Chapter Summaries

Chen Sheng gave birth to five Seeds of Desire and waited for their avatars to emerge, while the international conference in Kyoto received Little Mountain Country’s powerful delegation. The chapter left Chen Sheng awaiting his next breakthrough and Shi Shan wary of Shingu Shinzo and his silent disciple, Shingu Isshin.

• Chen Sheng gave birth to five Seeds of Desire by using his power to regrow the flesh and tissue torn away during their emergence.
• Chen Sheng found no message from Vermillion Bird, sent an offer to help, and returned to the main peak to wait for the desire avatars.
• Shi Shan and the other association commissioners waited at Kyoto International Airport for Little Mountain Country’s delegation.
• Shi Shan stomped on an anomalous shadow, forcing Shingu Shinzo and his disciple Shingu Isshin to emerge from it.
• Shi Shan warned Shingu Shinzo against provoking Hua Country’s martial artists, and Shingu Isshin silently fixed his gaze on Shi Shan before departing.

At the State Guest Hotel, Shingu Isshin and Shingu Shinzo planned to use the international conference to absorb Celestial descendants and help Isshin become a god. At YiHe Sect, Chen Sheng destroyed his five desire clones and absorbed their power, greatly increasing his attributes and Skill Points.

• Shingu Shinzo questioned a Martial Arts Association guide about Kyoto’s destruction, but the guide offered only the official explanation.
• In their hotel room, Shingu Shinzo used Black Liquid to conceal their conversation as Shingu Isshin ordered him to wait until the conference began before targeting the Celestial descendants.
• Shingu Isshin said they would first use Hua Country’s strength to help him become a god, then consider other plans after dealing with the Celestials.
• At YiHe Sect, Chen Sheng transformed and blasted his five desire clones into bloody mist, absorbing their power into his Seed of Desire.
• Chen Sheng synchronized his heartbeat with the Seed of Desire and spent an hour absorbing its power, raising his strength and constitution above 18,000 and gaining 45,000 Skill Points.

After completing the first cycle of the Seven Devil Scripture, Chen Sheng tested the Desire Demon Body and discovered that it could coexist with Black Tortoise Transformation, raising his average attribute to 3.9 million. He resolved to keep growing stronger despite the danger his power posed to the human world, then turned to upgrading Thunder Breathing.

• Chen Sheng traveled to a remote mountain range to test his power and activated Black Tortoise Transformation alongside the Desire Demon Body.
• The Desire Demon Body transformed Chen Sheng's godly form and amplified his desire abilities, sending his average attribute soaring to 3.9 million.
• A gentle wave of Chen Sheng's hand shook the mountain range, and he realized his movements had grown dangerous because of the resistance his immense power met.
• Chen Sheng decided he would not stop growing stronger before the Celestials appeared, though he planned to test the remaining desire abilities later.
• After finding that the Seven Devil Scripture and Wither Bloom Scripture could not yet be upgraded, Chen Sheng focused on Thunder Breathing.

Chen Sheng upgraded Thunder Breathing, survived the storm it summoned, and gained stronger attributes and the ability to transform into lightning before setting off to find Vermillion Bird. Meanwhile, an international meeting about the Celestials began in Kyoto, where Li Wuji became suspicious that Shingu Shinzo had arrived without his disciple.

• Chen Sheng upgraded Thunder Breathing to level four, endured two hours of lightning, and adapted to his increased power.
• Chen Sheng discovered his attributes had risen above four million and that he could transform into lightning, then traveled to YiHe Sect territory and tried calling Li Wuji about Vermillion Bird.
• When Li Wuji was unavailable, Chen Sheng decided to visit Holy Church Headquarters and ask Azure Dragon about Vermillion Bird.
• At the Kyoto conference hall, Li Wuji prepared to begin the international meeting as representatives from several countries arrived.
• Li Wuji noticed Shingu Shinzo had attended without Shingu Isshin and asked Sun Yihe to confirm that the disciple was still at the hotel.

