Chapter Summaries

Zhao Chengliang killed Bronze Horn despite Qu Duo holding Liu Jiye hostage, and the Great Xia Martial Saints fortified Panlong Pass as Qu Duo threatened the cities behind it. At Baicai City, Cheng Ye explained why he followed Chu Sheng, before a distant explosion suggested Panlong Pass had fallen.

• Qu Duo threatened to kill Liu Jiye unless Zhao Chengliang let Bronze Horn leave, but Zhao Chengliang killed Bronze Horn and Qu Duo killed Liu Jiye.
• Zhao Chengliang and the other Martial Saints reinforced Panlong Pass's grand array, while Qu Duo left to attack human cities and Dark Peak led the troops against the pass.
• Cheng Ye and Chu Pingwei surveyed the destruction at Baicai City, where Long Xiaoxiao and True Man Yinchuan arrived.
• Cheng Ye said Chu Sheng had helped him improve his cultivation and agreed that Chu Sheng was an ungrateful wretch, but said he admired his decisiveness.
• An explosion shook Baicai City, and Long Xiaoxiao feared Panlong Pass had fallen despite the Federation's Martial Saints defending it.

A mysterious black beast shattered Panlong Pass’s formation, while the Winged Tribe ancestor revealed its name as Shang Hui and withdrew before a human boy could arrive. The battle at the pass turned deadly as the xenos killed Zhao Chengliang and Baili Feihong, but a brilliant golden light appeared in the eastern sky.

• The black light split Panlong Pass’s formation, prompting Zhao Chengliang to order a retreat as the xenos attacked the trapped defenders.
• The Winged Tribe ancestor identified the black beast as Shang Hui, told Yu Lie it was only temporarily his, and left when he sensed a human boy approaching.
• Long Qing opened a path through the xeno troops and told Long Zheng to lead the others away while he covered their retreat.
• Baili Feihong burned his lifespan to hold off two xeno Martial Saints, while the xenos burned theirs and Qu Duo and Dark Peak attacked Zhao Chengliang.
• Qu Duo punched through Zhao Chengliang’s chest and killed him, then joined Dark Peak in overwhelming Baili Feihong.
• As Long Qing sensed a terrifying fluctuation behind him, he and the retreating crowd saw a brilliant golden streak approach from the eastern sky.

Cheng Ye reached Panlong Pass as six foreign Martial Saints attacked him, while Long Xiaoxiao prepared to sacrifice himself to confront the advancing enemy. A mysterious youth appeared overhead and claimed the enemy forces for himself, stopping Long Xiaoxiao’s transformation.

• Qu Duo’s foreign Martial Saints killed the Ling Family Martial Saint and surrounded the Long Family Martial Saint, who soon fell as Cheng Ye arrived at Panlong Pass.
• Cheng Ye charged into the six foreign Martial Saints, fighting them despite their life-burning power and his own disadvantage.
• Long Xiaoxiao stopped with his old subordinates as they withdrew with the Dragon Legion Army and Noble Clan descendants, then began straightening his body and gathering golden Spiritual Power.
• A black-robed youth appeared above Long Xiaoxiao, halted his transformation with his voice, and declared that the foreign forces belonged to him.

Chu Sheng arrived at Panlong Pass and annihilated the Xeno Martial Saints and invading army with overwhelming strength. He then confronted Long Xiaoxiao, who warned that Chu Sheng would regret coming so early.

• Chu Sheng reached the Western Border after destroying the pillars along Central Prefecture's borders, and his aura stunned the Xeno Martial Saints and Cheng Ye.
• Chu Sheng killed Qu Duo with a single punch, then rejected Dark Peak's plea for submission and killed him and the other surviving Xeno Martial Saints.
• Chu Sheng slaughtered the Xeno army at Panlong Pass, earning 30,000,000 Justice Points for annihilating the invaders.
• Long Xiaoxiao warned Chu Sheng that he would regret arriving early, but Chu Sheng dismissed his family's trump cards as meaningless before him.
• An old man behind Long Xiaoxiao began to challenge Chu Sheng's boast.

Chu Sheng killed the Worldly Families leaders and their blood relatives, then killed Long Zheng and the Dragon Legion Army generals who tried to stop him. He ordered Cheng Ye to lead the Northern Garrison Army west and exterminate the two alien races.

