Chapter Summaries

Ao Xingchen noticed Hua Qiang rapidly climbing the trial rankings and lowered the difficulty of his next stage to keep his lead. He defeated three Giant Apes working together in a formation, but the chapter left them incapacitated and awaiting his final blow.

• Ao Xingchen collected Demon Cores after killing Giant Apes and saw Hua Qiang had reached second place on the 61st floor, just behind him on the 62nd.
• Worried Hua Qiang might overtake him, Ao Xingchen chose an ordinary-level trial instead of a hard one.
• Ao Xingchen entered a stage where three Giant Apes formed a triangle around him and attacked together.
• Ao Xingchen fought back with Rising Dragon Fist, injured the central Giant Ape, and summoned three golden dragons.
• The golden dragons restrained and slammed all three Giant Apes into the ground, leaving them unable to move.

Ao Xingchen discovered that Hua Qiang had reached the sixty-fifth floor while he was still on the sixty-third, and vowed to surpass him and destroy him at the tournament. Hua Qiang defeated fifty Giant Apes on his floor, absorbed their Blood Qi, and advanced to the next stage as the Trial Tower plaza erupted again.

• Ao Xingchen cleared the sixty-third floor, saw Hua Qiang two floors ahead, and accused him of cheating before threatening him.
• Hua Qiang faced fifty Giant Apes in a forest clearing and used the Law of Gravity and Furious Blade Domain to slow and fight them.
• Hua Qiang evaded the apes’ attacks and cut through their defenses as the battle left the forest strewn with bodies and blood.
• Hua Qiang unleashed a powerful final strike that blasted the remaining Giant Apes into the trees without injuring himself.
• Hua Qiang collected the Demon Cores, absorbed the apes’ Blood Qi with the Blood Demon Scripture, and entered the next stage, stirring the Trial Tower plaza.

Hua Qiang’s rise to the top of the Trial Tower rankings brought Azure Cloud Sect sudden attention, while Huo Cangliang celebrated and defended his disciple before the gathered elders. At Yang Manor, Yang Buxiu learned that the sect’s captured disciples were missing their Sect Master and the Grand Elder challenging the Trial Tower.

• Hua Qiang claimed first place in the Trial Tower rankings, drawing a crowd that praised and argued over him.
• Huo Cangliang learned that Azure Cloud Sect’s disciples had gone to the trial plaza and found Hua Qiang at the top of the rankings.
• Huo Cangliang announced that Hua Qiang was from his sect and his son-in-law, then defended Hua Qiang against doubters.
• Several elders praised Huo Cangliang and courted him, while he considered how to use the attention to benefit Azure Cloud Sect.
• Yang Buxiu’s steward reported that the Azure Cloud Sect disciples who defied the Yang Lineage had been captured, but their Sect Master and Grand Elder remained free.

Yang Jingzhong had the captured Azure Cloud Sect disciples beaten and ordered a woman among them taken to his room, but Yang Bukeng recognized the sect and warned that Jingzhong had brought disaster upon the Yang Family. The chapter left the disciples in danger as Yang Bukeng reacted to the family’s attack on them.

• Yang Family forces captured more than a hundred Azure Cloud Sect disciples, while Huo Cangliang and Hua Qiang escaped.
• Liu Shuyao calmed Shu Huaigang as he nearly fell into cultivation deviation over the disciples’ powerlessness.
• After learning the prisoners had been handed to him, Yang Jingzhong went to the martial arts grounds and ordered his servants to beat them.
• Yang Jingzhong singled out a woman in white and ordered her taken to his room before the beating continued.
• Yang Bukeng arrived, questioned Yang Jingzhong, and warned him that attacking the Azure Cloud Sect had brought disaster upon the Yang Family.

Yang Bukeng warned Yang Buxiu that the Yang Family had provoked a dangerous enemy by capturing and beating Azure Cloud Sect disciples. After learning Hua Qiang had reached the seventieth stage of the Trial Tower in only a few hours, Yang Buxiu agreed to apologize and offer compensation, hoping to avoid the family’s destruction.

• Yang Bukeng ordered Yang Jingzhong and the others to stop, care for the injured Azure Cloud Sect disciples, and leave with him.
• Yang Bukeng warned Yang Buxiu that the Yang Family faced a calamity because its people had captured and beaten Azure Cloud Sect disciples.
• Yang Buxiu defended the decision, but Yang Bukeng revealed that Hua Qiang of the Azure Cloud Sect had reached the seventieth Trial Tower stage in only a few hours.
• Yang Buxiu panicked, slapped Yang Jingshou, and asked Yang Bukeng how the family could resolve the situation.
• Yang Bukeng advised the Yang Family to apologize to the disciples, provide compensation, and later apologize to Hua Qiang.

