Chapter Summaries

Chen Sheng confronted the consciousness behind the storm and learned that the Thunder Breathing inheritance was meant to guide him toward a higher Authority. After accepting the inheritance, he gained Thunder at 60%, making the lightning within him belong solely to him.

• Chen Sheng shattered the storm clouds with a blast of air, but the watching consciousness approached him and revealed itself as the remnants of past Thunder Breathing practitioners.
• The remnant souls offered to guide Chen Sheng through the inheritance, and he chose Yes when the panel showed Thunder Breathing LvMax Meaning Imbued.
• In the Thunder Sea, Chen Sheng told the phantom that Homo sapiens had survived, then learned that the remnant souls were the part of the Thunder Authority that did not belong to him.
• The remnant souls explained that they had failed to wield too many Authorities and urged Chen Sheng to give thunder a meaning of his own.
• Chen Sheng returned to the real world and gained Thunder at 60%, transforming the lightning within him into power that belonged solely to him.

Chen Sheng used the Thunder Authority to multiply his physical attributes tenfold, then waited in the desert until Vermillion Bird brought him to the Martial Arts Association. There, Li Wuji revealed that new energy signals might indicate the Celestials had returned, and that countries were evacuating civilians and deploying troops to delay them.

• Chen Sheng connected lightning through his cells, driving their activity and raising his attributes from 436 million to 4.36 billion, but stopped short of testing the full extent of the power.
• Chen Sheng spent a day and night controlling his strength in the desert, crystallizing the surrounding sand and gravel.
• Vermillion Bird found the crystallized terrain and met Chen Sheng, who took him to Kyoto at tremendous speed.
• Chen Sheng and Vermillion Bird arrived at the Martial Arts Association's underground research facility, where Li Wuji showed the gathered members a map of newly detected energy signals.
• Li Wuji said the signals might mean the Celestials had returned and explained that countries were evacuating civilians and sending troops to delay them while powerful fighters concentrated their forces.

Li Wuji sent the Martial Arts Association’s teams to intercept the energy fluctuations and asked Chen Sheng to handle the eight strongest points, which Chen Sheng accepted. Meanwhile, Yi returned to the real world, overpowered the military force waiting for him, and halted in midair as a streak of multicolored light approached.

• Li Wuji assigned personnel to intercept the twenty-one fluctuation points while the Martial Arts Association continued evacuating civilians.
• Li Wuji asked Chen Sheng if he could handle the eight strongest points, and Chen Sheng said he would take those and possibly the other thirteen as well.
• Yi traveled through Space-Time Turbulence, drawing on the King’s blessing and vowing revenge on Chen Sheng.
• Yi emerged into an ambush by military forces, but his crimson protection rendered their gunfire and missiles ineffective.
• Yi destroyed the drones and aerial forces, then plunged toward the ground troops as the commander ordered them to engage.
• Yi stopped in midair when he sensed a radiant streak of multicolored light approaching.

Wing overwhelmed Li Wuji and tortured him for information about Chen Sheng, but Chen Sheng arrived before Wing could kill him. Wing unleashed his full power and attacked, only for Chen Sheng to strike him down instantly.

• Wing struck Li Wuji down and ordered the soldiers to retreat as shockwaves swept through the valley.
• Wing used his Birth and Death Power to ensnare the soldiers in a human-and-wood tree, then pinned Li Wuji and demanded Chen Sheng’s location.
• Li Wuji refused to cooperate and taunted Wing as Chen Sheng approached from behind, carrying the defeated Celestials.
• Wing recognized Chen Sheng and unleashed his full strength, but Chen Sheng asked who he was.
• Wing charged at Chen Sheng, who tracked his movement and punched him in the face, extinguishing his thoughts.

Chen Sheng defeated Wing and the other Celestials, then returned to help Li Wuji and the wounded soldiers. As they prepared to head back to Kyoto, Chen Sheng focused on learning what the Third Generation Celestials had done and how the World Core was connected to the Dream Realm.

• Wing unleashed his full strength, but Chen Sheng's punch destroyed a mountain and carved a vast ravine through the land.
• Li Wuji discovered that Chen Sheng had killed the other twenty Celestials and had brought their heads in a sack.
• Chen Sheng found the wounded Wing beneath the sea, broke apart his body, and carried his head back to the valley.
• Chen Sheng added Wing's head to the sack, leaving Wing horrified when he recognized his companions.
• Chen Sheng checked on the injured soldiers, and Li Wuji said their escort was coming and they could set out for Kyoto first.

After analyzing the captured Third Generation Celestials, Chen Sheng decided to investigate their sudden transformation despite Li Wuji’s concerns. By devouring Wing’s soul and memories, Chen Sheng discovered that the First Generation Celestials seemed trapped in fog and that the Celestial Being King recognized him.

