Chapter Summaries

Gu Qingshan received a valuable language manual from the High Tower Guardians after proving he had saved one of their scholars. He joined the tower’s passengers as the Association prepared to destroy the world and set sail.

• The old man examined Gu Qingshan’s metal seal, confirmed it was a genuine High Tower Guardians badge, and verified Gu Qingshan’s account of saving a scholar’s soul.
• The old man offered Gu Qingshan one of three books as a reward, and Gu Qingshan chose the blue Ten Thousand Realms Language Comprehension Manual.
• Gu Qingshan learned that the manual could teach him billions of languages and that it was valuable enough to buy an entire world layer.
• The old man led Gu Qingshan to the tower’s summit, where three passengers were waiting to depart.
• The young man threw a grenade into the sea and reported that the world would be destroyed in a hundred breaths.
• The old man welcomed Gu Qingshan as an honored guest and told him he could enjoy every privilege aboard the ship.

Gu Qingshan boarded a ship with a Divine Scion, a Red-Crested Rooster, and a submachine gun, using the Ten Thousand Worlds Language Comprehension Manual to understand and speak their languages. As the ship entered the Void Turbulence, the passengers paid their fares, and the old man turned to Gu Qingshan for his payment.

• The Red-Crested Rooster and the submachine gun discussed eating Cosmic Monsters and gods while Gu Qingshan learned their language with the blue manual.
• Gu Qingshan greeted the two in different languages and gave his name, impressing them with his fluent pronunciation.
• The ship arrived, and Gu Qingshan and the three other passengers boarded before it flew away from the collapsing world and entered the Void Turbulence.
• The Red-Crested Rooster paid with a jeweled box, and the submachine gun paid with a bullet before requesting High Tower liquor.
• The Black-Robed Divine Scion reluctantly added a second pouch after the old man said his first payment was insufficient, then Gu Qingshan's turn to pay arrived.

Gu Qingshan traveled aboard the High Tower Guardians’ ship, where he received a Fate Mission to find a way to stay at the Righteous Iron Fist Club. Before entering the Super-Dimensional World, he asked the old man about Crippled Barry and heard how Barry once lost his weapon before a battle.

• The old man waived Gu Qingshan’s ship fare because he was a friend of the High Tower Guardians.
• The old man assigned the black-robed Divine Scion to Purgatory Mire, the machine gun to White Elephant Mountain Range, and Big Rooster to Abluxi.
• Big Rooster praised Gu Qingshan’s taste and gave him a slip of paper with a friend’s daughter’s contact information.
• The old man told Gu Qingshan he would have one hour in the Super-Dimensional World, and the War God Operating Interface gave Gu Qingshan a Fate Mission to remain at the Righteous Iron Fist Club.
• Gu Qingshan asked the old man about Crippled Barry, who had thrown his weapon onto a concert stage and later realized it was missing on the brink of battle.

Gu Qingshan used the High Tower Guardian Association’s environment-retrieval service to recreate his cramped childhood home in the Federation slums, where he revisited old memories over liquor and barbecue with Mountain Girl. After reflecting on recent events and the worlds beyond his prior understanding, he fell asleep while Mountain Girl stood guard.

• Gu Qingshan chose the Federation slums as the environment he felt most comfortable in, and the room transformed into a copy of his old home.
• Gu Qingshan found the cheap liquor and barbecue tools he had hidden in his youth, then cooked a meal for himself and Mountain Girl.
• Mountain Girl asked whether Gu Qingshan would open a restaurant if the fighting ended, and he said he would always seek to grow stronger.
• Gu Qingshan reflected on the Suspended World, the human heart, and the Super-Dimensional World before falling asleep.
• Mountain Girl transformed into a long sword and kept watch over Gu Qingshan.

After recovering during the journey, Gu Qingshan traveled toward the Righteous Iron Fist Club and learned more about Barry from the High Tower Guardian. The ship repeatedly passed worlds containing the same golden statue, and Gu Qingshan finally saw that it depicted a Human Race man.

• Gu Qingshan woke after a day and a night of sleep, shared spirit food with Mountain Girl, and prepared soup as they continued their journey.
• A voice told Gu Qingshan and Mountain Girl that they would reach the Righteous Iron Fist Club in five days, and Gu Qingshan worried about the passage of time in their world.
• Five days later, the old man told Gu Qingshan that the other passengers had disembarked and described Barry as a man who had once spent two hundred years trying to reform a Demon God, which eventually killed itself.
• As the ship crossed successive worlds, Gu Qingshan repeatedly saw a gigantic golden statue and realized it depicted a man from the Human Race.

