saint. Zhang Lingshan burned away the Butterfly Queen’s Seven Emotions and Six Desires Powder and transformed into ten blazing suns, forcing the Mist Demon King to retreat and revealing the Butterfly Queen.

• Yuwen Wuji forced Pu Niu to retrieve the Dragon Vein Jade Pendant, then took him to the Imperial City and ordered representatives to kneel beneath Saint Gazing Tower for a dragon-vein ritual.
• Yuwen Wuji controlled the gathered representatives and told them to close their eyes while Zhang Lingshan faced the Mist Demon King and two other enemies.
• The Flower Sea Butterfly Queen tried to entice Zhang Lingshan, then vanished and engulfed him in her Seven Emotions and Six Desires Powder.
• Zhang Lingshan unleashed the Scorching Sun Dragon Illumination Art and burned away the Butterfly Queen’s powder with a Fire Dragon and red sun.
• Zhang Lingshan created nine full-strength Clones and formed ten blazing suns, destroying the Mist Demon King’s eyes, driving it back, and forcing the Butterfly Queen out of hiding.

Zhang Lingshan countered the Mist Demon King and Flower Sea Butterfly Queen, then opened his Heavenly Eye to destroy the Butterfly Queen’s split soul and defeat both invaders. He absorbed their power as Yuwen Wuji accelerated his attempt to awaken the Dragon Vein.

• Heavenly Eye Great Sage fled, while Zhang Lingshan used Silent Blade to nullify the Butterfly Queen’s sonic attacks and Ten Suns in the Sky to burn away her poison.
• The Mist Demon King overcame his fear and joined the Butterfly Queen in attacking Zhang Lingshan’s soul, while she sent her Caterpillar Split Soul toward his true body.
• Zhang Lingshan opened his Heavenly Eye and destroyed the Caterpillar Split Soul, then used a Silent Blade Formation to block and break the Mist Demon King’s Soul Thunder.
• Zhang Lingshan absorbed the Mist Demon King’s Soul Thunder, reduced him to a black sphere, and burned the Butterfly Queen into White Mist.
• Yuwen Wuji rejected the idea of surrendering to Zhang Lingshan and sped up his effort to awaken the Dragon Vein as daylight returned.

Zhang Lingshan used his newly advanced Time Rule to sever Saint Elder’s timeline and claim the Great Yu Dynasty’s Dragon Vein after defeating the invading demons. He ordered Pu Niu to merge the Demon Sect into Lingshan and then entered the Saint Tower, arriving at its Thirty-first Floor.

• Zhang Lingshan swallowed and refined the Mist Demon King after the Nine Provinces Continent’s Heavenly Dao sealed the passage to the Mist Realm, then drove the Heavenly Eye Great Sage away.
• Yuwen Wuji awakened the Great Yu Dynasty’s Dragon Vein and boasted that its power made him untouchable, while Pu Niu realized Saint Elder had been controlling him from the Saint Tower.
• Zhang Lingshan raised his Time Rule to Minor Accomplishment, seized Saint Elder’s timeline, and killed him from afar, though the attack withered his right arm.
• Zhang Lingshan swallowed the Dragon Vein and ordered Pu Niu to merge the Demon Sect into Lingshan and help exterminate the remaining Foreign Alien Species.
• Pu Niu returned to the Demon Sect, and Zhang Lingshan entered the Saint Tower and arrived at the Thirty-first Floor.

Zhang Lingshan refined the Nine Nether Purple Rice, transforming his Heart Mansion and Root Mansion and awakening a Qi and Blood Tree and Mystic Ice Tree. He then absorbed all the Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent at the chasm’s bottom and reached 100 quintillion Energy Points, preparing to upgrade his abilities.

• Zhang Zixin gave Zhang Lingshan the cooked Nine Nether Purple Rice, and he ate it while refining its power with the Mystic Ice Divine Art and Heavenly Foot Grass.
• The Nine Nether Purple Rice and Heavenly Foot Grass expanded Zhang Lingshan’s Mansion Treasuries, while the Qi and Blood Fire Seed and Mystic Ice power began to balance and strengthen one another.
• Zhang Lingshan’s Heart Mansion and Root Mansion each reached 1,000 mu, spawning a Qi and Blood Tree and a Mystic Ice Tree whose clashing powers formed a pool of magma and icy spring in his Dantian Mansion.
• Zhang Lingshan decided to postpone repairing the Saint Tower and first clear the Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent so he could merge the Mystic Heaven Continent with the Nine Provinces Continent.
• Zhang Lingshan split into ten bodies and refined the blade marks at the Bottom of the Heavenly Chasm for a month, raising his Energy Points to 100 quintillion.

After absorbing the Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent, Zhang Lingshan helped the Earth Rule restore the Heavenly Chasm and used its Perfection-level power to reach the Mystic Heaven Continent. He killed Heavenly Eye Great Sage, announced that the continents would be merged, and then cultivated the recovering Metal Rule to Perfection.

