Chapter Summaries

Zhang Guangmu survived Yang Chi’s nuclear attack, captured Ying Zheng, and built the underworld and Six Paths of Reincarnation using Yingzhou’s souls and netherworld energy. He killed Yang Chi after offering him a choice of reincarnation, then withdrew to the moon as Earth’s people revered him.

• Yang Chi’s nuclear warheads failed to harm Zhang Guangmu, who absorbed their energy and turned it into a gelatinous substance.
• Zhang Guangmu appeared before Yang Chi, severed his connection to Ying Zheng, and displayed Ying Zheng and the Three Divine Generals as ornaments on his belt.
• Zhang Guangmu created the Yellow Springs, Naihe Bridge, Meng Po’s Soup, and the rest of the underworld, then appointed Xuanxian Group members to staff it.
• Zhang Guangmu offered Yang Chi a choice of reincarnation, but Yang Chi demanded death, and Zhang Guangmu turned him to ash in Meng Po’s Soup.
• After the Six Paths of Reincarnation were established, people revered Zhang Guangmu, who made the moon his home and watched Earth from afar.

After returning from King Yama's Perspective, Zhang Guangmu celebrated Mooncake's support and exchanged barbs with Yang Chi. His citizen account revealed that he had awakened a fire-based supernatural ability and was classified as a Transcendent, just as Director Takada Mokasai and Kinoshita Hanbei approached.

• Zhang Guangmu returned to the Real World with an Excellent final evaluation and reunited with Mooncake, who had watched from the VIP seats and helped him during the film.
• Zhang Guangmu browsed reviews of King Yama's Perspective and saw viewers discussing the underworld and his supposed promise of immortality.
• Zhang Guangmu met Yang Chi, who sarcastically praised his performance and said they would meet again for Most Dangerous in History: The Path of the Great Emperor.
• Zhang Guangmu accepted 698 Dragon Shields in acting remuneration and noticed his account listed a newly awakened ability, Transcendent · Fire.
• Zhang Guangmu wondered when he had become a Transcendent and prepared to test his fire ability as Director Takada Mokasai and Kinoshita Hanbei hurried toward him.

After filming King Yama's Perspective, Zhang Guangmu revealed that he had awakened fire-based supernatural power and easily overpowered Kinoshita Hanbei's boasting with help from Mooncake. He discovered that the production had also advanced his Divine Path achievement to the seventh order, then mastered his new ability while Luo Zhuan and Jiang Ling remained inside their Infiltration Pod.

• Takada Mokasai praised Zhang Guangmu, while Kinoshita Hanbei demonstrated his double-speed ability and challenged him with boasts about its potential.
• Mooncake froze Kinoshita Hanbei's feet and burned his face with fire after he provoked Zhang Guangmu.
• Zhang Guangmu revealed his own fire ability, wrapped flames around a Dragon Shield, and blasted the floor beside Kinoshita Hanbei, who apologized and paid him three Dragon Shields.
• Takada Mokasai apologized for targeting Zhang Guangmu during filming, and he told her that the pressure had helped temper him.
• Zhang Guangmu read the achievement note and saw that his Divine Path achievement had reached the seventh order.
• Zhang Guangmu tested his fire ability and mastered it within two minutes while Luo Zhuan and Jiang Ling remained in the Infiltration Pod.

Zhang Guangmu explored the limits of his newly awakened flame ability and discussed Supernatural Erosion Phenomena with Long Xiaofan. He planned to feed Mooncake and travel to the space station to consult Li Zhou and arrange scientific tests for the group’s abilities.

• Zhang Guangmu discovered that he could store heat and create flames ranging from body temperature to about 2,000 degrees Celsius, and he considered how his precise control might expand the ability’s uses.
• Zhang Guangmu decided his flame power had great potential because his other skills could help him develop it, despite its relatively ordinary abilities on their own.
• Long Xiaofan told Zhang Guangmu that Supernatural Erosion Phenomena were dangerous side effects and warned him to take them seriously before leaving.
• Zhang Guangmu guessed that Long Xiaofan’s power made him cold and aloof, while Mooncake’s ice-and-fire ability made her hungry, and he named her power The Piglet of Ice and Fire.
• Zhang Guangmu planned to buy Small dried fish for Mooncake, then take Luo Zuan and Jiang Ling to the space station to consult Li Zhou and test their Supernatural Powers.