• Chen Sheng and Li Wuji took the captured Celestial heads to an underwater research facility, where their bodies were found to contain a purer form of advanced energy.
• Chen Sheng persuaded Li Wuji to support his decision to investigate the unknown enemy, and Li Wuji agreed to stay with him.
• Chen Sheng destroyed Wing’s container and ordered Xiao Hei to devour Wing’s soul and retrieve his recent memories.
• Chen Sheng witnessed Wing return to the Celestial Being Main Camp, where Ji guided him through the fog toward the First Generation Celestials.
• Chen Sheng saw the Celestial Being King rise from his throne and address him by name, saying he had been waiting for him.

Chen Sheng confronted the Celestial Being King, who opened a gateway from the World Core and demanded that Chen Sheng come to him. Their first clash devastated the surrounding ocean, and as their fight continued, Chen Sheng targeted the passage sustaining the King's reach into the real world.

• The Celestial Being King revealed that he needed Chen Sheng's Source Power to recreate the World Consciousness and fulfill the Supreme Demon’s request.
• The King opened a gateway in the undersea cave and invited Chen Sheng to the World Core, but Chen Sheng sent Li Wuji away and refused to come on the King's terms.
• Chen Sheng and the Celestial Being King exchanged blows, annihilating a vast stretch of ocean and unleashing tsunamis that prompted Li Wuji and Kyoto to organize evacuations and rescue efforts.
• Chen Sheng raised his physical attributes with the Thunder Authority and injured the King's arm, but the King's rapid regeneration and restrained strength kept him in control.
• Chen Sheng accelerated his next punch past the King's guard and aimed it at the passage connecting the King to the real world.

Chen Sheng destroyed the passage to the World Core, but the Celestial Being King seized the Eye of Truth from him and announced his plan to remake the world. After confirming his panel and Limitless Body remained, Chen Sheng headed for Kyoto to use two Second Generation Celestial Beings to advance his cultivation before the King could act.

• Chen Sheng pushed his attributes to eight billion and used his Irresistible Fist Force to collapse the gateway between the worlds.
• The Celestial Being King took the World Source Power from Chen Sheng, then crushed it before forty-seven First Generation Celestial Beings and promised they would ascend the throne of gods in a new world.
• Chen Sheng discovered that the Eye of Truth had vanished from his panel, while his attributes, Skill Points, and Limitless Body were unchanged.
• Chen Sheng decided to pursue the third level of the Wither Bloom Scripture and took Li Wuji toward Kyoto to use the two Second Generation Celestial Beings at the Martial Arts Association.
• The World Consciousness arrived after Chen Sheng had left and hurried after him.

Chen Sheng tried to cultivate the Wither Bloom Realm while absorbing the souls of Chi and Qi Han, but realized the Celestial Being King was recalling the Celestials scattered across the real world. He raced to search their Lands, and the Martial Arts Association found a research institute where a Celestial energy reaction remained.

• Chi and Qi Han agreed to let Chen Sheng absorb their souls, and Chi urged him to hurry because the Celestial Being King might attack at any moment.
• Chen Sheng absorbed both souls and raised his Soul Power to 1123, but his attempts to guide Power Molecules between his cells still fell short of a breakthrough.
• Chen Sheng asked Li Wuji for maps of the remaining Lands of the Celestial Beings and searched them, finding that the Celestials had already vanished from the sites he visited.
• Chen Sheng concluded that the Celestial Being King was recalling the Celestials, then searched Lands in other countries for any who had not yet returned.
• Li Wuji coordinated searches with people in other regions, and the Martial Arts Association discovered a remaining Celestial energy reaction at a research institute once built by Venerable Elder.

Chen Sheng killed Calamity, absorbed his Soul Power, and advanced the Wither Bloom Scripture to its third realm. The World Consciousness found him beneath the sea and warned that the Celestial Being King would soon master the world’s rules, urging Chen Sheng to follow it if he wanted to survive.

• Calamity awakened in his deep-sea prison, remembered Venerable Elder’s theft of his power, and began returning to the World Core in response to the King’s call.
• Chen Sheng arrived before Calamity could leave, swiftly defeated him, and let Xiao Hei devour his Soul Power.
• Chen Sheng used the absorbed Soul Power to hold Power Molecules between his cells and upgraded the Wither Bloom Scripture to its third realm.
• The World Consciousness tracked Chen Sheng to the undersea cave after he spent two hours cultivating.
• The World Consciousness warned Chen Sheng that the Celestial Being King would soon master the world’s rules and said following it was his only chance to survive.

