Chapter Summaries

Chen Sheng left the Holy Church Base to meet Vermillion Bird and learned that four powerful pursuers were closing in while Kyoto’s factions fought. The pursuers caught up in the forest, and Vermillion Bird attacked them while using his flames to send Chen Sheng away.

• Chen Sheng increased his attributes during two days of training, then followed Vermillion Bird’s location signal out of the Holy Church Base.
• Chen Sheng met Vermillion Bird in a mountain forest, where Vermillion Bird explained that they needed to delay four pursuers to help Li Wuji’s side in Kyoto.
• Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Sun Sheng, and Sun Cheng arrived at the Holy Church Base, discovered Chen Sheng had escaped, and tracked him down.
• Chen Sheng assessed the four pursuers and judged them weak, but Vermillion Bird charged at them and engulfed Chen Sheng in flames to send him away.

Vermillion Bird tried to help Chen Sheng escape, but Chen Sheng swiftly killed White Tiger and Sun Sheng, captured Sun Cheng, and defeated the attackers. After Azure Dragon revealed he was secretly working for Elder Li, Chen Sheng chose to take him and Vermillion Bird to Kyoto to assess the threat there.

• Vermillion Bird transformed and attacked Sun Cheng while urging Chen Sheng to flee, but Chen Sheng stayed behind as White Tiger and Sun Sheng charged him.
• Chen Sheng killed White Tiger and Sun Sheng, then Sun Cheng fled when he saw his brother's corpse.
• Chen Sheng caught Sun Cheng and brought him back to Vermillion Bird, who began questioning him about the Force Sect.
• Azure Dragon claimed he was an infiltrator working for Elder Li, and Vermillion Bird confirmed that Azure Dragon's sister was allied with Elder Li.
• Chen Sheng killed Sun Cheng and announced that he, Vermillion Bird, and Azure Dragon would head to Kyoto.

Feng Zheng defeated Shi Shan and captured the surviving Giant Devour Sect members for transport to Kyoto. At the foot of the mountain, a ravenous stranger appeared, and Feng Zheng recognized him as Sun Yihe.

• Feng Zheng and three Force Sect disciples entered the Giant Devour Sect and found Shi Shan amid the wounded sect members and dead Holy Church members.
• Shi Shan transformed his body and attacked Feng Zheng, but Feng Zheng struck him back with Nuclear Fist.
• Feng Zheng ordered his disciples to gather the surviving Giant Devour Sect members and pursued Shi Shan, defeating him and carrying him to the trucks.
• Feng Zheng sent the captured members toward Kyoto and told his disciples to head elsewhere for support.
• A hungry fat man stopped the truck, and Feng Zheng recognized his features as belonging to Sun Yihe.

Xiang Li fought Sun Yihe at YiHe Sect, overwhelming him with the power of his Nuclear Cells and leaving him near death. When Xiang Li learned that Feng Zheng had been captured and the other Force Sect groups had gone silent, he realized the operation had gone wrong and set out to reach Li Wuji.

• Xiang Li arrived alone at YiHe Sect and declared that everyone would soon understand his choice.
• Sun Yihe sent Phoenix and Li Wuji into the inner room before confronting Xiang Li in the courtyard.
• Xiang Li and Sun Yihe fought across the valley, and Xiang Li eventually smashed Sun Yihe into the mountainside and left him gravely injured.
• Xiang Li received word that Feng Zheng had been severely wounded and captured and that the other Force Sect groups could not be contacted.
• Sun Yihe taunted Xiang Li rather than dismissing his clones, and Xiang Li kicked him before heading toward the mountaintop to capture Li Wuji.

Shen Ziming mourned Sun Yihe and carried out his final wish while Li Wuji confronted Xiang Li. Li Wuji revealed overwhelming power and attacked Xiang Li, but Phoenix warned that Li Wuji could not maintain his strength indefinitely and that a greater threat still loomed.