Zhang Guangmu and his companions visited the Transcendent Club, where Li Zhou explained the six levels of supernatural ability and offered to test the members of the Endless warship. The chapter left Zhang Guangmu learning about the strange powers awakened on Earth as the club prepared to assess his friends.

• Zhang Guangmu traveled to the space station with Mooncake, Luo Zhuan, and Jiang Ling, where Zhao Zhengrong tested his strength and acknowledged that Zhang Guangmu had surpassed him.
• Zhang Guangmu invited Li Xiaoxiao, Chu Fan, and Tang Lanshan to the Transcendent Club for ability tests, and Li Zhou arranged their transport.
• Li Zhou explained that the Xuanlong Empire ranked Transcendents across six levels, from ordinary people to Civilization Watcher Level, and said he himself possessed Pillar-level power.
• Li Zhou described his Words Become Law ability and offered to help Zhang Guangmu's friends awaken supernatural powers, even through external assistance.
• Li Zhou listed bizarre supernatural abilities and revealed that one awakened person had renamed his father Li Tie Zhu and been sent to prison.

Zhang Guangmu and the others learned more about Earth’s preparations against the hostile Duo Civilization and underwent tests for Transcendent abilities and erosion. The chapter ended with Li Zhou presenting a powerful blue nutritional paste as the club’s “Scientific Bigu Pill,” while onlookers eyed Zhang Guangmu as if he were about to compete in an eating contest.

• Li Zhou explained that Earth had created the Earth's Will and its Sub-plane Prison using Spiritual Wisdom Essence, and that the Sub-plane Prison could serve as an escape route if Earth lost its coming battle against the Duo Civilization.
• Li Zhou led Zhang Guangmu, Mooncake, Zhao Zhengrong, Li Xiaoxiao, Chu Fan, Tang Lanshan, Luo Zhuan, and Jiang Ling through Transcendent testing, which showed that Mooncake and Li Xiaoxiao had awakened abilities while the others remained ordinary.
• The tests revealed that Mooncake’s erosion consumed fat, Li Xiaoxiao had a mild but unusual condition, and Zhang Guangmu’s erosion caused drowsiness that his exceptional physical and mental strength could offset.
• Li Zhou showed Zhang Guangmu and the others Deep Blue Nutritional Paste, explaining that it could nourish newly awakened Transcendents and help strengthen their abilities.
• The club members watched Zhang Guangmu with the eager expressions of spectators anticipating an eating contest.

Zhang Guangmu and the other club members tested Deep Blue Nutritional Paste aboard the Endless warship, and Zhang Guangmu’s extraordinary appetite brought a major boost to his body and fire ability. The chapter left him sensing that Usable Ability Points had been credited.

• Zhang Guangmu drank a Scientific Bigu Pill and reported feeling more energetic as he demonstrated his colorful flame to Li Zhou.
• Li Zhou offered Deep Blue Nutritional Paste to the group, and Chu Fan, Tang Lanshan, Luo Zhuan, Jiang Ling, Zhao Zhengrong, and Li Xiaoxiao consumed varying amounts.
• Li Xiaoxiao used his flying sword to absorb five tubes of paste, while Mooncake drank one tube before returning to her fish.
• Zhang Guangmu ate thirteen tubes, then felt the paste strengthen his body and raise his flame’s maximum temperature to 3,000 degrees Celsius.
• Zhang Guangmu felt the familiar sensation of Usable Ability Points being credited.

Inside the space station, Zhang Guangmu demonstrated a fire-based ability and gained a Usable Ability Point from a scroll depicting his creation of the underworld. Li Xiaoxiao failed to move him with a sword-control ability, leaving their potential combined attack untested.