Gu Qingshan learned why Crippled Barry’s statue showed him in his underwear before arriving at Barry’s club. In the real world, the leaders agreed to hold cultivators accountable for evil deeds, and Su Xue'er chose to take charge because Gu Qingshan was absent.

• The old man explained to Gu Qingshan that Barry’s statue showed him in his underwear because Barry had once left a casino to save a world without time to retrieve his pants.
• At the mountain villa, Zhang Yinghao, Queen Valona, Zhang Zongyang, Liao Xing, the Justice Judgment Machine, and the Forgetfulness River Soul Separation Hook agreed that cultivators who committed evil should face legal consequences.
• Su Xue'er ignored the meeting and asked White Bird to retell how Gu Qingshan had saved it.
• Ye Feili arrived after killing a Foundation Establishment mass murderer and said he supported punishing evil cultivators.
• Ye Feili told Su Xue'er that, as Gu Qingshan’s woman, she should make decisions in his absence, and she agreed to take responsibility for his affairs.

Su Xue'er agreed to help preserve order in the world for Gu Qingshan, then learned that the Nine Prefectures had formed a Cultivation Grand Alliance and claimed authority over all nations. She summoned a monstrous servant, which offered to call its legion and slaughter every living creature.

• Ye Feili explained how cultivation and the arrival of Yellow Springs weapons had destabilized the world, and Su Xue'er examined the spirit girl’s past before agreeing to help.
• Su Xue'er recognized the discussions’ results as House Lord of the Nine Houses and called for evildoers to be bound by law.
• A broadcast announced that the Nine Prefectures would collect Yellow Springs weapons and establish a Cultivation Grand Alliance, prompting Su Xue'er to switch off her Light Brain.
• Su Xue'er gave Ye Feili a glowing card and left to protect the world, while Zhang Yinghao, Ye Feili, and others followed her.
• Su Xue'er summoned an armored, winged monster, which knelt and offered to call its legion to slaughter the world’s inhabitants.

Su Xue'er flew to the Federation capital after sensing that someone had manipulated her parents, while Ye Feili received a Soul Power Converter and the group learned that several Six Paths realms were preparing to move against their world. The chapter left Su Xue'er confronting the Nine Prefectures after exposing black worms inside her parents.

• Su Xue'er left for the Federation capital, and Ye Feili discovered that his kills would now grant him pure Soul Power.
• An Asura Messenger warned Zhang Yinghao and the others that the Heaven Realm, Evil Ghost Realm, and Beast King Realm were coveting their world, then offered to merge it into the Asura Realm for protection.
• Su Xue'er arrived at a Nine Prefectures banquet and challenged her parents for representing the Su Residence without her.
• Su Xue'er took her parents' hands, revealed black worms inside their ears, and destroyed the creatures as white light gathered around her.

Su Xue'er healed her parents, then uncovered that the eight prefect lords had conspired with them to seize control of the Su Family and force her into marriage. After learning her parents still wanted her Star Radiance Cloak, she was left reeling from their betrayal.

• Su Xue'er used Bloodline Offering to heal Su Wensheng and Madam Su and asked who had harmed them.
• The eight prefectures' guards attacked Su Xue'er, but she killed them and captured their souls to reveal their memories.
• Su Xue'er watched the Crystal Ball expose how the eight prefect lords had plotted to manipulate her parents and take control of the Su Family.
• Su Xue'er confronted her parents, who claimed they had acted for her own good and asked her to hand over the Star Radiance Cloak.
• Su Xue'er wiped away her tears as she struggled with the loss of the last treasure she cherished.

Su Xue'er rejected her parents and the Nine Prefectures' Cultivation Grand Alliance, then destroyed the leaders and gathered cultivators who threatened her. She left the surviving Su Shengwen and Madam Su behind and hurried back to Mist Island after learning her mentor was returning.

• Su Xue'er offered Su Shengwen the Star Radiance Cloak in exchange for being allowed to leave the Su Residence, but he took the cloak and insisted she was still his daughter.
• Su Xue'er demanded that the eight Prefecture Lords abandon the Cultivation Grand Alliance, then summoned a colossal monster when they dismissed her authority.
• The monster killed a Golden Core cultivator, and Su Xue'er used her staff to slaughter the eight Prefecture Lords and the others in the courtyard.
• Su Xue'er captured the victims' souls, fused them into a tormenting box, and departed with the monster, leaving Su Shengwen and Madam Su alive.
• Su Shengwen and Madam Su celebrated and hurried away to claim power for the Su Residence, while Su Xue'er received a warning that her mentor was returning to Mist Island and vanished in a beam of light.

