Chapter Summaries

Shen Zhui learned the second-round selection rules and decided to help Kong Yangzhou, Weak Water, and Demon Eye advance by sharing his resources and insights. After studying dangerous dark-horse contestants, he watched the second round begin and realized Kong Yangzhou had been placed in the same arena as a powerful illusionist.

• Kong Yangzhou explained that contestants would fight successive group melees, with survivors advancing and the top victory-point earners later qualifying to challenge Jinwu Commanders.
• Shen Zhui resolved to help Kong Yangzhou, Weak Water, and Demon Eye, then revealed that he knew of the Function Cult.
• During the five-day break, Shen Zhui spent Merit Points to help his friends cultivate and shared King Jianhuang's insights, while he and the Jinwu Commanders studied the first round's strongest contestants, including an illusionist and Silver Spear.
• The second advancement battle began on January fifteenth, and the True Gods announced the rewards and rules for the two-stage competition.
• The contestants were teleported into one hundred arenas, and Shen Zhui found that Kong Yangzhou had been grouped with the silver-haired illusionist.

Bell dominated the first promotion round with his illusion arts, eliminating Kong Yangzhou, while Shen Zhui continued training him and Weak Water through the later rounds. On the fourth day, Kong Yangzhou finally advanced, catching King Gold Saber’s attention and prompting a wager with King Yaohuang over his future progress.

• Shen Zhui reviewed Bell’s background and watched him control opponents in the first round, where Bell eliminated Kong Yangzhou and advanced.
• The first day ended with Demon Eye Venerable advancing, while Kong Yangzhou and Weak Water awaited reorganization; Shen Zhui continued helping them train.
• Kong Yangzhou and Weak Water were eliminated again on the second and third days, with Kong Yangzhou coming close to qualifying on both occasions.
• King Gold Saber praised Kong Yangzhou’s rapid improvement and bet King Yaohuang ten Time Crystals that Kong Yangzhou would complete his domain within five years.
• Kong Yangzhou defeated his opponents in the Ninth Space and advanced.

After the advancement battles, Shen Zhui learned that Seventh Prince Ji Chen would give him a lucrative territory if he reached the top twenty Golden Crow Commanders. The rankings and round-robin rules heightened the pressure, and the chapter ended as Shen Zhui was transported to the arena for the decisive battle.

• The advancement battles ended with 9,900 new members, and the top 100 began competing for Golden Crow Commander positions.
• Ji Chen offered Shen Zhui the annual output of an East Treasure Land territory if he reached the top twenty in the rankings.
• Shen Zhui studied the Space and the Five Elements inheritance while preparing for the ranking battle.
• The rankings placed Bell first, Jiang Xin second, and Lin third, while Shen Zhui noted several dangerous rivals among the top contestants.
• Jin Rong and Qian Yiming told Shen Zhui that the 200 contestants would each fight 199 one-on-one matches, with the top 100 becoming Golden Crow Commanders.
• On February 1, Shen Zhui was transported to the Jinwu Commander Battle Arena, where the crowd cheered for the leading contenders.

Shen Zhui began the Jinwu Commander Reincarnation Battle and won his first ten matches, defeating every opponent and drawing widespread attention. His final victory over Li Ruxi showed that even time-rule suppression could not overcome Shen Zhui’s strength, and he awaited his next opponent.

• Shen Zhui learned that he would fight ten matches a day, while Fan Qi discovered he was Shen Zhui’s first opponent and worried about facing a domain wielder.
• Bell defeated Feng Lin with an illusion, then deliberately killed him in front of the watching competitors to intimidate them.
• Shen Zhui defeated Fan Qi with a single blade without using his domain, astonishing the princes and spectators watching the battle.
• Shen Zhui won his next eight matches with one blade each, building a nine-match winning streak and attracting cheers as his betting odds plunged.
• Shen Zhui faced Li Ruxi, who used seven swords and time rules to attack him, but Shen Zhui’s five saber-intent sun wheels broke through the suppression and crushed Li Ruxi, giving him his tenth consecutive victory.

Shen Zhui dominated the Reincarnation Battle, winning nineteen straight matches without using his domain, while the other leading contenders were whittled down to Bell, Karo, and Lin. On the final day, Shen Zhui faced Lin in his first match, with the battle just beginning.

