Chapter Summaries

After celebrating his rise to Titled Colonel, Shen Zhui traveled toward the Ciyun World and organized his forces while confronting a worsening shortage of supplies. The chapter ended with him noticing that Zi Xuan had secretly boarded his Dragon Head Warship.

• Shen Zhui’s troops and squad leaders broke through to the Spirit Bridge Realm, and his Colonel’s Residence was completed as the God Slaying Saber was reforged.
• Shen Zhui hosted a lavish three-day banquet attended by military and government officials, Titled Colonels, and Marquis Wu'an Zhao Xing.
• Shen Zhui trained with the Soul Devouring Pearls aboard his Dragon Head Warship and reviewed his progress in martial skills and Dao Arts.
• Mo Feng and the other Commanders reported on the Five Elements Camps, and Shen Zhui demanded that the Windwalk Camp prove its worth in battle.
• Wang Long and Yue Cheng warned Shen Zhui that war had cut border-city revenues while his growing army strained its reserves, so Shen Zhui restricted recruitment to Quasi-Commanders.
• Wang Long reported that Murong Qingxue had fallen back to the Xiantian Realm, and Shen Zhui later discovered Zi Xuan eating fruit aboard the ship.

Shen Zhui arrived at Ciyun World with Zi Xuan and learned that the Sect Alliance had begun attacking entrants after losing access to most of the Inheritance Mansions. As Heaven’s Heart Hall assembled a force to enter, Shen Zhui waited with the other experts and drew hostile attention from King Liang’s Estate’s faction.

• Zi Xuan surprised Shen Zhui by revealing she had secretly boarded his warship, reached the Mid Spirit Bridge Realm, and wanted to join his expedition to Ciyun World.
• Shen Zhui read the Ciyun World battle-power rankings, learned that Black Demon was ranked first, and found himself ranked one hundred and twentieth.
• Shen Zhui and Zi Xuan reached the entrance to Ciyun World, where Yang Ming and He Xi explained that the Sect Alliance was killing entrants and seizing their treasures.
• He Xi told Shen Zhui that he had provided the locations of 245 of the 360 Legacy Mansions, helping the Wu'an Army claim most of the treasures and provoking the Sect Alliance.
• Shen Zhui waited with the assembled experts, noted hostile King Liang’s Estate followers, and received Heaven’s Heart Hall’s signal that enough people had gathered to enter.

Shen Zhui and his companions entered Ciyun World, where greedy Sect Alliance forces ambushed their warship because of his reputation for treasure. After escaping through Baili Slope and surviving further dangers with Zi Xuan’s warnings, Shen Zhui slaughtered a demonic sect squad that tried to ambush them, then collected their rings.

• Shen Zhui agreed to travel with He Xi and Yang Ming toward Baili Slope, while Zi Xuan warned him that danger would befall the two Titled Colonels.
• Sect Alliance experts recognized Shen Zhui and overwhelmed his Dragon Head Warship with attacks; He Xi and Yang Ming exhausted themselves before Shen Zhui held the barrier long enough to reach the water-mist world.
• Zi Xuan sensed further danger and guided Shen Zhui away from a group of four hundred pursuers; the four companions spent six days navigating the mist and evading large groups while attacking smaller ones.
• After the group left the water-mist world, five Divine Ability Realm experts and ten Spirit Bridge Realm experts ambushed them from the forest.
• Shen Zhui killed three Divine Ability Realm attackers with Thunder Dragon's Eye, then joined He Xi and Yang Ming in wiping out the rest and collecting the enemies' Storage Rings.

Shen Zhui and his companions divided the spoils from a demonic sect team, then reached the Ciyun World's inheritance ruins, where he and Zi Xuan headed toward Lotus City to investigate an Inheritance Mansion. Shen Zhui disguised himself as a Fayan Sect elder, and he was startled when Zi Xuan transformed into a woman.