After Su Xue'er left the slaughtered Yellow House estate, Death Barrier Ghost Eater hunted the survivors and witnessed Madam Su’s suicide. At the Arctic Circle, the Nine Houses Guardian was killed after warning that the World's Tomb might be hidden in the Ephemeral World, while Temple Star Fortress received an order to release its restraints and protect Su Xue'er.

• Death Barrier Ghost Eater emerged in Yellow House’s courtyard and followed bright red footprints to Su Shengwen and Madam Su.
• Su Shengwen shoved Madam Su toward Death Barrier Ghost Eater and fled, but the creature caught him and brought him back to her.
• Madam Su refused to kill Su Shengwen, remembered her daughter Xue Er, and shot herself; Death Barrier Ghost Eater then began eating Su Shengwen alive.
• At the Arctic Circle, the Nine Houses Guardian was killed after she called the Ephemeral World an insignificant corner of the outer universe and learned that the World's Tomb might be hidden there.
• Before dying, the Nine Houses Guardian authorized the removal of all restraints and urged someone to take care of Su Xue'er.
• Temple Star Fortress received a highest-authority final testament ordering it to release restraints and protect Su Xue'er.

Goddess of Justice freed herself from restraints, recognized that the Gods and Demons Allied Forces had begun their invasion, and selected Zhang Yinghao to command the war. On Mist Island, Su Xue'er learned about the Thorn Bird's call and agreed to answer it, determined to protect Gu Qingshan.

• Goddess of Justice released all restraints, transferred command authority to Su Xue'er and Gu Qingshan, and identified the descending forces as the Gods and Demons Allied Forces.
• Goddess of Justice failed to contact Gu Qingshan, Su Xue'er, and Anna, then chose Zhang Yinghao as the new World War commander.
• A young woman apologized to Su Xue'er and secretly gave her a glass orb before Su Xue'er returned to the Discipline Hall.
• The Blood Sea Demon Lord tested Su Xue'er's knowledge of the world layers and showed her a newspaper announcing the Thorn Bird's call.
• Su Xue'er recalled the fate awaiting Gu Qingshan and agreed to answer the Thorn Bird's call.

Su Xue'er learned that Mist Island's leaders planned to kill her and decided to prepare to escape through Thorn Bird's Call. Meanwhile, Gu Qingshan arrived at the Righteous Iron Fist Club, where he had one hour to find a way to stay and complete his Fate Mission.

• Su Xue'er identified the glass bead as a Cracked Demon Orb and heard the Dean and other leaders discuss killing her before she grew stronger.
• Su Xue'er realized she could not warn Blood Sea Demon Lord and chose Thorn Bird's Call as her chance to escape.
• Gu Qingshan arrived at the Righteous Iron Fist Club after traveling across more than two hundred and eighty million layers of worlds.
• Gu Qingshan's countdown began, giving him one hour to find a way to remain and complete his Fate Mission.
• Gu Qingshan met the cat-eared girl guarding the club as the day's matches ended.

Gu Qingshan delivered Xiao Die’s Fairy Glistening Flower to Crippled Barry, easing the curse on his leg and letting him break through dimensions. Xiao Die contacted Barry and Xiao Miao through her scroll magic, while Gu Qingshan agreed to keep her post-birth appearance a secret.

• Gu Qingshan watched the Righteous Iron Fist Club’s fighters leave through holes in the void, then met Crippled Barry and Xiao Miao.
• Gu Qingshan gave Barry the Glistening Flower from Xiao Die, and its fairy magic began to fade the curse on Barry’s leg.
• Barry punched open the void and revealed images of countless worlds, while Xiao Miao recognized several of them.
• Barry and Xiao Miao spoke with Xiao Die through her scroll magic, and Xiao Die thanked Barry for saving her life.
• Xiao Die told Gu Qingshan privately not to reveal that she had recently given birth, and he agreed.

Gu Qingshan helped Xiao Die reunite with Barry while keeping secret that she had become a demon. After Xiao Die vanished, Gu Qingshan gained a mysterious connection, and only seven minutes remained for him to complete the Fate Mission.

• Gu Qingshan offered Barry wine on Xiao Die's behalf, easing her nerves and helping the three of them celebrate their reunion.
• As the spell faded, Xiao Die thanked Gu Qingshan, gave him a scroll, and explained telepathically that she had hidden her transformation from Barry to spare him sorrow.
• Gu Qingshan told Xiao Die that her gratitude proved her heart was unchanged, and she gave him a mysterious connection before vanishing.
• Barry and Xiao Miao reminisced about rescuing Xiao Die as a child, unaware of what she had endured.
• Gu Qingshan saw that only seven minutes remained on the War God Operating Interface and raised another cup with Barry and Xiao Miao.