At the Yang Family training grounds, Yang Bukeng and Yang Buxiu apologized to the injured Azure Cloud Sect disciples and promised compensation, while Yang Jingzhong reluctantly joined them. Liu Shuyao remained wary of the Yang Family’s motives, and Hua Qiang faced ten enormous demon beasts.

• The injured Azure Cloud Sect disciples treated their wounds and hoped the Sect Master and Grand Elder would rescue them.
• Yang Bukeng approached the disciples and apologized on behalf of the Yang Family, promising compensation.
• Yang Bukeng introduced Yang Buxiu, who also apologized and offered supplies to settle the matter.
• Yang Jingzhong reluctantly apologized to the disciples under the stern gazes of Yang Bukeng and Yang Buxiu.
• Liu Shuyao suspected the Yang Family might have another motive, while the apology eased the disciples’ fears.
• Hua Qiang, unaware of the apology, faced ten mountain-sized demon beasts with dangerous auras.

Hua Qiang faced ten level-nine Kui Niu in the Trial Tower and used his abilities to overcome their coordinated attacks. He killed them one by one beneath his Thunder Prison, leaving the tier’s remaining challenges unresolved.

• Hua Qiang exchanged his stored Slaughter Points for Blood Qi and advanced to the Divine Realm Fourth Tier.
• The ten Kui Niu attacked Hua Qiang together with Trample, but he evaded them using Void Concealment.
• Hua Qiang trapped the Kui Niu in his Gravity Domain, but their wind blades eventually shattered it.
• Hua Qiang activated Thunder Prison and struck the Kui Niu with lightning as they tried to evade.
• Hua Qiang transformed into a giant blade and killed the Kui Niu one after another.

Hua Qiang advanced through the Trial Tower and faced twenty Kui Niu that attacked him with lightning. He transformed into a Thunder God, seized control of their lightning, and counterattacked with giant lightning dragons.

• Hua Qiang gained ten billion Slaughter Points and calculated that clearing the ninetieth round could earn enough to advance to Divine Realm Fifth Tier.
• Hua Qiang continued the trial and found twenty Kui Niu marked with lightning symbols on their foreheads.
• The Kui Niu struck Hua Qiang with lightning, angering and humiliating him.
• Hua Qiang used the Law of Thunder to transform into a colossal Thunder God, causing the lightning to circle him obediently.
• Hua Qiang formed giant lightning dragons and sent them after the Kui Niu, scorching their bodies with their attacks.

Hua Qiang faced a herd of thirty Kui Niu, using mountains and gravity to exhaust and restrain them before slaughtering them with the Blood Demon Spear. He stood atop their corpses with thirty billion more Slaughter Points.

• Thirty Kui Niu charged Hua Qiang, who raised walls of mountains to block their attack.
• The Kui Niu smashed through the mountains but exhausted themselves and damaged their horns.
• Hua Qiang used the law of gravity to slow the herd and attacked with the Blood Demon Spear.
• Hua Qiang killed the Kui Niu one by one as the spear devoured their blood.
• Hua Qiang gained 30,000,000,000 Slaughter Points.

Hua Qiang fought off ninety Kui Niu after their coordinated assault sealed the space around him. He used his Flame Martial Shield, laws, and Myriad Transformation Shadow to dodge and counterattack, while the outside world erupted in shock.

• Ninety Kui Niu attacked Hua Qiang from the ground and sky, trapping him in a sealed domain and blocking his escape into the void.
• Hua Qiang activated Flame Martial Guardian and used the Laws of Gravity, Thunder, and Fire to slow and strike the Kui Niu.
• Hua Qiang unleashed Myriad Transformation Shadow, creating powerful phantom clones to evade attacks and wound the Kui Niu with his great saber.
• The Kui Niu cursed Hua Qiang as he continued dodging their charges and wind blades while counterattacking.
• Hua Qiang struggled against the herd, unaware that the outside world had erupted in shock.

Hua Qiang reached the ninetieth floor of the Trial Tower, breaking the century-old record and drawing attention from spectators and powerful factions. Long Xingchen accused him of cheating, while Yang Buxiu feared Hua Qiang could bring ruin to the Yang Family and decided they needed to act.