• Shen Zhui, He Xi, and Yang Ming counted their spoils and divided them, with Shen Zhui taking most of the special spirit stones and He Xi receiving extra compensation for his lost warship.
• The group reached the core inheritance region, where they saw signs of heavy fighting and learned that more than twenty thousand people had entered the ruins.
• He Xi and Yang Ming parted from Shen Zhui to pursue Inheritance Mansions, while Shen Zhui and Zi Xuan continued toward the core region.
• Shen Zhui discovered that the Sect Alliance had surrounded Lotus City, where an Inheritance Mansion was believed to be located.
• Shen Zhui disguised himself as Wuyazi, an elder of Fayan Sect, and Zi Xuan used her own concealment technique to transform into a woman, surprising him.

Shen Zhui and Zi Xuan infiltrated Lotus City, where Shen Zhui fought off three guards while searching for an Inheritance Mansion. The chapter left them confronting Hao Lihai after Shen Zhui challenged him for the password.

• Zi Xuan disguised himself as a beautiful woman, and he and Shen Zhui bluffed their way past Heaven Gate Sect guards into Lotus City.
• Hao Lihai secretly dug into Lotus City, transformed into a Pure Yang Sect disciple, and set out to explore its ruins.
• At a guarded passage, Shen Zhui and Zi Xuan discovered that the password given by the Heaven Gate Sect guard was false, and three Divine Ability Realm experts attacked them.
• Shen Zhui used his Soul Devouring Pearls, Overlord Divine Fist, and God Slaying Saber to kill all three attackers and gain Merit Points while Zi Xuan watched and ate a spirit fruit.
• As Shen Zhui and Zi Xuan searched for an Inheritance Mansion, they encountered Hao Lihai, and Shen Zhui demanded the password from him.

Shen Zhui and Zi Xuan located a hidden Inheritance Mansion in Lotus City, where Shen Zhui was challenged by two Divine Ability experts. After revealing his identity and sealing the area, Shen Zhui killed the younger fighter and devoured his spirit, leaving the old master to face him alone.

• Hao Lihai bluffed his way past Shen Zhui and Zi Xuan, then flew off in search of treasures.
• Shen Zhui and Zi Xuan searched the white-stone palaces and eventually found the Inheritance Mansion.
• An old man and his disciple, Dong'er, demanded a password and attacked Shen Zhui after he gave it mockingly.
• Shen Zhui lured the pair away from the mansion, revealed himself as Divine Might Colonel Shen Zhui, and used the Nine Star Soul Devouring Pearls to seal the area.
• Shen Zhui endured the pair's combined strike, disrupted Dong'er with a spiritual assault, then killed him with a saber strike and swallowed his spirit with a Soul Devouring Pearl.

Shen Zhui killed the old man in black, then entered the Inheritance Mansion with Zi Xuan after she opened a gap in its protective formation. Meanwhile, Xia Hong arranged a hunt for Shen Zhui, promising four Inheritance Mansion locations to whichever of two teams killed him.

• The old man in black tried to self-destruct after Shen Zhui killed Dong'er, but Shen Zhui suppressed him with the Soul Devouring Pearls and killed him.
• Shen Zhui reflected on the fight, collected nearly four million Merit Points, and discussed his equipment with Zi Xuan.
• Zi Xuan opened a gap in the Inheritance Mansion's protective formation, and she and Shen Zhui entered before the wall sealed itself.
• Powerhouses at Gold Element Hall discussed Shen Zhui's recorded battle and his rise from one hundred and twentieth to fifty-ninth in the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion ranking.
• Xia Hong learned that General Gold Element had barred him from entering Ciyun World, then offered four Inheritance Mansion locations as a reward for killing Shen Zhui.
• Xia Hong ordered eight of his followers to split into two teams and kill Shen Zhui, claiming he had a way to make Shen Zhui reveal himself.

