Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qing prepared Great Xia for the new era, then joined the Pioneers' Squad despite Fan Adkin's warning that the Dark Side expedition would pit Sequence 5 Highnesses against Sequence 8 threats. The squad activated an Ancient Star Array and arrived on the Dark Side.

• Zhang Qing and Li Wannian discussed Great Xia's development and decided to gather Native Humans from the Dark Realm without settling them in the twelve mainland giant cities.
• Fan Adkin warned Zhang Qing that the Dark Side expedition would be extremely dangerous and urged him to stay away, but Zhang Qing remained determined to go.
• Fan Adkin gave Zhang Qing a booklet containing secret details about the First Generation Ancestor's true body, and Zhang Qing was shocked by what he read.
• A week later, Zhang Qing assembled with Yun Xiaoxi, Hu Feiyun, Yang Man, Hao, Su Yue, and Gou Mang in Tiger Imperial City for the expedition.
• The seven members activated the Ancient Star Array and vanished, arriving on the Dark Side.

Zhang Qing and his companions entered the Dark Side, escaped a falling Flesh Leviathan through Su Yue’s spatial passage, and reached the Frost Snow Zone. Zhang Qing suspected the Dark Side was in turmoil and sought Fire Authority Crystals, while the Sovereign Lords’ intervention began changing the Flesh Zone.

• Zhang Qing and the others arrived in the Dark Side and found the Sky Dome collapsing as a Flesh Leviathan descended.
• Su Yue opened a spatial passage, and Zhang Qing and Hu Feiyun killed the Specters that entered it; Su Yue claimed a Space Authority Crystal.
• Yang Man identified their location as the Flesh Zone, and the group crossed into the Frost Snow Zone near its border.
• Zhang Qing asked Yun Xiaoxi whether a Flesh Leviathan normally appeared at the zone’s edge, and she said the Dark Side seemed to be in turmoil.
• Zhang Qing said he needed Fire Authority Crystals and considered heading for the Lava Zone, while Yun Xiaoxi suspected he might leave on his own.
• The Sovereign Lords intervened, and the Flesh Zone’s mountain of flesh began producing Authority Crystals as a little girl cursed at the Sky Dome.

After the Ghoul Mother was apparently beaten into dormancy, Zhang Qing and the others rushed into the Flesh Zone to seek the Authorities released from her body. An Authority Tide scattered the group, leaving Zhang Qing and Yun Xiaoxi alone as he transformed into a giant fish-like Flesh Aberration and drove off through the ruined flesh.

• Zhang Qing recalled that the Ghoul Mother could only be made dormant, and that her dormancy would release the Authorities she had consumed.
• Zhang Qing teamed up with Su Yue as he, Yun Xiaoxi, and the others entered the Flesh Zone, where Yun Xiaoxi warned that an Authority Tide might strike.
• An Authority Tide swept through the group and scattered Zhang Qing and his companions across the central Flesh Zone.
• Zhang Qing found Yun Xiaoxi but could not find Su Yue, then used Evolution and Flesh Authority to transform himself and the Blood Dragon into a giant fish-like creature.
• Zhang Qing conjured a steering wheel and accelerator, called the transformation driving, and sped into the ruined flesh.

In the Flesh Zone, Tu Honghong built a hidden safe zone while Zhang Qing and Yun Xiaoxi hunted for Authority Crystals. After gaining Flame Authority and expanding Great Xia’s border, they found a Flesh Divine Tree laden with crystals.

• Tu Honghong hid from a Sequence Six Flesh Aberration and continued building passageways in the ruined Flesh Zone.
• Zhang Qing and Yun Xiaoxi chose to prioritize survival and gather Authority Crystals while the Sovereign factions fought.
• Zhang Qing’s Strange Fish collected a Flame Authority Crystal and a slaughter crystal, and he crushed the Flame Authority Crystal to increase his Flame Authority.
• Li Wannian learned that Zhang Qing’s Starfire had expanded and ordered Great Xia’s border to move with it.
• Zhang Qing and Yun Xiaoxi passed Flesh Aberrations and the corpses of a Sea Emperor Ghoul Race and Ghoulifiers, then spotted a Flesh Divine Tree covered in Authority Crystals.

Zhang Qing disguised himself as a powerful Flesh Aberration and battled the Screaming Ghoul Tribe and Ghoulifiers near the Flesh Divine Tree. He reached the tree and confronted a Lava Ghoulifier, revealing himself as Zhang Qing inside the Strange Fish.