• Spectators celebrated Hua Qiang after he passed the eighty-ninth floor and reached the ninetieth, setting a new Trial Tower record.
• Long Xingchen saw Hua Qiang's ranking from the fifty-fourth floor, refused to accept it, and resolved to report him for cheating and use his clan to suppress him.
• Yang Buxiu watched Hua Qiang's progress at Yang Manor as Yang Bukeng warned that the Yang Family could face disaster if they mishandled the situation.
• Yang Buxiu worried that a powerful figure might recruit Hua Qiang and destroy the Yang Family if Hua Qiang held a grudge, then insisted they take further action.

Hua Qiang killed a hundred Kui Niu in his Pocket Space, advanced to the Divine Realm, and reached the Trial Tower’s ninety-first stage. Outside the tower, the Yang brothers apologized to Huo Cangliang for their son’s conflict with his disciples, but Huo Cangliang focused on learning where his disciples were.

• Hua Qiang used his Pocket Space and the Law of Gravity to isolate and kill a hundred Kui Niu, then absorbed their Blood Qi and raised his cultivation.
• Hua Qiang reached the ninety-first stage, prompting the crowd to conclude that he was a Divine Realm powerhouse.
• Yang Buxiu and Yang Bukeng agreed to seek Huo Cangliang’s forgiveness to resolve the crisis facing the Yang Family.
• Yang Bukeng called for Huo Cangliang at the Trial Square, and Huo Cangliang left the crowd to meet the brothers.
• Yang Buxiu apologized for his son’s conflict with Huo Cangliang’s disciples and offered cultivation resources as compensation.
• Huo Cangliang learned that his disciples were at the Yang Manor and asked the brothers to bring them to the Trial Square.

Hua Qiang fought ten Divine Realm First Order Sky Swallowing Toads on the ninety-first floor and comprehended their God Rank Sky Swallowing Art. After killing one toad, he expected the remaining nine to yield enough Slaughter Points to raise his cultivation further.

• Hua Qiang encountered ten Sky Swallowing Toads, resisted their devouring force with gravity law, and escaped their combined pull using Spatial Traversal.
• Hua Qiang used the Blood Demon Spear to hold the toads at bay, absorbed their sonic and spiritual attacks through the Life Divine Tree, and turned their corrosive black balls back against them.
• Hua Qiang wounded the toads with ten ghostlike copies and dodged as they bit through patches of space.
• Hua Qiang trapped the toads in separate Pocket Spaces and comprehended the God Rank Sky Swallowing Art by observing their space-biting skill.
• Hua Qiang entered one Pocket Space, used the Sky Swallowing Art to prevent a toad from damaging the space, and killed it with the Blood Demon Spear for 10 billion Slaughter Points.

Hua Qiang cleared the toad trials and reached Divine Realm Level Seven, then used the perfected Sky Swallowing Art to devour several groups of powerful beasts. The chapter ended with the Life Divine Tree absorbing the energy of ten Cloud Beasts and growing into a towering tree.

• Hua Qiang killed the Sky Swallowing Toads with his spear and earned one hundred billion Slaughter Points.
• Hua Qiang exchanged Slaughter Points for Blood Qi and advanced to Divine Realm Level Seven.
• Hua Qiang perfected the Sky Swallowing Art and swallowed ten Cloud Treading Leopards, crushing them for nourishment and Slaughter Points.
• Hua Qiang swallowed a sea of magma containing ten Magma Beasts and earned three hundred billion Slaughter Points.
• Hua Qiang swallowed ten Cloud Beasts, and the Life Divine Tree absorbed their energy and grew into a towering tree.

Mo Yanran and her mother Fu Hongying visited Hua Qiang’s family to discuss Mo Yanran’s pregnancy and the couple’s future. Hua Qiang’s parents were stunned to learn about her swollen belly, and the chapter ended as Mo Yanran began to explain that Hua Qiang had not bullied her.

• Fu Hongying urged Mo Yanran to visit Hua Qiang’s family before the baby was born and promised to stand by her.
• Gu Qingfeng joked about avoiding marriage until his sister announced that he was going on a blind date.
• Gu Qingfeng answered the door and brought Mo Yanran and Fu Hongying into Hua Qiang’s home.
• Liu Li recognized Mo Yanran, welcomed the visitors, and learned that Fu Hongying had come to discuss the pregnancy and the families’ reputations.
• Liu Li asked whether Hua Qiang had bullied Mo Yanran, and Mo Yanran began to deny it.