Zi Xuan passed Fire Dragon Son’s inheritance trial and received his inheritance, including the Divine Weapon Puppet Xiao Huo. Shen Zhui collected the inheritance’s treasures and Moon Pattern Stones, bringing his total to 128,600, while Zi Xuan explained the conditions for his future breakthrough.

• Shen Zhui and Zi Xuan entered the Fire Dragon Mansion and learned that challengers who did not follow the path of fire faced a much harder trial.
• Zi Xuan fought the fiery-red puppet and left a sword mark on it, passing the trial and becoming its new master.
• Zi Xuan named the Divine Weapon Puppet Xiao Huo and began receiving Fire Dragon Son’s inheritance while Shen Zhui waited.
• Shen Zhui discovered that the inheritance included two fourth-tier high-grade divine weapons, more than fifty thousand special spirit stones, an Inheritance Crystal Ball, and Xiao Huo.
• Shen Zhui, Zi Xuan, and Xiao Huo collected another 24,000 Moon Pattern Stones, bringing Shen Zhui’s total to 128,600.
• Zi Xuan told Shen Zhui that his Extreme Realm Golden Body, Ten Great Cave Heavens, and Innate Divine Ability would activate when his soul and body reached Spirit Bridge Peak and yin and yang achieved balance.

Shen Zhui absorbed Five Elements Stones and Moon Pattern Stones until his body and spiritual awareness reached the Spirit Bridge Peak, causing the Gate of Creation to descend. As the Gate began opening, three Fayan Sect monks approached the ruins and planned to capture him alive.

• Zi Xuan explained that completing Heart Fire Nine Forging and perfecting the Ten Great Cave Heavens could let someone draw out the Gate of Creation and receive an Innate Divine Ability.
• Shen Zhui absorbed more than seven thousand Five Elements Stones, strengthening his Ten Great Cave Heavens and growing his Soul Spirit.
• Shen Zhui used Moon Pattern Stones to expand the Heaven Soul Cave Heaven to ninety-nine thousand li and reached the Spirit Bridge Peak in body and spiritual awareness.
• The Ten Great Cave Heavens achieved yin-yang balance, and a space gateway opened as the Gate of Creation began to appear.
• Kong Ming, Kong Cheng, and Kong Xin reached the white-stone ruins and set out to capture Shen Zhui alive.

Shen Zhui endured the Gate of Creation and obtained the Innate Divine Ability Five Elements Clone Technique, then created a Lightning Element Clone whose lightning comprehension and Thunder God Art immediately surpassed his own. Outside the Inheritance Mansion, Zi Xuan and Xiao Huo stalled the Fayan Sect elders, who planned to summon reinforcements and secure the Fighting Vajra.

• Kong Ming recognized the Gate of Creation above the Inheritance Mansion and led Kong Cheng and Kong Xin to attack before Shen Zhui could succeed.
• Zi Xuan ordered Xiao Huo to stop anyone from disturbing Shen Zhui, and Xiao Huo disguised himself as the Fighting Vajra to block the three Fayan Sect elders.
• Kong Ming identified Xiao Huo as a Fighting Vajra and, after being refused entry, ordered Fayan Sect experts to surround the area and keep rival sects away.
• Shen Zhui used the Ten Great Cave Heavens to support the Gate of Creation, endured its soul-crushing darkness, and received the Five Elements Clone Technique after the Merit Barrier briefly protected him.
• Shen Zhui created a Lightning Element Clone, which rapidly reached the peak of the Spirit Bridge Realm and controlled 4,009 Thunderclap Lassos with the Thunder God Art.

Shen Zhui tested the greatly enhanced comprehension and abilities of his Lightning and Wind clones before leaving the Inheritance Mansion with Zi Xuan. He deceived the factions outside into thinking he had fled without the inheritance, while the Fighting Vajra began admitting challengers one at a time.