Gu Qingshan shared drinks and Spiritual Food with Barry and Xiao Miao, who tried to persuade him to stay at the Righteous Iron Fist Club. He received permission to stay in the Super-Dimensional World and completed his Fate Mission, earning a secret reward.

• Gu Qingshan introduced himself as a bartender and impressed Barry and Xiao Miao with his cocktails.
• Gu Qingshan served the siblings Qin Xiaolou's Spiritual Food, which they quickly devoured before calling it barely passable.
• Xiao Miao explained that Barry's worsening leg injury and dangerous enemies kept the siblings from leaving, while Barry said the Fairy Glistening Flower would help him recover.
• Barry and Xiao Miao decided to invite Gu Qingshan to stay for a day so they could enjoy more of his food and wine.
• Barry called after Gu Qingshan as time ran out, and the War God Operating Interface granted him permission to stay in the Super-Dimensional World and announced his Fate Mission reward: a secret.

Gu Qingshan gained permission to stay at the Righteous Iron Fist Club for a day and cooked a feast for Barry and Xiao Miao. As they ate, Xiao Miao detected a notorious Purgatory Devil approaching, and Barry went to fight it inside the club.

• Xiao Miao used the club’s beacon to let Gu Qingshan stay for a day after the world began ejecting him.
• Gu Qingshan spent 200 Soul Power to master the Hundred Flowers Sect Spiritual Food Modulation Compendium, then prepared a lavish meal for Barry and Xiao Miao.
• Barry and Xiao Miao told Gu Qingshan they had been hungry for weeks and eagerly devoured his food and drinks.
• Xiao Miao sensed the Destroyer, a powerful Purgatory Devil, approaching the world layers connected to the club and recorded its abilities in her notebook.
• Barry entered the club to confront the devil, while Xiao Miao assured Gu Qingshan that she could move it three hundred million world layers away if the fight went badly.

Gu Qingshan learned how strength was judged in the Nine Billion Layer World and discovered he could unlock a new God of War function by accepting the Thorn Bird's Call. He decided to stay in the Super-Dimensional World and seek that opportunity to become stronger.

• Xiao Miao explained that strength was difficult to rank because abilities countered one another, and said that true power was measured by the freedom to shatter the void and reveal other worlds.
• Xiao Miao told Gu Qingshan he could stay at the club for only one day before creditors might mistake him for one of its members and force him to work off its debts.
• Gu Qingshan chose to hear a secret about becoming stronger rather than one about his original world.
• The God of War System described the Thorn Bird's Call, an invitation for young people to help a Strange Zone creature in exchange for its collected treasures.
• Gu Qingshan learned that accepting the Thorn Bird's Call while staying in the Super-Dimensional World would activate a new God of War function.

Gu Qingshan learned he needed an identity recognized by a world in the Nine Billion World Layers before he could answer Thorn Bird's Call, and realized the Righteous Iron Fist Club might be his easiest route. After he killed the Destroyer and prepared its ribs, the meal strengthened him and Barry, who then proposed that he and Xiao Miao move to Hell.

• Gu Qingshan learned that Thorn Bird's Call could lead to deadly dangers and that he needed recognition from at least a third of a world’s people before he could answer it.
• Barry brought the nearly dead Destroyer to the club, and Gu Qingshan used all his Soul Power to kill it with Earth Sword.
• Gu Qingshan spent some of the Soul Power he gained to examine the devil, found its valuable ribs, and cooked them.
• Steward Cheng appeared and tried to claim the ribs as payment for Barry’s debt, but Barry threw him through a hole in space.
• Gu Qingshan, Barry, and Xiao Miao ate the ribs and grew stronger, after which Barry suggested that he and Xiao Miao move to Hell.

Gu Qingshan asked Barry and Xiao Miao to help him answer the Thorn Bird’s Call through their world, hoping to claim treasure and repay the Righteous Iron Fist Club’s debts. After they recovered the buried beacon and gave him a way to return, Barry contacted the High Tower Guardian Association to arrange passage to the Thorn Bird.

• Gu Qingshan asked Barry and Xiao Miao to let him answer the Thorn Bird’s Call in the name of their world, and promised to use its treasure to repay the club’s debts.
• Xiao Miao revealed that the siblings had buried their world’s beacon, so she, Barry, and Gu Qingshan dug for hours to find it.
• Barry used the Steel Gauntlets to register Gu Qingshan’s aura, and Xiao Miao gave him Void Silk that could bring him back to their world once.
• Barry summoned a huge bird and asked it to contact the High Tower Guardian Association for a ship to take his people to the Thorn Bird.