Hua Qiang faced ten Divine Realm Ninth Rank dragons on the Trial Tower’s ninety-ninth floor and used layered Pocket Spaces, ten Asuras, and his World-Ending Thunder Dragon form to defeat them. After killing all ten, he absorbed their Blood Qi and wondered what would happen when his progress bar filled.

• Hua Xingchen and Gu Hongyan saw Fu Hongying and Mo Yanran off, while Ye Wendao and Liu Li discussed Hua Qiang’s actions and the family prepared for the baby’s arrival.
• Hua Qiang reached the ninety-ninth floor of the Trial Tower, where ten Divine Realm Ninth Rank dragons appeared before him.
• Hua Qiang trapped the dragons in layered Pocket Spaces and summoned ten Asuras from the Asura Realm.
• Hua Qiang transformed into a World-Ending Thunder Dragon and, with the Asuras, killed the first Black Dragon.
• Hua Qiang absorbed the first dragon’s Blood Qi, then led the Asuras through the remaining Pocket Spaces and killed all ten dragons.

Zi Keqing persuaded Zi Donglai to help her seize Ye Bingxue’s Soul Bone, believing Hua Qiang would not return. Ye Bingxue left South Sea University with two teachers to gain experience at the Void Rifts, unaware of the danger being arranged.

• Zi Keqing urged Zi Donglai to capture Ye Bingxue and take her Soul Bone, arguing that Hua Qiang had left the world and could no longer threaten them.
• Zi Donglai agreed to have Lao Chai arrange two Late Martial Emperor Realm experts for Zi Keqing’s plan.
• Ye Bingxue reached Martial Emperor Realm Fourth Tier at seventeen but felt frustrated by the distance between her strength and Hua Qiang’s.
• Ye Bingxue decided to leave her cultivation room to gain experience, and the principal and her homeroom teacher agreed to let her go under protection.
• Ye Bingxue departed South Sea University with two Martial Emperor Realm Peak teachers, heading for the Void Rifts ten thousand miles away.

Hua Qiang reached the hundredth floor and discovered the Creation Divine Cauldron, which entered his sea of consciousness and greatly empowered the Life Divine Tree. As the tree grew, a voice revealed that it was sentient and warned him not to open a passage to the Lower Realm.

• Hua Qiang entered the hundredth floor, a tranquil Sea of Stars where he found no demonic beasts.
• A golden light revealed the Creation Divine Cauldron, which recognized Hua Qiang and flew into his sea of consciousness.
• The cauldron circled the Life Divine Tree and poured glowing liquid onto its roots, expanding Hua Qiang's sea of consciousness and transforming its island into a vast continent.
• The Life Divine Tree grew enormously, giving Hua Qiang hope that it might open a passage to the Lower Realm.
• A girl's voice warned Hua Qiang not to do that, then identified herself as the sentient Life Divine Tree.

Hua Qiang learned from the Life Divine Tree spirit, whom he named Xiao Ling, that his true body could not enter the Lower Realm without destroying it. Xiao Ling offered to sever a branch to create an avatar and open a passage, leaving Hua Qiang preparing to begin the process.

• Hua Qiang named the Life Divine Tree spirit Contrarian, then compromised and called her Xiao Ling after she objected.
• Xiao Ling explained that the Lower Realm could not withstand Hua Qiang’s true body and outlined three ways he might reach it.
• Hua Qiang chose Xiao Ling’s plan to refine an avatar from one of her branches and open a passage to the Lower Realm.
• Xiao Ling revealed that she could occasionally let Hua Qiang’s true body and avatar switch places, and he excitedly confirmed the claim.
• A thick divine tree branch floated in the air as Hua Qiang called on Little Cauldron to get to work.

Hua Qiang gained a clone created from a branch of the Life Divine Tree and prepared to send it to the Lower Realm. After activating the clone with a wisp of his divine soul, he sent it off to reunite with his family and explore the mysteries of his world.

• The Creation Divine Cauldron acknowledged Hua Qiang as its master, then used a branch of the Life Divine Tree to forge a body identical to his.
• Xiao Ling explained that Hua Qiang needed to send a wisp of his divine soul into the body to activate it and that she could briefly switch his original body and clone.
• Hua Qiang endured intense pain to separate a wisp of his divine soul and placed it into the clone, bringing it to life.
• Hua Qiang and the clone drank Life Divine Water, restoring and strengthening their souls; the clone's cultivation reached the great completion of the Martial Emperor realm.
• Xiao Ling controlled a branch of the divine tree to connect the worlds, and the clone vanished on its journey to the Lower Realm.