• Shen Zhui restored his spiritual power, raised a Wind Clone to Spirit Bridge Peak, and discovered it could exceed Four-Sound Speed but lacked the physical strength to withstand it.
• Zi Xuan warned Shen Zhui that many experts had gathered outside, and he learned that Fayan Sect wanted to take Little Fire, an Eighth-tier Fighting Vajra.
• Shen Zhui and Zi Xuan planned to conceal their control of Little Fire and exploit the factions gathered outside.
• Shen Zhui flew from the mansion while pretending to be injured and claimed the inheritance was theirs, convincing the pursuing Fayan Sect disciples that he had not obtained it.
• Little Fire allowed Kong Ming to enter the inheritance trial and ordered him to surrender his Storage Ring and weapons before facing a test of comprehension.

Shen Zhui and Zi Xuan tricked Kong Ming into surrendering his treasures, then killed him when he entered the Inheritance Hall trial. After the Soul Devouring Pearls transformed and Shen Zhui scattered Kong Ming’s possessions as bait, the sects outside learned of his death, and Crimson Eyebrow Daoist entered the mansion.

• Kong Ming handed Xiao Huo his Storage Ring, Buddhist staff, kasaya, and armor, then entered the Inheritance Hall believing he could defeat the trial guardian.
• Xiao Huo killed Kong Ming with a single punch, and Shen Zhui and Zi Xuan revealed the deception and trapped Kong Ming’s Divine Soul with the Soul Devouring Pearls.
• Shen Zhui used Soul Confusion to weaken Kong Ming while Xiao Huo suppressed the Buddhist staff, allowing the Soul Devouring Pearls to devour Kong Ming’s Divine Soul and transform.
• Shen Zhui learned that the Soul Devouring Pearls could refine Yakshas and stronger demonic beings, while four First-tier Earthwalker Yakshas became available.
• Shen Zhui threw Kong Ming’s Storage Ring before the Fire Dragon Mansion and shattered it, scattering its treasures as bait for the other sects.
• Xiao Huo told the waiting sects that Kong Ming had died in the trial, and Crimson Eyebrow Daoist flew into the mansion to accept the inheritance.

Shen Zhui and Xiao Huo used the Inheritance Mansion’s trials to kill cultivators sent in by the three sects, while the treasures shown outside drew more factions to Lotus City. The sects continued sending challengers, and Shen Zhui’s Merit Points and Soul Devouring Pearls grew as his Divine Might Token suddenly trembled.

• Xing Sen used the Golden Sun Wheel to stop the Crimson Eyebrow Daoist, and Xiao Huo ordered the three sects to send disciples into the mansion in turn.
• Shen Zhui and Xiao Huo killed the first challengers from the Fayan Sect, Ice God Sect, and Tianmen Sect, then slaughtered the stronger cultivators sent in during the next round.
• After a Tianmen Sect Spirit Bridge Peak disciple emerged with a recording of the mansion’s treasures, the three sects began sending challengers inside in a frenzy.
• The three sects learned that the Wu'an Army and several demonic sects had arrived near Lotus City, and they recalled their forces to concentrate their defenses.
• Shen Zhui killed more challengers, bringing his Merit Points to 8.9 million as his Earthwalker Yakshas neared their transformation into Skywalker Yakshas.
• Shen Zhui’s Divine Might Token began trembling violently.

Shen Zhui told Lu Yuanwei that he had gained a Great Dao Divine Ability and revealed that he had secretly killed the sect experts attacking Fire Dragon Mansion. As forces gathered outside, Zi Xuan warned that their occupation of the mansion was about to be exposed.

