Chapter Summaries

Chen Yao challenged Hua Qiang after demanding that Huo Cangliang choose between her and the disciple. When Hua Qiang accepted her attack, he vanished from her grasp and slapped her in front of the stunned arena, leaving her unable to believe what had happened.

• Chen Yao threatened to leave Azure Cloud Sect unless Huo Cangliang let her discipline Hua Qiang, and Huo Cangliang rebuked her for forcing his hand.
• Hua Qiang asked Huo Cangliang to stand aside and promised to handle Chen Yao himself, while Huo Qingtong vouched for his judgment.
• Huo Cangliang agreed to let Hua Qiang face Chen Yao but warned him to retreat if he was in danger.
• Hua Qiang provoked Chen Yao into attacking, and she lunged at him with a powerful grab.
• Hua Qiang vanished from Chen Yao's grasp and slapped her, stunning everyone as she touched her swollen cheek in disbelief.

Hua Qiang defeated and killed Chen Yao after she attacked him with ice techniques, then killed Tie Futu as well. The chapter ended with their bodies fused together amid the aftermath of Tie Futu’s explosion.

• Chen Yao’s Ice Phoenix Bombs turned around and struck her after Hua Qiang reversed her attack, leaving her badly wounded.
• Chen Yao swallowed a blood-red pill and summoned an Ice Snow Empress to attack Hua Qiang with Zero Degree Space.
• Hua Qiang compressed the Ice Snow Empress until it exploded, then used the ice crystals to kill Chen Yao.
• Hua Qiang kicked Tie Futu onto Chen Yao’s corpse and declared that the pair would die together.
• Tie Futu’s body exploded under a force surging through him, and his corpse fused with Chen Yao’s.

Hua Qiang killed Tie Sihai after the Demigod Realm patriarch attacked him to avenge Tie Futu. The Azure Cloud Sect disciples and elders were left stunned by Hua Qiang’s mastery of Space Law.

• Tie Sihai arrived as Hua Qiang killed Tie Futu, and Huo Cangliang crushed a communication stone to call for help.
• Tie Sihai attacked Hua Qiang, but Hua Qiang folded away his strikes and shielded Huo Qingtong and Hua Jiu'er from the pressure.
• Hua Qiang trapped Tie Sihai inside layers of folded space, and Tie Sihai failed to break free even after using Heavenly Manifestation.
• Hua Qiang used Spatial Compression • Burst to crush the sealed space and blast Tie Sihai to ashes, destroying his primordial spirit as well.

After Hua Qiang killed Tie Sihai, the Azure Cloud Sect disciples and elders were left stunned by his strength. Sect Master Huo Cangliang announced that Hua Qiang would become a Grand Elder and live at Absolute Sword Peak.

• Hua Qiang received 200,000,000 Slaughter Points after killing Tie Sihai and considered how many more he needed to enter the Divine Realm.
• Grand Elders Ling and Wang arrived, learned what had happened, and quickly left after feeling wary of Hua Qiang.
• The Azure Cloud Sect disciples erupted in praise of Hua Qiang, while Huo Qingtong and Hua Jiu'er openly admired him.
• Huo Cangliang whispered to Hua Qiang, who quieted the crowd with a gesture when the Sect Master's own attempts failed.
• Huo Cangliang announced that Hua Qiang would officially become a Grand Elder of the Azure Cloud Sect and take up residence at Absolute Sword Peak.

Fu Disheng, enraged that Hua Qiang had survived and risen to become a Sect Grand Elder, sought a way to gain enough power to kill him. He accepted a black-robed man’s offer and joined the Devil Race.

• Fu Disheng destroyed his residence while raging over Hua Qiang’s victories and growing status.
• Fu Disheng feared Hua Qiang would discover his schemes and decided he needed greater power to eliminate him.
• Fu Disheng entered a hidden passage beneath his residence and met a black-robed man who offered to make him stronger.
• Fu Disheng agreed to join the Devil Race in exchange for the power to destroy Hua Qiang.

Hua Qiang secretly reached the Divine Realm while the Azure Cloud Sect prepared for the Grand Martial Arts Tournament. He joined the sect’s delegation as it set off for Sky City, leaving his pregnant wife, Huo Qingtong, behind.