• Lin watched Shen Zhui's fight against Li Ruxi and concluded that his curse techniques might restrain Shen Zhui only briefly.
• Bell and Jiang Xin analyzed Lu Yuanwei's draw with Shangguan Tian and suspected Lu Yuanwei had seen through Shangguan Tian's true body with his perfected state of mind.
• Shen Zhui continued winning through the first days, eventually defeating Vinica, Xize, and Jiang Xin while still keeping his domain unused.
• After nineteen days, only Shen Zhui, Bell, Karo, and Lin remained undefeated, each with 190 Victory Points.
• Karo told Shen Zhui that Shen Yin had destroyed his Titan Demon Ape race, and Shen Zhui challenged him to prove his strength.
• On the final day, Shen Zhui's first opponent was Lin.

Shen Zhui battled Lin, a Curse Master wielding the rare Variant Rule Curse, and gradually wore him down while concealing his own trump cards. Lin finally unleashed his Shared Life-and-Death Soul Curse, leaving Shen Zhui’s vitality draining toward a mark as the clone’s self-destruction began.

• Shen Zhui and Lin opened the fight with a clash between Shen Zhui’s Golden Metal Domain and Lin’s Curse Domain.
• Lin weakened and slowed Shen Zhui with curses, but Shen Zhui broke free and destroyed Lin’s net attack with his Thousand Day Wheels.
• Shen Zhui resisted Lin’s successive curses and pressed closer, while Lin’s attacks consumed more power and failed to gain a decisive advantage.
• Shen Zhui kept his Thunder Art and other trump cards hidden as he used his stronger Divine Body and Cave Heaven World to wear Lin down.
• Lin summoned a clone, had his two Talisman Divine Weapons pierce it, and activated the Shared Life-and-Death Soul Curse.
• Lin’s clone exploded, and Shen Zhui felt his divine power reverse as his grotto-heaven withered and his vitality gathered toward the mark.

Shen Zhui survived Lin’s Life and Death Soul Curse by channeling its self-destruction into his Divine Body Blood Explosion Technique, then killed Lin and won their battle. As the later matches exposed Lu Yuanwei’s formidable defenses and third-level Perfected State of Mind, Shen Zhui faced his master next, leaving the outcome of their showdown unresolved.

• Lin used the Life and Death Soul Curse to trigger Shen Zhui’s body and Cave Heaven World to self-destruct, but Shen Zhui survived by guiding the explosion with the Divine Body Blood Explosion Technique.
• Shen Zhui recovered enough to kill Lin, ending Lin’s winning streak and securing victory in their battle.
• Shen Zhui explained how he divided the curse’s destructive force into controlled explosions, then resolved to find a soul-defense secret technique.
• Bell, Karo, and Lin each fought Lu Yuanwei, who revealed a third-level Perfected State of Mind and forced all three to use their trump cards before losing.
• Yang Zhe assessed Lu Yuanwei’s formidable defensive Wind Gates and noted that his offensive ability was comparatively weak.
• Shen Zhui entered his fourth battle against Lu Yuanwei, and the spectators wondered whether Lu Yuanwei could force his disciple to reveal his trump card.

Shen Zhui defeated Caro and then Bell to win first place in the Reincarnation Battle. He broke through Bell’s layered illusions, survived a surprise attack, and left the arena victorious.

• Lu Yuanwei admitted defeat to Shen Zhui, explaining that his disciple had surpassed him and offering advice about trusting what he believed was real.
• Shen Zhui overwhelmed Caro with his Golden Metal and Divine Thunder domains, then defeated him with a Heavy Saber strike as Caro began transforming.
• Caro lost again to Bell, while Lin also lost to Caro and Bell, leaving Shen Zhui and Bell tied with 198 victories for the final match.
• Bell attacked Shen Zhui with illusions of his past, but Shen Zhui repeatedly broke through them and reached the arena again.
• Bell created another illusion of Shen Zhui’s victory and attacked, but Shen Zhui sensed the danger, blocked him, and broke the illusion.
• Shen Zhui pressed his advantage with rapid saber strikes, broke Bell’s defenses, and won the final battle.