• Zhang Qing spotted Hao with the Screaming Ghoul Tribe and identified a powerful Lava Authority Ghoulifier near the Flesh Divine Tree.
• A hidden Flesh Leviathan rose into the sky, and the gathered fighters rushed to seize Authority Crystals while battling Flesh Aberrations.
• The Screaming Ghoul Tribe targeted Zhang Qing’s Strange Fish, but he swallowed and killed Liye with Martial Path Extreme.
• Yun Xiaoxi warned Zhang Qing that a Ghoulifier was reaching the tree, so he charged toward it and attacked the Lava Ghoulifier.
• Zhang Qing gave Yun Xiaoxi the Flesh Authority to drive the Strange Fish, then appeared before the stunned Lava Ghoulifier with his Blood Fang longsword and introduced himself.

Zhang Qing defeated a Lava Ghoulifier by repeatedly cutting it apart and consuming its flesh, then saw the remnants of its life in the resulting sea of light. After returning to Yun Xiaoxi, he spotted Hao carrying a Flesh Authority Weapon and decided to move closer, while a Little Loli beneath the Flesh Divine Tree also fixed her attention on the weapon.

• Zhang Qing fought the Lava Ghoulifier in the Strange Fish's mouth, adapting to its flames and cutting away its body while his Flesh Authority consumed it.
• Zhang Qing devoured the Ghoulifier's life force, obtained a Flame Authority Crystal, and witnessed the human life preserved in its sea of light.
• Zhang Qing returned to the driver's seat, where Yun Xiaoxi told him Hao was near the front of the battle with a Flesh Authority Weapon.
• Zhang Qing decided to move closer to Hao because he wanted the weapon, and Hao sensed that someone had their eye on him.
• A Little Loli emerged from the ruined flesh beneath the Flesh Divine Tree and focused hungrily on Hao's weapon.

Hao’s forces reached the Flesh Divine Tree, but Zhang Qing’s Strange Fish swallowed the tree and Hao’s Flesh Authority Artifact before escaping. The artifact reappeared as a Little Loli that Zhang Qing cut open, only for it to regenerate and stick to his hand.

• Hao used the Blood Fist to devour Ghoulifiers while seeking Authority Crystals, including rare metal-element ones.
• Hao moved toward the Flesh Divine Tree, but a huge mouth beneath it swallowed the tree and the Blood Fist despite the Screaming Ghouls’ suppression.
• Zhang Qing charged in as the Strange Fish and bit off Hao’s arm while taking the tree and artifact, then fled.
• Zhang Qing transferred the swallowed treasures, including the Authority Crystals and Blood Fist, and a Little Loli fell out with the Blood Fist in her mouth.
• Zhang Qing cut open the Little Loli with Blood Fang and pulled out the Blood Fist, but the Loli regenerated and stuck to his hand.

Zhang Qing repeatedly reincarnated to escape a Little Loli who clung to his hand and siphoned his Flesh Authority, but eventually accepted her demand to gnaw on him daily. Meanwhile, Ouyang Lin began expanding Great Xia’s borders with the Dragon Scale Army, and Yun Yue’s group invited Lin Tian to join their planned Border Army training in Phoenix Imperial City.

• The Little Loli followed Zhang Qing and Yun Xiaoxi through repeated reincarnations, draining Zhang Qing’s Flesh Authority until his Strange Fish collapsed and his Authority fell out of the Transcendent tier.
• Zhang Qing restored his rank with Universal Experience and briefly shook the Little Loli off, but she caught up and bit his hand again, so he agreed to let her gnaw on him once a day.
• Ouyang Lin led the Dragon Scale Army out to extend Great Xia’s borders wherever Zhang Qing’s Spark Authority could spread, with construction forces following behind.
• Yun Yue, Zhu Yi, and Zhao Huanhuan visited Lin Tian in An City and said they planned to train long-term in Phoenix Imperial City, where they hoped to develop their powers and join the Great Xia Border Army.
• Lin Tian grew eager to join after Zhao Huanhuan explained that the Blood Dragon Army had claimed one Border Army slot and the Dragon Scale Army already served as Azure Venerable’s personal army.

Zhang Qing transformed the Strange Fish into a flying predator and chased Hou Qing’s group to seize a Rune Stone. The chase left the Sky-Traveling Ghouls fleeing from both Zhang Qing and Tu Honghong’s Mad Blood Ghouls.

