Chapter Summaries

Chu Sheng killed Murong Xi despite her surrender and threats, then opened his Justice Gift Pack and gained new system abilities. He considered how Divine Firmament Court could let him detain and judge enemies before beating confessions out of them.

• Murong Xi warned Chu Sheng that her ties to Shocking Thunder Pavilion and the Star Alliance would bring retaliation, but he ignored her threats and offers of treasure.
• Chu Sheng wounded Murong Xi with the Myriad Soldier Devouring Abyss, then struck her with Heavenly Descent of Justice and killed her.
• The system awarded Chu Sheng 30,000,000 Justice Points and unlocked the LV7 Justice Gift Pack; his unopened Heavenly Dao Gift Pack evolved Pure Blade Heart and granted Mind Blade Counter-Defense.
• Chu Sheng opened the LV7 Justice Gift Pack and gained Cultivation Technique Deduction, which could improve techniques up to Saint Grade, and the Divine Ability Divine Firmament Court.
• After learning that outsiders could not interfere with the Dharma Realm, Chu Sheng decided he could beat detained criminals until they confessed and then kill them.

After Murong Xi died on Jining Star, the Star Alliance sealed the planet beneath a dark crimson restriction. Chu Sheng determined the barrier posed no immediate threat and left Cheng Ye responsible for Great Xia while he prepared to deal with the Star Alliance.

• Murong Xi's deputy fled Jining Star after sensing her death at the hands of a Rank 9 martial artist.
• Great Xia's media praised Chu Sheng and proposed making him emperor, but Chu Sheng destroyed the Great Xia Evening News building after reading the proposal.
• A dark crimson membrane spread across the sky and sealed Jining Star, prompting Chu Sheng to test the barrier and conclude the Star Alliance had erected a large-scale restriction.
• Chu Sheng returned to Cheng Ye and said the restriction posed no immediate danger, promising to destroy the Star Alliance before it could attack Jining Star.
• Chu Sheng told Cheng Ye to watch Xuanhan Prefecture, eliminate any returning threats including Gu Daoquan, and take charge of Great Xia after he left.

Chu Sheng warned Gu Daoquan that Xuanhan Prefecture’s Noble Clans would face collective punishment if they secretly regrouped, then visited Gao Qiang to say goodbye before leaving. As he headed toward Dragon Martial Academy, he learned that his martial skills did not qualify him to apply as an outstanding student.

• Chu Sheng told Gu Daoquan that disbanded Noble Clans must not reunite and threatened collective punishment for any family that helped them gather again.
• Chu Sheng visited Gao Qiang, said he was leaving, and reminded him to honor the promise they had made.
• Gao Qiang watched Chu Sheng depart and murmured that the Young Master must be lonely.
• Chu Sheng considered the delayed start of classes at Dragon Martial Academy and discovered he did not meet the requirements to apply as an outstanding student.

At Dragon Martial Academy’s sparse freshman orientation, Zhang Tao praised Martial God Chu before the Freshman Martial Tournament began. Zhang Tao’s first opponent was announced as Chu Sheng, and Chu Sheng arrived dramatically on the arena, asking whether his opponent was also named Zhang Tao.

• The academy’s new leadership held orientation with far fewer freshmen after the Noble Clans’ upheaval had killed most students and leaders.
• Freshman representative Zhang Tao urged his classmates to remember Martial God Chu’s role in overturning the Noble Clans and securing them better cultivation resources.
• The vice principal announced the Freshman Martial Tournament, while Instructor Liu declared that the champion must become her disciple.
• The tournament draw paired Zhang Tao with Chu Sheng, and both freshmen and academy staff initially suspected the name referred to someone else with the same name.
• When Chu Sheng failed to appear, he descended in a burst of golden light onto Zhang Tao’s platform and asked whether Zhang Tao’s name was also Zhang Tao.

After winning the Freshman Martial Tournament, Chu Sheng left Jining Star through a World Breaking Talisman, promising to return with a way to free it from the dark-red barrier. On Qingmang Star, the Kuishui Sect and Yongfeng City accused the Zheng Lineage of hiding an Outer Realm Sky Demon and used the claim to enter its secret realm.