• Zhang Lingshan finished refining the Blade Marks, and the Earth Rule began raising the bottom of the Heavenly Chasm.
• He raised the Earth Rule to Perfection, traveled through the earth to the Mystic Heaven Continent, and killed Heavenly Eye Great Sage.
• Zhang Lingshan absorbed the energy in Heavenly Eye Great Sage's Underground Palace and raised his Spirit Mountain Physique to Minor Accomplishment.
• He announced across the Mystic Heaven Continent that Heavenly Eye Great Sage was dead and ordered everyone to stay put while the continents merged.
• After returning to the Heavenly Chasm, Zhang Lingshan saw the Earth Rule restoring the land and cultivated the emerging Metal Rule to Perfection.

Zhang Lingshan used the Five Elements and Life Rules to fill the Heavenly Chasm and fuse it with the Nine Provinces Continent and Mystic Heaven Continent, earning enormous Energy Points and the title Great Emperor of Nine Provinces. He then investigated the Saint Tower’s damaged thirty-third floor and discovered that it suppressed a powerful Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent, likely tied to an Upper Realm weapon.

• Zhang Lingshan perfected the Water, Wood, Fire, and Life Rules, using them to accelerate the Heavenly Chasm’s growth until it stood level with the Nine Provinces Continent and Mystic Heaven Continent.
• Zhang Lingshan caused the three lands to fuse into one, and people across the Nine Provinces Continent hailed him as the Great Emperor of Nine Provinces.
• Zhang Lingshan gained 20 quintillion Energy Points from the continent’s fortune and spiritual energy, then decided to investigate the Saint Tower’s thirty-third floor.
• Zhang Lingshan cleared away the incomplete bodies on the thirty-third floor and found that the Saint Tower’s pressure and unreachable summit suggested it transcended the rules of the Nine Provinces Continent.
• Zhang Lingshan used Heavenly Eye to look toward the tower’s inner top and was attacked by a Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent that shattered his own.
• Zhang Lingshan concluded that an Upper Realm blade had likely struck the Saint Tower and that the tower was suppressing its intent.

Zhang Lingshan learned weapon refining from Qi Tan, then used his Profound Gold Intent to absorb the Weapon Patterns in the Saint Tower. He raised his Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent to Greater Accomplishment and prepared to suppress the blade atop the tower so he could control it.

• Zhang Lingshan studied weapon refining at the Weapon Sect and learned from Qi Tan until he reached the level of the Weapon Sect elders.
• Zhang Lingshan spent ten days studying the Saint Tower’s Upper Realm Weapon Patterns, then turned to the Profound Gold Statue to strengthen his Profound Gold Body.
• Zhang Lingshan raised his Profound Gold Intent from the Ninth Level to the Sixteenth Level and absorbed the Weapon Patterns from all thirty-three layers of the Saint Tower into his blood vessels.
• Zhang Lingshan realized he still could not control the Saint Tower because the blade atop it had damaged its Weapon Patterns, so he decided to subdue the blade first.
• Zhang Lingshan raised his Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent to Greater Accomplishment, then faced the blade’s attack and prepared to suppress it.

Zhang Lingshan claimed the Saint Tower and Heavenly Chasm Small Blade, then entered the hidden Spirit Cage beneath Overlord Cave and met the imprisoned Giant Spirit God. The Giant Spirit God asked Zhang Lingshan to free him, but Zhang Lingshan rejected his offer of discipleship and left him raging in chains.

• Zhang Lingshan subdued the Heavenly Chasm Small Blade, patched the Saint Tower, and shrank the repaired tower into his palm.
• Zhang Lingshan used the blade to cut through the barrier into a lush realm where flight was impossible and spiritual energy was abundant.
• Zhang Lingshan found the Giant Spirit God bound by God Sealing Chains and learned that the Spirit Cage might drift away with Overlord Cave when the Nine Provinces Continent rejected it.
• The Giant Spirit God recognized the Thirty-Three Heavens Exquisite Pagoda and asked Zhang Lingshan to pull out his chains in exchange for considering him as a disciple.
• Zhang Lingshan laughed off the offer and walked away, leaving the Giant Spirit God shouting after him.

Zhang Lingshan burned through the Spirit Cage’s vegetation to gain vast Energy Points, then left the Giant Spirit God and investigated the Mist Realm. There he mastered its reverse Five Elements Rules, discovered that the Mist Demon Pools concealed a power beyond his reach, and resolved to search for Guangjie Mountain as a possible route to the Upper Realm.