• Chu Sheng rejected Mi Wen's claim that the Worldly Families' service should spare them and killed him, triggering a bloodline technique that killed Mi Family descendants and traced relatives far away.
• Chu Sheng killed another Worldly Families leader, whose bloodline technique also slew his descendants and relatives, leaving the remaining Worldly Families dead.
• Long Zheng condemned Chu Sheng, and Long Xiaoxiao and the Dragon Legion Army generals stood between them; Chu Sheng killed Long Zheng despite saying he would spare the Long Family for now.
• The Dragon Legion Army generals charged Chu Sheng in grief and fury, but he killed those at the front with a wave of force.
• Chu Sheng asked Cheng Ye if he had had enough and ordered him to lead the Northern Garrison Army west to exterminate the two alien races without survivors.

The Federation cast Chu Sheng as the cause of Great Xia’s recent disasters, turning public admiration into fear, while Chu Sheng returned to the Western Border and headed for Xinjing City. The Noble Clan lords and Federation leaders welcomed his arrival, expecting Zhong Zhenjiang’s ancestor to help them trap him.

• The Federation blamed Chu Sheng for provoking the Barbarian Tribe, causing the Northern Garrison Army’s rebellion, and drawing Western Border clans into Great Xia, branding him the third evil.
• Chu Sheng arrived at Feisha Pass, told the Dragon Legion Army soldiers that the Western Border would no longer face foreign clan attacks, and disappeared toward Xinjing City.
• The Noble Clan lords and Federation leaders waited anxiously for Chu Sheng to appear so they could lure him into their trap.
• Chu Sheng reached Xinjing City before news of his return could arrive, and the council chamber’s leaders celebrated when they heard he was there.
• Zhong Zhenjiang said he did not fear Chu Sheng because of his ancestor’s divine thought, but regretted that the offered treasured saber could not match Chu Sheng’s secrets.

Chu Sheng confronted Ji Qingyang and the Federation over their renewed city-protecting formation, refusing Ji Qingyang’s offer to spare him. As the formation turned Central Prefecture’s Spiritual Energy against him, Long Xiaoxiao transformed into a colossal figure and warned that they would regret their choice.

• Ji Qingyang offered to let Chu Sheng leave Jining Star and pursue becoming a Martial God, but Chu Sheng rejected his offer and dismissed his ties to the Ji Family’s ancestor.
• Ji Qingyang ordered the formation activated, and black pillars drew Spiritual Energy from across Great Xia toward Xinjing City.
• Ji Qingyang revealed that the Federation had rebuilt the formation using the destroyed Profound Gold pillars, and torrents of Spiritual Energy descended toward Chu Sheng.
• Chu Sheng condemned Long Xiaoxiao for standing with Ji Qingyang, and Long Xiaoxiao flew out of the formation.
• Long Xiaoxiao grew into a towering figure that blotted out the sky and warned that they would regret their actions.

Long Xiaoxiao unleashed a towering divine form and attacked Chu Sheng, but Chu Sheng used the opening to break through during the battle. He reached Rank 9, then continued rising to Rank 9 (Dao Observation Realm), Level Six, leaving everyone stunned.

• Long Xiaoxiao transformed into a towering figure and brought a giant hand down on Chu Sheng, who remained still while activating his advancement.
• Chu Sheng’s radiance shattered the Demon Sealing Array’s dark canopy, and starlight poured down as his aura rose to Rank 9.
• Ji Qingyang and the Federation’s people reacted in disbelief, while Zhong Zhenjiang began weighing Chu Sheng’s secret against using his ancestor’s divine thought.
• Chu Sheng’s aura surged beyond Rank 9 and finally stopped at Rank 9 (Dao Observation Realm), Level Six.

Chu Sheng overwhelmed Long Xiaoxiao and broke the Demon Sealing Array while explaining that he would not give Great Xia another chance to change. Ji Qingyang realized Chu Sheng knew of another cycle, then saw Zhong Zhenjiang staring at the still-sealed Martial God Spear.

• Chu Sheng summoned Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss and split Long Xiaoxiao’s enormous body with one slash.
• The Demon Sealing Array sent millions of chains at Chu Sheng, but they shattered before touching him.
• Chu Sheng told Ji Qingyang that centuries more would not change Great Xia and that he would not waste another cycle.
• Ji Qingyang recognized the significance of Chu Sheng’s words and shouted a warning to Curator Zhong.
• Zhong Zhenjiang stared at the buzzing Martial God Spear and said he had not lifted its seal yet.

The Martial God Spear released a young, translucent figure that Zhong Zhenjiang believed was the Zhong Family ancestor, but the figure recognized Chu Sheng and merged into him. The chapter ended with the ancient presence settling into Chu Sheng, leaving the Zhong Family’s supposed path to restoration dependent on him.