• Chu Sheng departed Jining Star through a starry passage, leaving Dragon Martial Academy’s people to discuss his promised return.
• The people at the tournament recalled Chu Sheng’s admission that he could not remove the barrier around Jining Star, but said there would be a solution when he returned.
• Li Miao and the Kuishui Sect joined forces with Yongfeng City to accuse the Zheng Lineage of harboring an Outer Realm Sky Demon and demanded to search the Huangfeng Secret Realm.
• Zheng Dewen agreed to let the group search the secret realm on the condition that Zheng Lineage members accompanied them.
• After three hours passed without anyone returning from the secret realm, Zheng Dewen began to suspect the accusation might be true, while Li Miao and the others privately regarded it as a pretext to seize the realm.

Chu Sheng arrived in a secret realm on Qingmang Star and encountered a group hunting an alleged Outer Realm Sky Demon. After the woman in blue accused him of being one, Chu Sheng admitted it and challenged them over their disrespect, claiming that he was Rank 9.

• Chu Sheng discovered that he had arrived in a secret realm surrounded by dense white mist.
• Chu Sheng found the Zheng siblings wounded and surrounded by a group led by a woman in blue.
• The woman in blue accused Chu Sheng of being the Outer Realm Sky Demon and the group used the accusation to target the Zheng Lineage.
• Chu Sheng admitted that he was the Outer Realm Sky Demon and asked why the group dared to disrespect him if he was Rank 9.
• As the woman in blue mocked his claim, an overwhelming force seized her neck and hurled her into the air.

Chu Sheng killed Li Wei and her followers after they attacked him, then learned that they had used the Outer Realm Sky Demon accusation to target the Zheng family. He asked Zheng Ze about Qingmang Star and was left hearing about its major martial powers.

• Chu Sheng beheaded Li Wei, killed a man who called him Demon King, and slew the rest of her group when they begged for mercy without kneeling.
• Zheng Ze pulled Zheng Yuan down to kneel and thanked Chu Sheng for saving them.
• Zheng Ze explained that Li Wei's group had used Chu Sheng as a pretext to destroy the Zheng family and frame them for harboring an Outer Realm Sky Demon.
• Chu Sheng questioned whether the Zheng family was a Noble Clan, then told Zheng Ze and Zheng Yuan to stand and asked about their planet.
• Zheng Ze described Qingmang Star's Three Sects, Seven Prefectures, and Eleven Cities, while he and Zheng Yuan watched for Chu Sheng's reaction.

Chu Sheng followed Zheng Ze and Zheng Yuan toward the secret-realm exit, hoping to find a way to advance his cultivation. When Zheng Yue challenged him and demanded proof of his strength, Chu Sheng cut off his arm and killed him, then questioned whether the Zheng Lineage was truly ordinary.

• Chu Sheng asked Zheng Ze to guide him out of the secret realm, and the Zheng siblings led him along the route.
• Zheng Yuan spotted her third brother, Zheng Yue, and reunited with him alongside Zheng Ze and Chu Sheng.
• Zheng Yue doubted Chu Sheng had saved the siblings and demanded proof that he was Rank 9, despite Zheng Yuan's warning.
• Chu Sheng severed Zheng Yue's arm and mocked his habit of rubbing his nose, prompting Zheng Yue to fearfully thank him.
• Chu Sheng asked Zheng Yue for help, then killed him and confirmed that no red orb appeared, before asking the siblings whether Zheng Yue was really from their lineage.

Li Miao and Zheng Hong accused Zheng Degong of harboring an Outer Realm Sky Demon, claiming the demon had self-destructed after fighting them in the Huangfeng Secret Realm. Zheng Yuan and Zheng Ze then emerged alive with an unfamiliar crimson-gold-eyed youth, and Zheng Hong attacked him to reinforce his accusation.