• Zhang Lingshan burned the Spirit Cage’s vegetation into Medicinal Spirit Mist and absorbed it, gaining increasing amounts of Energy Points as he swept through the rings.
• Zhang Lingshan refused the Giant Spirit God’s request to burn the rest of the area and left through the barrier with the Heavenly Chasm Small Blade.
• Zhang Lingshan considered the dangers of the Heavenly Chasm Small Blade and Saint Tower, then entered the Mist Realm to investigate what might be restraining the Nine Provinces Continent.
• Zhang Lingshan discovered that the Mist Realm’s rules pulled against the Nine Provinces Continent’s rules and used the Gate of All Wonders Mystical Power to reach Perfection in all five reverse rules.
• Zhang Lingshan traversed the Mist Realm but could not enter the Mist Demon Pools, whose barriers resisted even the Heavenly Chasm Small Blade, and he worried that their endless demons could threaten the Nine Provinces Continent.
• Zhang Lingshan decided to search the Mist Realm for Guangjie Mountain, where the founders of the Dao Light Sect and Golden Light Sect had found a path to the Upper Realm.

Zhang Lingshan searched the Mist Realm Second Layer for Guangjie Mountain and met Wanren Mountain, who had been trapped there for thirty thousand years. When the heavens and earth mourned a Lord’s death, Zhang Lingshan stopped near Four Gentlemen Manor and began questioning how often its Lords died.

• Zhang Lingshan entered Wanren Mountain’s territory, learned he had been trapped in the Second Layer for thirty thousand years, and asked him about Guangjie Mountain.
• Wanren Mountain learned Zhang Lingshan could return to the First Layer and asked to follow him in searching for Guangjie Mountain.
• Zhang Lingshan and Wanren Mountain jumped through more than a hundred spaces before Zhang Lingshan began speeding through the Second Layer to search for the Light Orb that might lead to Guangjie Mountain.
• The heavens and earth released a mournful cry, and Wanren Mountain warned Zhang Lingshan that a Lord had died and that Four Gentlemen Manor might pull them inside.
• Zhang Lingshan revealed his name and title, learned the Wan Family was unknown on the Nine Provinces Continent, and asked Wanren Mountain about the manor’s mournful cry.
• Zhang Lingshan questioned how the Four Lords could be dying so often when each was reborn only once every ten thousand years.

Zhang Lingshan and Wanren Mountain joined a funeral procession to investigate Four Gentlemen Manor, where they met Xu Yunzhen and Lei Lan and learned how sacrifices were chosen. As the procession reached the Gentleman's Tomb, Zhang Lingshan was still secretly deriving the Mist Realm's Time Rule, while Wanren Mountain feared one of them would be selected.

• Zhang Lingshan discovered that five hundred years had passed in the Mist Realm since Wanren Mountain last heard the world wail, and concluded that the realm's Time Rule was chaotic.
• Zhang Lingshan invited Wanren Mountain to investigate Four Gentlemen Manor, and Wanren Mountain agreed to go with him.
• Zhang Lingshan and Wanren Mountain entered a funeral procession and met Lei Lan and Xu Yunzhen, who discussed Guangjie Mountain and the possibility of ascending.
• Xu Yunzhen explained that Four Gentlemen Manor chose a procession member as a sacrifice whenever one of the Four Lords died, and that the chosen person could become a Lord and be reborn.
• As the procession continued uphill, Zhang Lingshan secretly began deriving the Mist Realm's Time Rule while Wanren Mountain worried they would be chosen.
• The Ancient Thunderous Voice announced that they had reached the Gentleman's Tomb and ordered everyone to kneel.

During Ear Gentleman's funeral, Zhang Lingshan mastered the Chaotic Time Rule, seized Xu Yunzhen's Crystal Bead, and confronted the giant ear with his Opening Heavenly Eye. As the crowd gathered to witness the battle, Bei Wensheng appeared and stirred the remaining guests into attacking Wanren Mountain and Lei Lan.

• Zhang Lingshan advanced the Chaotic Time Rule to Entry Level during the funeral and regained control of his body.
• Ear Gentleman's vortex targeted Xu Yunzhen, who redirected it with her Crystal Bead; Zhang Lingshan snatched the bead, drove her off, and revealed his Opening Heavenly Eye as the giant ear turned toward him.
• Wanren Mountain and Lei Lan stayed behind to witness Zhang Lingshan's confrontation with Ear Gentleman and seek a chance to absorb the inheritance.
• Bei Wensheng introduced himself to Wanren Mountain and Lei Lan, proposed killing the other spectators for a larger share of the inheritance, and vanished after Wanren Mountain refused.
• Wanren Mountain warned Lei Lan that Bei Wensheng had incited the others to attack them, and the two prepared to fight.

Zhang Lingshan destroyed Ear Gentleman, Nose Gentleman, and Mouth Gentleman, absorbing their Mansion Powers while avoiding expanding his Wind Mansion to 10,000 mu. After learning that Withered Wood Zen Master’s Jade Tablet could locate him, Zhang Lingshan ordered Wanren Mountain to summon the monk by revealing that he had opened his Heavenly Eye.