Shen Zhui defeated Bell to win first place in the Reincarnation Battle and earned the right to challenge a Jinwu General. After ten days of cultivation and watching the Jinwu Generals’ rankings settle, he arrived at Jinwu Hall, where he was asked to choose his first opponent.

• Shen Zhui broke free of Bell’s illusion at the last moment and killed him, surprising the watching geniuses and True Gods.
• Ji Chen celebrated Shen Zhui’s victory and sent Duke Zheng to handle the East Treasure Land matter.
• The white-robed True God announced that the top ten Jinwu Commanders could each challenge Jinwu Generals three times, with the generals’ internal rankings to be settled first.
• Shen Zhui returned to Estate Number 9527, discussed his narrow victory with Chanxin, and resumed cultivation while preparing for the challenges.
• Tuo Sen defeated Gao Luo and Si Chen with a single move each, leaving Shen Zhui shocked by the gap between them.
• At Jinwu Hall, the white-robed True God presented the finalized Jinwu General rankings and told Shen Zhui to choose his first challenge target.

Shen Zhui challenged Xiao Zhang for the ninth Jinwu General position and revealed that he had mastered a powerful fusion of his Gold and Lightning domains. He defeated Xiao Zhang decisively and took his place as the ninth Jinwu General.

• Shen Zhui chose Xiao Zhang as his opponent and entered the arena for his first challenge.
• Shen Zhui used his Thunder Art and saber techniques while evading Xiao Zhang's attacks, then revealed his fourth-layer Golden Metal and Thunder domains.
• Xiao Zhang unleashed his Bargoo Tribe abilities and a desperate storm of blood-red feathers, but Shen Zhui blocked the assault and emerged nearly unharmed.
• Shen Zhui overwhelmed Xiao Zhang with his fused Golden Lightning Domain, killing him and winning the battle.
• The white-robed True God announced that Shen Zhui had replaced Xiao Zhang as the ninth Jinwu General.

Shen Zhui’s victory over Xiao Zhang earned him a place among the Jinwu Generals, while Bell and Yulin won their challenges and the other challengers failed. As the second round began, Shen Zhui surprised the plaza by challenging fifth-ranked Bei Tu instead of Bell.

• Shen Zhui’s fused Golden and Lightning Domains impressed the gathered geniuses, while Xiao Zhang fell into despair after his defeat and Ji Dan rejected advice to avoid offending Shen Zhui.
• Shen Zhui took the ninth seat among the Jinwu Generals, and Bell challenged Lin Xiu, defeated him with his illusions, and moved into eighth place.
• Karo, Lin, Jiang Xin, Xize, Yu Dacong, and Shangguan Tian challenged Yulin, but Yulin defeated all eight challengers in the first round.
• Bei Tu put Shen Zhui on the spot by suggesting he explain how he had dispelled Lin’s Life and Death Soul Curse, and Tuosen offered Yulin the advice to block less and redirect more.
• When the second round began, Shen Zhui chose to challenge fifth-ranked Bei Tu, sparking an uproar.

Shen Zhui challenged Bei Tu and revealed the power of his Great Dao Divine Ability, using seven powerful clones and their domains to overwhelm him. He trapped Bei Tu on the God Slaying Platform and executed him, leaving the arena and its spectators stunned.

• Shen Zhui challenged Bei Tu, and the two entered the arena after acknowledging the rules for Jinwu General challenges.
• Bei Tu attacked with his seventh-level Fire Domain and Great Axe, but Shen Zhui used seven clones to evade him and counterattack.
• King Jianhuang recognized Shen Zhui's technique as the Great Dao Divine Ability, the Five Elements Clone Technique.
• Shen Zhui manifested seven domains through his clones and fused them to suppress Bei Tu, then unleashed the God Slaying Platform.
• Bei Tu struggled against the platform's shackles, but Shen Zhui's Thunder General executed him with a single stroke, leaving the arena in silence.

Shen Zhui defeated Bei Tu to claim fifth place among the Jinwu Generals, then continued his challenge in the final round. He stunned the arena by choosing to challenge the long-reigning number-one Jinwu General, Tuo Sen, and both entered the battle arena.