• Zhang Guangmu formed a book of fire, and its visible flames displayed Chu Fan declaring himself the galaxy’s only Brother Fan.
• Chu Fan mistook the message for Zhang Guangmu’s praise and vowed to become the Xuanlong Gun God.
• Zhang Guangmu saw a scroll of himself creating the underworld and Six Paths of Reincarnation, gained one Usable Ability Point, and recognized the annotation as a joke linking two stories.
• Li Zhou praised Zhang Guangmu’s control and endurance, estimating that he was at least a two-star Transcendent.
• Li Xiaoxiao revealed that his sword-control ability could not move Zhang Guangmu, whose great weight thwarted his attempt to test a combined finishing move.

Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao completed preliminary testing at the Transcendent Club and met Lin An, the Demon Emperor, who hoped to work with them against the Duo Civilization. The chapter ended with Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao entering the Special Grade No. 1 Testing Hall for their final tests as onlookers eagerly awaited their results.

• Zhang Guangmu realized Li Xiaoxiao's sword-control ability had failed to move him because his weight had increased after taking Scientific Bigu Pills, and he demonstrated that his flames could propel him through the air.
• Lin An, the top-ranked Demon Emperor, introduced himself to Zhang Guangmu and proposed that they give their all in this year's Path of the Great Emperor and unite against the Duo Civilization.
• Li Zhou warned Zhang Guangmu that Lin An was formidable despite his easy-to-overlook manner, then led the group to the final testing segment.
• Zhang Guangmu learned that Zhao Zhengrong's awakening progress had reached sixty-five percent, and Zhao said he hoped to awaken only after the Path of the Great Emperor ended.
• Li Zhou explained that the testing hall's observation windows and data collection could be shut off with the safe password 'Profound Dragon,' but Zhang Guangmu was comfortable being watched.
• Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao entered the testing hall as the gathered club members cheered and awaited their final test results.

Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao entered a vast xianxia-style supernatural assessment zone, where Zhang Guangmu explained the limits imposed by Earth's encrypted supernatural system. He resolved to perform well and ended the chapter by summoning black flame wings before a mountain blocking their path.

• Zhang Guangmu, Li Xiaoxiao, and the sleeping Mooncake entered Transcendent Detection Zone No. 1 and followed its glowing navigation arrow.
• Zhang Guangmu warned Li Xiaoxiao to stay alert, and Li Xiaoxiao quickly became vigilant after remembering Zhang Guangmu's teasing.
• Zhang Guangmu explained that Earth's supernatural system was locked and encrypted, making it difficult to understand or expand his abilities through conventional means.
• Zhang Guangmu told Li Xiaoxiao that he could still become stronger through the Book of Acting and promised that others might share in his success.
• Zhang Guangmu spotted a huge mountain blocking the road, called out “Flame Wings,” and manifested a pair of pitch-black flaming wings.

Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao climbed a heavenly staircase lined with increasingly dangerous Composite Beasts, with Zhang Guangmu showing off his black-flame wings and Flame Flying Swords. When Li Xiaoxiao nearly exhausted himself with only five percent of the climb remaining, Zhang Guangmu stopped to rest and appeared with a huge bundle woven from solid black flame.

• Zhang Guangmu flew toward the mountaintop on black-flame wings while Li Xiaoxiao followed on his sword, and they discussed whether Li could treat the air as a sword.
• At the peak, Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao found a jade staircase guarded by Immortal Birds and demonic beasts, which proved to be technological Composite Beasts.
• Li Xiaoxiao fought the beasts with his flying sword while Zhang Guangmu used a Flame Flying Sword, changing its form into ten famous swords as they advanced.
• The Composite Beasts grew stronger, and Li Xiaoxiao lost two fingers to a laser before admitting that he was nearly out of strength.
• With the final five percent of the staircase ahead, Zhang Guangmu agreed to rest, vanished in a golden blaze, and returned carrying a bundle woven from more than a thousand strands of solid black flame.

Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao rode a ghost-fire war chariot through the Composite Beasts to the top of the Sky Ladder, where they faced the final test: a Chi You Hao mobile suit. Li Zhou explained that Zhang Guangmu only needed to demonstrate his abilities in combat, not defeat the machine.