• Tu Honghong pursued Hou Qing’s Sky-Traveling Ghouls and demanded the Ancient Star Array Talisman Stone they had taken.
• Little Loli spotted the treasure, and Zhang Qing steered the Strange Fish toward Hou Qing’s group.
• Zhang Qing used Evolution to transform the Strange Fish into a Flying Fish that could ride the Authority Tides through the air.
• Hou Qing’s group tried to evade the Flying Fish, and Hou Qing threw out Authority Crystals to distract it.
• The Strange Fish swallowed the crystals and continued pursuing Hou Qing, while a Sky-Traveling Ghoul mistook it for a powerful special mutant.

Hou Qing surrendered the Rune Stone to Zhang Qing after Zhang Qing mauled a Mad Blood Ghoul, and the First Generation Ancestor identified it as the key to an Ancient Star Array that could alter Sequence Waypoints. Zhang Qing learned that the Ghoul Mother was transforming after absorbing too much Authority and that the Imperial City Lord had deliberately exhausted her to purify her.

• Hou Qing gave Zhang Qing the Rune Stone after Zhang Qing spat out a battered Mad Blood Ghoul, and Zhang Qing fled with it.
• Tu Honghong questioned the Mad Blood Ghoul about Zhang Qing's attack, and it described the force as resembling Martial Path Extreme.
• Little Loli examined the Rune Stone and explained that it was the key to her Ancient Star Array, which could alter fate by changing Waypoints.
• Zhang Qing and Yun Xiaoxi greeted Little Loli as the First Generation Ancestor, and she wondered whether Zhang Qing was her kin because he possessed Flesh Authority.
• Little Loli explained that the Imperial City Lord had exhausted her to make her transform after her true body absorbed too much Authority, leaving Zhang Qing and Yun Xiaoxi stunned.

Zhang Qing bargained with the Ghoul Mother for a Nirvana slot, while Phoenix Venerable arranged for Sky City's great sovereigns to enter the Dark Side and gather Authority Crystals. The chapter left the Imperial City, Sky City, and other powers poised to compete there under a fragile balance of mutual leverage.

• Zhang Qing confronted the Ghoul Mother about draining his Flesh Authority, and she admitted she had no money to pay him.
• After hours of refusing to give in, the Ghoul Mother offered Zhang Qing a Nirvana slot through an introduction to Phoenix Venerable.
• Zhang Qing asked whether others could receive slots too, and the Ghoul Mother warned that Nirvana could burn away their True Spirits.
• Phoenix Venerable told Si Bei Li to send Sky City's great sovereigns to the Dark Side to obtain Authority Crystals and help clear Flame Demons from the Lava Zone.
• Phoenix Venerable revealed that his clan's Ji Zi was about to advance beyond the mundane, giving Sky City's expedition an openly stated purpose and establishing mutual leverage between the powers.

Little Lion, the First Generation Ancestor of the Lava Ghoul Race, entered the Flesh Zone and confronted Zhang Qing and Ghoul Mother. Zhang Qing named the Time Sequence, drawing the Ancestors into a karmic entanglement and triggering violent reactions across the Flesh and Lava Zones.

• Si Bei Li led the Sky City Sequence and intelligent machines into the Dark Side while the Great Venerable stayed out of the conflict.
• Little Lion emerged from a volcano, traveled through lava toward the Flesh Zone, and was struck by a Strange Fish before following the Flame Authority to Zhang Qing.
• Little Lion appeared in the Strange Fish’s chamber, where Zhang Qing gave him a throne beside Ghoul Mother.
• Little Lion offered to protect Zhang Qing if he joined his side, but he and Ghoul Mother tried to stop Zhang Qing from naming the force behind his fate.
• Zhang Qing identified the Time Sequence, causing a karmic ripple that enraged Ghoul Mother and Little Lion and shook the Flesh and Lava Zones.
• Zhang Qing feigned ignorance and invited everyone to join the gamble.

Zhang Qing decided to enter the struggle over the Time Sequence and use his rune stone and Fate Trend to draw Imperial City Lords into backing him. As Hu Feiyun, Yang Man, and Su Yue advanced toward the Ancient Star Array to secure a Nirvana Mark for Ji Zi’s feast, Zhang Qing remained separated from them.