• Lu Yuanwei warned Shen Zhui that Xia Hong had taken control of King Liang's Estate's Wu'an Army forces and sent officers to Ciyun World, then asked to trade for the locations of eleven Inheritance Mansions for the Great Xia Academy.
• Shen Zhui agreed to the trade and told Lu Yuanwei that he was still inside Fire Dragon Mansion, had lured in and killed twenty-eight sect experts, and had hidden his involvement by destroying the formation and Fighting Vajra.
• Lu Yuanwei warned Shen Zhui against taking further risks, while Shen Zhui stayed in Fire Dragon Mansion to wait for his Earthwalker Yakshas to advance.
• More than a hundred people from the Tianmen Sect, Ice God Sect, and Fayan Sect gathered outside Fire Dragon Mansion, followed by Wu'an Army captain Pang Tong and combat-ranking expert Jiang Tianming.
• A sect expert discovered that the mansion's formation had been breached before and suspected someone had already taken the inheritance and controlled the Fighting Vajra to kill the intruders.
• Zi Xuan told Shen Zhui that someone was probing the formation and repeatedly attacking her breach in the entrance, warning that they could no longer keep their presence secret.

Shen Zhui and Zi Xuan tried to escape the Fire Dragon Mansion, but new formations outside forced them to disguise themselves and blend in with the sects. Zi Xuan deceived the leaders with a false account of the Fighting Vajra’s strength, while Shen Zhui recognized Dong Yang as someone he had encountered before.

• Shen Zhui collected the mansion’s treasures, scattered some stones around the plaza, and planned to escape with Zi Xuan before detonating the formation.
• New detection and attack formations outside the mansion ruined their escape plan, so Shen Zhui decided they would disguise themselves and flee amid the chaos.
• Zi Xuan, disguised as Zhi Jiu, claimed that the Fighting Vajra weakened when its opponent was injured, and Xing Sen interpreted this as the key to passing the trial.
• The sect leaders sent Dong Yang into the mansion, and Shen Zhui planned to leave disguised as him.
• When Dong Yang handed over a bracer covered in demonic-beast drawings, Shen Zhui recognized him and confronted him.

Shen Zhui captured Hao Lihai inside the Inheritance Mansion, then disguised himself as an Ice God Sect disciple to leave and mislead the gathered leaders. With Zi Xuan’s help, he detonated the mansion’s formation and escaped the blast with Hao Lihai, but they remained surrounded by scattered experts.

• Shen Zhui revealed himself to Hao Lihai, learned his true identity, and persuaded him to keep Shen Zhui’s plan secret.
• Hao Lihai left the mansion disguised as Dong Yang, and Shen Zhui killed Han Song, copied his appearance, and hid Xiao Huo in his Cave Heaven World.
• Disguised as Han Song, Shen Zhui convinced the leaders that the mansion’s formation was failing, prompting them to enter and prepare to seize the Divine Weapon Puppet.
• Shen Zhui reached the edge of the Four Directions Fiery Earth Formation, coordinated with Zi Xuan, and detonated the mansion’s formation after the leaders entered.
• The explosion destroyed the palace and killed many nearby disciples and experts, while Shen Zhui fled with Zi Xuan and Hao Lihai.
• After escaping several dozen kilometers, Shen Zhui stayed alert as experts from every faction gathered around them.

After the Inheritance Mansion exploded, Shen Zhui escaped Ciyun World with Zi Xuan and Hao Lihai, leaving the sects convinced that Han Song had taken the Fighting Vajra. Back aboard his warship, Shen Zhui learned his military merits had risen to over eight million and asked Lu Yuanwei to help handle his other treasures as he prepared to pursue the Divine Ability Realm.

• Crimson Eyebrow Daoist, the Sea-Covering Sect Master, Xing Sen, and Han Zhe emerged from the ruins and ordered searches for the survivor who had supposedly claimed the mansion’s inheritance.
• Shen Zhui ignored Han Zhe’s calls through Han Song’s token, then destroyed it when Ice God Sect pursuers tried to bring him back.
• Shen Zhui, Zi Xuan, and Hao Lihai fled Ciyun World with the Fighting Vajra and other spoils, while forces across the region began hunting for Han Song.
• Aboard the Dragon Head Warship, Shen Zhui counted thirty-four treasures and discovered that his military merits had reached 8,320,000.
• Shen Zhui asked Lu Yuanwei to handle the treasures, and Lu Yuanwei warned him to keep the Fighting Vajra’s power secret and invited him to Gold Element Hall.