• Zheng Degong challenged Li Miao over the absence of news from the secret realm, and Li Miao twisted his words into an admission that the Zheng family harbored a Sky Demon.
• Elder Sun and Zheng Hong emerged wounded and claimed they had fought an Outer Realm Sky Demon that self-destructed.
• Zheng Hong accused Zheng Degong of hiding the demon and blamed him for the supposed deaths of Ah Ze and Yuanyuan.
• Zheng Degong realized Zheng Hong had colluded with outsiders and began to confront him, but another group emerged from the secret realm.
• Zheng Yuan and Zheng Ze returned alive with an unfamiliar youth, stunning Zheng Degong, Zheng Hong, and Li Miao.
• Zheng Hong called the youth an Outer Realm Sky Demon and charged at him with Stage Eight Level Five pressure.

Chu Sheng revealed his Peak Stage Nine strength, killed Zheng Hong, and rejected attempts by Yongfeng City’s Zhang Xinqiu to use Star Alliance rules and powerful connections against him. When a woman threatened to report him, Chu Sheng chose to kill everyone who knew his identity.

• Chu Sheng unleashed his Rank 9 pressure and erased Zheng Hong with a pillar of golden light.
• Zheng Dewen thanked Chu Sheng for saving Zheng Ze and his sister, while the crowd knelt before him.
• Zhang Xinqiu questioned Chu Sheng about his origins and Star-Leaping Permit, then invited him to Yongfeng City and warned him about the Star Alliance.
• Chu Sheng accused Zhang Xinqiu of threatening him and killed him after Zhang invoked the Guangning Prefecture Lord.
• A woman threatened to report Chu Sheng or be killed, and Chu Sheng said he chose to kill everyone who knew his identity.

Chu Sheng killed the people who had tried to attack the Zheng family, then accepted Zheng Degong’s offer of lodging in exchange for help finding a Myriad Manifestation Realm cultivation method. Zheng Degong revealed that Qingmang Star had no such methods.

• Chu Sheng slaughtered the people who had threatened him, including an elderly man who tried to speak, then spared those who remained.
• When the survivors claimed Li Miao had deceived them into targeting the Zheng family, Chu Sheng recognized their lies and killed them all.
• Chu Sheng gained ten million Justice Points and decided to strengthen his stats to prepare for powerful experts on Qingmang Star.
• Zheng Degong thanked Chu Sheng and offered him a residence and cultivation resources in return for saving the Zheng family.
• Chu Sheng asked Zheng Degong to find him a Myriad Manifestation Realm cultivation method, and Zheng Degong said Qingmang Star had none.

Chu Sheng learned that Qingmang Star’s Ancient Secret Realm would open in less than a month and decided to go to Yongfeng City to claim an entry place. Zheng Yuan offered to guide him there by Flying Boat, though Chu Sheng had arrived without a Spirit Boat of his own.

• Zheng Degong explained that Qingmang Star held an entrance to a shattered Ancient Secret Realm, where only warriors below the Myriad Manifestations Realm could enter and most seekers died.
• Zheng Degong told Chu Sheng that the secret realm would reopen in less than a month and that its limited places could be contested through the eleven cities.
• Chu Sheng decided to go to Yongfeng City, whose lord was the Guangning Prefecture prefect’s nephew, and ordered Zheng Degong to find him a guide.
• After the Zheng family members hesitated, Zheng Ze volunteered, but Zheng Degong chose Zheng Yuan because she was a better pilot.
• Zheng Yuan offered to pilot Chu Sheng’s Spirit Boat, then learned he had none; she proposed taking the Zheng family’s Flying Boat to Yongfeng City by the next day.

Chu Sheng learned that Qingmang Star was controlled by the Three Sects, Seven Prefectures, and Eleven Cities, and decided to bring justice to them, beginning with Guangning Prefecture. In Yongfeng City, City Lord Zhou Tong responded to Zhang Xinqiu’s death by ordering his three powerful allies to target the Zheng Family and capture the person who had ruined his plans.