• Zhang Qing resolved to stop remaining a pawn and began seeking leverage over the Imperial City Lords, but the Ghoul Mother doubted his chances of winning.
• Little Loli urged Zhang Qing to use his rune stone to bargain with the Highnesses of Tiger Imperial City, Sheep Emperor City, and Rat Emperor City, then join Ji Zi’s ascension feast and obtain a Nirvana Mark.
• Little Loli revealed that Little Lion was calculating and could seize bodies; Little Lion denied intending to take Zhang Qing’s body and offered to lend him Flame Authority.
• Hu Feiyun, Yang Man, and Su Yue fought toward the Ancient Star Array in the Flesh Zone, planning to connect their rune stones to activate it for Ji Zi.
• Hu Feiyun explained that the Nirvana Feast could grant a Nirvana Mark, which gave its bearer one extra life, and worried that Zhang Qing was still separated from them.

Hu Feiyun, Yang Man, Su Yue, and other Imperial City Highnesses began clearing Flesh Heavenly Mountain to claim one of the ten Nirvana Marks, while Zhang Qing planned how to arrive at the right moment without provoking Sky City. In Great Xia, Ji Yuquan revealed that the coming nirvana feast offered a pure rebirth with only a one-in-a-million chance of survival.

• Tu Honghong deliberately separated from the Mad Blood Ghoul Race and headed for the center of the Flesh Zone, prompting other highnesses to evade their escorts and follow.
• Hu Feiyun, Yang Man, and Su Yue lured away the Flesh Berserkers so the highnesses could clear Flesh Heavenly Mountain, where Liu Jin had already begun fighting.
• Yang Man planned to contact Zhang Qing in a day so he could arrive at the last moment, take a Nirvana Mark, and avoid Sky City.
• Zhang Qing reached Flesh Heavenly Mountain with the Ghoul Mother and Little Lion, then discussed how to obtain a mark at Ji Zi's ascension feast.
• In Great Xia, Ji Yuquan told Yun Yue and Lin Tian that the nirvana feast offered a pure rebirth but carried only a one-in-a-million survival rate.

As Ji Zi’s advancement unleashed Nirvana and Flame Authorities across the Lava Zone, Zhang Qing used his battle with Hu Feiyun to build the Great Trend of Starfire while Yang Man rallied the Highnesses into Cooperation. Starfire then answered the call in Great Xia, as Zhang Qing’s prairie-blazing momentum began to rise.

• The Ghoul Mother’s Lineage joined the cleanup at Flesh Heavenly Mountain, and the Ghoul Mother planned to obtain the Nirvana Mark and pursue the Lava Specter Progenitor’s tailbone.
• Zhang Qing’s Strange Fish fought Hu Feiyun, and the Lava Zone erupted as Ji Zi’s advancement filled the battlefield with Nirvana and Flame Authorities.
• Yang Man recognized Zhang Qing’s plan to stack Starfire’s Great Trend and rallied the Highnesses to form the Great Trend of Win-Win Cooperation.
• Sky City’s forces decided to seek Authority Crystals and kill Zhang Qing, unaware he was already at Flesh Heavenly Mountain and had contacted his companions.
• Starfire emblems across Great Xia flickered as sparks leaped from the red flags, answering Starfire’s call.

Starfire summoned Great Xia’s wanderers and warriors home as Zhang Qing called for help, prompting the country to assemble a force for his next move. Great Xia prepared to answer the call while officials screened out those unwilling to risk themselves.

• Li Xi and Jiang Yan received Starfire’s summons in Sky City Battlefield and flew toward the Sheep Emperor City garrison to return to Great Xia.
• Across the Dark Realm, city administrators, Martial artists, and Sequence Users returned through Great Xia’s teleportation arrays as Starfire called them home.
• Ouyang Lin contacted Zhang Qing, who ordered Great Xia to gather qualified fighters and prepare to charge through a door he would open.
• Great Xia’s officials issued a call for help, and people volunteered to fight alongside Zhang Qing, while officials quietly screened out those seeking only personal gain.
• The Blood Dragon Army, Dragon Scale Army, and civilian groups assembled, though some people slipped away to secure their own escape plans.

Ji Zi began Phoenix Imperial City's attempt to replace the Nirvana extraordinary Waypoint with Undying, using the Ancient Star Array to create a stepping stone toward the Forbidden Longevity Sequence. The array revealed both paths, and the chapter ended as observers realized Phoenix Imperial City might have found a way to build a route through the pathless Forbidden Sequence.