• Zhang Yu and Sun Yihe's other disciples nearly rushed to help after sensing Sun Yihe's aura vanish, but Shen Ziming used Sun Yihe's voice to order them to stay put.
• Xiang Li entered Li Wuji's room, blamed him for Sun Yihe's death, and knocked Phoenix aside when she tried to protect Li Wuji.
• Li Wuji awakened a tremendous power, seized Xiang Li, and hurled him into the mountains before continuing to attack him.
• Shen Ziming buried Sun Yihe's head beneath the site of the courtyard's old tree while Phoenix explained that Li Wuji's strength could not last forever.
• Shen Ziming worried about Chen Sheng, and Phoenix said that Vermillion Bird and her brother were protecting him.

Li Wuji nearly defeated Xiang Li, but the Venerable Elder took control of Xiang Li’s body and used Heart Power to block his attacks. Li Wuji’s burst of strength was running out as the Venerable Elder kept attacking, leaving his urgent motives unclear.

• Li Wuji overwhelmed Xiang Li in a prolonged fight, leaving him close to unconsciousness while his own body began to crack from the strain of his Primal Chaos Limitless Skill.
• As Li Wuji prepared to leave for the Holy Church's Church Master, the Venerable Elder took control of Xiang Li’s body, healed it, and stopped Li Wuji from departing.
• Li Wuji recognized that the Venerable Elder was using Heart Power to delay him and tried to destroy Xiang Li’s body with a full-force attack.
• The Venerable Elder diverted Li Wuji’s attack into the ground by altering the force acting on Xiang Li, permanently damaging the body and soul in the process.
• The Venerable Elder attacked with energy from Xiang Li’s Nuclear Cells while Li Wuji’s burst state rapidly weakened, and Li Wuji wondered why the Venerable Elder seemed to be in a hurry.

Chen Sheng, Azure Dragon, and Vermillion Bird hurried toward Kyoto while Li Wuji's battle with Venerable Elder left him powerless and on the brink of death. Chen Sheng arrived in time to strike Venerable Elder away, leaving Li Wuji stunned to see him.

• Azure Dragon led Chen Sheng and Vermillion Bird toward Kyoto, while Vermillion Bird fawned over Chen Sheng and mocked Azure Dragon.
• Li Wuji fought Venerable Elder as the battle damaged Xiang Li's body and drained Li Wuji's power.
• Venerable Elder explained that they had both misjudged an astonishing genius, then moved to kill the helpless Li Wuji.
• Li Wuji prepared to use a self-destructive version of the Primal Chaos Limitless Skill, but Chen Sheng appeared and punched Venerable Elder into the distance.
• Li Wuji recognized Chen Sheng and asked why he had come.

Chen Sheng overwhelmed and crushed Xiang Li to death, then split from Li Wuji to pursue Venerable Elder and recover Li Wuji’s former body. Li Wuji reached the underground cavern beneath Shen Butong Transportation Company, where he found his body sitting still and sensed that something was wrong.

• Chen Sheng unleashed his full power and crushed Xiang Li, who was controlled by Venerable Elder, to death.
• Li Wuji told Chen Sheng that they needed to reclaim Li Wuji’s former body and deal with Venerable Elder, then Chen Sheng carried him toward Kyoto.
• Chen Sheng and Li Wuji split up, with Chen Sheng heading to the Martial Arts Association and Li Wuji going to Shen Butong Transportation Company.
• Chen Sheng entered the Martial Arts Association, where dozens of staff members stopped and stared at him before resuming their work after he disappeared.
• Li Wuji descended into the underground cavern and found his former body sitting cross-legged, but the unusual silence made him sense danger.

Li Wuji discovered that Venerable Elder had destroyed his former body and rushed to help Chen Sheng, who had pursued Venerable Elder into an isolated underground battlefield. Venerable Elder revealed he had created a powerful body from Celestial cells, but Chen Sheng attacked before he could finish explaining his plans.