• Zheng Yuan explained that her family’s spirit boat needed a day to reach Yongfeng City, and Chu Sheng was struck by the vastness of Qingmang Star.
• Chu Sheng concluded that the Three Sects, Seven Prefectures, and Eleven Cities oppressed others and resolved to destroy them, starting with Guangning Prefecture.
• Zhou Tong learned that Zhang Xinqiu’s life token had shattered and angrily confronted the three ninth-rank experts protecting Yongfeng City.
• True Lord Spirit God suggested blaming the Zheng Family and Kuishui Sect for Zhang Xinqiu’s death to give Zhou Tong a pretext to act.
• True Lord Miaofa offered to take her disciples to investigate personally, and Zhou Tong ordered her to capture the person responsible alive.

Chu Sheng learned about Qingmang Star’s three great sects and Jingkong Zen Monastery’s wealth, currency, and treasures while traveling with Zheng Yuan. A Qi Family vessel then approached, carrying Mingjing, who offered Chu Sheng a Zen Heart Lotus petal after suggesting they discuss Buddhist doctrine.

• Zheng Yuan told Chu Sheng that Green Wood Valley’s thousand-year guardian beast might be an ancient exotic beast, giving him another reason to visit the sect.
• Zheng Yuan explained that Jingkong Zen Monastery issued the widely used Buddha Affinity Tokens and described its Zen Heart Lotus, sariras, and Bodhi Spirit Pearls.
• Chu Sheng asked whether sky bandits operated on the route, and Zheng Yuan said it was usually peaceful.
• A Qi Family spirit vessel drew alongside, and Zheng Yuan recognized her friend aboard it.
• Mingjing introduced himself as a Jingkong Zen Monastery disciple and invited Chu Sheng to discuss Buddhist doctrine, offering him a Zen Heart Lotus petal for his supposed baleful aura.

Chu Sheng struck Ming Jing for insulting Jingkong Zen Monastery and overwhelmed the monk with a single punch, leaving him alive but badly injured. As Heavenly Lord Miaofa arrived aboard her Four Symbols Spirit Boat, Chu Sheng welcomed the chance to confront her.

• Ming Jing confronted Chu Sheng for repeatedly disrespecting Jingkong Zen Monastery, but Chu Sheng dismissed his warning and stepped forward to fight.
• Chu Sheng unleashed a powerful punch that shattered Ming Jing's protective Zen light and sent him flying onto a distant mountain, while the spirit boat shook from the impact.
• Qi Qingyao asked Zheng Yuan who Chu Sheng was, and Zheng Yuan said only that he was a benefactor of the Zheng Family.
• Qi Qingyao wondered whether Chu Sheng came from outside Qingmang Star, but Zheng Yuan was interrupted by an approaching spirit boat.
• Zheng Yuan recognized the vessel as Heavenly Lord Miaofa's Four Symbols Spirit Boat, and Chu Sheng said it had arrived at the right time.
• Heavenly Lord Miaofa announced her arrival and ordered ordinary spirit boats and unrelated people to withdraw.

Heavenly Lord Miaofa approached Chu Sheng to apologize after her disciples offended him, but he rejected her gift and struck Lin Rui when she tried to charm him. The confrontation ended with Miaofa and her disciples facing Chu Sheng’s anger.

• Heavenly Lord Miaofa stopped her spirit vessel and went to apologize to Chu Sheng after realizing he was a formidable senior.
• Miaofa recognized the Zheng Family vessel and realized Chu Sheng was heading toward Yongfeng City after killing Zhang Xinqiu and the others.
• Miaofa offered Chu Sheng a Profound Origin Spirit Calming Pill, but he rejected it as useless.
• Lin Rui tried to soften Chu Sheng with a coquettish voice and asked what gift he wanted.
• Chu Sheng appeared before Lin Rui and slapped her, telling her to stop putting on a cutesy voice.

Chu Sheng killed Lin Rui and confronted Heavenly Lord Miaofa over her role in Zhou Tong’s actions. He summoned her into the Iron Man Solo Arena, where he overpowered her and rejected her plea for mercy.