As the Celestial Being King opened a passage between the two worlds, Chen Sheng learned the danger facing humanity and told Li Wuji to protect the people while he prepared to act. Chen Sheng then challenged the World Consciousness about its origins, and it admitted that it came from another world and was only using an avatar.

• The World Consciousness warned Chen Sheng that the Celestial Being King had absorbed all the Source Power and was opening a passage between the worlds.
• Li Wuji ordered the Martial Arts Association to prepare shelters and evacuations, then followed Chen Sheng to learn what was happening.
• Chen Sheng explained the threat to Li Wuji and told him to protect the people, evacuate where possible, and wait for news.
• Chen Sheng continued replenishing his power while the World Consciousness assumed he planned to flee with it.
• Chen Sheng demanded to know where the World Consciousness came from, and it revealed that it was not from this world and that the figure before him was only an avatar.

World Consciousness explained the Supreme Demon and invited Chen Sheng to leave the world and join the resistance, but Chen Sheng chose to enter the World Core and confront the Celestial Being King. As the two worlds fused and the king prepared to address the kneeling Celestials, Chen Sheng began gathering his power to face him.

• World Consciousness told Chen Sheng that the Supreme Demon fed on World Source Power and that its followers, including the Celestials, invaded worlds to gather it.
• World Consciousness revealed that he had once been a genius from a destroyed world and urged Chen Sheng to escape with him and join the resistance.
• Chen Sheng demanded that World Consciousness open a passage to the World Core so he could fight the Celestial Being King there.
• World Consciousness agreed, and Chen Sheng and he left Kyoto, crossed the sea, and began opening a passage as Chen Sheng gathered his perfected power.
• In the World Core, the Celestial Being King’s power shook the world as reality’s buildings appeared in the sky, and he asked the kneeling Celestials if they were ready.

Chen Sheng arrived in the World Core and annihilated the Celestial forces that attacked him, revealing a massive increase in strength. The Celestial Being King then halted the connection to the real world and unleashed his own power, declaring that he would make the World Core Chen Sheng’s burial offering.

• The World Consciousness bid Chen Sheng farewell as he entered the World Core and closed the passage behind him.
• Calamity and the Celestials surrounded Chen Sheng, while the Celestial Being King and Ji watched and ordered the attack to begin.
• Chen Sheng killed or wounded more than half the Celestials in an instant, then absorbed their attacks and destroyed the rest within two seconds.
• The Celestial Being King protected Ji from Chen Sheng’s assault and stopped the World Core’s synchronization with the real world.
• The Celestial Being King acknowledged Chen Sheng as a worthy opponent, transformed amid a crimson pillar of light, and declared that he would make the world Chen Sheng’s burial offering.

Chen Sheng’s strength continued to rise as he repeatedly destroyed the immortal Celestial Being King, overwhelming him despite the King’s power to revive. As Chen Sheng reached 120 billion in real-time attributes, he began to sense that he was nearing a limit and perceived the world and its energy in a fundamentally different way.

• Chen Sheng struck the Celestial Being King at 60 billion attributes, destroying his blocking arm and blasting him into a ravine.
• The Celestial Being King attacked with the falling sun, but Chen Sheng reached 80 billion attributes, pierced the sun with lightning, and obliterated the King again.
• Chen Sheng killed the Celestial Being King repeatedly after the explosion, while Ji watched and expected the King to emerge victorious.
• The revived Celestial Being King warned that neither he nor the World Core could endure the battle indefinitely, but Chen Sheng ignored him and continued attacking.
• Chen Sheng’s power reached 120 billion, and he began to sense a limit approaching as the Celestial Being King and the surrounding world appeared to him as masses of energy.

Chen Sheng discovered he could seize and absorb the Celestial Being King’s energy, then killed him and caused the Celestial Being Race to vanish. As the World Core collapsed, Chen Sheng returned to reality, where the World Consciousness sensed the invasion beginning—until Chen Sheng suddenly appeared beside it.

• Chen Sheng used his heightened perception to pull the Celestial Being King’s energy from his body and began absorbing it with Gluttony.
• Chen Sheng repeatedly killed the Celestial Being King, draining his energy until he could no longer resurrect and the Celestial Being Race disappeared.
• Before dying, the Celestial Being King said Chen Sheng and Homo sapiens had already been noticed and that his defeat would not change their fate.
• Chen Sheng left the collapsing World Core through a spatial rift, which expanded and consumed the battlefield.
• The World Consciousness waited on a beach in North Sea Province as the crimson sky faded and Source Power spread across the planet, then Chen Sheng appeared and asked if it had been calling him.

Chen Sheng returned after killing Celestial Being King and the Celestial Being Race, then told Li Wuji to inform humanity while he wandered through Kyoto. He found his companions gathered at Eagle Body Sect, where their welcome eased his sense of distance from ordinary people.