• Over three months, Hua Qiang advanced to the first tier of the Divine Realm and kept his breakthrough secret from everyone, including Huo Qingtong.
• The Azure Cloud Sect gathered one hundred disciples to travel to Sky City for the Grand Martial Arts Tournament, while pregnant Huo Qingtong stayed behind.
• Huo Cangliang revealed a Cloud Boat and led the disciples aboard for the journey.
• Hua Qiang exchanged a reluctant, gentle smile with Huo Qingtong before boarding the Cloud Boat.
• Huo Cangliang powered the Cloud Boat with spirit crystals, and it rose into the air and sped toward Sky City.

Huo Cangliang briefed Hua Qiang on the powerful contestants in the Grand Martial Arts Tournament and trusted him to win first place for Azure Cloud Sect. Their Cloud Boat entered the dangerous Star Domain Ancient Path, leaving the disciples frightened but trying to gather their courage as it pressed onward.

• Huo Cangliang told Hua Qiang about the tournament’s many races and the formidable contestants on Sky City's Heaven's Chosen Ranking.
• Hua Qiang promised Huo Cangliang he would bring back first place for Azure Cloud Sect.
• The Cloud Boat crossed the sea of clouds and entered the Star Domain Ancient Path, where meteors, star fragments, and broken weapons battered its protective shield.
• As the Cloud Boat shook under the impacts, Azure Cloud Sect disciples feared they might die, while an older male disciple urged them not to panic.
• The disciples remembered that the Sect Master and Hua Qiang were with them and tried to regain their courage as the Cloud Boat continued forward.

Hua Qiang and Huo Cangliang led the Cloud Boat out of the Chaotic Reverse-Flow Zone, only for a massive flock of Fire-plumed White-headed Weng to attack. Hua Qiang ordered the protective shield removed so the disciples would fight the demonic beasts directly, and the battle continued as he observed them.

• Huo Cangliang shrank the Cloud Boat and strengthened its shield, guiding it through the Chaotic Reverse-Flow Zone until it emerged safely.
• A huge flock of Level Five and Level Six Fire-plumed White-headed Weng appeared and began battering the Cloud Boat's protective shield.
• Hua Qiang called the attack a training opportunity and told Huo Cangliang to remove the shield, exposing the disciples to the flock.
• The disciples fought with swords and spells, then gradually coordinated their defenses as the White-headed Weng surrounded them.
• Several disciples were injured and many demonic beasts died, while Hua Qiang watched and silently assessed the disciples.

Shu Huaigang and Liu Shuyao fought off the Fireplume White-Headed Bulbuls and killed their leader, breaking the flock’s attack. They then saw Hua Qiang calmly roasting and eating a bulbul on the deck.

• Shu Huaigang battled the seemingly endless flock until its coordinated attacks wounded and exhausted him.
• Liu Shuyao rushed to Shu Huaigang’s aid, and the two fought back to back against the bulbuls.
• Shu Huaigang spotted the bulbul leader and charged toward it while Liu Shuyao blocked the flock with her whip.
• Shu Huaigang killed the leader with a powerful saber strike, throwing the remaining bulbuls into disarray.
• Liu Shuyao counterattacked as Hua Qiang sat on the deck roasting and eating a Fireplume White-Headed Bulbul, praising its taste.

After repelling a flock of Fire-plumed White-headed Weng, Hua Qiang and the disciples celebrated with a feast before a flock of Lightning Vultures attacked. The group fought together and defeated the vultures, ending the chapter amid cheers.

• Hua Qiang and Huo Cangliang helped defeat the Fire-plumed White-headed Weng, and the survivors roasted and ate the demonic beasts; more than ten disciples broke through.
• Liu Shuyao secretly watched Hua Qiang, while Shu Huaigang noticed and felt disheartened.
• Hua Qiang sensed a powerful presence, and over a hundred Lightning Vultures descended on the flying vessel.
• The disciples formed teams and fought the Lightning Vultures, with Shu Huaigang killing one in close combat.
• The disciples defeated the final Lightning Vulture and cheered together.

Hua Qiang confronted the Lightning Condor King after it came seeking revenge for its slain flock, and provoked the wary bird into attacking. He easily seized one of its lightning plumes, and the enraged Condor King transformed and charged at him as Hua Qiang countered with two punches.