• The Martial God Spear broke free and released a torrent of golden energy, forming a faint humanoid figure.
• Zhong Zhenjiang assumed the figure was his ancestor and knelt to welcome him, while the crowd realized the young man looked like Chu Sheng.
• Chu Sheng checked that Past Dreams remained in his system and noticed the phantom had no aura fluctuations.
• The young man confirmed he was in Central Prefecture, then rejected Zhong Zhenjiang’s request to help defeat Chu Sheng.
• The phantom turned toward Chu Sheng, told Zhong Zhenjiang to ask the supposed wicked fiend for help, and entered Chu Sheng’s body.

Chu Sheng learned that his former life had left behind memories in the Zhong Family’s Martial God Spear, hoping to use his remnant soul as an anchor to return and settle old debts. After revealing his connection to the Zhong Family’s ancestor, he spared Zhong Zhenjiang and promised to help the family become Central Prefecture’s foremost Noble Clan.

• Chu Sheng recalled that his former life had separated his memories from a remnant soul to avoid the Heavenly Dao and planned to return through an anchor.
• The Zhong Family’s ancestor’s memories merged into Chu Sheng, leaving Zhong Zhenjiang and the others stunned by their resemblance and the failed attack.
• Chu Sheng told Zhong Zhenjiang that he was the Zhong Family’s ancestor, and Ji Qingyang confirmed that the Martial God Spear had contained the ancestor’s memories.
• Zhong Zhenjiang begged for mercy, and Chu Sheng forgave him because the Zhong Family had once taken him in and supported his cultivation.
• Chu Sheng promised to help the Zhong Family become the foremost Noble Clan in Central Prefecture.

Lie Feng witnessed Chu Sheng break through to Stage Nine on Jining Star and reported it to his noble benefactor, fearing the Star Alliance would purge the planet if it learned the truth. The benefactor reacted with terror and ordered Lie Feng not to attack Chu Sheng, instead directing her to use Shang Hui and arrange for another expert.

• Lie Feng realized Chu Sheng's breakthrough could bring the Star Alliance's purification of Jining Star and decided to notify his noble benefactor.
• Lie Feng reported Chu Sheng's Stage Nine breakthrough through a Messaging Jade Slip, pledging the lives of his clan as proof.
• The noble benefactor erupted in alarm, ordering Lie Feng to kill Chu Sheng, then immediately forbidding him from doing so and telling him to use Shang Hui instead.
• The noble benefactor said she would send someone else and threatened to slaughter Lie Feng's clan if he acted without authorization.
• After the communication ended, Lie Feng dismissed the noble benefactor's fear and doubted Chu Sheng could overcome their four-minor-realm gap.

Lie Feng took the Winged Tribe to Xuanfeng Valley and forced the allied tribal leaders to kneel, declaring that Chu Sheng had reached Rank 9. As the Winged Tribe celebrated and taunted the other tribes, a young man’s voice rang out and called them “Birdmen.”

• Lie Feng learned that the other tribes had agreed to join the Winged Tribe in an attack on Great Xia, then decided to confront them in person over their past insults.
• Lie Feng allowed the Second Elder and the other Winged Tribe members to accompany him to Xuanfeng Valley.
• Lie Feng arrived at the alliance camp with golden-winged warriors, revealed his Rank 9 aura, and forced the tribal leaders to their knees.
• Lie Feng told Yu Lie that Chu Sheng had advanced to Rank 9 but said he would leave Chu Sheng for the noble one’s agent to kill.
• Lie Feng challenged the kneeling leaders to repeat their insult, and the Winged Tribe members taunted them until a young man shouted, “Birdmen!”

Chu Sheng confronted the Winged Tribe and forced Lie Feng, now far weaker than him, to kneel and admit wrongdoing. After collecting Justice Points from the tribes’ forced confessions, Chu Sheng resolved to exterminate the foreign races and avenge Great Xia.

• Chu Sheng ordered Lie Feng to kneel, and Lie Feng’s fear revealed that Chu Sheng had reached Peak Stage Nine.
• Lie Feng warned the Winged Tribe that Chu Sheng was far stronger, and the Grand Elder ordered the clansmen to kneel.
• Lie Feng and the other Winged Tribe members begged Chu Sheng for mercy and gained him five million Justice Points by admitting their mistakes.
• Chu Sheng asked Yu Yao to explain her wrongdoing, and she confessed to indulging her nephew Yu Feng after Chu Sheng had killed him.
• The other tribesmen joined Yu Yao in confessing, earning Chu Sheng another three million Justice Points.
• Chu Sheng decided that the foreign races had to be utterly exterminated to return justice to Great Xia.

Chu Sheng learned from Lie Feng that Jining Star was a low-grade colony and that the Ascension Realm was a legendary Stage Fifteen realm. After discovering that Past Dreams could summon a Stage Fifteen past life, Chu Sheng decided to give Lie Feng a quicker death.