• Li Wuji found his former body reduced to a head and hurried to the Martial Arts Association, suspecting Venerable Elder was making a desperate move involving a Celestial.
• Venerable Elder used a researcher to reach a hidden chamber and entered an unstable body cultivated from Celestial Being Cells, intending to use it to wield the Power of Authority.
• Chen Sheng found Venerable Elder's empty head in the underground hall, destroyed it, and followed a terrifying presence into a star-filled battlefield.
• Li Wuji arrived and realized Venerable Elder had created a Celestial body rather than possessing one; Venerable Elder explained his plan and condemned human emotion.
• Venerable Elder restrained Li Wuji and declared that he would erase Chen Sheng's memories, but Chen Sheng seized Venerable Elder and slammed him toward the ground.

Chen Sheng overwhelmed Venerable Elder despite his Celestial body and Heart Power, pounding him into a mass of flesh deep underground. Venerable Elder survived only barely as Chen Sheng prepared to crush him slowly, while the damage from their battle shook Kyoto above.

• Chen Sheng crushed Venerable Elder's bones and struck the ground, collapsing the cavern and shaking Kyoto.
• Venerable Elder tried to use Heart Power to alter Chen Sheng's body, but it had no effect.
• Chen Sheng unleashed a relentless barrage of punches, driving Venerable Elder deeper underground and destroying his Celestial body.
• Venerable Elder attempted to harden and repair his body and then asked Chen Sheng to join forces, but Chen Sheng continued attacking.
• Chen Sheng stopped when the surface damage became concerning and found Venerable Elder reduced to writhing flesh.
• Venerable Elder weakly begged Chen Sheng to wait as Chen Sheng stepped on him and gradually increased the pressure.

Chen Sheng repeatedly killed the Venerable Elder, who resurrected after being reduced to ashes, while a dormant genuine Celestial awakened far beneath the sea. As Chen Sheng prepared to crush the Venerable Elder again, an overwhelming new presence stopped his foot and spoke in an unfamiliar language.

• Li Wuji returned to the surface amid the earthquake and rushed to the Martial Arts Association to organize rescue efforts.
• Chen Sheng crushed the Venerable Elder until his life force vanished, burned his body to ashes, and learned that Xiao Hei would not eat the remains.
• The Venerable Elder resurrected from the ashes and tried to escape, but Chen Sheng returned and attacked him again with lightning.
• Far beneath the sea, a genuine Celestial awakened briefly, sensed that one of its kind had died, and unleashed a burst of power before falling dormant again.
• Chen Sheng reduced the Venerable Elder to charcoal and planned to grind him into the surrounding rock and soil, but a powerful force stopped his foot and spoke beneath him.

Chen Sheng battled the Celestial that had taken over Venerable Elder’s body, destroying its remnant while the Celestial used Heart Power to strip away his senses. The Celestial’s premature awakening ended with Venerable Elder’s body reduced to powder, leaving Chen Sheng still punching blindly as the Celestial promised to return.

• The Celestial emerged through Venerable Elder’s body, condemned the human-made vessel, and attacked Chen Sheng with an invisible force.
• Chen Sheng broke through the force and repeatedly struck the Celestial, whose body turned illusory and reassembled as its flesh was destroyed.
• The Celestial found Chen Sheng’s physical strength extraordinary, sensed the people and society of Kyoto, and realized its premature awakening was running out of energy.
• The Celestial withdrew its force, blinded Chen Sheng, and then stripped away his hearing, smell, and connection to the Thunder Water Essence as he continued attacking by touch.
• The Celestial’s remnant body became black powder, and it returned to its main body after vowing to make Chen Sheng its servant when they met again.

After pulverizing Venerable Elder underground, Chen Sheng emerged in Kyoto blind and deaf, wary that his enemy might still be alive. He confirmed Li Wuji’s identity through touch and headed back toward the YiHe Sect, leaving a young guide overwhelmed by his speed.