• Hua Qiang sent Huo Cangliang and the disciples back to the flying ship before facing the approaching Lightning Condor King.
• The Lightning Condor King sensed Hua Qiang's strength and tried to pass him to attack the people behind him.
• Hua Qiang admitted that he had eaten the Lightning Vultures, provoking the Condor King to attack with a lightning-wreathed plume spear.
• Hua Qiang caught the spear, returned the plume to its feather form, and stored it away, then taunted the Condor King about its two remaining plumes.
• The Lightning Condor King transformed into a towering bird-man and charged Hua Qiang with two greatswords.
• Hua Qiang calmly threw two punches at the descending blades.

Hua Qiang overwhelmed the Lightning Condor King with his fists, breaking each of its attacks and defeating its final technique. With the Condor King badly wounded and back in bird form, Hua Qiang asked whether it wanted to live or die.

• Hua Qiang shattered the Lightning Condor King's blood-red broadswords and effortlessly countered its wind blades and energy sphere.
• Hua Qiang scattered the Condor King's tornado attack with a punch, leaving the Condor King wounded but still determined to fight.
• Hua Qiang found and struck a weak point in the Thunder Feather Illusion Kill Array, breaking the formation.
• The Lightning Condor King healed itself with seven-colored light and launched Heaven and Earth Shine Together, but Hua Qiang defeated the attack with a punch.
• Hua Qiang approached the defeated Lightning Condor King in bird form and asked whether it wanted to live or die.

Hua Qiang subdued the Lightning Condor King and took it as a mount as his group continued toward Sky City. Space pirates led by Wei Tianba ambushed their Cloud Boat, leaving Hua Qiang, Huo Cangliang, and the disciples facing a likely battle.

• Hua Qiang forced the Lightning Condor King to sign a Master-Servant Contract and flew back to the Cloud Boat on its back.
• Wei Tianba learned that a Cloud Boat bound for Sky City was approaching, and he and Sima Zhao prepared to plunder it.
• Three pirate starships surrounded Hua Qiang and the others’ Cloud Boat in the sea of clouds.
• The Cloud Boat’s pilot raised its protective shield and sent a disciple to alert Huo Cangliang and Hua Qiang.
• Hua Qiang and Huo Cangliang went to the bow as the pirates demanded their valuables, and Huo Cangliang realized a bloody battle was likely.

The Azure Cloud Sect disciples fought the star bandits and began to lose ground, prompting Huo Cangliang to join the battle. As Hua Qiang watched for hidden powerful enemies, the Rat King emerged from his Level 6 World at Demigod Realm, leaving Hua Qiang to consider how he might affect the fight.

• Shu Huaigang led the Azure Cloud Sect disciples out of their Cloud Boat to attack Wei Tianba and the star bandits, who met them in force.
• Shu Huaigang and Liu Shuyao fought fiercely, but the bandits’ greater numbers wounded them and caused disciples to fall.
• Hua Qiang sensed a Divine Realm expert and three Demigod Realm experts hidden aboard the starship, while Huo Cangliang watched the sect’s forces falter.
• Huo Cangliang entered the melee, rallied the disciples, and helped turn the battle into a stalemate.
• The Rat King emerged from Hua Qiang’s Level 6 World and revealed that he had reached the Demigod Realm.
• Hua Qiang considered the Rat King an unexpected variable in the battle.

Rat King led a swarm of rats that overwhelmed Wei Tianba’s Star Pirates, prompting Hua Qiang to recall the surviving rats and send three pet beasts after Wei Tianba’s companions. Hua Qiang then confronted Wei Tianba himself, and their battle began with Wei Tianba charging and Hua Qiang punching.

• Rat King asked Hua Qiang to let him lead the rats into battle, and Hua Qiang ordered him to wipe out the Star Pirates.
• Rat King unleashed a vast rat swarm that surrounded and devoured the Star Pirates, destroying Wei Tianba’s force.
• Wei Tianba and his three accomplices attacked the rats, so Hua Qiang recalled the remaining swarm with Folding Space.
• Hua Qiang sent Rat King, Lightning Condor King, and Tiger Shark to fight Xie Tianlang, Ji Taixiao, and Sima Zhao.
• Hua Qiang challenged Wei Tianba, who charged at him with his spear as Hua Qiang threw a punch.