• World Consciousness mistook Chen Sheng for Celestial Being King in disguise until Chen Sheng grabbed him and carried him away from North Sea Province.
• Chen Sheng reached Kyoto and told Li Wuji that Celestial Being King and the Celestial Being Race were dead.
• Li Wuji left to spread the news to the people in the shelters while Chen Sheng wandered alone through the underground passages and city.
• Chen Sheng heard celebrations behind a shelter wall and reflected on how far he felt from ordinary people.
• Chen Sheng sensed activity at Eagle Body Sect and found Cactus, Zhou Li, Shen Ziming, Li Wuji, Vermillion Bird, and the Chen Family siblings gathered there to welcome him.

After the Celestials’ defeat, Chen Sheng reunited with friends over dinner and realized he wanted to protect the people around him. He then asked the World Consciousness whether the Celestial Being King was truly dead, and learned that the king had vanished from this world but could not die as the Supreme Demon’s servant.

• People returned to Kyoto, where Chen Sheng helped Zhou Li cook and shared a meal with his friends and acquaintances.
• Chen Sheng reflected on the people around him and found a reason to fight: he did not want to lose them or see them harmed.
• After dinner, Chen Sheng found the World Consciousness on a beach and heard that it had confirmed the Celestial Being King’s death as a native of this world.
• Chen Sheng recounted his battle with the Celestial Being King and asked whether the king was truly dead.
• The World Consciousness explained that the Celestial Being King had vanished from this world but would not die as a servant of the Supreme Demon.

The Celestial Being King regained his memories and swore revenge on Chen Sheng while preparing to revive among the Supreme Demon's followers. World Consciousness offered Chen Sheng a deal to join the fight against the Supreme Demon in exchange for help protecting his world, leaving Chen Sheng weighing the risks to himself and everyone around him.

• The Celestial Being King remembered Chen Sheng killing him and roared his name in hatred.
• World Consciousness told Chen Sheng that the Celestial Being King would likely revive at a base of the Supreme Demon's followers and that more enemies could threaten his world.
• Chen Sheng reacted angrily when World Consciousness proposed that he leave his world, but listened after World Consciousness promised to help protect it.
• World Consciousness explained that his allies were survivors from worlds corrupted by the Dependents and offered to conceal Chen Sheng's world's coordinates if he joined their fight against the Supreme Demon.
• World Consciousness admitted that his allies could not guarantee the world's safety, and Chen Sheng struggled to decide whether to accept the deal.

Chen Sheng accepted the World Consciousness's offer to join its cause and learned that breaking through the world's power limit could transform him, though relying on external power would leave him weaker elsewhere. After the World Consciousness vanished, Chen Sheng prepared to face whatever came next, while the Celestial Being King awakened in a strange place after being resurrected.

• Chen Sheng agreed to join the World Consciousness if it could fulfill its promise, then asked about the barrier he had encountered while fighting the Celestial Being King.
• The World Consciousness explained that Chen Sheng was nearing the world's upper limit and warned him to draw power into himself rather than rely on external powers such as the Power of Authority.
• The World Consciousness vanished, privately worrying that Chen Sheng might not withstand the kin before help arrived, and Chen Sheng resolved to strengthen himself and prepare for the worst.
• The Celestial Being King waited in darkness, believing he would be resurrected, until a woman and a man awakened him through intense pain.
• The Celestial Being King emerged from a pool of the Supreme Demon's power and found himself inside a scarlet dome with a tentacled creature and a human man.
• The tentacled creature left, and the human man told the Celestial Being King to come with him while looking at him with apparent envy.

The Celestial Being King entered the Apocalypse Realm, where NanGong FuQiu explained how the Divine Tree granted followers powerful Law Fragments. After learning he had been chosen to touch the tree and obtain a middle-grade fragment, the Celestial Being King approached it, determined to grow strong enough to take revenge on Chen Sheng.

• The Celestial Being King followed NanGong FuQiu out of a resurrection hall and saw the bizarre city of the Apocalypse Realm, including its enormous upside-down Divine Tree.
• The Divine Tree's attraction nearly overwhelmed the Celestial Being King, but NanGong FuQiu gave him a black robe that weakened its pull.
• The Celestial Being King offered to repay NanGong FuQiu for information, and NanGong eventually explained that the Divine Tree provided Law Fragments that surpassed simulated laws.
• NanGong FuQiu demonstrated his Severing Law Fragment and described how combining related laws could produce stronger abilities.
• NanGong FuQiu revealed that the Celestial Being King had earned the chance to touch the Divine Tree and obtain a middle-grade Law Fragment, then gave him his former name before departing.
• The Celestial Being King walked toward the Divine Tree, resolved to grow stronger and eventually make NanGong FuQiu ask for his name.