Li Wuji opened an international meeting about the Celestials while secretly monitoring Shingu Shinzo and Shingu Isshin. Shingu Isshin released three bizarre beings to search for Celestial descendants, and one of them slipped past the He Ling Sect’s surveillance as the chapter ended.

• Li Wuji told Sun Yihe to watch Shingu Shinzo and assign stronger monitors to Shingu Isshin, then warned the meeting attendees that its outcome would determine their survival.
• Shingu Isshin sensed the Martial Arts Association’s watchers around his hotel and summoned three strange people from the Black Liquid in his room, ordering them to find Celestial descendants and act as they knew how.
• Shingu Isshin left the hotel and asked a passerby for directions to martial arts halls, while two He Ling Sect disciples followed him and monitored his room.
• The He Ling Sect disciples searched Shingu Isshin’s room after detecting a Soul Power fluctuation but found nothing unusual, so they reported it to their master.
• A woman carrying a black umbrella walked through the crowd, briefly chilling the people who passed her, while the two disciples continued watching the room.

Chen Sheng learned that Celestial Descendants had ambushed Holy Church branches after a secret alliance with the Martial Arts Association was leaked, and that Azure Dragon and Vermillion Bird were investigating the source. He headed to Golden Palm City to join them, reaching the city and locating their signals nearby.

• Chen Sheng visited the underground Holy Church headquarters and discovered that the Azure Dragon there was a memory-bearing shadow rather than the original.
• The shadow revealed that Azure Dragon and Vermillion Bird had gone to investigate Celestial Descendants who had learned of the Holy Church’s alliance and launched attacks on its branches.
• The shadow explained that captured Celestial Descendants linked their sudden awakenings and knowledge to an unknown letter followed by a shared dream, and that the Holy Church had traced the anomaly to Golden Palm City.
• Chen Sheng pressed the shadow for Azure Dragon and Vermillion Bird’s location, then set off for Golden Palm City.
• Chen Sheng reached Golden Palm City and used Holy Church tracking software to find Azure Dragon and Vermillion Bird’s signals less than ten kilometers away.

Ma E tried to escape after Vermillion Bird and Azure Dragon defeated the Celestial descendants he had gathered, but he ran into Chen Sheng and used his Authority of Dreams to pull them both into the Dream Realm. The chapter left Ma E attempting to seize Chen Sheng’s body, unaware of who he had targeted.

• Chen Sheng followed his navigation to the residential district where Vermillion Bird and Azure Dragon were located.
• Ma E recalled how he and Ma Xiong had used the authorities of Dream Realm and Memory to gather Celestial descendants and plan their escape from the Holy Church.
• After Vermillion Bird and Azure Dragon defeated the gathered Celestial descendants, Ma E tried to flee while they remained trapped in his Dream Realm.
• A surge of heat and pressure knocked Ma E down the stairs as Vermillion Bird and Azure Dragon began to wake.
• Ma E spotted Chen Sheng, shouted to draw his attention, and pulled both of their consciousnesses into the Dream Realm to take over Chen Sheng’s body.

Chen Sheng let Ma E pull him into the Dream Realm, where he crushed Ma E despite the latter amplifying his power with dozens of Authorities. After absorbing the Celestial descendants in Ma E’s building, Chen Sheng gained Soul Power and planned to gather more so he could advance his cultivation.

• Ma E searched Chen Sheng’s Safe House in the Dream Realm and tried to destroy his consciousness, but his attacks had no effect.
• Chen Sheng revealed that he had let Ma E draw him in to investigate his memories, then overwhelmed and killed him with his true strength.
• Chen Sheng returned to reality, where Vermillion Bird and Azure Dragon confirmed Ma E’s brother was being handled by Phoenix and gave Chen Sheng the Celestial descendants in the building.
• Xiao Hei absorbed Ma E’s corpse and the descendants in the building, raising Chen Sheng’s Soul Power to 60.
• Chen Sheng estimated he needed about one hundred Soul Power to cultivate the second realm of the Wither Bloom Saint Realm and planned to absorb more Celestial descendants.

Chong Shan left his surveillance post to test Shingu Isshin while strange dream encounters and disappearances spread through Kyoto. Chen Sheng absorbed the captured Celestial descendants at Holy Church Headquarters and learned that Ma Xiong was still alive.