• Zhang Guangmu assembled a war chariot from Composite Beast parts, and he and Li Xiaoxiao raced up the Sky Ladder while he used fire abilities and an eyeball to shoot down their attackers.
• The war chariot fell apart after carrying Zhang Guangmu, Li Xiaoxiao, and Mooncake to a vast platform above the clouds.
• Li Xiaoxiao recognized the enormous Chi You Hao and feared the test was cruel, while Zhao Zhengrong, Jiang Ling, and Luo Zhuan reacted with alarm at the observation room.
• Tang Lanshan divined that Zhang Guangmu was not in danger, and Chu Fan insisted that the Chi You Hao would not be enough to test him.
• Li Zhou explained that the Chi You Hao had no weapons and would avoid vital areas, then told Zhang Guangmu that his final rating would depend on his combat performance, not on winning.

Zhang Guangmu used Mooncake’s Transcendent power to defeat the downgraded Chi You Hao in the Number One Heaven testing room. Afterward, he focused on caring for Mooncake, and the Transcendent Level Certificate arrived with her milk and test reports.

• Li Xiaoxiao tested Chi You Hao’s abilities, was gravely injured, and was teleported away for treatment.
• Mooncake woke on Zhang Guangmu’s shoulder and lent him her Transcendent: Fire power, boosting his strength.
• Zhang Guangmu exploited Chi You Hao’s attack blind spots and oxygen strategy while landing punches that secretly planted firepower inside its armor.
• Zhang Guangmu detonated the accumulated firepower with his final punch, destroying Chi You Hao’s main control chip and winning the test.
• Mooncake shrank to a tiny form, and Zhang Guangmu asked Li Zhou to find cat milk for her.
• Warm cat milk, test reports, and Zhang Guangmu’s Transcendent Level Certificate arrived in the lounge.

Zhang Guangmu received his Pillar-level Transcendent certificate, learned how Tian Guang's Flame had changed his body, and chose to make his identity public. At Chu Fan and Jiang Ling's birthday banquet, Li Zhou presented him with the choice as the story turned toward a new script.

• Zhang Guangmu received his certificate naming his ability Tian Guang's Flame and read the encrypted report describing his energy-storing cells and immense physical strength.
• Zhang Guangmu joked that Tian Guang's Flame meant he would never tan, while Li Xiaoxiao explained that her sword ability and nanorobots let her recover rapidly from severe injuries.
• Li Xiaoxiao worried that powerful Transcendents might misuse their abilities, and Li Zhou reassured her that the empire had monitoring systems and a safety list.
• Zhang Guangmu hosted a birthday banquet for Chu Fan and Jiang Ling, where Cao Guan brought a new script and Li Zhou offered him a choice about concealing his ability rating.
• Zhang Guangmu decisively chose to make his personal information and Pillar-level rating public.

Zhang Guangmu attended a banquet where he agreed to make his identity public and affirmed that he would defend Earth Civilization. As the celebration ended, Cao Guan unveiled a new script and invited everyone to participate.

• Zhang Guangmu agreed to be publicly identified as a Pillar-level Transcendent, and Li Zhou promised to seek a discount on the banquet and praised his earlier fight with Chi You Hao.
• Li Zhou announced that he had secured safe slots aboard the Endless for everyone, including Mooncake, then asked whether Zhang Guangmu would fight for Earth Civilization; Zhang Guangmu answered that he would not hesitate.
• Cao Guan drew inspiration from the group’s discussion of supernatural powers and began writing a script.
• Li Zhou got drunk at the banquet, while the Brilliant Starlight Band performed and Chu Fan thanked Zhang Guangmu for arranging the appearance.
• Zhang Guangmu gave Jiang Ling a hand-copied Baopuzi and checked his information, which showed a monthly subsidy of 400 Dragon Shields.
• Cao Guan presented his new script, “Sword, Fame, and Fortune,” and invited everyone to take part.

Cao Guan recruited most of the Endless warship’s crew for his new film, Swords, Fame, and Fortune, while Zhang Guangmu considered the coming dangers of The Path of the Great Emperor. Two days after the birthday banquet, Zhang Guangmu and Mooncake arrived as filming began.