• Shen Zhui defeated Bei Tu, who conceded fifth place and fell to ninth, while the crowd celebrated Shen Zhui’s victory.
• True Gods and the princes discussed Shen Zhui’s Domain fusion and the political fallout of Bei Tu’s defeat.
• Hu Yanbo defeated Bell, and the remaining challengers failed to take their opponents’ positions as the second round ended.
• The white-robed True God announced the final round and invited Shen Zhui to challenge again.
• Shen Zhui bypassed Yang Zhe, Si Chen, and Gao Luo, then declared that he would challenge Tuo Sen.
• Tuo Sen accepted Shen Zhui’s challenge, and the white-robed True God sent them into the battle arena.

Shen Zhui challenged Tuo Sen in the final match but lost after Tuo Sen effortlessly withstood and returned his strongest attacks. The Challenge Match ended with Shen Zhui ranked fifth, and he and Bell received one-month opportunities to enter the Heavenly Soul Secret Realm.

• Shen Zhui unleashed his Heavenly Saber and then burned his bloodline, cavern-heaven, and divine soul to send seven exploding clones toward Tuo Sen, but Tuo Sen contained the blast and hurled its energy back at him.
• Shen Zhui accepted his defeat, while Gao Luo reassured him that losing to Tuo Sen was no disgrace; Shen Zhui resolved to keep pursuing first place.
• Ji Chen regretted Shen Zhui's loss, while Ji Dan and Fan Hongyi discussed how Shen Zhui would not join their side.
• The remaining challenges ended without another successful challenger, and the white-robed True God announced the final rankings, with Tuo Sen first and Shen Zhui fifth.
• The white-robed True God announced that the promotion battle would return in ten years and awarded Shen Zhui and Bell one-month opportunities to enter the Heavenly Soul Secret Realm.

After becoming the fifth Jinwu General, Shen Zhui moved to Dragon Soaring Continent and learned about its cultivation benefits and the Heavenly Soul Secret Realm. His teacher Zhao Xing then told him he was fighting Demon God Palace assassins and had arranged for the Top True God King Lunhai to guide him.

• Shen Zhui bade farewell to Vic and his guards before leaving Estate No. 9527, and their memories of him were sealed.
• Noah welcomed Shen Zhui to the fifth Dragon Soaring Star and explained its cultivation advantages, guard army, yearly resources, and access to the Heavenly Soul Secret Realm.
• Shen Zhui learned that the Heavenly Soul Secret Realm could strengthen his divine soul up to the Middle True God level, then decided to wait until his true self arrived before entering.
• Zhao Xing contacted Shen Zhui and revealed that Demon God Palace experts had tried to kill him, so he was fighting back.
• Zhao Xing told Shen Zhui that King Lunhai, a Top True God who cultivated spatial and metal paths, would guide him.

Shen Zhui received a year of instruction from King Lunhai and used it to deepen his mastery of space and metal, while his Heart of Space matured. After acquiring a lucrative treasure land and a Space-Time Divine Leaf, he left for the Heavenly Soul Secret Realm to hunt soul beasts.

• Shen Zhui applied to study under King Lunhai, who arrived at Dragon Soaring Continent and agreed to teach him for an hour each day for one year.
• King Lunhai praised Shen Zhui's talent and demonstrated how to combine space and metal laws, sending Shen Zhui into a state of enlightenment.
• Shen Zhui formed the outline of his Heart of Space and arrived on the Fifth Dragon Soaring Continent, where Noah welcomed him.
• Zheng Xin delivered the transfer contract for the Five Elements Heaven East Treasure Land and gave Shen Zhui 3.5 million Contribution Points on Ji Chen's behalf.
• Shen Zhui bought a Space-Time Divine Leaf and, after a month of cultivation, completed his Heart of Space.
• Shen Zhui headed to the teleportation array to enter the Heavenly Soul Secret Realm and hunt soul beasts.