• Shingu Isshin continued defeating disciples at Kyoto martial arts gyms as Chong Shan and Huo Zheng watched, suspecting his challenges were a distraction.
• Chong Shan used his Desire Demon Body to leave the surveillance post and investigate Shingu Isshin, while Huo Zheng stayed behind to observe.
• People in Kyoto and elsewhere began reporting dreams of a strange man in a suit, and a girl disappeared after meeting a masked woman with a black umbrella in an alley.
• Chen Sheng returned to Kyoto and went to Holy Church Headquarters after Vermillion Bird told him Phoenix had captured Ma Xiong and several Celestial descendants.
• Chen Sheng released Xiao Hei to absorb the captured descendants, raising his Soul to 66, then learned that Ma Xiong was not dead.

Shingu Isshin revealed his powerful mind-control abilities while testing Chong Shan, and Huo Zheng later fell victim to the darkness spreading from Chong Shan. Chen Sheng settled at the Eagle Body Sect, where Xiao Hei sensed an aura like his own inside the house.

• Shingu Isshin resisted Chong Shan's verbal control, trapped him in darkness, and overwhelmed his Pride ability before Huo Zheng intervened and brought Chong Shan away.
• Phoenix questioned Chen Sheng about Ma Xiong's survival, but Chen Sheng told her to inform Vermillion Bird and the others and then left Holy Church Headquarters.
• Chen Sheng arrived at the Eagle Body Sect and found Zhou Li, Chen Dangui, Chen Bi, and the White Tiger living in a courtyard resembling Yinghui Grocery Store.
• Zhou Li told Chen Sheng that Shingu Isshin had challenged the Eagle Body Sect and beaten its members, prompting Chen Sheng to wonder why the visitor from Little Mountain Country had targeted them.
• Xiao Hei sensed an aura like his own inside the house, and Chen Sheng asked Zhou Li whether anything strange was there.

Chen Sheng investigated a strange videotape and used Xiao Hei to devour the ghostly woman who emerged from it, killing Shingu Isshin’s creation Mako. Xiao Hei’s absorption gave Chen Sheng twenty points of Soul Power and seemed to change Xiao Hei, while Shingu Isshin mistakenly suspected Li Wuji.

• Chen Sheng found an old videotape in Zhou Li’s room that carried an aura identical to Xiao Hei’s, so he asked Zhou Li to borrow a VCR.
• The television turned on by itself and showed a woman in white climbing out of a well; Xiao Hei confirmed that she carried its aura.
• Chen Sheng unleashed his power, caught the woman as she tried to retreat into the screen, and ordered Xiao Hei to drain her dry.
• At the State Guest Hotel, Shingu Isshin learned that Mako had been killed and wrongly concluded that Li Wuji was responsible.
• At the Eagle Body Sect, Chen Sheng rejoiced that Xiao Hei’s absorption had granted him twenty points of Soul Power and appeared to have changed Xiao Hei.

After absorbing the woman in white, Xiao Hei gained the ability to mimic and create beings, and Chen Sheng had him remake her soul. Meanwhile, Shingu Isshin sent Dream Man to find Mako’s killer, unaware that Mako had been reborn as a towering, muscular fighter under Chen Sheng’s control.

• Zhou Li and Chen Sheng went out at night to dispose of the ruined videotape, while Xiao Hei explained his new Mimicry ability and the woman in white’s soul as useful raw material.
• Chen Sheng agreed to have Xiao Hei remake the woman in white, and Xiao Hei used Chen Sheng’s power to reshape her in the guest room.
• Shingu Isshin reasoned that the Martial Arts Association was unlikely to be behind Mako’s death and ordered Dream Man to spread, find Mako’s killer, and share power with Slit-Mouthed Woman.
• Xiao Hei presented the remade Mako to Chen Sheng, who found her enormous, muscular form startling before awkwardly telling her to do her best.