• Zhang Lingshan destroyed Ear Gentleman’s vortex ears and drove off Bei Wensheng, who escaped despite being cut by the Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent.
• Zhang Lingshan rescued Wanren Mountain and Lei Lan from the attackers, then absorbed the Wind Mansion Ear Power left by Ear Gentleman.
• Wanren Mountain and Lei Lan warned Zhang Lingshan that a 10,000-mu Mansion Treasury might make him one of the Four Lords or send him to the Third Layer, so he stopped at 9,999 mu.
• Lei Lan revealed that her speculation came from Withered Wood Zen Master, and Wanren Mountain said he possessed one of the monk’s Jade Tablets.
• Zhang Lingshan killed Nose Gentleman and Mouth Gentleman with his Heavenly Chasm Blade Intent and absorbed their Mansion Powers, leaving the remaining fragments for Wanren Mountain and Lei Lan.
• Zhang Lingshan told Wanren Mountain to contact Withered Wood Zen Master and say that he had opened his Heavenly Eye, expecting the monk to come to Four Gentlemen Manor.

Withered Wood Zen Master and Jingxuan traveled to Four Gentlemen Manor after learning that Zhang Lingshan had opened the Heavenly Eye, while Zhang Lingshan examined the Saint Tower Divine Pearl he had taken from Xu Yunzhen. After meeting Withered Wood, Zhang Lingshan revealed his insight into the monk’s Buddha-Light Wisdom Eye and the Time Rule, leaving Withered Wood to recognize that he had seen through the Second Layer’s secret.

• Withered Wood Zen Master received messages from Wanren Mountain, Xu Yunzhen, and Bei Wensheng about Zhang Lingshan’s Heavenly Eye and decided to go to Four Gentlemen Manor with Jingxuan.
• Zhang Lingshan examined the pearl he had taken from Xu Yunzhen and identified it as the Saint Tower’s severed top pearl, which he believed could help restore the tower.
• Withered Wood Zen Master and Jingxuan arrived at Four Gentlemen Manor, where Wanren Mountain introduced Zhang Lingshan as the man who had opened the Heavenly Eye.
• Zhang Lingshan asked Withered Wood Zen Master to help find the passage to the Third Layer, and Withered Wood clarified that he had cultivated the Buddha-Light Wisdom Eye instead of the Heavenly Eye.
• Jingxuan questioned why Zhang Lingshan needed their help if he had opened the Heavenly Eye, and Zhang Lingshan identified Withered Wood’s understanding of the Time Rule.
• Withered Wood Zen Master praised Zhang Lingshan and said he appeared to have seen through the secret of the Mist Realm’s Second Layer.

Zhang Lingshan and Withered Wood Zen Master used Four Gentlemen Manor as an anchor to search the Second Layer of the Mist Realm for a passage to the Third Layer. They uncovered a Paper Boat beneath Gentleman's Grave, but its purpose remained unclear as Jingxuan suspected it needed qi and blood to activate.

• Zhang Lingshan explained that the Second Layer was one vast space seen across different points in time, and Withered Wood Zen Master agreed to help him explore it.
• Zhang Lingshan and Withered Wood Zen Master used their Heavenly Eye and Buddha-Light Wisdom Eye to search Gentleman's Grave, while the Paper Doll guarding it turned to ash.
• Zhang Lingshan proposed investigating beneath the empty grave plain, and Withered Wood Zen Master recited the Rebirth Mantra, opening a pit that revealed a small Paper Boat.
• Wanren Mountain carefully retrieved the Paper Boat, and Jingxuan held it after it showed no obvious reaction.
• Jingxuan suggested that the Paper Boat needed qi and blood to activate it, then looked to Lei Lan, who turned pale at the prospect.

Zhang Lingshan and the others crossed the sea to Guangjie Mountain aboard Lei Lan’s Paper Boat, whose strange power began turning her into a paper effigy. They reached the Light of the Heavens, but found four suspicious beams and stopped, unsure whether it was safe to approach.

• Lei Lan infused the Paper Boat with her qi and blood while Jingxuan and the others restrained her, and the group sailed toward the sea.
• Zhang Lingshan used Divine Dew to restore Lei Lan and discovered Paper Pattern Power in her body trying to reach him; Withered Wood Zen Master sealed her with his Alms Bowl.
• After reaching Guangjie Mountain, Withered Wood Zen Master, Jingxuan, Zhang Lingshan, and Wanren Mountain left Lei Lan behind, and she transformed into a paper effigy.
• The four arrived at the Light of the Heavens and found four beams descending from the sky, but Withered Wood Zen Master warned them not to act rashly.
• Jingxuan suggested that someone test the beams and looked toward Wanren Mountain, who grew frightened.