Hua Qiang fought Wei Tianba with his fists but found the spear’s force painful to withstand, so he drew the Thunderclap Saber. His Annihilation Slash broke Wei Tianba’s spear and left him gravely wounded, with Hua Qiang still standing over the battle.

• Hua Qiang’s Shattering Fist collided with Wei Tianba’s spear, and the two exchanged a fierce series of attacks in the sky.
• Hua Qiang realized the spear was injuring his hands and said he still had to use a saber.
• Hua Qiang summoned the Thunderclap Saber and unleashed Annihilation Slash at Wei Tianba.
• Wei Tianba tried to block the slash with his spear, but the blade aura split the weapon and struck his body.
• Wei Tianba was hurled thousands of zhang away, badly wounded and afraid as he stared at Hua Qiang.

Hua Qiang captured Wei Tianba and followed him to the star pirates’ lair, where Hua Qiang and Huo Cangliang seized most of the treasure. Hua Qiang spared Wei Tianba’s life but crippled his cultivation, leaving him powerless.

• Hua Qiang sealed Wei Tianba’s meridians and agreed to spare him in exchange for his hidden treasure, then told Huo Cangliang they would divide the spoils two shares to one.
• Wei Tianba guided Hua Qiang and his companions through the sea of clouds and floating mountains to the star pirates’ lair.
• Shu Huaigang, Liu Shuyao, and the disciples defeated the pirates guarding the lair, while Hua Qiang’s group spared the elderly, weak, women, and children.
• Wei Tianba led Hua Qiang and Huo Cangliang to the treasure vault, and the two took two-thirds of its wealth.
• When Wei Tianba asked to leave, Hua Qiang struck his dantian and destroyed his cultivation, then departed as Wei Tianba lay furious and despairing.

Hua Qiang and his group arrived at Star Feather Guard City · East, a satellite city where teams would gather before the Grand Martial Arts Tournament, and explored its bustling marketplace. Hua Qiang discovered a strange, heavy, charred branch that seemed connected to him, and the vendor offered to sell it for ten Low-grade Spirit Stones.

• Huo Cangliang explained that Star Feather Guard City was a gathering place for teams before the Grand Martial Arts Tournament and encouraged the group to explore and trade.
• Hua Qiang and his companions paid the entrance fee, registered, and entered the city’s crowded marketplace.
• Hua Qiang wandered among the stalls until an inconspicuous, pitch-black branch caught his attention.
• Hua Qiang picked up the unusually heavy branch and felt that its faint aura made it seem extraordinary and connected to him.
• The vendor said he had found the branch in a bear’s cave and offered it to Hua Qiang for ten Low-grade Spirit Stones.

Hua Qiang intervened when a foppish Young Master and his men tried to abduct Liu Shuyao and the other female disciples, defeating the Young Master’s Demigod Realm bodyguards and mocking him. The women were safe, while a veiled woman and Green Lotus watched Hua Qiang with interest.

• Hua Qiang bought a piece of wood at a stall, then noticed Liu Shuyao and the other female disciples surrounded by a foppish Young Master and his servants.
• The Young Master ordered his servants to seize the women, but Liu Shuyao and the others fought back and knocked the servants down.
• The Young Master’s two Demigod Realm bodyguards suppressed the women, and Liu Shuyao warned him that the City Lord and Martial Arts Competition Organizing Committee would hold him accountable.
• Hua Qiang mocked the Young Master, slapped him, and defeated both bodyguards with two punches.
• Hua Qiang taunted the fallen Young Master while Liu Shuyao and the other women greeted him, and a veiled woman and Green Lotus admired him from nearby.

After Hua Qiang subdued a threatening young master, he found Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood in the man’s Storage Ring and used it to strengthen himself. He broke through to the second stage of the Divine Realm and prepared to refine the remaining essence blood.

• Hua Qiang stomped the foppish Young Master unconscious, took his Storage Ring, and discovered Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood inside.
• Hua Qiang returned with Liu Shuyao and the others to the arranged inn, where he swallowed one drop of the essence blood.
• Hua Qiang endured the essence blood’s violent power and refined it, bringing his breakthrough progress close to completion.
• Hua Qiang swallowed two more drops, broke through to the second stage of the Divine Realm, and decided to continue refining the bottle’s remaining essence blood.