Chen Sheng learned that Mako could track and fight other pseudo-lifeforms, then sent her to search for them while warning Li Wuji of a possible threat to the Martial Arts Association. Li Wuji agreed to cooperate with the Syria Empire and asked the Empress and Ol to help capture a troublemaker.

• Chen Sheng questioned Mako, learned that other pseudo-lifeforms existed, and ordered her to search for and kill them or alert Xiao Hei.
• Chen Sheng warned Li Wuji that someone might be targeting the Martial Arts Association, then tested Chen Dangui's martial arts training.
• Li Wuji investigated Chen Sheng's warning while meeting with the Empress of the Syria Empire and her guard knight, Ol, to discuss exchanging cultivation methods and cooperating against the Celestials.
• The Empress introduced Ol as a peak knight who had received the blessings of seven Imprints, and Li Wuji agreed to cooperate with the Syria Empire.
• After receiving a message, Li Wuji asked the Empress and Ol to help capture a guest who was causing trouble in Hua Country, and they agreed.

Shingu Shinzo tried to escape the State Guest Hotel after sensing danger, but Sun Yihe and Martial Arts Association fighters cornered him and Shingu Isshin. When Shingu Isshin awakened and Slender Shadow fled, Li Wuji pursued while Holy Church knight Ol used the Seal of Justice to trap it behind a golden barrier.

• Shingu Shinzo took control of Shingu Isshin's vacant body and tried to escape through the shadows, but Sun Yihe burst into the room and attacked.
• Shingu Shinzo hid inside Slender Shadow as association members surrounded it, and he poured his Soul Power into it to strengthen its counterattack.
• Shingu Isshin suddenly sat up within Slender Shadow and told Shingu Shinzo to wait.
• Li Wuji explained that Sun Yihe had uncovered Black Liquid controlling Chong Shan and Huo Zheng, prompting the Association to seal off the State Guest Hotel and evacuate nearby occupants.
• Slender Shadow broke away from the battle and fled, so Li Wuji pursued while Ol invoked the Seal of Justice.
• Ol raised a golden barrier that stopped Slender Shadow from escaping and left it trapped against the boundary.

Ol defeated Slender Shadow and joined Li Wuji’s search for Shingu Isshin, while the Martial Arts Association left Chen Sheng in Kyoto as a deterrent. In Sanhe City, Ma Xiong was cornered by Dream Man and the Slit-Mouthed Woman until a mysterious voice urged him to use his phone for help.

• Ol restrained Slender Shadow, and Li Wuji’s staff sealed it inside a barrier device.
• Ol offered to help find Shingu Isshin and asked to meet the Martial Arts Association’s strongest genius, but Li Wuji and Sun Yihe warned him against it.
• After receiving a lead on the abnormal incidents, Li Wuji led the senior members out of Kyoto and texted Sun Yihe that Chen Sheng was still there.
• Ma Xiong fled through Sanhe City as Dream Man and the Slit-Mouthed Woman pursued him, using the Authority of Memory to escape their illusions.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman caught Ma Xiong and drained his strength, but a mysterious voice told him to take out his phone, which showed a dry well.

Mako rescued Ma Xiong, killed Dream Man and the Slit-Mouthed Woman, and returned to Chen Sheng with power she had harvested from them. Shingu Isshin tracked her trail toward Chen Sheng, who headed for the Martial Arts Association to confront him, but was suddenly swallowed by darkness.

• Mako burst out of Ma Xiong’s phone, crushed the Slit-Mouthed Woman and Dream Man, then rendered Ma Xiong unconscious before returning to Chen Sheng.
• At the Martial Arts Association, Sun Yihe ordered the Slender Man examined while Shingu Isshin remained hidden inside it and sensed another Divine Object.
• Shingu Isshin followed Mako’s trail through her phone, hoping to find Chen Sheng and seize his portion of the Divine Object.
• Chen Sheng read Li Wuji’s message about Shingu Isshin, planned to confront him beneath the Martial Arts Association, and left the YiHe Sect.
• Mako returned with three portions of power, and Chen Sheng absorbed them, greatly increasing his Soul Power.
• As Chen Sheng continued toward the Association, the scenery around him turned into darkness and swallowed him.