• Cao Guan pitched Swords, Fame, and Fortune, and Zhang Guangmu agreed to join while Jiang Ling and Luo Zhuan rested before The Path of the Great Emperor.
• Cao Guan recruited the other available Endless warship crew members, and Zhang Guangmu reflected on audience resistance to tragic films and his expectations for the coming production.
• Cao Guan explained that the Subconscious General Bureau had classified film scripts as top-secret, and Zhang Guangmu accepted that Duo Civilization would keep The Path of the Great Emperor’s script hidden.
• Zhang Guangmu learned that the band had performed for free because its members were his fans or fans of the crew, and he gave them signed Tian Guang Camp cards.
• Two days later, Zhang Guangmu carried Mooncake from a flying car as filming began on Swords, Fame, and Fortune.

Zhang Guangmu arrived for filming and met Lin An, then ignored Hans Dekson’s threats before entering the Infiltration Pod. The new film began with Zhang Guangmu playing a debtor hunted over a Spirit Sword Loan, where he approached Chu Fan in a park.

• Zhang Guangmu reviewed his finances and reflected on his growing career, his medical debt, and Earth’s war.
• Lin An greeted Zhang Guangmu and praised his rise, saying he looked forward to his performance in the film.
• Zhao Zhengrong, Tang Lanshan, Li Xiaoxiao, Chu Fan, and the other cast members arrived and prepared to enter their Infiltration Pods.
• Jonah Ackerman and Hans Dekson arrived late; Hans challenged Zhang Guangmu, but Zhang ignored him and entered his pod with Mooncake.
• Jonah criticized Hans for losing his composure and making threats after Zhang Guangmu was safely inside the pod.
• The film began with Zhang Guangmu telling Chu Fan that debt collectors were hunting him because he could not repay his Spirit Sword Loan.

Zhang Guangmu, starving and unable to move his legs, convinced Chu Fan to help him by revealing his high-level spinal cord injury. After eating, he vowed to repay Chu Fan and the people hunting him; the chapter ended with him spotting an unfamiliar purple-eyed boy carrying a spirit sword.

• Zhang Guangmu asked Chu Fan for money for food and explained that he had not eaten in three days.
• Chu Fan initially dismissed Zhang Guangmu as a lazy beggar, but believed his spinal injury after testing his stiff legs.
• Chu Fan bought Zhang Guangmu four meat buns and soy milk, which quickly restored some of his strength.
• Zhang Guangmu resolved to repay Chu Fan and protect his benefactor from the people hunting him.
• After reading the Little White Balls’ comments, Zhang Guangmu focused on recovering his mobility and noticed a handsome, purple-eyed boy carrying a spirit sword.

Zhang Guangmu manipulated Lin Zitong, the second son of Demon Emperor Sword Lin An, into believing he might be a hidden sword master. Lin Zitong lent him his Spirit Sword as a test, ready to haul him to the police if he proved to be a fraud.

• Lin Zitong brooded over his weaker Sword Dao talent and his father's neglect as he walked through the park.
• Zhang Guangmu teased Lin Zitong, claimed he could teach him sword moves, and let the boy mistake him for a possible hidden master.
• Lin Zitong examined Zhang Guangmu and discovered his paralysis and the Spirit Sword Power damaging his spine, which made him reconsider his assumptions.
• Lin Zitong suspected Zhang Guangmu might teach him an extraordinary technique if given a Spirit Sword, so he offered his own to test whether Zhang Guangmu could control it.

Zhang Guangmu borrowed Lin Zitong’s Purple Mist Sword and improvised a sword technique while pretending to be a peerless expert. Lin Zitong watched the demonstration and believed he had grasped it, leaving his next move unclear.

• Zhang Guangmu told Lin Zitong that swordsmen could improve through either instinctive combat or perseverance, and Lin Zitong chose the latter path.
• Zhang Guangmu seized the Purple Mist Sword, awakened its purple power, and realized spirit swords served as their wielders’ source of supernatural strength.
• Zhang Guangmu used his Driving 3 ability to understand the sword’s power and decided to improvise a technique using what he remembered from sword-practice videos.
• Lin Zitong grew nervous as he watched Zhang Guangmu wield the Purple Mist Sword and unleash brilliant purple sword light against a giant tree.
• Lin Zitong declared that he had seen everything clearly.