• Yang Man used her Waypoint Skill and support from young lords to reduce the Flesh Aberrations as the Lava Zone tipped over and the Flesh Authority retreated.
• Ji Zi told Yan Hua to stay behind and prepared to advance, while Phoenix Imperial City planned to change the Nirvana Sequence's extraordinary Waypoint to Undying and redirect it toward the Longevity Sequence.
• Ji Zi opened a gate from Phoenix Imperial City to Flesh Heavenly Mountain, and Hu Feiyun used a runestone key to activate the Ancient Star Array.
• Hao, carrying the Blood Spring, moved closer to Yang Man, while the Pendulum of Fate rang steadily through three hundred chimes.
• The Ancient Star Array revealed the Nirvana and Longevity paths, and Ji Zi began twisting the signposts to replace Nirvana with Undying.
• Zhang Qing and the others realized Phoenix Imperial City might use Imperial City Sequence nodes to create intermediate steps in the Forbidden Longevity Sequence.

Ji Zi’s attempt to switch from Nirvana to Indestructibility failed, and his Sequence began collapsing. As Yang Man gathered the emerging Nirvana Marks and Zhang Qing prepared to seize Nirvana Fire, Great Xia’s forces entered the battlefield but were overwhelmed by the flames.

• Ji Zi tried to use the Ancient Star Array to switch Waypoints, but the Indestructible Beacon rejected him and his path of Sequence collapsed.
• Ji Zi nodded to Zhang Qing as his defeat became inevitable, and Zhang Qing told Yang Man to build the Cooperative Great Trend and gather the Eternal Fire.
• Yang Man began refining Nirvana Marks while Hu Feiyun and the others prepared to keep Sky City and the Specters away from them.
• Zhang Qing asked the Ghoul Mother and the First Generation Ancestor of the Lava Ghoul Race to protect him, then activated his Authority and prepared to set the flames ablaze.
• Hu Feiyun’s Starfire Great Trend opened portals into Great Xia, and the Blood Dragon Army, Dragon Scale Army, and guild members charged through them.
• The flames melted the advancing soldiers and guild members, whose True Spirits remained protected, leaving Zhu Yi and Lin Tian screaming in pain.

Zhang Qing protected tens of millions of Great Xia True Spirits with Spark Armor and used the Mechanical Authority to let them pilot Sky City’s intelligent machines. They overwhelmed the Sky City forces while continuing their Nirvana baptism, and Zhang Qing watched from the Sky Dome as his plan to use every bit of the Nirvana Fire unfolded.

• Many people fled from the sea of fire, but Zhang Qing pulled the people of Great Xia toward it, alarming Yang Man.
• Zhang Qing activated Spark Armor for tens of millions of Great Xia True Spirits and persuaded the Lava Specter First Generation Ancestor to lend its Flame Authority.
• Zhang Qing used the Mechanical Heart to gain extraordinary-grade Mechanical Authority, then sent Great Xia True Spirits into Sky City’s intelligent machines.
• The possessed machines countercharged against Sky City’s Sequence wielders and Specters, while the True Spirits returned to Zhang Qing whenever their machines were destroyed.
• Zhang Qing observed the people of Great Xia undergoing Nirvana, which burned pollution from their True Spirits and increased their potential.

Zhang Qing directed the distribution of Nirvana Marks, then used the Ghoul Mother's Authority and his allies’ powers to restore the True Spirits of Great Xia to their bodies. As the Cooperative Great Trend neared collapse, he reversed it into Solo Victory and gathered the remaining Nirvana Flame.

• Zhang Qing and Hu Feiyun helped Yang Man distribute Nirvana Marks to Hu Feiyun, Yang Man, Su Yue, Hao, Gou Mang, Hou Qing, and Tu Honghong, while She Qi and other Highnesses were left out.
• Zhang Qing ordered everyone to prepare to leave, and Su Yue, Hao, Yun Xiaoxi, and the Ghoul Mother helped open the way and restore the bodies of tens of millions of Great Xia True Spirits.
• She Qi threatened Zhang Qing and left with the other Highnesses who had not received a Nirvana Mark, while Zhang Qing claimed the seventh and final mark.
• Zhang Qing asked Yang Man to reverse the Cooperative Great Trend into Solo Victory, and she gathered the Nirvana Flame above the Sky Dome as the trend began to collapse.