• Lie Feng begged Chu Sheng to spare him and offered to help him rise beyond Jining Star.
• Lie Feng explained the Star Alliance's planetary ranks and said the Ascension Realm was a legendary Stage Fifteen realm no one had reached.
• Chu Sheng asked his system what realm Past Dreams referred to, and it confirmed Stage Fifteen.
• Chu Sheng realized Past Dreams was a powerful trump card and thanked Lie Feng for clearing up his confusion.
• Chu Sheng called Lie Feng “Arnold,” then announced that he would let him die a quicker death.

Chu Sheng confronted and overwhelmed Lie Feng after rejecting his threats and killing the people around him. Lie Feng released Shang Hui, an ancient exotic beast, hoping its Decay Aura would weaken Chu Sheng, but Chu Sheng merely remarked on its unusual appearance.

• Chu Sheng dismissed Lie Feng's threats about the Star Alliance and revealed that his own backer was in the Ascension Realm.
• Chu Sheng unleashed lightning that killed everyone nearby except Lie Feng, whose barrier barely protected him.
• Lie Feng flew into the sky to avoid fighting, but Chu Sheng caught him and battered him through the air.
• Lie Feng's hidden contingency released Shang Hui, and he expected the beast's Decay Aura to injure Chu Sheng permanently.
• Chu Sheng showed no concern and called Shang Hui distinctive.

Chu Sheng devoured Shang Hui, fused it as the foundation spirit for his Myriad Spirits Devouring God Body, and gained the Power of Decay. Lie Feng survived the beast’s destruction and vowed that an esteemed person would take revenge on Chu Sheng.

• Lie Feng watched Chu Sheng’s wound heal and was shocked that Decay Aura had failed to stop it.
• Lie Feng explained Shang Hui’s origins, its potential to reach the thirteenth tier, and his contract that supposedly tied its life to his.
• Chu Sheng rejected Lie Feng’s offer and devoured Shang Hui to fuse it with his Myriad Spirits Devouring God Body.
• The fusion raised Chu Sheng’s physical strength amplification to 100% and granted him the passive Power of Decay.
• Lie Feng realized Shang Hui was gone, cried out in grief, and cursed Chu Sheng while threatening him with the esteemed person’s vengeance.

After killing Lie Feng, Chu Sheng continued his campaign to eradicate the alien race. Two days later, Star Alliance inspector Murong Xi arrived at Jining Star to kill the cultivator who had broken through the Heavenly Dao Seal, and discovered he had already reached Peak Stage Nine.

• Chu Sheng killed Lie Feng after rejecting his pleas and learned he had eliminated 127 high-ranking alien members, including a Rank 9, Level Five alien.
• Chu Sheng flew toward the nearest alien tribe to continue exterminating the alien race.
• Murong Xi arrived above Jining Star aboard the Azure Nether Boat, tasked with investigating the Heavenly Dao Seal and killing the cultivator who had advanced to Rank 9.
• Murong Xi's assistant explained that Jining Star supplied Demonic Beast materials to the Star Alliance.
• Murong Xi sensed Chu Sheng's Peak Stage Nine cultivation but remained confident that her Myriad Manifestation Realm strength would let her defeat him.

Murong Xi descended to confront Chu Sheng, but her lightning attacks failed against his immunity, and he survived her other elemental assaults. The chapter ended with Chu Sheng challenging her to a fight to the death.

• Murong Xi left her spirit boat and confronted Chu Sheng, calling him a crude country lout.
• Chu Sheng insulted Murong Xi, who unleashed a sea of lightning that left him unharmed.
• Murong Xi attacked with a massive lightning blade, but Chu Sheng charged through it toward her.
• Murong Xi switched to wind and fire, but Chu Sheng walked unharmed out of the flames.
• Chu Sheng challenged Murong Xi to free fighting, declaring that whoever lost would die.

Chu Sheng fought Murong Xi, revealing that his blade and unusual abilities could overwhelm her despite her strength and high realm. After Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss wounded her and stopped her healing, Murong Xi admitted defeat.

• Murong Xi realized Chu Sheng was immune to energy-based attacks and tried to overpower him in close combat, but he matched her strength.
• Murong Xi brought out her Crimson Thunder spear as Chu Sheng drew Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss, whose power greatly increased his fighting strength.
• Chu Sheng repeatedly struck Murong Xi's spear, damaging it, until she put it away and tried to seize his blade with her bare hand.
• Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss flew from Chu Sheng's grasp and attacked Murong Xi while he restrained her arms, leaving a wound that would not heal.
• Murong Xi felt an icy chill spreading from her wound and admitted defeat.