• Chen Sheng searched the caves, found no trace of Venerable Elder, fused the enemy’s ashes into the stone, and broke through to the surface.
• At the Martial Arts Association building, rescue workers reported Chen Sheng to their superiors, and he grabbed Li Wuji when he could not recognize him by sight or sound.
• Li Wuji proved his identity by tracing their first conversation onto Chen Sheng’s palm and told him about Kyoto’s situation.
• Chen Sheng decided to return to the YiHe Sect, and Li Wuji arranged for a young martial artist to guide him before leaving to handle other matters.
• Chen Sheng carried the young man at extreme speed toward the YiHe Sect, stopping when the guide’s frantic motions showed that he was overwhelmed.

Chen Sheng, still unable to see or hear, learned that Kyoto was under attack and pursued Sun Yihe’s clone. He killed the mountain-of-flesh clone instantly and ordered his guide to lead him toward the other attackers.

• The Celestials’ influence drove many people in Kyoto into a frenzy, while Sun Yihe’s clones and surviving Force Sect members added to the chaos.
• Phoenix tried to lure a mountain-of-flesh clone away from civilians, but it fled when it saw Chen Sheng.
• Chen Sheng had his guide explain the crisis and ordered him to lead them after the clone instead of taking him to the YiHe Sect.
• Phoenix was badly injured fighting the clone, but Chen Sheng caught up and destroyed it with two strikes.
• Phoenix recognized Chen Sheng as the person her brother had feared, while Chen Sheng told his guide to lead him toward the remaining attackers.

Chen Sheng helped suppress Kyoto’s uprising, learning that Sun Yihe had died and that the city had suffered catastrophic casualties; Li Wuji broke down in guilt over the devastation. At Shen Ziming’s house, Chen Sheng learned from Xiao Hei that a Celestial had controlled Venerable Elder and promised to meet him again, leaving Chen Sheng determined to grow stronger before the Celestials awakened.

• Chen Sheng followed the young guide to Vermillion Bird’s battle and killed the Force Sect powerhouse who had been fighting him.
• Vermillion Bird guided Chen Sheng through Kyoto, where he swiftly killed crazed martial artists and learned that Sun Yihe had died; the unrest ended with more than half the city’s citizens dead.
• Li Wuji surveyed the ruined city, knelt in tears, and repeatedly apologized for the destruction.
• Vermillion Bird brought Chen Sheng to Shen Ziming’s house at YiHe Sect, then returned to Kyoto to help with recovery efforts.
• Troubled by his lost senses and the Celestial’s threat, Chen Sheng asked Xiao Hei to translate the words Venerable Elder had spoken.
• Xiao Hei revealed that the Celestial had promised to meet Chen Sheng again and make him its loyal hound, while refusing or being unable to explain how ancient humans had defeated the Celestials.

Chen Sheng adapted to the darkness that had trapped his senses, then woke to find Shen Ziming had returned to YiHe Sect. After mistaking Shen Ziming for an intruder, Chen Sheng recognized him, and the two vowed to grow stronger and fight the Celestials together.

• Chen Sheng accepted the darkness around him and used inner visualization to strengthen and steady himself as thunder surged through his body.
• Shen Ziming returned exhausted from rescuing civilians and fighting berserk martial artists, then lay near Chen Sheng while Xiao Hei blocked his way to the wooden house.
• Shen Ziming mourned Sun Yihe and blamed his own weakness for being unable to protect his master or help Chen Sheng.
• Chen Sheng woke and briefly seized Shen Ziming, mistaking him for an intruder because he could not see or hear, before Xiao Hei identified him.
• Shen Ziming declared that he would get stronger and join Chen Sheng in killing the Celestials, and Chen Sheng accepted his vow with a fist bump.

While blind and cut off from his other senses, Chen Sheng discovered that he could use an imagined inner view of his body to affect it and planned to build his strength through secret arts. Li Wuji returned to YiHe Sect, where Chen Sheng described his victory over Venerable Elder and sought answers about the Celestials.