• Chu Sheng slapped Lin Rui off the spirit vessel, killing her, and Heavenly Lord Miaofa realized he was a Peak Dao Observation Realm expert.
• Heavenly Lord Miaofa thanked Chu Sheng for killing Lin Rui, but he accused her of helping Zhou Tong and dismissed her defense that she had followed Qingmang Star’s rules.
• Chu Sheng used Iron Man Solo Arena to transport Heavenly Lord Miaofa to the Law Realm, where he demanded that she admit her guilt.
• Heavenly Lord Miaofa denied responsibility and attacked Chu Sheng with the Myriad Spirits Cloud Sea Technique, but her spirit dragons and cloud sea collapsed without harming him.
• Heavenly Lord Miaofa knelt and confessed her guilt, but Chu Sheng accepted the confession and refused to give her a chance to turn over a new leaf.

Chu Sheng defeated True Lord Miaofa, looted her belongings, and took her Four Symbols Spirit Boat as compensation for the Qi Family. After eating a ninth-rank pill that had no effect on his body, he received a new system notification for Myriad Forms Foundation Augmentation.

• Chu Sheng received eight million Justice Points for True Lord Miaofa’s surrender and death, then left the collapsing Divine Firmament Court with her Storage Ring.
• Chu Sheng reappeared on the Qi Family’s damaged spirit boat after about ten breaths had passed outside the domain.
• Chu Sheng offered Qi Qingyao a spirit boat as compensation and claimed True Lord Miaofa’s Four Symbols Spirit Boat after killing the disciples aboard it.
• Chu Sheng examined True Lord Miaofa’s spirit crystals and reflected that unequal access to resources kept most people from developing their talent.
• Chu Sheng ate a ninth-rank Nine Heavens Burning Origin Pill, learned its effects were all zero for him, and received a new Myriad Forms Foundation Augmentation notification.

Chu Sheng discovered that fire-element treasures could advance his Myriad Forms foundation, then traveled toward Yongfeng City aboard True Lord Miaofa’s spirit vessel. After waking, Ming Jing realized Chu Sheng might anger Jingkong Zen Monastery’s elders and urgently tried to warn his fellow disciples to leave the city.

• Chu Sheng learned that the Burning Origin Myriad Forms Embryo would strengthen his foundation for the Myriad Manifestation Realm and that fire-element treasures could advance its activation.
• Chu Sheng emptied True Lord Miaofa’s Storage Ring, found little useful among its contents, and noted the Nine Heavens Burning Origin Pill as an unexpected gain.
• Ming Jing woke aboard the Zheng Family’s spirit vessel and asked Qi Qingyao about Chu Sheng, then learned that Chu Sheng was also headed to Yongfeng City.
• Ming Jing feared Chu Sheng would provoke Senior Brother Mingwu and the monastery’s elders, so he asked Qi Qingyao to warn Mingwu and the other disciples to leave Yongfeng City.
• Qi Qingyao told Ming Jing that Chu Sheng had given her the Zheng Family’s spirit vessel as compensation and had boarded True Lord Miaofa’s Four Symbols Spirit Vessel toward the city.

Mingwu seized a box of privately minted Buddha's Affinity Coins from Treasure Pavilion, then learned that Chu Sheng had severely injured Mingjing and was heading to Yongfeng City. After reporting the news to Elder Huikong, he heard Huikong plan to hide until Chu Sheng arrived and then capture him by surprise.

• Mingwu threatened Treasure Pavilion's shopkeeper into surrendering its counterfeit Buddha's Affinity Coins, then secretly kept the coins for cultivation because their spiritual power was purer than that of genuine coins.
• Mingwu read Mingjing's message about being severely injured and sent back that Elder Huikong would seek justice for him.
• Mingwu bought healing pills for Mingjing at the Rejuvenation Pill Shop and then hurried to the City Lord's Mansion.
• Mingwu told Elder Huikong and Zhou Tong that a Ninth Tier Peak Evil Cultivator had injured Mingjing and was heading toward Yongfeng City.
• Elder Huikong agreed to conceal himself and capture Chu Sheng by surprise when he arrived.