Shen Zhui brought the treasures he had collected in Ciyun World to Lu Yuanwei and revealed his Five Elements Clone Technique, prompting his master to urge him to prepare for the Divine Ability Realm. He sold the treasures to Yun Shan for nineteen million high-grade Spirit Stones and began selecting breakthrough aids, then asked about defensive Divine Weapons.

• Shen Zhui showed Lu Yuanwei thirty-four treasures and revealed his Wind Clone, explaining how he had returned to the mansion after apparently escaping.
• Lu Yuanwei recognized Shen Zhui's Five Elements Clone Technique as a Great Dao Divine Ability and advised him to prepare for the Divine Ability Realm before returning to Ciyun World.
• Yun Shan appraised Shen Zhui's treasures and offered nineteen million high-grade Spirit Stones, then presented rare breakthrough aids for purchase.
• Lu Yuanwei recommended Purple Gold Liquid and a Three-Pattern Golden Pill, but Shen Zhui offered a Blood Origin Crystal Core instead; Yun Shan valued it at ten million Spirit Stones each.
• Lu Yuanwei said Blood Origin Crystal Cores could replace the Three-Pattern Golden Pill, leaving Shen Zhui with seventy million Spirit Stones, and Shen Zhui asked Yun Shan about defensive Divine Weapons.

Shen Zhui bought three Fourth-tier Divine Weapons and prepared to break through to the Divine Ability Realm. His plans were interrupted when he learned that General Gu Tong had died after a secret mission, along with seventeen Captain-level experts who had helped him deliver vital intelligence.

• Shen Zhui selected the Mysterious Spirit Battle Armor, Earth Absolute Shield, and Bright Moon Belt from Yun Shan, then tested their abilities.
• Lu Yuanwei told Shen Zhui to cultivate on Falling Snow Peak and prepare to attack the first barrier of the Divine Ability Realm while he arranged secret techniques for Shen Zhui’s clones.
• Lu Yuanwei and Shen Zhui saw the Ascension Spirit Sacrifice above Blazing Fire Hall and learned that General Gu Tong, a Ninth-tier Divine Ability Realm Titled Captain, had died from injuries sustained on a secret mission.
• Marquis Wu'an Zhao Xing and the gathered experts honored Gu Tong with a ceremony, while Shen Zhui joined them by sending a ball of flames into the sky.
• Yun Duo told Shen Zhui that the Supreme Sect had killed Gu Tong and the seventeen Captain-level experts who had covered his escape with the intelligence.

Shen Zhui prepared to break through to the Divine Ability Realm by expanding his Cave Heavens and separating his Yin and Yang Souls. He began the Yang Soul’s ascent through the Gale and Lightning Tribulation, while Marquis Wu'an and Lu Yuanwei watched from afar and Shen Zhui continued toward the Ninth Heaven.

• Shen Zhui and Yun Duo discussed the Sect Alliance’s growing strength and why the imperial Border Army had missed its best chance to campaign into the Nine Nether Realm.
• Shen Zhui learned that Falling Snow Peak had more than fifteen Spirit Bridge cultivators and ninety-three Quasi-Commanders, but he postponed plans to campaign against Guiyuan Sect.
• Shen Zhui told Zi Xuan to take Xiao Huo with her if she left the city, then began secluded cultivation to break through to the Divine Ability Realm.
• Shen Zhui used Five Elements Stones and Moon Pattern Stones to expand his Cave Heavens to their Heavenly Dao limit, then separated his Yin Soul and Yang Soul.
• Shen Zhui sent his Yang Soul upward through the Gale and Lightning Tribulation as Marquis Wu'an and Lu Yuanwei sensed the breakthrough from afar.
• Shen Zhui endured the gale with the protection of a treasured pagoda phantom and continued flying toward the Ninth Heaven.