Chen Sheng lured Shingu Isshin into revealing himself, then unleashed his full power and killed him. Meanwhile, Shingu Shinzo and Shingu Isshin’s clones trapped Sun Yihe and the Association disciples in darkness, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Chen Sheng pretended to struggle against Shingu Isshin’s dark space while Shingu Isshin and Shingu Shinzo prepared separate attacks on the Martial Arts Association.
• Shingu Isshin created two half-strength clones to help Shingu Shinzo distract Sun Yihe and Li Wuji, while his main body went after Chen Sheng.
• The Slender Shadow broke through its barriers, and Shingu Isshin emerged from it as darkness trapped Sun Yihe and the Association disciples; Shingu Shinzo joined the fight.
• Chen Sheng shattered Shingu Isshin’s dark space, then let the main body believe he was exhausted and tempted by the offer to join him.
• After confirming Shingu Isshin was the main body, Chen Sheng raised his power to two million and destroyed him with wind and lightning.

Chen Sheng killed Shingu Isshin, absorbed Xiao Hei’s clone, and raised his Soul Power to 236. He planned his next stages of cultivation before returning to the Eagle Body Sect, where he reflected on how Zhou Li kept him connected to his humanity.

• Shingu Isshin’s death shattered the darkness trapping Sun Yihe and the Committee Disciples, and Sun Yihe confirmed that Shingu Shinzo was under control.
• Chen Sheng absorbed Xiao Hei’s clone and raised his Soul Power to 236, unlocking plans to cultivate the second level of the Wither Bloom Scripture and strengthen his lightning adaptation.
• Chen Sheng planned to train at the Eagle Body Sect, then return to the YiHe Sect for the second round of the Seven Devil Scripture before the Celestials awakened.
• Li Wuji confirmed Shingu Isshin’s death and dismissed the local Martial Arts Association members, while Ol begged to meet the Association’s genius.
• Chen Sheng returned to the Eagle Body Sect, exchanged brief words with Zhou Li, and began Inner Vision in his room.

Chen Sheng broke through to the Bloom Realm of the Wither Bloom Scripture and spent five days strengthening himself while refining his control over his body. As preparations for the Celestials’ revival advanced, he waited for Li Wuji to call him into the Martial Arts Association’s operation.

• Chen Sheng used Inner Vision and Soul Power to guide Power Molecules into his muscles, then spent the night attempting to enter the Wither Bloom Scripture’s second realm.
• Chen Sheng broke through to the Bloom Realm, and Zhou Li found him in his aged Wither form and learned about secret techniques.
• Chen Sheng anticipated testing the Celestials’ strength in an operation planned before their revival.
• Over the next five days, Chen Sheng adapted his body to lightning, advanced his scripture, and completed another round of Seven Devil Scripture cultivation at the YiHe Sect.
• The Martial Arts Association secured cooperation with the Charter United States and the Syria Empire, while its shelters and evacuation plans moved civilians away from the Celestials’ sites.
• Chen Sheng continued honing his bodily control and waited for word from Li Wuji.

Chen Sheng joined Li Wuji, Ol, and Rhine for an experimental expedition into a newly discovered Celestial Sleeping Land in the southernmost continent. Before they entered, Li Wuji revealed that his master’s experiment at a remote sleeping land sixty years earlier had caused a catastrophic explosion, and the four prepared to investigate despite the risk.

• Chen Sheng received a message, cleared his mind on a mountaintop, and arrived at the expedition site in a burst of lightning.
• Li Wuji introduced Chen Sheng to Ol of the Celia Empire and Rhine of the Charter United States as the three nations’ representatives prepared to explore the sleeping land.
• Chen Sheng asked why the Celestials had not been investigated before, and Li Wuji explained that his master’s experiment sixty years earlier had caused a huge explosion.
• Li Wuji told the group that the remote location made the experiment possible, and Chen Sheng, Ol, and Rhine each agreed to proceed despite the danger.
• Li Wuji watched the researchers and other superhumans evacuate, then led Chen Sheng, Ol, and Rhine toward the deep pit.