• Chen Sheng constructed a vivid illusion of his body, found that changes to it affected his real body, and saw that his Soul Power had risen to 18.
• Chen Sheng planned to train his remaining sense of touch and pursue secret arts, but decided to wait for Li Wuji to ask about their restrictions.
• Li Wuji returned to YiHe Sect and sent three disciples to pay their respects to Sun Yihe before approaching Chen Sheng.
• Xiao Hei helped Chen Sheng communicate with Li Wuji by forming a writing board, and Chen Sheng asked for his help and answers about the Celestials.
• Chen Sheng recounted how he had overwhelmed Venerable Elder and killed him after losing his senses, leaving Li Wuji stunned.

Li Wuji explained that the Celestials and Homo sapiens descended from the same ancestors, and that humans nearly hunted the Celestials to extinction. He left Chen Sheng with the revelation that the Celestials gained Authority and immortality after praying to a mysterious statue, whose origins and motives remained unknown.

• Chen Sheng asked Li Wuji what the Celestials were, why they hated humanity, and whether they could be killed for good.
• Li Wuji explained that the Celestials evolved separately from Homo sapiens and initially had stronger bodies, but humans eventually gained the advantage through teamwork, weapons, and greater numbers.
• Li Wuji said Homo sapiens hunted the Celestials brutally, using them as trophies and food, after the two races became rivals for territory and resources.
• Li Wuji described a mural showing desperate Celestials praying to a strange, enormous eyeball statue in a forest, and recalled that viewing it had plunged him into a terrifying darkness.
• Li Wuji said later murals showed the Celestials transformed, gaining red crystals between their brows and the Power of Authority, which they used to slaughter their human hunters.
• Chen Sheng realized that qi and supernatural powers may have entered the world through the Celestials, and wondered who made the statue and why it granted them such power.

Li Wuji explained the history between Homo sapiens and the Celestials to Chen Sheng and warned that the sleeping Celestials were nearing awakening. When a disturbance drew them to the main peak, Sun Yihe unexpectedly crawled out of his grave, leaving everyone stunned.

• Li Wuji told Chen Sheng that the Celestials could not reproduce and that some had allied and interbred with humans, creating bearers of Celestial Being Cells.
• Li Wuji said a group of Celestials might awaken within half a month to a month, then prepared to return to Kyoto.
• A cry from the main peak interrupted Chen Sheng as he tried to ask Li Wuji about the Qi Knot Stone and help choosing secret manuals.
• Chen Sheng, Li Wuji, and Shen Ziming went to the main peak, where Sun Yihe emerged from the earth despite having been buried after Xiang Li destroyed his body.
• Sun Yihe regained his senses, recognized Chen Sheng, and astonished Shen Ziming and his disciples; Li Wuji sent the disciples away so he could discuss urgent matters with Sun Yihe.

After learning that Sun Yihe’s resurrection was tied to the Seven Demon Heart Sutra, Chen Sheng asked to study the technique so he could pursue multiple secret arts. Li Wuji and Sun Yihe agreed to discuss it after resolving the crisis in Kyoto, while Chen Sheng adapted to his lost senses and prepared to cultivate.

• Sun Yihe thanked Chen Sheng for saving him and explained that the Seven Demon Heart Sutra had enabled his resurrection, though its conditions and risks were too dangerous to disclose.
• Chen Sheng asked Sun Yihe for the Seven Demon Heart Sutra, hoping to cultivate it alongside the Wither Bloom Scripture and strengthen himself before the Celestials awakened.
• Sun Yihe said compatible secret arts could be cultivated together and suggested the Seven Demon Heart Sutra might work, while Li Wuji worried Chen Sheng could suffer the same disastrous consequences as he had with the Two Extremes Spirit Division Art.
• Chen Sheng told Sun Yihe and Li Wuji to handle Kyoto first and said he would stay at the YiHe Sect while adapting to his blindness and preparing to cultivate.
• Chen Sheng spent the day using his sensations to construct a lifelike model of his body in his mind, then asked Xiao Hei to guard him and entered the Withered State to resume cultivation.