Shen Zhui boarded a warship bound for the Heavenly Soul Secret Realm and accepted Long Er’s two-million-Contribution-Point challenge. Their battle began in the Virtual God Realm, where Shen Zhui’s newly advanced space techniques blunted Long Er’s sword formation, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Noah explained the Heavenly Soul Secret Realm’s layers and rules to Shen Zhui as they waited for the warship and Bell.
• Shen Zhui boarded the warship, learned from Bell that a secret-realm opportunity could sell for at least five million Contribution Points, and regretted not selling his.
• Bell brought Shen Zhui to the True God hall, where Long Er had been winning Contribution Points with his Flying Sword formation.
• Shen Zhui agreed to wager two million Contribution Points against Long Er and entered the Virtual God Realm Battle Arena.
• Shen Zhui used his Five Elements Pierce the Void technique and fused domains to blunt Long Er’s sword attacks, while Long Er tried to outlast him.
• Countless Thunderclap Lassos appeared as Shen Zhui erupted against Long Er’s continuing assault.

Shen Zhui defeated Lun Er by breaking his Great Thousand Sword Array, then entered a secret realm where he strengthened his Divine Soul by hunting Soul Beasts. After twenty days, he entered the Virtual God Realm and learned that Demon Eye Venerable had encountered three True God Otherworldly Spirits.

• Shen Zhui revealed his second-level Space Domain, overcame Lun Er's Great Thousand Sword Array with repeated Heavy Saber strikes, and killed him after trapping him in the God Slaying Platform.
• Lun Er accepted his defeat, rewarded Shen Zhui with an extra five hundred thousand Contribution Points for his advice, and hurried away to meditate on the sword technique's flexibility.
• Shen Zhui arrived in a primeval forest secret realm, hunted Soul Beasts, and raised his Divine Soul strength to the Elementary True God level before progressing into the core region.
• Over twenty days, Shen Zhui hunted Soul Beasts in the Middle True God layer and improved his domains while reaching the Middle True God Soul Beast region.
• In the Virtual God Realm, Demon Eye Venerable vanished after reporting that he had encountered three True God Otherworldly Spirits in the Golden Stone Dark River.

Shen Zhui hunted soul beasts in the Heavenly Soul Secret Realm, learned that the Nine Nether Soul Sword might be raising his Divine Soul limit, and mourned Demon Eye Venerable and Xiao Zhang after their deaths. Over nine years of accelerated cultivation, he mastered a Top-tier Rule and reached the point where he needed to undertake a dangerous mission for further growth.

• Shen Zhui killed eighty-nine Middle True God soul beasts and suspected the Nine Nether Soul Sword was absorbing Soul Spirit energy and raising his Divine Soul limit.
• Jin Rong and Qian Yiming told Shen Zhui that Demon Eye Venerable and Xiao Zhang had died on dangerous missions, and Chanxin explained the risks they had chosen to take.
• Shen Zhui reached the Heavenly Soul Secret Realm's limit by hunting one hundred soul beasts, then returned to Dragon Soaring Continent and began learning the third layer of the Reincarnation Blade Technique under King Lunhai.
• King Lunhai left after a year of teaching Shen Zhui, who continued cultivating and cleared the nineteenth floor of the Law Tower in his third year as a Jinwu General.
• After nine years of accelerated cultivation, Shen Zhui fused space and metal through the Space Five Elements and mastered a Top-tier Rule.
• Noah reminded Shen Zhui that Jinwu Generals had to complete a dangerous mission within a year, so Shen Zhui began browsing the available missions.

Shen Zhui accepted a Dangerous mission in Fire Refining Star Prison to earn Contribution Points and valuable treasures. After preparing his weapons, warship, supplies, and avatars, he reached Flat Top Heaven, where King Nuo'an directed him toward the prison.

• Shen Zhui reviewed the Dangerous missions, weighing their rewards and risks before choosing mission number ninety-nine, Fire Refining Star Prison.
• Shen Zhui learned that the prison contained Fire Source Crystal Diamonds and powerful fighters, and that completing either mission objective would earn ten million Contribution Points.
• Shen Zhui repaired the Cloud Sky Warship, gathered his seven avatars and supplies, and began the three-day journey to Flat Top Heaven.
• During the journey, Chan Xin urged Shen Zhui to absorb foundation World Stones for the third layer of Seven Absolute Heavens.
• Shen Zhui arrived at Tang King Hall, greeted King Nuo'an Tang Lin, and flew south toward the outskirts of Fire Refining Star Prison.